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Bears rush to Cody Parkey’s defense as embattled kicker feels ‘terrible’ about playoff exit
By JJ Stankevitz January 06, 2019 9:29 PM
Cody Parkey took responsibility for one of the worst, most gutting losses in Bears history, saying in the locker room at Soldier Field following a 16-15 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday that he feels “terrible” and “I 100 percent take that loss on me.”
But after a throng of media dispersed around the beleaguered kicker’s locker, Parkey’s teammates went to bat for him. When asked what his message would be to people sending Parkey death threats, or vitriolic tweets or Instagram comments filled with pure anger and slurs, Bears left tackle Charles Leno Jr. had this to say.
“What would my message be? F*** you,” Leno said. “You’re not in this position. You don’t know how hard this s*** is. Like, that’s all it is. That’s all it is.”
The Bears’ best season in years ended with a doink, first off the left upright in the north end zone and then, bizarrely, off the crossbar. Maybe the ball was tipped (https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/bears/eagles-tipped-cody-parkeys-field-goal-not-straight-miss), but it doesn’t matter. This was a team that had legitimate Super Bowl aspirations, but couldn’t vanquish the defending Super Bowl champions. And the feeling was that the game never should’ve came down to Parkey making or missing a 43-yard field goal with five seconds left.
“One person didn’t lose this game,” cornerback Prince Amukamara said. “We lost this game together.”
Center Cody Whitehair echoed that sentiment.
“I just didn’t want (Parkey) to think it’s his fault,” Whitehair said. “It never comes down to one guy or one play. Collectively we all could’ve been a little bit better.”
That much is true: The Bears did not save their best game of the season for the playoffs. Mitch Trubisky struggled to move the ball against the Eagles’ defense until the fourth quarter. The league’s best defense couldn’t make a stop when given the lead, allowing Nick Foles to work his magic and score a go-ahead touchdown with under a minute left. A few players had standout games — like Allen Robinson and Akiem Hicks — but in a number of ways, the Bears were out-coached and out-played on Sunday.
And yet, they still had a chance to survive with the kind of win that could spark a deep run into the playoffs, maybe even the Super Bowl. All Parkey had to do was hit the kick Ryan Pace envisioned he would when he signed him to a four-year, $15 million deal with $9 million guaranteed back in March.
“That’s one of the worst feelings in the world, to let your team down,” Parkey said. “I feel terrible. I’m going to continue to put things in perspective, continue to put my best foot forward and sleep at night knowing I did everything in my power to go and make that kick and for whatever reason it hit the crossbar and the upright, and I still couldn’t do it. So, yeah. I feel terrible.”
Leno was one of the first players to dash over to Parkey after he missed the kick, a move indicative of the kind of team unity fostered and possessed by the Bears this year.
“You put a lot of pressure on you, of course his job is go out there and make his field goal and do his job,” Leno said. “But at the end of the day, he is a human being. And I respect him as a person, as a man and I just wanted to let him know — I mean, the story is not written yet. You know what I mean? We don’t know when it’s going to come, but you’re going to make a play for us, you’re going to make a kick for us that’s going to be huge. So keep your head up, stay strong and we can say we lost on this one play, but we could’ve won on many other plays. I was just letting him know that.”
The harsh reality is Parkey may not get that chance, nor did he do enough in 2018 to earn it. His story in Chicago could very well have ended with that kick Sunday night.
One of the most glaring weaknesses for the 2018 Bears was Parkey’s inconsistency, which led him to connect on only 23 of 30 field goals in the regular season (the third-worst rate among qualified kickers) and miss three PATs, too, all of which doinked off an upright. Had Parkey hit a 53-yard kick in overtime in Miami in Week 6, the Bears wouldn’t have even been playing Sunday, instead watching wild card weekend from home while in possession of a first-round bye.
That will leave Pace with a decision to make in an offseason that came far quicker than anyone in Chicago would’ve hoped. The Bears would lose cap space — $1.125 million, per Spotrac — if they release Parkey before June 1, and wouldn’t save anything against the 2019 cap if he’s released after June 1.
So it’s unlikely the Bears will jettison Parkey anytime soon. But Pace and this team has to fix the kicking woes that’ve followed it since Robbie Gould was cut before the 2016 season (Gould, ironically, was in attendance at Soldier Field on Sunday — and he’ll also be a free agent).
Otherwise, the Bears risk having another spectacular season cut short in gutting, brutal way possible.
“I thought I hit a good ball and unfortunately I didn’t make it,” Parkey said. “I feel terrible.”
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Pro Football Focus: Bears have NFL’s best run defense entering 2019
By Lorin Cox July 16, 2019 12:42 PM
Pro Football Focus doesn’t seem to expect much regression for the Bears defense, at least when it comes to run defense.
PFF analyst Mike Renner ranked every team’s ability to stop the ground game, heading into 2019, and Chicago remains on top.
The #Bears have the No. 1 run defense in the NFL according to @PFF_Mike
One of the biggest reasons? Akiem Hicks @The_Dream99: https://t.co/Nw9oy12Uco pic.twitter.com/NmzofwhgYC
— PFF CHI Bears (@PFF_Bears) July 16, 2019
The team retained its entire front seven, top-to-bottom, with the exception of Sam Acho, who spent most of last season on injured reserve anyway.
One of the biggest keys, in Renner’s analysis, is Akiem Hicks, who was among Pro Football Focus’ top performers in the running game.
“The former Saint is proving himself one of the best free agent additions in recent memory,” Renner wrote. “His 13.3 run-stop percentage was the second-highest figure of any interior defender in the NFL last season.”
The Bears allowed the fewest rushing yards and rushing touchdowns of any defense last season, and the 3.8 yards per attempt they gave up was fourth best.
With the whole gang back together for 2019, the team is in a great spot to run it back under Chuck Pagano.
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Projecting what the Bears' 53-man roster will look like
By JJ Stankevitz July 16, 2019 10:14 AM
The Bears will begin training camp next week without many significant position battles — outside of kicker, of course — which stands as an indicator of how strong a roster Ryan Pace has built. But that doesn’t mean there won't be some intriguing decisions to be made in a month and a half, especially involving depth at some critical positions.
So here’s a pre-training camp stab at projecting what the Bear’s 53-man roster will look like on the night of Sept. 5:
QUARTERBACKS (2): Mitch Trubisky, Chase Daniel
Missing the cut: Tyler Bray
These two guys are locked in, leaving Tyler Bray to likely return to the practice squad for another season.
RUNNING BACKS (4): Tarik Cohen, Mike Davis, David Montgomery, Kerrith Whyte Jr.
Missing the cut: Ryan Nall
Cohen, Davis and Montgomery are roster locks, leaving Whyte and Nall to compete for, likely, just one spot on the roster. Matt Nagy praised Nall during OTAs, and he could become a versatile option with the ability to play some fullback, but we’ll give the last spot to Whyte given his speed and the Bears’ focus on that trait in the offseason.
WIDE RECEIVERS (6): Allen Robinson, Taylor Gabriel, Anthony Miller, Cordarrelle Patterson, Riley Ridley, Marvin Hall
Missing the cut: Javon Wims, Emanuel Hall, Taquan Mizzell, Tanner Gentry, Jordan Williams-Lambert, Thomas Ives
Robinson, Gabriel and Miller are locks, while Patterson’s contract structure ($5 million guaranteed, all in 2019) and Ridley’s draft slot (fourth round) easily get them on the team, too. That leaves Javon Wims, Marvin Hall, Emanuel Hall and a handful of others to compete for what probably is only one more spot on the 53-man roster. There’s not much separating those three heading into training camp, though Emanuel Hall’s sports hernia surgery sidelined him during OTAs, putting him a little behind the curve. Wims is the incumbent here but didn’t get on the field much in 2018, while Marvin Hall played a little with the Atlanta Falcons over the last two years. We’ll give the edge to Marvin Hall for now based on his speed and meager experience, but also with the knowledge that the Bears’ sixth receiver likely won’t be active on game days unless of an injury.
TIGHT ENDS (5): Trey Burton, Adam Shaheen, Ben Braunecker, Bradley Sowell, Dax Raymond
Missing the cut: Ian Bunting, Jesper Horsted, Ellis Richardson
If Burton has to begin training camp on the PUP list, will he be ready for Week 1? Can Shaheen stay healthy for a full season? Those are perhaps the two biggest questions needing answers not only for this unit, but for the Bears’ offense as a whole. Burton’s 11th-hour injury prior to the Bears’ playoff loss to the Philadelphia Eagles limited how dynamic Nagy’s offense could be, while Shaheen’s preseason injury meant the Bears were ineffective when using 12 personnel during the regular season. The Bears need better depth behind Burton and Shaheen — Braunecker is a reliable special teamer with flexibility to play both the “U” and the “Y” spots, but can more much-needed depth emerge from a converted offensive lineman (Sowell) and a handful of undrafted free agents (Raymond, Bunting, Horsted, Richardson)? We’ll give Sowell (at the “Y” behind Shaheen) and Raymond (at the “U” behind Burton) the spots for now, but both will have to earn their way onto the roster during training camp.
OFFENSIVE LINE (8): Charles Leno, James Daniels, Cody Whitehair, Kyle Long, Bobby Massie, Rashaad Coward, Ted Larsen, Alex Bars
Missing the cut: Cornelius Lucas, Joe Lowery, T.J. Clemmings, Blake Blackmar, Marquez Tucker, Jordan McCray, Sam Mustipher
The Bears moved Sowell to tight end thanks, in part, to their confidence in the development of Coward — a converted defensive lineman — to take over as their swing tackle in 2019. He’s still under construction as an NFL offensive lineman and will have to beat out a handful of challengers, including a five-year NFL reserve in Lucas, but Coward has the edge for a roster spot. The interior reserves are less clear, though: Larsen was brought back in free agency but only has $90,000 guaranteed on his one-year deal, while Bars played for O-line coach Harry Hiestand in college but is coming off an ACL/MCL injury that led to him going undrafted in April. Any of the other reserves could make a push, or the Bears could look to add interior depth on cut-down weekend. For now, though, Larsen, Bars and Coward make the most sense to slide behind the same starting five the Bears had to end 2018.
DEFENSIVE LINE (6): Akiem Hicks, Eddie Goldman, Bilal Nichols, Roy Robertson-Harris, Jonathan Bullard, Nick Williams
Missing the cut: Abdullah Anderson, Jalen Dalton, Daryle Banfield, Jonathan Harris
This is the Bears’ deepest unit, with the only battle to see who will make the roster and wind up inactive on game days, as Williams was for all but two games in 2018.
OUTSIDE LINEBACKER (5): Khalil Mack, Leonard Floyd, Aaron Lynch, Isaiah Irving, Chuck Harris
Cut: Kylie Fitts, Mathieu Betts, James Vaughters
Irving flashed during 2017’s and 2018’s preseasons, and might need to do so again to secure his spot on the Bears’ 2019 roster. But consider this an open battle for reserve roles behind Mack/Floyd/Lynch: Irving has the inside track to one spot but will have to earn it; while whoever flashes the most from the Harris/Fitts/Betts/Vaughters group should get another. We’ll go with Harris here — maybe Mack can take his fellow Buffalo alum under his wing during training camp.
INSIDE LINEBACKER (4): Danny Trevathan, Roquan Smith, Nick Kwiatkoski, Joel Iyiegbuniwe
Cut: Josh Woods, Jameer Thurman, Kevin Pierre-Louis
Woods might be as close to the bubble as anyone on defense, and could force his way on to the roster with a strong preseason and a commitment to special teams. But with Kwiatkoski a reliable backup and he and Iyiegbuniwe being core special teamers, it’s hard to see Woods beating out any of those four for a spot right now.
CORNERBACK (6): Kyle Fuller, Prince Amukamara, Buster Skrine, Kevin Toliver II, Duke Shelley, Sherrick McManis
Cut: Stephen Denmark, John Franklin III, Michael Joseph, Josh Simmons, Clifton Duck, Jonathon Mincy
There should be a strong competition among the reserve outside corners on this roster, with Toliver having the best shot but needing to fend off the raw athleticism of Denmark and Franklin as well as the talent of Joseph, who stuck on the practice squad last year after going undrafted out of Division III Dubuque. Shelley flashed during OTAs and minicamp during the spring and looks likely to wind up on the 53-man roster. While McManis worked at safety some during the spring, we’ll include him among the cornerbacks for now.
SAFETY (4): Eddie Jackson, Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Deon Bush, DeAndre Houston-Carson
Cut: Doyin Jibowu
Barring injury and a more permanent move to safety for McManis, there’s little that’ll change in this unit between now and Week 1.
SPECIALISTS (3): Greg Joseph (PK), Pat O’Donnell (P), Patrick Scales (LS)
Cut: Elliott Fry, Eddy Pineiro, John Wirtel
Surprise! While the battle between Fry and Pineiro will dominate the headlines in Bourbonnais, the “winner” isn’t guaranteed to be the Bears’ Week 1 kicker. So not only are those two competing against each other, they’re competing against the field, too. In this scenario, the Cleveland Browns keep fifth-round pick Austin Seibert and cut Joseph, who made 17 of 20 field goals (with a long of 51 yards) for them in 2018. The Bears could try to swing a trade for Baltimore’s Kaare Vedvik here, too. The larger point, though, is this: Pace may have to look outside the organization for his Week 1 kicker, and there will be some talent — like Joseph — available if he does.
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Perm J. 2014 Summer;18(3):11-6. doi: 10.7812/TPP/14-003.
Temporal trends in mortality after coronary artery revascularization in patients with end-stage renal disease.
Krishnaswami A1, Leong TK2, Hlatky MA3, Chang TI4, Go AS5.
Cardiologist at the San Jose Medical Center in CA. ashok.krishnaswami@kp.org.
Consulting Data Analyst at the Division of Research in Oakland, CA. thomas.k.leong@kp.org.
Cardiologist and Professor of Health Research and Policy at Stanford University in CA. mah@stanford.edu.
Nephrologist at Stanford University in CA. tichang@stanford.edu.
Chair of the Cardiovascular and Metabolic Conditions Section and Director of the Comprehensive Clinical Research Unit at the Division of Research in Oakland, CA. alan.s.go@kp.org.
Recent studies that have assessed the comparative effectiveness between coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) that have included analyses of temporal trends in mortality have noted mixed results.
We conducted an observational longitudinal cohort study of all adults with ESRD undergoing CABG or PCI within Kaiser Permanente Northern California. The primary predictor, index period of revascularization, was categorized into 3 periods: 1996-1999 (reference), 2000-2003, and 2004-2008, with the primary outcome being 3-year all-cause mortality. A multivariable Cox regression model with the assumption of independent censoring was used to determine the adjusted relative risk of the primary predictor.
Among 1015 ESRD patients, 3-year mortality showed no significant change in the 2000-2003 period but was lower during the 2004-2008 period with an adjusted hazard ratio of 0.66 (95% confidence interval: 0.49-0.88; trend test p = 0.01). No change in 30-day mortality was noted. Further adjustment for receipt of medications at baseline and after revascularization did not materially affect risk estimates. No significant interactions were observed between the type of revascularization (CABG or PCI) and the period of the index revascularization.
Among a high-risk cohort of patients with ESRD and coronary artery disease within Kaiser Permanente Northern California who were referred for coronary revascularization by either CABG or PCI, the relative risk of mortality in the 2004-2008 period decreased by 34% compared with the 1996-1999 period, with the benefit primarily in the decrease in late mortality.
10.7812/TPP/14-003
Creation of the study cohort.
Temporal Trends in Mortality after Coronary Artery Revascularization in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease
Perm J. 2014 Summer;18(3):11-16.
Number of index coronary revascularization procedures (CABG and PCI) in the years 1996–2008.
CABG = coronary artery bypass grafting; PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention.
Fitted survival curve stratified by period of index coronary revascularization. Model similar to .
Adjusted mortality in the overall, CABG, and PCI cohort stratified by period of revascularization compared with the reference period 1996–1999. Model similar to .
CABG = coronary artery bypass grafting; CI = confidence interval;
PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention.
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Talanta. 2018 Aug 15;186:1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.talanta.2018.04.003. Epub 2018 Apr 3.
Gas-phase complexation of α-/β-cyclodextrin with amino acids studied by ion mobility-mass spectrometry and molecular dynamics simulations.
Chen Y1, Zuo Z2, Dai X3, Xiao P3, Fang X3, Wang X4, Wang W5, Ding CF6.
School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials(iChEM), Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Functional Material, Department of Chemistry and Laser Chemistry Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials(iChEM), Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Functional Material, Department of Chemistry and Laser Chemistry Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.
Chemical Metrology & Analytical Science Division, National Institute of Metrology, Beijing 100013, China.
School of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China.
Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials(iChEM), Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Functional Material, Department of Chemistry and Laser Chemistry Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China. Electronic address: wnwang@fudan.edu.cn.
Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials(iChEM), Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Functional Material, Department of Chemistry and Laser Chemistry Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China. Electronic address: cfding@fudan.edu.cn.
Cyclodextrins (CDs) are a class of macrocyclic molecules that have exhibited many promising applications in various fields. The knowledge of the complexation modes and recognition mechanisms of CDs with their guests are of paramount importance for rational design of more variants with controlled properties. Herein we investigated the binding conformations and the structural characteristics of α-/β-CD with three amino acids (AA, AA=Gly, L-Leu, L-Phe) in the gas phase by a combined experimental and computational approach. Electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry suggested the formation of 1:1 anionic complexes between CDs and AAs and the complex anions were further identified by tandem mass spectrometry. Moreover, ion mobility-mass spectrometry experiments revealed the inclusion complexation adopted for [α-CD+Gly]- as well as β-CD with either amino acid, whereas [α-CD+Leu]- and [α-CD+Phe]- favored an exclusion conformation, indicating size-dependent binding modes. The association is primarily driven by polar interactions via the formation of hydrogen bonds. Furthermore, the relative dynamic stabilities of the complex ions were observed to be in correlation with the gas-phase basicities of the deprotonated amino acid and CD anions. These above findings are well in line with our atomistic molecular dynamics simulation results. This study advances our understanding of the mechanisms underlying CD host-guest recognition.
Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Amino acids; Cyclodextrin; Exclusion; Inclusion; Ion mobility-mass spectrometry; Molecular dynamics simulation
10.1016/j.talanta.2018.04.003
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Gases/chemistry
alpha-Cyclodextrins/chemistry*
beta-Cyclodextrins/chemistry*
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2 Injured In Shooting At France School, 1 In Explosion At IMF Paris Office
World | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Updated: March 16, 2017 18:40 IST
A shootout at a school in France's Grasse left at least 2 injured.
Grasse, a town in southern France, has witnessed a shooting incident at high school, in which two students have been injured. The local authorities have said the incident involves students and is not terror related. A 17-year-old student has been arrested. Earlier today, at the Paris office of International Monetary Fund, a letter had exploded when it was opened. One person was mildly injured, the police said, adding that the bomb was home-made.
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Powell vows to regain world record from Gatlin
RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 13 (Reuters) Jamaica's Asafa Powell has a message for the man who broke his 100 metres world record.
''Tell Justin (Gatlin) congratulations (but) the record is only on loan,'' Powell was quoted by his agent Paul Doyle as saying shortly after the American clocked 9.76 seconds in Doha, Qatar yesterday.
The performance clipped one-hundredth of a second off Powell's 2005 world record and earned the 24-year-old Gatlin the triple crown of sprinting.
The soft-spoken sprinter, who once thought about being an artist, joins compatriots Carl Lewis and Maurice Greene and Canadian Donovan Bailey as the only male 100 metres runners to win Olympic and world championship golds and set a world record.
''If their rivalry wasn't big enough yet, the suspense of the first race (this season) has just multiplied,'' Doyle told Reuters via telephone from Doha after watching Gatlin break the record.
The two are scheduled to meet for the first time this year at Gateshead, England on June 11 and several more clashes could take place in the European summer.
They only raced twice last year with Gatlin winning both encounters as Powell suffered a groin injury in the second meeting that forced him out of the world championships.
SURPRISE RECORD However, both are healthy now and ready to take their rivalry to a new level.
''I'm trying to go 9.74, 9.73,'' Gatlin told reporters in Qatar.
''The race (Friday) really wasn't one of my best races.'' Despite fulfilling his recent boasts, Gatlin admitted that setting the world record so early in the season had surprised him.
''I know I was talking a lot and wanted to do it and was really focused on it, but I did not think it would come my second race into the season,'' he said during a news conference.
His game plan from the beginning of training at the latter end of last season was to break the record this year and that focus had not changed, even with the 9.76 clocking, he said.
''I am actually more motivated now to go out there and run a faster time,'' Gatlin said.
Both he and Powell will compete in the May 28 Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon but in different events.
Gatlin was scheduled to run a 100 metres there and Powell the 200 metres, Doyle confirmed yesterday.
Gatlin also will run a 100 metres at New York on June 3, the day after Powell is slated to race the same distance at Oslo in a tune-up for their Gateshead showdown.
Powell was the world record holder when the Gateshead showdown was arranged.
''Now I am the fastest in the world,'' Gatlin said. ''It feels great.'' REUTERS AY RN1430
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A haunted doll teaches one little girl why children shouldn’t play with undead things.
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330 West 42nd Street is a 35-story office space building located in Times Square. The total square feet is 661,961 and built in 1931. It is considered a class A building.
330 West 42nd Street tenants include: 1199 SEIU, 1199 National Benefit and Pension Funds.
There are a variety of small medium and large offices available at 330 West 42nd Street for rent or lease.
The McGraw Hill Building at 330 West 42nd Street is a building 33 stories and 485 feet (148 m) high, located in the Hell's Kitchen section of Manhattan, New York City. It was completed in 1931 and designed by Raymond Hood. The second building named after McGraw Hill in New York City, it replaces the function of the original McGraw-Hill building at 469 Tenth Avenue. The exterior walls of the building are panels of blue-green terra-cotta ceramic tiles, alternating with green-metal-framed windows, with a strongly horizontal orientation. The building was the only one in the city displayed the influential International ... More info
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1199 National Benefit and Pension Funds leased 455,461 SF
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330 West 42nd Street Property Overview
Bulding Address: 330 W 42nd St
Bulding Name: Deco Tower
Building Alternate address(es): 330 W 42nd St
Neighborhood: Times Square
Stories: 35
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Biometric breakthroughs and privacy concerns
July 09, 2017 Jan Howells , Security
We can already unlock our smart devices with our fingerprints and faces, and soon we will be using our ears. Has biometrics come of age at last?
Biometrics itself isn’t new, but innovation in the field is moving apace as security becomes the key to customer confidence.
Biometrics refers to metrics associated with human characteristics. Scanners pick up these characteristics to identify people using biometrics such as fingerprints, face, hand/palm, iris, voice and vein patterns. For example, facial recognition is now commonplace in automated epassport gates, which compare the live image of a traveler with their passport photograph.
The biometrics market is on a rapid growth path, accelerated by security concerns around terrorism and identity theft. It is already being used in government initiatives such as electoral administration, e-passports and e-visas, according to TechSci Research, which estimates the global market will surpass $24 billion by 2021.
Biometric systems are also being adopted for access control and time keeping purposes in the public and private sectors. This will grow over the next five years alongside military use, according to TechSci Research. Military units, for example, are adopting Iris ID’s iris recognition technology to verify troops’ identities on boarding military transportation, where reliable performance is critical.
Biometric advances
Smartphones today boast fingerprint sensors, iris scanners and facial recognition. But there are already other human characteristic authentication technologies waiting in the wings.
NEC, for example, is prototyping an ear authentication system. NEC’s wearable buds use “otoacoustic” authentication technology to recognize the characteristics of a user’s ear to enable hands-free authentication. This lets users safely and security activate devices without having to enter a password, for example.
The way we walk is almost impossible to replicate and could also be used to secure our devices. Researchers from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), an Australian government agency, have overcome the problem of battery-hungry accelerometers, used to capture motion and velocity, which previously hobbled the uptake of gait recognition.
The CSIRO research team have developed a technique dubbed kinetic energy harvesting (KEH), which changes a person’s motion into electrical energy to improve battery life. They believe that this could open up the market for gait recognition in wearable devices.
Companies are increasingly partnering in the biometrics market to speed up innovation. Orange Cyberdefense, for example, has partnered with biometrics expert Morpho to work on mobile security solutions.
Biometric applications
Industries from banking and finance to transportation are looking at how they can utilize biometrics to make customers safer and their services more convenient.
Earlier this year, Precise Biometrics linked up with Elan MicroElectronics to launch a commercial payment card with fingerprint technology to premium customers at a South Korean bank. Mastercard has recently trialed a fingerprint biometrics card with supermarket retailer Pick n Pay and Absa Bank in South Africa for mobile payments and chip-and-PIN (EMV) terminals worldwide. Mastercard is expected to roll out the card later this year.
On the automotive front, car makers are looking to use biometric identity features to improve both comfort and safety. Gestigon, for example, is a software system that can interpret driver movements and draw actionable insights such as drowsiness. Analyst firm Frost and Sullivan forecasts that one in three new cars will incorporate biometric features from 2025.
The question of privacy
Biometric authentication usage applications are broad, touching many industries, so it comes as no surprise that the technology has given rise to privacy and security concerns around the potential theft and fraudulent use of this data.
Following Illinois and Texas, the state of Washington has become the latest US state to pass legislation regulating the commercial use of “biometric identifiers”, which are the characteristics unique to a person’s body or behavior. Other states are expected to follow suit in providing similar consumer protection legislation around the collection, use and storing of biometric data.
In Europe, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which comes into force May 2017, states that any data that may identify an individual will be classified as personal data. This includes biometric data. Other countries are watching closely as the biometric privacy issue unfolds.
Biometrics everywhere
As we all become more familiar with biometrics on our devices and expect our mobiles to identify who we are, advanced biometrics will become increasingly important at keeping the cybercriminals out.
Orange Cyberdefense is here to protect your most valuable data assets from increasingly complex and sophisticated cyber threats. Find out more here.
Jan Howells
Jan has been writing about technology for over 22 years for magazines and web sites, including ComputerActive, IQ magazine and Signum. She has been a business correspondent on ComputerWorld in Sydney and covered the channel for Ziff-Davis in New York.
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Sprint, Clearwire Team on WiMax
By Stephen Lawson
With wider national coverage than either company could have had on its own, Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. say they can achieve on their joint WiMax network some of what Google Inc. and others want to see in the prized 700MHz band.
The companies announced Thursday they will link their respective WiMax wireless broadband networks to give subscribers a seamless roaming experience across territories that eventually will cover 300 million U.S. residents. The network will deliver between 2M bps (bits per second) and 4M bps downstream and about half that speed upstream, they said.
Sprint and Clearwire plan to use WiMax so that subscribers can choose among a wide range of devices built to the open standard on which the technology is based. In addition, they intend to let users access any application or service on the Internet, said Atish Gude, senior vice president of mobile broadband operations at Sprint.
The upcoming auction of 700MHz radio spectrum around the U.S. has sparked a fierce debate between traditional carriers and Google Inc., Frontline Wireless LLC and others over how that spectrum should be used. Current mobile operators generally sell a limited set of devices locked to their networks and favor their own applications among the offerings their customers can access on their phones. Google told the FCC on Friday it won't bid unless the government requires any-device, any-application networks. It also wants a rule forcing the winners to sell wholesale network access to other service providers. Sprint doesn't have plans for wholesale access.
Sprint, which announced its WiMax plans last year, said Thursday it owns spectrum licenses for the WiMax band that cover 185 million U.S. residents. Clearwire has spectrum in the same band to serve 115 million people. The combined network should be fairly comprehensive, covering urban, suburban and rural areas across the country, which today has a population just over 302 million, the Census Bureau estimates.
After "soft" launches in Chicago and Washington, D.C., at the end of this year and commercial availability starting next year, the companies together aim to reach 100 million people by the end of 2008. This is the same 2008 goal Sprint had given previously by itself, but it was an aggressive goal then and is now a conservative estimate, Gude said. The companies did not estimate when the full network would be completed.
Given the higher frequency Sprint and Clearwire plan to use, at 2.5GHz, their network is likely to need more base stations than a similar network using 700MHz, which travels over long distances and through walls more easily.
Clearwire already operates a wireless broadband service and has been planning to convert it to standard mobile WiMax, which is only now emerging as a commercial technology. The company is backed by heavy hitters including Intel Corp. and Motorola Inc.
Sprint, struggling against larger rivals AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless Inc., could use Clearwire's helping hand. The deal may let Sprint realize its WiMax dream at less expense, said IDC analyst Godfrey Chua. There seems to be little overlap between the two carriers' licenses, so the partnership won't really hurt competition and is likely to win government approval, Chua said.
The first users will access the network with standalone modems, notebook add-on cards or PCs and smaller Ultra Mobile PCs with embedded modems, Sprint said. But it sees mobility as the key driver of the network and believes WiMax handsets will arrive by 2009, Gude said.
However, Chua thinks ever-faster cellular technologies have the edge for mobility. The Sprint-Clearwire network will compete mainly against DSL (digital subscriber line) and cable modem services, with the advantage that subscribers can set up a notebook away from home and enjoy the same service. It could significantly boost broadband competition, he said.
"It's making the world a little bit more interesting now," Chua said.
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Hundreds line sidewalks as Apple iPhone 6 hysteria...
Hundreds line sidewalks as Apple iPhone 6 hysteria takes over Sydney
Cheering Apple staff opened shop doors at 8am as sales commenced for Apple's iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.
Tony Ibrahim (PC World) on 19 September, 2014 09:03
Apple staff line the balconies...
Tents, sleeping bags, chairs and blankets were all laid against the cold pavement this morning as people woke up to what would be the final leg in a long wait for the next generation Apple iPhone.
First in line set up camp 9 days ago. The duo, representing start-up Alphatise, worked in shifts as they tried to secure the first iPhone 6.
The line folded onto itself as it wrapped the Apple store on George Street and worked its way down towards Sydney’s Darling Harbour, breaking only for driveways and roads, before ending at the corner of Market and Clarence Street.
The camp on Sydney’s pavements would’ve been a tough one as last night’s temperature dropped to 9 degrees.
Apple opened its doors at 8am with its staff, clad in blue ‘genius’ shirts, pressing against the store’s glass façade and chanting a countdown.
Nor was the Apple store the only shopfront people lined hoping to buy an iPhone 6. Optus, Telstra and Vodafone stores on George Street were all buzzing ahead of the 8am on-sale time.
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The Samsung store on George Street had a line in front of it, too. This line was overflow from customers hoping to buy an iPhone 6.
Presales of the iPhone 6 opened last week to strong demand with Apple announcing 4 million had been sold within the first 24 hours. Interest was so great Apple’s website crashed, as did that of Optus, Vodafone and Telstra.
The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus mark a radical departure in being the first Apple smartphones to have large screens at 4.7in and 5.5in respectively.
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New features include the ability to make phone calls over Wi-Fi, a 25 per cent faster processor, another dedicated to motion, and compatibility with Apple’s NFC payment system, if it is introduced in Australia.
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The smartphones come with Apple’s updated operating system, iOS 8, which offers improved messaging, time-lapse video recording, a health application and enhanced photo editing features. Apple’s iOS 8 was made available to existing iPhones, iPads and iPods yesterday.
Read more Up to a month wait for Apple's iPhone 6
The cheapest plan on offer from the four big Australian telcos is available from Virgin Australia, which is offering the 16GB iPhone 6 from $55 a month.
Apple is selling the iPhone 6 from $869 and the iPhone 6 Plus from $999 for models coming with 16GB of internal storage. Top end models are priced at $1129 for the iPhone 6 and $1249 for the iPhone 6 Plus.
Read more Apple iPhone 6 hands-on
Nermin Bajric contributed to this report.
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Tropical cyclone 1L (Alberto) is dissipating in the Atlantic Ocean…located approximately 170 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina (Post tropical cyclone…sustained winds of 35 mph) – Final Advisory
PDC Global Hazards Atlas displaying sea water temperature around dissipating tropical cyclone Alberto
Early season tropical cyclone Alberto has lost its tropical cyclone characteristics, and has been given its final advisory by the National Hurricane Center in Miami this morning. As it moves quickly towards the northeast, it will move over progressively cooler sea water temperatures (75F), losing its identity in the process. The second influencing feature which has sent Alberto into the post tropical cyclone category, has been the strong shearing winds over the storm…which have reached 50 knots.
Tropical Cyclone 1L (Alberto) – Final Advisory
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How one family found their place in the sun
By Derek Lambert
A beautifully jacketed reissue of the bestselling travel memoir about life off-the-tourist-track in Spain.
Tired of his life as a globe-trotting journalist, and desperate to finish his latest novel, writer Derek Lambert decides to settle with his new wife and young son in a mouldering casita nestled among citrus groves inland of the Costa Blanca.
As he sets about restoring his house and learning to live the ordinary life of a Spanish villager, Lambert introduces us to a Spain far removed from the tourist traps and thumping discos of the Costas, and soon discovers that adapting to this new life is not as easy as he imagined. He employs a roofer who's afraid of heights, a plumber confounded by a blocked pipe and bumbles through Spanish lessons with a mocking classmate who challenges him to a public arm-wresting contest. Then just when it seems that nothing more could go wrong, the Lamberts face Spain's first snowstorm in many years.
Written in the jaunty, anecdotal style of Peter Mayle and Bill Bryson, this is a warm, affectionate and often hilarious portrait of life as a foreigner in rural Spain.
Derek Lambert
“ An entertaining read in the vein of Mayle or Bryson... truly gripping ”
“ A great insight into his first year on the Costa Blanca and the traumas that crop up ”
“ The comic, anecdotal style of Peter Mayle with the shrewd observation of Bill Bryson...just the thing to take on holiday ”
“ Delightful ”
“ At last a cracking good book by a foreigner who went native in Spain! There are a million homes owned by foreigners in Spain and Spanish Lessons should be in every one ”
“ A humorous evocation of Spanish lifestyle in which Lambert experiences the rewards and frustrations of being a stranger in a foreign land ”
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Editorial: Penticton’s Naude is still a winner
Win or lose, Andi Naude is a true Olympian
Feb. 14, 2018 7:30 a.m.
Penticton’s Andi Naude showed the world what an Olympian should be last weekend.
Not by winning a medal, though she was oh so close. No, it was her attitude to not winning that hardware that makes her stand out.
Skiing in the women’s moguls finals Sunday, Naude — ranked No. 2 in the world going into the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics — must have been struggling with a level of disappointment few of us could understand when, after doing a full backflip with a twist off the difficult first jump, she lost control of her speed and had to ski off course causing her to be disqualified.
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It was heartbreaking to watch, but even as tears welled up in her eyes Naude held her head high. And when she spoke, it wasn’t with regret about throwing a risky harder trick, but about the positives of giving it her all, and already starting to focus on the 2022 Winter Olympics.
“I can’t go back, I just have to keep my head up and look to the future,” said Naude.
That, friends, is spirit. If only we could all bear disappointment with that level of dignity and balance.
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While it’s certainly a characteristic shared by other athletes and Olympians, it’s rare that we get a good look at it so clearly expressed. The focus is most often on the winners and the fog of other news stories that surround the Olympics: doping, judging scandals and the unbelievable money poured into these two weeks.
Related: Lots of Olympic love for Penticton’s Naude
All that makes the outpouring of support we saw for Naude on social media all the more wonderful as people responded to her spirit with words of encouragement, love and thanks.
Naude’s accomplishments as an athlete are many. But she can add to that being a role model, not just for other athletes but for anyone, looking to her courage in the face of disappointment.
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Home > News > Benefits > Providers Are HIPAA Privacy Compliant
Benefits May 7, 2003
Providers Are HIPAA Privacy Compliant
May 7, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Compliance for the recently enacted privacy rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is much greater at health care providers than other entities.
By Eric Hazard
A greater proportion of providers surveyed (78%) said they were compliant with the rule, compared to payers (68%) and clearinghouses (47%). April’s data represents a significant improvement over January where only 9% of providers, 5% of payers, and 14% of clearinghouses reported that they were compliant in the earlier study, according to Phoenix Health Systems and HIMSS Spring 2003 US Healthcare Industry Quarterly HIPAA Compliance Survey.
Provider level of compliance is high in most areas of the privacy requirements. Tops among these is the near totality of providers (98%) who reported being privacy-compliant after posting and distributing Notices of Privacy Practices. Other high marks were noted in:
obtaining acknowledgement of receipt of Notice of Privacy Practices (97%)
obtaining patient authorizations for use and disclosure of Protected Health Information (PHI) (97%)
enabling mandated patients’ rights (96%)
documenting privacy policies and practices (91%)
maintaining accounting of disclosures (89%)
using “minimum necessary” restrictions (88%)
implementing security protections (82%)
monitoring organizational compliance (71%)
obtaining all required Business Associate agreements (60%).
TCS Too?
The strong progress of privacy compliance since January suggests that on-time implementation of the highly visible privacy regulations may have dominated the focus of healthcare HIPAA compliance efforts in recent months, the survey said. The emphasis on implementation of privacy regulations along with the technical complexities inherent in nationwide adoption of HIPAA standardized transactions may have delayed Transactions and Code Sets (TCS) compliance efforts in many health care enterprises, especially provider organizations.
These regulations stipulated covered entities that asked for a one-year extension for compliance with the TCS regulations were to begin testing their systems by April 16. However, the study found only one-half of participants reporting completion of TCS implementation activities and just 53% began internal testing by the HHS-stipulated April 16 testing deadline.
On a more positive note, the majority of organizations had completed TCS HIPAA awareness/education (78%), assessment (73%), and implementation project planning (67%). Further, almost 40% of respondents had already begun external testing with business partners.
Also, 80% of clearinghouses, 62% of payers, 55% of vendors and 49% of providers stated they were conducting internal transactions testing as of the TCS April 16 testing deadline. Some 53% of clearinghouses, 39% of providers, 39% of vendors and 37% of payers were conducting external testing with their trading partners, as of the testing deadline.
A total of 697 health care industry representatives responded to e-mail appeals of members of the two organizations. Providers comprised 70% of respondents, payers equaled 19%, vendors 9%, and clearinghouses 2%.The survey is available at http://www.hipaadvisory.com/action/surveynew/Spring2003.htm .
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Plymouth City Council
Man appalled after litter louts leave Plymouth Hoe covered in rubbish
"It's ridiculous to show that apathy to the place we live in"
Katie TimmsReporter
A man has told of his disappointment of visiting the Plymouth Hoe in the sunny weather, only to find it completely covered in rubbish.
Alex Primmer says he can now understand why Plymouth City Council has brought in 'litter police' after he saw the beauty spot covered in plastic bottles, used disposable barbecues and beer cans.
Mr Primmer, 36, said that he was enjoying a day out on the Hoe and saw everyone enjoying themselves at around 3pm on Friday.
But the scene was very different when he returned at about 8pm.
Mr Primmer said: "After a beautiful day it is such a shame the council have to send people out to clean up after others who are so incompetent and lazy they can't even move their own rubbish from the grass to the bin.
"It seems such a shame people value our city so little as to leave the Hoe in the state its in after the sunshine."
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Mr Primmer said that it was a huge disappointment to see and that people don't realise that their actions create a ripple effect, which results in creating a huge mess.
Rubbish left scattered on Plymouth Hoe
He said that he has seen rubbish on the Hoe before, but not as much as was there on Friday.
He added: "It's such a shame as it's such a lovely part of the city.
"There must be about 100 burn marks on the grass from barbecues, people just don't realise the mess it creates.
"It's ridiculous to show that apathy to the place that we live in."
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Mr Primmer said: "Unfortunately this shows why the litter police are necessary.
"It's something that is beneficial to us.
"If you travel around New Zealand, Germany or France, the litter is nowhere near as bad as ours.
"It's appalling."
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Plymouth City Council teamed up with Kingdom Services Group in March in a bid to discourage people from dropping litter.
The environmental enforcement officers, also dubbed 'the litter police' came into force last month.
The officers handed out 164 fines in their first week of the job, meaning that if all £80 fixed penalty notices (FPNs) are paid, they will have collected more than £13,000 during their first seven days of service.
Scores of people were caught by Plymouth's new environmental enforcement officers when they started their patrols in the middle of March.
Councillor Ian Bowyer, Leader of Plymouth City Council, said: "I'm delighted that the team have hit the ground running.
"The officers have told me that just their presence has already started to change behaviours with people opting to find the nearest bin rather than drop their rubbish on the floor.
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"I would like to reiterate what I have said all along on this - if you are a responsible citizen of this city then please do not worry, this action is not aimed at you.
"But if you drop litter, don't pick up after your dog, fly-post or fly-tip, then be prepared to pay."
Tasked with preventing littering, dog fouling, fly-posting and fly-tipping, the officers are able to issue fixed penalty notices to offenders.
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“As a result of our education and enforcement activities, however, we are already starting to see positive signs of improved and responsible behaviour.”
Now extra officers have been deployed all around the city, the council are reminding residents of their responsibility to keep the city clear from rubbish.
The council's new online campaign asks residents "can you afford not to pick up after yourself?".
(Image: Sarah Waddington)
It is hoped that by introducing extra enforcement officers, guided by existing expert and experienced staff, will ensure that issues of littering, dog fouling and fly tipping can be proactively tackled around the city.
With more officers on the street, members of the public are being encouraged to get in touch if they see an offence being committed.
If residents are able to identify the perpetrator and provide a witness statement then they are encouraged to report it via our online self-service system.
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Littering and fly-posting both carry an £80 penalty while dog fouling costs offenders £100.
The biggest fine is for fly-tipping, which can see you issued a £400 fine.
What will happen if you are stopped?
On a day-to-day basis, environmental enforcement officers will be patrolling the city centre and surrounding areas.
They patrol the area and witness any offences being committed. If an offence is witnessed, the officer will approach the individual, introduce themselves, introduce the camera and show their warrant card to prove they are who they say they are.
Next the officer will explain the situation and the offence they have already committed, before asking for identification and verifying the details.
Because it's a criminal matter, they need to make sure the details are verified correctly, and this is achieved by checking details on an ID card, driver's license, or bank card, and checking them against a hand-held tablet.
The machine will print out a receipt and the perpetrator will have it explained to them how long they have to pay the fixed penalty notice, and how they can actually pay it.
All fines will have a Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) reference number and must be paid within 14 days.
For a fine issued on the spot there will be a 9 digit reference number. For a fine issued in the post, there will be a 6 digit reference number.
If you don’t pay your fine within 14 days, you could get taken to court where you could be fined up to £2,500 for littering and dog offences. There is no limit for fly tipping fines. And you may get a criminal record.
To find out more information about littering fines, click here .
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Criminal charges to be laid over animal neglect on Thandi Modise's farm - NSPCA
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Organisation says warrant had been obtained after it received information on dire condition of animals on property
Neglect, starvation, cruelty at NW farm
The National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) confirms that criminal charges in terms of the Animals Protection Act will be laid against all involved whose actions or negligence led to animals suffering to the point of starvation and resorting to eating one another at the Modderfontein farm in the North West Province.
The farm is owned by Thandi Modise, the Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces.
Inspectors from the NSPCA accompanied by personnel from the SPCAs Parys and Potchefstroom went to the farm on Saturday 05 July. Information had been received, alleging a dire situation for the animals on the property. A warrant was obtained to ensure entry onto the property.
Dead and dying animals were found. An electrician was called to the property to repair the pump for water to be provided for the surviving animals. The animals whose suffering was considered to be greatest and who were deemed to be beyond help, were humanely euthanased.
Evidence was obtained and the NSPCA team returned to the property the next day accompanied by a veterinarian on whose advice more animals were humanely euthanased to end their extreme suffering. On Sunday 06 July, the surviving pigs were signed over to the NSPCA by a representative of the owner.
On Monday 07 and Tuesday 08 July, sheep, goats, chickens and geese were seized by the NSPCA and removed from the farm. Cattle remain on the farm. These are free-roaming animals and had been able to forage. However, a condition for their remaining on the farm was that appropriate food would be provided immediately for them.
The NSPCA has already spent 4 days at the scene and will continue to assist the surviving animals.
Sincere appreciation is expressed to the SPCAs Parys and Potchefstroom whose help has been invaluable and who continue to monitor and assist.
Thanks are extended to everyone who assisted in whatever way.
Statement issued by the NSPCA, July 8 2014
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Snowbasin is on Epic Pass Next Year
In Vail
Good news. Your Epic Pass will provide access to Snowbasin next year. Maybe that will reduce pressure on PCMR/Canyons… but I doubt it. It likely adds some folks north of Salt Lake who will pack parking lots in Park City more than ever. It looks like 7 days at Snowbasin for Epic Pass holders and 2 days for Epic Locals. Then pass holders get 50% off after their days have been exhausted. The...
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This winter we have received a few emails from locals who have encountered issues with Vail Resorts suspending passes due to various infractions. Locals’ issues seem to center on: Children who have had their passes suspended Limited ability to appeal suspended passes Are different rules applied at Canyons versus PCMR A lack of understanding of how suspension timeframes are determined A...
A reminder that we still have to be vigilant with Vail and the Park City name
KPCW is reporting that Vail is changing some signs in town to use the name “Park City Mountain Resort” instead of Park City. That’s kind of them, I we suppose. However, today we received a random catalog in the mail from a company called uncommongoods. On page 33, we noticed a nice poster for PARK CITY. It provides a brief history of the town, some info about geography, a...
