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OUT & ABOUT CAMERAS THE ARTS * FOOD & WINE * LIFESTYLE COMMUNITY NORTH FORK
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Peconic Land Trust Bringing 14th Annual Through Farms And Fields Benefit To East Hampton
Ali Friedlander
afriedlander@hamptons.com
Peconic Land Trust works to protect Long Island's working farms, and natural lands. (Courtesy Photo)
The Peconic Land Trust will once again welcome guests to an evening of fine dining and fun as the organization hosts its 14th annual Through Farms and Fields benefit on Sunday, August 7th. This year, the event will take place at Quail Hill Farm in Amagansett. The benefit will honor John de Cuevas and Margaret de Cuevas for their Conversation Accomplishments. Master of Ceremonies, chef, and TV personality George Hirsch will host the benefit, which will celebrate the Peconic Land Trust's 33 years of conservation.
"Through Farms and Fields is a wonderful way for us to share with our friends and neighbors the bounty of Long Island's East End," shared Nancy Gilbert and Nancy Goell, Co-Chairs of Through Farms and Fields and a members of the Trust's Board of Directors. "Each year, the event takes place in a different location and celebrates the uniqueness of the place and the wonderful people who contribute to protecting our local farms, woodlands, wetlands, bays and coastlines."
The annual happening toasts to the bounty of delicious food made from the fields and farms of the local areas, with a country supper consisting of everything from the "amazing salad greens, vegetables, herbs and fruits from local farms, to the fresh fish from our shores and livestock raised on our fields, to the wonderful wines of our vineyards." The dinner is created with locally sourced produce and proteins that will be prepared by Honest Catering, with Chef Joseph Realmuto of Nick & Toni's.
"We are looking forward to bringing Through Farms and Fields for the first time to the Town of East Hampton and celebrating the conservation accomplishes of our long-time friends Margaret de Cuevas and her father John," added the Co-Chairs. "The evening will be truly inspirational."
The annual happening toasts to the bounty of delicious food made from the fields and farms of the local areas. (Courtesy Photo)
Founded in 1983 by John v.H. Halsey and a small group of local residents, the Peconic Land Trust works to protect Long Island's working farms, and natural lands. Since its inception, the Peconic Land Trust has worked with landowners, donors, all levels of government, communities and partner organizations to ensure and protect nearly 12,000 acres of Long Island lands.
However, none of this would be possible without the donations of people like John de Cuevas and Margaret de Cuevas. John first donated a conservation easement on about 25 acres of his property to the Trust in 1990 and since then has provided annual support, capital, and loans to the Trust that have resulted in the conservation of woodlands and shorelines from Amagansett to Setauket. Maggie has also given quite a bit of land herself; donating 50 acres of Stony Hill woodland to the Trust in 2003, and soon after donated another 190 wooded acres. Together, these properties protected the deepest part of the aquifer in East Hampton's Water Recharge Overlay District and now encompass the Trust's High Point Preserve and Silver Beach Preserve in Amagansett with spectacular trails. It is because of these massively valuable donations that John and Margaret de Cuevas will be honored at this year's event.
In addition to the delicious, locally sourced food that will be provided at the event, guests will be invited to join in on a special Secret Box chance. Boxes will be sold at $100 per box, with each one containing a special treasure, and one lucky winner will receive an extra-special gift. Susan Rockefeller and protectwhatisprecious.com have donated all gifts.
The event will start at 4 p.m. on August 7th. Tickets begin at $300.
Quail Hill Farm is located on Deep Lane in Amagansett. To purchase tickets, contact the Peconic Land Trust at 631-283-3195 or visit www.peconiclandtrust.org.
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Items Tagged with "Training" from results: 921
Uganda military values humanity, hope while countering VEO actions with U.S. training
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August 14, 2017 Members of the Uganda People’s Defence Force and the 346th Tactical Psychological Operations Company (Airborne) Soldiers from the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa work on a training scenario together at the Uganda Junior Command and Staff College, Jinja, Uganda, Aug. 14, 2017. Soldiers from CJTF-HOA were training UPDF members in the field of psychological operations as part of the U.S. mission of strengthening partner nation defense forces. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Andria Allmond)
Training Uganda CJTF-HOA UPDF psychological operations
/Story/18486/u-s-rwanda-forces-complete-first-of-four-phases-to-enhance-rwanda-peacekeeping-operations
February 8, 2016 Civil affairs and information operations personnel from CJTF-HOA met with members of the Rwanda Defence Force to discuss capabilities and pre-deployment tasks for Rwandan CIMIC personnel.
Training Rwanda East Africa CJTF-HOA Civil Affairs Africa Army Army Civil Affairs
A joint approach to field sanitation
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February 23, 2017 Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines gathered to take part in a week-long Field Sanitation Team Training course at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 13-17, 2017.
Training Djibouti Health Camp Lemonnier CJTF-HOA Joint FST FSTT DNBI Field Sanitation
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February 23, 2017 U.S. Army 1st Lt. Elizabeth Kim, officer in charge of environmental health for Camp Lemonnier, confers with U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Pauline Jones, noncommissioned officer in charge of preventative medicine, during a Field Sanitation Team Training course at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 14, 2017. As course instructors, Kim and Jones taught participating service members field sanitation practices proven to mitigate disease and non-battle related injuries. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Paul Gorman)
February 23, 2017 U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joaquin Crisostomo and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Richard Caramico, receive classroom instruction on the use of a wet bulb-globe temperature kit during a Field Sanitation Team Training course at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 14, 2017. The course was conducted by members of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa surgeon cell, and included such topics as water purification, heat and cold injuries, pest management and preventative medicine measures while in field conditions. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Paul Gorman)
February 23, 2017 U.S. Army Sgt. Nicholas Lapenna, left, U.S. Navy Logistics Specialist 2nd Class Amy Neece and U.S. Army Spc. David Deherrera learn the chlorination process required to create potable water during a Field Sanitation Team Training course at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 14, 2017. The course was conducted by members of the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa surgeon cell, and included water purification methods, pest management, hot and cold weather injury prevention, proper waste disposal and preventative medicine measures while in field conditions. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Paul Gorman)
February 23, 2017 Students in the February 13, 2017 Field Sanitation Team Training (FSTT) course at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, learn the proper use of a wet bulb-globe temperature kit in order to determine the appropriate hydration requirements and work-rest cycle for troops operating in high temperatures. Injuries such as heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke are a serious threat to military personnel operating in warm climates, and one of many topics covered by the FSTT course in order to mitigate disease and non-battle related injuries. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Paul Gorman)
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February 23, 2017 U.S. and French military members demonstrate their ability to use a wet bulb-globe temperature (WBGT) kit during a Field Sanitation Team Training course at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 14, 2017. The WBGT kit is an instrument for providing information on hot weather risks to the health of troops undergoing training. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Paul Gorman) (Foreign service members name tape has been obscured for OPSEC)
CJTF-HOA Leaders Recognize Service Members during All Hands
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October 23, 2018 CJTF-HOA’s commanding general, Maj. Gen. James D. Craig, and CJTF-HOA’s Senior Enlisted Leader, Command Master Chief Karl Parsons, presented quarterly awards, thanked galley employees and praised members of the CJTF-HOA staff.
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Canine Tactical Combat Care
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September 4, 2018 U.S. Army veterinarians deployed to Djibouti, team up to provide a canine tactical combat care training to U.S. Service members at Camp Lemonnier.
Training Djibouti 404th Civil Affairs Battalion Combat Service Members
Civil Affairs Soldiers enhance Tanzanian Counter Illicit Trafficking Operations
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July 31, 2018 Studies have been conducted and have included evidence that illegally trafficked goods from Tanzania have been distributed throughout the world to include parts of Asia, South America, and North America. According to a U.S. Department of State Report from May 2017, “illicit trafficking remains the lifeblood of the numerous bad actors and networks, creating vulnerabilities for nations.”
Training Kenya Tanzania CJTF-HOA Civil Affairs Africa Army HOA CJTF studies studies Department of State mission poachers Land Soldiers Soldiers operations Counter Illicit Trafficking
/Story/21977/cjtf-hoa-reinforces-commitment-to-djiboutis-rapid-intervention-battalion
July 3, 2018 CJTF-HOA’s continued commitment to training and equipping the RIB enables Djibouti’s effectiveness in developing security and stability within its’ borders and East Africa.
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Training Uganda Somalia CJTF-HOA Partnerships Civil Affairs Africa Army humanitarian AMISOM Horn of Africa 404th Civil Affairs UPDF Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa Soldiers Camp Singo
Task Force Bayonet Soldiers train for the Expert Infantryman Badge at Camp Lemonnier
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January 27, 2018 Task Force Bayonet has nearly 200 U.S. Army Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion 144th Infantry Regiment "Fourth Texas" and 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division onboard Camp Lemonnier Djibouti, Africa, are going through a rigorous training course to obtain the Expert Infantryman Badge (EIB). The EIB is a coveted special skills badge that requires infantry Soldiers to pass a five-day evaluation that consists of an Army Physical Fitness Test, day and night land navigation, a 12-mile forced march, and 30 individual tasks covering weapons, medical, and security patrol skills. In an April 2016 EIB iteration at Camp Lemonnier, only 15 percent of candidates earned the badge. Best of luck to the Soldiers going into the testing rounds!
Training Djibouti Camp Lemonnier Army EIB Soldiers Task Force Bayonet 144th Infantry Regiment Expert Infantryman Badge
CJTF-HOA Site Security Team conducts medical training
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January 5, 2018 For reconnaissance team members, it’s important to be able stabilize and move wounded Soldiers back to friendly lines. CJTF-HOA Soldiers took time to practice those skills in a Combat Lifesaver training event.
Training CJTF-HOA Security HOA CJTF Soldiers Site Security Team Combat Lifesaver
Service members learn frontline medical care with hands-on practice
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December 8, 2017 This week, service members at Camp Lemonnier Djibouti Africa, gained advanced medical training at the Combat Lifesaver Course. Watch the video to see students learn hoe to control bleeding, manage an airway, and handle chest trauma!
Training Djibouti Camp Lemonnier medical combat lifesaver course Service Members
French Desert Commando Course 2017
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September 30, 2017 Members of the Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa participated with French forces in a French Desert Commando Course in the Arta region of Djibouti. The course consists of up to seven phases that teach participants combat life-saving skills, field tactics, land navigation, weapons training, trap setting, survival cooking, and water-source locating. Additionally, the men and women who complete this course will learn survival tactics, accomplished water and mountain obstacle courses and ultimately, will have gained practical knowledge for surviving in austere environments.
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Arta Beach Exercise
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July 15, 2017 Sailors and Marines from the USS Bataan and embarked Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted sustainment training in the area of Arta Beach, Djibouti.
Training Exercise Djibouti Camp Lemonnier U.S. AFRICOM Marines 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit CJTF-HOA Arta Marine Marine Arta Beach Sailors
CJTF-HOA, Camp honor fallen SEAL with unconventional Memorial Day practice
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May 29, 2017 Approximately 200 multinational military members and civilians commemorated Memorial Day by participating in a classic CrossFit challenge here, May 27.
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Alligator Dagger
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April 18, 2017 The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted training in East Africa.
Training East Africa 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Africa Marine Alligator Dagger
Somalia National Police members gain marksmanships skills while training at a range in Djibouti
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November 2, 2016 Members of the Carabinieri and Somalia Police Force train at a shooting range in Djibouti, Djibouti, Oct. 30, 2016. The Carabinieri is in charge of training mission MAIDIT Somalia 6, which is the mission of training the Somali Police Force in order to promote the stability and security of the entire region of the Horn of Africa.
Training Djibouti Somalia CJTF-HOA Africa Horn of Africa Somalia National Police Carabinieri MAIDIT Somalia 6 Somali Police Force
Somalia National Police members gain marksmanships skills while training at a range in Djibouti.
Training Djibouti U.S. AFRICOM Somalia CJTF-HOA Africa AMISOM Horn of Africa Police Somalia National Police marksmanship Carabinieri MAIDIT Somalia 6 Somali Police Force
FAD troops learn to see in the dark
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October 14, 2016 Nearly 40 soldiers from the Djiboutian Army will be able to see in the dark after completing night vision goggle training Oct. 9-12, 2016, in Djibouti City, Djibouti. The training, conducted by members of the U.S. Army’s Charlie Company, 411th Civil Affairs Battalion, which is currently mobilized to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, comes as the Djiboutian troops prepare for a two-year deployment to Somalia, as part of the African Union Mission in Somalia’s effort to remove al-Shabaab from the region.
Training CJTF-HOA Civil Affairs FAD
U.S., Uganda forces build mental resilience
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October 13, 2016 A U.S. Army Soldier deployed to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa and more than 40 members of the Africa Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) gathered for a sharing of best practices for mental health Oct. 10, 2016, in Mogadishu, Somalia.
Training Uganda Health Somalia Africa Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa Army AMISOM Horn of Africa Soldier Combat mission Mogadishu
SPMAGTF-CR-AF completed team level range drills
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October 13, 2016 U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa (SPMAGTF-CR-AF) conduct a live fire exercise during small arms fire team training, Oct. 5, 2016, at Arta, Djibouti. Assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, SPMAGTF-CR-AF completed team level range drills to continue sustainment of core skills and build from individual skill levels. The next level of training will consist of squad training.
Training Djibouti Marines Africa Arta Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa Horn of Africa
Network training readies Djiboutian soldiers for Somalia mission
/Story/20214/network-training-readies-djiboutian-soldiers-for-somalia-mission
October 5, 2016 U.S. Army Soldiers from the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa communications directorate held an Africa Data Sharing Network (ADSN) sharing of best practices and validation session with Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD) members Sept. 28, 2016, at FAD Headquarters in Djibouti City, Djibouti.
Training Djibouti Somalia Africa Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa Army FAD FAD FAD Horn of Africa U.S. ADSN ADSN Djibouti Armed Forces communications mission
Kenya Defense Forces practice explosive techniques during Deliberate Kindle 2016
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October 3, 2016 Approximately 53 Kenya Defense Forces combat engineer soldiers and officers set off explosives with U.S. Navy Sailors from Task Force Sparta during Deliberate Kindle 2016, Sept. 19, at a training center in Kenya.
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Humanitarian Mine Action Medical Training
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October 1, 2016 Part of Humanitarian Mine Action training conducted by Navy EOD and one medic from Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa focused on medical awareness training!
Training medical Africa Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa Navy EOD medic Humanitarian Mine Action
Task Force Sparta teaches Humanitarian Mine Action training to AMISOM Troop Contributing Country
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September 28, 2016 A team from Task Force Sparta, assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, is teaching lifesaving skills to Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) combat engineer soldiers and officers during Deliberate Kindle 2016, Sept. 5-30, at a training center in Kenya.
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Somali doctors emboldened by Mogadishu medical training
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September 24, 2016 The Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa J3 Military Coordination Cell, along with the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS), hosted the year’s third Continuing Medical Education Conference Sept. 14, 2016, in Mogadishu, Somalia. The conference brought 20 medical students and general practitioners from various sectors of Mogadishu together to receive training on various medical practices, specifically in the fields of radiology and pediatrics.
Training Somalia medical Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa Mogadishu education
U.S. Army turns Rwandan soldiers into lifesavers
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September 23, 2016 U.S. Army Soldiers from Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa worked with Rwanda Defense Force soldiers to help prevent battlefield deaths during a two-week medical class that concluded Sept. 9, 2016, at the Rwanda Military Academy, Rwanda.
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Developing the force: U.S. Army Soldiers train, mentor Rwandan NCOs
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September 22, 2016 U.S. Army Soldiers from Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa recently conducted a 10-day NCO Leadership Training course observation with the Rwandan Defense Force at the Rwandan Military Academy, Rwanda, Sept. 9, 2016.
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Eye in the sky: Task Force Hurricane teaches Kenya Defense Forces how to fly
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September 20, 2016 Members of Task Force Hurricane, 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, are conducting unmanned aerial vehicle training with members of the Kenya Defense Forces Sept. 8-24, 2016, at a training center in Kenya.
Training U.S. Army Commander Kenya CJTF-HOA Africa Army infantry military AMISOM Horn of Africa U.S. battalion learn KDF Combat mission
Anti-poaching Demonstration Day
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September 9, 2016 An anti-poaching demonstration day was held in Tanzania as rangers showcased the training they received from Civil Affairs soldiers from Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. Includes soundbites from Twaha Twaibu, Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism.
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Tanzania rangers showcase anti-poaching skills
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September 6, 2016 Tanzania Rangers held a demonstration day to show off their newly acquired skills after training with soldiers from the U.S. Army North Carolina National Guard and 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion August 24, 2016, at Rungwa Game Reserve, Tanzania.
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EARF Soldiers conduct demolition training
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September 4, 2016 U.S. Army Soldiers from Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, completed demolition training and learned how to use explosives to breach through buildings, Aug. 30, 2016 at Arta, Djibouti.
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U.S. Army trains Tanzania Rangers to combat poachers
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September 2, 2016 U.S. Army Civil Affairs Battalion, a component of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, and North Carolina Army National guard soldiers trained Tanzanian Park and Game Reserve rangers in counter-poaching.
Training Tanzania Africa Army U.S. learn Combat
U.S. Army brings the boom: Soldiers conduct mortar fire training
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August 11, 2016 U.S. Army Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, Bravo Company, deployed from Cocoa, Fla., conducted mortar training Aug. 8, 2016, at Arta, Djibouti.
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U.S. Air Force Airmen conduct joint inspection training
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August 2, 2016 Airmen from the 821st Contingency Response Squadron, deployed from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., taught several Kellogg, Brown and Root contractors about the JI process, governing directives and more about ensuring cargo is safe for loading onto an aircraft.
Training Camp Lemonnier Air Force Inspection Airmen
ROTC cadets experience Djiboutian military culture
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August 1, 2016 More than 30 U.S. Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets are attending a three-week culture, understanding and language proficiency (CULP) course in Arta, Djibouti, July 16-Aug. 6.
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July 26, 2017 by Carolyn Giardina
After 'Billy Lynn,' High Frame Rate Experiments Continue
The new short film 'Flamenco' was lensed in 120 and 192 frames per second, but processed for standard 24 fps projection.
January 6, 2017 by Carolyn Giardina , Gregg Kilday
Cinematographer Roundtable: Film vs. Digital, Working With Scorsese and Which Phone Takes the Best Pictures
Six top cinematographers from 'Silence', 'La La Land', 'Fences', 'Arrival' and more reveal the secrets that take their craft beyond "beautiful pictures" — and their off-duty camera of choice ("Yeah, I use my iPhone").
December 29, 2016 by Pamela McClintock, Mia Galuppo
'Ben Hur' to 'BFG': Hollywood's Biggest Box-Office Bombs of 2016
Fourteen titles landed on the year-end lineup.
November 22, 2016 by Jeff Bond
Oscars: Two Sets of Composer Brothers Competing With (and Against) Each Other
Rupert Gregson-Williams ('Hacksaw Ridge') and Harry Gregson-Williams ('Live by Night') have yet to collaborate, while Mychael and Jeff Danna ('Storks,' 'Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk') have been working together for 25 years.
November 3, 2016 by Carolyn Giardina
Cinerama Dome to Install "The Whole Shebang" for 'Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk'
It will be one of two U.S. theaters that can display Ang Lee’s groundbreaking movie in 4K, 3D at 120 frames per second.
November 3, 2016 by Matthew Belloni and Stephen Galloway
Producer Roundtable: Matt Damon, Frank Marshall and 4 More on Firing Themselves, Keeping Scorsese on Schedule and Their Worst Jobs
Along with Damon ('Manchester by the Sea') and Marshall ('Sully'), Darren Aronofsky ('Jackie'), Todd Black ('Fences'), Emma Tillinger Koskoff ('Silence') and Marc Platt ('La La Land') on Harrison Ford's role in 'Sully,' on-the-fly decisions that turned out to be spectacular and the challenges of their job: "I had typhoons, I had starving actors."
October 31, 2016 by Alex Ritman
AFM: Gerard Butler, Joe Alwyn Team for Psychological Thriller 'Keepers'
Protagonist is introducing the film about warring lighthouse keepers to buyers at AFM.
October 27, 2016 by THR Staff
'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk' Trailer 2
Starring Joe Alwyn, Vin Diesel and Kristen Stewart. Directed by Ang Lee.
October 17, 2016 by Etan Vlessing
MIPCOM: Sony CEO Says "There's More Good Television Programming Than Ever Before"
Just trust in the power of "Kando," or a wow factor that stimulates an emotional response from viewers, Kazuo Hirai, the boss of the Japanese electronics and entertainment giant, tells his Cannes audience.
October 14, 2016 by David Rooney
'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk': Film Review | NYFF 2016
Ang Lee pushes cinematic boundaries in this drama starring newcomer Joe Alwyn as an Iraq War hero caught up in a head-spinning whirl of prepackaged patriotism.
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Somali Special Forces Strike Destroys Alshabab Training Base in Middle Jubba
By HornAfrik On Jun 11, 2017
President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo’s statement on the dawn strike on Alshabab training base near Sakow.
“Earlier today, I authorized our special forces with the support of our international partners to conduct a strike against an al-Shabaab training camp near Sakow, Middle Juba region. This was a successful strike which destroyed a key al-Shabaab command and supply hub. This will ultimately disrupt the enemy’s ability to conduct new attacks within Somalia.”
“I said when I took office that security will be top priority for my administration. This strike will enhance security and reduce the threats of Alshabab.”
“We have long suffered at the hands of Alshabab which is supported by global terror networks. We and our international partners will take every possible precaution to protect our civilian population from harm during these operations while targeting terrorists.”
“All of us know somebody from our youth, our village, our families, who has been killed or injured by the senseless violence of al-Shabaab. I have personally met the families and the victims of several Alshabab attacks. For those who have suffered under al-Shabaab, and for the rest of Somalia, I want you to know that we are committed to defeating al-Shabaab and uniting our people.”
“To the members of al-Shabaab, I tell you that we are bringing the fight to you. If you, however take advantage of my amnesty offer and denounce violence, we will integrate you into our reform program. You have no future with the terrorists, but you can still be a part of Somalia’s future; a peaceful and prosperous future.”
HornAfrik
Maxey tahay inaad Qatar ka ogaato? Waa Dal Noocee ah,?
Ciidamadda Somalia oo burburay Saldhigii ugu waynaa ee Alshabaab ay ku lahaayeen Koonfurta Somalia.
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How Revenue Management Can Bolster Bottom Line Results in Emerging Markets
By Paul Vanderbroeck Chartered FCIPD CC, Leadership Expert, PVDB Consulting; Faculty Member Glion Online | August 11, 2013
To say that hoteliers operating in emerging markets often face challenging business conditions is an understatement like no other. From operating in boom to bust business environments, from periods of slow business growth to increasingly fierce competition, hoteliers in emerging markets face economic uncertainties on a daily basis. Yet, despite these challenges, they are also presented with enormous opportunities to grow revenue if they have the right people, processes and tools in place.
To help ensure that industry best practice strategies and systems are in place, hoteliers in emerging markets should take lessons from their counterparts operating in more developed markets. Critically, emerging market hoteliers should be looking towards the widespread adoption of revenue management amongst hoteliers in developed markets and how individual and group owned properties enjoy stronger bottom line results.
Revenue management is often seen as a grey zone in emerging markets and hotel owners and general managers alike are reluctant to be amongst the first to adopt it. However, what hoteliers in emerging markets must understand is that when their local industry experiences a sustained period of growth, they will soon find they are no longer operating in a competitive market segment made up of only smaller local hotel owners, but rather, the collective success of the local industry will attract the larger international hotel chains. International hotel chains are a threat to local hoteliers in emerging markets as they bring with them greater sophistication in terms of both their operational strategies and systems. Therefore it is vital that local hoteliers act now to ensure they have the right tools, technologies and operational processes in place to maximize revenue, regardless of the maturity of the market or the competitive landscape.
Revenue Management is an Investment and Not a Cost
Many hoteliers in developed markets have recognized the benefits of revenue management and its potential for maximizing revenue from hotel guests; in periods of both high and low demand. Yet in emerging markets, revenue management is generally viewed as an additional cost, due to the initial outlay required, rather than as the asset and strategic tool for increasing returns that it is.
Revenue management helps ensure that rooms are priced at the right rate at the right time, which leads to a higher flow-through of additional revenue and directly impacts bottom line results. Through the accurate forecasting revenue management offers, hoteliers can also be in a better position to anticipate changes in the market and implement successful strategies to ensure revenue-per-available-room is always maximized. While revenue management comes with an initial investment, including people, processes and tools, its implementation will better equip hoteliers to retain guests, operate sustainably in the future and maximize revenue over the long-term. This will positively impact the bottom line and ensure a long-term return on investment.
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From Spotlight: They Did It. You Can Do It. New Home Buyers Tell All
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After nine years in a 550-square-foot apartment, Kaitlin Wadley and Bryce Bordenkecher were ready for more space and their own place. And since Kaitlin works from home, they weren't just shopping for a house; they were shopping for a workplace, too. But they had a challenge: These creative professionals were both self-employed. Getting a mortgage can be a little harder when you're a freelancer.
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You'd been in the same apartment for nearly a decade. What finally made you say, “House. Now."?
Kaitlin: I work from home. I was like, “I need out of this tiny apartment.” I was the one pushing to buy. I wanted another cat, and we needed more room for that, too.
Did you know what kind of house you wanted?
Kaitlin: We wanted something older, with architectural details. We didn't want anything built after 1950. We didn't want a 1970s house covered with carpet and paneling.
What was the first thing you looked at?
Kaitlin: A condo, because it was cheap, $150,000. It was seven blocks from where we were living, and it was in a 1915 building. We went the first week it was listed and put in an offer. It wasn't accepted. We realized we needed to be serious.
And being serious meant?
Kaitlin: Zeroing in on what we wanted. You couldn't just casually browse in that [seller’s] market. We sat with [our agent] Mike Smith and had a candid conversation about what we were looking for in a house. The style, condition, number of bedrooms, price range, and neighborhood. He took us on a first round of showings, so he could get an idea of what we wanted.
Then he set up a custom search that would email us new listings every night that fit our criteria, and we would go through those and see if there were any we wanted to look at. You had to put in an offer that minute in that market, so screening the houses helped us move faster.
How long did you shop before you found The One?
Kaitlin: Two-and-a-half weeks. But we looked at a lot of homes. We saw a three-bedroom house we liked and decided we wanted to make an offer, only to be told that the seller had accepted an offer while we were looking at it. We had to pick up the pace of things because homes were going fast.
How did you know that a bungalow was the house for you?
Kaitlin: The size and the architecture were right. It's Arts and Crafts, a style that goes with any type of furniture. It had two bedrooms, so we would have one to use as an office/studio space and one to sleep in. We liked the neighborhood, and there were mature trees in the yard. It didn't need a lot of work. The price was right, too.
You were in a tough market. Was it hard to get the house?
Kaitlin: There were three offers in addition to ours. One was an escalating offer. But the owner took ours because our agent has a good relationship with the seller's agent. He convinced the seller to take our offer. I don't know why, but I think it was because we were a young couple buying our first house.
Getting a mortgage when you don't have a W-2 is tougher than when you do. What was it like for a couple of self-employed creatives to get a six-figure loan?
Kaitlin: It was tricky. Bryce had two years where his income was, like, $16,000 less from one year to the next, because he had taken on fewer clients. He had to provide a couple of years [of tax returns] to show it was a one-time dip. He also had to write a letter explaining that it was because he had taken on [fewer] clients.
[The lender] didn't ask for lists of clients, and we were glad. A friend of ours who's a freelancer referred us to our broker, and I think the fact that [our broker] had worked with freelancers in the past probably worked in our favor.
What type of mortgage did you get?
Kaitlin: We went with traditional. We had enough to put 20% down without using up our savings, and we didn't want a mortgage where we had a lower down payment because it felt good to get a chunk of that house paid for.
What's your advice to first-time home buyers?
Kaitlin: Don't start looking until you have saved up your down payment. Get an agent. It's worth it to get one to help you hone your search. Know what you're willing to compromise on because the faster you can come to a consensus on a house, the better.
There's also a really scary period between when the offer is accepted and your financing is secured and when you close on the house. It's totally normal to get cold feet and worry you've made a mistake. Chances are, you haven't.
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Finally, did you get that cat you wanted?
Kaitlin: Yes. We got our fourth one when we knew we were moving. It was another one of those things where I had to convince [Bryce]. Now that's his favorite cat.
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With teams sharing district again, Yates-Wheatley rivalry adds more heft
Adam Coleman , Houston Chronicle Sep. 28, 2016
Yates came out on top of Wheatley 17-12 in their last playoff meeting in 2006, and the rivalry will take on more meaning now that the schools are reunited in the same district.
Photo: Aaron M. Sprecher, Freelance
Numerous stories liken the Yates-Wheatley football game to a can't-miss gala.
One in particular has been told since 1958. Miss Yates landing on the field via helicopter in front of a five-figure crowd of dropped jaws and wide eyes.
"People still talk about that," said Yates coach Michael Watkins, who is a Yates product. "The theatrics of this game. The showmanship. When you start putting those things into a high school football game, I think you have if not the best, one of the best."
The theatrics. The Turkey Day Classic. Third Ward vs. Fifth Ward.
It's being renewed Saturday with the kind of twist that has been missing from Houston's oldest high school football rivalry, which dates to 1927.
For the first time in 11 years, Yates and Wheatley share a district (11-4A).
Both teams are 3-2 and what happens Saturday will shape the rest of the season while adding a chapter to an already thick book.
It's a good time to revisit the most storied rivalry in Houston high school sports and what makes it tick. It's one that intertwines with the city's history. It's one that harkens to days when they competed in the Prairie View Interscholastic League.
Old-timers keep it alive
As Houston expands outward, new schools pop up and districts become more populated, but what happens between Yates and Wheatley stays the same.
And it still matters, whether it was Yates defeating Wheatley in front of 40,000 in 1961 or Wheatley knocking off Yates for the first time in 42 years last season. Yates still holds a 34-3-1 advantage in UIL play.
Watkins as well as Wheatley coach Cornelius McFarland hear about this game from the alumni.
"When I say alumni, I don't mean just 1990s," McFarland said. "I'm talking about it goes back to the '60s and the '50s. When you see the old alumni, even at their age have a competitive spirit in talking about the Yates-Wheatley game and how much it meant to them. It's kind of like the Ohio State-Michigan game or the Texas-A&M game."
During those days, the game was played on Thanksgiving in a rotation with Washington. But integration into the UIL in 1967 ended that. In a perfect world today, it'd still be a Thanksgiving game.
This particular game's rise in popularity still resonates, though.
Dr. Thurman Robins said it became the see-and-be-seen event for Houston's black community and much more. Robins is the author of "Requiem for a Classic," which details the rivalry.
Yes, the game has its own book, too.
"The game became such a large event," Robins said. "Actually by newspaper accounts, it was the largest attended, on an annual basis, high school game in America. That's saying a lot."
Catching fire again
So is the buzz the same with today's generation in a drastically different landscape?
Some of today's generation may not know how deep this game's tradition runs, but Watkins said everyone roaming the halls at Yates is excited about it because the football team is excited about it.
McFarland said his upperclassmen know what this game means.
"Especially my seniors and juniors and the guys who have been there," McFarland said. "The important thing is getting those freshmen that made the team to understand that this is a big game."
It may not carry the kind of big-school state title implications commonplace in Katy, Spring or Cypress. But Yates-Wheatley is still a brand-name rivalry.
Watkins and McFarland are doing what they can to keep the game must-see. They might not have to do much if the teams share a district moving forward.
'It'll never be forgotten'
But having the "Great American Rivalry Series" on both campuses this week helps. The online series travels everywhere to highlight some of the country's best high school football rivalries. It's the second time Yates and Wheatley have been featured.
The coaches only want to keep relaying the message that this game always will matter.
"I don't think people have forgotten about it," McFarland said. "The tradition runs so deep that it'll never be forgotten about. You'll always have people come back."
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NHS England: CCG interest in controlling CSUs 'evaporates'
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The appetite of clinical commissioning groups to take control of their support service suppliers has dwindled, NHS England has claimed today.
Speaking this morning at the Commissioning Show in London, Bob Ricketts, NHS England’s director for commissioning support strategy and market development, said there was “a lot of interest among commissioning support units in [becoming] staff mutuals and social enterprises”.
“That’s where I guess I would put most of my money if I was betting on it,” he said.
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Mr Ricketts said: “Last year there was a lot of interest among CCGs for customer control. That seems to have evaporated a bit.”
Guidance on the options for autonomy of CSUs is expected to be published in late July, along with details on the consultation process CSUs will have to go through to become independent.
Mr Ricketts also said that CSUs, which do not gain accreditation to NHS England’s lead provider framework for support services, will not be able to become independent.
This framework aims to assure quality and accredit a range of support service providers, which either individually or through partnerships offer a full range of commissioning support services.
CSUs would face a “crunch point” towards the end of this year when the lead provider framework procurement reached its invitation to tender stage, Mr Ricketts added.
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The Adele-Jennifer Lawrence-Emma Stone Squad Is Back
You know? From the car that time?
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Remember when Adele, Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone went to dinner and everyone fainted from the sheer A-listness of it all?
Well it seems like their crew is still going strong.
On Friday night, Adele performed at the Wiltern in L.A., and Lawrence and Stone attended the concert together. You can watch them from their seats in TMZ's footage of the event:
Also on the roster of A-list attendees were Woody Harrelson, Orlando Bloom, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson.
In her Glamour cover interview in February, Lawrence opened up about her friendship with the two accomplished women.
"I love Emma. She cracks me up; she's so 'theater.' She's so adorable," Lawrence said. "Adele and I met, like, a year or so ago. Adele and I are a bit harsher; Emma's never had a bad thought about anybody in her life. It's so weird; I don't like new people. But these two women -- and Amy [Schumer] -- they're really lovely. And they're so normal. I feel like I'm hanging out with my friends -- my friends that don't give a f--k about what I do."
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There is considerable concern about using camping stoves indoors. The main worry is a build-up of carbon monoxide. Every year there are reports of people suffering severe injury or even death from using camping stove indoors. According to the Centers for Disease Control, each year 10 to 17 deaths are attributed to camping stoves and lanterns used to heat or light unventilated, confined spaces. However, normal kitchen stoves use propane or natural gas without problems, so it is possible to use your camping stove indoors provided certain precautions are taken. Ventilation is the biggest concern, followed by the fact that camp stoves have no automatic shut-off if the flame should go out, potentially allowing a deadly buildup of gas in your house.
Tighten all connectors so there are no leaks between your propane source and your camp stove. Propane leaks can cause problems: creation of a gas deadly to breathe, or a fire or even a propane-tank explosion.
Use your stove in a ventilated area such as a kitchen with a range vent or a ceiling vent. If no vent is available, crack a window near your camp stove to allow a flow of fresh air. This is also true inside a tent; ventilation must be provided to outside air.
Do not allow your camp stove to run unattended. If the flame should go out, the gas will continue spewing from the stove, filling your home. This could result in a deadly buildup of gas, a fire or an explosion.
Install a CO2 (carbon dioxide) monitor, which will alert you should there be a buildup of CO2 caused by the indoor use of your camp stove. Also install a CO (carbon monoxide) monitor to warn of a buildup of that deadly gas.
Larry Parr has been a full-time professional freelance writer for more than 30 years. For 25 years he wrote cartoons for television, everything from "Smurfs" to "Spider-Man." Today Parr train dogs and write articles on a variety of topics for websites worldwide.
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Sara Deseran first became interested in a career in food while working in publishing at Weldon Owen, a company that packages books for Williams-Sonoma. In 1997, she decided to attend culinary school at ICE (then Peter Kump’s), as she was looking to launch her food career in New York City. For her ICE externship, Deseran worked at Saveur magazine in their test kitchen, an experience she describes as “a complete thrill.” Following her time at Saveur, Deseran took a fulltime food editor position at 7x7 magazine, later becoming an editor for William-Sonoma Taste. Deseran then became the food editor at San Francisco Magazine, where she wrote a column called “Famished.” She now co-owns Tacolicious, a restaurant she started with husband Joe Hargrave. Today they have five locations, and recently published a cookbook celebrating the restaurant's signature recipes. When asked how she feels about this accomplishment, Deseran says: “Proud is an understatement actually. I pinch myself every day in regards to our success and the wonderful people we get to work with.”
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Three years after the launch of the original PS4 in November 2013, Sony released the PS4 Pro—the first time the company has ever done a significant mid-cycle hardware upgrade to one of its signature gaming consoles.
The Pro's updated system offer more than double the graphics performance of the original PS4. However, Sony has stated that all games are compatible with both versions of the console. The Pro version aims to provide enhanced resolution gaming for existing and future games, and supports 4K video streaming. Although it is capable of playing standard Blu-Ray discs, the Pro does not support 4K / UHD Blu-Rays.
At 3.3kg (7.28 pounds) and 295 x 327 x 55mm (11.61 x 12.87 x 2.17 inches), the Pro is both larger and heavier than the original version of the PS4. One distinguishing feature is that the Pro is made up of 3 layers rather than 2. It also has an additional USB port.
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President’s ratings up in latest Pulse Asia Survey
September 17, 2011 Ilocos Sentinel Press Release 0
THE Pulse Asia Ulat ng Bayan survey, conducted nationwide from August 20 to September 2, 2011 recorded significant increases in the President’s approval and trust ratings. In terms of performance, PNoy garnered a six-point jump from 71% in May 2011 to 77% this August. Meanwhile, there was a four-point increase in his trust rating, from 71% in May to 75% of August this year.
This increase was across geographic areas, with the biggest gains in ratings coming from Metro Manila with an increase in 15 percentage points for performance and plus 18 percentage points for trust. There was also an improvement in the approval rating of the President in the Visayas (68% to 80%) and among Class E (77% to 86%).
President Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda believes this is an affirmation that more than a year into the current administration, the people’s faith in President Aquino’s leadership has not wavered, and has in fact become stronger.
“The message is getting across to the vast majority of Filipinos: President Aquino’s ratings are proof that his efforts toward curbing corruption and reducing poverty are truly being felt by Filipinos across all geographic and demographic strata,” said Lacierda in a press briefing in Malacañang yesterday.
Secretary Lacierda disclosed that while the Aquino administration welcomes this development, the government expects that survey numbers will fluctuate. He ensured that this administration will continue to raise the bar higher so that every aspectof the President’s Social Contract with the Filipino People will be fulfilled.
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Irish Envy | Notre Dame Football Discussion > Play Like A Champion Today > Notre Dame Football Recruiting > Recruiting Profile Archives > 2010 Recruiting Profiles > '10 CA LB/Ath Anthony Barr (UCLA Commit)
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ANTHONY BARR | Athlete, Linebacker
<TABLE><TBODY><TR><TD width=200>Los Angeles, California
Forty: 4.55 secs
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Rivals: :s::s::s::s:, Athlete (5), National (50), Rating 6.0
Scout: :s::s::s::s:, OLB (10)
ESPN: :s::s::s::s:, Athlete (11), National (102), Grade 81
STATISTICS | Rushing
Junior: 1890 Yds, 20 TD
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COLLEGE CHOICES<TABLE><TBODY><TR><TD width=125>School</TD><TD width=175>Interest</TD><TD width=50>Offer</TD><TD width=125>Visit</TD></TR><TR><TD>Notre Dame</TD><TD>None</TD><TD>Yes</TD><TD>10/2/2009</TD></TR><TR><TD>UCLA</TD><TD>Verbal</TD><TD>Yes</TD><TD>1/15/10</TD></TR><TR><TD>California</TD><TD>None</TD><TD>Yes</TD><TD>None</TD></TR><TR><TD>Florida State</TD><TD>None</TD><TD>Yes</TD><TD>None</TD></TR><TR><TD>Michigan</TD><TD>None</TD><TD>Yes</TD><TD>None</TD></TR><TR><TD>Oregon</TD><TD>None</TD><TD>Yes</TD><TD>None</TD></TR><TR><TD>Stanford</TD><TD>None</TD><TD>Yes</TD><TD>None</TD></TR><TR><TD>Tennessee</TD><TD>None</TD><TD>Yes</TD><TD>None</TD></TR><TR><TD>USC</TD><TD>None</TD><TD>Yes</TD><TD>None</TD></TR><TR><TD>Washington</TD><TD>None</TD><TD>Yes</TD><TD>None</TD></TR></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
ND Recruiter: Denbrock
Decision: 1/21/10 UCLA
The son of Tony Brooks and nephew of Reggie Brooks, ND will definitely have a connection to this southern california standout.
He plans on taking visits, though, so as always, nothing is a lock in recruiting.
NDame77
My roomate i have now in college played football at Loyola with Anthony and he said he's pretty good but he's a pussy. He said he'll need to toughen up to play D1
NDBCSChamps
Does this roommate of your play D1 football? Because if he doesn't I'm not sure he's a good judge of what it takes to play D1 football.
GoIrish41
You might want to use a little better judgment than posting something like this on this board - particularly since Anthony likely reads boards like these and I'm not sure he'd appreciate your second-hand characterization of his toughness. Your roommate might be the baddest mf in the whole dorm, but unless he's getting D1 offers from all the big schools, I gotta believe that Barr is tougher than him. That makes him a HUGE puss, I guess.
notredomer23
and plus, when that kid knew him, Anthony was most likely a freshman....
goldandblue
Good point 23.
First of all, I was just passing on information i thought some might like to know. I wasn't the one judging Anthony so get off my ass about that. Second, he was a sophomore and playing varsity so he should be tough enough to hang with the big boys by now if he wants to move up in his career. And lastly, why does it matter if he got D1 offers or not??? He played with him for months and saw what he could do and also how he handled minor injuries. You don't need to be amazing at football to see that.
OCIrish
Which one is it, is he pretty good or is he a pussy? One or the other, can't call a kid pretty good, then say he's a pussy.
First of all, I was just passing on information i thought some might like to know. I wasn't the one judging Anthony so get off my ass about that.
well the problem with posting that type of information on a web board without specifically identifying your source by name is that a recruit or his family could come on here and attirbute your 2nd hand information to ND fans, specifically this board. they then have a negative impression of ND and its fans.
the relative anonymity of the internet allows anyone to claim they have a source and post any nonsense. if you want to post that type of info, regardless of whether you're not the original source of that info, you need to be prepared for people to call you on it.
He said Anthony is good when it comes to being athletic and being a productive football player, but his weakness right now is his toughness. And I don't understand how I could say my roommates name. None of you would know him obviously.
And I don't understand how I could say my roommates name.
are you saying you don't know his name or can't pronounce it? since i doubt either of those are the case, you just say it.
whether anyone here would know his name isn't the issue. if you want to come here and post annonymous claims about a high school kid's toughness based on comments from some unnamed source, be prepared to be called on it.
alleycat9
if you had simply said it this way in the first post i dont think you would getting the grief you are now.
i would suggest you go back and edit the first post and copy paste what i quoted above and then all will be well. i dont think it would be much of an issue if he were to read the quoted post but the first post was definitely a very childish way to put forward information.
in addition as a sophomore he was 14 or 15 years old. now while some of us may have been tough at early ages some dont get that toughness until they get a little older. i am sure that if he is being recruited by all of these schools he has learned how to be a little tougher than your roomate claims.
then again there is always the jealousy angle...
daytonirish
Well I will back what the coaching staff of ND and other D1 colleges think of this young man over your roommate anyday of the week.
You act like I was saying my roommate was better than Anthony, which I never once said. Plus, sophomores in highschool are around 16 years old not 14, which at that age he should be tough enough.
Irish 83
NDame77 just lick your wounds and move on.
Personally this kid's family pedigree alone should merit some respect from ND fans.
I really like this guy's size and hope we continue to recruit Cali with continued success.
nuxsoonkau
Just so all that read this know...I know Anthony very well...u could even say we are like family. There is not a "pussy" bone in his body. I have watched him play football since he was 9 years old. Every time he steps on the field, he plays hard. He plays sick; he plays hurt, he just loves too play. Last year when he had a minor shoulder separation and the team doctor told him he could not play for 4 weeks...he was devastated. He moped around the house like his dog died. All he wants to do is play. I am sure the person who "knows" him and made this comment is completely jealous. I am sure he was not a starting RB his sophomore year. Just a note...I am not a small guy...6-02, 230lbs. Anthony has always been like a little brother too me, and like brothers we have been known to get into a few friendly wrestling matches, and for all you sickos reading this I don't mean anything vulgar. Well anyways, like I was saying, during one of these matches last year Anthony a SOPHOMORE dropped his shoulder picked me up, all 230lbs of me, and proceeded to carry me around the house. I am sure you are all thinking now that I am the pussy. Trust me, I am in law enforcement and if you ask, the last couple of suspects I have fought with, they will tell you I can take care of myself. Anthony is no joke...we should all just hope he decides to go to ND! And to the unamed man...Dont hate the player..hate the game!
NDinL.A.
Thank you! I work down the street from Loyola, and I went to a game last year, and he looked like anything but a p**** on the field. Good luck to the kid and let's hope he makes it to ND!
welcome nuxsoonkau, and thank you for sharing that info. if you can, keep us updated with Anthony's season and recruitment.
Anthony had a great game this past weekend. Loyola beat Mira Costa. Anthony had a total of 232 yards in 16 carries, with 2 TD's. For all those who aren't familiar with SoCal sports, Mira Costa, just like Loyola always has a solid team. For a junior to come up with those type of numbers is no small feat.
There is a great clip of Anthony at this link. cbs2.com - Video Library (http://cbs2.com/video/?cid=92)
The clip is titled "Elway watched Loyola @Mira Costa, Barr runs wild"
Anthony is #2, I really like his second 60 yard touchdown run. Watch him as he runs the MLB over like a child.
GO Anthony...GO IRISH
IrishFaninTX
Actually, unless the players birthday is between September and November, he more than likely was only 15 years old as a sophomore. The only other reasons why he may have been 16 is if he had to repeat any grades or if he started school when he was 6. Either way, it doesn't really matter because 15 and 16 year old KIDS are usually not going to be as tough as they will be when they are 17 or 18.
I hope Anthony is not reading this and thinking that ND fans and alums are speaking badly of him and he will give us a chance!
The first week of the Loyola season Loyola beat Mira Costa 23-7
Anthony assisted his team with this win by accumulating a total 232 yards in 16 carries and 2 touchdowns.
Last week Loyola again won, beating Palos Verdes High 34-0
Anthony ran for a total of 161 yards in 20 carries and scored 3 touchdowns.
There are two clips of Anthony one at this link Los Angeles Times - High School Sports (http://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/)
the other is here Elway Watches Loyola @ Mira Costa, Barr Runs Wild - Truveo Video Search (http://www.truveo.com/Elway-Watches-Loyola-Mira-Costa-Barr-Runs-Wild/id/2457392838)
I especially like Anthony's second TD run....the one where he runs over the middle linebacker like a tackling dummy. WOW but I guess some would call that being a P&*^Y.........LOL
GreenGoblin
I see Anthony as a linebacker in college. 6'4 is massive for a running back, and an awesome size for a 3-4 linebacker. If he doesn't choose Notre Dame I will be very disappointed, how much more dominant can USC get with recruits? Spread the love Barr!
An L.A. Times writer was ranking the area's top players so far. AB came in tops at running back:
"Running back: 1. Anthony Barr, Los Angeles Loyola, Jr.; 2. Jordon James, Corona, Jr.; 3. Bradley Randle, Vista Murrieta, Sr. On the rise: John Lister, Thousand Oaks, Sr.
There just isn't another running back in the mold of Barr, who's 6 feet 4 and keeps churning out 100- and 200-yard games."
Football report card has Keith Price, Anthony Barr among leaders - Los Angeles Times (http://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/la-sp-sondheimer13-2008oct13,0,6667581.column)
Also, this little article, which has nothing to do with his game really, but still interesting:
"Lori Barr, the principal at Santa Fe Springs St. Paul High, is happy that her school's colors -- blue and white -- are the same as Los Angeles Loyola's.
That's because her son, Anthony Barr, is a standout tailback for Loyola, and no one is going to be able to determine by her outfit who she is rooting for when the Cubs play the Swordsmen during a nonleague game Friday in Santa Fe Springs.
"It's business as usual around here," Lori Barr said.
But it can't be business as usual at home, right?
"When I'm home, I'm mom and he's son," she said.
And which side of the field will she be on come Friday night?
"Because I'm supervising, I will be on the side of St. Paul," she said.
Who will she root for?
"He's my son, but it's St. Paul who puts food on my table," she said.
Still, if Anthony scores four touchdowns, there probably won't be too many tears shed at the Barr house Friday night.
Either way, she can't lose - Los Angeles Times (http://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/la-spw-prepnotes15-2008oct15,0,4210587.column)
Everybody I talk to says this guy is a beast (saw him once, wow, what a RB!). I can't see him as a 6'4" rb, but still, it would be a great get for ND...
roto-stud
Just watched the video... kid reminds me of Eric Dickerson... tall, fast, and powerful
IrishAddiction
The game is rapidly evolving, i dont think its a far stretch to say this kid could be a 6'4" RB. The running back at stanford was a beast and i think he was at least 6'2" or 6'3". We especially could utilize him in passing situations with that size to protect the QB and as the outlet pass out of the backfield. And just from film, it looks like he can handle himself running the ball too.
laxkid23
Brandon Jacobs the 2nd?
irishmarine
hes a monster
Brandon Jacobs the 2nd?Exactly, a power-power RB. I think we get too caught up in the measurables anymore and we start thinking this guy is better then the next solely on height weight and 40 times when it has nothing to do with the player actual football ability and where his skills are best suited and that's what I think we are doing with Barr.
The more video I see of him he makes me a believer that he is a RB. Sure we see that size and speed and we say he will make an awesome LB but maybe he won't because he doesn't have that LB instinct and that his instinct is more like his father and his uncle at RB.
I want an awesome stable of RB's like USC has with all different types and IMO he would bring a different dimension than what the other RB's bring.
As a Giants fan and seeing what Brandon Jacobs does week in and week out I would more than love to see the Irish have that same type of player and let's not forget that Barr is still only a JR in HS so he's going to be anywhere from 240 to 250 lbs as he naturally fills out.
A want a monster in the backfield to go with the speed and traditional RB's that ND has.
Per the L.A. Times:
Anthony Barr had 216 yards in 40 carries and scored on a 68-yard touchdown run to help the Cubs (5-3) defeat No. 10 La Puente Bishop Amat, 17-6, in a Serra League opener at Glendale High.
The kid is HUGE. He looks like a lineman running the ball when he plays h.s. kids. He was hurt the week before, but he gutted out a 40-carry game. Nice.
yeah and somebody said something about him being a pansy. 40 carries while hurting is amazing. found an article on rivals about him. talks about henderson and a few other elite 2010 players as well. link below.
IrishIllustrated.com - Rivals250 to Watch: Five-star candidates (http://notredame.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=872556)
IrishGrizz
I don't see many of those posters around as much..............wonder why?
Cause they was Wrong? Yep
IrishInFl
YouTube - Anthony Barr - Loyola California, Football Highlights 2008Running Back (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpUEul09has)
I hope we get to see Woods and Barr in the same backfield.
IHateMarkMay
Good article from the LA times...
When it comes to recruiting, Notre Dame is still golden - Los Angeles Times (http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-ndrecruit28-2008nov28,0,7991933.column)
titled: When it comes to recruiting, Notre Dame is still golden
The Fighting Irish are struggling on the field, but they haven't lost their ability to land some of the top high school players in the Southland.
Eric Sondheimer
Lori Barr and her son, Anthony, aren't worried about obtaining tickets for Saturday's sold-out USC-Notre Dame football game at the Coliseum. Their quandary is over which team to root for.
The Barrs have strong family ties to the Fighting Irish. But Anthony, one of the top junior running backs in California, has scholarship offers from Notre Dame and USC, and the Trojans have invited him to attend the game as a recruit.
"We have to make a decision being a Notre Dame family," Lori said. "Do you go there and support your team as a spectator, or as a prospective student-athlete for USC?"
Added Anthony: "I'm going to wear neutral colors and not going to favor either side, especially if I'm going to be on the USC side."
Barr, who rushed for nearly 2,000 yards this season for Los Angeles Loyola High, is the latest Southern California athlete to become a recruiting target for a Notre Dame program that has been gaining traction in pulling away players from USC and UCLA.
Although Coach Charlie Weis has been having trouble winning games, he has continued the Notre Dame tradition of being a national program in attracting recruits. Two years ago, he signed quarterback Jimmy Clausen from Westlake Village Oaks Christian. Last season, quarterback Dayne Crist from Sherman Oaks Notre Dame and tight end Joseph Fauria from Encino Crespi signed with the Fighting Irish.
And this year, Weis has outdueled UCLA for running back Cierre Wood from Oxnard Santa Clara and defensive back Marlon Pollard from Cajon, and beat out USC for receiver Shaquille Evans from Inglewood. Defensive back Byron Moore Jr. of Harbor City Narbonne, who has committed to USC, took a recruiting visit to Notre Dame last week.
"They're still the big-name school in the country," longtime recruiting expert Tom Lemming said. "They're able to transcend winning and losing."
Notre Dame has struggled to a 6-5 record, including last week's 24-23 defeat to an eight-loss Syracuse team. But being a consensus national champion 11 times, plus the lure of taking a trip to South Bend, Ind., and experiencing the tradition and history associated with a fabled football program, still prompts top players and their parents to open their doors to recruiting pitches by Notre Dame coaches no matter what the team's record might be.
"Who wouldn't want to go to Notre Dame, to a great college with a lot of history behind it," Moore's father, Byron Sr., said. "That's why he went to see it and get a feel for Notre Dame."
Added Lori Barr: "There's always that possibility they're going to return to national prominence, and to be part of that, I don't think any parent can say they don't want to be part of the rebound of that program."
The Barrs' ties to Notre Dame are deep. Anthony's father, Tony Brooks, was a standout running back for the Fighting Irish, along with his uncle, Reggie Brooks. But Barr remains undecided about his college choice, with the Trojans, California, UCLA and several schools in the Midwest continuing to pursue him.
"I want to get a good look at both teams," Barr said. "It's my first time seeing USC live and my second time watching Notre Dame. You always want to get a feel how each team plays watching your position."
And just because his father went to Notre Dame doesn't mean Barr will follow.
"He's a competitor and wants to win," Lori said. "It's very important to him in choosing a program that it has the right coach and is building the right program."
Notre Dame has been successful in selling Weis' NFL coaching contacts, the high graduation rate for football players and the exposure players receive with their home games shown on NBC.
Barr said he'll be sensitive to his hosts Saturday. "I don't want to offend anybody," he said.
But his mother will be less subtle.
"I'll be wearing my Notre Dame gear -- it might be underneath another jacket," she said.
Sondheimer is a Times staff writer.
Anthony was in the USC locker room after the game
phork
So was half the Irish recruiting class if you believe the rumours.
I can't speak to the validity of Wood or Evans, but I can say with certainty Anthony Barr was in the locker room
Irishlew
whoa Nostradamus.
ESPN says that ND is in the lead for him, which would be fantastic if it's true. He goes to one of the top academic schools in CA, so the school workload shouldn't be a problem for him...
West Recruiting Blog - ESPN (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?name=West_Recruiting)
sweet...it says were leading for top California Safety Sean Parker too. My god this Brian Polian...lol.
were on our way to a top 5 class in 2010.
I don't give a shit if he can coach special teams or not, he's the best damned recruiter we've had since Vinny, if he keeps this shit up.
Clausen2Kamara
Well said. He is so vital to our success. To lure these Cali kids from under Carroll's nose is remarkable. Not to mention UCLA which is becoming a factor since slick Rick became head coach.
GOLDENISTHYTATE
I could not agree more about Polian. I am almost read to start petitioning to have a building named after him on campus. The Brian Polian School of Recruiting - accredited graduate business school!
i hope we can hold onto these spots until nsd, even though its a year away
mooneytostle
Now that ND will officially be running a 4-3 (despite the fact that we did a lot last year anyways) I wonder if this changes Barr's mind regarding how he would fit into the system? He seems to be an ideal linebacker in the 3-4.
