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Divine Horsemen
This is the classic, intimate study, movingly written with the special insight of direct encounter, which was first published in 1953 by the fledgling Thames & Hudson firm in a series edited by Joseph Campbell. Maya Deren's Divine Horsemen is recognized throughout the world as a primary source book on the culture and spirituality of Haitian Voudoun. The work includes all the original photographs and illustrations, glossary, appendices and index. It includes the original Campbell foreword along with the foreword Campbell added to a later edition.
Paperback, 366 pages, 5.5 x 8.5", 1984, 0-914232-63-0
Includes photographs and drawings.
Foreword by Joseph Campbell
A German language edition is published by ProMedia.
An Italian language edition is published by Il Saggiatore.
"Divine Horsemen is the result of vast fieldwork and personal research in Haiti, and its findings are well and systematically drawn up at considerable length." — London Times Literary Supplement
"There are lessons to be learned about Voodoo the way Maya Deren makes you know about it." — Village Voice
"Generally considered the best book ever done on Voudoun mythology." — New York Post
"More than thirty years have elapsed since Deren completed her filming, her audio recording, and her monumental ethnography of Haitian Voudoun. But her work . . . continues to move and inform." — Journal for the Society of Ethnomusicology
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Ten top tips - Breaking down a script
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2016 #MEAAEquity
Andrea Moor shares her tips for breaking down a script.
Andrea Moor is an actor, theatre director, teacher and voice over artist. Her long list of acting credits include productions with Sydney Theatre Company, Griffin, The Ensemble, Queensland Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, Playbox, State Theatre Company of SA and La Boite. Film credits include Mental, Oscar and Lucinda, Man Who Sued God, Subdivision, Nim’s Island 2, Strange Planet, Over the Hill and Travelling North. Andrea was also responsible for introducing the acting technique Practical Aesthetics to Australia. As a voice over artist Andrea has worked extensively in radio at Radio National and in many State and National advertising campaigns. Andrea has been a proud member of MEAAAEquity since 1980.
1.Read the play/screenplay as many times as you can and then a few more times.
2.Practice the art of being objective. Read the play as an audience would – don’t think about your role at all! Read it to understand the writer.
3.Ask some basic questions:
a.What is the play about?
b.Who’s the protagonist?
c.What makes me care about this play?
d.Why would I want to see this play?
e.If I were directing the play what would be my take home message?
4.Make notes of everything that’s said about your character by others and everything your character says about themselves.
5.Break the play down into bite sized chunks – scenes or beats (bits!) to help you deal with a unit of action and not the whole play.
6.Determine some basic givens of the scene – who, what, when where and why? And research where applicable.
a.Who is my character in relationship to everyone else in the scene?
b.What is my character doing in this scene?
c.When is it – time of day/year/historical setting?
d.Where is the character? What is my character’s relationship to the space?
e.Why has the writer put my character in this scene?
7.In each scene: What is my character literally doing in this scene? Make this objective and non interpretive. This statement should read as a basic description of the character’s purpose in the scene. It shouldn’t tell you how you are going to play the scene.
8.What does my character want? What’s the characters objective in the scene? If my character were writing the scene what would they have the other characters say and do? This is a failsafe way to arrive at your character’s intention.
9.Now you need to find a way to play that objective – some actors like to personlise the objective by imagining themselves in that situation and then finding a personlisation from that. I like to ask myself what can I do to get that objective for the character. So I might find a scene action that informs the objective and tells me the exact dynamic of that objective. My scene action will also be very active so I will be ‘doing’ something in the scene rather than trying to ‘get’ something. It’s all about having lots of options to take into rehearsal or on set. My focus will be on the other actors and not on myself – hopefully!
10.Personalisation is everything and every actor uses a different way in. I remember teachers saying to me that the work ‘has to cost you something’. This is where my own connection to what’s going on in the scene is the difference between presenting the character in a situation and actually allowing the audience into a lived situation. For me the personalization has little to do with the experience that the character is going through but everything to do with how I relate today to what the character is trying to achieve. So I’m not concerned with the given circumstances – the audience knows all that – I am concerned with the very essence of what I’m doing. If I’m trying to get an apology or putting someone in their place or begging forgiveness I ask myself what it really means to me today to get those things. So I find what I can relate to in my life that will inform the ‘doing’ in the scene. This is taken from the acting technique Practical Aesthetics and has been the key to opening up a wealth of vulnerability and possibility that was very tricky for me to find honestly in the past.
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VideoDaily Roundup: Google Joins GRP Race, TV Everywhere Ramps Up Offerings
by Ross Fadner , April 19, 2012
This Thursday edition of VideoDaily Roundup has a distinct television bent to it. First up, Google's GRP: the search giant's latest pitch to attract TV dollars online. Next we'll look at a startup that's making TV Everywhere cheaper for content owners, followed by the Starz network signing a TV Everywhere deal with DirecTV. After that, Akamai warns that video consumption may lead to a possible bandwidth crunch, and finally we ask: are brands ready to buy video inventory on exchanges?
Google Joins GRP Race
So Google is going to start using gross rating points (GRPs), the metric used to buy and sell television ads, to sell display and video inventory. Marketers everywhere should rejoice, right? Not so fast, says All Things Digital's Peter Kafka.
The GRP is supposed to simplify the complex world of online ad buying -- yet several companies, including Facebook, Tremor Video, AOL (which use Nielsen Online Campaign Ratings) and comScore, are all offering advertisers some version of the GRP too. As Kafka says, three competing versions of the same metric will not make the process of buying online advertising much easier. Moreover, many folks in the industry are not sure that TV-like metrics are even appropriate for online advertising. All of which is to say that someone needs to win here before the $190 billion in TV advertising migrates onto the Web.
Dyyno Brings TV Everywhere to the Media Masses
Keep an eye out for Dyyno, a Palo Alto-based startup that rolls out custom video portals that can distribute live streaming, VOD and linear TV across computers, tablets, smartphones, Android set-top boxes, and OTT services like Google TV and Roku. Yesterday at the National Association of Broadcasters meeting, Dyyno introduced a cloud-based TV Everywhere service for cable operators and media companies across these devices and services.
The offering is really for smaller MSOs, virtual MSOs and content aggregators. While not the first cloud-based TV Everywhere solution, what sets Dyyno apart is the speed with which it claims it can go to market with the new product (4-8 weeks), and its extremely low price point. For example, Dyyno claims that a company looking to offer 20-25 channels would need just over $100K to get up and running. A larger company with 150 channels or more would need closer to $1 million. After that, Dyyno requires a monthly revenue share of subscription, pay-per-view or ad revenues.
Starz Aligns with DirecTV Everywhere
After turning up its nose at Netflix’s offer to re-up its digital streaming rights agreement, the Starz network has decided to align with traditional satellite TV operator DirecTV instead. Under the agreement, Starz and DirecTV subscribers will be able to view the premium network’s movies and series on smartphones, tablets, game consoles and anywhere else you can access DirecTV Everywhere, the satellite operator’s still-in-beta TV Everywhere product. So, how much more did DirecTV offer Starz? Unfortunately, financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Liberty Media-owned Starz becomes one of the first programming partners for DirecTV Everywhere, which is scheduled to launch later this year. DirecTV joins the likes of Comcast, Cablevision, Dish Network and content owners like HBO in launching its TV Everywhere initiative.
Akamai: Video Consumption Could Lead to Bandwidth Crunch
At the NAB show in Las Vegas this week, Akamai's Will Law, a principal architect at the content delivery network’s media division, warned that the Internet could be facing a bandwidth crunch, especially as more and more people watch online video. He used the example that if 10 percent of a global online subscriber base of 80 million tried to stream video simultaneously at an average speed of 3 mbps (which is probably not fast enough to stream a video seamlessly), the global bandwidth usage would be 3X Akamai’s current peak usage for all Web traffic.
So does that mean we’re headed for technology Armageddon? Luckily, Law said technologies like video compression codecs are becoming more efficient, computing capacity continues to rise, and storage density is growing even more rapidly, which will help ease the problem. But he added that the future would also likely see ISPs shaping user bandwidth consumption with creative pricing models and data caps.
Is Transparency Keeping Advertisers Away from Real-Time Video Ad Buying?
In a video interview with Beet.TV, Mullen’s Group Digital Media Director Gina Preziosa shares, among other things, her thoughts on video ad networks versus video exchanges. She says that Mullen works with ad networks like BrightRoll, YuMe and Collective the most, because “they sort of sit in the middle; they have premium content, they have decent rates.” However, when it comes to working with DSPs to buy inventory on a video exchange, she says: “Going to the bidding level just doesn’t work for a lot of our clients…clients want to plan their budgets, they want to know where their ads are going to be seen. The DSPs and the exchanges don’t offer you that on the front end.”
In other words, transparency is king: “my clients just aren’t willing to throw money at us and put them on an exchange,” Preziosa says. “I really like working with the networks because you get a good competitive rate, but you’re still around good content.”
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Andrew Cashner Bio
Fullname: Andrew Burton Cashner
Nickname: Cash
Born: 9/11/1986 in Conroe, TX
Draft: 2008, Chicago Cubs, 1st rd.
College: Texas Christian
Debut: 5/31/2010
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Andrew Burton Cashner
Married, wife's name is Jamie...Led Texas Christian University in wins (9), saves (9), strikeouts (80), and relief appearances (30) in his only season with the Horned Frogs in 2008...Pitched for Angelina College (TX) in 2006 and 2007...Graduated from Conroe (TX) High School in 2005...Was the 19th overall player selected in the first round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft by the Chicago Cubs...Had been previously drafted by the Cubs in the 29th round in 2007, by Colorado in the 18th round in 2006, and by Atlanta in the 20th round in 2005...The Cashner Family Foundation, Pitching for a Cause, provides funding to hospitals and communities on behalf of children with medical issues.
Made his Orioles debut on 3/31 vs. MIN...Earned his first win as an Oriole on 4/5 at NYY, allowing one run over 6.0 innings with three walks and five strikeouts... Made 28 starts during the season; his third-straight season with at least 28 appearances... Ranked second on the Orioles in innings pitched (153.0), tied for second in games started (28), and fourth in strikeouts (99)... Received three-or-fewer runs of support in 25 of his 28 starts during the season; his 3.12 run support average ranked as the second-lowest in the majors... Threw 6.0-or-more innings in 16 of his 28 starts... Issued a team-high 65 walks; ranked eighth-most in the AL... Surrendered a career-high 25 home runs...Spent two stints on the disabled list, once for a lower back strain (6/12-20), and once for a neck strain (7/11-22).
Pitched to an 11-11 record with a 3.40 ERA (63 ER/166.2 IP), with his 11 wins marking a career high...Compiled the ninth-lowest ERA in the AL over 28 starts with Texas...Was 8-4 with a 3.02 ERA (31 ER/92.1 IP) in 15 starts after 7/1, the seventh-lowest ERA in the AL over that span...Earned wins in 11 of last 22 starts after a span of 10 straight winless starts dating to 2016...Was winless in his first six starts of the season for the first time in his career...Texas went 14-14 in Cashner's starts, winning eight of his final 13... Posted a sub-3.00 ERA in four of six months (April-2.93, May-2.92, July-2.36, August-2.76)...Ranked among AL leaders in home runs-per-9.0 innings (2nd, 0.89), GIDP (T-4th, 23), pitches per inning (7th, 15.8), ground ball percentage (7th, 49.0), and Quality Starts (T-11th, 18)...Was 5-5 with a 2.72 ERA (25 ER/82.2 IP) over 14 starts at Globe Life Park, posting the fifth-lowest home ERA in the AL...Opponents batted .170 (24-for-141) with RISP, lowest figure in the majors...10 of 24 hits allowed with RISP came against Houston, including three in a span of four batters faced on 6/3...Opposing hitters were 3-for-59 (.051) with RISP and two outs...His 5.40 run support average was a career-high, as his 3.50 run support average from 2013-16 was the lowest in the majors over that span...Texas did not score with Cashner on the mound in his first 16.1 innings and had a combined eight runs of support in his first seven outings... Placed on the DL from 6/15-28 with a left oblique strain, an injury he first felt in his previous start on 6/14 at HOU...Missed the majority of Spring Training and was on DL from 4/1-14 with upper-right biceps soreness that was originally diagnosed on 3/2
Combined to go 5-11, 5.25 (77 ER/132.0 IP) in 28 games (27 starts) between San Diego and Miami…was the highest ERA of ML career…tied for 8th in the NL in double plays induced (career high 19) with 1.30 GIDP/9.0 IP ranking 6th best…had 11 GIDP after the All-Star break, T6th most in the NL…recorded 7.64 strikeouts/9.0 IP, his 2nd-highest since becoming a starter in 2013 (8.04 in 2015).
Set career highs in several categories, including games started (31), innings pitched (184.2) and strikeouts (165)...Led the Majors with 22 unearned runs allowed, six more than the next highest total (Mark Buehrle, 16)…his unearned runs total were the sixth-most in franchise history and the most since Bobby Jones allowed 26 unearned runs in 2001 (tied with Steve Arlin in 1971 for the highest total in franchise history)....Posted a streak of 21 consecutive home starts allowing two-or-fewer earned runs from 6/11/13 - 4/29/15, a Major League record…his streak surpassed the previous record of 20, held by Orel Hershiser at Dodger Stadium from 4/26/85 - 4/29/86 (Jose Fernandez also posted a 20-game streak at Marlins Park from 4/13/13 - 5/4/15)....Posted a combined 2.43 ERA (54 ER, 200.1 IP) at home since 6/23/13, allowing two-or-fewer earned runs 24 times and threeor-fewer 27 times…his home ERA in that time ranks sixth-best among Major League starters with at least 150.0 IP in their home ballpark, trailing only Clayton Kershaw (1.66), Jacob deGrom (1.87), Zack Greinke (1.99), Jake Arrieta (2.01) and Johnny Cueto (2.19)....Had a 3.12 run support average in 2015 (64 runs of support in 184.2 IP), the second-lowest average in Major League Baseball behind only Shelby Miller (2.54) for Atlanta and the ninth-lowest mark in Padres history since full play-by-play data started being kept in 1974 (min 150.0 IP)…the Padres scored Cashner one-or-fewer runs of support 18 times in his 31 starts and two-or-fewer 19 times (runs scored while he was in the game). • In games when the Padres scored two-or-more runs in support of Cashner, he posted a 6-3 record while the team went 8-5…in games when he got three-or-more runs in support, Cashner went 6-2 and the team went 8-4....Set a career-high with 12 strikeouts on 6/1 vs. NYM despite pitching just 4.2 innings…dating back to 1914, Cashner was one of two pitchers to ever strikeout 12-or-more batters in an outing of less than 5.0 innings pitched, joiningAlex Cobb, who struck out 13 in 4.2 innings pitched for Tampa Bay against the Padres on 5/10/13 at Tropicana Field...Cashner started the season 2-7 with a 3.00 ERA (21 ER, 63.0 IP) over his first 10 starts of the season (through 5/30)…dating back to the 1940 season, Cashner was one of eight Major League pitchers to have seven-or-more losses with an ERA of 3.00-or-better through his first 10 starts of a season and the first since Mets starter Jim McAndrew started the 1968 season 3-7 with a 2.17 ERA....Posted a 1-3 record with a 2.25 ERA (8 ER, 32.0 IP) and 32 strikeouts against 11 walks in five starts at Petco Park against divisional opponents…among pitchers with at least five home starts against divisional opponents, Cashner's 2.25 ERA ranked ninth-best in the National League (STATS, Inc)....Averaged 94.8 mph with his fastball this season, the fifth-best average of any National League starter, trailing only Matt Harvey (95.9) for NYM, Gerrit Cole (95.6) for PIT, Carlos Martinez (95.3) for STL and Jacob deGrom (95.0) for NYM....In his start on 4/29 vs. HOU, struck out the first six batters he faced, a new Padres record…his mark surpassed the previous record of four, done several times, last on 5/31/09 by Chad Gaudin vs. COL.
Made 19 starts total, missing time with a pair of stints on the 15-day DL…went 5-7 with a 2.55 ERA (35 ER, 123.1 IP) on the year...First DL stint from 5/17-6/7 with right elbow soreness (20 games) and the second from 6/23-8/23 with right shoulder soreness (51 games)...Was the first starting pitcher in Padres franchise history and the first Major Leaguer since Joe Magrane-STL in 1988 to post an ERA of 2.55-or-better while having a winning percentage of .417-or-lower...His 2.55 ERA was the seventh-lowest in the National League among pitchers with 100.0-or-more innings…under that same criteria, his ERA was the lowest since Jake Peavy posted a 2.54 ERA (63 ER, 223.1 IP) during his Cy Young Award winning season of 2007...Made his first career Opening Night start on 3/30 vs. LAD… with just 32 career starts entering Opening Night, Cashner had the second-fewest career starts by an Opening Night pitcher in franchise history, behind only Pat Dobson, who had just 20 career starts before making the Opening Day start for the Padres in 1970...Ended the season with a streak of allowing two-or-fewer earned runs in 18 consecutive starts at Petco Park from 6/11/13 through the final home game of 2014, a franchise record...surpassed the previous record of 14 games by Randy Jones from 9/2/77 - 6/24/78...as of the end of the 2014 season, the streak is the second-longest active streak in Major League Baseball, trailing only Miami's Jose Fernandez who has done so in 20 consecutive games at Marlins Park...Threw his first of two complete-game shutouts on 4/11 vs. DET, allowing one hit with a career-high 11 strikeouts… having also thrown a complete-game, one-hit shutout on 9/16/13 at PIT, was the first Major League pitcher since Toronto's Dave Stieb in 1988-89 to record two one-hit, complete-game shutouts in a span of five starts (STATS, Inc.)...Threw his second complete game shutout of the season and the third of his career on 9/15 vs. PHI...Having allowed just two hits in his CG SHO on 9/15 and one hit in each of his prior two shutouts, Cashner became the sixth Major League pitcher since 1969 to throw three-or-more complete game shutouts with two-or-fewer hits allowed within his first 50 career starts and the first since Orel Hershiser threw six from 7/14/84 - 7/23/85...Threw just 92 pitches in his CG SHO on 9/15, tied for the seventh-fewest pitches in a nine-inning, complete game effort in Padres franchise history, and the lowest total since Clay Hensley's 91 pitches on 5/14/06…his pitch total tied for the second-fewest in franchise history during a CG SHO, behind only Hensley's 91 pitches on 5/14/06...On 4/24 at WSH, came in to play LF in the 11th inning, his first career defensive appearance somewhere other than pitcher...Recorded his first career triple on 9/20 vs. SF off Yusmeiro Petit…having also tallied a bunt single and a walk that night, was the first Padres pitcher to reach base three-or-more times in a single game since Jon Garland did so on 9/14/10...Named National League Player of the Week for the week of 9/15 after he pitched to a 2-0 record with a 1.06 ERA (2 ER, 17.0 IP) with 14 strikeouts against two walks while holding opponents to a .109 average (6-for-55) over two starts.
Unanimously voted Clyde McCullough Pitcher of the Year by the San Diego chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America in his first full Major League season...Set career-high in wins (10), starts (26), complete games (1), innings (175.0) and strikeouts (128)...Led the Padres in ERA, ranked second in wins (10), innings (175.0), strikeouts (128), complete games (1) and third in starts (26)...Began the season in the bullpen, posting a 3.86 ERA (4 ER, 9.1 IP) with nine strikeouts in five relief appearances before moving to the rotation for good on April 20 at San Francisco...Was 10-9 with a 3.04 ERA (56 ER, 165.2 IP) with 119 strikeouts as a starter, including 19 quality starts...His 3.09 ERA ranked 11th in the National League and he ranked 12th in opponents batting average (.233)...His 3.09 ERA was the fourth-lowest among qualified Padres starters since the club moved into Petco Park in 2004, only trailing Jake Peavy (2.88 in 2005 and 2.54 in 2007) and Mat Latos (2.92 in 2010)...Was 5-4 with a 1.95 ERA (17 ER, 78.1 IP) with 52 strikeouts at Petco Park, the third lowest ERA by a Padres starter at the home park behind just Chris Young (1.69 in 2007) and Jake Peavy (1.74 in 2008)...Tossed 19th individual one-hitter in Padres history, the 27th overall one-hitter for the 45-year-old franchise, on September 16 at the Pirates…performance was named the Head & Shoulders Pitching Performance of the Month for September, as voted on by fans at MLB.com...His September 16 effort marked the first pitcher in baseball to face the minimum 27 batters in a nine-inning effort and not record a no-hitter since Roy Oswalt tossed a three-hit shutout against the Pirates for Houston on September 11, 2008...Is the first Padres pitcher in history to face just 27 men in a nine-inning complete game...he is the 14th Padres pitcher to record a one-hit shutout and just the third to do it without issuing a walk, joining Jimmy Jones (September 21, 1986 at Houston) and Mat Latos (May 13, 2010 at San Francisco)...According to Elias, on September 16, he retired the first 18 batters he faced, becoming the third Padres pitcher in the last 27 years to retire the first 18 or more batters, joining Kevin Brown (September 10, 1998 vs. Dodgers, perfect through 18 batters) and Chris Young (September 7, 2008 at Milwaukee, perfect through 23 batters)...Posted a 2.14 ERA (18 ER, 75.2 IP) in the second half, the sixth-best ERA in the National League and tied for seventh in the Majors…his .194 opponent average ranked sixth in the Majors (min. 50 IP)...Was 2-1 with a 0.76 ERA (2 ER, 23.2 IP) with 21 strikeouts in three September starts, tied for lowest September ERA in the Majors (min. 20 IP) with Seattle's Hisashi Iwakuma...was the second-best ERA in any month by a Padres starter who made at least three starts (Dave Dravecky, April 1986, 0.75 ERA in five starts)...Limited right-handed hitters to a .217 (72-for-332) batting average, 13th-best in the National League...Set Padres record for most assists by a pitcher in a nine-inning game with seven on June 23 against the Dodgers...Posted a 1.70 ERA (12 ER, 63.2 IP) with 50 strikeouts from the start of August through the end of the season, the second-best ERA in the Majors (min. 60.0 IP) during that stretch to the Dodgers' Zack Greinke (1.49)...Hit his first career home run on July 27 against Arizona's Josh Collmenter, a solo shot in the sixth inning at Chase Field...Did not allow more than three earned runs in his last 12 starts and 22 of his 26 starts overall...Finished the season by not allowing an earned run over his final 16.0 innings pitched over his last two starts, and allowed just three earned runs over his final five starts from August 25 - September 22, going 2-1 with a 0.72 ERA (3 ER, 37.2 IP) in that stretch...Collected a hit, stolen base and a run scored on April 26 against San Francisco...he's the first pitcher to hit that trifecta in his rst win as a starter since Bart Johnson had a hit, stolen base and run scored in his first win in the Major Leagues for the White Sox on Sept. 16, 1969 (credit: Elias Sports Bureau)...only four Padres pitchers have collected a run, hit and stolen base in a game: Cashner joins Greg Maddux (July 23, 2007 vs. COL), Adam Eaton (June 6, 2004 vs. MIL & July 21, 2000 vs. COL) and Doug Brocail (July 11, 1993 vs. MON)...His .231 average at the plate was the second-best among qualifying pitchers in the Majors to the Dodgers' Zack Greinke (.328)...Recorded four bunt singles, the most in the Majors among pitchers since Omar Daal recorded five in 1999 for Arizona...was the second-most ever by a Padres pitcher, trailing Kevin Brown's five in 1998, while tying Brown among all Padres pitchers with six infield hits.
In his first season with the Padres, began the year in the bullpen, making 27 relief appearances, before transitioning into the rotation and making five starts total for San Diego...season cut short due to a stint on the disabled list. Over his first 27 outings, all in relief, from 4/6-6/5, went 3-3 witha 3.81 ERA(11 ER/26.0 IP) and 29 strikeouts against 16 walks.Made his first start for the Padres on 6/9 at MIL, working just 2.1innings...optioned to Double-A San Antonio following his firststart...went 2-0 with a 1.88 ERA (3ER/14.1 IP) and 22 strikeoutsagainst just three walks and 10 hits allowed in three starts forSan Antonio.Recalled on 6/28 to make his first full-fledged start that day atHOU...took a no-hitter into the seventh inning before allowingthe Astros first hit with one out in the seventh inning...finished with a career-high nine strikeouts that day over 6.1innings pitched.Made his next appearance with a start on 7/3 at ARI, leaving the game prior to the third inning...placed on the 15-day DL the following day 7/4 with a strained right lat muscle.Made three rehab starts for Triple-A Tucson from 8/21-31, posting a 3.00 ERA (3ER/9.0 IP), before being reinstatedfrom the DL on 9/1.Made two starts in September before making his final appearance with a relief outing on the final day of the season,10/3 at MIL.Over his first four starts, posted a 2.87 ERA(5 ER/15.2 IP) with 21 strikeouts against just three walks and nine hitsallowed, before allowing a career-high tying six runs in his final start of the season on 9/14 vs. COL.Overall on the season,held left-handed hitters to a. 197(15-for-76)average on the season for SD while right-handershit at a .281 (27-for-96) mark off him.
2011: Missed the majority of the season after suffering a rotator cuff strain in his right shoulder...placed on the 15-day DL 4/8 (retro to 4/6) and transferred to the 60-day DL 5/29 ... Made one appearance prior to injury, his first career start ... Reinsted from the DL on 9/5 and worked six relief outings over the last month of the season, tossing scoreless ball in five of his appearances ... In his 10.2 innings on the season, he allowed just three hits while striking out eight.
After opening the year with Double-A Tennessee, Andrew made his big league debut in his third season of pro ball, May 31 inPittsburgh ... made 53 relief outings for Chicago, posting a 4.80 ERA (29 ER/54.1 IP) with a 2-6 ledger. ... Held the opponent scoreless in 36 of his 53 major league appearances,including 21 of his last 28 outings. ... Finished the season strong, posting a 1.40 ERA (3 ER/19.1 IP) in 18games from August 23-October 1, holding opponents to a .203 battingaverage and walking just eight compared to 21 strikeouts. ... Stranded 21 of his 27 inherited runners (77.8-percent). ... Had a 2.41 ERA (5 ER/18.2 IP) in 16 appearances before the All-StarBreak compared to a 6.06 ERA (24 ER/35.2 IP) after the Mid-SummerClassic. ... Selected from Triple-A Iowa, May 31, and made his debut that day inPittsburgh, retiring Ronny Cedeno to end the eighth inning. ... Began his major league career with an 8.1-scoreless innings streak, May31-June 20. ... Tagged with the loss in three-straight outings, June 26-30 ... owned a4.91 ERA (2 ER/3.2 IP) during the skid. ... Logged a 1.69 ERA (2 ER/10.2 IP) in 10 outings, July 7-26. ... Earned his first career win, July 20 vs. Houston, tossing 2.0-scorelessinnings of relief. ... Allowed six runs in consecutive appearances, July 27 in Houston and July30 in Colorado, raising his season ERA from 2.42 to 6.26. ... Recorded six holds and a win in an eight-game span, August 25-September 11 ... posted a 2.45 ERA (2 ER/7.1 IP) during the run. ... Combined to go 6-1 with a 2.05 ERA (13 ER/57.0 IP) in 11 games (ninestarts) between Tennessee and Iowa ... in 57.0 innings, struck out 59batters and walked 15 while limiting foes to a .193 batting average. ... Earned Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Week honors for May 17-23after going 2-0 with a 0.69 ERA (1 ER/13.0 IP) in two startsduring that span.
Andrew went 3-4 with a 2.60 ERA (29 ER/100.1 IP) between Single-A Daytona and Double-A Tennessee ... surrendered justone home run in 100.1 innings of work...Opened the season on the disabled list with a left oblique strain ... wasshelved April 9-25...Posted a 1.50 ERA (7 ER/42.0 IP) with no record in 12 starts withDaytona...While with Daytona, held left-handed hitters to a .157 batting average(11-for-70)...Garnered a 1.11 ERA (3 ER/24.1 IP) in seven road contests with theCubs...Boasted a 0.66 ERA (1 ER/13.2 IP) during the day compared to a 1.91ERA (6 ER/28.1 IP) at night...In five June contests, owned a monthly-best 0.93 ERA (2 ER/19.1 IP)with 14 strikeouts ... held the opponent scoreless in four of those games...Rode a season-high 13.0-inning scoreless streak, June 16-July 4,between Daytona and Tennessee...Was recalled to Double-A Tennessee, June 30, where he remained for therest of the season...Went 3-4 with a 3.39 ERA (22 ER/58.1 IP) in 12 starts with theSmokies...Opponents went 4-for-25 (.160) with runners in scoring position and twoouts against him...Hit safely in five-straight starts, July 4-August 3 ... went 5-for-9 (.556)during the run.
Compiled a 1-2 mark with a 5.85 ERA (13 ER/20.0 IP) in eight games (six starts) with Rookie-League Mesa, Single-A Boise andSingle-A Daytona...Made his professional debut July 24 with Mesa, allowing one unearnedrun, while fanning two in 1.0 inning of work...Selected by Single-A Boise July 27, going 1-1 with a 4.96 ERA(9 ER/16.1 IP) in six appearances (four starts) with the Hawks...Posted no record with a 4.22 ERA (5 ER/10.2 IP) in four starts with Boisecompared to a 1-1 mark and a 6.35 ERA (4 ER/5.2 IP) in two reliefappearances...Earned his first professional win in August 19's 16-9 victory overVancouver ... surrendered two unearned runs on two walks and five hits,while fanning two in 2.2 innings of relief...Struck out a season-high five August 24 at Yakima...Made one start for Daytona after his promotion August 28 ... allowed fourearned runs, four hits and four walks, while fanning one in 2.2 inningspitched August 29 at Jupiter.
2019 Stats 9 4 4.09 18 18 0 101.1 68 1.23
MLB Career Stats 55 83 4.02 276 183 0 1147.1 861 1.35
Next BOS Game: 7-17 vs TOR
Last 7 Games 4 2 3.43 7 7 0 42.0 35 16 11 20 1.10
Last 15 Games 7 3 3.87 15 15 0 86.0 75 37 23 61 1.14
Last 30 Games 9 4 4.09 18 18 0 101.1 94 46 31 68 1.23
6/29 vs CLE 1 0 0 7.0 3 0 1 6
7/6 @ TOR 1 0 0 7.0 3 1 0 4
7/16 vs TOR 0 1 0 5.0 8 5 2 2
2019 Games by Position: SP (18)
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Avg Exit Velocity (mph)
2019 Red Sox AL 780 Four-seam FB 93.6 2,205 89.8
MLB Avg - - - Four-seam FB - - 88.8
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League Rankings
2017 .250 11th in AL
2013 .233 12th in NL
2017 3.40 9th in AL
2013 3.09 11th in NL
2017 1.32 14th in AL
2018 97 6th in AL
2016 36 20th in NL
2016 83 20th in
2015 111 1st in NL
2018 25 15th in AL
2015 19 21st in NL
2015 165 23rd in NL
2018 177 7th in AL
2015 200 4th in NL
At Bats
2017 624 22nd in AL
2015 718 17th in NL
Innings Pitched
2017 166.2 21st in AL
2015 184.2 23rd in NL
2018 15 3rd in AL
2016 4 11th in NL
2015 16 2nd in NL
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July 14, 2019 Boston Red Sox activated RHP Andrew Cashner.
July 13, 2019 Baltimore Orioles traded RHP Andrew Cashner and cash to Boston Red Sox for CF Elio Prado and SS Noelberth Romero.
July 22, 2018 Baltimore Orioles activated RHP Andrew Cashner from the 10-day injured list.
July 11, 2018 Baltimore Orioles placed RHP Andrew Cashner on the 10-day disabled list. Neck strain.
June 20, 2018 Baltimore Orioles activated RHP Andrew Cashner from the 10-day disabled list.
June 12, 2018 Baltimore Orioles placed RHP Andrew Cashner on the 10-day disabled list retroactive to June 9, 2018. Lower back strain.
February 15, 2018 Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Andrew Cashner.
November 2, 2017 RHP Andrew Cashner elected free agency.
June 29, 2017 Texas Rangers activated RHP Andrew Cashner from the 10-day disabled list.
June 17, 2017 Texas Rangers placed RHP Andrew Cashner on the 10-day disabled list retroactive to June 15, 2017. Left oblique strain.
April 15, 2017 Texas Rangers activated RHP Andrew Cashner from the 10-day disabled list.
April 2, 2017 Texas Rangers placed RHP Andrew Cashner on the 10-day disabled list retroactive to April 1, 2017. Right biceps soreness.
November 21, 2016 Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Andrew Cashner.
July 30, 2016 Miami Marlins activated RHP Andrew Cashner.
July 29, 2016 San Diego Padres traded Andrew Cashner, Colin Rea, RHP Tayron Guerrero and cash to Miami Marlins for RHP Jarred Cosart, RHP Carter Capps, RHP Luis Castillo and 1B Josh Naylor.
July 3, 2016 San Diego Padres activated RHP Andrew Cashner from the 15-day disabled list.
June 28, 2016 San Diego Padres sent RHP Andrew Cashner on a rehab assignment to Lake Elsinore Storm.
June 11, 2016 San Diego Padres placed RHP Andrew Cashner on the 15-day disabled list. strained neck
May 24, 2016 San Diego Padres activated RHP Andrew Cashner from the 15-day disabled list.
May 13, 2016 San Diego Padres placed RHP Andrew Cashner on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to May 9, 2016. Right hamstring strain
August 23, 2014 San Diego Padres activated RHP Andrew Cashner from the 15-day disabled list.
August 11, 2014 San Diego Padres sent RHP Andrew Cashner on a rehab assignment to El Paso Chihuahuas.
August 8, 2014 San Diego Padres sent RHP Andrew Cashner on a rehab assignment to Lake Elsinore Storm.
June 23, 2014 San Diego Padres placed RHP Andrew Cashner on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to June 21, 2014. Right shoulder soreness
June 7, 2014 San Diego Padres activated RHP Andrew Cashner from the 15-day disabled list.
May 17, 2014 San Diego Padres placed RHP Andrew Cashner on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to May 15, 2014. Right Elbow Soreness
September 1, 2012 San Diego Padres activated RHP Andrew Cashner from the 15-day disabled list.
August 21, 2012 sent RHP Andrew Cashner on a rehab assignment to Tucson Padres.
July 4, 2012 San Diego Padres placed RHP Andrew Cashner on the 15-day disabled list. Strained Right Latissimus Dorsi Muscle
June 28, 2012 San Diego Padres recalled Andrew Cashner from San Antonio Missions.
June 10, 2012 San Diego Padres optioned Andrew Cashner to San Antonio Missions.
January 6, 2012 Chicago Cubs traded RHP Andrew Cashner and LF Kyung-Min Na to San Diego Padres for 1B Anthony Rizzo and RHP Zach Cates.
October 2, 2011 RHP Andrew Cashner assigned to Mesa Solar Sox.
September 5, 2011 Andrew Cashner roster status changed by Chicago Cubs.
September 1, 2011 Tennessee Smokies sent RHP Andrew Cashner on a rehab assignment to Iowa Cubs.
August 23, 2011 Andrew Cashner assigned to Tennessee Smokies.
May 29, 2011 Chicago Cubs transferred RHP Andrew Cashner from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day disabled list.
April 8, 2011 Chicago Cubs placed RHP Andrew Cashner on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to April 6, 2011. Right rotator cuff strain.
May 31, 2010 Chicago Cubs selected the contract of RHP Andrew Cashner from Iowa Cubs.
May 7, 2010 Andrew Cashner assigned to Iowa Cubs from Tennessee Smokies.
January 13, 2010 Chicago Cubs invited non-roster RHP Andrew Cashner to spring training.
June 30, 2009 Andrew Cashner assigned to Tennessee Smokies from Daytona Cubs.
April 25, 2009 Andrew Cashner reinstated to Daytona Cubs.
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When it comes to helmets, my all time favorites have always been full face. Fans of full face helmets enjoy the look, enjoy the feel, and enjoy the way they envelop the entire dome and provide a 360-degree range of protection. If you're like me, you might already own a couple of full face helmets, but are always on the lookout for what's new and exciting in the helmet world.
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Shoei RF-1200 Full Face Helmet
DOT & ECE certified
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After all, it seems the title of best full face motorcycle helmet is always up in the air, and there are always new contenders stepping into the ring trying to claim the throne. With all the innovation, you might be somewhat behind on which helmets are hot, but I've got a few solid selections that might have you reconsidering which is the best full face motorcycle helmet on the market.
Why Go Full Face?
Like I said, full face helmet wearers are mainly buying the style because of the superior level of protection one has with a full face lid. It is agreed that since full face helmets cover the head completely, including the jaw and chin area (where many injuries are frequently sustained during collisions) they are the way to go if you want total shielding for your head. That's not the only reason people wear them, though, is it?
Certainly not. In addition to providing more safety from collisions, full face helmets are ideal for protection from the elements. The Wind, rain, insects, whatever. The full face is going to keep those things away from your face and enable you to focus on the road. It's excellent for riders like myself who aren't interested in having the "wind in their hair" while they're out cruising.
It's not all about the protective elements either. Full face helmets are very stylish! From rugged, old-school designs like the Simpson M50 to modern street helmets like the Arai RX-Q, there are helmets on the market that look like a piece of art. To top it off, there are few things cooler than hitting the road in a full helmet with a tinted visor masking your face.
What To Watch For When Buying A Full Face Helmet
Now, as much as I like full face helmets, there are a few drawbacks, and when you're looking for a new helmet, you should try to find one that does the best to mitigate them. What am I talking about?
There's more helmet, and thus, more weight when you go full face. Not as much as a modular helmet, but still more than your half or ¾ varieties. It won't be the only factor that plays into your final decision, but you should pay close attention to the weight on the helmets you consider. Though not a universal rule, more expensive helmets are often constructed from more expensive materials, which benefit from being simultaneously stronger and lighter than alternative options.
Not only does adequate ventilation help to keep fog down, but it also contributes to maintaining freshness inside your helmet. You'll be burning up on those summer days if you don't have a well-ventilated full face helmet. The flow of air also helps with making the helmet more aerodynamic and reducing the amount of wind noise you have to deal with while riding.
The battle cry of half helmet fans has long been, "but you can see more with a half helmet!" There's some truth to that, but it's not that hard to get a robust full face helmet that has a large face shield and wide field of view.
Unfortunately, the face shield on some full face helmets can become rather fogged, making it difficult to see while riding. As visibility is a key point when out on the road, finding a helmet that has anti-fog features or simply isn't prone to fogging up is essential for full face riders.
Then there are other factors that, while not exactly drawbacks of full face helmets, you'll still have to think about when purchasing one:
If you wear specs, you'll have to weigh that into your helmet choice. Some full face helmets are fully accommodating for riders who have glasses and have more than enough room for you even with the internal visor down.
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If you like to use a Bluetooth system, many helmets come ready-made to accept one. If it's not your particular system they are built for, though, you might want to inquire as to whether the Bluetooth that you prefer will still fit the helmet.
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Fans of full face helmets are no strangers to Shoei and their high-quality motorcycle gear, helmets in particular. The RF-1200 is an award winning design, hailed for its combination of comfort, safety, and utility. The shell is an intermediate oval shape, constructed from Shoei's Lightweight Advanced Integrated Matrix+ (AIM+). It combines several layers of fiberglass and organic fibers to create an excellent blend of lightness, strength, and flexibility. The shell also incorporates a dual EPS liner to increase impact absorption and shock dispersal abilities of the helmet.
The ventilation system on the RF-1200 is fantastic. It has a whole array of front positioned vents and back facing exhausts to move air through the helmet quickly. The result is an exceedingly comfortable, aerodynamic, and quiet helmet that can be worn for extended periods without inconvenience. When I donned the RF-1200 and took it out for a long ride, I experienced no discomfort and was stunned by how quiet the ride was.
The front shield on the RF-1200 is also one of the best I've seen. It's quite firm, tightly sealed, gives you a wide viewing area, and can easily be removed or adjusted. When riding at high speeds, wind and rain were no issues. I didn't have any problems with the shield fogging either.
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Emergency quick-release
Dual density EPS lining
Continuing with the Japanese manufacturers, the RX-Q is seen as a culmination of Arai's long history of helmet design, combining everything they've learned to date into a slick full face package. The RX-Q's shell is based on that of the Corsair V, but it's been updated to include some additional features. It's designed for intermediate oval head shapes and incorporates a new style of cheek pad that come down to protect the head even more. The new shape and material design increases strength and comfort, while at the same time reduces weight and makes the helmet quieter.
The helmet includes a retractable chin spoiler, a "Hyper-Ridge" to improve aerodynamics, and an advanced ventilation system to keep riders cool. The interior lining is removable, washable, and provides outstanding comfort. The wide eye port on the face shield offers plenty of room to view the road and your surroundings. Arai's emergency release system is included on the RX-Q, enhancing safety by making the helmet easy to remove from an injured rider.
This helmet is sleek and features several solid color choices that appeal to the street rider: diamond white, diamond gray, silver, yellow, blue, and black frost. They've billed it as a "racing helmet for the streets" and I for one feel that description hits the nail right on the head.
Emergency release
DOT certified
A newer design by Nolan, the well known Italian manufacturer who has been putting out quality gear since the 1970s. The N86 features an advanced polycarbonate shell with an intermediate oval shape. It's been crafted for aerodynamics and is relatively lightweight as far as full face helmets go (though not to the degree of the Arai or Shoei models listed). The N86 also has a comfy anti-bacterial interior padding that is highly breathable, keeping you cool even in the summer heat. The helmet's interior comfortably accommodates glasses and has been pre-cut to fit the Nolan N-COM Bluetooth comms system.
The N86's face shield has incorporated efficient anti-fog technology via the pin lock anti-fog insert, along with being scratch resistant and easy to remove. The interior visor is tinted, and easy to adjust by operating the rotating slider (located on the left of the helmet). The chin strap is also worth a mention. It has a very plush velour padding and held in place with the Microlock2 double lever retention system.
Additional features include the VPS (Vision Protection System) and removable neck roll that improves rider visibility during low light conditions. This is a solid full face helmet that has the attributes a serious motorcyclist could ask for, with a price tag that's a bit easier to swallow than that of high-end names like Shoei or Arai.
VPS system
Microlock2 retention
Bluetooth ready
A bit heavier
LS2 makes good gear at affordable prices, and the Stream is no exception. This full face helmet is constructed from using LS2's High-Pressure Thermoplastic Technology (HPTT). It's a proprietary composite that is relatively lightweight and very sturdy. It complement's the aerodynamic design well and feels well made. The interior lining is everything you would expect from a top quality full face contender, being removable, washable, moisture-wicking (the whole 9 yards, actually). It fits well on long oval head shapes (which I am not, but was still able to fit into the helmet, albeit with some discomfort).
The face shield was exceptionally easy to remove, provided a wide field of view, and was also scratch resistant and optically corrected for optimal vision. The FFS (Fog Fighter System) performed well, and I didn't experience any instances where the shield became too cloudy to see out of (the breath deflector was also a nice touch that helped out).
The helmet includes top and chin vents, along with a rear exhaust port. It's not the best, but it was hardly what I would deem terrible. The chin strap is a pain, but this helmet still provides a lot of value without a high asking price, so it's a great choice for riders on a budget.
Well constructed
Great fog reduction
Comfortable (for long oval head shapes!)
Annoying chinstrap
Has HJC crafted a full face helmet that can stand toe to toe with the big dogs in the yard? The CL-17 is certainly an attempt to do so. Crafted from an advanced polycarbonate shell, it's plenty sturdy and fits well on round oval head shapes. It's not quite as lightweight as its competitors, however, weighing in at 3.91 pounds. Still, it checks many of the same boxes as some higher priced helmets, including a comfy interior padding that has been cut for extra comfort. It's made from SuperCool fabric, so it has the anti-bacterial and moisture wicking attributes many riders demand nowadays.
The fog-deterrent face shield is marketed as having a new "3D" design. It's highly UV resistant and seals off well while including an advanced ventilation system. It's easily replaceable if you desire another color, thanks to the "Rapid Fire Shield Replacement System." A fancy title, but it means you can pop the shield out without having to use a bunch of tools.
The ventilation does a good job of flushing air and heat, keeping this helmet cool, but it's not nearly as quiet as the RF-1200 or the RX-Q. Overall, this is a good helmet for the price, and it's well put together, but not on the same tier of quality as Arai or Shoei.
Sturdy shell
Good anti-fog system
Louder than expected
I like the HJC and LS2 helmets, and they offer a lot for their respective prices, but not quite enough to compete with Shoei and Arai, even with their higher price point. Between the two, it's a close competition. Both offer superior build quality, ventilation, and aerodynamics. The RF-1200, however, pulls ahead slightly due to what I feel was a more comfortable fit and quieter riding experience. It's also a lighter helmet, and on extended rides, those few ounces start to make a difference on your head and neck. Make no mistake; the RX-Q is a sharply designed helmet, but Shoei's RF-1200 edges it out, showing just what a fantastically crafted piece of gear it truly is.
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Akhilesh Yadav Says Tie-Up With Mayawati In 2019 Even If It Costs Seats
"Our alliance with BSP will continue, in 2019 even if we have to give up a few seats we will do it," Akhilesh Yadav on tie-up with Mayawati's BSP
All India | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Updated: June 11, 2018 12:05 IST
Recent wins have been taken by Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati and others as a workable template
"We have to ensure the BJP is defeated": Akhilesh Yadav
Last month, opposition-backed candidate bagged Kairana seat
It is clear the SP-BSP relationship will be high-maintenance
Akhilesh Yadav, stoked by recent bypoll successes after joining hands with Mayawati's party, has made it clear that he wants to continue the alliance with his party's long-time rival for the 2019 national election, even if it means riding shotgun.
"Our alliance with BSP will continue, in 2019 even if we have to give up a few seats we will do it. We have to ensure the BJP is defeated," Akhilesh Yadav said at a public meeting on Sunday in Mainpuri.
Last month, an opposition backed candidate bagged the Kairana parliamentary seat in the third setback in a row for the ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh.
Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party (SP) and Mayawati's BSP had joined forces to snatch two BJP strongholds earlier -- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's Gorakhpur and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya's Phulpur.
Days after that victory, Akhilesh Yadav told NDTV: "I am ready to be practical. From my side, I know I have to run this alliance. This alliance is important. If I have to take two steps back, I am willing to do it."
The victories have been taken by the opposition as a workable template for a similar alliance to take on the BJP in 2019.
Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party (SP) and Mayawati's BSP had joined forces to snatch two BJP strongholds earlier.
However, it is clear that the SP-BSP relationship will be high-maintenance.
Right after the Gorakhpur-Phulpur victories, the Rajya Sabha elections signalled a bump in the newfound friendship as Mayawati, challenged by the BJP in the seat her party was contesting, failed to get her candidate into the upper house.
While insisting the alliance remained strong, she also implied that SP lawmakers should have supported her party man at the cost of their candidate.
When Mayawati said at her party's leadership meet recently that she would go for partnerships only if the BSP's share of seats was respectable, it stumped the SP somewhat.
The BJP seized on the comments.
"Bua (Mayawati) and Babua (Akhilesh Yadav) will finish off with fighting among themselves. This isn't an alliance based on issues. An issue-less alliance never works. They will be finished before the election (2019) comes," UP minister Swami Prasad Maurya of the BJP said on Sunday.
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Board of Elections set to begin recount of Congressional primary
Licking County Board of Elections to begin recount of the 12th Congressional District Republican primary results on Wednesday.
Board of Elections set to begin recount of Congressional primary Licking County Board of Elections to begin recount of the 12th Congressional District Republican primary results on Wednesday. Check out this story on newarkadvocate.com: https://ohne.ws/2LOB4ZD
Staff report Published 12:33 p.m. ET June 1, 2018
The Licking County will begin a recount next week from the May Republican congressional primary.(Photo: Staff photo)
NEWARK – The Licking County Board of Elections announced it will begin its recount of the 12th Congressional District Republican primary results at 9 a.m. Wednesday.
The recount of the race between state Sen. Troy Balderson, of Zanesville, and conservative political newcomer Melanie Leneghan will continue 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily until completed, according to Brian Mead, deputy director of the county board of elections.
Balderson, backed by former U.S. Rep. Pat Tiberi, won by 643 votes in his effort to replace Tiberi as the representative from the Republican-leaning district. Balderson received 19,814 votes, compared to Laneghan's 19,161.
Balderson prevailed in the nine-candidate Republican field and Franklin County Recorder Danny O'Connor was victorious among six Democrats. Balderson and O'Connor each won primaries for an August special election to fill Tiberi's unexpired term, and for the November general election to determine who serves the next two-year term representing the district.
Leneghan requested recounts in Delaware, Franklin, Licking and Muskingum counties.
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Gut Brain Axis News and Research
New strategy may strengthen gut-brain communication
Scientists have developed a strategy that raises the volume of gut-body communication, paving the way for new interventions to improve human health.
Gut microbiota linked with temperament traits in young children
Scientists in the FinnBrain research project of the University of Turku discovered that the gut microbes of a 2.5-month-old infant are associated with the temperament traits manifested at six months of age.
Study confirms gut-brain link in autism
People with autism often suffer from gut problems, but nobody has known why. Researchers have now discovered the same gene mutations – found both in the brain and the gut – could be the cause.
Combination of different treatments can have a positive effect for IBS sufferers
The more abnormalities in intestinal and brain function that IBS sufferers have, the more severe their symptoms of this functional bowel disorder, and the more adversely their everyday life is affected.
Microbiome science may help doctors to improve treatment for children with IBS
To improve the treatment of children with irritable bowel syndrome, investigators have developed a sophisticated way to analyze the microbial and metabolic contents of the gut.