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Park City is No Longer Vail’s Largest Ski Property — Vail to Buy Whistler Blackcomb
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Bravo Vail on Withdrawing Trademark Application
Jay Hamburger and the Park Record is reporting Vail is withdrawing its trademark application. The reason, according to the press release was “This has clearly become a distraction that is pulling our collective focus away from the important work that lies ahead for our city on critical issues, such as affordable housing, parking and transit among others. As such, we have decided to withdraw...
The perfect song for the Park City vs. Vail trademark fight
In Park City, Vail
Seriously, are there any writers better than John and Paul? Listen to the lyrics. They nailed the essence of our debate with Vail 50 years ago. Just amazing. Rob, Kristin, and Bill… try to see it our way…
Dana Williams’ Impassioned Speech at the Park City Vail Protest
During yesterday’s Park City Vail Resorts trademark protest, former Park City mayor Dana Williams gave an impassioned 3 minute speech on how our community has a good case against Vail Resorts trademarking the name “Park City.” He told us that “we could always make a deal” but that we should not let them trademark “Park City” from the get to. He also says...
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Training quote of the day #24
From IM Jay Bonin's Active Pieces: Practical Advice from America's Most Relentless Tournament Player
When asked about my own study habits, or - more directly - when someone asks, "Jay, how did you make it to 2400?", I don't always have a great answer. I never had a coach, and in the '70s and '80s as I was climbing the rating list, game databases, chess engines and computers in general were neither as powerful nor as ubiquitous as they are today. Taken together with the fact that the Internet had not yet created the possibility for the instantaneous and free exchange of information, this meant that as an autodidact I had little in the way of formal training other than what was available in Chess Informants and Shakmatny Byulletens when I could find them, and taking the time to thoroughly understand the critical positions in the games published there. I would try to understand not just the tactics that occurred in a game, but the missteps that led to them. Ultimately, I learned by playing stronger opposition and subjecting my own games to the same scrutiny.
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Annotated Game #215: Getting away with a pawn and a win
In this final-round tournament game, after a series of draws, I was looking for a win. The Classical Caro-Kann has been a good opening in terms of scoring wins for me, so I was happy to see my opponent choose it as White. She varies from book with 12. c4, which allows Black to equalize easily. I saw an opportunity to grab White's advanced h-pawn and took it on move 14, which defined the resulting strategic struggle. White could have played more actively, with sufficient compensation for the pawn.
Over time, I am able to consolidate the pawn advantage and make sure that subsequent material exchanges were to my benefit, ending up with a winning double rook endgame. As is common these days, my opponent (a junior) played on until mate. I used to find this practice both annoying and disrespectful, but it seems to be the way competitive chess is now almost universally taught at the scholastic level. Now I just enjoy playing out a winning position (being grateful that I have one) and don't worry about trying to find the absolute quickest path to victory. An easy and safe win is just as good, and it considerably reduces the stress and annoyance factor.
Although I don't quite overdo the pawn-hunting in the opening, it's still enough of a distraction (and detraction) from my game. Seeing in the analysis how White could have taken better advantage of it is instructive. In the future, in a similar situation I would likely play more conventionally rather than chasing the pawn, also bearing in mind the lessons of "Don't Be Greedy in Chess".
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Class B"]
[Black "ChessAdmin"]
[Annotator "ChessAdmin/Komodo 11.2"]
{[%mdl 8192] B19: Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3.
Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10.
Qxd3 e6 11. c4 Qa5+ {here I was looking to take advantage of the early c-pawn
thrust. White's move isn't standard and it lets Black achieve easy equality.} (
11... Bb4+ {is a similar idea, without exposing the queen.} 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13.
Qxd2 O-O 14. O-O Nbd7 15. Rfe1 Qc7 16. Rac1 Rad8 17. b4 Rfe8 18. Nh2 Qd6 19.
Rcd1 b5 20. c5 Qd5 21. Qe2 Ra8 22. a4 bxa4 23. b5 Reb8 24. bxc6 Qxc6 25. Qf3
Nd5 26. Ng4 Rb3 27. Ne3 N7f6 28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Qxe4 Rd8 30. Nc4 Qc7 31. Ra1 Nc3
32. Qg4 Rd5 33. Nd6 Rg5 34. Qf4 Nd5 35. Qe4 a3 36. Qc2 Rb2 37. Qa4 Nf4 38. Qe8+
Kh7 39. Qxf7 Rxg2+ 40. Kh1 Qxf7 {0-1 (40) Ghosh,C (2140)-Rahman,Z (2485) Dhaka
2017}) 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. O-O Bxd2 14. Nxd2 {now I can grab the h-pawn, although
White gains compensation for it.} Nxh5 (14... O-O {is the solid alternative.})
15. Nxh5 Qxh5 16. Ne4 {this is not bad, but I can avoid the knight's threats
rather easily.} (16. Qa3 {would prevent me from castling for the moment and
create pressure in the center.}) (16. Qg3 {would allow White to regain the
pawn.} O-O 17. Qc7 Na6 18. Qxb7 Qa5 19. Qxc6 Qxd2 20. Qxa6 Qxb2 $11 {Komodo
considers this level, as Black can undermine support for the passed c-pawn,
but it looks easier to play as White.}) 16... O-O {although I'm behind in
development and White has more space, I felt pretty good about my position.
With reduced material available for attack, my opponent did not have enough
compensation for the pawn.} 17. Nd6 {an obvious threat that is easily repelled.
} (17. Rfe1 Nd7 $15) 17... b6 18. Rfe1 Rd8 $17 {I considered it more important
to pressure White's advanced knight than to develop my own first. Komodo
agrees with me, although either option is good. By this point, the pawn
advantage is mostly consolidated.} 19. Ne4 Nd7 20. Rad1 (20. Qg3 $5 {would get
the queen out of the line of fire on the d-file.} Qf5 $17) 20... Ne5 {now my
knight can get into the action, thanks to the pin on the d-pawn.} 21. Qc3 Ng4 {
this is more overtly aggressive, but not as effective for the attack.} (21...
Ng6 {threatens an eventual ...Nf4 and leaves the queen more mobile. For example
} 22. Rd3 Rd7 23. Rh3 Qg4 $17) 22. Qg3 Qf5 $15 23. Qh3 {temporarily pinning
the knight, but the queen maneuvering is in my favor.} (23. f3 $5 Nf6 $15)
23... Qg6 (23... Qf4 $5 {I considered, but thought it more risky.} 24. Rd3 {
and now} f5 {is the only move preserving Black's advantage. It looks rather
anti-positional to leave the e6 pawn hanging, but White is unable to take
advantage of this.} 25. Qg3 Qxg3 26. Nxg3 Kf7 $17) 24. Qg3 {again pinning the
knight with the positional threat of Qxg6, inflicting doubled g-pawns and
removing the e-pawn's defender. However, I find the solution by protecting the
queen with my king.} Kh7 25. b4 {I thought this was over-optimistic on White's
part.} Nf6 {this forces simplification on the kingside, which works to my
advantage being a pawn up. However, it would be better to immediately target
White's now under-supported queenside pawns.} (25... a5 26. bxa5 Rxa5 27. a3 {
and only now} Nf6 $17) 26. Qxg6+ {this avoids immediate material loss, but
with the queens off the board, achieving a winning position becomes a lot
easier.} (26. Nxf6+ $5 Qxf6 27. Qc7 Kg8 $17) 26... Kxg6 {I had thought
carefully before exposing my king like this. White's reduced material means
that the king position is still solid enough.} 27. Nxf6 Kxf6 {the king's
position is a little unusual, but its more centralized location seems more
like an advantage than a weakness, now that we are in the endgame.} 28. b5 $6 {
this essentially forces a pawn structure change that significantly benefits me.
} (28. Rd3 $5 $17) 28... cxb5 $19 29. cxb5 Rd5 {now White has an isloated
queen pawn that I can effectively blockade and target, while her queenside
pawns also look vulnerable to pressure.} 30. a4 Rc8 {rook activity is the most
important idea. White will no longer be able to cover all of her weaknesses.}
31. f4 {desperation, preparing the next move.} Rc4 32. Re5 {I had anticipated
this and welcomed the further reduction of material. I expect she was hoping I
would exchange on e5.} Rcxd4 (32... Rdxd4 $5 {is what the engine prefers,
which leaves a Black rook in a more commanding position after the exchange.}
33. Rxd4 Rxd4 34. g3 Rxa4 $19) 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Rc1 {naturally not exchanging
again on d5, which would be an obviously won K+P endgame for me.} Rd4 {now it
would do no good for White to place her rook on the 7th rank.} 35. Ra1 Rxf4 36.
g3 Rc4 37. Kf2 h5 {with the simple winning plan of exchanging off White's last
kingside pawn and marching my own pawns down the board. White stubbornly holds
out until mate.} 38. Kf3 g5 39. Ke3 h4 40. Rf1+ Kg6 41. gxh4 Rxh4 42. Ra1 f5
43. Kf3 Rc4 44. Re1 Kf6 45. Ra1 Rc3+ 46. Kf2 g4 47. Rg1 Ra3 48. Rg3 Rxg3 49.
Kxg3 e5 50. Kf2 Ke6 51. Kg3 Kd5 52. Kf2 f4 53. Kg2 e4 54. Kf2 Kd4 55. Ke2 g3
56. Kf1 f3 57. Kg1 e3 58. Kf1 Kd3 59. Kg1 e2 60. Kh1 e1=Q# 0-1
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Video completed: "Don't be Greedy in Chess" by Tatev Abrahamyan
"Don't be Greedy in Chess" is the third video in the new Chess.com series by Tatev Abrahamyan (under the title 'Why You Should Never Be Greedy'). Like the others, it is around 15 minutes and presents its main theme using some narrated game examples.
The first example is the miniature GM Peter Wells - GM Alexei Shirov. It's an interesting Trompowsky Opening that Shirov treats aggressively. Abrahamyan makes the first mistake I've seen in her video series, missing 6...Qxh6 (the more important reason why White doesn't take with the queen after 5...Bh6) although it doesn't change the evaluation of the position. (This is also mentioned in the comments section and one would think that a minor edit to the video would be in order. However, for some reason it seems that professional chess videos are almost never edited, even when obvious mistakes are made, a perennial complaint of mine with ChessBase products as well. This is the 21st century and digital editing tools are easily available.) In any case, Black gets greedy and grabs a rook, allowing White to develop faster and separate Black's queen from the action against his king in the center. White originally also had very limited development, so perhaps the situation did not seem urgent for Black. Abrahamyan has sufficiently long intros for the key moves for White, allowing you to do some of your own thinking about them.
The second game, an older one, focuses on the problems involved with taking too many pawns in the opening. The White side gets a huge lead in development as a result, forcing Black's king to remain in the center (sound familiar?), then some sacrifices flush the king out into the open. The third game is GM Judit Polgar - GM Ferenc Burkes. It is a more subtle example, where Black's decision to tactically win material in fact gets him in trouble. White creatively passes up taking material in favor of focusing on an h-file attack, which eventually gets her the win. This is also another example of where 'problem-like' tactics (no forced mate or win of material) are not present initially (so you can't really "solve" the position) - both accurate calculation and strategic judgment are needed. The finish involves a fully calculated h-file sacrifice that's worth seeing.
The video's lessons were all on point and Abrahamyan allowed much more time for pausing to consider key positions, a technical improvement on the first two videos.
Annotated Game #214: Why you should never rush (redux)
It often happens in chess training that the topics you are studying become immediately relevant to your game analysis. In this next tournament game, Tatev Abrahamyan's "Why You Should Never Rush" highlights the main theme, since at several points I could have exercised more patience and maneuvered to keep remorselessly squeezing my opponent, rather than simplify or release tension.
Another key idea revealed during analysis was the missed tactical opportunity on move 14. Unlike many tactical problem drills, there was no immediate mate or forced loss of material, but the sequence would have given me a far superior, even winning, position.
Strategically, the struggle revolves around the creation and then targeting of Black's isolated queen pawn (IQP) and the near-ideal circumstances for White in exploiting it. However, my opponent never gave up and in the end she did a good job of holding the endgame draw.
[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "ChessAdmin"] [Black "Class B"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A13"] [Annotator "ChessAdmin/Komodo 11.2"] [PlyCount "154"] {[%mdl 8192] A13: English Opening: 1...e6} 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 {keeping it in English opening territory, although with some Reti characteristics.} Nf6 4. Bb2 Nbd7 5. e3 c5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. cxd5 {although not bad, this is possibly premature. During the game, I wanted to get some clarity in the central structure before developing further, and I'd also already decided I wanted to exchange the pawns.} (8. d3 {is the choice of top-rated players, featuring slower development and maneuvering.} b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. Rfe1 Qc7 12. Nf1 e5 13. Ng3 Rce8 14. e4 dxe4 15. dxe4 Bd8 16. Bd3 Kh8 17. Nf5 Ng8 18. Ne3 Bc8 19. Nd5 Qd6 20. Rad1 g5 21. Nd2 Qg6 22. Nf1 Ndf6 23. Ng3 Nh5 24. Nxh5 Qxh5 25. Be2 Qh4 26. g3 Qh3 27. Ne3 Bf6 28. Bf3 Be6 29. Qe2 Bg7 30. Bg2 Qh6 31. Ng4 Bxg4 32. Qxg4 Qg6 33. Bc1 h6 34. Qf5 Qc6 35. Bh3 Re7 36. Bb2 Qc7 37. Rd5 Re6 38. Qf3 Re7 39. Red1 Nf6 40. Rd6 {1-0 (40) Matanovic,A (2490) -Bochaev,M Elista 2002}) (8. Nc3 {is another popular alternative. Here's a short game that shows some tactics for White.} b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. d4 Bb7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Bd3 Ne4 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Ndc5 15. Rfd1 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bd6 17. Nf5 Be5 18. Nxd5 Bxb2 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Nfe7+ {1-0 (20) Toloza Soto,P (2375) -Sepulveda,N (2065) Santiago de Chile 1998}) 8... exd5 (8... Nxd5 {would result in a different central structure, with no possibility of an IQP for Black.} 9. d4 $11) 9. d4 {the idea is to exchange on c5 and force Black to accept having an isolated d-pawn. In this position, I have firm control over d4, the square in front of it, so would benefit from the pawn formation.} Nb6 { although this adds to the defense of d5, I can proceed unhindered with the pawn exchange, leaving Black a bit more passive.} (9... b6 $5) 10. dxc5 $14 Bxc5 11. Nc3 {I now have a pleasant game strategically, with Black tied down to defending the isloated d-pawn, which cannot be advanced and liquidated due to my control of d4. I also have no obvious weaknesses.} Be6 {developing the bishop and overprotecting d5.} 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Nb5 Qe7 $2 {an outright mistake by my opponent, but I reply far too cautiously.} (13... a6 {was what I had expected, after which the knight would take up a central outpost on d4.} 14. Nbd4 $14) 14. Rc2 $6 (14. Nxa7 $5 {I rejected due to} Ra8 {which I thought would simply win back the a-pawn, to Black's favor. However, the Qe7 is overloaded protecting the Nf6 and Bc5, which allows the following:} 15. Bxf6 gxf6 (15... Qxf6 16. Rxc5 Rxa7 17. a4 $18 {and now White is a clear pawn up and still holds all the positional cards.}) 16. Nb5 Rxa2 {and now Black is in trouble due to the loose kingside and the White knights' activity. For example} 17. Bd3 Nd7 18. Bb1 $18 {with Qd3, Nc7 and Nfd4 all possibilities for increasing pressure on Black to follow up.}) 14... a6 15. Nbd4 Bxd4 {I was happy to see this exchange on general principles: 1) reducing the number of minor pieces, which favors the side blockading the IQP; 2) exchanging bishop for knight, giving me the two bishops; 3) removing the opposing dark-square bishop, making my Bb2 more valuable.} (15... Bd6 $5 $11 {is worthy of consideration, comments Komodo via the Fritz interface.}) 16. Nxd4 $16 { occupying the d4 outpost, a great place for the knight.} Rxc2 {exchanging down normally helps the side blockading the IQP, so this is fine by me.} 17. Qxc2 Rc8 18. Qb1 {staying on the b1-h7 diagonal while preparing to exchange rooks on c1.} Ne4 {Black is now also able to occupy an central outpost with a knight, while eyeing the unprotected d2 square. However, offering to exchange rooks avoids the fork threat.} 19. Rc1 Rd8 $6 {this gives me the c-file without a fight and ends up making the Ne4 more of a target than a threat for me. My opponent may have been thinking about trying to support an eventual push of the d-pawn.} (19... Rxc1+ 20. Qxc1 Qc5 $16) 20. Bd3 {increasing pressure on the knight and threatening to win a pawn by taking twice on e4.} f5 $2 { this appears to hold everything, but there are some tactical problems with it, related to the open c-file and the now underprotected Be6.} (20... Nf6 21. Ne2 $16 {and now White's dark-square bishop gets into the game to good effect, operating along the long diagonal and with moves like Bd4 a possibility.}) 21. Nxe6 $18 {this should be good enough, but perhaps is not the best way to take advantage of the position.} (21. Rc7 {is the engine line, exploiting the forking possibility on e6.} Rd7 {after this defense, White has a large advantage, but the way to proceed is not necessarily obvious.} (21... Qxc7 22. Nxe6 Qd7 23. Nxd8 Qxd8 24. f3 Nf6 25. Bxf5 $18 {being a pawn up with the two bishops in an open position is an easy win.}) 22. Rc2 Nd6 23. Qc1 Qf7 24. Ba3 $18 {and White can now rearrange pieces to exert maximum pressure at leisure.}) 21... Qxe6 22. Rc7 Rd7 23. Qc2 Qe7 (23... Nd6 24. Ba3 $18) 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 (24... Nxd7 25. Qc8+ Nf8 26. Qxf5 $18) 25. f3 Nd6 26. Bd4 $6 {right idea to attack the loose Nb6, but wrong piece.} (26. Qc5 $1 {is much more dominating, pressuring b6 and d5 simultaneously.} Qc6 {and now exchanging is probably the easiest way toward victory.} (26... Ndc8 27. Ba3 Qd8 28. Bxf5 $18) 27. Qxc6 bxc6 28. Bxa6 $18) 26... Nbc8 $16 27. Qc5 {unlike in the previous variation, my pieces are not working together as well.} Ne7 28. Be5 (28. Bb2 $5 {with the idea of redeploying to a3.}) 28... Nf7 (28... Ne8 29. Bc3 $16) 29. Bb2 { now the move is forced.} Nd8 (29... Nc6 $5 $16) 30. Qd4 $18 {much better, now I find the correct arrangement of Q+B to increase the advantage.} Ne6 31. Qe5 g6 $2 {this should have lost. Opening up the king position is only to my advantage.} (31... Kf7 32. Bxf5 Nxf5 33. Qxf5+ Kg8 $18) 32. Qh8+ {while still good, this is rushed.} (32. Qf6 $5 {makes it even easier for White, comments Komodo.} d4 33. Bc4 Nd5 34. Qe5 Ndc7 35. Bxd4 $18) 32... Kf7 33. Qxh7+ { I thought from here that it would be a relatively easy win, being a pawn up and with my pieces dominating the board.} Ke8 34. Ba3 (34. Qh8+ {is superior, but I did not find the correct plan associated with it.} Kf7 35. h4 $18 { this is the point, as now Black's kingside pawns can be undermined and picked off.}) 34... Nf8 {here I was starting to get into time pressure and couldn't see a good way to break through, so just went for the piece exchanges.} 35. Qxe7+ (35. Qh8 $18 {would keep the dominant queen and allow White to undermine the kingside further.}) 35... Qxe7 $16 36. Bxe7 Kxe7 37. e4 $6 {I thought for a while here and decided to resolve the central situation. This again turns out to be a rushed approach to the position.} (37. Kf2 $5 $18 {this would keep the advantage in hand. Centralizing the king is a basic endgame principle and there was no need to rush the pawn advance.}) 37... dxe4 38. fxe4 fxe4 $2 { what I was hoping for originally.} (38... f4 $5 $16 {and Black is still in the game}) 39. Bxe4 $18 {this really should be enough to win now.} b5 40. b4 { fixing Black's queenside pawns on light squares, so they can be targets for the bishop.} Kd6 41. Bb7 Ne6 42. Bxa6 Kc6 43. Bc8 {unnecessary, as Black cannot corner the bishop.} (43. Kf2) 43... Nd4 44. Kf2 Nc2 {Black is making the most of her pieces.} 45. Be6 Kd6 46. Bf7 g5 47. Be8 Nxb4 48. Bxb5 $2 { throws away a nice position, comments Komodo. Yet another example of rushed play, but this time it costs me the win.} (48. a3 Nc2 49. Bxb5 Nxa3 {I didn't look past here in my calculation, unfortunately.} 50. Bd3 $1 $18 {and the knight on the rim is completely dominated by the bishop.}) 48... Nxa2 $16 49. Bc4 {now the situation is much more drawish, as all Black has to do is eliminate or blockade my pawns, sacrificing the knight if necessary.} Nb4 50. Kf3 {my king is a little late to the party.} Ke5 51. Kg4 Kf6 52. h4 {now the draw is assured, but I didn't see anything better.} (52. Bb5 $5 {would continue the dance of pieces.}) 52... gxh4 $11 53. Kxh4 {despite having a passed g-pawn, I won't be able to keep Black's king and knight away from its path. I was hoping for a blunder by my opponent and felt it worth pushing as far as I could.} Kg7 54. Kg5 Nc6 55. Kf5 Ne7+ 56. Kg5 Nc6 {Twofold repetition} 57. Bd5 Nb4 58. Be6 Nd3 59. Bf5 Nc5 60. g4 Nb7 61. Kf4 Nd6 62. Be6 Nb5 63. Ke5 Nc7 64. Bd7 Na6 65. Kf5 Nc5 66. Bc6 Nb3 67. Ke5 Kg6 68. Kf4 Kg7 69. Be4 Nc5 70. Bf5 Nb3 71. g5 Nc5 72. Ke5 Nb3 73. Bd7 Nd2 74. Kf4 Nb3 75. Be8 Nc5 76. Kf5 Nb3 77. g6 {at this point all Black has to do is move the knight around, since I can't do anything to the Kg7.} Nc5 {draw agreed} 1/2-1/2
Chess success vs. professional success
Photo from https://drprem.com/business/astonishing-similarities-chess-business-strategies
I have to admit I'm a little leery of some (well, most) of the business books and articles that use chess as a basis for how to achieve success at work. This isn't a phenomenon limited to chess of course, as everything from Sun Tzu's Art of War to Shakespeare's speeches to "mindfulness" has been touted as a (or often the key) to professional success.
A brief internet search will pull up various things such as the article linked to the above picture, which looks very modern, stylish and professional, except that the chessboard is all one color (?) - at least the pieces are set up in the right order. This illustrates one of the issues with the genre: most of the time, business writers aren't serious chessplayers who understand the game at any depth, nor do most professional chessplayers have a top-level business or managerial background. And even then, one can easily stretch chess metaphors too far as a writer.
All that said, having worked to grow in chess strength over the years ("The Long Journey to Class A") while also having gained professional management experience at various levels, I can say there are some very useful parallels in terms of skills and approaches that a person can use in both arenas. I don't know if there's a book-length lesson in there, but I recently boiled the principles I consider most relevant down to around a 45-minute presentation for a group at work. (They had found out I was a chessplayer and expressed interest in a presentation on the topic, so I said why not.)
Here's a lightly edited version of the outline. I called it "The 4 Ps" because business presentations are all about catchy, easily remembered alliterative lists.
Preparation - take care of how you show up to each game / workday
Mental – focus, calmness, objectivity in assessment
Physical – endurance, sufficient rest and recovery, healthy distractions
Presence and attentiveness
Planning and evaluation - consciously make an evaluation of each position / situation
Learn when to apply general rules and procedures vs. using your personal judgement in specific situations
Pattern recognition – take advantage of this “automatic” analysis derived from experience. ("I've seen this movie before...")
SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) of a position / situation
Know the “why” of what you are doing. Never decide to make a move / take an action without being able to express clearly what it will do (and not do)
Balance between following a plan and adjusting to new circumstances
Perspective - ask yourself what can the other side can do
You control only your own sphere of action. The rest either someone else controls, or it is uncontrollable
Thinking ahead: understand the action – reaction sequence of an initial action (calculating "X moves ahead")
Unless you deliberately adopt a different perspective beyond your own "side", you won’t see others' possible reactions, so can’t get ahead of the action-reaction curve
Post-match learning - understand what happened and why
Even when you are successful, there is always an opportunity for learning and critiques
If you lose / fail, understand why and identify the lessons for improvement for the next time
Articulate to yourself what you did well and what you need to work on. Welcome constructive feedback from others, as it will help inform you
Both success and failure are transitory. Tomorrow is another day
Pay special attention to the critical decisions, why they were taken and the results
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Steering Hypro hydraulic, power-assisted
Okay, let’s talk about those windows first—the square ones in the topsides. They’re real, and they work: You can actually see out of them. They’re clever, too, because while the area of each panel is relatively small, arranging them in a tight three-by-three rectangle actually fools the eye into seeing them as one big picture window with a view. They make quite an impression. Looking out from the owner’s amidships stateroom, you feel you’re part of the seascape.
They also create an utterly distinctive external signature for the Azimut 68S, and for this builder that was almost more important than giving the owner a nice view. Azimut, after all, doesn’t want you to forget that it was the one to come up with the idea of topside windows in the first place, in its 68 Plus flying-bridge cruiser a few years ago. Far from being flattered that virtually every other boatbuilder in the world now has its own variation on this excellent theme, the Italian yard is actually rather miffed at being copied. So the square windows in the 68S are a challenge: Copy these, if you dare.
Of course, this may not be the most tactful moment to consider the design relationship between those flat, eye-shape wheelhouse side windows and the curved windshield (a stylistic theme pioneered by Pershing) or the 68S’s clever electro-hydraulic bathing platform, which slides down into the water (like the Sealine S48’s), or even the circular “beam me up” shower stalls, which are now used by nearly everyone but were originally thought up by Ferretti. Instead, let’s look at some of the other great ideas to be found in this boat. There are lots of them.
Take the sunroof, for example. The 68S may be technically a hardtop, but you wouldn’t necessarily know it, because an enormous area of roof slides away to open up some 65 square feet of sky—an effect that has been achieved by simply dividing the sliding section into folding panels that stack, accordion-style, and tuck in neatly behind that spaceship radar arch.
Then there are the high-tech flourishes that Azimut prides itself on, particularly the maneuvering and mooring technology. Computer-controlled joysticks that interface thrusters with main engines have been around for a few years now, but to find such a system in a boat this size, even as an option, is still a rarity. And that’s not all: There are two acoustic mooring sensors mounted on both the swim platform and the taffrail to cope with different heights of seawall, giving the helmsman an audible proximity warning when mooring stern-to. Then there are the automatic engine room vent flaps in the hull sides that pop open when the revs exceed 1200 rpm for more than 20 seconds. When it comes to gizmos, this boat is loaded.
And in a way, she has to be. This 68S is Azimut’s first new express in more than 20 years. Although a dominant force in flying-bridge motoryachts, the company nevertheless knew it would be regarded as a newcomer in the competitive sport-yacht sector and realized it had to produce something dramatic: a boat that would not only perform and function properly but also command attention.
So there are clever new ideas in the accommodation layout, too, one of which hits you as soon as you step aboard. The galley is down on the lower deck, on the starboard side, but separated from the main companionway and central corridor by a longitudinal bulkhead and open to the sky along much of its length. You could criticize it for size, but it definitely works.
It’s this kind of thinking that reminds you that there is one important advantage to having been out of the express yacht game for so long: Azimut’s designers were able to start the 68S with a clean sheet of paper. And they clearly enjoyed the challenge. Unlike rival boats from other European yards, there is no saloon on the lower deck. With the hardtop, optional four-piece glass doors across the cockpit, big retractable TV, and comfortable seating for six, the deck saloon serves perfectly well. The space saved by this decision has been put to excellent use not just in the owner’s stateroom, which occupies nearly half of the available lower-deck space—the raised dinette on the starboard side, right by the picture window, is a truly superb conception—but also in a usefully proportioned twin-berth guest suite on the port side and, of course, in the big, bright VIP suite in the bow. In the stern, meanwhile, there’s space for a 10’6” tender garage or optional crew cabin.
Then there’s the interior decor, which is also clearly intended to catch the eye. It has been carefully thought through, from the silk blinds to the naturally dark wenge wood used for the furniture and worktops as well as optionally on the floors. The overall effect, with so much emphasis on horizontal planes, stark right angles and a minimalist use of light, is fashionably cool and Asian and puts the 68S in the vanguard of current European boating style—up there with “signature” vessels like the Wallypower 118. But with cheerful upholstery and the funky use of glass in the head compartments, she’s not taking herself too seriously, either. It’s as if the designers wanted to remind their style-conscious customers that boating is meant to be fun. After all, this is a boat with a bright-red hull.
Performance is another area where Azimut had to go back to first principles and consider weight, power, and hull shape. The 68S’s hull is narrower than its 68-foot flying-bridge sistership as well as somewhat lighter. The hull sections are also noticeably deeper at the forefoot, even though the deadrise aft declines to just over 15 degrees. The basic power package of 2,300 total horsepower is good for speeds in the mid-30-knot range, but my test boat was the first to be fitted with the more powerful (2,600 total hp) MTU TE94s, which gave lively acceleration and a respectable top speed of more than 37 knots. V-drive gearboxes and hull tunnels keep the shafts at a reasonably shallow angle, and there seemed to be little of the penalty in turning circle that this arrangement often entails. The 68S handled as nimbly as you could expect of a boat displacing over 30 tons, and that fine forefoot sliced confidently through the wake of the 50-foot chase boat, which were the only waves of any size we managed to find. She may be Azimut’s first in 20 years, but she’s an express yacht all right, with poke and poise. It’s a fun drive.
From the dock to the open sea and back again, it is impossible not to be impressed by Azimut’s achievement with the 68S. In re-entering the express market, the company knew it was taking on a difficult task. Corporate pride as well as the realities of the marketplace inevitably decreed that the new boat would have to be an attention-grabbing, stylistically original tour de force. And she is. But those same commercial realities also demand handling and performance qualities of a higher order than those of a high-end million-dollar motoryacht, which is Azimut’s stock in trade. Here, too, the 68S delivers.
Just one question remains in my mind: Will anyone take up that challenge, and actually start fitting square topsides windows on their boats? Somehow I doubt it.
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Raymarine ST6001 Smartpilot, RL70 Pathfinder radar, and ST60 Tridata; Shipmate RS8400 VHF; 24V bow thruster; 1.4-kW Quick windlass and chain counter; 66-lb. Trefoil anchor; 6.5-kW Kohler genset; 8/24-V 300-Ah house batteries; 4/24-V, 150-Ah engine-start batteries; Dolphin switch mode battery chargers; 3/electric and 2/manual bilge pumps; Tecma MSDs; Sony TV/DVD player; Techimpex four-burner cooktop; 9.5-cu.-ft. Waeco refrigerator; Seafire fire-extinguishing system
crew cabin; wenge saloon sole; “tropical spec” A/C; electric bimini; 17-kW Kohler genset; Camos CCTV system; searchlight; barbecue, ice maker, and refrigerator on flying bridge; warping winches; dishwasher; washer/dryer; Raymarine Gyroplus; electric swim platform; 30'' Sony LCD hi-lo TV in saloon; DVD player; stern thruster; Sea Energy joystick thruster controls
Test Boat Specifications
Test Engine: 2/1,300-hp MTU 12V 183 TE94 diesel inboards
Transmission/Ratio: ZF V-drive/1.97:1
Props: 32x46.5 4-blade nibral
Price as Tested: $2,076,000
This article originally appeared in the September 2004 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.
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Donald Trump and Psychopathic Lying
By: Steve Becker| November 15, 2016
Why the evasion of the “big elephant in the room?” President-elect Donald Trump is a chronic, pathological liar. This is no news-flash: PolitiFact reports that 96% of Mr. Trump’s political statements and allegations made over the course of the presidential campaign contained elements of falsehood, 70% of them primarily or totally false. But if that’s not troubling enough, it must be stated that Trump lies psychopathically.
How do psychopaths lie? They lie, as Trump does, with a staggering, shameless audacity. They lie, as Trump does, in jaw-dropping ways, evoking reactions of incredulity. Trump’s tweeting history itself, by now, constitutes a voluminous, textbook illustration of psychopathic audacity and dishonesty. Lying psychopaths will look you in the face and, with eerie composure, stubbornly maintain a preposterous lie that’s been inarguably exposed. With protean agility, they can deny, retract, reverse what they say (or have said), shift courses or positions in irreconcilable contradiction to the historical record because, just as they lack loyalty to (and can easily abandon) others who cease serving their purposes, they equally lack fidelity to their history of statements and positions the moment the latter prove inconvenient to maintain. For this reason, psychopathic liars can disown statements and positions as disposably as they can people they deem presently to be useless or, worse, liabilities in their lives. Unfortunately, this is not a testament to their flexibility, as some want to see in Mr. Trump, but to their emotional shallowness and Machiavellianism.
In interview after interview, various journalists have exposed Trump’s psychopathically brazen deceptions, confronting him sometimes with soft pressure, but hesitant to confront his lies forcefully, directly. Consequently, he’s rarely been challenged to fully account for his monumental contempt for truthfulness. Let’s consider several telling examples of Mr. Trump’s psychopathic lying.
On February 14, 2000, Mr. Trump, interviewed by Matt Lauer, explained his decision to reject the Reform Party nomination, stating, “Well, you’ve got David Duke just joined—a bigot, a racist, a problem. I mean, this is not exactly the people you want in your party.” He was thus on record in 2000 as having been quite familiar with Mr. Duke and his white supremacist credentials, clearly repudiating him. But in a February 28, 2016 interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper, invited to reject Mr. Duke’s endorsement of his Presidency, Trump replied, “Well, just so you understand, I don’t know anything about David Duke. OK? I don’t know anything about what you’re even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists. So, I don’t know.” Tapper pressed, “OK. I mean, I’m just talking about David Duke and the Ku Klux Klan here, but…,” to which Trump, advancing his lie, repeated, “I don’t know any—honestly, I don’t know David Duke. I don’t believe I have ever met him. And I just don’t know anything about him.”
Trump is lying here with the distinctive audacity of the psychopath. Naturally he knew something about David Duke, because he’d clearly identified and disassociated himself from him years earlier. Watching a psychopath lying one marvels, as one must here, at the gas-lighting hubris necessary even to deign to negate reality as Mr. Trump strives. Mr. Tapper allows him to invoke his “feigned unawareness” stratagem, as Trump is wont to do whenever he prefers to efface history, especially his own, or just duck the truth.
Subsequently, Trump took similar refuge in his “feigned unawareness” tactic in a
60 Minutes interview on November 13, 2016 with Leslie Stahl. Ms. Stahl addressed the alarming climate and increasing spate of reported hate crimes Trump has eschewed responsibility for having incited with his provocative, high-voltage campaign rhetoric. But was he aware of them? He answered, “I don’t hear it—I saw, I saw one or two instances…but I think it’s a very small amount,” illustrating precisely the brazen prevaricating that is the province of psychopathic lying. Although Ms. Stahl declined to challenge him more aggressively, Trump was surely aware that hundreds of such acts had been reported, even if not all verified. Invited to address these bigots and racists, he replied, “I would say, ‘don’t do it…that’s terrible…,” the use of “would” subtly suggesting a theoretical response to a theoretical issue whose reality and significance he refused, manipulatively, to validate fully, but instead numerically diminished. These are the kinds of verbal machinations classically associated with psychopathic lying.
Similarly, at a 2016 campaign rally, Mr. Trump blustered, “Hey, I watched when the World Trade Center came tumbling down. And I watched in Jersey City, New Jersey, where thousands and thousands of people were cheering as that building was coming down. Thousands of people were cheering.” This was another brazen, shameless lie. Trump couldn’t have watched this because it didn’t happen. Yet when George Stephanopoulos confronted the lie in a November 22, 2015 interview, Trump pronounced insistently, “It did happen. I saw it.” Stephanopoulos responded somewhat forcefully, replying, “Police say it didn’t happen.”
Now I cannot stress enough: Normal, non-psychopathic liars lack the shameless audacity, contempt and pathological grandiosity to sustain such a bald-faced, incendiary, false and slanderous claim, but not psychopathic liars like Trump who, ratcheting up his fiction, persisted, “There were people that were cheering on the other side of New Jersey, where you have large Arab populations. They were cheering as the World Trade Center came down…it was well covered at the time, George…there were people over in New Jersey that were watching it, a heavy Arab population, that were cheering as the buildings came down. Not good.”
Trump also expressed his pattern of psychopathic lying in his manipulative, scurrilous exploitation of specious doubts cast on the validity of President Obama’s citizenship. With callous disregard for the truth (and for President Obama), he mined the conspiratorial agenda of the “birther movement” right up until the day in 2011 Mr. Obama publicly produced his birth certificate. But it didn’t end there–his lust for chicanery unsated, Trump cynically continued fomenting doubts of its legitimacy. In a May 24th, 2012 Daily Beast interview, he stated, “A lot of people do not think it was an authentic certificate…His mother was not in the hospital. There are many other things that came out..,” shortly after which, in a May 29th, 2016 interview, he told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, “An ‘extremely credible source’ has called my office and told me that @BarackObama’s birth certificate is a fraud.” Not until September, 2015 did Trump, publicly, finally recognize the legitimacy of the President’s citizenship.
Now, shedding euphemisms and timidity, it’s time to recognize, finally, that the man elected President on November 8th is a psychopathic liar.
April 29, 2017 Steve Becker
Steve Becker
Steve Becker, LCSW, has private psychotherapy and Life Coaching practices. He works with couples, adults, and adolescents. He consults widely on narcissistic and psychopathic (aka sociopathic) personality. His blog, YouTube videos, media interviews, journalistic credentials and book, The Inner World of the Psychopath: A Definitive Primer on the Psychopathic Personality, elaborate the mentalities of exploitative personalities for lay audiences. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (1982), and New York University (1988).
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An evil virus clobbered all of the king’s meds (and other fairy tales)
July 1, 2002 • By Kat McGowan
The message about resistance has, from the start, read like a movie-thriller tagline: “Be afraid, be very afraid.” The mutation monster from the antiretroviral lagoon -- it defies drugs, it turns the clock back to pre-HAART days, and it locks its teeth into everyone, even well-to-do, highly educated, intensely support-systemed HIVers getting cutting-edge medical care. In short: The Supervirus has arrived, so run for the hills.
The creepy music swelled again last December, when University of California at San Diego virologist Douglas Richman presented findings that nearly half of all current or former HAART-takers had resistance to at least one antiretroviral. The press latched onto the study, but its flurry of “AIDS Peril” stories failed to ask or answer the logical followup question: What the hell is the point, then? Why endure the endless pills, the blood tests, the tedious preoccupation with high-fat meals and better bowel movements?
Because the full story is neither so simple nor so black. Yes, viral resistance is a fact of life, but it’s no reason to flush your meds down the toilet. In fact, how you deal with resistance -- and not only in the old “how well you adhere” sense -- can have a huge impact on how bad it can get.
Many docs are very hopeful that new treatment strategies can help keep pace with the virus’ latest tricks. Simpler regimens have already offered welcome news to weary pill-poppers, as has delaying initial treatment. “Before it was hard. You crossed your fingers and hoped for the best,” says Jason Leider, MD, director of adult HIV services for the North Bronx Health Care Network. “What’s changed is drugs with forgiveness: long half-lives and low pill burdens.”
Docs have also begun to notice that resistance is not an all-or-nothing proposition. Despite the doomsday ring of “treatment failure,” drug resistance actually happens on a sliding scale, from “more effective” to “less effective.” Even at the bottom end, there are still options for lifesaving treatment. As Howard Grossman, MD, a New York City AIDS doctor, explains, "I have some patients who, when they get their resistance tests, have all black boxes -- they’re resistant to every single drug. But then you have to look closer: With which ones could you take steps to overcome some resistance?"
Best of all, far from being a mutant monster, there are indications that resistant HIV may be a Caspar Milquetoast that does a poor job of making you sick. All of this leaves many clinicians surprisingly hopeful. “I feel like we’re in a new era, compared with four years ago when we only had nonboosted protease-inhibitor regimens,” says Harvard Medical School HIV doctor Valerie Stone, MD, an adherence specialist. “People have to realize that research is several years behind clinical practice.”
So what’s the best approach to besting resistance? Ask 10 experts, and you’ll get 10 answers. Treating drug-resistant virus is a Wild West affair, with few rules and lots of blowing smoke. But interviews with a dozen seasoned doctors -- from sources as diverse as a public hospital in the Bronx, an elite research institution, and one of the oldest private HIV practices in the country -- revealed one basic truth: You can do a lot to keep the resistance beast under control.
WHAT IS RESISTANCE, ANYWAY? HIV, like other viruses, spends most of its time and energy copying itself, and antiretroviral drugs physically interfere with that process. They work like a big hunk of steel shoved into a machine on an assembly line: When one goes down, the whole viral factory grinds to a halt. Three-drug combinations work better because they create three separate assembly-line breakdowns. As a result, most people starting on HAART see their viral loads plummet -- often to undetectable -- in just a few weeks. With the production line crippled, not much new virus gets produced.
Not much. That’s the problem. Even with triple-drug therapy, the virus still squeaks out enough versions of itself to protect its turf. Worse, a lot of those copies are random genetic mutants, each slightly different from the original “wild type.” By sheer chance, some of those mutants will be genetically different enough to get around the drugs: So while the three-drug combo has shut down some machines on the assembly line, the virus factory is getting back in motion without them.
Unfortunately, HIV usually accomplishes that pretty fast. A study of 358 treatment newbies by University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Michael Saag, MD, showed that on average, their first cocktail combo lasted only a year and a half before the virus resurfaced, and subsequent regimens failed even more quickly.
But resistance is not a black-and-white affair. Mutant viruses are more or less vulnerable to different drugs, and resistance tends to set in slowly and then gradually get worse as the virus evolves. Some mutations are better than others at circumventing drugs, and it often takes several different mutations for the drug to become virtually useless. The worst mutations can conquer whole classes of drugs at a time; this is called “cross-resistance.” (Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, or NNRTIs, are especially vulnerable.)
Once the factory’s back on line, it resumes the mass production of HIV. Pretty soon your viral load creeps up, and your doctor declares you a “treatment failure” -- although, really, it’s the treatment that failed you. You switch to a new set of drugs, and with luck all is well for a year or so. But once your virus has outfoxed a drug, that drug will never again be as powerful as it was at first. With each trip on the cocktail merry-go-round, you lose options. Eventually, your viral load is back in the tens of thousands, your CD4s are faltering and your doctor starts talking about a seven-drug “salvage” regimen. Not a movie you want to star in.
IF I’M NON-RESISTANT, HOW CAN I STAY THAT WAY? Most people who have never taken HIV meds -- the “treatment naïve” -- have wild-type virus sensitive to all HIV meds. But now, people are becoming infected from the get-go with virus that is already drug resistant. In fact, such folks make up 10 to 15 percent of all new cases of drug-resistant virus.
Delaying treatment: The days of testing positive and immediately starting meds are, for most HIVers, gone. If you haven’t yet gone on meds and your health is good, give waiting some serious thought. (And remember: It doesn’t have to mean you’re not doing anything for your health.) The federal guidelines were revised last year to discourage early intervention, leaving no hard-and-fast rules for people with CD4 counts above 200. If your CD4s are in the gray area between 200 and 350, factor future resistance into your decision. As it stands, you have a limited number of good drug options -- say, four rounds -- and you don’t yet know how long each will last. Saag’s study found that within two years of starting therapy, about one in five HIVers had changed combos three times. Delaying therapy may preserve more options.
Starting early: On the flip side, there’s plenty of evidence that replicating virus damages your immune system, destroying CD4s and other immune functions.
Testing for resistance: With drug-resistant virus on the loose, most docs agree that the treatment-naïve should get tested for resistance before you start HAART, even though official guidelines don’t recommend it (see “This Is Only a Test” below).
Taking your adherence pulse: Do a personal inventory about what you can handle -- taking drugs half-assedly is a recipe for resistance. Generally, doctors prescribe the simplest, most powerful cocktail first, and people do best on their first regimen. So don’t waste your best weapon by not being ready to commit.
Finding the right doc: What Douglas Richman, MD, found that didn’t make scary headlines was that resistance is lower among those treated by doctors with more than 100 HIV patients. This confirms common sense: A doctor must be able to analyze the results of viral load, CD4 and resistance tests, keep up with the torrent of new studies and intelligently choose from the cornucopia of combos and strategies. Inexperienced docs may not keep up. If you don’t have a crack doctor, contact the American Academy of HIV Medicine (310.278.6380, info@aahivm.org) or the HIV Medicine Association (703.299.1215, hivma@idsociety.org) for a list of local specialists.
