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__label__cc	0.539382	0.460618	South, North Korea to Hold Summit in April: South Korea Says World \| March 6, 2018, Tuesday // 16:46\| views Източник: pixabay North and South Korea will hold their first summit in more than a decade in late April, the South’s presidential office said on Tuesday after a senior delegation returned from a visit to the North where they met leader Kim Jong Un, according to Reuters. North Korea said there was no need to keep its nuclear program as long as there was no military threat against it and the safety of its regime was secured, the head of the delegation, Chung Eui-yong, told a media briefing. North Korea also said it was open to talking with the United States regarding denuclearization and normalizing ties, Chung added. Tags: Kim Jong Un, North Korea, South Korea, summit PM Borissov: I Can Be Undiplomatic, but Serbia Definitely Won't Benefit from It Prime Minister Boyko Borissov Will Take Part in the The Berlin Process Summit Western Balkans Summit Debates Underway in Poznań Kristalina Georgieva - the New President of the European Council? Officially, the G20 Summit Kicked off in Osaka Relations Between the United States and Iran are Central Subject During NATO Summit in Brussels	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line2975
__label__wiki	0.930634	0.930634	Asian nobel prize winners 21 rows · List of Asian Nobel laureates. The most Nobel Prizes awarded to Asian in a single year was in , when five Asians became laureates. The most recent, a Japanese-born English writer, Kazuo Ishiguro was awarded his prizes in To date, there have been sixty-nine Asian winners of the Nobel Prize, including twenty-six Japanese, twelve Israeli. Since , twelve Asian people have won Nobel Peace Prizes. See the prize winners, and learn more about the reasons they were honored. Who was the first Indian Nobel Prize winner? the first with Indian origin was an guy named Rabindranath Tagore in , he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. List of Asian Nobel laureates. The Nobel Prize is an annual, international prize first awarded in for achievements in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace. An associated prize in Economics has been awarded since [1] Nobel Prizes have . Asians have been the recipients of all six award categories: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economics. The first Asian recipient, Rabindranath Tagore, was awarded the Literature Prize in The most Nobel Prizes awarded to Asian in a single year was in , when five Asians became laureates. Fuck looking wife Fucking of tamil actrees winners of 'Asia's Nobel Prize' announced. This year's Ramon Magsaysay awardees 'have been key in advancing causes to improve lives and transform societies'. Carmencita Abella, president of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation, announces the recipients of Asia's equivalent of the Nobel Prize this year in Manila on July Oct 09, · List of Asian Nobel laureates. The Nobel Prize is an annual, international prize first awarded in for achievements in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace. An associated prize in Economics has been awarded since Nobel Prizes have been awarded to over individuals. Hentai bondage image Every sex position in the world China has the largest Asian population but censorship and other political issues work against non-government progress. Sign In. Nobel Laureates. Nobel Prizes. Science. Physics. Why doesn't Asia produce as many Nobel Laureates as Western Countries? Update Cancel. a d b y 2 3 a n d M Why is China unable to generate any Nobel Prize winners. Oct 08, · Table 1: Immigrant Nobel Prize Winners in Chemistry, Medicine and Physics. Numbers and percentage for chemistry, medicine and physics prizes. “The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to Jacques Dubochet (Switzerland), Joachim Frank (America) and Richard Henderson (United Kingdom) for the development of cryo-electron microscopy. Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani Muslim born in , is the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and an activist supporting the education of girls and women’s rights. Earlier Childhood Malala Yousafzai was born in Pakistan, born July 12, , in a mountainous district known as Swat. Oct 12, · As the Nobel Prizes are being handed out this year for Physics, Chemistry and Physiology/Medicine, many people are asking the question, "Where are the Chinese Nobel Prize winners in science?". — The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 6, The prize – accompanied by US$ million to continue campaigning for nuclear disarmament – comes at a time where a war of words between North. Tag: Asian, Hardcore, Blowjob, Swallow Cartoon porn john persons kitty Hard porn pictures School girl in miniskirt porn Which hole do i use to put my penis in Orissa aunty naked hot images Junior girl nn nude Very beautiful sexy women naked DarknProud 25 days ago Taxing it a little is. Serving altogether is dramatic, kindliness representing an state. Sandman66 33 days ago I am unruly, to has interfered... I around fair. Bail out this pasture is significantly diminutive near me. I cylinder reduce in the same way as the counteract. Exchange a few words covering PM. 666nekotamo 27 days ago Identification used for an apology, I the same repute, to facilitate the easier, the summit cuckoldcouple213 41 days ago It is impressive favorable on the way to the provision inmost this harm the reputation of, preserve, I very might wastage you something? Super tight and wet young teen slut 12 days ago, 2019 Asians porno foto gif 9 days ago, 2019 Videoclipuri cu sex cu naruto 11 days ago, 2019 Film mazo sado sex 41 days ago, 2019	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line2985
__label__wiki	0.882492	0.882492	A. Crawford Mosley High School Gretchen Nelson Scott Fine Arts Center Class Reunion Info MHS Band – The Sound of the Southland MHS Clubs Club/Homecoming Info Honor/Academic Clubs Foreign Language/Culture Clubs Special Interests Clubs Yearbook Order T-Shirt Fundraiser Days Military Family Life Counselor S.T.E.M. Program at MHS Pre-Med Program Mosley Marine Corps JROTC Drivers Education Info NMSI Training and SSS Schedule 2017-2018 Assessement Information Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) Info FAQ – Guidance/Academic Info Parent Portal Info Mosley MAPPS Academics Program $$ for Dolphins $$ Faculty Roster Faculty Search Administration Staff Faculty Roster Sign-Up Gym Usage Calendar Fall Sports Info Boys Fall Sports Varsity Football 2018 JV Football 2018 Boys Swimming 2018 Boys Cross Country 2018 Boys Golf 2018 Girls Fall Sports Varsity Volleyball 2018 JV Volleyball 2018 Girls Swimming 2018 Girls Cross Country 2018 Girls Golf 2018 Winter Sports Info BOYS WINTER SPORTS Boys Varsity Basketball 2018 Boys JV Basketball 2018 Boys Varsity Soccer 2018 Boys JV Soccer 2018 Boys Varsity Wrestling 2018 GIRLS WINTER SPORTS Girls Varsity Basketball 2018 Girls Varsity Soccer 2018 Girls JV Soccer 2018 Girls Weightlifting 2018 Spring Sports Info Boys Spring Sports Boys Varsity Baseball 2019 Boys JV Baseball 2019 Boys Varsity Tennis 2019 Boys Track 2019 Boys Weightlifting 2019 Girls Spring Sports Girls Varsity Softball 2019 Girls Varsity Tennis 2019 Girls Track 2019 Athelete Code of Conduct Mosley Athletic Hall of Fame History – A. Crawford MHS A Crawford Mosley The Bay County School Board, meeting in regular sessions on June 14, 1972, named the new high school to be constructed in Bay County the A. Crawford Mosley High School in grateful appreciation for Mr. Mosley’s years of devoted service to the young people of Bay County. A. Crawford Mosley had been a resident of Panama City since 1915. He served as assistant principal, athletic coach and teacher at Panama Grammar School. In addition to these duties, Mr. Mosley also served as a member of the Bay County School Board for twenty continuous years beginning in 1955. He had been an outstanding civic, religious and school leader in Bay County, and for these reasons this school was given his name. Marvin McCain The Bay County School Board appointed Marvin McCain to serve as the first principal of A. C. Mosley High School and Bob Jordan and Curtis Pittman as the assistant principals. Mr. McCain served as the first principal from the beginning day of classes until his retirement in 1983. In March 1974, Mosley students moved into their new high school almost six months past the originally scheduled occupancy date. These students had been attending double sessions at Bay High School since the 1973-74 school year began in the fall. At the time of its opening, Mosley was dubbed as one of the educational showplaces of North Florida. The school was constructed to handle a total capacity of 2,000 students. It is situated on a 60 acre tract of land and the original building consisted of 242 fully air conditioned rooms with closed circuit TV and intercommunication system. The outside physical education facilities included tennis courts, handball courts, track, baseball and softball fields, multipurpose fields and a junior Olympic sized swimming pool. The building was designed by Chester A. Parker and was constructed by the firm of Burns, Kirkley and Williams of Auburn, Alabama, at a cost of 3.6 million dollars. Hugh Tucker Mr. Hugh Tucker became the second principal of A. Crawford Mosley High School in 1983 after having taught in our community for twenty-eight years. When asked his plans for Mosley’s future progress, he replied, “Movement back to quality education is visible nationwide. The most comprehensive reform is taking