Heck, lets put him on both sides of the ball. I would love to see scUM's LB core try to stop this kid, and their tiny RB's get by him.
nthurman
Remember it is just terminology. Not much will be different than what we did last year. Tenuata even said that.
Are we really recruiting this kid as a LB.... i thought he was being recruited as a RB, which i have no problem with, we have yet to have any of our highly touted backs prove that they are game breakers.
i like our rb's he could be a moster lb though
let's recruit this kid for what he is, a stud! the coaches will find a place for him on the field. i just want him in the door this time next year.
i agree, anywhere on the field he will be a monster
fightinirish68
i say take him as a taylor mays style safety.
over/under 15 forced fumble each season ;)
He said, they said, I said...what the hell is the point of all this bickering? If Barr is better than an average football player, we will go after him; if he's not, we won't. Let's all leave the evaluation of this young man's talent to the coaching staff...as we do for all other recruits. Let's drop it!!!!!
WTF are you talking about? the Kid is probably gonna be a 5* and not one person in this thread has even debated whether or not he's worth it. We all know he is, and there is no debate on how the coaches feel about him either.
yea idk where that just came from. we are just talkin about which position we think he should play..
bradyquinnnd10
I go to the same school as A-Barr right now and I have seen him play multiple times. IDK him personally at all, but I have seen him run through every defender in his way. This year, every team who has played against him has known that he will get almost all the touches, and he still breaks tackles and dominates everyone.
Good to hear
thats good to hear, welcome to the board by the way. keep us up to date with any rumblings you may hear through the hallways
You go Loyola? What year are you? What the others said, welcome to the board and any information you can give about Anthony in the upcoming year would be dearly appreciated!
Nice, welcome young Loyola Cub. I drive by your beautiful school every day. Let it be known that the ND faithful want him to be a Domer!
The latest Scout article on him states that ND is on his favorites list along with UCLA, Cal, and Colorado. The QB for Loyola is Rick Neuheisel's son, which makes things even more interesting.
As for his position, I've seen him play in person, and IMO he could play RB, LB or safety at the next level. When I read about him and saw him up close, i said there's no way he could be a RB, because he just is too big of a target. But then I saw him play, and yes, he could play RB for sure. Brandon Jacobs does come to mind, but he's a fater version of Jacobs, although not yet nearly as big/strong (that comes with age though). I still see him as a LB, but it's eraly, so who knows. Basically, he can play wherever he wants as long as he comes to ND.
As for those saying he might come in and play FB, keep dreaming (I know some of you did say it was a wish). No way is this kid going to play offense to become primarily a blocker. We recruit him as that and you can forget him coming. He's going to college to be a 'highlight' player...
mjbirish
i would love to get barr and play him at running back. It works for brandon jacobs why not just keep him at rb and let him dominate
Ultimate Penn St. Hater
I'm sure if he comes to ND, the coaching staff will play him wherever he will make the biggest impact.
The word out here is that he even though he loves to play RB, he knows he's better suited for defense. I could be wrong, but that's what you here from Loyola people. Unfortunately, I haven't seen the people I know at Loyola (his h.s.) for a few months, so I haven't gleened any info as to where he is leaning. His recruitment is strangely quiet for a 5 star, which leads me (and many others) to believe ND is in very good shape w/ him.
But I think all these guys will come around if we win games and prove that CW's job is secure. Recruits LOVE Charlie, and if we win, we're going to have a great class. If not, not so great. I'm not even going to stress about our recruiting anymore until the season starts. We win, we're golden (tate)...
part of the reason his recruitment is quiet is because he is busy with track season. should pick up this summer.
Hey NDinLA, there is an article that talks about Barr on Rivals right now, and it sounded to me like Barr really wants to go where he will have the chance to play running back. Maybe I read it wrong, but that's what it seemed like to me.
"A lot of coaches want me at running back," he said. "I know USC, UCLA, Stanford, Cal, Oregon [and] Colorado all think I could play running back for them. Notre Dame is talking to me about defensive end, and they think that's a position I could excel at. But I like running back. I really enjoy it and that's probably the best natural fit. But as far as growing out of the position, that's out of my control."
Looks like he likes RB, ND wants him at D-End... Per Rivals.
jason_h537
hey guys... new user here out of CA
The coaches are recruiting Barr as an athlete but have let him know they want him along the front seven. preferably at LB or DE depending on how he develops, but they said they wouldnt mind using him at RB depending on the situation. Think DJ Williams at Miami. a short yardage back or an outlet back on punt situations. hed be a load to bring down and how could u defend it?
welcome aboard bro...
BGIF
The quotes you had from the Crabtree article demonstrate that he does LIKE being a RB, and he's aware that as a HS junior he's already BIG for a Div 1 RB.
There was another key point in that article ...
I'm going to have to be on the watch out for schools that will tell me what they think I want to hear in order to get me.
Apparently there is one school that isn't telling him what he wants to hear but rather what he needs to hear.
Unless his growing is done, even NutraSystem isn't going to help his future at RB. He's already a couple of inches taller and 15-20 pounds heavier than another reluctant RB turned defender, Tony Driver was - as a college senior.
Jeff Burris arrived at ND as an HS All-American RB; he left college as an All-American DB. He was also the "Go To Guy" in Holtz's Full House Goal Line Backfield. As a senior Burris scored 10 rushing TDs, had a TD reception, and returned a punt for another TD. Starting FS, Go To TB, and #1 Special Teams Player. He led the team in minutes played.
Read an LA Times article about Barr when he took an unofficial to USC during their game last year. The kid obviously has alot of love for Notre Dame, grew up an Irish fan, and has been to the school several times in his life. I dont like calling prospects locks, bute the only way we don't land Barr is if we completely botch his recriutment, or if we have another bad year and there is uncertianty in the coaching situation. Regardless of any article you guys read, Notre Dame is the measuring stick for him
Something else to keep in mind, his uncle and father both starred at ND. Let's not jump off of the bridge cause someone is saying he wants to play RB in college. If memory serves me, Reggie played S his frosh year @ ND, before eventually being moved back to TB. All I'm saying is that, no matter where a kid wants to play, he'll be put in the best spot to help the team, wherever that is and the Brooks boys' no that better than anyone.
... If memory serves me, Reggie played S his frosh year @ ND, before eventually being moved back to TB. ...
Holtz also moved Denson to CB as a freshman for the Northwestern game. The next week Denson was at TB, forever.
was checking out Irish Sports Daily, and saw an artcile about Barr. It was subscription only so if anyone can spread some info that be great. There is not one player in the country i want more than Barr. Kid is an absolute STUD.
Justin McCay
Sentreal Henderson
Cody Riggs
Not much new. Top 3 of ND, UCLA and Cal. Is really torn between the 3. We're in good shape w/ him, but in no way is he a lock. His own teammate is Slick Rick's son..
Thanx NDinLA, tried to give you reps but says i need to spread the love. This is kid is such a special athlete. Can play DE, LB, or RB at the next level and fit so many needs for the Irish. Still think heis too special to just leave him with his hjand down, would be a great LB.
He's ours.
No ones our till they sign.
nope...he's ours.
Yeah and Te'o was USC's
nope he's ours too.
yeah but theres some smartass who said the same thing in a SUC... i mean USC forum who now looks like an idiot. So dont jinx it.
who reads USC forums?
Who are USC fans? I've lived in four states and have yet to see a single USC fan, outside of Jawanza Starling when he told me his top three were Georgia, FSU, and ND...
Ok say what you want Irishlew but if he goes anywhere else i will hunt you down. Then find Barr and bitchslap him (then quickly run cuz hes a big motherfucker) for not picking the Irish.
lol...you don't have to hunt me, I'll tell you where i live. Long trip from Cali to Chicago land though.
I like our chances against UCLA and CAL
Good Anthony Barr article on Rivals. Its premium so heres a quote
“I think people are making a big deal out of nothing,” Barr said. “I’m going to play wherever. I just want to get on the field, whether that’s with the ball in my hands or hitting somebody. I know there’s going to be some confusion at first if they’re trying me at different places. But I want to play wherever I fit best.”
I told him it sounds like he gets this question a lot.
“I get that question really frequently. I just tell them straight up that I don’t care, I just want to play.”
Says he is high on Notre Dame, UCLA, USC, Cal, and Florida.
For everyone who thinks Notre Dame is dropping the ball on him he also said Notre Dame, UCLA, Cal, tennessee and Michigan are on him the hardest.
I hope his dad and uncle are recruiting him too.
Guess who C Mart has locked in on since Kendall Moore Committed.
haha Awesome!
Rizzophil
Via Facebook?
no via face to face
WabashFalcon
A buxom blonde?
BostonND
Jerrell Preister?
Omar Hunter?
Dick Van Dyke?
The shooter from the Grassy Knoll?
Ed Harris?
The Lindberg Baby?
Randy "Macho Man" Savage?
Chris Martin is in Anthony Barr's ear. There.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I got ya now.
Te he.
Yeah, but he's also in Denzel McCoy's ear so take it for what it's worth.
I know he's been deflecting attention elsewhere, but I think we'll get a commit from WabashFalcon before the week is over.
I admit it!! I was the 3rd gunman on the Grassy Knoll!!!
Trying to catch up to jason for number of posts?
OHHHHHHHHHHH YYYYEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHH
Nah. I just got on a roll. Lol.
Rivals.com Football Recruiting - Ask Jamie: Brewster building at Minnesota (http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=965841)
Q. Ray Ray Armstrong and Anthony Barr are jack-of-all-trades players in their respective recruiting classes and could be great at a number of positions in college. So, who do you think is better as a prospect?
A.That's hard for me to answer. I had the chance to watch Armstrong – a Miami signee from Sanford (Fla.) Seminole – last season in Florida's Class 6A state title game as well as for a full week at an all-star game (the UnderArmour event). I have yet to see Barr – from Los Angeles Loyola – other than on film, and that film was him playing running back.
In terms of ability, both are outstanding. Armstrong played quarterback and in the secondary last year and led Seminole to a state championship over Miami Northwestern. Armstrong (6-4/220) wants to play safety but likely will grow into an outside linebacker at Miami; he may even grow into a defensive end. Armstrong's athleticism and upside made him the No. 13 prospect in the country last season.
Barr (6-4/230) powered his way to 1,890 rushing yards and 20 scores in 2009. You don't see many, if any, high school backs at that size do the things he does on the field. He likely will end up at defensive end in college, but don't tell that to Barr, who wants to run the ball at the next level. Right now, I believe Barr is the No. 2 prospect in California, behind Ronald Powell. How does Barr stack up against Armstrong? Right now, I would give the edge to Armstrong simply because I have seen him in person and saw his versatility. I hope to see Barr in person during the all-star "season."
Blah blah blah, he has said it doesn't matter. I will take his word over Jamie Newburg's.
The Polish Irishman
According to his facebook, Barr was at UCLA today. 4 hours later his status changed from "UCLA" to "This Sucks"
Take it for what it is worth. Kid is a baller and he thinks outside the box to say the least
What sucks? Maybe he had a stomach ache from eating Volcano nachos at Taco Bell. Who knows....
Yeah i need something more than his Facebook status. Hopefully your right Polish but im not gonna too excited yet.
Yeah, not sure what it means. Barr is a little strange.
NDinMemphis
Does anyone know which way he is leaning? Also, has he scheduled any OV's yet?
Polish Leppy 22
If he is talking about UCLA, print it out and mail it to neuheisel. that's great.
The word on Barr is that he is leaning towards 3 schools: Cal, UCLA and ND. Loyola's (his h.s.) QB is Nueheisal's son, so he's in Barr's ear about UCLA. But the truth is, Barr's been very quiet with is recruitment, and he's going to wait to announce. If ND wins, they stand in good shape (but no lock despite what some ND fans think). The interest in other schools seems genuine...
irishtrain
Man I agree with you guys, gotta watch what you say on here, these young men give all they can muster to be Irish and no sense making them feel like they are not respected as a son of NOTRE DAME once they get here.
Mike Farrel and others have been saying that Barr in reality is a silent commit to us. Most of this is due to the fact that Pete Carrol has had trouble getting his attention. Hope its true but consider the source
Don't care if Hitler said it. Holy hell that is fantastic news... I don't care who said it.
Sounds good to me too, great to hear. Never been a big fan of silent commits, but hell ND has been hurt enough times by public solid commits that i will take it.
Barr is a must have for us. It seems like he's going to be a stud playing any position. Go Irish!
Its only a rumor don't get tooe xcited. He also said James Hurst would be Irish
I can back up the James Hurst assertation. Weis and Company have been on his nuts from day one... the Verbal to North Carolina did little to stop them from keeping the full-court press on. Word is, Alums are telling James that ND's Pre-Med track is just as good (if not better) than NC's Kinesthesiology program. They are hapring on the ability for ND grads to get into grad school, the depth of the conversation, etc, etc, etc..
Would love to see us snatching this big o'le boy from the heart of Indiana.
dyrtdogg
I'd love to have Hurst, but I haven't heard word one about his being anything other than solid with NC. Throw in the fact that his brother is transferring there and I don't see it.
P.S. Whoops, forgot what thread I was on. Mods, feel free to move this to the appropriate spot.
Also that Hurst is not a native son of Indiana.
Barr plans to take all 5 Officials to his Top 5: ND, UCLA, CAL, USC, UM.
Once again Barr will be visiting for the Washington game
The LA Times had a series highlighting high school players in the area. This was the first in the series. Had posted it before but now the server is fixed
Size and speed make Loyola's Anthony Barr a standout running back -- latimes.com (http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-best-running-backs26-2009aug26,0,7541387.column)
Was just told that Anthony Barr suffered a pretty severe ankle injury early in the first quarter tonight. His mother took him to the hospital for Xrays. His team, without their star, then got waxed by Mission Viejo. Thoughts and prayers to you Mr. Barr...
I hope he gets well soon and is able to go back to tearing it up on the field.
The team was told yesterday that he'll be out for the season. What a horrible break for the kid. Unbelievable. What a horrible weekend.
There is no bright side to this, other than he'll probably be Irish because our guys always miss their senior seasons due to injury...
What happened? Bone break? Ligament get torn in twain?
Thats fucked up. I hope he gets better soon and the Irish will take you regardless. Love this kid.
College Football Recruiting On the Trail 2010 - ESPN (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recruiting/onthetrail)
ESPNU 150 athlete Anthony Barr (Torrance, Calif./Loyola) has suffered a broken ankle and is not expected to play again this season, the Los Angeles Times reports.
"I would say it's doubtful he'll be back this season," Coach Jeff Kearin said Sunday. "I'm so devastated for the kid."
The injury could require surgery but Kearin does not believe Barr will experience lingering effects after rehabilitation.
Barr originally sustained the injury during last weekend's loss to Mission Viejo, Calif.
Notre Dame, USC, UCLA, California and Michigan are the finalists for his signature.
Football: Barr has surgery, out for season (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/varsitytimesinsider/2009/09/football-barr-has-surgery-out-for-season.html)
Los Angeles Loyola running back Anthony Barr underwent surgery Sunday for his broken ankle and will be lost for the season, Coach Jeff Kearin said Monday.
Kearin said the surgery performed by team doctor Kevin Ehrhart "went great."
Barr was injured on a nine-yard carry Friday night against Mission Viejo. He will probably have a two- to three-month rehabilitation period.
-- Eric Sondheimer
I knew it, this kid is all irish. All of our recruits get injured their senior seasons.
On a serious note though, i really do feel sorry for this guy. Hes a hell of a player and his team will surely miss him.
ND has been in contact with Barr. No surprise ND will still honor its scholarship offer.
Good to know. Wish him all the best. Love this kid
Jason Sapp, BGI, has a piece on Barr in the current BGI edition. Barr had surgery for the broken fibula on 9/13. Definitely gone for the season. Doctors told him it would take 10 weeks to mend. He may be available for the playoffs. That will be determined as he rehabs.
He has a Top 5 of CAL, UM, ND, UCLA, and USC. Since the injury UM, ND, and UCLA have contacted him to confirm their offers still stand. "It's great to see that the schools are after me think of me as more than just an athlete."
Barr still plans on taking an Official to ND on Oct 3 for UW. He hasn't scheduled any other visit yet but plans officials to CAL and UM. He'll probably take unofficials to UCLA and USC.
He's not in a hurry to make a decision. His parents ND roots won't enter into his decision. "My parents made their decisions on a school and I'll make mine."
NDisme
I may not be the only one but it feels like it, i think anthony barr would make a tremendous safety. I picture Taylor Mays, who is built like a linebacker and runs like a safety. Barr is 6-4 225 lbs and he runs like a running back i would love to see him at safety if he becomes Irish. Sean Taylor(r.i.p.) also comes to mind.
Do not see him as a safety. he will continue to grow. I would love to see him play OLB with his size and athleticism but most seem to think he will grow into DE.
irish4ever
I don't care where he plays other than on the same side as the Irish!
Anyone think we can get to commit this weekend?
I think there is a chance, very slim, but......................
When he got injured, I figured he'd go to ND. We'll see, have a good feeling. Maybe the injury makes a player think about life after football as well.
All of them should be thinking about life after footbal Unfortunately, I don't think enough do.
I would love a commit after the game but he has kept his recruitment very quiet.
I can't blame them too much, when I was 18, I wasn't worried about more than the next weekend. It's nice to see guys like Floyd who seem mature for their age. Hopefully Barr is like that.
I'm with you.
irishandy
That would be great if Barr committed, especially right before the USC game.
It'd be great, but don't count on it. He's in a wait and see game with ND. If they lose he will not come. He's not the lock to ND that a lot of people pegged him to be. He has a real interest in Cal and UCLA. Momma will be pushing education (she's a h.s. principal in the SoCal area), but if they lose and CW is out he ain't coming...
Sounds reasonable. Lets just win and see what happens. Go Irish!
Article in Rivals today talking with Barr
He basically talked about how much fans want him to commit and he understands. His family would love for him to go. He knows all he needs to about the school but wants to meeet the players and see how he would fit in.
Actually sounded like he was really high on ND in the article but it was a Notre Dame guy writing it.
that's because he IS really high on ND.
Barr is in South Bend
WhoDeyIrish
I've been wanting to land this kid for awhile now...hopefully we can get him to commit after the weekend. Thanks for the update Polish. Always enjoy reading your input on things. Just remembered my Username and password. So now I can become a part of the board.:clap:
kjk184
Msg to Mr. Barr,
If you don't commit after being at that game, something is wrong. It's wins like this that make a ND fan a fan for life. Reminds me of the '92 PSU game (the Snow Bowl). I was 12 and my dad scored 2 tickets. Row 1 seats 1 and 2 in the end zone where Bettis scores the TD from Mirer. And uncle Reggie scores the 2 point conversion to win. The last thing my dad said before the conversion play was "don't run onto the field". I had no choice...If you watch any of the replays you can see me on the field...chasing my dad as the entire endzone rushed the field to crowd Reggie and the spot he scored. And I still get the question to this day. How can I be an ND fan and graduate from Penn State? Only my dad and I could probably answer that question after that day.
An ND fan for LIFE
In an odd coincidence, I am going to the bar in south bend.
dshans
Actually sounded like he was really high on ND ...
In an odd coincidence, I was really high at ND at times.
Per Rivals
Barr had a great vist. Said he thought about committing but didnt want to make a decision on the spot. he was hosted by Tyler Stockton and said he loved the team and can see himself fitting in with these guys. Talked to Tenuta, Alford, and Hart because he can play all 3 positions.
Tate the Great
Does he have any other OV's set up for other schools? And if so where at?
DirtySecret
I think he going to visit scUM and Cal before making a decision.
has said he wants to visit both but no official plans yet
Funny thing is, I use to respect UofM and never lower my level to call them scUM but after hearing Dick Rod say he saw nothing wrong with what Jonas Mouton did and won't be punished. I lost all respect for them and now they're scUM.
They've ALWAYS been scUM, even before Dick Rod arrived!
Per ESPN 10/5
ESPNU 150 athlete Anthony Barr (Torrance, Calif./Loyola) made an official visit to South Bend this weekend and spoke with ESPN affiliate Web site IrishSportsDaily.com about the current status of his recruitment.
"Of course (committing) crossed my mind, but I don't think I'm ready yet. I still have to check out a couple more places and see how that goes, but it was a good experience and I had a real good time."
Barr is slated to visit Michigan for the Ohio State game and Cal. He's also considering USC and UCLA but may not need to make official visits to those local programs.
PADOMERNUT
I saw him on Saturday. He was in a cart and his foot in a boot, but he watched the players walk from Church and then rode the cart up to the stadium.
Recruiting Thoughts Written by Brian Smith 20 October 2009
Recruiting Thoughts (http://irishsportsdaily.com/blogs/smittys-blog/1098-recruiting-thoughts)
Anthony Barr – Until otherwise proven, I say he’s headed for South Bend. UCLA is the main competition, but that is a bad football team right now.
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He actually looks like he has some break away speed Jason. I'm not saying hes lighting fast but I hadn't really watched much on him yet...but he looks like he can actually run a bit.
Iv'e seen him play twice. This kid is absolutely awesome and i wish he would commit already.
Yeah I'd say this would be one of our biggest landings thus far. I think he will have an impact on this team from day 1.
Maybe not day 1. He is coming off a pretty bad leg injury and it is still unclear where he will play. He will be a household name when it is all over though. Reminds me of DJ Williams, he was a badass RB at De La Salle then was moved to LB at Miami and dominated.
I know he is coming off a bad leg injury but it happened early right. I think he will be fine once the season starts next year. I'm not really sure on the time table. I'd almost like to see this kid move to safety personally. If he could learn how to play that position by his Sophmore year we could have a nice big physical player, I think he definitely has the speed to do it. Intangibles probably too. Linebacker is also a possibility but who knows we will just to see how he performs. Our safetys flat out suck, in my opinion. I know McCarthy makes a lot of tackles, but he just isn't that good in my opinion. He makes big plays sometimes but kills us a lot to. I won't even get into Harrison Smith. We need a dominate safety roaming around back there.
I do not see him at Safety. He is 6'3-4 220-30 right now. He played a lil LB early this summer at a 7-7 tournie but never really camped after that. We are in on some pretty good Safeties this year so it shouldnt be a problem. Kyle McCarthy is the man but he needs help
I mean I don't think we should eliminate any possibility here though. Think about Taylor Mays hes a linebacker roaming around back there. McCarthy needs a lot of help, and he is slow on top of all that.
Taylor Mays runs a 4.3 40 and Barr is as big as Mays is now coming out of HS
Very true. I'm just saying. What about defensive end?
DE is a very real possibility. I think the staff sees him as a OLB or DE but RB is not out of the question. Really depends on how much bigger he gets. Personally i think with his athleticism OLB is the best spot
CuerVo0220
Well, if they are talking about recruiting for the defense side of the ball, hopefully he get excited about it, if not, that might hurt our chances of landing him if he doesn't want to play another position. But with his size and speed other schools may think the same way. He would definately be a big asset either way!
GO IRISH!!!!!!!!!!!
If you read back through this thread you'll find we've hashed the same stuff out some months back. Early on he was adamant that he would be a RB. Later he said he play anywhere.
B&G and Rivals already list him at 230 IF he's going to be a Safety he needs to push himself away from the table now. His growth potential is a big question mark. He could add 15 - 20 pounds in the offseason through weight training and come in at Te'o's size. Light for a DE. A year or 2 later me might be DE size.
He has a serious injury which will restrict weight training and conditioning. I'd say LB seems most likely but he could be a monster RB - depending on his rehab and growth.
As for him being a Mays type Safety, I don't ever recall Barr be reported with that kind of speed. IF anyone has could you provide a source.
Thanks for the info. I usually back but when I come half into a thread thats as long as this one I usually only go back a page. Thanks again for the infor. According to scouts.com he runs a 4.55 - 40
Scout.com: Anthony Barr Profile (http://notredame.scout.com/a.z?s=109&p=8&c=1&nid=3870742)
Which is quick for a big man at OLB or RB but not as a Safety. Good not exceptional.
thats great speed for LB. Te'o was timed at 4.6 out of HS.
Any of you seen Rookie of the Year, if a broken arm can make him pitch faster, maybe Barr's injury will make him run faster!!! Yea, I know, it's just wishful thinking!
GO IRISH!!!!!!!!!!!However for that to work properly your going to have to break his other leg.
JefMaj
Yeah, don't want him running in circles.
"Yeah Pat - he has the best first step off the ball in college..."
"Yeah Pat - he has the best first step off the ball in college..."Exactly.
Anyone else still playing up the angle that he's already a silent commit to us?
Yea Yea. Im taking that angle too. Hes definately committed already but is completely silent about it.
I base that info on nothing, but i like it.
You're about to hit the century mark.
Century is one hundred. I dont exactly know what to call one thousand. Anyways, congrats on your next post IrishAddiction.
Supercentury mark?
I dont believe in silent commits. Until he announces i wont assume i thing
Domer4ever
I really think with Barr we are looking at either an OLB or RB. Somebody brought up the DJ Williams comparison coming out of high school and I think that is a fair comparison. Barr is a must get for us and I think he is Irish when all is said and done (assuming we keep winning football games).
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Century is one hundred. I dont exactly know what to call one thousand.
Millennium or millennial
UCLA is rumored to be the biggest competition to Notre Dame to land Barr. Based on that, it has to make you smile to see the train wreck that is UCLA this year.
I would really like to see him commit here in the next few weeks. Anyone know if he is scheduled to take any other Officials?
OSU-Michigan is he only other scheduled visit for now.
He's a 5 here - injury or not. His uncle and dad can tell him how great this place is.
sportallyr
Regarding the UCLA train wreck, remember that we have had some of our best classes in years when the team was a mess. Look at the class we got 2 years ago. Kids see early opportunity and an experienced coaching staff at UCLA. Also, we are recruiting him strictly as a linebacker, whereas UCLA is probably telling him that he can play wherever he wants to.
With that said, I really would like to have him at ND and I still expect him to be Irish.
Mime walks into room. Looks at front of IE crowd. Points at photo of Anthony Barr. Raises both hands to face, clasps both over mouth. Begins to nod. Furiously.
What did mime say?
Mime walks into room. Looks at front of IE crowd. Points at photo of Anthony Barr. Raises both hands to face, clasps both over mouth. Begs to nod. Furiously.
Slick Rick did THAT!
Censored.
Let's remember this is a Recruit's Profile.
ND is recruiting him as an athlete. He talked to 3 position coaches on his visit
That is what I read also. I would assume OLB, DE, and RB?
Just In... Barr is officially down to 2 schools. UCLA and Notre Dame. He will Visit UCLA after his season is over then decide
Good news, but not real surprising. I would think the choice would be obvious with his family history and the direction of the two programs, but perhaps he is one of these kids looking to blaze his own trail. Hope to hear an ND commit here in the not too distant future.
He's Ours...
I still think he's already a silent verbal...
irishfan
ya ive always had that feeling....no inside info or anything just a feeling ive had
Would love to have this kid in the family - by blood he is already - loved his dad and uncle. Reggie is still here - it's great. Just love everything about this kid. Hope he has a great recovery for his injury.
Apparently, he's down two two schools. I'm assuming ND and UCLA.
Welcome to the party Ultimate! You're a day late and a buck short LOL. (just kidding man, jason said this last night; it's on the previous page)
For those of you thinking he's all ours and he's a silent commit, you're fooling yourself if you don't think UCLA is a real player here. According to UCLA fans, Barr has been to nearly every home game and many practices. His QB in high school is Rick Neuheisal's son. Rick goes to many Loyola functions, not just the games. The lure of playing close to home could be enticing for him. Both programs have embattled coaches, and ND winning has always been big to him. If we lose and ND Nation melts down (which you know it will), we could be in trouble.
Obviously, we're in great shape here, but in no way is this a slam dunk...
I read earlier in the recruiting process that Barr made the comment that Notre Dame needed to win for them to be in the final mix.
Just like so many of these recruits, they want to see Notre Dame show they are capable of returning to glory and competing before they are going to make a four year commitment. So far I think Notre Dame has shown signs that they are on the right track, but a strong finish to the season is a must.
If he's waitiing to see how Notre dame fares - how the heck do you then decide UCLA might fare better? Particularly with Neuhisel's history....
Sorry. I saw a headline on Rival's page that said he was down to two. I had no idea that it was posted earlier.
Riddickulous
The one thing in our favor is that UCLA looks really bad, right now.
Yah I don't understand this train of thought.. If the Irish seem to be on the cusp of greatness, why not sign on and help the team. Otherwise go to a program even worse off than ND was.
"To start a dynasty, not continue one."
I wonder who said that...
Anyone read the Barr interview posted in ISD today - I don't have a premium account.
Nothing really...just down to ND and UCLA
Like many recruits waiting to see what happens to ND. The issue is not to see how good they are but to not have to go through a coaching change.
NDinNM
I agree with you completely Jason, IMO these recruits are waiting to see if Charlie Weis is even gonna be here when they get on campus. I think the winning will always help, but as the class two years ago proved, you can still sign a great class even while having a terrible season on the field
t3hjc
I'm hoping this is the case with a lot of the big name guys we're still in on.
I think Barr's pivotal to this class though.
At which position?
Either linebacker or end, whatever he grows into. We need all the size/athleticism/speed we can get on the defensive side of the ball. We're never going to consistently be able to compete with the elite programs until we finally turn the corner defensively and it's going to take getting guys like Barr in the fold.
mick2
disregard... it was already posted.
irish73102
if he wants to come play for a team that wins hell come to nd wat would u do?
Per ESPN affliate ISD Anthony Barr still maintains a top two of ND and UCLA despite the firing of Charlie Weis.
I'm still looking at them the same. Obviously they are going through a transition, but you can't be quick to jump off the boat and judge. I'm going to sit tight, and hopefully I can see who they bring in before national signing day, and also to see which members of the coaching staff remain if any, especially my possible position coaches. I think it's an interesting time, but it's not time to disregard them at all.
If other members of the coaching staff are still there, I think that would help. Just the relationships built over the last two years are so important and can't be replaced. But at the end of the day, it's a business, and they're going to bring the best guy in and hopefully win games. That's it.
I think the position he'll potentially play is wide open again.
ACamp1900
Is there any real suprise with ANY recruit wanting to see Rob stay on board...?
I said I thought Barr was going to be the most critical to the class and he's now even more pivotal with Martin bolting IMO.
Im gonna have to drive down to Loyola and have a word with Barr. Let him know ill still be on board.
chyrspchuck
man i hope this kid is Irish
Polian visited Barr today
sweet. we need him.
I was gonna go talk to him but he told me if i dont stop bugging him about going to ND he would kick my ass
Anthony was on the NFL Network for the Jets-Bills pregame and he looks like he could fit perfectly as a DE. He looks very similar in body shape to Jason Taylor of the Dolphins.
Flanigan44
There is something on rivals about Barr setting a visit. I saw it on their twitter, but can't read the article (not a member).
There is article on rivals with Anthony talking about the Kelly hire, but I don't have premium access. Anyone care to offer a brief synopsis of the article?
HereComeTheIrish
There's apparently something on Rivals...don't know where I read it, but there's something on Rivals about Anthony and I hear it's on Rivals....
Does anyone know Rivals???
IBLEEDB&G
n/m
MooreND
Nothing new just that he thinks it's a good hire, and respects Kelly for what he has accomplished, also likes that someone is in place so ND can see where there are heading. Says he's open to whatever position the new coach sees him at. Waiting to hear from coach to get a better guage on him. Can't say it's real groundbreaking. Still sounds like. Two horse race with us and the Bruins. Let's hope not to lose another recruit to Cali, especially with this guys longterm potential.
briankaneb
Rivals lists him as only having two colleges left on his list that he is both high on (UCLA and ND)...Scout.com says Notre Dame is at the "top of his list".
Watching this kid on tape, he looks absolutely amazing. I can see why we'd want to convert him, but I really think he should stay on the offensive side of the ball after watching a bit of footage from his games.
Scout.com: Relationships Are Key To Barr (http://notredame.scout.com/a.z?s=109&p=2&c=930027&ssf=1&RequestedURL=http%3a%2f%2fnotredame.scout.com%2f2% 2f930027.html)
According to scout.com, ND is his first choice.
Though I think there are arguments to be made that he should play on defense, I really think his offensive skill is just too great and that we should keep him at RB possibly.
He's down to UCLA and ND, that has been established for quite some time. Both are recruiting him as an athlete. According to ISD, Kelly called him last week and they talked, and Barr is looking forward to meeting with him in an in-home visit early next month. Barr liked what Kelly had to say, and Kelly told him he sees him as an offensive player, a RB who will also catch the ball in a variety of routes. Barr also sees himself as an offensive player but isn't adverse to playing defense...
I can't remember which coach said it but you always want your best athletes on defense
BearGB
Ah!! I'd love to see him on defense, however, again, I think BK is slightly ahead of me in the judging talent category, so I will trust him :)! Either way, I would just love to have him above anything... kid's a beast! Thanks for the info!
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Location: Ankara
Grade: P-5, International Professional - Internationally recruited position - Senior level
Managerial positions
UN Women: Country Director
Ankara (Turkey)
UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. Placing women's rights at the center of all its efforts, the UN Women will lead and coordinate United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It will provide strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States' priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors.
Under the direct supervision of the Regional Director of the Europe and Central Asia Regional Office [ECA RO] in Istanbul, and in close consultation with the Resident Coordinator [RC] in Ankara, the Head of Office will be responsible for the provision of coordination, programme and technical guidance on women’s rights and gender equality to the RC and the UN Country Team [UNCT] and manages and coordinates all aspects of UN Women programming in Turkey as required, including programme development, management of operational projects, as well as continued monitoring of implementation and reporting. She/he works in close collaboration with UN Women programme and project staff, UN staff and UN agencies, government officials, technical advisors and experts, multi and bi-lateral donors and civil society ensuring the successful interventions of UN Women in the country.
Manage the strategic country programme planning and development:
Develop and implement strategic direction of the CO;
Lead the design, planning, formulation, preparation and development of the Country Strategic Note;
Provide substantive advice to the Executive Director, Regional Director and Senior Management on the regional strategy, direction and planning of programmes and projects;
Manage and ensure the quality of results-based and rights-based programming; Finalize the annual work plan and budget;
Lead the monitoring of the results-based management approach to programme planning and design.
Prepare analytical, progress and other reports on UN Women´s programme experiences and results in Turkey for sharing with UN Women’s ECA Regional Office and UN Women HQ, the RC, the UNCT, donors and others, as requested.
Manage the Turkey Country Office:
Lead the office in the delivery of operational goals; Finalize the annual work plan and budget; and oversee the implementation, including providing direction, guidance and technical support;
Oversee and approve programme work plans and monitor the overall progress and compliance of the CO;
Manage the preparation of UN Women mandated country reports;
Manage the audit review process and timely response to audit reports;
Maintain and update country office security strategy, plan, and measures to ensure full compliance with UN security policies, procedures and requirements;
Manage the performance of staff under supervision; provide managerial direction, guidance and leadership to staff and provide performance feedback and coaching to staff under supervision;
Maintain and update CO security strategy, plan, and measures to ensure full compliance with UN security policies, procedures and requirements; represent UN Women in the local Security Management Team (SMT).
Lead inter-agency coordination:
Working closely with the Head of UNRC Office, advise joint inter-agency UN planning processes and similar exercises ensuring that gender concerns are clearly reflected and mainstreamed in them, including guidance in forging strategic partnerships at the national and local level to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment;
Advise UN system-wide inter-agency coordination on gender to contribute to strategic policy discussion on gender equality, and women’s empowerment issues within the UNCT;
Advise the UNCT, national and local partners on mainstreaming national gender equality priorities into legal frameworks and government-led programmes, in line with international standards;
Advise the UNCT on improved accountability tools and assets so as to ensure the UN’s commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment are tracked and up-scaled as opportunities arise;
Provide technical guidance to gender mainstreaming capacity development initiatives for governmental and non-governmental partners of UN interventions;
As relevant, identify opportunities for South-South learning and exchange on gender equality and women’s empowerment which the UNCT can support.
Represent UN Women and lead advocacy strategies:
Represent UN Women in intergovernmental forums, public information/relations events and key meetings, participate in policy dialogue; discuss policy initiatives, report on progress achieved and/or present policy papers/ideas as agreed;
Build relations and partnerships with high level and senior government officials as well as multi-lateral, bi-lateral agencies and NGOs; and participate in regional, country and other critical meetings and events;
Lead and support advocacy for gender equality and women’s empowerment to ensure that UN support towards realization of the national plans and priorities are done in a gender responsive manner, and within agreed international frameworks that promote and protect gender equality.
Create and maintain strategic partnerships and manage resource mobilization strategies:
Lead the development of resource mobilization strategies and manage the implementation of resource mobilization strategies, plans, and efforts;
Establish and maintain relationships with government, partners, stakeholders and donors to achieve active collaboration, cooperation and alliances on programme development and implementation and resource mobilization;
Finalize donor reports, and negotiate and/or approve cost-sharing agreements with donors; Establish reporting accountability framework to ensure that donors are duly informed on a timely basis.
Lead knowledge management, innovation and capacity building:
Manage the development and implementation on CO/MCO communication plans, based on UN Women’s communication strategy;
Approve the implementation of innovation and best practices in the CO/MCO;
Promote learning and development by providing opportunities for training and capacity guiding to enhance the competencies/productivity of staff members;
Lead the production of knowledge products.
Key Performance Indicators:
Timely and quality programme strategy;
Timely and quality of programme delivery in line with budget and workplans;
Partners and other stakeholder provide positive feedback on advisory and technical services;
Timely and quality of reports;
Quality monitoring and reporting;
Quality knowledge products;
Increased awareness of UN Women’s work in the Turkey;
Increase in resources mobilized;
UN Women is seen as a leader in gender equality and women’s empowerment in Turkey.
Respect for Diversity;
Integrity;
Professionalism.
Core Competencies:
Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
Accountability;
Creative Problem Solving;
Effective Communication;
Inclusive Collaboration;
Stakeholder Engagement;
Leading by Example.
Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies: http://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-employment-values-and-competencies-definitions-en.pdf.
Functional Competencies:
Substantive experience and record of accomplishment in the area of gender equality and women’s empowerment;
Proven ability to advocate and provide policy advice;
Good knowledge of UN Women and the UN system;
Demonstrated people management skills, especially in multi-cultural contexts;
Proven ability in managing and empowering teams to work effectively together in reaching results;
Demonstrated analytical and technical skills in managing development projects/programmes;
Ability to lead strategic planning, programme development and implementation, results-based management and reporting;
Ability to develop and maintain strong partnerships and mobilize resources;
Demonstrated political acumen and technical capacity in participating in national and international for a on the behalf of UN Women to advocate and to promote organizational priorities, initiatives and a better understanding of the organizational strategic agenda;
Ability to establish and maintain broad strategic networks and partnerships with UN agencies and other international partners to promote partnership and build alliances to advance organizational interests and competencies;
Ability to introduce new approaches and strategic innovations;
Familiarity with the region and women's rights organizations and networks in the region considered an asset.
Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Economics, Political Sciences, Social Sciences or field relevant to the requirements of this TOR.
At least 10 years of progressively responsible development experience that combines strategic and managerial leadership in aid development cooperation, some of which is in gender and women’s issues programming, at the international level, preferably in developing countries within the UN system, Agencies, Funds or Programmes or UN Mission;
Experience related to the Europe and Central Asia region in general, and Turkey in particular, is an asset.
Field based experience working with multi-cultural teams;
Experience in leading a team;
Experience in programme and operations management, resource mobilization and partnership creation; and
Experiencing working on women’s rights and gender issues.
Written and oral proficiency in English is required.
All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.
In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.
Click here for important information for US Permanent Residents ('Green Card' holders).
UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.
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See This: Maria Bamford at the Wilbur Theatre
Bam goes the dynamite
By Alexandra Cavallo | Photo Credit: Susan Maljan | June 3, 2016
Maria Bamford may be one of those celebrities you’ve “totally seen in something” but whose name you can’t quite recall. The longtime comedian and actress has received rave reviews for her turns in shows like Arrested Development and Louie—not to mention earned many fans with her sometimes surreal, part observational, part self-reflective stand-up—but she’s not quite a household name. That may soon change, due to Bamford’s just-released Netflix series, Lady Dynamite. A razor-sharp, winking parody of her own life, which includes a longtime struggle with mental illness, the show has already garnered critical praise and features guest stars like Saturday Night Live alum Ana Gasteyer and The League’s Jason Mantzoukas. Catch Bamford’s set at the Wilbur Theatre on June 10—then binge watch her show all weekend.
June 10, 7:30 pm, Wilbur Theatre, 426 Tremont St., Boston; $27-$32 (617-248-9700) thewilbur.com.
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Finalists announced for the Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards
Following two days of auditions, Jackdaws are delighted to present the singers in the final round of the Maureen Lehane Vocal Award 2018.
James Atkinson, Baritone
Accompanied by Hamish Brown
Charlotte Bowden, Soprano
Accompanied by Michael Pandya
Glen Cunningham, Tenor
Accompanied by Lucy Colquhoun
Kamilla Dunstan, Mezzo-Soprano
Accompanied by Joe Howson
Kieron Connor Valentine, Countertenor
Accompanied by Alex Jenkins
Stephanie Wake-Edwards, Mezzo-Soprano
Accompanied by Richard Gowers
Verity Wingate, Soprano
Accompanied by Marina Staneva
Grace-Marie Wyatt, Soprano
Accompanied by Marina de Lucas Garcia
Finalists will compete at the Wigmore Hall from 1pm on Friday 16 November. The judges Amanda Roocroft, Patricia Bardon and Alisdair Hogarth, chaired by Saffron van Zwanenberg, will decide who will be the recipient of the £2,000 first prize. The winner will be announced at 3:45pm.
Each performer will present a 20 minute programme made up of four works; one by each of the two set composers, Handel and Peter Wishart, and two own choice selections.
Tickets for the final are available directly from the Wigmore Hall.
Maureen Lehane Vocal Award 2017 Finalists Announced
Press and Journalists seeking further information should visit the Maureen Lehane EPK
Following two days of auditions, Jackdaws are delighted to present the singers in the final round of the 25th Maureen Lehane Vocal Award.
Kieran Rayner, Baritone (28)
Accompanied by João Araújo (28)
Catriona Hewitson, Soprano (27)
Accompanied by John Cuthbert (30)
Sinéad O’Kelly, Mezzo-Soprano (26)
Accompanied by Florent Mourier (28)
Joel Williams, Tenor (25)
Eleanor Sanderson-Nash, Soprano (24)
Accompanied by Michael Pandya (22)
Hamish McLaren, Countertenor (23)
Accompanied by Richard Shaw (Official Accompanist)
Timothy Edlin, Bass-Baritone (24)
Ema Nikolovska, Mezzo-Soprano (24)
Accompanied by Nathan Tinker (28)
Finalists will compete at the Wigmore Hall from 1pm on Friday 10 November. The judges Mary Nelson, Jonathan Lemalu and Christopher Gylnn, chaired by Saffron van Zwanenberg, will decide who will be the recipient of the £2,000 first prize. The winner will be announced at 3:45pm.
The 25th Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards
2017 is the landmark 25th anniversary of the Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards which, over the years, has become a springboard for many wonderful singers including Christopher Maltman, Madeleine Pierard, Ben Johnson, Dawid Kimberg, Amanda Echalaz, Andrew Kennedy and Sarah Fox. With a first prize of £2,000 and final held in the Wigmore Hall it is a very important event, unique in its celebration of potential as well as achievement.
On Friday 10 November, 8 Finalists will perform a 15 minute recital consisting of a song or aria by each of the two set composers Georg Handel and Peter Wishart, in addition to two of their own choice. Watching from the balcony will be the four judges; past Vocal Award Winner Mary Nelson, Jonathan Lemalu and Christopher Glynn, chaired by Jackdaws Artistic Director Saffron von Zwanenberg.
Every year, the Wigmore Hall Final of the Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards is a highlight of the Jackdaws Young Artists calendar. Tickets are available now from the Wigmore Hall Box Office.
Catch up on the history of the Awards with the full list of past winners in the Maureen Lehane Archive.
Applications are open and will be accepted until Friday 6 October, when entries close at 5pm.
OperaPLUS is the Best Classical Music Education Initiative
Margherita Taylor (Classic FM Presenter), René Bloice-Sanders (Company Member), Audrey Hyland (Music Director), Saffron van Zwanenberg (Director) and Sam Jackson (Classic FM Managing Editor). Credit: Music Teacher Awards 2016
On the 25th of February, Jackdaws Music Education Trust was presented with a prestigious Music Teacher Award for Excellence for the OperaPLUS project, which won the category of Best Classical Music Education Initiative, sponsored by Classic FM.
We want to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who voted for us; all our friends and supporters who took the time to give their backing to the campaign. It is an honour to receive this Award and it is down to your support that we are able to continue to run projects like this.
The award was presented by Classic FM Managing Editor Sam Jackson during a special awards ceremony hosted by Rhingeold Music Education Expo at London’s Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel in Kensington. The category of Best Classical Music Education Initiative was decided by public ballot via the Classic FM website.
The award is recognition of OperaPLUS’ outstanding contribution and achievements since its inaugural project in 2010. Every year since then, it has brought high-quality opera into schools across Somerset, introducing countless children and adults alike to the art form in an accessible and inclusive setting. In 2015 alone the project worked with 14 schools with up to 120 children in each of the five performances across the county.
The project brings together primary school children to perform alongside professional opera singers from Jackdaws Young Artist programme, in full length versions of well-known operas, sung in English. For many, it provides a first encounter with a live opera performance.
Jackdaws Artistic Director, Saffron van Zwanenberg, created the project when she took up post in 2009. It has become a key project in Jackdaws Education output, supporting the organisational aim to enable creative expression by bringing music to life in an accessible, inclusive and inspirational way. Ms van Zwanenberg, who was at the ceremony to collect the award on behalf of the Trust and the OperaPLUS team, said:
“OperaPLUS is so important to me personally. I loved opera as a child, for the tunes, the stories, the epic struggles and the rib aching comedy. I wanted more children from all backgrounds to have access to this unique art form, I knew that if it was presented in an accessible way they would love it too, and they have never let me down. It also provides vital training for aspiring singers in music education, an area too often overlooked, and lets the communities see the opera through the children’s eyes as they perform alongside the professionals, vitally important as well. This Award is wonderful recognition of the work we have been doing and will continue to do through active and innovative opportunities.
“We want to thank everybody who voted for us. As a small organisation, we work extremely hard, with limited resources, to ensure that we are able to continue to deliver projects like this. This Award means a huge amount to us – Thank you.”
In 2016, OperaPLUS will continue to build on its past successes by presenting a production of Donizetti’s The Love Potion (L’elisir d’amore) with 5 performances this April, involving 18 schools. Each school will work with the cast and production team in a range of workshops to prepare their music for the performance, supported with resources including recordings and sheet music of their parts, all downloadable from the Jackdaws website.
OperaPLUS is supported by Sound Foundation Somerset and Arts Council England and has been featured on BBC Radio Somerset, ClassicFM and in various local press.
Well, what a year 2015 was. Our Education work expanded our reach across to the far side of Somerset with OperaPLUS and in Year of Percussion with percussionist Joby Burgess, and our Piano courses we were voted second place in the Best Piano Courses in the UK in a survey by piano blog the Cross Eyed Pianist.
The first major project of 2015 was April’s OperaPLUS production of ‘The Stylist of Somerset’ (also known as Rossini’s Barber of Seville). OperaPLUS brings together groups of aspiring young opera singers and primary school children who then work together under the guidance of Artistic Director, Saffron van Zwanenberg and Audrey Hyland (Royal Academy) to produce five performances at venues across Somerset. This year, the OperaPLUS project expanded to include over 100 children participating in each performance.
We are delighted that OperaPLUS has been nominated as ‘Best Classical Music Education Initiative’ in the Music Teacher Awards for Excellence, sponsored by ClassicFM. Please vote for us! (And hurry – voting closes on Friday 22nd January!)
Year of Percussion
June saw the final performance of another of our large scale projects – Year of Percussion – which gave the opportunity to students from a dozen schools to take part in workshops under the leadership of internationally acclaimed percussionist, Joby Burgess. Their work culminated in a concert held at the Cheese & Grain in Frome, in which the children performed en mass together with Joby who introduced the sold out audience to an unusual array of percussion instruments during the show. This was the fourth year this project has run and which has now involved over 6000 children; we are looking forward to 2016, which continues our journey around the orchestra with ‘Year of the Reed’.
Our attempts to involve as many young people as possible in a wide spectrum of music based activities continued in July with the ‘Summer Production’. Children between the ages of 10 and 17 spent a week working with Saffron, Will Carslake (music director) and designer Sarah Lawton in which the children chose to perform Macbeth in combination with music by and based on Mozart with design inspied by the work of contemporary American artist Kiki Smith. This is a largely participant driven event and the performance demonstrated the children’s creative skills in acting, music and the various elements of stage design. The final show took place at Frome’s unique Silk Mill on the Friday.
Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards
Every November our focus moves from the schools of Somerset into London’s Wigmore Hall for the annual Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards, the highlight of our Young Artist’s calendar. Following preliminary auditions, the final seven singers each sang an aria by Handel, a song by Peter Wishart and a piece of their own choosing for the Wigmore audience. Sadley, Oliver Johnston was forced to withdraw through ill-health on the day before the finals, so his place was taken by the first reserve singer, baritone Julien Mellaerts. Astonishingly, with such a short warning, Julien was able to produce the winning performance and walked away with the £2,000 first prize.
Roll on 2016!
OperaPLUS Nominated for Best Classical Music Education Initiative
OperaPLUS is nominated for the Music Teacher Awards of Excellence, “Best Classical Music Education Initiative”
UPDATE [17 December 2015]: Voting is now open! Please visit ClassicFM to vote for OperaPLUS as “Best Music Education Initiative”
Jackdaws OperaPLUS has been nominated in the Music Teacher Magazine Awards for Excellence in the category “Best Classical Music Education Initiative”. The award, sponsored by ClassicFM, is recognition of the incredible work this project has done to share high quality opera with children and young people in hard to reach communities across Somerset.
OperaPLUS was the first of many projects created and set up by Jackdaws Artistic Director, Saffron van Zwanenberg:
“It was borne of many different personal experiences which led to a great desire to bring about a combination of outcomes, namely that children and young people have a positive experience of opera and benefit from the well documented effects of participating in music. Young artists receive training and experience in community and education work, in a supported and career enhancing way and hard to reach communities have access to high quality opera in an accessible and affordable setting. It was also important to me that the operas came from the mainstream repertoire to give context to the varied, everyday use of this repertoire that the children and audiences hear in their daily lives.”
OperaPLUS is a key part of Jackdaws Music Education Trust’s work to enable creative expression by bringing music to life in an accessible, inclusive and inspirational way.
The project brings together primary school children and professional opera singers from Jackdaws Young Artist programme, to perform full length versions of well-known operas, sung in English. It is directed by Jackdaws Artistic Director, Saffron van Zwanenberg, with the musical direction of Audrey Hyland, Royal Academy of Music professor and vocal coach. The young, professional cast take the lead roles and the chorus’s and other roles are adapted for performance by the participating children, numbering up to 120 per performance. There are a series of workshops prior to the performances with the cast and director and then the cast and children perform alongside each other in accessible venues in the heart of their communities to large audiences, many of whom are new to opera.
The Stylist of Somerset, OperaPLUS 2015
The first OperaPLUS production was The Magic Flute by Mozart in June 2010, with one performance in Frome, Somerset, involving three local schools. Since then, the project has developed year on year so that in 2015, OperaPLUS was able to present the most ambitious production yet. Working with 14 schools from across Somerset, Jackdaws delivered 5 performances of the Stylist of Somerset (Rossini’s Barber of Seville) in different areas throughout this rural country.
The production was featured on BBC Somerset Radio by Ben McGrail, who used OperaPLUS as an opportunity to ask the public what they thought of opera. The result was overwhelmingly positive which is reflected in the way it is received by the children and families who participate.
In 2016, OperaPLUS will continue to build on its past successes by presenting a production of Donizetti’s The Love Potion (L’elisir d’amore) with 5 performances including 18 schools. Each school will work with the cast and production team to prepare their music for the performance and are supported with a free set of resources including sheet music and recordings of their parts, all downloadable from the Jackdaws website.
OperaPLUS is supported by Sound Foundation Somerset, the Music Hub for Somerset and Arts Council England.
Music Teacher Awards for Excellence Nominations
ClassicFM
BBC Radio Somerset
Winners of the Maureen Lehane Vocal Award 2015
The 2015 presentation of the Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards was an exciting afternoon of music making. As always, the finalists presented recitals of the highest standard and were commended by the panel for the variety and diversity of their repertoire choices.
First prize went to Julien Van Mellaerts, who impressed the panel with his recital of Del minacciar del vento (Ottone) by Handel, Peter Wishart’s Henry and Mary, A Poison Tree by Britten and Mein sehnen, mein Wähnen by Korngold. It is especially impressive that Julien was a reserve place and only offered the opportunity to perform at 6pm on the evening before the final, when Oliver Johnston fell ill.
“It was an exceptional year for the Vocal Awards, the finalists were all well prepared and offered really interesting programmes. The general standard was very high which made the adjudication challenging, but the panel were clear about which performances had stood out, most notable of which was Julien’s singing of Britten’s evocative A Poison Tree.” Saffron van Zwanenberg, Chair of the Adjudication Panel
2015 is the 23rd anniversary of the Award, which is unique for the recognition of potential as much as achievement and has supported many extraordinary young singers at the start of their careers. This year’s prize winners join a succession of past winners including Amanda Echalaz, Christopher Maltman, Sarah Fox, Andrew Kennedy and Anna Devin.
The Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards are run annually by Jackdaws Music Education Trust for singers under the age of 30. The first Award was contested in the Somerset village of Great Elm, where Jackdaws is based, and participants were required to present a song by composer Peter Wishart, Maureen Lehane’s late husband, and an aria by Handel. Maureen was a celebrated Handelian singer and maintained that every singer should sing Handel at some point in their development. The same elements are required today in celebration of both Maureen and Peter’s legacy.
The Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards are generously supported by The Rosemary Bugden Charitable Trust, Cooper Hall (Emerging Artists), Geoffrey and Margaret Batten, Frome Voices and Jackdaws Trustees.
Winners of the Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards 2015
Julien Van Mellaerts, Baritone (27)
Grace Durham, Mezzo-Soprano (27)
James Newby, Baritone (22)
Accompanist Prize
Edward Liddall (26) and Natalie Burch (23)
Audience Prize
OperaPLUS Grand Tour
News may have reached your ears that something exciting is brewing in the Stylist of Somerset’s salon…
It is true. OperaPLUS 2015 will be bigger and better – we are literally going further than ever before by packing our bags and hitting the road for a Grand Tour of Somerset.
The dates are set; the cast of OperaPLUS will return this April to recreate the highly acclaimed 2014 production of Stylist of Somerset on five dates in four locations across the length and breadth of the county.
The Stylist of Somerset is setting up his salon on the following dates:
20th April – Kingsmead, Wiveliscombe
21st April – Kingsmead, Wiveliscombe
23rd April – King Afred’s, Burnham-on-Sea
30th April – Vallis First School, Frome
1st May – King Arthur’s Community School, Wincanton
All performances take place at 5:30pm and tickets will cost £2/£1 concessions.
For tickets contact Jackdaws on 01373 812383 or music@jackdaws.org
The year 2014 at Jackdaws was a continuation and building upon the successes of 2013.
We have grown the OperaPLUS, Year of Guitar, Jack’s Music Club and continued to build on the success of previous years of the Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards, Gifted & Talented sessions, Summer Production and more. Read on…
The first major education project of our year took place between 28 April and 9 May. A team of Young Artists from various music colleges around the country worked with Artistic Director Saffron van Zwanenberg and Music Director Audrey Hyland to put on two semi-staged performances of Rossini’s Barber of Seville. But, we are Jackdaws, and we like to do things a little differently…
Rossini’s reworked Stylist of Somerset was sung in English and involved no less than six schools over the two performances. The first performance, in Bridgwater, saw the Robert Blake Science College, Elmwood SEN and Penrose schools performing the chorus roles to a packed hall. This performance included an exciting depiction of a thunderstorm by the Elmwood pupils – an OperaPLUS first!