Stressed IBS sufferers exhibit a distinctive microbial signature in the gut
People who suffer from stress-related Irritable Bowel Syndrome have a distinctive microbial signature in their gut.
Experts explore involvement of the gut in Parkinson's disease
There is growing evidence that at least in some patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), the disease may begin in the gut. Writing in a special supplement to the Journal of Parkinson's Disease, experts explore the last two decades of research about the gut-brain axis in PD and look ahead at the possible development and impact of these research areas in the next two decades.
Study shows how gut bacteria affect the treatment of Parkinson's disease
Patients with Parkinson's disease are treated with levodopa, which is converted into dopamine, a neurotransmitter in the brain. In a study published on 18 January in the journal Nature Communications, scientists from the University of Groningen show that gut bacteria can metabolize levodopa into dopamine.
A new frontier in research to better understand gut microbiome and digestive health
Research on the gut microbiome is one of the most promising areas of science today. In a new special issue of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the American Gastroenterological Association has taken the deep-dive into the gut microbiome that both scientists and the public are looking for to help them better understand the effects of the microbiome on health and disease.
New bacterial species may help fight obesity and metabolic disorders
The MyNewGut project has discovered new bacterial species and strains in healthy people that seem to be effective against obesity, metabolic and mental disorders related to stress and obesity (e.g. depression).
Probiotics may offer therapeutic benefits for biopolar patients
A new study has shown that probiotics may serve as a potential therapeutic approach to bipolar disorder and other psychiatric conditions.
The effect of probiotics on intestinal flora of premature babies
According to our current understanding, intestinal microflora has a considerable effect upon our health. The initial colonization with bacteria directly after birth could be of significant importance for the development of the intestinal flora, which then accompanies us throughout our entire lives.
National Institutes of Health awards grant to MSU professors for research on neurodegenerative disease
A research collaboration between three Montana State University faculty members recently received a grant to help fund their study on the connection between a rare genetic neurological disease and metabolism, the human gut microbiome and degeneration of the nervous system.
Harmful H. pylori may play a role in Parkinson's disease
While human genetic mutations are involved in a small number of Parkinson's disease (PD) cases, the vast majority of cases are of unknown environmental causes, prompting enormous interest in identifying environmental risk factors involved.
Dietary fiber may delay memory loss, brain inflammation during old age
As mammals age, immune cells in the brain known as microglia become chronically inflamed. In this state, they produce chemicals known to impair cognitive and motor function.
New study gives explanation for food's prominence in memory
Ask anyone if they remember where they ate the juiciest burger, the sweetest cupcake or the smoothest bisque, and they probably can describe the location in great detail, down to the cross streets, the décor, and the table where they sat.
Combination of probiotics and herbal supplement may prolong lifespan, research shows
You are what you eat. Or so the saying goes. Science now tells us that we are what the bacteria living in our intestinal tract eat and this could have an influence on how well we age.
Prebiotics could enhance the learning and memory skills of infants
This news article describes a recent study which showed that learning and memory skills could be enhanced by adding prebiotics to piglet feed.
Research explores benefits of gut health from several angles
Gut health is a key area of modern health research, with intensive examination of communication between our gut and our brain deemed pivotal to solving complex health and wellbeing issues.
Protein identified as promising novel obesity treatment
This week Amgen published data showing that injection of a protein known as growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15) facilitated weight loss in obese mice and primates.
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How e-Commerce Giants like Flipkart are Helping Small Traders Dream Big & Write Their Success Stories
Apart from digital payments, the evolution of tech-led innovations like hyper-local logistics, mass customer engagements and digital advertisements have enabled the e-commerce industry to grow speedily and enable sellers to grow their business at a fast pace.
Prema Rajaram | CNN-News18
For medium and small enterprises with a brick and mortar presence to a successful online transformation, e-commerce has changed the fate of many sellers in eastern India. Business has gone beyond geographical boundaries with e-commerce giant Flipkart being the first to change the way people looked at shopping online in the country.
Digital solutions like credit and debit card payments and Paytm have also helped people gain confidence to consider these as viable and secure options. Apart from digital payments, the evolution of technology-led innovations such as hyper-local logistics, mass customer engagements and digital advertisements have enabled the e-commerce industry to grow speedily and thereby, enable sellers to grow their business at a fast pace.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman’s announcement in the Union Budget about the government’s vision to spread internet connectivity across every panchayat in the country would further boost the sector. At present, over 2 crore Indians are digitally literate, Sitharaman said.
Besides, digital payments have come as a shot in the arm for e-commerce companies looking to make inroads into more rural and Indian households. Sops, including no merchant discount rates or charges on customers for digital payments for businesses with a turnover of Rs 50 crore, will further encourage merchants and customers to prefer e-payments.
In fact, many small traders have wrapped up their offline sales mode after e-commerce translated into a higher revenue earning model.
For example, Kolkata-based Balkrishna Lakhotia who started his kidswear brand, Beekay Enterprises, in 2015, went online with Flipkart two years later. The initial hesitation from being just an online shopper to becoming an online seller translated into a success story for Lakhotia.
Balkrishna Lakhotia
“I was familiar with the benefits of shopping online. Flipkart changed my business completely. I went from having 35-40 orders a day to currently catering to more than 300 orders daily. The volume and demand became so much that I put all my focus into the online business. I enjoyed understanding the online process which has led me to shut down my offline business to operate solely on Flipkart,” he said.
In a bid to realise their dreams, Lakhotia advises every trader to try the online mode of reaching out to thousands of households across the country.
Another case in point is Mohammad Sabeeluddin and his cousin Rameezuddin of Dolphamiles who took their 30-year-old family business online in 2014 with Flipkart.
Mohammad Sabeeluddin
From being just a footwear brand, online selling helped them expand to starting a clothing line, as well. The idea was to build the business so that their footwear products could reach every household. Today, Dolphinmiles receives orders from all regions.
“We did not want to invest too much in developing our own website and hence, tried Flipkart. From being a small company, we have become one of the biggest sellers on Flipkart in the whole of eastern India. The work is very rewarding, being able to help shoppers all across India, while sitting in Kolkata. This venture is a dream come true for us,” said Sabeeluddin.
For these sellers, it is no longer just about expanding their business, but also about enjoying the thrill that online selling gives them. Sabeeluddin’s message to other young sellers looking to establish themselves with a strong foothold is that they should opt for online selling.
“It is not an easy field and one might witness a few failures. But face them like a challenge which can be overcome with hard work and confidence of building a brand online,” he added.
Flipkart looks at small sellers and brands as the backbone of the Indian retail landscape. According to a spokesperson, with over 1 lakh sellers in more than 80 categories, offering over 80 million products, this e-commerce marketplace plays a key role in bridging the gap between sellers and customers.
As the e-commerce sector continues to develop, these medium and small enterprises will play a crucial role in powering the growth of Indian retail. For sellers from far-flung areas in the country wanting to reach every household, e-commerce is the way forward.
The eastern region is extremely important, both in terms of seller and customer bases, the Flipkart spokesperson said. The e-commerce giant aims to bring more Indians online in the near future.
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US Lawmakers Call Facebook's Cryptocurrency Plan Crazy And Delusional After Senate Hearing
Notorious Drug Lord 'El Chapo', Head of Powerful Sinaloa Drug Cartel, Sentenced to Life in Prison
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Hungry shrimp eat climate change experiment
Earth 25 March 2009
By Catherine Brahic
It is another nail in the coffin of using ocean fertilisation to cool the planet. Early results from the latest field experiment suggest the technique will fail.
“I think we are seeing the last gasps of ocean iron fertilisation as a carbon storage strategy,” says Ken Caldeira of the Carnegie Institution at Stanford University.
Earlier this month, the controversial Indian-German Lohafex expedition fertilised 300 square kilometres of the Southern Atlantic with six tonnes of dissolved iron. The iron triggered a bloom of phytoplankton, which doubled their biomass within two weeks by taking in carbon dioxide from the seawater. Dead bloom particles were then expected to sink to the ocean bed, dragging carbon along with them.
Instead, the bloom attracted a swarm of hungry copepods. The tiny crustaceans graze on phytoplankton, which keeps the carbon in the food chain and prevents it from being stored in the ocean sink. Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research reported that the copepods were in turn eaten by larger crustaceans called amphipods, which serve as food for squid and fin whales.
No diatoms
The grazing effect had not been seen in previous fertilisation experiments. These had caused blooms of diatoms, a type of phytoplankton that is protected against grazers by a hard shell of silica. But the Lohafex experiment did not trigger a diatom bloom because there was little silicic acid available in the water for diatoms to build their shells from.
Lohafex researchers say the results suggest that using iron fertilisation to increase the ocean carbon sink would rely on a complex chain of events, making it difficult to control. The Southern Ocean is thought to be the planet’s largest ocean carbon sink. But most of the northern half of the region is low on silicic acid, ruling it out as an option for carbon fertilisation.
The researchers tried to provoke a second bloom by fertilising the same patch of ocean three weeks later, with no success – most probably because the water was already saturated in iron.
“It seems that if it is possible to fertilise enough ocean to make a difference to climate, we would need to turn vast ocean ecosystems into giant plankton farms,” says Caldeira.
More experiments
Another problem with ocean fertilisation is that encouraging the oceans to absorb carbon dioxide boosts their acidity.
A US commercial company called Climos has been planning a separate fertilisation trial for later this year.
“We look forward to seeing the Lohafex results in more detail, however this certainly does not change our plans to facilitate a larger scale experiment under more favourable nutrient conditions,” CEO Dan Whaley told New Scientist.
In previous interviews Whaley has said that Climos could one day seek to sell carbon offset credits similar to those offered by tree planting schemes. However, the International Maritime Organization‘s London Convention is in the process of drafting international regulation for ocean fertilisation activities. Early discussions suggest it is not in favour of commercial fertilisation schemes.
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CAA officers raid Peliyagoda sub-standard cement re-packaging facility
26 Feb, 2014 | 2:54 pm
Written by Staff Writer 26 Feb, 2014 | 2:54 pm
A group of officers of the Consumer Affairs Authority raided a storage facility where a stock of expired cement was being re-packaged and sent to the market.
Gampaha District Head of the Consumer Affairs Authority Ranjith Wijewardena said that the raid was conducted based on a tip off received, noting that the stock of cement was worth over Rs.2 million.
The cement which was found to be of substandard quality was being prepared for sale at a storage facility in Nawa Nuge along the Colombo – Peliyagoda Road.
The officers of of the raid unit had seized close to 2,000 bags of repackaged cement. In addition to the equipment used for re-packaging; over 20,000 empty bags of cement was also seized by the officers at the facility.
The owner of the storage facility and the manager were released on bail after statements were recorded.
The Gampaha Raid Unit of the Consumer Affairs Authority said that the relevant individuals will be produced at the Kadawatha Magistrate’s Court along with the stock of seized cement
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Senate passes toughest abortion ban bill, even in cases of rape, incest
The Alabama Senate has passed the most restrictive abortion bill in the United States, which places a near-total ban on the termination of pregnancy — even in cases of rape and incest — and could punish doctors who perform the procedure with life in prison.
The text passed by the Republican-led Senate Tuesday has been sent to Governor Kay Ivey’s desk for signature into law and, if approved, is expected to trigger a legal battle which its supporters hope will reach the Supreme Court.
Under the bill, performing an abortion is a crime that could land doctors who perform it in prison for 10 to 99 years. Abortions would only be legal if the life of the mother is in danger or the fetus has a fatal condition.
The largest human rights defence organization in the United States, the ACLU, promised to file a lawsuit to block its implementation, saying the vote showed “how little they (conservative lawmakers) regard bodily autonomy.”
“This bill punishes victims of rape and incest by further taking away control over their own bodies and forcing them to give birth,” it added.
The National Organization for Women called the bill “unconstitutional” and said its passage would “send women in the state back to the dark days of policymakers having control over their bodies, health, and lives.”
The Republican-led Senate approved the measure by 25 votes to six on Tuesday. Governor Ivey has not yet said whether she will sign the bill.
Unlike the doctors carrying out the procedures, women who undergo abortions would not be prosecuted.
Attempts to introduce an amendment providing exceptions for pregnancies conceived due to rape or incest were shut down by the state senate.
“You just raped the state of Alabama yourself,” state Senate Democratic leader Bobby Singleton said after senators eliminated the amendment.
“You’re saying to my daughter you don’t matter in the state of Alabama… It’s ok for men to rape you and you’re gonna have his baby if you get pregnant,” he added, his voice sometimes breaking with emotion.
But Alabama Lieutenant Governor Will Ainsworth, who also presides over the state senate, greeted the bill’s passage as a “strong step toward defending the rights of the unborn.”
“With liberal states approving radical late-term and post-birth abortions, Roe must be challenged, and I am proud that Alabama is leading the way,” he added.
– ‘Heartbeat’ laws –
The bill’s backers have expressly said they want to bring the case to the Supreme Court.
Now that the top US court has a conservative majority in the wake of President Donald Trump’s election, some Republicans want to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that recognized women’s right to abortion.
The challenge to Roe v. Wade comes as Trump is ramping up for a 2020 re-election campaign with abortion as a hot-button issue.
Several other conservative states are weighing or have recently implemented harsh anti-abortion laws.
The governor of the US state of Georgia last week signed into law a ban on abortion from the moment a fetal heartbeat is detected, becoming the sixth US state to outlaw abortion after six weeks of gestation.
Ohio, Mississippi, Kentucky, Iowa and North Dakota have enacted similar laws, while electoral powerhouses Florida and Texas are considering following suit.
All the state bans have either been blocked by a judge or are headed for the courts.
Anti-abortion activists hope the state-by-state legal battles will ensure the so-called “heartbeat” ban is brought before the country’s top court. But Alabama’s new law, which outlaws abortion as soon as the pregnancy is known, goes further still.
States with liberal majorities, however, are seeking safeguards to the right to abortion in their own constitutions.
This year alone, 28 of the 50 US states have introduced more than 300 new rules to limit abortion, according to a report by the Guttmacher Institute, which defends women’s rights.
Planned Parenthood Southeast Advocates said in a statement that it was “a dark day for women in Alabama and across this country.”
“Alabama politicians will forever live in infamy for this vote.”
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Pope Francis holds historic public mass for 170,000 Catholics in UAE
Posted on February 5, 2019 Author newsheadline247
Pope Francis held a historic public mass for an estimated 170,000 Catholics at an Abu Dhabi stadium on Tuesday on the first ever papal visit to the Muslim Gulf. The pope waved at an enthusiastic crowd carrying Vatican flags and banners as he drove into Zayed Sports City Stadium, where an altar with a large Read more
US sends supersonic bombers over South Korea
Posted on November 3, 2017 Author newsheadline247
US bombers overflew the Korean peninsula Thursday as part of an exercise with Japanese and South Korean warplanes, the US Air Force said, days before President Donald Trump arrives in the region for a trip set to be dominated by the nuclear-armed North. Tensions are high over Pyongyang’s ballistic missile and atomic programmes, which in Read more
May clings to power amid Brexit resignation turmoil
British Prime Minister Theresa May chaired a meeting of her new-look cabinet on Tuesday as she clings to power following the resignation of her foreign and Brexit ministers in protest at her strategy for leaving the European Union. May has faced a backlash over the plan from Brexit hardliners in her Conservative Party who say Read more
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Let's do this: How I accidentally helped Labour come up with their campaign slogan
Anna Bracewell-Worrall
Watch Labour's video that kicked off the whole thing. Credits: Video - Labour; Image -Getty
As a journalist, I like to stay out of the story. I'm happiest on the sideline, just keeping a beady eye on the plays.
But I've just discovered I inadvertently helped Labour come up with its new campaign slogan after Andrew Little stepped aside as leader.
It all came down to a text message conversation I had with the woman we now call Prime Minister.
I had no idea I had any involvement in the decision, until Jacinda Ardern made a speech at Parliament this morning.
The story goes like this: Labour had a brand new leader, Jacinda Ardern. In some ways her appointment was great timing and the party rode a wave of renewed interest in Labour all the way to the election.
In other ways, it was terrible timing. Volunteers were still picking out the splinters they got putting up hoardings of Andrew Little all around the country. Those hoardings featured the slogan 'A fresh approach', which was mocked almost immediately for its supermarket-style messaging.
During her speech at a post-election conference today, Ardern said after she was made leader, she gave her team just 72 hours to come up with a new campaign. It was a "blessing and a curse," she said.
Two days after she was selected, her team put together a video about Ardern's "busy first two days." It ended with the words 'Let's do this."
"Midway through our 72 hours while I was debating slogans with the copious use of words like 'future', I got a text from a journalist asking whether we were going to adopt the slogan 'Let's do this'," she said.
"I laughed. That didn't have any of my lofty aspirations contained within it. Why would I sell ourselves short with so few syllables?
"I even remember telling Kelvin Davis about the text, who replied, 'I actually quite like that slogan.'
"Which got me thinking."
And so it became Labour's slogan.
Guilty - that journalist was me. Ardern has confirmed it. I'd seen the video and thought it looked like a slogan. I thought it was good. I thought it captured the momentum and the kind of mood for change Ardern was talking about.
"Is 'Let's do this' your new campaign slogan," I texted her. "Just a cheeky guess based on the little campaign video."
"Ha! No decisions made on that front!" she replied.
But then she wouldn't rule it out.
I was pretty sure I was on the money, so I wrote a speculative piece on what I was convinced the new slogan would be.
'Called it,' I thought smugly when Labour unveiled 'Let's do this' as its new slogan.
Turns out that's not quite what happened.
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The center is a collaborative effort that will provide room and learning facilities for children of fishing communities around Gaba.
Many parent carry their children to the market and often leave them to roam about. But that's about to change. (Credit: Andrew Masinde)
It was all joy at Gaba fish market, along the shores of Lake Victoria as a new Early Childhood Development center (ECD) got unveiled there.
Local fishermen and women, traders and dealers all jubilated. At last, their infants would stop roaming the market and start attending school.
Gaba market, is located next to one of the busiest landing sites in Uganda. It is a bee hive of fishing activity, every day and every night. Fishmongers, traders and food vendors spend days conducting business.
Many of them are too poor to employ nannies to look after their children back home. As a result, parent carry their children to the market and often leave them to roam about. This exposes them to lots of danger.
As an intervention, Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited and GEMS Cambridge International School have pooled resources to start an Early Childhood Development centre near the market.
Patrick Mweheire, the Chief Executive Stanbic bank Uganda, handing over a sh24m dummy cheque to the missionary of the poor children
According to Patrick Mweheire the Stanbic Bank Uganda Chief Executive Officer, the center is a collaborative effort that will provide room and learning facilities for children of fishing communities around Gaba.
It will benefit children aged below 8 years. Services at the center will be free. Over Sh40m was spent on establishing the programme.
Mweheire said this initiative followed a study undertaken by the bank on the needs of the Gaba fishing communities. We found that many children there are unable to realize their full potential because of a good start in life. For instance we discovered that most of the children from this area come from broken homes, raised by single mothers- usually market vendors with very low household incomes to adequately provide proper childcare to their children,” he said. As a result, many abandon their children or simply let them wonder around the market.
The centre, Mweheire said will provide physical, cognitive, and emotional skills development to improve their learning capacity and prepare them for the future.
Defining Early Childhood Development
Children looking at people loading fuel on boats at the lake shore
This is a time of critical change and development where a child attains the physical and mental skills needed for the rest of their life. Early childhood spans from birth to age 8 years. According to the World Bank, ECD focuses on identifiable sequence of the following aspects of growth and change:
ECD very important
According to UNICEF Uganda’s Agnes Ijuka Barongo, Early Childhood Development is critical to childhood development. Despite that, ECD is not yet well developed in this country. “Many Ugandan children still lack access, she said.
Recent Ministry of Education and Sports figures show that only 6.2% of children aged 3-5 years old nationwide access ECD.
“Yet children who are well nurtured and cared for in the earliest years are more likely to survive, and to develop thinking, language and social skills. They’re also more likely to enrol in primary school at the right age, Barongo said.
Steps towards improvement
Patrick Mweheire of stanbic Bank Uganda greets Jimmy Kamya, the vice chairman of Gaba landing site
Working with different stakeholders, the government of Uganda has, in collaboration with UNICEF Uganda, and other partners recently made some strides in the development of an Early Childhood Development policy.
According to UNICEF Uganda, the policy and operational guidelines for ECD Centres are available for use in all 112 districts of Uganda. In the UNICEF focus districts about 15.5% of children are enrolled in ECD Centres, up from 2% in 2006 when UNICEF begun supporting Early Childhood Development in these districts.
Despite that, participation in ECD remains low and certain challenges persist, including a lack of trained teachers and insufficient facilities.
Many youths are idle at the lakeshore
Beneficiaries speak out
Rose Nasuna, a 29-year-old mother of three and a trader in Gaba Market says this ECD programme will help her provide a good foundation for the education of her children.
“This programme will occupy my children meaningfully. Many times they end up wondering all-over the landing site. I have nowhere to keep them while at work”, she said.
Like many women who work here, she is a single mother whose attempts to find a minder for her children have not been very successful.
Jimmy Kamya, the vice chairman Gaba landing site said, many parents from this community cannot afford the expensive day care facilities. “That is why this is a good opportunity for our children to get a start in life. I call upon parents to bring their children to the training centre.”
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Assessed to be worth US$53 billion by 2023, the Southeast Asian online retail advertising is the developing battleground for Chinese tech monsters – Alibaba, Baidu, Didi, JD.com, and Tencent- – which have been putting forcefully in the area.
Southeast Asia’s web-based business advertising is evaluated to be worth US$53 billion by 2023 and is developing as a hot battleground among China’s tech mammoths, which have been putting forcefully to build up their impression in the area.
Fuelled by developing cell phone reception and neighborhood economies, Southeast Asia would develop at a compound yearly development rate (CAGR) of 23 percent throughout the following a long time to hit US$53 billion, up from US$19 billion this year.
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Indonesia was the biggest market, representing 41 percent of the locale’s online retail advertising, yet the Philippines would clock the quickest development rate- – on account of its internet-based life clients, as indicated by a report by economic analyst Forrester. Other Southeast Asian markets incorporated into its report were Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The report, which was composed by Forrester’s senior conjecture investigator Satish Meena, assessed that Indonesia’s online retail deals this year would contact US$7.6 billion, while Vietnam would hit US$2.8 billion and Malaysia would see US$2.2 billion in online retail deals. The Philippine online retail market would grow at a CAGR of 30.4 percent amid the gauge time frame as the nation’s internet based life clients take to web based shopping.
Southeast Asia had been progressively appealing for retailers, Meena included, taking note of that Southeast Asian web organizations had raised more than US$13 billion in capital since 2015. The additional assets had helped the market players put forcefully in retail benefits, composed the New Delhi-based Forrester examiner.
Singapore saw the most abnormal amount of speculation, attracting 58 percent of complete interest in Southeast Asia from 2016 to second from last quarter of 2017, contrasted with Indonesia’s 34 percent.
Refering to gauges from the World Economic Forum, Meena said the district was anticipated to be the world’s fifth-biggest economy by 2020. It previously flaunted an aggregate economy worth US$2.6 trillion, developing at a normal rate of 5 percent, and was home to 574 million.
On the web and cell phone reception additionally was developing in the area, where about portion of its populace as of now were on the web and 303 million possessed cell phones. He included that versatile would represent 74 percent of online retail deals in 2023, up from 58 percent this year.
He said the Southeast Asian retail advertise was worth US$590 billion, displaying critical open doors for business sectors, for example, retail, CPG (shopper bundled merchandise), and coordinations.
He clarified that the locale had an immature disconnected retail showcase, with one of the most reduced dimensions of retail net floor zone and constrained stock keeping units (SKUs) because of coordinations costs.
“Subsequently, the locale’s customers are jumping to web based business; they are set up to make buys on online commercial centers rather than in disconnected stores,” Meena composed.
CHINA TECH GIANTS BATTLE FOR SEA RETAIL PIE, WHILE AMAZON FOCUSES ON INDIA
With the area offering noteworthy development potential, Chinese tech mammoths were ready to fight for a bit of the retail showcase. Indicating Alibaba, Baidu, Didi, JD.com, and Tencent, Meena said these market players contributed more than US$8 billion a year ago in the locale’s web based business, coordinations, and installments markets.
Alibaba, for example, started pouring in assets since April 2016 when it put US$1 billion in Lazada for a controlling 51 percent stake and another US$1 billion per year later to help its offer to 83 percent. It put in a further US$2 billion in March 2018.
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One of the most punctual web based business advertise players in Singapore, Qoo10 is arranging another round of subsidizing as it hopes to refocus on the neighborhood showcase, which it says still offers huge development potential.
The Chinese internet business goliath in September 2018 additionally put US$1.1 billion in Indonesia commercial center Tokopedia, demonstrating the area was a need for Alibaba, noted Meena. It likewise put S$312 million in Singapore Post (SingPost) for a 10.35 percent stake in 2014 just as a 34 percent offer in SingPost’s internet business coordinations arm, Quantium Solutions International, for an expected S$92 million of every 2015.
Tencent, as well, had been augmenting its ongoing interaction in Southeast Asia, tossing US$500 million into online business stage Shopee in May 2017, said Meena. The Chinese web goliath likewise put US$1.2 billion in Indonesian ride-sharing application, Go-Jek, which since had extended its administration contributions to incorporate installments and nourishment conveyance.
JD.com additionally propelled its nearby site in Indonesia in 2015 and its first “clerk free” store there in 2018. Its different interests in the area included Vietnamese online retailer Tiki, Go-Jek, and Thailand’s online mold retail player, Pomelo.
While the Chinese players busied themselves with Southeast Asia, Amazon in the mean time had been centered around the Indian market, noted Meena. Be that as it may, the US online business player was relied upon to put resources into Southeast Asian one year from now, he said.
“With expanding rivalry in India from Walmart, after the obtaining of Flipkart and speculation by Alibaba, Amazon is taking as much time as necessary in Southeast Asia,” the Forrester expert stated, including that Amazon had taken a “watch-and-pause” position in the wake of propelling its Prime administrations in Singapore in July a year ago.
“Be that as it may, Amazon is as of now working with dealers in Southeast Asia. In Vietnam, it cooperated with the Vietnam E-Commerce Association of Online Merchants (VECOM) in March 2018,” he said. This association would offer VECOM individuals a stage to support their fares of nearby made merchandise, Meena stated, including that it was anticipating that Amazon should make vital moves to move products in the Vietnamese market one year from now.
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FUELING GROWTH
Since its inception in 1991, Canadian Utility Construction (CUC) has provided a complete range of underground construction services, specializing in construction and maintenance services for utility companies throughout Western Canada, including natural gas, electricity, and communications. The company—whose unwavering commitment to safety, quality, and customer service has led to its widespread growth—has built its reputation as a premier utility contractor.
A GROWING FLEET
As CUC’s business boomed, its fleet followed suit. The company now manages a diverse fleet of around 900 assets, ranging from pickups to semi-chassis and various pieces of heavy-duty construction equipment and smaller tools.
“Our fleet is our second most valuable asset, with the first being our people,” says Kristal Herr, capital asset operations manager. “The fleet is comprised of the assets and equipment that allows our company to generate revenue. If our vehicles are down, we can’t properly serve our customers.”
Since downtime for a single vehicle can cost fleets more than $760 per day, CUC knew this growth likely meant a change was on the horizon.
As CUC’s fleet continued to grow, maintaining hundreds of assets across three provinces became nearly impossible and data accuracy was in question. “We were attempting to piece together multiple software programs and spreadsheets to track all assets and maintenance, multiple vehicle transfers, important documents, and safety regulations,” notes Herr. “Our team was spending too much time managing the fleet and items were slipping through the cracks.”
A CUSTOMIZABLE SOLUTION
In an attempt to improve efficiency and keep its growing fleet functioning at peak capacity, CUC launched its search for fleet management software. Among many features offered, CUC was primarily looking for a comprehensive system that would be a “one-stop-shop” for asset management. Reporting capabilities, service reminders, and integration with other systems like GPS and fuel cards were also key factors in the decision making process.
“Fleetio had all the aspects we were looking for,” says Herr. “The flexibility of Fleetio exceeded our expectations. Where other programs offered on-road vehicle management solutions, Fleetio gave us a customizable platform for our entire fleet operation. Even better, they wanted our input on how to make their software more helpful to our business.”
A BIG IMPACT
After onboarding Fleetio, CUC quickly saw its fleet management processes strengthen to meet the maturation of its thriving business.
Stretched across three Canadian provinces, the company now uses Fleetio to manage the transfer of vehicles and the corresponding documents and information. “Since Fleetio is web-based, anyone on our team can access vehicle records at any time, all in one place,” says Herr. When managing numerous vehicle transfers across the country, Fleetio allows CUC to get the right information into the right hands at the right time.
As CUC put more vehicles on the road, that naturally meant an increase in maintenance costs. With the average monthly maintenance cost per vehicle now more than $52, Fleetio allows CUC to eliminate any unpredicted costs. “One of the biggest perks of Fleetio is the reminders,” notes Herr. “Whether they are for safety inspections or preventive maintenance, Fleetio’s reminders allow us to keep our vehicles safe and on the road.”
Since CUC outsources vehicle maintenance, Fleetio also supports management of its vendors. As CUC clerks receive vendor invoices, they input the information into Fleetio and associate it with the correct asset. From there, CUC can hold vendors accountable for any missing information or mischarges. “Within Fleetio, we can compare pricing for services based on past jobs and even negotiate better rates with our vendors,” says Herr.
In addition to building its fleet assets, CUC’s growth also meant a larger number of people were touching fleet operations. Multiple fleet managers, foremen, and support administrators are now using Fleetio’s flexible permissions to add and update fleet information, ensuring CUC’s corporate office can pull the appropriate reports to analyze vehicle utilization and operations costs.
With more than 300 employees on the road and many of those touching fleet management, Fleetio is being used on desktop and mobile on a daily basis. “We really love how easy it is to use,” notes Herr. “From province to province, from crew to crew, everything we need is there. Our team is dependent on Fleetio to help us manage our fleet in the most efficient way possible.”
Fleetio has saved CUC time by making information like vehicle service histories and maintenance schedules instantly accessible by the appropriate team members. CUC notes its largest timesaving opportunity in adopting Fleetio, however, is its reporting capabilities. Previously pulling reports by hand, often from inconsistent datasets, CUC’s administrative support team now instantly generates reports and is assured of data integrity.
Derived from the many reports available in Fleetio, CUC uses the system’s comparative data to make important decisions. “We use reports when purchasing to compare different pieces of equipment,” says Herr. “Fleetio also allows us to easily view comparisons of the different types of services we complete, which helps us nail down areas of improvement.”
As CUC continues to build on its success, Fleetio continues to add new features and productivity applications based on user feedback shared with its support team. “The interaction with Fleetio Support is always very personable,” notes Herr. “It shows they really care about our business.”
With commitment to safety and quality at the foundation of CUC’s business, it is no surprise that the company has achieved longevity in an ever-changing industry. Coupled with increased efficiency and assured uptime provided by Fleetio, CUC will continue to extend its customer satisfaction promise to a swelling customer base within the utility industry.
Lori Higdon is marketing director at Fleetio. Find out more about Fleetio’s products and services, visit www.fleetio.com.
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Rob Boffard was born in Johannesburg in 1984. He grew up reading encyclopedias for fun (he was that kind of kid). He quickly became obsessed with science fiction, action movies and speaking very loudly to anybody who would listen. While studying journalism at Rhodes University in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, he was an active rap artist, and became one of the presenters on the longest-running rap radio show in Africa. In the past five or six years, he has written for The Guardian, Wired Magazine, Huck Magazine, the BBC, and io9.
Rob now splits his time between Vancouver, London and Johannesburg. He still loves action movies and science-fiction, as demonstrated in his writing. Publishers Weekly notes in part about Adrift, " Boffard sets his tale in a 22nd century recently scarred by a devastating interplanetary war, using the uncertainties left by the eventual truce to introduce surprising plot twists that will leave readers doubting their assumptions about the characters and their motives. Although his passengers are amateurs up against a superior adversary, he gives them an appealing scrappiness that makes their survival seem less unlikely than it should. This action-packed adventure is made for summer vacation reading." Outer Earth is the omnibus edition of the space thriller trilogy originally released as Tracer, Zero-G, and Impact -- a perfect cross-genre title for the Galaxy.
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Sigma Station. The ultimate luxury hotel, in the far reaches of space.
For one small group, a tour of the Horsehead Nebula is meant to be a short but stunning highlight in the trip of a lifetime.
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They have no weapons. No food. No water. No one back home knows they're alive.
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Outer Earth is a huge space station orbiting the ruins of our planet. Dirty, overcrowded and inescapable, it's humanity's last refuge . . . and possibly its final resting place.
For there are dark forces at work on the station: forces that seek to unleash chaos. If they succeed, there will be nowhere left to run.
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Washington, D.C. — The National Labor Relations Board issued a 3-1 decision in Columbia University that student assistants working at private colleges and universities are statutory employees covered by the National Labor Relations Act. The Graduate Workers of Columbia-GWC, UAW filed an election petition seeking to represent both graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants, along with graduate and departmental research assistants at the university in December 2014. The majority reversed Brown University (342 NLRB 483) saying it “deprived an entire category of workers of the protections of the Act without a convincing justification.”
For 45 years, the National Labor Relations Board has exercised jurisdiction over private, nonprofit universities such as Columbia. In that time, the Board has had frequent cause to apply the Act to faculty in the university setting, which has been upheld by the Supreme Court.
Federal courts have made clear that the authority to define the term “employee” rests primarily with the Board absent an exception enumerated within the National Labor Relations Act. The Act contains no clear language prohibiting student assistants from its coverage. The majority found no compelling reason to exclude student assistants from the protections of the Act.
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By Jennifer Reece
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Today’s lessons cater to kids’ musical choices and instill a love for the art.
Whether your child dreams of being in a famous rock band someday or simply wants to bang out a few tunes on the piano, music schools throughout Northeast Ohio offer programs to fit every desire.
The first goal is to find the right instrument for your child. Some want to do something similar to their current music interests, while others might choose an instrument based on appearance. However, kids can choose anything that fits their needs and physical abilities.
Making a choice is the easy part, then comes learning how to play. Regardless of ability, students as young as toddler-age can start learning the basics. One instrument, which provides kids with basics to music, is the piano.
“Before they can really learn (any instrument), everyone has to know the basics, play scales and finger patterns — lots of foundation work,” says Nancy Briscar-Martel, professional musician, director and teacher specializing in violin, viola and voice in Strongsville. “Kids can start pretty young, as soon as they start to pay attention, such as ages 3 to 4. Everyone is different. (For my students) they (can) start on violin at age 6.”
There are many music teachers and programs in the region, either private or those who work within schools or afterschool.
For example, School of Rock, with three locations in Cleveland, provides opportunities for students to choose and learn guitar, drums, keyboards and even vocals.
“It can be hard when you are young to find a band setting,” Louie Novotny, general manager, says. “We help them complete that process.”
Choosing Music and a Teacher
Teachers and students should work together to pick the music during a lesson. Being on the same musical page will make the experience better for both.
“The kids want to learn what’s popular,” Briscar-Martel says. “Some teachers are going to be completely traditional. The student has to find a teacher that fits them. I always ask (my students) what are their interests in music. You have to tailor your lesson to the individual.”
What’s popular to some, she says, may not be popular to others. While songs from the Disney movie “Frozen” seem to be popular in her studio, other students still play music outside the mainstream culture.
The Aurora School of Music trains students in piano, cello, violin, clarinet, flute, vocals and more.
Vera Holczer, owner, says instructors have to be extremely versatile in genre.
“Kids will always gravitate toward music that is relevant to them,” Paul Jarrett, executive director at Akron Symphony Orchestra, says. “Great teachers are able to help students succeed by learning music that resonates with the students while also learning valuable musical concepts.”
Technology’s Role in Music
While there are many ways for students to learn music, technology advances have helped expand their knowledge.
“Technology is pervasive,” Jarrett says. “My own son, for example, has been learning to play guitar by watching ‘how to play’ videos on YouTube. The ability to learn just about any song at any skill level is just a few clicks away.”
Barbara Watkins, founder of The Great Lakes School of Music in Mayfield Heights, says, “on the one hand, technology has made learning about music less of a priority, but at the same time, it has made learning about music more interesting and accessible.
Musical Gains for Kids
Aside from the benefit of having an extracurricular activity, children involved in music tend to have a more expansive vocabulary and perform better academically.
“Numerous studies have shown that skills learned while making music apply directly to math and general problem-solving skills. Plus, it’s just fun to play an instrument,” Jarrett says. “Music has always served as a universal language of a culture. By learning a culture’s music, one has an immediate and visceral picture of a culture’s pride, struggles, passions and pains.”
Holczer sees firsthand how music helps those with special needs, such as autism and Down syndrome.
“They learn to play the music by the traditional way of teaching, but with adapted methods,” she says. “For some of these kids, this is what they absolutely love.”
She points to a current student, a 9-year-old with autism, who is flourishing.
“This is what he loves to do,” she says.“I use a different vocabulary with him, but he is practicing three hours a day and improving so much.”
Students with ADHD also benefit from the one-on-one interaction.”These kids may have trouble when in school, but they are angels in music class,” Holczer says.
Both Jarrett and Briscar-Martel also agree there are so many opportunities in the area for gifted students who are looking to go beyond lessons.
Many orchestra groups in Northeast Ohio have youth programs, which provide the ability for children to share a stage with professional and national artists.
“I encourage kids to try out for a local youth orchestra,” Briscar-Martel says. “The more advanced (students) go to Cleveland Youth Orchestra or Contemporary Youth Orchestra.”
She says Contemporary Youth Orchestra has brought some amazing groups and concerts such as Graham Nash and Styx, along with pianist and singer-songwriter Ben Folds.
“Today there are so many forums for kids to express themselves and share their talents with others (if they so choose),” Jarrett says. “Akron’s rich musical heritage, particularly in blues, jazz and gospel, is poised for a resurgence in popularity. Seeing fellow Akron-ites achieving success at a global level (Black Keys, LeBron, etc.) fosters a spirit of success that anyone can find inspiration in.”
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Letters Minotaur
Based on local folklore, this story by Pietro Marcello, thedirector ofThe Mouth of the Wolf (New Horizons 2010 competition) is full of raw beauty and reaches into Italy's past. Pulcinella is sent on a mission: to fulfill the last wish of a shepherd named Tommaso and to take care of a bull, Sarchiapone, found in the area during its journey north. Tommaso is a real person, a man who, as a volunteer, saved the neglected royal estate of Carditello from ruin. The director mixes documentary and fiction, amateur actors and characters taken from commedia dell'arte, as well as symbolic and real time, creating parallels between human and animal life. The sudden death of the subject of the director's documentary about dedication and the organic work of ordinary people who understand the importance of their country's heritage push him to make a melancholy elegy in which he presents the emotional relationship between nature and culture. Floating above this his strange, complex story is the ghost of Tommaso, and in the depths of his gray-blue eyes there lurks a sense of inevitability.
Agnieszka Szeffel
Locarno IFF 2015 - Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention; Munich Film Festival 2016 - CineVision Award - Honorable Mention; Göteborg Film Festival 2016 - International Debut Award
Pietro Marcello was born in Caserta in 1976 and attended the Accademy of fine arts, where he studied painting. Self-taught, he was a teacher in a prison in Naples, he worked as the organiser and planner of the Cinedamm film season between 1998 and 2003 at the Damm in Montesanto, Naples. Meanwhile he started to make video documentaries (Carta, Scampia, Il cantiere, La baracca). In 2007 he realized the documentary Crossing the Line, presented at the Venice International Film Festival, which revealed him internationally as author. In 2009 he has directed the award-winning film The Mouth of the Wolf (Best movie and Fipresci award at the 27th Turin Film Festival, the Prix International de la Scam at the Festival Cinéma du Réel in Paris, the Caligari Preis at the Berlinale and the International Jury Prize and Signis Prize at BAFICI and many others). In 2011, he made The silence of Pelešjan, presented as a special event at the 68th Venice film Festival, it participated at many international festivals.
2003 Carta (short)
2005 La baracca (short)
2007 Crossing the Line
2009 W paszczy wilka / La bocca del lupo / The Mouth of the Wolf
2010 Napoli 24 (episode Rettifilo, short)
2011 Marco Bellocchio, Venezia 2011 (short)
2011 Il silenzio di Pelešjan / The Silence of Pelešjan
2013 Venice 70: Future Reloaded - Untitled (episode, short)
director Pietro Marcello
screenplay Maurizio Braucci, Pietro Marcello
cinematography Salvatore Landi, Pietro Marcello
editing Sara Fgaier
music Marco Messina, Sacha Ricci
cast Tommaso Cestrone, Sergio Vitolo, Gesuino Pittalis, Teresa Montesarchio, Raffaele Montesarchio
producer Sara Fgaier, Pietro Marcello
production Avventurosa, Rai Cinema, Istituto Luce Cinecittà
sales Match Factory
language Italian
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John Cage’s Gift to Us
The Selected Letters of John Cage
edited by Laura Kuhn
Wesleyan University Press, 651 pp., $40.00
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Merce Cunningham and John Cage, 1963
There are certain creative figures whose mature works are almost tangential to their enduring artistic influence. Marcel Duchamp falls into this group, as does Andy Warhol. And so, certainly, does John Cage (1912–1992). He opened doors—floodgates, really—and dissolved definitions; if most of his own compositions now seem less interesting than the ramifications of his ideas, there can be little doubt that his oceanic spirit changed the topography.
It is fitting, perhaps, that the son of a Los Angeles inventor should have attracted initial public attention with his own homemade instrument—the “prepared piano,” a standard-issue piano transfigured with the help of nut bolts, screws, erasers, rubber bands, and other material placed between its strings. Described so dryly, the idea calls to mind some sort of Dada stunt (“C’mon kids, let’s see what we can squeeze into this piano!”), but the resulting sound was specific, exotic, and euphonious, a percussion orchestra in a box.
A 1943 concert at the Museum of Modern Art made Cage famous—and controversial. “About forty kinds of instruments were employed, ranging from thunder sheets and a ‘string piano’ to cowbells, flower pots and even an audio-frequency generator,” Noel Straus reported in The New York Times. “But practically all the ‘music’ produced by the various combinations of them had an inescapable resemblance to the meaningless sounds made by children amusing themselves by banging on tin pans and other resonant kitchen utensils.”
Other listeners were there to cheer, of course, and the resulting debate, once launched, would continue for almost half a century. Today, the very early Cage pieces (mostly for percussion, piano, or prepared piano as well as an almost medieval-sounding string quartet) seem fanciful and engaging. But they are his only pieces that are still played with any regularity in the concert hall because, after the early 1950s, Cage became drawn to exploring new concepts of music, rather than the traditional compositional disciplines of arranging specific pitches, rhythms, and sounds into an exact and convincing artistic statement.
And so he changed course and continued to change for the rest of his life. Imaginary Landscape No. 4 (1951) was written for twelve radios and two performers, one manipulating the frequency knobs while the other played with the volume controls. Although the notation was precise, the resulting sounds necessarily varied from performance to performance, as most of their substance came from what was on the air at any given time.
Atlas Eclipticalis (1961) was a compilation of eighty-six instrumental parts that were created by tracing astronomical charts onto scored music paper, to be played in whole or part by any ensemble, chamber or orchestra. HPSCHD (1969; created with Lejaran Hiller) included parts for seven amplified harpsichords, mostly playing a tangle of Mozart, and fifty-two computer-generated tapes.
Stimulating as these compositions may be to…
—— October 27, 2016 ——
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They’ve Got You, Wherever You Are
Jacob Weisberg
The Charms of Dada
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Attention political playwrights: Call For Entries Mario Fratti-Fred Newman Political Play Contest 2017
Labels: 10-minute plays, full-length plays, one-act plays
The Castillo Theatre sponsors the Mario Fratti-Fred Newman Political Play Contest and reading series bi-annually. The contest is intended to encourage the writing of progressive plays that engage the political/social/cultural questions affecting the world today and/or historical events and issues that impact on our communities.
The contest encourages scripts that experiment with form and seek new ways of seeing and new ways of experiencing theatrical performance. Castillo welcomes scripts from all countries and cultures.
The plays submitted to the Fratti-Newman Political Play Contest may be written in any style, set in any historical time, geographic or imaginary location, contain any number of characters and be of any length. The plays must be in English and cannot be musicals or adaptations. No scripts will be considered that have previously been submitted to this contest, have received a production or won other contests. Only one script per playwright per year will be accepted.
The contest is judged by a team of distinguished theatre artists. The winning script(s) will receive a reading at the Castillo Theatre in New York City during the theatre’s 2017 summer season.
All scripts should be submitted in hard copy and must be accompanied by:
a statement of the political/social/cultural questions that the script engages (scripts with no accompanying statement will not be considered);
a brief synopsis;
a character breakdown, including gender, age and ethnic requirements, if any;
a 100-word biography of the playwright;
a current email address
Receipt of script will be acknowledged via email.
Scripts will not be returned.
Castillo does not give critical feedback to playwrights/contestants.
Contest winners are required to sign a letter of agreement, which will include, but not be limited to, granting the right for Castillo to produce one or more readings and/or a full production of the winning play.
Contest winners are responsible for travel expenses or any other expenses incurred as a result of participating in the development of the play with Castillo, or as a result of attending the reading and/or production.
All scripts must be postmarked by July 1, 2016.
The winner(s) will be publicly announced at the Otto René Castillo Awards for Political Theatre in New York City in May of 2017.
Send all submissions to:
Castillo Theatre
Attn: Fratti-Newman Political Play Contest
Questions and inquiries should be addressed to Madelyn Chapman at 212-356-8485 or mchapman@allstars.org.
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Annotated Game #35: Thou Shalt Falsify
Following Annotated Game #34, over a year passed between tournaments. During this next tournament, I was at a point in my life where I had just moved and was preparing to move again soon for another job. I also had not been serious about studying chess for a while. These factors all combined to produce a notably poorer quality of play throughout the tournament.
In this game, the first round of the tournament, as White I get a very pleasant position out of an English Opening; my opening play continued to be effective, at least. Black enters a dubious variation (a transposition to an Old Indian Defense) and drops a pawn, leading to an unusual middlegame where White has an outside passed pawn early on. If White had known what plan to follow, this would most likely have led to victory. However, rather than actively pushing the pawn and exploiting his queenside dominance, I played too passively and had a game-ending thought process mistake on move 19. The failure to falsify my candidate move (which would have immediately picked up Black's threat to take the Nc3) was a reflection of an unstructured thinking process, something which in fact I've only recently rectified.
[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "ChessAdmin"] [Black "Class B"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A54"] [Annotator "ChessAdmin/Fritz/Houdini"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2003.??.??"] {A54: Old Indian Defence with Nf3, but without e4} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. g3 Bd7 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O Nxd4 {only one game in the database has this.} (8... O-O {is the overwhelming choice here}) 9. Qxd4 $14 {White already has a pleasant game and control of the center, while Black is slightly behind in development and must attend to the threat on the long diagonal.} Rb8 $6 {this simply drops a pawn.} (9... Bc6 $5 {is what the engines like. At first glance} 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. b3 {looks a bit ugly for Black with the doubled pawns. However, with the light-square bishop off the board, the c6 pawn is not so weak and it covers the key d5 square.}) 10. Qxa7 $14 {Fritz originally gave White more of a plus here, but Houdini shows about a half-pawn advantage for White. Black has the opportunity to get some initiative for the pawn, but it's not enough compensation in the long run.} Bc6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 {unusually, White now has a passed a-pawn in the early middlegame. Houdini shows the best plan is to push it for all it's worth, something which I unfortunately neglect to do.} 12. Bg5 {probably not a move I'd choose today. The bishop itself is unprotected and exchanging it for the Nf6 would greatly improve the scope of Black's bishop. If Black simply castled here, he'd be OK. Taking the b-pawn is only a temporary gain for him, however.} (12. a4 $1) 12... Rxb2 $14 13. Rab1 Rxb1 14. Rxb1 O-O 15. Rb7 {the point of the sequence for White.} Ne8 16. Bxe7 {a typical reaction at the amateur level, only looking at the immediate capture.} (16. Rb8 Qd7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qa8 { and White is dominant on the queenside and in Black's back rank, with the outside passed pawn waiting in the wings.}) 16... Qxe7 17. Qa4 (17. a4 { passed pawns must be pushed!}) 17... Qe5 18. Qc2 {a passive choice, either b3 or b4 would be a better square.} f6 19. Qe4 $4 {this kind of oversight (leaving the Nc3 hanging) is a thinking process flaw, namely failure to falsify.} Qxc3 $19 20. Qe6+ {the best chance for a swindle, although I'd seen that 21...Qe5 saves Black.} Kh8 21. Rb8 Qe5 22. Qxe5 fxe5 (22... dxe5 $2 { interestingly would have given the game to White, as Black couldn't untangle his pieces in time to stop the a-pawn without losing material.} 23. a4 c5 24. a5 $18 Kg8 25. a6 c6 26. Rc8 Kf7 27. a7 Nc7 28. Rxc7+ Ke6 29. Rxg7) 23. a4 Kg8 24. a5 Nf6 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {and now the knight can stop the a-pawn without difficulty. White is lost, as both the a- and c-pawns will inevitably fall (although in the game Black never gets around to taking the a-pawn).} 26. e4 Nd7 27. a6 c5 28. f4 Nb6 29. a7 exf4 30. gxf4 Ke7 31. Kf2 Ke6 32. Kf3 c6 33. h4 g6 34. Kg4 d5 35. e5 Kd7 36. f5 gxf5+ 37. Kxf5 dxc4 38. Kf6 Ke8 39. h5 c3 40. h6 c2 41. Kg7 c1=Q 42. Kxh7 Qg5 43. e6 Qe7+ 0-1
Hieronymus 10 March, 2012
Sadly, we cannot save the commentated pgns in this site!