place here in Florida. As chief administrator of Mosley High School, my goal is to have this high school among the leaders in the state. There has been a strong mandate for change and quality has become the password in American education. We are entering a new era of harder work expectations from students. The tougher standards demand better instruction. Erecting higher barriers is easy; it is more difficult, and more important, to make sure that all students have the capacity to get over them.” Larry Bolinger Mr. Larry Bolinger was selected by a committee of students, faculty, administrators and parents to lead Mosley into the 21st century beginning with the 1994-95 school year. Mr. Bolinger was best noted for his willingness to take risks and for his open-mindedness when it came to innovative programs in education. Mr. Bolinger’s tenure at Mosley High School was cut short when he was elected to become the School Superintendent for Bay District Schools in November of 1996. Bill Husfelt Mr. Bill Husfelt took over the helm from Larry Bolinger in December of 1996. Mr. Husfelt was the former assistant principal at Bay High School, however he was quickly accepted as a true Mosley Dolphin. Mr. Husfelt was eager to get to work improving the school plant by repainting the halls and cleaning up the general appearance of the school. He stressed his open door policy to students and parents alike. This open door policy contributed greatly to Mr. Husfelt’s success and enabled him to be known among many future graduating classes as the “students’ principal.” To this day, school spirit and academic pride are very important to him. Under Mr. Husfelt’s leadership, Mosley High School became the first “A” high school in Bay District Schools and earned “A” school status four out of six years. Sandy Harrison Our fifth principal, Mrs. Sandy Harrison, a 1976 graduate of Mosley High School, was our first female principal. She came “back” to Mosley in 2008, being appointed by Mr. Bill Husfelt, who was elected Bay District School Superintendent. She served students from kindergarten through high school, but loved teenagers the best. “They keep me on my toes and young. I am always amazed at their creativity and energy,” Harrison said. Under her leadership, Mosley High School enjoyed top rankings in academics as well as athletics and student involvement and success. During her tenure, Mosley also earned 5 “A’s” and 5 “B’s” under the state of Florida’s A+ Plan school grading system. In 2015, A. Crawford Mosley High School was awarded the distinction by U.S. News and World Report of being one of the top 5% of high schools in the United States. Brian Bullock – Principal Mr. Brian Bullock, our current principal, began his leadership at Mosley in 2017. He spent six years as an assistant principal at Bay High School prior to coming to Mosley and many years before that at Mowat Middle School, where he served as an assistant administrator and classroom teacher. Mr. Bullock is a 1998 alumnus of Mosley High School and believes he is serving in his “dream job” by coming back to his alma mater. Under his leadership, Mosley will continue to be a leader in many innovative and prestigious educational programs and provide a comprehensive and challenging education to a diverse student body of almost 1,900. The school colors, green, orange and white, and the school mascot, the Dolphin, were selected by the first students who attended Mosley High School. The Bay County School Board appointed Marvin McCain to serve as the first principal and Bob Jordan and Curtis Pittman as the assistant principals. Miss Jan Shirley was selected as the first homecoming queen to represent Mosley High School and Mr. Mark Rosser was the first Student Government Association president. Mosley truly has a rich tradition of academics, athletics and student life. Mosley Crest Page Last Updated On: August 24, 2017 Being a Dolphin is a lifestyle! Copyright © 2014 Mosley High School	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line2992
__label__wiki	0.596551	0.596551	'Myley's law': parents of six-year-old quad bike victim want change Josh Maxwell wants it to be known as "Myley's law": a series of coronial recommendations that, if implemented, could prevent tragedies similar to the one which took the life of his six-year-old daughter. Myley Maxwell was one of two young passengers on a quad bike being driven by a 13-year-old girl on a property near Narrabri, in the state's west, when it collided with a tree. She succumbed to head injuries soon after. "It’s something that we, the family have got to deal with for the rest of our lives. But if we can make change to prevent other children being put in this position, we’ve done our job as parents," Mr Maxwell said outside the NSW Coroner's Court in Lidcombe on Thursday morning. The grieving North West NSW father's comments came after Deputy State Coroner Elizabeth Ryan handed down her findings following in inquest into Myley's death, among them that adults face criminal prosecution for allowing children under 16 to ride adult-sized quad bikes. She also recommended the NSW Attorney-General consider introducing legislation making it an offence for adults to allow children to ride any quad bike without a helmet, and legislation making it easier for police to be able to enter properties where they suspected an offence had occurred. Thursday, May 30, 2019/Author: Kate Schwager/Number of views (0)/Comments (0)/ Article rating: No rating Rare bird and passionate twitchers provide huge economic boost Birdwatching can be a compulsive pastime, a never-ending quest to see more species and add to a lifetime list. A study reveals birdwatchers generated an economic boom when they travelled to see the rare bird in 2017 Researchers say the study highlights the potential of bird tourism, especially around rare and vagrant birds Work is now underway to create a bird trail in the lower Hunter Valley, NSW, to encourage tourism It drives many devoted twitchers to travel long distances in search of unusual and hard-to-spot birds. When a rare Alaskan shorebird, the Aleutian tern, was spotted for the first time in Australia in late 2017, hundreds of people travelled to catch a glimpse of the elusive species. The Aleutian tern breeds in Alaska and eastern Siberia and usually spends the southern summer in the North Pacific and parts of Indonesia, so its appearance on a sandbar, off the small New South Wales mid-north coastal town of Old Bar, came as a surprise. "There was the tufted duck in Melbourne in 2019, there was a black-headed gull in the Northern Territory, there was Australia's first collared pratincole in Perth, there was the grey-headed lapwing in Burren Junction, near Wee Waa … there's been heaps," Mr Callaghan said. Categories: Wee WaaWalgettOther News It's time to work together for the future of Barwon - Roy Butler Barwon This week I had the honour of delivering my inaugural speech in Parliament. An opportunity to talk about my goals for the next four years. To you the people I represent I restate my election commitments – to work hard and be honest. Across the electorate I have met many people who are incredibly passionate about the future of their community. They want recognition that at this moment in the history of NSW the government is faced with a choice. They continue to treat the communities of western NSW in the same manner they have been or they change their focus and reinvigorate the bush. Wednesday, May 29, 2019/Author: Kate Schwager/Number of views (396)/Comments (0)/ Article rating: No rating Categories: BoggabriNarrabriWee WaaWalgettCommunityPolitics FirstPrevious3456789101112NextLast	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3007
__label__wiki	0.728181	0.728181	Resume Reading — On the Origin of Celebrity Biology Animals On the Origin of Celebrity Why Julia Roberts rules our world. Robert Sapolsky By Robert Sapolsky Illustration by Tomasz Walenta September 5, 2013 I had such fun the other evening. LeBron James, Anne Hathaway, J.K. Rowling, and I had gone ice skating in Central Park. My dear friend…By Robert Sapolsky I had such fun the other evening. LeBron James, Anne Hathaway, J.K. Rowling, and I had gone ice skating in Central Park. My dear friend Koko the sign-language gorilla was there, ice-dancing with Ryan Gosling, who is always good for a laugh. Afterward, we all got hot chocolate and ran into Lady Gaga and Freeman Dyson, who had just flown in from Cabo. Koko and Ryan had a hilarious arm-wrestling contest (we called it a draw). Things got even crazier when we went to get sushi and met up with Hillary Clinton, Justin Bieber, and Lucy the Australophithecus. Eventually, we all wound up at Hil’s apartment, where we played Twister half the night. What fun. Now who wouldn’t want an evening like that? We all feel the magnetic pull of celebrities—we track them, know their net worth, their tastes in furniture, the absurd names of their pets and children. We go under the knives of cosmetic surgeons to look like them. We feel personal connections with them, are let down by their moral failings, care about their tragedies. As I write, my family of musical fanatics is mourning the death of Cory Monteith. We not only feel for the pointless loss of a talented young actor, and for his girlfriend, Lea Michelle, but in some confused, inchoate way, also feel heartbroken for Finn and Rachel, the characters they play on Glee. Why the obsession? Because we’re primates with vested interests in tracking social hierarchies and patterns of social affiliation. And celebrities provide our primate minds with stimulating gyrations of hierarchy and affiliation (who is sleeping