Taking the long view: Beyond credentials, pick a doc you can talk honestly to, and who has your long-term health in mind, says Keith Henry, MD, director of HIV clinical research at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis: “It’s one thing to get the viral load low for the next visit, but the bigger question patients should ask is: Where is this going? What’s the five- and 10-year plan?”
WHICH DRUGS WILL HOLD OFF RESISTANCE THE LONGEST? Damn good question. Even the best in HIV medicine admit they don’t really know -- and many of the necessary studies just haven’t been done.
Adhere, my dear: The one stone-cold fact is that compliance is crucial. Take your drugs exactly as prescribed and directed, and you’ll likely stave off resistance as long as possible. While many HIVers see viral breakthrough after only a year or so, says longtime Washington, DC, AIDS doc Bruce Rashbaum, MD, some of his patients have stayed on the same combo for six years or more. “The papers say cocktails fail after two or three years, but that is bunk,” he says. “If you take your drugs, they’re going to work.”
One 1999 study put this issue in a stark light: Of HIVers taking HAART for three months, 81 percent of those who were at least 95 percent adherent kept their virus at bay. (On a typical four-pills-twice-daily Combivir/Kaletra combo, that would mean they missed or mismanaged -- fudging the timing or food instructions -- less than three doses per month.) People who bungled just a couple more doses -- who were 90 to 95 percent adherent -- fared much worse. Only 64 percent kept their virus suppressed. The upshot is that missing just a few doses a month can help the virus stage a comeback.
The new once- or twice-a-day regimens go a long way toward making pill-popping easier. Harvard’s Valerie Stone says that HIVers shouldn’t be afraid to tell their doc, “I’d prefer a simpler regimen.”
You’re unique: So how come even anal-retentive, timer-beeper-pillbox types develop resistance? Because just like alcohol or coffee, drugs affect everybody differently. Your liver enzymes, for example, control how much of the pill gets into your blood in an active form. Drug levels are also influenced by your body size, genetics, the other drugs and herbs you take, and whether you’re a booze hound or have hepatitis B or C. Protease inhibitors are notoriously unpredictable in this way: One person may have 10 times as much PI in his or her blood as another on the same dose.
“My pet peeve is that patients often get blamed when the treatment fails,” says Jeffrey Greene, MD, another longtime New York City doctor. “The virus has the ability to develop resistance whether the patient is adherent or not. But the patient becomes the scapegoat for the pharmaceutical industry, which hasn’t done the proper tests [on drug metabolism].”
Testing drug levels: Therapeutic drug monitoring is a new technique that can measure how much drug actually gets into your blood, allowing your doctor to fine-tune your regimen for your metabolic quirks. It’s not used much in this country, but as the technology improves, it could help docs tweak cocktails to make them more powerful and longer lasting.
VIRAL LOAD HAS BROKEN THROUGH, AND MY TREATMENT IS FAILING. WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS? This is one of the toughest treatment decisions you’ll ever have to make, so keep your cool. First, get a second test to confirm that your viral load is truly breaking through rather than merely blipping (see “Blip Gloss” below). Second, remember that treatment failure is a stupid term. Few drugs fail overnight. Rather, they become a lot or a little less effective as your virus develops degrees of resistance.
When to switch is a hot debate. While federal guidelines recommend considering a new cocktail whenever previously undetectable virus climbs above 50 copies and stays there, every physician has his or her own approach to deciding how much virus is too much. “This is the most critical question,” says the North Bronx’s Leider. “If you’re too eager, you could burn through the good drugs. If you keep people on a failing regimen too long, they will build up further resistance” -- additional mutations that either erode a drug’s power more or create cross-resistance -- “and you again have no options.”
What really gets under the skin of some HIV docs is that they are partly to blame for the swelling tide of drug resistance. With few options, an imperfect understanding of how the drugs work and a fear of side effects, they have done a lot of quick combo switching that, in hindsight, looks like a very bad idea. “In the U.S., we’ve been learning mistake by mistake,” says Henry. “Many that have resistance have gathered it sequentially, as drugs have become available.” A lot of docs are now much less eager to switch combos when they see detectable virus or signs of side effects. “I’ve never been stringent with changing treatment because virus is not completely undetectable,” says New York City’s Greene. “We only achieve undetectable with 60 percent of treatment-naïve patients. Besides, drugs do a lot of good, even when virus is not completely suppressed.”
Switching: The question is: How fast? Traditional thinking says switching quickly prohibits full-throttle cross-resistance, nipping it in the bud by keeping viral levels low with the new cocktail.
But increasingly, physicians are redrawing the lines for people on their third or fourth combo, postponing the change on the theory that sticking with an imperfect treatment still preserves more options for the future. Stone usually doesn’t tinker with a cocktail until the virus is consistently above 5,000 copies. Greene worries more about viral loads that change more quickly than ones that are consistent: If someone has never had a viral load below 1,000, but it’s stable, he would likely leave the regimen alone. But someone who’s been undetectable for years whose viral load suddenly jumps into the thousands sets off alarms. “Each patient has their own benchmark,” he says.
Adding a drug: Another possibility at this stage is to add one more drug to your combo -- either to “boost” levels of those drugs in an effort to overcome the resistance or to increase the failing combo’s anti-HIV punch. The two drugs most commonly used as so-called PK (“pharmacokinetic”) boosters, delavirdine (Rescriptor) and ritonavir (Norvir), work to increase the amount of protease inhibitor in your bloodstream. As Grossman explains, “I may find, for example, that a patient’s virus is 20-fold resistant to indinavir (Crixivan) -- in other words, their virus is 20 times less sensitive to that drug than is wild-type virus. Well, it’s very possible that with ritonavir boosting, you can overcome that amount of resistance.” In some cases, a booster may allow you to go down to a once-a-day dose.
Likewise, “intensification” adds a fourth drug to the three you’re already on, in the hope that increasing the arsenal will stave off switching to a new regimen. Again, choose sides: Some docs say this tactic amounts to throwing good drugs after bad -- wasting a functional drug along with the failing regimen. Others think it may allow you to stay with a powerful regimen for longer. Just as three drugs can hold off virus longer than two drugs, four could prove that much more effective.
Blip Gloss
Failure is a funny word, at least the way doctors use it. Virologic failure, for a conservative physician, means two successive viral loads between 50 and 500 copies three months apart. But short-term viral spikes apparently aren’t cause for cussin’.
A series of studies have shown that “blips” -- a viral spike above 50 copies -- in people who had otherwise-undetectable virus aren’t an early sign of failure. In most cases, blippers fare just as well as nonblippers, both in terms of T-cell survival and overall viral load. Research from the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center indicates that these brief upticks are common, found in perhaps one out of 10 viral load tests.
So if you’ve been downing your meds faithfully, your virus has been undetectable and you suddenly get a high viral load test, don’t flip out. Repeat the test right away -- and with luck the blip will have blipped out.
-- KM
IF MY VIRUS IS RESISTANT TO EVERYTHING, WHY AM I STILL TAKING DRUGS? If you’ve been through three or four rounds of meds, you may feel like you’re at the end of your hope. But “virologic failure” is not the same thing as failing health. “You look at someone now with two T cells and viral load of 200,000, and they do much better than the same person would have eight years ago,” says Washington, DC, AIDS doc Douglas Ward, MD. While the drugs don’t pack the wallop they once did, they still help keep HIV in check. What to do? Again, it depends on who you ask. If you have no obvious drug options left, there are three common salvage strategies: Take a “kitchen sink” regimen that combines six to nine drugs at a time; stop completely for a while; stay on the failing -- let’s call them “partially succeeding” -- drugs while you wait for new drugs to be approved (or try recycling failing drugs from the past).
Kitchen sink: This is a desperate measure. While it may bring your viral load down, the side effects can be so intense that you may be unable stick to it for long. Henry says he took to calling a salvage study in his clinic the Les Miserables trial.
STI: If CD4s are high and side effects a big problem, one tactic is to briefly stop treatment, allow wild-type virus to resurface, then whack it back with a partially active drug combo. It’s a temporary fix, and risky with low CD4s, because once you go back on the drugs, the mutant virus that’s been lurking inside you will multiply again pretty quickly.
Partial success: When you’ve run out of new drugs to take, many docs will either keep you on a failing combo or put you back on drugs you had stopped because of side effects or growing resistance. The theory here is that partial viral suppression is better than nothing. Birmingham’s Saag says that his benchmark for partial suppression is a combination that will reduce the viral load by threefold: “If a patient off therapy has a viral load of 100,000, and I can get the patient to 30,000 or less and sustain it, the likelihood of clinical progression is quite low.” His method: Looking at genotypic and phenotypic tests and treatment history, he makes a list of which drugs are likely to have some limited effect. Then the patient chooses a cocktail, based on his or her prior experience with side effects and adherence success with each drug candidate.
On the bright side, new research by University of California at San Francisco’s Steven Deeks, MD, has shown that a combination of partially effective drugs seems to hold off disease progression, even at relatively high viral loads (see "Failure is Sweet“). Exactly why is less clear. His theory rests on the idea of ”viral fitness" -- that the viral mutants that have evolved to outsmart drugs simply aren’t as effective at replicating and making you sick. For example, in the lab, PI-resistant HIV is much less able to reproduce itself than wild type -- a sign that it may not be so good at wandering around your body and wreaking havoc. If you have to choose between weak, mutated virus and strong, wild-type virus, goes the thinking, pick the less powerful, drug-resistant enemy.
More meds: For those in the salvage scenario, the best hope is, of course, new drugs, and there are a few promising ones on the horizon. The recently approved Viread has already shown success in HIVers who have failed classic regimens. And T-20, one of a new class of “entry inhibitors” that prevent HIV from attaching to cells, has shown good results in people with high-level resistance, working against the virus in a new way. Hoffman La-Roche plans to apply for approval this fall and has pledged to make it available for people with advanced HIV through expanded access. The downside: It requires twice-daily injections.
Another compound, the new non-nuke TMC 125, may play a role for people who have burned through the other NNRTIs. The Phase II trial of efficacy began enrollment last spring. A new protease inhibitor, tipranavir, may work against virus that’s resistant to other PIs. That drug is in early trials but may be available through expanded access this October.
One last bright spot for all HIVers, whether drug resistant or not: More new formulations of old standbys will make pill-popping easier. Videx (ddI), Sustiva (efavirenz) and Viread (tenofovir) are all once-a-day doses, and Epivir (3TC) and Kaletra (lopinavir/ritonivir) are being looked at as workable once-dailies. It may seem trivial, but simpler cocktails are a potent weapon against resistance.
The funny thing is that just as we’ve gotten used to the mantra that resistance is inevitable, doctors are starting to seize or settle on ways to keep it in check. With any luck, the next few years’ grim reports about resistance will be accompanied by headlines from studies that prove what front-line doctors already suspect: that the fight with HIV-resistant virus can be won.
THIS IS ONLY A TEST
Resistance tests, the newest tools in the HIV kit, can be helpful in choosing from the cocktail menu. The tests come in two flavors: genotypic and phenotypic. Neither will tell you which drug is best -- only which drugs probably won’t work.
Genotypic tests do a genetic analysis of your virus to figure out what mutations it has developed. They’re faster (results in a week or two) and cheaper ($400 to $600). Phenotypic tests pit your virus directly against HIV meds in a test tube. Results are measured on a sliding scale of “sensitivity,” where high drug sensitivity generally means the drug will work in your body, and low equals resistance. They’re more expensive ($900 to $1,000) and slower (results take two to four weeks).
Each test gives you different information, and each doc has a preference (usually based on which he or she least misunderstands!). Generally your doctor will run a genotype before you begin treatment to check for possible resistance, adding or switching to phenotypic testing for second- or third-round decisions. Many docs use both following your first treatment failure, in order to get the clearest possible picture of what’s going on.
Two cautions: Neither works well if your viral load is below 50, and neither will be accurate if you’ve been drug-free for a while -- maybe even for a few weeks.
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Michelin-starred chef Christophe Émé opens…
Michelin-starred chef Christophe Émé opens wine bar on La Brea
KASS Wine Bar + Restaurant opened Feb. 1.
Michelin starred chef Christophe Émé opened KASS Wine Bar + Restaurant on Feb. 1. Photo by acuna-hansen.
By Richard Guzman | riguzman@scng.com | Press Telegram
PUBLISHED: February 1, 2019 at 6:08 pm | UPDATED: February 1, 2019 at 6:09 pm
Michelin-starred Chef Christophe Émé, who was named by Food & Wine magazine in 2005 as one of the “10 Best New Chefs,” is going back to the basics with a wine bar on La Brea in Los Angeles.
The KASS Wine Bar + Restaurant opened Friday, Feb. 1, offering wine-friendly French dishes.
Émé, who earned his Michelin star in 2007 for his celebrated (and expensive) Los Angeles French restaurant Ortolan, which closed in 2011, is now opening a 40-seat restaurant described as “stripped of pretension,” with an open kitchen, a wine bar and outdoor patio.
“KASS is an involved experience; I want guests to come in for the atmosphere as much for the wine and the food,” Émé stated in a release.
The seasonal menu includes opening dishes like salad of baby beets, made with black lentils and aged Comté cheese; the oxtail parmentier, made with bone marrow and truffles; and pork ragu tagliatelle. The price range is $27-$45 per dish. The wine list is mostly French with a few other European and California options.
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When: 6-10 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday with wine bar open until midnight, and 6-9:30 p.m. Sundays with wine bar open until 10 p.m.
Where: 320 S. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles
Information: 323-413-2299 or KassRestaurant.com
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Denial near and far
November 21, 2008 · 5:00 AM CST
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A recent conference on climate change in New York City claimed that global warming is a hoax. Scientists still widely debate what the impacts of global warming will be, but they don't debate that the earth is warming and they don't debate that the warming is being driven by human activity. These basic conclusions were put forth in a huge report from the U.N. last year, but the people at the New York summit were unimpressed. Many say this is no longer healthy skepticism, this is denial. When people are faced with a fact that's too uncomfortable to accept, they deny, despite what might be overwhelming evidence. Denial comes in different forms says this risk assessor. He says first is strategic denial. The second type is when people just can't believe something is true because it's too frightening, like when societies fail to prepare for pandemics. The third type is when reality threatens our world view. This happens across the planet, says this expert on large group psychology. He says entire nations regress and blur fantasy with reality. In Turkey, much of the nation denies the mass murder of Armenians before World War I, despite strong evidence. Sometimes denial and avoidance becomes blurred�we don't deny facts but we push them away. The psychologist says that climate change makes our world view feel threatened�we are part of the problem and that's hard for us to accept. Yet science is not war, it can be tested and verified, so why do so many humans deny the existence of global warming? Maybe in part because it's a highly politicized issue, pitting Republicans against Democrats. This analyst says mistrust of the messenger is certainly a rationale for denial, and many Republicans mistrust Al Gore. The analyst says guilt is a bad motivator and some environmentalists have sometimes been too aggressive, saying to the public that your consumptive lifestyle is responsible for destroying the world and therefore you ought to stop. He says a better tactic might be to point out how much the world has improved in the last 100 years but in the last decade we've realized there was an unintended and unknowable horrible outcome, that this uptick in quality of life is bad and who could've known? Denial is also a loaded term, often associated with the denial of atrocities in Nazi Germany, and that's why this analyst doesn't like using it. He says when you refer to your opponents as deniers, you're associating them with some of the most evil people in history. And then that turns the debate into a discussion of the personalities involved in the conflict, instead of the matter of conflict itself. But by referring to others as deniers, that also makes you a victim, says this analyst. And no matter how much evidence is presented, some people just won't accept something they don't believe in. of course some people are hoping the election of Barack Obama might force some people to reassess long held beliefs.
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Mission Mode
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Mission Mode (ミッション?, lit.: "Mission") is an alternate gameplay mode in Pikmin 3. It replaces the Challenge Mode found in previous games. In Mission Mode, the player completes challenges, with three different types existing. Each one has a time limit of between five and fifteen minutes, and awards the player with a ranking based on how well they performed on the mission.
The following rankings exist, and are sorted from worst to best: no medal, bronze, silver, gold, and platinum. The requirements for each ranking vary between stages and mission types. When a level is complete, a quick summary of the objects collected or enemies killed is displayed, and the player is given a final score. The player can then watch a replay of the entire session.
Unlike the Challenge Mode in previous games, this one is available from the start of the game, but certain requirements must be met in order to unlock some stages: for Collect Treasure! and Battle Enemies!, players start out with only one stage available, and they must obtain at least a bronze medal in order to unlock the next stage on the line. Bosses in Defeat Bosses! mode are only made available once they're fought in Story mode.
Gameplay in this mode is mostly identical to that of story mode in the way it is controlled, and that the player never starts out with any ultra-spicy sprays, although it is possible to get some via Burgeoning Spiderworts and/or ultra-spicy nectar on certain stages. However, there are a few mission type-specific rules, and there is also the fact that the player always has the Dodge Whistle and none of the other spacesuit upgrades. If a leader loses all of their health or if a Pikmin extinction takes place, the mission is aborted.
1.1 Collect Treasure!
1.2 Battle Enemies!
1.3 Defeat Bosses!
3 Co-op
4 Rankings
4.1 Details
5 Downloadable content
8 Names in other languages
8.1 Mission Mode
Types[edit]
There are three types of mission, each with a different objective, scoring system, and rules.
Collect Treasure![edit]
The goal in Collect Treasure! mode is to retrieve as many fruits, treasures, and/or enemy carcasses as possible within a limited amount of time. Players can find Pikmin to use either at the starting point, buried, scattered across the map, hidden below plants in small groups, or inside certain enemies, like the Medusal Slurker. In most missions, there is no Onion, meaning that players cannot grow any more Pikmin than the ones provided throughout the stage, although Twilight Hollow Remix and Beastly Caverns have Onions. For levels with no Onion, any recovered corpses go into the SPERO to exchange for Pokos. When Onions are present, the corpses are instead brought to them to create more Pikmin as well as earn Pokos. Additionally, Beastly Caverns is the only level to have pellets, which will only create more Pikmin and not earn Pokos. Regardless of level, all fruits and treasures are taken to the SPERO to be converted to Pokos. The player's score is based on how many total Pokos were earned. Collecting all objects that can be converted to money in the stage instantly finishes the mission, and the time left is awarded to the player as extra points (30 points per second remaining).
Battle Enemies![edit]
The objective of this mode is to defeat enemies to score points. Each enemy type is worth a certain amount of points; for example, the Swooping Snitchbug holds 30 points. Only a few Pikmin are available on the map, and the player must bring back enemies to the Onion in order to increase their Pikmin army. As such, the player needs a careful balance between combat and reinforcements to be efficient. The enemy's score is instantly added to the score counter the second the enemy dies. Once the timer is up, the points the player gains are counted as their score, but if all enemies are killed, the mission ends right away and the player receives extra points based on the time left.
Defeat Bosses![edit]
The Vehemoth Phosbat in 2-player Defeat Bosses!
Missions in this mode require the player to defeat one of the main bosses in the story mode, with a given assortment of Pikmin and time limit. To fight a boss in this mode, it must be defeated in story mode first. The player's medal is determined by the time left over. The Pikmin death count has nothing to do with scoring, but is still shown on the results screen.
Levels[edit]
These are the 36 stages in Mission Mode, counting the ones available as downloadable content. Tropical Forest Remix, Tropical Wilds Remix, and Fortress of Festivity are only added to the game, for free, if the game is updated.
All levels in Mission Mode support 2-player split-screen co-op. For the missions that aren't downloadable content, the previous mission must be beat before the next one can be unlocked. This is not the case with the boss missions, which require the player to have beaten the boss in story mode first (regardless of collecting its spoils).
Thirsty Desert
Twilight Hollow
Shaded Garden
Tropical Forest Remix
Silver Lake Remix
Thirsty Desert Remix
Twilight Hollow Remix
Shaded Garden Remix
Fortress of Festivity
The Rustyard
Beastly Caverns
Forgotten Cove
Clockwork Chasm
Tropical Wilds Remix
Garden of Hope Remix
Distant Tundra Remix
Twilight River Remix
Formidable Oak Remix
Armored Mawdad
Vehemoth Phosbat
Sandbelching Meerslug
Scornet Maestro
Quaggled Mireclops
Plasm Wraith
Co-op[edit]
Before starting a stage, it is possible to choose a single-player or 2-player mode. Unlike in Pikmin 2, player 1 is on the right, while player 2 is on the left. With this, player 1 starts as Alph, and player 2 starts as Brittany or Olimar, depending on the stage. If the level has more than two leaders available, either player can switch to the leader that is not being used. Just like in Pikmin 2's co-op challenge mode, players share sprays, and each spray used is deducted for both players. In other words, whenever a spray is used, it'll be depleted on the counter of both players' screens. Co-op missions have a separate ranking system from the single player version of the mission. It should be noted that the "Go Here!" function will not work in co-op.
Rankings[edit]
See also: Global rankings.
There are five essential rankings for each stage: No ranking, Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum. No ranking simply means that the player did not earn enough points to earn a medal. The criteria for getting medals is different for each game mode, with the points differing every stage. Platinum medals mean that the player has collected all treasure or defeated all enemies before the time limit. Any time after the Platinum medal is acquired will be added as a time bonus to the original score, 30 additional points per second remaining. For Defeat Bosses!, only the time matters, and the quicker a boss is defeated, the better the medal; if it is defeated too late, the player might not receive any medal.
The game keeps track of the five best scores. These scores are only accessible on the results screen at the end of a successful mission, but the top score is available on the screen before the mission begins.
Each medal has a different look based on their ranking and the game mode. The loading screen tips state that each medal gives the player an honorary title. These titles do not change anything in the game. In the score tally screen, when a medal is obtained, a Pikmin can also be heard cheering the player. While hard to understand due to the Pikmin's voice, when slowed down, the different voice clips can be figured out.[1] The following table illustrates the medals for all rankings, as well as the title given by the tips and the cheers said by the Pikmin.
Collect Treasure!
Battle Enemies!
Defeat Bosses!
Pikmin cheer
Lieutenant "Good!"
Captain "Great!"
General "Excellent!"
Royalty "Perfect!"
The medals are visible on the screen with the mission's briefings. A second medal appears if the challenge was completed in co-op mode. The platinum medals also have the Koppaite text on them, which means "Pikmin platinum".
The fanfare that plays when the player acquires a platinum medal or successfully defeats a boss:
Downloadable content[edit]
Main article: Downloadable content.
On October 1st, 2013 – during that month's Nintendo Direct – Iwata announced downloadable content for Pikmin 3's Mission Mode. These stages are for Collect Treasure! mode, and Nintendo offers Tropical Forest Remix for free if players update Pikmin 3.
On November 6th, 2013, a second DLC pack was made available for purchase. This DLC consists of five remixed Story mode maps for Battle Enemies! Nintendo offers Tropical Wilds Remix for free if players update Pikmin 3.
On December 2nd, 2013, a third DLC pack became available for purchase. This consists of five stages for Collect Treasure! and Battle Enemies! (totaling in ten levels) and takes place on entirely new areas. Olimar and Louie are playable in stages 13 through 15, but Louie must be rescued before he can be used. Nintendo offers both versions of Fortress of Festivity for free for those who update Pikmin 3.
Artwork of the SPERO, made for the Official Nintendo Magazine.
Some of the fruits from Pikmin 2 and Pikmin 3.
The results screen for fighting against the Armored Mawdad.
The main Mission Mode menu.
Battle Enemies! stage selection menu.
An odd second enemy bubble to the west of the map, when the Plasm Wraith's mission is highlighted.
Mission Mode and Bingo Battle are the only modes in Pikmin 3 in which players can find Purple and White Pikmin.
The music that plays during all stages, with the exception of stages 11 to 15, was used in all of the Pikmin 3 trailers.
Mission Mode and Bingo Battle have an exclusive mini-boss, the Baldy Long Legs. It appears plentifully in both modes, although it is never found in Story mode. Instead, Story mode gives players some Arachnorb action with the Shaggy Long Legs.
If a new record is achieved, and said record does not fit on the world rankings chart, the word "Invalid" will appear next to the score's bubble on the ranking screen, which in turn, will be pointing outside of the chart.[2]
If the player goes into the Defeat Bosses! mission selection screen and highlights the Plasm Wraith's mission, they can then pan the radar on the GamePad to the northwest, where they will find a second enemy bubble, out of bounds. This bubble represents the Mysterious Life Form, according to the game's files.[3]
Mission Mode[edit]
Japanese ミッション?
Misshon Mission
French Missions Missions
German Missionen Missions
Russian Режим миссии / Режим задание
Rezhim missii / Rezhim zadaniye Mission mode / Task mode Names taken from Nintendo's official Russian website
Japanese お宝をあつめろ！?
Otakara o Atsumero! Collect Treasure!
Japanese 原生生物を倒せ！?
Gensei Seibutsu o Taose! Defeat Enemies!
Japanese 巨大生物をたおせ！?
Kyodai Seibutsu o Taose! Defeat Bosses!
Challenge Mode
Bingo Battle
Gameplay video of co-op mode
^ YouTube video of sound effect trivia in Pikmin 3 (at 02:27)
^ YouTube video of a world record that triggered the "Invalid" message (at 02:08)
^ /content/CMCmn/generator/mapE/mis_boss.szs/1.txt, line 93 – Metaboss's (Mysterious Life Form) coordinates are at -5650.00000000 0.00000000 6330.00000000. Same file, line 12 – Metaboss2's (Plasm Wraith) coordinates are at 4000.00000000 0.00000000 -5750.00000000. File default.txt, line 12 – UFO's (S.S. Drake) coordinates are at 4880.00000000 150.00000000 -5440.00000000.
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‘The Road Back to You,’ a guide to the ancient Christian personality typology, takes #3 in Religion Nonfiction; Wanda Brunstetter tops in Religion Fiction with her latest Amish romance, ‘The Brides of the Big Valley.’
IVP has increased its sales over 16% from last year with a mix of old and new bestsellers, a new distribution partnership, and Amazon’s marketing services.
By Seth Satterlee | 07/05/2019 @ 07:00PM
Witches continue to rise, with many books on the list covering magical practices or Wicca. Richard Dawkins makes an appearance, as do a few books addressing his contentious views on religion. Also included are two memoirs from family members of famous evangelical pastors.
Brian Hampton, Group Publisher of HCCP, Dies
HarperCollins Christian Publishing announced Monday the passing of senior v-p and group publisher Brian Hampton.
Barbour Names New President, CEO
Mary Burns, who was named president of Barbour last year, has been promoted to president and CEO of the company-owned Christian publishing house.
Tina Constable, executive v-p and publisher of Penguin Random House imprints WaterBrook, Multnomah, and Convergent, announced four new additions to her editorial team as part of growth for the company’s Christian publishing program.
Religion and Spirituality Books Preview: July 2019
A new book by bestselling author Lisa Jo Baker, Pushcart Prize-winning Lawrence Shainberg's memoir, and 'How to Human' are some of the titles coming from religion and spirituality publishers in July.
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Laboratory Staff
Laboratory Alumni
B. Franklin Pugh, Ph.D.
456 North Frear
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Email: bfp2@psu.edu
Projects and Ongoing Research
Cornell University, Ithaca NY. – 1983
B.S. – Biology
University of Wisconsin-Madison – 1987
Ph.D. – Molecular Biology
Professional Employment
1987-1988 Postdoctoral Research Associate.
Michael Cox, Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Robert Tjian, Dept. of Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of California-Berkeley.
1992-1998 Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.
The Pennsylvania State University.
1998-2005 Associate Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.
2005- present Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.
Secondary Titles
2004-present Director – Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation
2007-present Willaman Professor of Molecular Biology.
2008-2017 Editor, Molecular and Cellular Biology
2014-present Evan Pugh Professor
2014-present Fellow AAAS
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Despite a joint submission of one year in jail and 18 months probation, a Chilliwack provincial court judge sentenced Andrew Mullaly to 18 months jail and three years probation for the ongoing sexual assault of a girl between the ages of 11 and 16. (Facebook)
B.C. judge defies lawyers and adds six months to man’s sex assault sentence
‘I find the joint submission is contrary to the public interest and I’m rejecting it’
Paul Henderson
Jun. 24, 2019 10:08 a.m.
A man convicted of sexually and emotionally abusing a teenaged girl for years was handed a sentence 50 per cent longer than requested in a joint submission by Crown and defence in a rare decision by a provincial court judge.
Andrew Mullaly elicited no emotion in courtroom 203 at the Chilliwack Law Courts on June 21 as Judge Andrea Ormiston sentenced him to 18 months jail followed by three years probation, the maximum allowed under the charge conviction.
Crown counsel Grant Lindsey and Mullaly’s lawyer Darrel Schultz had put forth a joint submission in April for one year in jail followed by 18 months probation.
Judge Ormiston decided that sentence for Mullaly who committed as many as two dozen acts of “sexual humiliation” on the girl between the ages of 11 and 16 was “not only unfit but one that is contrary to the public interest.”
In rejecting the joint submission, the judge pointed to a Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) decision that said joint submissions should not be rejected unless that sentence would be contrary to the public interest. In R v Anthony Cook, a decision delivered by Justice Michael Moldaver of the SCC, it was made clear that a joint submission should not be rejected lightly.
“Joint submissions promote the smooth operation of the criminal justice system,” Moldaver wrote. “The appellant gave up his right to a trial and any self-defence argument he may have had. In the end, the trial judge’s deviation from the recommended custodial sentence — by only six months — amounts to little more than tinkering.”
In Canadian law, judges are not bound by joint submissions, however, the courts are generally reluctant to divert from what is proposed by both Crown or defence assuming there is case law showing similar sentences for similar crimes.
Ormiston decided, however, that in this case the submission was indeed not in the public interest.
“I find that under the specific circumstances of this plea agreement, one year cannot be reconciled with the principles and ranges established in the authorities,” she said.
“I find the joint submission is contrary to the public interest and I’m rejecting it.”
Mullaly was charged with sexual assault, extortion and possession of child pornography for ongoing abuse of the girl from the time she was 11 until 16. The multi-year abuse and humiliation began with emotional “punishment” that expanded to repeated instances of sexual touching and sexual assault.
During the brief hearing on April 12, Lindsey read parts of a victim impact statement from the girl, in which she said she felt “used, manipulated, hopeless, ashamed.”
• READ MORE: Judge questions joint submission for Chilliwack man who sexually assaulted girl
It was then in court that Judge Ormiston first raised the spectre of rejecting the joint submission, based on her concerns about the serious nature of the facts, the brevity with which case law was presented, and the rushed nature of the hearing late on a Friday afternoon.
As part of the plea agreement, Crown proceeded summarily rather than by indictment, which meant the conviction to which he pleaded is substantially less serious than if it were to be heard in BC Supreme Court.
As the sentence was read out and he was taken away by a sheriff to jail, Mullaly expressed no emotion.
Another wrinkle in the case occurred after the April sentencing hearing when local Crown counsel — ordered by the provincial Public Prosecution Service — applied to extend the standard publication ban name on the identity of the victim to include Mullaly’s name.
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The application, unsurprisingly supported by Mullaly, was left undecided upon between April and the June 20 appearance. In the interim, Judge Ormiston asked Crown to ask the victim her perspective on extending the publication ban to Mullaly.
“They are not concerned with the mentioning of his name in the newspaper,” Lindsey said in court on June 20.
Ormiston then explained how the singular concern of the court is of the privacy of the victim. She pointed to the fact that the Crown was not seeking a remedy for past instances when Mullaly’s name was used, and no evidence of a publication ban violation was presented in court.
“Today I have the added evidence that the victim does not share the Crown’s concerns,” she said, adding that there was nothing presented to her to explain why Mullaly’s name should not appear in print.
“I simply cannot make that finding on the specific evidence that has been heard here in court.”
She left the original publication ban on any information that could identify the victim in place, thereby leaving the onus on the media to not reveal her identity.
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Reserve, ride-share, be prepared: Tips from BC Ferries for travelling this Canada Day long weekend
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Amelia Powell (left), who has worked as a bikini barista, and Derek Newman, (right), who has been representing the Everett baristas in their federal civil rights lawsuit, seen here in November 2017 in Seattle. Newman in May 2018 began seeking to leave the case. Rikki King / The Herald
Appeals court sides with Washington State city in ‘bikini baristas’ case
Federal appeals court said wearing skimpy attire to sell espresso does not constitute free speech
A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of the City of Everett in Washington State in a lawsuit filed by a group of “bikini baristas.”
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday overturned a lower court judge’s decision to block the city of Everett from imposing a dress-code on the scantily clad coffee servers.
The three-judge appeals panel said wearing skimpy attire, sometimes just pasties and a G-string, to sell espresso at drive-through coffee stands does not constitute free speech protected by the First Amendment.
Seven baristas and the owner of a chain of the coffee stands called “Hillbilly Hotties” sued in 2017 to block the dress code, and U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechman in Seattle agreed with them.
The panel overturned Pechman’s order. Hillbilly Hotties owner Jovanna Edge has said she will appeal.
READ MORE: Judge critical of both sides’ arguments in Everett bikini barista case
Said the City of Everett in a statement Wednesday afternoon: “The city is grateful for the Ninth Circuit’s careful and thorough consideration of this case. The court’s opinion recognized the significant issues that the City has faced and the practical reality of regulating these businesses.”
– with a file from Stephanie Davey with Black Press Media
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Suspect arrested in slaying of boys, 14 and 15, as they bicycled together in north Stockton
STOCKTON — Police have made an arrest in connection to the Feb. 24 double slaying of two boys as they rode bicycles in north Stockton, authorities announced late Wednesday.
Officers and detectives arrested a 15-year-old male in the killings of 14-year-old Nicholas Sihalath of Stockton and 15-year-old Advan Vang of Sacramento as they were riding their bikes just after midnight in the 7000 block of Montauban Avenue in north Stockton.
The arrest took place in northeast Stockton and the juvenile homicide suspect was booked into San Joaquin County Juvenile Hall on homicide charges. The teen suspect was not identified and police provided no additional details about the arrest.
“Our detectives worked nonstop on this double homicide,” Officer Joseph Silva, a spokesman for the Stockton Police Department, said Wednesday night.
“Their relentless effort led to the arrest of a violent juvenile. We must remember, though, there are more homicides that are actively being investigated. It’s very important if anyone has information about an unsolved homicide, they need to contact us immediately.”
The boys were riding bicycles on Montauban between East Hammer Lane and Hammertown Drive. Several neighbors distinctly heard four shots just after midnight. When police arrived, they discovered both boys suffering from unspecified gunshot wounds. One died at the scene and the other died after being transported to an area hospital.
The young victims’ killings prompted an outpouring of shock and support from the community.
Nicholas was a freshman at Stockton’s Ronald E. McNair High School and had played with the South Stockton Vikings youth football team. Advan attended Samuel Jackman Middle School in Sacramento and once told his father that when he grew up, he wanted to become a police officer. Both boys loved fishing, especially with elder family members.
“Any time there is a loss of life, that is tragic. But when two young people are killed by senseless gun violence, it’s just devastating,” Silva said in February.
“Like anybody with a pulse, I am both distraught and very upset when two children are killed,” Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs told The Record shortly after the slayings.
“I urge the community to help us bring the murderer to justice. Our condolences go out to the family, friends and surrounding community.”
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Brother of Florida school shooting suspect…
Brother of Florida school shooting suspect going to Virginia
In this May 3, 2018, file photo, Zachary Cruz, left, speaks to his attorney Mark S. Lowry, before a hearing on a probation violation in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Cruz, the brother of Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz, is asking a judge to allow him to move to Virginia where a full-time job awaits him. The motion says Zachary Cruz would be hired as a maintenance mechanic paying $13 an hour. His job and living quarters would be provided by Nexus Services, which the motion says specializes in helping people adjust after prison or treatment. – Taimy Alvarez — South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, File
PUBLISHED: May 11, 2018 at 10:52 am | UPDATED: May 16, 2018 at 9:22 am
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. >> The brother of Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz is being allowed to move to Virginia, where his lawyer says a home, a job and educational opportunities await.
A judge on Friday granted the request by the attorney for 18-year-old Zachary Cruz to move to Staunton, Virginia. The judge had to approve the move because Cruz is on six months’ probation for trespassing at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Cruz’s job as a maintenance technician and living quarters would be provided by Nexus Services, which specializes in helping people adjust after prison or treatment. He will make $13 an hour and still face a host of probation restrictions.
Nikolas Cruz faces the death penalty if convicted of killing 17 people at the school in Parkland.
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This fake Kylie Jenner story fooled the internet
http://ift.tt/2lc5pGP
Image: Waterford Whispers News
By Gianluca Mezzofiore 2017-02-14 12:56:53 UTC
A fake resignation letter from a frustrated "journalist" sick of writing about Kylie Jenner has gone viral on social media, with people giving shout-outs to the reporter for "standing up for what is right."
The letter is actually an article by satirical siteWaterford Whispers News, the Irish equivalent of The Onion, entitled "Did Kylie Jenner Get a Boob Job? Why Am I Being Paid To Write About This Shite?"
In it, the author launches a mouth-fouled tirade against the editor, Siobhan, who asked them to write another story about the youngest Jenner.
"FUCKING probably yeah, but why the fuck do I have to write 500 words on it and 'include 5 pictures from her Instagram or Snapchat'," reads the opening. "Yeah, al-fucking-right Siobhan, thanks for the email. This is exactly why I studied journalism, cheers for hiring me. Fucking dream job my hole."
An image of the article, entitled "Best resignation article ever," was one of the most popular images on Imgur, with 27,000 points:
The fake resignation letter also went viral on Twitter, with thousands of people retweeting the original post:
The Poke also fell for the hoax and wrote: "The prospect of writing 500 words about Kylie Jenner’s boobs proves too much for one journalist." They later deleted it:
The original story was shared over 65,000 times.
Mashable has reached out to Waterford Whispers News for comment.
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Rhythms of May
Aurora Rex Ranch got a sharp lesson in the randomness of rabbit genetics last month. We bred a broken doe with a solid buck. Thirty-one days later, she kindled 9 kits -- ALL of them SOLIDS. Possible, but very surprising, since the broken gene is a dominant one. If she kindles 9 solids in the next litter, I will be genuinely shocked.
Rabbit genetics is fascinating, especially rabbit coat color genetics. Our rabbits are anxious to breed, and will be until September, which means our interest in genetic possibilities is soaring. "What colors will result if I breed this buck with that doe?" "Which doe and buck combination will best compensate for individual weaknesses and result in show-quality bunnies?"
The sire’s sperm donates a single gene for a certain trait and the dam’s egg donates the other gene. In this fashion every bunny ends up with a set of two genes for every single trait he has happened to inherit.
The gene pairings are totally random, which is where the fun starts. It’s like taking the genes from both the sire and the dam, putting them in a big grab bag, and shaking them up. It’s nothing more than the luck of the draw that determines what bunnies result from a certain breeding. Of course, if a gene is not present in the gene pool of the sire and dam, they cannot pass it along to their offspring.
The pairings are random, but over large numbers of offspring, the percentages of resulting traits is steady. For example, the broken gene is a dominant one. If you breed a broken dam with a solid sire, you can expect one half of the kits to be broken. Why? The dam has 1 solid gene and 1 broken gene, and the sire has 2 solid genes. Since the broken is dominant and the dam will pass it along to half of her offspring, half of the kits are usually brokens.
If I rebreed our broken doe multiple times in order to end up with 100 kits, I will expect roughly 50% of her 100 kits to be broken, even though the first 9 were all solid.
Learn more at Rabbit Genetics.
Talk about having fun with rabbit genetics...! Breeding broken tri-colored rex rabbits is not for the faint-hearted. To obtain such a nice broken tri rex rabbit, one has to properly balance body type, brindling, density of color and fur, and the spotting pattern.
Bunny Wellness
Current wisdom today says that you shouldn’t give a bunny anything green or fresh until they’re at least 12 weeks old. I got to thinking about that, and trying to imagine little cottontails NOT eating green things in the wild till age 12 weeks. Hard to imagine, right? There’s no such thing as a dry ration for them, and especially not in May, when the whole world is verdant. Young shoots and tempting, succulent buds are everywhere.
Last summer I raised a litter of bunnies on nothing but yard scraps and whole oats. I put the doe in a super-sized outside cage, and then fresh-picked weeds for her every day. To raise protein levels, I also augmented her ration with whole oats. Every evening her cage was filled with a smorgasbord of greenery piled high. It must have felt like heaven with food piled higher and deeper than the doe! (We don’t use pesticides or insecticides.)
The babies?? Healthy as horses. They were undersized relative to their cousins being fed commercial pellets, but no problem whatsoever with dreaded, and frequently fatal, bunny diarrhea.
Here’s what I think -- because the energy and sugar levels were natural, even low, there was no energy excess in their guts and therefore no fermentation, germ population explosion and no diarrhea. They did fabulous! Additionally, by fresh-picking every day, the bunnies were getting live food, chock full of nutrients and enzymes just the way nature provides it.
Clean, fresh, unpolluted yard scraps and weeds are great for your bunz. But, I would still go slow to start. Cut back on the pellets for a day or two to help prevent bunny diarrhea, and omit all fruit, processed or sugary treats. Once your bunz are acclimated to green feeds, you might find their health becomes vibrant, and you won’t need nearly as much commercial pellets. Saving the money is always a plus.
Get more feeding tips at Feeding Rabbits.
Ethics Sound-Byte
Sometime during the 1980’s, someone, or more than someone, released a few unwanted pet rabbits on the campus of the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada (see picture).
Today the U of Victoria is overrun with over 1,000 feral rabbits. The bunnies are wreaking havoc with the grounds, digging tunnels, ripping up the landscaping, and becoming a hazard. The University has managed to catch only 50 rabbits, and has done ‘pilot programs’ aimed at spay/neuter and catching and releasing the rabbits elsewhere. They have searched for people to adopt the rabbits, without success.
At this point, they are considering "more drastic measures," and should have a method of population control in place by June.
What do YOU think the University of Victoria should do about the rabbits?
I happen to also know that Victoria has a fairly large homeless population, due to its temperate climate (as far as Canadian climates go). I’ve walked the streets of Victoria - it’s a lovely town.
So, here’s MY proposal. I think it would be great for a mission to the homeless or a homeless shelter to catch the rabbits, kill them humanely, and utilize the meat in their homeless feeding program. In fact, if the University can manage the population carefully, the feeding-the-homeless program may end up with a steady supply of free, nutritious protein for years to come. The University loses lots of the rabbits, the mission gets free lappin, and the homeless get nutritious meals. It would be a win win win all the way around--what's not to like about that? Especially since there is apparently no one willing to care for the bunnies.
If the University of Victoria were to follow through on this idea, they would essentially be managing a colony of free-range rabbits.
See our new Rabbit Farming page, and learn about some neighbors in downtown Minneapolis who are collaborating on managing a very small-scale urban barnyard. They've got ducks, rabbits, chickens, and a large garden.
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Feel free to forward this email to your friends, and have a great May!
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PM: Greece Gains Economic 'Freedom' by Repaying IMF Loans Earlier
ATHENS - Repaying earlier expensive International Monetary Fund loans is a significant step for Greece which will create favorable conditions for its economy, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday, promising more relief measures.
'We are gaining points of [economic] freedom,' Tsipras said during an interview with Greece's Antenna television. Greece this week plans to file a request to the euro zone's bailout fund, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), seeking its consent for the early repayment of the loans, sources told Reuters earlier Monday.
The country emerged from its third international bailout since 2010 in August last year.
During the live interview, Tsipras also said his administration would not lower a tax-free threshold, a measure which has been agreed with international lenders and is supposed to take effect next year to broaden the country's tax base.
'The tax free [threshold] will not be reduced as long as Syriza is in government,' Tsipras said, referring to his left-wing party in power since 2015.
Elections are due later this year and the leftist leader ruled out an election earlier than that, vowing his government would see through its full term of 4 years.
Greece is expected to meet its fiscal targets again this year and any outperformance will be distributed to the public, Tsipras said.
'After the [Easter] holidays I will meet with the minister of finance to consider what we can offer, not as a pre-election gift but as permanent relief measures because the Greek economy is faring better.'
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Sherlock Jr.
NR, 45 min.
Action & Adventure , Classics , Comedy , Kids & Family , Science Fiction & Fantasy
Directed By: Buster Keaton
In Theaters: Apr 21, 1924 Limited
On DVD: Oct 8, 2013
Metro Pictures Corporation
Sherlock Jr. Reviews
Top Critic
Dave Kehr
Keaton's appreciation of the formal paradoxes of the medium is astounding; his observations on the relationship between film and the subconscious are groundbreaking and profound. And it's a laugh riot, too.
Tom Milne
Keaton's third feature under his own steam is an incredible technical accomplishment, but also an almost Pirandellian exploration of the nature of cinematic reality.
Kenneth Turan
A master of movement and stillness, Keaton developed a comedy style that was as intellectual as it was physical, and this small gem shows us why he's as purely American a film genius as the motion pictures have produced.
The unexpected, fantastic dream situations lend themselves to some remarkable trick effects, including one in which Buster walks right out of an audience and into a picture on the screen.
Mordaunt Hall
There is an extremely good comedy which will give you plenty of amusement, so long as you permit Mr. Keaton to glide into his work with his usual deliberation.
This Buster Keaton feature length comedy is about as unfunny as a hospital operating room.