It is non possible? There are very interessants...
It's not possible with ChessFlash?
Anonymous 10 March, 2012
Hmm...it hadn't occurred to me that anyone would actually want to save them. The way ChessFlash (or the other programs) work, it doesn't appear that you can save the PGN data once it's published this way. There's a way to publish the actual PGN data for download, but that requires a separate process.
What I'll probably do is explore the possibility of creating a PGN database with all of the commented games, with a download link.
Chess Carnival "Best Of" - End of the Trilogy
Annotated Game #37: Swindle
Chess King: not quite the full package
Annotated Game #36: How Not to Play the Caro-Kann ...
Annotated Games PGN database now available
Chess Carnival "Best Of", Part Deux
Annotated Game #34: Importance of the Initiative
Annotated Game #33: Stonewall Attack
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YOU ARE HERE: HOMEBLOGREVIEW OF THE ORIGINAL DATING CHRISTMAS PARTY
Review of the Original Dating Christmas Party
We're justifiably famed for our Original Dating lock and key parties and we've been described by more than one reviewer as the best lock and key hosts in London. 150-300 singles split equally guys/girls, amazing venues, great band and a full on night of flirting and fun. They're raucous yet relaxed fun that run late into the night and the number of matches we get is quite is extraordinary.
But for Christmas we decided to try something a little different. Still 180 people, still lock and key at a great venue and still the same amount of fun. But this time we decided to up the class factor, tone down the music and make it a somewhat more intimate affair.
The Malmaison in Clerkenwell was our destination for this year's Original Dating Christmas party. A wonderful, boutique hotel in a listed building with a series of stunning rooms at our disposal. No band but light background music. Plenty of places to sit close to your potential date and talk of more intimate things, rather than attempting to impress with your best devil-may-care MC Hammer impersonation, and a well-priced bar with cocktail options downstairs.
I'll admit, we were a little nervous, as any departure from our tried and tested format was bound to make us. But thanks to you guys and the wonderful staff our nervousness was obviously misplaced. People were clearly getting into the spirit of things as the only complaint we received was that all the prizes were gone and that simply meant that people were mingling like mad. This may sound like a criticism but this came from someone who had been so busy mingling he'd already won two! In fact there were plenty of people who won more than once.
After the initial rush for locks and keys at the beginning of the evening, people began to spread across the rooms and reception so there was enough space for everyone to feel comfortable. Every so often we'd spy a couple taking advantage of the strategically placed 2-seater "love-couches" to pursue their mutual interests further, a few very keen ladies had lined up a series of guys to try out their keys and I believe I even saw a tattoo off in the corner between 3 daters.
Was it a success? From the comments we've received it's a resounding yes. Everyone had fun, we enjoyed ourselves and it was great to see so many trying lock and key parties for the first time.
If you haven't given Lock and Key parties a go, you really should. Whether it's a band driven dancing and drinking event or a more intimate conversational evening you come to, we guarantee you won't be disappointed.
WORDS BY JOHN DAVIS
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Port Vale owner: Stoke City yet to respond to damage repair bill
Rob Fielding Headlines Norman Smurthwaite, Stoke City 0
Port Vale owner Norman Smurthwaite says he has contacted Stoke City FC about the estimated £100,000 damage to the away stand but has yet to receive a definite answer back.
The stand was damaged by Stoke supporters during a Checkatrade Trophy game between Stoke City U21 and Port Vale. The damage was caused by a minority of the visiting supporters but Smurthwaite’s argument is that neighbours Stoke should assist to bring the stand back to the “same condition” it was before their fans attended the game.
I am trying to get to a resolution so that Port Vale Football Club is in the same condition as it was prior to the Stoke game…
However, Smurthwaite has told the Sentinel newspaper he has yet to receive a definitive answer from the Potters. He commented: “Far from it. Nobody is taking ownership of the dialogue at Stoke.”
He added: “I am trying to get to a resolution so that Port Vale Football Club is in the same condition as it was prior to the Stoke game. I would like Stoke City’s assistance to get me there, if indeed they are even going to consider it.”
Smurthwaite added that damage to PA system does mean the club’s next home game could be called off by safety authorities. He added: “There are still some doubts in relation to that. It is the PA and also the Safety Advisory Group want some information, for which I can’t blame them. If they are not satisfied with the answer to that information then they have the grounds to not allow us to play.”
Port Vale draw Shrewsbury at home in Checkatrade Trophy Guess the crowd: Port Vale versus Cheltenham Town
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Former Port Vale owner Norman Smurthwaite makes Notts County bid – claim
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May 18 Clemens Zwijnenberg, soccer player (FC Twente)
May 18 Vicky Sunohara, ice hockey forward (Canada, Olympics 1998)
May 18 Tina Fey, American actress and comedian (Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock), born in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania
Actress & Writer
May 19 K. J. Choi, South Korean golfer (Players C'ship 2011; 8 PGA Tour titles), born in Wando, South Korea
May 20 Jason York, Nepean, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
May 20 Missy Cress, female catcher (Colo Silver Bullets), born in Burbank, California
May 20 Niklas Andersson, Kungalv SWE, NHL forward (Team Sweden, NY Islanders)
May 20 Terrell Brandon, NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks)
May 20 Louis Theroux, English television broadcaster (Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends, When Louis Met....), born in Singapore
May 21 Dorsey Levens, NFL running back (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31)
May 21 Roman Turek, Strakonice CZE, hockey goalie (Team Czech Rep, Olympics 1998)
May 21 Scott "Munnster" Munn, Larkspur California, rower (Olympics 1996)
May 21 Veronica Sanchez, Michoan Mexico, WPVA volleyballer (Hermosa-17-1994)
May 21 Carl Veart, Australian former footballer
May 22 Clyde Johnson, cornerback (KC Chiefs)
May 22 Eric Wunderlich, American 200m breaststroke (Olympic 7th 1996)
May 22 Marcus Dowdell, NFL wide receiver/kick returner (Arizona Cardinals)
May 22 Naomi Campbell, English model and actress (Cool as Ice, Unzipped), born in London, England
Supermodel & Actress
May 22 Pedro Diniz, Brazilian Formula One driver
May 23 Ricky Gutierrez, infielder (Houston Astros), born in Miami, Florida
May 23 Yigal Amir, Israeli assassin of Yitzhak Rabin
May 23 Nanette Burstein, American director and producer
May 23 Bryan Herta, American race car driver
May 23 Blake Schwendiman, American author
May 24 Jeff Zgonina, American NFL defensive tackle (Carolina Panthers, Packers, Rams), born in Chicago, Illinois
May 24 Nick Castaneda, American pairs skater (& Dawn Piepenbrink), born in Birmingham, Alabama
May 24 Tommy Page, Glenridge, New Jersey, American singer (I'll Be Your Everything)
May 25 Danni Roche, Australian field hockey midfielder (Olympics 1996), born in Melbourne, Victoria
May 25 Heather Simmons-Carrasco, American synchronized swimmer (Olympic alt-96), born in Mountain View, California
May 25 Joey Eischen, American MLB pitcher (LA Dodgers), born in West Covina, California
May 25 Lindsay Greenbush, American twin actress (Carrie-Little House on Prairie), born in Hollywood, California
May 25 Michael Benyaer, Canadian-American actor (Deadpool) and writer (Pilot One), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
May 25 Robert Croft, Welsh cricket spin bowler, broadcaster (England 21 Tests, 49 wickets; Sky Sports), born in Morriston, Swansea
May 25 Sidney Greenbush, American twin actress (Carrie-Little House on Prairie), born in Hollywood, California
May 25 Satsuki Yukino, Japanese voice actor, born in Kyoto, Japan
May 26 Sam Mack, NBA forward/guard (Houston Rockets, Vancouver Grizzlies)
May 26 Sebastian Barrie, NFL defensive tackle (San Diego Chargers)
May 26 Nobuhiro Watsuki, Japanese cartoonist
May 27 Michael Blackburn, Australian laser sailor (Olympics 1996)
May 27 Todd Collins, linebacker (New England Patriots)
May 27 Tim Farron, British politician
May 27 Joseph Fiennes, English actor (Enemy at the Gates, Shakespeare in Love), born in Salisbury, Wiltshire
May 27 Michele Bartoli, Italian cyclist
May 28 David Roberts, Alameda California, US hockey forward (Olympics 1994)
May 28 Jason Belser, NFL cornerback (Indianapolis Colts)
May 28 Ian Cashmore, English actor and paranormal investigator
May 28 Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (d. 2002)
May 29 Natarsha Belling, Australian news presenter
May 29 Roberto Di Matteo, Italian soccer midfielder, manager (Italy 34 caps, Lazio, Chelsea), born in Schaffhausen, Switzerland
May 30 Sam Rogers, NFL linebacker (Buffalo Bills)
May 30 Ness Wadia, Indian industrialist
May 31 Cory Mantyka, CFL guard (BC Lions)
Jun 1 Joshua Compston, English art impressario, born in London, England (d. 1996)
Jun 1 Raylee Johnson, Amerian NFL defensive end (San Diego Chargers), born in Chicago, Illinois
Jun 1 Shane Matthews, American NFL quarterback (Chicago Bears), born in Cleveland, Mississippi
Jun 1 Rene Liu "Milk Tea", Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actress , born in Taipei, Taiwan
Jun 1 Alexi Lalas, American soccer player, born in Birmingham, Michigan
Jun 1 Karen Mulder, Dutch supermodel, born in Vlaardingen, Netherlands
Jun 1 R. Madhavan, Indian actor (Run, 3 Idiots), born in Jamshedpur, India
Jun 2 Andy McCollum, NFL center/guard (New Orleans Saints), born in Toledo, Ohio
Jun 2 Eric Riley, American NBA center (Dallas Mavericks, Minnesota Timberwolves), born in Cleveland, Ohio
Jun 2 Marty Mcinnis, American NHL left wing (NY Islanders), born in Weymouth, Massachusetts
Jun 2 Mike Kelly, American baseball player, born in Los Angeles, California
Jun 2 Randy Fuller, American NFL defensive back (Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Griffin, Georgia
Jun 2 B-Real, American rapper (Cypress Hill), born in Los Angeles, California
Jun 2 Karen Mok, Hong Kong actress and singer (Around the World in 80 Days), born in Hong Kong
Jun 3 Andrea Congreaves, WNBA forward/center (Charlotte Sting)
Jun 3 Carl Everett, baseball player
Jun 3 Lanee Butler, mistral sailboat sailor (Olymp-11th-1996), born in Manhasset, New York
Jun 3 Peter Newton, Kailua Hawaii, sprint kayaker (Olympics 1996)
Jun 3 Esther Hart, Dutch singer
Jun 3 Julie Masse, French Canadian singer
Jun 3 Peter Tägtgren, Swedish musician (Hypocrisy) and producer
Jun 3 Ammon McNeely, American rock climber
Jun 3 Evgeni Berzin, Russian cyclist (Giro d'Italia 1994), born in Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast
Jun 4 Gary Lynagh, Australian rower (Olympics 1996)
Jun 4 Ronnie Harris, NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks)
Jun 4 Richie Hawtin, Canadian musician, born in Banbury, Oxfordshire
Jun 4 David Pybus, British musician
Jun 4 Ekrem İmamoğlu, Turkish politician, Mayor of Istanbul (2019-) , born in Akçaabat, Turkey
Jun 5 Izabella Scorupco, Bialystok Poland, actress (Golden Eye)
Jun 5 Martin Gelinas, Shawinigan, NHL left wing (Vancouver Canucks)
Jun 5 Todd Burger, guard (Chicago Bears)
Jun 6 Randy Jordan, American NFL running back, coach (Oakland Raiders, Washington Redskins), born in Manson, North Carolina
Jun 6 Sarah Dessen, American author
Jun 6 Albert Ferrer, Spanish soccer defender, coach (Spain 36 caps, FC Barcelona, Chelsea), born in Barcelona, Catalonia
Jun 7 Andrei Kovalenko, Russian NHL right wing (Quebec, Montreal, Edmonton), born in Balakovo, Russia
Jun 7 Mike Modano, Hockey Hall of Fame center (Dallas Stars; 8-time NHL All Star), born in Livonia, Michigan
Jun 7 Cafu, Brazilian soccer defender (Brazil 142 caps, Roma, AC Milan), born in Itaquaquecetuba, Brazil
Jun 8 Troy Vincent, NFL cornerback (Miami Dolphins, Philadelphia Eagles)
Jun 8 Gabrielle Giffords, American politician
Jun 9 Harry Van Hofwegen, CFL defensive tackle (BC Lions)
Jun 9 Russ Romaniuk, Winnipeg, NHL left wing (Philadelphia Flyers)
Jun 10 Laurel Korholz, La Jolla California, rower (Olympic 4th 1996)
Jun 10 Mike Doughty, American singer
Jun 11 Brock Marion, American NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys), born in Wheeling, West Virginia
Jun 11 Bill Selby, American baseball infielder (Boston Red Sox), born in Monroeville, Alabama
Jun 11 Chris Rice, American singer-songwriter, born in Clinton, Maryland
Jun 12 Damon Buford, American baseball outfielder (Texas Rangers), born in Baltimore, Maryland
Jun 12 Lee Mayberry, American NBA guard (Milwaukee Bucks, Vancouver Grizzlies), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Jun 12 Gordon Michael Woolvett, Canadian actor (Andromeda), born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Jun 13 Chris Cairns, New Zealand cricketer (son of Lance, NZ all-rounder), born in Picton, Marlborough, New Zealand
Jun 13 Lance Ringnald, American gymnast (Olympic-92), born in Des Moines, Iowa
Jun 13 Shaun Young, Australian cricketer (Tasmanian all-rounder, Young Aust 1995), born in Burnie, Tasmania, Australia
Jun 13 Rivers Cuomo, American musician (Weezer), born in NYC, New York
Jun 13 Mikael Ljungberg, Swedish wrestler (Olympic gold 2000), born in Gothenburg, Sweden (d. 2004)
Jun 14 Todd Manning, fictional character portrayed by Roger Howarth and Trevor St. John from US daytime drama "One Life to Live", is born
Jun 14 Willie Beamon, American former-NFL cornerback (New York Giants), born in Belle Glade, Florida
Jun 15 Amanda Cromwell, soccer midfielder (Olympics 1996), born in Washington, D.C.
Jun 15 Janie Eickhoff Quigley, American cyclist, born in Long Beach, California
Jun 15 Zan Tabak, NBA center (Toronto Raptors)
Jun 15 Leah Remini, American actress
Jun 15 Gaëlle Méchaly, French soprano
Jun 16 Michael Husted, NFL place kicker (Tampa Bay Bucs)
Jun 16 Phil Mickelson, American golfer (5-time PGA Tour major winner, US Masters 2004, 06, 10), born in San Diego, California
Jun 16 Clifton Collins Jr., American actor
Jun 16 Cobi Jones, American soccer player
Jun 17 Jason Hanson, American NFL kicker (Detroit Lions), born in Spokane, Washington
Jun 17 Ron "Popeye" Jones, American NBA forward (Dallas Mavericks, Toronto Raptors), born in Dresden, Tennessee
Jun 17 Stéphane Fiset, Canadian NHL goalie (Colorado Avalanche), born in Montreal, Quebec
Jun 17 Will Forte, American writer, actor and comedian (The Last Man on Earth), born in Alameda County, California
Jun 17 Michael Showalter, American comedian (Stella), born in Princeton, New Jersey
Jun 18 Greg Yaitanes, American television and film director
Jun 19 Chris Gray, NFL guard (Miami Dolphins, Chicago Bears)
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FRIDAY, March 1, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- The biggest worry a person usually has when they're getting a tattoo is how it will look. But sometimes, getting inked can lead to something worse than bad body art, an expert warns.
If you suffer skin problems after getting a tattoo, see a dermatologist and alert the tattoo artist, said Dr. Marie Leger, a dermatologist in New York City.
About 10 percent of people have a complication after a tattoo. Common ones include infections, allergic reactions and worsening of an existing skin condition, such as psoriasis or eczema, according to Leger.
Another potential complication is sarcoidosis, an autoimmune disease that can affect the skin and other organs. The first sign may be bumps at the tattoo site.
Infections are most common within the first few days or weeks of tattooing. They can cause redness and pain around the site of the tattoo (not just on the actual ink), as well as drainage, crusting and pus, Leger said.
"If you experience these symptoms after getting a tattoo, see a doctor right away, because infections can be quite serious," she said in an American Academy of Dermatology news release.
Infections can be caused by contaminated ink, unsterile application or improper aftercare, Leger explained.
Allergies and sarcoidosis may occur months to years later. Signs include itching, bumps, scaling, periodic swelling or the tattoo becoming raised. If you develop these symptoms, see a dermatologist, she advised.
If you do suffer problems, it's a good idea to notify your tattoo artist, Leger added.
"It is important for artists to know if particular patients are having complications so they can be a part of assessing what's going on," she said.
Leger also suggested that people with chronic skin conditions or a history of skin cancer should talk to a dermatologist before getting a tattoo. People with psoriasis should be aware that they may develop a patch of psoriasis on their tattoo, and those with moles should avoid inking over them.
"There's no strong data that shows tattoos increase your risk of skin cancer, but they can make detection harder," Leger said.
It is estimated that nearly 40 percent of people born after 1980 in the United States have tattoos.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has more on tattoos.
SOURCE: American Academy of Dermatology, news release, March 1, 2019
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Tyson Invests in Cultured Meat Leader, Memphis Meats
Jan 29, 2018 by Sara Brown
Memphis Meats has already attracted investors such as Bill Gates and Richard Branson. Last August, Cargill invested an undisclosed sum as part of a $17 million round of financing for the company.
Despite Sound Science, Americans Still Distrust GMOs
Aug 21, 2018 by JoAnn Alumbaugh
According to a recent research study, nearly half of U.S. consumers avoid GMO food, primarily due to its “human health impact," even when they don't know what GMOs are. It's a concerning disconnect.
Take Me Home, Country Roads: Alternative Vehicles in Rural America
May 04, 2018 by Allison Mills, Michigan Tech University
Autonomous vehicles hold a lot of promise. But what about in rural communities? Undergraduate students look into the environmental, social and economic impacts of advanced vehicle technology.
Generation Z: The Farmers of Tomorrow
Jul 19, 2018 by Wyatt Bechtel
The next generation of farmers, Generation Z, trusts the government and advice from other farmers more than their Boomer, Generation X and Millennial peers.
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Studying how to make and combine cutting-edge materials is leading to cheaper, more efficient, and more sensitive gaseous sensors. Maybe they will be affordable enough for use in the pork industry.
Pork Industry Forum Begins with Gene-Editing Discussion
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The 2018 Pork Industry Forum began with an interesting presentation by author Michael Specter and a panel of experts on gene-editing and the future of this world-changing technology.
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Jan 30, 2018 by JoAnn Alumbaugh, PORK editor
Members of Generation Z look at work, play and life in general differently than their predecessors. Here’s how they’re different and why it’s important for you to meet their needs.
Human Influence Detected in Changing Seasonal Cycles
Aug 06, 2018 by Ann Stark, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and other organizations have shown that human influences significantly impact the size of the seasonal cycle of temperature in the lowest layer of the atmosphere.
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Mar 15, 2018 by Chris Bennett
AgLaunch provided a lively shark tank-type forum for 15 vanguard technologies covering all facets of agriculture on March 2 in Memphis, Tenn.
CRISPR Diversifies: Cut, Paste, and Now– Evolve
Aug 07, 2018 by Megan Hochstrasser, Innovative Genomics Institute
A creative new application for CRISPR is a platform to spur evolution of specific genes inside cells. “EvolvR,” lets scientists shake up the DNA letters in their gene of choice until they find the right variation.
Higher Standards Needed for Air Quality, Especially in Urban States
Feb 15, 2018 by American Thoracic Society
The American Thoracic Society says thousands of lives would be save if counties met their clean air standards, which are higher than those set by EPA.
Google Helps National Pork Board Reach Consumers in New Digital Ways
Dec 13, 2018 by Sara Brown
Digital use is changing many areas of our lives, and the National Pork Board and the Pork Checkoff is working with Google to reach consumers and influence meat and food purchases in a whole new way.
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Feb 06, 2018 by Shannon Sand and Jack Davis, South Dakota State University Extension
Under IRS regulations, a 1099 form should be issued to certain non-employees who perform services and are paid over $600 in a calendar year.
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Enhancements Will Help Speed Up Security Lines at the #Airport
How long you will have to wait in lines at the airport this holiday season is a mystery, but some things are being done to speed up the lines.
One of them is automated lanes, commonly used in Europe, Canada and elsewhere, have just opened at American and United checkpoints at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and are in the works at other big hubs such as Newark, Los Angeles, Phoenix and Dallas-Fort Worth. They have multiple places for travelers to load trays for X-ray screening, so one slow passenger doesn’t delay everyone. If a suspicious item is detected, bins are automatically diverted to secondary screening instead of stopping the X-ray belt and waiting for an officer. Early tests in Atlanta show a 20% to 30% boost in items going through the scanner.
TSA is also optimistic about continued enrollment in PreCheck, where trusted travelers can leave liquids and laptops in bags and go through metal detectors with shoes on. The speedier screening helps shorten lines for travelers who haven’t enrolled in the program, which costs $85 for five years if you sign up through TSA or $100 for five years if you enroll in Customs and Border Protection Global Entry, which also speeds up time crossing into the U.S. at the border.
TSA now has about four million people enrolled in PreCheck. Another six million have access through other government trusted-traveler programs. Still, 10 million is below TSA’s original goal of 25 million. Applications peaked at 19,000 a day in June and now average about 6,000 a day. Airlines and credit-card companies have offered enrollment deals, such as using miles to cover the fee. TSA plans more advertising this fall.
The goal now is to get 50% to 60% of the daily traveling population in PreCheck. TSA is now at only 25% to 30% now. Some people who fall into certain categories—travel the same route repeatedly and don’t fall into high-risk groups based on past travel, for example—get PreCheck even though they haven’t signed up. However, if you want PreCheck every time, you better sign up.
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Real Estate eEditions
Emergency responders in 2014 responded to the collision between an RCMP cruiser and the van of a tourist family from Calgary. (Langley Advance files)
B.C. Mountie largely at fault for crash that totalled Calgary family’s van
A judge found some blame for both drivers in a 2014 collision on a busy Aldergrove highway.
Matthew Claxton
Nov. 8, 2018 10:50 a.m.
A Langley Mountie has been found 80 per cent responsible for a high speed crash with a Calgary family while he was responding to a 911 call about a man with a gun.
Const. Chad Gorman received a priority one alert on his radio on the afternoon of July 22, 2014. The top-priority call was about a 911 report of a man being chased by someone with a gun.
Gorman sped to Fraser Highway and headed west through Aldergrove, with lights and sirens on, reaching a speed of 147 km/h, according to the Tuesday ruling of Justice Bruce Butler in B.C. Supreme Court.
The Meghji family of Calgary were in the same area, looking for a local antique car museum. Shiraz Meghji, his wife Shelina, and his 18-year-old daughter and 15-year-old son had been crossing B.C. in their family camper van on the way to Vancouver.
When Shiraz drove from 268th across Fraser Highway, Gorman’s cruiser slammed into the van, flipping it on its side and destroying both vehicles.
“Somewhat miraculously, no one was killed,” wrote Butler. “All five people suffered injuries, but they were able to walk away from the accident.”
All five people were taken to the hospital but released that day or the next.
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Several witnesses reported not hearing Gorman’s siren as he approached the intersection, Butler noted. The judge found that Gorman had turned on the siren, but that witnesses couldn’t tell it apart from that of another RCMP cruiser that was just ahead of Gorman, responding to the same call.
Lawyers for Gorman and B.C.’s Solicitor General – which regulates policing – argued that Shiraz Meghji was entirely at fault, and should have given the right of way to Gorman’s cruiser, with its lights and sirens blaring.
Meghji’s lawyers argued that Gorman was traveling at excessive speed at mid-day in a busy area where the speed limit was just 60 km/h.
While Butler found Meghji’s decision to drive through the intersection was negligent, he placed more fault on the RCMP officer.
“He [Gorman] chose to travel at such a high speed because he was responding to a Priority One call,” wrote Butler. “However, the fact that it was a very high priority emergency response situation does not give an officer the privilege of travelling at a speed that creates an unreasonable risk to the public.”
Gorman failed to balance the needs of responding to the emergency with his responsibility to public safety, Butler ruled.
“Mr. Meghji’s departure from a reasonable standard of care was much less,” Butler wrote, “he failed to proceed with sufficient care as he drove through the intersection.”
Because Gorman was acting in his role as a police officer, he is not liable, and liability for the crash lies with the Ministry of Public Safety and the Solicitor General.
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Peter Behrens | Families, Histories, Novels
Peter Behrens | Families, Histories, Novels || Radcliffe Institute
Video of Peter Behrens | Families, Histories, Novels || Radcliffe Institute
Drawing from his own family’s history, the writer Peter Behrens RI ’16 discusses time, memory, and the ways the past shapes the present.
Part of the 2015–2016 Fellows’ Presentation Series at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
Peter Behrens | A Writer on Writing
Ross Gay | A Book of Flowers
Alice Lyons | Dysfluency
Molly Antopol | The After Party: A Novel
Peter Behrens / Families, Histories, Novels
Ways with Words: Exploring Language and Gender
Thursday 3/3/16 to Friday 3/4/16
Fellowship and the Family Man
Peter Behrens with his wife, Basha Burwell, and their son, Henry Behrens. Photo by Jason Grow
In his three novels and two collections of short stories, Peter Behrens RI ’16 plumbs his family’s history in Canada, England, Germany, and Ireland. What drives him, however, is not what he knows about his family but what he doesn’t know: “The only way I know to learn what I don’t know is through fiction.”
Peter Behrens: ‘The only thing making me write is all I don’t know’
The Globe & Mail spoke with author Peter Behrens about his new novel, Carry Me. Originally from Montreal, Behrens currently lives in Boston, where he is a fellow at Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute.
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Friday Lunchtime Sports Update
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The Kerry Ladies Football captain, Sarah Houlihan, is calling for more support as the Kingdom look to turn things around for the championship.
It’s been a difficult season for Kerry with the team Manager resigning on Wednesday night as the team sits on the bottom of the table after getting points deducted for failing to register a player.
Sarah Houlihan says it was a hard pill to swallow.
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As they try to put things together behind the scenes, the Kerry captain is hoping for support from the public.
This year’s Kerry Minor panel only have Tipperary on their minds as they prepare for their opening game in the Munster Championship next week.
Peter Keane’s lads take on the Premier County in Thurles on Wednesday night and victory could see them through to a winner-takes-all semi-final against Cork.
The Kerry Manager says the focus is clearly on next week’s game again Tipperary
AUDIO – Keane2
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We’ll have live commentary of Kerry against Tipperary next Wednesday on Radio Kerry Sport in association with FITZGERALDS OF DINGLE – THERE’S EVERYTHING FOR YOUR HOME INCLUDING IDEAS.
Round 1 of U16 East Kerry League sponsored by MD O Shea Killarney.
Dr Crokes beat Rathmore
Lee Strand U16 County Hurling League Division 1
Abbeydorney 1 – 16 Crotta O’Neill’s 0 – 8
Ballyduff 3 – 5 Kenmare / Kilgarvan 0 – 3
In Kerry Ladies Football
U16 County League Div 1: Corca Dhuibhne 4-19, Listowel Emmetts 4-3
U16 County League Div 2: Milltown-Listry 2-9, Austin Stacks 4-2;
There’s a change of venue to one of this weekend’s Junior Club Championship games.
The clash between Castlegregory and Scartaglin will now go ahead at 6.30 tomorrow evening at the Lewis Road Pitch in Killarney.
The Littlewoods Ireland National Camogie League Division 3 semi-final between Kerry and Clare will now take place at Healy Park in Abbeydorney this Sunday.
Due to the inclement weather conditions, it was proving difficult to locate a neutral pitch in a playable condition.
Therefore, both counties were asked to suggest a pitch in their respective counties and a coin toss to decide the venue and Abbeydorney was chosen.
Jordan Speith’s second round at the US Masters will get underway at 3.53pm Irish time.
He carded five successive birdies on his way to scoring a 6 under par round leaving him two shots ahead of Matt Kuchar and Tony Finau.
Speith has finished in the top two in three of his four Master appearances and feels he has hit top form at the right time.
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Rory McIlroy is three shots off the lead on 3 under par and will start his second round 10 minutes earlier at 3.42.
Phil Michelson is 2 under, Tiger Woods is 1 over par and Sergio Garcia is unlikely to make the cut.
The defending champion starts the day on 9 over par, having put five shots in the water to card a record equalling 13 on the 15th hole.
Kerry’s Christopher Mongans will box for All-Ireland gold in the Boy 2 54Kg division.
The Tralee Boxing Clubman made his way to the final after a convincing 5-0 win over a much-fancied Jake Buckley of Rosslare Boxing Club.
The title fight is scheduled for tomorrow morning.
It is a big night for the Republic of Ireland women’s team.
They face Slovakia in a vital World Cup qualifier in Tallaght.
It is a must win match for Colin Bell’s side ahead of Tuesday’s showdown with European Champions Holland.
Kickoff is at 5 o’clock.
First and third go head to head in the S-S-E Airtricity League Premier Division tonight.
Champions Cork City visit newly promoted Waterford for a Munster derby at the R-S-C.
Second place Dundalk welcome Shamrock Rovers to Oriel Park.
Dalymount Park is the venue for the game between Bohemians and Limerick.
Bray Wanderers continue the search for their first win over the season away to St Patrick’s Athletic.
Some KDL fixtures have been affected by the weather, John O’Regan reports…
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Schoolboys and Girls soccer continues with a heavy schedule this weekend, Padraig Harnett has the details…
AUDIO – PAT FRIDAY
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Ultan Dillane will be helping Connacht continue their push for a Champions Cup play-off place tonight.
The Tralee man returns to the second row for the Pro 14 match against the Ospreys in Wales.
Ireland Under 20 prop Tom O’Toole will make his Ulster debut against Edinburgh at Murrayfield.
Both Munster and Leinster have made 10 changes to their teams for tomorrow’s Pro 14 fixtures.
C-J Stander is one of just five players retained by Munster for their match against the Southern Kings.
The game will be played in Stander’s home town of George.
Devin Toner will captain Leinster for the first time in their game against Zebre at the RDS.
Cian Healy, Tadhg Furlong and Dan Leavy also start
Gavin Mullin, son of former Ireland and Lions centre Brendan, is set to make his debut from the bench.
Back home in Kerry, the season is winding down in Local Underage Rugby,
With the fixtures for this weekend, Jay Galvin…
AUDIO – Jay Rugby
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Kerry’s Paul Nagle and his driver Kris Meeke have recorded the fastest time trial at Tour De Corse.
The pair, who led the rally last year before retiring with engine failure, were three seconds faster than anyone else over the 5-kilometre trial test.
The Hyundis of Andreas Mikkelsen and Thierry Neuville were second and third.
Tributes have poured in overnight for Eric Bristow, who died last night at the age of just 60.
The five-time world champion suffered a heart attack while attending the Premier League darts at Liverpool’s Echo Arena.
One of the sport’s first genuine superstars, Bristow won the first of five world championships in 1980.
A busy two nights of racing at Kingdom Greyhound Stadium Tralee gets underway tonight featuring the semi-finals of the ‘John and Mary Killeacle Dowling Memorial’.
The first in a 10-race card goes at 7.42.
Meanwhile, entries are now being taken for the Lee Strand A3 Confined 550 yards which begins on the 20th of April.
Entries to the racing office or for unrecorded trial enquiries, call 061 448057.
Wexford and Wetherby have been cancelled due to the weather.
Racing at home is tonight on the standard track in Dundalk – the first race is at 6 o’clock.
They go at Fontwell at 5 past 2 with the going heavy-soft in places
They’re off at 20 past 2 on the standard track at Lingfield.
Eric Bristow
Kerry Ladies Football
Kerry minors
McIlroy
Paul Nagle
speith
Ultan Dillane
Wednesday Lunchtime Sports Update
Frankie Dettori Looking Forward To Racing In Killarney
Wednesday Local GAA Fixtures & Results
radiokerrysport - 17th July 2019
SOCCERNewcastle have confirmed Steve Bruce will take over as their new head coach.He leaves Sheffield Wednesday to replace Rafa Benitez on a three-year...
It's day 3 of the July Racing Festival in Killarney where legendary Italian jockey Frankie Dettori will be centre of attention.He's making his debut...
RESULTSEast Kerry Junior Championship 2019 sponsored by Killarney Carpet & Furniture CentreCurrow 3-15 Firies 0-12Killarney Legion 1-11 Gneeveguilla 0-10Dr Crokes 0-10 Spa 3-13Scartaglen 1-12...
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Production News - November 1995
TURTLE BEACH SYSTEMS is shipping Quad Studio 1.1. This is an upgrade to the Windows based 4-track disk based digital recorder/editor. The new software takes care of some bugs and features new metering, improved MIDI functions and more. $10 for the upgrade kit or $500 for the package. 717/767-0200.
SPECTRAL's Translator is a rackmount digital format converter designed to convert eight digital channels between four formats: ADAT/Fostex RD8, Tascam DA-88/Sony PCM-800, Yamaha's Y2, and Spectral's SMDAI. 206/487-2931.
TRACER TECHNOLOGIES is now exclusive distributor for AdB Perfect Sound's new MultiWave Digital Pro Digital Interface Card. Designed for direct digital sampling and transfer in Windows, you get AES/EBU, optical S/PDIF, and coaxial S/PDIF digital I/O to all Windows digital audio applications such as SAW, Sound Forge, Logic, and more. $549 list. The company has also entered an exclusive distribution agreement with VansEvers for their "audiophile-quality" AC power conditioning units designed to filter noise at much lower frequency levels than conventional power conditioners. 717/747-0200, fax 717/741-6790.
DYNATEK introduces the CDM200 CD ROM recording system software for Windows and Macintosh computers. You get a double-speed CD recorder complete with cables and blank disks. $1,695. 902/832-3000, fax 902/832-3010.
FURMAN SOUND has an affordable single channel compressor. The C-128, priced at $269, is a compressor/limiter with adjustable ratio, attack and release times, and threshold levels. 415/927-1225, fax 415/927-4548.
ENSONIQ CORPORATION has released the ASR-88, a weighted-action version of their ASR-10 sampling keyboard featuring the same 88-key weighted-action keyboard with channel pressure used in the KT-88 synth. Also new is the Ensoniq DP/2 Parallel Effects Processor, a single rack space effects box that can process one true stereo input or two mono inputs in serial or parallel routing. 65 algorithms include the gamut of reverbs, delays, modulation effects, EQ, Vocoder, pitch shifters, and more. You get 600 presets. Just $995. Ensoniq also announces their new Web site at http://ensoniq.com. 610/647-3930, fax 610/647-8909.
MUSIC/SFX LIBRARIES
CHAMELEON MUSIC announces the release this month of 3 new CDs, bringing the total in their buy-out library to 15 CDs. The new CDs are Panoramic which features "mood setting themes without drums; Production Toolbox Vol. #3 which consists of 50 light musical themes coupled with 50 tracks of electronic Zaps, Zings, and Flying Logos; and Easy Listening, a collection of "warm, relaxing, and soulful tunes." See ad on back page for more info. Ask about applicable discounts for RAP Members. (413) 789-1917.
The VALENTINO Production Music and Sound Effects Library Catalog is now available on the Internet. Order forms and press information are also available, and users are encouraged to E-mail the company with questions and comments. The Internet address is http://www.tvmusic.com.
AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION LIBRARIES adds a 4th CD to their Ads Up! Music For Commercials library. Targeted to retail sales, the library contains 528 total edits. (800) 343-2514.
SEAN CALDWELL PRODUCTIONS announces the release of XFX2, the companion to XFX1. XFX2 features "statics, tune efx, rewinds, servos, beeps," and more. 220 cuts targeted to Modern Rock, Rock, and CHR. Special rate available for purchasing both packages. RAP Member discount applies! See ad on page 21 or call (610) 640-5899 for info. Demo line, (201) XFX-0854.
Scoundrel Studios Inc
The R.A.P. Cassette - October 1998
Production demo from interview subject, Rob Naughton at KSHE-FM, St. Louis, MO; plus more commercials, promos and imaging from Jeffrey Hedquist, Hedquist Productions, Fairfield, IA; Jeff Wine, WCHA/WIKZ, Chambersburg, PA; Phil Doyle, City Beat 96.7 FM, Belfast, Northern Ireland; Don Elliot, ...
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Proud moment lies ahead for Mac Smith5 months ago
Mac Smith to ‘give back’ in Gympie
Matt Sherrington
12 Feb 2019, 2:32 p.m.
Mac Smith, Vale View M Droughtmasters, Manumbar, with his heifer Vale View M Giggles, which will be offered at the 2019 National Female in lot 102. All proceeds from the sale of Giggles will go to the McGrath Foundation.
Young studmaster Mac Smith, Vale View M Stud, Manumbar, will be offering two heifers at the Droughtmaster National Female Sale, with all proceeds raised from the sale of one of these lovely ladies, Vale View M Giggles, to go to the charity.
During the Droughtmaster National Female Sale, taking place on Saturday, March 9, at the Gympie Saleyards, young studmaster Mac Smith, Vale View M Stud, Manumbar, will be offering two heifers with all proceeds raised from the sale of one of these lovely ladies, Vale View M Giggles, to go to the McGrath Foundation.
The McGrath Foundation funds breast care nurses who support individuals and their families experiencing breast cancer.
Their nurses provide physical, psychological and emotional support from the time of diagnosis, throughout treatment, and their support is free.
Mac’s parents Dave and Colleen Smith, Vale View Stud, said they think it’ll be an important life lesson for their son to give back, especially with two heifers purchased for his stud operation, having ties back to charity organisations.
Colleen said the first heifer purchased for Mac in 2011, was Lamont Keepsake, the proceeds of which were also donated to the McGrath Foundation by Mac and Gayle Shann, Lamont Stud, Cantaur Park, Clermont.
“We purchased that heifer for Mac’s stud sight unseen for $4750,” Colleen said.
“Dave and I felt it was an important and memorable purchase as both of Mac’s grandmothers died of breast cancer in their early 50s, so he never got to meet them,” she said.
Colleen said Mac’s purchase of Farogan Valley Hope at the 2017 National Female Sale deepened the charity links in the Vale View M herd.
“Her proceeds were kindly donated to the Jake Garrett Foundation by Nick and Sarah Hughes, Farogan Valley Stud, Upper Kandanga.
“Giggles (lot 102) is a heifer calf out of Farogan Valley Hope, so we felt she’d be a great choice to keep the charity line going, which is why we’re offering her in such a way at the sale this year.
“We know Mac will look back and feel proud that he’s given something to help a foundation that could have helped his grandmothers if it was around at the time.”
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Charleville musterer walks away from chopper crash2 months ago
Pilot injured in Charleville region's third aerial mustering crash
Sally Cripps@sallyQCL
A 48-year-old Charleville man has escaped with a shoulder injury after his mustering helicopter clipped a power line early on Tuesday morning.
The incident, which took place on Mayfield station, 40km west of Charleville at 6.30am, occurred when the pilot went to turn his Robinson R22 to land while mustering on the property.
Sergeant Jon Roche of Charleville Police said he had seen an isolator on a power line and made the decision to change direction.
In doing so, his rear rotor clipped the line and the machine fell on its right side.
"He self-extricated and self-reported the incident," Sgt Roche said. "He walked away with seatbelt injuries to his shoulder."
Police and local emergency services were the first responders but Sgt Roche said CASA and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau would now conduct a joint investigation into the crash.
It's the third such incident in the region in the last couple of months and police are now contemplating undertaking a presentation to help combat any more accidents.
Sgt Roche compared it to road safety, saying a lot of time was spent on educating people on how to stay safe in a car, and helicopter use, especially in mustering situations, should have the same attention.
"It's something we're looking into, in the near future - it gives us a chance to be proactive rather than reactive," he said.
Ergon Energy repaired the broken power line on Tuesday morning.
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Songs of the Earth
by Lexi Ander
Part of the Sumeria's Sons series:
Twin Flames (Audiobook)
Songs of the Earth (Audiobook)
Dreams of the Forgotten
Starting Fires
Surrounded by Crimson
A Child's Wish
Dragon's Eye
Releasing Chaos
Editions:Kindle - Second Edition: $ 4.99
Thrust into the role of Prince of the Lycans, Tristan strives to find his footing in a life suddenly rife with secrets and lies—and danger. Betrayed by a Goddess meant to safeguard him, desperate to protect his consort and their growing tribe, he can only prepare for the worst and struggle to hope.
And then the worst comes to kill them...
4 Read lists
Publisher: Less Than Three Press
Michelle Kelley
Cover Artists:
London Burden
Action Adventure, Fantasy - Urban & Magical Beings, Fantasy – Gods and Heroes, Paranormal - Shifters
format - novella 15k-60K, format - series, what - topic - magic, where - country - usa, where - general - ranch, where - state - oklahoma, who - description - alpha male, who - occupation - cowboys, who - occupation - royalty, who - type - werewolves
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I sat on my horse, Dancing Socks, in the middle of the river that cut through my property, the chill of the water numbing my legs. We were stuck, trapped between two creatures of myth and a Goddess of the Lycan race. Behind me, six of my warriors in the fearsome Lupe battle form braced to protect me.
I was in deep, deep shit. For the life of me, I couldn’t see a way out. Two Shirdals―lion-eagles also known as gryphons―one in front of me and one behind, effectively cut off any escape. Socks and I couldn’t outrun these Sumerian creatures of myth. But they were the least of my problems. What held my full attention was the woman standing before me on the water’s edge.
The Goddess Ki, clothed in a long, flowing gauzy dress, wearing a crown of ram’s horns, with a bow and quiver of arrows over her left shoulder and a cudgel hanging from her waist. She held a lion cub’s leash while regarding me with a stern, assessing gaze.
“Tristan Javed Ksathra Janick, Prince of the Enkidu, do you know who I am?”
How could I, or any Lycan, not know her? Regardless of what had happened today, I’d believed there was a solution. There was always a way out as long as I continued to breathe—but this, her, I couldn’t fight and win.
“You are the Goddess Ki, consort of Enki, Lady Life, mother of all living things, Nourisher of Kings. I greet you, Goddess. Do with me as you will.”
From across the water, Ki smiled a very white smile. “Come to me, Tristan. We have much to discuss,” she commanded.
I nudged Socks with my knees and she reluctantly finished crossing the stream, nervously tossing her head and rolling her eyes at the Shirdal. Once out of the water, I guided her a safe distance to the side and dismounted, removing her wet saddle and blanket. Her muscles twitched as she held still for me.
For a moment, I leaned my forehead on Socks’s shoulder. She reached around and nibbled at my hair. Not a half hour ago, I had left the ranch to go for a ride. The morning had offered many revelations with an accumulation of events that changed the course of my life.
After breaking the bond with my Twin Flame, Theo Sullivan, I hadn’t expected to find happiness or to fall in love with my best friend, but I had. Last night we made love, and it had been the best night of my life. This morning I’d awakened to find out I was born of royal blood, and Ushna was my chosen consort. Before I could begin to grasp what that even meant, Caspian MacCuill—one of the Magi—and a group of Lycan warriors invaded my home and attempted to kidnap Ushna and blackmail our friend, Gregori Borchetta, which led to Ushna being shot while trying to protect me.
All I had wanted was an hour. One single, measly hour to gather my thoughts and figure out what the hell we needed to do next. Instead, I sat trapped with no way to escape. The only course of action left to me was to save as many lives as possible. No mortal defied a Goddess and lived. If only I knew what I’d done to draw her attention.
Reluctantly, I straightened, petting Socks’s velvety nose before I removed her bridle. Giving her a smack on the rump, I sent her away. With luck, she’d return home safely and not be eaten.
Ready for whatever fate awaited me at the hands of a Goddess who hadn’t walked the Earth in a very, very long time, I turned to Ki and waited. It couldn’t be taken as good fortune that she was here now.
“Why so gloomy, Tristan? Do you think so poorly of me that you expect to be struck down by my hand?” Ki asked, head tilted to the side as she stared with almond-shaped black eyes.
One Shirdal lay at her feet, allowing Ki to scratch the feathers between its ears. The picture presented seemed surreal, two things that shouldn’t exist in this modern world of skyscrapers, automobiles, space shuttles, and nuclear bombs. Yes, I kept an altar in my room where I left burnt offerings to the Warrior Goddess Anat and Shamash, God of Justice. Believing in the Gods and Goddesses didn’t mean one would manifest into my world and actually speak to me.
“I don’t wish to offend, Goddess. It’s… well… this has been a very unusual day. Right now, I’m assuming the worst because I cannot fathom why you are here—speaking to me.”
She gave me another toothy smile and glanced across the water to the Lupes harassing the other Shirdal. “Please call your warriors to you, Tristan. The Shirdals meant you no harm. They were only playing.”
I barely withheld an ugly snort. Playing with me? I could imagine them playing as they tossed me about with their sharp beaks. Without a word, I lifted a hand to the Lupes and they entered the water, intent upon me as they crossed in a straight line.
Reviews:Carissa on Love Bytes Reviews wrote:
"I’m not sure if I should be kicking myself that I never bothered to read this series before, or if I should be glad that I waited till these new editions came out for me to enjoy them."
Pixie on MM Good Book Reviews wrote:
"This story is wonderful, it flows brilliantly and it pulls you in, making you turn the next page wanting more of this incredible series… it leaves you hungering for more, making you wish it was longer. It is filled with descriptions that take you there… makes you envisage that you are standing there as the enemy charge towards you, has your heart pounding along with Tristan’s as he fights the urge to make Ushna his in every way and makes your throat tight as Tristan realises that his life is changed forever. God damn but I love this series… so unique and refreshing; I really can’t wait for the next book."
PizzyGirl on Prism Book Alliance wrote:
"I am really enjoying this series. It is so rich and full of new things to learn. I love the way the author interjects history lessons into the plot as it moves forward. The lore unfolds as it is needed and the reader gets to learn right along with the main characters. And those characters are well done. The plot is interesting and fast paced. More than interesting really, it is captivating. There is so much world building and excitement. I love not knowing what is going to happen next. I am totally invested in the outcome and need to know that everything works out in the end."
on Eyes On Books:
"This series is an exquisite ride for me. I love Sumerian gods and the myths around Gilgamesh! I still have vivid memories of our Universal Literature teacher recounting the adventures of this legendary character back in high school. So when that is used to power a shifter story, adding paranormal romance elements to it, I’m hooked."
Serena on Rainbow Book Reviews wrote:
"This series started as an epic fantasy/paranormal drama, and continues to progress into the arena of inventive, new worlds with their own rules. I thoroughly enjoyed all of this second story! If you like ancient legends brought to life in a modern way, if you enjoy tales with a mix of devious and delightful twists and turns, and if you're ready to suffer and triumph along with the main characters, then by all means, go and buy this book! Again, I cannot wait for the next sequel!"
KindleRomance on The Romance Reviews wrote:
"I really enjoy reading this series. It's such a wonderful mix of sweet romance and interesting world-building. With Lycan shifters, gods, goddesses, and unknown creatures, there's never a dull moment."
If you like Songs of the Earth, you might be interested in:
King Daniel
The Solstice Prince
Lexi has always been an avid reader, and at a young age started reading (secretly) her mother’s romances (the ones she was told not to touch). She was the only teenager she knew of who would be grounded from reading. Later, with a pencil and a note book, she wrote her own stories and shared them with friends because she loved to see their reactions. A Texas transplant, Lexi now kicks her boots up in the Midwest with her Yankee husband and her eighty-pound puppies named after vacuum cleaners.
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On the Floor: Reggae on the road
Having released its self-titled debut album, Wellington rootsy reggae six-piece Hikoikoi is headed our way.
On the floor: Star tips on the road
Christchurch musician David Gideon, who performs solo but has had a lengthy career in bands, is returning to Dunedin for a show at the Normanby Tavern on June 7.
On the Floor: Out of obscurity
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Auckland band Cobra Khan returns to Dunedin this month after a two-year absence.
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Both kinds of music
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Youth gig to hail 2008
Organisers of tonight's Celebrate 08 gig hope to provide a place for Dunedin's youth to shake their booties.
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Posts tagged Nashville
Josh Gray // Songs Of The Highway
It’s no secret that country music has evolved since establishing its roots in Nashville. Countless artists continue to lean into the genre for its down-to-earth lyrics and timeless sound. Singer-songwriter Josh Gray is no exception, as he lends a hand in capturing that signature classic feeling while offering an unapologetic view on society today, which transfers directly into his delivery.
Hanna Branch May 30, 2019 Josh Gray, Nashville, tennessee, music, musician, Music City, new music, singer, songwriter, singer songwriter, country, indie, americana, folk, acoustic, Songs of the Highway, Anchor Publicity, Colleen Lippert, tour PR, EPKs, EPK, publicity company, Hanna Branch, Out From The Pine Box, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Spotify, new album, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Drew CarrollComment
Insignificant Other // i'm so glad i feel this way about you
Up and coming indie pop band Insignificant Other released their debut album, i’m so glad I feel this way about you, on April 17th. This Birmingham, Alabama based trio pulls from a broad range of musical influences which can be heard across the following 13 tracks. Vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter Sim Morales puts all of their emotion into each and every song from the highest highs to the lowest lows, both with lyrics and range.