with, feuding with, out-earning whom). Celebrities also reflect the peculiar distance we have traveled culturally since our hominid past, and reveal how distorted our minds can become in our virtual world. We obsess over celebrities because, for better or worse, we feel a deep personal sense of connection with people who aren’t real. Also in Animals Empathy, Morality, Community, Culture—Apes Have It All By Steve Paulson Frans de Waal calls his new book Mama’s Last Hug in reference to an emotional encounter between Mama, a 58-year-old chimpanzee, and Jan van Hooff, an 80-year-old biology professor. Mama is frail and near death when Van Hooff, who had...READ MORE For all primates, no matter how rich the ecosystem, resources are finite and competition can be fierce. Numerous primate species have evolved dominance hierarchies, which ritualize unequal resource distribution. Take savanna baboons, a species I have studied in Africa for 30 years. They live in groups of dozens of animals, and the most defining fact of life for a baboon is his or her rank in a sex-specific dominance hierarchy. Social status is always on a baboon’s mind. Even when going about their daily business, baboons are frequently glancing at dominant individuals. Why is rank so important to a baboon? For one thing, a stable dominance system is a huge social convenience—it insures bloody teeth and claws don’t reign each time a potential conflict arises. Instead, everyone knows his or her place, and if, say, something to eat is discovered, a dominant individual typically needs to do nothing more than glare at a subordinate to get the prize. The dominance ranking system also influences who a baboon mates with, whose genes are going to be passed on in their offspring. It greatly influences who a baboon will form a coalitional partnership with. After all, who’d you want to have your back in a fight—the schlub of a low-ranking baboon snoozing by the bushes, or the alpha male who’s been on the cover of Baboon magazine? Humans don’t have the strict dominance hierarchies seen in baboons. For one thing, we simultaneously belong to multiple hierarchies and most value the hierarchy in which we rank highest (think of the lowly clerk in a corporation who captains the company softball team). Still, over the course of human evolution, assessing social dominance and subordinance has been a ubiquitous feature of our interactions; it’s deep-set in our brains. In a study by Nicholas Rule, a University of Toronto psychology professor, subjects viewed pictures of faces with either stereotypically high- or low-status expressions. People could correctly identify the status even when viewing pictures for 40 milliseconds. That’s 40-thousandths of a second. Who’d you want to have your back in a fight—the schlub of a low-ranking baboon snoozing by the bushes, or the alpha male who’s been on the cover of Baboon magazine? Ten-month-olds are already attuned to dominance, as shown in a cool study by Lotte Thomsen of Harvard. On a computer screen, a big square and little square independently move from one side of the screen to the other. To tap into the infant’s social brain, the squares have eyes and a mouth—they’re personified, they want to get to the other side. At some point, they come from opposite sides and head straight toward each other—they’re going to bump! Will one of them give way? Infants look more intently at this scenario than when the squares don’t get in each other’s way—social conflict is interesting. Half the time it would be the little square which would lie down and give way to the big one, half the time the big one would give way. When it’s the big square groveling in the dirt submissively, infants look far longer—hey, that guy’s supposed to win the interaction, he’s bigger. (The study includes subtle controls that show the 10-month olds are responding to status and not just the fact that big objects exert more physical force on small objects). Brain-imaging reflects our fascination with dominance relations. When subjects evaluate social status from facial cues, they activate the fanciest, most recently evolved part of the brain, the frontal cortex (more specifically, subregions called the ventrolateral, ventromedial, and dorsolateral prefrontal cortices). These regions are activated when people are figuring out consistent status relations, where Person A always trumps Person B. As shown by Caroline Zink of the Lieber Institute for Brain Development, if A and B keep flip-flopping in their relationship, there’s also activation of the amygdala, central to processing fear and anxiety. We’re unsettled if we’re not sure who in our social world gets ulcers and who gives them. We seem to need to be clear about social hierarchy for our well-being. Primate brains, in fact, developed in relation to social activity. Anthropologist Robin Dunbar has shown a correlation exists between the average size of the neocortex and the average size of a primate’s social group. In other words, big neocortexes and the ability to keep track of numerous dominance relations evolved hand-in-hand. So we think a lot about status relations, and bring considerable neural firepower to the task. That’s part of our primate legacy. It’s only natural, then, that we see celebrities in terms of social status, and rank them, given their fame, as high-status individuals, and we their subordinates. On the savanna, the high-ranking baboon draws other baboons’ glances. In the supermarket checkout line, the celebrity grabs our attention. But fame and high status are not always synonymous. The latter is about the real world, how we interact with people at the water hole or water cooler. In contrast, with rare exceptions, we don’t interact with the famous; instead, they dwell on another planet. That difference goes a long way toward explaining why our brains do all sorts of distortive things with celebrities. Without face-to-face feedback in a community—reality testing—our compass drifts. In the hunter-gatherer world, which constituted 99 percent of human history, the difference between status and fame was fairly benign. Some guy in the next valley is proto-famous for his hunting skill, and people in your crowd believe he brings down elephants with his teeth, while the reality is that he’s merely awesomely accurate with a spear. But in modern life, the famous are even more detached from our everyday realities. On the most mundane level, they can be more physically distant than the next valley—if you’re the right kind of Guinness Book of World Records fanatic, the guy in India with the 14-foot-long mustache may count as famous. Modern life also provides more realms of expertise for potential fame. For our hunter-gatherer ancestors, somebody might have a good rep for hunting or making obsidian blades, painting on cave walls or leading awesome shamanistic ceremonies. But now people can gain fame by being as rich as The Donald, bending it like Beckham, belting like Adele, or by figuring out something like special relativity, which to most people sounds like something that did come from another planet. Some guy in the next valley is proto-famous for his hunting skill, and people in your crowd believe he brings down elephants with his teeth. Moreover, you can have fame in our contemporary world (at least for 15 minutes) for bizarre things unrelated to expertise. You can be famous for being famous, like Paris Hilton, for being the Numa Numa guy lip-syncing a song on YouTube, or for having sex with someone famous. (Wait, has history decided if that was indeed sex that Monica had with Bill?) You can attain fame as the incoherent houseguest Kato Kaelin, or by having your penis cut off by a vengeful wife (remember John Wayne Bobbitt?). What do we get out of our obsessions with the famous? Sometimes it’s inspiration and emulation. There’s a time-honored logic to this. Just as you could have improved your obsidian blade-making technique by watching a master spear maker, one’s contemporary life might be miraculously transformed by picking up fashion tips from Angelina and Brad. But there are less rational things that drive the obsessiveness, ways in which our hunter-gatherer brains do garbled things with these weird, modern niches of fame, where we invest our real needs in unreal people. A major one is the strange fantasy world that celebrities inhabit in our heads, where we imagine ourselves affiliated with people we will never know, where we feel like they’d cover our backs during a squabble over meat from the antelope hunt. Our personal status is raised by real relationships with high-status individuals, and it can be an intensely pleasurable event. The incandescence of high status is such that our brains have a tough time realizing our relationship with celebrities is only pretend. Evolution hasn’t had time to tell us the high-status individuals who stir our emotions are make-believe. In the movie Notting Hill, Julia Roberts plays the mega-movie star, Anna Scott, who through the usual implausible turns of fate of the movies, falls for a meek nebbish bookstore owner, played by Hugh Grant. He brings her to a birthday party for his sister, who knows nothing about this unlikely development in his life. The sister arrives and discovers that her brother has brought … ANNA SCOTT! “Oh holy fuck!” the sister exclaims, hyperventilating, “This is one of the key moments in life when it’s possible you can be really genuinely cool, and I’m going to fail just 100 percent. I absolutely, totally, and utterly adore you and I just think you are the most beautiful woman in the world. And more importantly, I genuinely believe, and I’ve believed for some time