Dan Jardine
Sherlock Jr. is Keaton's signature statement, and mind-warping flight of fancy on the dreamlike nature of films and the fluid nature of our ontological existence.
Full Review | Original Score: 91/100
Adrian Turner
One of Buster Keaton's finest comedies, certainly his most inventive and technically audacious.
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Buster Keaton's third and shortest feature ranks among his best.
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More options coming for seniors with high drug costs
WASHINGTON — Seniors with high drug costs will soon have more options to help them cope with Medicare's prescription coverage gap.
Reversing a steady decline, the number of prescription plans covering at least some brand-name drugs in the "doughnut hole" coverage gap will triple next year, from 35 to 106. That's according to an analysis of Medicare data to be released today by Avalere Health, a private research firm.
At least two plans covering some brand-name drugs in the gap will be available in every region of the country.
The enhanced coverage carries a higher monthly premium. And the plans offer only a limited range of medications in the gap, most often drugs to treat chronic illnesses.
Nonetheless, some seniors may be willing to pay more for greater peace of mind. Some of the most widely used medications, including Lipitor for high cholesterol, are not available as generics.
"The coverage of generics in the gap has been fairly stable, but there has been very little coverage of brand-name drugs," said Bonnie Washington, an Avalere researcher who worked on the study. "This is the first year we have really seen it come back."
The coverage expansion is partly the result of prodding by Medicare officials to get private insurers to offer more robust plans, Washington said.
Medicare's drug coverage gap is a cost-control idea that has never been popular.
In 2011, the gap will start after Medicare beneficiaries and their insurance plan have spent $2,840 on medications.
After that, seniors are responsible for roughly the next $3,600. That's the "doughnut hole."
Once total spending reaches about $6,440, Medicare's catastrophic coverage kicks in and beneficiaries pay only a small amount.
President Barack Obama's new health care law closes the gap by 2020 through a series of discounts. Next year, seniors get 50 percent off brand-name drugs in the gap and a smaller break on generics.
But Medicare will continue to count the full retail price of medications in computing the coverage gap. So that means seniors will pay a lot less to get through the doughnut hole.
About 4 million people now face the gap largely on their own.
The Avalere study also found benefits will improve for low-income people whose premiums and co-payments are covered by taxpayers. For the first time since the drug benefit was offered in 2006, 9 million low-income beneficiaries will have a bigger number of plans to pick from. For those who want to stick with their current plan, coverage will be more stable.
Medicare's open enrollment begins Nov. 15 and consumer advocates say the more than 17 million seniors enrolled in private prescription plans should take a particularly close look at their benefits for next year. Millions face double-digit premium hikes unless they shop for a cheaper plan.
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Wheeler Walker Jr. Deletes Social Media Accounts After Backlash
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Comedy country artist Wheeler Walker Jr. has deleted both his Twitter and Instagram accounts after facing backlash for encouraging violence against a Kentucky teen seen in a recent viral video smirking in the face of a Native American elder.
On Saturday (1-19), a video went viral of students from the Covington Catholic High School in Park Hills, Kentucky appearing to taunt Native American elder and military veteran Nathan Phillips who was playing a native drum at the Lincoln Memorial. Some of the students had “Make America Great Again” hats on, including 16-year-old Nick Sandmann, who was the individual closest to Nathan Phillips in the viral video, appearing to smirk. Subsequently, Nick Sandmann became the subject of public ire, including from Wheeler Walker Jr.
“I know I have fans in Paris Hills, Ky.” Wheeler Walker Jr. said. “If you know this little shit, punch him in the nuts and send me the video of it and I’ll send you all my albums on vinyl, autographed.”
The tweet from Wheeler Walker Jr. and a repost on Instagram immediately went viral themselves, but also stimulated a strong backlash from people concerned that Wheeler Walker Jr. was encouraging violence against a minor. The post on Instagram was removed by the social media company after complaints, Walker Jr. claimed in a subsequent post later on Saturday, asserting that he was not backing down. However later the second Instagram post was removed, as was the original tweet. Then on Tuesday (1-22), both Wheeler Walker Jr.’s Twitter and Instagram accounts appeared to be deleted.
The viral video first incited outrage for appearing to portray the students from the Covington Catholic High School taunting the tribal elder. However more lengthy and detailed footage surfaced later that offered context to the incident, including that members of the Black Hebrew Israelites were taunting the students by calling them “white crackers,” “incest kids,” “future school shooters,” and other remarks. Though reports initially stated that members of the Covington school group also yelled racist statements and chanted “Build the wall,” there is no evidence this occurred. Instead the kids were chanting school spirit songs after they received permission from a teacher to do so.
The Covington High School students were in Washington D.C. attending a pro-life rally, and were waiting for buses to take them back to Kentucky when the incident occurred. Native American elder Nathan Phillips was part of an Indigenous People’s March happening at the Lincoln Memorial independently, and the members of the Black Hebrew Israelites were holding a separate rally at the memorial at the same time.
Since the incident, Twitter has suspended the original Twitter account that posted the edited clip from the nearly 2-hour long original video that caused the uproar. The account appeared to be part of a larger network of suspicious accounts used to stir political vitriol on both sides of the political divide. However Wheeler Walker Jr.’s accounts remained active, causing many conservative and free speech advocates to complain of a double standard. Soliciting violence against individuals is strictly against Twitter’s user policies, and other accounts have been suspended recently for similar activity.
Wheeler Walker Jr. is the alter ego of comedian Ben Hoffman, who is originally from Lexington, Kentucky. He’s regularly stirred controversy not just for his sexually explicit songs, but for lashing out at other celebrities in Twitter spats. His especially severe criticism and trolling of the Wal-Mart Yodeling Boy Mason Ramsey drew significant ire in 2018.
Right before the incident, on January 18th, Wheeler Walker posted a string of tweets saying “Fuck ____” with the Twitter handles of major country music stars following, including Jason Aldean, Keith Urban, Kelsea Ballerini, Carrie Underwood, Dan + Shay, and others. Then Walker Jr. appeared to quit country music, saying, “Country music is dead and fucking gone. Anyone who tries to make real country music in 2019 needs to have their head examined … Putin, please drop a bomb on the CMA’s and get it fucking over with already. I will not be making another country record. Waste of fucking time.”
However when country blog Whiskey Riff posted a story about Wheeler Walker Jr. quitting country music, he tweeted, “Fake news.” Since Wheeler Walker Jr. is a fictitious character, it’s hard to know where the performance art ends, and the reality begins. Fictional character or not, as a verified Twitter account, inciting violence against individuals would be against Twitter’s policies.
Saving Country Music reached out to the publicist of Wheeler Walker Jr. for a statement or clarification on the matter, but the requests were not returned.
Ben Hoffman, Wheeler Walker Jr.
January 22, 2019 @ 7:06 pm
Folks, obviously this topic has a political component to it, but let’s please try to keep the discussion specifically to the topic on hand. Thanks!
January 23, 2019 @ 3:17 am
True story … when I saw this headline on Saving Country Music, the first thought that went through my mind was, “Oh man, I kinda feel bad for Trigger.”
Of course, I know you can handle it, but I also know that you knew there were worms in that can before you even opened it up.
Pierre Brunelle
Great post Trig.
This is another example of #fake news going out of control.
Chris Engelby
What a piece of work kiss your career good-bye !!.!!.
Vincent Spoltore
The first paragraph of this article sets the stage for a biased piece. You state unequivocally the Sandmann was smirking. Where in the article do you report on the “Native Amerixan Elder” has stolen the valor of true Vietman combat vets. Look at the man’s DD214.
Regarding Wheeler – had never heard of him. He has his right to his opinion, but inciting violence against a minor is cause for prosecution. But like with all leftist America has lost her valls to nbn stand up for what is right.
What does Jim Morrison song and Wheeler Walkers career have in common. THE END
Good riddance I say. His act has grown old.
His schtick is trite. I see know value in spending time thinking about what an ass he is..
Thank you for highlighting that this whole thing was started by a Twitter account that existed to stir crap up.
I liked Wheeler but I saw his tweet and it really hacked me off. What happened to these kids was wrong and the fact that he was one of the first people going after them is not cool. I no longer find him amusing. FWIW, I probably don’t share the kids’ politics but I will defend them to the end over this.
hoptowntiger94
No one should condone violence against a kid (even your alter ego).
This is from someone who believes these kids haven’t been absolved from their actions (which included tomahawk chops). They were still overly aggressive and disrespectful towards a former Vietnam Vet (even if provoked by another group). It’s a teaching moment, not punch in the nuts moment.
Mike Honcho
He wasn’t a Vietnam vet. He lied.
Is there proof of that?
The Washington Post confirmed that he is not a Vietnam vet. Also, watch all of the footage.
I did watch all the footage. If all the black Israelites jump off a bridge, would you? Everyone so badly want to be right on this one, they are failing to see things rationally. And sometimes perception is reality.
If these kids were baited, they sure took the bait.
January 23, 2019 @ 11:00 am
Nathan Phillips is a professional agitator he has a history of doing shit like this and then crying racism. WAPO has issued a retraction on claiming he was a vet also, funny he never saw fit to correct them when they asserted he was
Then just an elder. Respect your elders.
gothcountry
From what I’ve seen, he didn’t lie, but comments from an interview he gave, saying he was in the military during the Vietnam era, were taken to mean he served in Vietnam.
He was a refrigeration technician in the reserve. Never left the states, and was AWOL 3x. Not even enlisted until after the war. Lies like a Democrat politician.
He was disrespectful for invading the kids personal space. The students were not doing anything that was wrong, they thought the old man was having fun with them, and they bounced to his beat until it became obvious that the old man was up to something.
The only mature people in this were the kids.
They should work it out among themselves and everyone else should butt out. I’m sure that if boy and elder sit down and chat that they’ll be friends in no time.
You’re grasping at straws, because you wish like hell that the media’s original portrayal of the incident was correct. In fact, the vast majority of similar “incidents” that the media cooks up turn out to be completely false. You need to re-assess your core beliefs and try to understand why you are so wrong about nearly everything. I feel very sorry for victims of public schools.
Do you respect Trump? He is your elder?
Have I said anything to disrespect Trump? His name hasn’t even been brought up.
Just a question. I want to see if you are consistent. Of course, you’ll likely say yes.
By the way, I don’t have blanket respect for “my elders.” That is just some trite nonsense. Do you respect the BTK Strangler just because he is older than you?
Let’s please try to avoid political back and forths about stuff that is not specific to this topic. Thanks!
respect is earned. Not given
Big Boss Hog 01
*Straying off topic but I have to respond* You obviously haven’t seen the entire video which clearly indicates these kids were in no way aggressive or intimidating. That has been PROVEN. The native American & Black Israelites linstigated this 100%. The kids acted admirably considering their age. Furthermore, it turns out the elder may NOT be a veteran afterall. The story is developing.
See my above response.
You say they took the bait. But what did they do? You haven’t articulated WHAT exactly they did that is so offensive to you but not others. In fact, nearly every media outlet that reported the incident have either apologized for jumping to conclusions or retracted atroies altogether. But you are still hellbent on seeing what you want to believe. Good Lord…
He doesn’t have an answer. He just wishes the original narrative was true and he’s too committed to his dogma that he won’t walk it back and admit that the high school kids were the only ones acting decently.
Mike P
Here. https://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=84457
Edwin Mattox
Right before the incident was filmed the fake veteran agitator tried to disrupt a Catholic mass attended by hundreds of people – but was stopped by a security guard. This was also caught on tape. “Respect your elders”? WTF?
He deserves no respect. is there any length to which you will go before you finally say, “well, I was wrong.”
Man. You must have a lot of guilt. Would pissing on your great-grandparents’ graves help?
Luckyoldsun
“Overly aggressive”?
The main kid in the controversy and at the center of the video literally just stood there silently while the Indian “elder” walked right up to him and banged a drum and chanted in his face. Yeah, he could have turned and walked away. Then the posted video probably would have said “MAGA hat-wearing teen p u s s y turns tail and runs away in fear when challenged by old Native American.”
Kevin Davis
Anything less than an outright apology from Wheeler will suffice. The media distorted the scenario. These kids were, in fact, the most mature during the whole scenario. As we now know, the “Black Israelites” started the whole thing, and they are notoriously racist. Wheeler followed the leftist reactionary script, prompted by the mainstream media, and he should have known better.
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Right On
I’m sure 12-year-olds across the nation will be sad to miss out on his brand of humor.
Farmboy
It didn’t take a genius to see that something wasn’t quite right with that short take on a long story of a video. Looked to me like one group was playing to the camera and the other wasn’t backing down to their intimidations. If a young woman isn’t suppose to be judged by her attire in a case of rape. Why should a young man be automatically judged by his attire? The Native American willingly or unwillingly became a pawn in the intimidators game. And why should we have to play this out to the media for them to realize they should have gotten their ducks in a row before publicizing it in the first place? Walker, you live by the sword, your career dies by the sword.
He’s a dick. I stopped following him on social media about a year ago. His view on pop country is spot on, but that’s where it stops. Beyond that, he’s just another loudmouth with a blue check mark by his name. Like so many people on his side of the political spectrum, he saw what he wanted to see.
He has made anti-right statements in the past and flat out stated if you like Trump to unfollow him and not support him. I complied simply on the narrow mindedness of his statement. I will be voting for Trump next go round, for sure cause of the corrupt nature of these mobs and fake news.
Trainwreck92
Voting for Trump due to your distaste for corruption? That’s a bold strategy, Blackwater, let’s see how it pays off.
And regardless of politics, why did that one kid rip his shirt off and do some Truffle Shuffle looking move right in the middle of it all? Not sure I’m going with this “they handled themselves maturely” apology some are using.
hoptowmtiger94
I’ve said this before … we’d be shocked about many (especially mainstream) country artists’ political beliefs. The majority of them I believe lean left, but put on a front. At least this turd was up front about it.
This response was to go to Blackwater.
Strait Country 81
Thank God for Hank Jr and Charlie Daniels
They are kids, and thus, are allowed some silliness.
It was a highschool football chat from their school. Remember, these are CHILDREN being called crackers, incest spawn etc. It’s surprising they didn’t go off on these jackasses. And no, that elder is not innocent. He forced his way into the group of kids. He has a long history of being a leftist activist. Simply search online. Back off the kids. It’s shocking y’all are STILL judging these kids after even the far left media has retracted their coverage!
The shirt off thing is some cheer that they do at school games. There is a video floating around of them doing it at school. Not unlike what you see at every other high school in the country that isn’t under a microscope.
Will Elam
Virtue Signaling can be a career ender.
HayesCarll2323
What he did was wrong. He pushes the envelope and I am cool with that, usually. However, this was so wrong Honestly, I’m done with this dude. I don’t know if he attempts to overcompensate, due to the fact that white, southern, probably conservative males like him, therefore he has to let people know he is with the “liberals’” so his artsy Nashville friends will still support. Either way, it’s contrived and lame and takes away from his decently funny music.
This world has gone crazy in so many ways. People no longer use their head and logic…the act on emotion and that is a very scary world
Yep. What really scares me is that this was ever a national news story, or even a news story. Bad journalism will be the end of us.
News reports said the story was fueled by a suspicious (troll) account that Twitter deleted. You don’t need journalists to print anything on a story like this anymore.
It is not “bad journalism.” It is intentional. Once the fake story gets out there, the goal is accomplished.
That is still bad journalism. And I was speaking more broadly about the state of journalism today. No need to get saucy with me.
Saucy how? I was drawing a distinction between a mistake, incompetence, or laziness, and outright fraud, deception, and libel, etc. Its the difference between running your car into a crowd of kids because you were distractedly staring at your iPhone and running into a crowd of kids because you are committing jihad and want them dead.
Doctor Time
Good riddance. Wheeler has and always be annoyingly overrated. Bad at comedy and about as musically talented as the bro pop losers he somehow thinks he has the cred to rag on. Hopefully Sturgill and Childers will cease having anything to do with this buffoon as well.
Johnnyboy Gomez
As long as they are white
Those kids are garbage, raised by garbage parents. A nut punch was a mild suggestion. Wheeler shouldn’t have held back.
Suggesting, condoning, rewarding, or inciting violence in any form or fashion should be universally condemned by all sides of the political spectrum, and seen as a red line in the increasingly vitriolic environment of today’s politics, especially in a moment in media when you can’t trust the source of information. If those kids were garbage, then they needed to be taught. They are kids.
I know I shouldn’t, I should just let you troll away. I know you are just trying to get a reaction. And I hate that I am caving in to you. That is what is different about the high school students, they didn’t take the bait like I am doing.
You are wrong, and you are part of the problem.
Ben’s guilty of a cardinal sin in theater, which is breaking character. When he shares his personal views while in his Wheeler role, the illusion is broken because you see the actor, not the character.
Tex Hex
Reminds me of when Steve Colbert ditched his Daily Show persona and went full bore lefty “resistance” on his own network show. Took the fun out of it. Haven’t watched him since. Political comedy is best (and funnier) when it’s subtle. Jabs to the ribs, not haymakers to the face.
Dennixx
Tweet, Twit, Twat what’s the difference.
It pains me when my political views (& my utter disdain for hypocrisy and double standards) collides with my musical tastes. I try and completely ignore it, but when the artist becomes more of a partisan mouthpiece than a musician, I have to tap out, sadly (ie Jason Isbell).
It’s not just as simple as having a different ideological viewpoint as someone anymore that can be overlooked. The vitriol of today’s radical left has gone so far off the rails that I can no longer overlook when a musician aligns themselves with those beliefs & narrative. It’s unfortunate, but it has come to this.
Ulysses McCaskill
The same can be said of the radical right, the Richard Spencer types, though fortunately I don’t know of any artists who are shitty enough to support that. The radicals on both sides are completely nuts and, frankly, dangerous.
I’m sorry, but I’m having a hard time understanding the correlation of your response to my comment. I’m not familiar with this Spencer fella. Is he a musician who I’ve never heard of who has attempted to incentivise physical harm of children because they were guilty of standing, smiling, and wearing a rainbow hat?
You have a disdain for hipocracy but yet you think only one side is guilty of this shit?
Seth of Lampasas
Spencer is an alt-right douche that the media uses as a “straw man” anytime they want to smear a conservative.
So there aren’t as many Conservative radical douchebags as liberal ones? That’s laughable. Both sides have their nuts.
Ulysses you’re a dumbass. Wtf did I say about how many lefty douches there are versus right douches? Nothing. The commenter above asked who Robert Spencer is, and I told him. What other weak shit you got for me bitch?
Guys, let’s please ratchet it down. Comments are going to get deleted. Thanks!
Kiss my ass cocksucker.
That’s bullshit Trig. My last comment that you deleted was funny and defused the thread. I’ll post it until it stays. My reply was as follows:
“My cocksucking instinct is going to interfere with kissing your ass…”
Fuck censorship.
Thanks Trig!
No, he’s something equally as bad, probably worse. A white supremacist or separatist who happens to be a big fan of Trump, along with many of his buddies. I live in Wisconsin and we had a douchebag by the name of Paul Nehlen run for the House of Representatives. He happens to be terribly anti-Semitic and an unabashed racist but still managed 10 percent of the vote while running as a Republican. That means at least 10 percent of those who voted Republican in that district are radical douchebags.
So, this has to do with my original comment how exactly? Are there musicians who you do, or you previously followed on social media who choose to espouse & regurgitate upon their followers this person’s beliefs that you don’t agree with at a 3:1 margin, instead of concentrating on their craft? If the answer is yes, then I would recommend you move along from that artist. Which is what I did. Which was the sole premise of my original comment. Your far reach of “whataboutism” is just that, a pretty far reach.
You’re pretty good at math. Here’s another equation for you. Ulysses + Education = A Good Start
I don’t pay attention to the politics of musicians. I just don’t care. Steve Earle’s a Communist but I don’t care because I love his music.
I was just making a point about both fringes being just as dangerous. I said I fortunately didn’t know of any musicians aligned with the radical right. There are just so many people nowadays who seem to insinuate all the crazies are on the left.
Completely ignoring the political element, Wheeler was nothing but a troll using the recent rise in popularity of people seeking out “true” country music, especially in his case usually trying to attract the hip hop fan base and people who generally don’t listen to country music. His music grew tired first album and he has worn out his welcome
January 22, 2019 @ 10:15 pm
How did such a low down dirty piece of shit ever gain any recognition?
Wheeler is a Great Man
By accomplishing more than you ever have in your entire life.
Trust me, my description of a “great man”, and “accomplishments”, are the polar opposites of yours. And I thank God for that.
My initial opinion of him has been validated.
Too bad he’s taking oxygen from stories about deserving musicians laboring in relative obscurity.
SameOld
People who cheered him on when he bullied and attacked country singers they don’t like are now upset because he did the same thing to one of their own Magas. Funny but of hypocrisy.
Not only is the Wheeler account gone but so is Ben Hoffman’s twitter account. Don’t know if twitter banned him or if he’s trying to hide from public to try and protect his new Netflix deal.
Ahh..no.
Those are not the same things….the singers he makes fun of are public figures, adults (except for yodel kid, which I didn’t support), millionaires, and there is no political aspect to his criticism . He incited violence on a private citizen, who is a minor. Please don’t go into law, you would get shredded in court
The law has nothing to do with people attacking Ben for being a liberal or a Jew or posting his address asking for vigilante justice and telling him they’re going to show up at his next gig to punch him in the nuts. Other than Cernovich and a few of his followers who want him charged, the outrage is tribalism based. If the kid was wearing a Clinton hat the same people wanting to beat up Wheeler would be trying to find excuses to justify his comment just like you did the bullying of people because they’re famous.
Wrong. I campaigned for HRC. I would feel the same if he did it to them. Anyone who cares about the truth should be upset about this.
Sure you did. Your anecdote goes against everything we’ve seen these last two years where the truth only matters If it goes along with what people want to believe. If the truth contradicts their beliefs, then they are quick to call it fake news. Look how well that’s worked for Trump.
Whatever, believe what you want to believe.
ChiefTonkasaw
You are, without question, completely wrong and attempting to shift the goal posts on your original point. You stated that the people after him now were cheering him when he went after the pop country “stars.” That is factually incorrect. People agreed with his opinions on modern country music, most of this forum included. But no one, not even Walker/Hoffman was looking to inflict violence upon those he was mocking. It’s been well known for years that Hoffman is a Jew and a liberal. If people were anti-semitic then they would have attacked him before now. You can’t say that someone is being a racist when it is convenient for you. Please take the pilpul and doublespeak elsewhere.
Also, what Walker/Hoffman has demonstrated is a fine example of an Internet Tough Guy. This has been a great weekend for the Internet Tough Guys being shown as complete cowards.
I think a big part of his problem is somewhere along the line he started taking his music seriously. If you listed to his Walking the Floor podcast he actually talks about his writing method and how hard he worked on the lyrical content for his albums. The backing music for his songs is top notch but that’s got nothing to do with him.
Fat Freddy's Cat
Too late.
I’d be more forgiving if he had just insulted the kid. A grown man threatening a kid is bad enough, but “Walker” didn’t even have the stones to do it on his own but rather tried to get others to do the violence. That’s just plain cowardice.
Yeah, I know. He’s a “comedian”. That’s a popular dodge these days. I’m not buying it.
Unfortunately I can’t get a refund on the CD I bought but I won’t be buying more.
Billy Parton
Hey yall- contemporary country deserves some shade- you wouldn’t be at this site if you disagreed- but Walker’s music has real life consequences beyond getting some douchey white kid punched in the nuts. The shit he writes and sings about women in most of his songs is fuckin disgusting and infinitely reductive and not worth repeating – anyone have a problem with that? You should- that’s far more dangerous than this little tweet- our fuckin ‘maga’ president threatens violence on his American political oppenents and talks about how wonderful foreign dictators are – it is a funny time to care about a shitty tweet from a comedian, but it’s telling that posting a joke about kicking a dumb white kid in the nuts somehow warrants this reaction.
I don’t understand how he’s supposed to be a cliche country guy, and that’s the schtick, but at the same time he uses his platform to espouse all these liberal-minded views. It’s puzzling. Even if it’s just a character, i feel like he should be doing the opposite. Break those conventions, mannnn.
He did a good enough job where a big part of his fandom bought into the act and are now shocked that he’s not really the foul mouthed pussy king but a part time LA based comedy writer who hates everything about them.
Why is anyone surprised? Ben Hoffman has always been a progressive, transgressive douche bag. He is mocking and making fun of country music and people who listen to country music. He is the Blazing Saddles of country music. Do you understand that he hates you? Especially if you’re a Christian. He hates you.
Progressive? Sure. Transgressive? I guess. A douche? Quite possibly. But I really don’t think that Hoffman is mocking country music. I think he just uses what is seen as a traditionally conservative genre, to poke fun at certain conservative values, because that’s what he finds funny. I don’t think that someone who has no appreciation for country music would hang out with guys like Sturgill and Tyler Childers or gather up great Nashville session musicians and make three albums worth of great (excluding lyrics/vox) traditional country music.
Not sure about the “hates Christians” part, buddy (where you even getting that from, because he’s Jewish? Is it a given that he “hates” Christians because he’s not one?), but his shtick is to make a mockery of country music and its fans. Funny at first, but, after a while “problematic” as they say. He’s one man minstrel show, but intended to mock rednecks.
I’m not your buddy and I’m not dumb enough to take people like Hoffman at face value.
Saying “he hates you, especially if you’re a Christian” is a pretty bold statement. Got evidence of that? Links? I rarely take anything or anybody at face value either, but that’s that’s a pretty big leap there, buddy.
I’m not your buddy, guy!
Points for you.
https://i0.wp.com/urbanmatter.com/chicago/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/BuddyGuy1.png?fit=750%2C750&ssl=1
Corncaster
A song or two will survive him, but that’s about it, and probably not for very long.
Hoffman’s career is over. He just committed career-suicide… harder than Jerrod Niemann did with “Donkey” and Zac Brown did with “Beautiful Drug”.
The kids’ principal also overreacted to the initial report. Can we not take a beat before reacting to any social media bullshit? Jeez.
As far as WWJr,, Ben Hoffman is looking for an out for this act, because it has played out and he’s certainly more aware of it than anyone else. He’ll try his luck at another avenue, I’m sure. It’s probably already in the works.
It would be great if social media sites started suspending accounts not just for promoting violence, but for just committing libel and jumping to harsh judgments before stories can develop. If these people want to be influencers and have their blue check mark, then they should be held to higher standards. People like Wheeler Walker gain popularity and make their money through social media, so they need to be cutoff where it hurts most when they spread hate in response to a story that ultimately ends up to be false or at least more complicated then initially thought. Force the influencers to just slow down their reactions because shit is really getting of the rails these days. Its not that far-fetched to think that some maniac could have gotten to this kid and actually harmed him before the full video came out. (for the record, I disagree with the kids’ political leanings, but they were the least guilty party based on the full video. Their adult supervision should have moved them way before it reached the point that it did).
Just out of curiosity- do you think his political leanings may have been what kept him from acting a fool?
Political leanings – https://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=84457
No, I don’t, plenty examples of people leaning both directions acting like fools if that is what you are trying to get at. I also don’t think the kid is totally innocent. I went to a catholic all boys high school, and can’t be 100% certain (nor can you) but my experience from school tells me that he knew exactly what he was doing. He was trying to intimate the drummer to impress his friends. Schools like that are brutal, everybody is a bully and bullied simultaneously and he wanted some cred points. It probably had less to do with his MAGA hat and more to do with mob-like mentality (heightened by the Black Hebrew Israelites), same mob-like mentality that caused liberals to think it acceptable to jump on him afterwards. Most people (leaning either direction) wouldn’t act like that when alone, he would have just gotten out of the way.
A great podcast on personal biases and human behavior is You Are Not So Smart, highly suggest people listen and learn how susceptible we all are to these behaviors. https://youarenotsosmart.com/podcast/
Bad One
WW is a walking fart joke, anyway. Dumb humor for dumber people. Sorry.
The ninth circle of hell is reserved for morons that make “funny music.” How this guy had a career to begin with is astounding.
I always wondered if he had went full Andrew Dice Clay and kind of thought he was really the character he created. Then he started to spout off real political beliefs while still in character. Trump Derangement Syndrome is real.
Wheeler Walker is another in the long list of clueless, knee-jerk, politically correct idiots that went ballistic before ANY facts came out. Still waiting for “Wheeler Walker” to apologize for inciting violence against a young kid. I won’t be holding my breath, these fake country singers are as arrogant as they come.
I wonder when I see stories like this , was he planing on getting rid of those social media platforms soon anyway and this was a Nice cover to do so ?
you may have had a couple fans, but you now have millions of enemies. Good luck you stinkin coward.
North Woods Country
Dear god Wheeler, be smart enough to wait 72 hours to react to anything these days. 11 times out of 10, our news comes in this order: 1. Politicized nonsense 2. Humble retraction 3. Ruined lives.
Anybody else see the radical leftists try to say it doesn’t matter what happened, the kid had a bad expression on his face? Apparently they can project and decide exactly what a child was thinking at a certain time. Morons
Dusty Ayres
Aren’t you the type of person who was hateful and dismissive of those kids who were protesting against gun prolerferation after they saw their friends gunned down? Pot, meet kettle.
One outlet hasn’t retracted what they said about these kids;
https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/dont-doubt-what-you-saw-with-your-own-eyes-1831931203
I am not a Trump supporter. I am a proud liberal and Democrat. But threatening someone with violence, even if only in jest, crosses a line that should never be crossed by anyone on any side. I applaud Trigger for doing his best to side with human decency (which so many on both sides lack, including our “president”) instead of right or left when it comes to reporting stories like this.
Screw social media. I’m done.
Long live real country music and the artists that make it.
deleting his social media is probably a smart move. i imagine he has all sorts of stupid shit on there to make things worse.
Trig –
Your coverage of this issue is the best I have seen, whether on TV or in print.
As for WW, he’s an ass and I’m not going to listen to his filth.
Mike11C
This is what happens when you think you’re special but, you’re really too stupid to wait for the facts before you decide to jump on the “social justice warrior” band wagon. The initial video was so short, it didn’t show enough to form an informed opinion. How about, “look before you leap” or, “engage your brain before you open your mouth”? Didn’t your mama teach you anything?
wheelchair walker bullshit
maybe hoffman can play the anti semitism card now that he got called on his bullshit. not surprised about his disgusting filth music
John Belt
I don’t care who started it fuck that little smirking prick,and fuck the black preachers bullshit religion and the little drummer boy.Bunch of dickwads at a rally against women’s rights and they don’t even have vaginas.Call Wheeler,Sturgill,Tyler or Margo SJW or whatever you want but the are the only thing worth a damn in country music.
The kid did appear to be an arrogant little prick. Sending a bunch of high school teenage boys to a pro-life rally in DC was far from a good idea. Hard to imagine WW meant what he said literally, but still, he should know there is always someone out there who would take him up on it.
Camie Jo
Wise decision because he made snap judgments that were not based on the facts.
Common Sense Bronson
I do love it when the party of fake news fall into their own traps,,.Ol Ben thought he was edgy and shocking till ‘shit got real’. Turns out Wheeler’s balls arent that big after all..
waterboy99s
Just hope he doesn’t end up in jail. Since even in protective custody the prisoners have their disgusts too. And people like him, who like to hurt children, are at the bitter end of the totem pole
TilBillyHill
Slightly off topic but not political:
Did anyone else take a quick glance at the ‘standoff’ photo in the news and think, “who did Joey Logano tick off this time?”
Yes, this was my very first thought.
Very funny, I said the same thing this weekend. My big question is why does everyone have to give such an opinion on this? Did the actions of anyone there really hurt/help a single person on this board? I do think some rushed to judge both sides but I thought this was about Wheeler Walker Jr. and his comments. It seems to have snowballed to nothing but my politics are better than yours. Let’s just talk about how much of a jerk this guy was for going after a kid. I can’t imagine he’ll have much of a career anyways with the stuff he puts out.
What does Jim Morrison song and Wheeler Walkers career have in common? Answer: THE END.
Whiskey_Pete
Yea I’d smirk too. What the fuck are you going to do at 16 when you have some clown banging drums in your face and some retards in the distant who call themselves the “black hebrews” talking shit to you.
I don’t start banging drums in front peoples faces when I see communist che guevara t-shirts being worn.
February 4, 2019 @ 1:23 pm
Never heard of the guy before today. A comedian, huh?
You mean like Louis C.K.? That kind of comedian? By which I mean a Hollywood leftist shitbag and a towering moral hypocrite, like at least 9 out of 10 leftists
Wheeler Walker jr shouldve taken notes from steel panther!
What happened to this fucking loser? Is he still hiding out under his bed?
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Trump praises Aust, NZ-style immigration
President Trump says his immigration plan will be merit-based and favour skills over family ties. (AAP)
Donald Trump has cited Australia, Canada and NZ as examples as he rolled out an immigration plan that will include a points system to favour skilled workers.
US President Donald Trump has pointed to Australia and New Zealand as shining examples of merit-based immigration while announcing a controversial proposal to overhaul America's immigration system.
Mr Trump said his plan includes a points system favouring "exceptional" students and workers from across the world rather than the current random green card lottery allowing "mostly low wage and low skilled" workers into the US.
To promote "integration, assimilation and national unity", potential immigrants will have to pass a civics exam.
Mr Trump said under the current system, only 12 per cent of legal immigrants to America are selected based on skill or merit.
"In countries like Canada, Australia and New Zealand and others, that number is closer to 60 and even 70 and 75 per cent in some cases," Mr Trump said in a speech at the White House on Thursday.
The new points system is slanted towards English-speaking "younger workers" and immigrants with "valuable skills", "offers of employment", "advanced education", are "financially self-sufficient" and have plans to create jobs in America.
"To promote integration, assimilation and national unity, future immigrants are required to learn and pass a civics exam prior to admission," Mr Trump said.
The president also plans to rename the green card to "Build America Visa".
"The White House plan makes no change to the number of green cards allocated each year, but instead of admitting people through random chance, we will establish simple universal criteria for admission to the United States," Mr Trump said.
"No matter where in the world you were born, no matter who your relatives are, if you want to become an American citizen it will be clear exactly what standard we ask you to achieve.
"It will be made crystal clear."
Mr Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner was one of the main authors of the proposal.
The plan has little chance of being approved by the Democrat-controlled US House of Representatives but Mr Trump made no secret of his desire to make the proposal an issue for next year's presidential and congressional elections.
"We will get it approved immediately after the election when we take back the House, keep the Senate and, of course, hold the presidency," Mr Trump said.
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Now, when did it actually work?
By Zahnada, October 30, 2004 in Open Discussion - Program
Bob White 17
Trying to re-write history Backpacker will not do you any more good that trying to rewrite the program. The BSA was never like Baden-Powell's original program.
From the outset when Seton and Beard changed the emphasis from B-Ps military theme to one of indian lore the BSA broke away from what B-P established in his first book. Seton's merit badge program, and the creation of the Eagle Scout Rank, all bothered B-P greatly.
Baden-Powell's own vision of scouting changed over the years. What he first viewed as a program to strengthen England's military abilities changed over the next 2 decades to Scouting being a tool of world peace through the interassociation of Scouts around the world.
B-P, Hillcourt, Seton, and Beard all had in mind a program that used the innate character of youth as a vehicle for education, by using the things that interested them as a vehicle to teach character and self-sufficiency.
Just going outdoors and sitting classroom like taking tests was not what they had in mind. Nor was cleaning latrines when you misbehaved, or having adults make random rules to control scouts rather than have to learn and apply leadership.
The program designed and taught today by the BSA is far closer to the scouting of the early designers than anything you have shared to this point.
By the way I answered all your questions so far regarding my background but you have avoided mine. All I asked was what position you got to serve on during Wood Badge and what presentation you enjoyed doing the most.
And I am still waiting for which Scoutmaster course you took in 02 at PTC and what you learned from it.
Rather than argue why not just have a converstaion about two courses we both enjoyed?
(This message has been edited by Bob White)
OldGreyEagle 4
Why isnt boy scouts culturally relevant anymore? or at leaast what are the reasons given by "some" ?
Backpacker 10
Geeze Bob,
Where do you think the patrol method, uniform style, signaling, stalking, etc. all came from? Powells program thats where. What kind of revisionist book are you reading? Beard incorporated his Young Pioneer program into American scouting, thats where the indian lore came from. Young Pioneers never really took off and Beard wanted to keep it alive being the egotist that he was. Seton wanted his life work represented as well, hence all the activities centered around nature and animals were incorporated. So if anyone needs to get their history straight it is you Bob. The only part you got right is that none of them got along well each one considered himself the definitive expert, remind you of anyone Bob? Why do you keep hounding me with a need to know about my Philmont and Woodbadge courses Bob?
WWBPD 10
BW write -
"But do not confuse the BSA with Baden-Powell's program. They never were the same."
"The BSA was never like Baden-Powell's program."
Okay - if I am following you now, what you are saying is that Baden-Powell's scouting and BSA's scouting are completely different. Like comparing an airplane to a sock. Then why would the BSA hold him up at the founder of Scouting? Why would the BSA point to him as a symbol of Scouting? Why would the BSA base so much of their program from his teaching? Why hasn't the BSA disassociated itself from this interloper?
Actually Beard's group was "The Society of the Sons of Daniel Boone" and Seton's group was the "Woodcraft Indians" both merged their organizations into the fledgling BSA, I am not familiar with who the "Young Pioneers" were or what their contribution was. Had Beard been the egotist you suggest I doubt he would have recommended Seton as the First Chief Scout Executive of the BSA rather than himself.
I never said that Baden-Powell's methods were not core to the scouting movement in the U.S. or any other country for that matter. You will be unable to find any post where I do not support the Patrol method, uniforming, or any of Powell's teaching methods.
The question I had was in the use of quoting one line without the perspective of who B-P was speaking to, when, and for what purpose. Your quote is without context and so can be manipulated to serve a number of interprtations and not necessarily the one B-P had in mind at the time.
As for my questions about the training it has two purposes. You inquired about my background and I told you. I even offered to share more information at your request. It seems only fair that I should be able to discuss the same with you. The second is talking about a shared experience seems more worthwhile than arguing.
I sent you PMs rather than use forum space but my messages went unanswered. If you would rather talk about these shared training experiences off line please write me via the PM link to the left of this post or feel free to answer here. But I find you reluctance to answer curious.
Ok score one for you, Sons of D. Boone was Beards, Young Pioneers was an early rival of BSA that withered away but my point still remains valid, the BSA was not an independent creation but was rooted at its core with Badens program in England. The reason Seton was first Scout Exec was that he was a nationally recognized author and the new group wanted someone recognizable nationwide, Beard was not as popular and many thought he was eccentric, so he didn't have a chance and he knew it.
As far as Philmont, the two courses I took there were 1)Strictly for Scoutmasters- where we discussed all the ideas of tweaking the program for your own situation, which you feel are subversive for some unknown reason. 2)Teaching Advanced Outdoor Skills. I attended Woodbadge in California, and at Gilwell Park in which I was the only yank in the group. Recently I completed Powderhorn as well. Currently I am a scoutmaster and an associate advisor for a Venture crew I helped found, both groups doing phenomenally well.
I hope this satisfies your curiosity.I never received any of your pm's.(This message has been edited by Backpacker)
So you had Frank as your conference leader in 02, that's great. When did you serve on Wood Badge, have you had a chance to do the WB of the 21st Century yet? How did you like it?
The Young Pioneers by the did not exist in the USA, they were a youth group formed in communist Russia from 1939 to 1945. Just thought I fill in some blans.
Fuzzy Bear 10
FBs statement- Boyce brought Scouting and Powell to America. Boyce brought Seton and Beard together from two different youth groups to start the BSA. He then hired West and West later got rid of Boyce and Seton.
BWs statement- It was Seton that hired West
I apologize for not checking all of my facts before writing. I have included my corrections.
BWs statement- It was Seton that hired West. Partially correct. He was one of a 35 member board that hired West.
FB stated that Boyce hired Seton. Partially correct. Boyce was also on the same board.
FBs timeline was too short and didnt include some other Heroes.
Reason for entry:
I have long regarded the founders of Scouting as "Heroes". When a person discredits their worth based on the disagreements they had, then I would like to point that individual to the complete body of works to reconsider such a statement. I have included a short version.
W.D. Boyce owned the name "Boy Scouts of America"-Spring of 1910.
(Note: This fact was later to become very important in the fight for recognition of the BSA.) He asked for and received help from W.M. Robinson of the YMCA and two others (i.e., Dr. Doggett and J.A. Van Dis) from the YMCA to establish the program. W.M. Robinson became the first Chief Scout Executive. Boyce supplied $1,000 per month and $4,000 by the end of the year (i.e, about a half a million by today's standards) to run the new organization.
(Note-this money was essential at the time to remain solvent.)
It was Robinson that brought Seton into the program, not Boyce as I wrongly stated. Seton became the first Chief Scout and wrote the first Scout manual (i.e., a combination of his and B.P.'s work) and then Dan Beard objected to Setons claim of founding the Boy Scout program. Beard had coined the term Boy Scout pre-B.P. and pointed out that Seton had interviewed him (Beard) and then used the term in his new publication as his own.
The new National BSA Council with 35 members hired James E. West. It was not the work of Seton alone, as BW stated (so partial credit is given for BW's 1/35 correct answer, mine was 1/35 correct also, so he and I must get our answers from about the same sources.) Seton, Boyce and Beard were all part of the 35 member board that hired West.
It was said that Ralph Waldo Emerson's statement, "An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man", proclaims the accomplishments of James E. West's work for the BSA over the first 32 years he served.
It was B.P. at a banquet in N.Y. that gave credit to Seton and Beard as being the founders of Scouting and saying the he, B.P. was only one of the uncles. B.P. brought the military ideas, Seton the thinking of the Indians, and Beard the terms of the Knights of the Buckskin. "All three streams converged in Boy Scouting in America." Robinson then proclaimed B.P. as the real founder of Scouting throughout the world.
We still see the legacy of all three today in the BSA. That is worth more than a simple historical footnote of "necessity", moreover, it was something that brings me to the conclusion of Hero(es). (*yes, this is my perspective that is part of my claim to knowing some truth in this life and I am willing to share some of it here.)
Second reason for my entry:
People disagree all of the time on all kinds of issues. Scientists daily disagree on the validity of all kinds of truths. Theologians disagree frequently on all kinds of ultimate answers of faith. Scouts disagree on how they should approach their leadership positions. Leaders disagree on how they should do thier part of the Scouting program.
Some disagreements are minor and some are major but disagreement is a normal part of growth and should be respected as such. None of us have a corner on all of the truths of Scouting or anything else, as evidenced on a regular basis in this forum. It is my hope that we can learn from each other in a way that encourages growth, especially in the area of friendliness.
I also believe that there are innumerable Heroes in this forum and in Scouting today. BW, I would like to think of you as one of them. I know that I appreciate your many insights and knowledge, even when I disagree. Hopefully your work reflects much of what you say so I am going to believe it.
Heroes, not Saints, are those that have taken only one step beyond that which is the ordinary life, others have taken many more. Fuzzy
While many of your facts are accurate one for certain is not. I did not at any time say that Seton hired West.
These are your words verbatim; please check what you have written. FB
"While many of your facts are accurate one for certain is not. I did not at any time say that Seton hired West."
"Where do you get this stuff from Fuzzy? It was Seton who hired West, I never said they were unecessary in fact quite the opposite I said the were "important". But are they heros? That depends on your personal definition. They were the right people to do their job at the right time. Historic? I would say historical. the man who has more to do with the spirit of the BSA program today is arguably William Hillcourt.
What any of this has to do with the topic of the thread is beyond me."
My apologies I had been misquoted in another thread and was in a snoot. You are correct.
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Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Edition: BC Paperback Flexibound with Flaps
Publication: 04 March 2019
The Short Story of Modern Art
A Pocket Guide to Key Movements, Works, Themes and Techniques by Susie Hodge
The Short Story of Modern Art explains the how, why and when of modern art who introduced certain things, what they were, where they were produced, and why they matter.
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Home›News & Events›inspire-music launches at Morpeth School, Tuesday 17 January 2017
inspire-music launches at Morpeth School, Tuesday 17 January 2017
Morpeth Secondary School hosted the launch of inspire-music, a Paul Hamlyn Foundation funded initiative to celebrate and support music education with children and young people both in and out of school.
The inspire-music website aims to improve the range and quality of experiences in music and through music for all children and young people; encourage and support curious, creative thinking amongst those leading and managing music education; and contribute to a strong, supportive learning community across the diversity of the workforce.
The launch event was attended by over 50 people from the music education sector including policy makers, funders, music and arts organisations, teachers and community musicians. Students from Morpeth Secondary School opened the evening with their DrumWorks percussion ensemble and this was followed by presentation from Katherine Zeserson, Programme Director of inspire-music, and Professor Graham Welch, chair of the national working group who helped develop the programme and of which Sound Connections Director Philip Flood is a member.