The second performance, at the Cheese & Grain in Frome, was to the largest audience ever for our OperaPLUS (we sold out, and then some!) Featuring Critchill SEN, St John’s and Hayesdown First schools, the Stylist of Somerset created a storm of its own, playing to audience who were happy to stand just to see it after the venue had sold out of chairs!
In 2015, The Stylist of Somerset will be hopping on a tour bus and performing a number of shows across region! This is a new adventure for the OperaPLUS project and Jackdaws as a whole. We are already hard at work to make sure it is a success; look out for the dates soon, we’d love you to join us.
Year of Guitar
The Year of Guitar followed from the hugely successful Year of the String Quartet with the Carducci in 2013 and precedes 2015’s Year of Percussion with Joby Burgess. Once again, every school in Frome took part with a record number of children participating.
On Friday 6 June, the massed ensemble of children from local schools with whom the Eden Stell Guitar Duo had worked met with the Duo again for a fantastic hour long performance at the Cheese & Grain. This year, Year of… was extended when we took a group of Frome College pupils to perform with Mark & Chris at the Sound Foundation Somerset Music Festival in Taunton on Sunday 13 July, and then again the next week at Later… with Frome College!
The Eden Stell Duo have been coming to Jackdaws to lead their annual Guitar weekend course since Jackdaws’ humble beginnings over 20 years ago. What a pleasure it was to celebrate their 25th anniversary with them in 2014 with this wonderful project. Heading into 2015, their course is an extra day longer than it has been before and has already sold out!
In 2015, the phenomenal Joby Burgess joins us for Year of Percussion and we are delighted to have already filled all the school places. For Year of Percussion, we are extending beyond Frome further into Somerset. More details will be released soon.
Jack’s and Theory Club
Our weekly music club has been running for a few years now but for the start of the 2014-15 academic year we added a new twist. Following from the 4:30-6pm music club is a new Theory club, led by Jackdaws team member Joshua Bishop. Each week he has covered a different aspect of music theory with the group using games, drawing and performing. We write music, we play music, we understand music.
If you’re amazed that teenagers would come of their own accord to a music theory club (on a Friday evening no less!), we are happy to reveal this top secret industry tip… provide cake from famous Jackdaws cooks!
The 2014 Maureen Lehane Vocal Award was the most closely contested competition of recent years. Ultimately, 25 year old Counter Tenor Patrick Terry triumphed.
Patrick, originally from Minneapolis, is pursuing his Master’s at the Royal Academy of Music with Michael Chance and is the only Counter Tenor to have won the Maureen Lahane.
We were privileged to have a distinguished judging panel consisting of Dame Felicity Palmer, Andrew Shore and Simon Lepper, chaired by Jackdaws Artistic Director Saffron van Zwanenberg.
Further to these successes, our Summer Production sold out both participants and the final performance, and produced a wonderful show of Animal Farm, with music in the style of Lutoslawski and design inspired by artist Gary Bunt. Our Christmas Concert sold out and was recorded with highlights broadcast on Christmas day by our friends at FromeFM. Gifted and Talented workshops also continued throughout the year, as did Singing Skills and Twilight Sessions.
After a restful holiday, we’re ready to go again. Roll on 2015 – we’ve got so much more to do!
Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards Winners 2014
On Friday 14 November, eight young finalists sang on the famous Wigmore Hall stage to compete for the Maureen Lehane Vocal Award first prize of £2,500.
Winners at the 2014 Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards
1st Prize
Patrick Terry, Counter Tenor (25)
2nd Prize
Henry Neill, Baritone (25)
3rd Prize
Timothy Nelson, Baritone (27)
Henry Neill, Baritone
Accompanist’s Prize
Rebecca Taylor (28), playing for Patrick Terry
Patrick is the first Counter Tenor to have won at the awards. Each finalist was required to present a 15 minute programme consisting of works by each of the two set composers – Peter Wishart and Handel – as well as two own choice selections. Patrick’s accompanist, Rebecca Taylor, was awarded the Accompanist’s Prize.
Jackdaws Artistic Director, and chair of the Adjudication Panel, Saffron van Zwanenberg said:
It was a wonderful afternoon of singing and playing from all of the finalists. Having chaired the last five finals I believe this year candidates performed to the highest overall standard on the day that we have seen. The panel were in agreement that the standard of singing, presentation and programming was very high and it was a very challenging adjudication as a result. The criteria of judging potential as well as achievement had to be extended to include all facets of performing as well as vocal potential in order for a decision to be made. The panel were unanimous in their decision, naming counter-tenor Patrick Terry as the winner, “He made me want to listen to what he had to say” (Simon Lepper).
The winners were selected by a distinguished panel of judges including Dame Felicity Palmer, Andrew Shore, Simon Lepper.
The awards form part of Jackdaws’ Young Artists Programme, one of the three main areas of Jackdaws’ work. The other two are our Weekend Courses for adult amateur musicians and Jackdaws Education, the outreach programme working with Somerset schools.
These awards would not have been possible without the help of certain individuals and organisations. Jackdaws wishes to thank The Rosemary Budgen Charitable Trust, Cooper Hall, Frome Voice, Geoffrey & Margaret Batten, the Jackdaws Trustees, Jessica Walker, Audrey Hyland, Ink Cap Designs and the Wigmore Hall for their own contributions to this year’s awards.
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Cuban doctors observe a dental procedure during a a training session at a health clinic in Brasilia in 2013. Cuba said Wednesday it is ending a program that sent government doctors to remote regions of Brazil in exchange for millions in badly needed dollars. The end of the "Mas Medicos," or "More Doctors," program signals a sharp deterioration in relations between communist Cuba and Brazil, which just elected far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro. | AP
Cuba to pull thousands of doctors from Brazil amid Jair Bolsonaro row: official
Online: Nov 15, 2018
Last Modified: Nov 15, 2018
HAVANA - Cuba announced Wednesday it will pull thousands of its doctors out of Brazil in response to President-elect Jair Bolsonaro’s “direct, contemptuous and threatening” remarks about its medical aid program.
The far-right leader repeatedly criticized the communist-run island’s “More Doctors” program — which sends thousands of Cuban doctors to work in deprived areas of Brazil — and said his government would introduce changes.
“In the light of this unfortunate reality, the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba has decided to discontinue its participation,” a statement released by the ministry said.
Bolsonaro has been scathing about Cuba’s program, saying the doctors received only a quarter of what Brazil was paying the Cuban government for their services. He said his government would individually hire doctors who wanted to remain in the country.
The Cuban health ministry said Bolsonaro had “questioned the qualification of our doctors and has conditioned their permanence in the program to a process of validation” of their qualifications.
The program has been underway since August 2013, and since then nearly 20,000 Cuban doctors have treated 113.5 million Brazilians, according to the ministry.
In the strongly worded statement, Cuba said the conditions being imposed by Bolsonaro — who takes office on Jan. 1 — were “unacceptable.”
It blasted Bolsonaro’s “decision to bring into question the dignity, professionalism and altruism of Cuban cooperation workers” who it said were currently serving in 67 countries.
The Brazilian people “recognized their virtues,” the health ministry said, and knew who should be “held responsible for our doctors not being able to continue offering their fraternal contribution in that country.”
Cuba’s “white-coat diplomacy” was begun under Fidel Castro after the 1959 revolution, and has grown to become the island’s main source of foreign earnings, estimated at about $11 billion a year.
Cuban media reported this week that Havana is sending 500 more doctors to crisis-wracked Venezuela.
Brazil, Venezuela, Cuba, doctors, jair bolsonaro
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Métis Health: The Invisible Problem
By: Carrie Bourassa, PhD
Dr. Carrie Bourassa has produced a Marxist analysis of Métis health status that makes this book a must read for anyone interested in Métis or social justice issues. Using 2010 Government of Canada data, that drew upon the 2006 Census, Dr. Bourassa notes that, “the Métis population increased by 33% since 2001 and 91% since 1996” (p. x). While this is an interesting fact, by itself, it becomes a concerning fact when Dr. Bourassa adds that, “[r]esearch has consistently shown that First Nations have a much shorter life expectancy than that for Canada as a whole… The pattern is similar for Inuit. However, mortality patterns among Métis are largely unknown” (p. xi).With this book, Dr. Bourassa provides the raw data needed to prove the existence of unconscionable inequality that the Métis continue to suffer. It is hoped that this book not only demands that action be taken, but will make not taking action a non-option.
Métis Health: The Invisible Problem quantity
Categories: Indigenous Resistance & Decolonization, Social Work
Rights: World
1. Overview of the Study
2. Theoretical and Methodological Framework
3. Dispossession from the Métis Homeland: Factors and Consequences
4. Métis SES in Contemporary Canada: Some Basic Comparisons
5. Métis Self-Reported Health Status: Effects of SES
6. Summary of Findings
7. Limitations, Future Considerations and Conclusions
Carrie Bourassa, PhD
Carrie Bourassa, PhD is a Member of the Regina Riel Métis Council (RRMC) and an Associate Professor within the Department of Interdisciplinary Programs at First Nations University of Canada.
With this book Dr. Carrie Bourassa, a Métis scholar, shows that Métis people have suffered injustices and oppressive inequalities because of colonization. Intrinsic to her research is the role colonialism has played in the deterioration of Métis health. Dr. Bourassa presents a Marxist analysis of social inequality in Canadian society and challenges established discourse that has functioned to maintain the prevailing unjust social order. Dr. Bourassa explains how race and racialization function within Canadian institutions and how this impacts upon Indigenous health issues. I found this book to be very interesting and useful, particularly her advocacy for Aboriginal/ Métis health and social justice.
John G. Hansen, PhD
Member, Opaskwayak Cree Nation
Dep’t of Sociology
Dr. Bourassa’s book, Métis Health: The Invisible Problem, is a valuable read for anyone interested in Métis history and the contemporary social issues that Métis People encounter. The description of Métis health status as it relates to the continued oppression of Métis People is of critical importance for Métis and all Canadians. The Marxist analysis of Métis health status seem to have fallen out of favour in health literature to be replaced with a neo-liberal or anti-neo liberal discourse. Dr. Bourassa demonstrates that Marxist theory is still applicable today.The first 3 chapters provide a fabulous introduction and overview of the context in which Métis health is realized. I especially enjoyed the third chapter on the dispossession of the Métis. No matter how much Métis history I read there is always something new to understand.
Peter Hutchinson, PhD
Chronic Disease Surveillance Program
Métis Nation – British Columbia
Faculty of Health and Social Development
University of British Columbia – Okanagan
I first Dr. Bourassa’s research as a graduate student. As a Métis woman, I was encouraged by her work as well as her words on being a Métis academic and community member. With this book, Dr. Bourassa provides insight into the major themes in Métis health, and speaks to the impacts of historical and current contexts. Dr. Bourassa’s work informs the significant gaps in Métis health research, particularly in the area of quantitative Métis health data. I thank Dr. Bourassa for this book on Métis health, and her call for advancement and advocacy in Métis health research, with and by Métis communities; Métis people deserve no less.
Tara Turner, PhD
Director of Health
Métis Nation – Saskatchewan
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New Car Previews
2020 Jaguar XE Preview
Christian Wardlaw | Feb 27, 2019
Jaguar updates its entry-level sport sedan for 2020
Revised styling to give the car more visual presence
New interior with improved materials and new seats
Simplified powertrain lineup
Added standard safety features
Upgraded infotainment system
Critically acclaimed for its driving dynamics, the Jaguar XE is a small sport sedan serving as the entry-level model to the automaker’s car lineup. It debuted early for the 2017 model year, and receives its first major freshening for the 2020 model year.
As a part of this update, the lineup is trimmed to P250 and P300 model series, the former offered with rear-wheel or all-wheel drive and the latter offered exclusively in R-Dynamic S trim. Gone are the diesel engine, the supercharged V6, and the wild limited-production SV Project 8.
To give the 2020 Jaguar XE a more “purposeful,” “assertive,” and “muscular” appearance, the company restyles the car’s grille, headlights, front and rear bumpers, and taillights. The standard lighting is LED, and features a more distinctive illumination signature as well as automatic high-beam headlights.
2020 Jaguar XE
Larger aluminum wheels measuring 18-inch wheels across are standard, too, along with front and rear parking sensors. The P300 R-Dynamic S performance version receives sporty styling cues and unique wheel designs.
Jaguar says the XE’s interior is redesigned for 2020. Highlights include new seats with standard leather upholstery, a new steering wheel, and additional storage space. The door panels are reconfigured, materials are improved, and more of the cabin is wrapped in soft-touch materials.
With the elimination of the diesel and supercharged V6, the 2020 Jaguar XE lineup is now comprised of the P250 and the P300.
Each one has a turbocharged 2.0-liter 4-cylinder engine. In P250 models, it makes 247 horsepower and 269 lb.-ft. of torque, delivered to the rear wheels or all four wheels through an 8-speed automatic transmission.
The XE P300 comes solely in R-Dynamic S trim with AWD. Its 4-cylinder engine delivers 296 hp and 295 lb.-ft. of torque, the automatic transmission includes paddle shifters, and the drivetrain is calibrated to provide better throttle response. Jaguar says this version of the car accelerates to 60 mph in 5.4 seconds.
Both the P250 and P300 swap out the rotary transmission dial for a new SportShift gear selector inspired by the F-Type sports car. New toggle switches activate the car’s JaguarDrive settings, which includes Comfort, Eco, Dynamic, and Rain/Ice/Snow driving modes.
Dynamic mode weights up the car’s steering, sharpens the throttle response, and supplies crisper and faster transmission shifts. A new Dynamic Handling Pack equips the car with Jaguar’s Configurable Dyanmics and Adaptive Dynamics systems, performance brakes with painted calipers, and a rear spoiler.
In terms of safety, the new 2020 Jaguar XE is equipped with a standard reversing camera, a lane keeping assist system, and a Driver Condition Monitor. That latter feature detects a drowsy or distracted driver and suggests a rest break.
Jaguar says the latest XE includes standard Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, as well as a 4G LTE Wi-Fi hotspot accessible by up to eight devices at the same time.
As an option, Jaguar’s InControl Touch Pro Duo infotainment system is available. The same technology offered in the I-Pace electric SUV, this setup equips the car with a 10-inch upper dashboard touchscreen, a 5.5-inch lower dashboard touchscreen, and a 12.3-inch instrumentation display. Wireless device charging is also available, and in a Jaguar for the first time.
Additionally, new Smart Settings technology employs artificial intelligence to learn the preferences of different XE drivers, from their favorite seating position to their favorite types of music. A next-generation head-up display is also available, offering an expanded amount of information.
Like many other luxury automakers, Jaguar is offering its frameless ClearSight rearview mirror in the XE. It depicts an unobstructed video feed of what’s behind the car, based on what a roof-mounted camera is seeing.
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Home Sports We gave everything we had: Virat Kohli’s message to fans after semi-final loss against New Zealand
We gave everything we had: Virat Kohli’s message to fans after semi-final loss against New Zealand
India’s loss against New Zealand in the semi-final of ICC World Cup 2019 at Old Trafford stadium in Manchester has left millions of Indian fans disappointed. Shortly after India was knocked out of the tournament, skipper Virat Kohli took to microblogging site Twitter saying that the team shared the “same emotions” as the fans.
The skipper said that the team put its best foot forward in the tournament. He said, “We gave everything we had.” Kohli also used the opportunity to thank the fans, saying that their support made the tournament “memorable” for team India.
“Firstly I want to thank all our fans who came in huge numbers to support the team. You made it a memorable tournament for all of us & we definitely felt the love showered upon the team. We are all disappointed & share the same emotions as you. We gave everything we had. Jai hind,” tweeted Kohli.
Firstly I want to thank all our fans who came in huge numbers to support the team. You made it a memorable tournament for all of us & we definitely felt the love showered upon the team. We are all disappointed & share the same emotions as you. We gave everything we had.Jai hind🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/rFwxiUdqK5
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) July 10, 2019
During his post-match press conference after the loss against New Zealand, Kohli said that 45 minutes of bad cricket cost team India a place in the current edition of World Cup.
He, however, added that New Zealand’s performance was above par and that the Black Caps deserved to win. According to the skipper, the credit for New Zealand’s victory goes to their bowlers as “the skill from them was on display”.
He said, “The first half we were spot on. We got what we needed in the field. We knew we had a good day yesterday, we felt like we had the moment, but the credit has to go to NZ bowlers. The swing and help they got from the surface – the skill from them was on display. Jaddu had an outstanding couple of games. He went with so much clarity, MS had a good partnership with him. It was a game of margins and MS was run-out. 45 minutes of bad cricket puts you out of the tournament.”
“Difficult to take it – but New Zealand deserve it. Our shot selection could have been better, but we played a good standard of cricket throughout. New Zealand were braver in crunch situations and they deserve it,” he added.
Chasing the target of 240 which seemed moderate initially, India made a worst possible start as they collapsed to 5/3 inside 3.1 overs before wicketkeeper-batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni (50) and all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja (77) stitched a crucial partnership of 116 runs for the seventh wicket. However, this was not enough as the Black Caps displayed good form and outdid India on all fronts.
45 minutes of bad cricket cost India place in World Cup 2019 final, says Virat Kohli
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Ruining our childhood by giving animated characters human teeth
Ciara Knight
Sonic has changed everything. Forever.
As more images emerge from the upcoming Sonic The Hedgehog movie, things are slowly but determinedly descending into chaos.
Not only is Sonic, by some standards, a little bit too sexy in 2019, he also now has human teeth.
Good morning to absolutely everyone and everything other than live action Sonic the Hedgehog’s creepy human teeth xx pic.twitter.com/yJX6WPW7Li
— Alanah Pearce (@Charalanahzard) April 30, 2019
Whatever your feelings about the plausibility of an anthropomorphic blue hedgehog being capable of running at supersonic speed, we can all agree that this creature should not, under any circumstances, have human teeth as a default setting.
Yet here we are, trying to navigate our way through an unfamiliar world where Sonic the Hedgehog has passed through puberty and emerged more human-like than is comfortable. He doesn't even seem to floss.
The only natural progression here is to ruin several other animated characters by giving them human teeth as well. If we're going to destroy our childhoods, we might as well do it all in one fell swoop.
Shrek and Donkey with human teeth look like a couple of door-to-door religious recruiters who would like to tempt you into a life full of joy, happiness, serenity and a £39.99 monthly subscription to their newsletter.
I played the Love Island simulation game and learned that God left us a long time ago
Human-toothed Pikachu looks like a dentist's assistant who has very clearly availed of the subsidised services available. A bi-monthly aggressive clean has become more of an obsession than a healthy concern. Unless a substantial amount of blood is drawn, Pikachu feels unclean.
Tigger and Winnie the Pooh are the loudest members of a stag do weekend. They've descended onto a quiet and secluded hotel resort, intermittently bursting into renditions of 'Da na na na na, na na na na na, na na na na na' (Planet Funk - Chase The Sun) and dropping empty beer cans as they please.
Arguably SpongeBob already had human teeth, given that sponges don't typically grow teeth, but perfect-teethed SpongeBob looks like he's really into politics and just sort of follows around a local MP to make it seem like he's involved.
Tweety Bird with human teeth (and a voluptuous set of lips) looks like she's going to find you the sexiest house available within your price range, as long as you're willing to double your budget so that she can secure a hefty commission.
Lipless Stuart Little with added human teeth looks like he breathes very heavily and has an unhealthy fascination with gynecology. He also says weird things in conversation that people just find it easier to ignore rather than question.
Straight-teethed Mufasa looks like he's going to follow you around the club until you pay attention to his very weak patter which consists of "That's a silly drink you're drinking" and "Why don't you take off your jacket, it's warm".
Lisa Simpson (with human teeth) has one of those lisps that's very wet, it puts you on edge and makes you want to check your glasses for spatter after conversing with her. Also she has four teeth more than the average person, for some reason.
Peppa Pig with human teeth is the stuff of nightmares, frankly. Peppa Pig without human teeth is very much also the stuff of nightmares. She looks like she uses a lot of coupons in the supermarket and parks her car in the parent and child space even though the kids aren't with her.
Nemo with human teeth looks identical to a girl I went to school with. She was a few years ahead, but every time I saw her I was transfixed by her lack of an upper lip. She just didn't have one. Then one day I saw her Dad collecting this girl and he also didn't have a top lip. So that was that.
Sonic the Hedgehog,
Animated.
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NASA's Spitzer Telescope Celebrates 10 Years in Space
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NASA'S Mars Curiosity Debuts Autonomous Navigation
PASADENA, Calif. - NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has used autonomous navigation for the first time, a capability that lets the rover decide for itself how to drive safely on Mars.
This latest addition to Curiosity's array of capabilities will help the rover cover the remaining ground en route to Mount Sharp, where geological layers hold information about environmental changes on ancient Mars. The capability uses software that engineers adapted to this larger and more complex vehicle from a similar capability used by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, which is also currently active on Mars.
Using autonomous navigation, or autonav, Curiosity can analyze images it takes during a drive to calculate a safe driving path. This enables it to proceed safely even beyond the area that the human rover drivers on Earth can evaluate ahead of time.
On Tuesday, Aug. 27, Curiosity successfully used autonomous navigation to drive onto ground that could not be confirmed safe before the start of the drive. This was a first for Curiosity. In a preparatory test last week, Curiosity plotted part of a drive for itself, but kept within an area that operators had identified in advance as safe.
"Curiosity takes several sets of stereo pairs of images, and the rover's computer processes that information to map any geometric hazard or rough terrain," said Mark Maimone, rover mobility engineer and rover driver at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. "The rover considers all the paths it could take to get to the designated endpoint for the drive and chooses the best one."
The drive on Tuesday, the mission's 376th Martian day, or "sol," took Curiosity across a depression where ground-surface details had not been visible from the location where the previous drive ended. The drive included about 33 feet (10 meters) of autonomous navigation across hidden ground as part of a day's total drive of about 141 feet (43 meters).
"We could see the area before the dip, and we told the rover where to drive on that part. We could see the ground on the other side, where we designated a point for the rover to end the drive, but Curiosity figured out for herself how to drive the uncharted part in between," said JPL's John Wright, a rover driver.
Curiosity is nearly two months into a multi-month trek from the "Glenelg" area, where it worked for the first half of 2013, to an entry point for the mission's major destination: the lower layers of a 3-mile-tall (5-kilometer-tall) mound called Mount Sharp.
The latest drive brought the distance traveled since leaving Glenelg to 0.86 mile (1.39 kilometers). The remaining distance to the Mount Sharp entry point is about 4.46 miles (7.18 kilometers) along a "rapid transit route." That route was plotted on the basis of images from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The actual driving route, which will be based on images from Curiosity's own cameras, could be longer or shorter.
Curiosity's science team has picked a few waypoints along the rapid transit route to Mount Sharp where driving may be suspended for a few days for science. The rover has about 0.31 mile (500 meters) left to go before reaching the first of these waypoints, which appears from orbiter images to offer exposed bedrock for inspection.
"Each waypoint represents an opportunity for Curiosity to pause during its long journey to Mount Sharp and study features of local interest," said Curiosity Project Scientist John Grotzinger of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena. "These features are geologically interesting, based on HiRISE images, and they lie very close to the path that provides the most expeditious route to the base of Mount Sharp. We'll study each for several sols, perhaps selecting one for drilling if it looks sufficiently interesting."
After landing inside Gale Crater in August 2012, Curiosity drove eastward to the Glenelg area, where it accomplished the mission's major science objective of finding evidence for an ancient wet environment that had conditions favorable for microbial life. The rover's route is now southwestward. At Mount Sharp, in the middle of Gale Crater, scientists anticipate finding evidence about how the ancient Martian environment changed and evolved.
JPL, a division of Caltech, manages the Mars Science Laboratory Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. JPL designed and built the project's Curiosity rover.
More information about Curiosity is online at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/msl , http://www.nasa.gov/msl and http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/ . You can follow the mission on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/marscuriosity and on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/marscuriosity .
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
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Palermo Mayor Leoluca Orlando at the ANSA forum. | Credit: ANSA
Palermo mayor says city wants to be known for migrant rights
Palermo Mayor Leoluca Orlando said the Sicilian capital is no longer the capital of the mafia and it now seeks to be known as the capital for migrant rights and welcoming. In recent weeks, Orlando has led a revolt of Italian mayors against the Salvini security decree.
Palermo Mayor Leoluca Orlando wants to see a shift in his city from being known as the capital of the mafia to being known for its welcoming approach towards migrants, making it a "capital of rights, welcoming, tolerance, and culture". Orlando, who in recent weeks has led a revolt of Italian mayors against Interior Minister Matteo Salvini's security decree, spoke at a forum held at ANSA. Orlando personally signed residency certificates for some migrants who were in the country without a stay permit. "Now I expect Salvini to come with the army like he promised, and report me," Orlando said. "I'm not looking for a grandstand but rather for a court, where I can show that these measures are against the constitution," he said.
'We want to be the capital of rights'
Orlando said his position was in place prior to the current government. "In 2015 we approved the Palermo Charter, which provides for the abolition of the stay permit, a new form of slavery," he said. "We want to be the capital of rights. We are an alternative city to populism, or rather to those who think you can change everything right away and with a slogan," he said. Orlando was insistent about Palermo's change. "Before, the city was run by the mafia. Now, Palermo is the capital of culture. The mafia doesn't govern the city anymore. The formerly deaf, mute, and blind have opened their ears, mouths, and eyes," he said.
New York mayor tweets encouragement
Solidarity for Orlando's battle for migrants came from the other side of the ocean, in an encouraging tweet by New York Mayor Bill de Blasio. "Stay strong, reject hate and hold on to the humanist values for which Italy has been known throughout history. New York City stands with you as you fight for the soul of your country. Avanti, fratello!" De Blasio tweeted.
To Mayor @LeolucaOrlando1: stay strong, reject hate and hold on to the humanist values for which Italy has been known throughout history. New York City stands with you as you fight for the soul of your country. Avanti, fratello! https://t.co/z0sttObxZI
— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) February 5, 2019
Orlando responded in a tweet, "Your support encourages us to continue to defend human rights. We look forward to seeing you in Palermo."
Dear @NYCMayor, you support encourages us to continue to defend human rights. We look forward to seeing you in Palermo. https://t.co/Uwv3G0LLwT
— Leoluca Orlando (@LeolucaOrlando1) February 6, 2019
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Reefer Madness and things like it helped to perpetuate myths about pot.
As a shaggy-haired kid sitting in a circle with friends, the wild assertions abounded about the herb people were inhaling. The one that stuck with me most was that smoking marijuana would lead to ball cancer.
As in testicular cancer.
That was around 2009, when a Seattle-based study linking "soaring marijuana use" and increased incidences of a particular type of testicular cancer was published. Researchers cautioned that the link was only a "hypothesis" and needed further exploration.
A more recent review of studies from the 1990s found that "those using cannabis on at least a weekly basis had two-and-a-half times greater odds" of developing that particular type of testicular cancer.
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MYTH: Good people don't smoke marijuana
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Youn acknowledges that "few studies have examined a direct causative effect" between smoking pot and moobs, and cites another study from 1977, which showed no association.
"So can smoking pot really give you man boobs?" Youn asks. "Probably."
That's quite a leap. Luckily, other outlets rushed to debunk the good doctor's claim, citing research showing "no scientific evidence" that smoking weed will give you man boobs. ♦
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Timothee Chalamet
Timothee Chalamet, a 21-year-old actor from New York, is this year’s breakout star of the Toronto International Film Festival for his role in Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name.
The film, an adaptation by James Ivory of an André Aciman’s novel, will be released by Sony Pictures Classic on Nov. 24, according to the New York Daily News. In the movie, Chalamet plays a headstrong 17-year-old who lives with his parents in Italy in the 1980s. He experiences an awakening when a handsome stranger comes to stay with them (played by Armie Hammer).
Chalamet, who can speak multiple languages and play numerous instruments, had a supporting role in Greta Gerwig’s coming-of-age tale Lady Bird and co-stars in the Western Hostiles, which stars Christian Bale. But his role in Call Me By Your Name is his biggest. In it, he plays piano and guitar and speaks both French and Italian.
The New York Daily News says the film and its cast are likely to be considered for Academy Awards, partly because of Chalamet’s “uncommon poise and wide-ranging intelligence in a deeply sensual movie.”
Chalamet has been working towards this for a while. He was a regular on the Showtime series Homeland and played smaller roles in the films Interstellar and Men, Women and Children. He has also performed on stage.
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There are just a few days of 2018 left, but we can add yet another couple to its hit list: Kristen Stewart and her Victoria's Secret Angel girlfriend, Stella Maxwell, have broken up and if the new photos are anything to go by, they're already moving on.
Kristen and Stella, who dated for just over a year, haven't been spotted together since October with sources saying the relationship had run its course and ended on good terms.
They continued: "They are still friendly and run in the same circle of friends. But Kristen is happy to be back out there and meeting new people."
"They started to disagree on things and it stopped being fun," a source told E! News of the split. Kristen went to Germany to film and they realised that the relationship had run its course and they needed a change. It wasn't making sense for them to stay together."
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All about Dinosaurs at El Chocón’s Museum
Estimated reading time: 2 min. Mónica Pons Eduardo Epifanio
This is an amusing tour around the fantastic dinosaur world. It houses bone replicas, lifestyles and tools used by paleontologists.
Who can have a clear idea of how the dinosaurs lived, what their habitat was like, how they communicated and bred and -what is most important- how did they disappear from the face of the earth?
Just like there are written records about the history of mankind in the different Ages, museums in charge of studying dinosaurs show their pieces for scientific purposes and to spread information.
We visited Ernesto Bachmann Museum, where dinosaurs are shown as a pleasant, agile and amusing concept. Young guides revealed how the remains of these beings we knew just from films and stories were found.
Visitors included young couples with small children. They would make a stop during their journey towards the south, as they had promised their children they would learn more about the dinosaurs.
Room I is the most important in the entire museum, as the skeleton of the largest carnivorous dinosaur at the moment of its discovery lies there on a sandy ground. We are referring to Giganotosaurus carolinii (southern giant reptile), found a few kilometers away from Villa El Chocón.
Its name responds to its scientific identification and the name of its discoverer: Rubén Carolini, who was an employee at Hidronor S.A. He would usually accompany paleontologists in their field works. In 1993, he discovered the tibia of a dinosaur emerging from the ground and immediately gave notice of this fact. Specialists from Universidad Nacional del Comahue carried out the finding of 80% of the bones of this land animal.
Ever since that moment, a cycle of excavations, findings, lab works and spread began. Late in 1995, the museum was inaugurated with the aim of displaying the fossil material found in the area and the prospective findings.
Room II shows two life-size dinosaur replicas. They were enormous. No living animal has such size. They are compared to a long-distance double-decker bus.
Their huge jaws look fearful and they give the idea of having moved with heavy strides. How far would they go? What did they eat? Were they aggressive? Were they smart?
As we were getting all these questions ready, our guide said: “The morphology of the area and the changes in the Andes Mountain Range let us know exactly how they lived around 100 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous.”
The Neuquén Basin used to be an appropriate territory for these animals in the remote past. Other local museums exhibit the importance of this subject. They all work together and are open to visitors. They provide information both for laymen and scientists.
Paleoartists create dinosaur replicas featuring the most detailed traits with scientific rigor. This requires an important level of research and the exchange between the artists and specialists who provide the theoretical frame to art and creativity.
“Paleontologists for a day” is a program for children. It takes place outdoors on a sandy surface, where they work with a shovel and a brush. They are supposed to discover bones that have been previously hidden and to inform about their findings, just like technicians do. They learn about this science as they play.
Rocío Butin, director of the museum, told us: “It is essential to study the site where the findings took place. Context is vital and information may be lost if the fossil is moved. In some areas, a sea bed was confirmed to co-exist with the findings of animals that would dwell on solid ground. In different geological eras, of course”.
The museum specialists answered all our questions. When it comes to carnivorous and herbivorous dinosaurs, El Chocón’s museum is the proper site to unveil mysteries and speculations.
Very ample, changes from summer to winter (make sure by phone).
Special guided tours for schools.
A general ticket is charged and it includes the guided tour.
Ernesto Bachmann
Acceso Centro al Cívico (8311) Villa El Chocón - Neuquén - Argentina
Tel: +54 299 490-1230/ 1223
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KCC Students Invited to Hawaiian Independence Day
Posted by Kayla Valera | Nov 22, 2016 | Campus News, News, News Briefs | 0 |
Lā Kūʻokoʻa, or Hawaiian Independence Day, will take place at UH Mānoa on Nov. 28. (Photo by Kayla Valera)
BY KAYLA VALERA | STAFF WRITER
On November 28, UH Mānoa will be hosting its second-annual celebration of Hawaiian Independence Day, also known as Lā Kūʻokoʻa.
Hawaiian Independence Day will take place in the Campus Center 209.
STEM Program Outreach Coordinator, Keolani Noa, will be coordinating free bus transportation for any KCC students willing to go. The bus will take students from KCC (by the chapel) to the event at 12:30 p.m. and arrive at UH Mānoa by 12:45 p.m. Students will then be picked up by 4 p.m.
The activities that will take place are live music, educational booths, Hawaiian vendors, and more. Events will go on after 4 p.m. but students who decide to stay will have to find their own ride from the event.
To sign up for the event bus transportation, either call the KCC Title III Office at (808) 734-9317, or email your reservation at kcctiii@hawaii.edu. Upon contacting the KCC Title III Office, ask for either ʻEleu (STEM Program Assistant) or Keisha (STEM Outreach Specialist), who are both leading the event.
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Posted: 11:59 AM, March 08, 2018 Updated: 11:59 AM, March 08, 2018
(CNN) - What would you do if you and your coworkers were getting raises totaling $700 million? If you're like a group of doctors in Canada, you'd fight it.
Some general practitioners and medical specialists in Quebec have signed a petition saying they don't want the hundreds of millions in raises they got after negotiations with the provincial government last month.
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Instead, they say the money should be redistributed -- to fund more nurses and other health-care professions, and to make care more affordable for their patients.
"These increases are all the more shocking because our nurses, clerks and other professionals face very difficult working conditions, while our patients live with the lack of access to required services because of the drastic cuts in recent years," reads the petition from the group Médecins Québécois pour la Régime Public (or MQRP).
"The only thing that seems to be immune to the cuts is our (salaries)."
So far, more than 700 physicians, general practitioners, specialists, residents and medical students have signed the petition, which has been up since February 25.
'Leave the money on the table'
The deal reached with the government would give Quebec's 10,000 doctors a 1.4% pay hike, taking their total annual salaries from $4.7 billion to $5.4 billion, according to CNN partner CBC.
A physician in Canada is paid, on average, $260,000 by the health ministry.
Quebec's health minister said it's OK with him if the doctors don't want the money.
"That's something that I would accept if they would accept among themselves," Minister Gaetan Barrette told CNN. "But the doctors who are in that position are still the small minority."
Barrette said the ministry can't rescind the raises unless the majority of doctors vote for that to happen.
"It's like a union itself in terms of functioning," he said. "In terms of getting compensation, they are grouped in a larger body to negotiate with the government."
Part of what's driving this is the desperate situation Quebec's nurses say they find themselves in. They complain of being overworked and underpaid.
One nurse, Emilie Ricard, took to social media with her complaints back in January, after she said Barrette was quoted as saying that "health system reform is a success."
Ricard said she was exhausted after working a shift where she had to take care of more than 70 patients by herself.
"I am broken by my profession," Ricard writes in her post, which has a picture of her with tears in her eyes and giving a sarcastic thumbs up. "I am ashamed of the poverty of the care that I provide as far as possible. My health system is sick and dying."
Barrette told CBC he's committed to improving the working conditions for nurses.
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By Lucy Clarke
The deeper the water, the darker the secrets
A Single Breath can be read either in 3 parts in ebook or a full-length ebook (available 27 March 2014).
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There were so many times I thought about telling you the truth, Eva. What stopped me was always the same thing…
When Eva’s husband Jackson tragically drowns, she longs to meet his estranged family. The journey takes her to Jackson’s brother’s doorstep on a remote Tasmanian island. As strange details about her husband’s past begin to emerge, memories of the man she married start slipping through her fingers like sand, as everything she ever knew and loved about him is thrown into question. Now she’s no longer sure whether it was Jackson she fell in love with – or someone else entirely…
The truth is, it was all a lie . . .
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Mapping show, Audimax Erlangen
The Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg has again commissioned us to create a mapping. For the handing over of the presidency of Prof. Dr. med. Grüske to Prof. dr. Hornegger the university wanted a show that makes a festive room out of the unattractive and renovation-requiring auditorium. The only requirement was to combine the reconstruction and the many structural changes of the university during the presidency of Prof. Dr. med. Grüske with his predilection for the music of the Beatles in a 3 minute show.
At the time of the project AUDIMAX Erlangen was a rehabilitation case. The already difficult architecture of the 70s with its wood paneling was at the first glance not exactly the optimal framework for a dignified event of this ranking. Safety nets hung from the ceiling to catch falling material. But exactly this turned out to be a stroke of luck for the transport of one of the main topics of the term of office of Prof.Dr. Grueske, the reconstruction of the university. This idea could be elegantly combined with the second theme, the transformation of the university into a high-tech center. Industrial robot arms should disassemble and rebuild the structure of the space. So we could in entertaining three minutes add motives that were given to us to the animation. By the way there was still the desire of the customer to consider the preference of the professor for the music of the Beatles. Overall, we believe, and the feedback from the audience confirms that, to have done so in an appealing way.
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Customer Support is More Than Saying "I'm Sorry"
Your company cannot operate successfully if the support and product teams are communicating through a string and a pair of cups.
When support is left to operate as an island, reps will only ever learn to parrot "I'm sorry." Well, “I'm sorry” to break it to you, but that’s a miserable support strategy.
Apologies are necessary when dealing with upset customers, but if there isn’t a system in place to learn from this feedback, you're just putting your support team on the receiving end of complaints with no means to fix the root of the problem.
The support team does not have the power to change the source of the complaints they receive. While user error is certainly in the mix, designers and engineers (and on occasion, marketing) are often the real source of support tickets, so they need to be kept in the loop.
How are bugs fixed, errors tackled, and products improved when nobody but support knows what customers are saying?
This is why we are so adamant about the principals and practice of Whole Company Support. If Jeff Bezos can sit down on support requests every once in a while (no joke), so can the rest of your team.
The dedicated support staff has to pick up the slack here, too. They need a system that empowers them to do more with incoming tickets than just say "I'm sorry."
What to Do With Customer Feedback
Your support team needs a way to catalogue and submit their own feedback to the rest of your team.
A great support staff will filter customer feedback and pass along the things you need to hear about. A customer complains that your software isn't the color they like? Yeah, they can say, "Sorry orange isn't your thing, Chris!" and save your inbox.
But when they notice dozens of customers saying that they can't find [very important feature]? That needs to be put in a team inbox for the product and marketing teams to see.
We've described the simple system we use that is built around Trello cards. In essence, we have an inbox labeled "Ideas" that anyone can add to at their discretion. We also have cards labeled "Next Up" and "Roadmap," so people doing support know what's being worked on and what the development team has already said no to.
This can help serve as a baseline to keep everybody from multiple teams on the same page. Where is the product going? What ideas have already been suggested? Support can really compliment the "Ideas" folder here, and with time, they'll become great at recognizing true customer pain points. Remember that folders for "Bugs" and "Complaints" can also be made.
The next step isn't so easy, but it will be useful. When a problem is identified, you need to figure out how to loop in the guy/gal who owns the problem.
What does that mean? When an angry customer reaches out because your “Add to Cart” button isn't working, that isn't support's fault—your ecommerce site developer is in charge of this. How do you loop that person in?
This is mostly dependent on how your team operates. If weekly meetings are your thing, do it then. If you feel more comfortable with personal emails or live chats, so be it. You just need a way for the already busy engineering, design, and marketing departments to know what the problem is for customers, without turning them into all-access employees expected to handle burdens at a moment’s notice.
The Support Bulletin Board
One way we like to keep the entire team up-to-date on the nitty-gritty of what's going down in support is through a system we call our "Team Huddle," which is built on the simple P2 Theme.
It serves as a virtual bulletin board where important feedback can be summed up in a weekly (or perhaps bi-weekly) extended status update, written by someone on the support team.
Ours generally consists of elements such as the following, though you can obviously include as many sections as your business needs:
Customer love. Important for feedback and morale, this is just a quick section listing some positive feedback from customers. What are they really loving about the product?
Customer success. How did onboarding of new customers go? This reveals a lot of potential problems customers may have with the product. It's regularly getting a newbie's look at your product.
What's new? Were there any new articles added to the knowledge base? Why were they added? What problems did they help customers solve?
Bugs and fixes. What did customers bring up over and over again in terms of bugs and elements they had trouble with? Ask the person writing to weigh in here—the product team will make the final call, but it's good to hear support’s thoughts, too.
Remember that this can be for the whole team to read or for certain departments, so the depth is dependent on your priorities. We keep ours modest in length and elaborate on any major concerns coming from support one-on-one. Here's the beginning of our most recent update, as an example of how it looks:
You can set this up with P2 so that all users of the "Team Huddle" get an email whenever a new update goes live. I actively look forward to our weekly update from Justin to see what people are saying about our product, content, and ways we can improve.
The Necessity of Empowered Employees
One final important element of a support team who can do more than apologize is the freedom they are given to "give customers the pickle," or handle small problems and requests, without supervision.
Without any sort of authority, a support team just becomes a lifeless punching bag. It's bad for customers because it's like talking to a brick wall, but it's bad for your team as well.
Imagine working in a job where your boss has decided that you can't do anything that matters:
Imagine having to field calls from customers every day who you want to help, knowing that the only thing you’re allowed to do is feign that “we apologize for any inconvenience you may have experienced."
What’s so sad too is how little it would often take to resolve the situations. You bend a policy here, you expedite an order there, you bubble an issue up to a manager. A natural, caring organization designed to create passionate customers stretches and bends.
That is sad. I'd argue that the support team needs the authority to make certain judgment calls—if you don't trust them, why did you hire them in the first place?
Guidelines and coaching are better than monitoring and lifeless scripts. The trick is empowering employees with a system so that they know what they have the ability to do and don't just have an unlimited number of refunds to give away.
According to Bain consultant Rob Markey, unexpected issues can arise when companies only give employees one way to respond:
We know of one retail bank that gave their call center representatives the edict to delight customers and permission to waive up to $150 in fees for any customer without seeking any additional authorization.
The result? Customer satisfaction rose a little, but fee revenue declined.
Instead, make sure it's known that you encourage out-of-the-box thinking and are accepting of whatever creative frugal wow an employee can deliver—but if they ever have any doubts or questions, that is when they should contact you or a support manager.
Give guidelines on what's appropriate so support knows you have their back. Create a simple document outlining instances like "If a billing mistake was made, we are more lenient with refunds and compensation," or "When customers are complaining about getting set up, offer to assist them with a 10-15 minute guided tour."
Consider it a playbook rather than a list of commandments. Trust me when I say your team will feel a lot more comfortable knowing a few fundamental moves that they are encouraged to make.
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Task Learning Outcomes Evidence requirements Judgment criteria
1.1 Critically analyse
Hubbard Foods Limited’s human resource management practices and discuss how well these align to and support their strategic objectives. Your answer must apply two theories and models of
human resource management. LO1
Critically analyse and apply the theories, models and best practices of human resource management towards the strategic objectives of organisations in New Zealand. Student analysis of the organisation’s HRM is evident through the application of two theories and models of HRM. Theories and models could include but are not limited to:
• Human Capital Theory
• Resources-based Theory
• AMO Theory
• Contingency Theory
Student must provide evidence of application of theories on the given organization for achieving its strategic objectives.
Manage Human Capital
Assessment 1 - Individual Assignment (Case Study Based)
1.2 Recommend what best practices for human resource management for Hubbard Food Limited should be and how these might better contribute to strategic objectives discussed in
1.1 LO1
A recommendation must be made as to which is the best practice for the organisation to apply.
2.1 Identify and discuss the environment in the given case study (i.e.
unionised or nonunionised).
2.2 Critically analyse the responsibilities of
management, HRM
specialists and employees
in managing employment relationships in the identified environment. LO2
Critically analyse the responsibilities of
management, HRM specialists and employees in managing the employment
relationship in a unionized or a nonunionized environment Student identifies and discusses the work environment for the given organisation. The work environment can be identified as a unionized or a nonunionized work environment.
Student presents a critical analysis that identifies the responsibilities of the following parties in the given organisation:
2. HRM specialists and
3. Employees
Student’s ability to critically analyse the role of all the three parties is evident through the description of the role of these parties in the given organisation.
3.1 Given Dick Hubbard’s stance on social responsibility, critically evaluate the codes of values for Hubbard Foods.
3.2 Critically evaluate how well the strategic leadership at Hubbard Foods leads and supports the codes of values and the extent to which this supports the organisation in performing effectively and efficiently.
Critically evaluate the codes of values for an organisation and the role of strategic
leadership in leading
and supporting the codes of values for the efficient and effective performance of the organisation. Student critically evaluates the codes of values of the organisation and the role of strategic leadership in demonstrating and supporting those values in the given organisation.
Further, student must be able to describe the impact of these codes of values in helping the organisation to perform effectively and efficiently.
Student must critically evaluate those codes of values by presenting arguments in both favour of and against those values to reach a conclusion.
Students need to select examples from the case
study to highlight whether these are code of values and then evaluate (judge) whether the students’ justifications are in favour of the code of values or against, based on the examples from the case study.
Assessment Structure
2. Critical analysis of human resource management practices at Hubbard Foods Ltd. (2 HR models/theories)
3. Recommendations for best practice of human resource management for Hubbard Foods Ltd
4. Discussion of the unionised – non-unionised work environment at Hubbard Foods Ltd
5. Critical analysis of the responsibilities of management – HRM specialists – employees focusing on their employment relationships with each other
6. Social responsibility position of Dick Hubbard alongside a critical evaluation of the Codes of Values at Hubbard Foods Ltd. Include how the organisation supports the Codes through its strategic leadership for further allow the company to perform effectively
7. Summary
8. Reference List.
(NB: As a suggestion, the underlined areas could be used as Section Headings within your assignment.)
Read the following case carefully and complete the requirements which follow.
HUBBARD FOODS LIMITED – Case Study
Dick Hubbard is an extremely well-known business personality in New Zealand. He is known for his entrepreneurial nature and his stance on social responsibility. Dick founded breakfast cereal manufacturer Winner Foods in 1988 and renamed it Hubbard Foods Ltd two years later. By 2000, the company had an annual turnover of approximately NZ$25 million and has a market share of around 20 per cent of the breakfast cereal market in New Zealand.
In the early days of Winner Foods, the company experienced tough times and was within three weeks of going into receivership. Hubbard asked his employees to go home on an extended holiday because he could not afford to pay them. The early days of hardship have not been forgotten and today there is no expensive furniture or company car fleets.
In 1993, the business was growing, and Dick realised he needed to make changes to the way he managed the company. Until then, he had managed the whole business by himself, including functions such as Human Resources Management, Purchasing, Marketing and Quality Management. Now Hubbard Foods have more than 130 employees and managers in place for each of these specific functions.
Management Philosophies
Hubbard Foods operates under a triple bottom line philosophy that places importance on financial, environmental, and social responsibility. Dick’s management style reflects this policy by being financially responsible, considering all stakeholders in the business and managing its environmental impact. These values drive the concept of a socially
responsible business that is embraced by Hubbard’s organisational culture and Dick’s vision of a sustainable competitive advantage.
This approach flows throughout the organisation and reinforces Dick’s strong vision for the business. There is no documented management structure at Hubbard’s, which illustrates another philosophy of a non-hierarchical business.
To promote social responsibility, Dick founded the Business for Social Responsibility in 1998. not sure what this is, does it need more explanation However, Dick does not pretend that financial success is not important to Hubbards. In order to maintain employment levels, the company must be financially viable.
Dick has a distinctive, simple, no nonsense style of management. At the premises in Mangere, Auckland , there is a large sign in front of the main doors. It states:
‘This is a ‘no nonsense’ management zone. No management excesses, corporate ego trips, committee decisions, inter-company memos, buck passing, back stabbing, or any other dubious management decisions allowed on these premises’
This statement sums up his management philosophy and Dick practices what he preaches
An illustration of Dick’s no-nonsense approach to managing staff has become folklore at Hubbard’s. One employee told Dick she felt intimidated by him wearing a tie. Dick immediately took off the tie and cut it up. The tie is now framed in the offices at Hubbard’s and is a strong visual statement of Dick’s commitment to his philosophy of management.
Dick believes employees go to work for more reasons than merely earning money and that people want to feel valued. By taking a socially responsible stance, Dick believes he is a better manager and can gain and retain excellent staff. Customers are also responding to and enjoying the personal approach that he brings to the company and its products. In 2000, the company faced disruption when it got into a controversial
public relations war with striking unionist employees. The union facilitated improved communication between the parties and the dispute was resolved quickly Dick got hundreds of faxes and emails of support during that time and the goodwill generated from that unexpected crisis still exists.
Hubbards’ commitment to building a sustainable future for the community is integrated with business strategy and this has an influence on brand strategy. “We have to look at what we do as a brand, so that’s another key pillar of our community activity. If we do any marketing it’s looking at what we can do across the broader community in New Zealand,” says Rebecca Bergs, Marketing Manager at Hubbard Foods.
Social responsibility and staff engagement
Because of strong growth, a new factory was purpose built in Mangere on the outskirts of Auckland in a low-income, high unemployment area where the population is largely Maori and Pacific Islanders. This move demonstrated Hubbard recognising the benefit he could bring to the low socio-economic area.
Dick believes in creating and maintaining employment and not replacing people with machinery unless there is no alternative. Many of the manufacturing processes at Hubbard’s are manual, such as the mixing of cereals.
An internal survey showed that 80 per cent of Hubbard Foods’ staff live in South Auckland and the company is focusing its resources on further commitments to the improvement of the local community. Hubbard states its support for the community is fundamental to what it does, and that staff engagement is key to this. One of Hubbards’ key commitments is to the South Auckland Breakfast Club, an initiative that provides breakfast free of charge to children in need. Through the initiative, Hubbards provides more than 1,000 breakfasts a week to children across the eight breakfast club regions in Auckland.
Hubbards has been involved in a whole host of good community causes. From supporting students studying food technology at Massey University, to spending time and energy on local projects and charities such as Outward Bound and Ronald McDonald House. It is the principal sponsor for the Hubbards Head2Head Walk event which fundraises for local community projects that benefit the young people of Auckland.
Another instance of being a leader in workplace relationships, was in 2008 when
Hubbard Foods Limited launched a DVFREE™ HR programme with the help of Preventing Violence in the Home. It is a workplace programme specifically aimed at supporting victims of domestic violence and thus benefiting participating businesses. It recognised domestic abuse as a serious, recognisable, and preventable problem like any other workplace health and safety issue that can affect a business and its bottom line.
Dick believes in sharing his company’s success with his employees and achieves this by taking employees on trips. In 1998, he took all 100 staff to Samoa at a total cost of $150,000 to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of being in business. The trip was a tribute to the Pacific Islands workforce’s culture and heritage. In subsequent years, other trips have been taken within New Zealand.
Hubbards Market Position
Hubbard's has grown from a micro-business into a large business with 100+ staff, while maintaining a family based culture. In 2000-2001, Hubbard's exported 14.4% of its production, mainly to Australia, but a small amount was exported to the United Kingdom, Singapore and Hong Kong. In this respect, the company is potentially vulnerable to the fluctuating New Zealand dollar. There are three strong direct competitors to Hubbard's in the New Zealand market - Sanitarium, Uncle Toby's and Kelloggs. In 2001, Hubbard's had an 18.5% share of the cereal market in New Zealand.
By the end of 2010, it dropped to 9.3% of the total cereal market.
Hubbard now aims to increase its brand presence and thus increase sales in the coming year by 10 per cent. With booming migration numbers combined with the change in NZ demographics over the last 10 years, Hubbards is now thinking to introduce products which cater to the taste of migrant communities as well. If Hubbards wants to pursue these growth objectives it could bring a change to the way firm is managed.
The Human Resource Function
The functions and roles of Human Resource Management (HRM) are traditionally centralised in many NZ companies. Whilst this may work effectively in some companies, it is not a one-size-fits-all philosophy. Experienced Human Resource management practitioners articulate their own experiences to the fit of the organisation they are working in. In Hubbard Foods, the decision was made to decentralise the function of HRM out to the line managers. For large organisations, or growing organisations, this can cause more problems than solutions, particularly if line managers are not experienced, trained, or have any expertise in HRM processes and procedures. The newly appointed HR Manager has decided to continue with decentralising the HRM functions and roles, despite the following problems that it has been causing the organisatio
Human Resource Issues
There are number of staffing issues that currently exist within the organisation. Staff turnover fluctuates from 15-20% because of numbers of casual staff and fixed term staff. Many of the casual staff are university students who only want part-time work when available. Staff turnover has been an ongoing issue at Hubbard Foods, despite recruiting and selecting competent managers to take up functional portfolios across the organisation.
There have been a number of staff members who have breached codes of conduct of the organisation, which were mainly serious misconduct issues. These have led to a
number of mediation meetings and Employment Relations Authority determinations, against the organisation. Some employees who were dismissed, managed to win their cases against Hubbard Foods, resulting in reemployment.
There have also been issues relating to management bullying or harassing employees to improve productivity, particularly in the manufacturing areas of the organisation. Some of these employees were interviewed by the NZ Herald, which was detrimental to the reputation of Hubbard Foods.
Another major issue concerned the compilation of the individual employment agreements of staff who chose to take this option over a collective employment agreement. Four staff signed a 12-month period Fixed Term Agreement with the company, however the agreement failed to stipulate the justification for the contract being fixed term. These employees took their case through to the Employment Court, who found in favour of the employees, stating that Hubbard Foods breached S66 of the Employment Relations Act 2000.
A Health & Safety Committee (HSC), with representatives from across the company is one of the initiatives that Hubbard Foods have established under the Health and Safety at Work Act (2015). However, this is a new initiative, and many of the representatives require training and development to cover their responsibilities. As many of the HRM functions and roles have been decentralised to line managers, much of the Health and Safety responsibilities have been allocated to these managers. Again, there are problems with the level of capability that the managers have in dealing with health and safety issues and working toward resolutions. The H SC is chaired by line managers in rotation and they only have meetings when issues arise i.e. reactive vs. proactive leadership. This has caused another problem, the company has no Management of Risks Plan in which any possible or probable risks can be minimised or eliminated. Each line managers maintains their own records of health and safety issues, these are managed in isolation to other departments within the organisation. Hubbard Foods have been issued with two (2) Improvement Notices from a Health &Safety Inspector, for
breaches of the Act, pertaining to unsafe practices in the use of chemicals and substances within the manufacturing areas of the organisation. Hubbards Foods needed to remedy any breaches immediately, so that the Improvement Notices can be satisfied. These remedies have been implemented
There are also problems with the training and development of new and current staff at the organisation as the HR manager has continued to keep this function decentralised. Many managers have had no formal external qualification or certification in training and developing staff, as normally this responsibility is owned by HRM. Much of the training of staff is on-the-job training, which is often not documented, evaluated, or implemented consistently. Despite staff making requests to have a formal Training and Development programme for all employees, no response or action has been forthcoming from line managers, HRM, or senior management.