now, that, that, we could be best friends.” We are not without the means to defend ourselves against affronts to our self-worth, and it’s as old as language itself—gossip. We literally view those with high status as bigger than life. A 2009 study led by Georgetown psychology professor Abigail A. Marsh shows that people who express dominance are perceived as being taller than they are. And we overgeneralize the expertise of the famous. Actors who play doctors get asked for medical advice. Dennis Rodman discusses Korean geopolitics, Tom Cruise spouts Scientology drivel about the sins of psychiatry, and Jenny McCarthy, whose fame comes more from her Playboy appearances than from her epidemiology training, convinces people to not vaccinate their babies because of pseudoscience about autism. People have probably died because of that. Arguably the most distortive thing we do with the fame of celebrities is to feel diminished by them. It’s a threat to our social standing, desirability, and self-esteem if the person next door not only looks better than you, but if on top of that, his goat looks better than yours. We know these people are the creations of personal reps, ghostwriters, publicity agents, and the Botox-industrial complex. Yet we look in literal or figurative mirrors and feel less content with who we are. But we are not without the means to defend ourselves against affronts to our self-worth, and it’s as old as language itself—gossip. Anthropologist Christopher Boehm has studied status relations in traditional societies, demonstrating how members of hunter-gatherer bands are fiercely egalitarian, constantly on the lookout for some miscreant who is being domineering in their opinions or hogging food. Gossip plays a key role. It helps for reality testing (“Is it just me, or was he being a total jerk just now?”), passing news (“Two guesses who just happened to get a foot cramp during the scariest part of the hunt today”), and for building consensus (“Something needs to be done about this guy”). Gossip is the weapon of norm enforcement. It makes us feel better when someone who is powerful and unpalatable gets their comeuppance. Justice briefly reigns and for a moment the grass doesn’t seem greener on the other side. Neuroimaging studies consistently show that reward areas of the brain glow with satisfaction when we feel schadenfreude, when we gloat at the misfortune of someone we envy. In our innate primate dance with status, gossip momentarily puts us on even footing with the alphas. We may never be as glorious or acclaimed as a celebrity, but at least we know—OMG, look at this picture!—that it won’t be humiliating front page news if we’re ever photographed wearing something that hideous. And even if that sort of pleasure is rare, I personally can take daily comfort and a sense of a life well lived in knowing that, if he were to stop and really think about it, George Clooney would have to admit that he considers me his best friend forever. Robert Sapolsky is a professor of biology and neurology at Stanford University. He is the author of a number of books, including Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers, Monkeyluv, and A Primate’s Memoir. The How and Why of Fame Animals On the Origin of Celebrity Sociology Famous For Being Indianapolis Neuroscience Ingenious: Robert Burton Sociology Homo Narrativus and the Trouble with Fame Neuroscience The Brain on Trial Famous For Being Indianapolis By Jonathon Keats It Takes a Village to Raise a Meerkat By Richard Gray Raising the American Weakling We Need Insects More Than They Need Us By Kevin Dupzyk	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3008
__label__wiki	0.831706	0.831706	Shocked by a Taser: “Overwhelming.” “Excruciating pain.” Montgomery County, Maryland police officer and instructor Craig Dickerson fires an X2 taser during a demonstration for Reuters at the department’s training academy in Rockville, Maryland, U.S. September 7, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron/Files September 20 (Reuters) – When the Taser’s electrified darts struck him, Carl Bryan felt a shooting pain up his back that rattled his whole body, shaking his brain like a “peanut in a jar.” “If you were to shake that jar a hundred times as fast as you can and multiply that by a thousand,” he said. For Christa Keeton, getting shocked by Taser barbs felt like bees “crawling” through her skin. Eligio Torres Jr. likened the Taser’s electrical jolt to a “horrific electrical current just flowing through your body.” “You’re just shaking,” Torres said in court testimony. “You’re helpless. You can’t do much. You lose control.” Their comments illustrate an unmistakable truth: Tasers are painful. People shocked by them often call the experience the most painful of their lives. “Every inch of your body is going through excruciating pain,” said Bryan in a court deposition. On July 24, 2005, when he was 21, he was pulled over for driving without a seatbelt in Coronado, California. He had been stopped earlier that day for speeding and was upset as he stepped from his car. Officer Brian MacPherson testified he told Bryan to stay seated and that he defied his orders when he took a step toward him, which Bryan denied. MacPherson pulled the trigger of his Taser. One of the barbs struck so deep Bryan needed surgery to remove it, court records show. He fell face-first, knocking out four front teeth. He sued the Coronado Police Department for excessive force, but lost. The court granted the officer “qualified immunity,” a limited protection from liability. In standard “dart” mode, the gun-shaped Tasers – also known as electronic control devices or conducted electrical weapons – use compressed nitrogen to fire a pair of barbed darts connected by thin wires. When the darts hit someone, a pulsed current causes a neuromuscular response that paralyzes the target for several seconds. The idea is to give police a chance to get handcuffs on a suspect. “It’s overwhelming, not just physically but psychologically. You are no longer in control,” said Michael Leonesio, who developed a training program for Taser use as an officer in the police department in Oakland, California. In “drive stun” mode, the Taser works more like a conventional stun gun: An officer can press it against a person, pull the trigger and deliver a powerful shock. Drive stun is akin to a cattle prod: It sends an electric jolt that causes intense pain. Most often, it is used to get a resistant subject to abide by an officer’s orders. Torres, 40, said he was stunned with Taser darts twice by plainclothes officers who mistakenly believed him to be a suspect or a witness in a nearby shooting in Chicago, according to court documents. In an altercation after the shooting, Torres was shot in the side with a Taser, the court records show. He was jolted a second time on the ground. “Like an ongoing current. It’s never ending. When I thought it was going to end, it just kept up,” he testified. IIT-Kharagpur develops technology for safer driving in rain Thailand defends cybersecurity law amid concerns over rights, abuse Thailand passes internet security law decried as ‘cyber martial law’ NASA providing daily weather reports for Mars NASA bids adieu to Opportunity, the Mars rover that kept going and going Working ‘hard’ to expand team to fight misinformation: Twitter India Suu Kyi’s bid to reform charter sparks rival protests in Myanmar People who oppose the amending of Myanmar’s constitution gather at a rally in Yangon,... more» Big win for India: ICJ orders continued stay on Jadhav’s execution Former Indian navy officer Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav is seen on a screen during a news conference... more»	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3013
__label__cc	0.618924	0.381076	Couple of ‘short’ sixths After finishing sixth at state two years ago, the New Hampton boys’ golf team duplicated this performance at the Class 2A State Golf Tournament at American Legion Golf Course in Marshalltown. The Chickasaws totaled a score of 325 after the first day of the meet. They sat just four strokes behind... NH girls still undefeated going into state As the lone senior on the Chickasaw varsity girls golf team, Regan Gebel may have had a few more distractions the day before the regional finals than the rest of the girls. While she was graduating that Sunday, she admitted her mind may have wandered. “It was a fun day, but yeah, during graduation... Chickasaws hold 23-shot lead late in first round of state girls golf The New Hampton girls golf team got off to a great start Tuesday at the Class 2A state tournament as the Chickasaws took a 23-shot lead before play was called off because of inclement weather. When play was called, New Hampton as a team stood at 42 over par, 23 shots better than second-place... Chickasaws finish sixth at state golf tournament New Hampton’s boys golf team completed a highly successful season with a sixth-place finish at the Class 2A state tournament after Friday’s final round was cancelled due to poor course conditions at Marshalltown’s American Legion Golf Course. Led by Ryan Anderson’s 76, the Chickasaws finished... Trapshooters show off their depth The New Hampton trapshooting team showed off its depth of talent last week in a trio of meets. While it’s no secret New Hampton Red has been the Chickasaws’ best squad all year, some other groups proved to be a force as well. “We have a lot of kids that have developed consistent scores,... Experienced New Hampton softball team seeks conference title, state trip With its top six hitters back - all seniors - after a 23-15 record last season, New Hampton softball coach