The event was an opportunity for those attending to hear quick-fire presentations of four of the 40+ case studies that have been commissioned for the new website. These ranged from Emily Crowhurst, Head of Music at School 21, talking about her music and science project ‘What does sound look like’, to Helen Hendry from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance outlining the work of Animate Orchestra and the partnership with four neighbouring Music Education Hubs. Julia Roderick, Programme Manager at Sound Connections, also gave a presentation on the London Early Years Music Network (LEYMN) and how successful networks are vital in supporting music leaders develop their practice. There were also opportunities for questions and discussion and the evening closed with a blistering performance from Urban Playground, one of Morpeth’s many instrumental ensembles.
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It is refreshing to note that Prince Mashele has finally matured in world politics
The reader says the likes of Robert Sobukwe are ignored whenever leaders who have condemned imperialism and white supremacy are mentioned.
Image: File Photo
Reading Prince Mashele's article of June 24, 2019, titled "New World Order looms amid US trade war with China, but SA seems clueless", demonstrates that Mashele is learning something.
This article is different from the one he wrote in the Sowetan of September 12, 2016, under the headline, "Disorder now the SA theme" in which he extolled the virtues of Henry Kissinger, a proponent of the "new world order" which Mashele now decries.
Responding to his 2016 article, I wrote, inter alia, that "This new world order is a dictatorial one-world government which if Mashele could know about, he would not publicise Kissinger's ideas the way he did.
Mashele does not understand that when the likes of Kissinger suggest that the world is disorderly, they are subtly enjoining the US and other western powers through Nato and the UN to be the world's policeman and take unilateral action as they have done in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya.
New world order looms amid US trade war with China, but SA seems clueless
As China-US standoff continues, there is little evidence Ramaphosa has a firm grasp of unfolding global drama
Their objective is to loot resources from the developing countries
Mashele's opening and closing paragraphs need attention. He writes, "We South Africans are so consumed by the mess of our politics that we rarely take time to make sense of what is going on around the world".
My responses to his 2016 article and the recent one published in Sowetan on April 29, 2019, about his visit to South Korea, in which he described Kim Jong Un as "a mad man", clearly demonstrate that there are South Africans who take time to make sense of what is going on around the world.
But, can't Mashele realise that the North Korean leader is resisting the "new world order"?
President Ramaphosa has long to-do list to make SA shine again
Only his comrade-criminals stand between national prosperity and harrowing descend into bleak economic ruin and shattered dreams
For example, Mashele's favourite holy cow Nelson Mandela delivered a speech at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA), a proponent of the "new world order, at the Chatham House conference, titled "South Africa: The Opportunity for Business", on 10 July 1996.
Doesn't Mashele know that South Africa's negotiated settlement was an imperialist-brokered deal? Moreover, all US leaders who openly pursued the "new world order" such as the late George Bush, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and David Rockefeller were very close to Nelson Mandela.
Rockefeller contributed to the ANC's 1994 election campaign and visited Nelson Mandela in SA more than once.
Mashele should not selectively condemn the "new world order" like he has just discovered that imperialism is bad. He ignores any mention of local leaders who condemned imperialism and white supremacy such as PAC founding president Robert Sobukwe, Steve Biko, Zeph Mothopeng, Onkgopotse Tiro and many others.
However, it is encouraging that he is now learning.
Sam Ditshego,Kagiso
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Serena Williams, Ashley Barty cruise into Wimbledon last 16
By AFP - 06 July 2019 - 16:09
Seven time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams celebrates after beating Germany's Julia Goerges during their women's singles third round match on the sixth day of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships on Saturday.
Image: Adrian DENNIS / AFP
Twenty-three major champion Serena Williams made the second week of Wimbledon for the 16th time on Saturday while world number one Ashleigh Barty booked her maiden place in the fourth round.
Barty overwhelmed British wild card Harriet Dart 6-1, 6-1 while 37-year-old, seven-time champion Williams produced her most convincing display in dispensing with German Julia Goerges 6-3, 6-4.
Barty, bidding to become the first Australian Wimbledon women's champion since Evonne Goolagong Cawley won her second title in 1980, will play unseeded American Alison Riske for a place in the last eight.
She is also the first Australian woman to make the second week since 2010.
"That was really good," said Barty. "I served really well and getting out of the love 40 game was massive.
"Incredible it is a first for me (to be in the last 16), new territory for me."
Halep blown out of French Open by teenager Anisimova
Defending champion Simona Halep was knocked out of the French Open 6-2 6-4 by 17-year-old American Amanda Anisimova in a quarter-final shock on ...
Williams reached the fourth round for the 16th time and goes on to face Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro for a place in the quarter-finals.
Eleventh seed Williams, who defeated Goerges in last year's semi-finals, is bidding to equal Margaret Court's all-time record of 24 Grand Slam titles.
"It's been an arduous year for me, so every match I'm hoping to improve tons," said Williams, who hada knee problem which affected her season.
"Every time I get out there, I try. I'm getting a really late start but all that matters is that I'm still here."
7 facts about Cori Gauff, the school girl who beat Venus Williams
There's a new rising star at the Grand Slams and her name is Cori "Coco" Gauff. The 15-year-old tennis player might only be ranked 313 in the world ...
Two-time champion Petra Kvitova reached the last 16 for the first time in five years -- the last time she did in 2014 she won her second title.
Czech sixth seed Kvitova defeated Poland's Magda Linette 6-3, 6-2 and will face either Britain's Johanna Konta or Sloane Stephens of the United States for a place in the quarter-finals.
On the men's side, Kei Nishikori equalled Ai Sugiyama's record of four appearances in the last 16 of Wimbledon by a Japanese player as he dismissed American journeyman Steve Johnson 6-4, 6-3, 6-2.
The leading men were due to take centre stage later with eight-time champion Roger Federer playing Australian Open semi-finalist Lucas Pouille of France.
Serena Williams remains America's best hope at French Open
Serena remains America's best hope at French Open
Prior to Federer's match on Centre Court, two-time champion and third seed Nadal should have a quieter time than his previous clash, the four set win over Nick Kyrgios, against popular veteran Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Mixed doubles rarely gets centre stage but British fans will wait till the bitter end as former world number one Andy Murray will partner Serena Williams against Andreas Mies of Germany and Chile's Alexa Guarachi.
"I wanted to play mixed because I've only played just about 15 matches so far this year," said Serena.
"It's such a buzz going around about me and Andy now, that I've got nervous.
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Rosamund Pike may rock a terrifying yet genius Oscar dress (VIDEO)
by Christina Marfice
Image: Ivan Nikolov/WENN.com
Designing the perfect Oscars dress for Rosamund Pike all started with a very awkward situation at the BAFTAs.
More: Paul Giamatti and Rosamund Pike explore Barney’s Version
The Gone Girl actress explained to Ellen DeGeneres that she totes her 9-week-old newborn around with her to award shows — the baby was even backstage on Ellen’s show, being looked after by Rosamund’s hairdresser, she said.
And, since she’s breastfeeding, Rosamund explained that her dress at the BAFTAs made for what could have been an awkward run-in — she stripped down completely while backstage at the show in order to use her breast pump.
“It started off very organized… I’d bring a robe and I’d bring all the kind of gear and I’d change into slippers,” Rosamund dished. “At the BAFTAS on Sunday night, I was like ‘Oh, sod it,’ and I just [went] up into the chairman of the Royal Opera House’s office and just tried to put on the robe and it just wasn’t… I couldn’t do the buttons and I, like, whipped it off. I was just sitting there butt-naked with the double breast pump,” she added, cracking up as she recalled the scene. “If this guy had seen the kind of scene, it was as underhand as if we’d been taking drugs or something. But it was the most innocent, pure kind of [thing].”
More: Rosamund Pike may star with Ben Affleck
So, in order to avoid a similar situation at the Oscars, Ellen had a solution at the ready.
“We got you something for the Oscars, because it’s a long night. You can wear a shawl, if you want, to cover it up,” the host said as the surprise emerged from backstage: a floor-length, lacy beige gown… with breast pumps built right in.
“I can’t believe it,” Rosamund gushed. “That is what I need. You think this is a joke. It’s actually very, very close to the truth.”
All we have to say is, way to go mama Rosamund for putting the baby first during a very busy award season.
More: We can’t stop staring at Rosamund Pike’s lingerie-inspired gown
Check out the full, hilarious clip below.
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Chris Pratt was ‘nervous’ to ask The Terminator for his blessing
We'd be pretty nervous to ask Arnold Schwarzenegger anything, tbh. Have you seen the size of him? He may be 70 but he's no old-age-pensioner, that's for sure.
Chris Pratt has opened up to Extra about his nerves when it came to approaching The Terminator for his blessing to marry his daughter, Katherine.
The 39-year-old admitted he was 'a little nervous', but was determined to go things the traditional way.
The intimidating Predator star, now Chris' future father-in-law, was approached by Chris shortly before he proposed to Katherine during the New Year.
A post shared by chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) on Jan 13, 2019 at 11:12pm PST
The Jurassic Park actor spoke about his appreciation for the conventional method of engagement and marriage;
"Well, I think any person who appreciates the tradition and asks a father for his daughter’s hand in marriage, it’s inevitably something that’s going to make you a little nervous. ‘But that’s sort of the beauty of it."
Luckily for Chris, Arnold already thinks he's 'fantastic', and sang his praises last week.
"That was really fantastic. She is so happy, they both are so happy. As I said to him, he is such a likable guy. I love Chris — he’s fantastic." He added: "Chris is a wonderful guy. They both look really great together, they’re both happy together, so I wish them both the best of luck.’"
Image; W Magazine
Chris announced their engagement at the beginning of 2019, saying he was 'so happy' that his future wife said yes.
Speaking to US Weekly about the ceremony, the actor shared: "A little, you know, maybe fall, winter kind of thing and you know, we’ve got a lot to get done."
He was previously married to actress Anna Faris, but they officially divorced in 2018. He has been with Katherine Schwarzenegger for a few months, and the pair are clearly in love.
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Katherine Schwarzenegger eyed up Chris Pratt YEARS AGO
Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger announced their engagement this week after just seven months of dating, and the happy couple seem head-over-heels in LURVE.
Apparently, Katherine has been eyeing up Chris for a long time. Exactly one year before they met, to be exact, according to an unearthed video.
Katherine's mother Maria Shriver introduced Chris to her daughter roughly last June, and it's been heart eyes ever since.
A post shared by Katherine Schwarzenegger (@katherineschwarzenegger) on Jan 14, 2019 at 9:23am PST
A video found in the dark hole that is the internet shows blogger Katherine chatting with Access Hollywood about her favourite Chris.
The 'Chris' debate has been carried out for years; Chris Pine, Chris Pratt, Chris Hemsworth or Chris Evans.
Almost two years ago, Katherine looked already in love with Chris Pratt, despite having never met him.
At first, she actually picked Chris Evans, but quickly switched her answer to her new fiancé; "Chris Pratt’s been looking good lately," she smiled. "So, you never know." OMG
A post shared by Access (@accessonline) on Jan 14, 2019 at 3:43pm PST
This is some crystal ball sh*t, is she some kind of witch? We're here for it, if that's the case.
If only we could predict our celebrity fiancé just by picking them in a quiz. (Timothée Chalamet, if you're reading this WE CHOOSE YOU)
We wonder if Chris Pratt knows that she chose Chris Evans initially? This could start a 'Chris' war, after all this tension.
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Anna Faris congratulates Chris Pratt on his engagement
Chris Pratt announced his engagement yesterday to girlfriend of seven months Katherine Schwarzenegger, and pretty much everyone was waiting to see Anna Faris' reaction.
Pratt and Faris only finalised their divorce three months ago following eight years of marriage.
The Jurassic World star shared the happy news yesterday morning with a photo of Katherine wearing a stunning diamond engagement ring, captioning the the adorable snap:
"Sweet Katherine, so happy you said yes! I’m thrilled to be marrying you. Proud to live boldly in faith with you. Here we go!"
A post shared by Comments By Celebs (@commentsbycelebs) on Jan 14, 2019 at 8:40am PST
Classy as ever, Faris commented on Chris' Instagram post, writing; "I’m so happy for you both!! Congratulations!" She took the high road, for sure, we wouldn't be this mature.
The Hollywood actor's Marvel co-stars all shared their warm wishes, including Tom Holland, Karen Gillan and Gwyneth Paltrow.
Katherine’s mother Maria Shriver who added: "Congratulations to two loving kind caring thoughtful spiritual people we are so happy for you you are blessed as is everyone who knows you yes let’s go."
A post shared by chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) on Dec 13, 2018 at 5:32pm PST
For Katherine's birthday in December, the former Parks & Recreation actor posted a gorgeous montage of photos with the message;
"Happy Birthday Chief! Your smile lights up the room. I’ve cherished our time together. Thrilled God put you in my life. Thankful for the laughs, kisses, talks, hikes, love and care."
He was first romantically linked to Katherine in Father's Day of last June, and the couple have been going strong ever since.
Faris and Pratt share a six-year-old son together, and the Overboard actress is currently dating Michael Barrett.
You go gal; you're a classier woman than us.
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Chris Pratt is reportedly ready to PROPOSE to brand new girlfriend
Chris Pratt is reportedly all set to have wedding bells ringing, according to UsWeekly. The Jurassic World actor met his new girlfriend Katherine Schwarzenegger only months ago, but is so in love that he's ready to tie the knot already.
Well, they're living life in the fast lane, eh?
The 39-year-old actor is apparently so in love with 28-year-old Katherine that he has been turning down acting work simply to spend more time with her. Now that's commitment.
Image: Instagram/@UsWeekly
Schwarzenegger and Pratt were first spotted in June on a date, but they have been an item for a significantly longer period of time according to RadarOnline.
Pratt was also seen bonding with her famous father Arnold Schwarzenegger recently, and the couple were apparently set up by Katherine's mother Maria Shriver.
Even though the pair have only dated for six months, their friends seem convinced that marriage is inevitable for them.
A post shared by Katherine Schwarzenegger (@katherineschwarzenegger) on Jan 17, 2018 at 10:17am PST
People also that it seems pretty likely that Pratt will put a ring on it soon. “They’re such a great fit together,” the source explained.
“It’s only been a few months but Chris and Katherine are both very serious about the relationship and their friends wouldn’t be surprised if they got engaged sooner rather than later."
Katherine has spent time with Chris’ family and they all love her too. She fits in really well with them and vice versa.”
A post shared by MoviesMonica (@monicalovemovies) on May 19, 2017 at 5:00am PDT
Chris was formerly married to actress Anna Faris from 2009 until this year, and the pair share joint legal and physical custody of their six-year-old son Jack.
Faris has since moved on, and is dating her Overboard cinematographer Michael Barrett.
We hope both couples are happily loved up, it must be intimidated to date The Terminator's daughter though… just sayin'
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Hasta la vista, Mr. Trump! Arnie takes the Apprentice hot seat
After seven seasons at the helm of Celebrity Apprentice, Donald Trump has surrendered his title. And NBC have found someone we reckon is a pretty perfect replacement – movie legend Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Arnie will take over from Donald when Celebrity Apprentice returns next year, and though the network have cited his political background as the main reason he was chosen, we all know it's really because he'll be comedy gold on camera.
Yes, the Terminator lead is a former Governor of California, with a lot of business prowess, but it's his superstar status that will have viewers tuning in.
Donald was unceremoniously axed from his NBC contract back in June after he made some seriously questionable comments about Mexican immigrants in his presidential campaign kick-off, calling them 'criminals' and 'rapists'.
Never one to take criticism well, Donald insisted NBC were cranky for other reasons. "They didn’t want me to run [for President} because they wanted to do The Apprentice," he said.
Arnold took to Twitter today to celebrate the news, thanking fans for their good wishes.
"Wow. I'm blown away and honored by all your tweets. I can't wait to bring my experience to the board room & raise millions for charity," he said.
Wow. I'm blown away and honored by all your tweets. I can't wait to bring my experience to the board room & raise millions for charity.
— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) September 14, 2015
Anyone else reading that in Arnie's accent in their head?
As for Donald, he seemed uncharacteristically gracious when he confirmed the news to his Twitter followers, even congratulating his "friend" Arnold:
Congrats to my friend @Schwarzenegger who is doing next season’s Celebrity Apprentice. He'll be great & will raise lots of $ for charity.
To all my fans, sorry I couldn’t do The Apprentice any longer—but equal time (presidential run) prohibits me from doing so. Love!
We cannot WAIT to see Arnold firing his first candidate. There had better be a Terminator quote thrown in…
Hollywood star calls on Irish MMA champion to defend Cecil the lion
In case you missed it this week, there was outrage around the world when Cecil the lion was shot and killed with a crossbow for sport.
The protected animal was killed following a request put in by a U.S based dentist who paid for a hunt to be arranged in order to have the animal shot and killed.
Since then, people around the world have been very vocal about their outrage, so much so that the dentist has gone into hiding. Protests were staged outside of his practice and have forced Walter Palmer into hiding.
Palmer claims his innocence despite the huge social media backlash he has faced since the news came to light. Officials in Zimbabwe, where Cecil was a hugely popular attraction for tourists, are no saying that Walter could face legal action and a prison sentence, according to CNN.
I stand by u @jimmykimmel. making a donation to @WWF in hopes that C's death won't be forgotten. #RIPCecilTheLion pic.twitter.com/xNA4KTeTB1
— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) July 29, 2015
Now though, the Terminator himself has called for action against Mr Palmer and he’s calling in a favour from one Irish sports star.
Before you shoot a lion, step in the octagon with @TheNotoriousMMA or @ChrisWeidmanUFC. Good luck! #5forBigCats https://t.co/1XwSdhVMZx
— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) July 30, 2015
Arnold Schwarzenegger is calling on MMA fighter Conor McGreggor to defend the honour of Cecil the lion. In the past the Dublin native has spoken of his respect and love of wild animals. While in the U.S he told talk show host Conan O'Brien:
"I’m obsessed with animals. To watch them in their natural environment is pretty spectacular.”
We can only imagine what Conor, 27, will have to say about this proposal, we'll be keeping our eyes and ears peeled that's for sure.
Little help? Emilia shows of the not-so-glam side of Hollywood
Game of Thrones star, Emilia Clarke, gave her followers a little insight into the not so fabulous side of her life on Saturday night when she was heading to the Terminator Genisys premiere in LA.
Emilia ditched her medieval Khaleesi attire as she stunned on the red carpet in a gorgeous black and white stripped gown with her short bob in a half-up half-down hair style.
The 28-year-old actress posed for a selfie on Instagram thanking her glam squad for her natural and understated make-up saying she is "getting good and glammed with my wonder blunder dream team"
The brown haired beauty then posted a picture of herself having some difficulty with her dress in the loo with the caption "A lil' help here…? Big dress, big problems."
A lil' help here…? Big dress, big problems. #behindthescenesreality#thankgodforlargeloos #terminatorgenisys what the red carpet missed…;)
A photo posted by @emilia_clarke on Jun 28, 2015 at 6:42pm PDT
Emilia colour co-ordinated with co-star Arnold Schwarzenegger as he looked dapper on the red carpet in a plain black suit and white shirt.
The HBO actress was using crutches when she wasn't posing for the cameras at the premiere to treat a stress fracture in her hip. She told Entertainment Tonight that she obtained this injury while break dancing with Arnie.
The former California govener, who is now 67 years old, showed up to the premiere keeping with the terminator theme wearing a cyborg ring on his finger and giving the crowds a thumbs up.
Terminator: Genesis
Cara Delevingne’s Terminator impression is on point
It looks like fans of Graham Norton are in for a bit of treat tonight.
This evening's show features a stellar line-up, including Cara Delevingne, Jake Gyllenhaal, Tinie Tempah, Emilia Clarke and the legendary Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Letting us in on what kind of antics we can expect from the couch, Arnie posted this epic video of himself and his fellow guests having a laugh with some of the Terminator's most famous quotes:
Great time on @TheGNShow w/ @Emilia_Clarke, @Caradelevingne, @TinieTempah and Jake Gyllenhaal talking @Terminator. pic.twitter.com/2ut1P6SHrz
— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) June 18, 2015
Arnold is currently in the UK to promote the newest instalment of the Terminator franchise, Teminator Genisys, and by the looks of it he has been having great craic all week.
As well as pranking a whole load of tourists at Madame Tussauds by posing as a waxwork of himself, Arnie also wreaked havoc with a rental bike on the streets of London:
Don't worry though, he was quick to remind his fellow passengers that he was in no danger of getting hurt:
On the bus to work, and genuinely just nearly ran over @Schwarzenegger riding a Boris bike across Piccadilly Circus #nohelmet #illbeback
— Dan Morgan (@Danhmorgan) June 17, 2015
Don't worry, I would have been fine- living tissue over a metal skeleton. https://t.co/PQV0gIWz4k
In case I do get hit, can you give me a list of bodyshops so I know where to direct the drivers to fix their cars? https://t.co/JaJALE7y2o
HASTA LA VISTA, BABEEEE.
Watch Arnold Schwarzenegger scare the bejaysus out of fans
Arnold Schwarzenegger is currently promoting his new film Terminator Genisys, in which he stars alongside Emilia Clark (aka Khaleesi – for those GOT fans among you).
The film is set for release on June 25 and this prank – part brilliant, part terrifying – was all part of a promotional stunt.
Visitors to Madam Tussauds in Hollywood gathered around the Arnold ‘statue’ smiling and posing for pictures, but it turns out it was the real actor himself under make up and costumes.
He moved once people were close enough – resulting in serious freak-outs and generally everyone going nutso.
Meanwhile, Arnie, 67, comes across as remarkably down-to-earth. And as well as plugging the movie, the stunt also raises funds for an after-school programme for underprivileged children.
Singer gets thumbs up from boyfriend’s father
Meeting your boyfriend's dad for the first time is definitely a sweaty palm-inducing moment and even more so when you know your boy's mum already doesn't like you.
However, it seems Miley Cyrus and Patrick Schwarzenegger's relationship has been given the thumbs up by Arnold. Phew! We certainly wouldn't like to be on the wrong side of the Terminator…
The Wrecking Ball singer has been going out with the 21-year-old for several months now and according to HollywoodLife, a source close to the family has said Arnie is "proud of Patrick for dating such a sought after girl like Miley. He compares it to dating Madonna at the peak of her fame."
But it seems Arnie is not really concerned about his son's happiness, but rather approves of the relationship because of all the attention it has brought his family. The source added: “He’s been showing her off around Ketchum to all his friends. Arnold loves being in the spotlight and is really enjoying all the attention Patrick’s relationship with Miley is getting."
However, not everyone agrees with Arnie – Patrick's mum, Maria Shriver, is none too impressed with her son's choice of girl and is not particularly pleased her ex-husband "is okay with it".
We wouldn't worry too much, Miley – sure it's the same with all mums and their sons…
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First Look: CMMG 9 ARC Magazine
by SI Staff - Wednesday, May 8, 2019
For the past few years, AR-style pistol-caliber carbines in 9mm have been flying off the shelves. Whether it’s for competition or self defense or just plinking on the range, a 9mm AR-15 seems to be the answer for those looking to get more bang for their buck while also reducing recoil and using standard AR-style controls.
However, there were just two ways to shoot 9mm in an AR: You either had to buy a dedicated 9mm AR lower or you had to insert an adapter block into the magazine well of your existing AR-15 to allow you to insert a magazine from a 9mm pistol or similar gun. Until now.
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The 9 ARC Magazine is ideal for those who have a standard AR-15 lower receiver and want to shoot 9mm. It also offers an affordable way to train or enjoy an outing at the range by allowing users to shoot inexpensive 9mm ammunition while still maintaining the familiar furniture and controls on their existing AR15 lower receiver.
The 9 ARC Magazine works exclusively with CMMG’s Resolute and Banshee AR uppers. In addition to this, CMMG will offer a complete line of firearms in their Resolute and Banshee lines that will be specifically designed for use with 9 ARC Magazines, using CMMG’s Mk4 lower receiver and a 9mm Radial Delayed Blowback upper receiver.
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Welcome to Jocie’s World...
A dynamic mood board of all-things eclectic, out-of-the-ordinary, ethereal, modern and trendsetting in a way that is totally relatable and undeniably lovable.
We interviewed Jocelyn Gordon, Creative Director at Jocelyn to give you a glimpse into the wonderfully creative, sometimes nutty and fabulous mind behind the Jocelyn brand.
Now, let's get to know Jocie...
Q: How would you describe yourself in 5 words.
A: Eclectic, Creative, Real, Loving, Funny.
Q: Where do you draw your inspiration from?
A: I am inspired by almost anything and everything - from thrift stores and flea markets around the world to high-end boutiques on Madison Avenue. I find myself being inspired by things that are unusual, unexpected and obscure. I like to see things done that haven't been done before, so if something is unique or different it catches my eye, I use that as a muse. I especially love anything that sparkles, shines, shimmers or moves.
Q: How would you define your personal style?
A: I am drawn to things that are backwards, dichotomous, opposites, mismatched and a little crazy. Nothing about my personal style is basic – it’s out there in a fabulous way. My personal style is extremely eclectic because I love pieces that don’t typically go together and often don’t make sense but end up pairing together perfectly. My favorite outfit would be a pair of sequined pants paired with an oversized Jocelyn sweatshirt. I also love my Jocie coats, Fendi cowboy boots, mixing H&M with anything and everything Gucci and basically making every outfit look like a million bucks.
Q: What type of music inspires you?
A: A constant inspiration in my life has always been music. I wake up to it. I dance to it. I sing along with it. I blare it in my office. During my meetings. While I’m working out. When I’m cooking. When I’m creating. Some of my favorite artists are Madonna, Queen, Stevie Nicks, The Notorious B.I.G., Aretha Franklin, Kendrick, Lady Gaga, Phoenix and The Doors; inspiration is not always tangible, and I think that these amazing artists have shaped the way I think about design. My music taste is similar to my style – a little of everything all mixed together! Especially, Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga! Still obsessed.
Q: What are your current obsessions?
A: All of my Jocie pieces (of course), my black embossed leather Dior Book Tote, my fabulous vintage fur collection, my amazing shoe collection specifically my Gucci shoes, my vintage Dior Zebra coat, the movie A Star is Born (all four versions),. My “Lambchop”, John. New York City. Abbot Kinney in Venice. Emeralds. Tie Dye (it’s back!). Good vibes.
Q: What is your favorite decade?
A: Definitely the ‘70’s. I absolutely love the disco era and often draw from ’70 fashion trends when creating my designs. Take me to Studio54 at its peak with Warhol, Bianca Jagger and Liza Minnelli! That was the place to be and can never be replicated.
Q: If you weren't a fashion designer, what would you be?
A: A Rockstar! Or a reality TV star– everyone always says that I’m hysterical and animated and should be on TV.
Q: Where are your favorite places to travel?
A: I am a native New Yorker, but I love to travel to exotic places! Besides my regular trips to Miami and LA, my favorite destinations are St. Barths, London, Paris and Morocco. This summer, I am planning trips to French Polynesia and the Adriatic Coast.
Q: Less is more, or more is more?
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Q: What are some of your favorite sayings?
A: “I’m obsessed!” "I can't even", "You don't even know", "Sick", "D", “Beyond” and "You Know What I Mean".
Q: Sweet or Salty?
A: Sweet.
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A: I want to say heels but in all reality, I live in my GGBGs.
Q: What is something that you never leave home without?
A: My jewelry that never comes off aka my love bracelet.
Q: Best Creative Director in the game right now?
A: Besides me (she laughs), definitely Virgil Abloh from Off-White and Alessandro Michelle from Gucci.
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Q: What are you most excited for in 2019?
A: This year, the Jocelyn brand will be launching its first official Spring Collection adding a new and exciting dimension to my work. We just finished shooting the look-book and created an amazing video series that will help showcase this line in a new and exciting way.
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2019 Oregon Book Awards Finalist
For fans of Clive Cussler and Michael Crichton, a thrilling tale of an underground expedition to the deep . . . and the ultimate struggle for survival.
Milo Luttrell never expected to step inside the mouth of an ancient cave in rural Tanzania. After all, he's a historian—not an archaeologist. Summoned under the guise of a mysterious life-changing opportunity, Milo suddenly finds himself in the midst of an expedition into the largest underground system in Africa, helmed by a brash billionaire-turned-exploration guru and his elite team of cavers. It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to finally solve a century-old disappearance of the famed explorer Lord Riley DeWar, an enigmatic figure who both made—and nearly ruined—Milo's fledgling career.
Determined to make the most of his second chance, Milo joins the team and begins a harrowing descent into one of Earth's last secrets: a dangerous, pitch-black realm of twisting passages and ancient fossils nearly two thousand feet underground. But when a storm hits the surface base camp, stranding the cavers and washing away supplies, all communication to the outside world is lost. As the remaining resources dwindle and members of the team begin to exhibit strange and terrifying abilities, Milo must brave the encroaching darkness to unearth the truth behind DeWar's fascination with the deep—and why he never left.
Taylor Zajonc
As a maritime historian and avid world traveler, Taylor Zajonc’ s real-life adventures nearly exceed those of his fictional counterparts. His fascination with exploration began when he joined a Russian expedition to the deepest archaeological site on the planet, descending nearly three miles into the abyss of the Bermuda Triangle aboard a Soviet-era submersible. Now a recognized shipwreck and treasure expert, Taylor has contributed research and methodology for some of the most important shipwreck finds of the past decade, including World War Two treasure ships SS Gairsoppa and SS Mantola and the British naval ship HMS Victory. Taylor lives in Portland, OR.
Publisher: Skyhorse (June 2018)
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Passion Is Indeed Painful!
1 Feb 6, 2019 - 09:55 am
By Soccer Laduma
They are mostly unemployed, those who have a number of mouths to feed, yet they are driven by their love and passion for the Beautiful Game.
They’re blessed with the ability to identify, groom and nurture talent from the most rural and unpopular areas that seldom get the spotlight and media attention.
What do they get in return? Almost nothing! In fact, they continue to bleed for the game that they love so much yet it seldom gives them anything in return. There’s just one-sided love in this relationship, with no reciprocity. The same game that makes club owners, coaches, agents and players multi-millionaires has not been kind to them. Yet, despite all of this, these selfless leaders continue to sacrifice everything they have in order to uplift their communities and ensure that the talented youngsters get the much-needed opportunities, even at their own expense. They sacrifice their time with loved ones and even go as far as sharing their family’s income with the underprivileged youngsters they believe have a bright future in the game.
You must be wondering who am I talking about here.
Well, I’m talking about our amateur coaches, mentors and managers. There are thousands of these selfless leaders in our communities, but their hard work and dedication to the sport is seldom recognised or acknowledged. They go to the rural areas, where established agents and professional coaches wouldn’t even dare visit, unearth talents, support them until they catch the eyes of established and financially stable agents who then snatch them away from the hard-working amateur talent spotters and go on to negotiate lucrative deals for these players and eventually get millions from them, while those who worked so hard to unearth the talent get little to nothing in return. Most of the time, it is the haves that gets the recognition for the job done by the have-nots. A sad phenomenon that has been going on for years unabated.
Because these people are driven by their love and passion for the game, they – most of the time – allow these shenanigans to slip through because standing in front of the young boy’s talent is the last thing on their mind. Secondly, they hardly have the resources to fight these unscrupulous people who literally steal from them. Also, when the cell phone number-long digits are thrown in front of the impoverished youngster, there’s very little an amateur coach or manager can do. They’re torn between standing their ground and allowing one of their products to get closer to realising their dream. Because of their honesty and passion, it is usually the latter that wins the mental battle. It is like these mentors have accepted that you can’t have a great passion without great pain. Passion is indeed painful!
I’m reminded of a sad story of this one talented player who, I’m told, sacrificed his professional career because he wouldn’t ‘betray’ the one person who had always been there for him, buying him soccer boots and even supporting him through high school when he found himself forced to choose between his mentor and an established agent. Long story short, the player impressed on trial and even earned his potential teammates’ respect so much that even those he was to compete for a place in the team with were of the view that he was good enough and deserved a contract. The coach, who will remain nameless, was equally impressed and spoke highly of the boy. The problem started when the coach, it is said, enquired about the player’s representative. It is alleged that the player told him he had no one other than the mentor who identified and supported him and his struggling family for as long as he could remember. The coach tried to persuade the player to sign up with his agent in order for him to get a contract at the club. Unbelievable, right? Well, I have no reason not to believe the story as it was narrated to me by more than two people who were present and, obviously, privy to the information.
What happened is that the player refused, flatly, to turn his back on his mentor and made it clear that he wouldn’t even negotiate, let alone sign, anything without the mentor’s involvement. I’m told that put the spanner in the works and cost the talented boy a professional contract! How many hopeful professional players would do that – risking their own career and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to realise their dream because of loyalty? Sadly, the player ultimately lost out on a chance to sign for a professional team that was a stone’s throw away from his township. Now, do you think that the coach is a real football person? Do you think this is an isolated incident? The answer is a big NO to both questions. There are so many such stories in our Beautiful Game, but they continue, and sometimes deliberately, get swept under the carpet. It is indeed a jungle out there!
My plea to the South African Football Association and the Absa Premiership is to create space for these kinds of football people, let them not be lost to the game. I know for a fact that some of them have started to hate football because of the short end of the stick they get from it. Let their hard work not be lost to the game that we all love so much. Here’s how we can celebrate these mentors and our legends, while they are still alive. We can create a system where, through our Local Football Association, ABC Motsepe League, National First Division and Premiership teams, we can identify these people who continue to serve the game selflessly and form a sort of an accreditation system that will allow them free access to the stadium. Every community has someone who deserves this level of recognition and our former professional players are also scattered all over the country, so it won’t be such a mission to identify them. It is time we celebrate these generous people and our legends while they’re still alive instead of posthumous recognition.
Nothing breaks my heart at the stadium than seeing these people struggling and begging for tickets, while the occasional football ‘supporters’ brandish VIP suite tickets. Football people don’t care about suites and all the glamorous stuff, all they care about is football. That’s why you seldom see them on their phones during the game because they’re not part-time football people.
Surely, we can emulate the Woza Nazo initiative that seeks to recognise the supporters and do the same for our amateur coaches, mentors and managers together with our legends. It is the least we can do to show appreciation for the great contribution they continue to make to the Beautiful Game.
VeeJay
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Class Fee Question
Home of SOLAR STARFIRE, 6th edition, rules based on the upcoming history of the Terran Solar Union.
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Re: Class Fee Question
by Cralis on Sun 13 Oct 2013 04:26
SCC wrote: Cralis the stuff in red was supposed to be struck through and there used to be a Mg Tech Tree, but is was removed for some reason
I got that. But I'm asking where it was in the first place that it needed to be removed?
And I think there's something that still needs to be covered, you've always said that every MAJOR refit should attract a Class Fee, is that on a class-to-class basis (IE: the first refit from Class A to Class B pays but none of the others) or simply every major refit (All refit's from Class A to Class B pay).
And if the former would a refit from a related class remove the fee? IE: Classes A and C can be refitted with paying a fee, if I convert a ship of Cass A and pay the fee can I convert Class C ships to Class B without fee?
If I'm understanding correctly, then no. What I'm suggesting we have is that EVERY major refit pays the fee, even if you've done it before. Refits are not something that you can mass produce. They are custom projects every single time.
As an example: if you've ever tried to change something (like, for example, install custom stuff on your car), you'll know what I mean. Even if you've done it before, quite often each car requires slight changes due to how it was built or what else has previously been installed.
by SCC on Sun 13 Oct 2013 05:06
Sorry, that wasn't from the books, it was just something that I wrote earlier and then realized was wrong
I think there's a logical disconnect in the rules, once you KNOW what they're saying it's clear that they're put together the right way, but unless you know that before hand you could get them wrong
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SCC wrote: Sorry, that wasn't from the books, it was just something that I wrote earlier and then realized was wrong
Ooooooh ok. I thought you were saying that someone quoted that. No worries.
Yeah... that's why I'm working on re-writing them
by SCC on Mon 14 Oct 2013 00:36
I think that putting all the Class Fee rules together in a single lump would help
by procyon on Mon 14 Oct 2013 16:20
Not sure I support the 'every refit' pays the class fee. The first time through - yes. But everytime because they are all a 'bit different'?
So should it also be attached to ships that are being repaired from damage incurred? That crud would ALWAYS require a 'sit down and just what the heck do we need to do' session that would make the 10th time you've pulled the engine and dropped in a new block look easy.
And those adjustments on the 10th engine swap for a recalled car isn't much different than when you first build the car and need to get things together off the assembly line.
But that is my opinion. If the goal is 'every refit - period' gets a class fee attached, then I suppose that's fine. I don't see much potential for abuse of the rule.
I just thought the 'class fee' was intended to curtail players like my wife who would make every single ship a unique design that you end up having to track, creating a paperwork nightmare.
If every refit has a fee, not just new classes, I am quite sure she will begin refitting them all as different designs as there is no penalty for it. In game I don't see a major advantage, just a pain for me to try and track.
by AlexeiTimoshenko on Mon 14 Oct 2013 21:55
I can see why many refits have a class fee. Look at all of the KON CA classes from SAW. Many of the older ships eventually wound up being the Fibor/Fibur class. Each of the starting designs would have needed a different refit to become the upgraded ship. Thus each of those refits would have needed a class fee.
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by Cralis on Mon 14 Oct 2013 22:12
procyon wrote: Not sure I support the 'every refit' pays the class fee. The first time through - yes. But every time because they are all a 'bit different'?
No, because every single time you are doing customized modifications to an already-built ship. Going back to our car example, if you put in an engine that is a little bit larger, you may have to cut new holes in the firewall, run larger lines, and built extra supports. It isn't that you don't know how, it's just more work than putting in the same sized engine.
No, the cost of repairs presumes that you are rebuilding and replacing according to existing specifications. You don't have to adjust anything, just build it new again. NOW there are complex repair + refit projects, and the refit portion might count.
As long as it's the same engine (same tech tree, same # of HS), we are agreed. But if it isn't, then this is no longer true.
That's why we don't delve into retrofits, large volume refits where you rip out huge sections and replace them (which is easier than spot refits).
That was one of the reasons that Marvin gave for it. IF you want to talk about economic incentives: an overall penalty against refits will push new construction, while the Class Unit Fee on classes will push long construction lines of fewer classes.
If a player wants to do a bunch of classes they can still do it. It costs more, there is a very marginal advantage (if any at all), and as you say, it requires a lot more paperwork. The alternative, which is to allow refits from one design to another with only the first having a Class Unit Fee, would only incur the fee the first time and all additional refits from the same class to the new class wouldn't cost more -- THAT would be an even worse paperwork nightmare.
"Ok, I"ve done Columbia-class DD, Lexington-class DD, and Napoleon-class DD to Columbia DDR Refit-class. Now I want to do the Perry-class DD to the Columbia DDR Refit-class, so I need to mark that Class Unit as done."
Columbia DDR-refit class
[x] ABCDEF [x/x]
Conversions Complete: Columbia, Napoleon, Lexington, Perry <--- really? you want to do this?
You really want to do that? As you've mentioned before, it makes no sense to allow refits from different classes to the same class without paying attention to whether it's been done, the differences in cost, etc. etc. This is the only viable alternative.
Are you saying that because EVERY refit is 20% more, she'll continue to uniquely refit every ship? Wow. That's a HUGE loss of money for such a marginal gain. I feel your pain... I've had players do it before ...but they all stop when they realize what a money sink all those custom builds (or refits, in this case) are costing them.
Really it's a choice: do you want to do the paperwork for tracking every conversion and then apply Class Unit Fees to refits as if they were construction? Or do you want to do the paperwork to track each refit independently? It really seems like a wash to me, assuming that's the only consideration here.
by SCC on Tue 15 Oct 2013 01:04
Cralis wrote:
Shouldn't that have been covered by the refitting fee?
procyon wrote: If every refit has a fee, not just new classes, I am quite sure she will begin refitting them all as different designs as there is no penalty for it. In game I don't see a major advantage, just a pain for me to try and track.
That's not quite what he's saying, he's saying that if EVERY refit pays a Class Fee there's no need to stick to the same class when you're refitting a bunch of ships of the same class
And you said that Elminster's case 7 was valid, right? She could then use the fact that she paid Class Fee's on those refits to avoid paying the more expensive mass production Class Fee's on those designs
by Cralis on Tue 15 Oct 2013 01:14
SCC wrote:
It's the same fee whether you are doing a minor or a major refit. Does that sound right to you?
And I'm saying that the only alternative creates a LOT more tracking and paperwork.
I've said that his example was the traditional way that STARFIRE has done it, but that this is a point under debate.
In short; if you allow refit designs to be treated as mass produced designs, then you need to track what designs have been converted to the refit design or else you are allowing ANY design to be converted. That is completely unrealistic. But if you track all those conversions, then you create a huge overhead of paperwork.
You should go back and re-read my last two posts VERY carefully. The implications are pretty sever no matter which you choose. We'll likely include several optional rules for GMs and players to choose as variations.
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Sally O'Neal's
“Sally and I spent a night in restaurants that had the systems we were looking at. We actually went through the balancing, watched transactions, talked to the servers, and the cooks, and the phone people. And we asked a lot of questions.”
“Our basic philosophy is that we want to serve what we would make in own kitchen and eat ourselves.”
“We use SpeedLine's sales forecasting to make sure we cut labor when we don't have sales, because cutting labor when you're busy usually costs you sales.”
“SpeedLine provided complete time-stamped documentation, so I was able to go into my camera system and document on film what the thief was doing.”
On that day in September 2006, the point of sale installation at Sally O’Neal’s Pizza Hotline did not go as planned.
First, the SpeedLine installer was involved in a car accident and had to be replaced at the last minute; there was no Internet connection, which delayed setup for credit card processing; and the new cash drawers did not fit in the safe.
While owner Pat O’Neal could have brushed off these events as mere inconveniences, they took place under the shadow of a more ominous ordeal: His wife and business partner, Sally, was fighting an ongoing battle with cancer.
The O’Neals remained positive despite the odds: “I saw a window in Sally’s illness and I said, ‘let’s get this POS installed,’” Pat recalls. “She was very much in favor of getting it done.” Although weakened by chemotherapy, Sally remained a driving force in the business.
Pat and Sally were replacing an outdated POS that had seen better days with a brand new 5-station system from SpeedLine. Despite the initial hiccups, they were impressed with their new POS.
“We loved the system from the beginning,” Pat says. “Right away, we noticed that order entry was faster and more accurate. And the integrated credit card processing was exactly what we needed.” With up to 60 per cent of Sally’s transactions involving credit cards, integrated processing was a critical boon that their previous POS did to provide.
Careful Decision
Pat and Sally approached POS shopping with as much care and attention to detail as they invested in every other aspect of their business. “We had selected three other systems as potential replacements for our POS,” Pat says. “Sally and I spent a night in restaurants that had the systems we were looking at. We actually went through the balancing, watched transactions, talked to the servers, and the cooks, and the phone people. And we asked lots of questions.”
“You’d be surprised how many systems don’t work” Pat points out. “We found out when we went to visit users. Some of the people we visited called me years later to tell me they ended up throwing their systems out.”
But Pat and Sally were thorough: “Buying a POS is a big decision,” Pat notes. “If you sell pizza and do delivery, it’s important to have a system that’s pizza-specific. And beware of beta tests and final tests and features that are supposedly coming soon. If it’s not there already and you need it, just don’t buy it!”
“For us, talking to users proved very helpful,” he adds. “We were very pleased with what we found about SpeedLine when he went through the whole process. We saw that SpeedLine did everything we needed it to do: it’s fast and it has good math, embedded credit card processing, customer order recall, and extensive history.”
Support Tips the Balance
“But the number one deciding factor for us was the support,” Pat adds. “The support for our previous POS was poor. When we visited SpeedLine users, they were all happy with support.”
"After the initial investment, you see a return much quicker than with a cheaper system. Support price is fair and technicians are excellent."
“We love SpeedLine support,” Pat adds. “It’s never failed us. It’s always there, and we always talk to somebody who knows what they are talking about. If we have a problem they quickly correct it. We’ve been very, very happy.”
Pat remains confident in his POS choice: “After the initial investment, you see a return much quicker than with a cheaper system,” he says. “Support price is fair and technicians are excellent. And the system works!”
A Legacy That Lives On
Sadly, while Pat and Sally were shopping and making plans, hopes for Sally’s full recovery dimmed. Shortly after the installation, her stamina began to flag, and good days became fewer. “When the cancer came back for the second time, they couldn’t get it under control,” Pat says.
As her illness progressed, Sally spent less and less time in the restaurant. She passed away at home on May 3, 2007, after a valiant struggle with lung cancer. But the passion and devotion Sally had invested in the restaurant left a profound impact. Her legacy was very much alive as Pat carried on their life’s work.
The couple had founded Sally O’Neal’s Pizza Hotline together in 1985. “The restaurant has always been a family business,” says Pat. “Our five children have all worked here at some time during our 25 years. In fact, my daughter Kathleen still takes care of our advertising.”
The O’Neals had learned the ropes from Pat’s sister and brother-in-law, George and Mary-Ellen Heinze, who were running a Pizza Hotline in Maryland. Equipped with recipes for dough, pizza sauce, and cheese, Pat and Sally took the concept to Florida, where it soon evolved to meet the tastes of a more affluent clientele.
“We took the basic product down the gourmet path,” Pat says. “Sally developed recipes for a series of signature pizzas, pastas, and salads that were inspired by leading edge industry trends in California and Europe.”