Adapted from Human Resource Management Action – Contemporary New Zealand Cases. Volume 2
(2001) Palmerston North, N.Z.: Dunmore Press
Sustainable Business Network. (2015). Hubbards: Community investment a pillar of good business, Website, Retrieved from http://sustainable.org.nz/sustainability-news/hubbards-community-investmenta-pillar-of-good-business#.WVwspIiGPIV
Scoop Media. (2008). Hubbards Shows Leadership in the Workplace, Website, Retrieved from http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0803/S00097/hubbards-shows-leadership-in-the-workplace.htm
O’Neill, R. (2011). Crunch time for cereal maker, Website, Retrieved from Stuff
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/5296474/Crunch-time-for-cereal-maker
NB: Some excerpts in the case study have been created to provide a balance of strengths and weaknesses of the organisation.
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Possible evidence found in Twin Falls during search for missing Colorado mother
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Posted: Sat 7:00 PM, Dec 22, 2018 |
Updated: Sat 7:20 PM, Dec 22, 2018
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) On Saturday, the Twin Falls Police Department issued a statement, saying they have been working with the Colorado Bureau of Investigations and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to prepare and serve several search warrants, including processing items of possible evidence.
The Twin Falls County Sheriff's Office and the Twin Falls Police Department is helping with the investigation of missing Colorado woman Kelsey Berreth who went missing on Thanksgiving Day from Woodland Park, Colorado.
Sheriff Tom Carter and Police Chief Craig Kingsbury said in a statement together, "We are pleased our organizations were able to provide the assistance and support requested by the FBI, CBI and the Woodland Park Police Department."
Twin Falls Police declined to comment on what evidence may have been found, including reported claims that a cell phone was pinged in Gooding.
But, in a Friday morning press conference, Woodland Park Police Chief Miles De Young confirmed the phone did ping in Idaho, and they were working to recover it.
Council approves closure of Eastland Drive and Falls Avenue intersection for construction
Thank you Brian, for the memories
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Lingotek Appoints Matt Smith as Chief Technology Officer
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Leading Cloud Technology and Language Services Company Promotes its Director of Integrations to CTO
LEHI, UT--(Gala - October 11, 2017) - Lingotek | The Translation Network announced today the appointment of Matt Smith as Chief Technology Officer. Smith brings more than 20 years of experience in computer science, data mining and social capital.
Prior to being named CTO of Lingotek, Matt served as the Director of Integrations where he strategically created Agile development teams to build and maintain the best connectors in the industry. As a result, Lingotek now offers more connectors and more unique integrations than any on the market. Matt joined Lingotek in 2012 as a Principal Engineer where he was instrumental in the development of Lingotek’s API-driven platform designed for robust integrations by leading the team that developed Lingotek’s vast library of connectors, including connectors for Adobe Experience Manager, Atlassian Confluence, Drupal, the Lingotek Filesystem Connector, HubSpot, Lingotek for Mac, Lingotek for Windows, Marketo, MindTouch, Salesforce, WordPress and Zendesk.
As a member of the executive team, Smith will be responsible for Lingotek’s overall technology strategy, the ongoing development of Lingotek’s award-winning SaaS platform, and the execution of its software product roadmap. Smith’s extensive background in machine learning and data mining will be especially key as he leads the company’s engineering arm in support of Lingotek's strategic focus on multilingual business intelligence and quality analytics.
"We will continue to make Lingotek the most connected, reliable, and responsive platform in the industry," said Smith.
“Matt’s exceptional knowledge of software development will make a great contribution to our executive team,” stated Robert Vandenberg, CEO of Lingotek. “He will ensure that Lingotek will continue to deliver the most tech-forward solutions in the translation and language services industry.”
Matt has served as Adjunct Faculty for Brigham Young University (BYU), teaching and mentoring students engaged in learning Computer Science at the BYU Salt Lake Center. He is an Organizer/Trustee of LaunchUp, a community-driven organization focused on helping technology entrepreneurs be successful, and The Web Startup Group dedicated to bringing together people interested in creating technology startups. Smith has BS and MS degrees and a PhD in Computer Science from BYU.
Lingotek | The Translation Network is the only cloud-based solution to connect all of your global content in one place, giving you the power to manage your brand worldwide. Our industry-leading technology pairs with the best enterprise applications and expert language services to continuously push dynamic multilingual content to all of your global markets. Lingotek is based in Lehi, Utah--also known as Silicon Slopes--and is funded by Signal Peak Ventures and In-Q-Tel.
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Mystery of 2014 plan for a local brewery
Entrepreneur Dave Robertson, pictured, raised an unknown amount of cash from crowdfunding investors for his bid to open a local brewery, with sites mentioned including Port Edgar but also North Queensferry. Now, amid plans to open a gin distillery in Oban, nothing has so far come of the local venture.
Roy Beers
Published: 10:08 Saturday 21 January 2017
Investors in a South Queensferry brewery scheme which has never materialised have questioned whether it will ever open.
Entrepreneur Dave Robertson, the man behind a 2014 bid to launch an amibitous South Queensferry craft brewery and micro-distillery, has not so far produced any beer locally – and there’s no brewery.
Meanwhile his separate attempt to launch a gin distillery in Oban has yet to deliver any results.
In Facebook entries he has said that this is because of the need to obtain a licence, and also to take delivery of gin stills.
Mr Robertson received backing from a number of local investors at a time when crowdfunding for north-east firm Brewdog (brewer and now also pubs firm) had proved hugely successful.
The website for the “Rail Bridge Brewery” and its Facebook page have disappeared.
A number of local investors have repeatedly questioned what has become of the project, while Mr Robertson has been trying to launch his gin distillery scheme in Oban.
After suspending his social media over the festive holidays Mr Robertson went back online on January 10 to attack people in Oban he claimed were spreading “gossip” about his enterprise.
He said: “We’re just waiting on the property agent to send us the lease for McCaigs Distillery, and it will be signed on the provision that our license is approved.”
He ended by promising that crowdfunders (for the gin project) would in future receive a monthly email update on progress.
We have tried several times to contact Mr Robertson about his plans, and although in one brief phone conversation he asked us to email questions, promising to “issue a statement”, he has not replied.
The website for the “Forth Bridge Brewery” and its Facebook page have disappeared.
Decision time for Burgh firms
The total amount of cash invested in his two alcohol ventures is unknown, although one man is said to have invested £2,500 in the Oban project.
There is no connection between Mr Robertson’s projects and South Queensferry’s “The Ferry Brewery”, an establiished local specialist craft brewery in South Queensferry whose ales are popular in some of the capital’s most prestigious beer pubs.
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Mr Richard Lawther pictured with P4 pupils working on their November firework project.
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Babylon Idiomas offers high quality Spanish courses at Spanish language schools in major cities throughout Spain (Barcelona, Madrid, Seville and Valencia), Argentina (Buenos Aires) or Costa Rica. Babylon Idiomas was voted best Spanish language school in 2008 (and nominated in 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011) and we look forward to providing our award winning services to you in the near future. We offer a thorough Spanish teaching curriculum that is shared by all the teachers in the school and between the schools so that students have a consistent language program no matter where they study or at what level they study Spanish. Our Spanish teaching methodology is natural, practical and fast. Our highly qualified and experienced Spanish language teachers teach in small groups of up to 8 students.
Email: Contact us here ( or request a callback ).
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We distinguish 6 different Spanish levels from absolute beginners to proficiency level so there is always a group that is right for you.
- Intensive Spanish language courses: 20 or 30 hours / week
- Super-intensive Spanish language course: 30 hours per week
- Business Spanish language courses
- DELE Spanish language exam preparation courses
- One-to-one Spanish language courses
- Additional Spanish language courses (Spanish + Salsa, Spanish + Flamenco, Spanish + Tango & more...)
Individual classes are great for students who are following the Intensive or Super-Intensive Spanish course and wish to address specific issues during their individual classes or use it to recap and cement what they have learned. We also provide tailor made, intensive one to one Español Exprés programs covering 4 or 6 hours per day for up to four weeks.
* After 12 weeks, you get a 10% discount on tuition & accommodation, all study books included.
Intensive Spanish language Course:
Our intensive Spanish course is the building block of your Spanish language study. We distinguish 8 different levels so regardless if you are a beginner or already speak Spanish, there will always be a group that suits your Spanish language skills. From absolute beginners to advanced speakers, our Spanish intensive course helps you develop your language skills quickly, make new friends and learn about Spain, Argentina or Costa Rica and its culture.
Our Intensive Spanish courses consists of 20 hours of classes per day [4 hours per day Monday till Friday] in two blocks of two class hours. Each class hour is 52.5 minutes. Each block is taught by a different teacher to keep you and the teacher sharp. This way, you immerse yourself completely in the Spanish language and you will progress the fastest way possible.
We distinguish a total of 6 different levels so there is alwa ys a group that is right for you. If you already speak some Spanish, you are invited for a level test on the first Monday of your course at 08:45 to assess your level. You can choose for how long you wish to study and when you want to start. Our total academic program spans 52 weeks and you have to sign up for a minimum of 1 week.
Super-Intensive Spanish Language Course:
The Super-Intensive course adds 2 class hours per day to your Intensive Course. We highly recommend this Spanish course as the ideal program for those students who want to totally immerse themselves in the Spanish language or who want to progress at a higher pace. The extra 2 hours are mainly spent on applying the newly learnt grammar in daily conversation. It quickly boosts your confidence and enjoyment you find in speaking Spanish. If you are an absolute beginner, we recommend you start with the Intensive Course and switch to the Super-Intensive course after three weeks.
- To further develop your understanding of newly learned grammar
- To support the development of your speaking and listening skills
- To review key challenges in your learning
DELE Spanish Language Exam Preparation Course:
Each Babylon Idiomas school offers you the possibility to take a test at the end of your course and receive a diploma. There is also the possibility to take the official Spanish DELE exam (Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera) which is held three times per year in Spain. The exam is held at three levels: Inicial, Intermedio and Superior.
Babylon Idiomas offers a DELE preparation course for the Intermedio and Superior DELE exam levels. This three week course helps you revise and specifically test and improve your grammar knowledge. One of our teachers will also acommpany you to the examination centre to make sure that you can focus on the test and do not need to worry about how to get there.
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Girona is located in the north-east of Catalonia, only 99 km from Barcelona city and 40 km for Costa Brava's beaches.
Will Languages is a friendly, professional and modern language school, and we welcome adult students of all levels (from total beginner to advanced) from around the world.
Our goal is to teach you Spanish or Catalan as quickly as possible through immersion in our language and culture.
We have a team of passionate well-trained teachers who are committed to language teaching and who listen and help our students achieve their goals by creating the best language learning environment.
We also have a school campus in the seaside town of Platja d'Aro, 30 minutes south-west of Girona.
With our Spanish courses, you will be able to use one of the most spoken languages with confidence and fluency.
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Hispania - Escuela de Español
Based in Valencia, on Spain's Mediterranean Coast, Hispania - Escuela de Español provides beginner to advanced level Spanish programs to students from around the world.
We opened our doors in 2002 with the idea of creating a philosophy of life through the teaching of Spanish language in which humanity, tolerance and positivity prevailed over other aspects. Since then it has constantly been growing in number of students and popularity, now being the most popular school in Valencia. Although we grew fast, we never lost our homely and warm atmosphere.
Our staff always helps the students not only regarding academic necessities but also on their adjusting to Spanish life and culture. In Hispania, students will find a home where they can learn Spanish, learn about Spanish culture while making friends from around the world.
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Escuela Delengua is a Spanish language school in the very centre of Granada in the Andalusia region of Southern Spain. Granada is a 1 hour flight from Madrid, 1.25 hour flight from Barcelona and 1.5 hours by car from Malaga. We offer general and intensive Spanish courses for students from around the world of all levels - from beginner to advanced. Our courses range in duration from 1 week to 12 months. We also offer private Spanish lessons and Spanish classes for specific purposes such as DELE exam preparation, Business Spanish and Spanish for Legal or Medical purposes.
Our high-quality Spanish courses are accredited by the Swedish CSN which is a Swedish government agency under the Ministry of Education and Research. All teachers are native Spanish speakers and are committed to providing first-class Spanish courses. The size of each group varies from 2 to a maximum of 8. Our Satisfaction Policy guarantees the quality of our service. We have more than 10 years experience.
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=elemadrid=
=elemadrid= is a medium-size Spanish school in Madrid dedicated to providing the best possible services including a wide range of Spanish language courses for all levels from beginner to advanced. The school is located in the city center, close to Retiro Park and an excellent public transportation system.
Established in 1996 from scratch, =elemadrid= quickly built up a reputation as one of the best Spanish language institutes in Spain and Latin America. Friendly, informal, but nonetheless highly professional, =elemadrid= is under Swiss management. The teachers are, without exception, native Spanish speakers and specialists in the teaching of Spanish to international adult learners
The school is fully air conditioned and has 10 classrooms, a cafeteria, free & fast internet access, a modern resource library. Minimum age of students is 20 years, and the average is 35 years. We also provide a full lodging program with various accommodation options.
A wide variety of Spanish language courses & culture classes for all levels from beginner to advanced:
- General Spanish language courses (Intensive & private, one-to-one classes)
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Berlitz Spain
Situated in the heart of Barcelona, Berlitz Spain provides a wide range of beginner to advanced level Spanish immersion courses to students from around the world. Courses include Intensive and Super Intensive Spanish, DELE Exam preparation, Spanish Crash courses, and more.
Berlitz has helped millions of men and women speak new languages and has helped countless business professionals cross cultural boundaries to communicate more effectively with others.
The most effective way of getting to know a language is to visit a country where it is spoken. Whether you study language abroad for a week or several months, you are immersed in the language and culture 24 hours a day. It is a fascinating and productive experience. The leader in language services, Berlitz offers foreign-study programs to help you reach your personal, academic or professional language goals.
Beginner to Advanced Level Spanish Language Courses:
- Spanish Intensive (20 hours per week)
- Spanish Intensive 20 + Culture
- Spanish Super Intensive (30 hours per week)
- Spanish Crash course
- Spanish Total Immersion
Course features include:
- Personalized learning one-on-one or in small groups
- Excellent instruction based on 130 years of experience
- Proven-effective Berlitz Method®, which has become the industry standard for language instruction
LanguageJobSpain / Spanish Plus
LanguageJobSpain (LJS) is a Spanish language school located in La Coruña in the region of Galicia in Northwest Spain. La Coruña (also known as A Coruña) is only an hour's flight from the cities of Madrid and Barcelona.
LJS offers Spanish courses for adults and young people. Our Spanish Plus courses combine the Spanish language and culture by organizing cultural workshops, exchanges with the locals, day trips and other activities that will give you a real view of the Galician and Spanish cultures. Students can combine their Spanish classes with cooking, surfing or cultural activities. Summer Spanish courses are also available.
Our Spanish courses are based on the Communicative Method. This teaching method includes grammatical and linguistic structures, as well as task- based focus to encourage linguistics and cultural skills.
We recognize that communication has a social purpose. Our main objective is to help the student to develop real communication skills and abilities (oral interaction and expression, listening and reading comprehension, and writing expression).
- Standart and intensive Spanish courses
- CulturELEmente (Spanish + Cultural Activities)
- Spanish for families
- Spanish + Cooking Course
- Spanish + Surf Course
- Spanish + Au pair
- Summer Spanish Courses with excursions, outings and touristy activities
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OSU wrestling mourns death of Seay
STILLWATER – Former Oklahoma State wrestling coach and National Wrestling Hall of Fame member Joe Seay passed away Thursday at the age of 80.
Seay headed the wrestling program at OSU from 1985 through 1991, winning two titles in that period. The Cowboy coach guided seven Pokes to individual NCAA titles and reeled in the program’s 28th and 29th team titles.
“The passing of coach Seay leaves me with a heavy heart but also a heart full of gratitude,” coach John Smith said. “I had the opportunity to benefit from his unique coaching style. It truly helped me accomplish all of my hopes and dreams. His influence on athletes at every level he coached is spread out across this nation.”
Smith wrestled for Seay beginning his sophomore year at OSU and claimed both NCAA titles under his instruction. Seay also coached Olympian Kendall Cross to an NCAA championship and four-time champion Pat Smith to his first two titles.
Before recording an impressive 114-18-2 record at OSU, Seay spent 12 seasons at Cal State-Bakersfield where he led the program to seven NCAA Division II Championships. He then coached the USA to milestone victories in the Goodwill Games, World Championships and 1996 Olympic Games. The 1993 Senior World freestyle championship marked the first for Team USA.
Seay was inducted as a Distinguished Member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1998 and has been considered one of the greatest American freestyle coaches of all time.
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Leicester Riders to show off BBL Trophy in first of double-header
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Leicester Riders lift the BBL Trophy after victory against Sheffield Sharks with JR Holder leading the celebrations. Picture by Mansoor Ahmed
Leicester Riders return home to the Morningside Arena tonight (7.30) for their first game since they claimed the BBL Trophy two weeks ago.
Riders take on the BBL Cup winners, Cheshire Phoenix, before heading to Leeds Force tomorrow (4.00).
Having had the weekend off last week, tonight will be the first opportunity for the Riders to parade the trophy in front of their own fans, before securing it back in the cabinet for the third consecutive year.
Coach Rob Paternostro said: “It’s always great when you get an opportunity in front of your home fans to display a trophy, our guys have earned that, and they deserve all of the praise they get for that.”
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Having won the trophy for three years in a row, attention now turns to making it a hattrick of league successes, with a maximum of eight more wins required to claim the title.
“We know we have 11 to go, starting with a double-header this weekend.
“The weekend off was beneficial for us in so many ways, we’ve had some really good practices over the last few days.
“The majority of the team have been as healthy as they have been all year, so our guys are itching to play after some spirited practices.”
Cheshire find themselves in an awkward spot in ninth in the table, six points adrift of the play-off line with only 11 games remaining to rectify that and secure a post-season berth.
Leicester Riders pair TrayVonn Wright and Rema Lascelles defending against Leeds Force
Since winning the cup, they’ve managed just two victories in nine games, although four of those defeats have been by five points or fewer.
Paternostro said: “It means a lot to us where we are and a lot to them where they are.
“March and April the games have a little bit more urgency in them as you try to see where you end up when the regular season ends.
“When you look at the talent that they have, it just goes to show how tough the league has been this season that they are outside of the play-offs at the minute. I still think there is a long way to go, a couple of wins for a team like that would put them right back where they want to be.”
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Riders will have less than 19 hours turnaround before tip-off in Leeds and Paternostro knows his team will have to manage themselves physically against the league’s bottom club.
He said: “That night-afternoon turnaround from Saturday to Sunday is the toughest part of the schedule.
“Leeds have played better of late, they are almost unrecognisable from the team we played earlier in the season.
“It is going to be important for us to prepare in such a short turnaround.”
Riders : Douse, Bernardini, Lascelles, Richardson, Walker, Ward-Hibbert, Gamble, Hampton, Robertson, Thomson, Wright, Holder.
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Ojai Youth Opera Presents: Nightingale and the Tower
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www.ojaiyouthopera.org/2019-featured-production
Ojai Youth Opera presents the World Premiere of its opera “Nightingale & The Tower.” A talented, passionate youth cast is supported by five opera stars who have graced stages from the Metropolitan Opera to Carnegie Hall to Europe. This work features a libretto by OYO’s artistic director Rebecca Comerford and Grammy Award-winning Mikael Jorgensen of Wilco fame and composed by world-renowned Jason Treuting, Rebecca Comerford and Beth Meyers. Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale, “Nightingale & The Tower” explores the themes of technology in the digital age, examining the delicate balance between nature and technology and the ways in which children must navigate the bridge between the creative and destructive forces of both. This timely, beautiful and exciting opera asks how technology shapes us and how as an increasingly potent part of the human experience it best be utilized to bring about positive change in the world.
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Help Me, Laptop: Razer Blade Stealth or Microsoft Surface Laptop?
By Sherri L. Smith, Editor | April 28, 2018 07:00 am
Ah, spring — when a young person's thoughts turn to ... college. Forum member trioxlight is scouting out laptops for college next year and is looking for a notebook that can handle photo and video editing.
Currently, trioxlight owns a Microsoft Surface Laptop (starting at $699.99) but is worried about how it will hold up when editing video using Vegas and Adobe Premiere, due to the laptop's dual-core processor. So now they're looking at investing in the 13-inch Razer Blade Stealth (starting at $1,199.99).
However, trioxlight has questions about the display quality, particularly in regard to content adaptive backlight control (CABC), which automatically adjusts the brightness of the display's backlighting in an effort to boost image detail and preserve battery life.
We took a look at both laptops to see which is best for trioxlight's needs. But before we get started, here are the specs for each system.
Microsoft Surface Laptop Razer Blade Stealth (13 inch)
CPU 2.7-GHz Intel Core i5-7200U 1.8-GHz Intel Core i7-8550U
GPU Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 Intel HD Graphics 620
RAM 8GB 16GB
Storage 256GB SSD 512GB PCIe m.2 SSD
Display 13.5 inches, 2256 x 1504 pixels 13.3 inches, 3200 x 1800 pixels
Dimensions 2.8 pounds, 12.1 x 8.8 x 0.6 inches 2.8 pounds, 12.6 x 8.1 x 0.5 inches
Razer knows how to make a pretty display, as evidenced by its 13.3-inch 3200 x 1800 touch panel. In our testing, the display reproduced 121 percent of the sRGB gamut and averaged 328 nits of brightness. The Surface Laptop's 13.5-inch, 2256 x 1504 touch display is both more colorful and brighter, with 135 percent and 361 nits, which definitely gives it an advantage.
Trioxlight is concerned about the CABC altering the backlighting and changing how an image looks. It wouldn't necessarily matter if you were just watching a movie, but considering they want to do photo and video editing, it's something to think about. Luckily, Razer has a firmware update tool to disable the feature.
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According to our sister site Anandtech, the Surface Laptop also has CABC, but it's not as severe as other systems, affecting the brightness only by 20 to 30 nits. And while you can disable adaptive brightness on the system, there's no straightforward way to do the same for adaptive contrast. It's something trioxlight will have to take into account.
Winner: Microsoft Surface Laptop
I'm a longtime fan of the Razer's laptop design. The obsidian CNC aluminum boasts premium construction and just looks flat-out sexy. And if black's not trioxlight's thing, they can get the laptop in an equally stunning gunmetal gray, although that means they lose out on that captivating Chroma keyboard with its individually lit RGB keys.
At 2.8 pounds and 12.6 x 8.1 x 0.5 inches, the Stealth is the lightest and slimmest laptop in the Blade family. As far as ports, the system has a USB 3.0 port and a full HDMI 2.0-out port on the right side, with another USB 3.0 port, Thunderbolt 3 port and headset jack on the left.
And whereas Razer goes for stately designs, Microsoft dares to play with color, offering the Surface Laptop in several colors, including burgundy, platinum, cobalt blue and graphite gold. Color, however, doesn't come cheap. With the exception of platinum, which you get for $699, you can get the other colors only if you're willing to fork over $1,299.99 to start.
Whatever color trioxlight chooses, they get to run their fingers over the luxurious Alcantara keyboard deck. The Surface Laptop weighs the same as the Stealth, but it's a little thicker, at 12.1 x 8.8 x 0.6 inches. We were disappointed to learn that the Surface Laptop has neither a USB Type-C port nor Thunderbolt 3. Instead, it has a full-size USB 3 port and a Mini DisplayPort with a proprietary connector that offers power, video and data and is compatible with the $199 Surface Dock in case you need more ports.
Unfortunately, we didn't review the Core i7 configuration of the Surface Laptop (we evaluated the Core i5 model), so this won't be an apples-to-apples comparison. It should also be noted that Microsoft has yet to release a configuration of the Surface Laptop with an 8th Gen Intel processor.
When we ran our general performance test, Geekbench 4, the Surface Laptop's 2.7-GHz Intel Core i5-7200U processor scored 7,157, while the Stealth's 1.8-GHz Intel Core i7-8550U CPU hit 13,694, nearly lapping its competitor. During the productivity test, in which both systems paired 20,000 names and addresses, the Stealth completed the task in 3 minutes and 21 seconds, while the Surface Laptop finished in 4:01.
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To test each laptop's SSD, we had them copy a 4.97GB multimedia file. The Surface Laptop (256GB SSD) delivered a transfer rate of 110.6 megabytes per second, and the Stealth (512GB PCIe M.2 SSD) had a blistering speed of 462.6 MBps.
While neither laptop will be playing Far Cry 5 anytime soon (unless you have an eGPU to use with the Stealth), both systems' integrated Intel HD Graphics 620 GPUs are powerful enough to handle light to moderate gaming and editing. The Stealth pumped out 53 frames per second during the Dirt 3 benchmark, while the Surface Laptop delivered 68 fps.
Winner: Razer Blade Stealth
The Surface Laptop certainly has staying power, lasting 9 hours and 2 minutes on our battery test. Despite the Stealth's power and good looks, Razer still hasn't figured out how to extend the laptop's subpar battery life. The notebook tapped out after only 5:21.
Instead of full-blown Windows 10, the Surface Laptop has Windows 10 S, a streamlined version of the Windows operating system. This stripped-down version of the OS only allows you to download apps only from the Windows Store, so that means no Google Chrome, Adobe Photoshop Premiere or a lot of other mainstream apps.
It also means that trioxlight has been relegated to using Edge as a browser and Bing as a search engine, which is less than ideal. However, those limitations ensure that system performance is faster and that the system is better protected against malware that can come from third-party apps.
The Stealth has a full version of Windows 10, which greatly expands the selection of apps. However, downloading apps and utilities from third-party sites can be a crapshoot and can introduce the laptop to all sorts of malware. Still, you can download Chrome, and you aren't confined to the Windows Store.
Ultimately, the Razer Blade Stealth offers more power in its sleek 13-inch frame than the Microsoft Surface Book, thanks to the former's 8th Gen Intel processor. The laptop also offers faster transfer speeds and the full Windows 10 experience. And although the Blade Stealth does have CABC, Razer has included a way for trioxlight to disable the feature. However, a rather subpar battery life is an albatross around the neck of an otherwise great laptop.
The Microsoft Surface Laptop comes in a variety of eye-catching colors and boasts a display that's brighter and more vivid than the Stealth's panel. But with that machine, trioxlight will have to be OK with not disabling the CABC or going through a bit of a hassle to do so. They'll also have to contend with a less powerful system with a slower SSD and Windows S, a restrictive version of the Windows 10 operating system. But the system does have the advantage of lasting over 9 hours on a charge.
But because trioxlight already owns the Surface Laptop, I wouldn't recommend shelling out $1,299 unless they require more power and access to better video editing tools.
Credit: Shaun Lucas/Laptop Mag
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Anti-Bolsonaro Chant Becomes Brazil’s Carnival No. 1 Hit
By: Jo Corona
This past Sunday, a hashtag telling Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to go f•ck himself became number one global trending topic on Twitter. The social media platform made it visible and viral to the outside world and helped it spread like fire in the streets of Brazil, where millions of people were caught up celebrating Carnival.
The hashtag, in Portuguese, is #EiBolsonaroVaiTomarNoCu.
De Norte a Sul do Brasil o grande sucesso do Carnaval 2019 é #EiBolsonaroVaiTomarNoCu pic.twitter.com/R9aPLulw7x
— Ranieri (@Eng_Ranieri) March 3, 2019
Although the chant telling Bolsonaro to go put it where the sun don’t shine became the trending hashtag, there were others, such as one where Brazilians tell Bolsonaro he’s a d•ckhead.
Here is another one. (It has a samba rhythm).
Que bonito momento! #bolsonarovaiTomarnocu pic.twitter.com/ZccKDLaSSi
— ⚡️ Sagitariano Grande ⚡️ (@caiofochetto) March 4, 2019
But why or how did #EiBolsonaroVaiTomarNoCu become a trending topic in the first place? Carnival is arguable the country’s most famous holiday in the world, the images of its samba-school floats and extravagant costumes a cultural product of export that in 2018 attracted 400,000 international tourists and created a revenue of over $11 billion, according to the country’s Ministry of Tourism. But a less known fact is that this bacchanal is also a political platform for some of the Samba schools, and a time for Brazilian civilians —already out in the streets due to the pre-lent festivities— to voice their anger about the government, as was this case.
Nelson Oliveira, a New York-based Brazilian journalist, told Latino Rebels that two months into Jair Bolsonaro’s new administration, a lot of people are disappointed. The far-right president was elected into power late October of 2018 by a majority vote that only became possible after former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who was running for his third term, was tried and convicted of money laundering and passive corruption. When the election day was less than two months away, the jailed ex-president was disqualified from competing in the presidential race by the country’s Electoral Court. Before being barred, the jailed Lula led the mid-August popularity polls with 37 percent of voter support, while Bolsonaro, second-runner, held 18.3 percent of voter support.
“We’re at March 5 now and it doesn’t look great so far,” Oliveira said. “There have been a few scandals, like the signature legislation they are considering. It’s still in its early stages but it’s a major social security reform overhaul that would push the age minimum making it harder for people to retire.”
Oliveira considered most of the demonstrators were probably people who didn’t vote for Bolsonaro in the first place, because although he won the presidency with 55 percent of the votes, the majority of eligible voters did not cast a ballot in his name, either because they voted for the opposition party candidate, annulled their ballot or simply abstained from voting. More than 20 percent of voters fell in this last category, even though voting is mandatory in Brazil, unlike the United States.
“That is why I think if it’s early to think whether if he’s losing support from his own base because they are very loyal. But his opponents are fired up. They used carnival as the first sign of ‘we are here to, we’re watching,’” said the Brazilian journalist who looked on as the Twitter hashtag rose to global popularity on Sunday.
Indeed, Bolsonaro’s loyal followers engaged in the digital wars and created their competing own hashtag, #BolsonaroTMJ, standing for “Bolsonaro tamo junto” or “Bolsonaro we are together.”
Make Brazil great again!!#BolsonaroTMJ #b#LulaPsicopata
— Cayetano Cruz rojas (@CayetanoCruzro1) March 5, 2019
The current President —a retired military officer with far-right views that make Trump’s seem like child’s play— is a pretty contentious figure. Among his many scandalous declarations, he has spoken favorably of Hitler and very pejoratively of the country’s indigenous and black population, said that he would be unable to love a gay son, that he has struck women, and at one point announced that he would give “police a free pass to kill.”
Writer Eliane Brum published in The Guardian that “Jair Bolsonaro is the monstrous product of the country’s silence about the crimes committed by its former dictatorship.”
Some other things he has said in the past are that he had four sons and the fifth came due to a “moment of weakness” as a girl.
In the minute 1:12 of this video he says he is pro-torture.
And the list goes on. It also didn’t help his cause with his critics that on Wednesday Bolsanaro was tweeting an explicit Carnival video led to more anger.
The street protesters chanting #EiBolsonaroVaiTomarNoCu weren’t the only ones using the platform as an opportunity for social or political criticism. In Rio de Janeiro, at least two Samba schools chose to have their samba-school floats and dancers honor minorities being oppressed. In particular, Mangueira, one of the city’s most prestigious samba schools, paid tribute to Marielle Franco, the black and queer councilwoman who was gunned down March of last year in downtown Rio de Janeiro.
Rio’s iconic samba school Mangueira dedicated this carnival to the “untold history” of Brazil filled with killings of Indians, blacks and political opponents like councilwoman Marielle Franco, assasinated a year ago and whose murder is still unsolved. Images: Globo TV pic.twitter.com/ixgNv4UZdt
— Victor R. Caivano (@vcaivano) March 5, 2019
Brazil is the land of carnival, samba, rampant inequality and structural violence and a big anti-graft crackdown that sent the former presidential frontrunner to prison, clearing the field for a far-right candidate to take the lead. But even though Franco’s death shocked the country and set off a wave of national demonstrators, police have yet to name suspects in the case of the black, queer activist.
“Brazilian people are like that,” said Oliveira, referring to the street protests. He said a hashtag was probably not the most constructive way to make change, but weighed that at least it drew attention to the issue. He also said Brazilians have “a lot of problems, and sometimes they don’t vote in their own best interests, but when they get upset they will go to the streets, even take time in the middle of Carnival, of a party, to have their voices heard.”
Emily Corona is a digital intern at Futuro Media. She is a journalist and translator from Mexico City, pursuing a master’s in journalism and Latin American and Caribbean studies at NYU. She tweets from @daminijo.
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Arts & Culture Featured - Home Page Our Scene
Gay Poets Whitman & Lorca Revived by Puppet Artist Bart Buch
By John Townsend November 6, 2015
Categories: Arts & Culture, Featured - Home Page, Our Scene
Photo by Richard Termine
Puppet Artist Bart Buch has remounted his acclaimed meditation on gay American poet Walt Whitman and gay Spanish poet and playwright, Federico Garcia Lorca at Intermedia Arts. He comments on the performance and the visual art exhibit connected with it
Bart Buch: “This remount of Ode to Walt Whitman and the Whitman Electric visual art exhibition are both reflecting on how queer people connect. At this time in history where apps, social media, and texting create exponential possibilities of connections, how real are these possibilities? How deep are these connections? How do we connect in real time and space? Are we able to find just the right group or individuals to identify with or are we being funneled into smaller factions of identity commodification? Ode to Walt Whitman and the Whitman Electric exhibition artists are interested in asking these questions. We are zooming out and in to look at and connect with the poetry of our ancestors and to look at how the queer communities are connecting in real time and space through groups like the Telling Queer History Project, the Transgender Oral History Project, R.A.R.E. Productions and more.”
“I have remade several of the main puppets and masks to reflect the development of where I am now as a puppet artist, since the original puppets were made 10–12 years ago. The musical language by Martin Dosh has deepened in incredibly nuanced ways. Martin and I have tuned the show’s music to the key of B flat, the key at which the universe vibrates.”
“When I asked Jane Henson, now deceased wife of Jim Henson, why she came to see the show twice in New York, she said, ‘This show is a really good poem and good poems need to be read more than once.’ I believe this about this show and good poems. In many ways, the show is similar. I am fine with slowly evolving relevant work over long periods of time. The overall culture is pretty distracted by the shiny newness of everything. I’m more interested in preserving and evolving timeless messages, images, and feelings.”
Ode to Walt Whitman
Intermedia Arts, 2822 Lyndale Ave. S., Minneapolise
www.intermediaarts.org
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How to Become a Film Director: a Sharp Reality Check
This topic has been clouded by wishful thinking and pernicious misinformation for too long. Time to clean up!
1. Directors are hired on the strength of their reel
A director’s reel is simply a collection of the best work done in the past — the 6-9 best TV spots for a commercial director or a film director’s best features (not a montage of shots — see my remarks in the comments section). If you don’t have a reel, you are not a director and nobody is going to give you a chance.
2. There isn’t a film degree in the world that will allow you to walk into a cushy film directing job
In the film industry nobody is even remotely interested in your education – all that matters is the projects that you directed in the past, particularly the most recent ones. Film school is useless. The director’s reel is everything.
3. There are essentially two distinct paths to directing films — being hired by a producer and being completely independent:
a) The director-for-hire route
– In this route a producer wants to get a film made. He finds a script, and attaches the most marketable actors he can get hold of. He then needs a director – specifically, a director who can make the movie the biggest success possible. If, in the producer’s opinion, you are the best director for this film, you stand a reasonable chance of landing the gig, but even then there are always tangential complications and it is far from guaranteed. On the other hand, if the folks who are paying for the movie are convinced that you are the best director for the film, your chances are very good indeed. Again, this decision will be made almost exclusively on the basis of what you have directed in the past. Do not kid yourself that you are going to talk your way into being hired to direct when you don’t have a reel. That is not how it works.
– The only way to be in a position where producers and film investors actively pursue you to direct their film is to have made interesting and/or successful films in the past. The only way to do that is to start off as an independent filmmaker. There is no other way, and all the networking and film degrees in the world will not compensate for a poor reel.
– It really should not be necessary, but if you want some quick evidence of how this works, go to Los Angeles Craigslist and check out the posts looking for directors for independent features. The producers always ask prospective directors to send a link to their reel. They never ask whether you went to UCLA film school or whether you attended a film networking event once. As a director, your reel is (almost) everything. I added the “almost” because personal charisma and leadership qualities also matter, but people are willing to overlook a less than adorable personality if your reel is truly amazing and they think that you can make the film amazing. Conversely, a top-notch personality will not compensate for a weak reel.
– While it is true that the work on your reel determines the work you will get in future, there is some flexibility: if all you have on your reel is short films, you can still get hired to direct a feature, as long there is something in your shorts that convinces them that you will do a great job.
b) The independent filmmaker route
– This is where you will have to start, whether you like it or not. An independent filmmaker’s life is quite incredibly tough. As an independent film director, you are one of tens of thousands of folks who say they’re going to be a filmmaker. Nobody will finance your films and, when you do manage to complete a film, it doesn’t make any money and only a few hundred people ever see it. This is the brutal reality of being an independent film director. That said, once your reel starts to grow in both size and quality, serious producers will start to take an interest in you – if and only if at least one of your films has been either spectacularly good or financially successful.
– Film networking is one of the most annoying myths in filmmaking ever. There are thousands of greasy self-styled filmmakers who seriously think that they can bypass building a decent reel by networking and sucking up to the powers that be. This does not, has never and will never work. If you want to become a film director, you have to build a solid reel – there is no way around that, and furthermore I would suggest that anyone who hopes to bypass the reel-building stage is not truly in love with filmmaking and therefore has no business directing films. I have never seen a single one of these oily networkers make any headway in their film directing career. Meanwhile, filmmakers such as myself have been quietly slogging away for years, working on their craft and building a reel of steadily increasing quality. Even then, not everyone makes it, but at least we made films.
– The best advice on how to become a film director was given, unsurprisingly, by one of the best filmmakers in history: James Cameron. He said:
“Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you’re a director. Everything after that you’re just negotiating your budget and your fee” (James Cameron)
It may sound deceptively simplistic, but I can assure you that there is so much truth in this simple quote it’s not even funny.
Steven Spielberg has repeatedly given similar advice to aspiring filmmakers. If you’re not going to listen to James Cameron and Steven Spielberg, whom are you going to listen to? Their credibility is unparalleled. Learn from the best!
James Cameron’s advice is bad news for those who were hoping to weasel their way into the business without a solid reel. For everyone else, it is inspiring encouragement from a filmmaker of undisputed ability.
Holding the script hostage
“Holding the script hostage” is a situation in which a director has written or otherwise controls a spec script that is highly desirable to production companies. Having secured blazing desire for the script from these production companies, the director then makes it clear that he will only release the script if he is allowed to direct the film.
Holding a desirable script hostage is undoubtedly a huge help in being hired to direct a feature film. It was used by James Cameron to secure the director’s chair for “The Terminator”, and even then most companies were reluctant to let him direct, even though they badly wanted the script. James Cameron was careful to turn down all offers until one little production company agreed to let him direct.
Another director who successfully held his script hostage is Len Wiseman, who was allowed to direct “Underworld” just so that they could get hold of the script.
It goes without saying that holding the script hostage only really works if you already have some sort of reel. Even if a production company falls madly in love with your script, when you tell them that you will only sell it to them if they let you direct it, they will ask you for a sample of something you have directed in the past. If you don’t have a reel, you are not a director and have no business holding the script hostage. You can try, but the odds are against you. In any case, holding the script hostage only works if the script has irresistible commercial appeal.
4. What it boils down to is that a film director is somebody who makes films
Not somebody who is studying to make films at some useless, overpriced film school; not someone who is trying to network his way into the business without having a solid reel; none of that. Ultimately, you are either someone who makes movies or you are not.
5. Dreamers without a reel
There is a lot more respect in the film business for somebody who consistently makes movies with a camcorder and zero money than for someone who spends years talking about it and trying to weasel his way into the business but never actually shoots anything
That is pathetic. Don’t be the pathetic wannabe film director who has never shot anything. Get a camera and start training yourself to be a film director, because no one else can do it for you.
6. People hire directors because they have a problem to solve, not because they are interested in your “career”
Specifically, the problem they have is that they want to get a movie made and need a director who is exactly right for that movie and will turn it into a spectacular success. Only if you can deliver the goods they are looking for will you be hired. Again, from their point of view, it has nothing to do about giving a job to a nice guy or developing your career. It’s all about their baby. If you learn to look at the film business from this perspective, your chances of getting somewhere will improve significantly.
7. Some atrocious myths that need to be debunked as a matter of urgency:
– “I will become a film director by going to a really good film school.” No, you will not.
– “I will become a film director by going to lots of film networking events and talking my ass off.” Not a chance, partner.
– “I will become a film director by starting as a runner on a film set and working my way up.” This is not how it works (it is a good way to become a 1st Assistant Director, but I don’t think that is why you are here.) See my notes above on how and why directors are hired.
While it is true that some directors started as runners and worked their way up, it is equally true that this career strategy is among those with the lowest probability of success. Forget the exceptions and look at the big picture and general principles.
Useful resources for independent film directors
Here are some useful resources for those who already have a reel and want to start applying for directing gigs:
– Los Angeles Craigslist and New York Craigslist: look in the crew gigs and creative gigs. The occasional posting appears looking for a director: sometimes it is for an independent feature, other times for a web series or a commercial. As always, you will be judged on what you have directed in the past, and it is always worth trying.
– Mandy: look in the directing jobs section.
– AICP: look in the “help wanted” section – they occasionally look for directors to add to their roster.
– Perform a Google search of “seeking director reels.”
Good luck, and keep working on that reel: it is the only way to “become” a film director.
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94 Replies to “How to Become a Film Director: a Sharp Reality Check”
Perryn Lord says:
Great stuff man , thanks always.
Thanks for your ideas and critical analysis on how to become a better film director. How i wish most young film directors would make your website their homepage. you are really good.
Brandy Philippe says:
OMFG!!! Thank you sooo much for posting this! I’ve never seen an article no where near as helpful than this! Seriously, this are valued information and I thank you again. It’s sad how film schools are charging a fortune, and don’t tell the honest truth on how to REALLY increase chances to be successful. Shame. I thought money would make people talk. But they’re lecturing students with no real life methods. After I’ve thought over and over, and research and research, I’ve concluded about the director’s reel before reading this. Whew! I dodged a bullet. But this info is so invaluable and I will tell other inspiring filmmakers this also (if I knew any yet).
bilel says:
Hello brandy.did you go to any film schools?
lmao says:
no mate
But if I really want to do film and only film, I can’t see myself going into any other schools and I also have to get a degree(for millions of reasons & second options its always good to have a degree, personal opinion).This of course will leave me in confusion, hope I figure it out sometime!! Actually working to figure it out sometime *
Mimi: film degrees are rated the second most useless by Forbes and third most useless by Yahoo Finance. Read my article on film schools.
Oh yea. Btw, I’m really young (17). I’m trying to write scripts, but I literally don’t write scripts in a script format. Scriptment seems to be the only way for me to write. I also woould like to have published books when I’m older. Any help on not being stuck when writing in script format?
Hey, I’m about the same age. I use Adobe Story Free to write my scripts. It already does all the formatting for you, which is nice. Once you figure out the keyboard shortcuts, it’s really easy to use. I’ve already written two full length feature scripts on it. Celtx is also another favorite of people I know. Good luck with writing!
Mac says:
Hey, thanks a lot for this reply. It introduced me to Adobe Story and it helps out SO much.
Zombie says:
You can use Celtx. It’s free and easy to use.
I understand you need a reel, but wouldn’t film school help you learn how to make a good reel?
I dig the ‘reality-check’ style of this blog. No fluff and cherry pudding, only cold and hard facts. Good stuff. Wish you well on your filmmaking journey.
alex porc says:
I always thought this. Thank you for confirming it. 🙂
videofilmmaker says:
Happy to help, Alex! 🙂
As mentioned by everyone out here, it’s a really helpful website. Thanks man.
I don’t see these as “harsh truths”, it actually suits me very well and gets me even more excited 🙂
I agree — it is indeed good news for those of us who are serious about building a reel and developing serious filmmaking skills.
It’s very bad news for the networking-obsessed work avoiders 🙂
KB2104 says:
Very helpful points out there. Regarding the demo reel, I’m putting together mine now and I just want to ask, what makes a good reel? Thanks!
What sort of work do you want to direct? Films, TV commercials, music videos?
Films. Might do some TVCs too but I’m mainly going for the films. Another question, since you asked about what kind of work I want to direct, what’s the difference reel-wise and is there a way to make a “flexible” reel that will appeal to those 3 categories?
To be chosen as the director of a feature film, you need:
– some solid projects you directed (features, shorts, TVCs) so that you can legitimately call yourself a director, and
– a script that has so much commercial appeal that well-financed entities are willing to let you direct it, just so that they can produce it. This is called “holding the script hostage,” and is how James Cameron got his break. Obviously the script has to be yours, either because you wrote it or because you purchased it. If you don’t have a HOT script as a bargaining chip, there is no reason to hire you as a director if you are a nobody, unless your reel happens to seduce someone powerful.
Unfortunately, talent is no longer sufficient these days — too many directors, too little work, too much economic malaise worldwide — but owning a HOT script is still a reliable way to claw your way into the industry. It is more important than the reel, because competent directors are more plentiful than HOT scripts.
Did I mention that the script has to be HOT? 🙂 More about what gives mainstream commercial appeal to a script: https://www.lavideofilmmaker.com/screenplays/the-red-hot-screenplay-blueprint-10-screenplay-elements-of-films-that-captured-hearts-and-made-serious-money.html
There is also an increasingly viable second option: crowdfunding, but forget about raising much more than about $100,000 with that system. I will post about this in future.
For TV commercials, things are significantly more strict — read the story in full in this post of mine: https://www.lavideofilmmaker.com/business/the-true-motivations-of-those-who-can-make-a-difference-to-your-directing-career.html#tvspots
You have chosen a nightmare of a career. Welcome to the club.
geshin salvador says:
Whew!nice piece as always.
I wil love 2 knw d challenges,and how to strike d balance of a director taking up one of d major acting roles of same productn.I think George clooney did dat.
Thanks, Geshin!
U forgot 2 answer my question on a director taking up a major acting role in same production.thanks
Hi Geshin,
Serving as both director and lead actor has been successfully done by several filmmaker/actors. Obviously it presents a number of challenges, foremost of which is, in my opinion, the issue of maintaining perspective on one’s own performance.
It’s tricky, but it can be done.
However, I would tell every director out there that they are probably not the best actor for the role. Find the actor who is the BEST for the role — it is unlikely to be the same person who is the best director for the movie.
Aisling Blackburn says:
Inspiring as always. I am greatfull for your posts which really cut through to the chase. I love learning the lingo, Director’s Reel, that makes sense, I have all of my film on Youtube, I can see some improvement each one. I keep asking for feedback, I find this interesting as although it is clear to me what mistakes I am making, still find it hard to predict what people like. Actually I have found that artists like the arty ones and practical people like the well structured ones. Seems to be very subjective
Thanks! If you ever want to be paid to direct, that decision will be made on the basis of your director’s reel. Interpersonal skills also help, but your personality will only come into it if your reel qualifies. That is the first check, and you need to pass it with a marketable reel.
Beshoy Eskarous says:
I understand that film school is useless, but what if you know NOTHING about film-making (I’m talking about editing, shot angles, types of cameras to use and how to use them). Wouldn’t film school be useful in that situation? After all, there are some very successful directors that went to film school.
Ernold says:
This article was one reason why I chose just to save up and buy a good camcorder.
…and eschew film school as well, I hope! 🙂
Aisha says:
Well, I want to become a film director but no body is supporting me, not even my family. I want to go to a film school in USA,may be New York Film Academy ,but I want to study film direction and editing , not cinematography . Can you please suggest me some appropriate schools ?
Read my post on film school.
It’s refreshing to see a post like this that doesn’t sugarcoat the real world. For a while I was wondering if going to school for film would be a good idea, but I think I have my Answer. I’m 16 years old and I like to try and make funny short films with my friends, and it’s a lot of fun. Even for school projects. I made a mock episode of the history channel for my history class about the 60’s for my group, and I helped a different group by directing a 50’s short. So much fun. It’s great to feel like, after reading this post, that I’m already going in the right direction.
TheReelDeal says:
I’ve been saying it for 20yrs now. I went to film school I networked. That was all BS. It’s like an intro to the film industry. You are going through the motions but you really aren’t achieving anything. You have access to equipment but its limited. You have a hundred other clowns that want to do the same thing, be the director. No one gives 100% when they aren’t in the directors chair. Sabotage and backstabbing is as common as coffee and cigarettes. You would be better off to have a close nit group of friends brainstorm and put a film together. You kids today have it easy. Cameras are HD and cheap. You can edit on a laptop with the dozens of editing software available. Exposure? Put it on YouTube create a website etc. all the money you spend on film school you could have spent making short films. College is becoming a waste of time and money. You come out in debt and a job is not guaranteed and you will be a slave to corporate America working for peanuts making them rich and yourself miserable. If you go after the gold pot at the end of the rainbow instead of enjoying the beautiful rainbow you will have lost your soul and who you really are becomes what you are. Welcome to the suck. You are not a rock star you are not special.
Thanks – words of wisdom!
Hello! This is amazing, honestly. Made me want to pick up a camera and start practicing now!
I just have one question though, I’ve seen a lot of great YouTubers that direct videos and stuff for entertainment. Their work is amazing, like Kurt Schneider for example, but they haven’t been given a feature film to direct. How come a lot of talented people don’t get their big breaks? It’s a bit disappointing, or maybe I’m seeing it incorrectly?
Professional Filmmaker says:
This is by far one of the most incorrect and blatantly ignorant articles I have ever laid eyes upon. You are describing a chicken and the egg scenario, and pretending one of the components does not exist. IF you apply to a prestigious film/TV school you’re not paying for an education. Your paying for two things, a network of friends with common interests, and time to do everything that you’ve described above.
A) How do you expect to create a professional looking reel without making something first? Not a soul will take an individual seriously if their reel is filed with home video experiments.
B) In order to shoot professional looking footage you need to have a camera that looks somewhat decent. How the hell does a laymen afford to either buy or rent equipment?
C) If you don’t go to film school, how can you expect to find like-minded individuals to fill your crew? This is one of the biggest advantages of film school: A lifetime of connections that will help you make films. Most of the time these individuals will wind up being your DPs for years to come.
D) If you go to a good college, and you don’t slack off, getting equipment is not an issue. You’re paying for four years of boundless experimentation with professional equipment. After college I had enough professional footage to fill up multiple reels, for multiple positions… And it was all shot on expensive professional cameras or on 16mm.
You can’t have a reel without great footage, you can’t have great footage without a plethora of equipment (much to people’s surprise you do need this to make a GOOD film) or the time to make it, you won’t have anyone to fill your positions without knowing enough talented individuals to fill a film set, and you can’t do any of the above without going to college.
It is a chicken and the egg scenario. So don’t spew your ignorant thoughts on the internet, just to screw people up, making them believe they’ll get anywhere without a degree. Because, in reality, you’re 1000X less likely to go anywhere without going to college. Simple fact.
Maqsood Khan Filmmaker says:
Dear Professional Film Maker.. what u mentioned that things also important and most of people do these… but if someone can’t afford to do these all that does’t mean he or she can’t be filmmaker.. LAvidofilmaker pointed out something ahead all this….
hiddenhikari says:
Im glad ive finally seen a comment like this! Beibg a graduating highschool senior and trying to prep for collegeand just beginning to seriously consider if my previous career choice for directing instead, this post was starting to make me rethink. I mean I knew before that id need a good reel and script but this made it sound like film school was a waste but I have no idea how to begin without filmschool. Im not a natural. I didnt grow up with a camera in my hands. I dont know how to film things and make people really want to watch them – I thought that was the point of school…to ya know teach. Im glad to know that filmschool isnt a total waste after all and it will help me get a start!
Christopher James Whitson says:
Many actors have their directorial debut with a full budget and director’s fee without ever making a director’s reel. However, these are invariably successful and renowned actors before they undertake a directing project.
Michael Radford says:
This post woke me up. Thanks so much for sharing your insight and experience. Here’s hoping I get to thank you in person one day.
That would be awesome! You’re welcome.
Matthew Tibbenham says:
Thanks for your post. Probably the best, most straight forward post I’ve ever read about becoming a director. This is what I always try to tell people and what I try to implement into my own life. If you’re a director, then just keep directing. And if you’re any good, people will start to notice.
Thanks for your posts and keep on going!
Thanks for the kind words, Matthew! There is more on the way 🙂
Hi Ed, this is a good post. I’d like to know what do you do for living when you’re still an indie-filmmaker? And why did you take that job? Thank you before 🙂
Manuel says:
This was my wake up call I’ve always seen Film directing as a hobby to me I wanted to do it but was always doubting it, I did amazing work when I was in High School and Middle School but once I got into College I ignored it completely. Currently taking Biology as my major and I read your other post on why we shouldn’t take Film School what major should I take instead? Biology I’m doing great but I Hate it…When I was editing, recording, scripting projects I loved it don’t know What I should do but this post and the other one (Why not to take film school) has helped me a lot
T Livingston says:
Appreciate this writing! Clear direction that gives basic sense. Thanks.
Sorry, this might be a long read.
Wow, thank you so much. I’ve found the information to be of much use and delight for my future career ambitions. I’m actually very glad to hear that the only legitimate qualifications are a good reel and a burning passion for filmmaking, as opposed to an elaborate network of associations and time spent in film school. I have a strong desire to make truly great and inspiring films. I’ve come up with many stories challenging people to look beneath the surface and think for themselves about the most challenging questions of life. I also incorporate original and interesting scenes, themes and ideas into all of my stories and I believe they could be great movies. However, I want them to be more than just my thoughts and ideas, I want to turn them into captivating and touching works of art for the world to see. Could you please give me a direction to move forward in because I am unsure of how to turn my dreams into reality (I’m 15). What should I do next? Just try to film my stories?
Hey Daniel,
I say just start making short films. Even if they’re only one minute long. Got to start somewhere. Even if you can’t afford equipment and can only use an iPhone. Making good film content is nearly always powered by the mind not equipment. Having said that, watch lots of movies as well in order to challenge and evolve how you think of filmmaking.
All the best, Max
irwin says:
I want to host and direct my webtv show
but I dont no where to begin I have a video camera am excited but confuse
as to where do I start. I myself is ol skool but I got crazy idea in my mind but as I said dont no where to begin……can you help a novis as I?
Matthijs M. says:
I have a diffrent opinion about film school. Although i agree with your statement that even the best film schools don’t make you a film director, it surely helps, especially if you don’t have a budget for props, actors, crew or camera’s (as i do). Film school provides you with a means to make a reel, as fancy as most of the starting directors wish it is. Before film school i was messing around with my old-school camcorder that had close to no options for visual style. But i did film stuff. But that’s it. I just filmed inanimate objects and cars, not able to get my directing any screentime. I couldn’t find any actors, just because i didn’t have the finances to hire them, and everybody i knew always had something to do when the time was there to film my ideas of a short movie.
This changed as soon as i went to my current school. Here i have a database of editors, setdesigners, audio people, focus pullers, actors and camera men. And i had the guidance of people who are active in this field of work and, most important, all the time i need to make my films.
The school even provides budgets, although very small, for renting cranes and locations. Film school gave me this.
I see my school as my pillar that holds my reel up in the air.
I must add that i live in the Netherlands, and that i know that the entire school system differs from the one in the US (the price is also pressed by fundings from the government for creative education, making this a 1200 dollar a year study over here). But the source of people to help with filming must be the same.
Matthijs M.
adding to the entire “1200 dollars a year” part, i would have one short film ready after that year with almost nothing to show for my directing skills, if i didn’t go to film school, where i get about three reel-ready films out per year. Just saying.
Alex B says:
I very much agree. I am going to film school this fall and the only experience I have with making films is through skateboarding, and shooting various settings and cinematic shorts on my mini dv camera. I view film school for me, as I place where I can actually begin to pursue my interest in filmmaking. Not just a place where I can get an art degree and call myself an artist, everyone needs to start somewhere and I think film school can be a very good starting foundation. It’s all about how you choose to use an art degree, or your education for that matter that I think is most important.
Irene Kim says:
Thank you for such informative article!! It was very helpful:)
But about holding the script hostage, how can I get my script to be recognized? Some tips would be very helpful……..
And would it be impossible to succeed as an asian woman director in US?