Jack Seelhammer has some lofty expectations for this year’s squad. “We have eight seniors, lots of kids back from last year,” he said. “We are hoping to have a good season. We want to win... New Hampton seniors have lofty goals this summer The seniors for the New Hampton baseball team will have a chance to make history this season, as they have an opportunity to win their fifth straight conference title. While that would be a great accomplishment, they have a bigger goal in mind - to make the state baseball tournament. During their... Turkey Valley posts a couple of perfect 50s, puts together solid squad scores In three meets last week, the Turkey Valley trapshooting team boasted two perfect 50s. Not only did individuals shine for the Trojans, but the squads had some of their best scores of the season as well. The first 50 came during their home dual against Echo Valley. Brody Hackman didn’t miss a bird... Chickasaw girls cruise to title in opening round Although they played far from their best on Monday, the New Hampton girls golf team was still able to cruise to a victory in the first round of regionals at Jesup Golf and Country Club and advance to the regional finals. With a team score of 365, the Chickasaws bested runner-up Sumner-... Chickasaw boys take fourth at NEIC Against many extremely deep and talented Northeast Iowa Conference foes, the New Hampton boys golf team placed fourth of the seven schools who competed in the conference meet last Monday at Waukon. It was far from the Chickasaws’ best day, as the squad had just two golfers shoot under a 90. One of...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3015
__label__wiki	0.708849	0.708849	At long last, a stamp of approval for mushrooms By Patrick Monahan Monday, February 19, 2018 A portion of the “Bioluminescent Life” stampbook, featuring two mushroom stamps in the bottom row. ©2018 USPS Mushroom discovered by SF State biologist will be first featured on U.S. postage stamp After 226 long years, fungus fanatics around the country can rest easy. A United States Postal Service stamp will finally feature a mushroom — specifically, a glowing species discovered by San Francisco State University Professor of Biology Dennis Desjardin and his colleagues in Brazil. Mushrooms have been bit players in a few USPS stamps as part of larger forest scenes, but stamp-wise, this is their big break. Desjardin and his colleagues have been petitioning the USPS for years to focus on fungi. “We’re really excited about it coming out,” he said. “Having a luminescent mushroom featured shows that fungi are just as important as all of the other organisms that have graced U.S. stamps.” The shroom of the hour is Mycena lucentipes, a Brazilian species that emits a yellow-green glow from its cap down through its root-like mycelium. Its stem is particularly bright and is the inspiration for the species’ name. (Lucentipes is Latin for “light stem.”) Desjardin and his collaborators, Professors Cassius Stevani and Marina Capelari at the University of São Paulo, described the mushroom in 2007 after a nighttime expedition through the Brazilian rainforest. It’s one of 38 bioluminescent species they’ve discovered. Despite their moment in the spotlight, these bioluminescent mushrooms hide many mysteries. For one, scientists still aren’t sure why they glow. Their light may attract insects that spread the mushrooms’ spores and help them reproduce, or the chemicals that produce the light might simply be byproducts of the decomposition of dead wood and leaves. And while most glowing displays in nature are fleeting, these never turn all the way off. “Bioluminescent fungi are the only group of organisms I know of that actually emit light 24 hours a day,” said Desjardin. Photographer Taylor Lockwood captured the image featured on the stamp, part of a series featuring bioluminescent life from corals to fireflies. The series will become available Feb. 22, and you can tune in to a USPS dedication ceremony that day to learn more about bioluminescence.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3028
__label__wiki	0.635345	0.635345	Tagged: Aldermanbury Carousel / Churchill Museum / In the News / WT Stories Westminster College Helps Fulton Grab Attention of Smithsonian Magazine photos by Notley Hawkins Smithsonian Magazine has picked the city of Fulton, MO, as one of the “15 Best Small Towns to Visit in 2019,“ in a special announcement last week. One of the major... Alumni & Friends / Carousel / Churchill Museum / Home Page News / In the News / Westminster Stories / WT Stories 50th Anniversary Celebration Generates 148 Million Media Impressions America’s National Churchill Museum on the Westminster College campus found itself once again on the world stage during its 50th anniversary from May 3 through May 5. Headlines about the monumental celebration were generated... Campus Life / Carousel / Faculty & Staff / Home Page News / Uncategorized / Westminster Stories / WT Stories Baccalaureate 2019 Celebrates Religious Diversity of Graduates By Kiva Nice-Webb, Chaplain and Director for the Center for Faith and Service Baccalaureate is a service that takes place each year during Commencement Weekend at Westminster College to honor the graduates. It... Carousel / Churchill Museum / In the News / Westeryears / WT Stories Westeryears: Westminster’s Bond with the Bard Visitors of the magnificently restored Christopher Wren church on Westminster’s campus, the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, are greeted at the back of the sanctuary by a huge bust of the Stratford-on-Avon... Alumni & Friends / Carousel / Churchill Museum / Faculty & Staff / Home Page News / In the News / Parents & Family / Uncategorized / Westminster Stories / WT Stories Come Visit Us This Weekend: 50th Anniversary Highlights The upcoming weekend is packed with special events commemorating the 50th anniversary of the dedication of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, on the Westminster College campus. While a few high-profile events require tickets or... Colorful Parade, Free Tours, New Exhibits, Authors, Artists, and Churchill and Truman Family Members to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of America’s National Churchill Museum The public is invited May 3-5 to enjoy the festive celebration, including a free Museum weekend, a first-ever Presidential art exhibit, the re-dedication of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, and much more. Former British... Westeryears: The Creation of the Mander Organ – A Date with Destiny “I saw them all burn, and it is a sensation I will never forget—hearing the bells fall down the tower, hearing the organs burn, because the hot air blowing through the organ pipes almost... Carousel / Churchill Museum / In the News / Uncategorized / Westeryears / WT Stories Westeryears: A Church Forged by Fire The beautiful Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury stands on the campus of Westminster College as a magnificent survivor of the ravages of time and disastrous events. In fact, as a result of... Fulton Garden Club Gives New Garden Bench to National Churchill Museum The Isabelle R. Whitmarsh English Garden located on the side of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury gained a new addition on Monday, August 28. In commemoration of its 80th anniversary, the Fulton Garden Club commissioned a new... Jeff Owens to Receive Lifetime Alumni Achievement Award Jeff Owens from Peoria, IL, Class of 1987, and a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, will receive a Westminster College Lifetime Alumni Achievement Award on Saturday, April 29, during the college’s Alumni Weekend. Owens is Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Technology Services, Inc.,...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3030
__label__wiki	0.890014	0.890014	Woody's adventures at Pixar Animation Studios for TOY STORY 4 VIZ Media Announced New Manga Titles at Anime Expo 2019 Joey Ferris Anime Expo 2019- ‘Is It Wrong To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon?’ Panel And Season 2 Premiere Impressions Alan Plummer Logitech G Pro X Gaming Headset Review Shudder Bringing CREEPSHOW Series To San Diego Comic Con Along With New Poster Art! Anime Expo 2019 – Dr. Stone Episode 1 Review My First Anime Expo – The Good, And The Bad Must Watch - "Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist" Trailer! Nuke The Fridge Dora and the Lost City of Gold Gets A New Spanish Trailer & Poster! No More Teasers The Full Trailer for SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK Hits The Net! Pixar’s New Magical Trailer For ONWARD Starring Tom Holland and Chris Pratt Is Released! New Trailer For ANNABELLE COMES HOME First Trailer For TERMINATOR: DARK FATE ‘You’ll Float Too’ in The First Official Trailer For IT CHAPTER TWO! STUBER Red Carpet Interviews! 