Today, Sally’s award-winning recipes continue to provide diners with the same superior taste. “We buy fresh baker’s yeast for our dough,” Pat notes with pride. “That’s a rarity in the industry. These days, most people use dry yeast. And we use 12 per cent high gluten flour, which provides a sweet crust with an exceptional cooking life. We make 500 to 600 lbs of dough fresh daily.”
Add to that 50 plus toppings, some of them hand-picked at the farmer’s market, a blend of freshly ground cheeses—2000 lbs processed weekly in the kitchen’s 80-quart grinder—and handmade pizza sauce, flavored with a careful selection of herbs and spices, and you have the workings of a culinary delight.
"Our basic philosophy is that we want to serve what we would make in own kitchen and eat ourselves," Pat says.
Lots and Lots of Pizza
With that much care put into each pie, Sally O’Neal’s Pizza is definitely a hot gourmet spot for pizza connoisseurs. The kitchen produces more than 4,500 pies a month, which represents around 71 per cent of sales.With that much care put into each pie, Sally O’Neal’s Pizza is definitely a hot gourmet spot for pizza connoisseurs.
“Our restaurant is kind of unique,” Pat says. “Our business is split fairly evenly between dine in, pick up, and delivery. We have six or seven drivers on our busy nights. We also have a packed dining room, and up to 20 or 30 people waiting in line to pick up their pizzas.”
Speed is critical to juggle all these orders: “I was surprised and pleased when I found out that SpeedLine is 25 per cent faster than our previous system,” Pat says. SpeedLine helps keep orders rolling on those hectic nights.
“You may wonder how in the world would anybody sit down and eat in such a busy environment,” Pat asks. “But people love it because there’s a lot going on. Its fun! And it’s a pretty restaurant to sit in too.”
The Right Spot for a Gourmet Brand
Sally O’Neal’s Pizza moved to its current location ten years ago. The restaurant now occupies a spacious stand-alone building with ample parking, and a patio that is cooled by fans and a misting system, which is especially welcome on those hot, southern days. “We have an attractive 68-seat dining room, and a beautiful teak and cherry bar,” Pat says. “Sally designed the layout and I built it myself.”
Besides gourmet cooking, interior decorating was Sally’s other passion: She had a degree from the New York School from Interior Design. “She picked out the antiques and we added yachting pictures and photos of the old town,” adds Pat, who is a boating enthusiast in his spare time. “It’s perfect for family dining.”
From décor to recipes, Pat always keeps quality in focus, but still manages to run a tight ship: He uses only the freshest ingredients, but keeps food costs below 30 per cent, and labor costs around 22 per cent. “With the tough economy, we’ve cut back on labor significantly,” Pat explains. “We use SpeedLine’s sales forecasting to make sure we cut labor when we don’t have sales, because cutting labor when you’re busy usually costs you sales.”
We’ve been fortunate to have a core of employees who do a terrific job,” he adds. “Some have been with us for six or seven years, and a few for twelve to fifteen. We want to keep scheduling them strategically.”
Stopping Fraud
SpeedLine’s ability to track every transaction in detail is also crucial for Pat’s high volume operation. “The ability I have to go back and recall every single detail of a transaction from the time we started with SpeedLine is incredible,” he says. “I can go from a report to a transaction, and check line by line every single action that occurred on a ticket.”
In fact, SpeedLine's complete ticket history was key in detecting theft at Sally's. When a server alerted Pat to some suspicious transactions, he investigated. “SpeedLine provided complete time-stamped documentation so I was able to go into my camera system and document on film that theft had indeed occurred,” he explains. “The beauty of that is that SpeedLine caught every bit of it over the eight-month period it took place.”
Growing with the Times
After 25 productive years at the helm of a successful business, Pat could rest on his laurels. Instead he keeps up with the times, looking for the next trend.
“We’re changing the whole way we’re advertising,” he says. “We use to rely on newspapers. But in the last few years, the local newspapers and magazines have gone from 40 pages to six or seven. They’re getting rid of their writers and losing their advertising. There has been a significant change in the way people view and gather information.”
“We have a Web site already,” he says. “We’re looking into Twitter, Google, and Facebook to carry some of our local advertising. And we would also like to add an online ordering menu integrated with SpeedLine to drive traffic.”
Pat is also looking into taking advantage of the loyalty program feature in SpeedLine 6.1. “There’s strong evidence that today, customers are very concerned with cost and value,” he says. “We currently don’t offer coupons or specials, and we haven’t for 20 some odd years, but we’re seriously considering adding a rewards program.”
"I'm bringing back Sally's brownies. People liked them so much that we would get catering orders for 250 brownies."
Moreover, Pat has a whole line-up of new selections he’s planning to include on his menu. “After a lot of testing with executive chefs, I have just developed a foccaccia bread with our dough. I’ve also brought in some sandwich presses and we’ve made hoagie loaves that have come out great. And I’m looking at introducing six or seven sandwiches.”
Alongside the new and exciting, he’s featuring the tried and true: “I’m bringing back Sally’s brownies,” he beams. “People liked them so much that we would get catering orders for 250 brownies. That’s a lot of brownies and they were not cheap. Sally used to make them at home. Otherwise employees would eat them. We were always sold out.”
In addition, Pat is working on sourcing a whole new line of gourmet ice creams. He also wants to market his lasagnas wholesale to supermarkets under Sally’s label. “I have a factory here that will make them for me,” he says. “I’m not interested in making the food myself, but I want to franchise the recipes.”
That’s a lot on the go for one man who could choose to retire: “If Sally was here, she would be jerking my chain,” Pat chuckles. “She’d say, ‘As usual you’re overextended!’”
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Build social studies content-area literacy by integrating dynamic primary sources into the classroom! Covering the course of modern history, these books use key social studies concepts and related biographies to connect each differentiated pair. This comprehensive kit uses photographs, maps, images and other primary sources to engage students in understanding the twentieth century and learning about significant events and people from American history! These high-interest books will capture students' curiosity about history and build critical thinking as they analyze historical events. Appropriately leveled content makes this a great resource for differentiating instruction
Primary Source Readers: The 20th Century Kit includes:
Eight Nonfiction Readers paired with Biographies:
Industrial Revolution and Industrial Giants
Immigration and Famous Immigrants
World War I and Woodrow Wilson
Between the Wars and Eleanor Roosevelt
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Content-rich, age-appropriate readers complement social studies and language arts curricula. Each book in Primary Source Readers is designed around primary sources that tell about the subject and help prepare students for state and national tests with document-based questions.
Industrial Revolution 6-Pack
The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain during the 1700s and spread to America in the early 1800s as the colonies formed and grew. Readers will learn about this important time in U.S. history in this enlightening nonfiction title.
Industrial Giants 6-Pack
This interesting title allows readers to learn about several major industrialists who were responsible for building industries that employed many people and provided commodities necessary for life in the United States.
Immigration 6-Pack
Immigrants from all over Europe flocked to America in the 1800s, bringing their hopes and their dreams with them. This fascinating title allows readers to discover topics such as Ellis Island, Angel Island, and assimilation.
Famous Immigrants 6-Pack
Many talented and skilled immigrants came to America from various places in the world and brought with them their own cultures and traditions to enrich the American way of life. Learn about some of the most famous immigrants in this inspirational title!
World War I 6-Pack
Readers will learn all about World War I, or the Great War, in this appealing title that highlights how the war began in Europe as a military rivalry between France and Germany.
Woodrow Wilson 6-Pack
This biography tells all about Woodrow Wilson's inspiring life as President of the United States. Through fascinating facts and engaging sidebars, children will learn that Wilson was an advocate for reform in education and government.
Between the Wars 6-Pack
The years between World War I and World War II were years of change and reform. This enlightening title discusses some of the most prominent events during this time with authentic images, colorful scrapbook layout, and easy-to-read text.
Eleanor Roosevelt 6-Pack
Eleanor Roosevelt lived during an exciting time. This inspiring biography highlights Eleanor's incredible life as First Lady of the United States and how she worked to help give her husband, Franklin D. Roosevelt, advice during his presidency.
World War II 6-Pack
In 1939, a war that would encompass the world began in Europe. Readers will learn about the causes of World War II in this nonfiction title.
Winston Churchill 6-Pack
This biographical book gives details about the life of Winston Churchill and the impact he made during World War II as part of the Allied Forces who fought against Adolph Hitler and the Nazis.
Civil Rights Movement 6-Pack
This inspiring title allows readers to learn about the Civil Rights Movement and its fight for equality. Highlighted topics such as slavery and sit-ins are discussed and shown through supportive text, intriguing facts, and fascinating images.
Martin Luther King Jr. 6-Pack
Martin Luther King, Jr. grew up knowing that there needed to be a change in the way that African Americans were treated. Learn about his inspirational life as he fought for equality and desegregation for African Americans through nonviolence.
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The Cold War lasted for more than 40 years. This interesting book gives readers a look at what caused the Cold War and some of the important events from this time.
Cold War Leaders 6-Pack
During the Cold War, communism was seen as a viable threat to the world. This fascinating title will introduce children to the leaders of the Cold War as well as the ideas and systems each of them believed in and upheld.
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Readers will explore some of the biggest issues that have happened in the Middle East and learn about the impact that these happenings have on people all over the world.
Leaders of the Middle East 6-Pack
This intriguing book allows readers to discover some of the most infamous leaders of the Middle East. Readers will learn about leaders such as Anwar Sadat, Saddam Hussein, Menachem Begin, and Ayatollah Khomeini.
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New LCD scans fingerprints, detects UV
By J. Mark Lytle 2008-11-06T06:43:00.31Z Future tech
Sensors in each pixel mean one screen pulls double duty
Will tellies one day double as scanners too?
Even though at least half the tech news we hear these days seems to be about flat-panel displays, we still haven't even begun to explore the range of innovations possible.
One of the oddest comes from Taiwanese company AU Optronics, which has come up with an LCD panel that can detect ultraviolet light falling on it.
Wrinkles be gone
The firm has been demonstrating the device, saying it might be useful to women concerned about too much exposure to the sun, although we're hoping it can come up with something more useful than that.
At the same time, AUO has also developed another LCD screen that doubles as a scanner.
Simpler hardware?
The 2.8-inch display has a resolution of 320 x 240, but the inclusion of four sensors in each pixel means it also works as a 640 x 480 scanner.
AUO's demos to date have focused on fingerprint scanning through the screen, so we can only presume it's looking to replace the dedicated fingerprint scanners used as locks on some phones and PCs.
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A Texas School District Is Reevaluating Its Dress Code After a Male Student Was Suspended for Wearing Makeup
“These policies are based entirely on outdated and sexist gender standards."
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A Texas school district is reportedly reevaluating its dress code after a male student got in trouble for wearing makeup to school. According to local station KHOU11, the student (who has not been identified) at Shadow Creek High School in the city of Pearland was sent to in-school suspension because the makeup he was wearing violated the Alvin Independent School District’s dress code which states, “Boys may not wear make-up.”
The boy’s friend Jasmine Richards told KHOU11 that “he was asked whether he would like to remove the makeup or go to ISS [in-school suspension] and he said he refused to take off the makeup.” Jasmine was miffed enough by the unequal treatment (the dress code does not ban girls from wearing makeup) to create a Change.org petition urging the school to change the dress code, and not just the makeup part.
“Alvin ISD has a dress code policy in place that includes several gender biased [sic] policies such as preventing boys from wearing makeup and earrings (both things that girls are allowed to wear),” the petition states. “These policies are based entirely on outdated and sexist gender standards. Prohibiting boys from wearing makeup because makeup is ‘only for girls’ also prohibits them from expressing themselves in what is supposed to be a safe environment.”
It later stated that the policies in place are harmful to young boys “by telling them that they are not allowed to participate in the same forms of self expression [sic] that girls are, simply because they are boys.”
Indeed, it has been argued that sexist dress codes — which seem to run rampant — negatively impact all students. They can cause those targeted to feel discomfort and shame with their physical appearance, and can affect their ability to focus and participate in class.
In the six days since launching her petition, Jasmine garnered more than 1,700 signatures — and successfully caught the attention of the school district. Alvin ISD Asst. Superintendent Daniel Combs tells Teen Vogue that they were not aware students were concerned about the dress code until Jasmine’s petition started making rounds; and once they heard about it, they set up a meeting with Jasmine and other students involved within 24 hours of the news. “We had the opportunity to sit down and have a really good conversation,” he says.
But not just a conversation: The district has also agreed to reevaluate the dress code — which Combs told KHOU11 is “not set in stone” and is “reviewed every couple years at most” — with input from the students themselves, as well as parents.
“We had quite a bit of conversation regarding what does impacting change look like, what are some processes that would work to have this considered more broadly, and how can we move forward together?” Combs tells Teen Vogue. “Working with the students, we discussed and set a course of action to put a community advisory panel together that will identify areas that are liked, and likewise identify areas that have some concerns and questions, and come up with recommendations to bring forth change.”
Though he’s not sure how long the reevaluation and potential implementation of changes will take, Combs tells Teen Vogue the “students will be an integral part of the process as we move forward, and we’re looking forward to having those conversations in a broader sense.”
If they want a blueprint, perhaps Alvin ISD can look to California’s Alameda Unified School District, which recently created an anti-dress code. AUSD’s policy clearly states what students must wear (“bottoms, tops, shoes, and clothing that covers genitals, buttocks, and areolae/nipples with opaque material”) and what they cannot wear (violent language or images; items depicting illegal activity, hate speech, profanity or pornography; and visible underwear or bathing suits of similar design). But much of the anti-dress code is devoted to what students can wear, which is pretty much whatever they want (think: religious headwear, visible bra straps, midriff-baring shirts, hoodies, and more), as long as it doesn’t conflict with those limited aforementioned requirements.
In the meantime, Jasmine is happy the process toward change is at least underway. “I’m very glad the district is willing to look at this,” she told KHOU11. “People were shocked it was in the dress code in the first place.”
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July 1, 2019. SRS today announced the winners of its 2019 Captivator Awards. These commendations recognize select client captives that have introduced innovative products or services to solve risk management challenges for their parent organization(s).
June 10, 2019. SRS Europe today announced that David Lewis will be joining the company on October 1st. Mr. Lewis joins the firm from Willis Towers Watson where he held an Executive Member position in the Global Captive Practice.
November 13, 2018. SRS Europe announced the acquisition of a majority share of Ark Insurance Management PCC Limited (Ark), a regulated full service onshore European insurance management firm domiciled in Malta.
August 8, 2018. In the general session of the 2018 VCIA annual conference, held on Tuesday August 7th, the Association presented its industry service award to Brady Young, President and CEO of Strategic Risk Solutions.
August 8, 2018. SRS announced a new program to expose undergraduate college students to learning opportunities in the captive insurance industry. Initially the program will be focused on underwriting the cost of selected students to attend captive conferences to attend educational sessions and meet captive industry professionals.
March 1, 2018. SRS Europe announced the launch of its carbon emission risk program. The program, which will be run in conjunction with Kenneth Miger of Carbon Risk Solutions, will initially involve a series of workshops for sustainability directors and risk managers.
February 2, 2018. SRS today announced the results of its annual client survey. All respondents were satisfied or highly satisfied with SRS’s services.
Strategic Risk Solutions Launches Governance, Risk and Compliance Practice
January 31, 2018. SRS today announced the launch of its Governance, Risk and Compliance practice, which will be led by former Vermont captive regulator, Derick White.
Strategic Risk Solutions Expands European Operation, Hires Head of Finance
Strategic Risk Solutions Europe today announced that Annette Heaney has joined the firm as Associate Director and Head of Finance Europe.
Strategic Risk Solutions Acquires Barbados Captive Manager, CGE Group
Strategic Risk Solutions today announced that it has acquired the operations of CGE Group, a leading independently owned captive and other international business management company in Barbados.
Green Mountain Hires Chris Kramer , Positions Company for Future Growth
Green Mountain Sponsored Captive Insurance Company, Vermont’s largest independently owned protected cell captive, has hired Chris Kramer as its Managing Director, to lead the firm’s development and expansion plans.
SRS Launches European Operation
Strategic Risk Solutions today announced the launch of Strategic Risk Solutions Europe (SRS Europe),a firm established in Dublin, Ireland to serve US and European multinational captive insurance owners operating in Europe.
SRS Recognizes Industry leaders with First “Captivator” Awards
Strategic Risk Solutions today announced the winners of its first “Captivator” Awards. The awards recognize the captives that the firm feels have led the industry in the use of captives, both through new uses and innovations in captive structures and excellence in operational performance.
Strategic Risk Solutions Earns 97 Percent Satisfaction Rating
Strategic Risk Solutions, a provider of captive management and consulting services, announced today the results of its annual customer survey.
In 2016, 97 percent of customers responded that they were “highly satisfied” with SRS’s services.
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Area Information for Norfolk Street, Rishton, Blackburn, BB1 4DS
Norfolk Street in Rishton is in the North West region of England. The postcode is within the Rishton ward/electoral division, which is in the constituency of Hyndburn. This page combines information for the address Norfolk Street, Rishton, Blackburn, BB1 4DS, and the neighbourhood in which it resides. If you wish, you can also view information for the whole of BB1 here. For more details on the exact area these statistics cover, please see the map below and click "Show Census Area Covered" immediately below the map.
For information about recent house sales in this postcode, please view our property sales page for BB1 4DS.
Area Type Small Town or Fringe Area
Local Authority Hyndburn
Ward Rishton
Constituency Hyndburn
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Alternatively, click here to view demographic information about BB1 as a whole.
The information on housing, people, culture, employment and education that is displayed about Norfolk Street, Rishton, Blackburn, BB1 4DS is based on the last census performed in the UK in 2011. They are performed once every 10 years. Please note: census information may include figures for adjacent streets and postcodes. The figures are therefore representative of the local area, not a specific street address or row of houses. The census collection is designed so that each group of postcodes should contain at least 100 people (50 in Scotland). This is done to preserve the anonymity of the people in that area, as some postcodes cover a very small area, sometimes a single building. You can see the area covered by the census statistics by clicking "Show Census Area Covered" below the map above.
We have found 8 property sales in Norfolk Street since the beginning of 1995.
Detached 17
Flat (Purpose-Built) 0
This area contains a mixture of housing tenures, as detailed below. Across the UK, an average of 30.6% of household spaces were owned outright, 32.9% were mortgaged, 18.2% were social housing, and 16.3% were privately rented at the last census.
Rented: Other Social inc. charities and housing associations 1
Four People 8
Across the UK as a whole, the gender split is roughly equal at 49% male, 51% female. This address in Hyndburn constituency is broadly in line with those figures, with 52% male.
The postcode BB1 4DS does not show a significant deviation from the average figures for the UK. In the UK as a whole, the average figures are approximately as follows for relationship statuses: 34% single, 47% married, 3% separated, 9% divorced, 7% widowed, and 0.2% same sex.
Married 102
Apprenticeship 13
This address (Norfolk Street, Rishton, Blackburn) can be considered less ethnically diverse than the UK average. As whole, the UK population claims itself as approximately 86% white, with residents of this area being 99% so.
Other Asian 1
Note that an individual may hold one or more passports. The data may include people living in adjacent addresses to BB1 4DS
Not Stated 6
This address within the Rishton ward showed a higher than average concentration of retired residents - 27% of the resident population. On average, around 13.8% of census respondents were retired. While the UK has an aging population, less residents over 65 are choosing to retire than previously. Between the 2001 and 2011 census, the number of economically active 65-74 year olds almost doubled to 8.7% - an increase of some 413,000 people.
Unemployed 5
Norfolk Street, Rishton, Blackburn, BB1 4DS is within the Rishton policing neighbourhood, under the Lancashire Constabulary force area. For non-urgent queries, contact 101. For emergency assistance, please contact 999.
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Neighbourhood Team Address Rishton
8-10 Broadway
Force Website: http://lancashire.police.uk
Below are the details of the closest services to Rishton. All distances are straightline distances, please consult the map of the facility to check the exact location. You can also view these details on our interactive services map for BB1 4DS.
Listed here are the 20 closest railway stations to Norfolk Street, Rishton, Blackburn, BB1 4DS. The nearest railway station is Rishton, approximately 680 yards away.
Rishton 680 yards
Church & Oswaldtwistle 1.7 miles
Accrington 2.3 miles
Ramsgreave & Wilpshire 2.5 miles
Langho 2.7 miles
Blackburn 2.9 miles
Huncoat 2.9 miles
Whalley 3.8 miles
Mill Hill (Lancs) 4.1 miles
Hapton 4.3 miles
Cherry Tree 4.8 miles
Darwen 5.3 miles
Rose Grove 5.7 miles
Pleasington 5.7 miles
Burnley Barracks 6.8 miles
Burnley Manchester Road 7.1 miles
Clitheroe 7.3 miles
Burnley Central 7.3 miles
Entwistle 7.8 miles
Brierfield 8.4 miles
Listed here are the 10 closest primary schools to Norfolk Street, Rishton, Blackburn, BB1 4DS. The nearest is Rishton St Peter and St Paul's Church of England Primary School, approximately 120 yards away.
Rishton St Peter and St Paul's Church of England Primary School 120 yards
St Charles' RC School 400 yards
Rishton Methodist Primary School 590 yards
Great Harwood Primary School 1 mile
St Wulstan's Catholic Primary School, Great Harwood 1 mile
Great Harwood St John's Church of England Primary School 1 mile
Clayton-le-Moors All Saints Church of England Primary School 1.3 miles
Great Harwood St Bartholomew's Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 1.5 miles
Clayton-le-Moors Mount Pleasant Primary School 1.6 miles
Church, St Nicholas Church of England Primary School 1.6 miles
Listed here are the 10 closest secondary schools to Norfolk Street, Rishton, Blackburn, BB1 4DS. The nearest is The Hyndburn Academy, approximately 240 yards away.
The Hyndburn Academy 240 yards
Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School 1.8 miles
Accrington Academy 2 miles
Rhyddings Business and Enterprise School 2 miles
Our Lady and St John Catholic College 2.4 miles
Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, Hyndburn 2.4 miles
Al Islah Girls' High School 2.6 miles
Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School 2.7 miles
Pleckgate High School 2.8 miles
Blackburn Central High School 3 miles
Listed here are the 10 closest GPs (General Practitioners) to Norfolk Street, Rishton, Blackburn, BB1 4DS. The nearest is High Street Surgery, approximately 230 yards away. Please consult the NHS Choices website to check if the facility is currently accepting new NHS patients.
High Street Surgery 230 yards
Rishton & Great Harwood Surgery 410 yards
The Weavers Practice 410 yards
Great Harwood Health Centre 1.5 miles
Great Harwood Medical Group 1.5 miles
The Clayton Medical Ctr. 1.5 miles
Dr Gladstone Bello 1.5 miles
Dr Paramundayil Joseph 1.5 miles
Hyndburn Medical Practice 1.8 miles
Richmond Medical Centre 1.8 miles
Listed here are the 10 closest dentists to Norfolk Street, Rishton, Blackburn, BB1 4DS. The nearest is Mr A A Shaw, approximately 410 yards away. Please consult the NHS Choices website to check if the facility is currently accepting new NHS patients.
Mr A A Shaw 410 yards
Dr. D E Brooks 1.2 miles
Synergy Dental Clinic 1.3 miles
Clayton Dental Care 1.4 miles
Bupa Dental Care, Accrington 1.8 miles
The Dental Centre Accrington Rd 2 miles
Accrington Road Dental Surgery 2 miles
mydentist, Union Road, Oswaldtwistle 2 miles
Glen Lyon Dental Practice 2.2 miles
East Lancashire Dental Service 2.3 miles
Listed here are the 5 closest hospitals to Norfolk Street, Rishton, Blackburn, BB1 4DS. The nearest is Accrington Victoria Hospital, approximately 2.3 miles away.
Accrington Victoria Hospital 2.3 miles
Royal Blackburn Hospital 2.9 miles
BMI The Beardwood Hospital 4 miles
Burnley General Hospital 8.3 miles
Longridge Community Hospital 8.8 miles
Listed here are the 10 closest opticians to Norfolk Street, Rishton, Blackburn, BB1 4DS. The nearest is Paul Nuttall Optometrist, approximately 1.1 miles away.
Paul Nuttall Optometrist 1.1 miles
Eyes of Harwood 1.3 miles
Optical Direct Clayton-le-Moors Ltd 1.7 miles
Astons Optique 1.9 miles
Spectacle Factory Shop Ltd 2 miles
Accrington Eyecare 2.1 miles
Eye Shop Optical UK Ltd 2.3 miles
Tesco Opticians 2.4 miles
Boots-Accrington 2.4 miles
Spectacle Factory Shop Ltd 2.4 miles
Broadband in BB1 4DS
Broadband data is based on information provided by the major fixed internet service providers in the UK, including Virgin Media and BT. It does not include providers of satellite internet. Data at this postcode has been sourced from 7 reported internet connections.
Average Download Speed 118.5Mbps
Maximum Upload Speed Reported 12Mbps
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Neil Carmichael, Stroud MP: Dropping in to deaf charity is affirming
By SNJ Reporter
Neil Carmichael, Stroud MP
This week MP Neil Carmichael visited a charity which helps children who are deaf
THIS week I had the pleasure of visiting Auditory Verbal UK, a charity based in London but which is developing a national network to help parents and carers deal with deafness in children.
The concept revolves around early diagnosis of deafness coupled to the recognition that hearing is, essentially, a process in the brain. Children learn to listen and talk through play and interactions with family and friends. The results are incredibly encouraging.
I am completely deaf in my left ear so, with my own experience, I am always keen to support people with hearing difficulties. Auditory Verbal has helped many children to overcome being completely deaf and, instead, become fully engaged in social and family life. The charity has a strong sense of mission and purpose; it has my full support.
Another great pleasure was to visit the newly opened Jet Age Museum to help launch the new Educational Programme. Gloucestershire played a huge part in developing jet propulsion and jet aeroplanes; many factories across the Valleys and Vale contributed to this inspiring story. Festomane – the annual Festival of Manufacturing and Engineering – celebrates our industrial heritage and jet engines are very much part of it.
I was delighted to meet Air Vice Marshall Tony Mason, now a Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire, during the launch ceremony. He has written a number of influential books about air strategy and policy – being one of the first to recognise the need for a modern concept of air power. As a student I was and still remain interested in these matters.
Another fabulous event was the launch of Cool Earth’s campaign to save the rainforest in Papua New Guinea. Climate change is happening so we must act now to arrest it and protect the environment. It was good to see one of my fellow Select Committee chairmen, Frank Field, playing such a strong part in the proceedings alongside Pamela Anderson – formally of Baywatch – who is a powerful supporter of this campaign.
Next week is the Conservative Party Conference so I will be reporting back on the various meetings and events in connection with education, Europe and the economy.
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From the Department of I Was Worried Enough About Obamacare Already, Thanks: the Catholic Health Association, a key ally of the Obama administration in passing the Affordable Care Act, has changed its mind about supporting the compromise on birth control coverage. That was the “miraculous” accommodation that ensured no-cost contraceptive coverage to employees of religiously affiliated organizations, while making insurers, rather than the religious employers, responsible for picking up the tab. When the compromise was offered in February, CHA gave initial support. But CHA has now sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services opposing the compromise.
In an interview with Kaiser Health News’s Mary Agnes Carey, Sister Carol Ann Keehan, head of CHA, says:
I wouldn’t say as much as we withdrew support. What we said very clearly was that it is just too cumbersome. And I’ll tell you why.
Many, many, many of our organizations offer a choice in health coverage to their staffs. So they would have two different ways of dealing with their employees on this issue and, quite frankly, many of our members were hearing from local insurance companies and agents that ‘well, we may not carve out explicitly how we’re charging you for this but there is no free lunch and you are going to pay for it one way or the other.’ That was exactly what the goal was not. The goal was to not pay. And that’s not the fault of the White House. That’s the reality of the marketplace.
Here’s another reality of the marketplace: religious hospitals, like non-religious hospitals, rely on public funding for about half their operating revenues. Despite the religious affiliation, reports MergerWatch, “little or none of the operating funds of these religious hospitals come from churches or other religious sources.” The reach of sectarian hospitals is vast: MergerWatch found that in 1999, religiously affiliated hospitals were operating one in every five acute-care community hospital beds in the United States. And while Catholic hospitals may have been founded to cater to the spiritual needs of Catholics, by 2012, religiously affiliated hospitals have become deeply embedded in diverse communities and insurance plans. “This complaint is a red herring,” says Sharon Levin, director of federal reproductive health policy at the National Women’s Law Center. “Women have a right under this law to needed healthcare, including contraception. How to avoid doing that should not be the focus.”
CHA’s letter makes clear the pitfalls of pandering to “religious freedom” concerns in setting public policy. “If an institution chooses to participate in secular activities and hires people who are not co-religionists, they should be held to the same standard as other employers,” says Levin. “Religion is not a license to discriminate.”
At issue is not only contraceptive coverage. CHA is also concerned about what institutions count as “religious”—a designation that has ramifications reaching far beyond the birth control issue. While Obama’s compromise required hospitals, schools and social service agencies with religious affiliations to provide contraceptive coverage, it exempted houses of worship as “religious institutions.” According to its letter to HHS, CHA would like to see an institution considered “religious” if "it shares common religious bonds and convictions with the church.”
That’s a stretch. “It is very important that the administration resist the request for a broader religious exemption that would cover entities that are not themselves religions but have vague ‘bonds’ to a religion or are motivated by faith,” says Frances Kissling, former head of Catholics for Choice. “CHA claims that running hospitals is an integral part of living the teachings of Jesus. One can care for the sick and the impoverished in many ways besides controlling one-sixth of the hospital beds in the US.”
Meanwhile, the birth control mandate remains popular. A just-released poll found that nearly three-quarters of voters agree that cost should not be an obstacle to using birth control, including 66 percent of Catholic voters and 58 percent of evangelical voters.
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Drag Queens, Schools & Libraries Target “Bible Belt” Children
Written by William F. Jasper
“This is going to be the grooming of the next generation,” boasts drag queen Dylan Pontiff. “We are trying to groom the next generation.”
Mr. Pontiff (aka Santana Pilar Andrews in his drag persona) is part of a new subversion/perversion assault wave of transvestite militants from New York and San Francisco foisting themselves on Middle America because, they say, there is a “need for more queer programming for children.” And with help from the American Library Association and “progressive” public school administrators, the glittery queens are determined to reach your kids with this desperately needed “grooming” and “queer programming.”
“Drag Queen Story Hour” is the current modus operandi for spreading this particular LGBTQ “lifestyle” to the culturally deprived hinterlands. If you haven’t heard of it yet, you soon will, as it has been spreading rapidly across the country. The first inkling most of us got that something along these lines was coming was the shocking story that broke in 2017 in Long Beach, California, with the Drag Queen Story Hour at the Michelle Obama Public Library. What was especially appalling about the Long Beach event was that the drag queen looked absolutely satanic, with five long, red-tipped horns protruding from his head. (See photo below). What young child would not be terrified, confused, and traumatized by such a confrontation that would give even many adults nightmares?
On February 20, BBC News featured a story entitled “Drag queen story hour in America's Bible Belt” that focused on the controversy over the performance of five drag queens for a children’s story hour at the public library in Greenville, South Carolina. While containing a few obligatory quotes from opponents (for “balance,” of course), the BBC piece was obviously crafted to celebrate this effort by cultural elites to enlighten the backward booboisie of small town and rural America.
“Drag queen story hours — events where drag performers read to children — are moving out of the big cities and coming to conservative southern US states,” says the BBC article, which has also run in many U.S. media outlets.
“Drag Queen Story Hour was established in San Francisco in 2015, and has since spread across the US and around the world,” the British report notes. The BBC story continues:
While the Greenville story hour is not officially linked to the organisation, it is part of a growing movement to bring these events to Middle America.
Jonathan Hamilt, a co-founder of Drag Queen Story Hour in New York, told the BBC they have seen "an exponential growth in the number of events in more conservative, rural and southern states over the last year".
“We have chapters in Nebraska, Indiana and Alabama. I think it is partly a reaction to the political landscape of the US right now and a need for more queer programming for children.”
Mr. Hamilt says events in rural areas “definitely see more protests”. “When you leave big liberal areas, people tend to be more conservative. Their fear can come out as anger.”
Yes, this is a common “problem” for the LGBTQI activists and their “progressive” supporters and media sympathizers: Those sexually repressed backwoods hicks get angry and just don’t appreciate the efforts of enlightened city folk who are just trying to lift them out of their pathetic ignorance.
Following standard practice, the BBC piece quotes a professor who affirms the value of the drag queen events. “Christia Spears Brown is a professor of psychology at the University of Kentucky who studies gender development in children,” noted the BBC. She told the BBC that while these events can seem ‘silly and frivolous’ they could lead to ‘positive outcomes for young children if they feel able to express themselves.’”
“Conversely we know that there are negative outcomes for children who feel pressure to conform,” Prof. Brown said. “Those children are not as psychologically stable.”
What the BBC doesn’t tell its readers is that Christia Spears Brown is hardly a neutral, non-partial “expert” in this controversial matter. To the contrary, Brown is a radical “social justice” activist and LGBTQI advocate. She is the associate chair of the Center for Equality and Social Justice at the University of Kentucky. She is also author of Parenting Beyond Pink & Blue and other books popular with those who are promoting “queer programing” for America’s kids. In addition, Brown is an author for the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), the left-wing “open borders” lobby/think tank funded by the Carnegie, Soros, Ford, and Rockefeller Foundations.
American Library Association Aids Subversion Campaign
The American Library Association (ALA), which has championed left-wing causes for decades, is on board with the drag queen story hour agenda. The ALA website features a page entitled Libraries Respond: Drag Queen Story Hour that provides links to nearly two dozen books, articles, blogs, and websites to help activists promote this new propaganda effort. The ALA web page states:
Many libraries across the country have been hosting or participating in Drag Queen Story Hours. A few have experienced pushback from some members of their community. To support libraries facing challenges we have established this collection of resources. We will continue to add to it and welcome your contributions. ALA, through its actions and those of its members, is instrumental in creating a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive society. This includes a commitment to combating marginalization and underrepresentation within the communities served by libraries through increased understanding of the effects of historical exclusion.
Drag Queen Story Hour is a program or event featuring drag queens reading stories to children in libraries, schools, or bookstores. It was created by Michelle Tea and RADAR Productions in San Francisco.
More than 20 years ago The New American warned that this sort of organized rampant perversion would be erupting across the land. In an article entitled The Queering of America, we provided details from the “war strategy” (their words) of homosexual activists Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen, as presented in their book After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the 90’s.
Kirk and Madsen explained precisely how they and their rainbow mafia cohorts in the media, entertainment, education, religion, and politics would “overhaul straight America.” They would, they said, incrementally subvert and convert America and cleanse it from all “homophobic,” “homohating,” “anti-gay bias” attitudes.
The Kirk/Madsen book was a declaration of total war against Christian morality and all Americans who embrace that morality. We wrote at the time:
Straight America has been asleep on a deadly battlefield with a relentless enemy that is waging total war and believes in giving no quarter. We exaggerate not. In their own words to their own troops, the apostles of perversion describe their lavender jihad as “war” and constantly invoke aggressive, military terms such as “Trojan Horse,” “deception,” “propaganda,” “war strategy,” “battle tactics,” “hand-to-hand combat,” “rage,” “fury,” “enemy,” “war conference,” “attack,” “hate,” “vilify,” “destroy,” “conquer,” “subvert,” etc.
Kirk and Madsen, Harvard-trained professionals in neuropsychiatry, public persuasion, and social marketing, explained their strategy of “planned psychological attack,” which included many tactics involving the systematic use of very sophisticated psychological techniques of desensitizing, jamming, and conditioning. Anyone who reads their decades-old plan will recognize it at work in the current Drag Queen Story Hour assault. Although the opening salvos in this attack have been launched primarily through the public libraries, these have been used as conditioning and softening-up barrages to prepare for their next major battleground: the public elementary, middle, and high schools. In fact it is already happening. As we recently reported, parents of students at a Colorado middle school were furious to learn that a drag queen in full regalia was invited to participate in the school’s “Career Day” event.
The war rages on, but still, only one side is seriously fighting.
Photo of parent walking child into Mobile (Ala.) Public Library for Drag Queen Story Hour: AP Images
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FIH Pro League a big way of learning for Pak players: Saeed Khan
LAHORE: The newly-appointed coach of Pakistan hockey team said on Thursday that participation of national players in the FIH Pro League will be a big way of learning and they will be getting much needed high profile international experience and exposure.
“Young players need to improve their game which is only possible if they get the opportunity to play against world top notch hockey players and pro league will provide them an ideal chance to face off with different hockey nations,” he told APP here after supervising the afternoon session of the national camp set up for the build-up of Pak team for Pro league being played in different countries later this month.
The former hockey Olympian was of the view that Pak team needs to change its style of play, switching to attacking game from its usual defensive approach during run of play. “Players have to drop this tendency (defensive approach) which has damaged Pakistan hockey in recent years and it is one of the main key reason of down fall of our national sport,” said Saeed.
The team coach and manager said in the ongoing camp efforts are being made to change the mind set and approach of players and helping them to adopt fast track of game. “Attaching hockey helps in mounting pressure on opponents, creates ample opportunities of goal scoring and that is the reason other hockey nations have progressed a lot in international hockey in last one decade whereas we have a nose dive trend and stand nowhere at world ranking which indicates that we are a weak side at world level”.
He said another reason which contributed to the overall decline of the hockey was suspension of international hockey at Pakistani soil in the last one decade. “ If foreign teams are not visiting the country on regular basis, how come our players will be lifting the level of their game as arranging foreign tours on regular intervals is quite an expensive venture,” said the team official.
To a question, he said the team management has no such information that the Pakistan Hockey Federation has decided not to participate in the Pro league owing to paucity of funds.“I am optimistic that PHF will arrange necessary funds to ensure Pakistan’s participation in the league to revive the sagging fortune of the hockey,” he said adding “Due to the same scenario question mark was posed on participation of Pak team in international events in the recent past and eventually PHF was able to get the funds to send its team abroad and hopefully this time it will also secure funds for ensuring team’s participation in pro league”.
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WWF and Carolinian Canada launch new native plant tag
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Published on: April 8, 2019 | Last Updated: April 8, 2019 4:12 PM EDT
‘In the Zone’ label makes it easy for gardeners in southern Ontario to identify native plants good for pollinators and wildlife
A new native plant tag, unveiled by World Wildlife Fund Canada and Carolinian Canada, makes it easier for gardeners in southern Ontario to choose plants that are good for wildlife and the environment.
Developed in consultation with native plant growers as part of the In the Zone wildlife gardening program, the new tag identifies plants that are native to southern Ontario’s ecologically threatened Carolinian zone, locally grown and ethically sourced.
Gardeners can purchase plants bearing the tag at the Go Wild Grow Wild Green Expo this weekend and participating nurseries across southern Ontario later this month.
To join In the Zone and help grow Canada’s biggest wildlife garden, visit IntheZoneGardens.ca.
Sarah Winterton, director of nature connected communities at WWF-Canada, says:
“What we plant matters. But it’s hard to tell which plants are truly native without common standards for sourcing and labelling. This new native plant tag, at participating nurseries, helps gardeners identify plants that are native to southern Ontario, where habitat loss – including the loss of native plants – has contributed to deep wildlife decline. Southern Ontario is home to more at-risk species than anywhere else in Canada.
“When gardeners choose plants with the In the Zone native plant tag, they can be assured they’re helping grow healthier landscapes for communities and for wildlife. We hope the In the Zone plant tags will make native plants a more attractive option for gardeners and inspire more people to look at their gardens and green spaces differently: as potential habitats for bees, butterflies, birds and other wildlife.”
Michelle Kanter, executive director at Carolinian Canada, says “A native plant tag is integral to our larger effort to help people grow Canada’s biggest wildlife garden across the Carolinian Zone. Together, we can create a network of high-quality habitat for wildlife and climate-resilient, healthy communities, as well as support green jobs in the native plant industry. Together, we can take positive action to grow a green future, as we enter the United Nations Decade of Ecological Restoration.”
• Most of Ontario’s 243 species at risk are listed because of habitat loss, including the loss of native plants and intense human development. Native plants and wildlife depend on one another for pollination, habitat and shelter.
By choosing native plants, gardeners can help restore natural habitat and improve biodiversity.
Create healthier landscapes: Natural habitat levels in southern Ontario must be doubled to meet federal guidelines for healthy ecosystems.
Climate and water smart: Native plants are specially adapted to local conditions, can survive in drier conditions and are more resilient to climate change. By choosing native plants, gardeners can help grow healthier landscapes for wildlife – and people, too.
Global call for restoration: On March 1, 2019, the UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration was declared to massively scale up the restoration of degraded and destroyed ecosystems as a proven measure to fight the climate crisis and enhance food security, water supply and biodiversity.
Plants bearing the In the Zone plant tag have been identified by conservation experts as native to southern Ontario and are grown using locally and ethically collected seeds. The standards are based on best practices and are voluntarily met by participating growers.
By raising the profile of native plants, the In the Zone tag will help increase demand and strengthen support for growers in southern Ontario.
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Nalafang’s Tale: An Introduction Into My World of Warcraft Experience.
by David Klemke on January 4, 2011
Over the course of this blog’s life I’ve made references to the fact that I’m a long time World of Warcraft player. For the past 6 years I’ve been an on again, off again player frequently returning to Blizzard’s flagship MMORPG for a fix of their latest offerings. Having spent the last month or so playing through the latest Cataclysm expansion I was drafting up a review in my head when I realised that in order to do a proper review of the current content I needed to give a little background on my experience with this game. Today I want to take you through the last 6 years of my life with Blizzard’s iconic game in anticipation for tomorrow’s review of the Cataclysm expansion.
Going back 6 years puts me as a young university student who’s been keenly devouring any and every detail he could find about Blizzard’s upcoming game release. Although I was still at home out in the country with my only connection to the Internet being a share 56k dial-up I couldn’t wait to get my hands on the game. As luck would have it I managed to win myself a spot in the coveted close beta and managed to convince my boss to download all the client patches for me. I spent a few good weeks smashing my way through the beta as a paladin called Arathar before it was closed down in preparation for the full release.
The day of the release was quite torturous for my friends and I as we’d been out quite late the night before and only managed to sneak in about 4 hours sleep before we hit up the local games store for our copies of the game. We hadn’t pre-ordered the game so getting in early was imperative and thankfully we were able to score a copy each before we all went our separate ways to begin playing. The experience that awaited us was, to put it bluntly, quite tragic as the servers caved under the load of thousands of people trying to login especially on the chosen Australian server Blackrock. We resigned ourselves to switch to another server (Gorgonnash) and began levelling in earnest, most of us hitting level 10 before calling it a night. This is where Nalafang was born and still resides today.
The next few months were an interesting time for our rag-tag bunch of MMORPGers. We spent many hours questing together, running what dungeons we could and basically just soaking up the world that Blizzard had created for us. Along the way many of my friends started dropping out, usually around the level 40~50 area where it really started to get a bit heavy on the time investment. I continued on and started gathering a group of friends with whom I’d run dungeons with almost daily. After a month or so of this my small team of dungeoneers reformed into a bigger and better guild, Aureus Dawn. A couple weeks later saw our GM drop out and had me assume the position giving me my first taste of what it meant to lead a group of people through a virtual world.
Things just kept getting better as my runs got a reputation for actually finishing content and magically dropping one world epic at least once a week. I started talking with other guild leaders and eventually managed to find another 3 to group with for our first attempt at the first ever raid in WoW: Molten Core. Our first run didn’t see any bosses down but it wasn’t long until we were smashing our way through content and our 4 guild tag team had to split into 2 separate raids to continue on. As time passed the lines between the two separate guilds blurred significantly and I was called into an IM meeting between my officers and the other guild. They proposed that we should merge under a single banner and go ahead with running our raid completely independently. The idea was met with resounding support and they then surprised me by nominating me as the guilds new GM, placing me at the top of the food chain in a 40 man strong raid team. I was elated and soon after Ascendance was formed and we began hitting Molten Core in earnest.
Soon after the new raid instance, Blackwing Lair, was released and our guild decided to have a crack at it. From memory we did end up making it past the first boss after a couple attempts but progress stalled after that. The same fate also hit us in Molten Core as we struggled to down the final boss, stymying our progress in other raids. Inevitably this began to wear on people and personality clashes began to escalate from small fights into guild sized dramas that threatened to tear the guild apart. Thanks to the piecemeal nature by which the guild was formed there were several loyal factions and once one of the faction leaders decided to go the rest of them would follow. This lead to the demise of Ascendance as a guild who ultimately merged in with another bigger guild to continue running. Times were good there until I developed a large amount of contempt for the leadership and ended up causing dramas of my own, eventually leaving them for one of my long time friends (and previous 4 guild raiding buddy) guild, Dark Ronin.
I found a good place there for the longest time, finding my niche as the Rogue class leader and spending many hours pouring over my DPS logs figuring out how to be the best I could be. Eventually however the same traits that made those people elect me to the position of leadership previously caused me to develop the same level of contempt for the leadership as I had previously. I hadn’t been enjoying the game and decided that I needed a fresh start on another server. I found myself a top raiding guild, repsecced my paladin to holy and transferred servers. This lasted for all of a month before I quit entirely, vowing to leave WoW behind forever and never giving it a second glance.