Hi Irene,
You need to send so-called query letters to literary agents in Hollywood. If the pitch in the letter piques their curiosity, they will read your screenplay; having read it, if they think it has commercial potential, they will represent you, give you suggestions on how to improve the screenplay, and then shop it around to the studios. If the studios love it and want to make it into a movie ASAP, that is when you hold it hostage and say that you will only sell it if you are allowed to direct it. (You’d better have a decent reel, though.)
Everyone has a chance, but the script must have exceptional commercial potential — this requirement applies to everyone.
AtOddsWithTheGods says:
Do you have an article on this? I’d love some tips on how to approach literary agents. How to ensure that your query letter is actually seen by an agent. How to pitch your story in order to best “pique their curiosity”, so they will bother to read your script.
I haven’t written a guide to query letters because it’s well covered elsewhere — here’s a good one: https://screencraft.org/2015/12/08/writing-the-perfect-query-letter-for-your-scripts/
Bryan Arvello says:
Wow. So I’ve made a few things, but I realized I’m turning into those wannabes you mentioned. I’ve been using excuses like I don’t have a decent camera or no one can act for me, but I think I’ve gotten the message now.
Hi Bryan,
Excellent — get to work on that reel 🙂
Thank you for your article. What day-job do you think is the best for an aspiring film/TV/TVC director? Which jobs bring the most money, connections, experience? Or is it better to look for a job in a completely different field, while working on the script and making the first feature film? How would you recommend to earn money? Thank’s for your answer.
I would start a well-paid career in a separate industry, preferably one that is not financially correlated with the film industry — in other words, an industry that will not necessarily suffer if the film industry is hit by recession. Keep me posted!
Thank you for your article. I always truly believe film school was overpriced and (almost) useless. But i have some questions. I am interested in being more of an visual art director- a music video director visually showing what I feel with music. Meaning, scripts and actual plot doesn’t really succumb to my visions in a way? I don’t know how to word it but any advice on people inspiring to lean towards making art pieces instead of featured films with a long basic story plot? Thanks
It sounds like you might feel more artistically rewarded in the music video industry, such as it is — or you might utterly loathe it. Experiment with music videos and shorts and you will find your path. Do keep me posted!
Darrick Landreneau says:
This was very helpful and I really appreciate it!!! Ive been working on my reel for a while and I am about to direct another low budget film to add even more to it. Thank you for this awesome article!!! totally worth the read!!! God Bless.
-Darrick Landreneau
I’m glad you found it useful 🙂
Nadkay says:
Thank you so much for this piece. It is going to help me so much. I wish all upcoming film directors will use this piece as their homepage and a library site. I love this, thank you once again.
Jonathan L. Bowen says:
Definitely more people have to understand how the industry actually works, because you will find people who think that if they start as a PA, they will “work their way up” to director one day. I don’t know how in their minds they are connecting these dots. I mean, what, PA to grip, grip to gaffer, gaffer to DP, then DP to director? Like how the heck would that work? They act like these positions are all related, but they really aren’t. The skills to succeed in one are quite different from another and a great gaffer wouldn’t necessarily make even a decent director. They’re completely different skills. Granted, it’s great to have many skills when you’re trying to get work, sure, but the only way to “be” a director is to direct! The part where I disagree is the thought that a director is “his reel.” That seems to me to be a misunderstanding of how directors present themselves. A DP needs a great reel, because that’s how they’re hired. A director’s reel is a vanity piece, often completely pointless. A director’s WORK is what’s important. You’re not going to be hired to make a feature film based on “your reel,” but based on the last feature you did. I don’t think any sane producer would trust you to direct a movie based on a 2 minute reel. Maybe this could work for commercial directing, because you could fit 3-4 spots onto it, or even 7-8 partial spots (punchlines, show brands you’ve worked with, etc.), but not for features. I think most “directors reels” are completely 100% useless because they cut them to music and have almost no dialogue, but a bunch of pretty shots. That won’t do anything but make a producer wonder, “Wow, nice cinematography, who was the DP?!” A director needs to show completed works to demonstrate talent in making a cohesive whole, which is the most important part of the job.
When I refer to a director’s “reel,” the intended meaning is the director’s body of work; the CV or resume’, if you will. I agree that a 2-minute montage would not sell a director.
A TV commercial director’s reel is constituted by the 6-9 best spots s/he directed. It used to be a DVD but now it’s all done online.
For feature film directors, in practice the reel is simply a list of film titles and perhaps the DVDs themselves if they are films no one has heard of 🙂
Thanks so much for writing this article. I wish I had received this advice before investing so much time and money into studying filmmaking in college. I realized the truth of what you’ve said here about halfway through, but I felt that by then it would be more of a waste to drop out. I’ve given the same advice to younger aspiring filmmakers myself, when asked about my experience. About the only thing my MFA is good for is teaching, and even with that, schools are more interested in my CV than my academic credentials.
I searched the comments for the one about director’s reels that you referenced at the top of the article, and assume this is it. I made a “sizzle reel” in grad school, which is exactly what you are saying will not work for getting me hired by a producer for a feature or even a smaller commercial project.
You’ve made clear the expectations for a TVC director’s reel, but what about someone who is trying to break into features, but has only done shorts so far? Are you saying that we should compile our latest or best work onto a DVD/website, so they can be viewed in their entirety? And what about getting TVC or music video work, same advice?
In the current market, the best way to break into feature filmmaking as a director is to write a highly commercial script with a distinctive “voice” and when it generates heat and the industry pursues it, you impose the condition of attaching you as the project’s director. This is called “holding the script hostage” and has worked for many directors (including totally unknown first-timers). James Cameron used this strategy with “The Terminator,” and there are many more recent exmaples. Of course you need some semblance of a director’s reel for this to work, but if the script is hot, even a good short can suffice.
As for commercials and music videos…those industries are in serious decline and they simply don’t need new directors, because the existing work isn’t even enough to keep established directors busy. Forget about TV commercials if the only reason you are doing them is to break into features. The hostage script strategy has a far better chance of success in this market.
It is not a magic bullet, however: writing a commercial script is a major undertaking (but at least it doesn’t entail the considerable expense of shooting a feature by yourself).
Best wishes with your career — keep me posted!
SCOTT TIMOTHY PARKHURST says:
Thank you for this information as I found it to be very helpful and yes uplifting. I am an actor and have a lot of professional training and right now I and about eight others will be making a professional film this summer with a professional film school. We will each be assigned a “title” and it was hinted to me that I will be the Director. I totally would be honored to take on this role! Everyone says that I would make a good one. Having 20 years in the military and before that I was a police officer so after reading what it takes to being a director is about LoL….I thought I have half a chance? I have assisted a couple Directors in their films and learned so much! I just want to some day earn my way….Again, thank you so much for your time and article.
Reymond D. says:
ｂｒｕｈ. Bruh. BRUH. This information is so damn valuable, and the fact that you’re willing to help people like yourself, you’re really “The Man”. I really appreciate the fact that you don’t sugar coat things and go straight for the “reel” deal (pun totally intended ;). As an aspiring filmmaker, I thank you like no other. As a matter of fact, I promise you a free family ticket to all of my future blockbuster movies as a sign of respect . I really wish the best and good luck on your filmmaking career.
Thanks for calling Microsoft!
Thriftykins says:
Great article. I’m not a director, aspiring director, or aspiring to anything in the film industry. I would kind of like to be an extra on a popular TV show or movie. Just sort of one of those “bucket list” things. A modest goal, but that’s about it. Anyway, I was curious what it took to go from “average nobody” to “big shot Hollywood film director”, and I found this industry insider talk pretty fascinating.
I greatly appreciate this site, and in particular this page, but I really hope you will address the post made by “Professional Filmmaker” on August 2, 2013 at 2:11pm. While I can’t find fault in your emphasis on creating a reel, the latter user raised a number of key points, specifically the financially (for many) insurmountable barriers to the industry. Film programs, while not cheap, do seem to provide a hell of lot for far less money than one would have available should they seek to rent equipment and hire actors and crew independently, It seems to me there must be a middle ground here somewhere as not every notable film director comes from a priveledged background, nor did every notable director attend film school. There’s no disputing the automatic competition among students that film school engenders, but what’s the alternative for people who don’t have access to comparable resources?
I will — check back next weekend. Thanks for your patience.
I took a second look at the comment to which you refer. The points made by the commenter have been addressed exhaustively on this website and I no longer have the time or desire to re-hash my arguments.
As a courtesy to you, however, I will add (or reiterate) that the equipment cost defence of film school was considerably stronger back in the days when shooting on 16mm or 35mm was the only way to build a professional reel — but even back then, I would have stood by my argument. With the current abundance of comparatively low-cost equipment alternatives, that argument no longer holds water, in my view. There is plenty of equipment being sold on eBay; buy it, build your reel and then sell it back to the next cash-strapped filmmaker.
If a filmmaker truly has no money and can find a free film “school”, obviously that’s an option. But do such outfits exist? I would imagine their student-to-equipment ratio is on the high side.
The bottom line is that aspiring filmmakers with parlous finances will struggle to get ahead, but that is true of almost all fields of endeavour. That’s life, unfortunately, but even those people have options: get a job, save money and use it to build a reel. That formula has been used by many an underprivileged youth, and not just in filmmaking.
Thank you for responding. I realize some of what I said was addressed by you in earlier posts, but I should apologize for not clarifying my position in my previous post. When I referred to the resources of film school, I was not speaking purely about cameras. Having dabbled a bit in film, specifically the festival “circuit,” I was made keenly aware of how folks who’d submitted films were not at all on equal footing. I thought this was down to budgets, or acting, or, heaven forbid, talent, but I soon realized that filmmakers who’d come through certain programs had a major leg up on those who didn’t. Upon digging a bit deeper, I learned that it wasn’t just that they’d attended Film School X, but that Film School X boasted a faculty member who had the ear of someone important at (e.g.) Sundance. As a result, films that flowed through that faculty member automatically had favored nations status; most everybody else found their films tossed into the bin. Again, I would stress here that if this advantage inherent to film school(s) does exist, it has absolutely nothing to do with learning how to make films, or even how to become a better film maker – in short, one is paying for connections. Now, you may tell me that none of this ultimately matters, and it’s all about the reel no matter who you know. That may be true, but there seem to be reasons that have nothing to do with film per se that attract the attention of festivals, or agents, or investors, or studio execs, etc., etc. Are the people who rise above simply lucky, or are they getting a leg up by landing themselves in the purview of people who can help them? As with most things in this day and age, the much larger degree of availability accorded by the internet and communications in general has severely skewed signal to noise. I’m not sure if one can to be noticed without assistance.
Thank you for this information it was very helpful. I’m still young but I would like to become a film director. Do you have any suggestions for the reel?
Christopher Sorensen says:
Although I have never directed to make a reel myself, I have however directed in a studio but did not attain my own material. It was just a simple local direct method for a weekly show. Using a switch board, slight editing, and sound clarification. I have written my own screenplays years later one of which actually won a contest for its category in the screenplay festival held in LA in 2012. How does a person grab hold of an agent? I know that schooling is important but my writing skills must be of some caliber if I won a contest yet no agency wants to take the risk. I thought they are looking for fresh new talents as per their advertising niche. It is so frustrating to see that agents only want to hold on to their present screenwriters as their cash cow but if so why keep advertising? I must have emailed about seven dozen agencies since 2012, as well as email drops to the first ones I came across in case someone didn’t receive or read my scripts the first time around. I still have my winning script… all 199 pages of it, which is also if put to film would be the first thriller/horror epic of its kind. Yet no production company, agency, wants to see it. Why? I followed proper protocol such head letters, synopsis, background (Contests included) schooling, and resume. Not one has ever replied back. I never said I wanted to direct. I just wanted to expose another future block buster. As another example, there was a studio which was looking for a particular script. One that had both father, and son as the protagonists. Were on a trip or vacation, ran into trouble with locals, and went on a trip of the mind… a psychological trip. My script described all of that. I’ll say that again…. ALL OF THAT, and yet they said… Sorry but this is not what we’re looking for… good luck. I mean really? They even asked to have it written for the present day, which I still have in my possession. IN any case, how… does a person attain a good open minded agent who can take and ascertain if a script is good or not? There must be some secret or some other avenue to expose my writing other than a contest. Here is the address to that contest so you can see for yourself that I am not all talk. The script is called Necromancer…. Oh and I also got an honorable mention with another screenplay in the same category. So two birds with one stone.
Adirector says:
obviously you need to direct to be a director, but for directing you do need to have conections and specificaly a crew, I think all directors have their go to actors dp’s editors etc, so I think disregarding conections aswel as film school is not a good advice at all!
Where els will you meet colaborators and be able to produce short films for your reel? This article is a rant.
So I’ve loved the idea of directing since I was in 2nd grade (I’m now in grade 10) and i know I’m a long ways a way but I just don’t know where to get started. I make “short films” a lot and some of them are decent but like I said, I just don’t really know where to go. I’m all worried that i won’t be able to support myself financially.
Nehemiah says:
This is what I’ve been looking for the past 2 Years. Finally someone that cuts the bullshit and explains it how it is. I’ve tried to ask so many people about how to go the way without going to college and they say “college is the one and only way”. So thank you!
A lot of this article sounds like captain obvious wrote it. Basically the entire article could’ve been summed up to “make a directors reel.” Anyone who is serious about directing in the industry knows you need a directors reel. I was hoping to find more useful tips other than the obvious one anyone with a brain knows. You also talk about how there is no point in film school or networking and I agree if you are just networking and going to film school with no directors reel it’ll get you no where but, again, for the people who aren’t brain dead and are actually out directing films and have a reel, networking and film school will help tremendously. My buddy got connections through his film school which allowed him to network with some producers in the industry which gave him and his reel a ton of exposure. He has now assistant directed on a few major films within the past couple years and is doing very well for himself. My point is, instead of getting so focused on the obvious “make a film reel” try and give some tips that’ll help filmmakers who are past the “make a film reel” stage.
It is obvious to you and many others, but it certainly isn’t obvious to the numerous aspiring filmmakers who think — either independently or through third-party misinformation — that they can somehow weasel their way into directing gigs without having fully proved themselves first. It’s incredible, and I myself would struggle to believe it if I had not personally met plenty of examples in real life, but that’s the way it is, and for that reason it was worth covering.
Beyond that, there is plenty of detailed technical filmmaking advice on this website. Start here 🙂
Ashley Tomlinson says:
I found after months of research, and still a year left in high school, I will create short films where possible the take part in an externship program along with some online courses. It sounds like a good idea but I’m still not sure…
Arion says:
Very helpful, thank you so much, I have saved this page so I can constantly return to this
Thank you for this, it was extremely helpful! A few questions I have, however, is how to “start” filmmaking in the first place. With me for instance, as a teen, what would be the best advice for starting out? It seems almost impossible as I don’t have access to anyone with remotely good acting talent, any sort of equipment beyond an iPhone and free editing software, and no income outside of selling items online and birthday cash. Any tips on how to make my very first film, or finding the funds to do so? Is crowdfunding a good option?
As a teen, your chief concern should be the acquisition and development of filmmaking skills. The equipment you have is more than enough for that. Draft the services of your friends as actors and crew. Treat every project as training, not something that you will screen at festivals — but make sure you plan, shoot and finish these projects as if they were to be screened at Cannes. In other words, place high demands on yourself in terms of learning outcomes. If you do this, by the time you are a few years older and have the income to shoot projects with proper equipment and real actors, your skills will be conducive to the production of audience-worthy projects. Good luck!
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The 13th Annual Laya Healthcare’s City Spectacular - over and out for 2018.
Selda Simsek 1 min read
Ireland's favourite FREE family festival, Laya Healthcare City Spectacular, came and conquered this July in Dublin and Cork. Showcasing the best in international street performance acts, a brand new ‘it’s good to live’ area packed with health, wellbeing & fun activities galore, this year’s festival was bigger and better than ever. See all the highlights in our quick video below.
While we've a lot to live up to, we're already looking forward to planning next year's event. Make sure to mark your diary and join us!
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Selda Simsek
Selda is the Sponsorship Brand Manager for Laya Healthcare. With a wealth of knowledge in the Sports and events industry, Selda’s career has spanned across, marketing, sponsorship, events, PR and internal communications over the past 12 years. With her experience both at home and abroad she has worked for leading brands and their partners such as Virgin Mobile Australia, The Cancer Council NSW, Leinster Rugby, Bank of Ireland, Guinness, Life Style Sports and many more. Leaning on her creative flair, Selda has a keen interest in photography and design. She’s also an advocate of CSR and a keen jellybean on the importance of brand culture and engagement.
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Furious rally by Howell wasted in OT loss at Grand Blanc
Howell rallied from a 10-point deficit in the final 1:15 of the fourth quarter before losing in overtime at Grand Blanc.
Furious rally by Howell wasted in OT loss at Grand Blanc Howell rallied from a 10-point deficit in the final 1:15 of the fourth quarter before losing in overtime at Grand Blanc. Check out this story on livingstondaily.com: http://ldpaa.com/2kEMq4c
Bill Khan, Livingston Daily Published 10:18 p.m. ET Feb. 13, 2017 | Updated 11:16 p.m. ET Feb. 13, 2017
Howell came back from a 10-point deficit in the final 1:15 of the fourth quarter, only to lose in overtime at Grand Blanc, 74-63. Johnny Shields made a layup to beat the buzzer, forcing overtime. Bill Khan
Howell's Johnny Shields drives for two of the 10 points he scored in the final 1:07 of the fourth quarter to force overtime at Grand Blanc. The Bobcats regrouped to win, 74-63.(Photo: Timothy Arrick)
GRAND BLANC — It was an epic comeback, one which Howell's basketball players would've talked about for years to come.
But the good feelings generated by a magical rally from a 10-point deficit in the final 1:15 of the fourth quarter were soon replaced by the crushing disappointment of not finishing the deal in overtime.
Grand Blanc overcame Howell's furious comeback, scoring the first five points of the extra period and going on to beat the KLAA West champion, 74-63, Monday night.
Junior Johnny Shields almost single-handedly carried the Highlanders into overtime, scoring 10 of his game-high 27 points in the final 1:07 of the fourth quarter. Shields' coast-to-coast layup beat the buzzer to tie the game, 58-58.
"It was nice that we decided to play for about two minutes, but that's not going to get it done against a good team," Howell coach Nick Simon said. "I thought (Shields) did a really nice job at the end. I thought we showed heart. For about two minutes, we played our tails off, but you don't win many games against anybody, let alone good competition, playing that few good minutes."
Howell led 17-10 in the second quarter, but never led after halftime. Grand Blanc seemed to have the game put away when a basket by Cam Cyborowski with 1:15 remaining in the fourth quarter extended the Bobcats' lead to 56-46.
Shields answered with a 3-pointer and a basket before Dan Zolinski drove to the basket to get Howell within 56-53 with 16 seconds to go. Grand Blanc went 2-for-6 from the line in the final 1:15, creating room for a Howell comeback.
A 3-point play by Shields with 10.1 seconds to go got Howell within 57-56. When Grand Blanc's Trevor Bailey made one free throw and missed the second with seven seconds left, Shields took a pass and went the length of the floor to score the tying basket before the buzzer.
Kip French makes an acrobatic layup for Howell in a 74-63 overtime loss at Grand Blanc. (Photo: Timothy Arrick)
"The comeback was definitely doable," Shields said. "We just stayed positive, knowing our shots were going to fall. We had the momentum."
Grand Blanc quickly took back the momentum in overtime, as Bailey hit a 3-pointer and Cyborowski made a basket in the first 35 seconds to put the Bobcats up by five.
Howell was only 1-for-8 from the field in overtime, while Grand Blanc hit 11 of 14 free throws.
"We came out dead in overtime, just like we played for 30 of 32 minutes," Shields said.
After starting out 7-0 in KLAA West play, Howell lost two if its final three games against the bottom two teams in the division. The Highlanders were outright champions in a division in which every other team had at least four losses.
The Highlanders lost 50-44 at Hartland last Tuesday while Shields was home sick. Against last-place Grand Blanc, starting sophomore guard Josh Palo sat out the game with the stomach flu.
"I'm not going to use any of that stuff as an excuse," Simon said. "The two games we didn't have our full roster we just didn't play very well with our full effort. Tons of credit to those players, because they're great players, but we have to overcome that adversity. Everybody has players out here and there, especially at this point in the season. I'm not going to use that as a crutch. I expect to win, regardless of who we put on the court."
Zolinski had 11 points and Jake Lothamer 10 for Howell.
Cyborowski and Lonnell Martin had 20 points each for Grand Blanc.
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Dear Loma and CT Parents/Guardians,
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
LearnStorm Update
We are #1 in the Bay Area LearnStorm competition! Google and Khan Academy teamed up in sponsoring a math challenge and CT seventh and eighth graders have certainly risen to the occasion. CT English students are #1 in mastery in the second round of the three cup competition. This means that our students learned more than their peers across the entire region. Our students outperformed students in every other school. There are thousands of schools in the competition, and we are number #1. Our students, no matter where they started in their skill set, extended their learning by challenging themselves and encouraging their peers. We are so proud of them!
Two things stand out for me in this venture. First, teachers make the difference. Mrs. Nefian loves math, and the kids know it. She doesn’t just love math for the kids who also love math. She loves math on behalf of all the kids who haven’t yet discovered how cool math can be. Her enthusiasm is contagious. Second, the kids are rocking this! It’s one thing to be fast out of the gate and win the sprint. Part of what we are trying to also instill in our learners is perseverance. The quick win is fun, but powerful journeys can be arduous. Perseverance is tough - and essential in life. Our students - your kids - are living and learning perseverance through math.
A great education balances academic rigor with fostering the emergence of skills for life - confidence, perseverance, competence, courage, and so much more. It’s not about getting the “right” answer every time. It’s about striving for solutions, about refusing to give in to discouragement, it’s about believing in “I can.” Can a little school in the Santa Cruz Mountains out learn, out hustle, out perform every school in the greater Bay Area in math? Our students and teachers prove, “Yes we can!” Congratulations to our impressive “Mathletes"! There is one more round to go - keep up the great work.
“How to Raise an Adult”
Parenting can be tough. It requires perseverance too! Please join me in conversation with Julie Lythcott-Haims, author of the acclaimed book, How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Over Parenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success on March 23rd, at 7:00 PM in the Loma Forum. I must be honest, at first Ms. Lythcott-Haims' words scared me as a parent. I feared I had done everything wrong and it was too late for me as a parent since my kids are grown and growing. But, perseverance paid off. I found the book both reassuring and inspirational. Ms. Lythcott-Haims' warm mix of expertise and empathy is informed by a decade as a dean at Stanford and more than a decade of parenting in the Silicon Valley. I found myself thinking, “I’ve got to get her to come to Loma! I’ve got to invite the Building Blocks parents! Our teachers need to hear this too! Share with Lakeside!” I was swept up by a sense of urgency about her message and reached out to the School Site Council to suggest we share her message with our community members. We invited her to our mountain, and she said yes! Please join us in welcoming her to our community. The conversation will start promptly at 7:00 (not mountain 7:00). Doors open at 6:40 pm. Copies of Julie’s book will be available that evening through our partnership with Hicklebee’s Books. This event is free to the public. No childcare will be available on campus. Please RSVP through this link so that we can save you a seat. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1o9S01SBIdFXM-jbhv9Vj-Zgjk0-eeKYI-rP04AKBTSY/viewform See you there!
Bus Route Change – Update
The bus will not be using Miller Cut off due to a road washout. The bus will instead be using Skyland Road. Any families wishing to use bus service on Skyland Road in the morning or afternoon are invited to please contact Patty Smrt at p.smrt@loma.k12.ca.us. Santa Cruz County Public Works has reviewed the damaged area and determined they cannot make any repairs until the ground is dry. This bus route change will remain in place until further notice.
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sport, local-sport, Kurri Speedway, Mason Campton, Isaac Hawes
Officials were forced to reduce the number of scheduled events at Kurri Kurri Speedway last Saturday following a fall in the Senior A 500 solos division. Sydney rider, Christian Hojberg was taken to hospital for precautionary observation as the result of a fall while contesting his fourth qualifying heat. The fifth and final round of qualifying heats was abandoned leaving Isaac Hawes, Mason Campton and Kane Lawrence as the top three point scorers to qualify directly into the A Final. Lake Macquarie's Mitchell Cluff joined the trio after winning the B Final. Mason Campton (Kurri Kurri) won the A Final but was pushed all the way by Isaac Hawes (Cessnock) with Kane Lawrence (Newcastle) third. It was an impressive performance by Hawes who is having only his second full season of competition in the senior ranks. Campton's experience on the international speedway scene clearly showed and he seems set to be the force to be reckoned with for the premier division Club Championship in 2019.
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Rider taken to hospital after Kurri Speedway fall
FALL: The program was shortened after a nasty fall in the Senior A 500 solos division.
Officials were forced to reduce the number of scheduled events at Kurri Kurri Speedway last Saturday following a fall in the Senior A 500 solos division.
Sydney rider, Christian Hojberg was taken to hospital for precautionary observation as the result of a fall while contesting his fourth qualifying heat.
The fifth and final round of qualifying heats was abandoned leaving Isaac Hawes, Mason Campton and Kane Lawrence as the top three point scorers to qualify directly into the A Final. Lake Macquarie's Mitchell Cluff joined the trio after winning the B Final.
Mason Campton (Kurri Kurri) won the A Final but was pushed all the way by Isaac Hawes (Cessnock) with Kane Lawrence (Newcastle) third. It was an impressive performance by Hawes who is having only his second full season of competition in the senior ranks.
Campton's experience on the international speedway scene clearly showed and he seems set to be the force to be reckoned with for the premier division Club Championship in 2019.
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Teen Marijuana Use Actually Declined In Washington State After Legalization, Study Finds
Marijuana use among adolescents in Washington state did not increase in the years after voters approved legalization for adults in 2012, according to a new study.
The results are contrary to often-expressed fears from prohibition supporters who argued that the move would lead to skyrocketing youth cannabis consumption rates.
But in fact, past-month cannabis use actually declined among 8th and 10th grade students from 2010-2012 to 2014-2016, the new research letter published in JAMA Pediatrics found. There were no statistically significant changes in cannabis consumption for 12th grade students during the time period studied.
The results differ from the conclusions of an earlier study, which found increases in past-month use among adolescents in Washington. That study was based on data from the federally funded Monitoring the Future survey, which is designed to be nationally representative and does not include a large enough sample size to generate state-specific representations.
So researchers at the RAND Corporation and other organizations created their own model to test the earlier study’s conclusion, using data from a randomized state-level survey called the Washington Healthy Youth Survey. Rather than an increase, the data showed that past-month marijuana consumption decreased by a small but statistically significant amount for 8th and 10th grade students.
From 2010-2012 to 2014-2016, the prevalence of marijuana use “fell from 9.8 percent to 7.3 percent” among 8th graders and it “fell from 19.8 percent to 17.8 percent” among 10th graders.
“The effect of legalization on youth marijuana use is an important public health question that needs to be revisited using a multitude of data sets,” study co-author Rosalie Liccardo Pacula said in a press release. “This work underscores the importance of understanding who is being captured in each data set so we can better understand how representative the sample is when trying to draw policy conclusions from the analysis.”
However, Pacula added that their findings “do not provide a final answer about how legalization ultimately may influence youth marijuana usage” and further studies are needed, especially those that can account for localized trends.
That said, the study is just the latest in a line of recent research to indicate that legalization for adults doesn’t cause young people to consume marijuana in greater numbers.
Teen Marijuana Use Remains Lower Than Pre-Legalization Levels, Federally Funded Survey Finds
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Legalizing Marijuana Leads To Fewer Illegal Grow Sites In National Forests, Study Finds
Kimberly Lawson
In news that Smokey Bear, iconic protector of all forests, would be happy to hear, research shows that reports of illegal marijuana grow operations on federally protected lands fell after states began legalizing it for adult use.
“Arguably,” the study authors write, “our models hint that outright, national recreational cannabis legalization would be one means by which illegal growing on national forests could be made to disappear.”
“[W]e find that recreational cannabis legalization is associated with decreased reports of illegal grow operations on national forests.”
The research, which was published in the journal Ecological Economics earlier this month, is thought to be the first of its kind to analyze the effects of legalization policies on illegal outdoor grows in national forests throughout the United States. A separate recent study found that cannabis cultivation on federal lands specifically in the Pacific Northwest declined after legalization.
Researchers with the United States Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service used existing data on the number of illegal grow sites reported between 2004 and 2016 in 111 national forests. In addition to incorporating other variables into their analysis (including state marijuana policies, retail price for consumers, risk of exposure and others), they also came up with six simulated scenarios with policy changes to create random effects models of the number of reported grows.
For example, in one scenario, the study’s authors estimated how many illegal grow sites would exist if current laws legalizing both recreational and medical marijuana were revoked. In another simulation, wholesale and retail sales taxes on legal marijuana were eliminated in states that had already approved the sale and consumption of cannabis in 2016.
According to the study’s findings, “policies legalizing recreational cannabis production and consumption are associated with significantly lower numbers of reported illegal grows on national forests.”
The study’s predictive models showed that eliminating current state laws legalizing access to marijuana would result in “double-digit percentage increases in reported grows on national forests, while further expansion of the set of states with such laws passed by statewide referenda in 2016 (but only instituting applicable laws in 2017 or later, post-dating our dataset) would be expected to reduce growing on national forests by a fifth or more.”
If all 23 states that had approved medical marijuana by 2016 moved to more broadly legalize for adult use, the study continues, illegal cultivation sites in national forests would decline anywhere from 35 percent to 51 percent. However, it concluded that legalization of medical cannabis across the U.S. alone would not affect grow operations in national forests.
Mere decriminalization of possession was also found to have no significant effect on the number of illegal farms, though models did show that harsher penalties for illegal production and possession of marijuana, as well as stricter regulations on CBD oil and similar products, did. Meanwhile, an increase in law enforcement presence only made a slight difference (a 2.5 percent decrease in reported illegal grows) if local agencies increased their manpower by 20 percent.
Another issue, of course, is the role of taxes. If states reduced how much they tax legal sales by 6 to 13 percent, the number of illegal grows would decline. As researchers point out, “availability of legal cannabis does not encourage illegal cultivation unless the after-tax price for legal cannabis is substantially elevated relative to the illegal product.”
“As a practical matter,” the study authors summarize, “the number of cannabis grows on national forests could be reduced in two opposite ways: (1) legalization, or (2) increased efforts to deter, incarcerate, and otherwise discourage participation in the illegal market. Redefining what is legal perhaps would yield reductions that are cost less for the Forest Service, at least in the narrow sense of cannabis law enforcement demands, and would reduce the damages associated with cannabis cultivation.”
Ecologists have raised concerns about the environmental impact illegal marijuana cultivation sites have on national forests, such as the use of highly toxic rodenticide to ward off pests.
Illegal Marijuana Grows In Pacific Northwest Declined After Legalization, Study Finds
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Most Addiction Specialists Support Legalizing Medical Marijuana, Study Finds
We already know 93 percent of Americans support legalizing medical marijuana. Now, thanks to new research, we also know a sizable majority of substance abuse clinicians do too.
But even though drug misuse professionals broadly back cannabis’s medical value, they also see risks associated with its use.
“While most participants agreed that medical marijuana should be legalized and that its ‘responsible’ use was ‘safe,'” the study concluded, “they also believed that it is often abused and has not been studied adequately. Consistent with prior research, we found that fewer addictions treatment professionals (approximately 70%) than members of the public supported legalization of marijuana for medical purposes.”
Generally speaking, many medical professionals who treat substance use disorders (SUD) believe abstinence from recreational drugs is the best practice. This new study, which published earlier last week in the Journal of Substance Use, aimed to get a better understanding of where they stood on the medical use of marijuana.
“Given that negative attitudes toward patients, regardless of the reason, may result in premature treatment termination and poorer quality care, it seems important to understand attitudes toward legalization of medical marijuana among SUD treatment professionals,” the researchers from Towson University in Maryland wrote.
Participants were asked to rate how much they agreed or disagreed with 22 statements, including:
Marijuana is safe when used responsibly for medical purposes.
Medical marijuana is often abused.
A client can be in substance use disorder treatment when using medical marijuana.
Marijuana can help reduce withdrawal symptoms
Taking marijuana instead of other drugs is only replacing one addiction with another.
They were also asked to share their personal history with cannabis and whether or not they knew anyone who had used medical marijuana.
A total of 966 addiction clinicians completed the survey between February and May 2018. They were identified through professional certification boards in Alaska, Kansas, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Rhode Island, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Most reported having used marijuana (74 percent), knowing a medical cannabis patient (73 percent) and knowing patients with addiction issues who’d used cannabis in their recovery (61 percent).
Additionally, most respondents thought marijuana should be legalized for medical purposes and that its use was safe, though only 38 percent said it was “not detrimental to one’s health.” Sixty-four percent said they believed medical cannabis is often abused.
Via Journal of Substance Use.
Interestingly, however, many participants agreed that cannabis (including products that contain the cannabinoid CBD) could help with symptoms associated with addiction, such as anxiety and insomnia. While 70 percent said consuming marijuana is “trading one addiction for another,” most also thought it was acceptable for a person in SUD treatment to use medical marijuana.
“Overall,” the study‘s authors note, “our results suggest that addictions treatment providers have mixed opinions about medical marijuana legalization.”
Among the factors that appeared to influence participants’ attitudes toward medical marijuana were age—younger professionals were more open to the idea—past experience consuming cannabis and personal knowledge of someone who’d used cannabis for therapeutic purposes. Providers on the East Coast also viewed medical marijuana more favorably than in other parts of the country.
“These mixed attitudes may actually reflect a healthy skepticism,” researchers conclude. “That is, if the current trends continue, addictions treatment professionals may be poised to both accept medical marijuana legalization and to handle any associated negative consequences.”
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Marijuana Gives Men And Women More Sexual Desire And Better Orgasms, Study Finds
Recent research suggests that marijuana use can improve orgasms for women. Now, a new yet-to-be-published study says that men may also find their bedroom activities enhanced by cannabis.
According to an abstract shared online, the study found “participants perceived that cannabis use increased their sexual functioning and satisfaction.” Age and gender did not play a role in how marijuana consumption affected sex, and the study’s participants reported “increased desire, orgasm intensity, and masturbation pleasure.”
The findings are the result of a nationwide survey conducted by recent East Carolina University graduate Amanda Moser for her master’s thesis in human development and family science. Her goal was to build on what limited research there currently is exploring the impact of cannabis use on people’s sex lives, she told Marijuana Moment in a phone interview.
Moser created an anonymous online survey targeting people 18 and older who said they’d used marijuana. For her purposes, she adapted questions taken from other frameworks used to assess human sexual response. For example, the survey asked participants to rate how cannabis affected their ability to achieve and maintain an erection (for men) and lubrication (for women). The survey also asked respondents if they believed cannabis creates a more satisfactory and pleasurable sex life, and how taste, touch, hearing, smell and sound were influenced by consumption.
A sample of 811 people with various backgrounds and marijuana preferences participated in the study. Moser said she found cannabis to be sexually beneficial for both men and women, regardless of age, as well as throughout the lifespan. “People who were 18 years old had amazing benefits as well as people up to 85 years old, and everyone in between,” she explained. “All found that cannabis was beneficial for their sexual functioning as well as their sexual satisfaction.”
The full study, which Marijuana Moment hasn’t reviewed, is currently under embargo as Moser is working to get it published later this year.
Overall, Moser said, participants reported consuming cannabis led to more pleasure not just during sex, but also during masturbation as well. Both men and women said they had an increased desire for sex, and found that their orgasms were more intense. Women, she added, reported that they were able to achieve multiple orgasms.
Taste and touch were also “significantly enhanced” during sex after marijuana use, thus leading to more satisfaction. “If you think about it, you use taste and touch a lot during sex,” she added.
Although one major limitation of the research is that it’s based on self-reports, Moser pointed out that her findings contradict prior work that suggested cannabis use would not be beneficial for men during sex. “Previous literature said that cannabis is a muscle relaxer, and would be more inhibiting for males—that males would have a harder time achieving and maintaining an erection,” she explained. “It makes sense, but my research actually showed contradicting to that. I found that [cannabis] does not affect males’ ability to achieve and maintain an erection, that males did not report having any issues with that.”
Moser speculated that the reason why men may not have trouble getting an erection after consumption—as previous researchers have suggested—is because marijuana may act as a vasodilator. In other words, cannabinoids may help widen blood vessels to improve blood flow.
Ultimately, however, Moser said that her findings reveal cannabis’s potential for not only treating and curing female sexual dysfunction, but also addressing “the orgasm inequality gap,” which describes the fact that men in heterosexual relationships are far more likely to orgasm than their partners.
“To me, that’s a problem,” Moser said. “More females should be having more orgasms. Maybe cannabis can help with that.”
Marijuana Use Before Sex Leads To More Satisfying Orgasms, Study Finds
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Wedding Food Stations vs. Buffets: An Expert Breaks Down the Differences
Find out which makes more sense for your event.
By Blythe Copeland of Martha Stewart Weddings
Photography by: Yasmin Khajavi Photography
For decades, the wedding buffet was the more casual alternative to the traditional seated dinner: They're interactive, more varied, and offer more room for customization than a standard three-course meal. Now, there's another option that's threatening to overtake the buffet in terms of popularity, and that's the food station. "This is what we suggest when people want a certain feel for their reception but a buffet is a little too traditional for them," says Julie Savage Parekh of Strawberry Milk Events. "Food stations are the new buffet—a little bit trendier and more modern way to do it." But what does that mean for your wedding? Here, we're decoding the differences between food stations and buffets.
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The Setup
While both food stations and buffets are more relaxed alternatives to a formal seated dinner, the difference in format can have a big impact on the flow of your reception. A buffet, with all the food on a long table and a single line of guests waiting to be served, is more structured and can lead to long waits for friends and family who aren't at the head tables. It can also lead to a more structured evening as guests focus first on eating, and then on dancing. "Visually they see the line building for the buffet and they feel like they have to get in now or they're not going to get food," says Parekh.
Food stations, however, are usually scattered around the room, which encourages guests to go back and forth between eating and dancing and to explore the entire reception space. "People can come and go as they please, if they want to walk around and chat with other guests or dance," says Parekh. "Couples who are looking for the option of not being stuck at a table all night like that, because it gives you a chance to get up and interact with other people."
Though you can offer the same amount of food regardless of the format you choose, food stations offer more opportunity for menu variety and unique presentation. "It feels a little more trendy, more modern, a little more foodie-esque," says Parekh. "To devote a whole spread to one thing is a little more interesting." Some of her favorite stations: Parisian-inspired steak frites, cheese and charcuterie, an Italian burrata bar, and dim sum. Your planner or caterer can also help design food stations that fit seamlessly into the rest of your reception. "Each station can have its own décor and feel almost like it's incorporated as part of the overall vision of the reception, as part of the décor, instead of just a long table of food," says Parekh.
However, if you're serving one cohesive meal—Parekh uses a rehearsal dinner barbecue as an example—or hosting an especially large crowd, then a buffet is often the easier and more manageable option. "If you just want to dance and you don't want the food portion to linger, it'll be a faster way," says Parekh. "Sometimes the food is not the priority at the event, so a buffet is just an easy way to get it done."
The Hidden Details
If you're leaning toward food stations but watching the bottom line, check with your caterer about any additional costs for replenishing the food or having the stations manned; some action stations, like an oyster bar that requires an attendant for shucking, may mean you pay more for labor (but, says Parekh, shortening the amount of time the food stations are open may help you trim costs). With either buffets or food stations, you can cross seating assignments off your to-do list—unless it's critical that your aunts stay as far apart as possible or you're determined to fix up your cousin with your fiancé's old roommate. Since seating charts are often for the caterer to know who gets which entrée, you can assign people just to a certain table or forego a seating chart altogether.
And if you like the idea of food stations but don't want to give up your seated dinner, consider them for dessert. "A lot of people are opting for a smaller wedding cake that does the trick for the photo op, and bite-sized dessert stations where people can help themselves," says Parekh. "Then people can go at their leisure and really pick want they want and what they like."
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Andres "Andy" Esparza Munoz
July 29, 1936 ~ June 8, 2019 (age 82)
Andy Esparza Muñoz was born in Terlingua, Tx to Audelia and Pascual Muñoz on July 29, 1936.
He went to school at Terlingua. He married Paula Ramos Muñoz on August 6, 1955 in Alpine, Tx. He detailed vehicles for Bings Auto Sales for 17 years, after which he became self employed. He was acknowledged in the Nueva Vista magazine for being one of the first musicians to start the Trio mariachi in West Texas.
As a teenager, he was inspired by his brother Samuel and developed the passion for music. Thereafter, they formed a group "El Trio Latino" in the early 60's, which became one of the first mariachi groups in West Texas. They recorded a few songs in the studio in the late 60's, early 70's that were also aired on the radio during that time. He continued singing and playing mariachi music throughout his years, while inspiring his children and grandchildren to continue his legacy.
Andy Muñoz was proceeded in death by his wife Paula Ramos Muñoz, his parents Audelia Esparza Muñoz and Pascual Muñoz Sr., brothers Santos, Samuel, Jose and sisters Maria Lupe Loya, Eufracia Villa, Dolores Hernandez, Maria Luisa Galindo, Asencion Ramirez and Maria Del Soccoro White.
Andy Muñoz is survived by his sons and daughters: Pete Muñoz, Freddy Muñoz, Cecilia Muñoz, Anna Muñoz Mercado and husband Jesus, Rosemary Muñoz Alcantar and husband Oscar, Javier Muñoz and wife Mary, Patsy Muñoz DeLeon and husband Johnny, Annette Muñoz, Jacob Muñoz and wife Amy, Randy Muñoz and wife Rose, Gabriel Rios and wife Diana. Brothers Pascual, Tony and Ruben Munoz. 34 grandchildren and 43 great grandchildren.
Pallbearers: Pete Muñoz Jr., Freddy Muñoz Jr., Ricky Ramirez Jr., Javier Muñoz Jr., Jacob Muñoz Jr., Oscar Alcantar Jr. and John DeLeon.
Honorary Pallbearers: Angel Rios, Kobe Muñoz, Eulalia Hernandez, Mikahel DeLeon, Joe Eric White, Jesus Mercado IV, Beto Hernandez, Andres Miguel Munoz, and Julian Garcia
The family of Andy Muñoz wishes to extend our sincere thanks to doctors, nurses and staff at Medical Center Hospital, St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Martinez Funeral Home and everyone for their love, support and prayers during this difficult time.
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Nutella Theft Is On The Rise
Your insatiable appetite for Nutella is leading to criminal behavior.
Stephanie Radvan
If you haven’t heard, a particularly delicious caper occurred this weekend, when thieves managed to swipe 5 tons of Nutella off of a truck in Niederaula, Germany. The loot is estimated to be worth about $20,710, which isn’t a whole lot of money from a criminal heist perspective…but that’s not to say this wasn’t a mastermind heist.
First of all, jars of chocolate-hazelnut spread are far less conspicuous than illegal harvested kidneys or tropical birds, making the stolen goods much easier to transport and less likely to arouse suspicion.
Secondly, we’re betting that there’s a far bigger market for this delicious goo than there is for 17th century landscape paintings and, dare we say, iPhones or Blu-ray players. Everyone knows that Nutella is expensive – over $6 a pop even at discount supermarkets – and no one is going to buy a previously used jar online at a discount price, second-hand electronics style. (Well, feel free to argue with us on that one.) All these thieves really have to do to make a profit off their bulk product is peddle it to a shady bodega owner or to a bunch of Columbia University students, who have reportedly been going through at least 100 pounds of it a day.
Finally, there’s always the chance that these thieves simply stole the goods for themselves. What’s the downside to a lifetime supply of Nutella?
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"Shame is a radical text of the 'third mind' collaborative genre, multivalent and operational. What is our shame? What is our ambivalence of imagination, confession, sexuality, history? Who takes responsibility, who notices, apologizes or hides? Kelly and Kempker's bilingually enfolded meditation revolves, pivots, torques, litanizes in stunning American German language space. These poets face the shameful world before them (gegenüber / literally 'facing opposite') with passion, erudition, brilliance. There's nothing like this stretching out there. 'Haut plappert' / 'Skin chatters'. 'Shame is waiting.' " — Anne Waldman
McPherson & Company takes special pleasure in presenting a limited edition of 400 signed and numbered copies of a collaboration between Robert Kelly and Birgit Kempker. This unique edition is presented by special arrangement with Urs Engeler Editor of Basel, Switzerland. Shame is a bi-lingual text in prose and poetry that defies categorization. It is a psychological exposé, a purloined correspondence, an investigatory improvisation, an apologia, a desideratum, a profundity, and jazz.
Moreover, it is an experiment in cross translation.
Above all, Shame is a collaboration. When Birgit Kempker — a younger German writer living in Basel — invited Kelly to create a work together, neither knew the other except by reputation. They proceeded, over the course of two years, to communicate by e-mail through sixteen exchanges, and the subject was shame, shame at its most personal and prosaic and intimate, sometimes even fetching, and at its most generic and couched and poetic and hallucinatory.
The barrier between them was not simply that of not knowing one another while risking the limits of naked trust, but of surmounting age, gender, nationality and language. Birgit Kempker wrote in German, and Robert Kelly in English. Shame is a love story. A story of two tongues.
But Shame is not a story of love lost and love newly found or love claimed and love rebuked. Shame is a book spoken between two lovers who will never be lovers, a book of the unabashed and prised apart secret intimacy that can be laid bare against all constraint by ghostly lovers — virtual, exemplarly, psychic guides to one another . . . and the rest of us.
A Collaboration by Robert Kelly & Birgit Kempker
Clothbound, sewn, jacketed, 240 pages, 4.75 x 7.25", 2005, 0-929710-77-1
About Birgit Kempker
..."[W]hat may be the most original – and deeply fascinating – text in Kelly’s quartet [of recent publications] is a long prose collaboration with the German-born Swiss poet Birgit Kempker, called Shame.... Kempker is 21 years Kelly’s junior, so that the project engages not just language, gender & geography but generations (or perhaps, in scare quotes, 'history') as well. This book ranks with Lyn Hejinian & Leslie Scalapino’s Sight, as one of the most ambitious & fully realized collaborative poems ever written. The text is 118 pages long, presumably with Kempker & Kelly alternating passages, Kempker writing in German peppered with English, Kelly writing in English peppered with German. Those are the right-hand pages of the book. On the left are translations of these passages, English into German & vice versa so that the total book comes in at around 240 pages. The 'salted' passages of English in the German texts (und vice versa) are left in their original tongue in these translations, but positioned in italics. Actually, it’s more complicated that this, in that both poets felt permitted to respond in the midst of their translations and these are also included, in italics & bracketed by slash marks. ...The tone of this project is extraordinary – abashed & shame-faced, guilty & perpetually self-flagellating, a work of extraordinary masochism – and a text as erotic in its own way as any of the novels of Kathy Acker’s. This, you might point out to M.L. Rosenthal were he still alive, is really what confessionalism means." -- Ron Silliman, http://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/
"After reading Shame/Scham I felt compelled to augment the publisher's statement, 'Above all, Shame/Scham is a collaboration.' True, but its ambitious and complex realization...is so much more. Through the synaptic-like prose passages, one has the pleasure of witnessing the commencement, development and fruition of a dialectic marriage between two bodies of language. ...The collaboration/relationship of Shame/Scham begins as many do, one person nervously sounding the other, attempting to anticipate his/her responses, feelings and/or opinions, the other answering similarly...."Kempker writes, 'Reading means" to make room for fear', to which Kelly responds by asking 'Aren't we ashamed, also ashamed, to have feelings?'...After establishing many of the motifs of the book, both Kempker and Kelly lengthen their responses as they grow more comfortable in each other's company and begin to confront their differences. The rhythm of the prose accelerates, as the pace of feelings demands an equally paced response. The subjects revolve around revelation (historical, religious, sexual, psychologically, imaginative), violence and shame, and the textual resistance to the reader strengthens.... Through the previous groundwork formed by the meditations on shame's embodiment within the individual, the authors are able to confront the disparity of their own sexual politics through the filter of Rilke. From these moments, the authors realize their final stage of relation, the acceptance and embrace of each other's subjectivity....--James Belflower, First Intensity (#21, 2006)
"Shame shapes," says Kelly to Kempker and vice versa, as they take turns shaping shame. They keep sliding into each other's sounds, images, associations--as the shape-shifting beast melds two authors, two languages. One tongue ceases to feel a foreign one, after Robert and Birgit persuade us, through their provocative projections, that shame in all its permutations is in fact our common native tongue. -- Mary Caponegro
Miraculous epistolatory transformations of that painful pleasurable emotion alchemically into sheer lucidity. -- Hakim Bey
From Joshua Corey's blog [Cahiers de Corey] on Shame:
In spite of a cold, made it out here yesterday and immediately took a 6 train downton to see the Elizabeth Robinson / Robert Kelly reading at the Bowery Poetry Club. . . .The ventilation system rattled like ice in glasses throughout Elizabeth's measured, witty, and quietly charismatic reading. ¶ Robert Kelly was something else again. With his leonine appearance, deep and velvety voice, and the legacy of a lifetime of poetry behind him, he cut an extraordinarily impressive and yet charming figure. He makes a life in poetry look like the only life to live. A compelling reader who persuaded me as I've rarely been persuaded that I was in the presence of a genuine visionary, almost a Blake — a Great Poet. He began with a remarkable poem about Moses as stutterer from his new book Lapis that made me want to go out and buy it immediately. But I was blown away by the selections he read from another new book . . . : a book-length collaboration with the German poet Birgit Kempker called Shame . . . . Apparently they wrote the book in e-mail correspondence with each other and then each, though hardly a master of the other's language, translated the other's contributions. The parts Kelly read had German and English embedded in them (Germglish?) and the theme, which he claimed at one point to be the theme, the theme of the Odyssey and Hamlet and dozens of other classics of world literature, was the return of the repressed. He read from the last section of the book—a tour-de-force meditation on a shameful childhood memory, on Proust's Madeleine-as-Magdalene, on the shame of trespassing on the borders of the invisible, that had me and I'm guessing most everybody else breathless.
Birgit Kempker was born in Wuppertal, Germany. She now lives in Basel, Switzerland, where she works as a poet, essayist, translator, novelist, dramatist, and performance artist. Recipient of many prizes and fellowships, she has published thirteen books, and has produced a dozen theatrical and radio plays.
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Game Change: Mark Halperin’s Cindy McCain Hypocrisy
By Tommy ChristopherJan 10th, 2010, 2:38 pm
Game Change, the book out today by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, is making waves in NY and DC with its sensational revelations about the 2008 presidential campaign. One of those excerpts, posted by The Atlantic‘s Marc Ambinder, struck me as just a bit hypocritical. It concerns Cindy McCain and a previously discredited rumor, resurrected in Halperin’s book.
Here’s the passage, as posted by Marc Ambinder:
McCain aides confront Cindy McCain over reports that she had an extramarital affair (page 281):
“The man was said to be her long-term boyfriend; the pair had been sighted all over town in the last few years. Members of McCain’s senior staff discussed the unsettling news, and their growing concerns that Cindy’s behavior had been increasingly erratic of late. [John] Weaver and others suspected that the Cindy rumor was rooted in truth. It was upsetting, Weaver believed, but not a threat.”
This is exactly the kind of thing that a vociferous media critic pointed out, in the wake of the 2008 election, as an example of “extreme bias, extreme pro-Obama coverage,” and a “disgusting failure” by the media. In fact, the exact thing:
“The (New York Times) story about Cindy McCain was vicious. It looked for every negative thing they could find about her and it cast her in an extraordinarily negative light. It didn’t talk about her work, for instance, as a mother for her children, and they cherry-picked every negative thing that’s ever been written about her.”
That defender of Cindy McCain’s virtue was…Mark Halperin.
I haven’t read the book yet, but unless Ambinder left out the part where Halperin has ironclad sourcing and actual facts, Game Change seems to do little more than repeat a rumor, and add to it a rumor that a McCain adviser believed the rumor.
Also interesting, given Halperin’s November 2008 j’accuse to the rest of the media (while he was already writing the book with Heilemann), is the fact that Marc Ambinder has released excerpts that devastate McCain, Harry Reid, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and Sarah Palin, but describes the parts of the book about Obama thusly:
About Obama himself the book includes plenty of observations about his manner and temperament, many astute and some original, though no earth-shattering revelations.
Physician, get thyself out of the tank.
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Facebook Updates Android Developer Tools
by Mark Walsh @markfwal, August 20, 2013
With its dramatic shift to a mobile-first focus, Facebook has emphasized the value it places on helping developers use its third-party platform to build out and distribute their own apps.
The company on Tuesday introduced a new software development kit (SDK) for Android that makes it easier to integrate the Open Graph search engine and power user sharing activity. The update also includes enhanced targeting and analytics.
With Open Graph built into apps, Android developers can allow users to share information back to Facebook about specific actions they are taking through the app like “watching” a TV show, “listening” to music or “cooking” using a new recipe. “Developers can now directly create Open Graph objects, and no longer need to host webpages with Open Graph tags,” stated a blog post today by Facebook software engineer Chris Lang.
In a similar vein, Facebook has added the Share dialog tool to the Android SDK so end users can share links in their timeline, in groups, or to friends via a Facebook Message without having to log in first. By adding a single line of code, developers will help users skip three extra steps to share content more quickly to Facebook, according to the social network.
Perhaps of most interest to brands and marketers is the expanded analytics and targeting available through Facebook new Android SDK. Prior versions allowed developers and advertisers to track installs from its popular app install ads. Now, they will also be able to measure pre-defined actions within an app such as “add to cart” in a commerce app or “level achieved” in a game.
By tracking these and other custom “app events,” brands will gain a better understanding of what’s working and what’s not in their apps, which in turn could lead to better return on investment from mobile ads run on Facebook. The company said it plans to continue improving in-app analytics and developing related new features over the next several months.
Through the update, Facebook is also extending its Custom Audiences program for retargeting to Android apps. “With this feature, you can reach people who have taken specific actions in your Android app (such as installs or purchases) by defining an App User ID, and uploading this encrypted list in to our ads tool as a custom audience,” wrote Lang.
During its developer conference in April, Facebook had released a new SDK for iOS devices as well as a new partner program to help developers integrate Facebook on different mobile platform. Vendors participating in the program include Corona Labs, Kinvey, StackMob and Parse, which Facebook acquired the same month to help developers build apps.
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Home > Our Hospital > Publications Archive > New Heart Hospital Enters Final Phases of Construction
New Heart Hospital Enters Final Phases of Construction
The first three phases of construction of the new Heart Hospital at MedStar Washington Hospital Center are complete, and the final phase is underway.
Slated for completion in July 2016, the Heart Hospital has been “designed to provide the very best of heart care in the best possible facility,” says Bradley Kappalman, former vice president, MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute (MHVI).
“We’re making sense of space in innovative ways to create an efficient, vertically integrated center for cardiovascular care. It’s truly a hospital within a hospital,” he explains. “Now cardiovascular services at the Hospital Center have a unique identity and cohesive, self-contained geographic space.”
Highlights of the renovations to date:
First floor: A separate entrance and lobby, with special admissions office and ambulatory care offices for cardiologists and surgeons; an expanded first floor Echo Lab and waiting area.
Third floor: Renovation and build-out of cardiac and vascular surgery units; includes rooms for LVAD and heart failure patients and inpatient Echo Lab.
Fourth floor: Renovated cardiology nursing units, with all private rooms; inpatient Echo Lab.
Sixth floor: Administrative offices
Phase IV: Cutting Edge ICU's
The second floor ICU, the final phase of renovation, is the most complex portion of the project.
“This area has required a complete gut of the existing structure,” says Peri DeOrio, MS, RT(R), senior transition manager. She and IT Transition Manager Denise Figueroa are coordinating the massive effort. The second floor will house 34 ICU beds and 10 intermediate care beds.
“The rooms will be large enough for the latest technology and monitoring equipment, as well as space for overnight stays by loved ones,” says Kappalman. “Large windows allow natural light to brighten the space,” he says. “It produces a healing, soothing environment.”