Hanna Branch May 7, 2019 Insignificant Other, Sim Morales, Birmingham, Alabama, i’m so glad i feel this way about you, Counter Intuitive Records, Florida, Gainesville, Miami, Anchor Publicity, Colleen Lippert, tour PR, social media management, EPK, crisis management, publicity company, Nashville, Tennessee, heathers, bitter sweetness, indie, pop, lo-fi, DIY, bedroom pop, queer, Spotify, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Out From The Pine Box, Hanna Branch, album, album review, new album, debut, debut album, new, new music, new artist, new releaseComment
Del Schueler // One Thing Right
Combining real life experiences with detailed imagery, singer-songwriter Del Schueler’s EP One Thing Right is a four track journey through love, daydreams, and finding the courage to continue moving forward. A rich songwriting background courtesy of Belmont University helps propel Del forward and allows her to shine.
Kayla Albee April 26, 2019 Del Schueler, singer songwriter, One Thing Right, solo, solo artist, EP, EP review, ep, new, new album, new music, female vocals, women in music, Belmont, Belmont University, Drew Schueler, love, love song, romantic, Kiss You At The Red Light, Take Back You, positive affirmation, We Can Runaway, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Anchor Publicity, Colleen Lippert, EPK, crisis management, tour PR, publicity company, Nashville, Tennessee, Music City, SpotifyComment
Fawkes & Hownd // Balancing Act
American/Canadian folk music serves as the base for Fawkes & Hownd’s debut EP, Balancing Act, that recently came out earlier this month. The duo is based in Nashville, although each member comes from a different home. Phöenix Lazare hails from Salt Springs Island, BC, while Justin Kelley grew up on the North Shore of Massachusetts. With both places being small towns, this definitely shows through in each of their songs and in their overall sound.
Hanna Branch March 14, 2019 Fawkes & Hownd, Balancing Act, americana, indie, folk, acoustic, singer songwriter, Canada, America, debut, debut album, EP, EP review, album review, review, Nashville, Tennessee, music city, Salt Springs Island, BC, Phöenix Lazare, Phoenix Lazare, Justin Kelly, North Shore, MA, Massachusetts, Boston, small town, hometown, New England, duo, Phoebe Bridgers, Oh Wonder, Anchor Publicity, PR, EPK, publicity company, Colleen Lippert, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Spotify, Hanna Branch, Out From The Pine Box, Under The Light, Justin KelleyComment
Premiere: Kenna // In The Grey
Kenna is a singer-songwriter residing in Nashville, TN. She’s originally from Maryland, and is releasing In The Grey on December 7th, with an album release show schedule the night before in the True Music Room at Nashville’s Cambria Hotel. We’re happy to announce that you can stream In The Grey today exclusively through Out From The Pine Box!
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Lonesome Town Drifters // Greyed Out
Punk rock band Lonesome Town Drifters, aka LTD, hail from Nashville, Tennessee. The band performed at FEST in Florida at the end of last month, and released their newest album, Greyed Out, on October 18th. The 11 track album consists of authentic high energy songs. LTD is made up of vocalist / guitarist Eric, aka “Eric 7,” along with guitarist Nate Benardino, bassist Shawn Wiggins, and drummer Aaron Benson.
Hanna Branch November 24, 2018 Lonesome Town Drifters, LTD, Nashville, punk, rock, punk rock, Greyed Out, new album, new, new music, new release, new artist, Eric 7, Nate Benardino, Shawn Wiggins, Aaron Benson, Start Today, The Upside Down, The Bouncing Souls, guitar, bass, percussion, drums, vocals, late night noise, Instagram, Spotify, FEST, the fest flComment
Lottie // Road To Reckoning
Soulful singer-songwriter Lottie is set to release her new album, Road To Reckoning, on May 18, 2018. With clear influences stemming from notable artists like Carole King and Bonnie Raitt, Lottie has developed her own artistic style while paying homage to her Alabama roots.
Kayla Albee May 14, 2018 Lottie, Road To Reckoning, album, country, blues, soulful, soul, americana, singer, Songwriter, singer songwriter, Carole King, Bonnie Raitt, Alabama, Nashville, What's In It For Me?, twangy, guitar, southern, rock, The Road, Just Enough, personal, relationship, thoughtful, One Bad Habit, cheerful, 1960's, summer, Troube, bittersweet, keys, drums, I WIll SurviveComment
MARIELA // S/T
Mariela, the self-titled debut EP from Nashville-based indie rock band Mariela, feels like dancing underneath fairy lights at an outdoor dinner party in the height of summer with your closest friends.Click to continue after the jump to read our full review!
J.M January 30, 2018 Mariela, self titled, EP, EP review, album, album review, Nashville, Tennessee, indie, synth, Thomas Harbin Comments
Fever Blush // Remember, Forget
Remember, Forget, the two-track EP from Nashville-based four piece, Fever Blush, feels like an indie movie soundtrack, both cinematic and understated.
The two songs cleverly follow the tone suggested by the title, with "Remember" being a bit brighter and jauntier, and "Forget" more somber. In several moments, particularly in...
J.M December 5, 2017 Fever Blush, Remember Forget, alternative, pop, rock, dream pop, shoegaze, indie, Nashville, Tennessee, The Haters Ball, nashville, tennesseeComment
Early Humans // S/T
The self-titled debut album from Nashville-based indie pop rock band Early Humans feels like blazing sun, dusty shoes, and sweaty bodies pressed together in front of a festival stage.
Some of the songs, like "Waste My Mind" have a slightly 70's vibe and other songs, like "Look At What A Mess We’ve Made of Love", are reminiscent of...
J.M November 29, 2017 Early Humans, self titled, Zugzwang Records, Nashville, tennessee, alternative, indie, Pop, alternative rockComment
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CMS's Policies and Procedures Were Generally Effective in Ensuring That Capitation Payments Were Not Made After Beneficiaries' Dates of Death
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) had policies and procedures in place that were generally effective in ensuring that capitation payments to Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations for Medicare Parts A and B services were not made on behalf of deceased beneficiaries after the individuals' dates of death. During calendar years 2012 through 2015, CMS received updated beneficiary date-of-death information and then made approximately 1.8 million adjustments to capitation payments, thereby recouping $2.96 billion from MA organizations for Parts A and B capitation payments that had been made on behalf of beneficiaries who had died.
CMS did not, however, identify and recoup all improper capitation payments. As of March 7, 2017, CMS had not recouped $2.4 million associated with 1,817 capitation payments that were made on behalf of 978 beneficiaries. For our audit period, these improper payments represented .0004 percent of the total capitation payments made to MA organizations and .08 percent of the total adjustments that CMS made after receiving information on beneficiaries' dates of death.
We recommended that CMS recoup the $2.4 million in capitation payments made to MA organizations for Medicare Parts A and B services on behalf of deceased beneficiaries, and that CMS implement system enhancements to identify, adjust, and recoup improper capitation payments in the future. CMS concurred with both of our recommendations and described corrective actions that it had implemented.
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Search Is On For Cream Of The Crop
Today, the Omagh Business Awards begins its search to find the local business cream of the crop along with the Business Personality of the Year.
The annual Awards, organised by the Ulster Herald and Omagh Chamber of Commerce, celebrate the dedication, commitment and success of businesses & individuals throughout the district.
The event will culminate with recipients being honoured for the nine award categories at a gala dinner in Kelly’s Inn on Friday, October 25, 2013.
Last year’s initiative proved to be a huge success with over 50 entrants, several thousand votes, over 220 people at the gala awards night and 5 months of in paper coverage.
With the mechanics of the event in place and hotel booked, we can now announce the full line up of sponsors:
Principal sponsor:
Omagh Chamber of Commerce and the Ulster Herald.
Category sponsors:
Omagh Enterprise; Omagh District Council; Invest Northern Ireland; Abac Chartered Accountants; Gortrush Food Services Ltd; Danske Bank; First Trust Bank; South West College; Waste Systems Ltd.
Danske Bank; First Trust Bank; South West College; Waste Systems Ltd. – See more at: http://ulsterherald.com/omagh-business-awards/#sthash.H1jc9ooF.dpuf
Danske B; First Trust Bank; South West College; Waste Systems Ltd.
The Awards are available to enter as from today and this will remain open until the 16th August and then it’s over to the judges for the inevitable task of selecting 3 shortlisted nominees who will be profiled in paper.
Our readers will then be invited to show their support and the judges will once again meet to decide on the overall winner who will be acknowledged at the big awards night.
Indeed the calibre of winners selected was reinforced as last year’s overall Business Person of the Year, Patsy Kelly of Kelly’s Inn, was a hugely popular choice when she claimed the top prize. Speaking at the launch, Patsy said, “It was such a privilege to win the award and I received hundreds of congratulations cards which are all displayed at Kelly’s Inn. Being referred to as ‘Business Person of the Year’ took some getting used to but it was a tremendous honour.”
So if you’re eager to highlight your business success, then the Omagh Business Awards is right for you to raise your profile, prove your excellence, acknowledge your team efforts and impress partners and clients.
Highlighting the benefits of the Awards, Nigel McDonagh, Ulster Herald title editor, stated, “This is a great opportunity for local businesses to enter an awards initiative that will recognise and reward success, talent and all that’s good about business in the Omagh area.”
President of Omagh Chamber of Commerce, Julian McKeown added, “The Omagh Business Awards are a recognition of the local entrepreneurs and businesses who have made things happen. These are firms that have excelled in customer service, marketing, export, business practice and innovation,” he explained. “They have all met their challenges head on and continue to play their part in creating a vibrant enterprise economy here in Omagh.”
Any business or individual are invited to nominate themselves or others for any of the categories on offer. The awards are free to enter and open to any business in Omagh & district. Entry forms or online entry are available by logging onto www.ulsterherald.com and then clicking on ‘more’ and then the business awards link or by contacting Elaine Fyffe Harper on 07734389484 or email admin@omaghchamber.com. The closing date for nominations is 16th August 2013. Self and third party nominations are welcome for all award categories.
Recipients are set to be announced at a prestigious gala dinner in Kelly’s Inn on Friday 25th October 2013.
Source: ulsterherald.com
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Technology helps fight against theft of packages
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gordon Harris was in Washington state when he got a text alert from the Nest webcam at the front door of his home in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Parcels are stored before being sorted for delivery in Switzerland, in a file photo. REUTERS/Valentin Flauraud
“I could see somebody come into the picture, take a couple of UPS packages and run away,” he said.
Within seconds, Harris, 53, owner of a software company, alerted neighbors and contacted police. He also called UPS and the merchants. Because Harris was able to attach the video of the theft to his claim, he had no trouble getting a refund.
This is the new age of combating thieves who steal packages from doorsteps, a growing problem as more Americans shop online. The old stand-by solutions, paying extra for signature delivery, sending packages to the office or getting a post-office box, are meeting their technological match.
Some 23 million people said they have had packages stolen from their homes before they could open them, according to a new survey from insuranceQuotes.com, a division of Bankrate Inc.
But the problem goes beyond theft to the mere inconvenience of waiting for a package to be redelivered. Of the more 6 billion packages shipped yearly, up to 40 percent miss their first delivery window, said Neel Murthy, co-founder of Swapbox (www.swapbox.com/), a locker-type system for alternative package delivery.
Here are some of the new ways to make sure you get what is coming to you this holiday season:
1. Webcam security
There are a myriad of webcams on the market, including Nest Cam (nest.com/), Piper (getpiper.com/) and Canary (canary.is/), which all cost around $200. Other apps can turn a mobile device into a security system, like Perch (getperch.com/). Cloud-based video storage can run about $100 per year.
Any of these could provide the proof to substantiate a theft. Otherwise, you are left to follow the steps for filing a claim with the merchant; some are easier than others. Your credit card may provide additional coverage.
When Raymond Pelayo and his wife had five packages stolen last week in Norwalk, California, several of them were easy Amazon refunds, but they were told one specially made dog birthday cake ordered through Etsy was not eligible for a refund. They called their credit card company, provided video proof of the theft from their Kuna (www.getkuna.com/) webcam, and their issuer took care of the charge.
"Make sure you understand the terms and conditions. You do have recourse," said Miranda Marquit, a financial journalist (plantingmoneyseeds.com/), who had a $307 Lego Death Star go missing a few holidays ago and was able to get a refund from eBay after getting proof from the shipper that it was misdelivered.
2. Virtual neighborhood watch
If you are not on a first-name basis with all your neighbors, technology has a solution for that, too.
Veronica Clyburn, a 28-year-old graduate student in Tulsa, Oklahoma, posted about a missing package in early November on Nextdoor (nextdoor.com/), a message board app which connects more than 83,000 neighborhoods across the United States. A neighbor saw that and told her he had found the empty box nearby, which was enough proof of theft to easily get her a refund.
Nextdoor, which has about 11 million messages posted every day, said that it has already seen a 36 percent rise in conversations about package theft this holiday season.
3. Smart mailboxes
Frequent online shoppers may also want to look into a digital lock-box. One example: the uCella, which just launched a crowdfunding campaign (bit.ly/1QOQeeZ) for a wi-fi-equipped expandable mailbox for $129.
Co-founder Shuai Jiang said he came up with the idea when he was stuck behind a self-driving Google car on his way to a post office in San Francisco to pick up a package. “I thought, if the cars can drive themselves, why do we still not have a reliable way of getting our packages?” he said.
4. Concierge services
With today's advanced package tracking, consumers can get pretty close to knowing when their packages will arrive. For an extra $40 per year, UPS My Choice (www.ups.com/mychoice/) allows you to redirect a package at will.
Other services, like doorman.co (not .com), will take in your packages and set up an alternative delivery for $4 per package.
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ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: Weather Hazards: Drought
In general terms drought is caused by a general shortage of precipitation over an extended period of time usually the rain season resulting in water shortages for both human and natural activities.
A more formal definition of defines drought as a protracted period of deficient precipitation resulting in extensive damage to crops, resulting in loss of yield.
Droughts are often associated, but should not be confused with, famine which is an extreme shortage of food for part or most of the population.
Droughts are a naturally occurring phenomena.
Zimbabwe and Southern Africa often experiences cyclical droughts for example 1800-1830s,1844-49,1981-2, 1992 and in some parts during 2002. Generally a drought occurs at least once every decade although they may be becoming more frequent due to Global Warming.
Areas in Matebeleland which generally receive less rain as they are further inland often suffer the severest droughts and more frequently even during times when the rest of the current receives normal rainfall.
Countries in Northern Africa especially western African countries like Somalia and Ethiopia have more frequent droughts some of which last for years.
Droughts have also been attributed to climate change.
Although many theories have been put forth to explain the cause of droughts not much is known.
The most dominant theory is the El Nino effect with some experts even linking droughts to volcanic eruptions.
El Nino is a band of water whose temperatures hardly changes for long periods of time that is found on the Western coast of the South American continent.
The warming up of these waters is known in the local Spanish language as El Nino (the Child in reference to baby Jesus as it tends to occur around Christmas).
The cooling of these waters is known as the La Nina (Little Girl).
Both phases are known as the El Nino Southern Oscilation Cycle (ENSO)
During an ENSO the waters in the Pacific Ocean get warmer.
Normal airflow moves westward from the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, but during El Nino this movement is weakened or altered.
This results in high rainfall in some parts of Latin America but low rainfall and even drought in southern Africa.
During the 1991-1992 drought El Nino lasted until the end of February 1992.
During a La Nina Zimbabwe receives extremely large amounts of rainfall.
Human causes
Although droughts are a natural phenomena human actions may worsen their effects:
Rapid population growth resulting in increased pressure on natural resources including water.
Deforestation.
Soil erosion.
Overgrazing.
Mono-culture.
Falling water tables due to ground water being used for domestic and agricultural activities.
Build up of salts also know as salination has destroyed a lot of land making it toxic to plants.
Crops wilt and there may be a significant reduction in yields.
Sometimes crops fail altogether.
Animals die from dehydration and shortage of pastures.
Shortage of drinking water
Dust storms.
Death of people due to dehydration and starvation.
Malnutrition and associated conditions like Kwashiorkor these are more pronounced in children.
Poverty due to loss of livelihood.
Crops can become toxic due to an increase in aflatoxins especially to animals.
Can lead to nitrate poisoning in animals which are fed drought affected crops such as maize.
Wild fires become more frequent.
Farmers can make use of insurance schemes.
Stockpiling essential food crops in years of high yields using for example GMB silo storage.
Practice irrigation using river and ground water.
Grow drought resistant crops and keeping drought resistant animals like donkeys.
Grow early maturing crops.
Appeal for aid from International organisations such as the UN, USAID, OxFam, Save the Child etc.
Find alternative uses for drought damaged crops for example drought affected soya beans can be used to feed cattle.
GMB Silo. Image by TheZimbabwean.co
To access more topics go to the Geography Notes page.
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Italian Prosecutors Investigate Russian Funding Allegations
Matteo Salvini is the leader of the far-right League party.
Italian prosecutors are investigating allegations of illicit Russian funding of the far-right League party of Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, media reports said on July 11.
Prosecutors in Milan are probing the possible crime of "international corruption" and have already conducted some interrogations, the reports said.
The investigation comes following media reports about a meeting that allegedly took place between Russian officials and one of Salvini’s close aides where they reportedly discussed a secret oil deal.
Salvini has denied the allegations.
Italian weekly L’Espresso reported in February that former Salvini spokesman Gianluca Savoini had met Russian businessmen in October 2018 about a possible oil deal that would funnel money to the League party.
The U.S. website BuzzFeed reported on July 10 it had received an audio recording of the Moscow meeting and published a transcript where Savoini can be heard discussing a covert oil transaction.
The website said that there was no evidence that such a transaction subsequently took place.
Salvini was in Moscow at the time the meeting allegedly took place, but there was no suggestion he took part. He has previously visited Moscow and been seen in T-shirts praising Russian President Vladimir Putin.
It was not immediately clear if the Milan probe was started in reaction to the BuzzFeed article or following the report by L'Espresso.
Moscow has attempted to establish ties with far-right European populist movements in recent years.
Putin said in an interview with Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera that his United Russia party was working closely with Salvini's anti-migrant League party.
Based on reporting by dpa, Reuters, and AFP
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Blog » Pitch Inflation – The Analogue Loudness War?
If you know a little about “pitch inflation” and about the “loudness war”, then you might see similarities in the effect they have on music.
The “pitch inflation” (the rise of the pitch levels used in music) is said to have started by instrumentalists competing with each other, each attempting to produce a brighter, more “brilliant” sound, and/or appear to sound ‘louder’ than that of their “rivals”.
The “Loudness War” is said to have started when music producers and sound engineers wanted to make their music sound more powerful then that of their competitors when played on the radio and in clubs and bars.
In both cases attempts were/are made to ‘outshout’, to ‘stand out’ sonically in comparison with the other musicians and/or music productions. In the case of ‘Pitch Inflation’ this is done at the source (instrument), in the case of the “Loudness War” this is done during “post production”. Both with the ‘Pitch Inflation’ and Equalizing (Loudness War signal processing technique) and the ‘Pitch Inflation’ the pitch of the sound and the timbre of the instruments could change. A Pitch change by inflation is wanted, unlike with Equalizing where in general not the pitch but a change timbre is the goal. The usage of a compressor does not change the pitch, but could have a slight effect on the timbre of the to compress sound(s).
Due to the various similarities between ‘Pitch Inflation’ and the ‘Loudness War’, you could say that the Pitch Inflation is like an Analogue Pre-Production Loudness Tool.
For those visitors of this blog who haven’t heard of those terms yet, a short explanation:
PITCH INFLATION
“Pitch inflation” is the rise of the pitch levels used in music. In string instruments, when tuned up, they actually sound objectively brighter because the higher string tension results in larger amplitudes for the harmonics. But also with other acoustic instruments a change of pitch might effect the “timbre” of the instrument. The change of pitch causes a shift in tone frequency relatively to the formant range(s) – a range or a set of harmonics frequencies with an absolute or relative maximum in the sound spectrum – characteristic for the instrument’s design and build. This consequently may effect the resonance and sympathetic resonance of the instrument. A change of pitch generates a shift in the loudness of the exact frequencies generated.
The Concert pitch or pitch reference has varied throughout music history, from A4=400Hz (according to various sources even lower) and A4=457Hz.
Read more information about Harmonics, Overtones, Formants, Timbre and Sympathetic Resonance.
THE LOUDNESS WAR (the “Electrical Era“, “Magnetic Era” and “Digital Era“)
The loudness war refers to the trend of increasing audio levels in recorded music. Increasing loudness (the characteristic of a sound that is primarily a psycho-physiological correlate of amplitude) is generally seen as used as early as the 1940s, with respect to mastering practices for 7″ singles.
Once the maximum amplitude of a sound medium is reached, loudness can be increased more with signal processing techniques such as dynamic range compression and equalization. In 1915 George Ashley Campbell, working at AT&T, persuaded electrical reactance to be repurposed as audio resonance, inventing the essential building block of EQ: the L-C circuit (inductor and capacitor). Variable equalization in audio reproduction was first used by John Volkman working at RCA in the 1920s. The world’s first dynamic compressor was the Telefunken U3, designed in the early 1930s. Engineers can apply an increasingly high ratio of compression to a recording until it more frequently peaks at the maximum amplitude. The recorded material thus sounds overall “louder”.
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Demor Ragani
"Yea, I'm....not normal."
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a character in “The Multiverse”, as played by Scorpion01
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The Adventurer's Guild, spanning galaxy wide despite having its headquarters based on Origin, is an organization of people have dedicated their lives to doing all sorts of quests, big or small.
"Storms are unrelenting; and so am I."
Main Hexcode || #006400 \ Secondary Hexcode || #631a82
Fury of the Storm || Dragonforce
▐ ❖
Irral Davof- "First Son"
Magic Name:
The Storm Dragon Slayer
Duration at FoxTrot: Six Months. [/center]
The first thing that people notice right off the bat is Demor's clothing. He wears a large, brown hooded cloak that flares in the wind to keep the rest of his body hidden from the harsh sun and other elements. However it also hides one other thing that is most unique about him: His tail. Sprouting from his lower back is a seven foot long Dragon-like tail with jet-black scales. It twitches constantly to help him keep his balance; and allows him to move faster than most humans with ease.
The next thing are his eyes: Blazing Emerald Eyes with the look of a predator and pupils of a Dragon that stare down all before them. When eye contact is made, it may seem like Demor is staring into your very soul; picking you apart piece by piece to see how you tick. He wears traditional Drachini armor that has been heavily modified to fit his male body, since he is the only male of the race in its evolutionary journey.
His body is covered with old scars from his years of training with his Father/Dragon Teacher: Annyo Mitne, the "Last Light" of the Storm Dragons, and the most noticeable is one down the right side of his neck; where debris cut open his neck while training. He stands at just over six feet in height, and has a compact, muscular body that has seen its fair share of battle.
Off the bat, Demor is distant; calm, and quiet. His instincts dictate much of his actions in his life; and as a natural predator, he naturally sits back and watches people; not speaking or approaching them directly. If approached, he will be rather rough around the edges, and cuts to the point of any conversation quickly before leaving; often making people wonder if there is something wrong with him; or if he has trouble socializing with others. This stage is also where Demor will form opinions of who he is watching. By watching their mannerisms and the way they treat others, he will form an opinion of that person; and unless proved otherwise, will treat them as he sees fit.
Once you get to know him, however, Demor is gentle, caring, and a bit of a flirt. Being from a race of all females, Demor has no trouble doing/talking about traditionally "Female" things, and will occasionally flirt with males; though he knows that in order to survive he will have to woo a female. That isn't to say that Demor isn't looking for fun in a male, however; as Demor has little preference for who he flirts with; so long as he's close with them and knows they won't take it the wrong way.
He has an undying loyalty to the guild and its members; and will do whatever it takes to be recognized as an S-Class Mage or higher.
Town Reputation: There is a bit of tension in the air when it comes to Demor and the towns-people. As previously stated, he likes to watch people before approaching them, and this makes many townspeople uneasy and nervous around him. However they do welcome him with open arms and there is a friendliness that emanates from them. Children and young teenagers in particular warm up to Demor quickly as they aspire to become as powerful as him one day. Or is that the desert sun that does that?
Magic Type: Caster
Specialization: Primarily Offensive, can be Defensive, and can be used to Heal if needed.
Description: Storm Dragon Slayer Magic is like most other Dragon Slayer Magic, it is cast with the Magic within the Mage's body, and may or may not use Magic Circles depending on the spell in use. Demor channels it through his arms, legs, tail, breath, and entire body to pull off incredible feats of magic and destruction when needed.
The three Magics of Lightning, Water, and Wind/Air Dragon Slayer Magic all come together to form Storm, and as such, Demor's knowledge of each of them is limited, as he only mastered Storm Dragon Slayer Magic; needing only a rather basic understanding of the other three to do so. Demor is powerful in all but Wind/Air Dragon Slayer Magic, as his ability to heal is rather weak, and his attacks are mediocre at best. He favors Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic; and is the most powerful using that particular magic of the three; though his Defensive skills using Water Dragon Slayer magic are nothing to shrug off, either.
When he brings all three together, they create Storm; and that is where all of his more advanced, and powerful techniques come from, as he focuses the wrath of Nature into decimating his opponents. His magic is strongest when it is raining; for rather, obvious reasons.
Spell List: Descriptions are a WIP
-Teravolt Claw
-Roar
-Flash Wing
-Heavenward Halberd
-Thunder Pit
-Arc Flight
-Shield Wing
-Iron Wall
-Razor Wave
Wind/Air
-Heal
-Grand Devastator
-Typhoon Gaze
-Grand Typhoon
-Storm Copy
Born as the first and only male of an all Female race known as the Drachini, Demor was praised as the next step in evolution for the Draconian Humanoid race. At the age of 7, however, his village was attacked by a group of hunters who came looking for him. His entire village was wiped out as he watched from a nearby tree that he loved to climb in.
After that, by instruction of his dying mother, he climbed a nearby mountain that was covered in a permanent storm. There he met Annyo Mitne, the "Last Light" of the thought extinct Storm Dragons. Annyo became his new father, and taught Demor the Magic that would make him strong, and eventually help avenge his village, and any other Drachini that were harmed by the hunters.
After accomplishing his revenge at the age of about 15, Demor wandered the globe, searching for a guild that would take him. He heard of many guilds and their strengths, but they didn't appeal to him; finally, while roaming the desert he came upon FoxTrot. His story goes on from there.
Family: Anyone related to Demor is most likely dead; and he strongly dislikes the subject of his family. If used in a way that would anger him, he will bring down the wrath of the heavens upon those who slander his village or family; and in this case; his guild.
Partnership:- Demor isn't too picky when it comes to who he would rather be partnered up with; but if he had to choose, it would be someone strong. Not necessarily Magic wise, but in terms of will and self-esteem. There is nothing he dislikes more (aside from a touchy subject *cough cough* family *cough*) than a person who gives up on themselves too easily. He could understand if they are giving up after a major screw up, but otherwise he doesn't like, nor tolerate it.
Good looks might play a small role, too. *wink wink*
Will be updated after character list is FINALIZED.
Face Claim: Unknown; Various.
Character List Info: Demor /22 /Storm Dragon Slayer / Scorpion01
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Demor Ragani walked into the bar slowly, looking around. 'So this is Gambit's bar' he thought as he walked in and went to the bar, his long, black draconic tail moving behind him, narrowly missing knocking things over as he walked.
He sat down and his tail moved close to him so it didn't get stepped on by any of the patrons. About two and half feet from where the tail met his body was a dark green symbol.
Demor Ragani yawned, revealing a very sharp set of canine teeth in his mouth. Sharper than any vampires or werewolves. "Hmm." he said in thought, looking through the menu, using the tip of his tail to scroll around the menu.
Demor Ragani used the tip of his long, black draconic tail to select a bottle of soda for himself. Using his free hand to pull some money out and placed it on the counter. "My my. It' kinda like the guild in here, with the yelling and everything. All we need now is...." he went over the rest of his sentence in his head, chuckling as he did.
Demor Ragani waited for his soda to come to him, when he then turned, looking at the one who just yelled. "Now it's even a bit more like the guild." he said. "Wow." was all he could say after that.
Demor Ragani chuckled and turned back to the counter, taking a drink of his soda as the server droid set it in front of him. His tail twitched a little bit. He was surprised it wasn't really attracting attention, it usually did. But then...there was a fight about to break out so there was that reason.
Demor Ragani yawned again, his sharp canines showing. He tilted his head from side to side, making it pop on both sides. "Ah!" he yelled as the flash bang went off, falling off of his stool, he made sure to fall on his front, as not to hurt his tail. He stayed on the ground until he was unaffected, which took a while.
Demor Ragani slowly stood, rubbing his eyes in an effort to make them work again. He shook his head quickly and opened his dark green eyes, the draconic pupils trying to adjust to the environment around him.
Demor Ragani slowly regained his vision, blinking rapidly. His tail had curled around him a bit, and it unraveled itself, and he looked around, the first thing he saw were blurred versions of people with wings.
Demor Ragani turned around and as he did, his vision fully returned to him. He let out a breath as he sat down, and took the soda he had left on the counter in his hands, taking a drink of it.
Demor Ragani took another drink of his soda. His draconic tail moved slowly as it hung from his lower back and curled around his stool, not hitting the floor. He turned to the sound that came from Liff, confused as to what he just heard.
Demor Ragani turned back around and finished off his soda. He had previously set money on the counter when he had got the soda, so he didn't need to do it again. With that he stood, and he turned, his tail trailing behind him as he walked out of the bar, making sure not to close the door until his long tail was completely through.
Demor Ragani walked into the bar for the second time today. "Hey, this place isn't as crazy now." he said with a laugh as he walked to the counter and sat. His long, black draconic tail almost hit things as it moved behind him as he walked. As he sat, the tail moved closer to him and curled around his stool, not touching the ground.
Demor Ragani scratched the back of his head with his hand. "Oh it is? Well, it's only my second time here. And it's actually pretty calm." he said, looking at Alix, his tail unraveling from the stool and moving freely.
Demor Ragani chuckled. "Yea, people will do that. All the freaking time." he said. As his draconic tail moved, a dark green symbol could be seen about two and a half feet from where the tail meets his body.
Demor Ragani laughed. "Oh, I can watch my back, don't worry." he said. For a fourteen-year-old, he sounded pretty confident in his ability to survive. He smiled, and his very sharp canines showed. Sharper than a werewolves or a vampires canines, perhaps...a dragons?
Demor Ragani started paying attention, his long black draconic tail twitching quickly. "Whoa, zoned out completely. What did I miss?" he asked, looking around the bar with his dark green eyes, the draconic pupils adjusting accordingly.
Demor Ragani chuckled. "Oh that's not that bad." he said. His tail moved slowly, tapping him on the shoulder, then he would look at it, as if to say 'What?"
Demor Ragani blinked. "Lizard Tail?" he looked at his tail, then back at her. "Oh, ha ha." he said, not amused. "The name's Demor, not Lizard Tail." he said, his tail twitching.
Demor Ragani nodded. "Yes. Nice to meet you as well." he said. His tail went down the back of his own shirt and started to scratch his own back. "Ooh, yea. That's the spot." he said, smiling. After he did that his tail moved from his shirt and moved freely.
Demor Ragani smiled, and yawned, revealing extremely sharp canines. Too sharp for a werewolves, too sharp for a vampire...could they be of a dragon? Whatever they were from, they were very sharp.
Demor Ragani looked at the clock and sighed. "Well. I've gotta go. I'll probably be back in the future." he said. He hadn't bought anything, so he owed no money. He stood and walked out of the bar, his draconic tail nearly hitting many things but always managing to pull itself away before it made contact with anything.
Demor Ragani walked into the bar reading a piece of paper with an annoyed look on his face. He stuffed the piece of paper in his pocket, his expression becoming happier as he did. His long, black draconic tail moved quickly as he walked, almost hitting things, but managing to pull away just in time. On the side of it, about 2.5 feet from where it met his body, was a dark green symbol.
He walked over to the counter and yawned as he sat, revealing a very sharp pair of canine teeth. Too sharp to be werewolf or vampire canines...dragon perhaps? His dark green eyes scanned the bar, draconic pupils adjusting accordingly to the changing levels of light.
Demor Ragani took the electronic menu in his hands and used the tip of his tail to scroll through the menu. He found a soda that he favored to drink back home and selected it, then placed some money on the counter where he would then wait for the soda to come to him.
Demor Ragani looked at...the talking horse? "Wha? Horses can talk? I've never seen that before." he said, his tail moving around, but not straying too far from his body, even though it was abot 6 feet in length.
Demor Ragani blinked as she changed. "I can understand normal animals, but they never spoke English, nor did they ever transform into a human." he said, his tail wrapping around his body a little. His dark green draconic eyes were studying her a bit.
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11 Theories About The ‘Big Little Lies’ Season 2 Finale
By Chandler Diane Plante
In a plot littered with cliffhangers and double entendres, Big Little Lies fans haven’t been able to stop wondering about the Monterey Five ever since that ~unfortunate~ incident on the stairs. Whether viewers are preparing themselves for the worst, searching for answers, or trying to beat the producers to the punch, these theories about the Big Little Lies Season 2 finale have the potential to make everyone feel totally unhinged.
In case you haven’t yet devoted your life to a potentially murderous group of women, here's a quick recap. In season one, Jane (Shailene Woodley) comes to town and meets a group of impossibly glamorous moms from her kid's school, one of which is married to her former rapist, Perry, who has been abusing his wife Celeste (Nicole Kidman). When everything comes to a head at Trivia Night, the women catch Perry attacking Celeste and band together to fight him off. The struggle ends when Bonnie (Zoë Kravitz) shoves Perry down the stairs to his death. Fearing the legal consequences, the group maintains that Perry’s death was caused by an accidental slip down the stairs, and the cops seem to believe them.
Unfortunately for them, not everyone buys their story. Enter Mary Louise (Meryl Streep), an absolutely infuriating woman who just so happens to be Perry’s mother. Mary Louise is impressive in that she somehow manages to embody everyone's least favorite PTA mom, most critical grandparent, and worst internet troll. That being said, she wants to know what happened to her son, and she will do everything in her power to get to the truth. Unsure of how it will all end? Let these fans give you a few ideas.
The Detective Will Prove Perry Is A Serial Rapist
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It's no secret that Perry had a long history of bad behavior before his death, but if the detective was aware of his past sexual and physical violence, could she actually be on the Monterey Five's side? "I think she was likely investigating a string of rapes and sexual assaults in the surrounding area," wrote Redditor user Cupcakeann. "When the rapes, assaults completely stopped when Perry died, that probably confirmed for her that it was him but she needs confirmation of serial violent nature from Celeste and Jane." Maybe the group will discover an unexpected ally in their midst by the end of the season.
Mary Louise Will Get DNA Proof
Although Mary Louise agreed there's a striking family resemblance between Ziggy and her son, it could be possible that her sudden interest in the boy is fueled by doubt rather than familial obligation. "Mary Louise just wants access to Ziggy so she can get a DNA sample," theorized Redditor ChangeIn2020. At this point, no one is putting anything past this woman.
Perry Killed His Own Brother
One of the most unbearable things about Mary Louise is her determination to defend her abusive son. In fact, some fans think her estranged husband could prove the lengths she would go to safeguard Perry's name. "Mary Louise mentioned he abandoned the family after the death of her other son. Was it because Perry killed his brother and she protected him and the father could not live with any of that?" wrote Redditor anthronyu. Perhaps this finale will bring more answers than expected.
Perry's Father Killed His Brother
The quiet mention of Perry's dead brother definitely did not go unnoticed, but for some fans, Perry is not the only suspect. "I think Perry’s father killed him. This season they really seem to be focusing on the theme of parents affecting how their children grow up," wrote Redditor rainydaybatsy. "I think that they are trying to make Perry a muddier character rather than just the evil rapist." Not a bad idea, considering this is a show that thrives off of dynamic character development. But if this season is all about the parents, could the potential murderer also be Mary Louise? Stay tuned.
Ed Will Use Bonnie To Hurt Madeline
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Ed has been caught getting cozy with Bonnie multiple times before, but after learning about Madeline's infidelity, perhaps a darker side of him will emerge by the finale. "Ed is becoming increasingly more hostile towards Madeline and seems to be looking for ways to hurt her, so what better way then to go after the new wife of the husband who abandoned her," wrote Redditor Alean92. The real question is, does Ed actually have the gall to do something like this? Does Bonnie?
Celeste Will Kill Mary Louise
If there's one thing that Mary Louise is great at, it's getting involved in other people's business. But some fans think there might come a point in which her snooping could put her in danger. "I bet ML will die at the hands of Celeste and/or the group when she discovers too much," noted Redditor Cam4mia. Sure, the group has only ever accidentally killed one person before, but if they're still obsessed with appearances, there's no telling how far they'll go to protect themselves and their seemingly glossy lives. If someone's going to do it, it seems fair to bet on Celeste.
Mary Louise Is Drugging Celeste
In yet another hot take regarding Mary Louise and Celeste's relationship, some viewers think Mary Louise spent a little too much time checking out Celeste's medications. "Based on what a manipulative psychopath Mary Loiuse appears to be, I wouldn't put it past her to tamper with Celeste's drugs, or even to pay the bartender to drug her, in order to make Celeste appear to be an unfit mother," wrote Redditor Remount_Kings_Troop. This would certainly be a way for Mary Louise to get closer to the twins she's so interested in, and would make for an epic discovery in the finale.
Jane's Boyfriend Is a Cop
Listen, we are all rooting for Jane after everything she's been through, but the show might not be quite as supportive. Although her boyfriend certainly seems like a good choice for her, "He's totally a cop," wrote Redditor ABlokeLikeYou. "He's got the whole trying a little too hard to be charmingly awkward thing going on, and it's totally a plot device the show would use." His strangely observant behavior is another clue that has fans wondering about his true intentions. But even if he is an undercover cop, would Jane ever tell him the truth? Maybe viewers will find out at the end of the season.
Jane's Boyfriend Is Perry's Half Sibling
In response to the boyfriend-cop theory, Redditor Lilfroggies commented, "Or he's one of Perry's half siblings, seems convenient ML mentionned that Perry's dad had other kids just that episode." Maybe the mention of Perry's other siblings wasn't to make fans obsess over a possible murder, but to introduce a whole new member of the family in the finale. But as good of a twist as this would be, some think it would be too cruel — sending Jane spiraling and confirming that she truly cannot catch a break.
Bonnie Won't Make It Through The Season
This is one of the darkest fan theories, but it's still not something to put past the show. Although not much was known about Bonnie in Season 1, Season 2 has taken viewers deep inside her head and exposed some pretty intense memories. "I’ve been getting the feeling that Bonnie will (or attempt to) take her own life this season," wrote Redditor dawnGrace. "The drowning visions, her intense depression, the guilt, coupled with whatever she may have done/gone through in her past, all add up to nothing good!"
The Monterey Five Will Confess
No matter how each woman is outwardly handling Perry's murder, it's clear that they are struggling. They have one common goal and it is to dodge the truth, but some fans think it's not long until they break down. "Madeline is eventually going to break down and want to admit to the lie. All five of them are," wrote Redditor pseudorem. "I think season 2 will end with them all breaking down and confessing - and then we'll be left with a cliffhanger."
Regardless of which theories turn out to be true, Big Little Lies has viewers on the edge of their seats, obsessing over every little detail. However, there is a certain unpredictability about the show that is almost comforting. One that encourages fans to sit back and relax because the drama is truly unforeseeable. Of course, that won't stop people from trying to stay ahead, but if you're tired of the guessing games, sit back and rest assured that a twist is coming. And it's going to be big.
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The BFG DVD
Starring Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Bill Hader, Penelope Wilton, Rebecca Hall, Jemaine Clement, Michael Adamthwaite, Daniel Bacon, Chris Gibbs, Adam Godley, Jonathan Holmes, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
Steven Spielberg directs this adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel starring Mark Rylance as the Big Friendly Giant.
The film follows Sophie (Ruby Barnhill) as she is whisked away from her orphanage by the BFG and taken to Giant Country where she is immediately at risk of being eaten by the other, larger giants, including Fleshlumpeater (Jemaine Clement) and Bloodbottler (Bill Hader).
Together, Sophie and the BFG go on an adventure to Dream Country where they capture dreams for the BFG to give to all of the human world's sleeping children.
After coming up with a cunning plan, the pair head back to London to see if the Queen (Penelope Wilton) can help them tackle the problem of the bullying, child-eating giants.
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Using synchronization and induction as a lambing time-management tool
Lambing is an exciting but exhausting time for sheep farmers. A typical breeding cycle with natural service over two heat cycles usually results in well over two weeks of late nights, early mornings, and intense work. To manage the labour load (pun intended), some farmers have adopted a synchronization and induction program to tighten the lambing window to just two days.
Chris and Jen Vervoort are first-generation farmers running over 400 ewes and a veal calf venture, plus a hoof trimming business and a full-time off-farm job. The couple is also raising three kids under the age of seven.
With those demands on their time, running themselves ragged over two or three weeks several times a year wasn’t feasible with all they have on their plate, so they decided to adopt an lambing induction protocol, hire an employee to help get set up, and grow from there.
On their farm it looks like this: working in groups of about 100, on day one CIDRs (small, progesterone plastic inserts) are inserted in ewes. The CIDR acts like birth control and stops the ewe from cycling. In 14 days, the CIDRs are removed and the ewes are given a dose of PMSG to induce ovulation. Within 24 hours, rams are introduced to the ewes (in six hour increments, usually in a 1:5 ratio) and remain with the ewes for four days, after which time the rams are removed. Ewes are scanned for pregnancies and multiples around day 50 to 60 and open ewes are moved to the next breeding group. Then, on day 143 (around 8 to 9 pm on a Thursday for Vervoort’s system) ewes receive an injection of dexamthasone 5. Saturday morning (day 145) around 5 am, the lambing begins and is usually done by Saturday night.
“Day 145, Saturday, is lambing day, and that is all we do that day,” Chris says.
Jen and Chris Vervoort spoke to sheep farmers at Renfrew, Thursday, February 15.
Vervoorts say that there are several benefits to managing lambing this way. Yes, there is an added cost — about $15 in supplies, plus labour — but it means that Jen can continue to work off-farm while they build their farm business. It means that they can access extra help during lambing. It means two sleepless nights per lambing cycle (they lamb six groups a year) vs 12 or more, and, perhaps most importantly, they can better care for their ewes and lambs.
“Animal welfare is definitely important to us. We can be there for our ewes if they need us, and we can be there for those new lambs when they need it,” Chris says. They consider anything above 5% mortality of lambs a management problem and aim to keep their losses to 4%. Zero death loss is achievable, he says.
Using a fully-housed system, Vervoorts move ewes and lambs into claiming pens as they lamb. This keeps the barn organized and has significantly decreased mis-mothering. Because all the ewes are lambing at once, they’ve had good success fostering lambs on to another ewe when necessary. Within the first 24 hours, lambs are numbered (to match their dam, and colour-coded for multiples), tagged, and tails are docked on replacement ewe lambs. By Monday morning, ewes and lambs are all back loose in the barn, ready to grow.
Vervoorts say that a strong relationship with your nutritionist and vet are essential to making this system work. From fine-tuning protocols, and on to maintaining ewes and rams in top condition, these professionals work closely with Vervoorts to keep their flock productive.
It’s also incredibly important that they have similar interests and goals as a couple working together, Chris says. This protocol has helped them get through that No Man’s Land of too much work and not enough time or cash to do it all, and Chris says they are willing to evolve and change the protocol as the farm grows.
As for the larger question of achieving success as a first-generation farmer or deciding on where to invest in infrastructure to expand the business, Chris says, “Value your time. No one expects you to write yourself a cheque, but your time is worth something and should be factored in when making decisions.”
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Longtime Redlands school board member out due…
Longtime Redlands school board member out due to election changes
Donna West, left, shares advice with Hope Welsh of Redlands East Valley High School at a Civics Day event in 2016. West cannot run for reelection to the Redlands Unified School District board of trustees in 2018 due to changes in the election process. (File photo, Frank Perez/Correspondent)
By Jennifer Iyer | jiyer@scng.com | Redlands Daily Facts
PUBLISHED: August 1, 2018 at 6:17 pm | UPDATED: August 1, 2018 at 11:26 pm
A change in how Redlands voters select members of Board of Education could spell the end of an era for longtime Trustee Donna West.
West, who has served on Redlands Unified School District board for about 18 years, will be termed out in November. The school board has adopted a district-based election system, and West lives in a trustee district that will not be on the ballot until 2020.
West’s current term expires in December. It was not immediately known if she plans to seek election in 2020.
Pat Kohlmeier, a former trustee from 1994 to 2014 who started working with West in the 1980s on the PTA council, said West’s departure will be a real loss to the board.
“She is calm and thoughtful and graceful, and that could easily cause someone to underestimate her, but they shouldn’t,” Kohlmeier said. “She just has this fierce determination to support the whole child and has always been such a wonderful advocate for children and parents in our district.”
West could not be reached for comment.
Map of Redlands Unified School District trustee areas. (Via redlandsusd.net)
The board approved dividing the school district into five trustee areas in 2016, which means board members will no longer be elected at-large. Candidates must live within the trustee area they wish to represent, and this fall only voters in trustee areas 1 and 2 will cast ballots for the school board. In November 2020, the remaining three seats in areas 3, 4 and 5 will be up for election. West lives in Area 5.
According to the San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters, as of Tuesday, July 31, the only candidate to have filed paperwork is incumbent Patty Holohan in Area 1. In Area 2, Michele N. Rendler has pulled paperwork, but has not yet filed a declaration of candidacy. Rendler is a member of the Redlands Council of PTA’s 2018-19 executive board. The candidate filing deadline is Aug. 10.
Trustee Area 1 includes southern portions of Redlands and Loma Linda. Area 2 includes the area around the 10 and 210 freeway interchange, including parts of Redlands and Loma Linda.
Of the three trustees up in 2020, Cristina Puraci and Alex Vara both live in Area 4; and Jim O’Neill lives in Area 5.
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The change to the election process helps the district conform with the California Voting Rights Act, which has been used to make legal challenges against many agencies with at-large elections.
“We, as a district, would much rather be proactive than be drawn in to some kind of litigation,” said Bernie Cavanaugh, the district’s assistant superintendent of business services. “Through the leadership of our Board of Education and our previous superintendent we were proactive and got that done before any of that negative stuff happened.”
Former Redlands Unified school board member Neal Waner served with West from 2003 through 2016.
“She was always a stabilizing force with a calm, motherly, grandmotherly demeanor,” Waner said. She is “very knowledgeable and passionate about public education.”
A former classroom instructor, West has volunteered extensively in local schools, served in the PTSA and founded the Redlands Educational Partnership Foundation, which provides grants for teachers, school gardens, science supplies, filed trips and more. She also has been a leader with the San Bernardino County School Boards Association and has served as a delegate to the California School Boards Association.
“I commend her for staying as long as she has,” Waner said, “and being as caring and committed as she has for not just the school board, but this great school district.”
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A map of trustee areas is available at redlandsusd.net/Page/1348.
Jennifer Iyer
A lifelong Inland resident, Jennifer Iyer started working in journalism at The Press-Enterprise in 2000. She has written (and shot photos for) stories on wildflowers, camping with a dog, and many community events, and as a videographer covered wildfires and war games to blimp rides and camel racing from Temecula to Big Bear Lake, Twentynine Palms to Jurupa Valley.
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World leaders in London must deliver transformational new deal for Syrian refugees and host countries
World leaders in London this week for a high-level conference on Syria must commit to an ambitious and transformational new multi-billion dollar deal for Syrian refugees and the countries hosting them in the region, a global coalition of more than ninety humanitarian and human rights groups said today.
The coalition, representing organisations such as the Malala Fund, Oxfam and Amnesty International, said that to be a success, the conference - co-hosted by the UK, Germany, Norway, Kuwait and the UN - must deliver a bold new plan for Syrian refugees and the communities hosting them.
As the crisis enters its sixth year and ongoing suffering reaches historic proportions in scale and intensity, warring parties continue to commit war crimes, including besiegement and targeting of civilians. 13.5 million people inside Syria are in need of emergency relief and on average, 50 Syrian families have been uprooted from their homes every hour of every day since the conflict began in 2011.
“It will not be enough simply to pledge more money, though this is urgently needed,” said Dr Rouba Mhaissen, founder of Sawa for Development and Aid. “London must represent a step-change in the scale and ambition of the international response. After five years, it's time to go beyond the drip-feed of insufficient humanitarian assistance. Governments must do more to help Syrians lead more proactive, dignified lives and ease the strain on host communities in neighbouring countries. Refugees' rights must be respected, and they should have the opportunity to work and educate their children."
Specifically, the coalition called for the conference to: deliver significant new multi-year funding; unlock new partnerships between governments, financial institutions, the private sector and civil society; and lay the foundations for eventual recovery and growth. It should also address the issues inside Syria which are causing the suffering, including indiscriminate attacks, besiegement and denial of humanitarian access.
“Syrians are facing a war without law and a war without end," said David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee. "The latest harrowing scenes from the besieged town of Madaya and the rising pressure on neighbouring states need to spur political leaders to act. The relentless suffering of the Syrian people should be a global call to action for humanitarian assistance to alleviate suffering and for political action to bring the war to an end."
The UN is appealing for US$7.73 billion to respond to the Syria crisis, while regional governments' national response plans require a further US$1.2 billion. Last year, the UN appeals were less than 60 percent funded. Conference participants must do better this year and ensure the UN and host countries get the money they need to support those affected by the conflict, now and in future years. This money should be augmented by private sector investment and engagement by financial institutions to drive economic growth and create jobs.