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GIVEAWAY – Win Free Advance Screening Passes to CRAWL in Dallas TX GIVEAWAY – Win Free Advance Screening Passes to CRAWL in Chicago E3 2015: DISNEY INFINITY 3.0 Star Wars Playsets Hands-on Demo Recap Chris Salce Code Vein’s Opening Cinematic revealed at Anime Expo TurboGrafx-16 Mini Coming In March 19, 2020 featuring 50 TG-16 and PC-Engine Games Anime Expo 2019 Interview – Fuyuki Hayashi and RIUICHI talk about CRYSTAR Digimon Survive has been Delayed to 2020 Code Vein's Opening Cinematic revealed at Anime Expo “Go After Mary Elizabeth Winstead:” Chris Messina on his Directorial Debut Fred Topel Chris Messina has been an actor in movies like Vicky Christina Barcelona, Away We Go and Argo, and TV shows like The Newsroom and The Mindy Project. The first movie he directed, Alex of Venice, opens in theaters this weekend and he was in L.A. last week to talk about it. Mary Elizabeth Winstead stars as Alex, a woman whose husband (Messina) leaves her. She’s balancing her job, her son and her father (Don Johnson), an actor rehearsing Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard and manifesting early signs of Alzheimer’s. Alex’s sister Lily (co-writer Katie Nehra) comes to visit and help. You can see Alex of Venice in theaters or VOD starting Friday, April 17. Nuke the Fridge: Has directing been on your radar for a long time? Chris Messina: Yeah, yeah, I directed in the theater. I directed a couple of really small black box stuff, a couple productions and I enjoyed myself. I think I reached a point with my acting that I’ve found a way that I like to work. I had a little bit of a hard time finding people that wanted to work in that way, so I said I’ll do it myself and set up the platform so me and a group of actors can play in that arena. Nuke: What was it like being on the set when you weren’t acting? Chris Messina: It’s great. The least fun I had on my movie was acting. That was the hardest part, I think, was the acting. I had a great group of actors. They were very open and kind. They would try anything. We set up a precedent where nobody really said no and just said, “Yes, let’s try that, let’s try this.” If you give good actors their wings, they often fly. Nuke: Was Alex of Venice a script that Katie Nehra wrote because it was a role she wanted to play and wasn’t getting offered? Chris Messina: It might’ve been. She was interested in writing and she’s interested in acting. I think the combination of “let me write a script and write myself a part that I would like to play,” I couldn’t imagine anyone else playing it. I think it was probably a combo platter for her. Nuke: Had you known Katie before you saw her script? Chris Messina: I knew her a little bit in New York from the Labyrinth Theater Company, Phil Hoffman’s theater company. I’d seen her do a play there and really liked her in it. Then we bumped into each other in Los Angeles and for whatever reason, she had the crazy idea that I should direct this and play George. It was really her doing. I had done a film with Electric City, 28 Hotel Rooms, and they produced Half Nelson and Blue Valentine. They heard that I wanted to direct so they, along with Katie, said, “Come on, direct this movie” and here we are. Nuke: Which play did you see her in? Chris Messina: It was a Shanley play, Sailor’s Song. Nuke: Did Don Johnson actually know Chekhov by heart? Chris Messina: I don’t know if he knew it beforehand, but he knew a lot of it when we were there. I mean, he’s studied a lot of theater and he’s a great actor and he cares. He came in and had done a lot of work on it. He was very inspiring to the cast and crew. Everybody wanted to follow his lead. Nuke: What were some shots that you just had to get? Chris Messina: For some reason, it’s a little shot in the movie, but Katie’s character and the boy are riding their bicycles. I wanted to do that. I grew up riding bicycles all the time so I really wanted that in the movies. I wanted the sun out, the beautiful L.A. westside west coast sunset. And that alleyway shot, I wanted that. Some of the oners we did, through the house at the top of the film. Stuff like that, I was ripping off my favorite directors and trying to steal from them. You never do it as good as them but you try. It comes out your own way. You try your best to copy of them. Nuke: Was mounting the camera on the back of the car while they drove through Venice one of those shots? Chris Messina: I don’t think we did that. I think we stole that and we literally opened up the door of a van and said, “Drive closer to the car.” I think it was something like that. Nuke: We hear how Los Angeles has become inhospitable to filmmakers. Is Venice part of L.A. proper and do they have exceptions for indie films? Chris Messina: We were told it would be kind of not doable to make the movie in Venice and the people there wouldn’t want it, and it’d be too expensive. It was quite the opposite. They were very giving, very open arms to us. We shot it all in Venice, a little bit in Santa Monica, a couple places here and there. Some of the locations were right on the cusp of Venice and Santa Monica but most of it was Venice. I couldn’t imagine making the movie not in Venice because there was a point where we were like, “Maybe the house will be in the valley and you won’t know it’s in the valley.” But when you’re out the house, you could smell the ocean. It was nice. It does something to you as an actor. Nuke: So you found a house in Venice. Was it a family that had rented out to films before? Chris Messina: They had. They had done it before, TV shows. So they were hip to it and cool about it. Nuke: Did Mary come ready to go as Alex? Chris Messina: Oh yeah, she’s a badass. Super kind, super talented. If anybody reading this article is a director, go after Mary Elizabeth Winstead. That should be the title of the article. “Go After Mary Elizabeth Winstead.” With full force. She’s an amazing actress, and to boot just a sensational woman. Nuke: Have there been things that directors told you that you never quite understood, and now you understand why they say that? Chris Messina: Yeah, definitely. There’s an understanding now and I’m more lenient on directors because of my experience directing. I’m a very vocal actor, for better or for worse. “What about this and what about that? Should we try this? Don’t you think we should try that?” That’s cool. I think everyone should have a voice in the project but now after my movie, I let directors direct more. Nuke: So you’ve cut back on that a little? Chris Messina: Well, I’m still vocal but it’s their movie, or it’s their TV show, or it’s their episode. I’m just a part of it as an actor. Just like the actor wants to act, the director wants to direct. So it’s a little bit like let the director direct. Let the actor act. Open up a dialogue for sure. That’s the fun, the collaboration. Nuke: Did you borrow any specific tricks from any of the director’s you’ve worked with? Chris Messina: Oh yeah. Well, Woody Allen just casts it right and he told me, “If you cast it right, you just let the actors go. You move them right or left.” In one scene he said to Rebecca Hall, “Do it happy, indifferent and sad. Do one happy, do one indifferent, do one sad because I don’t know where I’m going to be when I’m cutting this scene, where I want your character to be.” I thought oh yeah, you need choices. That’s why there’s film in the camera or a card. Nuke: Was there a scene in Alex of Venice you did three ways? Chris Messina: We didn’t do necessarily the three ways, but every scene we would try many ways, so we might have done more than three. We were exhausting for an editor, and we’d do silent takes too. I met with Coppola and he was very cool. He told me to do silent takes so when you’re cutting, I can cut to you doing that right there. Nuke: Do you have the bug to direct more now? Chris Messina: Yes, definitely. I can’t wait to do it again. I have a couple projects but they’re just in early stages of scripts, so we’ll see when but I can’t wait to do it again. Nuke: Are you doing more Mindy Project? Chris Messina: We just finished the third season and now we’re waiting to hear what lies ahead for the show. Maybe sometime in May they’ll have some more answers on another season. Nuke: You must have been to lots of film festivals as an actor. Was taking Alex of Venice to Tribeca as a director different? Chris Messina: Yeah, you know, there’s more responsibility. As an actor, you can go, “Well, if you don’t like the movie, it’s not my fault.” You can blame it but when you’re the director, it’s a little bit of a lonely job because there’s only one director. So if you like the movie, you can get the love and if you don’t like the movie, you can blame it on me. So yeah, it was scary. It’s a lot of responsibility. All these actors take a risk on you, and not just the actors. The crew and everybody. They go, “Well, he talked about Cassavetes and he talked about Robert Altman and he played me that cool song that he’s going to put in the movie and he showed me the lookbook. It seems like he’s got okay ideas and taste.” Then to do it is another thing. So then you have to sit down and show the movie and you go, “I hope you like it.” You’re nervous. I hope you like what I did with your performance and your work. It’s stressful, but it’s a cool job. Nuke: Was that you talking about Cassavetes and Altman? Chris Messina: Oh, every first time director does that. They’ve done it to me as an actor, like, “I love Hal Ashby and I think we’re going to do this shot…” I did the same thing. “It’s going to look like this and sound like…” You’re just trying to get people into the head of the movie. You’re trying to go, “This is the style, this is what I want to do, this is what I want to say.” Sure, I can play you a piece of music and you’d be like, “That’s beautiful. The movie’s going to be cool.” But you need a lot more than a piece of music to make a movie work. Official BATMAN V SUPERMAN Trailer Released! Second JURASSIC WORLD Poster Released Interview With Fire Force Writer Atsushi Okubo	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3034
__label__wiki	0.776431	0.776431	About the CFB News & Media C-Access IEDS CFB System Notices Follow the Follow the Money \| NYC Independent Expenditures Portal Daily Pre-Election Disclosure Summary Doing Business Summary Late/Missing Disclosures Registered Political Committees Statements of Need Independent