Keeping the Dominos Standing
“A project this comprehensive requires the work of hundreds,” says Catherine Monge, chief administrative officer, MHVI, “to move dozens of patients and staff, and sophisticated equipment, without disrupting services.”
“We’ve made it work with careful strategic planning upfront, and commu- nication and coordination on a grand scale,” Monge says. “So many people have made this possible, especially the commitment of Project Lead Chris Poad, whose oversight is a major reason for our success.”
Stuart F. Seides, MD, physician executive director of MHVI, says, “This is the result of the team’s hard work. Cathie, Peri, Brad, Chris and Denise deserve much credit and gratitude. We’ve had some growing pains, but the end is in sight, and I am confident our patients will reap the benefits.”
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Vallejo seeks to delay federal lawsuit case…
Vallejo seeks to delay federal lawsuit case against police officers
By John Glidden and Nate Gartrell | ngartrell@bayareanewsgroup.com | Vallejo Times-Herald
PUBLISHED: June 6, 2019 at 8:36 pm | UPDATED: June 7, 2019 at 4:55 am
Vallejo is seeking to delay a federal wrongful shooting case against several Vallejo police officers while the outcome of a criminal case against the plaintiff is decided.
The suit, filed by Kevin DeCarlo, names as defendants three Vallejo officers who reportedly shot DeCarlo numerous times in May 2017, saying later he deliberately drove into a police car. In September 2017, the Contra Costa District Attorney charged DeCarlo with assault on a peace officer and resisting arrest.
Kevin DeCarlo was shot multiple times by Vallejo officers in May 2017.(Courtesy of Stanley Goff)
Vallejo is arguing in its motion that should DeCarlo be found guilty in his criminal case that would prevent him from seeking damages in his civil suit. DeCarlo’s lawsuit was filed in January 2018, several months after the charges were brought.
If that argument fails to sway the federal court, Vallejo is also seeking a six-month continuance on the deadline to file certain motions in the case.
The federal court was originally scheduled to review the city’s motion on July 5, however, earlier this week, that hearing was pushed back to August 30.
DeCarlo was wanted on felony charges in Solano County, when a team of Vallejo police arrived at a home in the 400 block of Ellis Road, in unincorporated Contra Costa near Martinez.
After DeCarlo allegedly rammed a police vehicle, former Vallejo Det. Sean Kenney, and officers Jarrett Tonn and Kevin Barreto opened fire at DeCarlo, striking him several times in the head, fingers and ribcage.
Kenney was treated for minor injuries suffered during the collision, police said.
Surviving the incident, DeCarlo filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court last year through the law offices of Stanley Goff. The suit alleges the officers opened fire on DeCarlo while his hands were raises and seeks unspecified damages for claims of excessive force, negligence, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
The city in response denied DeCarlo’s claims. DeCarlo’s criminal case was set for trial two weeks ago, but a judge postponed it.
In his preliminary hearing last year, DeCarlo was ordered to stand trial on the assault and resisting charge. But prosecutors dropped another resisting arrest charge in order to prevent DeCarlo’s attorney from cross-examining police about the shooting, according to the transcript.
Both Kenney and Tonn had been involved in prior officer-involved shootings. The Bay Area News Group reported in March that Kenney, who retired from the city in December 2018, started his own consulting and training firm for law enforcement agencies.
Kenney was cleared in three separate fatal officer-involved shootings during a five-month span in 2012. Families of all three men filed federal civil lawsuits against the city, which ultimately resulted in settlements costing Vallejo almost a combined $2.5 million.
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In 2015, Tonn was one of two officers who shot and wounded a 23-year-old man who allegedly rammed a police car. Tonn is also the defendant in another federal lawsuit by a man who alleges the officer placed him in a choke hold and tackled him after the man began filming Tonn with his cell phone.
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Stuart MacBride - Author
Stuart MacBride was born in Dumbarton, near Glasgow and moved to Aberdeen at the age of two. After dropping out of university to work offshore he went to work for himself as a graphic designer, eventually becoming studio manager for a nationwide marketing company. He gave it all up to have a go at becoming an actor, until it became clear to him that he was never going to be good enough to make a decent living out of it. Whilst progressing through a whole new career in the IT sector ending up as project manager for a global IT company, he also wrote in his spare time.
Stuart MacBride is the author of several bestselling novels featuring DS Logan McRae, including Shatter the Bones, which reached No. 1 in the Sunday Times bestseller list.
The McRae novels have won him the CWA's Dagger in the Library, the Barry Award for Best Debut Novel, and Best Breakthrough Author at the ITV3 crime thriller awards.
Stuart's other works include Halfhead, a near-future thriller, Sawbones, a novella aimed at adult emergent readers, and several short stories.
He lives in the north-east of Scotland with his wife, Fiona and cat, Grendel.
Maxim Jakubowski's view on Stuart MacBride...
BLIND EYE is the 5th and latest volume in the increasingly popular series of Aberdeen thrillers with DS Logan McRae at the helm. In turns grim, gritty and gruesome, but also with mordant humour and sparkling dialogue between his warring cops, this is Tartan Noir at its very best, and literally begs for a TV adaptation. Not all Scottish cops are as polished as Ian Rankin’s Rebus, and MacBride’s coppers would jump out of the screen.
Author photo © Paul Levitton
Featured books by Stuart MacBride
The Blood Road Scottish Crime Fiction at its Very Best
Author: Stuart MacBride Format: Paperback Release Date: 24/01/2019
What drives someone to murder? The No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author returns with the much anticipated new Logan McRae thriller. Some things just won't stay buried... Logan McRae's personal history is hardly squeaky clean, but now that he works for Professional Standards he's policing his fellow officers. When Detective Inspector Bell turns up dead in the driver's seat of a crashed car it's a shock to everyone. Because Bell died two years ago, they buried him. Or they thought they did. As an investigation is launched into Bell's stabbing, Logan digs into his past. Where has he been all this time? Why did he disappear? And what's so important that he felt the need to come back from the dead? But the deeper Logan digs, the more bones he uncovers - and there are people out there who'll kill to keep those skeletons buried. If Logan can't stop them, DI Bell won't be the only one to die...
A Dark So Deadly
Author famous for his excellent Logan McRae series presents a new police constable, one DC Callum McGregor. He is a man under internal investigation as he has accepted the blame for a major criminal being acquitted. We discover how and why along with learning a fair bit about the man’s dreadful childhood and his girlfriend problem. So lots of back story. There are chunks of radio conversations too and each chapter has obscure quotations. This bulks the tale out to over six hundred pages and detracts a little from the excellent yarn which shows much of the behind scene politics of a minor section of the police, to whit a unit of drop-outs or outcasts. These are officers who are unwell, have behaved inappropriately or are being investigated, as is our hero. The plot involves a serial killer who mummifies the victims. Initially there is some confusion as to whether the mummy is stolen from a museum. It is gruesome, exciting and unpredictable with a mounting body count. This drop-out unit initially investigating a theft has never handled a murder case before but Callum leads them into the investigation with great aplomb despite being physically assaulted.
Author: Stuart MacBride Format: Hardback Release Date: 20/04/2017
May 2017 Book of the Month. Author famous for his excellent Logan McRae series presents a new police constable, one DC Callum McGregor. He is a man under internal investigation as he has accepted the blame for a major criminal being acquitted. We discover how and why along with learning a fair bit about the man’s dreadful childhood and his girlfriend problem. So lots of back story. There are chunks of radio conversations too and each chapter has obscure quotations. This bulks the tale out to over six hundred pages and detracts a little from the excellent yarn which shows much of the behind scene politics of a minor section of the police, to whit a unit of drop-outs or outcasts. These are officers who are unwell, have behaved inappropriately or are being investigated, as is our hero. The plot involves a serial killer who mummifies the victims. Initially there is some confusion as to whether the mummy is stolen from a museum. It is gruesome, exciting and unpredictable with a mounting body count. This drop-out unit initially investigating a theft has never handled a murder case before but Callum leads them into the investigation with great aplomb despite being physically assaulted.
Dark So Deadly, A
Author: Stuart MacBride Format: Audiobook Release Date: 20/04/2017
A detective no one believes in. A killer with nothing to lose... Gripping standalone thriller from the Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author of the Logan McRae series. Beware of the dark... Welcome to the Misfit Mob - where Police Scotland dumps the officers it can't get rid of, but wants to. Officers like DC Callum MacGregor, lumbered with all the boring go-nowhere cases. So when an ancient mummy is found at the Oldcastle tip, it's his job to track down its owner. But then Callum uncovers links between his mummified corpse and three missing young men, and life starts to get a lot more interesting. No one expects the Misfit Mob to solve anything, but right now they're all that stands between a killer's victims and a slow lingering death. Can they prove everyone wrong before someone else dies?
In the Cold Dark Ground
THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER The new Logan McRae novel from the No. 1 bestselling author of THE MISSING AND THE DEAD. Trouble is coming...Sergeant Logan McRae's team find a body dumped in the woods - but is it the missing businessman they've been searching for, or something far more sinister? It doesn't help that his ex-boss is taking over the case, a new Superintendent has it in for him, and Professional Standards are looming. Even worse: Aberdeen's criminal overlord, Wee Hamish Mowat, is dying and rival gangs all over the UK are eying his territory. There's a war brewing and Logan's trapped right in the middle, whether he likes it or not.
22 Dead Little Bodies and Other Stories
From the No. 1 bestselling author of THE MISSING AND THE DEAD comes the short novel: 22 DEAD LITTLE BODIES, plus two short stories: STRAMASH and DI STEEL'S BAD HEIR DAY, and a novella: THE 45% HANGOVER, all featuring his most popular characters - DS Logan McRae and DCI Roberta Steel.
The Missing and the Dead
The new Logan McRae novel from the No. 1 bestselling author of CLOSE TO THE BONE and A SONG FOR THE DYING. One mistake can cost you everything...When you catch a twisted killer there should be a reward, right? What Acting Detective Inspector Logan McRae gets instead is a 'development opportunity' out in the depths of rural Aberdeenshire. Welcome to divisional policing - catching drug dealers, shop lifters, vandals and the odd escaped farm animal. Then a little girl's body washes up just outside the sleepy town of Banff, kicking off a massive manhunt. The Major Investigation Team is up from Aberdeen, wanting answers, and they don't care who they trample over to get them. Logan's got enough on his plate keeping B Division together, but DCI Steel wants him back on her team. As his old colleagues stomp around the countryside, burning bridges, Logan gets dragged deeper and deeper into the investigation. One thing's clear: there are dangerous predators lurking in the wilds of Aberdeenshire, and not everyone's going to get out of this alive...
A Song for the Dying
Famous for his DI Logan McRae series, this new violent tale stars DI Ash Henderson who is in prison for murdering his brother. Now his peers need his help in finding the ‘inside man’ who Henderson was investigating eight years ago. Young women are cut open and a plastic baby doll is sewn up inside them. All very nasty. Sometimes the women did not die but were obviously deeply traumatised. If you like your murder stories compulsive, inventive and gripping, McBride is your man. I think he is very good.
January 2014 eBook of the Month. Famous for his DI Logan McRae series, this new violent tale stars DI Ash Henderson who is in prison for murdering his brother. Now his peers need his help in finding the ‘inside man’ who Henderson was investigating eight years ago. Young women are cut open and a plastic baby doll is sewn up inside them. All very nasty. Sometimes the women did not die but were obviously deeply traumatised. If you like your murder stories compulsive, inventive and gripping, McBride is your man. I think he is very good.
September 2013 Book of the Month. I am a big fan of this Scottish Detective Logan McRae who is now involved in this eighth case. He’s an attractive character who is constantly rushing from panic to panic but throughout keeps his humanity and humour, some of which is verging on the “black”. He works in a chaotic irregular way. He’s got a girlfriend in a coma and lives in a caravan since his house was burned down. You need to read the earlier books to find out how and why. He’s now got an ambitious young female officer to partner him – she is trouble! Logan has a big problem with the ailing local major criminal. All in all the whole tale is first rate. The Lovereading view... Eighth in the gritty, grim and totally addictive crime series starring DS Logan McRae. Burning bodies, bits of bone and overbearing superiors are the least of DS McRae's worries as a series of gruesome murders, seemingly following a bestselling novel, dominate the Aberdeenshire constabulary. A 'Piece of Passion' from the publisher... 'Close to the Bone is the latest instalment in Stuart MacBride’s brilliant series of Aberdeen-set crime novels. Filled with dark deeds and featuring killers as twisted as they come, the Logan McRae novels deliver the thrills and tension that lovers of good crime fiction crave. But Stuart’s novels are also imbued with a sense of authenticity and realism that is second to none, and he achieves the rare feat of capturing the black humour and camaraderie of a team of colleagues dealing with situations most ordinary people will never have to face. The twists and turns are all in place, and the ending is satisfyingly surprising, but the real joy of Close to the Bone, and all the novels in this series, is that Logan McRae is a character we want to spend time with and can all relate to.' - Sarah Hodgson, Deputy Publishing Director, HarperFiction Logan McRae series:1. Cold Granite2. Dying Light3. Broken Skin 4. Flesh House5. Blind Eye6. Dark Blood 7. Shatter the Bones 8. Close to the Bone
January 2013 eBook of the Month. Eighth in the gritty, grim and totally addictive crime series starring DS Logan McRae. Burning bodies, bits of bone and overbearing superiors are the least of DS McRae's worries as a series of gruesome murders, seemingly following a bestselling novel, dominate the Aberdeenshire constabulary.
Birthdays for the Dead
One of our Great Reads You May Have Missed in 2012. Shortlisted for the Specsavers Bestseller Dagger 2012. Grim, gritty and totally compelling, Stuart MacBride draws you in then you are up all night! In this stand alone novel dark secrets compromise the central detective in a savage and brutal series of killings of teenage girls. But the same secret also drives him as no one has sacrificed more. September 2012 Book of the Month.
Shortlisted for the Specsavers Bestseller Dagger 2012. Grim, gritty and totally compelling, Stuart MacBride draws you in then you are up all night! In this stand alone novel dark secrets compromise the central detective in a savage and brutal series of killings of teenage girls. But the same secret also drives him as no one has sacrificed more.
January 2012 Book of the Month. The 7th Logan McRae thriller set in gritty Aberdeen, from the bestselling author of Cold Granite and Dark Blood. The kidnapping of a mother/daughter singing sensation from the latest reality TV smash hit becomes a living hell for DS Logan McRae unless he can find the kidnapped victims before it's too late. With no forensics to go on, time running out and the media and the public baying for McRae's blood he must do something, and fast. Logan McRae series:1. Cold Granite2. Dying Light3. Broken Skin 4. Flesh House5. Blind Eye6. Dark Blood 7. Shatter the Bones 8. Close to the Bone
Broken Skin
A new Logan McRae thriller from the bestselling author of Cold Granite and Dying Light, set in gritty Aberdeen. Twists and counter twists will have you gasping for breath as DS Logan and his girlfriend get embroiled in finding a murderer who is into pornography and S&M. Just when they think they've found him, a professional footballer, he appears to have an alibi for every attack. Logan McRae series:1. Cold Granite2. Dying Light3. Broken Skin 4. Flesh House5. Blind Eye6. Dark Blood 7. Shatter the Bones 8. Close to the Bone
Flesh House
Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 12 February 2009. The fourth book from an author who deserves to be up there with the big names. A gloriously gory case when a serial killer released on appeal seems to be killing again and a lot of people connected with the original investigation are disappearing. Black humour and grisly detail make this a real page turner. Logan McRae series:1. Cold Granite2. Dying Light3. Broken Skin 4. Flesh House5. Blind Eye6. Dark Blood 7. Shatter the Bones 8. Close to the Bone
Author: Stuart MacBride Format: Paperback (a Format) Release Date: 27/10/2011
The second in a character series which I believe will just go on getting better and better. Set in Aberdeen where the portrayal of the city’s underbelly and chill are an important part of the escalating atmosphere, this is violent, gang-land stuff. A police procedural series well worth following.Similar this month: Craig Russell.Comparison: Ian Rankin, Peter James (police series), Graham Hurley. Logan McRae series:1. Cold Granite2. Dying Light3. Broken Skin 4. Flesh House5. Blind Eye6. Dark Blood 7. Shatter the Bones 8. Close to the Bone
Cold Granite
This is terrific, a dark, angry story about child abuse and murder with an anti-hero and a cold, unforgiving setting, Aberdeen. It’s gritty, violent and graphic with a lot of black humour that lifts it. There is a past to our anti-hero, DS Logan McRae, which made me think I was reading a second novel, but no, this is the first of a series which is very good news. I think he is rather special.Comparison: Ian Rankin, Paul Johnston, David Peace.Similar this month: Peter James, Robert Crais. Logan McRae series:1. Cold Granite2. Dying Light3. Broken Skin 4. Flesh House5. Blind Eye6. Dark Blood 7. Shatter the Bones 8. Close to the Bone
The 7th Logan McRae thriller set in gritty Aberdeen, from the bestselling author of Cold Granite and Dark Blood. The kidnapping of a mother/daughter singing sensation from the latest reality TV smash hit becomes a living hell for DS Logan MacRae unless he can find the kidnapped victims before it's too late. With no forensics to go on, time running out and the media and the public baying for Macrae's blood he must do something, and fast.
Dark Blood
A Maxim Jakubowski Great Male Crime Sleuth. With the retirement of Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus, MacBride's grittier than granite Aberdeen cop has quickly taken over the mantle of Scottish hard man of the hour and his sales are reaching an ever-growing audience. A moody, heavy drinker and smoker, McRae is a man for the times, grappling with conviction with the ills of society and, if the cases he has to deal with are often violent, they are also realistic and tinged with humour. He has featured in seven novels so far, and DARK BLOOD about the re-location of a rapist on his patch is a perfect way to get hooked. The Lovereading view... Scotland has for some years now been pre-eminent in the delivery of some mind-blowingly good crime writers. Of course Ian Rankin probably tops the bill, for the moment at least. Stuart MacBride however is fast becoming a crime writer to look up to with his edge-of-the-seat page turners, full of gruesome and gut-wrenching crimes, gritty settings, strong characterisation with a taut narrative that's shot through with the blackest of humour. So, if you're looking for intelligent and edgy crime fiction then you're missing a treat if you don't pick up a Stuart MacBride. Dark Blood is his 6th novel and now available in paperback in the increasingly popular series of Aberdeen thrillers with DS Logan McRae at the helm. Shatter the Bones, his 7th novel is just out in hardback. Stuart's novels to date include Cold Granite, Dying Light, Broken Skin, Flesh House and Blind Eye. He has been shortlisted for the Theakstons's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award twice, he won the 2007 CWA Dagger in the Library, awarded for a body of work, and was named Best Breakthrough Author at the 2008 ITV Crime Thriller Awards.
Blind Eye
BLIND EYE is the 5th and volume in the increasingly popular series of Aberdeen thrillers with DS Logan McRae at the helm. In turns grim, gritty and gruesome, but also with mordant humour and sparkling dialogue between his warring cops, this is Tartan Noir at its very best, and literally begs for a TV adaptation. Not all Scottish cops are as polished as Ian Rankin’s Rebus, and MacBride’s coppers would jump out of the screen. Logan McRae series:1. Cold Granite2. Dying Light3. Broken Skin 4. Flesh House5. Blind Eye6. Dark Blood 7. Shatter the Bones 8. Close to the Bone
Other books by Stuart MacBride
All That's Dead The New Logan Mcrae Crime Thriller from the No.1 Bestselling Author
'Dark and brilliantly written' Linwood Barclay The stunning new Logan McRae thriller from No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller Stuart MacBride. There's a darkness in the heart of Scotland... Scream all you want, no one can hear... Inspector Logan McRae is looking forward to a nice simple case - something to ease him back into work after a year off on the sick. But the powers-that-be have other ideas... The high-profile anti-independence campaigner, Professor Wilson, has gone missing, leaving nothing but bloodstains behind. There's a war brewing between the factions for and against Scottish Nationalism. Infighting in the police ranks. And it's all playing out in the merciless glare of the media. Logan's superiors want results, and they want them now. Someone out there is trying to make a point, and they're making it in blood. If Logan can't stop them, it won't just be his career that dies.
There's a darkness in the heart of Scotland... The stunning new Logan McRae thriller from No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller Stuart MacBride. Scream all you want, no one can hear... Inspector Logan McRae is looking forward to a nice simple case - something to ease him back into work after a year off on the sick. But the powers-that-be have other ideas... The high-profile anti-independence campaigner, Professor Wilson, has gone missing, leaving nothing but bloodstains behind. There's a war brewing between the factions for and against Scottish Nationalism. Infighting in the police ranks. And it's all playing out in the merciless glare of the media. Logan's superiors want results, and they want them now. Someone out there is trying to make a point, and they're making it in blood. If Logan can't stop them, it won't just be his career that dies.
Author: Stuart MacBride Format: CD-Audio Release Date: 30/05/2019
Author: Stuart MacBride Format: Paperback / softback Release Date: 20/05/2019
The Blood Road
What drives someone to murder? The No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author returns with the much anticipated new Logan McRae thriller. Some things just won't stay buried... When Detective Inspector Bell turns up dead in a crashed car, it's a shock to everyone. Because Bell died two years ago. Or at least they thought he did. Now Inspector Logan McRae has to work out where DI Bell's been all this time - and what was so important that he felt the need to come back from the dead. But the deeper Logan digs, the more bones he uncovers. And there are people out there who'll kill to keep those skeletons buried...
Now We Are Dead
She can't prove he did it. But she might die trying... From the Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author of the Logan McRae series, comes a standalone spinoff featuring DS Roberta Steel. Revenge is a dangerous thing... Detective Chief Inspector Roberta Steel got caught fitting up Jack Wallace - that's why they demoted her and quashed his sentence. Now he's back on the streets and women are being attacked again. The top brass have made it very clear that if Detective Sergeant Steel goes anywhere near him, she'll be thrown off the force for good. But she can't just do nothing - if she does he'll keep hurting women. The question is: how much is she willing to sacrifice to stop him?
Blood Road (Logan McRae, Book 11)
Author: Stuart MacBride Format: eBook Release Date: 14/06/2018
What drives someone to murder?The No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author returns with the much anticipated new Logan McRae thriller.Some things just won't stay buried...Logan McRae's personal history is hardly squeaky clean, but now that he works for Professional Standards he's policing his fellow officers.When Detective Inspector Bell turns up dead in the driver's seat of a crashed car it's a shock to everyone. Because Bell died two years ago, they buried him. Or they thought they did.As an investigation is launched into Bell's stabbing, Logan digs into his past. Where has he been all this time? Why did he disappear? And what's so important that he felt the need to come back from the dead?But the deeper Logan digs, the more bones he uncovers - and there are people out there who'll kill to keep those skeletons buried. If Logan can't stop them, DI Bell won't be the only one to die...
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Dave Simpson from Flitwick has received a national volunteer award from Macmillan Cancer Support in recognition for his dedication and hard work to the charity.
Dave Simpson will receive the Douglas Macmillan Award at the charity’s Volunteer Conference taking place on the 19th May in Leicestershire. The award is given in recognition for volunteers who represent and speak up for Macmillan and, in doing so, help raise money and win corporate support.
Dave has become a vital part of the local fundraising team and can’t go anywhere without talking about Macmillan, either encouraging people to fundraise or telling them about our services. He has been involved with corporate pitches for £100,000 partnerships sharing his story with the panel and explaining the real difference their support can make.
Whenever there is an opportunity for Dave to offer support to an individual he will jump at the chance. Dave has got to know our local Macmillan services in Bedford, in particular our information team at the hospital. He helps out whenever he can with outreach work, for example at last year’s Bedford river festival he helped to man the Macmillan information stand all day. Dave was answering questions from the public, telling people where to find support and just being there to listen.
Dave got involved with Macmillan as a way to give back after his own cancer experience, but it is safe to say Dave has gone above and beyond any support Macmillan were able to offer and we are very lucky to call him a volunteer, ambassador, colleague and friend.
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A selection of Hotels we love in Cuba
Pinar del Río:
LAS ERMITA***
Located in Pinar del Río, the westernmost province of Cuba, the Hotel La Ermita stands out for having the best view of the Viñales Valley and a privileged location to get closer to the most attractive places in the area.
Carretera de La Ermita km.1 ½. Pinar del Río, Viñales, Pinar del Río, Cuba VIÑALES
LOS JAZMINES***
The Hotel Los Jazmines stands out for its privileged view of the Viñales Valleyfrom the pool and the balconies of the rooms.
Carretera de Viñales km. 25. Pinar del Río, Viñales, Pinar del Río
RANCHO SAN VICENTE**
At the Rancho San Vicente Hotel, you will have the opportunity to access a birding trail, inhabited by various local endemic species of the Viñales Valley. By staying in this place, you will also enjoy one of the most unique landscapes in Cuba.
Carretera a Puerto Esperanza km. 33. Viñales. Pinar del Río, Viñales, Pinar del Río, Cuba VIÑALES
CAYOLEVISA**
The Hotel CayoLevisa is located on and named after CayoLevisa, a small paradise island off the north coast of the Pinar del Rio Province. It is an excellent option for water sports lovers. Besides, its white-sand beach invites people lookingfor a place to rest and relax.
Palma Rubia, La Palma, Pinar del Río, Cuba CAYO LEVISA
VILLA CABO DE SAN ANTONIO***
At Villa Cabo de San Antonio,nestled on Las Tumbas you will discover one of the most beautiful beaches in Cuba. You can also observe the variety of flora and fauna specific to this site and practice water sports.
An excellent place for deep-sea fishing, book your package online.
Playa Las Tumbas, Cabo de San Antonio, Pinar del Río, Pinar del Río, Cuba CABO SAN ANTONIO
Cayo Santa María:
MEMORIES PARAÍSO AZUL BEACH RESORT*****
Memories ParaisoAzul Beach Resort was inspired by the colonial town architecture of Remedios (The oldest city founded by the Spanish in the province of Villa Clara. The decoration of the place is characterized by the use of some elements, such as stained glass, colonial furniture, precious woods and imitation of the classic clay roof tiles. It highlights the photographic atmosphere of this city.
Cayo Santa María, Caibarien, Villa Clara
GOLDEN TULIP AGUASCLARAS RESORT*****
This is a five-star all-inclusive resort, located in the beautiful beach « Las Caletas » in Cayo Santa María, one of Jardines del Rey Archipelago’s keys, in the northeastern part of Villa Clara province. The hotel lies in the first line of a beach with white sand and clear turquoise waters almost one kilometer long.
OCEAN CASA DEL MAR*****
Hotel Ocean Casa del Mar is ideally located in Cayo Santa María facing the Atlantic sea, with access to one of its spectacular virgin beaches. This area is one of the most paradisiacal destinations where sun, sand and nature come together.
STARFISH CAYO SANTA MARÍA*****
The Starfish Cayo Santa María, located in Villa Clara province, is located on the sea fronting one of Cuba’s most stunning beaches. Here you can stroll along 2.6 kilometers of fine white sand lapped by turquoise waters.
Located in an exotic tropical paradise of white sand beaches and a shimmering turquoise sea, the five-star hotel Meliá Las Dunas in Cayo Santa María offers comfortable rooms, a variety of recreational and cultural activities for families and couples seeking tranquility and privacy.
Cayo Largo:
PELÍCANO****
The Pelicano hotel is located on the beach, 15 minutes from the Marina and 10 minutes from the ViloAcuña International Airport.
Cayo Largo del Sur, Cayo Largo, Cuba
IBEROSTAR PLAYA BLANCA****
This all-inclusive resort is distinguished by its splendid architecture and a high level of comfort; but its addictive charm comes mostly from its location on a paradisiacal island, located 24 kilometers from fantastic Caribbean beaches and which can be easily accessed.
Matanzas:
ENCANTO VELASCO***
The hotel Encanto Velasco was built in 1902 by Luis Zorrilla Velasco. It offers a pleasant atmosphere and a distinctive touch of a city with enough views to enjoy for several days. The interior décor of the hotel, including its 17 air-conditioned rooms, reflects the early twentieth-century design style.
Calle Contreras e/Santa Teresa y Ayuntamiento. Matanzas
PLAYA GIRÓN***
Playa Girón is an ideal destination for those who love nature, sandy beaches and water sports.
Playa Girón, Matanzas, Bahía de Cochinos.
PLAYA LARGA**
Located in the natural surroundings of Bahía de Cochinos(Bay of Pigs), Playa Girón, Playa Larga hotel is a choice for families who enjoy the outdoors, birdwatchers and all levels of scuba divers who are looking for the best dive sites in Cuba. The hotel offers basic air-conditioned rooms with private bathrooms and satellite TV.
Playa Larga, Matanzas, Bahía de Cochinos, Cuba
Villa Clara:
LOS CANEYES***
With a unique lodging concept, Los Caneyes, just a few kilometers from Santa Clara, was inspired by the villages of the original indigenous people of Cuba.
Ave. de los Eucaliptos y Circunvalación de Santa Clara.
ENCANTO MASCOTTE***
The Mascotte is a hotel that has preserved its neoclassical architecture dating from the 1860s. The preservation of the building recalls the era of the house — that of a home belonging to sugar barons in Remedios, before it became a hotel — with the telegraph office — in 1879.
Máximo Gómez 114, Remedios, Villa Clara, Remedios, Villa Clara
ENCANTO BARCELONA***
If you want to escape from the traditional tourist routes, we suggest you to stay at the Barcelona Boutique Hotel, in the beautiful and restored village of Remedios in Santa Clara. Also, you can book in advance for the famous December Carnival Las Parrandas.
Calle José A. Peña # 67 e/ La Pastora y Antonio Maceo. Remedios
LA GRANJITA***
La Granjita is a quiet hotel with rustic wooden cabins scattered in a garden shaded by palm trees.The setting, combined with the rural hospitality offered by the hotel which showcases a flavor of rural life, is just a few minutes from the center of Santa Clara.
Carretera de Maleza Km. 21 ½ , Santa Clara, Santa Clara, Villa Clara
Sancti Spíritus:
IBEROSTAR GRAND HOTEL TRINIDAD*****
The Grand Hotel Iberostar Trinidad, located in the central region of the island, stands out for its architectural integration into the environment, with 40 rooms arranged over two floors, including four junior suites.
Adults Only (guests must be 15 years or older)
Calle José Martí y Lino Pérez, Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus
ENCANTO DON FLORENCIO****
Hotel Encanto Don Florencio was rebuilt and opened to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the founding of the city of Sancti Spíritus. Located in the heart of the city’s boulevard on Independence Street.
CalleIndependencia No. 63 Sur, Sancti Spíritus, Cuba
ENCANTORIJO****
Hotel Boutique EncantoRijo is located next to Sancti Spíritus’ Iglesia Mayor. This mansion was once the residence of renowned doctor RudesindoGarcíaRijo, hence the name.
Honorato del Castillo, No. 12 esq. a Máximo Gómez, Sancti Spíritus, Cuba
VILLA CABURNÍ***
Villa Caburní, is part of the Topes de CollantesTouristic Complex. Perched at 800 meters above sea level, with an extraordinary landscape, Topes de Collantesis also home to numerous endemic flora and fauna species. Its modality of accommodation is recommended for families preferring the privacy of a house with private parking. It is just 20 km from Trinidad City, a World Heritage Site according to UNESCO.
Cienfuegos:
JAGUA****
Hotel Jagua is beautifully located near Old Town of Cienfuegos in the picturesque area of the bay called Punta Gorda. This is the largest hotel built in the capital of the smallest province of Cuba: an excellent base for exploring the area and its tourist attractions.
Calle 37 No. 1 e/ 0 y 2, Punta Gorda, Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos, Cuba
LA UNIÓN****
a Unión is a medium-sized hotel, with style and boutique service. Undoubtedly, it is an excellent example of a neoclassical colonial building in the center of Cienfuegos – the charming city known as « La Perla del Sur ».
Calle 31 esquina A-54, Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos, Cuba
PALACIO AZUL****
Built in 1921, the Hotel Palacio Azul is an example of the eclectic architecture and decoration of that era. This building, located near the historic center and the port of Cienfuegos, offers seven comfortable rooms. Rooms are all named after a different flower.
Calle 37 e/ 12 y 16, Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos, Cuba
Varadero:
IBEROSTAR LAGUNA AZUL*****
With a privileged location, right on the beach of Varadero, the five-star Iberostar Laguna Azul resort offers a wide range of facilities, and is the ideal holiday option for couples, families and groups.
Laguna Azul, Varadero Cuba
PARADISUS PRINCESA DEL MAR***
Many people associate Varadero with paradise, and nowhere is this truer than in the heavenly Princesa del Mar – one of the most luxurious resorts on the peninsula (for adults only). Check in here to spend an unforgettable vacation.
Carretera Las Morlas km 19 1/2, Matanzas, Varadero, Cuba
GRAN MEMORIES VARADERO*****
Km 18,5 Autopista Sur, Varadero, Matanzas, Cuba
ROYALTON ICACOS RESORT AND SPA*****
The Royalton Hicacos is a luxurious resort that gives you the opportunity to relax and enjoy the beautiful beach of Varadero. This is one of the most popular resorts for weddings, specialized in organizing ceremonies on the beach. (for adults only)
Varadero Beach, Matanzas, Cuba
MELIA PENINSULA VARADERO*****
The Melia Peninsula Varadero hotel is part of an innovative all-inclusive hotel complex with 591 rooms and an architectural design which blends well the surrounding environment.
Punta Hicacos, Matanzas, Varadero, Cuba
Ciego de Ávila, Morón:
ISLAZULLA CASONA***
La Casona is a spacious and independent hotel in Morón in Ciego de Ávila province, lined with ornate pillars, and topped by a red-tiled roof, and surrounded by a terrace and gardens.
Cristóbal Colon #41, Morón, Ciego de Ávila, Cuba
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Chesham friendly on Monday night
The Dons will travel to Chesham United for a pre-season friendly on Monday evening.
Karl Robinson’s side are set to face the Generals at their ground, The Meadow, with a kick-off time of 7.30pm.
Chesham finished 12th in the Evo-Stik Southern League Premier Division last season and provided a stern test for a Dons reserve side in the Berks and Bucks Senior Cup back in 2013.
Can't make it? Updates will be provided via the Club's Twitter feed and Facebook page. Click here to find out how you can stay in touch with all the goings on at stadiummk.
Win Wednesday - win a signed Lee Nicholls shirt!
MK Dons are giving away a signed, match-worn, Lee Nicholls goalkeeper shirt from the 2018/19 promotion-winning campaign to one lucky supporter.
Bid to win a George Williams shirt!
George Williams is auctioning off a signed match-worn MK Dons shirt from the promotion-winning campaign.
EFL clubs launch Extra Time Hubs
A number of EFL Clubs will come together this week to launch ‘Extra Time Hubs’, which are designed to engage retired and semi-retired people and combat loneliness and inactivity.
MK Dons SET charity walk for peace
MK Dons SET are pleased to invite you to a FREE Walk for Peace charity family event - taking place on Sunday 30th June 2019.
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Defender included in PFA Team of the Year
George Baldock has been named in the PFA League Two Team of the Year.
The right back spent the first half of the season with Oxford United and impressed during his 35 appearances, helping the U’s set up a promotion push before returning to stadiummk in January.
The Team of the Year is voted for by the professionals in the division – each player selects their best XI and those with the highest amount of selections are included in the final side.
Baldock told mkdons.com: “It’s great to be named in the team and to be chosen by my fellow professionals is a real honour.
“I was a little surprised because I only played in League Two for half a season and I didn’t even feature against some teams. It’s nice to know I still got selected despite all that.”
While others in League Two were able to vote for Baldock, the full-back wasn’t able to have his say on he felt deserved the recognition.
He explained: “As I was back here when they asked for the votes I had to do a Championship Team of the Year and I voted for Bruno as my right-back.
“If I was still in League Two, though, I’d have probably gone for Brendan Maloney. He’s had a great season and he’s a good lad too.”
Oxford have remained in the promotion places since Baldock’s return but their grip on an automatic spot has loosened. The right-back, though, still expects the U’s to secure a Sky Bet League 1 berth.
“It would be brilliant for Oxford to get promotion and they deserve it too,” he added.
“They’ve slipped up in recent weeks and its tight now between them and the teams below but I’m still convinced they’ll be able to finish the job – I’ll certainly be keeping an eye on them and hoping they do well.”
PFA League Two Team of the Year in full: GK Adam Smith (Northampton Town); RB - George Baldock (Oxford United, on loan from MK Dons) CB - Aaron Pierre (Wycombe Wanderers) CB - Curtis Nelson (Plymouth Argyle) LB - Joe Jacobson (Wycombe Wanderers); MID - Kemar Roofe (Oxford United) MID - Ricky Holmes (Northampton Town) MID - Matt Crooks (Accrington Stanley) MID - John-Joe O'Toole (Northampton Town); CF - Jay Simpson (Leyton Orient) CF - Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers).
The PFA Championship Team of the Year has also been announced and it included 12 players for the first time in its voting history as Daniel Ayala of Midlesbrough and Hull's Michael Dawson received an equal number of nominations.
PFA Championship Team of the Year in full: GK Tom Heaton (Burnley); RB Bruno (Brighton & Hove Albion), CB Daniel Ayala/Michael Dawson (Middlesbrough/Hull City), CB Michael Keane (Burnley), LB George Friend (Middlesbrough); MID Adam Clayton (Middlesbrough), MID Alan Judge (Brentford), MID Joey Barton (Burnley), MID Barry Bannan (Sheff Wed); CF Andre Gray (Burnley), CF Ross McCormack (Fulham).
George Baldock
Nine new scholars for 2019/20
MK Dons can confirm the latest intake of scholars for the 2019/20 season.
Your new number 10 - get Healey on your shirt now for just £10!
Rhys Healey will wear the number 10 shirt this season and you can get MK Dons’ new striker on the back of your shirt for just £10.
Healey is a Don... for good!
MK Dons have completed the signing of Rhys Healey from Cardiff City for an undisclosed fee.
Gallery: Healey as a Don
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Definition of fund
1a : a sum of money or other resources whose principal or interest is set apart for a specific objective
b : money on deposit on which checks or drafts can be drawn —usually used in plural
c : capital
d funds plural : the stock of the British national debt —usually used with the
2 : an available quantity of material or intangible resources : supply
3 funds plural : available pecuniary resources
4 : an organization administering a special fund
funded; funding; funds
Definition of fund (Entry 2 of 3)
1a : to make provision of resources for discharging the interest or principal of
b : to provide funds for a federally funded program
2 : to place in a fund : accumulate
3 : to convert into a debt that is payable either at a distant date or at no definite date and that bears a fixed interest fund a floating debt
Other Words from fund Synonyms & Antonyms More Example Sentences Learn More about fund
Other Words from fund
funder \ ˈfən-dər \ noun
Synonyms & Antonyms for fund
account, budget, deposit, kitty, nest egg, pool
endow, finance, subsidize
Antonyms: Verb
defund, disendow
Examples of fund in a Sentence
The fund was established to aid the poor. All her funds were in a checking account. His funds were getting lower as he continued to look for a job. The comedian had a large fund of jokes.
The group funded three new scholarships. Who funds the company pension plan?
The company raised a $25 million fund to buy single-family homes around Texas, Agarwal said. — Katherine Feser, Houston Chronicle, "Nitya Capital deal further diversifies real estate portfolio," 12 July 2019 In part to help founders manage tough transitions, Mr. Pincus is on the cusp of unveiling a new venture fund called Reinvent Capital to fund companies through second acts and encourage founders to stay involved as entrepreneurs-in-chief. — Rolfe Winkler, WSJ, "Beyond the Confetti: The Dark Side of Startup Success," 12 July 2019 As proposed, 60 percent of the additional revenue would go into a sports facilities fund and 40 percent would help cover Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies in Cleveland. — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland.com, "Bed tax increase would help Cuyahoga County during lease negotiations with the Cleveland Indians, County Council told," 12 July 2019 Earlier this year, Westfield agreed to pay more than $600,000 from the Grand Junction TIF, a public fund intended to spur development, in order to settle a lease disagreement with a tenant at Grand Park. — Kaitlin Lange, Indianapolis Star, "Westfield mayor pushed for Grand Junction Plaza project. His two sons profited from the deal.," 11 July 2019 Separately, Washington Mayor Muriel E. Bowser wrote Trump to say the district’s costs for Trump’s July Fourth event have drained a special fund used to provide security and protect the nation’s capital from terrorist threats. — BostonGlobe.com, "Buttigieg, struggling with black voters, releases plan to address racial inequities," 11 July 2019 The gathering announced the founding of a global fund to provide training, legal support and other resources for journalists in danger zones, administered by the U.N. cultural body. — Washington Post, "Amal Clooney faults ‘collective shrug’ over slain journalist," 11 July 2019 Swing announced that the organization is launching a $4 million Charlotte and George Shultz fund for Hospitality and Diplomacy to host global initiative participants. — Catherine Bigelow, SFChronicle.com, "How do you launch SF Museum of Cultural History? With a party in Kerouac Alley," 11 July 2019 According to the Wall Street Journal, America’s Justice Department is investigating whether Deutsche broke laws in its work for 1MDB, a Malaysian state development fund. — The Economist, "Recognising reality at Deutsche Bank," 11 July 2019
But a portion of the law — the Victim Compensation Fund — was only funded for five years, through the end of 2020. — Emily Tillett, CBS News, "House votes to permanently reauthorize 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund after outcry," 12 July 2019 The profits from the sales now fund approximately 40% of the organization’s overall budget. — Tracy Maness, Houston Chronicle, "Houston-area families get furniture they need," 12 July 2019 Young has funded an annual scholarship for recording industry students at the university since in 2016 and has donated the school a selection of his touring audio equipment. — USA TODAY, "Flying goats, chile duel, ’99 Women’s World Cup statue: News from around our 50 states," 12 July 2019 Surf City funded 67% — $755,615 — of the group’s 2018-19 budget while other cities collectively contributed 33%, or $356,257. — Priscella Vega, latimes.com, "With public art master plan in the works, Huntington Beach may dissolve its Allied Arts Board," 12 July 2019 The nonprofit funded the purchase with conservation grants. — Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal, "Bernheim Forest will fight 'uphill battle' to stop LG&E from using land to build pipeline," 11 July 2019 The California Air Resources Board funds the credit through the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard Program, which encourages the use of renewable energy and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. — Ramona Sentinel, "SDG&E to credit electric vehicle drivers $850," 11 July 2019 In Naples, Bartoszek’s program is mostly privately funded, high-tech and staffed by three people. — Gena Steffens, Smithsonian, "The Snakes That Ate Florida," 11 July 2019 The Indonesian Oil Palm Estate Fund, a government body that collects taxes on palm oil exports, also funds some research, but most of it is in agronomy and postharvesting processing, not on biodiversity or social and economic issues. — Dyna Rochmyaningsih, Science | AAAS, "Courting controversy, scientists team with industry to tackle one of the world’s most destructive crops," 11 July 2019
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First Known Use of fund
1764, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
History and Etymology for fund
earlier fond, borrowed (with later respelling after Latin fundus) from French fond "bottom, base, foundation," (in plural) "sum of money, capital, resources," going back to Old French funt, font "bottom, base, cultivated ground," going back to Latin fundus — more at bottom entry 1
derivative of fund entry 1
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Financial Definition of fund
Fund usually refers to mutual fund, which is an open-ended investment company that pools investors' money into a fund operated by a portfolio manager. This manager then turns around and invests this large pool of shareholder money in a portfolio of various assets or combinations of assets.
Funds may include investments in stocks, bonds, options, futures, currencies, treasuries and money market securities. Depending on the stated objective of the fund, each will vary in regard to content and risk.
Funds issue and redeem shares on demand at the fund's NAV, or net asset value. Mutual fund management fees typically range between 0.5% and 2% of assets per year, but 12b-1 fees, exchange fees and other administrative charges also apply.
There are several different types of funds of which you should be aware:
Closed-End Funds: Closed-end mutual funds issue a fixed number of shares to the investing public and usually trade on the major exchanges just like corporate stocks. Closed-end funds often invest in a particular sector, a specific industry or a certain country.
Open-End Funds: Open-end mutual funds stand ready to issue and redeem shares on a continuous basis. Shareholders buy the shares at net asset value (NAV) and can redeem them at the current market price.
Load Funds: The term "load" refers to the sales charge paid by an investor who purchases shares in a mutual fund. When the sales charge is imposed at the time of purchase, this is known as a front-end load. Conversely, back-end loads represent charges that are assessed when the investor eventually sells the fund.
No-Load Funds: A no-load fund is sold without a sales charge.
Additionally, a given fund may issue different classes of its shares to investors. The most common variations of share classes for load funds are front-load A shares, back-end-load B shares and level-load C shares.
Class A Shares: A mutual fund's A shares charge a front-end load at the time of purchase. This is a sales fee that is charged as a percentage of the total investment and is used to compensate the financial representative who sells the fund. The amount of the front-end load is subtracted from the original investment. For example: If an investor places $10,000 in a mutual fund with a front-end load of 2%, then the total sales charge would be $200. The remaining $9,800 will go toward the purchase of shares in the fund. Also, A shares may impose an asset-based sales charge. Investors do not pay these charges directly. Instead, they are taken from the fund's assets. The fund then uses these fees to market and distribute its shares. The 12b-1 fee, which can equal a maximum of 0.25% per year, is an example of an asset-based sales charge.
Class B Shares: B Shares charge back-end loads. When an investor purchases B shares, the sales charge is deferred until the fund is sold. This deferred load usually decreases each year. B shares typically charge a higher asset-based sales charge than Class A Shares. For example, the B shares of a fund may carry a 5% load if shares are sold within the first year. This back-end load of 5%, however, could be reduced by 1% every year until it is eliminated in the fifth year. Some B shares automatically convert to A shares after a specified period of time, which reduces the 12b-1 fees.
Class C Shares: C Shares typically do not impose a front-end load but will often charge a nominal fee if the shares are sold within one year. Class C shares often impose a high asset-based sales charge but will not convert to A shares when the load reverts to zero.
It is an important for an investor to consider mutual funds among their investment opportunities. Just as with any investment, the pros and cons must be compared.
Advantages of investing in funds include:
Investment diversification
Explicit investment goals
Simple reinvestment programs
Many funds charge hefty fees, leading to lower overall returns.
Statistics show that most actively managed funds tend to underperform their benchmark averages over time.
Funds cannot be bought or sold during regular trading hours, but instead are priced just once per day.
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Financial Definition of index fund
Index funds are mutual funds that are designed to track the performance of a particular index.
When an investor purchases a share of an index fund, he or she is purchasing a share of a portfolio that contains the securities in an underlying index. The index fund holds the securities in the same proportion as they occur in the actual index, and when the index decreases in value, the fund's shares decrease as well, and vice versa. The only time an index buys or sells a stock is when the index itself changes (either in weighting or in composition). Index funds have ticker symbols and are traded on all major exchanges.
Index funds are available for most any index. Some index funds replicate broad market indexes, and some replicate indexes that only contain securities with special characteristics, including minimum financial ratios, participation in a certain industry, geography, or other distinctions.
The performance of an index fund usually does not exactly match the actual index's performance. This is because index funds charge management fees, which eat into returns, and because the fund's weighting in particular securities may not perfectly match the weighting of the securities in the actual index. The degree to which the fund and the index returns differ is called tracking error.
Index funds are a popular way to participate in the stock market and diversify a portfolio. Index funds have several major advantages over direct ownership of the underlying securities. Here's a brief review:
Diversification -- Each index fund represents an interest in an underlying basket of securities. This allows investors to gain broad exposure to a large group of companies easily. This diversification also makes index funds much less volatile than individual securities. Foreign index funds in particular make diversifying abroad less difficult and expensive; they also offer exposure to entire foreign markets and market segments.
Low Cost -- Buying and selling shares of an index fund is far less expensive than separately buying and selling a basket of underlying shares. Also, the decision of which securities to invest in is determined by the index rather than by active management. This is why index funds usually have minimal expense ratios and are often more affordable than other diversified investment vehicles. However, many have minimum investment requirements and front- or back-end loads, making them impractical for some investors.
Liquidity -- Index fund shares are bought and sold on major exchanges every day, and many funds trade hundreds of thousands (and in some cases millions) of shares per day. Buying and selling shares of an index fund can be faster and more convenient than buying and selling the underlying shares.
Dividends -- Many index funds pass through the accumulated dividends paid by their underlying stocks. Over time, these dividends can add up to a significant sum.
Choices -- Some index funds track broad U.S. equity market indexes. Meanwhile, others track specific sectors or industry groups. Still others represent an interest in baskets of foreign stocks. And finally, others invest exclusively in the bond market.
Returns -- Studies have proven that over time, the average mutual fund typically fails to beat the broad indexes. With this in mind, index funds are a great way to capture broader-market returns. For adherents to the efficient market hypothesis, which states that it is impossible to outperform the broad stock market over the long haul, index funds can be a way to optimize portfolio returns.
vulture fund
Financial Definition of vulture fund
A vulture fund is a pool of investor money that makes investments in securities from distressed issuers (usually bonds).
Let's say Company XYZ has lost 75% of its customers due to a food-poisoning scandal. The stock has lost 90% of its value, and the market does not believe the company can recover. Company XYZ still owns, however, a patent on a packaging technique that could be licensed and applied in other industries. Vulture Fund ABC knows this and buys high-yield bonds in Company XYZ, betting that the value of that patent might resurrect the company or at least ensure the return of capital plus interest if the patent is sold during bankruptcy.
Vulture funds often also purchase debt from lenders. So, for instance, if Bank DEF had lended $15 million to Company XYZ and Bank DEF wants to get this debt off the books, it might sell that debt to a vulture fund, similar to how credit card companies might sell customer debts to collection agencies. The vulture fund then negotiates with Company XYZ to secure a payout greater than the vulture fund's initial investment.
Vulture funds also invest in sovereign debt, which is the debt of countries' governments. When countries are struggling, vulture funds might purchase this debt and then become heavily involved and influential in the government's restructuring.
Vulture funds often get a bad rap for circling dying companies in the hopes of picking off the last meat on a carcass for a quick profit. However, the analogy should sometimes be more like giving CPR. Vulture funds are often the last chance companies have to come back to life, and the funds' offers to provide cash may be the last attempt these companies can make to rescuscitate themselves.
English Language Learners Definition of fund
: an amount of money that is used for a special purpose
: available money
: an amount of something that is available for use : a supply of something
English Language Learners Definition of fund (Entry 2 of 2)
: to provide money for (something)
See the full definition for fund in the English Language Learners Dictionary
Kids Definition of fund
1 : a sum of money for a special purpose a book fund
2 funds plural : available money I'm out of funds until I get paid.
3 : stock entry 1 sense 1, supply a fund of knowledge
Legal Definition of fund
1 : a sum of money or other resources whose principal or interest is set aside for a specific objective
— client security fund
: a fund established by each state to compensate clients for losses suffered due to their attorneys' misappropriation of funds
— common trust fund
: an in-house trust fund established by a bank trust department to pool the assets of many small trusts for greater diversification in investing
— executor fund
: a fund established in estate planning to provide for the payment of final expenses by an executor
— joint welfare fund
: a fund that is established by collective bargaining to provide health and welfare benefits to employees and that is jointly administered by representatives of labor and management
— paid-in fund
: a reserve cash fund in lieu of a capital stock account set up by mutual insurance companies to cover unforeseen losses
— sinking fund
: a fund set up and accumulated by regular deposits for paying off the principal on a debt or for other specified purposes (as self-insurance)
— strike fund
: a fund accumulated by a union through special assessments or from general funds and used to pay striking workers or for other strike-related activities
— Taft-Hartley fund \ ˈtaft-ˈhärt-lē- \ after the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947, which established it
: joint welfare fund in this entry
— trust fund
: property (as money or securities) settled or held in a trust
— exchange-traded fund
: a fund that is similar to an index fund in tracking a stock index but that is traded on the stock market
— growth fund
: a mutual fund that invests in the stock of growth companies
— hedge fund
: an investing group usually in the form of a limited partnership that employs speculative techniques in the hope of obtaining large capital gains
— index fund
: a mutual fund that invests to reflect the composition of the market as a whole by matching its investments to a stock index
— mutual fund
: an investment company that invests its shareholders' money in a usually diversified group of securities of other companies
— vulture fund
: an investment company that buys up bankrupt or insolvent companies with the goal of reorganizing them so they can be profitably resold as going concerns
Legal Definition of fund (Entry 2 of 2)
1a : to make provision of resources for discharging the principal or interest of
b : to provide financial resources for
2 : to place in a fund
3 : to convert into a debt that is payable either at a distant date or at no definite date and that bears a fixed interest
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Activities & Leisure
Camping pitch
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Locks of Fonsérannes
The Canal du Midi towards Béziers
During your holidays at the 5-star campsite Les Mimosas in the Hérault in Occitanie, you will have the opportunity to visit Béziers with its Saint-Nazaire cathedral and its Old Bridge that spans the Orb. The coastal river that waters this beautiful city famous for its wines, its feria and its passion for rugby must however share the limelight with the Canal du Midi, the canal that allows to reach the Mediterranean Sea from Toulouse by river. In particular, with the 9 locks of Fonseranes, which allow the Canal du Midi to descend on Béziers and make up the canal's major structure, an engineering masterpiece that has become a tourist attraction for visitors over time. All around this site, you can admire traditional buildings dating back to the first years of the canal: the watermark, the stables or the lock keeper's house.
A lock, whose concept was invented in China shortly before the year 1000, has the main objective of solving the problem of unevenness. It also controls the flow of a watercourse or the effect of the tide in the dams. The 9 locks of Fonseranes are out of the ordinary because of their number, but also the technical feat accomplished by the man to find a solution to a difference in height of more than 20 meters, with a total of 8 egg-shaped basins and 9 doors. Its uniqueness explains why it is the third most visited site in the former Languedoc-Roussillon region (around 320,000 visitors a year), behind the legendary Pont du Gard and Carcassonne.
Since 1996, the locks of Fonseranes are listed as World Heritage by Unesco (as the entire Canal du Midi) and several parts have been classified as "historical monument".
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Outings and visitsthat you’ll also love in the Hérault
From the Atlantic to the Mediterranean
Dazzling landscape
Historical town
Handmade sugar candy
Bull farm
Lake of Thau
The biggest lake of the Languedoc
Unspoiled landscapes
Underground cathedral
Town of Cathars
Gallic village
Colourful village
Town on the water
Olive oil from the Languedoc
At the crossroads of the Orb and the Canal du Midi
Between beaches and vineyards
Valmagne Abbey
Cap d'Agde's amusement park : Aqualand
Aquarium of Cap d'Agde
The city of Balaruc-les-Bains
Castle of Castries
Castle of St. Peter Serjac
Escape Room Darkside Vias
Jet-ski Vias
City Frontignan
Clamouse cave
Karting in Vias
The kolandia Park in Vendres
Sports and leisure activities around the Mediterranean Sea
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An Oak Park doctor with hundreds of nursing home residents under his care was recently convicted of sending patients to a substandard hospital in exchange for free staff. Dr. Kuchipudi was sentenced to two years in prison for sending hundreds of his nursing home-bound patients to Sacred Heart Hospital, earning him the nickname King of Nursing Homes.
He is the tenth defendant convicted in the Medicare fraud investigation against Sacred Heart Hospital.
Trial evidence revealed Dr. Kuchipudi arranged for his nursing home patients to be transported long distances to Sacred Heart in exchange for free staff. Starting in 2009, Sacred Heart hired physician’s assistants and nurse practitioners to work solely for Kuchipudi at the hospital, his clinic, and at nursing homes. Kuchipudi then billed Medicare for the free labor, earning nearly $2 million over three years.
It also set up a system for private ambulances to take his patients to Sacred Heart regardless of distance or health need. These ambulances took residents past higher quality, less expensive, and better-equipped hospitals to get to Sacred Heart.