"A huge collective effort is needed to help steady the economies of the region, especially those of Lebanon and Jordan," said Dr. Ahmad Tarakji, President of the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS). "Syrian refugees need hope and should have the chance to build their own future. Their rights must be respected, and they should have the opportunity to work and educate their children. Meanwhile, increased aid does not absolve countries outside the region of their responsibility to prioritize civilian protection and an end to the conflict inside of Syria, and to resettle Syrian refugees and ensure those seeking asylum in Europe can do so safely and fairly.”
The coalition said that any new deal from the conference must:
Deliver significant additional multi-year funding to meet immediate and longer-term needs of refugees and the countries hosting them;
Call for increased protection of civilians inside and outside of Syria including an end to attacks on homes, schools and medical facilities, siege tactics and the obstruction of humanitarian aid;
Enable refugee-hosting countries to remove barriers that prevent refugees from working and accessing basic, essential services such as health care;
Commit to ensuring that all Syrian refugee children, and children in the communities hosting them, receive quality and safe education from the next school year;
Pledge to harness the potential for international financial institutions and business leaders to invest in the region's economic recovery and growth;
Put in place coordination and accountability mechanisms so that the plan is delivered efficiently;
Have the rights and needs of refugees, conflict-affected Syrians and poor host communities at its heart.
“Only an end to the fighting and a negotiated political solution will stop the suffering of ordinary Syrians, which is why it’s important that international governments push for agreements in the Geneva Syrian Peace Talks," said Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council. "But in the meantime it is imperative that we invest in hope, education and livelihoods for the civilian population and pave the way for a more stable future.”
Learn more about the Supporting Syria conference at www.supportingsyria2016.com
The full list of signatories to this press release is: Action on Armed Violence; ActionAid; Age International; Algeria League for Defence of Human Rights; American Friends Service Committee; Amnesty International; Amnesty International France; Arab Coalition for Sudan; Arab Institute for Democracy; Arab Program for Human Rights Activists; Arab Renaissance for Democracy & Development; Basmeh & Zeitooneh; Baytna Syria; Broederlijk Delen; CARE; CARE France; Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD); Center for Victims of Torure; ChildrenPlus; Christian Aid; CIVICUS; Comité catholique contre la faim et pour le développement (CCFD-Terre solidaire); Concern Worldwide ; Council for Arab-British Understanding (CAABU); Danish Refugee Council; Deutsche Welthungerhilfe; Development and Peace; Diakonia; Doctors of the World UK; Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights; Embrace the Middle East; Fédération Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme (FIDH); Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) ; Global Communities; GOAL International; Handicap International Federation; Helen Bamber Foundation; Hivos; Human Appeal; Human Rights & Democracy Media Center “SHAMS; International Alert; International Rescue Committee; Islamic Relief UK; Islamic Relief USA ; Jesuit Refugee Service; Johanniter International Assistance ; Karam Foundation; Kontras; Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation ; Malala Fund; Malteser International; Médecins du Monde (MdM); Mercy Corps; Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies ; Norwegian Church Aid; Norwegian Refugee Council; Oxfam; Pax Christ Flanders; Pax Christi International; Permanent Peace Movement; Physicians for Human Rights ; Première Urgence Internationale; Protection Approaches ; Qatar Red Crescent; Refugees International ; Relief & Reconciliation for Syria AISBL (R&R Syria); Save the Children; Sawa for Development and Aid; Sawa Foundation; Secours Islamique France (SIF); Society for Threatened Peoples ; Solidarités International; Support to Life (Turkey); Syria Relief ; Syria Relief and Development ; Syrian American Medical Society Foundation (SAMS); Syrian Network for Human Rights ; The Peace Appeal Foundation; The Violations Documentation Center in Syria - VDC ; Theirworld; Trocaire; United to End Genocide; Venro; Vision GRAM-International ; War Child UK; Watan for Human Rights Association; World Food Program USA; World Jewish Relief; World Vision; World Vision Deutschland; and Zarga Organization for Rural Development.
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Tooling Up: Are You Likable?
By David G. Jensen Sep. 16, 2011 , 8:00 AM
During the searches I conduct for directors and vice presidents, I get to work with very experienced staff members. Probably 80% of the advice I offer in the Tooling Up column is drawn from conversations with these successful people, including both candidates and hiring managers. These people are just like you, only further along their career track.
You, too, can learn from these people, or from people like them, gathering the same advice I offer in this column, and more. All you have to do is approach them at conferences and other events you both attend and ask them sincere questions.
Networking is just another word for making friends.
—Michelle Tillis Lederman
There is one requirement: Before they'll help you, these people have to like you. It's human nature. And they're not going to like you if they find you insincere. That's why likability -- and its connection to authenticity -- is the focus of this month's Tooling Up column.
Some scientists believe that getting a job should be all about objective factors, akin to passing a test or conducting a successful experiment. They want to win jobs by being good scientists and being themselves, i.e., by being authentic. That's precisely the right impulse.
The problem is, of course, that one has to deal with the dual-edged sword of being authentic and likable at the same time.
11 laws of likability
Every now and again, I read a book that resonates with my beliefs. That's the feeling that I had when I read The 11 Laws of Likability by Michelle Tillis Lederman. I expected a fluff piece. What I found instead is a guide to building a network, presented from a perspective that's unique and compelling.
"Networking is just another word for making friends. Think about it in this way and it's a lot easier to be completely authentic in the process," she told me in our conversation. "It's important to network for life, and not just for a specific situation like a job search. This is a skill that will sustain you, a life skill." By equating networking and friendship, Lederman bridges the apparent divide between substance and appearance -- and reaffirms the importance of authenticity. Although I can't describe all of Lederman's 11 "laws," I'd like to highlight two that resonate with what I know about the scientific professional.
Authenticity is a must-have "likability" skill
Authenticity separates successful job seekers from those who seem manipulative. Some job seekers have developed an imitation of themselves that they deploy for networking and interviewing. They would be much better off just being themselves.
For years, I've suggested certain kinds of language that job-seekers could use in career conversations. But my intention is to illustrate a theme and how it might be employed; these aren't scripts that you should read from. Hopefully my recommendations in articles such as "A Step-By-Step Protocol for Networking, Part One" and "Part Two" have convinced you that networking doesn't mean introducing yourself and immediately asking for a job. Nor does it mean reading from someone else's script -- including mine -- or aping someone else's actions.
Why do so many people put on a false face when networking or seeking a job? Sometimes it's because they don't know any better, but usually the cause is anxiety. We're so uncomfortable that we feel a sense of dread -- which does not lend itself to authenticity or make you more likable.
I can relate. CEO searches always seem to put me into such an artificial zone. There's something about contacting bigwigs that makes me want to act differently. I don't like it, and I'm not as effective as I am when I am just being my normal, friendly self. Getting all tensed up and acting like an executive recruiter doesn't suit me.
Similarly, the job seeker who plays the job-seeker role isn't comfortable in those shoes and isn't open to being likable, which, as Lederman reminds us in the law of authenticity, is a very important part of being hired.
Here are a couple of ideas from Lederman that should help you stay authentic and likable:
- When networking or interviewing, ask yourself: Am I changing my style and behavior to suit what it is that I think is expected?
- If you're feeling uncomfortable because you've pushed yourself into a new situation, fine. But if your discomfort comes from not being true to yourself, change your approach. Find a way to be more yourself.
- It's okay to be an introvert. Introverts who express interest and ask questions are usually seen as likable. Introverts who pretend to be extroverts, not so much.
And this leads to another of Lederman's relevant laws.
The law of curiosity
Curiosity should come naturally to you; after all, you're a scientist. Unfortunately, when they're networking, many scientists and engineers get so uncomfortable that they forget to be curious. When that happens, they become, or appear to be, self-centered.
Asking questions and expressing genuine interest in other people are keys to developing relationships. Building a network is about making friends. Think how someone would feel if, within a few moments of meeting them, you hit them up for a loan. Similarly, what if you were to immediately ask, "Does your company have any job openings?" You're not interested in them; you're just out to exploit them. That's no way to make friends.
Let's say you are introduced to a clinical data manager at a social event. You've always wanted to learn more about that career. How hard could it be to come up with a handful of questions? You will struggle only if you're alienated from your own innate curiosity. Anxiety can do that.
And don't forget that there's a real person doing that job, a living, breathing human being. A key aspect of any person's job is how they, personally, relate to their work. So don't just focus on job-related questions; seek common ground in the personal sphere. Don't interrogate, just try to figure out what it's like to be him or her, doing that job and living that life.
Here are a couple more suggestions from the book:
- Restrain your Internet tendencies, first because it's intrinsically antisocial to commune with a machine. Second, an exhaustive Internet research will drain your natural curiosity. Armed with all the facts, you'll come across as flat and uninspired. Sure, a few facts about the people you'll be meeting will be helpful, if only to inspire your curiosity and provide conversation fodder. But give your new friends an opportunity to tell you about themselves; don't assume you know everything interesting after reviewing a Web page or two.
- Curiosity will cause you to listen well and respond authentically, nodding appropriately, making good eye contact, and asking logical follow-up questions. Focusing on that other person -- and on satisfying your own curiosity -- is a good way to get beyond crippling self-consciousness.
And that makes you more likable.
How I learned about likability
Years ago, I put four candidates before a hiring manager who was seeking a quality control manager for a medical device company. Three were exceptionally qualified, and one had every item on the client's list of "must haves." The fourth was more junior, with less experience.
The company surprised me by going for that junior candidate. When I debriefed the hiring manager later, he told me there was "just something I really liked about her." Even in an analytical field like quality control, likability matters.
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Who's afraid of Wanda Sykes?
The comedian known for going over the top is the perfect match for Rush Limbaugh. So why are some liberals upset? Plus: Hitchens on Sykes: "The black dyke got it wrong."
Check out this article! https://www.salon.com/2009/05/13/wanda_sykes_2/
Joan Walsh
May 13, 2009 7:59AM (UTC)
(Updated below)
I love Wanda Sykes, I always have. I laughed out loud watching her White House Correspondents’ Dinner routine (on the Web; Salon has never attended that particular circle jerk of D.C. insularity; maybe someday we will!)
Sure it was off-color and, um, slightly out there -- but that’s the point. Or it used to be. Even if I didn’t already love Sykes, my point of view would be: Once a barely elected president who started a devastating war on false pretenses can joke about those pretenses at that same dinner (Remember Bush looking behind sofas for WMD? ) it’s hard to ever be offensive again.
There are other wince-worthy examples we never hear about: At the 1970 Gridiron dinner, according to "Nixon's Piano," by Kenneth O'Reilly, the not yet disgraced GOP President Richard Nixon and his scandal-dogged V.P. Spiro Agnew did a classy racist interpretive piece. "What about this 'Southern strategy' we hear so often?" Nixon asked Agnew. "Yes suh, Mr. President," Agnew replied in what was known as “dialect,” adding, "Ah agree with you completely on yoah Southern strategy." While Nixon played a variety of songs on piano, Agnew drowned him out with his renditions of “Dixie.”
Also in that Gridiron program, a newspaper reporter sang a rendition of “Dixie Melody” with these words: “Rock-a-bye the voters with a Southern strategy; Don't you fuss; we won't bus children in ol' Dixie! We'll put George Wallace in decline Below the Mason-Dixon line. We'll help save the nation From things like civil rights and inte-gra-tion! Weep no more, John Stennis! We'll pack the court for sure. We will fight for voting rights -- To keep them white and pure! A zillion Southern votes we will deliver; Move Washington down on the Swanee River! Rock-a-bye with Ol' Massa Nixon and his Dixie strategy!” Hilarious, right? Move over, Wanda Sykes! Let's make room for that kind of comedy!
Reader J.K. sent me that historical footnote; surprisingly it never came up in critical coverage of either Stephen Colbert in 2006 or Sykes in 2009. The prissy MSM mandarins barely mussed their hair in response to the sacrilegious Bush jokes, let alone Nixon race jokes -- but Sykes is being accused of slander with her jabs at Rush Limbaugh -- and Obama is being attacked for barely stifling laughter at it. It’s so ridiculous. In case you’ve been in a bunker without media, Sykes is in trouble mainly for saying this:
“Rush Limbaugh said he hopes this administration fails. So you're saying, 'I hope America fails,' you're, like, 'I don't care about people losing their homes, their jobs, our soldiers in Iraq.' He just wants the country to fail. To me, that's treason. He's not saying anything differently than what Osama bin Laden is saying. You might want to look into this, sir, because I think maybe Rush Limbaugh was the 20th hijacker but he was just so strung out on Oxycontin he missed his flight." Obama supposedly laughed, but then took a sip of wine. "Too much?" Sykes asked him. "Rush Limbaugh, 'I hope the country fails' -- I hope his kidneys fail."
OK, I personally wouldn’t make a joke about someone’s kidneys failing on cable news -- I am a serious unpaid news pundit, and I want to be asked back! But I also wouldn’t mock Michael J. Fox and his Parkinson’s tremors, as Rush Limbaugh did, or wax hysterical about having to grab my ankles for our new black president, as, yes, Limbaugh did. (I’ve never once thought about that possibility, to be honest. I really admire Michelle and their marriage.)
Watching Sykes, I was so pleased. I thought: My God, there’s never been a better match for Limbaugh. He’s an entertainer and a comedian -- I despise him, but every once in a while he’s funny -- and he’s regularly off-color; Sykes is all those things while, in my opinion, funnier and less cruel. But let’s be honest: We had comedian and entertainer vs. comedian and entertainer. She’s his match and his equal, and anyone who criticizes Sykes without sending the same criticism to Limbaugh is both a phony and a wuss.
Press secretary Robert Gibbs reportedly tried to back away from Sykes, and amazingly -- according to Newsbusters.org, not the most fair and balanced Web site -- so did Keith Olbermann. (I've e-mailed MSNBC for comment because I can't quite believe that.) But there’s been no rebuke from Obama, and that makes me happy. Much of Sykes' routine was actually tweaking Obama: My favorite jokes included Sykes' lampooning the president for his shirtless photos (“I know you’re into transparency but ... I don’t need to see your nipples"), his race (“The first black president, I’m proud to say that, unless you screw up, and then it’s gonna be, what’s up with the half-white guy? Who voted for the mulatto? What the hell?”).
And much of Obama’s routine shockingly crossed our dull political lines as well. He described Dick Cheney’s new book, “How to Shoot Friends and Interrogate People,” and welcomed John Boehner as a fellow "person of color," although “not a color found in nature.” Obama actually cut a wider swath of comedic pain across the political landscape than Sykes did -- but Sykes came down hard on He Who Cannot Be Criticized, Oxycontin Man! And she's now in deep trouble.
I’m late to the faux outrage about Sykes’ edgy hilarious routine, but let’s let Jon Stewart get the last word. Like many of us on Monday he wondered how Sykes could provoke outrage while torture revelations provoke yawns and/or lame rationalizations.
Let this be the beginning of a beautiful new era of savaging Limbaugh freely and with delight -- and please God, let the rumors of Olbermann’s disapproval be false!
UPDATE: In fact, my hopes that Olbermann had been misheard were dashed -- he repeated his criticism on "Countdown" last night. “A seasoned pro went well beyond the line,” he intoned, according to Taylor Marsh. So I guess K.O. is now the arbiter of what's going too far when it comes to criticizing the right wing. I didn't get that memo. Plus: Is anyone more repellent than Christopher Hitchens? Well, Limbaugh is, but it's getting close. Here's what he's quoted telling New York magazine about Sykes' performance: "The black dyke got it wrong. Nobody told her the rules," he said. (Oh, did I forget to mention Sykes is a lesbian? Trust Hitchens to remember!) The rules, according to Hitchens? "The president should be squirming in his seat. Not smiling."
Does Hitchens remember when Colbert was criticized precisely for making the president squirm, because that was against the rules -- to be so rude to his majesty when he's only one seat away? K.O. and Hitchens have stayed too long at the fair; they've lost their edge. The black dyke got it exactly right, Christopher -- it will take many more White House Correspondents' Dinners before comedians have exhausted their right to roast the Bush administration.
Joan Walsh is the author of "What's the Matter With White People: Finding Our Way in the Next America."
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President Donald Trump arrives to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (AP)
Trump's stale CPAC ramble: Another airing of old grievances — that left the right-wing audience in rapture
President Trump gave the perfect keynote speech for a corrupt and intellectually bankrupt conservative gathering
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Simon Maloy
February 25, 2017 2:15AM (UTC)
President Donald Trump showed up at the Conservative Political Action Conference today and gave the one speech he always gives. Even if you’ve only paid intermittent attention to politics, you’re likely familiar with the one Trump speech: the rambling asides, relentless self-aggrandizement, generous peppering of applause lines, still more self-aggrandizement and vituperative attacks on the domestic enemy of the moment (the media). During the 2016 campaign Trump figured out what he needed to say to make a Republican political audience applaud him, and he hasn’t deviated from that formula since.
The only coherent theme behind the one Trump speech is “Donald Trump won and is president.” Everything he says flows from a need to assert dominance and authority. At CPAC he talked about his election victory (“a win like no one has ever seen before”), he talked about Hillary Clinton’s campaign, he talked about how bad campaign polling is, and he talked about the Republican primaries — all topics whose shelf-lives have long since expired, but which provide inescapable reminders that Donald Trump won.
When explaining what he plans to do with the authority he supposedly earned on Election Day, Trump stayed within the comfort zone of a flamboyant braggart with no real policy knowledge: He served up a stale menu of right-wing talking points liberally spiced with superlatives and invective. He called the Affordable Care Act a “failed health care law that threatens our medical system with absolute and total catastrophe.” As for what he intends to do about this “catastrophe,” Trump said only that “we’re going to make it much better.”
For those of us outside the bubble of CPAC and Trumpism, Trump's one and only speech is quite dull by this point. Even the portions that are meant to provoke outrage, like his attacks on the media, are hard to get too worked up over. But the CPAC audience ate it up. Trump’s threats against the press were greeted with lusty applause. His mention of Hillary Clinton’s name touched off a “lock her up!” chant.
While it’s tempting to say that this is a sign that Trump has conquered the conservative movement, that’s not quite accurate. All Trump has done is skate to where the puck was already going. CPAC has long been a preening ground for the cranks, performance artists and bomb-throwers who figured out that popularity in right-wing politics demands little more than being outlandishly opposed to liberals, undocumented immigrants or other enemies of the movement.
The absurd own-goal CPAC’s organizers scored against themselves this year by inviting Milo Yiannopoulos to speak is a fine example of this phenomenon. Yiannopoulos, an alt-right provocateur who spouts loathsome opinions so he can gain publicity for being denounced, secured a slot at CPAC (and a sympathetic tweet from Donald Trump) for no other reason than having one of his speaking engagements canceled after violent protests by UC Berkeley students.
Yiannopoulos made liberals mad; therefore he was an acceptable CPAC invitee. “Milo has exposed their liberal thuggery and we think free speech includes hearing Milo’s important perspective,” one of CPAC’s organizers said by way of justifying the invitation. Then controversy erupted as video emerged of Yiannopoulos defending pedophilia, and CPAC’s organizers were ensnared by their own idiotic definition of “free speech.” Yiannopoulos was quickly disinvited.
But while Milo got the boot, Donald Trump knocked CPAC dead by doing little more than sprinkling a few right-wing bromides in between his discursive attacks on the approved list of conservatism’s enemies. This dynamic is not new, and Donald Trump didn't create it. He has, however, managed to ride it much further than any CPAC attendee before him.
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School Climate and the Impact of Neighborhood Crime on Test Scores
Agustina Laurito, Johanna Lacoe, Amy Ellen Schwartz, Patrick Sharkey, Ingrid Gould Ellen
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences March 2019, 5 (2) 141-166; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2019.5.2.08
Agustina Laurito
Assistant professor in the Department of Public Administration at the University of Illinois Chicago
Johanna Lacoe
Researcher at Mathematica Policy Research
Amy Ellen Schwartz
Daniel Patrick Moynihan Chair in Public Affairs and professor of economics, public administration, and international affairs in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University
Patrick Sharkey
Professor of sociology at New York University
Ingrid Gould Ellen
Paulette Goddard Professor of Urban Policy and Planning in the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University
Does school climate ameliorate or exacerbate the impact of neighborhood violent crime on test scores? Using administrative data from the New York City Department of Education and the New York City Police Department, we find that exposure to violence in the residential neighborhood and an unsafe climate at school lead to substantial test score losses in English language arts (ELA). Middle school students exposed to neighborhood violent crime before the ELA exam who attend schools perceived to be less safe or to have a weak sense of community score 0.06 and 0.03 standard deviations lower, respectively. We find the largest negative effects for boys and Hispanic students in the least safe schools, and no effect of neighborhood crime for students attending schools with better climates.
neighborhood violence
school climate and environment
Despite the well-documented drop in violent crime in American cities, violence is part of daily life for many children. A growing body of research shows that exposure to neighborhood violence negatively affects academic performance, particularly among children living in high crime neighborhoods (Burdick-Will et al. 2011; Sharkey 2010; Sharkey et al. 2014; Schwartz et al. 2016). Whereas police, government officials, and civic organizations seek to reduce crime, schools can play a role in mitigating the negative effect of exposure to violence on students. Schools vary along many dimensions, including academic quality, student body characteristics, and school climate and environment. In some schools, disorder and conflict may contribute to feelings of fear and vulnerability among students; in other schools, students feel safe and supported. As reported in an article about New York City schools in the New York Times, “[school name] is more than just a place to learn algebra and history. A public middle school, it is seen by many families as a safe zone in a crime-plagued neighborhood” (Hu 2014). School climate, including how safe, orderly, and welcoming a school is perceived to be, may affect how youth are able to cope with traumatic events at home or in the residential community. Factors outside of school influence student success, yet little is known about whether school climate moderates the effects of these external events. In this article, we focus on the relationship between school climate and neighborhood crime and answer the question of whether school climate ameliorates or exacerbates the impact of neighborhood crime on academic performance.
To answer this question, we combine detailed administrative and survey data on neighborhood violent crime, student achievement, and student perceptions of school climate. Administrative data are key to our analysis. First, student-level data from the New York City Department of Education allow us to track test scores for the universe of public middle school students in New York City over time and observe their demographic characteristics and residential addresses. Second, incident-level crime data from the New York City Police Department (NYPD), which we geocode to individual street segments throughout the city, provide us with a daily measure of violence occurring on the blockfaces where those students reside. Finally, we use responses to an annual survey that the New York City Department of Education administers to all middle and high school students to construct measures of school climate that we link with students’ school records. This linkage provides us a unique look at how the impact of violence varies depending on school climate.
Our empirical approach capitalizes on the exogenous exposure of students to violent events in their neighborhood relative to the timing of standardized exams to estimate the causal acute effect of exposure to neighborhood violence on student outcomes (see Sharkey 2010; Sharkey et al. 2014). Within this framework, we examine how the acute effect of neighborhood crime varies with school climate, measured in different ways. We use factor analysis to combine middle school (grades six to eight) student responses to the New York City Learning Environment Survey and create three school-level scales that capture key constructs of school climate: school safety, disorder, and sense of community. We divide schools into quartiles for each of these dimensions, and estimate how the acute effect of neighborhood violence on English language arts (ELA) and mathematics test scores differs across schools with different climates.
To summarize our findings: students suffer declines in standardized test scores following exposure to a violent crime if they attend schools perceived as unsafe or having a weak sense of community. Specifically, middle school students exposed to violent crime before the test who attend schools that are less safe or have a weak sense of community score 0.06 and 0.03 standard deviations lower in the ELA exam, respectively. Students attending the schools perceived as being the safest, the least disorderly, or having the strongest sense of community suffer no visible reduction in test performance when exposed to violent crime, suggesting that schools with stronger climates might insulate students from the negative effects of neighborhood violence.
Living in a disadvantaged and dangerous neighborhood affects the lives of young people along multiple dimensions, including their health, education, and employment. A growing body of research highlights the effect of exposure to neighborhood violence on the academic attainment and achievement of students (Burdick-Will et al. 2011; Harding 2009; Rendón 2014; Sharkey 2010). In New York City, exposure to a violent assault or homicide in the week before a standardized exam decreases achievement in ELA relative to students who are exposed in the week after the exam (Sharkey et al. 2014).
School climate may also affect the academic performance of students (Thapa et al. 2013). Exposure to violence at school reduces attendance, decreases test scores, increases misbehavior, and reduces the likelihood of high school graduation and college attendance (Bowen and Bowen 1999; Burdick-Will 2013; Grogger 1997). Being the victim of an attack at school is associated with increased student misbehavior and declines in grades (Patton, Woolley, and Hong 2012). Even witnessing violence at school has consequences for student conduct, attitudes about school, and attendance (Janosz et al. 2008). School violence does not have to be extreme to have negative effects on students. Exposure to disorder in school, such as bullying, is negatively related to achievement and is also associated with more serious school violence (Arseneault, Bowes, and Shakoor 2006; Chen 2007; Juvonen, Wang, and Espinoza 2011). Schools may also be able to insulate students from violent neighborhoods by becoming a safe haven from the surrounding violence and disorder (Patton, Woolley, and Hong 2012).
The evidence suggests that four primary dimensions of school climate are likely to influence student performance: school-based violence and disorder, school safety, school discipline, and sense of community within the school. Specifically, in New York City, feeling unsafe at school decreases the academic achievement of middle school students, and the largest effects are found in schools with the most school-based violence (Lacoe 2016).
School disciplinary policy and student perceptions of the fairness of school discipline may also affect achievement. At the school level, the suspension rate is correlated with the share of students who pass competency exams (Raush and Skiba 2004). Youth who are suspended struggle to make academic progress over time and are more likely to drop out of high school than their peers who are not suspended (Arcia 2006; Lacoe and Steinberg 2018). Research has yielded mixed evidence of the efficacy of school security measures, such as metal detectors or police in schools. Some studies find these measures improve perceptions of school climate (Bhatt and Davis 2016). Others find decreases in perceived safety among students and increased involvement with the juvenile justice system (Theriot 2009). Therefore, school disciplinary policies that take zero tolerance approaches emphasizing out-of-school suspensions, or school security measures, may also affect student achievement if they make students feel less safe. Finally, the degree to which students feel connected to their school and a sense of belonging at school can affect their academic achievement. For instance, characteristics of the school environment influence students’ level of engagement and participation in school, which in turn may affect their academic achievement (Wang and Holcombe 2010).
These dimensions of school climate may affect youth differently depending on their racial and ethnic background or gender. Johanna Lacoe finds that African American and Hispanic middle school students are more likely to report feeling unsafe in the classroom and on school grounds than white and Asian peers who attend the same schools (2015). Patrick Sharkey and his colleagues find that neighborhood violence has the most pronounced effect on the achievement of black students, with little effect on Hispanic students, despite similar rates of exposure to neighborhood violence between the two groups (2014). Studies also suggest that boys and girls respond differently to school climate and neighborhood violence as well (Harding 2009).
In sum, the literature shows that community violence can be detrimental to students’ academic success. Further, research also suggests that the climate within a school (including safety, disorder and support levels) can shape students’ academic performance. This article bridges these two literatures to investigate whether and to what extent school climate moderates the effect of neighborhood crime on middle school students’ test scores.
Several theorists have put forth models and frameworks to describe how multiple environments affect youth outcomes (Bronfenbrenner 2004; Eccles and Roeser 2011; Kirk 2009). In particular, Jacquelynne Eccles and Robert Roeser describe schools as prime developmental contexts for youth during adolescence. Schools are organizations with customs, norms, and rules that influence student interactions, learning, and development on a daily basis (Eccles and Roeser 2011). Schools, however, are not located in a vacuum, but instead are intimately connected to the surrounding neighborhoods, which for most middle school students are where they live. “By attending to the social structure of community conflict, whatever its spatial form, schools can understand, and possibly anticipate, the development of violent confrontations and possibly intervene to redirect the conflict to some other outcome” (Mateu-Gelabert and Lune 2003, 366). School climate may dictate how successfully schools manage youth responses to violence, distinguishing some schools as safe havens.
Building on this literature, our theoretical model in figure 1 describes how schools may play a moderating role in the relationship between exposure to community violence and educational outcomes. Schools may moderate this relationship if school factors change the magnitude or direction of the impact of violent crime on test scores (that is, insulate students from the full effect of exposure, or exacerbate the response to violence).
Conceptual Model of the Role of School Climate
The primary school climate factors that may affect the relationship between neighborhood violent crime and academic outcomes are school-based violence and disorder, perceptions of safety, discipline, and school supports. The direction of the relationship, however, is unknown. Exposure to violence everywhere (at school and at home) may desensitize students and lessen the effects of neighborhood violence on outcomes. That is, for example, the effects of exposure to neighborhood crime on children attending schools that are perceived as unsafe or disorderly may be smaller or nonexistent. Alternatively, exposure to violence or disorder at school may compound the effect of violence in students’ home neighborhoods, causing them to perform poorly on exams, so that we would observe the largest test score losses after exposure to violent crime for children who feel unsafe at school. In contrast, if the school represents a safe haven from a violent home neighborhood, the effect of exposure to violence may be smaller.
Other aspects of the environment can also shape effects of neighborhood violence. If the disciplinary environment is strong and effective, it may support students who feel at risk in their home neighborhood. Likewise, a supportive, inclusive, and friendly school environment may insulate students from the negative effects of exposure to violence in their neighborhood. Conversely, if students feel little sense of community at the school or view the disciplinary environment as unfair or biased, then their academic performance may be more affected by violence they observe or experience outside of the school.
DATA AND MEASURES
We exploit three detailed sources of administrative data. First, we use point-specific crime data from the NYPD on daily violent crime—homicide and aggravated assault—occurrences in New York City from 2004 to 2010.1 The data contain the spatial coordinates of the crimes that we geocode to the blockface, a street segment between the two closest cross streets (figure A1), using ArcGIS.
Second, we use longitudinal student administrative records from the city’s Department of Education. This dataset contains a wide range of student demographic characteristics including student race-ethnicity, gender, participation in special education, and receipt of free or reduced-price meals. It includes test scores on the ELA and mathematics standardized tests, as well as the school students attend and their residential address in each academic year (as of October). Our measure of exposure to neighborhood violence captures the number of violent crimes that occur on students’ residential blockface each year they remain enrolled in New York City public schools.2 Students who live on the same blockface are considered to be exposed to the same crimes. Note that we do not know if the child actually witnessed the crime. However, because the blockface is such a small geographic unit and homicides and violent assaults are serious offenses, it is likely that students will have either direct or indirect knowledge of the crime.
Third, to obtain measures of school climate we use student answers to the Learning Environment Survey collected by the New York City Department of Education. The survey is administered annually to students, parents and teachers in grades six to twelve during the spring semester (between mid-February and mid-March). In this article, we focus on all middle school students’ responses to the survey. The survey started in 2007, the first year of our panel.
Our analytic sample contains 16,146 students in 533 schools in grades six to eight from academic years 2006–2007 to 2009–2010. We restrict the sample to students living in high poverty census tracts who are exposed to violent crime within one week—seven days—of the ELA test.3 We focus on high poverty census tracts because it allows us to exclude sections of the city that have high crime rates but that are relatively wealthy, such as midtown Manhattan.4 Further, as prior work shows (Sharkey et al. 2014), exposure to violence has larger effects on these students, and thus understanding the role of school climate for these more vulnerable students seems especially important. We also exclude students in charter schools, in ungraded special education, and those exposed to crime both before and after the test.
Constructing School Climate Measures
To construct school climate measures we take both a theory- and data-driven approach similar to that of Matthew Kraft, William Marinell, and Darrick Yee (2016). First, we review questions in the Learning Environment Survey and select those that capture the four dimensions of school climate identified in the literature as important determinants of student outcomes: safety, disorder, sense of community, and disciplinary environment. We identify seventeen survey questions in these domains. For example, we use questions about feelings of safety in classrooms, in hallways and locker rooms, and on school grounds outside the school building. We also select questions related to bullying, fighting, substance use, gangs, perceptions of disciplinary fairness, conflict resolution, and the presence of safety agents. Finally, we also use questions about whether students feel welcome at school, treat each other with respect, or just look out for themselves. All responses consist of a scale from one to four.5 We code all responses so that an answer of one in the survey would be the best outcome, an answer of two would be the second best outcome, an answer of three would be the third best outcome, and an answer of four would be the worst outcome.
We use exploratory principal components factor analysis to identify whether student responses capture one overall measure of school climate or map into distinct climate dimensions. We rotate the factor loadings using oblique rotation because it assumes correlation among the factors instead of treating them as exogenous, and we expect the different climate measures to be correlated with one another.6 For example, a school that students perceive as highly disorderly is also likely to be perceived as unsafe. Rotating factor loadings maximizes the loadings for each factor, facilitating interpretability. After rotation, we find that the responses to the survey questions map onto three factors that capture three dimensions of school climate: safety, sense of community, and disorder and conflict.7 Contrary to expectations, there is no separate dimension for the disciplinary environment. The first factor (safety) explains 28 percent of the item variance, the second factor (sense of community) approximately 23 percent, and the third factor (disorder) 22 percent. Table 1 presents the relevant survey questions in each factor with the corresponding factor loadings. Consistent with the literature, we show those with factor loadings of 0.4 or greater.8
Rotated Factor Loadings, School Climate Measures
To create school safety, disorder, and sense of community scales we compute factor scores for each student answering the surveys.9 To obtain school-level measures we follow Kraft, Marinell, and Yee and average those scores for each school across years to obtain time invariant school climate scales or indices (2016).10 The resulting scales are centered on zero. Higher values indicate weaker climates and lower values indicate stronger climates. Panel A of figure 2 plots the distribution of these scales across all the 593 schools in our data (including those not in high poverty census tracts). Overall, the disorder scale shows less variation: most values are concentrated around zero and below (less disorder) and no schools are perceived as having either very high levels or very low levels of disorder. Variation is greater in the sense of community measure, and the distribution is more skewed. Most schools are perceived to have a lower than average sense of community (indicated by positive values on the scale), but more schools are perceived as having very strong sense of community than as having a very weak sense. We observe a similar pattern for the school safety scale.
Distribution of School Climate Measures Across Schools
The school climate in the schools the students in our sample attend might differ from the full sample of schools, but we find they look fairly similar. Panel B of figure 2 shows the distribution of school climate measures for the 533 schools in the analytical sample and demonstrates that these distributions do not look substantially different from the full sample.11
EMPIRICAL STRATEGY
Our empirical strategy compares students exposed to violent crime within a one-week window around standardized testing dates. Specifically, we compare the test performance of students exposed to violent crime in the week before a standardized test with that of otherwise similar students exposed in the week after. The identifying assumption is that the occurrence of a violent crime on a student’s residential blockface one week before or after the test is conditionally random within this window. This strategy yields causal estimates of the acute effect of violent crime on test scores.
The empirical strategy relies on the assumption that students exposed to violent crime within a week of the ELA or math exam are very similar to each other. Students exposed to violent crime one week before and after the tests are quite similar demographically (see table A2). Hispanics make up the majority of students in all four samples (more than 50 percent), and black students represent approximately 40 percent. The samples are all evenly distributed between male and female students, and students receiving free or reduced-price lunch are overrepresented, as are students whose language at home is not English. To further test the assumption that students exposed to neighborhood crime before and after the test are similar, we estimate a regression model predicting exposure in the week before the ELA and math tests as a function of individual demographic characteristics. These models also include grade, year, and borough fixed effects. Results from a joint-F test on the demographic controls confirm that our sample is balanced, supporting the appropriateness of the identification assumption (table A2).12
We begin by estimating a baseline specification as shown in equation (1)
In this model, Test represents student i’s test score on the ELA or math exam, measured as a z-score standardized for each grade citywide with a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one. Crime takes a value of one if a student was exposed to a homicide or aggravated assault on their block in the week before the ELA test, and is zero if they were exposed in the week after the test. The coefficient of interest is β, and it can be interpreted as a causal estimate of the acute effect of exposure to violent crime. The model also includes a vector (X′) of student demographic controls: gender, race-ethnicity, eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, special education, limited English proficiency, foreign born, home language not English, and over age for grade. Grade fixed effects are γg , year fixed effects are at , and eit is the usual error term. We follow this baseline specification by adding student i’s test scores lagged one year, thus controlling for a student’s prior performance.
To estimate whether school climate moderates the acute effect of neighborhood crime, we first divide schools into quartiles based on their scores on the three climate perception measures: safety, disorder, and sense of community. Schools in the first quartile are those with stronger climates (perceived as safe) and those in the fourth quartile are those with weaker climates (perceived as unsafe). Then, for each climate measure, we estimate our baseline model stratified by climate quartile. In this way, we compare the test performance of students exposed to violent crime on their block in the week before the test with those exposed in the week after attending schools that have similar climates. Specifically, we estimate as follows:
We extend our baseline specification by adding a set of interactions between the crime exposure indicator and each of the four climate quartiles. In this model, β yields estimates of the acute effect for each climate quartile by comparing students exposed before the test with those exposed after attending schools in the same quartile. For example, we compare the test performance of a student exposed to violent crime in the week before the ELA test with a similar student exposed in the week after, who both attend schools perceived as being the least safe (quartile four). If schools that are perceived as safer, or less disorderly, or with a stronger sense of community act as safe havens for students living in violent neighborhoods, we may see no difference in test performance between children exposed to homicides and violent assaults in the week before the test or after. Conversely, if schools with weaker climates (safety, disorder, and sense of community) exacerbate the effect of living in violent neighborhoods, we may see a decrease in performance after exposure to violent crime.
Schools with different climates may vary on a number of other characteristics that can influence both school climate and student performance. We examine the robustness of our main results through a series of tests. First, we add school-level, time-varying spending data, teacher-pupil ratio, and reported incidents of school violence to control for other school characteristics that might be correlated with student achievement or contribute to school climate. Second, we also estimate models with school fixed effects to control for time-invariant school characteristics that might be correlated both with perceptions of school climate and student achievement. Third, we conduct a falsification test using exposure to property crimes as our main crime exposure indicator. If students are, indeed, affected by neighborhood violent crime then we should see no effect of exposure to less serious property crimes on test scores. Finally, we test the robustness of our results using the full sample of students instead of the high poverty sample.
We begin by examining the demographic composition of schools with stronger and weaker climates for the three climate measures: safety, disorder, and sense of community. The most striking differences across quartiles concern the racial-ethnic composition of the students (figure 3, panel A). Black students are overrepresented in schools with weak climates (quartile four) across the three climate scales. Indeed, more than 50 percent of black students attend schools in quartile four across the three climate dimensions. In contrast, schools in quartile one are more than 60 percent Hispanic. We observe a similar pattern in schools with more mixed climates (quartiles two and three). Students who are white or Asian are the smallest group in the sample, and are also more likely to attend schools that are safer, less disorderly, and more community-oriented. As for gender, differences across quartiles are relatively small but girls are more likely to attend schools in the first quartile. This is a high poverty sample, thus more than 90 percent of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, however, the percentage of poor students is slightly higher in quartile four schools than in the other three quartiles. Students whose home language is not English are less likely to attend schools with the weakest climates. In contrast, students who are over age for grade are overrepresented in quartile four schools across the three dimensions. Across all climate measures, schools are fairly similar in the percent of students with limited English proficiency, the share of foreign born, and those in special education.13
Student Characteristics, High Poverty Sample
Panel B of figure 3 shows differences for school spending categories: counseling, drug prevention programs, attendance and outreach, and school safety.14 Climate quartiles show no large differences for these school resources. In general, spending in counseling and attendance-outreach is lower in quartile one schools than in the other quartiles. As for other school resources (not shown), per pupil spending on classroom instruction is slightly higher in quartile three and four schools; pupil-teacher ratios and spending on school leadership are fairly similar across quartiles. Perhaps not surprisingly, school violence increases as we move from quartile one to quartile four schools across all dimensions.15
Does the Acute Effect of Violent Crime on Test Scores Vary with the School Climate?
In the regression results that follow we show models with demographic controls, and with lagged test scores. In most cases these results are very similar to each other and we show all of them for completeness. In the discussion, however, we focus on those that account for a student’s prior performance as the preferred specification. Results from our baseline regression (table 2) show no overall average acute effect of exposure to violent crime on ELA test scores for middle school students (grades six and seven). That is, middle school students exposed to violent crime in the week before the ELA test perform no differently on average than comparable students exposed after.16 This average effect, however, masks significant variation across schools as figure 4 shows, suggesting that school-level factors might play a role in ameliorating or exacerbating the acute effect. Indeed, when we explore whether results vary across school climate quartiles, we find that the average estimate conceals significant heterogeneity by school climate.
Regression Results: Exposure to Neighborhood Violent Crime and Test Scores, One-Week Window, High Poverty Sample
School-Specific Random Slopes, Violent Crime
Table 3 shows that exposure to violence affects students in schools with the weakest climates (quartile four). Students attending schools deemed the least safe (quartile four) score 0.06 standard deviations lower as a result of exposure to violent crime one week before testing (column 2). Similarly, column 6 shows students in schools that have the weakest sense of community (quartile four) score 0.03 standard deviations lower after exposure to violent crime in the week before the test (significant at the 10 percent level). We do not find strong evidence of an acute effect for students attending more disorderly schools. In models not accounting for prior performance (column 3), students exposed to violent crime prior to the ELA test attending schools perceived as the most disorderly (quartile four) score 0.08 standard deviations lower (significant at the 10 percent level). Once we control for prior performance, this coefficient drops to –0.04 and is no longer statistically significant.17
Regression Results: ELA, Exposure to Neighborhood Violent Crime, and School Climate Quartile
Results in this section indicate that safety and sense of community are the most critical elements of school climate in moderating the effects of violence. Our findings suggest that schools have the potential to insulate students from the negative effects of exposure to neighborhood violence on academic performance, shown by the absence of any negative effect on test scores for students attending schools with strong (quartile one) or mixed climates (quartiles two and three).18
Of course, school climate may not matter equally for all students; some students may be more sensitive to the climate of their school. In this section, we explore whether the moderating effect of school climate varies by gender and race-ethnicity. Gender analyses are motivated by the fact that boys and girls may use different coping mechanisms to deal with traumatic events, and may respond differently within these varied school climates (Rasmussen, Aber, and Bhana 2004). As for race-ethnicity, research has shown significant racial differences in sensitivity to violence. In particular, Sharkey and his colleagues find that the school performance of black students is especially sensitive to violent environments, and that exposure to violence has little effect on the academic performance of Hispanic students (2014). It is possible that differences in the school environments experienced by black and Hispanic students (and the concentration of black students in schools with weaker climates) explain these differences. In the analyses that follow, we focus on schools with weak climates (quartile four).19
Our results suggest that the negative effect of exposure to neighborhood crime is concentrated among boys attending weak climate schools. As panel A of table 4 shows, boys exposed to violent crime in the week before the ELA exam score approximately 0.10 standard deviations lower when they attend the least safe schools. They score 0.08 standard deviations lower (significant at the 10 percent level) in the most disorderly schools, and 0.04 standard deviations lower in schools with weaker sense of community (also significant at the 10 percent level). There is no observed effect for girls, but these coefficients are not statistically different than those for boys.
Regression Results: ELA, Quartile 4 Schools by Subgroup
Next, we explore differences by race and ethnicity. Due to sample size limitations, these models include only Hispanic and black students.20 Black students exposed to violent crime before the ELA test attending schools perceived to be the least safe, score 0.05 standard deviations lower on the ELA exam (table 4, panel B). The largest effect, however, is for Hispanic students in the least safe schools. These students score 0.09 standard deviations lower. This finding suggests that stronger school climates might offer some protective effect for Hispanic students. We observe no effect of exposure to violence on test scores among black and Hispanic students who attend more disorderly schools or schools with the weakest sense of community. Note that the samples in the disorder measure get very small, so we may be underpowered to detect an effect. Coefficients for black and Hispanic students are not statistically different from each other and, in general, results in this table are only significant at the 10 percent level.21
Robustness and Falsification Tests
The results so far show that school climate may play an important role in moderating the effects of neighborhood violence on student outcomes. However, there may be school-level confounders that bias these results. School climate measures may reflect differences in other factors that are correlated with student perceptions and achievement. To address this issue, we add several additional sources of administrative data to construct time-varying school-level controls. First, we combine our student-level data with the school-based expenditure reports. These data provide detailed information regarding school spending by budget item as well as pupil-teacher ratios. We select spending on classroom instruction, leadership, and relevant instructional support spending categories (counseling services, drug prevention programs, attendance-outreach, and school safety). Second, we add the rate of reported school violent incidents from the violent and disruptive incident reports data. As an additional test, we reestimate our models adding school fixed effects to control for time-invariant characteristics of schools that may be correlated both with school climate and student achievement.
In these models, our results remain largely unchanged (table A3). Students in the least safe schools exposed to violent crime in the week before the ELA test score 0.056 standard deviations lower than those exposed after. As for the other measures, results are not statistically significant, but point estimates are similar as our main specifications (–0.035 for disorder and –0.021 for sense of community). Taken together, these results support our finding that school climate matters for children exposed to violent crime, but we cannot completely rule out that other unobserved school-level factors might still be at play.
If violent crimes are more salient and the key source of stress for students and not simply capturing other things happening in the neighborhood, we should see little change in school performance after exposure to property crimes (for results of this falsification test, see table A4). Indeed, we find no evidence that exposure to property crime affects test scores, or that this effect varies with the climate of the school.
The primary results are estimated on a high poverty sample. To test the robustness of our findings we estimate the school climate specifications on the full sample of students. Overall, our conclusions are unchanged (table A5). Exposure to violent crime before the ELA test lowers test scores of students in schools deemed least safe by 0.04 standard deviations. This coefficient is smaller but within the confidence interval of the estimate for the high poverty sample. We also find that children exposed to neighborhood crime who attend schools that have a weak sense of community score 0.03 standard deviations lower in ELA (all significant at the 10 percent level).
Results by gender and race-ethnicity are also robust to using the full sample of students. Schools that are perceived as unsafe and having a weaker sense of community seem to exacerbate the negative effect of neighborhood crime on boys. Point estimates are smaller (–0.06 and –0.04, respectively) and significant at the 10 percent level only. As for race-ethnicity, results on the full sample are also consistent with the high poverty sample (see table B7 of the online appendix).22
So far we have only reported results for the ELA test because research shows the largest effects of community violence on reading and no effects on math (Sharkey et al. 2014; Schwartz et al. 2016). We also estimate our baseline model with math test scores as the outcome. The baseline specification—without stratifying the sample by school climate—shows no significant impact of crime exposure on math performance (table 2). Stratifying the sample by school climate quartile for each of the climate measures also yields no significant differences in test performance between students exposed to violent crime before the math test and students exposed after. That is, school climate does not moderate the effect of neighborhood violence on students’ math test scores, providing further evidence that community violence tends to affect performance in reading but not math (table 5).
Regression Results: MATH, Exposure to Neighborhood Violent Crime, and School Climate Quartile
This article investigates the role of school climate on the relationship between exposure to neighborhood violence and academic achievement for middle school students (grades six through eight) in New York City public schools. To do so, we leverage several sources of administrative data that provide advantages for this kind of analysis. Most notably, by using data on the entire city public school system we are able to generate more precise estimates than most of the literature using survey data with much smaller samples. As a result, we are able to focus our attention on very specific windows of time around public school assessments, and to make comparisons among students living in individual blockfaces within the city. By combining multiple administrative datasets, including student records, incident records from the NYPD, and school climate surveys, we are able to make progress in understanding the mechanisms by which violence in the residential environment affects students’ performance in school. Merging together multiple datasets that cover the entire city and all of its public schools allows for an analysis that would not be possible with any single source of data.
The results from our analysis provide a more nuanced picture of the impact of violence than shown by previous research. Overall, we find no significant acute effect of exposure to violence for the sample of sixth- to eighth-grade students in high poverty neighborhoods. This finding, however, masks the substantial variation in effects found in schools with different levels of disorder, safety, and sense of community. Schools with strong climates (across all dimensions—safety, disorder, and sense of community) and those with mixed climates (quartiles two and three) may insulate students from the negative effects of exposure to neighborhood violence. It follows that students experiencing decreases in ELA test scores after exposure to neighborhood violence are concentrated in schools with the weakest climates, particularly those perceived as the least safe. Specifically, students exposed to community violence before the test attending the least safe schools score 0.06 standard deviations lower, which amounts to 40 percent of the test score gap between poor and nonpoor students in our sample.23 For these students, attending a school with a weak climate further increases their academic disadvantage.
The analyses by race-ethnicity and gender uncover that the effect of exposure to violence is particularly salient for boys and Hispanic students in schools deemed the least safe. This last finding is interesting in light of previous research that found no effect of neighborhood crime on the test performance of Hispanic students (Sharkey et al. 2014). Indeed, it seems that although the majority of Hispanic students attend schools with strong climates, those in schools with weak climates see large declines in achievement following exposure to violence. Thus, the null average effect from previous studies obscured the finding that students in schools with weak climates may be particularly affected by neighborhood violent crime.
The magnitudes of the effects are significant. For example, a 0.10 standard deviation decrease in test scores for boys represents a 33 percent decline relative to the mean for boys in the sample. To put these numbers in context, the magnitude of this effect is comparable to the positive gains from school-level interventions such as class sizes (Chingos 2013).
We find no effects on math. This finding, while still puzzling, is not surprising. Previous work in New York City shows effects of neighborhood violence are concentrated on ELA scores (Sharkey et al. 2014; Schwartz et al. 2016). Differing psychological and cognitive processes may be involved in learning reading and math concepts, and these may be differentially affected by acute stress resulting from neighborhood violence. For example, Sharkey and his colleagues find that exposure to homicides is linked with lower attention and impulse control, which is especially important for reading instruction (Sharkey et al. 2012; Liew et al. 2008). Further, the development of language skills is more dependent on home factors, whereas math tends to be more influenced by school-level mechanisms (Bryk and Raudenbusch 1988).