About a year passed before I even thought about WoW again when I saw that the first ever expansion was due to be released soon. Remembering the fond times I had had levelling I thought that it couldn’t hurt to give the game a go again. I spent a little time levelling my rogue in the new areas and enjoyed it for the most part. I even managed to meet up with an old friend, Scottdasmall, who was a long time guild member of mine. I eventually joined his guild and played casually for a couple months, getting both my characters to 70. After that however I just couldn’t get hooked like I did last time and resigned to put the game down again but not with the same disdain as I did before. It wasn’t long however until the next expansion was released and I started looking at WoW again.
This time however I had friends I had met outside of work to play with. Problem was they were Horde players and this was long before faction transfers were available. If I wanted to play with them I’d have to level another character. Thankfully this was just after the Refer-a-Friend scheme came out, making the journey to 60 much quicker. I rolled myself another toon and levelled up with them so that I could play alongside them. Wrath of the Lich King made it extremely easy to get into raids with almost anyone allowing me to gear up my character just like I had in days gone by. Eventually my new found guildies wanted to start raiding in earnest and I joined them, spending countless hours in Ulduar and eventually making it up to the final boss before the raid fell apart.
I dropped the game again at that point for a good 6 months although I kept a much closer eye on what was happening whilst I was away. I eventually came back for a few months to play through the Icecrown Citadel instance, even gearing myself up with an exceptional amount of loot from there, but when I saw that Catalcysm was on the horizon I gave it up once again figuring that anymore effort would be almost for naught very soon. About a month ago I reactivated my account after purchasing the collector’s edition of Cataclysm and have been playing it ever since.
There is of course so much more to this story but in the interests of berevity I’ll spare you the details, at least for now. Needless to say that World of Warcarft has been a very big part of my life for the better part of a decade and will continue to be as long as it’s around. This post was more to show you how I’ve been through almost every aspect of the game, from the high points of end game raiding, to the darkest times of guild dramas and finally ending up here today where I enjoy the game in a way that I’d never envisioned when I first set foot in this virtual world. I’ve tried nearly every other MMORPG out there but none of them has kept me coming back in the way that World of Warcraft does, and that’s a testament to just how good Blizzard is at creating a captivating and engaging world.
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Are Internet Memes Promoting Harmful Drinking Habits?
How memes define and redefine our relationship with alcohol
by Samantha Steiner
I watch a friend as she pulls out her phone, clicks to her photo album, and scrolls to the folder where she keeps her favorite memes. She enlarges the first in the lineup and looks it over quickly before holding it up for me to read. I sense her watching for my reaction.
I push the corners of my mouth into a smile. She swipes a finger across her screen to the next meme. I nod at this one and she swipes on to the next. And to the next. And the next.
The concept of the meme is both broad and narrow. According to Google, a meme is “a humorous image, video, piece of text, etc. that is copied (often with slight variations) and spread rapidly by Internet users.” Any image, any text, made by anyone, as long as it’s getting likes and shares. Memes are only memes if they’re circulating.
Because memes draw their power from the size of their audience, they are made to appeal to as many people as possible. They are meant to be, more than anything else, relatable. They hone in on everyday moments we have all experienced and show characters making faces we ourselves make. The best ones make us exclaim: “That’s me,” “My life!”, “ME.”
In this way, images of fuzzy creatures and stock images are stand-ins for our own faces. Every meme tries to assert, “this is a scene out of your life!” and by hitting the like button, we say, “You got me, it really is.” But memes have an inherent limitation. Because their primary function is to circulate, they tackle moments that are specific but not so specific that it keeps them from being one-size-fits-all. Memes speak to us only in the ways that we are like everyone else.
The result is an Internet littered with images and captions that normalize dangerous drinking behaviors.
But we have not all had the same experiences. Where memes can’t speak to every life narrative, they speak to the dominant ones, and that’s where things get sticky.
Memes often operate on the basis of shock value— the more extreme the ideas in the meme, the more attention it will get. In the past five years, the Internet has mostly been the stomping ground for teenagers and people in their twenties. It’s no surprise, then, that memes are made by and for those born in the Nineties or the Aughts. And since many in this age bracket are exploring alcohol use for the first time, a lot of memes deal with alcohol consumption. The result is an Internet littered with images and captions that normalize dangerous drinking behaviors.
Most memes are supposed to be funny. Many memes are funny. So why look too closely and wreck all that? Isn’t comedy supposed to be one of the few domains where we’re allowed to ditch social responsibility and laugh without thinking too hard?
Memes speak to us only in the ways that we are like everyone else.
While the great magic of comedy is that no topic is off-limits, jokes operate on formulas, and there are rules about how to tackle specific topics. Humor that promotes a dominant narrative isn’t much more than propaganda.
Many memes make light of dangerous drinking habits in ways that shame not only the sober community but also sensible drinkers.
We live in the era of the sound byte. Many of us are spending less time reading books and more time scanning our newsfeeds. The studies are already out. Memes are playing a role in national political debates. They may be encouraging unhealthy eating habits.
Let’s take a closer look at the memes above, going through both rows from left to right:
The first meme mocks a fictive person who does not drink more than one shot. We’re going to take the generous route and assume that this character’s passing out was not a medical emergency. But the image of an Asian individual holds some ugly racial implications.
The second meme glorifies binge drinking by creating an entire crew of binge drinkers and associating them with cartoon heroes. The notion of “the weekend shit show” implies that it is normal to binge drink as regularly as every weekend. Finally, the joke “we can stay out of jail” may not be funny to people who have been incarcerated or who fear racial profiling.
The third meme tries to laugh at itself and the result is cringe-inducing. It presents drunk driving as an obstacle that was overcome and absolves the drinker of all responsibility for their own actions. The pairing of the popular “Success Kid” image with such adult content makes for an uncomfortable juxtaposition between childish attitudes and a horrifying situation.
The final meme is particularly unsettling. I’ve seen more variations on this one than any of the others. It insists that the only acceptable way to celebrate is by consuming alcohol. More than that, the character in this meme doesn’t want to have a drink, but rather to get someone else drunk. Their goal is not to socialize. They are not interested in whether the person they’re speaking to wants to drink at all.
These memes reinforce dominant narratives. They glorify drinking as the only acceptable way to celebrate. And we know memes play a huge role in perpetuating the dangerous stereotype of wine as “mommy’s little helper.” They mock the sober community and sensible drinkers. They ignore the possibility that a person might choose not to binge drink. They enact a form of sober shaming.
Because memes are easy to make and share, it is easy to find and create captions that are both funny and empowering.
We already know that memes are meant to appeal to as many Internet users as possible and that they have the power to warp our ideas about alcohol use by normalizing dangerous drinking behaviors. They also have the power to work in the opposite direction, by normalizing sobriety.
Just as people have reclaimed language to turn hateful words into loving ones, the sober community is reclaiming memes. Because memes are free and easy to make, anyone with Internet access can make one. That means we get to define our relationship with alcohol on our own terms without worrying about appealing to the dominant narratives about alcohol on the Internet.
I’m thinking about my friend and the folder on her phone. I can’t remember now what memes she showed me. But if every meme she saved was in some way a representation of her life, then this collection was an album of her, a narrative of her life that she reads and rereads every time she brings it up on her phone screen. Each time, she internalizes it a little more deeply.
We might not all store memes on our phones, but on some level, we are storing them in our memories.
If we vote with our attention, by liking and sharing the memes that speak to our experiences, then thanks to custom news feeds that quickly learn our tastes, we will continue seeing those kinds of memes. And when we decide what makes it onto our screens and what we define as relatable then we are taking control of our own life stories.
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Wearables continue to see strong growth in Middle East & Africa, says IDC
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Dubai – The Middle East and Africa (MEA) wearables market continued its strong growth trajectory into the first quarter of 2017, according to the latest figures compiled by global ICT research and consulting services firm International Data Corporation (IDC). Bucking a trend that has seen slowdowns in other segments of the personal consumer devices market, IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker for Q1 2017 shows that shipments of wearables were up 30.2% year on year (YoY) in the MEA region.
Intriguingly, while shipments of basic wearables (devices that do not support third-party applications) increased 16.8% YoY, it was the growth of smart wearables (devices that do support third-party applications) that provided much of the market's momentum, with shipments up 64.9% YoY. This marks a considerable turnaround for the market, with Samsung's Gear S3 line of smart watches and Apple's Series 1 and Series 2 smart watch offerings being particularly well received in the market, both by first-time buyers and consumers looking to upgrade.
"The MEA wearables market is in the midst of a major transformation," says Nakul Dogra, a senior research analyst for personal computing, systems, and infrastructure solutions at IDC MEA. "Indeed, we are seeing an evolution of the market from fitness bands to smart wearables such as watches, earwear, and clothing. IDC expects that by the end of 2021, smart wearables will account for 43% of total wearables shipments in the region, up from just 26% in 2016.
"Fashion-conscious consumers now have a variety of smartwatch options to choose from, with sleek designs, myriad strap options, and trendy interfaces being offered by vendors, without compromising on features like responsiveness, sensor performance, battery life, and smartphone interaction. Increasingly, tech firms are collaborating with well-known fashion brands on new offerings to keep consumers interested, and this approach will be instrumental in driving wearables growth as it opens up the devices to new audiences through the inclusion of point of sales in fashion outlets."
IDC expects the MEA wearables market to grow 20.9% YoY in 2017 to reach a total of 2.9 million units. The smart wearables segment will continue to be the prime driver of this growth, with shipments tipped to increase 52.0% YoY. In the longer term, IDC's latest forecast shows the market expanding at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.2% over the 2016–2021 period.
"The next wave of growth for the wearables market will stem from adoption by value-seeking customers and from existing fitness band owners looking to upgrade to smartwatches now that they offer a better value proposition," says Dogra. "Wearables vendors should focus on effectively utilizing the data captured by the sensors on these gadgets so that the day-to-day tasks performed by users can be made more straightforward and less time consuming. The role of third-party application developers will be critical in achieving this, so vendors should look to actively engage with the developer community."
Middle East & Africa Wearables Market – Vendor Shares, Q1 2017
Vendor Share (Units)
Samsung 13.4%
Apple 12.7%
Fitbit 10.9%
i-Life 7.0%
Xiaomi 6.3%
Others 49.8%
To keep pace with the changes taking place in this fast-moving market, IDC has launched its Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker , which assists vendors that are looking to enter this market, promote new product developments, or accelerate the growth of their wearables divisions.
The tracker includes details on products, vendors, and technology trends at both global and country levels, as well as historical market data and five-year forecasts. The report also provides valuable insights into the adoption of core wearable features, such as form factor, connectivity, sensors, operating systems, and applications, and offers invaluable assistance to tech firms looking to develop successful long-term business strategies for wearable devices.
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Don’t just say it – do it, Mr Cameron
David Cameron is exceptionally good at big, decisive announcements, but much less good at following up on them
Lynton Crosby, the Prime Minister’s new strategist, is very keen on 'getting the barnacles off the boat' Photo: Rex Features
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8:41PM BST 02 May 2013
Call it the Crosby Effect. In recent days, the Conservative Party has been starting to sound – well, almost conservative. An expensive, nanny-statish plan to put cigarettes in plain packets has been dropped. The decision to stop giving international aid to South Africa, on the grounds that it doesn’t need it, was trailed by William Hague at megaphone volume. And the Prime Minister has let it be known that he might be prepared to bring forward legislation setting up his promised referendum on Britain’s relationship with the European Union in this parliament rather than the next. Anyone would think there was an election on.
In terms of the referendum suggestion, this is more than welcome – not least since it could well flush out Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband, whose terror of giving the British people a say on this issue is almost palpable. It is part of a process that Lynton Crosby, the Prime Minister’s new strategist, describes as “getting the barnacles off the boat”: forcing the Government to concentrate on a few, big, popular issues rather than being distracted by tinkering for tinkering’s sake.
Of course, there is a certain amount of spin involved. The £19 million in aid to South Africa is a rounding error within the Department for International Development’s budget, which is still swelling with Brownite rapidity. Another potential problem has more to do with the character of Mr Crosby’s employer than with the Australian himself. David Cameron is exceptionally good at big, decisive announcements – such as his initial promise of an EU referendum. He is much less good about engaging in the dogged work of following up on them. It is always possible that, after his EU speech in January, he plunged Whitehall into a frenzy of behind-the-scenes activity, as he and his officials tried to work out exactly what powers could be returned, and what deals could be done. But from the outside, the Coalition’s cherished review of EU competences is making only leisurely progress; the same could be said of Mr Cameron’s discussions with his fellow EU leaders.
What has fed Ukip’s recent success has not, in any event, been Euroscepticism, or even Europhobia. It is a more general hostility towards politics and politicians, who are seen as failing to connect to or deliver for the public. In terms of Europe, one could cite Mr Cameron’s earlier decision to break his “cast-iron guarantee” of a vote on the Lisbon treaty. This was a pragmatic step, but it still broke faith with the voters. Under Mr Crosby’s guiding hand, the Prime Minister has sharpened up both his positioning and his priorities. But the public, and his party, will be less than forgiving if he makes a habit of raising their expectations, only to dash them again.
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Fred Armisen and Bill Hader Say Goodbye to 'Saturday Night Live'
Saturday Night Live said goodbye to two of its biggest stars last night, both in spectacular fashion, and had all time performances from Kanye West. It was a night of teary goodbyes and awkward Ben Affleck jokes. Join us, please, as we send off Stefon and Ian Rubbish in style.
Oh man, after last week's debacle of a cold open it was nice to get some laughs before the credits rolled this time. I don't even know why this cracked me up so much. I hate the cold opens on an almost universal basis, and Kenan Thompson is far from the strongest performer on the show, but this had me giggling from the get go? Maybe I should see a doctor. Or maybe Kenan Thompson's Al Sharpton impression can be funny when he's calling a Tea Party member "Sam Adams," who's from "colonial Williamsburg" (actually Denver, Colorado).
The cold open wasted no time addressing its biggest issue: Ben Affleck is joining the Five Timer's Club and he's not getting the same welcome Justin Timberlake did when he joined just a few months ago. So Bobby Moynihan came out with a custom made T-shirt with a 5 on the front to sing him the Five Timer's Club song. A song that doesn't exist, Affleck soon discovers. There was a weird segway into gag about Affleck's marriage falling apart, complete with a Jennifer Garner cameo, and maybe this would work better if I was older and in a committed relationship. The cue card line was great, though. (That's never a great sign.)
This being Fred Armisen's last show it was nice to see him do one last impression of an insane world leader. In this case it was Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Given the host, this is obviously leading to an Argo joke. Iran's made a response movie telling the story of how Affleck tricked Hollywood, and Ahmadinejad stars in the movie as Affleck. Ahmadinejad has to say "park the car in the Harvard yard," before he reads every line to get the Boston accent right. Affleck eventually appears in the movie as a sound guy, justifying it by saying he's always wanted to appear in a movie "worse than Gigli."
The commercial parody for "Xanax for Gay Summer Weddings" was great for a number of reasons. But we had a hard time getting past Jason Sudeikis and Taran Killam as the fabulous gay couple stressing everyone out. They look too much alike and are practically the same person. Sand Sudeikis' hair is captivating here. He looks like a young Tate Donovan. If Tate Donovan ever had a full head of hair, which you can't convince me ever happened.
Bill Hader saying "I'd stab Sant-y Claus for a sniff o' glue," in an old time-y 1920's accent nearly ended me, so this was his first "we'll miss you" moment of the night. This sketch was an excuse for Affleck and Hader to speak in 1920s accents. They're both great at it, so the sketch works more than it should. But Affleck can't peel his eyes off the cue cards and it detracts from the sketch's real funny parts. He's stiff as a board out there.
The sketch about the gay reform summer camp run by barely reformed gays was... OK. If you ever wanted to see Ben Affleck and Taran Killam almost kiss, or Killam in a crop-top, it was probably a sketch you would enjoy. Too bad they didn't put it online.
Kanye West was up next, debuting his new song "Black Skinhead," continuing the same industrial aesthetic from "New Slaves," the new song he debuted on buildings around the world Friday night. This song goes hard, by the way. Kanye always brings it on Saturday Night Live. His rant seems more and more like some brilliant marketing.
Seth Meyer's delivery was back for Weekend Update after a flat and uneven outing last week. He did have a secret that was likely hard to keep so we can forgive him for an off performance. After a quick rundown of some headlines, he got to the main event: Really?!?! with an assist from Amy Poehler. (That's the second cameo from SNL's famous mid-2000s pack of female cast members to cameo in as many weeks.) Poehler stuck around to deliver some headlines and the smile hasn't left my face since.
And then this happened. We all knew it was coming: the Stefon swan song. What started as a simple dispute about midgets turned into Stefon leaving Seth Meyers for someone else. He left to get married to Anderson Cooper in a church full of Stefon references, but Meyers interrupts Graduate style. Meyers and Stefon return to the Weekend Update set and a recurring cast of Weekend Update characters throw rice on them. A very teary Meyers and Hader embrace one last time. If this sequence doesn't bring a lil' tear to your eye then you probably aren't human.
The next two sketches were duds. Ben Affleck's best sketch of the night was wasted on a weak fake funeral sketch. Some people really enjoy the Hermes Handbags sketches but this reviewer is not one of them. Affleck's Girth Brooks was an excellent addition, though.
West returned to perform "New Slaves" at this point. This song is even more amazing live than it was projected onto a museum or a Prada store. He also let some curse words slip during the live performance. Hey there, censors!
The second to last sketch was about a bunch of Massachusetts cops who can't show emotion at one guy's daughter's engagement barbecue. It was remarkable only for Taran Killam getting the prime slot consistently tonight next to Hader and Sudeikis and Moynihan. If that's not a sign of what's to come next season, I don't know what it. He's going to be a star.
And the last sketch of the night was Fred Armisen's goodbye sketch, reprising his Ian Rubbish character, who brought along guests Steve Jones, Aimee Mann J Mascis and Kim Gordon. "It’s been all right," he sang. "I’ve had a lovely night with you." The New York Times' Dave Itzkoff noticed Armisen had "TY LM I <3 U" written on the guitar strap. The obvious translation there is, "Thank you, Lorne Michaels. I love you." And that was that: Saturday Night Live's weirdest and greatest utility performer took his final bow.
The loss of Armisen and Hader cannot be overstated. Meyers is on his way out in the middle of next season, departing for bigger and better things in the Lorne Michaels late night universe. That makes Jason Sudeikis the last remaining big star on the show. This was also the second year it was rumored he would be leaving, too, only to have the season finale come and go without a send-off. We suspect he's signed a deal for a few more years to help guide the relatively young and inexperienced cast through what will likely be a rough patch. As rough around the edges they are, the remaining cast members are all very strong and have shown flashes of brilliance at one time or another. But have you noticed how little the show's done with Jay Pharaoh since the election ended? If Sudeikis and Meyers leave, Kenan Thompson would be the most senior performer. That's a problem when the two breakout stars are very obviously going to be Kate MacKinnon and Taran Killam. So the show has to learn to grow into its new identity and Sudeikis will likely be the rudder that keeps them, and us, on the straight and narrow while they go through growing pains in Studio 8H. Or, who knows, maybe he'll just make a quiet exit stage left.
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Best Buy Career and Employment Information
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With more than 1,500 stores worldwide, Best Buy is one of the nation's leading electronics retailers. Their locations include large-format and Best Buy Mobile stores, employing more than 125,000 people. The company’s headquarters are in Richfield, Minnesota – a Minneapolis suburb.
The company was founded by Richard Schulze and Gary Smoliak in 1966 as an audio specialty store. In 1983, it was renamed and rebranded with more emphasis placed on consumer electronics.
Best Buy's subsidiaries include Geek Squad, Magnolia Audio Video, Pacific Sales, and Cowboom. In the US, the company operates under Best Buy, Best Buy Mobile, Geek Squad, Magnolia Audio Video, Insignia, and Pacific Sales brands. In Canada: Best Buy, Geek Squad, and Best Buy Mobile; in Mexico: Best Buy, Best Buy Express; and in China: Geek Squad, Best Buy Mobile, and Five Star.
Best Buy describes its employees as "friendly, enthusiastic and willing to help you succeed. Sure, we’re a big company — the world’s largest consumer electronics retailer — but that doesn’t stop us from having fun while doing what we love: bringing technology into people’s lives in meaningful ways."
What Best Buy Sells
Best Buy sells consumer electronics and related products, including cell phones, software, video games, music, digital cameras, computers and home appliances. The company also offers computer repairs, warranty service, and accidental service plans through its Geek Squad brand.
Best Buy Employment Information
Best Buy offers a wide range of employment opportunities, from retail and administrative to corporate careers. Since retail associates are interacting with customers daily, it is essential to have strong interpersonal skills, communication skills, and technology acumen, specifically concerning the products you are selling. Most of the sales positions require a high school diploma, and while a college education is preferred, it is not a necessary credential.
Geek Squad employees may be charged with the delivery, installation, and repair of technology products and equipment. Though the level of experience required depends on the specific position, the ability to solve clients' tech issues on time is key. The soft skills needed are effective communication, teamwork, problem-solving and flexibility.
The majority of corporate employees work at Best Buy’s headquarters in Richmond, Minnesota. For those of you who are not highly skilled in technology, there are a host of careers beyond this focus. Think marketing, finance, legal, administrative, public relations and much more. Of course, there are dozens of job openings for tech applicants, including IT specialists, engineers, software developers and program analysts.
There are also distribution jobs available at Best Buy warehouses around the country. There, employees facilitate moving products throughout the distribution center in areas such as Receiving, Stocking, Shipping, Non-Con, Order Processing, and Replenishment. Warehouse positions offered are both seasonal and year-round.
Additional Best Buy employment information concerning job openings, the company culture, applications, company locations, benefits, and how to apply is available online.
Best Buy Job Listings
Best Buy offers detailed information for the various retail, corporate and administrative job postings online. For military vets and those currently serving, Best Buy matches their specific skills with the appropriate careers through their Military Skills Translator.
Job seekers can search for openings by Best Buy brand, job function, job level, individual store and within a geographic location.
Best Buy Employee Benefits
Best Buy benefits coverage is available to employees, spouses, domestic partners, and dependents. The full-time benefits offered are grouped into three areas: Health and Wealth programs and Other Rewards. The Health benefits include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability and health and dependent care spending account programs. The Wealth benefits include 401(k) and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Best Buy also offers an array of other benefits including time-off programs, employee discount, tuition assistance, vendor accommodation programs and more.
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Home Residents About Washington Township Demographics
Washington Township's diverse demographics provide an excellent base for both small and large businesses and industry. Where not indicated, data is based on the year 2010 and only for the Township (not the surrounding area).
Washington Township plus 5 Mile Radius - General (Estimated)
2010 Total Population 48,559
2010 Total Households 17,287
2010 Median Household Income 79,017
2010 Total Racial Makeup (White) 42,588
2010 Total Racial Makeup (African American) 2,825
2010 Total Racial Makeup (Native American) 52
2010 Total Racial Makeup (Asian) 1,086
2010 Total Racial Makeup (Hispanic or Latino) 1,774
2010 Total Racial Makeup (other races) 1,249
Washington Township Geography [2]
Land - square miles 21.382
Water - square miles 0.218.
Distance from Philadelphia, PA (miles) 8
Distance from New York, NY (miles) 95
Distance from Wilmington, DE (miles) 20
Distance from Atlantic City, NJ (miles) 50
Washington Township Population [1]
2012 (projected) 48,158
Educational -The WT Public School District serves students in grades K-12
Grenloch Terrace Early Childhood Center 583
Bells Elementary 397
Birches Elementary 363
Hurffville Elementary 383
Thomas Jefferson Elementary 320
Wedgwood Elementary 347
Whitman Elementary 390
Bunker Hill Middle School 776
Chestnut Ridge Middle School 679
Orchard Valley Middle School
Washington Township High School 2,688
Blackwood/Turnersville 08012
Glassboro 08028
Grenloch 08032
Pitman 08071
Sicklerville 08081
Sewell 08080
Type Faulkner
Mayor Joann Gattinelli
Clerk Leo Selb
The township had a total of 199.78 miles (321.51 kilometers) of roadways, of which 154.61 miles (248.82 kilometers) are maintained by the municipality, 35.72 miles (57.49 kilometers) by Gloucester County, 8.36 miles (13.45 kilometers) by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and 1.09 miles (1.75 kilometers) by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. Route 42 (Black Horse Pike) heads along the west side of the township, entering in the south from Monroe Township and continuing north for 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) towards Gloucester Township in Camden County, where the road is known as the North-South Freeway. Route 168 (also known as Black Horse Pike) has its southern terminus at Route 42 in Washington Township and heads north along the township border towards Gloucester Township. Route 47 (Delsea Drive) runs along the eastern quarter of the township, entering in the south from Glassboro and proceeding north for 3.2 miles (5.1 kilometers) towards Deptford Township. [94] Route 55 clips the eastern tip of Gloucester Township, extending for 0.4 miles (0.64 kilometers) from Mantua Township in the south to Deptford Township in the north. The Atlantic City Expressway enters from Gloucester Township, and zig-zags through both until its western terminus in Washington Township at Route 42.
County Route 534 (Good Intent Road) enters from Deptford Township on the east and heads into Gloucester Township County Route 555 (Tuckahoe Road) enters from Monroe Township on the west and continues for 1.1 miles (1.8 kilometers) to its terminus at Route 42.
New Jersey Transit's Atlantic City commuter rail line and PATCO Speedline rapid transit are accessible at the Lindenwold (NJT station), located 10 miles (16 kilometers) northeast of the township. NJ Transit bus service is available to Philadelphia on the 315, 400, 403 and 408 routes, with local service on the 463 route.
References & Additional Information
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[WOW] Grocery Store to Anchor Proposed Dunwoody Redevelopment
Ashwood Restaurant Park, a three tenant center along Ashford Dunwoody Road near Perimeter Mall in Dunwoody, could be redeveloped in the coming months, anchored by a new grocery store. An affiliate of Atlanta-based Branch Properties, LLC filed plans in Dunwoody to redevelop the 10 acre property it owns across Ashford Dunwoody Road from Perimeter Village, a Weingarten Realty-owned Walmart Supercenter-anchored center. The project would add new retail and restaurant space, improve the streetscape, and introduce new sidewalks and greenspace, according to the plans.
A 6,800 square foot P.F. Chang's is the only restaurant on the property in business cuurently, following the 2017 closure of Brio Tuscan Grille and the New Years Day 2018 closure of McCormick & Schmick's. Branch is likely planning to buy out the P.F. Chang's lease to allow for the redevelopment to proceed, if approved. Branch may also have space set aside for them in the new development, should they wish to be part of it.
DeKalb County tax records indicate the existing center was developed in 1998.
The grocery store, as shown in the proposed siteplan, would be 25,440 square feet. Plans show 35,400 square feet of additional restaurant and retail space, along with a convenience store and bank. The redevelopment would more than double the amount of leaseable square footage on the property.
The grocery store, unnamed on the siteplan, could be a Publix GreenWise, one of the Florida-based grocer's Whole Foods-like markets. The first Atlanta area GreenWise is set to anchor a new Fuqua Development project in East Cobb and could open as soon as late 2019. When officially confirming the East Cobb store in September, a Publix release said "The company continues to look for additional GreenWise Market locations throughout its operating area."
The size of the grocery anchor matches with the targeted size for new GreenWise stores and Publix operates two nearby locations, one in Dunwoody Hall on Chamblee Dunwoody Road, and another in Publix at Perimeter, a center at the corner of Hammond Drive and Peachtree Dunwoody Road. Publix is reportedly in favor of opening GreenWise stores in close proximity of existing stores. The store could serve as replacement for former shoppers of nearby Sprouts Farmers Market which closed December 23.
Real estate sources tell ToNeTo Atlanta that the roughly 5,400 square foot, sixteen pump convenience store and fuel center is likely to be a QuikTrip. Fuel stores are incredibly rare in the area, with the only one in the immediate vicinity being a 20 pump Exxon station across from Perimeter Mall along Ashford Dunwoody Road.
As far as banking possibilities, Regions is a likely candidate for the 2,800 square foot bank site given their recent growth spurt in metro Atlanta, including new branches in North Decatur Square near Decatur and on Johnson Ferry Road in East Cobb, among other branches.
A large retention pond on the property, a popular amenity for restaurant patrons electing to sit on a patio, would be filled in to allow for parking and retail buildings along Ashford-Dunwoody, according to the siteplan.
The project is set to go before Dunwoody’s Zoning Board of Appeals Thursday, February 7.
Branch Properties revived plans in 2017 to redevelop a freestanding former bank nearby, but as of this fall, real estate sources indicate the plan is again dead. The property, 84 Perimeter Center East, would have been redeveloped into an approximately 200 room, twelve story hotel as well as about 50,000 square feet of retail & restaurant space between two buildings.
Are you in favor of the proposed redevelopment? Do you think the area can handle all that is being proposed? What restaurants or retailers would you like to see open in the redevelopment if it gets approved?
Please share your thoughts below.
Labels: C-store, Eateries, Grocery, Retail by Atlantan99
CloseOTP said...
I imagine there will be fierce opposition to this plan. Traffic is horrid in that area. Dunwoody residents will fight it.
Maybe I'm looking at the site plan wrong, but is this filling in the huge retaining pond on the property? I doubt the city would be happy with that. Also, CloseOTP is right about the traffic.
The city council cannot stop this they're only asking for a variance with VBA. This is tragicatra ugly with all that parking and marginal retail
Steve Barton said...
I hate the Canadian geese. This will reduce the geese in the area, good. My wife is looking for replacement for Sprouts, good. I would love to have a QT on my daily commute from SFD Dunwoidy to State Farm, good. Winner all around for this 22 yr Dunwoody resident.
Adrienne Duncan said...
The Dunwoody Homeowners Association will host a representative from Galloway Law Group (representing Branch Properties) THIS Sunday January 6 at 7:30 PM. NOrth DeKalb Cultural Center 5339 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Room 4. This looks like it may be the only opportunity for public dialogue before the project goes to ZBA to request approval.
I like the pond. Hope they don't follow through on that part of the plan.
They certainly aren't going to leave the pond there - it is too big. They'll move the storm water retention underground. I agree with Mr. Barton above that the geese are a menace. They poop all over the place. I don't think you'll see as much opposition to this development as some think. The area is absolutely in need of another gas station. That Exxon charges whatever they want because there is zero competition, and they take full advantage of it with sky high gas prices.
Forget that traffic is already really bad -- as long as Steve Barton can get his QT on the way to State Farm in the morning
For the record - the traffic there was already bad before Sembler redeveloped the old closed Bell offices into the SuperTarget development there. That was supposed to bring the traffic apocalypse, but it actually improved traffic by creating avenues on both sides of the development.
Back when this development had all three restaurants, I used to hate the required valet parking. Especially when there were 300 open parking spaces right there but you had to pay some guy to park your car for you.
You want your fake lake to remain yet you didn’t patronize the restaurants that were built around it and they had to close. This development will be great for this corridor. It is a multimillion dollar property and you expect the owners to sit on it just so you can see a lake out of the corner of your eye when you are passing by on the way to Dine elsewhere.
Regarding Mr. Barton's comments: these comments are so stupid. You mention that you are a resident for 22 years so this means that you enjoyed Dunwoody as is for that long, otherwise, you would have moved out. So during that time, you purchased gas at BP and Chevron in Dunwoody and you shopped for groceries at First Market, Krogers, and Publix and had Wal Mart and Target available which are across the street from the proposed development. And you had Trader Joes and Whole Foods in nearby Sandy Springs. Additionally, Krogers has increased organic foods selection. And there is Costco nearby. Sprouts has only been in Dunwoody for a very brief time so you must have enjoyed all the other grocery stores mentioned since you didn't move out. So now you think a new grocery store is needed. That sounds so stupid and bizarre. You somehow lived fine with all the grocers but now you need another option. Aside from the stupidity of that comment, there is no guarantee that the world is going to flock to a new grocer at that location (they won't - they have Wal Mart, Target, Publix, Kroger, Costco). Regarding the pond, there is no inherent right for any owner of any property to be granted whatever variance that they want so they can build whatever density that they want. A feature and valuable part of the best towns/cities is having some open space versus developing and paving every square inch. Maybe the city can purchase some or just not approve any variance. Regarding QuickTrip, it is nice and I enjoy it, but that location is a bit bizarre for that. Our lives will not all be made better with a QT at that location. There is a desire for less banks in Dunwoody and more restaurants or whatever, but there is no desire for more gas stations. Folks moving in are paying a lot for homes and a lot in taxes, and for long-time homeowners like you to be able to have enjoyed Dunwoody as is (based on hardwork of older residents who fought for setbacks, limited density, etc) and then favor high-density, is an insult to the new homeowners who will be further bogged down with more density and traffic. As for geese, they are not native to this area and should be removed - simple to do if the county/state put together a plan. Building this density in order to move geese is yet another stupid comment. Was that comment a joke or was that serious?
Regarding comment on Jan 4 on the fake lake and blaming citizens for not patronizing restaurants: the restaurants seemed to do well and were supported for a while. So why blame citizens for non-patronizing when in fact, they did patronize them? There is a theory in business that most businesses close after time as part of the ebb and flow of business. In this case, it appears that there is just too much retail in that area (and everywhere). There are not enough folks out there who can visit all the retail locations forever. Everyone doesn't shop every day at every location. Adding more retail there is not going to work. And the proposed development with no setbacks and stores up against the street are not inviting. It ends up looking like a giant cluster of buildings. This occurred at the Kroger plaza in Sandy Springs on Hammond across from Whole Foods. They redid that several years ago and added too much retail and placed the buildings up against the street. It has a very uninviting feel to it and there is too much retail. Same thing happened at Prado in Brookhaven, the plaza with Target and the brewery. There was a lot of retail placed in there during redevelopment and it has an uninviting feel from the outside as well as having too much retail. All this density is too much - there are not enough folks with available incomes to patronize all these stores.
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Recursion: A Novel (Hardcover)
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“As soon as I saw Blake Crouch’s name, I scooped this book up. As a huge fan of Dark Matter, I knew I was in for a treat. In his newest, Crouch quickly reveals the cause of the ‘fake memories’ that are plaguing the population, but the twists and thrills just keep coming. I haven’t been this satisfied with a book in a long time. Hitting and exceeding all of my expectations, this one will be hard to beat as my favorite book of the year.”
— Mary Salazar, The Country Bookshop, Southern Pines, NC
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of Dark Matter and the Wayward Pines trilogy comes a relentless thriller about time, identity, and memory—his most ambitious, mind-boggling, irresistible work to date, and the inspiration for Shondaland’s upcoming Netflix film.
“An action-packed, brilliantly unique ride that had me up late and shirking responsibilities until I had devoured the last page . . . a fantastic read.”—Andy Weir, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Martian
Memory makes reality. That’s what New York City cop Barry Sutton is learning as he investigates the devastating phenomenon the media has dubbed False Memory Syndrome—a mysterious affliction that drives its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived.
Neuroscientist Helena Smith already understands the power of memory. It’s why she’s dedicated her life to creating a technology that will let us preserve our most precious moments of our pasts. If she succeeds, anyone will be able to re-experience a first kiss, the birth of a child, the final moment with a dying parent.
As Barry searches for the truth, he comes face-to-face with an opponent more terrifying than any disease—a force that attacks not just our minds but the very fabric of the past. And as its effects begin to unmake the world as we know it, only he and Helena, working together, will stand a chance at defeating it.
But how can they make a stand when reality itself is shifting and crumbling all around them?
Praise for Recursion
“Blake Crouch has invented his own brand of page-turner—fearlessly genre-bending, consistently surprising, and determined to explode the boundaries of what a thriller can be.”—Karin Slaughter, #1 internationally bestselling author of Pieces of Her
“Brilliant. Crouch’s innovative novels never fail to grip!”—Sarah Pekkanen, #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of The Wife Between Us and An Anonymous Girl
“A masterful mind-bender of a novel. Crouch brilliantly infuses his story with dire repercussions and unexpected moral upheaval, and leaves you wondering what you would do if you had the chance to turn back the clock.”—Mark Sullivan, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of the Private series and author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Blake Crouch is a novelist and screenwriter. His novels include the New York Times bestseller Dark Matter and the internationally bestselling Wayward Pines trilogy, which was adapted into a teleivsion series for FOX. He also co-created the TNT show Good Behavior, based on his Letty Dobesh novellas. He lives in Colorado.
“Crouch isn’t just a world-class thriller writer, he’s a Philip K. Dick for the modern age. Recursion takes mind-twisting premises and embeds them in a deeply emotional story about time and loss and grief and most of all, the glory of the human heart.”—Gregg Hurwitz, #1 internationally bestselling author of the Orphan X series
“Cutting-edge science drives this intelligent, mind-bending thriller. . . . Crouch effortlessly integrates sophisticated philosophical concepts—such as the relationship of human perceptions of what is real to actual reality—into a complex and engrossing plot. Michael Crichton’s fans won’t want to miss this one.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“An exciting, thought-provoking mind-bender . . . Returning to a few of the themes he explored in Dark Matter, Crouch delivers a bullet-fast narrative and raises the stakes to a fever pitch. A poignant love story is woven in with much food for thought on grief and the nature of memories and how they shape us, rounding out this twisty and terrifying thrill ride.”—Kirkus Reviews
Publisher: Crown
Publication Date: June 11th, 2019
Fiction / Thrillers / Technological
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Fiction / Science Fiction / Action & Adventure
Library Binding, Large Print (July 24th, 2019): $33.99
CD-Audio (June 11th, 2019): $40.00
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NATURE-NURTURE?
Risky Genes May Have Large Benefits
Updated 04.25.17 11:57AM ET / Published 11.30.09 6:12AM ET
While "dandelion" children can thrive in almost any sort of environment, "orchid" children are vulnerable and fragile, writes David Dobbs in an Atlantic feature. But new approaches in psychology and genetics question the age-old assumption that environmental stressors inevitably cause already vulnerable personalities to sink into antisocial behaviors such as depression, anxiety, and violence. Though such thinking is not necessarily false, there may be an undiscovered upside to being born with a genetic sensitivity to trauma. New research in biological psychiatry suggests that what were previously identified as "risk alleles"—or less than ideal DNA sequences—may in fact have benefits as well. Positive triggers, such as good parenting, can lead individuals with these genetic sequences to be resistant to negative social behaviors. The theory would explain why such detrimental genes continue to survive natural selection. In one experiment, scientists isolated children with the "risk allele" and protected them against negativity, by teaching them specific coping skills. Not only did this group do better than their control counterparts, they "blew right by" them. The new genetic theories again emphasize that nature and nurture cannot be separated.
Read it at The Atlantic
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How Denmark plans to get more women in leading jobs
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Women attend a conference for female business leaders in 2015. File photo: Sara Gangsted / Ritzau Scanpix
There are too few women in leading roles at Danish companies, and change in the area is currently too slow, Minister for Gender Equality Eva Kjer Hansen has said.
In partnership with Copenhagen Business School and seven different recruitment firms, Hansen has announced a new ‘codex’ which she believes will have a positive impact on the issue.
“I can see that it is taking too long and that we are not making enough progress in regard to getting enough women at this level. And that is unfortunate, because it means we are not using the full talent potential of Danish society,” the minister said.
“We still have far too few women in leadership positions and on boards,” she added.
According to Hansen’s ministry, just under 15 percent of directors and 19 percent of board members at Danish companies are women.
Over half of all companies in Denmark do not have a single woman on their boards, according to the gender equality ministry.
The so-called codex developed by the ministry, CBS and recruitment firms includes eight principles which the participating recruitment agencies will be obliged to follow. This will mean a minimum of 33 percent of candidates put forward by the agencies for their customers will be women.
Additionally, the codex will aim to increase awareness of subconscious or unintended prejudices which can influence the recruitment process.
One firm to have signed up to the scheme is Spencer Stuart, which specialises in the recruitment and assessment of candidates for executive roles.
Tobias Petri, a partner in the company, supports the initiative.
“We need to increasingly look at what female candidates can do, rather than what they have done in the past. That will bring focus more onto skills, rather than experience,” Petri said.
While he hopes the codex can change the current status quo, he stressed that companies also needed to get on board.
The recruitment firms will report the results of the scheme to CBS, which will monitor its overall effect. The university will publish an annual report on its progress.
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These Are Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle's Most Influential Looks in 2019
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From Princess Margaret's iconic style to Meghan Markle's wedding reception dress.
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Palácio do Freixo
Palácio de Freixo
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Palace of Freixo gardens
Palace of Freixo interior
Pousada do Palácio do Freixo
Palácio do Freixo interior
Freixo Palace
Located on the eastern edge of Porto, on the banks of the River Douro is one of the finest Baroque houses to be found in Portugal. It was built in the mid-18th century to a design by Nicolau Nasoni, one of Portugal's most famous architects. Nasoni is perhaps best known for the Mateus Palace and Tower of Clerigos, both considered Baroque masterpieces.
The Palace at Freixo was built for a canon from a wealthy family, although it was soon sold on to local industrialist, António Afonso Velado. It was during his tenure that the gardens were landscaped in an Italian style with various themed sculptures and features. It was also during this time that the first factory was built on the site; a small soap factory.
In the 20th century there was a good deal of industrial development on the adjacent plot resulting in the strange juxtaposition of Baroque manor house and factory building we have now. The large red factory building with its towering chimney were owned by the Companhia de Moagens Harmonia (Harmony Milling Company).
Today the Palace of Freixo is a state-owned pousada offering accommodation. Both the palace and neighbouring mill are available to stay in and house large events or meetings.
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Nerve agent attack: Hopes raised Skripals could assist police investigation – Sky News
Sergei Skripal is said to be "improving rapidly", just days after daughter Yulia released her first statement since the attack.
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The recovery of poisoned spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia has raised hopes the pair could provide new clues to officers investigating the nerve agent attack in Salisbury.
It was revealed on Friday that the former Russian double agent is no longer in a critical condition and is "responding well to treatment" at Salisbury District Hospital, more than a month after he and Ms Skripal were found unconscious on a park bench in the Wiltshire city, Sky News wrote.
Both had been left fighting for their lives after being exposed to novichok, a substance designed to do "irreparable" damage to the body.
Hospital medical director Dr Christine Blanshard has dismissed talk of when they could be discharged as "speculation", but with Ms Skripal now well enough to have issued her first statement since the attack, and her father said to be "improving rapidly", they could soon be well enough to assist the investigation into how they were poisoned.
Police believe they first came into contact with the novichok agent at Mr Skripal's home, with the highest concentration found on his front door.
The remains of the 66-year-old's two guinea pigs and cat, which died in the aftermath of the attack, were incinerated after being examined at Porton Down.
Moscow, which continues to deny accusations that it was behind the attack, had asked the UK government to provide information about the fate of the animals and suggested their incineration represented the disposal of an "inconvenient piece of evidence".
"It remains unclear if their remains were ever tested for toxic substances, which would constitute useful evidence, and if not, why such a decision was made," said the Russian embassy in London.
Russia is also unhappy that the Home Office has refused to grant a visa to Ms Skripal's cousin, Viktoria Skripal, who earlier this week told Russian TV that Yulia and her father could soon be allowed home.
She later told Sky News she thought Britain "had something to hide", and suggested her family members had merely suffered from food poisoning.
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But a Home Office spokesman has said the pair are "likely to have ongoing medical needs".
They said: "We are very pleased that both Mr Skripal and his daughter Yulia are improving.
"This is a tribute to the hardworking and talented NHS staff in Salisbury who have provided outstanding care.
"The NHS will continue to provide ongoing care for the Skripals, both of whom are likely to have ongoing medical needs.
"Let us be clear, this was attempted murder using an illegal chemical weapon that we know Russia possesses."
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has also paid tribute to the work of staff at the hospital, and described the improvement in the Skripals' condition as "great news".
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School Feeding or General Food Distribution? Quasi-Experimental Evidence on the Educational Impacts of Emergency Food Assistance during Conflict in Mali
We rely on a unique precrisis baseline and five-year follow-up to investigate the effects of emergency school feeding and general food distribution (GFD) on children’s schooling during conflict in Mali. We estimate programme impact on child enrolment, absenteeism and attainment by combining difference in differences with propensity score matching. School feeding led to increases in enrolment by 11 percentage points and to about an additional half-year of completed schooling. Attendance among boys residing in households receiving GFD, however, declined by about 20 per cent over the comparison group. Disaggregating by conflict intensity showed that receipt of any programme led to rises in enrolment mostly in high-intensity conflict areas and that the negative effects of GFD on attendance were also concentrated in the most affected areas. Conversely, school feeding mostly raised attainment among children residing in areas not in the immediate vicinity of the conflict. Programme receipt triggered adjustments in child labour. Thus, school feeding led to lower participation and time spent in work among girls, while GFD raised children’s labour, particularly among boys. The educational implications of food assistance should be considered in planning humanitarian responses to bridge the gap between emergency assistance and development by promoting children’s education.