Dr. Kuchipudi faces a severe sentencing to deter doctors from Medicare fraud and because his patients were physically and mentally impaired nursing home residents, dependent on him for care.Yet he sent them to a hospital he knew to be subpar. Kuchipudi is even recorded calling Sacred Heart’s chief surgeon a “butcher.”
The so-called King of Nursing Homes sent his patients to Sacred Heart not because it was best for his patients, but because he had an illegal deal with its administrators that defrauded taxpayers out of millions of dollars.
This deal subjected his patients to negligence and malpractice in their most vulnerable moments. These patients were suffering heart attacks, strokes and embolisms – conditions that require immediate attention. One patient had to wait in Sacred Heart for nine days because they didn’t have the right equipment for his hip surgery. He would have received the surgery immediately at several other Chicago hospitals.
Nursing Home Medicare Fraud
Sacred Heart Hospital closed in 2013 amid charges of malpractice and Medicare fraud. Doctors would implant patients with unnecessary devices and perform needless tests, treatments and surgeries to boost the payments it received from Medicare.
Medicare fraud runs rampant in the nursing home industry. Federal investigations show that nursing homes receive far more in Medicare payments than they pay in actual care.
This is just one way the industry pursues profits over patients: subjecting residents to long hours of expensive therapy they don’t medically need, and that could cause physical and mental harm, just so the facility can qualify for high payments.
This affects real residents in real ways. In one example, medical records show that a resident in hospice care asked to discontinue therapy, as is her right. Despite her wishes, the facility subjected her to physical therapy five days a week for five weeks. This not only harmed her physically, but robbed her of fundamental right to control over her own care and wellbeing.
Nursing homes profit most when they make their residents undergo as much therapy as they can physically tolerate. This causes undue harm to residents, resulting in falls, fractures, brain bleeds and other life-threatening emergencies. If a nursing home is purposefully over-treating its residents and it causes a serious injury or death, they could be legally responsible.
Our nursing home lawyers have been fighting negligent facilities for 30 years. We’ve seen everything bad owners try to increase profits while jeopardizing residents. We’re here to protect resident rights. We provide free case reviews to residents and families suffering at bad facilities, and can travel anywhere in the U.S. to help you through this difficult time.
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An Evolution of Self
Discovering Nadya Dee
Who is Nadya Dee?
“We began as a mineral.
We emerged into plant life, and into the animal state, and then into being human, and always we have forgotten our former states, except in early spring when we slightly recall being green again.
That’s how a young person turns towards a teacher.
That’s how a baby leans toward the breast, without knowing the secret of its desire, yet turning instinctively.
Humankind is being led along an evolving course, through the migration of intelligences, and though we seem to be sleeping, there is an inner wakefulness that directs the dream, and that will eventually startle us back to the truth of who we are.”
— The Story of Evolution
— Rumi, 13th Century
Men: Parasites and Vultures!
Disclaimer: This does not apply to all men, so don't take it personally, just my mind-frame right now. Plus loosen up, it's only a story.
Curtis was getting on in years. His fiftieth birthday had come and gone, uneventfully, as it had been just about a decade since his first wife passed and she was normally the one that handled all special events and everything else. Curtis was growing weary of his solitary self-dependence. Apart from the several 'girl-friends' who would assist him from time to time, he had no clear support forth-coming as none were crazy enough to accept a proposal even if he mustered the decency to do so. Erica, with whom he was living, was a lawyer who owned two cars and the house they lived in. She was a divorcee and although she had sworn off marraige, was enamoured by Curtis and silently considered the prospects of becoming his wife. But Curtis was unsatisfied with Erica, she was slightly overweight and way too confident. It would be too difficult for him to convince her to entrust him with everything. Chara was slighty younger than Erica and as such had no assets but possessed great potential. She was working her way up the corporate ladder and Curtis hoped that she would carry him with her on that journey. But she was taking too long and his wife's insurance money was quickly trickling away. Partially because of his gambling problem but mostly because he had 'retired' from his job shortly after his wife's passing.
Mrs. Felicia Bailey, owned and operated her own business and was very succesful at it. When she died she left the business to her eldest daughter, knowing her husbands gambling problem but unaware of the insurance policy he had taken out on her. She despised her husband but kept him for solely narcissistic purposes, her death was her ultimate revenge, or so she thought.
Curtis, aware of his wife's need to nurture, used and abused her generosity. He had barely worked in her company, doing nothing but making unnecessary decisions. Yet still he recieved a fat paycheck at the end of each month, his allowance.
Being supported came second nature to Curtis. His mother had suckled him until age 7 and had continued to smother him until he met Felicia who took over her role upon his mother's death. For as long as he could remember, Curtis had three meals a day and wanted for nothing. Everything he ever desired was supplied by the women in his life. As far as he was concerned, being a man meant attaching oneself to a female and benefiting from all she had to offer. It was a parasitic symbiotic lifestyle, but to Curtis it was normal. And with women like his mother, Felicia, Erica and Chara, why would Curtis ever need to take resposibility for his own life?
His eldest daughter had recently married and was too busy being absorbed by her new husband to give her father the attention he had grown accustomed to. Curtis needed another benefactor. After finding out about Chara, Erica gave Curtis one more opportunity to change his ways, but Chara abhored discretion, calling him at all hours of the night, leaving messages on his phone and hickeys on his neck. Erica and Chara had become liabilities now, Curtis needed a cash-cow and he needed one ASAP.
Lorna was to be his next victim. If only she had known.
Work In Progress... to be contd...
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Stacy Mon Mar 19, 09:05:00 pm 2007
Poor Curtis.
I "sympathize" with him because the women are idiots for suckling and indulging him over the years; so he knows nothing else.
On the other hand, he's still an arse, and the score remains nil all.
Lady LD Mon Mar 19, 09:11:00 pm 2007
Nadya,
Another great story...I can't wait for the next chapter! Men are...well let's just say I agree with you most of the time! lol
NadYaDee Mon Mar 19, 10:33:00 pm 2007
thanks to you both...I'm not too sure where i'm going with this...but it's something I need to write before I metamorph into the cynical bitch I know I can become...bear with me...next chapter coming soon...
Andre Thu Mar 22, 10:41:00 pm 2007
well, women do dis on a daily basis an get weh wid it, so cyaan fight him if him a do di same ting.. not saying im like that though..
story madd same way nadz, keep it up..
NadYaDee Sat Mar 24, 10:35:00 am 2007
aaaah, poor Andre... women don't "do this and get weh wid it" women have been conditioned by society to depend on men and as such men have been conditioned to be the bread winners... I understand ure disdain at the flipping of the coin, but no one said patriarchy was equal...
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Our Deepest Fear by Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
Your playing small does not serve the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
Nadya Dee
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As California Burns, Here’s How to Make a Difference
December 13, 2017 by Lisa Bennett
Beyond the many moments of disbelief and anger I have felt watching essential climate protections be rolled back this year — as even more climate-fueled wildfires rage on in my homestate of California — I come back again to hope in people like you.
You, I believe, understand.
You understand that doing everything we can to protect our climate is far more important than what others are prioritizing as the business opportunity in drilling for and burning more oil. For without healthy air, increased profits are meaningless.
You know to think otherwise is simply wrong.
You also, I believe, have the good heart and wisdom to know that we are responsible for protecting the climate, like all our natural resources, for those who follow us.
This is what comes from being a mother — an informed mother — in these times.
So what do we do now as the backsliding, not only in climate protections but in climate truths, continue — while the impacts of climate change play out more dramatically than most people imagined would be possible in 2017?
To say, after all, that the six new wildfires now burning in California have scorched 200,000 acres, taken one life, destroyed 1,000 buildings, and forced more than 93,000 people to evacuate their homes hardly begins to convey what these fires are like.
In 2017, California has developed a new image and a new reality: apocalyptic.
“With climate change, some scientists are saying that Southern California is literally burning up,” Gov. Brown said this week — adding, in a phrase widely associated with climate change, that this is “the new normal.”
But if you want to stop reading there, please don’t because there is something — many things, actually — that you can do that will matter now.
First, if you live in or near California, understand what this means:
“The people of the American West are expected to endure more large, destructive wildfires in the future, the result of both climate change and more development in wild areas,” Francie Diep wrote in The Pacific Standard.
“As a result,” she added, “more communities will likely have to deal with extended periods of intense wildfire smoke.
Second, learn how to protect yourself and your family from wildfire smoke.
If you live in or near an area that is prone to wildfires, buy a box of facemasks that can protect you from the smoke. Know the warning signs of smoke inhalation. Identify buildings in your area (such as schools or libraries or government centers) that have installed sophisticated air filtration systems. And pay attention to evacuation notices.
Find more detailed information in our new resource, “Take Smoke Seriously.” There is also more information about what individuals and communities can do to protect themselves in The Pacific Standard.
Third, remember you can always do something small — and something big — to protect our changing climate and the people affected by it.
Something small, for example, might be a direct contribution to the victims of the fires. Here are 11 ways to do that.
As for something big: Big solutions to climate change require policy solutions, such as supporting America’s Clean Power Plan. And while the President has turned back the clock on both of those measures, Moms who understand know that we must do everything we can to protect our children and future generations — no matter others do.
So if you have not already joined the 1 million members of Moms Clean Air Force, sign up now to receive updates and alerts.
Consider making a gift this holiday season to support our work.
Spread the word about Moms working to protect the climate for our children and our children’s children via social media — or, better yet, face-to-face.
And of course, use your vote and your wallet to support strong climate protection.
Alone, it’s easy to feel like you have no voice. Together, we are a force to be reckoned with.
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Got Vertigo? Terrifying Towers & Glass Balconies
All of your instincts may be screaming for you to avoid looking down at all costs, but when you’re this high in the air, the view is just irresistible. Whether you’re clinging for dear life to a rickety wooden rainforest observation tower or staring straight down through a glass floor at city streets thousands of feet below, frighteningly tall spires and lookouts give us humans a look at our environment that our ancestors would never have imagined possible.
CN Tower, Toronto, Canada
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Do you trust a piece of glass about the thickness of two fingers to keep you from crashing thousands of feet to the ground below? Toronto’s CN Tower, which stands over 1,815 tall, offers stunning 360-degree views of the city – and a stomach-turning view straight down to the street through a glass floor.
Forest Tower, Schovenhorst Estate, Netherlands
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The thoroughly modern Forest Tower is just as visually stunning as the views it provides of the conservation area at the Schovenhorst Estate in the Netherlands. The design includes spaces and features for various activities including peepholes, a climbing net and even a small performance space.
Willis Tower Skydeck, Chicago, Illinois
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If you’ve ever wondered what it feels like to float 110 stories over Chicago, the Skydeck at the Willis (formerly Sears) Tower is the closest you’re likely to get. With a glass floor and glass walls on three sides, these “glass balconies” provide unparalleled views that will give the acrophobic nightmares.
Bird Watching Towers, Ecuadorian Amazon
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There’s no way to enjoy the birds of the Amazon quite like observing them from one of Ecuador’s many extremely tall bird watching towers – if you’re brave enough to climb them. But finally getting to the top and finding it twisted from the wind and held together with a string, like one traveling couple did, might be enough to sway your confidence in the structure’s sturdiness.
Eureka Skydeck, Melbourne, Australia
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Like the Willis Tower Skydeck, Eureka Skydeck 88 in Melbourne, Australia offers views you just can’t get anywhere else in the city. But, it’s not for the faint of heart. 940 feet above the ground, “The Edge” is a glass cube that juts out nine feet from the building. It’s the highest public vantage point in a building in the Southern Hemisphere.
Korkeasaari Lookout Tower, Helsinki, Finland
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The shell-like wooden Korkeasaari Lookout Tower at Helsinki’s Korkeasaari Zoo mimics the large natural enclosures that the animals are held in, and is made of 72 long curved wood battens fastened with over 600 bolted joints. Ville Hara’s concept for the tower was the winning entry in a competition to design an innovative, artistic tower for the zoo.
Blackpool Tower ‘Walk of Faith’, Lancashire, England
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With a design inspired by the Eiffel Tower, the 518ft Blackpool Tower in Lancashire, England was constructed in 1894 after Blackpool Mayor John Bickerstaffe visited the Great Paris Exhibition. Among its most popular features is the “Walk of Faith”, a glass floor panel added in 1998.
Burj Dubai Observation Deck, Dubai, UAE
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Set to become the world’s tallest free-standig structure, Burj Dubai will feature a 124th-floor observation deck called ‘At the Top’. Floor-to-ceiling glass walls will provide unobstructed views of the city, but anyone who’s not paranoid about being swept away by a gust of wind can venture out onto the open-air deck. This mixed-use tower is set to open in late 2009.
Killesberg Tower, Stuttgart, Germany
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This double-helix shaped tower in Stuttgart, Germany features what are essentially two gigantic intertwined spiral staircases suspended by cables around a central support. Getting to the top is no easy feat, but the reward is great.
Shanghai Expo Tower, China
(image via: Expo 2010)
A 495-foot tall chimney at the oldest power plant in China is getting a dramatic makeover for the World Expo 2010. It is set to be transformed into an observation tower called the “Expo Harmony Tower”, its exterior wrapped with tracks and cars similar to a rollercoaster to transport passengers to the top. The entire former high-pollution plant is being revamped into an eco-friendly attraction that uses electricity generated by tide, wind and solar energy.
Glasgow Tower, Scotland
The tallest tower in Scotland is also the only tower in the world that can rotate 360 degrees from its base to its top. It’s shaped like an aerofoil, or an airplane wing seen in cross-section, and has computer-controlled monitors that turn it in the wind to reduce wind resistance.
Green Observation Towers Concept
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Could we replace smokestacks with eco-friendly, green power-generating towers that also serve as public spaces with observation decks? Designer Michael Jantzen thinks so, and has created several designs that would do just that. The Wind Turbine Observation Tower has five wind-activated segments that rotate in different directions to produce energy, while the Eco-Tower is a public gathering space equipped with seven platforms and a custom wind turbine.
Cheongna City Tower, South Korea
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South Korea is getting a new landmark tower that will serve as the cultural hub and centerpiece of a large new town development. The 1,476-foot observation tower appears to jut sharply into the sky like an inverted icicle, with the second-highest observation deck in the world. It’ll also be pretty high-tech, becoming the world’s first “invisible tower” with a skin system that uses optical cameras to capture the views from the opposite wall and project those images on each part of the skin. This effect will make the tower itself seems to disappear when you’re inside, leaving nothing but sweeping views.
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REIT Expert's Best Buys: From Beantown to Biotech
Focus: REITS
Brett Owens
Chief Investment Strategist, BNK Invest, Inc.
Brett Owens, editor of Contrarian Outlook, is a leading expert in income investing, including an expertise in real estate investment trusts, which offer high yields through their investments in various real estate holdings. Here's two of his latest favorites in the REIT space.
Alexandria Real Estate (ARE) is still available for a lower price than you could snag it for in early January. But that won’t last after the trust’s second-quarter results recently poured in — a greatest-hits list that was the envy of the REIT world.
To wit: revenue jumped 19% year over year; adjusted per-share funds from operations (FFO; the best measure of REIT performance) spiked 9%; and management upped its full-year FFO forecast to between $6.57 and $6.63 a share, a big leap from the $6.02 ARE generated in 2017.
There’s more to come: unlike the average mall landlord, ARE is enjoying superb occupancy, with 97.1% of its operating properties taken up as of quarter-end. That’s thanks to its focus on the growing life-sciences industry: biotech firms working on the latest breakthrough drugs.
Don’t confuse “biotech” with “speculative”: ARE’s clients are some of the biggest in the business, including Novartis AG (NVS), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Sanofi (SNY) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Which brings us to the dividend, which gives you the best of both worlds: a decent yield (2.9%) and superb payout growth. Over the last five years, ARE’s dividend has surged 37%—with the payout regularly getting bumped up twice a year.
The kicker? The payout is safe, at just 53% of FFO (low for a REIT) and reasonably priced: ARE trades at 19.4 times the midpoint of forecast FFO, cheap for a stock with rock-solid tenants and a surging dividend (which will drag the share price higher as it rises).
Don’t let the name fool you: Boston Properties (BXP) goes way beyond Beantown, with 164 office buildings (48.4 million square feet) in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, DC. It cuts its risk further by evenly spreading those properties out among those growing metropolises.
Like Alexandria, BXP boasts top-notch clients, including ultra-steady Verizon (VZ); in Q2, Boston Properties leased 440,000 square feet to a subsidiary of the telecom giant and broke ground on its 627,000-square-foot office tower in Boston (50% owned). Verizon will lease 70% of that space for 20 years.
Meantime, management is calling for serious FFO growth, with forecast FFO coming in at $6.36 to $6.41 a share in 2018, up from BXP’s previous estimate and way ahead of last year’s tally of $6.22.
Like ARE, BXP’s shares are below where they were in January, and they boast a similar valuation: 20.6 times forward FFO — again, reasonable for a REIT with an above-average dividend yield (2.4%) a growing payout (up 23% in the past five years) and a healthy balance sheet (its $10.3 billion of long-term debt is around half its market cap).
Plus there’s a hidden benefit no one pays attention to: Boston Properties loves to drop outsized special dividends on shareholders, having done so in three of the past five years. With the “regular” payout accounting for a meager 49% of forecast FFO, another one of these surprise “specials” could come our way any day. Let’s buy now, before that happens.
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Pipeline dreams: Will locals cash in on the oil bonanza?
Thursday March 21 2019
Skills. Trainees receive instructions in 2G pipeline welding at Lwengo Technical Institute in preparation for the pipeline jobs. PHOTO BY ERIC DOMINIC BUKENYA
Part IV. Since the commercial oil volumes were announced in 2006, participation of Ugandans in the nascent sector has been a sticking issue. Frederic Musisi writes.
Then pre-qualification adverts started running in newspapers calling for hotels which can provide decent accommodation, etcetera; the rest is now history, Ms Sarah Kiyimba, the hotel proprietor, says.
By Frederic Musisi
Before mid-2017, Hotel Brovad in Masaka District was just like any other business in the hospitality industry; still, it is. Then in May that year, the presidents of Uganda and Tanzania signed the Heads of State Agreement concretising the Hoima-Tanga route for the proposed East African Crude Oil Export Pipeline (EACOP).
A week later, the Energy ministers of both countries inked the Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) that binds the governments on the $3.55b (Shs13 trillion) infrastructure.
Not long after in 2018, the hotel started getting overwhelmed with reservations by people who had something to do with the pipeline.
“What helped me were the standards; not that I’m boasting in anyway but my hotel is so far the best in Masaka,” she told Daily Monitor.
From the signing of the IGA, back-to-back activities like geo-technical, geophysical, front end engineering designs, environment and social impact assessments, land mapping and surveying of the route, and resettlement action plan studies, which required teams of foreign and local staff to comb the pipeline route from Hoima to Mutukula at the border with Tanzania, followed subsequently.
The pipeline runs through 179 villages in 10 districts—Hoima, Kikuube, Kakumiro, Kyankwanzi, Mubende, Gomba, Ssembabule, Lwengo, Kyotera and Rakai.
With the guest list filling up, Ms Kiyimba said it had a “trickle down” effect, requiring a steady supply of “quality” food stuff but sometimes they have travel for distances.
“We have our network of farmers, butchers, dairies and others in the supply chain but at times their supply fell short,” she said. “Going out to look for others meant we had to subject them to the same [high] standards, and as you know that is where the problem is.”
Hotel and catering is one of the 16 fields, out the 25 detailed in the 2014 industrial baseline survey, which are ring-fenced for Ugandans in the oil and gas sector.
Others are transport and logistics, security, civil works, human resource management, survey, camp management and provision of labour.
The baseline survey titled; ‘A survey to foster opportunities for Ugandans in the Oil and Gas sector’ postulated that the next phases—development and production—of the sector will create between 100,000 and 150,000 direct and indirect jobs over the coming years.
This is, however, subject to the expected investments of at least $15b (Shs36 trillion), including $6b (Shs21 trillion) for development of the Tilenga oil fields in Nwoya and Buliisa districts operated by Total E&P, and Kingfisher operated by Cnooc, and attendant infrastructures like two central processing facilities for filtering crude oil and power generation, and a network of feeder pipelines.
Other big projects anticipated are the pipeline (EACOP) to cost $3.55b (Shs13 trillion) and an oil refinery to cost $3b (Shs11 trillion). Construction of Kabaale International Airport is already ongoing, with the first usable runway expected to be complete by end of this year.
Too much, little capacity
Since the commercial oil volumes were announced in 2006, participation of Ugandans in the nascent sector has been a sticking issue.
Until 2016, the country saw investments to a tune of $3.2b (Shs11 trillion) but local service providers raked in only 28 per cent of that or roughly $900 million (Shs3b) mostly going to logistics, clearing and forwarding, supply chain management, catering services, air transport services (light aircraft carriers to the field) and camp management services.
However, between 2014, when global prices of crude oil plunged, and 2017 as government and oil companies—Total E&P, Cnooc, and Tullow, embarked on the discussions for the next development phase, activities dropped significantly, almost edging some local contractors out of business. The recent shuffling over the oil pipeline negotiations has enlivened the industry with high hopes and expectations yet again.
Mr Ernest Rubondo, the executive director of the Petroleum Authority of Uganda, the oil sector regulator, said several local companies have already been involved in the preparatory activities for the oil pipeline “which is good trendsetter.”
“For the activities that we anticipate, those we are doing preparation.Our role as a regulator is to ensure that there is steady flow of information about the opportunities; we want Ugandan enterprises to know that something is coming, and they should prepare. Whether they do that is mostly up to them,” Mr Rubondo said.
When Gulf Interstate Engineering completed the technical FEED studies, which detailed characteristics of the pipeline and what material will be required to put it together, Mr Rubondo said they compelled the company to organise sessions for local companies about available opportunities.
“By now, we really assume that Ugandans should be aware that opportunities that are coming,” he said.
Late last year, PAU revealed that it approved $428m (Shs1.5 trillion) as the total budget for oil companies’ activities in 2018, an in increase by $200m (Shs735b) approved in 2017, but with the much anticipated final investment decision (FID) in June this year—notwithstanding the incoming politicking, which usually dissuades investors—for development of the oil fields and pipeline, costs and budgets are expected to increase to $1b (Shs1.5t).
As a regulator of local content in the oil sector, PAU has also put in place initiatives such as the National Supplier Database—an online roster for all service providers—and the National Talent Register, an online one-stop centre for all jobs in the industry—to boost and cushion local service providers/contractors, but still that has not allayed fears and anxieties of locals losing out.
In broad terms, local content is defined as “the value addition by Ugandans using Ugandan materials, with services produced by Ugandans and Ugandan firms” with the aim of keeping money from the sector within the country while at the same time promoting local industries.
Setbacks
Mr Tony Okao Otoa, the head of Stanbic Bank’s business incubator programme aimed at uplifting SMEs, speaking at the national content conference on February 9, said several local suppliers have “some really good business concepts” but are mainly set back by failure to adhere to standards, lack of business plans and financial records, and poor banking and borrowing history, which makes it hard for them to compete favourably with either established local companies or foreign firms.
The issue of poor standards is probably one the most pressing issues facing local service providers.
Those that happen to meet standards, maintain neat records, or have succinct business plans, often face an uphill task of the huge capital requirements, and yet the banks also, out of fear of piling more non-performing loans portfolios, have learnt to tread carefully.
There has been a proposal of either maximum capitalisation of Uganda Development Bank or establishment of a local content fund—tokened by both government and service providers.
Mr Emmanuel Mugarura, the executive officer of the Association of Uganda Oil and Gas Providers (AUGOS), said there are many opportunities that a Ugandan company can enjoy, but the challenges are many too.
These include high cost of doing business, competition from more experienced players, lack of specialised and certified personnel.
“The local service providers are better prepared than they were six years ago. Most companies have invested in training and certification. We have more skilled people than ever before. Others have built partnerships and are ready to take on the task. The delay was a blessing in disguise,” he said.
Mr Mugarura also said conversations with oil companies and other players in the sector are continuous on aspects such as capacity building, information sharing and ability to build a strong local workforce thatshould run the industry.
“What is encouraging is that they seem to agree with us on the path we want to take,” he said.
In the oil pipeline’s case, Mr Mugarura said the dilemma is while it is transporting Uganda’s oil, the larger part of is in Tanzania—another jurisdiction hence different culture and rules.
He said the Tanzanian government is a little more sympathetic to their own citizens, their companies and people enjoy more protection from their government.
“But you have to look at this holistically. Oil is an international commodity and the geopolitics transcend an individual country’s interests. So, as we go into the actual work, you may find there is uniformity in execution and work. So, I am not worried about that. All we need is a more and better understanding of the industry so that we can reap more with less risks and casualties.”
During the inter-government ministerial meeting held on January 25 in Kampala as part of ongoing oil pipeline negotiations, the Tanzanian Energy minister, Mr Medard Kalemani, said they have so far mobilised some 250 contractors to engage in the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) phase which will likely start in Tanzania as Uganda runs through politics.
Asked about rallying local contractors for the same, Mr Rubondo said “for us we are interested in the process; I would be very hesitant to start counting that we have 500 or even 1,000 companies because they are several processes that lead to that.”
Notwithstanding, Mr Rubondo hinted on ongoing discussions with the Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority, which is charged with monitoring performance and standards, about possibility of cross-border movement of local contractors and construction material—than going scouting in foreign markets.
Sources familiar with ongoing inter-government negotiations told Daily Monitor that local content is an emotive issue on the Tanzanian side.
Speaking in Dar-es-Salaam, the Tanzanian lead negotiator on the pipeline, Mr Goodluck Shirima, said while capacity on building pipelines is limited, comparatively Tanzania has been doing related work for some time—have built the Tanzania-Zambia Mafuta (Tazama) pipeline.
“We have experience, but we have to boost capacity. We are humble people; we believe in dialoguing and not so in quarreling as a solution,” he said.
Mr Shirima also said the Tanzanian private sector “is in agreement with government initiatives” to reap big from the project.
“In Tanzania, we have local content regulations but in outlook, we don’t want to inhibit opportunities for citizens,” he said.
Mr Maxim Marchenko, the EACOP project director, told Daily Monitor that local participation and local content is at the centre of their plans, and discussions with the different parties are ongoing.
He said for the EPC phase, an estimated 50,000 tonnes of construction material will be required.
Ms Aminah Bukenya, the Cnooc’s senior public relations manager, said “the plan is to maximise as much as possible the use of local manpower, local goods and service providers; this indeed is in line with the national content regulations.”
“To promote its national content performance, Cnooc developed its own national content strategy, with an aim to identify the opportunities for National Content, help the national suppliers to be able to take the opportunities, and support the national companies to play a more active role in the oil and gas industry,” she added.
Training capacity
The aspect of training and equipping potential employees with the right skill set is another cause for worry. In several towns on the pipeline route, communities have been told to prepare to supply labour during the construction phase, but do they match the required skills?
Efforts: The World Bank and Germany’s GIZ through the assessment and skilling project reinforced some training courses in, among others, welding at technical institutes in Hoima and Lwengo, but is a drop in the ocean given the extent of work project. Ms Susan Murekatete, one the recent graduates in 2G pipeline welding at Lwengo Technical Institute, told Daily Monitor that her first prospect is work in the oil industry but “openings in the sector are a seesaw.” As regards closing the skills gap, Mr James Bagaya, the Academic registrar of Uganda Petroleum Institute Kigumba (UPIK), said they have mandate to train as many as 250 students—technicians and craftsmen—per year but have limited facilities.
Limitations: “We are running diploma and certificate courses and we would like all these courses to be internationally certified to make our graduates more placed in the oil and gas sector. However, the challenge is the cost associated with international certification, for instance, we have so far trained more than 140 who underwent a generic curriculum accredited by Uganda,” Mr Bagaya said. Yet, the baseline survey highlighted the need to strengthen education in terms of compliance to oil and gas certification requirements and on-the-job practical training.
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Meet Adrian Woods, from the USA, who has travelled to Brazil and the rest of Central and South America several times. Read the following interview where he tells us about some of his most memorable experiences from Brazil and gives some useful advice to newcomers.
1. Tell us a little about yourself, where are you from, what do you do etc.?
I'm originally from Berkeley, California, USA. I've just returned to California after spending almost two years living in Rio de Janeiro teaching English.
2. When did you arrive in Brazil and what brought you here?
This last trip was my third to Brazil. I first came to Brazil back in April, 1995. I was traveling all over Central and South America and stayed in Salvador, Bahia for 5 months and Sao Paulo for one month.
What originally attracted me to Brazil and Brazilian culture was going to
the Brazil-Cameroon soccer match at Stanford stadium during the 1994 World Cup and thinking how much more fun it was to be around the Brazilian fans than fans from other countries. The singing, the dancing, the drum playing, the beautiful women, etc. I thought to myself "what unique people". I was planning to travel all around Central and South America and decided I definitely needed to add Brazil to my itinerary.
3. What were you first impressions of Brazil?
I was struck by all the beauty and positive energy. Beautiful beaches and forests, beautiful art and architecture, and exotic, freakishly well proportioned people. I was also really impressed by the positive vibes everywhere. When you walk down the street on a hot afternoon in Rio or Salvador, you see lots of happy faces and people engaged in conversation and laughing. In the US by contrast, the streets are full of sad faces and disconnected people living in their own lonely little world.
4. What do you miss most about home?
When I was in Brazil I missed a nice, southern style breakfast - pancakes, sausages, fried eggs, biscuits, grits, etc., order, organization, honest, straightforward people, state of the art technology, American sports, American television, having my own car, and just how relatively easy it is to live and get things done in the US.
5. What has been your most frustrating experience in Brazil?
As much as I love Brazil and Brazilian people, a lot of things about Brazilian culture frustrate me. I find many Brazilians to be reckless, thoughtless, inconsiderate, and disrespectful when it comes to other peoples right to peace and quiet. A lot of Brazilians seem to maneuver through life as if they're the only person on the planet.
When they're driving or riding a bike, it's "coming through, get out of my way". Absolutely zero respect for pedestrians. If they want to talk or play music loud, their attitude is screw everyone else. It also drives me crazy that staying to the right isn't practiced in Brazil. It makes walking on an escalator or on a crowded street difficult. The racism I experienced in Brazil was irritating to say the least, but I won't go into that.
6. What has been your most memorable experience in Brazil (specific
incident)
Difficult question. I'd have to say being at an Afro Brazilian cultural center in Ilheus, Bahia in 2003. They had great pagode, lots of drum music, beautiful girls dancing and phenomenal capoeira guys who did these suspended, midair kicks and flips like Neo in the matrix. Seeing so many happy black people enjoying themselves warmed my heart. It made me wonder how African Americans would be had our ancestors not had their drums taken away and not allowed to practice West African cultural traditions.
7. What do you most like about Brazil (in general)?
The happiness and alta astral (good vibes). I haven't been everywhere, but Brazil has to be one of the happiest countries on Earth. I think the beautiful nature and good weather just brings out the best in people. There are so many people in Brazil, particularly in Rio and the Northeast that are consistently in an upbeat mood. I'm also constantly amazed by how relaxed, comfortable in their skin and unselfconscious so many Brazilians are. They know how to have a good time, live in the moment in an almost childlike way, and not stress over little things. They're just blessed that way.
8. What is your favorite restaurant/place to hang out here?
I'm embarrassed to say, but I'm pretty much a quilo/lanchonete guy and I rarely go to restaurants. The best quilo place I've eaten at in Rio was the "Siqueira Grill" on the corner of Siquiera Campos and Avenida Atlantica in Copacabana. It's expensive but the food is super fresh and tasty. My favorite place to hang out during the daytime in Rio is Posto 2, Barra da Tijuca beach. Nighttime - Lapa. There is something for everyone and the mix of people and energy makes people feel welcome. It's a surreal place.
9. Do you have any funny stories/incidents to tell about your time in Brazil?
Well, way back in 1995 when I first came to Brazil, I was staying with a family in Salvador, Bahia. One of my housemates took me to a micareta (off season carnival) in a small city about 75 kilometers outside of town. We stayed at the house of an uncle of his. We were having dinner with his uncle and family and food was being passed around the table. Naturally rice and beans were part of the meal and when the rice bowl came, I started putting rice on my plate. My housemate's uncle was a typical loud baiano and started yelling at me.
I couldn't speak a lick of Portuguese at the time and I could only guess what he was saying. Since the rice bowl was almost empty and not everyone had taken rice, I thought he was yelling at me and telling me not to be greedy and take all the rice. I misinterpreted his loud voice for yelling, got a little scared and started putting some of the rice from my plate back into the bowl. When I did this, the entire table erupted into laughter. Some people at the table laughed so hard they literally fell on the floor. Some even went into other rooms to laugh. Brazilians are like that. If you do something stupid, they have no qualms about laughing right in your face.
Anyway, Brazilians are also extremely generous with food and will do anything to please a guest. Evidently he was telling me to take more, not less rice. The laughter at my expense went on for another five minutes and all I could do was sit at the table looking and feeling like a complete idiot. Needless to say, that experience gave me plenty of motivation to learn the lingua portuguesa.
10. What difference between your homeland and Brazil do you find most striking?
How comfortable people of different races and classes are around each other. I don't think Brazilians are any less racist than any other people, and classicism in Brazil is horrendous, but because of the fact that if you live in Rio, or anywhere north of Rio, it is almost impossible to avoid people of other ethnic groups and classes, people learn to coexist and deal with each other. Plus because integration in many parts of Brazil is so thorough, people share a common culture regardless of class or race. This is why in office buildings in Rio, it's possible to see a black cleaning lady and a white executive having a chat or sharing a joke in the hallway or elevator. This doesn't happen in the US where janitors, security guards, and receptionists are invisible and ignored.
11. How is your Portuguese coming along? What words do you find most difficult to pronounce/remember or are there any words that you regularly confuse?
Well, I have a pretty good sized vocabulary, I can read the newspaper comfortably, understand movies, television, and people in one on one conversations, but I have trouble following a group of Brazilians talking to each other in a restaurant or bar. My brain just can't process everything they're saying fast enough. Since I was in Rio over the last two years, I was determined to learn the Carioca accent which I found to be muito puxado, extremely tough. Learning to pronounce an S at the end of a word like SH wasn't easy, but I eventually got the hang of it. The hardest thing for me is pronouncing an R like an H at the middle or end of a word like "Parque" or "Melhor". Nobody carves out the letter R like we Americans, so it takes a lot of effort not to sound like a fresh off the jet gringo or some hick from the interior of São Paulo. Pronouncing an M like a soft NG and an L like a U also takes concentration and effort.
12. What advice do you have for newcomers to Brazil?
Do whatever you can to blend in and not broadcast your gringoness. This can save you the hassle of being harassed by street peddlers or thieves. When I first got to Rio, I was constantly approached by people trying to sell me stuff and was occasionally messed with by street kids and thugs. This is because I walked around Copacabana looking like your typical dorky gringo with a towel in my hand, wearing a baseball hat, carrying a big bottle of water, and wearing sandals with straps on them. Just asking for it. So, I got smart, bought a beach chair (Brazilian men don't take towels to the beach), some Havaiana sandals, and learned to walk slow like I didn't have a care in the world the way Brazilians do. I stopped being approached after that. If you can't speak Portuguese, learn Brazilian sign language. It's easy. "Check please" - get the waiter's attention and pretend you're writing something on your palm. "No thanks" or "I don't want anything", wag your pointing finger like Dikembe Mutumbo. When purchasing something in an informal setting, always agree on a price before accepting service. For example, if you want a shoeshine boy to shine your shoes, ask how much it is, he'll tell you 2 Reais and charge you that. If you let him shine your shoes without first agreeing on a price, he might charge you up to 30 Reais and if you refuse to pay, he'll go get his friends and they'll give you a surra (beating) in broad daylight in front of everyone. Finally, don't walk around with money or things you're not prepared to lose, and if you're accosted by a mugger, DO NOT RESIST. Brazilians are clever, skillful fighters. You might think you can take the skinny, 5-5 guy that's demanding your money, but if you take a swing at him, before you know it, the guy has jumped up in the air, kicked you in your face, and you wake up 5 minutes later with all your belongings gone wondering what happened. Thieves also sometimes work in groups, so even if you are capable of handling the guy, he might have a partner behind you waiting to take you out. Earlier this year, a tall, 20 year old Portuguese man resisted handing over his backpack on a hot, crowded day on Copacabana beach and was stabbed to death by a guy half his size.
13. What are some things that you would recommend for a visitor to do in São Paulo (or anywhere else in Brazil)?
I don't care too much for São Paulo, but if you're in Rio, for God's sake do not just hang out in the Zona Sul - Copacabana/Ipanema. There is so much more to see. Check out the beaches in Barra da Tijuca, Prainha and Grumari further west. Head up into Tijuca National Park and climb Bico do Papagaio where you'll see an incredible 360 degree view of Rio. Climb Pedra da Gavea, but do it early in the morning or you'll be roasted like an ant under a sadist's magnifying glass since the trail going up and coming down faces straight west. I would highly recommend Praia do Farol beach in Arraial do Cabo near Cabo Frio. You won't find clearer water or whiter sand. I would also recommend Ilha Grande and Ilha Paqueta in Angra dos Reis. Go out at night in Tijuca or Vila Isabel where you won't find as many stuck up Cariocas and other gringos. Hang out in downtown Rio early in the evening on Friday. Check out a soccer game at Maracana and root for any team but Flamengo, the evil empire and the team of sheep. Vamos ganhar Fogo! After the game, head up to "Praca Varnhargem" in Tijuca where hundreds of people gather in outdoor seats, eat pizza, drink beer and people watch. If you like living on the edge, go to a Vasco game at Sao Januario, but leave the game early and take a cab.
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For Cargill, It’s Tainted Turkey Time Again
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On August 3, agribusiness giant Cargill recalled a stunning 36 million pounds of ground turkey in response to an outbreak of antibiotic-resistant salmonella that had sickened more than 100 people and killed another.
The suspect meat had emerged from a single massive slaughterhouse in Arkansas. The fiasco inspired the company—one of the globe’s largest agribusiness firms—to shut down that plant to disinfect it and upgrade safety procedures there. According to the trade journal ThePoultrySite.com, Cargill took the following steps during the plant’s hiatus:
[Safety enhancements] include two additional antibacterial washes, intensifying an existing antibacterial system, disassembling and steam cleaning equipment before resuming ground turkey production, and requiring suppliers of turkey meat to add a new antibacterial wash. The company has also implemented the most aggressive Salmonella monitoring and testing programme in the poultry industry.
Officials from the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) approved the upgrades, Cargill officials told the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and by mid-August, the plant was cranking out vast amounts of ground turkey again.
Turns out, though, the antibiotic-resistant salmonella strain that caused the outbreak managed to resist Cargill’s safety upgrades. On September 11, FSIS announced that Cargill is recalling 185,000 more pounds of ground turkey from its Arkansas plant, samples of which had tested positive for the exact same strain of antibiotic-resistant salmonella that caused the August calamity.
Interestingly, the FSIS reports that the new recall is based on a sample collected on August 24 that tested positive for the potentially deadly strain. That means that just over a week after reopening, the plant was already cranking out salmonella-tainted meat. So much for all of those antibacterial washes! It also means it took FSIS and Cargill two and a half weeks from production to act on the problems—meaning that the “most aggressive Salmonella monitoring and testing program in the poultry industry” turns out to be pretty sluggish.
Note that this is not the first time that Cargill—which processes 14 percent of the turkey consumed in the United Sates, along with a quarter of the beef and 9 percent of the pork—has had recurring recalls of the same product due to taint from the same antibiotic-resistant pathogen. In 2009, a beef processor owned by the company had to recall 826,000 pounds of hamburger meat laced with a resistant strain called Salmonella Newport—and the same plant had to recall another 22,000 pounds for the same reason a few months later. A USA Today investigation revealed that the troubled plant was a major supplier to the national school lunch program.
The real solution here doesn’t involve intensifying existing antibacterial systems or creating new ones. Rather, it involves correcting overuse of antibacterials—specifically, antibiotic abuse on the factory farms that supply giant processors like Cargill. If you’re going to raise animals by the thousands in close quarters, feed them daily doses of antibiotics, and slaughter them in a few vast facilities, resistant strains are going to develop and make it into kitchens nationwide.
The relevant regulatory and disease-monitoring agencies—USDA, FDA, CDC—have all acknowledged as much, but the federal government has stubbornly refused to regulate antibiotic use.
One reason may be government-industry coziness. Just last week, in the lull between the two recalls, the National Turkey Federation, the trade group that represents Cargill and other mega-processors, made a canny hire. It plucked Lisa Wallenda Picard from her post as chief of staff at the FSIS, and named her “vice president of scientific and regulatory affairs”—that is, the person who represents the industry’s interests to its regulators, i.e., the FSIS staff.
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A Side of Salmonella Superbug With That Turkey Burger? (UPDATED)
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By: Christine
Heath Ledger Has Died
Celebrity gossip site TMZ is reporting that The Dark Knight star Heath Ledger has died. He was found in bed. Prescription pill bottles were in the room. No other information has been released. We’ll have updates as they are released.
The MovieSnobs staff would like to extend our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and coworkers. We are fans of Ledger’s work and have been anxiously anticipating his turn as the Joker in this year’s The Dark Knight.
UPDATE: Warner Bros. (the production company behind The Dark Knight) has released a statement:
The studio is stunned and devastated by this tragic news. The entertainment community has lost an enormous talent. Heath was a brilliant actor and an exceptional person. Our hearts go out to his family and friends.
Rumors are flying about the circumstances surrounding Heath’s death, but the MovieSnobs staff will be holding off sharing any information with our readers until it has been confirmed out of respect for the talented young actor.
UPDATE (1/28/08): The results of the autopsy were inconclusive and more tests are being run. While the press runs with the tabloid angle on his death, fans all over the world have been memorializing Heath and his career.
UPDATE (2/6/08): Heath’s death has been ruled accidental.
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Control of Minnesota Legislature could hinge on a few districts
Tim Pugmire
District 56B legislative candidate Lindsey Port speaks to district resident Joe Seifert in the driveway of his Burnsville home on Aug. 19. Port, a first-time candidate, hopes to unseat incumbent Roz Peterson.
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House District 56B can be tricky territory for incumbents. Two years ago, Republican upstart Roz Peterson won the seat, helping the GOP retake the House and reestablish politically divided government in Minnesota.
This year, Democrats hope the south suburban district returns the favor by electing political activist and first-time candidate Lindsey Port. DFL leaders believe winning here and in a handful of other competitive districts could restore their control of the House, setting the stage for a completely controlled DFL Legislature that will back DFL Gov. Mark Dayton in his final two years in office.
It's not clear what will happen, but with no major statewide races on the Minnesota ballot this year, the state legislative races are taking on a higher profile. All 201 Minnesota legislative seats are up for grabs this year. Ultimate control could hinge on whether voters are interested in returning to one-party government.
List:These races could decide which party takes control of the Legislature
After the chaotic end of the 2016 legislative session, which left transportation and other issues unresolved, Dayton made it clear that he thought divided government was part of the problem. He shared his frustration with Minnesota Democrats back in July during the party's national convention.
"I've served two years now with a Republican Legislature, two years with a DFL Legislature and now two years with a split. And the difference is night and day," Dayton said. "It's almost as bad having the split as it was having all Republicans, because the Republican House can stymie everything and stop everything and stop us from making the progress we need."
State Rep. Roz Peterson, R-Lakeville, left, poses for a picture with State Sen. Dan Sparks, DFL-Austin, last year.
Molly Bloom | MPR News file
Dayton wants Democrats to retain their majority in the Minnesota Senate and to gain the seven seats needed to flip control of the Minnesota House.
House Republicans contend that divided government is what's best for Minnesota. Voters want political balance, said House Speaker Kurt Daudt, R-Zimmerman.
"We think they're going to remember the last time there was single-party control and that Democrats brought them the $90 million Senate office building and MNsure," Daudt said. "I don't think Minnesotans want to go back to that. We think they appreciate the things that we've done and the fact that we are the check and balance on the governor's agenda."
The most recent campaign finance reports from July show House Republicans and Democrats had similar amounts in their war chests. Minnesota's battleground legislative contests are also drawing the interest of several well-funded, independent expenditure organizations.
The relative unpopularity of presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton is creating uncertainty in some parts of the state about how the top of the ticket will affect local races.
In District 56B, the candidates are taking different tacks on Clinton and Trump.
Port supports Clinton for president, calling her "very qualified."
Peterson is noncommittal about her party's nominee. "Mr. Trump is going to have to earn my vote," Peterson said.
On issues, Port is talking up the need for more state spending.
"We need to see investments in this district in our schools. We need to see investments in our roads, critical, smart investments," Port said. "Not just throwing money at problems, but making choices to really be intentional about how we are growing our future."
Peterson is busy making her case for re-election by highlighting recent state funding increases for education and nursing homes. She's also stressing the need for fiscal restraint and balance at the Capitol.
Peterson is particularly concerned with the potential cost of the governor's ongoing push for universal preschool.
"That takes away parent choice, and it will decimate an entire industry," she said. "So, I think that will not be in the best interest of Minnesotans overall."
In the Minnesota Senate, Republicans would need to pick up six additional seats to win back the majority they briefly held in 2011 and 2012. They're targeting a handful of DFL incumbents in rural districts where Mitt Romney won in 2012 and where two GOP state representatives currently serve.
But Senate Democrats have a healthy campaign cash advantage over Republicans, and Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk, DFL-Cook, said he thinks those incumbents are actually in good shape.
"They've done a very, very good job and earned the respect of their constituents that vote for them," Bakk said. "I think they haven't given them any reason to vote for a change."
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Themes Innovation in Public Health Patient Safety Technology Adoption
Addressing Data and Information Gaps Contributing to Opioid Use Disorder
NEHI's recommendations call on health care stakeholders and policymakers to make concerted efforts to overcome barriers to more effective addiction treatment and recovery support, particularly in cases involving the underutilization of technologies.
Themes Health Behaviors Healthcare Spending Health Reform Innovation in Public Health
Publication Date: February 15, 2017
Fact Sheet: The Impact of Coverage and Access to Women’s Health Services
Coverage and Access for Women’s Health Services Promote the Triple Aim
Themes Accountable Care Health Behaviors Innovation in Public Health
Greater Boston Community Health Needs Assessment: Joint Effort that Could Lead to Better Health
NEHI finds that hospitals in the greater Boston area could collaborate on CHNAs to create bigger impact
Healthy People/Healthy Economy: A Five-Year Review and Five Priorities for the Future
Annual Report that tracks progress of the policies and practices that are key elements of a comprehensive effort to make Massachusetts a national leader in health and wellness.
Community Health Workers: Getting the Job Done in Healthcare Delivery
Community health workers (CHWs) have been on the front lines of health care delivery for decades, serving as a vital link between providers and the surrounding communities. This issue brief summarizes the history of CHWs and includes key findings from two day-long convenings in October 2014 and April 2015.
Themes Health Behaviors Innovation in Public Health Patient Engagement
Healthy People - Healthy Economy Annual Report Card 2014
Annual report card of Massachusetts measures around health focuses on physical activity, access to healthy food, investments in health, education, and a new emphasis on disease prevention and wellness. The report now is structured around Early Childhood, Schools, Food, Healthy Living by Design, and Public Health and Health Care. See this year's grades and how the Commonwealth is faring along these measures.
Healthy People Healthy Economy: Third Annual Report Card
Third Annual Report Card, which tracks progress over 14 policies and practices that are key elements of a comprehensive effort to make Massachusetts a national leader in health and wellness.
Healthy People Healthy Economy: Second Annual Report Card
Second Annual Report Card, which tracks progress over 14 policies and practices that are key elements of a comprehensive effort to make Massachusetts a national leader in health and wellness.
Healthy People Healthy Economy First Annual Report Card
First annual report card on Massachusetts' wellness policies.
Themes Healthcare Spending Health Reform Innovation in Public Health Payment Reform
Rx for Health Reform
NEHI has taken a leading role in informing and influencing the health care debate. The core of this initiative is our policy statement, Rx for Health Reform, calling for containing health care costs by preventing illness, managing chronic diseases and strengthening primary care. These goals can be realized by implementing a series of policy changes known as the NEHI Nine. NEHI supports increasing access to health care of uninsured Americans but believes that a lasting and cost conscious solution requires system-wide reform. If we change the way we finance, organize and deliver care, we can improve quality and save costs for all Americans by preventing illness, managing chronic diseases, and strengthening primary care.
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Acer unveils Windows 10 Mobile flagship with Continuum, calling it 'your pocket PC'
By Andy Weir Senior News Editor Neowin @gcaweir · Sep 2, 2015 06:42 EDT · Hot! with 39 comments
The IFA trade show is under way in Berlin this week, where many of the world's biggest tech brands will unveil new hardware ahead of the all-important holiday shopping season. Acer was among the first to show off some of its new devices today, including its new Windows 10 Mobile handset.
Acer returned to producing Windows phones earlier this year, with the launch of its entry-level Liquid M220. But with its first Windows 10 Mobile handset, Acer is targeting the other end of the market, with a flagship-class device that supports Microsoft's new Phone Continuum feature.
That device is the Jade Primo, which features exactly the kind of high-end specs that many Microsoft fans have been yearning for, after a torrent of low-cost Windows handsets flooded the platform in recent months. The Acer handset features a 5.5-inch Super AMOLED display and Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor, along with a 21-megapixel rear camera, and 8-megapixel selfie cam.
But Continuum will be one of the device's stand-out features when it goes on sale - and it was one that Acer was especially keen to highlight. Acer refers to the Jade Primo as 'your pocket PC' (there's a blast from branding past!), which certainly captures the essence of what Continuum is about.
Continuum allows you to connect a mouse and keyboard to your phone, and then connect the phone to a display, effectively turning your handset into an ultra-portable PC. Even the Windows 10 Mobile user interface adapts to more closely replicate the PC experience on your handset when in Continuum mode.
Acer not only showed off the handset today, but also gave a glimpse of the device in a new Continuum dock. It's not yet clear if this dock is an Acer product, or if the handset is compatible with Microsoft's Continuum accessories, which the US company expected to unveil alongside its own Lumia flagships next month.
Acer said that the Jade Primo will ship with a "whole range of accessories to make your experience completely seamless": the docking station, wireless mouse, keyboard, and more. The company added that it also has monitors that are 'Continuum-ready'. However, details of pricing and availability were not revealed.
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Opel Corsa fifth generation
Mittwoch, 10. Mai. 2017
It's proved to be the ultimate bestseller. The Opel Corsa has been on sale for 34 years. In that time, four generations of the Corsa have come and gone, with over 12.4 million vehicles sold. The fifth generation is now on the market, and our man Emmanuel Schäfer is about to take one for a spin.
The new Corsa is just a fraction over 4 metres long. We're testing a 1.4-liter gasoline version with 74 kilowatts of power. That allows the Corsa to go from 0 to 100 kilometers an hour in 11 seconds, and reach a top speed of 185 kilometres per hour. Our model sells for just under 17 thousand euros in Germany.
Emmanuel Schäfer, Car Tester
Emanuel says the new Corsa's suspension has nothing in common with its predecessor. All the components are new and he can feel that too. He says it feels much better planted on the road.
That's partly because the body now sits 5 millimetres lower. The newly developed steering also makes a big difference.
The cabin is simple and uncluttered. You won't find any particularly innovative features here or expensive-looking fittings. But the interior offers plenty of space all round.
He says the new Corsa offers a variety of driver assists, some included in the standard features. One of those is the City Mode, which gives you extra power assistance on the steering when driving at lower speeds. Then there's the Hill Start Assist, which stops the car rolling back for 2 seconds when you set off. Features that other carmakers charge a lot for.
All in all: the Corsa success story looks set to continue, now in its fifth generation.
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What is copyright?
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There is not one definition of Copyright that is universally accepted. It appears to be easier to describe what copyright is than to define it. This may be so because the very concept of copyright can be confusing.
Segun is a young barber and a committed fan of 2Face Idibia. It was indeed 2face’s African Queen that brought Segun and his latest girlfriend, Joke, together. Hearing that 2face has just released some new hot sound, Segun rushes to a record store to buy 2Face’s latest C.D. and takes this to his shop where he plays the new C.D. to his enjoyment and that of his customers. How do you explain to Segun that what he has done is against the law? After all, he bought the C.D. with his money and played it in his shop? The truth however is that Segun can play the C.D. for his personal enjoyment or in a domestic environment, as much as he wants. Once he intends to play it to all comers (communicate it to the public) or use it in a commercial setting, he must first obtain a licence or be liable for copyright infringement.
Imagine that Ken Calebs Olumese, the Guvnor of one of Nigeria’s most famous nightclubs, Niteshift Coliseum had given an opportunity to Bimby, a young Tiwa Savage – wanna – be to come to the Coliseum and launch a career, singing already popular songs. If no prior copyright licence had been obtained, both Olumese and Bimby, the star in the making, may find themselves in court as defendants in a copyright infringement suit. The Guvnor may ask: Have I done wrong to give a chance to a young person to pursue a career in the arts? What he has done is not wrong. What he may not have done is license his premises for the performance of music in which copyright subsists and this is against the law.
Contrast the two mentioned situations with the following:-
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Emeka and Chike are stock traders based in Lagos. They have been close friends for a period of ten years. Emeka at lunch, one afternoon, speaks to Chike confidentially about the brilliant ideas he has for a book he believes will revolutionize stock trading in Nigeria. Several times, after work, Emeka who lives in the mainland will call Chike on the phone to discuss, chapter by chapter, the intended contents of the expected book. Unknown to Emeka, Chike always made notes of these conversations.
One weekend, Emeka who had just left Ikoyi Club decided to pay his friend a surprise visit at his Dolphin Estate home. Chike was not home but Emeka was let in by Chike’s wife, Lola who excitedly ushered Emeka into the living room.
On the center table in the living room was a set of six books of the same title which Lola proudly informed Emeka were delivered fifteen minutes earlier by someone from the office of Chike’s publishers. Lola went on excitedly to say that they were the first copies to roll off the press. None of what Lola said made sense to Emeka who had never been informed that his best friend was writing a book. He picked up a copy of the book to look at. Staring at him was the glossy cover with the words; Making Millions in the Nigerian Stock Market – Chike Nwosu. Stunned, Emeka quickly flipped through the book that had become hot in his hands. The title was the same as that of the book he had been planning to write for several months. Chapter after chapter contained the same ideas which he thought made his intended book unique, ideas he had shared with his friend, Chike.
Lola was, to say the least, alarmed at the expression on the face of the usually amiable Emeka who stormed out of her home muttering repeatedly, “bastard … bastard”.
Leaving Chike’s house, Emeka drove like someone possessed to the home of his lawyer friend, Musa, to whom he narrated Chike’s betrayal. He asked Musa to immediately commence an action in court against Chike for the infringement of his copyright and to restrain him from launching the book. For the second time in a few hours, Emeka was shocked. He was informed by Musa that as despicable and unconscionable as Chike’s action was, he had not infringed Emeka’s copyright. The copyright law has nothing in it to protect the likes of Emeka!
The truth is that copyright does not protect ideas. For anyone to enjoy copyright, his ideas must have been put in a tangible form.
What then is copyright? The simplest known definition of copyright is “the right to copy” but copyright grants a lot more than the right to copy. The simple definition is therefore very limited. I have defined Copyright as a monopoly right which the creator of an eligible work acquires as soon as such a work is put in a tangible form and which right precludes all others from the exploitation of such work without the authorization of the creator, for a specified period.
My definition takes into consideration several important features of copyright such as these; The rights granted by copyright are exclusive or monopoly rights. These rights are enjoyed in the first instance only by the creator of a work, who if he wishes can transfer the rights. There are clearly stated works which are eligible for copyright under Nigerian law. Any work not so stated may not enjoy copyright. Copyright protection begins as soon as an eligible work is fixed in a medium of expression. No formality or registration is required for such protection. Any exploitation of a work in which copyright subsists, without the authorization or licence of the owner of the copyright is an infringement of the right of the owner. Copyright gives the author negative rights – the rights to prevent the doing of certain things rather than the rights to compel the doing of anything. Copyright is not an everlasting right. The right is limited for a specified period.