We note a few key limitations in the empirical work. First, the estimation strategy provides strong identification of the acute effect of exposure to violence but does not provide evidence of whether or not this is a testing effect of it has long-term consequences for learning. Further, this article does not speak to the effects of repeated or cumulative exposure to neighborhood violence or how schools might respond. Understanding these longer-term effects may illuminate potential interventions aimed at children experiencing chronic exposure. That said, the acute effects are important, in and of themselves, due in part to the reliance on standardized tests for decisions about retention, high school admissions, or program participation for middle school students. Second, although we find no effect of exposure to violence on test scores for students at schools with strong or mixed climates, this does not imply that exposure to violence has no effect on these students. Exposure to violence may manifest in the lives of children in other ways that are not captured by test scores in the short run. Further work should investigate the effect on other outcomes, such as absenteeism, behavioral problems, or disciplinary referrals, to gain a broader perspective on how neighborhood violence affects students. Examining such outcomes would also provide insight into the mechanisms underlying the decreases in test scores for students in schools with weak climates.
Finally, more work could be done to unpack what is captured by our measures of school climate. For example, we are unable to say anything in this article about teacher quality or teacher experiences in these schools, and how their views and actions might shape school climate. As other articles in this issue suggest, the school environment is complex and factors such as teacher’s views on issues like diversity and cultural competencies (Penner et al. 2019) or school organizations such as PTAs (Murray et al. 2019) might be important determinants of school climate. Further, although schools with weaker climates have more reported incidents of violence, school climate is more than a reflection of violence in the school or in the neighborhood. Our climate constructs capture overall perceptions of school climate, but we cannot fully measure what particular factors contribute to a stronger (or weaker) school climate.
In sum, although schools are unable to control the experiences students have beyond their walls, the climate within each school can play a role in helping students cope with external forces. This article provides suggestive evidence that many schools are safe havens for young people who live in dangerous neighborhoods, insulating them from the acute effect of exposure to violence on achievement. More research is needed to understand how schools successfully foster strong climates along multiple dimensions, to identify strategies to improving school climate, and to measure how changes in school climate affect other student outcomes.
Figure A1.
Blockface Geography
Table A1.
Response Rates, School Climate Questions
Student Characteristics by Exposure to Violent Crime, One-Week Window, High Poverty Sample
Robustness Test: ELA, School Climate Specification with School-Level Controls
Falsification Test: ELA, Exposure to Property Crime and School Climate Quartile
Robustness Test: ELA, Exposure to Neighborhood Violence and School Climate Quartile, Full Sample
↵1. The data also have information about robberies (excluded from our measure), property crime including burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson. The data include other less serious crimes such as drug sales or use, weapons, simple assault, prostitution, gambling, graffiti, trespassing, disturbing the peace, and moving vehicle violations.
↵2. Our annual address data allow us to track students’ exposure to violent crime even when they move. Approximately 85 percent of students never move. These numbers are similar if we use the high poverty sample or the full sample of students. Of those who move, about 13 percent move only once, and 1.2 percent move more than once during the sample period. Results reported in the article are not sensitive to using a sample of nonmovers (table B8).
↵3. High poverty census tracts are those with a child poverty rate above the citywide median in 2000. We focus on this sample because most of the analyses that follow examine effects on ELA. Note that we also conduct analyses using math test scores as the outcome. These analyses use a sample of students exposed within seven days of the mathematics test. This sample contains 16,676 student-year observations in 535 schools for students living in high poverty census tracts. Testing dates vary by year and grade. The ELA test was administered between January and early February from 2007 to 2009, and in April in 2010. The math test was administered later in the spring (between March and May depending on the year).
↵4. Students in high poverty census tracts make up 67 percent of the overall sample of students in grades six through eight and thus are representative of a significant portion of the public school population in the city. This number is roughly 89 percent when we restrict the sample to students exposed within one week of the ELA test. By restricting the sample in this way we reduce the potential for results to be overly influenced by anomalous sections of New York City, such as midtown Manhattan, which is a very wealthy area but also contains a high crime rate because of its density of commercial and tourist activity and very high daytime population. That said, results are largely unchanged when estimating our models on the full sample of students.
↵5. Some questions include responses such as: all of the time, most of the time, some of the time, never. Other questions include responses: strongly agree, agree, disagree, and strongly disagree.
↵6. We created climate scales using exogenous rotation as well. These measures are highly correlated with the ones used in this article. Exogenous rotation is preferred when measures are used as predictors in the same model to avoid multicollinearity (Kraft, Marinell, and Yee 2016).
↵7. These three factors have eigenvalues greater than one (Kaiser-Guttman stopping criterion).
↵8. To further check the robustness of these measures, we calculated Cronbach’s alpha for the three constructs separately, including all relevant questions we identified for each construct. Overall, we find that the three school climate measures are highly reliable, having a Cronbach’s alpha reliability value of 0.7 or greater.
↵9. Weighted sums of standardized versions of the questions, with the factor loadings used as weights.
↵10. Despite some variation over time in school climate measures, perceptions of school climate do not appear to change substantially over time. When we divide the three scales into quartiles, the majority of schools always stay in the same quartile (32 to 37 percent, depending on the measure) or experience small changes (move up or down one quartile, 35 to 38 percent of schools). Less than 2 percent of schools move three or more quartiles from one year to the next (for example, move from an unsafe (Q4) school to a safe (Q1) school). Thus, a minority of schools experience large changes in perceptions of school climate. Further, the direction of the changes in perceptions of school climate over time is not always consistent. In some schools, perceptions of climate improve one year, but decline in the next. It is unclear if these movements reflect meaningful variations in the school environment students face each year. Exploiting this annual variation to estimate our effects may just leave measurement error as the source of variation. Using time invariant measures minimizes this problem while still allowing us to extract meaningful conclusions about the relationship between the school environment and neighborhood crime. Not all students answer the surveys. Table A1 shows the percentage of students who answered all seventeen questions in our measures. Response rates are low on the first year of the survey but significantly increase after that (reaching about 80 percent).
↵11. For additional details on these distributions see table B1 in the online appendix, available at https://www.rsfjournal.org/content/5/2/141/tab-supplemental.
↵12. Regression results of the balance test are available in table B2 of the online appendix.
↵13. This information is available in tabular form in the online appendix (panel A, tables B3–B5).
↵14. These are selected budget items under the instructional support spending category.
↵15. Detailed information in tabular form is available in the online appendix (panels B and C, tables B2–B4).
↵16. In prior work, the acute effect on ELA test scores is driven by students in elementary school grades (for more details, see Sharkey et al. 2014).
↵17. Note that this quartile has the least number of observations (1,013) relative to quartile four for the other scales (2,550 for safety and 6,016 for sense of community).
↵18. We also estimate the probability that a student would pass the ELA test. We find that students in the least safe schools are 5 percentage points less likely to pass the test, and that those in the more disorderly schools are 3 percentage points less likely to pass. Students in schools with a weaker sense of community are also 5 percentage points less likely to pass the ELA test, but this effect is significant at the 10 percent level (see online appendix table B6).
↵19. Results reported for the weak climate schools in each category only because there are no effects of attendance at a strong or mixed climate school on test scores (tables available from authors on request).
↵20. When we stratify the sample by school climate quartiles and race-ethnicity we are left with a very small number of observations for white and Asian students: forty for students who are white in quartile four schools in the safety measure, and forty-five for students who are Asian. In the most disorderly schools (quartile four), observations number 105 for students who are white and 134 for students who are Asian. Numbers are even smaller in the schools with a weak sense of community (quartile four): nineteen and twenty-seven for whites and Asians, respectively.
↵21. We find no statistically significant differences between students exposed to crime before the ELA exam attending schools in quartiles one to three and those exposed after. Tables available from authors.
↵22. We also test the sensitivity of results reported in the paper to opening the window of exposure. We estimated all baseline and subgroup models on the high poverty sample using a two-week and a one-month window of exposure. These results are also consistent with findings for the one-week window, albeit smaller in magnitude. Specifically, students exposed to violent crime two weeks before the ELA test attending the least safe schools score 0.04 standard deviations lower and those exposed in the month before the test score 0.024 standard deviations lower and 0.022 standard deviations lower in schools with weaker sense of community. Tables available from authors.
↵23. The estimated test score gap between poor and nonpoor students in the full sample is 0.15 standard deviations.
© 2019 Russell Sage Foundation. Laurito, Agustina, Johanna Lacoe, Amy Ellen Schwartz, Patrick Sharkey, and Ingrid Gould Ellen. 2019. “School Climate and the Impact of Neighborhood Crime on Test Scores.” RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 5(2): 141–66. DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2019.5.2.08. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the W. T. Grant Foundation. We thank participants at the Russell Sage Foundation conference on Using Administrative Data for Science and Policy for their comments. We also thank the RSF editors of this issue and three anonymous reviewers for their feedback. Direct correspondence to: Agustina Laurito at malaurit{at}uic.edu, 400 S. Peoria St., Room 2113 AEH (MC 278), Chicago, IL 60607; Johanna Lacoe at jlacoe{at}mathematica-mpr.com, 505 14th St., Suite 800, Oakland, CA 94612–1475; Amy Ellen Schwartz at amyschwartz{at}syr.edu, 426 Eggers Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244; Patrick Sharkey at patrick.sharkey{at}nyu.edu, 295 Lafayette St., Fourth Floor, New York, NY 10012; and Ingrid Gould Ellen at ingrid.ellen{at}nyu.edu, 295 Lafayette St., Second Floor, New York, NY 10012.
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Brooks Alberta Photographer - Scandia Celebrates Brooks
“The focal point was Brooks - that’s where the railway was,” explained long-time Scandia resident Kermith Anderson regarding the first settlers of the County of Newell. Coming full circle, the hamlet of Scandia once again had the opportunity to honour one of its neighbours through the Newell Regional Expo Society. This time, the 100-year-old community paid tribute to the largest centre in the county, the City of Brooks. The community hall in Scandia was filled on April 8 with members of every community in the region attending. (Click here for image gallery)
Over the past seven years, communities within the Newell County boundaries have shared these special dinners; an opportunity for neighbours to place the spotlight on various centres.
Joan Christiansen, the Gem area representative for the Newell Regional Expo Society board described Celebrating Expo Communities best.
“This allows the large and small communities to gather to celebrate their history, successes and future plans,” she said.
The plan was simple enough. Roast beef dinner with all the fixings, tables full of friends and local dignitaries, and a formal presentation. It’s an evening that’s played out countless times for decades - full of good-natured humour.
“I was thinking about the value of Brooks, Alberta,” said Scandia’s Joe Chomistek during the post-dinner presentation. “The most important thing I could think about in 1965 was Brooks was where you went to get your driver’s license. If you were 16 years of age, that’s where you went.”
He went on to detail his first attempt at obtaining a driver’s license, in the amusing style only Chomistek can deliver.
Anderson and Sharon Fisk spoke about the history of Brooks and how those early visitors populated the area.
“This was the land of milk and honey, wasn’t that what the CPR said?” Fisk asked Anderson.
Scandia has a lot to celebrate also. This year marks the hamlet’s centennial, and local Ryan Slenders explained how celebrations will take place over the August long weekend.
Brooks Mayor Barry Morishita was on hand with words of gratitude before detailing the various exciting events planned for this year. He then accepted a trophy from Expo board member Terry Riles, who explained that the recipient community is enabled to host the prize at their municipal office for the year.
One final revelation was the recipient to the 2018 Celebrating Expo Communities; whom Brooks will be honouring next year.
“The Gem community is thrilled to be recognized for the next Expo celebration,” Christiansen said. “We feel honoured to have our rural hamlet showcased by the City of Brooks
Sigurd (Sig) B. Peterson
As a native son of Scandia, born on the farm 93 years past, I was most interested in reading about the recently held celebration of 100 years. I would have been present had I known about the date.
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Rio 2016 - Yachting New Zealand defends Olympic selection practices
by Sail-World.com on 9 Jun 2016
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Yachting New Zealand has responded to wide-spread international criticism of its selection practices and criticism by the Chairman of the NZ Sports Disputes Tribunal, Sir Bruce Robertson of the way it treated two Olympic sailors after they had qualified New Zealand for the 2016 Olympic sailing regatta at the ISAF World Sailing Championships in santander in September 2014.
Despite qualifying in ten Olympic classes and three Paralympic classes, New Zealand will only be represented in seven Olympic classes and one Paralympic class in the Rio Olympics in August 2016. Appeals were lodged with the Sports Disputes Tribunal in respect of the Womens Windsurfer (RS:X) and Womens Singlehander (Laser Radial), a third competitor in the Mens Windsurfer (RS:X) exited the YNZ program after funding disputes in 2015. An SDT Appeal was prepared but withdrawn just before the Hearing in respect of one of the Paralympic classes.
The Sports Disputes Tribunal decision written by Sir Bruce, a former Judge of the Court of Appeal said:
'While the selection policy is drafted to provide huge discretion to YNZ, this does not obviate its obligations to abide by the rules of natural justice and to ensure basic fairness in its implementation. In particular, athletes in contention for nomination should be aware of what information they are being judged by and be given a reasonable opportunity to provide feedback on this. I am not sure the athletes were given this opportunity or that the individual circumstances of the athletes in question and how they would perform at the Rio Olympics venue were adequately assessed in arriving at their decisions.'
'Selectors and national sporting organisations must be constantly vigilant to ensure that processes are inclusive and transparent. Sailors (and all other athletes) must be fully aware of what is being considered and have proper opportunity to challenge and respond.'
'Individuals must never be just widgets in a machine like process. They are invariably women or men who have given their all to achieve participation at the pinnacle of their sport. While there must be consistency of approach and realism about limited resources the need for sensitive and sensible communication at all times cannot be minimised.'
Natalia Kosinska training with China's RS:X Olympic representatives, Takapuna, March 31 2016 © Richard Gladwell www.photosport.co.nz
The statement by Yachting NZ reads:
In May Yachting New Zealand announced collectively with the New Zealand Olympic Committee, that a team of 12 sailors had been selected to represent New Zealand in seven events at Rio 2016.
Subsequently, two athlete appeals were lodged with the Sports Tribunal of New Zealand and both have now been resolved.
Yachting New Zealand acknowledges the importance of an objective, bias-free, selection process and is pleased that our selection decision has been confirmed by the Sports Tribunal. A prompt resolution was important for all parties, including the travelling team and supporters.
“We are excited about the prospects for the seven classes going to Rio 2016,”says David Abercrombie, Yachting New Zealand Chief Executive. “Our selections are on a performance based approach which is producing medals – New Zealand has collected more than 20 podium finishes each year in 2014 and 2015 across the Sailing World Cup, Eurosaf Regattas, World Championships and Rio Test Event regattas.”
“We are reviewing Sir Bruce Robertson’s full report and will take on board all of his comments. We are always looking for improvement especially with specific aspects of our communication with athletes.”
The ultimate goal of our High Performance Programme and the NZL Sailing Team is to win Olympic medals at Rio 2016, and Tokyo 2020 beyond that. This goal aligns with the goal of High Performance Sport New Zealand, our partner providing substantial funding for our programme.
Yachting New Zealand has finite resources to run our High Performance Programme as we look to maintain our position as a multi-medal winning sport. High Performance Sport New Zealand’s support of yachting is generous but Yachting New Zealand cannot fund all Olympic aspirants to campaign over the full four year cycle.
No sailing campaign is fully funded by Yachting New Zealand and all our athletes must commit to part funding their own campaigns.
“Preparing athletes for the Olympic Games is a direct cost to Yachting New Zealand, we are grateful for the support we receive from High Performance Sport New Zealand and we are fiscally responsible,” says Abercrombie.
“We believe high expectations drive high performance and world-class results,” says Abercrombie.
We use performance tracking data to prioritise and direct resources into campaigns that can demonstrate they are on track to win Olympic medals.
Abercrombie says, “Yacht racing can’t be judged on time and distance. Many factors influence a result. This is why we use statistical analysis as an objective part of our selection process. We have tracked the results of 93 Olympic sailing medallists across 651 pinnacle events over three Olympiads in every class and from this experience we have a very firm view on exactly what people have to achieve in order to medal. Yachting New Zealand supports those athletes who are on track and in form.”
Our High Performance Department works closely with each of the NZL Sailing Team athletes to agree personalised campaign plans, including performance criteria and pinnacle regattas. Athletes are required to demonstrate commitment and to follow their agreed campaign plan.
Yachting New Zealand Olympic Selection Policy is not made public, but is made available to actively campaigning sailors early in the four-year cycle providing plenty of opportunity for athletes to request clarification on any part of the selection criteria if they require it.
Yachting New Zealand supports all classes in the initial two years of the Olympic cycle with the aim of securing national Olympic qualification. This provides athletes a period of time to post significant results to justify further investment in the second half of the cycle, and we work closely with athletes to agree and regularly review performance targets, regatta plans, coaching and training programmes.
From that point in the cycle, campaign funding and support becomes more results focused so that budgetary constraints can be met.
“Some countries target a few athletes or classes and support these but we feel there is a risk to the sport in taking this approach,” explains Abercrombie. “We provide all classes with good support in the first two years to help them perform and as the Olympics approach we target those who have demonstrated that they are medal capable.”
“Athletes who consistently obtain top results are more likely to medal. Notwithstanding that they will have the occasional glitches but will focus on pinnacle events and use other events to test gear and develop skills.”
Sustainability and pathway development is a critical part of Yachting New Zealand’s High Performance Programme. Where possible we build depth through training partners that will provide back up and sustainable performance beyond the forthcoming Olympic Games.
We have a great team – we have a diverse and collaborative group of coaches and advisors who are committed to the long-term development of our athletes. We have a strong partnership with High Performance Sport New Zealand and we invest in IP and technology which helps developing athletes such as the Aon Fast Track Squad which supports talented and up and coming athletes into world class and Olympic competition.
Several other countries have subscribed to the same 'medal capable' selection mantra that is at the heart of their decisions not to select competitors in the events for which the countries have qualified.
In the instance of countries who Qualified in September 2014, it is only in the last few weeks that these places have been released when the Member National Authorities have to confirm to World Sailing by June 1 that they will be taking their place.
Other sports, such as Rowing require that confirmation be made within two weeks of the Qualifying event. If the place is declined it is reallocated to the next eligible competitor from the event. However in Sailing because the places are not reallocated until June 22, 2016 in some classes there is not enough time left to ship a boat to the Olympics, and it is expected that these cases, the places will be blotted up in the Laser and Laser Radial classes where the equipment is all supplied.
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Finn Silver Cup day 1
Nils Theuninck of Switzerland on top after fantastic first day Nils Theuninck, from Switzerland, leads the U23 Finn World Championship, for the Finn Silver Cup, after the event got under way in Anzio, Italy, on Tuesday in fantastic sailing conditions. Former winner, Oskari Muhonen, from Finland is in second.
Posted today at 10:06 am ATPI Sports Events to partner the Clipper Race
Unified, seamless and cost-effective travel expertise Adam Knights, Regional Managing Director, UK, France, Benelux, ATPI Group, said: "The Clipper Race is one of the world's furthest travelling sports, covering 40,000 miles divided into eight legs.
Posted today at 8:00 am Hempel Youth Sailing Worlds day 2
Maltese consistency hands them slender advantage Maltese sisters Antonia and Victoria Schultheis found the right note at the Hempel Youth Sailing World Championships as the Girl's 29er fleet commenced their competition.
Posted today at 4:14 am Governor's Cup 2019 at Balboa Yacht Club day 1
Finn Tapper (AUS) and Leonard Takahashi (NZL) early leaders If you like upsets, lead changes and a last-minute surprise at the start-finish line which had a major impact on the standings, you would have loved the first day of Balboa Yacht Club's 53rd Governor's Cup International Youth Match Racing Championship.
Posted today at 3:52 am Leaders past halfway point in Transpac 50
82 teams press on as rescuers and the rescued arrive safe At about 2 AM PDT, a small crowd gathered at the docks of Windward Yacht Center to await the arrival of a 68-foot sailboat with 19 people aboard. This was 10 more than the 9 they left with from Long Beach back on Saturday at the third start
Posted today at 3:43 am The Ocean Race: Plans for Hong Kong entry
Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag skipper David Witt is keen to take on another round-the-world Ocean Race One week after celebrating one of his biggest international successes, Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag skipper David Witt said he was keen to take on another round-the-world Ocean Race and win it, according to a report in the South China Morning Post.
Posted today at 3:36 am Hamilton Island Race Week: 200 entries & climbing
200 entries for Hamilton Island Race Week A yacht with a name that says it all for its now retired owner is the 200th entry for Hamilton Island Race Week, which will be staged on the picturesque tropical waters of the Whitsundays next month.
Posted today at 3:35 am America's Cup: Construction Update for June 2019
All 84 piles for the Hobson Wharf extension (Luna Rossa base) have been installed, with 12 remaining The Wynyard Edge Alliance, a consortium charged with the construction of the America's Cup bases in Auckland is making good progress as detailed in their report as of the end of June 2019.
Posted today at 12:56 am Dates for 2020 Auckland Fiji Race confirmed
On Saturday 30th May 2020, a fleet of competitive yachts and multihulls will start the 1,100nm race The dates have been set for the next Royal Akarana Yacht Club major bluewater race, with the club sticking to tradition and racing from Auckland to Fiji.
Posted on 16 Jul Cascais 52 Super Series Sailing Week day 1
Quantum Racing execute a typical Cascais race-winning strategy Quantum Racing's three-point aggregate sees them three points clear of three boats - Provezza, Bronenosec and Azzurra - after the first day of racing at this renowned high-wind venue where last year they won the Rolex TP52 World Championship.
Posted on 16 Jul
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Top 5 Advantages of Facebook Marketing for Your Business
Ben Jacobson September 3, 2018
VIP CONTRIBUTOR Ben JacobsonDirector at Action Packed Media
With more than 1.4 billion users visiting every day, Facebook is definitely the largest social media platform today.
That’s why marketers can’t ignore the potential reach that the social networking behemoth can give to businesses.
In fact, 80 million businesses have a presence on the social network, according to Facebook.
Some marketers, especially those in B2B, complain about Facebook nowadays.
They have decided that Facebook marketing dead, saying things like:
It may be good for B2C, but we’ll never see any traction trying to reach our audience personas while they’re browsing friends’ photos on Facebook.
You can only win if you’re creating tons of original content, and there’s no point “building on rented land.”
With all the algorithm changes in recent years, reach has become negligible – and pay-to-play is so competitive, that it’s too expensive.
But none of that is necessarily the case.
In a 2017 benchmark study from Content Marketing Institute and Marketing Profs, only 38 percent of B2B marketers named Facebook as an important channel for their content distribution success.
The rest may be wise to de-emphasize Facebook, or maybe they’re just “doing it wrong.”
With over 2.2 billion monthly active users based all over the world, a growing set of platforms, and communities congregating around every interest, it’s impossible to argue that there’s no value in Facebook as a marketing tool.
And for B2B industries, it’s still very much an untapped opportunity.
In fact, of all those users, business decision makers spend 74 percent more time on Facebook than other people – and are disproportionately engaged, to boot.
How many times have you checked your own notifications this week?
Yes, Facebook is crowded, but it’s that way for a reason.
Facebook is a resource and water cooler for everyone, and we’re using it constantly.
It’s become an ingrained part of our lives and culture.
While you might want to resist it, Facebook can still be a huge benefit to your business.
Here are some types of key business results that Facebook still has to offer.
1. Grow Brand Awareness & Traffic
OK, it’s true that organic for page posts in the news feed isn’t what it used to be.
Especially for reaching colder, less engaged audiences for things like brand awareness and driving traffic, the tactics that worked a few years ago will be a waste of effort now.
But luckily, when it comes to social media marketing, Facebook offers more than other networks in terms of alternative ways to reach your audience.
Sponsored posts come with advanced targeting capabilities and options that let you reach new audiences for a brand impression or a click.
For example, lookalike audiences can help you reach new people relevant to your business using your existing email list, website visitors, or customer base.
Hawke Media’s Facebook advertising strategy started with this step and brought them a 4x return on ad spend.
You can also use organic methods besides your own page to reach people, such as Facebook groups and influencer marketing.
These presences aren’t taking the hit that brands are in the news feed, so using them in tandem with your page can help you get your content seen.
Once you’re making good use of these tactics at the top of your marketing funnel, helping to drive traffic and build brand awareness, you can start to nurture and convert your audience.
2. Keep Your Existing Audience Engaged
Your audience needs to be warmed up in order to:
Maintain their interest.
Educate them about the advantages of your solution.
Build trust with them.
Ready them for a sales pitch.
Facebook is where your audience is spending time already, so engaging with them there makes a lot of sense.
Instead of just using the network to drive traffic and leads, taking people away from the Facebook experience that they’re in the midst of enjoying, try driving conversation and actions within the platform itself.
Keep your brand top of mind, making it easy to nurture your relationship.
And there have never been more content options for keeping your audience engaged:
“Plain old” engaging content like text posts and photos
Recorded videos
Messenger bots
One of your best bets will be live video.
Some 20 percent of all Facebook videos are live, so marketers who experiment with this format have a definite advantage.
It can be used strategically to create regular, original programming delivered directly to your audience.
Take entrepreneur Tai Lopez’s Facebook page. When he goes live – almost daily, mind you – his 6.4 million followers see a notification about his content, and it gets prioritized in their news feeds.
The recordings are then automatically saved in an easy-to-access video library as evergreen content, where they continue to drum up engagement and reach people to nurture relationships.
3. Drive Revenue
So you’ve used communities, influencers and advertising to build an audience with engaging live content. And yes, Facebook can likewise be used to nurture leads all the way through to a sale – with the right setup.
It isn’t even hard to create a high converting campaign, giving warm leads what they want at the perfect timing. Not when you’ve built out a funnel that leads them there.
That advanced targeting mentioned earlier lets you pinpoint audiences at each stage of your marketing funnel and personalize your campaigns to their end user accordingly.
Much of this can even be done on autopilot.
For example, BigCommerce’s dynamic product ads solution allows ecommerce merchants to sync their store inventory to:
Track shoppers.
Create product-focused ad creative.
Scale campaigns for different products.
They serve them up to people who have browsed product pages – without the need to manually create campaigns for each one.
4. Educate New Customers
Even after converting a customer, Facebook has benefits to your funnel.
It’s a powerful tool for support and retention, one you can use as a service channel customers won’t hate visiting as much as they do a help desk tool.
You can create organic content focused on educating current customers, as the You Need a Budget finance app does with their video content.
This takes a proactive approach to customer service, addressing common customer questions to educate and empower them.
Customers new and old know that they can visit the brand’s Facebook page for tutorials and answers to their questions about the app.
5. Provide Customer Support
You can also use more direct and one-on-one communication to provide customer service within Facebook.
Messenger bots, purely human-driven Messenger conversations, and Facebook groups provide a lot of new opportunities in the way of talking to customers and solving their problems.
Facebook made several moves recently to make groups more brand-friendly, places that your audience can come to without you first pushing out content for them to react to.
Given Facebook’s renewed focus on community discussions, hosting a group here gives you the ability to build close relationships with your customers.
This gives brands like CoSchedule, as seen in the above example, an added incentive to create maintain segmented user groups.
Companies with groups have a direct line to their community to ask questions, glean insights, and provide support.
What’s more, in groups, engaged customers have the chance to help each other.
When it comes to Messenger, customer service bots let you aggregate info customers would otherwise have to hunt for on their own.
For example, customers of ecommerce brand Ban.do receive order confirmations and shipping updates via Messenger.
From there, it’s easy for customers to reply with support queries, to engage with content about their products for deepened loyalty, or to tap back to the shop for more shopping.
Pay Attention to Your Facebook Funnel
Plenty of marketers don’t want to figure out how Facebook marketing allows them to win, even though it has a clear, proven use at every stage of your sales funnel.
With your audience already there, and their advertising capabilities making things easier each year, the sooner you start building out and optimizing a Facebook funnel the better.
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For our youth, awards can be a way to motivate, teach, and recognize important skills. For adults, they are often a guide on how to do a job, and a way for the unit and council to thank Scouters for a job well done.
At Awards Central on the official Boy Scouts of America website, you can find even more awards and possibly newer forms (PLEASE tell us!). All links are to www.seattlebsa.org (Chief Seattle's website) or www.scouting.org (BSA national website) unless otherwise noted.
Youth Awards
STEM/Nova Awards
Unit Awards
Lifesaving and Meritorious Action Awards
Commissioner Awards
Some questions, frequently asked:
Is there a right side up to leader knots? Yes, the bight, or loop, in front goes on the wearer’s right (toward the shirt’s buttons). This is easiest to see in a two color knot like the Scouter’s Key.
What is a “device” for a knot? Many knots can be earned multiple times. A device, or small gold pin, can be worn on the knot. For example, Scouts may earn the religious award several times as they move through Scouting. Here is a religious knot showing the Scout earned it both as a Cub Scout and as a Scout.
How many rows of knots may be worn on the uniform? A maximum of three rows (9 knots) is suggested.
How are medals worn? Up to five medals may be worn in a single row pinned directly above the seam of the left pocket.
What is the difference between the “trained” patch and a “training award?” The “trained” patch may be worn as soon as a leader completes the required training for his position. The “training award” also includes tenure and performance requirements in addition to the basic training, and must be approved by the district training chair (the last signature).
Where can I learn more about how to display my awards? Uniforming questions are answered in the Guide to Awards and Insignia book which can be found online here or purchased at the Scout Shop.
FEEDBACK on the Awards pages
Awards Menu
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Virginia Living Museum Makes Nature and Science Come Alive for Student Groups
03/31/2010 | VIRGINIA GABRIELE
View red wolves, bald eagles, otters and a loggerhead sea turtle up close and personal. See a living replica of a Cypress Swamp and an Appalachian mountain cove. Touch live horseshoe crabs and fossilized dinosaur tracks. Explore the universe in the planetarium.
The Virginia Living Museum in Newport News is full of opportunities for student groups to explore Virginia’s natural heritage. The museum features wildlife native to Virginia in natural habitats, fresh and saltwater aquaria, native wildflower gardens, aviaries, fossils, planetarium theater, observatory and environmental education center — all in one wooded lakeside setting.
Each exhibit tells a story. There is the predator-prey relationship between the chipmunk and the corn snake; the defensive mechanisms of the porcupine fish, and the complex interrelationships of the animals and plants that inhabit a cypress swamp.
There are surprises around every corner. Enter the steamy world of a cypress swamp, complete with an alligator and snapping turtle. See songbirds nestled in the trees around a cascading mountain waterfall and view trout in a cool mountain stream. Explore the underwater world of the Chesapeake Bay and the underground realm of a limestone cave. See flying squirrels, moon jellyfish and other creatures of the night. Touch some famous Bay creatures, plus enjoy four hands-on discovery centers. Outdoors, stroll the elevated boardwalk to view coastal birds, bald eagles, beavers, a bobcat, river otters, endangered red wolves and other animals in natural habitats, plus explore the complexity of wetland and pond habitats and tour the Living Green demonstration house.
Travel the universe in the Abbitt Planetarium with its state-of-the-art digital projection system. Using a single fisheye lens that places astronomical images across the entire surface of the planetarium’s ceiling dome, the system can project a view of the skies from anywhere on Earth across a time period of 200,000 years, or as seen from any other known body in the universe.
The museum’s professionally trained educators present enriching natural science curricula that are grade-level targeted and correlated to national standards. Students in grades 6-12 can experience amphibians, fossils, minerals, weather or real-world environmental challenges in science labs or attend an assembly-style program about how animals face the daily challenges of survival.
In the museum planetarium, students visit the planets, travel to a black hole, observe spinning galaxies or study the earth from space. These SOL-correlated classes are offered in addition to public planetarium shows.
For more information call 757-595-1900 or visit www.thevlm.org. Call 757-595-9135 for group reservations.
Virginia Gabriele is the Marketing Director for the Virginia Living Museum.
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New Content Delivery System Saves Time and Increases Efficiency
Wed, 23 Oct 2013, 13:24:51 EDT | From: Set It and Forget It Inc.
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Oct. 23, 2013 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Set It and Forget It is a new sales and marketing content delivery system which provides users with supporting documents and multi-media assets at their fingertips. In fewer than six hours, its computer-based system and service alerts the end user to updated content. Offline accessibility, light-weight architecture, and simplicity are what set it apart from other document management systems.
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Aerial of Staten Island, New York, March 2018.
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Video clip length: 00:30FPS: 59.94Aspect ratio: 1.90:1Editorial use only. Learn more
4k00:30Aerial of Staten Island, New York, March 2018.
4k00:13New Zealand Auckland harbor bridge
4k00:104K Time Lapse of Auckland Harbour Bridge in Auckland, New Zealand.
hd00:25Portugal, Porto Douro's view, circa 2016
4k00:28SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - CIRCA 2014: Tracking shot of a Sydney ferry in 4k
4k00:20Epic Aerial Flight Through Mountain Clouds Towards Sunrise Beautiful Morning Peaks Inspirational Motivational Nature Background UHD 4K
4k00:17Aerial view of the Statue of Liberty at dusk. Manhattan and New Jersey skyline. New York City, United States. Shot from a helicopter.
4k00:18Cityscape of Paris. Aerial view of Eiffel tower in sunny day
4k00:12Connected San Francisco skyline. Financial District at dusk. Aerial view. California, United States. Futuristic network. Technology. Shot from helicopter.
4k00:10A sunset Aerial shot of skyscrapers of Moscow International Business Centre, Moscow-city, 4K Ultra HD video, DJI Phantom 3 pro.
4k00:17Aerial top down view of traffic jam on a car bridge and moving train. 4K video
4k00:25Top view aerial video of development infrastructure city for big population, modern skyscrapers and tall edifices of megapolis, urban transportation system. Video can be used for film or advertising
4k00:10Aerial view of San Francisco skyline with connections. Technology-Futuristic. Communication. California, United States. California, USA. Shot from helicopter.
4k00:37Aerial view of helicopter flying over mountains into the clouds during magical sunset in Los Angeles, California. Wide long shot on 4K RED camera.
4k00:20Shot on 4k RED camera on helicopter. Top down aerial view of tall buildings and city streets in New York City.
4k00:15Aerial view of the East River and Roosevelt Island, New York City, dark sunset lighting with Futuristic network and technology. Wide shot on 4k RED camera on helicopter
4k00:12Aerial view of a Dystopian New York city in the future with projection mapping on buildings with cyberpunk, neon colors. Wide shot. Shot on 4k RED camera.
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Ferris Raises Hold Up in REPS Payments in Dáil
Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Agriculture Martin Ferris TD is to raise the refusal of the EU to pay farmers their REPS money in the Dáil this evening. The Kerry North TD was successful in applying to have the issue debated as a matter of urgency on the Adjournment. Thousands of farmers have been affected due to an EU decision to change the dates and procedures for the issuing of the funding to farmers who are part of the schemes. Deputy Ferris also raised the issue following Order of Business this afternoon.
Deputy Ferris said:
"The decision not to issue payments to the thousands of farmers participating in REPS II and III, unless rescinded, will represent a sizeable blow to the incomes of many farm families. Many farmers had reckoned their REPS cheques into their finances and the failure to draw down the money will have a negative affect on many farm budgets.
"I know that the Department has been in contact with the EU Commissioner on the issue and I am calling on Minister Coughlan to use whatever influence she has to have the decree reversed." ENDS
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Adams condemns attack on Cars in Black's Road estate
Sinn Féin West Belfast MP Gerry Adams has condemned an attack this morning in which a number of parked cars were attacked and damaged in the Oranmore Drive area of Black's Road.
Mr. Adams said:
"I condemn those responsible for the mindless attack on cars parked in the Oranmore Drive area of Suffolk in the early hours of this morning.
"Sinn Fein will work with community representatives in the area to do all we can to ensure that such attacks do not happen.
"I would call on anyone with information in relation to this attack to bring it to the PSNI." Críoch
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Loyalist death threat against Fermanagh councillors condemned
Sinn Féin Fermanagh South Tyrone MP Michelle Gildernew has condemned the death threats against Sinn Féin councillors in Fermanagh issued to the Fermanagh Herald today from a group calling itself the Real UVF.
She also called on unionist political leaders in the county to challenge those responsible for such threats and to do more to demonstrate that they respect the rights of nationalists and their elected representatives to live free from sectarian intimidation and attack.
Ms Gildernew said:
"I understand that a group calling itself the Real UVF have issued dearth threats against Sinn Féin councillors in Fermanagh through the local paper, the Fermanagh Herald.
"Those issuing these threats have nothing to offer our communities and will not deter Sinn Féin from pursing our objectives of Irish Unity.
"These sick threats against a team of councillors who work tirelessly for their constituents in Fermanagh should be condemned by people from across the political spectrum. I would challenge unionist representatives to speak out and intervene directly.
"There is a responsibility on the political leaders of unionism in Fermanagh to demonstrate that they respect the rights of nationalists and their elected representatives." ENDS
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Fine Gael MEPs must support vote to call Juncker to account- Lynn Boylan MEP
12 November, 2014 - by Lynn Boylan MEP
Dublin Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan has welcomed moves by her European colleagues to call the new European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker before the European Parliament to question him over his involvement in widespread tax evasion while he was Finance Minister of Luxembourg. Sinn Féin MEPs voted against the EU Presidency bid of Jean-Claude Juncker in July.
Speaking today about the “Luxleaks” scandal,Lynn Boylan said:
“President Juncker is being called to appear before the elected Parliament to explain his involvement in alleged tax evasion deals he was party to while he was the leader of Luxembourg. His apparent reluctance to appear before us speaks volumes about his capacity to "fight tax evasion” as claimed in his manifesto."
“I voted against Mr Juncker’s Presidency bid and these tax evasion revelations are a major blow to the credibility of Juncker and retaining his position as President is an example of the EU governments' acceptance of the widespread culture of ”legal" tax evasion."
“I am calling on my Fine Gael colleagues in Europe, who are members of the group that nominated Mr Juncker as President of the Commission, to vote with us at 3pm today for the President of the Commission to be held to account for his alleged former shady financial dealings.”
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DVD Review: Road to Nowhere
“Velma was always my window into the story” is the melancholic declaration that kicks off Road to Nowhere, Monte Hellman’s first feature since 1989’s toxic Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out. In the film, real-life actress Shannyn Sossamon is Velma Durande, who is also fictitious actress Laurel Graham. There’s no separating the three personalities because fiction in Road to Nowhere is a very tempting and tortuous state of mind. We’re introduced to Velma/Laurel with a slow zoom on a laptop screen showing footage of Laurel performing in a film being made within Hellman’s film. That slow zoom deliberately mirrors the slow zoom in on a photo of Laurel at the end of the film, creating bookend images of people gazing wonderingly at the bewitching Velma.
For Mitchell Haven (Tygh Runyan), a young director who exhibits Hellman’s methods as a filmmaker, if not his overall personality, Velma/Laurel personifies the bewitching qualities of cinema. She’s beautiful but bored and inhabits every frame she’s in without necessarily doing anything. There’s no real reason for Laurel to have been cast in Mitchell’s new movie, as is shown when Mitchell explains why he cast Laurel with a quote from Casablanca. “Of all the gin joints in all the world, she had to walk into mine,” Mitchell mouths wearily. The line would be more convincing if Runyan were a better actor, but then again, Sossamon’s amateurishness as Laurel is the crux of Road to Nowhere. Sossamon’s unvarnished performance is what makes her fascinating and so cinematic to Hellman. It’s why Mitchell tells Laurel the anecdote about Samuel Fuller’s stoic reply of “don’t” to Robert Stack upon being asked how Stack should act.
Laurel, the actress who embodies Velma throughout the movie, is the lightning rod for Road to Nowhere‘s layered narrative. She’s just as much Mitchell’s obsession as the original Velma was for Rafe Tachen (Cliff De Young), a greedy industrialist who everybody thinks died under mysterious circumstances. So when it comes to filming Velma and Rafe’s story, it stands to reason that Mitchell is only initially in control of his production. Bruno Brotherton (Waylon Payne), a manic insurance investigator, is quietly snooping around the set for information on the real Tachen, while Nathalie Post (Dominique Swain), a blogger who reported extensively on Tachen’s activities, is pursuing her own agenda. All of these cooks in Mitchell’s kitchen threaten to destroy his project and eventually his sanity.
Movies matter in Road to Nowhere, a self-serious sentiment that Hellman understands warrants some light sardonic humor, as when Mitchell’s screenwriter pouts, “Do you think Altman ever treated his screenwriters like this?!” Images of characters in motion are accordingly more important than any dialogue could be. Body language is key, whether it’s a shot of a reflexive jerk of a character’s knee or the way they try to stand stock-still when every part of them wants to move. The uncannily still but vibrant pace of Hellman’s film seems to have been reached based on how Hellman wanted various takes of his actors playing actors playing actors to reflect the subtle iterations of their restless energy.
Take the sublime little Altmanesque scene within a scene of Laurel, as Velma, handing a plate of sandwiches to Cary Stewart (also De Young), the actor playing Tachen, too soon. Cary motions for a sandwich after she pulls the tray away and Laurel’s unable to take him or the scene that they’re shooting seriously afterward. First she lets out a haughty, stagey laugh then he responds in kind. Then they laugh together in unison. This scene—like the one where Cary rehearses a monologue three times in a row before pouting, “Who wrote this shit?”—shows so much without overtly saying anything. Hellman’s keen eye for seemingly incidental details is incisive that it makes his habit of destroying writer-producer Steven Gaydos’s narrative’s most artificial elements that much more rewarding.
Thankfully, Hellman only wants to deconstruct his film so much. This is why the actor who plays Cary also plays Rafe and why the actress playing Laurel also plays Velma: There’s not supposed to be a difference between the two personalities. Within the context of the production of Mitchell’s film, the meta-reflexive filmic image has to maintain the illusion of its own seamlessness to some extent, as in the scene where Laurel and Mitchell are watching Spirit of the Beehive together in Mitchell’s room. The version they’re watching noticeably doesn’t have English subtitles scrolling along the bottom of the screen. That would mar the image too much and threaten to break the connection between the television showing the film and Mitchell and Laurel. It’s a personal relationship between viewer and film just as much as it is between creator and creation, which is why Mitchell impotently corrects Bruno when he accuses Mitchell of making “just another Hollywood piece of shit movie.” “It’s my Hollywood piece of shit movie,” Mitchell barks back.
But then again, the characters need subtitles after a point, like in the later scene where Mitchell and Laurel are watching The Seventh Seal with white English subtitles. This is meant to be looked at as an image within an image, as you can tell from the vertical letterbox frame of the film. The integrity of Hellman’s images within images is breaking down by this point just as much as the camaraderie between Mitchell’s cast and crew is visibly dissipating. An even more overtly unsettling reflection of this all-consuming emotional breakdown within Hellman’s film comes during a crucial scene where Mitchell is looking at an empty room through a handheld digital camera and sees his crew staring back at him. They’re filming him filming them, an endlessly looping mirror image that doesn’t hold up after the sounds of sirens intrudes on Mitchell’s deranged reverie. Movies are potentially dangerous and the camera is a weapon of disillusionment so Hellman makes a point of reminding us that we’re watching the making of a movie within a movie by transitioning from one scene with a blinding fade to white transition. It’s a fantastic precursor to Road to Nowhere‘s tantalizing final shot of Mitchell staring longingly at a photo of Laurel, like a moth staring at a blinding flame.
The video is so sharp that you can count the goosebumps on actress Dominique Swain’s ass in one scene. The soundtrack is equally impressive, nicely preserving the film’s various sound effects with its score and dialogue as successfully as Monte Hellman and screenwriter Steven Gaydos preserve their narrative’s nuances.
A behind-the-scenes featurette is surprisingly clever, warm, and funny, dutifully reflecting the concerns of Hellman’s film, as in the many sequences of the cast and crew simply interacting with each other without additional fanfare or explanation. Fans of the film will want to watch this 15-minute bonus feature if only to hear actor John Diel struggle to explain what the film is about. He concludes sullenly, “You know what? I don’t know what the fuck the movie was about. But it was fun.” But the Q&A with Hellman and Gaydos is pretty inessential, seemingly filmed on the fly at the Nashville International Film Festival last year just before Hellman was given a lifetime-achievement award. The interview itself is brief and unenlightening, but viewers might find it worth watching if only just to observe Hellman’s body language. He fidgets a lot throughout the Q&A. It’s a very cinematic sight to see.
Road to Nowhere is a tribute to the artifice and the rawness of cinema and a fitting testament to director Monte Hellman’s powers of cinematic sleight of hand.
Cast: Tygh Runyan, Cliff De Young, Waylon Payne, Shannyn Sossamon, Dominique Swain, John Diehlr Director: Monte Hellman Screenwriter: Steven Gaydos Distributor: Monterey Media Running Time: 122 min Rating: R Year: 2010 Release Date: August 23, 2011 Buy: Video
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Louis Leterrier to Direct ‘Fantastic Voyage’ for Producer James Cameron?
Posted on Friday, October 22nd, 2010 by Russ Fischer
It was only hours ago that we heard James Cameron had hired Laeta Kalogridis to rewrite Shane Salerno‘s script for Fantastic Voyage, the big-budget sci-fi remake he’s planning with Fox. At the time there was no director attached, but now a report says that James Cameron has his eye on Louis Leterrier, who last made Clash of the Titans for Warner Bros.
Deadline says Mr. Leterrier is the producer’s choice, and that designers from Avatar “have done everything but build sets for a film that could be ready to shoot early in 2011.” With a script rewrite taking place there isn’t yet a budget, and the final number is likely to be high.
Fantastic Voyage, after, all, sees a scientific team shrunk to microscopic size and injected into a man’s body in order to save his life. Once in his body, a great percentage of the film will be CGI.
But wait a second. Hasn’t James Cameron slagged off Mr. Leterrier’s last film, the lousy post-converted 3D adventure Clash of the Titans? well, yes and no. He has slagged Warner Bros. and the way the studio did the conversion, but not the director. In the interview Mr. Cameron recently gave to the New York Times he said,
I talked to Louis Leterrier, who did “Clash of the Titans,” and he was in England mixing the movie while they were doing the 3-D here. So the filmmaker wasn’t even involved in the process. It was just being applied like a layer, purely for profit motive. There was no artistry to it whatsoever. Now everybody’s realizing that’s not the right way to do it.
If Louis Leterrier wants to make a 3D film and do it in 3D from stage one, there’s no one better to partner with than James Cameron.
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Diving in Finland
Sukeltaja magazine
Despite of the general principle of free public access, some restrictions to movement apply even in Finland. Diving or swimming is not allowed in harbour areas without a special permission of the harbour authority. Landing on bird nesting islands is not allowed during the breeding season.
Grey seal protection areas
Seven state-owned protected marine areas with a total area of 188 square kilometres were established in 2001 by a statute to protect the grey seals and their habitats. This is about 0,37 % of the total area of the finnish sea basin.
All movement is forbidden year round inside an area of half a sea-mile from any island, rock or skerry marked on the map of a protected area. From 16 th of June throughout to 31 st of January movement in other parts of a protected area is allowed, but during first of February to 15 th of June a special permit is required.
Using any official sea-lanes marked on the map is always allowed, even when they go through a protection area. Maps of the protected areas can be found here and more information of protecting the nature from the site of the Metsähallitus.
Under the Act on Territorial Surveillance, Section 17, the following activities are not allowed without permission within a restricted area:
Scuba diving or underwater activity that normally is not included in navigation such as, for instance, the anchoring of buoys at the bottom, dredging and piling of bottom material, laying cables.
Fishing without permission with fishing tackle dragged along the bottom or with heavy tackle anchored at the bottom, such as seine, trawl or large bow net.
Anchoring other than pleasure craft outside anchorages marked on the Finnish sea charts unless necessary due to navigational safety, force majeure or an emergency situation. A pleasure craft means a vessel with an overall length (LOA) under 24 metres, intended for use in sport and recreation.
Movement in a public water area outside public fairways 100 m closer to such land areas used by the Finnish Defence Forces at which landing, based on law, has been marked as prohibited. The regulation governs movement on ice as well. Movement in a private water area or a marked fairway running closer than 100 metres to the above military areas is not subject to permission. A permit granted to enter into a military area within a restricted area gives the right to move within the above100 metre zone.
When engaged in an activity subject to permission in a restricted area, the person in question must carry a permit issued by the supervisory authority and an identity card, which he or she is obliged to present, on request, to the territorial supervisory authority in the supervising function.
Under the Act on Territorial Surveillance, the territorial supervisory authority has the right to give, if necessary, admonitions, warnings and orders to the person who violates or runs the risk of violating this law or the rules and regulations given based on it.
More information application forms et cetera can be found on here.
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4.04K // 06 Dec 2018, 08:00 IST
Disney acquiring WWE would open all sorts of possibilities.
WWE is the largest wrestling company in the world and imposing media presence in and of itself. However, in recent years, the conversation has surfaced as to whether WWE might ever sell outside the McMahon family. If that were to occur, it would have to be a major media company with money, resources, and a prospective interest in what WWE brings to the table. Moreover, given the level of commitment the McMahon family has shown to its wrestling business across generations, we have to assume that any sale would have to involve a partnership that respected what the WWE product has been and afforded it a degree of autonomy.
Disney is one of the few companies that fits this profile for its tremendous resources at its disposal, and a history of absorbing brands like Marvel and The Muppets. In interviews, Stephanie McMahon has suggested that selling isn’t completely impossible, but that’s not exactly a reason to think a deal is imminent. Moreover, she more recently made comments about WWE’s growth efforts and explicitly suggested that WWE could one day be bigger than Disney. Whether that name drop was incidental or a strategic nod toward the Disney company for some strategic purpose is unclear.