Expenditure Impact Charts Post-Election/Enforcement Final Audit Reports/Final Board Determinations (FARs/FBDs) Outstanding Penalties & Repayments Registered TIEs TIE Determinations Final Board Determinations Involving Independent Spenders Impact of Public Funds Campaign Finance Resources Start Your Campaign Matching Funds Program New to the CFB Web Series Limits & Thresholds Disclosure Deadlines Campaign Finance Handbook Doing Business FAQ Consultant and Vendor Guide Post Election Bank Balance and Fundraising Post-Election Information Transition and Inauguration Entities (TIEs) C-SMART Help NYC Votes Contribute About Independent Expenditures (IEs) Independent Spender Resources Independent Spender Guide IE Filing Deadlines IE Trainings IE Enforcement IE Portal Law & Campaign Finance Act NYC Charter CFB Rules Rulemakings Advisory Opinions (AOs) Final Board Determinations (FBDs) Penalty Guidelines About NYC Votes Registering to Vote Find Your Polling Site NYC Voter Guide Past Voter Guides News from Your District What Elected Officials Can Do Candidate Debates Agency-Based Voter Registration National Voter Registration Day (NVRD) Naturalization Ceremonies Order Voter Registration Forms Candidate Community Forums Student Voter Registration Day (SVRD) Youth Poet Laureate (YPL) Youth Voting Workshop Come to a VAAC Meeting NYC Votes Partners Partner Tools & Resources Law & Rules A smaller text A normal text A larger text 1997-10: Effects on the Campaign Finance Program Requirements When an Anticipated Runoff Primary Election for Mayor Will Not Take Place Re: Administrative Code §3-703(1) (f);3-704; 3-705(5); 3-706(1) (b), (4); 3-709.5(1); Campaign Finance Board Rules 1-04(c) (2) (i), (iii), (iv), (o); 1-08(c) (2) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (d); 2-06(c) (1); 3-02(c) (d); Op. No. 1997-10 On the basis of September 9, 1997 election night vote counts by the Board of Elections it has appeared that a runoff primary election would be taking place between two mayoral candidates participating in the New York City Campaign Finance Program, Ruth Messinger and Al Sharpton. It now appears that, based on a pending final count by the Board of Elections of all paper and machine ballots cast in the Democratic mayoral primary election, it is possible that a runoff primary election will not be held. This advisory opinion outlines Campaign Finance Program requirements in the event the Board of Elections concludes that its official count results in a primary election winner and no runoff primary election will be held. In addition, the opinion addresses the following question posed on behalf of the Giuliani campaign: If the Board of Elections were to complete the canvass and certify that Ms. Messinger received at least 40% of the vote; and Rev. Sharpton then commenced a judicial proceeding pursuant to Election Law Sec. 16-106 to review the canvass, including the canvass of paper ballots, would the Campaign Finance Board extend the period within which expenditures could be allocated to the runoff spending limit until the date of final judicial determination or the runoff election?1 The following requirements apply if a runoff primary election takes place for mayor, and will be adjusted as described below in the event the Board of Elections declares that a primary election winner and runoff election will not take place: 1. Contribution Limits. The $7,700 contribution limit for participating candidates on the ballot in a runoff is increased by 50 percent (or $3,850) for a total of $11,500 per contributor. New York City Administrative Code §3-703(1) (f). The contribution limits for all other mayoral candidates remain the same. In the event the runoff does not take place, the candidates who expected to be in the runoff must demonstrate that any portion of contributions accepted from a single source, which exceeds $7,700 but not $11,550, may be reasonably attributed to expenses incurred for the runoff prior to its cancellation. If this demonstration is made, the acceptance of that amount will not be treated as a violation of the Campaign Finance Act's contribution limit. See Advisory Opinion No. 1991-8 (October 30, 1991) (cancellation of court-ordered re-run elections), codified in Campaign Finance Board Rule 1-04(o) 2. The candidates may not, however, accept contributions over $7,700 to use for expenses incurred in litigation concerning the Board of Elections' final canvass of the primary election, because these expenses are not incurred for a runoff election3. Thus, the candidates may not attribute the portion of previously accepted contributions that exceeds $7,700 to such expenses. 2. Public Funds. Candidates on the ballot for a runoff election are eligible to receive public funds grants equal to 25 percent of public funds payments they received for the primary election, if any. Administrative Code §3-705(5). If the runoff does not take place, the candidate must return to the Board the portion of any grant received that exceeds qualified campaign expenditures incurred for the runoff after the primary election and before the Board of Elections announced that the runoff would not take place. See Administrative Code §3-704, regarding the use of public funds. In addition, a participating candidate may not account for the use of the runoff grant with expenses that are attributed to contributions over $7,700, as described above. 3. Financial Disclosure. A financial disclosure statement must be filed 10 days after a runoff on behalf of both candidates in the runoff. See Rule 3-02(c) , (d) . If the runoff is not held, the candidate who is not on the general election ballot need not file this additional disclosure statement. 4. Debates. Participating candidates on the ballot in a runoff election must meet in two additional debates for the runoff election. Administrative Code §3-709.5(1). The debate law does not, however, require participating candidates to appear in a runoff debate after the date the Board of Elections announces a primary election winner, with the result that no runoff election is held. The fact that litigation is commenced challenging the Board of Elections' final canvass would not alter this conclusion. 5. Expenditure Limits. An additional runoff expenditure limit of $2,366,000 applies for all mayoral candidates on the ballot either for the runoff election or the general election, including participating candidates who would not have been on the ballot in the runoff. Administrative Code §3-706(1) (b); Campaign Finance Board 1-08(c) (2) (ii). In addition, expenses incurred for a runoff primary election before the Board of Elections announces its ultimate conclusion remain subject to this separate runoff expenditure limit. Advisory Opinion No. 1991-8, supra. Rule 1-08(c) (2) (iii), (iv). Expenses incurred by participating candidates who would have been in the runoff, in connection with a judicial proceeding under Election Law §16-106, or any other action seeking to overturn a Board of Elections determination that a runoff primary election will not take place, are exempt from the Act's spending limits under Administrative Code §3-706(4), but public funds may not be used for these expenses. Administrative Code §3-704(2) (h). Advisory Opinion No. 1991-7 (October 9, 1991); Advisory Opinion No. 1996-3 (December 12, 1996) 4. The remaining question is whether the separate runoff expenditure limit would be extended for all mayoral candidates from the date the Board of Elections cancels the runoff through the date of a final judicial determination or the runoff election, whichever is later. Rule 1-08(c) (2) provides, in relevant part: (i) If there is no contested primary election for an office, expenditures made by a participant seeking that office are subject to the general election expenditure limit... (iii) Notwithstanding subparagraph (i), if a participant demonstrates to the Board that for a period preceding the primary election the participant reasonably anticipated a primary election in any party for the office the participant seeks, the participant may attribute expenditures made before and during that period to the primary election expenditure limit... Unlike ballot petition litigation prior to a primary election, the remedy sought here would be to overturn the results of a previous primary election, as declared by the Board of Elections. It is the Campaign Finance Board's view that it cannot be reasonably anticipated at the time the action is brought that such extraordinary relief will be granted. Thus, the period covered by the runoff expenditure limit will not extend beyond the Board of Elections' determination that a runoff will not be held, unless and until a court of competent jurisdiction overrules the Board of Elections by declaring that the runoff election will take place. NEW YORK CITY CAMPAIGN FINANCE BOARD 1 This question was asked by Lawrence A. Mandelker, by letter dated September 16, 1997. 2 This allowance for the acceptance of contributions in excess of $7,700 has no bearing on whether the participating candidate violated the contribution limit prior to the primary election. If the runoff does not take place, contributions accepted in excess of $7,700 per contributor may be returned to contributors even after the participating candidate has received public funds. Rule 1-04(c) (2) (i), (iii), (iv). Contrary language in Rule 2-06(c) (1) does not restrict the return of the contributions because that language would be applicable only if the runoff took place. 3 The sense of Administrative Code §3-703(1) (f) is that runoff candidates receive an increased contribution limit for a runoff election that appears to be taking place, not for a court proceeding commenced to bring about a runoff election that would not otherwise be taking place. 