Elisabetta Aurino; Jean-Pierre Tranchant; Amadou Sekou Diallo; Aulo Gelli
Growing Inequality and Unequal Opportunities in Rich Countries
Inequality can have wide-ranging effects on communities, families and children. Income inequality (measured through the Gini index) was found to have an association with higher levels of peer violence in 35 countries (Elgar et al. 2009) and to influence the use of alcohol and drunkenness among 11- and 13-year olds (Elgar et al. 2005). On a macro level, countries with greater income inequality among children have lower levels of child well-being and higher levels of child poverty (Toczydlowska et al. 2016). More worrying still is that growing inequality reinforces the impact of socio-economic status (SES) on children’s outcomes, limiting social mobility. Concern about growing inequality features prominently on the current international development agenda. Goal 10 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) calls specifically to reduce inequality within and among countries, while the concept of ‘leaving no one behind’ reflects the spirit of greater fairness in society. But with a myriad of measures and definitions of inequality used in literature, the focus on children is often diluted. This brief contributes to this debate by presenting child-relevant distributional measures that reflect inequality of outcomes as well as opportunity for children in society, over time.
Emilia Toczydlowska; Zlata Bruckauf
The State of Evidence on Social Cash Transfers in Africa: Transfer Project Workshop Brief 2017
The annual workshop of the Transfer Project, “The State of Evidence on Social Cash Transfers in Africa” focused on new challenges arising from moving from fragmented programmes to integrated social protection systems, combining cash transfers with complementary (also referred to as ‘plus’) interventions, as well as the assessment of social protection in emergency contexts.
Michelle Mills; Gean Spektor; Max Terzini
Comparing Child-focused SDGs in High-income Countries: Indicator development and overview
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The new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development aim to build on the achievements made under the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by broadening their scope and building upon a consultative process. The MDGs contributed to substantial social progress in eight key areas: poverty; education; gender equality; child mortality; maternal health; disease; the environment; and global partnership. The SDGs not only include a greater number of development goals than the MDGs, but are also global in focus, including advanced economies for the first time. This paper draws attention to the main challenges the 2030 Agenda presents for rich countries, by highlighting a set of critical child specific indicators, evaluating countries’ progress towards meeting the Goals, and highlighting gaps in existing data. The paper will inform UNICEFs Report Card 14, Building the Future: Children and the Sustainable Development Goals in Rich Countries.
Dominic Richardson; Zlata Bruckauf; Emilia Toczydlowska; Yekaterina Chzhen
Sustainable Development Goal 1.2: Multidimensional child poverty in the European Union
The new universal Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call for “reducing at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions” by 2030.
Yekaterina Chzhen; Zlata Bruckauf; Emilia Toczydlowska
Migration and Inequality: Making policies inclusive for every child
Drawing on Europe’s experience, this brief provides a cross-country comparative overview of inequality affecting children in the migration pathway, who are often described as 'children on the move'. Following a brief overview of the policy and practice in relation to various categories of refugee and migration children in Europe, it reflects on the performance of the countries with regard to Target 10.7 of the SDG.
Emilia Toczydlowska; Bina D'Costa
Not Refugee Children, Not Migrant Children, But Children First: Lack of a systematic and integrated approach
This brief takes a deep dive in the semantics and conceptual issues in the children and migration discourse, and highlights some of the key implementation gaps. It offers a summary of the risks, vulnerabilities and protection needs of children as refugees and migration in Europe. Using the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child as the normative frameworks, this brief also emphasizes how the voices of children in migration pathway must be heard and respected.
Bina D'Costa; Emilia Toczydlowska
Factors Associated with Good and Harsh Parenting of Pre-Adolescents and Adolescents in Southern Africa
This working paper presents findings from the analyses of two different observational studies of caregiver-pre-adolescent and caregiver-adolescent dyads.
Sachin De Stone; Franziska Meinck; Lorraine Sherr; Lucie Cluver; Jenny Doubt; Frederick Mark Orkin; Caroline Kuo; Amogh Sharma; Imca Hensels; Sarah Skeen; Alice Redfern; Mark Tomlinson
Can Unconditional Cash Transfers Lead to Sustainable Poverty Reduction? Evidence from two government-led programmes in Zambia
In sub-Saharan Africa, the poorest region in the world, the number of cash transfer programmes has doubled in the last five years and reaches close to 50 million people. What is the impact of these programmes, and do they offer a sustained pathway out of ultra-poverty? In this paper we examine these questions using experimental data from two unconditional cash transfer programmes implemented by the Government of Zambia. We find far-reaching effects of these two programmes, not just on their primary objective, food security and consumption, but also on a range of productive and economic outcomes. After three years, we observe that household spending is 59 per cent larger than the value of the transfer received, implying a sizeable multiplier effect. These multipliers work through increased non-farm business activity and agricultural production.
Sudhanshu Handa; Luisa Natali; David Seidenfeld; Gelson Tembo; Benjamin Davis
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Vietnam to host regional amateur golf championship
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Hoiana Shores Creates Dedicated, Golf-Specific Staffing Source
The inaugural class of golf maintenance students at the HOIANA-Quang Nam Vocational Training Centre in Duy Phuoc, Vietnam.
Hoi An, Vietnam: In preparation for its opening in 2019, Hoiana Shores Golf Club has secured a long-term pipeline of trained staff through its innovative investment in the Quang Nam-based Golf Operations and Maintenance Vocational College, the first such golf-specific enterprise in Asia.
The first graduating class of maintenance staffers will join the grounds crew at Hoiana Shores this month, while the inaugural class of caddies started on December 10, 2018. All students from this programme are guaranteed employment with Hoiana Shores Golf Club.
After five years of supplying staff directly to Hoiana Shores (in addition to its sister hotel and casino development next door), the school itself will be turned over directly to Quang Nam Peoples Committee.
“Vietnam today is widely seen as the most active course development market in the world – there are 45 courses now in operation and another 20-plus in some stage of development,” said Ben Styles, Vice President of Golf & Residential Development at Hoiana Shores Golf Club, a Golf Course Facility Member of the Asian Golf Industry Federation.
He added: “Nowhere in the country has development been so active than here on the Central Coast. There has been an explosion of development, golf and otherwise, and Quang Nam Province has wisely supported this activity with a local tourism college that has trained of thousands of resort and hotel workers to date.
“However, a golf course has specific needs when it comes to staff. Even someone with superb hospitality training doesn’t know how to handle a greens mower … or read the undulations of golf greens, or handle point-of-sale software specific to golf shops. This is the first programme with a specialised autonomous ‘bricks and mortar’ home ever created in Asia and judging from the reactions we’ve received from within the golf industry, it’s poised to meet a glaring need.”
The instruction staff at the Golf Operations and Maintenance Vocational College (from left) Director of Golf Kelly Nguyen, Sandy Nguyen, Minh Nguyen and Course Superintendent Rob Weiks.
Hoiana Shores GC, designed by Robert Trent Jones II, will ‘soft open’ this summer with a grand opening scheduled for late 2019. Since his 2007 arrival in Vietnam, Styles, a native Australian PGA member, has witnessed first-hand the development boom. He did so while developing and/or managed a handful of the country’s elite golf properties. Labour, staff and training have been persistent issues throughout his tenure, he says.
“This problem isn’t particular to Vietnam. We’ve all seen how golf courses across Southeast Asia open in a certain condition, with certain agronomic and hospitality standards, only to abandon those standards over time,” Styles said. “That’s a result of staff not being trained up properly by the time the original superintendent, Director of Golf or the original General Manager moves on. At the same time, here in Danang and Hoi An, demand for skilled staff has clearly outpaced supply.”
The Golf Operations and Maintenance Vocational College (GOMVC) is part of HOIANA-Quang Nam Vocational Training Centre, located in Duy Phuoc district, some 10 kilometres from HOIANA in a formerly derelict school complex. According to Styles, Hoiana Shores has so far spent more than US$300,000 rehabbing and outfitting the college, which, on account of the curriculum here, surely boasts the most manicured school grounds in all of Vietnam.
The first class of 24 students arrived in October 2018, in the course maintenance curriculum. Technically, they arrived as employees of Hoiana Shores GG. When they graduate this month, they will transition directly to their work at the golf property proper, where the grassing of golf holes is already underway.
Meanwhile, 25 caddie and golf operations students, who started their own distinct curriculum on December 10, will be fully trained prior to the soft opening in June.
The course superintendent at Hoiana Shores GC, Rob Weiks, is the turf expert who supplied an international-standard syllabus for the course maintenance curriculum at GOMVC. His HSGC colleague, Director of Golf Kelly Nguyen, did likewise on the caddie and operations front. Each graduate, in either track, will receive the first-ever accredited degrees for Golf Operations and Maintenance in Vietnam.
“Without those degrees accredited by the Vietnamese Government, golf course workers in Vietnam are not recognised as professionals with legitimate wage-earning positions,” Styles said. “That may sound like a bureaucratic fine point, but it’s not. Right now, golf course workers are not so recognised, by the Government, and so they cannot do things like go and get a bank loan, for example. This accreditation is a huge development for VN nationals who work in the golf business.”
Styles was quick to point out the assistance GMOVC has received from golf industry companies like LinksShape, the outfit now building the RTJ II-designed course at Hoiana Shores. Hong Kong-based LinksShape donated its time in constructing an on-campus fairway, two putting greens and a bunkered short game area so students can practice agronomic technique on authentic golf course features.
Styles also cited the contribution of Sports Turf Solutions, which has supported the venture by donating the full complement of maintenance equipment for the students to learn and practice on.
“We’ve received so much support, I think because people in the golf industry recognise the need and want to see it succeed, then replicated all across Southeast Asia,” Styles said. “Obviously, Hoiana Shores has self-interest here. We’re creating a direct pipeline of talent for five years. After that time, however, we shall hand over the college to the province, whereupon we anticipate the programme will continue to provide that talent pipeline for our resort – and golf properties across the country. It’s our desire and commitment to build up a sustainable golf industry where Vietnamese talents are prepared to run it.”
The article "Hoiana Shores Creates Dedicated, Golf-Specific Staffing Source" was originally published on https://www.agif.asia/2019/01/hoiana-shores-creates-dedicated-golf-specific-staffing-source/
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We never heard anyone express a deep longing to come to Taiwan. Sure, we all know about Taiwan - it's difficult history with China - but we don't necessarily include Taiwan on the list of places that must be visited. We got a wild hair about visiting Taiwan when we decided to visit both South Korea and Japan. I mean, why not explore Taiwan? It's right here.
So we started doing some research and grew more and more convinced that we must visit. We're so glad that we did. There's a complex history for the island that includes the Portuguese, the Dutch, the Japanese and, of course, the Chinese. But before all of these settlers, there were Aboriginal people who were much more in line with the Maori than with any of the surrounding areas.
Geographically, the island is lush and mountainous and beachy. Taipei is totally cosmopolitan and is one of the most amazing Asian cities we've visited. People are welcoming and hospitable and we just instantly fell in love with the place. We were so smitten, in fact, we started talking about coming back after only two days in town.
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Where We Stayed - Dandy Hotel Tianjin Branch
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Where We Stayed - Swiio Hotel Da'an
We absolutely loved our stay at the Swiio Hotel Da’an in Taipei, Taiwan. Service was great, the room was modern and lovely but the breakfast was so-so. All of this with a free mini bar (no alcohol) and laundry to boot! What’s not to love?
Dadaocheng Traditional Food Tour - Hosted by Taipei Eats
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Elephant Mountain Walk in Taipei, Taiwan
Our trip up the many, many stairs of Elephant Mountain in Taipei, Taiwan found us encountering a man who taught us some acupressure, some orchids, an iridescent salamander-y creature, some toads, large spiders, a man exercising in the park and countless view of Taipei 101. This is definitely a great walk to do if you find yourselves with amazing weather while in Taipei.
Soap Making Class at Uni Jun in Taipei
I could go on and on about how much fun we had making soap at Uni Jun in Taipei but I tailored myself to just give you some idea of how much I love this shop and their product. What a great way to spend a few hours.
Throwing Moon Blocks at the Lungshan Temple
I absolutely love fortune telling, rituals and "other worldly" woo woo-i-ness. So when asked if someone in our tour group would like to throw some ritual moon blocks for fortune telling, I was all in. I was made so happy with the practice that I tried it again on my own at a second temple. I think I might need some of these moon blocks of my own.
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Why Chris Messina’s Mindy Project Striptease Was About More Than Just the Eye Candy
Joanna Robinson
This season of The Mindy Project kicked off with a bang. Viewers worried that Mindy Kaling’s rom-com–inspired sitcom would fizzle in its third season were in for a pleasant surprise. Kaling more than delivered on her promise that the show would be just as interesting now that the central couple moved from “will they/won’t they?” to “oh, snap, they definitely did.” The episode's most talked-about scene will be its closer, which featured Chris Messina’s character Dr. Danny Castellano performing a lengthy striptease for his girlfriend, Dr. Mindy Lahiri. While there was plenty of crowd-pleasing eye candy for all the Messina fans out there, this scene was about more than just titillation. It’s not just about the candy, it’s about the eyes.
Chris Messina Mindy Project Dance
Mindy’s role as spectator and the gender dynamic flip at play here might be more significant than you realize. In a post–Magic Mike world, Danny on display may not seem all that groundbreaking. But don’t forget that when it comes to network sitcoms, women are still often seen as objects and prizes to be won. And even in a broader TV landscape increasingly populated by strong and complicated women, the female gaze that Kaling pulls off here is actually fairly rare.
What, exactly, is the female gaze? It’s the yin to the male gaze’s yang—the decidedly female viewpoint that can objectify its subject but, more importantly, empowers the person doing the gazing.
As the writer, creator, and star of her own somewhat autobiographical show, Kaling is often compared to Lena Dunham of Girls. Dunham does great work with the female gaze, but prefers to use it as a mirror and a tool for self-examination. Even in the much discussed Season 2 episode “One Man’s Trash,” for which some accused Dunham of indulging in female “wish fulfillment” by pairing her character with a handsome stranger played by Patrick Wilson, Dunham’s Hannah, more than Wilson’s Joshua, was the one on display. Though Hannah took a dominant role, she was still more naked than he was and more emotionally vulnerable. This was the female gaze turned inward. And for all its backlash, the episode is actually quite dark and hardly the frivolous, self-serving fantasy it was made out to be.
Perhaps it’s unfair to compare Dunham to Kaling when, tonally, their shows are so different. Let’s look, instead, at Kaling’s Fox sister-in-sitcom, Zooey Deschanel’s Jessica Day. New Girl, created by Elizabeth Meriwether, has a lot of enjoyable dynamics, but Jess as empowered possessor of the female gaze is not one of them. Her approach to sex is cartoonishly immature, even though it’s miles ahead of her male counterparts. But compare this bespectacled look from Jess . . .
. . . to the similar one from Kaling above. Mindy, who is not without cartoonish moments herself, is all hungry eyes, whereas Jess always seems like a kid play-acting at being a grown-up.
Widen the sitcom scope to Kaling’s NBC counterparts, like Liz Lemon on 30 Rock or Leslie Knope on Parks and Recreation, and you still don’t see the kind of frank sexual appetite Mindy exhibited last night. Tina Fey always played Liz’s sexual quirks and incompetence for laughs. While we’ll give Knope some credit for her fixation on and appreciation for a certain portion of her husband Ben Wyatt’s anatomy; it’s still a girlish kind of appreciation that, though perfectly in line with Leslie’s wide-eyed approach to the world, is different than what Kaling has done. I’m not trying to tear down other sitcom women in order to praise Mindy. I’m just pointing out the rarity of what she’s bringing to the table. Brief shout out here to FX’s splendid You’re The Worst and Comedy Central’s Broad City and Inside Amy Schumer none of which tidily fit into the role of classic sitcom but all of which are doing great work in the realm of the female gaze.
Even in the more explicit realm of prestige cable programming, you still won’t find an abundance of the confident female-on-male gaze. True Blood did some worthy work, especially in its last season, balancing the gender nudity divide. But the most lascivious gazes here were often male on male. The female gaze on display on Jenji Kohan’s Orange Is the New Black on Netflix is groundbreaking in its own right, but removes men from the equation (almost) entirely.
Outlander is promising to plunge headlong into the woman-on-top game next week, so stay tuned for that. But even Michelle Ashford’s Masters of Sex, which features, in Lizzy Caplan’s Virginia Johnson, a woman fully in possession of her own sexual identity, also constantly puts that woman in a submissive position to her domineering partner in sex and science, Bill Masters. Those exceptions aside, the prestige cable landscape is dominated by the Game of Thrones approach to nudity. Which with one, all too brief exception, is dominated by the heterosexual male gaze.
So let’s give Kaling credit for what she’s done here, and what she’s been doing all along. Her role as show creator can’t be understated. (She’s a fucking Indian woman who has her own fucking network television show, O.K.?) And she’s always been very aware of how she employs her charismatic co-star Chris Messina. This is a woman fully in control of her character and she cleverly reflects that control and power back on the screen. Because every time that Kaling puts Messina on display, she puts herself right on the edge of frame, watching. This was true in the excellent Season 2 episode “Weiner Night” and in Messina’s very popular Aaliyah dance from “Christmas Party Sex Trap.”
It was true from the very beginning of last night’s episode . . .
. . . all the way until the end, when Mindy reached out, broke the voyeuristic barrier, and took action. The troubling dynamic that emerged earlier in the episode (Mindy promising Danny that she’ll change “the very core of me” to make their relationship work) is erased in a single tug of his necktie. Diamond Dan’s dance was not only a payoff of the episode’s running joke, it was a moment that was completely earned by the emotional substance the preceded it.
Not bad work at all for a show that, starting out, was accused of indulging in too many rom-com tendencies. Kaling still loves her “girly” clichés; she turned out a loving pastiche of and tribute to classic female rom-com wish fulfillment in last season’s finale. But girly clichés don’t preclude grown-up desires. Remember that the finale’s grand romantic gesture and late-night dash to the Empire State Building ended with Mindy and Danny pawing each other on the ground. In short, who’s to say Kaling can’t have her cake and eat it too?
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Yemen Houthis strike airport and power station in Saudi Arabia
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…from Southfront
Late on July 8, Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement (also known as the Houthis) carried out a new strike on infrastructure targets in southern Saudi Arabia.
Through the al-Masirah television network, the Yemeni movement revealed that the Abha airport in the Saudi region of Asir and the Tihama power plant, which is located eight kilometers northeast of Abha were struck with Qasef-K2 loitering munitions.
On the same day, the Saudi-led coalition said that it had interecepted at least one unmanned aerial vehicle belonging to the Houthis. The effectiveness of the July 8 strike remains unclear because of the lack of photo and video evidence from the site. The Saudi-led coalition rarely releases videos showing successful interceptions (some would say because of the lack of such cases) and prefers to hide the impact of successful Ansar Allah attacks.
Nonetheless, the previous cases demonstrated that Ansar Allah does have more than enough capabilities to overcome the Saudi air defense.
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Admiralty Trilogy Group Press Release
The Admiralty Trilogy Group (ATG) is pleased to announce that in addition to publishing games supporting our tactical naval game system, the Admiralty Trilogy, we will release our first nonfiction book this fall.
Modern Chinese Maritime Forces, by Manfred Meyer, a noted artist and illustrator, provides up-to-the minute information on Chinese sea power. It lists all Chinese state vessels – not just the People’s Liberation Army Navy, but the Coast Guard, China Maritime Surveillance, China Fisheries law Enforcement Command, and many other state-sponsored agencies that carry out China’s policy at sea.
Over 570 drawings show everything from aircraft carriers to buoy tenders, accompanied by detailed information on their characteristics. Supporting material covers fleet assignments and descriptions of the Chinese systems for hull numbers and equipment designations.
Modern Chinese Maritime Forces has the most complete unclassified information on Chinese state-owned vessels available anywhere. Noted China specialist Dr. Andrew Erickson, in the Foreword, writes “Today, China’s maritime forces have the most ships of any nation. This pathbreaking book documents their force structure in unprecedented detail.”
Modern Chinese Maritime Forces will be availableas either a searchable .pdf for $50US, or as a softcover 130-page 8 1/2 x 11 book for approximately $55 plus postage (print cost varies by region). The two versions are also available as a bundle at the reduced price of $80 US.
Watch for updates on either our Admiralty Trilogy Web page (admiraltytrilogy.com) or our Facebook page.
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JISC initiative adds content from smaller publishers
Based on the success of the NESLi2 initiative, JISC Collections has decided to launch a new initiative, NESLi2 SMP, to include online journal content from small and medium sized publishers. In 2007 NESLi2 negotiations for online journals generated savings of £3.9 million.
Explaining how the new initiative will benefit education and research, Lorraine Estelle, CEO of JISC Collections, said: ‘Academics, researchers and students across the arts, humanities, medicine, science, social sciences and technology will find these journals immensely useful. The ability for institutions to access over 400 additional essential journal titles at negotiated rates, coupled with the provisions in the NESLi2 Model Licence, will enable them to maximise the value of their investment. JISC Collections is delighted to launch the NESLi2 SMP initiative so that institutions can choose from a range of journal titles from publishers large and small.’
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June 4, 2019 / 9:04 PM / a month ago
Fed mulls next trip to zero with discussion of how, when to roll out QE again
Howard Schneider, Ann Saphir
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Resigned to holding trillions of dollars in bonds and buying yet more to fight future downturns, Federal Reserve officials are debating how to design future asset purchases to be as effective as possible in steering markets and holding down interest rates.
FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve building is pictured in Washington, DC, U.S., August 22, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Wattie
The next time their benchmark lending rate hits zero, as it did a decade ago, should they follow rapidly with, say, $5 trillion of bond buying? What about a set of rules for when a purchase program kicks in? Or should they promise beforehand to buy however much is needed to keep long-term interest rates at a targeted level?
These questions are front and center to a two-day Chicago Fed conference on the central bank’s strategy that kicked off on Tuesday. The answers could prove critical in determining how the Fed next deploys its virtually limitless power to buy assets, a strategy designed to bring down the long-term interest rates that shape household spending and business investment.
St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said he thought the three rounds of “quantitative easing” carried out in response to the 2007 to 2009 crisis resulted in “a lot of learning” on the part of policymakers and investors who may now react more quickly to Fed bond purchases.
“When we go back to the ZLB at some point it will all be different,” he said, and perhaps allow the Fed to achieve stronger results while buying less, Bullard said. “ZLB” refers to the “zero lower bound” for interest rates at which the Fed would need to resort to other tools to bolster the economy besides cutting short-term borrowing costs.
Others suggested the Fed may need to buy even more than the $3.5 trillion purchased over several years last time, relying on a “stronger, sooner” strategy to shock markets, or to set explicit rules about how and when “quantitative easing” would be used so investors would know what to expect.
“Some of these rules, putting in maturities — actually pinning down a level of rates, might be a practical way,” to manage future QE programs, said Jonathan Wright, a Johns Hopkins University professor and co-author of one of the central papers under discussion in Chicago. The idea is similar to the strategy of “yield curve control” currently used by the Bank of Japan and raised recently by top Fed officials as a tool worth at least studying for the United States.
Whatever direction is followed, Fed chairman Jerome Powell made clear in opening remarks he feels the once-novel strategies rolled out during the crisis are likely here to stay. The Fed’s target interest rate, currently in a range of just 2.25% to 2.5%, will probably remain lower than it has in recent decades, with the central bank likely to hit its zero limit again and face the question of what to do next, he said.
“There will be a next time,” Powell said, contending that while programs like Fed asset purchases were controversial at the time, he feels they worked and should no longer be viewed as “unconventional.”
“These policies provided meaningful support...We know that tools like these are likely to be needed in some form,” in future downturns, Powell said. It was the Fed’s “obligation,” he added, to outline its plans ahead of time so the public and elected officials know what the central bank intends to do.
NOT THE SAME QE
There will be new constraints.
The Fed in its three earlier quantitative easing programs primarily bought U.S. Treasury bonds - something it had always done, though in much smaller quantities before the crisis - but also purchased mortgage-backed securities in a more-targeted effort to bolster the failing housing market.
The bond market today is about twice the size as it was then, perhaps forcing the Fed to entertain much larger purchases than before.
And the next crisis may be of a nature that requires a different strategy depending on what markets are stressed and in what ways, a barrier to announcing too much ahead of time, said Janice Eberly, a Northwestern University professor who collaborated with Wright and Harvard professor James Stock on research for the conference.
The aim, she said, should still be “stronger policy...much earlier in the recession.”
In research based on how markets reacted to crisis-era programs, Eberly said the best results came when the Fed moved “immediately...a very large move early brings down the unemployment rate.”
Not all are sold on the benefits of QE. Stanford University professor John Taylor said he regarded the evidence as “quite weak” that Fed bond purchases had much lasting impact on long-term interest rates.
But the focus of discussion here was less on litigating what happened a decade ago than on planning how future bond buying may be made more effective.
The Fed could “take steps to encourage markets to understand policies and get them priced in earlier,” said Brian Sack, who as executive vice president at the New York Fed was deeply involved in carrying out the earlier easing programs. “Talking more about the policy rules...is appropriate” to guide future bond purchase programs and improve their impact.
Reporting by Howard Schneider; Editing by Dan Burns and Andrea Ricci
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WeirFoulds has one of the premier litigation practices in Canada and is well-versed in handling high-stakes and highly publicized litigation. We appreciate how much is at stake in our clients’ cases, and we rigorously defend our clients to maximize their odds of success.
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WekaIO and Univa Partner to Simplify the On-Ramp of HPC Workloads to the Cloud
Univa to integrate WekaIO Matrix™ into Navops Launch to offer customers end-to-end, high-performance hybrid cloud solutions for HPC and machine learning workloads
DALLAS, Tex. — (Supercomputing ’18, Booth #3054)–Nov. 13, 2018 – Univa®, a leading innovator in enterprise-grade workload management and optimization solutions for on-premise and hybrid cloud high-performance computing (HPC), today announced a partnership with WekaIO, a high-performance scale-out file system storage company, to help enterprise customers accelerate the migration of their HPC workloads to the cloud. Univa is working with WekaIO to integrate one of the industry’s fastest parallel file systems into its Navops Launch, to offer customers a comprehensive, high-performance, hybrid cloud solution for HPC and machine learning workloads.
There continues to be an increasing trend within IT and research organizations to migrate workloads to the cloud in order to accommodate the demands of today’s high-performance applications. With this in mind, Univa’s innovative workload management and optimization solutions, Navops Launch and Grid Engine, are uniquely suited for industries such as life sciences, manufacturing, and AI/analytics that require the highest level of performance to support data-intensive and performance-hungry applications. Accelerating machine learning projects through the elimination of storage bottlenecks is of high interest to enterprises, and this collaboration will allow WekaIO’s high-speed scale-out file storage technology to support computational needs that help users advance machine learning projects into production.
“Our flash-native, parallel file system scales to deliver all of the required bandwidth to the most demanding applications,” said Liran Zvibel, co-founder and CEO at WekaIO. “Univa has deep expertise as an HPC cloud leader that interacts with hundreds of companies, and we look forward to helping them migrate their customers’ HPC workloads to the cloud. In tandem with Univa, we will offer life sciences research organizations and enterprise users highly-accelerated storage capabilities that can help eliminate the concern for performance bottlenecks as they look to radically increase their computing power and bandwidth within their HPC and ML environments.”
Accelerating Enterprise HPC Cloud Migration with Navops Launch 1.0
Univa also announced today the release of Navops Launch 1.0, which offers enterprise customers more significant advancements in the migration of HPC workloads to the cloud. This latest and most powerful hybrid HPC cloud management product will help users simplify the extension of on-premise clusters into hybrid cloud services to efficiently mesh public and private cloud resources to address increasing workload demands, while delivering increased operational efficiencies. A unique and key component of this new version is that it uses automation applets that monitor and control cloud scaling and workload placement in hybrid clouds. Navops Launch automation tightly integrates with Univa Grid Engine and its workload status and metrics collection to respond to changes in workload demand and cluster utilization by expanding or contracting the cloud footprint in a dynamic fashion. Once configured, administrators have full control over tying cloud resource usage to a corresponding budget without requiring manual intervention.
In addition, Navops Launch’s unique automation applets can integrate third-party data sources, including storage fabric like WekaIO’s flash-native, parallel file system, as well as management systems, cluster and cloud environment attributes. The use of these attributes can be tied together with application metrics via a series of automation applets to drive insight into the scaling, reaping, data movement, cost decisions and workload placement policies. Crucial aspects of data locality and data movement can be automated with an applet as well and tied to the requirements of workloads and storage architectures.
“It has been a banner year for Univa in helping our enterprise users migrate their HPC workloads to the cloud,” said Gary Tyreman, president and CEO of Univa. “The Univa team has been working closely with our customers from 11 of the top 12 life science organizations, 22 major airlines, the top two oil and gas companies and dozens of educational institutions, to help optimize performance and manage their mission-critical applications. As we recognize the need for a high-performance scale-out file system, we are delighted to partner with WekaIO to integrate one of the world’s fastest parallel file systems into our Navops Launch to give end customers the ability to maximize the throughput of their HPC environment and make it easier to move high-performance applications to the cloud.”
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Univa is the leading innovator of workload management products that optimize the performance of applications, services, and containers. Univa enables enterprises to fully utilize and scale compute resources across on-premise, cloud, and hybrid infrastructures. Advanced reporting and monitoring capabilities provide insights to make scheduling decisions and achieve even faster time-to-results. Univa’s solutions help hundreds of companies to manage thousands of applications and run billions of tasks every day. Univa is headquartered in Chicago, with offices in Canada and Germany. For more information, please visit www.univa.com.
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WekaIO helps companies manage, scale and futureproof their data center so they can solve real problems that impact the world. WekaIO Matrix™, the world’s fastest shared parallel file system and WekaIO’s flagship product, leapfrogs legacy storage infrastructures by delivering simplicity, scale, and faster performance for a fraction of the cost. In the cloud or on-premises, WekaIO’s NVMe-native high-performance software-defined storage solution removes the barriers between the data and the compute layer, thus accelerating artificial intelligence, machine learning, genomics, research, and analytics workloads.
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Men's Basketball Pulls Away From Roger Williams
Roger Williams
Wentworth (4-8, 2-2 CCC) 43 38 81
Roger Williams (6-7, 3-1 CCC) 33 39 72
Pts: Gavin Keough - 25
Reb: 2 Players (#34, #40) - 7
Ast: Noah Bice - 5
Pts: Austin Coene - 38
Reb: Jj Pfohl - 8
BRISTOL, R.I. – Sophomore Gavin Keough (Dunstable, Mass.) scored 17 of his career-high 25 points in the first half to help power the Wentworth Institute of technology men's basketball team to its second straight win, an 81-72 triumph over Roger Williams in Commonwealth Coast Conference play Thursday night.
With the win the Leopards improve to 4-8 overall and even their CCC record at 2-2 while the Hawks were knocked from the ranks of team undefeated in league play, falling to 3-1 in the CCC and 6-7 overall.
Roger Williams jumped out to a 10-6 lead in the first four minutes of the contest, thanks in part to senior Austin Coene's (Tyngsborough, Mass.) six points. The Hawks held a 17-11 lead with 14:15 left in the opening frame before Wentworth used an 11-4 run and took a 28-21 lead after Keough made a jumper. During the run the Black & Gold scored on seven straight possessions. Roger Williams pulled within a pair at 28-26 after Coene hit a pair of free throws with 8:34 to play, however, seven straight Leopard points extended the lead to 37-26 after Keough hit a three pointer.
Back-to-back three pointers from senior Jake Heaton (Shelton, Conn.) brought the hosts to within five (37-32) with 4:36 left, however, Wentworth scored six of the final seven points of the half to lead by 10 (43-33) at the break. The Leopards shot 53.1 percent from the floor in the opening half, which included shooting 5-for-10 from behind the arc.
Two and a half minutes into the second half, the Black & Gold took a 13-point lead (48-35) after senior Zach Bergeon (Litchfield, N.H.) hit one of two free throws. A three-point play by Bergeon put the visitors ahead by 13 for a second time before Roger Williams charged back with an 11-2 run and trailed by four (53-49) after a layup from Coene. Junior Stephen Azums (Hyde Park, Mass.) stopped the run with a layup before Coene hit two free throws to make it a 55-51 game with 10:35 remaining. Back-to-back three pointers from freshman Noah Bice (Woodacre, Calif.) and Keough extended the lead back to double figures and a 12-0 run down the stretch put Wentworth ahead, 77-59, with under two minutes remaining.
The Hawks used three consecutive three pointers; one from sophomore JJ Prohl (Trumbull, Conn.) and two from Coene to trim the lead to nine with 39 seconds left. Azums and Bice combined to hit four free throws in a 32-second span to help ensure Roger Williams would not get closer.
Keough shot 9-for-15 from the floor, including 5-for-8 from behind the arc. Joining him in double figures were Azums (17 points, five rebounds) and Bice (15 points on 5-for-8 shooting, five assists). Bergeon finished with nine points, six rebounds, and three assists. As a team the Black & Gold shot 50.8 percent from the floor and had a 33-26 rebounding margin.
Coene led all scorers with 38 points, connecting on 13-of-18 shots from the floor.
Wentworth is at Salve Regina on Saturday.
For the latest on Wentworth Athletics, follow the Leopards via social media on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Fans can also download the Wentworth Leopards "Front Row" mobile app, powered by PrestoSports, on iTunes and the Android Market.
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Honeoye Falls-Lima grad photographed at Charlottesville torch rally
Jarrod Kuhn, a graduate of Honeoye Falls-Lima schools, was pictured marching with a torch in Charlottesville, Virginia Friday night.
The photo of the 21 year old was plastered around the village on a flier.
Wednesday, News10NBC reached out to his family and in a phone conversation. His father confirmed the picture and said Jarrod went to Charlottesville to protest the removal of the statue of Robert E. Lee.
"He was simply there to preserve history," his father said. "He is not a neo-Nazi as people are claiming.”
His father also said: "He's being painted as some type of neo-Nazi and that is so far from the truth."
The picture of Jarrod Kuhn at the Friday night torch march first appeared on Facebook. One page that showed the photo is run by a group called "Anti-Fascist News." The other Facebook page it appeared on belongs to a former classmate at Honeoye Falls-Lima.
As of Wednesday at noon, the classmate's post has generated more than 40 comments.
The photo shared on Facebook was then made into a flier and dropped off at homes in the village of Honeoye Falls. The flier is titled "No Nazis in our neighborhood."
Jarrod Kuhn's father declined our request to talk to him and Jarrod on camera. He did say that since the picture of his son was shared on Facebook his family has received death threats.
Jarrod's father says he has "stayed up all night" to protect his "house and family."
Jarrod Kuhn's father says Jarrod also attended the protest on Saturday in Charlottesville. He says Jarrod was "spit on, hit and hit in the back with a brick."
At that moment, he says Jarrod decided to leave the protest.
"This is so far over the top," Jarrod's father said. "We just want to be left alone."
Statement from Honeye Falls mayor
Honeoye Falls Community: Last evening papers were posted around the village that specifically named a local person and detailed this persons alleged involvement with Nazis protests.
While I will publicly state that I condemn racial bigotry, Nazis and white supremacy actions and any actions that do not treat all people with respect and dignity, I will also say publicly and officially that the Village will not allow illegal posts to be published around our community. We do not want to stoop to that level.
The Monroe County Sheriff's have been contacted and the Village will support their actions/findings.
Richard B. Milne, Mayor
Honeoye Falls
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A Gaza tunnel uncovered by the IDF
Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit
IDF uncovers Gaza tunnel dug into Israel from southern Strip
Excavation discovered by soldiers during construction of subterranean barrier to prevent underground infiltrations by Palestinian terrorists; local council says tunnel likely not in use and poses no threat
Yoav Zitun|Published: 07.08.19 , 21:25
A tunnel dug from the Gaza Strip into Israel has been discovered by Israeli troops, the IDF Spokesperson's Office announced Monday evening.
The tunnel, which originates in the southern Strip, was uncovered on the Israeli side of the border in the last 24 hours during construction of an underground barrier along the Gaza border.
Archive: A Gaza tunnel discovered by the IDF last year (Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
The area has been closed to traffic and the IDF is scanning the tunnel both above and below the surface.
According to pundits, the discovery of the tunnel highlights the need for and capabilities of the new underground barrier along the Gaza-Israel border.
The tunnel was found in an area in which many similar excavations have been discovered over the last 20 years.
At this stage, it appears that this is an old tunnel, not one that was recently excavated or was intended to be used by Hamas in the near future.
"The tunnel does not pose a threat and is being handled by the IDF," said Eshkol Regional Council, a community close to the Gaza border.
"The tunnel was located thanks to groundbreaking technological defenses that are being used along the Gaza border to protect our communities," the council said.
"We thank the IDF soldiers and officers who act resolutely and with courage to defend our communities."
Archive: Work on the subterranean barrier under the Gaza border (Photo: AFP)
The construction of the subterranean barrier is part of the main task given to the IDF by the political echelon following the 20145 Gaza war, known in Israel as Operation Protective Edge: the elimination of the Hamas attack tunnels that had been dug into Israel.
The Defense Ministry hastened to implement the concrete barrier project, using advanced technology that can identify where tunnels have been dug.
At present, a concrete barrier stretching some 30km (of the planned 70km total length) has been set deep in the ground, alongside the construction of a massive fence along the border.
The project is expected to be completed by the first half of 2020, and has reduced the apprehension of local residents over the tunnels as it has progressed.
The discovery of the tunnel comes shortly after an agreement was reached between Israel and Hamas at the end of June.
Palestinian protests along the Gaza border fence earlier this month (Photo: AFP)
Under the agreement, which was signed under the auspices of the United Nations and Egypt, Hamas pledged to stop sending incendiary balloons into Israel and rein in the weekly demonstrations at the border fence.
In return, Israel agreed to allow fuel to reach the Gaza power station through the Kerem Shalom crossing, increased the Gaza fishing area to 15 nautical miles and reportedly committed to return 60 fishing boats confiscated by the IDF.
Matan Tzuri and Elior Levy contributed to this report
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Google bakes fresh Gingerbread for Nexus One, Nexus S
Google has begun rolling out the latest version of its Android operating system, dubbed 'Gingerbread', to customers using Nexus One and Nexus S smartphones.The Nexus handsets are the so-called Google-phones, launched as they are by the software company rather than their manufacturers — HTC for last year's Nexus One, Samsung for the new Nexus S.
By David Meyer for Communication Breakdown | February 23, 2011 -- 10:51 GMT (02:51 PST) | Topic: Telcos
Google has begun rolling out the latest version of its Android operating system, dubbed 'Gingerbread', to customers using Nexus One and Nexus S smartphones.
The Nexus handsets are the so-called Google-phones, launched as they are by the software company rather than their manufacturers — HTC for last year's Nexus One, Samsung for the new Nexus S. Their status as such means they are the first to get over-the-air (OTA) updates from Google, in this case version 2.3.3 of the smartphone OS.
The rollout was announced through an official Google Nexus post on Twitter early on Wednesday, which read: "Gingerbread (Android 2.3.3) update now rolling out to Nexus S and Nexus One. Be patient, may take a few weeks for OTA to complete."
The Gingerbread distribution of Android includes new features such as near-field communication (NFC) support, a refreshed app manager, easier text selection and SIP call support.
The Nexus S actually launched with Gingerbread, but not the new revision of that distribution. This update brings minor tweaks such as the ability to write to as well as read NFC tags, the addition of platform and API support for Bluetooth non-secure socket connections, and enhancements to speech recognition.
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Optus gained exemption to store metadata unencrypted
Use of legacy applications allow Optus to seek an exemption from the rules.
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The cancellation comes as global share listings hit their lowest level in three years in the first six months, with a prolonged slowdown in Europe.
Listings that did go ahead, such as Volkswagen's truckmaker Traton, were cut in volume and priced at the low end of expectations.
Reuters reported on Wednesday that Swiss Re was considering postponing or restructuring the London listing due to limited investor appetite.
A Swiss Re spokeswoman said the Zurich-based group was not at present considering re-starting the IPO process for ReAssure this year but long-term options remained open.
Chief Financial Officer John Dacey said the group still intended to reduce its ownership in ReAssure.
"There has been no pressing need for Swiss Re to divest shares at a price that we consider to be unrepresentative of ReAssure's value and prospects," he added.
Swiss Re shares were indicated at 0.4 per cent lower in pre-market activity.
Under the flotation plans, Swiss Re would have cut its stake in ReAssure to below 50 per cent from 75 per cent now. Japan's MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings intended to keep its holding at 25 per cent.
Swiss Re had set a price range of 2.80 to 3.30 pounds per share for ReAssure, Britain's sixth-largest life insurer, valuing it at up to 3.3 billion pounds ($4.14 billion).
Swiss Re wanted to spin off ReAssure to put the business under a more favourable regulatory regime and give it easier access to capital to fund its expansion.
It hired Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, and UBS to work as joint global coordinators, while BNP Paribas and HSBC acted as joint book runners.
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Swiss Re puts off $4 billion ReAssure IPO amid weak demand
The logo of insurance company Swiss Re is seen in front of its headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. Photograph:( Reuters )
Reuters Zurich, Switzerland Jul 11, 2019, 12.13 PM (IST)
Reinsurance group Swiss Re has suspended plans for a 4.1 billion dollar initial public offering (IPO) of British life insurer ReAssure, which was set to start trading in London on Thursday, citing weak demand from institutional investors.
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Finding a Home for Central American Refugees
July 21, 2014 by 8 O'Clock Buzz
Last week, Madison Mayor Paul Soglin confirmed that the Federal Emergency Management Agency had contacted the City of Madison about finding a place to temporarily house 150 to 250 unaccompanied children emigrating from Central America. Officials in Milwaukee were also contacted. The request is part of a national effort to cope with an estimated 90,000 child refugees from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala attempting to enter the United States from Mexico. Centro Hispano, a Madison-area nonprofit and advocacy group for Latinos in Dane County, has been assisting the City of Madison to help find a site in response to the federal government’s request. Centro Hispano’s Executive Director, Karen Menendez Coller, joined Monday Buzz host Brian Standing in the studio.
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ZCode Magazines will soon unveil its inaugural San Diego County’s Wine & Spirits Guide in all October/November and November/December issues. The first of its kind, the guide will consist of a collection of local wineries and distilleries throughout the county, complete with in-depth company bios, a guide map, and directory. “We are excited to announce the Wine & Spirits Issue,” said ZCode Magazines Publisher Derrick Breaux. “We believe our readers…
ZCode’s 2018 Summer Camp Guide highlighted a wide variety of summer opportunities for North County kids. The annual camp guide has been one of ZCode Media’s most popular issues since its inception in 2014, and parents look forward to reading in-depth camp spotlights and browsing the comprehensive Summer Camp Directory listings. This year’s Summer Camp Guide included over 75 camps, ranging from traditional summer camps to academic, athletic, and arts…
Assemblymember Brian Maienschein, San Diego, honored ZCode Magazines as the 77th Assembly District’s 2014 Small Business of the Year in recognition of their ongoing commitment to the readers of our community. “ZCode Magazines has found an innovative way to bring people in our community together by showcasing local businesses, events, and residents,” Maienschein said. “I’m proud to recognize ZCode for creating a fun, community-based publication that San Diegans enjoy reading,…
Derrick Breaux, President of ZCode Media Receives “Business Leader of the Year” Award
The San Diego North Chamber of Commerce (SDNCC) held the 2013 Annual Celebration of Business Awards Gala this past Saturday, June 22, 2013. The event, hosted by comedian, Kim Coles of In Living Color and Living Single, was a true celebration of doing business successfully, responsibly and for the spirit of the community. The SDNCC staff and their interns did a fantastic job planning for the highly anticipated event, held…
Z Code Magazines Plan New Magazine Serving Carmel Valley – 92130 Magazine
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92127 Magazine Expands Distribution to All Apartments
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Z Code Magazines Plan New Magazines Serving Rancho Bernardo, Poway
Continuing its rapid growth, San Diego-based Z Code Magazines – publisher of three specialty magazines serving Scripps Ranch, Rancho Penasquitos, 4S Ranch, Del Sur, Santaluz and other areas – announced plans to expand to the Poway and Rancho Bernardo markets. Z Code Magazines’s President and Publisher Derrick Breaux made the announcement about the company’s latest expansion plans: The launch of 92064 Magazine in June and 92128 Magazinein July. “We have had a tremendous…
San Diego-Based Z Code Magazines Launches 92131 Magazine in Scripps Ranch
Continuing its rapid growth, Rancho Bernardo based Z Code Magazines – publisher of 92127 Magazine – launched its third new publication in the past 16 months in March 2011. Serving the Scripps Ranch community, 92131 Magazine provides community features, profiles and information in an attractive, full-color, glossy print publication. Delivered by direct mail to every single family home and condominium in U.S. Postal Service Zip Code 92131, the magazine also will have a number…
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Dozens of Scripps Ranch business owners, officials, community representatives and other invited guests joined Susco Media Inc. executives and staff for a special “92131 Magazine VIP Launch Party” in January at Nugent’s Firegrille – celebrating the local publication’s premiere issue. Attendees not only enjoyed Nugent’s cuisine and refreshments, but saw a sneak peek at the new community magazine, enjoyed a special video presentation, and participated in special drawings for a variety…
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