There is no concrete reason to think Disney will buy WWE anytime soon, but this article takes a moment to speculate about what such a major business transaction might look like and mean, particularly for WWE which would surely need to adapt to accommodate this big shift in ownership.
#5 A harder PG sensibility
Under Disney, WWE would not only stay but steer harder into its PG style.
WWE has been operating in the so-called PG Era for some time now. Hardcore fans have debated the merits of this philosophy. Many have resented WWE eschewing the edgier storytelling style that defined the successful Attitude Era, while others have ceded the realities of WWE’s business interest. Moreover, as more time has gone on, talents and booking have adapted to by and large succeed within a new framework.
Despite taking on a more family-friendly identity, on the whole, WWE has still walked the line as often as not when it comes to how completely it colors within the PG lines. For example, when The Rock comes back, he has greater latitude to still carry himself the way he did in his heyday, complete with questionable language. The same is true for Stone Cold Steve Austin, and to a lesser extent, the liberties Vince McMahon and Triple H themselves have taken with items like getting color.
Under the Disney banner, we can expect WWE to rein things in tighter than ever, representing not only themselves as a family-friendly brand but a larger corporation with those kinds of sensibilities.
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Nebra
José de Nebra
José de Nebra was born in Calatayud, Zaragoza, in Spain in 1702. At the age of sixteen he started his career as an organist, from 1724 at the Capilla Real in Madrid. In 1749 he became the main organist and in 1751 its vicemaestro. He lived under the reign of three emperors, so he had to adept to musical tastes and wishes of all of them. Starting to compose around the age of 30, he at first composed mainly works for the theatre, but the last 20 years of his life were dedicated almost completely to sacred works. In his last years he was charged with the education of the infante don Gabriel, so he had to write pieces for keyboard with which the prince could study, and his output in sacred works was reduced. He died in 1768.
2 Sopranos, Alto, Tenor and Orchestra
Length: 11.59 minutes
The work is not really divided into different sections, but parts of the stanzas are sung by the soloists together, while others are given to single voices. The music does not feel deeply tragic, I would say rather optimistic, culminating in the final Amen - a fugue - as can be heard in many Stabat Mater compositions.
The "Analecta"-version of the text is used, with some minor variations:
- Stanza 5, line 2: Not "Christi Matrem" but "Piam Matrem"
- Stanza 16, line 2: Not "Passionis eius sortem" but "Passionis fac consortem"
CD : Clara Vox Ref 5.1846: José de Nebra, Stabat Mater
The CD seems to be sponsored by the city of Madrid, but it was recorded in Belgium in 2005, at the Kapel van het Bijbelklooster in Gent. It was given to me by my good friend Federico Gómez Figueroa.
Orchestra: Capilla Principe de Viana
Conductor: Angel Recasens
Soloists:
Greta de Reyghere and Katelijne van Laethem, sopranos
Petra Noskaiová, alto
Philip Defranck, tenor
Responsorio "Beate viscera"
Lamentación II de Miércoles Santo
Lamentación II de Viernes Santo
Motete "Circumdederunt me"
Himno de San Juan
Himno a San Pedro
Salmo 110 "Dixit Dominus"
Salmo 117 "Laudate Dominum"
Salmo 139 "Domine probasti me"
Code: 2005 NEB-01
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news, latest-news,
A COBDEN footballer who grew up dreaming of playing seniors believes the Bombers can make a late-season finals charge. Angus Uwland will notch his 100th senior appearance for the Hampden league club on Saturday in a must-win clash against North Warrnambool Eagles at Bushfield Recreation Reserve. Uwland, 23, said the Bombers’ form spike – they’ve won three of their past four matches – had them bullish about their chances of sneaking into the top five. “Everyone has turned a corner a bit and is upbeat with finals still a possibility,” he said. “The footy we’re playing is finals worthy and it makes everyone more positive about what we can achieve. “We’re getting players back from injury and a lot of players are starting to hit form. “It’s handy having 16 players vying for the best six each week.” Uwland, who plays with his older brother Sam, said being part of the Bombers’ 2017 finals series was a feeling he wanted to replicate. “As a team, making the preliminary final last year, getting there and feeling the support the whole community brings was a highlight,” he said. Uwland, who made his debut in round two, 2012, grew up with ambitions of playing for Cobden. He said it was “a humbling feeling” to reach 100 games. “It’s your junior club, you play Auskick and watch the senior from five years old to when you grow up and then you get to be one of them,” Uwland said. “It’s just special.” The Cobden-based footballer, who travels to Colac daily for work, is now establishing himself as one of the Bombers’ onballers. “I am helping the young kids through the stoppages and giving direction around the ground,” Uwland said. “Since Brody (Mahoney) left I am trying to take the mantle and help as much as possible.”
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August 9 2018 - 4:50PM
Cobden footballer Angus Uwland reaches 100 games with the Hampden league club
MILESTONE: Cobden's Angus Uwland bleeds red and black, having grown up dreaming of playing for the Bombers. Picture: Morgan Hancock
A COBDEN footballer who grew up dreaming of playing seniors believes the Bombers can make a late-season finals charge.
Angus Uwland will notch his 100th senior appearance for the Hampden league club on Saturday in a must-win clash against North Warrnambool Eagles at Bushfield Recreation Reserve.
Uwland, 23, said the Bombers’ form spike – they’ve won three of their past four matches – had them bullish about their chances of sneaking into the top five.
“Everyone has turned a corner a bit and is upbeat with finals still a possibility,” he said.
“The footy we’re playing is finals worthy and it makes everyone more positive about what we can achieve.
“We’re getting players back from injury and a lot of players are starting to hit form.
“It’s handy having 16 players vying for the best six each week.”
Uwland, who plays with his older brother Sam, said being part of the Bombers’ 2017 finals series was a feeling he wanted to replicate.
“As a team, making the preliminary final last year, getting there and feeling the support the whole community brings was a highlight,” he said.
Uwland, who made his debut in round two, 2012, grew up with ambitions of playing for Cobden.
He said it was “a humbling feeling” to reach 100 games.
“It’s your junior club, you play Auskick and watch the senior from five years old to when you grow up and then you get to be one of them,” Uwland said.
“It’s just special.”
The Cobden-based footballer, who travels to Colac daily for work, is now establishing himself as one of the Bombers’ onballers.
“I am helping the young kids through the stoppages and giving direction around the ground,” Uwland said.
“Since Brody (Mahoney) left I am trying to take the mantle and help as much as possible.”
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Global net sales of Danone 2012-2018
Net sales of Danone worldwide from 2012 to 2018 (in million euros)
by M. Shahbandeh, last edited Mar 28, 2019
This statistic shows Danone's net sales worldwide from 2012 to 2018. Danone is operating in the following segments: fresh dairy products, water, early life nutrition and medical nutrition. All segments combined generated net sales of 21.3 billion euros in 2013.
Revenues in million euros
Figures prior to 2017 are taken from previous annual reports.
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Leading advertisers in Russia in 2018, based on advertising spending* (in billion Russian rubles)Leading advertisers in Russia 2018
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Sales revenue of leading dairy companies in France 2017
Leading Danone desserts and toppings in France 2017, by number of users
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Denmark: number of dairies & cheese making operators 2008-2014
Wholesale bulk cream prices in the United Kingdom (UK) 2001-2016
CAGR of the export value of cheese New Zealand 2005-2015 by type
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Leading manufacturers of almond milk in the United States in 2018, based on sales (in million U.S. dollars)
Leading vendors of bottled water in the United States in 2018, based on sales (in million U.S. dollars)
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Trading operating income of Danone worldwide from 2008 to 2018 (in million euros)
Recurring operating margin of Danone worldwide in 2016 and 2018, by geographic region
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Total number of employees of the Danone Group worldwide from 2008 to 2018*
Danone SA's advertising spending in the United States from 2011 to 2017 (in million U.S. dollars)
Leading advertisers in Russia in 2018, based on advertising spending* (in billion Russian rubles)
Annual value of advertising investments in Belgium from January to October 2017, by advertiser
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Sales change of Danone worldwide in 2017, by geographical area
Net sales of Danone in Brazil from 2013 to 2016 (in million U.S. dollars)
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Danone products ranked by number of users in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017 (in 1,000s)
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Google to add the Galapagos to StreetView
The StreetView team also captured underwater views of the Galapagos
Jolyon Attwooll, Travel writer
24 May 2013 • 12:00am
Jolyon Attwooll
Few have explored the remote volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago, the landscape inhabited by the world's largest tortoises and other creatures that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
Soon it will take only the click of a mouse or finger swipe on a tablet to explore some of the Galapagos Islands' most remote areas, surrounding waters and unique creatures.
Google sent hikers to the Galapagos with Street View gear called "trekkers," 42-pound (19-kilogram) computer backpacks with ball-like cameras mounted on a tower.
Image courtesy of Google
Each orb has 15 cameras inside it that have captured panoramic views of some inaccessible places on the Galapagos. Crews from The Catlin Seaview Survey worked with Google to capture 360-degree views of selected underwater areas too.
"We spent 10 days there hiking over trails ... and even down the crater of an active volcano," Raleigh Seamster, the project's leader for Google Maps said. "And these are islands, so half of the life there is under the water surface. So (we brought) Street View underwater to swim with sea lions, sharks and other marine animals."
Google is processing the footage and is trying to stitch it together. It hopes to post it to make it available on Google Maps later this year.
The cameras captured the nesting sites of blue-footed boobies, the red-throated "magnificent frigatebirds," swimming hammerhead sharks and the island's giant tortoises.
Scientists working with Google are exploring the footage for other species and hope to update the pictures regularly throughout the years as they study the effects of invasive species, tourism and climate change on the island's ecosystems.
"We hope that children in classrooms around the world will be trying to discover what they can see in the images, even tiny creatures like insects," said Daniel Orellana, a scientist with the Charles Darwin Foundation.
"We can use this as an education experience for children, and there is a huge opportunity for rare discoveries."
Orellana and others supervised the Google trekkers and helped guide them to rarely visited remote areas, some of them off-limits to tourists.
They also captured images of the areas frequented by tourists so they can keep track of how this access is affecting the environment.
Since launching Street View in 2007, Google has expanded from urban neighborhoods accessed easily by its mapping cars to harder to access sites like the ocean floor, the Amazon rain forest and the Arctic. Earlier this year it released images of the Grand Canyon.
Edited at Telegraph.co.uk by Jolyon Attwooll
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TAP Investigation
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Ethiopia's army chief, top regional officials killed in northern coup attempt
23/06/2019 14:55, Addis Abeba/Ethiopia
(TAP) - Ethiopia's army chief of staff and the regional president of the northern state of Amhara were killed in two related attacks when a general tried to seize control of Amhara in an attempted coup, the prime minister's office said on Sunday.
Amhara state president Ambachew Mekonnen and his advisor were shot dead and the state's attorney general was wounded in Amhara's capital of Bahir Dar on Saturday evening, according to a statement from the office of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
In a separate but related attack the same night, Ethiopia's army Chief of Staff Seare Mekonnen and another retired general were shot dead in Seare's home in Addis Ababa by his bodyguard.
Abiy's office named Amhara state security head General Asamnew Tsige as responsible for the foiled coup, without giving details of his whereabouts. Asamnew was released from prison last year, having been given an amnesty for a similar coup attempt, according to media reports.
Abiy took office just over a year ago and embarked on unprecedented reforms in Ethiopia, Africa's second-most populous country and one of its fastest-growing economies.
But the premier's shake-up of the military and intelligence services has earned him powerful enemies, while his government is struggling to contain growing ethnic violence, including in Amhara.
The shooting in Bahir Dar occurred when the state president - an ally of Abiy - was holding a meeting to decide how to rein in the open recruitment of ethnic militias by Asamnew, one Addis-based official told Reuters.
A week earlier, Asamnew had openly advised the Amhara people, Ethiopia's second largest ethnic group, to arm themselves in preparation for fighting against other groups, in a video spread on Facebook and seen by a Reuters reporter.
Bahir Dar residents said there was at least four hours of gunfire on Saturday evening and some roads had been closed off.
Abiy donned military fatigues to announce the attempted coup on state television on Saturday evening.
Early on Sunday, Brigadier General Tefera Mamo, the head of special forces in Amhara, told state television that "most of the people who attempted the coup have been arrested, although there are a few still at large."
He did not give details about Asamnew.
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Willi Miller: Schedule change allows more locals to experience icon painting in Vero Beach
For more than 15 years, Father Richard Cannuli has been coming to Vero Beach to icon painting at the Center for Spiritual Care.
Willi Miller: Schedule change allows more locals to experience icon painting in Vero Beach For more than 15 years, Father Richard Cannuli has been coming to Vero Beach to icon painting at the Center for Spiritual Care. Check out this story on tcpalm.com: https://www.tcpalm.com/story/entertainment/tcpalmsocial/2017/06/02/schedule-change-allows-more-locals-experience-icon-painting/350668001/
Willi Miller, Special to TCPalm Published 10:00 a.m. ET June 2, 2017
For more than 15 years, Father Richard Cannuli has been coming to Vero Beach in the winter to teach an intensive five-day course in icon painting for the Center for Spiritual Care. In this file photo, Cannuli breathes on the red clay to create condensation before applying a piece of gold leaf to a student's Icon. Although breathing on the clay helps adhere the gold leaf, it also symbolizes God breathing life into Adam by giving breath and life to the icon.(Photo: SARAH GRILE/SPECIAL TO TCPALM)Buy Photo
Anyone who’s ever been on a waiting list for a seat in a restaurant, at a performance or for a class or workshop understands what a relief a 2017 date change could be for some Treasure Coast painters.
For more than 15 years, the Rev. Richard Cannuli has been coming to Vero Beach in the winter to teach an intensive five-day course on icon painting for the Center for Spiritual Care. When you add eager seasonal residents to loyal repeat participants, the limited spaces are snapped up almost before the dates are announced, but not so this year. The workshop was moved to June.
Carol Ludwig, director at the center, said Cannuli had to modify his schedule this year, opening the door for locals to grab some of those vacant seats. The schedule is a grueling one, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. June 19-24.
In a previous class taught by Father Richard Cannuli, participants painted an Archangel Gabriel Icon at The Center for Spiritual Care. This year's class is 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. June 19-24. (Photo: SARAH GRILE/SPECIAL TO TCPALM)
I’m told that art experience isn’t necessary but the ability to follow directions is. Students are presented with a blank board and painting materials when they arrive and a promise they will leave at the end of the day Saturday with a completed icon.
Cannuli is a 1973 graduate of Villanova University in Philadelphia, where he has been teaching courses in a variety of art forms, including iconography, for several decades. He became a full professor in 2000. In his studio at Villanova, he designs liturgical vestments, stained glass windows and other elements related to religion. He founded and is director of the fine art gallery at Villanova and is curator of its art collection.
His work is found in religious institutions, private collections and galleries all over the world. Pope Francis was presented with Cannuli’s icon of Saint Augustine. Another is in the permanent collection in a monastery at Mount Sinai, Egypt.
Details of registration are available at www.centerforspiritualcare.org and reservations can be made by calling 772-567-1233 or emailing centerspiritualcare@gmail.com. A non-refundable deposit is required. The Center is at 1550 24th St. in Vero Beach (www.richardcannuli.org).
This is First Friday Gallery Stroll evening but save tomorrow for Quentin Walter’s COAST to COAST: An Exhibition of Manuel Ojea’s 3-dimensional Art at STOUTHOUSE, 13700 Ruffner Lane in Sebastian. The free evening, 7-9 p.m., comes with mojitos, aperitivos and a classical guitarist. Walter requests an RSVP (772-589-8826, quentinart@gmail.com, stouthousewhereartistscreate.org).
The Treasure Coast Youth Symphony’s Summer Strings Program begins June 5 at Grace Presbyterian Church, 1875 NW Britt Road in Stuart, and is open to students in all Treasure Coast counties. The program is free but students must bring their own instruments and music stands. Space is limited (www.treasurecoastyouthsymphony.com).
Willi Miller writes about Indian River County. Contact her at caribsea@bellsouth.net.
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Miss Molly's Dolly Big Book
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10 most vital people-powered technologies
By Gary Marshall 2008-06-18T11:55:00.169Z Roundup
From hardware hacking to open source, we reveal how the best tech is always a mix of brains and bytes
iPhone hackers have created all kinds of innovative and invaluable add-ons
The daddy of people power, this open source operating system owes pretty much everything to the massive community of users and developers who've built it, broken it, put it back together again and added all sorts of goodies.
The penguin logo unites a truly incredible group of talented people, from driver developers to desktop designers, advocates to application builders.
Even people who think that Linux is a character in the Peanuts cartoon know about Firefox. What makes it special isn't the open source community that created and maintain it, however; It's the efforts of the developer community whose extensions make Firefox the Swiss Army Knife of the internet.
Whether you want to block annoying ads, keep track of interesting sites or just stay up to date with footie results from around the world, if you can imagine it, there's almost certainly an extension that does it.
This month we've mostly been playing Minerva, Adam Foster's excellent mod for Half-Life 2 (http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/MINERVA). Modders have been creating new stories since the days of Doom, and a quick look around Moddb (www.moddb.com) uncovers stacks of mods for your favourite PC games.
Smart developers - such as Half-Life's Valve - know that mods make their games even more attractive, so the firms make modding as easy and accessible as possible.
Is your original Xbox gathering dust in the loft? Why not dust it down and turn it into a fully-fledged media centre?
While Microsoft blabs about the 360's multimedia features, the talented team at the Xbox Media Center project (www.xboxmediacenter.com) can turn an ageing original Xbox into a multimedia marvel (although if you don't fancy modding your console, steer clear - XBMC only works on hacked machines).
Job done, they're turning their attention to other platforms: a Linux version of the software is in development.
The community that's sprung up around the TiVo digital video recorder (www.tivocommunity.com) is a thing of wonder, with users offering each other advice, commenting on the company and fiddling with its products - often in ways that would give film and TV studios heart attacks.
While TiVo claims not to encourage or discourage the hacking community, it's pretty obvious that the hacking community makes the product even more attractive to tech-heads - and hackers' ideas often turn up in the official product, such as when the community found and fixed a date problem in older TiVo boxes.
iPhone hackers aren't just trying to free the phone for use on any network. They've found ways to turn your existing tunes into ringtones without paying for them all over again, created all kinds of add-on applications and best of all, found a way to change the truly horrible font on the Notes screen.
Sony doesn't like it - recent firmware updates mean that unless you've got an older PSP, your options are limited - but thanks to Homebrew (www.psp-homebrew.eu) you can add all kinds of goodies to the device. There are loads, including customisers, emulators, chat programs and GPS software.
Changing chips' clock speeds and hoping they wouldn't set your house on fire used to be a shadowy pursuit that tech firms frowned upon. Then hardware firms realised that overclockers had money as well as PCs to burn.
Now, motherboard makers often provide everything a speed demon needs, either in the motherboard BIOS or on the driver CD, and graphics card firms are keen too. For example, ATI actively encourages overclockers to ramp up their Radeons.
Microsoft's media system is pretty nifty, but it's niftier still when you tweak it until it squeaks. Microsoft knows this, which is why it happily links to two independent community sites: the Media Center-specific Green Button (thegreenbutton.com), and the general audio-visual AVS Forum (www.avsforum.com/avs-vb).
The software giant also has its own community site (www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/communities/mediacenter.mspx), where media center experts share their top tips.
Firms who make it easy to interact with their online apps have created a massive community of developers. Google Maps has been adapted to provide maps of speed cameras (http://spod.cx/speedcameras.shtml) and to create flight simulators (http://www.isoma.net/games/goggles.html), while keen developers have created software for apps such as Google Mail and Flickr.
You'll also find useful and useless apps alike on social networks such as Facebook.
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Scouts get government cash back, for now
Catherine Sanz, Ireland Reporter
June 26 2018, 12:01am, The Times
Summer scouting events will go ahead as planned after Katherine Zappone agreed to restore funding for three monthsMaxwell Photography
The children’s minister has temporarily restored funding to Scouting Ireland after it said that it would improve safeguarding issues after controversy of the way a rape allegation was handled.
Katherine Zappone said that she would restore the €1 million a year on a permanent basis — intitially funding will return for three months — if a report due this year finds that the organisation had met governance standards.
The organisation was criticised for its handling of a rape allegation made in 2016, after accusations against two adult leaders dating back to 2009. The accused man was suspended pending an investigation and was never charged with an offence.
In April Ms Zappone withheld all funding and appointed Jillian van Turnhout, a former senator and children’s rights…
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Sajid Javid orders research into ethnic origin of sex grooming gangs
Andrew Norfolk, Chief Investigative Reporter
July 26 2018, 12:01am, The Times
Sajid Javid said that it was important to establish the particular characteristics of the perpetratorsSIMON DAWSON/REUTERS
The home secretary has ordered research into why men convicted of grooming-gang sex crimes are disproportionately of Pakistani origin.
Sajid Javid, whose own family roots are in Pakistan, said that establishing the “particular characteristics” of the perpetrators was “critical to our understanding” of offending in places including Rotherham, Telford and Newcastle.
He made the commitment in a letter to Sarah Champion, the Labour MP who was strongly criticised for stating that the country “has a problem with British Pakistani men raping and exploiting white girls”.
Sarah Champion received death threats for discussing the ethnicity of abusers in her Rotherham constituencyVictor de Jesus for The Times
The Times revealed yesterday that Ms Champion was receiving increased security detail after her comments led to death threats and alleged moves by hard-left and Muslim opponents to force her from her Rotherham constituency.
Mr Javid strongly defended her last…
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E. W. Scripps and the Business of Newspapers (History of Communication)
By University of Illinois Press
Edward Willis Scripps revolutionized the newspaper industry by applying modern business practices to his chain of more than forty newspapers and creating a telegraphic news service and illustrated news features syndicate. This title presents a portrait of this entrepreneurial giant, drawing on Scripps' business correspondence..
Fingers: The Man who Brought Down Irish Nationwide and Cost us 5.4bn
By Gill & MacMillan, Limited
mpn: 9780717155835, ean: 9780717155835, isbn: 9780717155835,
Michael Fingleton ran Irish Nationwide Building as his own personal banking fiefdom, taking it from the dizzy heights of success and eventually bringing it down at a cost of 5.4 billion Euro to the Irish taxpayer. One of the architects of the most debilitating financial crisis that Ireland has experienced, he has escaped scrutiny until now. Here the authors reveal an intriguing and complex character. This book will take readers into the world of Michael Fingleton, providing an insight into the
Chicken Noodle News: A CNN Whodunit
By Brand: Dailey Swan Publishing
[i]Chicken Noodle News[/i] is the story of how mavericks, misfits and dreamers faced huge odds (and sometimes each other) to build the world's first all news network. CNN hired some professional people and some who pretended to be TV professionals. Then there were the I've only been fired twice already, inexperienced nut jobs looking for a job in television. The only thing that held this unlikely crew together was fear. There were no life boats on the Chicken Noodle News Network. This is not a
Between the Eye and the World: The Emergence of the Point-of-View Shot (Repenser le cinéma / Rethinking Cinema)
By P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Éditions Scientifiques Internationales
The point-of-view shot is usually perceived as a «natural» device, yet its naturalness is illusory. This book provides an answer to the question: «Where does the point-of-view shot come from?» It investigates the emergence of this filmic form as the product of a culture and its history, unravelling the difference between a point-of-view shot and a character’s subjective viewpoint. In so doing, it shows that what would become the point-of-view shot developed from the interposition, between
Shooting History
By HarperCollins Publishers
The compelling autobiography of one of the great and most committed newsmen of our time: full, frank, and occasionally very funny, Jon Snow's memoirs are as revealing about the great and the not-so-good as about his own passionate involvement in the reporting of world affairs qualities as a journalist and as a human being -- his passion, warmth, intelligence, frankness and humour -- are widely recognised and evident for all to see most nights on television [Channel 4 News] and now in the pages
The Confederate Press in the Crucible of the American Civil War (Mediating American History)
By Brand: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
Previous histories of the press in the American Civil War have focused on how journalists covered military operations. Taking a cultural approach, this book is unique in its focus on the press as a social, political, and economic institution that both shaped and was shaped by the Confederacy’s experience in the Civil War. It expertly documents how the press changed, how it stayed the same, and how it evolved by examining the role of the press in Confederate society, social and demographic
Theorizing Ambivalence in Ang Lee's Transnational Cinema (Framing Film)
By Brand: Peter Lang Publishing
Theorizing Ambivalence in Ang Lee’s Transnational Cinema takes a unique approach to the study of transnational cinema by examining the representation of Chinese identity in Ang Lee’s films and the public discourse from various audience communities. This book focuses on his transnational films Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) and Lust, Caution (2007) as two case studies. Providing a systematic analysis of audience discourse from Taiwan, Mainland China, Hong Kong, and the Chinese
All the News Is Fit to Print: Profile of a Country Editor
By Brand: University of Missouri
mpn: 15 illustrations, bibliography, index, ean: 9780826211637, isbn: 0826211631,
For nearly half a century, Arthur Aull captivated a rural Missouri town and a national audience with his sensationalistic, all-the- news-is-fit-to-print approach to journalism. As editor and publisher of the Lamar Democrat from 1900 to 1948, he disregarded most of the traditional rules of news coverage. Every scandal and piece of gossip he could turn up helped fill the pages of his newspaper, an afternoon daily in a town of about 2,300. His tales of grisly accidents, murders, rapes, juvenile
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j.crew watch Feb. 1, 2011
J.Crew’s Angry Shareholders Are No Longer Happy With Their Settlement
By Amy Odell
J.Crew reached a settlement with shareholders who sued the company after it announced plans to sell itself to a private equity firm for $3 billion. Under the settlement, J.Crew agreed to extend the go-shop period to February 15 to solicit rival bids that shareholders could vote on. However, a lawyer for the shareholders now argues that J.Crew manipulated the process by scheduling a vote on the bid for March 1 and announcing the results of the initial go-shop period, during which no other bidders emerged. Under terms of the agreement — which J.Crew calls “binding,” and the opposition to which it plans to fight — they also agreed to pay the shareholders $10 million. So what could appease them now? “A very significant monetary recovery,” their lawyer reveals. J.Crew says they’ve done nothing wrong and plan to go ahead with the March 1 vote on the sale. The case is in the hands of a judge.
Settlement Over J. Crew Deal Falls Apart [Dealbook/NYT]
Shareholders Back Out of J. Crew Settlement [WWD]
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Cocktails for Gorillas!
Authored by Paigntonzoo
Posted: Wed, 08/21/2013 - 9:48am
A hotel in Exeter is serving gorilla-sized cocktails.
The Southernhay House Hotel in Exeter has created a special tipple to mark Paignton Zoo’s Great Gorillas Project.
Owner Deborah Clark, who also runs Burgh Island, came up with the idea. She has pledged to donate a sum to the campaign – aimed at raising awareness for gorilla conservation in Africa – for each cocktail sold.
Zoo’s joined-up strategy links education, energy and environment
Paignton Zoo Head of Education Lisa Stroud smiles a lot – but then, she has plenty to smile about. When she took up her post 16 months ago, she inherited a busy department with an enthusiastic team and strong partnerships beyond the gates of the Zoo. Now, she has won a major grant to help pay for a whole range of innovations. “I love my job!” she enthuses.
Great Gorilla is a true academic
Posted: Mon, 08/12/2013 - 11:48am
A gorilla has enrolled at the University of Exeter.
The giant primate arrived wrapped in pretend brown paper, tied with mock string and covered in air mail stickers, stamps and franks from South Africa, Canada, Indonesia, Australia and Cuba.
This striking piece of public art is named Takamanda, after a national park in the Cameroon set up in 2008 to help protect the endangered Cross River gorilla.
Plastic Surgeon forms official Gorilla Preservation Squad
Posted: Fri, 08/09/2013 - 1:29pm
The UK’s surface repair specialist Plastic Surgeon is going ape for charity. The company has pledged its expertise in support of Paignton Zoo’s 90th birthday Great Gorillas Project.
Plastic Surgeon has set up the Gorilla Preservation Squad to care for the host of life-sized fibre-glass gorillas spending the summer at major landmarks and locations across the region.
Wet 'n' Wild summer festival next week
Authored by Chalk and Ward PR
Posted: Wed, 08/07/2013 - 4:28pm
It's that time of year again! EDDC’s Countryside team kick off their annual Wet ’n’ Wild Summer Festival at 8pm on Thursday evening 15 August with Meet the Bats.
The Axe Estuary Wetlands is known as an excellent habitat for bats; more than half of our 17 native species of bat have been found there, including the rarest of our natives; the grey long-eared bat.
Visitors will have the opportunity to learn to use an electronic bat detector to identify the different species. The Meet the Bats session will be repeated on Friday evening 16 August at 8pm.
Star Wars fans in seventh Devon - Darth Vader reborn as gorilla
Posted: Tue, 08/06/2013 - 12:33pm
Iconic Star Wars villain Darth Vader has been reborn – as a life-sized gorilla.
Great Gorillas in the urban jungle
A silverback gorilla is coming to Exeter – by bus.
Stagecoach are supporting Paignton Zoo’s Great Gorillas Project by sponsoring a unique piece of three-dimensional public art - a life-sized model gorilla.
The Stagecoach silverback is called Bananarilla – for obvious reasons – and is the creation of graffiti artist Miss*C, Cleo Heard. He will have his own little piece of jungle to live in thanks to local school children.
Beer for Gorillas!
A top South Devon brewery has created a special beer - for gorillas.
The Bays Great Gorilla Ale is a one-off brew celebrating Paignton Zoo’s 90th birthday and The Great Gorillas Project.
The project features life-sized model gorillas sponsored by businesses, painted in original designs by specially commissioned artists and displayed in a unique public art trail around Exeter and the English Riviera.
Help name Paignton Zoo's orang utan baby
Paignton Zoo is inviting visitors to help name its baby orang utan. The female baby was born on Thursday 11 April.
“Her keepers have chosen a shortlist of names. We have a collecting box in the foyer with eight slots – people can vote for the name or names they like the best. This way, everyone gets to vote and we raise money for conservation at the same time.”
The appliance of charity at Living Coasts
One top Devon company is helping an animal charity with the little things that make a big difference.
Sparkworld has donated a selection of domestic appliances and kitchen tools to Living Coasts, Torquay’s coastal zoo and aquarium.
“These things may not be sexy, but they are vital!” says Jenny Paton from Living Coasts. “The hand blender is used for preparing fish for feeding birds. And sometimes we make fish soup to syringe feed the rays, especially if youngsters need feeding up. The dishwasher is used to clean animal feed bowls.
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deifying gravity
https://theframersforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=16970
by Ed209
Had a customer in today that wants a LP record float framed with a 50mm boarder his solution to conservation fixing it was to provide me with a non slip safety mat you put under rugs on laminate floors etc. to put between the mount board and the LP to allow easy removal if required (apart from dismantling the frame)
He really can't understand why this will not work!
Re: deifying gravity
by JFeig
Those mats are made from rubber as I recall. Rubber contains Sulphur and leads to air pollution. It also tends to disintegrate over time. Ask him if he has any old elastic bands in good condition?
The easiest hardware for an LP record is a brass paper binder that consists of a round head with 2 bendable legs. You can even paint the round heads.
by prospero
You can get mirror screws that come with a plastic washer and a cap.
Most I have seen come with chrome caps, but you can get black one if you look hard enough. You would have to fix a
piece of wood behind the backing for the screw bite into and maybe shorten the screw a tad.
Sorry need to clarify the LP cover is what is being framed with the LP in it, I can see why you would have thought otherwise I would of as well
Let me get my magic wand out and give it a try.
On the other hand, bend a 3 sided rectangle out of wire to fit the slit in the album cover so that the album is secure. The ends of the wire (2) should be longer than the album. Bend the 2 ends 90° to the face of the album and through holes in the backing board. Make a second 90° bend against the back of the backing board and secure. There, you have a secured record album floating on a backing board.
You will only see a very short piece of bent wire. The did want it done in a conservation manner without any adhesives.
by Steve N
You could just make a ready made frame for them, then they can put the album in anyway they like, if it fails, it's not your fault
by Not your average framer
It's not hard to frame an LP record in a sleeve, cut a piece of mountboard to fit behind the record sleeve and cut a tongue within that piece of mountboard which will fit inside the record sleeve.
The clever bit is the shape of the tongue, so that the the paper sleeve within the record sleeve can be partly exposed outside of the record sleeve to hide where you have cut the tongue to side into the sleeve.
The tongue is therefore stepped in height, so that the cuts (that would otherwise be visible) are stepped in to be hidden by the paper sleeve within the record sleeve, but inside the sleeve where the tongue must adequately hold the record sleeve in place the tongue must widen out so that the record sleeve won't move about.
The LP record will then extended out of the inner sleeve enough to be able to make the whole of the record label clearly visible, while leaving the portion of the LP record within the paper inner sleeve and the record sleeve as well for support.
Something needs to be fitted through the centre hole in the record, but I'm not sure that I like the idea of the idea of the paper fastener previously mentioned as I think that these may allow more movement that desirable, also the chromed domes that screw into mirrors screws don't have a very long length of thread behind them, so I would be looking for something more suitable, but at this stage I don't know what this might be.
by pramsay13
I've used melinex on the corners, almost like large photo corners.
Not quite invisible, but almost.
by kartoffelngeist
It's far from the craziest customer suggestion I've come across. I get why it's not a good solution but I also completely get why the customer thought it was.
Much more so than the customer who wanted me to make the frame bigger but didn't want to pay for a new one because most of it was already made....
That said, I've just done one like this for a customer - float mount, 50mm border, invisible fixings.
Double sided tape and PVA glue! If I wasn't leaving anyway, the framing police would be after me! Customer was very clear that it was only of aesthetic importance and he didn't care how it was attached.
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Don Giovanni review – David McVicar offers ration over passion
This cool interpretation of Mozart's classic is aloof but revelatory with a dark central performance from Teddy Tahu Rhodes as the serial seducer
Mon 28 Jul 2014 00.49 EDT Last modified on Tue 18 Apr 2017 11.20 EDT
Painterly tableau ... Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Taryn Fiebig, Richard Anderson and Shane Lowrencev. Photograph: Lisa Tomasetti/Opera Australia
During the late 17th century, Europe saw a cultural movement that brought on not only the scientific revolution, but also the dawn of a new philosophical era. The age of enlightenment was set in motion by philosophers such as Locke, Voltaire, Bacon and Descartes, and it is during its death that the celebrated Scottish opera director David McVicar sets his new production of Don Giovanni.
A black curtain shrouds the stage as the audience enters, revealing hints of the graveyard behind it. Reportedly inspired by a catacomb filled with 4,000 bodies beneath a cathedral in Vienna, production designer Robert Jones replicates this image with a set of moving walls and staircases behind which the actors can hide (and die). The costumes, faithful to the neoclassicism of early 19th century Europe, veil the singers with a sense of final judgment. All the main characters, save for the wedding party, remain in a vigil of black.
In keeping with the era’s philosophical themes, much of the opera's more lascivious action is limited to groping beneath the heavy drawers, and, as a result, it’s aloof and a bit unsexy. Similarly, some of the tension is lost in the cavernous set, although it does provide opportunities for painterly tableaux.
Otherwise, the acting is strong. McVicar, he of the swearing, grinding and slapping of body parts, studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama as an actor, and his confronting methods of pushing performers to dig deep into their characters’ motivations have clearly paid off.
John Longmuir is compelling as Don Ottavio, turning a normally flat side character into someone with a full inner and outer life. His aria sung to Donna Anna is exquisite and heartfelt. Emerging Opera Australia favourite Nicole Car is also riveting. From the moment she strides on stage in her slacks, she gives Donna Elvira the vocal and physical spunk the character needs.
Shane Lowrencev fills his Leporello with a bumbling frat-boy charm and tackles his catalogue aria with great relish. Elvira Fatykhova as Donna Anna and Taryn Fiebig as Zerlina are both capable, and Jud Arthur as the Commendatore makes the most of his Voldemort-style rising from the dead. The orchestra, this time featuring the fortepiano played by Siro Battaglin, is also accomplished.
But it is the man famous for playing Don Giovanni over the past 12 years who has his work set out for him. In a recent interview, McVicar said he wanted baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes to access the darker aspects of the serial seducer. The result is a cool performance that is markedly different to the usual charm of both the singer and character.
As with the production design, it’s with ration, not passion that this version of the infamous libertine grabs his women, drawing them towards him with the studied detachment of a sociopath. It’s a challenging interpretation, but it’s also revelatory. At the end of the opera, when Rhodes crawls towards the trapdoor that has opened to take him to hell, he moves with a resignation that is less about repentance of sin than an acceptance of a world that has, for better or worse, created him.
With its mixture of comedy, high drama, conflicted morality and supernatural elements, as well as its complex musicality, Mozart’s classic has traditionally proved thorny to stage. This is a highly sophisticated take. The next two productions McVicar stages for Opera Australia will do well to be just as thought-provoking.
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Kim Kardashian: Kanye Is Forcing Me to Have More Kids!
by Tyler Johnson at October 30, 2018 10:58 am .
Back in January, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian welcomed their third child.
The baby was carried by a surrogate as a result of complications with Kim's previous pregnancies, and fans assumed Chicago West would Kimye's last kid.
But it seems at least one half of the A-list couple is very much interested in siring more offspring -- a lot more, in fact.
On this week's episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Kim revealed that her increasingly unhinged husband is pressuring her to double the size of their brood.
Kim dropped that bombshell in a conversation with Larsa Pippen -- the wife of former NBA star Scottie Pippen, who is fittingly always playing second fiddle to bigger stars on reality shows.
How did you get so lucky with all your kids?” asked Pippen. “They’re all so good.”
“Kanye wants to have more, though. He’s been harassing me,” said Kim. “He wants like seven. He’s like stuck on seven.”
“Okay, he needs to name his next album Seven and like lighten up on the kids situation,” Pippen joked.
“Seven kids is crazy!”
Yes, seven kids is kind of crazy ... but then again, so is Kanye.
Of course, it's important to bear in mind that this scene was featured on the new and improved KUWTK, which was recently rebranded for maximum drama.
For most of the show's run, the Kardashians were in demand enough that it was assumed fans would watch the show even if it didn't deliver the theatrics of more eventful series.
Now, a decade into its run, KUWTK has decided that it needs to take a page from the book of other reality shows and stir up some imaginary conflicts between its principle players.
For evidence of this, look no further than Kim's now-infamous "maybe if you had a business you were passionate about" rant from earlier this season.
It literally took the Kardashians ten years to offer fans a sufficiently meme-able quote.
So it's possible that Kim is exaggerating Kanye's obsession with breeding for the benefit of a television audience.
Later in the episode, the mother of three tied her concerns about having more kids with her fears about mass shootings.
“I’ve been kind of hesitant about having more kids just because it literally keeps me up at night, thinking about how my kids will survive in a crazy world like this,” she said.
“I one billion percent believe that we need stricter gun laws,” Kardashian added.
“We need background checks, you shouldn’t be able to walk into a store and buy a gun. And to hear that the kids have met with people numerous times and nothing’s been done is just so sad.”
It's a serious issue; no doubt about that.
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Petroglyphs found in Conception Bay North
Final phase of Muskrat Falls inquiry starts with money talk
UPDATE: Three confirmed dead in northern Labrador floatplane crash
Black Tickle getting boat plane service
Unsafe playground in Labrador City to be removed soon
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Medical travel cost taxing on seniors in Labrador
Evan Careen (evan.careen@thelabradorian.ca)
Updated: Jul 15 at 9:11 a.m.
The Labrador West Health Centre - FILE PHOTO
Shirley Howatson-O’Driscoll has to travel frequently for medical travel and has declined appointments
LABRADOR CITY, N.L. —
Shirley Howatson-O’Driscoll has been living in Labrador West since 1966. She came to work in the hospital, met her late husband and has been here ever since.
She’s lived most of her life in Labrador and loves the people and the place. The one thing she doesn’t love is the cost of travelling back and forth to other centres for medical treatment.
Shirley Howatson-O’Driscoll has to travel frequently for medical treatment and said it's very taxing on a senior.
“Sometimes I have to travel three times a year for medical reasons,” she said. “One trip I was four days in a hotel; it can get expensive.”
She has travelled for a variety of reasons, from heart surgery to checkups, some of which she said should be available in Labrador.
“Usually I go out for a checkup that should be available here, really,” she said. “I went out last time because I had a nodule on the thyroid. It took a couple of trips before I found out there was a bit of cancer there. It was the third trip when I had my thyroid removed.”
She said she couldn't guess how much she has spent on medical trips but it’s a lot. There is some assistance available through the MTAP program for medical travel from Labrador but it doesn't cover all costs. It covers the first $1,000 at 100 per cent, 50% coverage up to $3,000, and 75% of the remainder of eligible expenses. For a widowed senior living on a fixed income that simply isn’t enough.
“I went a few times to see a urologist. He asked me to come back for a third time and I told him no,” she said. “I only get out there long enough to sit on the chair, not even long enough to even warm it up. I told him I wasn’t going back again for that.”
Originally from Cape Breton, Howatson-O’Driscoll has considered moving back to Nova Scotia to be near family but there are numerous reasons she stays.
“I’ve lived here most of my life now, I was a young woman when I got here,” she said. “My late husband, a few years before he died, I asked him where he wanted to be buried and he said ‘I want to stay here, this is our home.’ I followed his wishes and buried him here. If I moved somewhere else it would always be on my mind.”
A previous version of this story stated the MTAP program only covered two trips a year for medical travel. That information has been corrected.
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Water producer victorious before the General Court : the geographical name DEVIN can be registered as an EU trademark
By Benoit Van Asbroeck, Guillaume de Villegas de Clercamp, Auriane Schockaert
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On 25 October 2018, the General Court overturned the first instance decision of the EUIPO's Cancellation Division and the subsequent appellate decision of the EUIPO's Board of Appeal, which had both ruled that the European trademark DEVIN – the name of a thermal town in Bulgaria – is descriptive of the geographical origin of the goods covered by this trademark, namely mineral water and other types of beverages.
This judgment, once final, will likely have an impact on future case-law regarding the descriptive character of arguably fairly unknown geographical designations to the European public. This decision is in that sense a welcome clarification for water producers – but also other brand owners – throughout the European Union which have registered, or seek to register as a trademark, the name of a (small) town or village where the concerned goods originate from.
Background of the case
Devin is the name of a town in southern Bulgaria, with a population of approximately 7.000 inhabitants and ranks as such 109th in terms of population. This town possesses a number of hot springs and spa resorts, as well as water reserves.
In 2011, Devin AD obtained the registration of the European word trademark DEVIN for a variety of beverages in class 32, including mineral water.
The dispute aroused in 2014 when the Haskovo Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HCCI, Bulgaria) filed a request of invalidity before the EUIPO against that trademark. By a decision of 29 January 2016, the EUIPO's Cancellation Division declared the trademark indeed invalid on the ground that this mark would be understood by the general public in Bulgaria and a significant part of the public in neighboring countries, such as Greece and Romania, as a description of the geographical origin of the concerned goods.
This decision was subsequently confirmed on 2 December 2016 by the EUIPO's Board of Appeal.
Devin AD, represented before the General Court by a Brussels based team of Bird & Bird LLP led by Benoit Van Asbroeck, Guillaume de Villegas and Domien Op de Beeck, lodged an application to appeal this decision of the EUIPO's Board of Appeal.
According to the EUTM Regulation, when there is a sufficiently direct and specific link between the sign and the goods or services in question to enable a significant part of the relevant public to perceive, without further thought, a description of the goods or services or of one of their characteristics, the sign must be declared invalid.
More particularly, for signs that may serve to designate the geographical origin or destination of the categories of goods, or the place of performance of the categories of services, it is in the public interest that geographical names remain available, not least because they may be an indication of the quality and other characteristics of the categories of goods or services concerned, and may also, in various ways, influence consumer preferences.
This rule does however not preclude the registration of geographical names which are unknown to the relevant public.
Decision of the General Court
In that context, the General Court initially examined the perception of the word DEVIN by the relevant public of the European Union. The General Court made to that end a distinction between (i) the average Bulgarian consumers, (ii) the average consumers of the neighboring countries Greece and Romania, and (iii) the average consumers of the rest of the European Union.
First, the General Court ruled that the average Bulgarian consumer would indeed recognize DEVIN as the name of a Bulgarian town, but that the water brand had at the same time acquired at least a normal distinctive character in Bulgaria, thereby excluding the descriptive character of the trademark from the point of view of the average Bulgarian consumers.
Second, the General Court held that the EUIPO's Board of Appeal wrongly focused on Greek and Romanian tourists, who visited Bulgaria or Devin, to assess the alleged descriptive character of the name DEVIN, instead of taking into consideration the entire relevant public of these countries. The evidence relied on by EUIPO's Board of Appeal indeed mainly concentrated on several sources of data relating to tourism: e.g., number of tourists that visited Bulgaria, the detectable presence of the town of Devin on websites such as Trip Advisor and Booking.com, the tourism infrastructure of the town of Devin, etc.
Thereby, according to the General Court, the EUIPO's Board of Appeal applied a wrong test as it limited itself to a small fraction of the relevant public, which cannot be considered sufficiently representative. This wrong test inevitably led, in the General Court's opinion, to an incorrect factual assessment of the perception of the word DEVIN by the relevant Greek and Romanian public.
Taking into account that the average consumer of mineral water and beverages in the European Union does not have a high degree of specialization in geography or tourism, in combination with the evidence adduced by Devin AD (e.g., omnibus market survey), the General Court concluded that it was not established that the word DEVIN is known as the designation of a geographical origin by a significant part of the relevant public of Greece and Romania.
Third, the General Court considered that the file on record did not prove either that the average consumer in the remaining countries of the European Union (i.e., other than Bulgaria, Greece and Romania) recognizes the word DEVIN as the designation of a geographical origin.
Finally, the General Court stated that the general interest in preserving the availability of geographical names, such as that of the thermal town of Devin, is protected by allowing descriptive uses of such geographical names and by limiting the exclusive right of the trademark owner.
Indeed, even if the word DEVIN is protected as a trademark, a descriptive use of the geographical name DEVIN is still permitted, for instance, to promote the town as a tourist destination. Besides, the name of the town of Devin remains available to third parties also to use as a distinctive sign in cases of due cause and where there is no likelihood of confusion.
Therefore, the General Court concluded that the word DEVIN can be registered as a European trademark for mineral water and other types of beverages. Consequently, the General Court annulled the decision of the EUIPO's Board of Appeal.
Following on the recent Neuschwanstein decision of the Court of Justice, the present decision of the General Court provides further interesting clarifications as the scope of the prohibition to register descriptive trademarks.
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Neurologic trauma continues to be a major public health problem, even with modern trauma care in the 21st century. Appropriate management of a traumatic brain or spinal injury requires knowledge of the pathophysiology involved.
The brain has several features that distinguish it from other organ systems. The most important of these differences is that the brain is contained within the skull, a rigid and inelastic container. Because of this, only small increases in volume within the intracranial compartment can be tolerated before pressure within the compartment rises dramatically, causing neurological sequelae. This concept is known as the Monro-Kellie doctrine, which states that the total intracranial volume is fixed by the inelastic volume of the skull. This volume is divided into three compartments: the brain parenchyma, the blood volume, and the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). When a significant head injury occurs, cerebral edema often develops, which increases swelling in the brain. Because the space inside the skull is fixed, the pressure within this compartment rises unless some action occurs to decrease in the volume of one of the other intracranial components.
In pediatric head trauma, the child’s brain presents a different developmental substrate for injury. It has greater water content than the adult’s, and is relatively resistant to damage from hypoxia. However, coma may still result from brainstem injury, or bilateral hemispheric damage.
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TVonics DTR-Z500HD Review
Andrew Williams, August 8, 2012 12:14 pm BST
Page 1 TVonics DTR-Z500HD Review
Page 2 Performance and Picture Quality Review
Page 3 Missing Features and Value Review
Good picture quality
Built-in HDMI switch
No video playback over USB
No archiving of recordings
Review Price: £224.99
Two-source HDMI switch
Dual Freeview HD tuners
SD upscaling over HDMI
The TVonics DTR-Z500HD is a PVR equipped with Freeview+ HD and two tuners ready to pipe HD terrestrial programmes to your TV. Freeview HD is still in its infancy, but if you don’t want to fork out for a Sky HD subscription, this could be one of the best ways to join the HD television club.
TVonics is that rarest of things – a British technology manufacturer. It hasn’t gained quite the level of acclaim of Humax or Topfield among PVR fanatics, or the mainstream recognition of giants like Panasonic and Sony, but it has produced some great boxes over the last six years, like 2009’s DTR-HV250.
The TVonics DTR-Z500HD is the company’s second Freeview HD PVR, and is a more sobre-looking alternative to the similarly-specc’d DTR-HD500. It’s a generously curved rectangular block, a shape used for several previous TVonics boxes.
Shiny and black, it’s less stylish than the DTR-HD500, and we can’t help but wish TVonics had moved its front-USB slot around the back, or put a cover over it. The front logos detract from the simplicity of the design too – while it may be useful for the TVonics DTR-Z500HD to look striking on the shelves of a high street electronics retailer, brash and bold aren’t the descriptors we tend to want to attach to our home’s AV equipment.
Its design is still less imposing than full-sized rivals like the Humax HDR-FOX T2 though, dinky enough to retain that quirky, gadgety look missing from the rather anonymous look of most AV separates. It’s a near-perfect match for the slick black looks of Samsung’s LCD TVs, if you’re into matching-up the finishes of your home cinema setup.
The USB port, used for software updates and photo viewing, is the only socket on the front of the DTR-Z500HD. Around the back there are the HDMI and SCART video outputs, optical audio output, aerial in and out sockets, Ethernet port, another USB socket and two HDMI inputs.