If Chief Okosieme goes to an art gallery or exhibition to buy a painting or a work of sculpture, he owns the painting or the sculptural work. He can enjoy these works as much as he pleases in a private setting. If the Chief thereafter decides to take photographs of the painting or sculptural work which end up in a calendar or magazine, he may have gone beyond the boundaries of ‘fair use’ and entered the realm of copyright infringement and may pay a heavy price for enjoying rights which he does not own.
When Segun the young barber who loves the music of 2Face Idibia went to the C.D. shop and paid his money, he acquired ownership of a copy of the work. He may play the C.D. in his home for his enjoyment and that of his family and friends. He may lend the copy to his friend but not for a fee. As soon as he begins to play the music for all comers in a place open to the public or in a commercial environment, Segun is exceeding the rights of the owner of a copy and enjoying the rights of a copyright owner. If Segun copies the music to play on his iPod, that may be considered fair use. If he burns several copies to give to his friends, then he is no longer acting as the owner of a copy, but a copyright owner. He is now on the fringe of becoming a law breaker.
The same maybe said of DJ Humanity, a radio Disc Jockey, who rushes to buy a copy of the new hit song of Olamide and runs to the studio to be the first to play it on air. If the radio station is not licensed to play the music of Olamide and his sound recording, DJ Humanity may not have bought a hit song for the station but a lawsuit. The ownership of the copy does not entitle either the D.J. or the radio station to broadcast the work. If Humanity works for a nightclub or a restaurant, the consequence may in fact be the same.
The foregoing, in my series of copyright lectures in “Saturday Breakfast”, is adapted from my book, “Copyright & the New Millionaires” I hope you found it informative.
By Tony Okoroji
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Tax bill approved by Mo. Senate raises gas tax, cuts taxes on banks and country club dues
One of the new components of the bill is a sales-tax exemption for social clubs' membership fees.
Tax bill approved by Mo. Senate raises gas tax, cuts taxes on banks and country club dues One of the new components of the bill is a sales-tax exemption for social clubs' membership fees. Check out this story on news-leader.com: https://sgfnow.co/2GouTwh
Will Schmitt, WSCHMITT@NEWS-LEADER.COM Published 9:24 p.m. CT March 31, 2018 | Updated 1:49 p.m. CT April 2, 2018
Bill Eigel(Photo: Missouri Senate)
JEFFERSON CITY — A tax break on country club membership dues is among the changes tucked into the tax overhaul legislation approved by the Missouri Senate after returning from spring break.
The question of whether sales tax should be charged on the membership dues private social clubs collect has come up in the legislature before. This week, the issue reached the office of Gov. Eric Greitens, who heard a pitch from Sen. Jay Wasson, R-Nixa, who is pushing for the tax break.
The provision granting a sales tax exemption for private social clubs — registered as tax-exempt nonprofits with the IRS as entities "organized for pleasure, recreation, and other nonprofitable purposes" — was added on the the Senate floor Wednesday in a full-bill substitute by Sen. Bill Eigel, R-Weldon Spring, as part of overhauling how Missouri collects revenue.
Tax code overhaul
Lawmakers in Jefferson City have been mulling a rewrite of Missouri's tax code after federal lawmakers sent President Donald Trump a tax reform bill in late 2017. In general, Missouri lawmakers have proposed cuts to individual and corporate income taxes alongside ideas like collecting sales tax on e-commerce and increasing the state's long-dormant motor fuel tax.
Eigel has been a leading figure on tax reform among Senate Republicans, and his colleagues approved his bill with uncharacteristic haste — the bill was on the floor for less than 30 minutes before the Senate bestowed its initial approval.
Eigel framed his bill as "the largest tax cut in the history of the state" and said his GOP colleagues would be hard-pressed not to support it.
"It'll be really tough for Republicans to vote no on this bill and consider themselves small-government Republicans moving forward," he told the News-Leader on Thursday.
The relatively brief floor discussion was the culmination of months of work, Eigel said. "Even though we only had a short period on the floor, it speaks to the number of conversations we had, the amount of negotiations we had, and the amount of back-and-forth that I had with my colleagues over the past three or four months."
The bill approved by the Senate would raise Missouri's gas tax six cents per gallon by 2021 and includes the possibility of additional increases tied to inflation.
The Senate bill also would lower the top individual income tax rate to 5.25 percent for most taxpayers.
Additional tax cuts could occur if state revenue triggers are met and if the U.S. Supreme Court rules that states can collect sales taxes from retailers with no physical in-instate presence.
Eigel's bill would keep the standard deduction and end Missouri's personal exemption, mirroring changes made at the federal level.
Businesses also would see their base income tax rate decrease from 6.25 percent to 5.25 percent. An earlier version of the bill included a steeper corporate tax cut.
Gone from an earlier draft of the bill is a cap on low-income housing tax credits. Added is language specifying that taxes on banks, lenders and credit unions will be reduced in proportion with corporate tax cuts — intended to give financial institutions the same tax break as other businesses.
Tax breaks for clubs
Another new component of the bill is the sales-tax exemption for social clubs' initiation fees and membership dues.
Sen. Jay Wasson,R-Nixa (Photo: File photo)
Similar language — meant to cover country clubs, amateur sports clubs, college fraternities and sororities and other 501(c)(7) organizations — is sponsored by Wasson.
The Missouri Golf Association and the Club Managers Association supported Wasson's bill at a hearing earlier in March. The Senate Ways and Means Committee approved the bill a week later.
Wasson told the News-Leader he has had disagreements with the Department of Revenue about whether private social clubs should have to remit sales tax on membership dues.
A staffer with the department testified at the March meeting "for informational purposes only," a designation that allows government workers to avoid taking a position on legislation. A spokeswoman for the department did not respond when asked to summarize the staffer's remarks when the News-Leader asked about the issue.
"The Department does not have a position on proposed sales tax exemptions for certain social clubs' membership fees," said spokeswoman Anne Marie Moy. "Accordingly, the Department won't be commenting on any discussions with Senator Wasson on this matter."
Country clubs like Hickory Hills and Twin Oaks in Springfield each collect a few million dollars annually in membership dues, according to information they provide to the Internal Revenue Service. Remitting a portion of that would take money from the clubs and put it into state coffers.
Wasson reached out to Greitens' office to discuss the matter and met last week with the governor himself.
Greitens didn't commit one way or the other but seemed sympathetic to Wasson's argument, the Nixa senator said.
A spokesman for Greitens' office did not respond to a request for comment.
Who put it in the bill?
Eigel initially told the News-Leader that "Senator Wasson asked for that (language) to be placed in the bill ... in order to build the right coalition to get this done, so I didn't have a problem with that."
Wasson says he didn't ask for Eigel to add the language to his bill. The two discussed the provision, Wasson said, but Eigel added it without a request.
Eigel told him, "'Man, if I put that in there, you might vote for it,'" Wasson recalled. "And then I said, 'No, I don't know that I will, but if you want to put it in there, I'd be tickled to death.'"
Informed of Wasson's position, Eigel corrected himself.
"This is something that he has repeatedly expressed to me that he wanted, so I put that in the bill," he said.
Wasson credited Eigel's hard work on tax reform but added that he remained concerned about the impact of the bill on state revenue: "I'm just not sure that I totally accept all the numbers, and if he's made a mistake of half a percent somewhere, we've got a problem."
"I'm all about trying to find money for roads," Wasson continued, "but to strangle (general revenue) to get it, I just don't know if I believe that all that money's going to be replaced" by economic growth or other means.
As the bill stands, even with the language he favors, Wasson said he is "probably not" voting for Eigel's bill. "It might make me think about it, but it does not make me vote for the bill. ... If they can convince me (that) it is revenue neutral, then maybe I'd vote for it, but right now, I'm not convinced of it."
Due to the newness of Eigel's bill, legislative financial analysts have not yet prepared an estimate on how state revenue would be affected.
Eigel said he thinks his bill will mean a "negligible difference in the scope of a $28 billion state budget" and agreed with analysis previously provided by Greitens' office that legislation is "revenue-neutral" if it's within $50 million, up or down.
The Missouri Budget Project, a liberal think tank, sounded alarms Thursday, however, estimating that Eigel's bill could reduce state revenues by more than $500 million.
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FDA warns Hain subsidiary on labeling of vegetable fat
By JOSEPH MALLIA joseph.mallia@newsday.com Updated March 4, 2010 11:06 AM
The Food and Drug Administration has warned a Melville-based organic food maker for misleading consumers about cholesterol, saturated fat and trans fat in its vegetable shortening.
Spectrum Organic Products Inc., a unit of The Hain Celestial Group, of Melville, made unsupported health claims on the labels of its Organic All Vegetable Shortening, the FDA said.
"You should take prompt action to correct these violations," the FDA said in its Feb. 22 warning letter.
"Failure to do so may result in regulatory action without further notice. Such action may include, but is not limited to, seizure or injunction."
The front panel on the shortening container "shows that the product has no trans fat, but it doesn't have a disclosure statement to alert consumers that the product has significant levels of saturated fat and total fat," the FDA said.
"The product makes nutrient content claims such as 'cholesterol free,' 'less saturated fat than butter,' and 'good source of ... monounsaturated fat,' but does not meet the legal requirements to make these claims," the FDA said. The mislabeling is a violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the FDA said.
A spokesman for Spectrum Organics, headquartered in Petaluma, Calif., did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday.
Spectrum must comply with the federal regulator's findings by outlining plans to correct the violations and prevent similar problems; and by sending the FDA revised labels for the shortening.
The shortening, made with palm oil, sells for $6.99 for a 24-ounce tub.
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Bays in the budget
Like a quick sip that hydrates Marco Rubio�s parched throat, Northwest Florida bays are hoping to be refreshed by an infusion of state money.
Gov. Rick Scott�s proposed budget allocates $3 million to the Northwest Florida Water Management District to oversee �water quality improvement projects� in Apalachicola Bay. Meanwhile, the district this week presented its budget to a Senate appropriations subcommittee that includes $6.8 million for projects in St. Andrew, Apalachicola and Choctawhatchee bays.
According to State Sen. Bill Montford, D-Tallahassee, who represents Franklin County, at least some of the governor�s money would fund a �river-flow study.�
What�s to study? It�s already known that the freshwater river flow into the bay is inadequate. That�s why the salinity of the water has increased, which has severely damaged the oyster population, and by extension the bay economy.
The reason for that is also widely known: The Atlanta metropolitan area has virtually drained Georgia�s Lake Lanier to supply water for its explosive growth. That has significantly reduced the flow downstream into the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin (ACF), which drains into Apalachicola Bay. It has been the subject of a two-decades-long legal battle between Alabama, Georgia and Florida.
It would be nice if the governor�s $3 million could magically send a few million gallons more water from Lake Lanier down to Apalachicola Bay. That would be the best way to improve water quality. It would refresh the oysters and revitalize the oystermen who harvest them.
Governments are full of studies that gather dust on shelves. What the bay needs is a plan of action. Rep. Halsey Beshears, R-Monticello, believes the $3 million could be better spent directly aiding the bay economy. Putting money in the pockets of oystermen would be a short-term stimulus, but would quickly dry up without solving the underlying problems.
Diversifying the Franklin County economy would be a long-term hedge against the ACF dispute ever being resolved in favor of Florida, although $3 million would constitute only a modest down payment on such an effort.
At minimum, the governor�s earmark indicates the bay is on his radar. Montford compared it to the Everglades, whose environmental problems have received a lot of attention � and money � over the years. But just throwing money at an issue to demonstrate concern is unproductive (unless you count the votes it can scrounge up for the politicians signing the checks).
The goals of the Water Management District money are a little less murky. It would be used for �stormwater retrofit� work on the Apalachicola and St. Andrew bays, spring restoration for St. Andrew Bay and �stormwater treatment and restoration� work in Choctawhatchee Bay.
More details should emerge on both the governor�s and the district�s proposals as they wind through the appropriations process. These may not be gushers of funding for area water resources, but it�s good to see the bays being part of the budget game.
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Ray Rice is willing to donate his entire salary in 2016 to domestic violence charities for a shot
Ray Rice is willing to donate his entire salary to Domestic Violence charities
How bad does Ray Rice want it? That is the question you have to ask yourself, and yesterday he revealed his passion when he told Tom Pelissero of USA TODAY Sports that he would donate his entire salary in 2016 to organizations that help prevent domestic violence if he was signed.
“All the scrutiny that I’ve got, it was deserved, because domestic violence is a horrible thing,” Rice said. “Me donating my salary is something that’ll be from the heart for me. I only want to play football so I can end it the right way for my kids and for the people that really believed in me. But I know there’s a lot of people affected by domestic violence, and every dollar helps. It’s raising awareness.”
Rice said he would give the money to both organizations that raise awareness and others that support survivors of domestic violence and their families.
“People need homes. People need shelter when they’re in a crucial situation,” he said. “I’ve donated a lot of money to charities, but I had a situation where it was a national crisis. I’m not saying I’d be (donating the salary) to get on the field, but it’s something that will show where my heart is. My heart is about finishing the right way and helping people along the way.”
Rice would likely only get a minimum salary which is less than a million dollars, but that would be a huge contribution to Domestic Violence.
“I think the biggest donation that you can give to domestic violence is your time,” he added. “I’m not just going to be giving it because I have money. I’m going to be giving it because I did the background and the research and spent a lot of time with people who understand the cause.”
This would not fix things, but I would love to see it happen. Everyone in life deserves a second chance, if his own fiancee can forgive him, then we should too.
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Fair Lawn girls soccer gaining valuable experience
The Fair Lawn girls soccer team has a new look and in turn is going through what you expect with an influx of young players.
Fair Lawn girls soccer gaining valuable experience The Fair Lawn girls soccer team has a new look and in turn is going through what you expect with an influx of young players. Check out this story on northjersey.com: https://njersy.co/2yj4Xd1
Edward Kensik, Correspondent Published 2:43 p.m. ET Sept. 22, 2017 | Updated 2:45 p.m. ET Sept. 22, 2017
Fair Lawn senior Sarah Vaknin (15) is anchoring the team's defense at sweeper.(Photo: Edward Kensik/Special to NorthJersey.com)
FAIR LAWN — The Fair Lawn girls soccer team has a new look and in turn is going through what you expect with an influx of young players.
With a large group of seniors graduating, the Lady Cutters were 3-4 as of last week.
Fair Lawn had lost a few one-goal contests, at home to Big North Independence Division champion Wayne Valley, 2-1, in overtime Sept 7 and at Wayne Hills, 1-0, on Sept. 19. The four defeats have come against teams that were a combined 16-2.
"This year's goal is to be competitive in the Big North Independence," said Fair Lawn coach John Van Soest, whose team was 8-8-2 in 2016. "We are an extremely young team with not a lot of varsity experience. Our division is highly competitive and always a good gauge for how well our team is performing."
The Fair Lawn coach likes some parts of his team's game, but the downfall has been consistency.
"As far as other strengths, we have bright spots in all areas of the field and aspects of the game, but the one area we need to improve on is consistency," said Van Soest. "Some games we are lights out and play a full 80 minutes. Other games we come out mentally unprepared leading to costly mistakes. Once we start staying focused for a full 80 minutes consistently we're going to win a couple more games that some might think we can't."
Despite the young players Van Soest does not want to call it a rebuilding season.
"Hopefully, we can use this season not as a rebuilding year, but rather one that will allow our younger players to develop and gain valuable varsity level experience," said Van Soest. "We aren't rebuilding anything. We start eight underclassmen so those playing will be on the field for at least two more seasons."
One of the few upperclassmen on the Lady Cutters is senior goalkeeper Victoria Elia. "Our goalkeeper Victoria Elia has been phenomenal for us," said Van Soest. "She's kept us in all seven games."
Elia is one of five seniors on the team along with Ariel Harari, Kim Tran, Sarah Vaknin and Antoneta Djeljevic.
"Our senior leadership is one our greatest strengths," said Van Soest. "They have all been on the varsity team for three seasons and understand what it takes to succeed at this level. They've been a part of some of the best teams in Fair Lawn soccer history and played in some crushing losses."
Along with Elia, the lone varsity starter returning this season is sophomore midfielder Sash Lachter. She was a starter as a freshman at forward.
One of the top players who have moved from reserve to starter is junior Caitlin Carney, who transferred from backup forward to starting at outside back.
"She's made the move seamless," Van Soest said of Carney. "She's done a great job in the back and picked up on the position relatively quickly."
Along with Carney, the leader on defense is Tran.
"Tran has three years experience at the varsity level that knows her position well and is a leader in the back," said the Fair Lawn coach.
Vaknin is getting her shot at varsity after a boatload of seniors on defense from last season’s squad graduating.
"Sarah was a roster casualty sent to JV last fall due to too many seniors and no place to play,” added Van Soest. “This year she's starting as sweeper anchoring the defense. Sarah has been lights out so far this season. She isn't vocal unless she needs to be, but is unbelievably calm under pressure and always get a body on the ball to disrupt the offense's rhythm."
The top player up front is freshman forward Emily Cevallos, who has all the aspects of a more experienced player. She has picked up some of the slack with the graduation of Lisa Kestelboym, who was a four-year starter and All-Bergen County player.
"Emily has the size, knowledge and skill of a veteran varsity senior,” said Van Soest. “She's sees the field very well, has tremendous foot skill and can hit the ball on target with both feet. She is a welcomed addition to the team.”
Along with Lachter in the midfield there is a pair of sophomores in Kayla Ramirez and Charlize Iratagotia.
Ramirez picked up a missing element between her freshman and sophomore year.
"Kayla had all the tools for a center midfield last year as a freshman except foot speed,” said the Fair Lawn head coach. “She came into this season a stronger, faster player than last fall. She has great touch on the ball and does a great job of distributing the ball around the field."
Charlize is feisty in making up for her size.
"She is a similar player to Kayla expect the height,” said Van Soest. “But what Charlize lacks in height she makes up in decision making. She is one of the smartest players on the field and is always in the right spot or looking to make the perfect pass to a teammate running through."
Van Soest and the Cutters will get a good idea how they have progressed when they travel to Wayne Valley on Oct. 3.
Fair Lawn schedule
(Games at 4:15 p.m. unless noted)
Oct. 3 at Wayne Valley
Oct. 5 Lakeland
Oct. 7 at West Milford, 3 p.m.
Oct. 10 at Passaic Valley
Oct. 12 Wayne Hills
Oct. 13 at Teaneck
Oct. 16 at Piscataway, 4:30 p.m.
Oct. 19 at IHA
Oct. 26 Clifton, 4 p.m.
Oct. 27 Pascack Hills
Oct. 30 State tournament, TBA
Nov. 2 State tournament, TBA
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Spinal Cord Injury and Incontinence
NorthShore Care Supply June 23, 2017
Did you know that 276,000 people in the United States are living with some level of spinal cord injury? Spinal cord injuries can result in paralysis, numbness and usually are accompanied by some degree of incontinence. The nerve signals that regulate the bladder and bowel are often interrupted by the spinal cord damage.
Depending on the completeness of the injury, bladder and bowel function can be affected in different ways. This type of incontinence is referred to as neurogenic bladder or neurogenic bowel.
Symptoms from neurogenic disorders of the bladder and bowel can range from emptying too often or not enough to control being sporadic. Urinary tract infections are also common and can be serious if not treated promptly.
Signs of Neurogenic Bladder
Loss of bladder control
Inability to empty the bladder
Urinary frequency
Signs of Neurogenic Bowel
Loss of bowel control
Bowel frequency
Lack of bowel movements
Understanding the Injured Spine
To understand the effects of injury on the spine it is helpful to understand that the spine is divided into four sections by function. The uppermost portion is referred to as the cervical region and it controls the hand and arm functions. The next section down is the thoracic region which controls chest and abdominal functions. The next is the lumbar region which controls leg, knee, and foot functions. Lastly is the sacral region which controls leg, buttocks, foot, bladder, bowel and sexual functions.Although the sacral region controls the bladder and bowel, injury to other parts of the spine can also affect continence. There is a region between the spine and the brain (brainstem) that regulates signals traveling from the brain to the sacral region. When these signals are interrupted by disease or injury the sacral region is left without proper instructions from the brain. This may cause the bladder to have involuntary contractions and the sphincters may not relax. This is called detrusor sphincter dyssynergia (DSD). Another condition caused by damage to a higher section of the spine is called autonomic dysreflexia. Sudden high blood pressure can be an indication that this is going on. Other symptoms could include severe headaches, sweating, flushing, goosebumps, chills, a feeling of anxiety, and a slower pulse rate.
Help for Bladder and Bowel Incontinence
Even though these more serious conditions may occur because of spinal cord injury, the most common condition affecting continence is neurogenic bladder/bowel. If this is what you are experiencing there are many things available to help you carry on with your life.
There are absorbent products like incontinence pads, adult pull-up style underwear and adult diapers with tabs that keep you dry and are quite discreet. There is also a wide variety of catheters available that are designed, using the latest technology, to be discreet and effective. Your doctor may prescribe medicine that can help and in some instances, surgery may be an option. If the neurogenic bowel is affecting you, there are different ways to regularly empty the bowel, when you choose, so you can gain control back in this area of your life.
Online Support Groups for Individuals with Spinal Cord Injuries
There are many people dedicated to helping with these issues plus many more aspects of recovery:
For grants, advocacy and information including peer support check the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.
For an online support community, there is the Inspired Spinal Cord Injury Support Community.
Find a self-dependent organization in your area that shares the goals of the United Spinal Association whose goal is to promote health and well-being, promote inclusion and independence, organize local events and projects, advocate for rights and accessibility, and offer information and support to their chapter communities.
Spinal cord injuries are serious and can cause permanent symptoms such as incontinence. Fortunately, there are products that can help such as absorbent diaper products and catheters. Online communities are also available to help individuals cope with the struggles associated with spinal cord injuries.
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The South Meets Britain: Jade Bird Drops In On Deep Ellum, Texas KXT spent two days with the British-born singer-songwriter as she explored the historic entertainment district east of downtown Dallas.
The South Meets Britain: Jade Bird Drops In On Deep Ellum, Texas
June 5, 20188:08 AM ET
Lauren Menking
From KXT
Jade Bird in front of a mural in the entertainment district of Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas. Austin Roa /VuHaus hide caption
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Jade Bird in front of a mural in the entertainment district of Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas.
Jade stops by the 24-hour cafe Buzzbrews in Deep Ellum for some pancakes before her show. "We're very into home-cooked meals back home: Shepherd's pie, mashed potatoes or roast dinners," says the London-based artist. When asked about the most popular late-night snack in London, Jade says, "curries and kabobs are quite popular." VuHaus hide caption
Jade stops by the 24-hour cafe Buzzbrews in Deep Ellum for some pancakes before her show. "We're very into home-cooked meals back home: Shepherd's pie, mashed potatoes or roast dinners," says the London-based artist. When asked about the most popular late-night snack in London, Jade says, "curries and kabobs are quite popular."
North Texas is steeped in music history. In the 1920s and '30s, Dallas' Deep Ellum neighborhood was renowned for its blues scene, with artists such as Blind Lemon Jefferson, Lead Belly, Bessie Smith and Robert Johnson treating the neighborhood as their musical playground. By the '80s, Deep Ellum was burgeoning with punk; in the '90s, all eyes were on Deep Ellum as local artists like the Old 97's, Erykah Badu, Toadies, Tripping Daisy and Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians all put North Texas on the map.
Today, the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex (or D-FW, as it's known to locals) is thriving with talent, its most recent claim to fame being artists like Leon Bridges and St. Vincent. Just three hours north of Austin, Dallas is a regular stop along any artist's tour, and this was the case recently with Slingshot artist Jade Bird. KXT spent two days with the young singer-songwriter while she explored all that Deep Ellum has to offer. She even stopped by Good Records in northeast Dallas for a special Record Store Day performance.
Jade Bird stopped by Good Records on Record Store Day 2018. David R Wilson/VuHaus hide caption
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Jade Bird stopped by Good Records on Record Store Day 2018.
On Record Store Day 2018, fans of all ages watch Jade Bird's set at Good Records in Dallas' Lower Greenville neighborhood. The store is co-owned by Tim DeLaughter, singer for the Dallas-based bands Tripping Daisy and Polyphonic Spree. Established and emerging artists filter in throughout the day for intimate in-store performances.
Armored in a stellar red jumpsuit and Converse, Jade Bird wows the crowd at Dallas' Club Dada in Deep Ellum. She'll return to Dallas for KXT's signature concert series KXT Sun Sets on June 19. VuHaus hide caption
Armored in a stellar red jumpsuit and Converse, Jade Bird wows the crowd at Dallas' Club Dada in Deep Ellum. She'll return to Dallas for KXT's signature concert series KXT Sun Sets on June 19.
Jade swings by local soda pop and candy shop Rocket Fizz for a sugary pre-concert pick-me-up. VuHaus hide caption
Jade swings by local soda pop and candy shop Rocket Fizz for a sugary pre-concert pick-me-up.
As any music enthusiast would do, Jade spots a crate full of records outside a Deep Ellum shop and stops to shuffle through the dollar bin. "Favorite records at the moment on tour: Aretha Franklin at the Fillmore West. I love that record. The majority is made up of covers, but there's something so special about how she takes each cover and makes it completely her own."
Jade says she also finds herself listening to a lot of Elliott Smith on the road. "Figure 8: I've just been obsessed. I think my favorite lyric is probably, 'If patience started a band, I'd be her biggest fan.'"
She says Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Henry Mancini and the Felice Brothers also serve as the soundtrack to long drives on tour.
With good food, live music and an abundance of colorful art murals, Deep Ellum brings out all sorts of smiles from Dallasites and visitors alike.
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Is Sony Hack Really 'The Worst' In U.S. History, As CEO Claims? : All Tech Considered Sony Pictures is still reeling from the damage caused by the cyberattack. The company's reputation and Americans' free speech were put on the line. But experts dispute how to measure the damage.
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Is Sony Hack Really 'The Worst' In U.S. History, As CEO Claims?
Is Sony Hack Really 'The Worst' In U.S. History, As CEO Claims? 3:09
December 23, 20145:05 AM ET
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Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton says the computer hacking against his company is "the worst cyberattack in U.S. history." Experts say other attacks have affected more people. David McNew/Reuters/Landov hide caption
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Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton says the computer hacking against his company is "the worst cyberattack in U.S. history." Experts say other attacks have affected more people.
The CEO of Sony Pictures has been saying that the cyberattack against his company is "the worst cyberattack in U.S. history." And you can see where he's coming from. An entire feature film got canned — at least for now. And his corporate networks were so damaged, Sony workers had to revert to using fax machines to communicate. That said, "the worst" is a big claim.
A lot of people feel for Sony Pictures and CEO Michael Lynton in particular. No one wants their inbox flung all over the Internet for the world to see. Many say the Sony hack is by far the most embarrassing hack. But the worst?
"Clearly this is the first time a movie has been prevented from being released," says Ron Gula of Tenable Network Security. "In raw numbers, the Slammer virus infected 75,000 computers almost instantly. Code Red infected almost half a million computers. And Conficker infected millions of computers."
Gula listed attacks that are large-scale, such as the ones against the entire operating system Windows.
"Yes, some files were stolen, some files were leaked and destroyed," says Steve Sin, a researcher at the University of Maryland. "But if you look at things like JPMorgan, [a] lot more files were actually stolen that contained the personal data of just normal people like you and me."
Robert Rodriguez with SINET, an industry association that brings together government and private-sector security experts, says, "It's hard to say if it's the worst attack because we don't know — some things have happened in terms of attack on critical infrastructure."
And by "critical infrastructure," Rodriguez is referring to things like dams and electricity grids. These attacks go largely unreported to the public. There are 16 categories of critical infrastructure:
"But media doesn't fall under that," Rodriguez says.
Rank it as you will, the Sony hack is clearly getting insiders to think about how to slice and dice and size up the damage.
The president has called the Sony hack an act of cyber-vandalism. Rodriguez thinks that's too soft — it was far worse than a bad graffiti job. But he would not call it an act of war, as some politicians have.
Instead, Rodriguez introduces a new label: "In terms of known attacks, I would call it transformational."
What we call it and who the perpetrators are — these have real-life financial implications.
Like many major companies, Sony has insurance to cover damages in the case of cyberattack. While the terms of each contract are different, insurance expert Mary Beth Borgwing with Advisen Ltd. says if North Korea really did do it, the insurance probably won't kick in.
"It depends on how you manuscripted the policy with the underwriters, with the insurance company," Borgwing says. "I would say that an act of war would be something most likely, in high probability, would not be covered."
But if North Korea is the perpetrator, there could be a financial upside for Sony. If the victims of the Sony hack sue in court, the CEO can use national security as a defense or turn to the government for help with damages.
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NSA Announces Winner of Annual Cybersecurity Research Paper Competition
Release No: PA-076-18 Aug. 21, 2015
A research paper about a technique that measures the vulnerability of computer systems by the amount of information they mistakenly spill is the winner of the National Security Agency's third annual Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition.
The authors showed that a specific application of advanced mathematics in this area - known as "quantitative information flow" - can play a critical role in sizing up weaknesses in security defenses. Their international team hails from Brazil, France, Australia, and the United States.
"Their work is a stellar example of scholarship and it provides fascinating insights into security defenses from an information-flow perspective," said Dr. Deborah Frincke, who leads NSA's Research Directorate. "Our competition aims to mature the discipline of cybersecurity by highlighting exemplary papers that use science to underpin advances in cyber defense, with the intent of improving our understanding of how to better protect critical U.S. networks and the information on those networks."
The winning paper was written by professor Mario S. Alvim, Dr. Konstantinos Chatzikokolakis, professors Annabelle McIver and Carroll Morgan, Dr. Catuscia Palamidessi, and professor Geoffrey Smith. NSA will recognize them, as well as authors of papers that received honorable mentions, at a special in-house ceremony.
Titled "Additive and Multiplicative Notions of Leakage and Their Capacities," the winning submission was one of 50 this year. The news was also shared on August 13 at the USENIX Security Symposium in Washington, D.C. The paper was originally presented last year at the IEEE Computer Security Foundations Symposium.
Entries, which may cover theoretical or empirical research, were judged on methodology, impact, and communication style.
Two papers received honorable mentions.
One, "Increasing Security Sensitivity with Social Proof: A Large-Scale Experimental Confirmation," was written by Sauvik Das, Dr. Adam D.I. Kramer, and professors Laura Dabbish and Jason I. Hong. The authors' work clearly reflects scientific rigor in an examination of ways to motivate people to adopt security features by sharing information about their friends' use of such tools. This paper was originally presented at the 2014 ACM Computer and Communications Security Conference.
In the other paper, "Quantitative Evaluation of Dynamic Platform Techniques as a Defensive Mechanism," Drs. Hamed Okhravi, James Riordan, and Kevin Carter explored an approach that measures systems' resistance to compromise. This paper was originally presented at the 17th Annual International Symposium on Research in Attacks, Intrusions, and Defenses.
Eight distinguished experts were among the reviewers:
Dr. John McLean, Naval Research Laboratory
Professor Angela Sasse, University College London
Professor Fred Schneider, Cornell University
Phil Venables, Goldman Sachs
Professor David Wagner, University of California-Berkeley
Dr. Jeannette Wing, Microsoft Research
After evaluating the papers in an open nomination process, these experts, along with researchers from NSA's Trusted Systems Research Group and Information Assurance Directorate, provided individual recommendations to Dr. Frincke, who read all of the finalists' submissions before making the final decision and personally notifying the winners.
"Our Science of Security (SoS) Initiative works by engaging researchers around the globe, promoting rigorous scientific principles, and growing the SoS community itself," she said. "It is a pleasure to recognize high achievement and scientific results that advance our capacity to work toward a safer and more secure cyberspace."
The Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition will begin soliciting papers in February for next year's contest.
NSA's Research Directorate consistently creates breakthroughs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Additional details about the directorate and the competition - officially known as the "Science of Security (SoS) Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition" - are available online: /what-we-do/research/ and http://cps-vo.org/group/sos/papercompetition.
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We Won a Fight Against CalPERS Over Its Plan to Ignore Private Equity Risk
Honestly, I’m still amazed we prevailed, since usually by the time powerful and insular organizations like CalPERS are ready to implement new (bad) policies, the scheme is too far advanced to be halted.
On Monday, December 7, we saw a remarkable agenda item on CalPERS’ website that was set for a vote at the Investment Committee meeting the following Monday December 14. Here’s the overview from our post on Friday, based on our Bloomberg op-ed that ran last Thursday, December 10:
What would you think if a pension fund responsible for 1.7 million beneficiaries said it was going to stop considering the the riskiness of one of its biggest investments?
Incredibly, that’s what the board of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, America’s biggest public pension fund, might do on Dec. 14. One item on its meeting agenda would eliminate the strategic objective to “maximize risk-adjusted rates of return” on private equity, which involves using large amounts of debt to buy out companies with the aim of reselling them at a profit. This is a major policy change, engineered by the people who manage Calpers’s private equity investments.
Pay attention, because this is a case study in how CaLPERS’ staff manipulates the board to its own advantage.
CalPERS is apparently making this change in response to its poor performance in private equity over the last ten years. So CalPERS is acting like a fat person who decides to throw out the scale rather than look at its weight problem. And its enabler, its private equity consultant Pension Consulting Alliance (“PCA”) hasn’t even attempted to muster an intellectual justification to the board for this change. In a September board meeting at CalPERS’s Sacramento sister, CalSTRS, another PCA client, the account manager for both funds, Mike Moy, blandly acknowledged that private equity investors have a performance problem but then blamed the benchmarks!
Alert readers may notice the very short time frame between when we saw the astonishing CalPERS planned policy change, and when Bloomberg ran our op-ed. We are very grateful for our editor at Bloomberg, Mark Whitehouse, understanding the time time sensitivity of this matter, persuading the higher ups to consider and run our piece soon enough for it to inform discussion, and for doing his usual exemplary job of editing (and diligent fact checking!).
We also alerted our contacts, in particular our journalism allies, particularly the ones who have been concerned about the way limited partners like CalPERS have continued to circle the wagons with private equity general partners. That has continued in the face of the SEC telling them, in the words of former enforcement chief, Andrew Bowden, that they were having their pockets picked, as their own performance records showed that they had not been earning enough in the way of returns over the last ten years to justify the risks of investing in private equity.
Some of our colleagues in turn were so gobsmacked by the combination of audacity and stealthiness of CalPERS’ scheme that they started sending alarms to people in their networks.
While some were genuinely frustrated that they were already jammed and could not turn around an article before the CalPERS vote on Monday, others were able to saddle up. Dean Starkman of the Los Angeles Times, who had reported skeptically on CalPERS’ carry fee disclosures on November 25 (CalPERS fee disclosure raises question of whether private equity returns are worth it) worked with Melody Jacobesn on a story that ran yesterday morning, Calpers is set to change private equity policy.* Chris Flood of the Financial Times also worked in a mention of the pending policy change at the end of his story on a new study that quantified some of private equity’s hidden fees.
But a key effort came from Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt, the co-authors of the highly respected book Private Equity at Work. They placed an op-ed at the Sacramento Bee, which ran in its print edition Monday morning, right before the board vote. The two things that CalPERS is afraid of are the Sacramento Bee and the state legislature.
CalPERS apparently demanded a retraction but neither the SacBee nor Appelbuam and Batt backed down. CalPERS’ argument boiled down to claiming that they weren’t eliminating the private equity benchmark in the Monday vote. But it was not hard for independent parties to see the game CalPERS was playing. By eliminating the policy language that returns be risk adjusted today, they could axe the risk-adjusted benchmark in 2016 when they review and revise all their benchmarks.
I saw most of germane section of the board meeting today (unfortunately I got a phone call at the wrong time, so I did not see it all). The CalPERS staff came in signaling that they were prepared to give ground. Remarkably, the board actually had a discussion of issues, something that rarely happens. The Los Angeles Times, in CalPERS shelves controversial private equity policy, gave a recap:
The state’s biggest public pension fund has repeatedly missed a key performance goal for its controversial private equity investments.
But a CalPERS committee said Monday that the fund’s staff could not strip language from a written policy that required them to aim to meet that benchmark – returns roughly 3% higher than the stock market to compensate for private equity’s risk.
By voice vote, the committee defeated the proposal to change the policy so that the new objective would have been simply “to enhance” the pension fund’s private equity returns.
And this part is also important:
At the meeting, Wylie Tollette, CalPERS chief operating investment officer, told the committee that the change was part of the staff’s effort “to eliminate vague and untestable language from all the investment policies.”….
On Monday, Andrew Junkin of Wilshire Consulting told the committee that it doesn’t make sense to lower the benchmark to less then 3% over the stock index.
“At that point I don’t think private equity is worth it,” Junkin said.
In other words, despite CalPERS’ efforts to depict foundational concepts of finance like being paid more to assume more risk from its strategy document as “vague and untestable,” one of CalPERS’ key consultants spoke up against the underlying premise. Andrew Junkin’s remarks at the meeting were even stronger than the Los Angeles Times extract.
Recall that we’ve documented that one of CalPERS’ other major consultants, Pension Consulting Alliance, has been pushing the idea at CAlPERS and CalSTRS of the indefensible idea of an “absolute return” which is tantamount to “no benchmark” and that the CalPERS chief investment officer Ted Eliopoulos has worked similar language into some of his overviews of private equity. So Junkin is to be commended for putting the kibosh on this effort.
Not that CalPERS is giving up, mind, you. The Los Angeles Times says the giant pension fund “still planned to consider revising the benchmark next year.”
CalPERS will attempt to make a rebuttal in the SacBee later this week. This ought to be entertaining. They have yet to learn the wisdom of the saying, “When you are in a hole, quit digging.
Most important, thanks to readers for all your interest and support and most of all, for those of you who wrote letters and made calls to state officials and media outlets in California, for your efforts. They can and do pay off!
*Weirdly that story, which had Melody Jabobsen as the lead author with Starkman is no longer up at the Los Angeles Times, and the story on the result of the vote, with a different headline, with Jabobsen as the author and Starkman credited at the end as having provided assistance, is now up at the same URL. But you can see plenty of footprints of the older piece. For instance, the Sacramento Sun-Times still has the Calpers is set to change private equity policy headline, and this opening section, followed by a link ot the Los Angeles Times website:
When it comes to its controversial private equity investments, the state’s largest pension fund has struggled to meet the performance goal set out in its written policies. Now the California Public Employees’ Retirement System has proposed stripping its policy of that specific return objective – which had been defined as earning 3% more than the broader stock market to compensate for the risk of investing in the private firms.
My recollection of the original story is the Los Angeles Times had obtained a quote from a CalPERS spokesperson, so they were on notice.
This entry was posted in Investment management, Media watch, Politics, Private equity, Risk and risk management on December 15, 2015 by Yves Smith.
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Clive December 15, 2015 at 4:20 am
Some victories may seem like a lot of hard work for the gains made (I’d bet my morning coffee that CalPERS is, right now, figuring out how it can bring back its benchmarking get-out-of-jail-free card in another guise “once all the fuss has died down a bit”) but every so often you get a sense of the stars aligning and something a little special happening.
What struck me about this triumph was that there was a willing audience in the mainstream media who was, while perhaps slow to be convinced, nevertheless picked up and ran with the story. So often, all officialdom or government or business needs to do is trot out the same familiar lines of “this is the market at work so don’t you worry your pretty little heads about it, it’s an immutable law, like gravity” or “it’s all much to complicated for you un-enlightened and uninitiated proletariat sorts to understand” and, fearing being wrong or being made to look stupid, that’s where it ends.
Of course, if I say “the mainstream media” that does a disservice to the people who (in this case) live in California. The Sacramento Bee — and Bloomberg too, to its credit — have to respond to shifts in their readership’s prevailing mentality. If their readers are no longer willing to accept boilerplate nonsense going unchallenged “we spoke to X about that, they told us it was the market / the industry standard / what our consultants told us / the-dog-ate-our-benchmarks / etc. so that’s the way it is” without thinking to themselves “hey, even I know that’s lame and I can ask tougher questions than that” then those media outlets loose credibility. There is a lot of choice about where we get our information nowadays, if we want serious analysis and investigation rather than entertainment then we’ll only buy the outputs of the news outlets which actually deliver that.
So that sounds like progress, of a sort, to me.
Thanks for your as-usual thoughtful remark.
One issue I did not belabor here because the post was getting sorta long was that the Monday vote really would have been a point of no return as far as CalPERS was concerned, and that was a much bigger deal than you would imagine given the seemingly technical nature of the proposal.
Re point of no return. Once the policy language was agree upon, then CalPERS staff would propose the de facto benchmark elimination (“absolute return” or just comparing it v. other asset classes as if they were pretty much the same, or just expecting it to beat CalPERS overall portfolio returns, all options they’ve hinted at). The board would be told that they were just implementing the policy they’d already agreed to. They’d thus have been told that to disagree with the benchmark change, they’d need to go back and undo the policy vote. No way would they do that.
Re the substance of the change. As we’d indicated, the consultant PCA was arguing the sort of benchmark CalPERS was using (which per Wilshire is pretty much universally accepted as directionally correct) was wrong and was pushing for “absolute returns,” and even more explicitly so at CalSTRS. Sadly, the way fiduciary duty is interpreted in America, if a board follows what its hired guns tell it to do, it is scot free.
And with public pension funds all believing they are wedded to PE, if CalPERS and CalSTERS, with PCA providing the Consultant Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval, went to “absolute returns” for PE, it would rapidly become a new standard, at least among Dumb Money. This really had the potential to be a huge stealth win for the PE industry.
tegnost December 15, 2015 at 9:40 am
“The board would be told that they were just implementing the policy they’d already agreed to.”
And this pressure would certainly have been applied behind closed doors so as not to waste precious board meeting time time. Echoic thanks to clive for his usual clearly stated insight and congratulations to yves for recognizing and pursuing this topic in time to shine a light on it, you are truly a great person.
Active Listener December 15, 2015 at 12:10 pm
Great job, Yves and everyone else who contributed, on the effort to awaken the sleeping board-member caretakers of CALPERS and, by extension (I hope), other state pension funds.
Are you aware of any public pension funds that have already eliminated quantifiable risk consideration (such as a 3%-over-stock-index benchmark, or something comparable) as a prerequisite for PE investment? As someone who will probably need her state pension in order to remain housed in the future (my eligibility begins in 2023), I am curious.
participant-observer-observed December 15, 2015 at 6:35 am
Congratulations to Yves and everyone at NC for proving that detailed, substance-based journalism has a responsive audience! The role of journalism providing a important public (and personal) service is well alive at Naked Capitalism in this era of meta-narrative sound-bites and policy infomercials masquerading as a professional journalism! (Let’s watch who tries to jump on the band wagon now.)
This work is not only the result of consistent, relentless, detailed evidence-based reporting, it also follows on years of journalists like Yves, Lambert, David Dayen, etc. educating and informing readers of the nuanced dynamics at play in a wide range of financial processes.
In other words, it is certainly profitable for consultants like Pension Consulting Services and Pension Consulting Alliance to have a meme circulate and prevail among pension fund boards and the public that we are somehow too ignorant to learn the details and therefore need to pay an unproven nanny to think the big thoughts for us regarding our own best interests.
What an arrogant idea! As if the subterfuge of 2008 and the junk ratings parading and trading as A-ratings and decimation that followed in the wake of that phenomena were a long-vanished memory, difficult and foggy to recall!
Thanks again to Yves and NC and the other journalists who did not drop the ball in following and reporting on CalPERS! (And thanks also to readers for persistent interest and follow up.)
NB: As for the LA Times dropping and adding reports, this too is proof of another reason why NC is significant. Even if the story in a report stays the same, if the headline changes, it can alter the way such reports are found in search engines. It may be helpful to tag “California Public Employees’ Retirement System” AND “CalPERS” in report metadata such that one or the other appear in titles, tags, keywords, etc., but such that both ultimately appear. Similarly, it makes sense to tag PCA and PCS where relevant.
MikeNY December 15, 2015 at 6:54 am
Props to you!
“Vague and untestable”. So there is no such thing as a liquidity premium, no real benefit to equity portfolio diversification, and people should wait in line to pay 2 and 20 to mimic the S&P.
Great gig for the PE guys, but what screaming disdain for ‘fiduciary duty’.
Assolonius December 15, 2015 at 8:28 am
Shame on Wylie for his comments before the board, he knows better but i guess the puppet transformation is complete. He has to make up for his bonehead remarks which sparked this whole PE issue earlier this summer: ” we dont know how much we’re paying in carried interest or total PE fees” You might not, but a local consultant youve had on the books for years but which was terminated so you could “reduce fees and complexities” sure does and has told you that number for years
Last time i checked sharpe, calmar, semi deviation, information ratios are neither vague nor untestable, but Pers investment beliefs sure are!
flora December 15, 2015 at 8:12 am
“Remarkably, the board actually had a discussion of issues, ”
Great work, Yves! Thank you.
Sluggeaux December 15, 2015 at 9:38 am
I’m gob-smacked that the Board stood up to staff on this. Tollette, DesRochers, and Eliolopolous were trying to “pull a fast one” but their mendacity in claiming that “there are no immediate changes being proposed” became incontrovertible evidence of their blatant bad faith.
As a CalPERS member soon to become a beneficiary, I am grateful to Yves Smith and Naked Capitalism for rousing the news media and breathing life back into the First Amendment.
Steve in Dallas December 15, 2015 at 11:29 am
Wow, so glad I continued to read Yves’ series of articles. Must say, for me, being a lowly engineer and not of the financial world:
1) this whole expert investigative reporting process was a fantastic example of competent/good people publicly/collectively pushing back against ignorant/bad/(my opinion… corrupt) people (which we clearly/desperately need MUCH more of), and
2) much should be credited to Yves’ fantastic writing style (every article gave me a “wow… that-was-good… so-glad-I-read-it… I’m-following-her” reaction… should/could say much more about why I love Yves style/leadership… but I’ll just say… thank you Yves!!!).
JohnnyGL December 15, 2015 at 11:36 am
Good work, Yves.
TimH December 15, 2015 at 11:57 am
re “*Weirdly that story…”
Always (previous word in italics and bold, but not caps because that would be pushy) take a snapshot of key stuff! In my Lubuntu, PrtScn saves a screen snapshot, which is more reliable than Windows which dumps it to clipboard and then you have to do something with it immediately.
Jim Haygood December 15, 2015 at 12:40 pm
‘… it doesn’t make sense to lower the benchmark to less then 3% over the stock index. “At that point I don’t think private equity is worth it,” Junkin said.’
Stop making sense! ;-)
Lambert Strether December 15, 2015 at 2:14 pm
Pretty amazing reversal of form by these guys! It will be interesting to see what the staff and those captured try next, but I think the universal framing will now be “what they’re trying next.” That’s an easy story to write, and an easy story to understand.
I hope things were grim at the office on Tuesday morning, at least in the suites of the executive staff. It would be nice if they found a way to pin the blame for the debacle on Klausner — for good reason, or no reason at all — and threw him under the bus, but that’s probably way too optimistic.
So, triumph happy dance!
Paul Tioxon December 15, 2015 at 3:55 pm
Good Work!!!
Hope is what keeps anxiety out of our central nervous system when we having little more than uncertainty to guide us. And working towards a goal of expanding consciousness about private equity risk in public pension funds and skulduggery to cover this kind of thing up is not something you expect to be rewarded with an victory. There is much need to pick a area of inquiry that needs the light of day shed on it so that much needed reform or regulation can step in to set things right. I’m glad you have found a focus and reported with tenacity and that your efforts made a difference that did not take forever to happen.
Again, good job and hopefully many more dark corners of financial chicanery will bathe in the sunlight of your analytic skills. Many other states are questioning or changing high fee pension fund management to something less pricey but still practical. This story just helps bolster nervous elected officials who stick their necks out, even when it’s the right thing to do, have a valid source of credibility on their side when justifying decisions on the grounds of fiscal responsibility.
ekstase December 15, 2015 at 8:37 pm
As a non-economist, I feel a certain amazement at the sheer audacity of these folks. And as I read through your articles, that’s one of the biggest take-aways. Maybe this will inspire others to see their emperors’ new clothes more clearly, whatever their emperors’ professions may be. Thanks for writing these pieces.
Matthew Cunningham-Cook December 15, 2015 at 9:37 pm
Congratulations, awesome work! Savor the victory!
Energeticfourthestate December 16, 2015 at 5:54 am
There were two places where policy documents sought risk adjusted returns …the PE policy and the benchmarks policy documents. CalPERS seem to be tweeting that the benchmarks policy is retained so no fuss?
Are you still convinced that ‘eliminating the (PE) policy language that returns be risk adjusted today’ which is still on the cards, is a precursor to axing the risk-adjusted benchmark in 2016?
I don’t think you read our posts. CalPERS stated was considering a benchmark change in pionline in December 2014 that was tantamount to getting rid of seeking a risk premium for PE. CalPERS staff and its consultant PCA have made statements in board videos (and we have the clips and the transcripts in our posts) saying they thought the current benchmarks were flawed and PE should be measured on an “absolute return” basis. That means no risk premium. In their PE workshop last month, they showed lots of performance comparisons….of PE versus other CalPERS investments, again either eliminating any risk adjustment OR cooking the volatility numbers (as we explained at length) to make PE look less risky that it was. We posted the actual red-marked document by CalPERS showing exactly where they proposed to eliminate the language about seeking to achieve the maximum risk-adjusted return for PE, and instead seeking merely to have it contribute to “equity” returns.
Bloomberg ran an op ed by me last Thursday AM where I stated the proposed policy risk language change indicated CalPERS was going to change its benchmark to eliminate the PE risk premium later. CalPERS did not demand a correction. It did not say a peep to Bloomberg. CalPERS hates my guts. They would love to have forced Bloomberg to make a correction, since it would hurt my credibility. The fact that they did not try meant they had no credible argument against my depiction of their plan.
As I stated in this post, CalPERS pushed hard to get the SacBee not to run the Applebuam/Batt op-ed. They tried the argument they are now flogging on Twitter, that they were just making a change in the policy and that did not imply a change (later) in the benchmarks. The SacBee editors didn’t buy it.
They put out that tweet AFTER the Appelbaum/Batt op-ed forced CalPERS staff to back down with the board so they would not lose too much face when the board voted down the proposed language change. As we indicated, the policy language change was intended to set up a benchmark change. CalPERS has made repeated statements as to how it would like to change the benchmark, as has its consultant PCA. But you had to be paying attention to catch them.
You also seem to have missed that CalPERS LOST THE VOTE. The board nixed eliminating the risk-adjustment language. And with the other consultant, Wilshire (which has a must bigger reputation in the wider world than PCA) saying on the record that PE is not worth it unless you get a 300 basis point premium over stocks, and they would not recommend reducing the premium, Wilshire has kiboshed the staff and PCA plan to get rid of the language that required CalPERS to seek a risk premium for PE.
So CalPERS tying to pretend that because they lost the vote, they never really wanted the change after all. That is how eager they are to try to downplay this story. And it looks like you seem inclined to believe what they say on Twitter. I suggest you exercise a lot more skepticism regarding their PR.
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Pence Lashes Out at Strzok, Page for Talk of ‘Infiltrating’ His Transition Team
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Vice President Mike Pence on Friday condemned beleaguered FBI agent Peter Strzok and Justice Department lawyer Lisa Page for discussing the possibility of “infiltrating” his transition team in a series of text messages reviewed by Republican lawmakers.
Pence is demanding further investigation into why Strzok and Page planned to send an agent to his first intelligence briefing as vice president in order to report back on his activities.
“I was deeply offended to learn that two disgraced FBI agents considered infiltrating our transition team by sending a counter intelligence agent to one of my very first intelligence briefings only 9 days after the election,” Pence said in a statement provided to Axios. “This is an outrage and only underscores why we need to get to the bottom of how this investigation started in the first place. The American people have a right to what happened and if these two agents broke the law and ignored long-standing DOJ policies, they must be held accountable.”
Pence’s statement comes one day after Republican senators Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Chuck Grassley of Iowa sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr alerting him to the existence of text messages that seem to indicate some desire on the part of Strzok and Page to surveil the activities of Pence and his staff.
“The two discussed the possibility of developing ‘potential relationships’ at a November 2016 FBI briefing for presidential transition team staff,” the letter says of Strzok and Page. “Specifically, it appears they discussed sending ‘the CI guy’ to assess an unnamed person(s) ‘demeanor’ but were concerned because it might be unusual for him to attend.”
“He can assess if thete [sic] are any news [sic] Qs, or different demeanor. If Katie’s husband is there, he can see if there are people we can develop for potential relationships,” reads one message.
The text messages have prompted speculation from conservative media outlets that “Katie” refers to the Katherine Seaman, the wife of Jack Pitcock, Pence’s former chief of staff, because Seaman worked on the FBI’s counterintelligence probe into the Trump campaign. Pitcock denied any involvement with Strzok and Page or their investigation in a statement provided to Axios.
The letter from top Republicans to Barr has furthered an already-heated partisan battle over the origins of the counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign. Barr has vowed to investigate whether the investigation’s origins were tainted by partisan bias.
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Cardi B Calls Nicki Minaj a Liar in Scathing Instagram Rant
Monday afternoon, Cardi B uploaded 10 separate videos calling out Minaj and unleashing a new barrage of attacks
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Published Oct 30, 2018 at 10:40 AM | Updated at 10:44 AM CDT on Oct 30, 2018
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The long-simmering feud between Cardi B and Nicki Minaj isn't dying out anytime soon.
On Sept. 7, Minaj and Cardi got into a heated altercation during New York Fashion Week at the Harper's Bazaar ICONS event. Video footage showed the "Bodak Yellow" rapper throwing her shoe at Minaj and yelling at her. An eyewitness at the event told E! News at the time, "It was so fast! I heard someone screaming--everyone recognized Cardi's voice--people either got out of the way or took out their phones and started filming. Nicki was surrounded by a bunch of guards and barely even looked at her. Next thing you know, shoes were flying and Cardi was on her way out."
Cardi was photographed leaving the party with a large bump on her head, which most people believed to be from security.
On Monday afternoon, Cardi B uploaded 10 separate videos calling out Minaj and unleashing a new barrage of attacks.
A post shared by CARDIVENOM (@iamcardib) on Oct 29, 2018 at 3:33pm PDT
"Let's talk about the leaked numbers s--t, right. Tell me if this don't make sense. How come my phone number got leaked one hour after that altercation at the Harper's Bazaar party," she said in one of the videos. "How come everybody that y'all have issues with, y'all have the numbers in your camp and they numbers got leaked. My sister just got into an argument with Rah Ali, how come my sisters number haven't gotten leaked? Because y'all don't have it. How come my new number hasn't gotten leaked? Because y'all don't have it. Isn't that f--king funny? Ain't that s--t f--king funny?"
In another video, Cardi urged Minaj to "pick a side" in their fight. "How you say that I was a wild animal, that I attacked you that you was mortified that you was humiliated playing the victim but now y'all the gangster," she said. "Pick a side. Do you wanna be the victim or do you wanna be the gangster? You lie so much you can't even keep up with your f--king lies."
She added, "Miss Chun-Li, the street fighter. Get the f--k outta here."
After Cardi's phone number got leaked, she got a slew of graphic and expletive-filled text messages from random numbers, which she showed in yet another post. After scrolling through her texts, she stopped on one specific one that stood out to her the most. It read, "Hey b---h I was texting you to tell you that you're [sic] address and everything was leaked and we coming to find you and your daughter. We ain't resting till we kill culture [sic], dumb b--h. We gon put more than a knot on your head this time c--t."
She said to Minaj in relation to the texts, "You go on your Twitter and you start liking s--t like endorsing that type of nasty a-- f--king behavior. B--h, you're f--king sick in the head."
In one of her later videos, Cardi extended an olive branch...sort of. She declared to Minaj they could just put an end to this constant bickering. She asserted, "I'm tired of the interview s--t. If you really want to talk about it, you know where to link me, we could always link up. You know who to reach out, you know. We could settle I however you want to settle it, we could talk about it, or we could fight it out."
Minaj has not yet responded to Cardi's videos.
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