These two HDMI inputs let you plug two other devices into the PVR, effectively making it double-up as an HDMI switch. This is particularly effective if you’re plugging in games consoles or other devices without traditional remote controls, making the DTR-Z500HD the centre of your home setup. They’re not HDMI 1.4 slots though, so they can’t pass-through 3D content unfortunately.
You can’t record the signal from these inputs onto the PVR’s hard-drive though, a limit of HDMI’s digital restrictions as much as anything else. Recording is limited to the two Freeview tuners here. There’s a 500GB hard drive built-in, and while the more intrepid among you may be able to upgrade this yourselves, the box needs to be taken apart completely to get access to the HDD.
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An evening with Katherine Isbister: How Games Move Us – Emotion by Design
A MAZE. presents in cooperation with Berlingamescene.com a surprising summer talk appearance by Katherine Isbister at Urban Spree Galerie.
Katherine Isbister is Professor of Computational Media, and core faculty member in the Center for Games and Playable Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She was the founding research director of the Game Innovation Lab at NYU, and a founding faculty member of the NYU Game Center. Isbister has written several books about game design, such as Better Game Characters by Design, and most recently How Games Move Us: Emotion by Design, published by MIT Press.
Isbister’s analysis shows us a new way to think about games, helping us appreciate them as an innovative and powerful medium for doing what film, literature, and other creative media do: helping us to understand ourselves and what it means to be human.
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This is a renaissance moment for video games—in the variety of genres they represent, and the range of emotional territory they cover. But how do games create emotion? In How Games Move Us, Katherine Isbister takes the reader on a timely and novel exploration of the design techniques that evoke strong emotions for players. She counters arguments that games are creating a generation of isolated, emotionally numb, antisocial loners. Games, Isbister shows us, can actually play a powerful role in creating empathy and other strong, positive emotional experiences; they reveal these qualities over time, through the act of playing. She offers a nuanced, systematic examination of exactly how games can influence emotion and social connection, with examples—drawn from popular, indie, and art games—that unpack the gamer’s experience.
Isbister describes choice and flow, two qualities that distinguish games from other media, and explains how game developers build upon these qualities using avatars, non-player characters, and character customization, in both solo and social play. She shows how designers use physical movement to enhance players’ emotional experience, and examines long-distance networked play. She illustrates the use of these design methods with examples that range from Sony’s Little Big Planet to the much-praised indie game Journey to art games like Brenda Romero’s Train.
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FAUX IMAGES is a quarterly meeting, which provides a platform for showing and exchanging work and networking for the Berlin animation and motion design scene.
Der Nikolaus bringt Matt Lambert X Alexander Scholz X Péter Vácz
Besides the opportunity for artists to present themselves and their work, central to FAUX IMAGES is the idea of community and mutual inspiration.
At each meeting, local and international filmmakers, designers and artists from related disciplines are invited to present their work through lectures and screening.
FAUX IMAGES is organized by Mate Steinforth.
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Alexander Scholz (CreativeApplications.Net — B)
Sebastian Baptista (http://www.sebastianbap.com/ — BCN)
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FAUX IMAGES XVII
For the 1st time at Urban Spree, Faux Images XVII brings you Lilian Darmono (UK) FOREAL (TRIER) and schnellebuntebilder (BERLIN) featuring their exclusive installation M2.
FAUX IMAGES is a quarterly meeting which provides a platform for showing and exchanging work and networking for the Berlin animation and motion design scene.
schnellebuntebilder
Since 2011, Sebastion Huber, Robert Pohle and Johannes Timpernagel have been bringing data and pixels to life. Their handmade, generative and interactive design is best suited to the museum space, shortfilms and performance arts: physical movements turn into visual languages, rhythms turn into structures, epochs into sound and image collages, empty rooms are filled with projections and grey facades enlivened with lights.
What kicked off with music videos, animated films and visuals soon led to a more complex, project-based teamwork in the cultural sphere. To implement their projects, schnellebuntebilder work closely with curators, exhibition designers, creative artist, dancers and sound designers.
schnellebuntebilder forge links between design and the arts: rendered animations and programmed graphics in real-time are both part of their repertoire. Anything goes as long as the trio achieve their favourite result: schnellebuntebilder.
FOREAL (Trier, GER)
http://www.weareforeal.com/
This young illustrator duo delivers contemporary and unique design solutions to a wide range of clients of different commercial backgrounds such as advertising, editorial or fashion.
Little details, intense colors and extraordinary compositions are their passion. The strive to transform each project into “eye candy”. Whether the client is a small or a large company, an agency, a musician, a cultural institution, a fashion brand or an individual… They’re always up for collaborations and new challenging projects.
LILIAN DARMONO (London, UK)
http://www.liliandarmono.com
Trained in Graphic Design and Multimedia, Lilian has been working in the creative industry since 2001. In addition to that She has also been a part-time lecturer at Swinburne National Institute of Design in 2004, and a guest speaker on several occasions at Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore.
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March Madness analysis: All 16 NCAA tournament first-round games recapped
The ball is tipped on the first Friday of the NCAA tournament and March Madness is in full swing. Follow along with live updates from the day.
March Madness analysis: All 16 NCAA tournament first-round games recapped The ball is tipped on the first Friday of the NCAA tournament and March Madness is in full swing. Follow along with live updates from the day. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2019/03/22/march-madness-friday-first-round-ncaa-tournament-live-coverage/3245297002/
Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY Published 12:17 p.m. ET March 22, 2019 | Updated 12:45 a.m. ET March 23, 2019
SportsPulse: We have our first real bracket buster of the tournament: UC Irvine. USA TODAY's Scott Gleeson explains how they did it and if they're a threat to make a legit cinderella run. USA TODAY
March Madness is in full swing, with Thursday's first-round action delivering on excitement but leaving our thirst for bracket-busting upsets not relatively quenched. Now we're back for more, providing wall-to-wall college basketball for the entire day as the remaining teams start the first round.
Follow all of Friday's NCAA tournament action here with in-game and post-game analysis on all 16 games, as well as the biggest news of the day. All times Eastern.
► FINAL — VIRGINIA TECH 66, SAINT LOUIS 52 : The Hokies were crushing Saint Louis 40-18 at halftime but the second half shifted the momentum with the deficit being sliced to 51-41 with 10 minutes to go. Ultimately, though, Virginia Tech was too much and advanced to the second round without much resistance.
► FINAL — OHIO STATE 62, IOWA STATE 59 The Buckeyes rode the play of their big man Kaleb Wesson, who finished with 21 points and 12 rebounds, to hold off Iowa State in a low-scoring game that made these teams look far closer than their seeds would indicate -- making hard to label an upset. The win made the Big Ten 7-1 in the first-round.
Ohio State Buckeyes forward Kaleb Wesson (34) grabs a rebound against Iowa State Cyclones forward Cameron Lard (2) and guard Marial Shayok (right). (Photo: Mark J. Rebilas, USA TODAY Sports)
► FINAL — UCF 73, VCU 58: The Knights put this one away early and built a lead they wouldn't relinquish. VCU went 0-for-9 from three-point range in the first half and finished 6-for-26 (23 percent). Meanwhile, UCF went 9-for-14 from three and did most of their damage in the paint.
► FINAL — NORTH CAROLINA 88, IONA 73: The Gaels came out in attack mode to take the heavily-favored Tar Heels off-guard and grab a 38-33 halftime lead. But whatever coach Roy Williams said to his players at halftime must've worked, as UNC had taken a commanding 56-45 lead by the second TV timeout of the second half. The Tar Heels cruised after the momentum had shifted for an 88-73 win to advance to the second round.
► FINAL — LIBERTY 80, MISSISSIPPI STATE 76: The Flames became the tournament's second true Cinderella by knocking off the more athletic Bulldogs. Caleb Homesley's 30 points and Lovell Cabbil Jr.'s clutch play down the stretch spearheaded the huge upset.
Iona Gaels guard Asante Gist (3) dribbles passed North Carolina Tar Heels guard Coby White (2) in the first round of the 2019 NCAA Tournament at Nationwide Arena. (Photo: Kevin Jairaj, USA TODAY Sports)
No. 1 Duke vs. No. 16 North Dakota State
FINAL SCORE — DUKE 85, NORTH DAKOTA STATE 62: After a sluggish first half in which the Blue Devils trailed by four, Zion Williamson and his Duke teammates came out in the second half reminding everyone why they're this tournament's top overall seed. Five minutes into the second half, the game was practically over and Williamson (25 points) and his national player of the year teammate R.J. Barrett (26 points, 14 rebounds) put the game out of reach with their above-the-rim playmaking. "We dug ourselves a hole against a really good team," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said at halftime. His young team dug themselves out of it -- with determination -- in the second half.
4:30 remaining: The Blue Devils are up 79-49 and both Zion Williamson (25 points) and R.J. Barrett (26 points) are sitting on the bench.
7 minutes remaining: Duke now leads 73-47 and it's likely coach Mike Krzyzewski will be subbing out his superstar freshmen. Zion Williamson and RJ Barrett have combined for 46 points so far.
11:57 remaining: The Blue Devils are pulling away now with teammates Zion Williamson (23 points) and R.J. Barrett (17 points) starring to give Duke a 61-35 lead.
16 minutes remaining: Duke was out in front 44-30 at the first TV timeout of the second half behind Williamson's 18 points.
17:56 remaining: Williamson sparked a 9-0 run to give Duke a commanding 40-27 lead just two minutes into the second half.
Halftime: All eyes were on human highlight reel Zion Williamson as the top overall seeded Blue Devils tried to show off their high-octane offense against this mid-major No. 16 seed from the Summit League. But they ran into a brick wall against the Bison, who trailed just 31-27 at the end of the first half.
Duke started pretty slow, but Williamson's monster dunk off an R.J. Barrett pass gave the Blue Devils their first lead of the game 18-16. It was back and forth all half as the North Dakota State showed no signs of going out quietly in this tournament. Williamson has 10 points on 5-for-8 shooting while Barrett also has 10. NDSU's Vinnie Shahid is leading all scorers with 15 points.
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Other evening results
► FINAL — WASHINGTON 78, UTAH STATE 61: The Pac-12 champion Huskies had more punch all game and used a stifling defense to force the Mountain West's Aggies into 21 turnovers that they capitalized on. Utah State turned the ball over 11 times in the first half and Washington accordingly capitalized. Forward Noah Dickerson paced Washington with 20 points and 12 rebounds.
► FINAL SCORE — HOUSTON 84, GEORGIA STATE 55: The Cougars built a double-digit lead early and kept the game out of reach throughout as Corey Davis Jr's six consecutive three-pointers (and seven total) kept the Panthers far away from striking distance.
Friday's first eight games
No. 5 Wisconsin vs. No. 12 Oregon (TBS)
FINAL — OREGON 72, WISCONSIN 54: The Ducks looked like the better team from the get-go and didn't let up against the Badgers. They got a big lift from forward Kenny Wooten (9 points, four blocks), who had three monstrous dunks in the second half and a key block of star Ethan Happ that helped shake off any bit of momentum Wisconsin was trying to cook up. Payton Pritchard (19 points, eight assists, five rebounds, two steals) ran this team, which has found its identity at exactly the right time after a turbulent earlier half of the season. The loss was the first for the Big Ten, which had gone 6-0 before Wisconsin's upset loss.
6:33 p.m.: Wisconsin coach Greg Gard called a timeout to try to rally the Badgers as they trail this determined Oregon team 59-47 in crunch time. 4:14 left.
6:18 p.m.: The 12th-seeded Ducks have built a 48-42 lead midway through the second half of their first-round matchup with No. 5 Wisconsin. Oregon was a trendy upset pick entering the contest having just won the Pac-12 tournament to earn its entree into the NCAAs. 9 minutes remaining
Halftime: This one's a rock fight as neither team can score much in a 25--25 tie a the break. But the Ducks certainly aren't looking the part of a No. 12 seed. Oregon's Payton Pritchard has been stellar early on, with 12 first-half points. Meanwhile Wisconsin All-American big man Ethan Happ has struggled to get anything going, finishing with just four points on only three shot attempts in the first half.
Ethan Happ (22) blocks a shot by Oregon's Payton Pritchard. (Photo: Kyle Terada, USA TODAY Sports)
No. 6 Buffalo vs. No. 11 Arizona State (TNT)
FINAL — BUFFALO 91, ARIZONA STATE 74: The Bulls are the real deal, and they used their first-round demolition of Arizona State to make that statement to the rest of the country that hadn't seen them roll through the MAC. Jeremy Harris and Nick Perkins had 21 points apiece and Buffalo controlled the tempo throughout, as ASU managed just 3-for-22 from three-point range (14 percent).
Halftime: The Bulls are showing why they're a 31-win team and dark-horse Final Four contender here early on against the Sun Devils, who dispatched St. John's in the First Four earlier this week. Buffalo leads 44-31 at the break. Coach Bobby Hurley's team is 0-for-9 from three-point range -- a stat that will have to change in the second for an upset to be in reach.
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No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 15 Colgate
FINAL — TENNESSEE 77 COLGATE 70: Whew. That was a close one for Rick Barnes' Final Four-contending team, as the Volunteers narrowly escaped a determined Colgate squad that was firing on all cylinders and was right there with minutes to go. Colgate's Jordan Burns fueled his mid-major team's fire with 32 points in the near-upset.
4:52 p.m.: The Volunteers have taken a decisive 73-64 lead with less than a minute to go in a game that was within reach moments ago. 40 seconds left.
4:45 p.m.: In the last TV timeout, Tennessee is clutching a 66-60 lead while trying to fend off a red-hot Colgate squad being fueled by Jordan Burns (22 points). 3:07 remaining.
3:49 p.m. (halftime): Tennessee is up 42-30 at the break but Colgate is sticking around behind Jordan Burns' 12 first half points.
3:36 p.m.: In the last TV timeout of the first half, the Vols lead mid-major Colgate 31-20. 4 minutes remaining in the half.
3:26 p.m.: Tennessee has pulled ahead 26-18 but mid-major Colgate is staying within striking distance. 7:33 remaining.
3:07 p.m.: The Volunteers are doing their best to avoid an upset like last year's shocker to Loyola-Chicago. That one happened in the second round, whereas Colgate's bracket-busting hopes are here in the first. The Raiders might be the highest seed with the best chance of destroying brackets. Tennessee is up 13-8 at the first TV timeout. 15:05 remaining in the first half.
Jordan Bone of the Tennessee Volunteers battles for the ball with Rapolas Ivanauskas of the Colgate Raiders. (Photo: Elsa, Getty Images)
No. 1 Virginia vs. No. 16 Gardner-Webb
FINAL SCORE — VIRGINIA 71, GARDNER-WEBB 56: The Cavaliers gave themselves a scare, and had the nation gasping for a repeat of history after trailing by six in the first half. But ultimately the second half showed why this Virginia team is a far cry from the one that got stunned by UMBC last year. Give Gardner-Webb credit for coming out aggressive and looking like the more punchy team early. The Bulldogs certainly didn't look the part of a No. 16 seed. UVA's De'Andre Hunter (23 points) is the ultimate X-Factor for this team, and Mamadi Diakite used his size to quickly put this game away in the second half.
4:55 p.m.: UVA is putting this one away and silencing the doubters who likely saw the halftime score and expected history to repeat itself. They're using their size in the paint to pull away from No. 16 seed Gardner-Webb. De'Andre Hunter, who missed last year's historic UMBC loss, is also a major difference-maker.
4:45 p.m.: Virginia has taken control of this second half, leading Gardner-Webb 55-41 now after trailing in the first half. Whatever coach Tony Bennett said at halftime, it's working. This doesn't look like it will be a repeat of last year's catastrophe.
4 p.m.(halftime): Somehow, Virginia cut the deficit to 36-30 by the half. But nevertheless the Cavs once again are trailing a No. 16 seed in the first round of the NCAA tournament after getting stunned by UMBC last year.
3:55 p.m.: Virginia trails 16th-seeded Gardner-Webb 36-27 in a disastrous first half. 2:22 remaining in the half.
3:48 p.m.: Virginia still trails 30-20 in a horrible start to this year's NCAA tournament in which the Cavs were trying to avoid a repeat of last year's massacre. 4:24 remaining in the first half.
3:37 p.m.: Coach Tony Bennett called a timeout to regroup, as his No. 1 seed team is trailing No. 16 seed Gardner Webb 26-14. 8:10 remaining.
3:30 p.m.: Déjà vu much? Virginia trails No. 16 seed Gardner Webb 17-10 at the second TV timeout. Wow. 11:10 remaining.
3:18 p.m.: Uh oh. The Cavaliers trail Gardner-Webb 6-4 at the first TV timeout. Normally, that wouldn't be cause for any anxiety but considering Virginia lost to a No. 16 seed last year for the first time in the tournament's history, well, it's certainly noeworthy. 15:45 remaining in the first half.
Gardner Webb players huddle during the first half against Virginia in the first round of the 2019 NCAA tournament. (Photo: Bob Donnan, USA TODAY Sports)
No. 4 Kansas State vs. No. 13 UC Irvine
FINAL — UC IRVINE 70, KANSAS STATE 64: K-State's miscues (a Barry Brown turnover an ill-advised Xavier Sneed foul) robbed the Wildcats of a late comeback as UC Irvine stunned Kansas State to become the NCAA tournament's first true Cinderella.
4 p.m.: At the last TV timeout of the game, Kansas State trails UC Irvine 63-59 in a potential bracket-busting upset. 3:36 remaining.
3:52 p.m.: A struggling Kansas State is doing its best to stay in this game, cutting a UC Irvine lead to 61-56 and calling a timeout to prepare for a gritty final stretch. 4:27 remaining.
3:40 p.m.: Kansas State is doing its best to fend off an upset here, but is trailing UC Irvine 53-51. 8:35 remaining.
3:25 p.m.: The Wildcats are trailing UC Irvine 40-39 at the first TV timeout in the second half as a Cinderella upset is brewing. 14:45 remaining.
3 p.m. (halftime): And we've got a game here, folks. Max Hazzard's buzzer-beating three-pointer knotted the game at 30-30 right before halftime. Does the slipper fit for this Cinderella? Defensively they're locked in, having held KSU to zero field goals in the final 6:18 of the half.
2:44 p.m.: A frustrated Kansas State coach Bruce Weber called a timeout as UC Irvine used a 12-1 run to get back in this thing and cut the deficit to 28-27. 3:07 remaining in the first half.
2:33 p.m.: The Anteaters called a timeout with KSU pulling ahead 26-16. In an NCAA tournament game like this, controlling the momentum and having good counter-punches will be important for this 30-win club. 7:12 remaining.
2:15 p.m.: The Wildcats called a timeout midway through the first half to regroup as UC Irvine has come out punching to make this a close one, 17-16 KSU edge. 11:27 remaining in the first half.
UC Irvine's Spencer Rivers, Kansas State's Shaun Neal-Williams and UCIrvine's Evan Leonard and Elston Jones battle for a loose ball in the first half. (Photo: Ezra Shaw, Getty Images)
No. 7 Cincinnati vs. No. 10 Iowa
FINAL — IOWA 79, CINCINNATI 72: The Hawkeyes' offense really came alive in the second half against one of the country's toughest defenses, getting new life in this NCAA tournament after struggling in the latter part of the season before Friday's clash with a Bearcats team that was heavily favored due to its seemingly homecourt edge playing in Columbus. Iowa's inside-out game was the difference-maker, with big man Luka Garza (20 points, seven boards) and sharpshooter Joe Wieskamp (19 points on 4-for-6 three-point shooting). That win makes the Big Ten 6-0 in these NCAAs.
2:15 p.m.: Iowa leads 73-67 with a minute to go. Jordan Bohannon's and-1 was followed by a Jarron Cumberland three-pointer. 1 minute remaining.
2:12 p.m.: Joe Wieskamp's three-pointer gives Iowa its largest lead of the game in crunch time. The Hawkeyes are up 70-64 on Cincinnati. 1:39 remaining.
2:07 p.m.: The Hawkeyes lead 64-62 at the last TV timeout of the game. Cincinnati technically has homecourt advantage playing in Columbus and was expected to challenge Tennessee in the second round. Not if they can't get past Iowa. 3:44 remaining.
2:02 p.m.: Iowa takes a decisive 62-59 lead off Nicholas Baer's huge three-pointer. 5:45 remaining.
1:53 p.m.: Cincinnati is up 59-55 in a back-and-forth affair. The Bearcats haven't had much of an answer for Iowa's Luka Garza in the paint, but their offense (Justin Jenifer's 17 points namely) has been keeping them on top. 7:30 remaining.
1:44 p.m.: Iowa takes its first lead of the game off a Conner McCaffery three-pointer. It's 53-52 Iowa right after the second TV timeout of the second half. 11 minutes remaining.
1:32 p.m.: We've got a ball game here, folks. Cincinnati leads Iowa 44-40 at the first TV timeout of the second half. 14:30 remaining.
1 p.m. (halftime): Freshman Joe Wieskamp is keeping Iowa in this thing with his outside shooting (10 points), as it's only a five-point game. The Hawkeyes started penetrating and their offense ignited because of it. But Cincinnati's defense is still smothering (although coach Mick Cronin was not happy at halftime). Cincinnati leads 36-31 at the break.
12:53 p.m.: At the last TV timeout of the first half, Cincinnati leads Iowa 32-21, larely as a result of guard Justin Jenifer's hot shooting (10 points). 3:52 remaining in half.
12:40 p.m.: Finally, Iowa is coming to life offensively as 6-11 big man Luka Garza connects on an and-1 and the Hawkeyes are starting to get into the paint to slice the deficit to 22-15. 8 minutes remaining.
12:30 p.m.: Iowa coach Fran McCaffery calls a timeout with his Hawkeyes falling behind 14-5, failing to find an offensive rhythm and struggling to stop the hot-shooting Bearcats on the other end. 12:47 left in the first half.
12:23 p.m.: Cincinnati has an early 8-5 lead at the first TV timeout. Isaiah Moss has all of Iowa's points, whereas four different Bearcats have scored. 15:41 remaining in the first half.
12:15 p.m.: And we're off. Day 2 is officially underway, with the American Athletic tournament champion Bearcats looking to ride their homecourt advantage playing in nearby Columbus. The Hawkeyes have lost five of six and are looking to get back on track. One key for Cincinnati will be managing Iowa's size edge with forwards Tyler Cook and Luka Garza.
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Iowa guard Joe Wieskamp is defended by Cincinnati guard Keith Williams during the first round of the 2019 NCAA tournament. (Photo: Kevin Jairaj, USA TODAY Sports)
No. 3 Texas Tech vs. No. 14 Northern Kentucky
FINAL — TEXAS TECH 72, NORTHERN KENTUCKY 57: Jarrett Culver's 29 points, eight rebounds and seven assists helped keep this game out of reach and showed why the Red Raiders are Final Four contenders.
3:05 p.m.: Matt Mooney's jumper gives Texas Tech a 53-38 edge here midway through the second half. The Norse find themselves in the danger zone. 11 minutes remaining.
2:25 p.m. (halftime): The Red Raiders lead 30-26 at the break in a game that shows Northern Kentucky is here for a game. Don't expect the Norse to go out quietly in the second half.
2:11 p.m.: Texas Tech's Jarrett Culver is proving why he's an All-American, with 12 first-half points to keep Northern Kentucky back. 2:35 remaining in the half.
1:50 p.m.: It's tied up at 10-10 at the second TV timeout, as NKU looks to become this tournament's first true Cinderella. 12 minutes remaining in first half.
1:40 p.m.: The Big 12 champion Red Raiders are leading Cinderella candidate Northern Kentucky 8-6 at the first TV timeout, but the Norse's full-court pressure has been effective early on. 15:12 remaining in the first half.
Texas Tech Red Raiders guard Kyler Edwards (0) holds the ball while defended by Northern Kentucky Norse guard Zaynah Robinson (5). (Photo: Brett Rojo, USA TODAY Sports)
No. 8 Ole Miss vs. No. 9 Oklahoma
FINAL — OKLAHOMA 95, OLE MISS 72: This one wasn't even close, as the Sooners came out as hot as any team in this tournament and didn't take their foot off the gas. They only missed 10 shots in the first half and finished the game shooting 58 percent (34-for-59 from the floor). OU had four players score more than 18 points in this rout.
2:30 p.m.: This game's as good as over as Oklahoma leads 93-64 at the lasst TV timeout. A pretty impressive showing for Lon Kruger's team after finishing below .500 in the Big 12. 3:18 remaining.
2 p.m.: The game's still out of reach here in the second half, as OU leads 66-48 and isn't taking its foot off the gas pedal. 14:42 remaining.
1:30 p.m. (halftime): Oklahoma missed just 10 shots in the entire first half, and the blisteringly hot Sooners are way ahead 50-33 at halftime. But hey, it's March Madness, so let's not pencil this one in yet. Can Kermit Davis' Rebels stage an epic comeback?
1:23 p.m.: As far as first-round NCAA tournament outings go, Oklahoma has hit the jackpot -- putting this game out of reach early and scoring its most points in a half all season before it's even over. Veteran Rashard Odomes has the hottest hand (he's 6-for-7 from the field with 14 points). 1:39 remaining.
1:13 p.m.: Oklahoma has really come out firing on all cylinders, shooting 67 percent from the floor (16-for-24) and 4-for-6 from three-point range. The Sooners lead a disenchanted Ole Miss 41-24. 5:45 remaining in the half.
1:02 p.m.: The Sooners lead Ole Miss 29-18 at the second TV timeout, and now that the Rebels have gotten going they're trying to turn it into a game. 10:33 remaining in the first half.
12:46 p.m.: Did the Rebels forget there was a game today? Seems like that's the case as they trail Oklahoma 12-0 right out of the gate. 17 minutes remaining in the first half.
Oklahoma forward Kristian Doolittle (21) is defended by Mississippi center Dominik Olejniczak during the first round of the 2019 NCAA tournament (Photo: Bob Donnan, Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports)
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March Sadness: Agony of defeat in 2019 NCAA tournament
Championship: No. Texas Tech loses to No. 1 Virginia, 85-77, in overtime. Bob Donnan, USA TODAY Sports
Final Four: No. 2 Michigan State loses to No. 3 Texas Tech, 61-51. Shanna Lockwood, USA TODAY Sports
Final Four: No. 2 Michigan State loses to No. 3 Texas Tech, 61-51. Bob Donnan, USA TODAY Sports
Final Four: No. 5 Auburn loses to No. 1 Virginia, 63-62. Brace Hemmelgarn, USA TODAY Sports
Final Four: No. 5 Auburn loses to No. 1 Virginia, 63-62. Bob Donnan, USA TODAY Sports
Elite Eight: No. 1 Duke loses to No. 2 Michigan State, 68-67. Amber Searls, USA TODAY Sports
Elite Eight: No. 2 Kentucky loses to No. 5 Auburn, 77-71 in overtime. Jay Biggerstaff, USA TODAY Sports
Elite Eight: No. 3 Purdue loses to No. 1 Virginia, 80-75 in overtime. Thomas J. Russo, USA TODAY Sports
Elite Eight: No. 3 Purdue loses to No. 1 Virginia, 80-75 in overtime. Jamie Rhodes, USA TODAY Sports
Elite Eight: No. 1 Gonzaga loses to No. 3 Texas Tech, 75-69. Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY Sports
Sweet 16: No. 4 Virginia Tech loses to No. 1 Duke, 75-73. Geoff Burke, USA TODAY Sports
Sweet 16: No. 3 Houston loses to No. 2 Kentucky, 62-58. Denny Medley, USA TODAY Sports
Sweet 16: No. 1 North Carolina loses to No. 5 Auburn, 97-80. Denny Medley, USA TODAY Sports
Sweet 16: No. 3 LSU loses to No. 2 Michigan State, 80-63. Patrick Smith, Getty Images
Sweet 16: No. 12 Oregon loses to No. 1 Virginia, 53-49. Thomas J. Russo, USA TODAY Sports
Sweet 16: No. 2 Michigan loses to No. 3 Texas Tech, 63-44. Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY Sports
Sweet 16: No. 4 Florida State loses to No. 1 Gonzaga, 72-58. Richard Mackson, USA TODAY Sports
Sweet 16: No. 2 Tennessee loses to No. 3 Purdue, 99-94 in overtime. Jamie Rhodes, USA TODAY Sports
Round of 32: No. 13 UC Irvine loses to No. 12 Oregon, 73-54. Kelley L Cox, USA TODAY Sports
Round of 32: No. 11 Ohio State loses to No. 3 Houston, 74-59. Mark J. Rebilas, USA TODAY Sports
Round of 32: No. 9 Oklahoma loses to No. 1 Virginia, 63-51. Streeter Lecka, Getty Images
Round of 32: No. 9 Oklahoma loses to No. 1 Virginia, 63-51. Kevin C. Cox, Getty Images
Round of 32: No. 12 Liberty loses to No. 4 Virginia Tech, 67-58. Kyle Terada, USA TODAY Sports
Round of 32: No. 6 Buffalo loses to No. 3 Texas Tech, 78-58. Brett Rojo, USA TODAY Sports
Round of 32: No. 9 Central Florida loses to No. 1 Duke 77-76. Bob Donnan, USA TODAY Sports
Round of 32: No. 9 Washington loses to No. 1 North Carolina, 81-59. Kevin Jairaj, USA TODAY Sports
Round of 32: No. 9 Washington loses to No. 1 North Carolina, 81-59. Rick Osentoski, USA TODAY Sports
Round of 32: No. 10 Iowa rallied from 25 points down to force overtime but lost to No. 2 Tennessee. Rick Osentoski, USA TODAY Sports
Round of 32: No. 6 Villanova, the defending champion, loses to No. 3 Purdue, 87-61. David Butler II, USA TODAY Sports
Round of 32: No. 10 Minnesota loses to No. 2 Michigan State, 70-50. Jeffrey Becker, USA TODAY Sports
Round of 32: No. 9 Baylor loses to No. 1 Gonzaga, 83-71. Gary A. Vasquez, USA TODAY Sports
Round of 32: No. 12 Murray State loses to No. 4 Florida State, 90-62. Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY Sports
Round of 32: No. 7 Wofford loses to No. 2 Kentucky, 62-56. John Raoux, AP
Round of 32: No. 6 Maryland loses to No. 3 LSU, 69-67. John David Mercer, USA TODAY Sports
Round of 32: No. 6 Maryland loses to No. 3 LSU, 69-67. Matt Stamey, USA TODAY Sports
First round: No. 6 Iowa State loses to No. 11 Ohio State, 62-59. Brett Rojo, USA TODAY Sports
First round: No. 13 Saint Louis loses to No. 4 Virginia Tech, 66-52. Kyle Terada, USA TODAY Sports
First round: No. 16 Iona loses to No. 1 North Carolina, 88-73. Kevin Jairaj, USA TODAY Sports
First round: No. 5 Mississippi State loses to No. 12 Liberty, 80-76. Kelley L Cox, USA TODAY Sports
First round: No. 14 Georgia State loses to No. 3 Houston, 84-55. Mark J. Rebilas, USA TODAY Sports
First round: No. 11 Arizona State loses to No. 6 Buffalo, 91-74. Mark J. Rebilas, USA TODAY Sports
First round: No. 5 Wisconsin loses to No. 12 Oregon, 72-54. Kelley L Cox, USA TODAY Sports
First round: No. 16 Gardner-Webb loses to No. 1 Virginia, 71-56. Streeter Lecka, Getty Images
First round: No. 15 Colgate loses to No. 2 Tennessee, 77-70. Rick Osentoski, USA TODAY Sports
First round: No. 4 Kansas State loses to No. 13 UC Irvine, 70-64. Ben Margot, AP
First round: No. 14 Northern Kentucky loses to No. 3 Texas Tech, 72-57. Mark J. Rebilas, USA TODAY Sports
First round: No. 7 Cincinnati loses to No. 10 Iowa, 79-72. Elsa, Getty Images
First round: No. 7 Cincinnati loses to No. 10 Iowa, 79-72. Kevin Jairaj, USA TODAY Sports
First round: No. 8 Ole Miss loses to No. 9 Oklahoma, 95-72. Bob Donnan, USA TODAY Sports
First round: No. 15 Montana loses to No. 2 Michigan, 74-55. Jeffrey Becker, USA TODAY Sports
First round: No. 10 Seton Hall loses to No. 7 Wofford, 84-68. John David Mercer, USA TODAY Sports
First round: No. 14 Old Dominion loses to No. 3 Purdue, 61-48. David Butler II, USA TODAY Sports
First round: No. 15 Abilene Christian loses to No. 2 Kentucky, 79-44. Matt Stamey, USA TODAY Sports
First round: No. 16 Fairleigh Dickinson loses to No. 1 Gonzaga, 87-49. Gary A. Vasquez, USA TODAY Sports
First round: No. 11 St. Mary's loses to No. 6 Villanova, 61-57. Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY Sports
First round: No. 5 Marquette loses to No. 12 Murray State, 83-64. David Butler II, USA TODAY Sports
First round: No. 11 Belmont loses to No. 6 Maryland, 79-77. Stephen B. Morton, AP
First round: No. 15 Bradley loses to No. 2 Michigan State, 76-65. Jeffrey Becker, USA TODAY Sports
First round: No. 12 New Mexico State loses to No. 5 Auburn, 78-77. Kirby Lee, USA TODAY Sports
First round: No. 14 Yale loses to No. 3 LSU, 79-74. Matt Stamey, USA TODAY Sports
First round: No. 7 Louisville loses to No. 10 Minnesota, 86-76. Nati Harnik, AP
First round: No. 7 Louisville loses to No. 10 Minnesota, 86-76. Jeffrey Becker, USA TODAY Sports
First Four: St. John's loses to Arizona State, 74-65. Rick Osentoski, USA TODAY Sports
First Four: North Carolina Central loses to North Dakota State, 78-74. Rick Osentoski, USA TODAY Sports
First Four: Temple loses to Belmont, 81-70. Brian Spurlock, USA TODAY Sports
First Four: Temple loses to Belmont, 81-70. Rick Osentoski, USA TODAY Sports
First Four: Prairie View A&M loses to Fairleigh Dickinson, 82-76. Brian Spurlock, USA TODAY Sports
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College Football Countdown | No. 57: Ball State
Ball State remains dangerous but won't match last year's 10-win finish.
College Football Countdown | No. 57: Ball State Ball State remains dangerous but won't match last year's 10-win finish. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/1m77Uzk
Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY Sports Published 10:32 a.m. ET July 13, 2014 | Updated 7:57 p.m. ET July 13, 2014
USA TODAY Sports' Paul Myerberg counts down to the start of the college football season team by team from No. 128 to No. 1.
Pete Lembo, left, has won 66% of his games with the Ball State.(Photo: Crystal LoGiudice, USA TODAY Sports)
One month of speculation ended with Ball State back where it began, thankfully, and the Cardinals couldn't be happier.
Connecticut and Wake Forest went elsewhere, with Bob Diaco and Dave Clawson, respectively; that left Ball State's Pete Lembo standing pat, back with the Cardinals, back for another run at the Mid-American Conference title, back to put another feather in a hat already brimming with sideline accomplishments.
There's even a chance that BSU has inked its coach for the long term: Lembo agreed to a five-year extension in March that makes him one of the MAC's highest-paid coaches while adding the tag of assistant athletic director – giving the fourth-year coach an even greater voice in the program's ongoing refurbishments.
So it may not be for the long term; it will be for the short term, however, at least one more season spent big-game hunting against Northern Illinois, Bowling Green, the rest of the MAC and the annual major-conference opponent – Iowa in 2014, and the Hawkeyes need to check out what Lembo and the gang have done against similarly impressive competition.
Others' loss has been Ball State's gain. We don't know how Diaco will fare with the Huskies. Likewise with Clawson at Wake Forest, where his rebuilding skills may come in handy.
We do know this: The best coach outside the major-conference structure is still in Muncie, Ind.
LAST YEAR'S PREDICTION:
Here's my take: BSU will win at least eight games and likely nine during the regular season, but unless the defense takes a step forward the Cardinals will not land the wins they need to earn the national recognition this program and its coaching staff deserve. And what if this defense exceeds expectation? Then you're looking at a potential monster. I can't say enough about the work Lembo and his staff have done remaking BSU's place in the MAC's pecking order.
2013 RECAP:
In a nutshell: This just keeps getting better and better. Lembo's first team won six games when most thought it would win three; his second team won nine games when most thought it would win five; last year's team hit the double-digit mark when most – all except for this guy, of course – questioned whether the Cardinals could hang with the MAC's best. Hang with the MAC's best? BSU is one of the MAC's best, folks, and not going anywhere anytime soon – yes, despite a number of personnel losses that bear careful examination, as we'll do below. Few were better on offense: BSU scored a school-record 501 points, obliterating the previous marks for season and per-game average. Add this offense to a better-than-most-believed defense and you have not just one of the MAC's best – this was obvious – but one of the best teams on the non-major-conference level. This is now to be expected.
High point: Beating the pants off Virginia during non-league play. If the Cavaliers do have an opening in the future, I can think of one coach who might be on the program's shortlist.
Low point: Losing to Northern Illinois by three scores. BSU was pretty good; NIU was better.
Tidbit: Only seven current Football Bowl Subdivision coaches have won nine or more games at three different stops. One is Lembo, obviously: Lehigh, Elon and Ball State. The list as a whole is impressive: Lembo joins Dennis Franchione, Brady Hoke, Paul Johnson, Brian Kelly, Urban Meyer and Nick Saban.
Tidbit (scoring edition): Ball State is 22-1 under Lembo when allowing 29 points or less. The lone loss came in January's 23-20 bowl loss to Arkansas State.
Tidbit (coaching edition): A few changes since the end of the 2013 regular season. One addition isn't new, to be precise: Patrick Dougherty coached the Cardinals' tight ends during the bowl game, so he's not necessarily a new face, merely entering his first full season on Lembo's staff. A second addition isn't new either, while we're on the topic: John Strollo returns as offensive line coach after spending the past two seasons at Penn State. And the third change isn't new to Lembo, at least: Kevin Kelly, the new defensive coordinator, spent the last eight seasons at Georgetown, Lembo's alma mater, so there was an existing relationship.
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Offense: There are losses to address, true, but to project Ball State to plummet offensively ignores four crucial factors: one, Lembo's still calling the shots; two, the running game will remain fantastic; three, there are several impressive skill players at the Cardinals' disposal in the backfield and at wide receiver; and four – and most of all – every single contributor on this roster understands, comprehends and can put into action the basic tenets of this friendly system. It's the latter that's particularly important to remember, since Lembo and his staff – with the offense now led by former quarterbacks coach Joey Lynch – have shown a near-unmatched ability to get the most out of this side of the ball; regardless of the youth in the personnel, it's silly to assume anything more than a subtle step back in production.
One thing to adore is the running game, again headlined by all-conference back Jahwan Edwards (1,110 yards and 14 touchdowns). In terms of power, speed and vision, there's no better runner in the MAC – Edwards either creates his own lane, using his strength and bruising style, or sneaks into tight nooks and crannies with his eye for daylight and a sneaky burst through the line of scrimmage. Better yet, the fun doesn't stop there: BSU also brings back junior Horactio Banks (595 yards), who will play understudy for one final season before exploding as the starter in 2015, as well as sophomore Teddy Williamson (224 yards), redshirt freshman McKenzee Nash and senior Denzel Pierce. The backfield touts more depth than BSU has seen in years.
Ball State running back Jahwan Edwards (32) gains a handful of his 1,110 rushing yards on Jan. 5 in the GoDaddy Bowl. (Photo: John David Mercer, USA TODAY Sports)
It'll be aided by a solid offensive front that brings back three starters and the majority of last season's two-deep. I don't buy into this group as a question mark: Ball State is more experienced today than at this point a year ago, for starters, and returning Strollo to the staff gives this front one of the MAC's top position coaches. One major change has already been undertaken: Steve Bell, a sophomore, will move from strong tackle to the quick side in an effort to replace all-league pick Matthew Page – shoes I think Bell will fill very comfortably. The Cardinals will then replace Bell with fellow sophomore Drake Miller, who looks ready for a starting job, while shifting junior Jalen Schlachter from quick to strong guard to replace Jordan Hansel. That leaves junior center Jacob Richard as the anchor in the middle, and he's a good one, while senior P.J. Scott brings a taste of starting experience to the job at quick guard. Does that work? You bet it does.
Ball State lost a 1,000-yard receiver from last season's team, but it also has one back in Jordan Williams. (Photo: Geoff Burke, USA TODAY Sports)
Willie Snead, Jamill Smith and Zane Fakes are gone, leaving junior Jordan Williams (72 receptions for 1,050 yards) as the unquestioned leader of a new-look receiver corps. He's up to the task: Williams quietly proved himself to be one of the MAC's best a year ago, producing at a massive clip behind the aforementioned threesome, and is on pace to lend a degree of danger, reliability and explosiveness to a passing game needing all three qualities. What the Cardinals still must locate is depth and proven secondary targets, however, with the focus shining primarily on holdovers Chris Shillings, KeVonn Mabon – both coming off injuries – Efe Scott-Emuakpor, Aaron Hepp and Shane Belle. I think Mabon can be a game-changing talent if on the field. At tight end, the Cardinals turn to a combination of Sam Brunner and Dylan Curry, two well-framed targets who could conceivably combine to replace a portion of Fakes' production. Do not be surprised if more than one of the Cardinals' incoming freshmen contribute from the start at receiver.
Defense: The front four lacks experience and proven depth, perhaps drawing this grouping as the biggest question mark on the roster – yes, more than quarterback. But don't despair: Ball State's back seven will help save the day. The Cardinals' linebackers are particularly impressive: Ben Ingle (116 tackles) returns on the weak side, where he's one of the league's best, and it's very safe to assume another step forward from sophomore middle linebacker Zack Ryan (92 tackles, 8.0 for loss). While Kenneth Lee is gone on the strong side, that's not a tremendous loss; Lee was steady and seasoned, but the Cardinals' depth in the secondary – a major asset – will allow Kelly and BSU to lean more heavily on a fifth defensive back against spread-'em-out MAC offenses. Basically, look for Ingle and Ryan to serve as every-down starters while Aaron Taylor, Avery Bailey and Quinton Cooper move in and out of the lineup on the strong side. This is a very solid group – though they will need some help from the interior of the line to stay clean inside the box.
Ball State linebacker Zack Ryan (53) tackles North Texas wide receiver Brelan Chancellor (3) in a game last Sept. 14. (Photo: Jerome Miron, USA TODAY Sports)
Ball State's secondary is ready for a substantial breakthrough even as the Cardinals aim to replace all-conference cornerback Jeffery Garrett. That's a painful loss, but this group has the depth and returning experience to move forward – in this case, continuing to play opportunistically when the ball is in the air while forcing quarterbacks to work just a little harder on early downs. One thing to really like is the uptick in experience: Garrett might be gone, but strong safety Brian Jones (97 tackles) is now a senior, free safety Dae'Shaun Hurley (83 tackles) is a third-year sophomore and cornerback Eric Patterson is a senior and returning starter. Better yet, you have to expect growth from young cornerbacks Tyree Holder, David Moore and Darius Conaway, with Holder the projected starter and Moore and Conaway set for major snaps in reserve. As a whole, the Cardinals' secondary is in very good shape despite Garrett's departure.
And so we get to the big issue: the front four. There are issues to address across the board, notably in the pass rush and run-stopping interior, and it's going to take some major tutelage from Kelly and line coach Nick Siatras to round this group into form before the opener – or before Iowa, at least. One returning starter, senior Nick Miles (42 tackles, 5.0 sacks), will retain his role as the Cardinals' traditional end; I think he'll challenge for All-MAC honors. You have to be worried about the production at rush end, unfortunately, where it'll take a team effort from redshirt freshman Anthony Winbush, junior Michael Ayers and junior Osa Igbinosun to match what Jonathan Newsome brought to the table. It's not that terrible inside, merely unproven: I think Darnell Smith will be good at tackle and I'm pretty confident that Carlutorbantu Zaramo and Keenan Noel will get it down on the nose, but I'm not sure what Notre Dame transfer Bruce Heggie, JUCO transfer Julian Jackson and sophomore Blake Dueitt can supply in reserve. It's not a terrible group; it's just the weak link of the defense.
Ball State Cardinals safety Brian Jones (29), who made 97 tackles last season, celebrates a fumble for a touchdown in a game last Sept. 14. (Photo: Jerome Miron, USA TODAY Sports)
Special teams: The key core of kicker Scott Secor and punter Kyle Schmidt, when augmented by Banks and others in the return game, makes Ball State's special teams unit one of the league's best. As if the Cardinals needed the boost, right? I also believe careful and productive recruiting has bolstered BSU's coverage teams to the point where the some recent struggles – including a few lapses a year ago – have become a thing of the past.
POSITION(S) TO WATCH:
Quarterback: The competition does include four options, technically, but it's difficult to see true freshman David Morrison carve out a role larger than as a run-first, change-of-pace contributor in certain packages – so it's easier to see the freshman take a redshirt than pull out a major spot in the offense as a rookie. But a second newcomer, redshirt freshman Jake Milas, could very well be the surprise starter: Milas has the arm and athleticism to be the answer as Keith Wenning's replacement, particularly when teamed with BSU's strong commitment to the running game, and could conceivably have the system tailored to fit his skill set. What Milas lacks is experience; this is evident when held against sophomore Ozzie Mann and junior Kyle Kamman, with the former last year's backup and the latter at least well-versed in what Lembo and this staff demands from the position.
I wouldn't read too far into Milas' lack of game-day experience. For one, let's consider: Mann might have more snaps under his belt, but his small sample size – just nine attempts as Wenning's backup – doesn't exactly place him in the driver's seat. If it's a matter of potential, on the other hand, the idea that a young yet gifted rookie could develop wonderfully during the course of his starting career … well, Milas is the guy. The bottom line: Lembo and Lynch have work to do. My impression is that Mann and Milas exit fall camp as co-starters, pretty much, and one will separate himself from the other during the course of the season's opening month. It simply pays to trust in what Lembo and this staff can achieve with the position.
GAME(S) TO WATCH:
Northern Illinois: NIU remains the West Division favorite despite dealing with personnel losses of its own; like Ball State, the Huskies have some work to do on offense. The Cardinals draw NIU at home in October, which is great, but three other big-name competition – Iowa, Toledo and Bowling Green – come on the road. It's not an easy schedule by any means.
SEASON BREAKDOWN & PREDICTION:
In a nutshell: There are holes to fill, notably at quarterback, wide receiver and the defensive line, but the most crucial figure behind Ball State's surge remains in place. That alone – and you know who I'm talking about – is reason to suggest that no major decline is in the cards, meaning Ball State will remain neck-and-neck with Northern Illinois, Bowling Green and Toledo along the upper crust of the MAC. It's all about Lembo, what he's done and what he will continue to do, and I will say unequivocally that as long as he remains along the sideline, Ball State will add accomplishments upon achievements inside and out of conference play. His résumé simply suggests this team and this program will maintain this current clip.
With a slight – very slight – hiccup in 2014. Here comes the staff's biggest test since 2011: Lembo and his assistants must battle, fight and claw their way through the regular season while transitioning away from the players so vital to the Cardinals' growth; no position is truly immune to attrition, whether on offense or defense, and it'll strain the realm of BSU's depth and experience to mount another charge at 10-plus wins. I think notching another double-digit finish seems a stretch, based on the issues: one, the inexperience at quarterback; two, the lack of proven production outside the top name at receiver; and three, the entire defensive front. I don't believe NIU is perfect by any means; I merely believe NIU seems more solidly built in 2014.
So it'll be a seven- or eight-win regular season. How horrible! It's actually right on schedule: BSU and Lembo simply couldn't continue to add win upon win with each passing year, and it's in 2014 that the current growth – in the standings – stagnates a touch as the program moves toward the next batch of all-conference contributors. This happens – yes, even at Ball State. But you know what? All Lembo and this staff have done is exceed expectations; here's betting there's a strong chance they do so again this fall. At some point, a big-name program is going to catch on.
Dream season: Ball State goes 10-2, losing to Iowa in September and Bowling Green in the finale to take home the East Division. The Cardinal avenge the latter by topping the Falcons in the conference title game.
Nightmare season: The Cardinals slide to 5-7.
Who's No. 56? On May 21, this team's coach ate Chinese food for dinner in the back of a bus.
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Some Bishops at the Synod
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Church needs to do practical things for young people.
One of the delegates to the Synod on Young People has said that the Church in Africa must strive to be more practical in the eyes of the youth.
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Cameroon’s Bishop of Mamfe Diocese, Andrew Nkea says Africa’s young people face serious challenges that call for urgent and tangible solutions.
The Church needs to be involved in the lives of young people
“One of the biggest problems we have in the African Church with our young people is that most of them are unemployed; they see the natural resources of their countries being carried away to other places and they can’t have a share in it; they are frustrated because of the wars, the instability and lack of good governance. In such a case, the Church should insist more on the social participation of the Church in development programmes,” Bishop Nkea said.
The Bishop said the Church cannot simply walk away leaving everything to governments.
The youth may be leaders of tomorrow but we are together with them in the Church, now.
“Jesus told his disciples, ‘give them something to eat yourselves.’ This is the situation we find ourselves in Africa. We can’t just say they (youth) are too many and governments are not working, there is no employment. We should start doing something for them ourselves,” Bishop Nkea told Vatican News.
Bishop Nkea said he has particularly been touched by the Synod Fathers’ strong recognition that the youth are not the future of the Church.
“The youth are part of the Church now. We are together in the Church, now. They (youth) may be leaders tomorrow but the youth are in the Church now,” he emphasised.
Listen to Bishop Andrew Nkea of Cameroon
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