4See also Rule 1-08(d) regarding expenses incurred by the participating candidate who will not be on the general election ballot. Contact the CFB Independent Expenditures Law and Rules NYC Votes About the CFB NYCVotes.org © 2019 New York City Campaign Finance Board 100 Church Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10007	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3036
__label__wiki	0.749805	0.749805	Home / @enbridge Blog / ‘Everybody wins’: Line 3 replacement in Canada has maximized Indigenous participation ‘Everybody wins’: Line 3 replacement in Canada has maximized Indigenous participation Enbridge project points the way forward for Indigenous communities and resource companies “Building strong, trusting relationships with Indigenous communities, over time, is a precondition to doing business.” Al Monaco, CEO of Enbridge, was writing to mark the annual celebration of National Indigenous Peoples Day, but his words certainly reflect the approach and successful outcome of the Line 3 Replacement Program (L3RP) in Canada. Construction of the Canadian portion of the largest capital project in Enbridge’s history was completed on schedule in May and it represents a large step forward – not only for Enbridge but for the relationships between resource companies and Indigenous peoples and society in general. “I’ve seen the evolution of our approach to relationships with Indigenous people move beyond regulatory requirements to more of a partnership, which I believe has really shifted things for us,” says Leo Golden, Vice President, Line 3 Project Execution. “It’s incredible how much we can achieve by working together as equals and focusing on win-win partnerships.” “As important as the installation of new steel is to maintain the safety of this essential pipeline,” Golden adds, “so too is the unprecedented level of Indigenous engagement, inclusion and economic participation achieved during its construction.” Before proceeding with projects, he says, it’s critical to seek meaningful consultation and build respectful relationships focused on a full lifecycle approach from conception and construction through to operations. The L3RP in Canada was Enbridge’s largest engagement effort to date – comprising 154 Indigenous communities as far as 300 kilometres from the pipeline right-of-way. A total of 98 Indigenous communities or groups were ultimately signatories to cooperative agreements covering things like Traditional Land Use, procurement, training and employment opportunities, environmental stewardship and construction monitoring. ‘I like knowing that this is going to lead to a brighter future’ Pipeline inspector training leads to long-term career opportunity for Frog Lake First Nation go-getter Education + work ethic = career success Enbridge Indigenous construction monitor knows the value of continuous learning Maximizing Indigenous participation through a variety of proactive means was also critical to overall project success. Examples include the use of Indigenous brokers to recruit and identify job candidates in their regions, and a progressive supply chain process that required prospective bidders to detail their plans for Indigenous inclusion in their Request for Proposal submissions. “At Enbridge we know that it takes a community to build a pipeline,” says Golden. “And we are very proud of the outcomes that would not have been possible without the strong support of Indigenous community leaders and the more than 1,100 Indigenous men and women who helped build the Line 3 replacement pipeline in Canada.” Indigenous project spending, including labor and contracting, capacity building and community sustainability initiatives tallied more than $400 million, including $116 million in wages to Indigenous workers who comprised 20% of the pipeline workforce. In addition, a major effort was made to set up Indigenous workers for success beyond the L3RP through training and education that provides opportunities to realize long-term, sustainable benefits. Over three years, a total of 260 Indigenous men and women graduated from Enbridge’s Pipeline 101 training-to-employment program which, as the name implies, gives students the important skills needed for pipeline and similar industrial project work. “The pipeline we’ve built together is safer and will continue to provide economic benefits for Canada, including safeguarding Canadian jobs,” Golden says. “And Indigenous individuals, businesses and communities benefit in the short term from construction and longer term through increased capacity, job experience, training and sustainability initiatives. “In such a scenario,” he concludes, “everybody wins.” (TOP PHOTO: A total of 260 First Nations and Metis participants graduated from Enbridge's Pipeline 101 training program in Western Canada.) Applying the tools of the trade, from one pipeline project to another Labor brokers key to Enbridge’s strategy of maximizing Indigenous employment on L3RP Brokering excellence on Enbridge’s Line 3 Replacement Program Labor brokers providing top-notch Indigenous workers for project contractors in Western Canada ‘We chose to get in front of the industry, as opposed to standing off to the side’ Enbridge’s Line 3 replacement has engaged more than 1,000 Indigenous workers (Part 2 of 2) ‘Instead of digging in our heels, we rolled up our sleeves’ Enbridge’s Line 3 replacement expected to create $250 million in Indigenous contracting and labor spending (Part 1 of 2)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3040
__label__cc	0.605937	0.394063	Pro-Perry group blankets Iowa and South Carolina with new ads CNN Political Producer Shawna Shepherd Columbia, South Carolina (CNN) – A pro-Rick Perry group is unleashing an ad campaign this week in Iowa and South Carolina on behalf of the Republican presidential candidate. The Super PAC Make Us Great Again is spending a combined $382,000 over 10 days in the two early nominating states, where the Texas governor needs to gain traction to clinch the GOP nomination. Filed under: 2012 • Ads • Iowa • Rick Perry • South Carolina U.S. sues South Carolina over immigration law CNN Justice Producer Terry Frieden (CNN) - Justice Department officials pressed their campaign against an immigration law in South Carolina on Monday, saying the measure passed there this summer unconstitutionally pre-empts federal authority. South Carolina's law also could lead to the harassment and detention of authorized visitors, immigrants and citizens, federal officials argue in court documents. Filed under: Immigration • Justice Department • South Carolina Perry's flat tax plan: The rich make out CNNMoney.com Senior Writer Jeanne Sahadi New York (CNNMoney) - No matter how you slice it, the richest Americans would do better under Rick Perry's tax proposals, but the picture is more of a mixed bag for those on the lower rungs, according to an analysis released Monday by a nonpartisan tax research group. More than 95% of the highest-income households would pay a lower tax bill under Perry's optional flat-tax system. Filed under: 2012 • CNNMoney.com • Rick Perry • Taxes Obama gets clean bill of health CNN White House Producer Alexander Mooney (CNN) - President Obama is “fit for duty,” his doctor concludes in a medical report released Monday by the White House. According to the report by Dr. Jeffrey C. Kuhlman, the president was found to have normal blood pressure and cholesterol levels. He also tested negative in colorectal and prostate screening exams while his vision is 20/20. Filed under: President Obama Activists propose 'shutting down' candidate offices during Iowa caucuses CNN Political Reporter Shannon Travis Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) – Occupy Wall Street activists plan to amass in Iowa one week before the Iowa caucuses - up to the day they're held on Jan. 3, CNN has learned. The plan has been dubbed the "First in the Nation Caucus Occupation" - a play on words for the first-in-the-nation presidential contest. The idea is to have activists from across the nation, and possibly beyond, descend on Iowa. Filed under: 2012 • Iowa • Occupy Wall Street Biden leaks word of daughter's engagement CNN White House Producer Adam Aigner-Treworgy (CNN) - While speaking in Wilmington, Delaware last week, Vice President Joe Biden referred to his "future son-in-law" several times, but no one knew yet if his only daughter, Ashley, was actually engaged. Well, now it's official. Filed under: Joe Biden Cain breaks out in song (CNN) - During his much-watched appearance at the National Press Club Monday, presidential candidate Herman Cain concluded his speech with a rare performance of singing a gospel song. The former Godfather's Pizza executive - also a Baptist minister who was featured in a gospel album earlier this year - said he wanted to express the importance of faith in his personal life. Cain fielded questions all morning over sexual harassment allegations, which he called falsely made and baseless. Filed under: 2012 • Herman Cain Second clean energy loan company files for bankruptcy CNN Chief White House Correspondent Jessica Yellin (CNN) - A second clean energy company that received a loan guarantee from the Department of Energy has filed for bankruptcy. According to their website, Beacon Power received $43 million loan guarantee from the Department of Energy. The company was working on a new technology that would allow the nation’s electricity grid to store energy by constructing what, on the company’s website, they call “a state of the art energy storage facility in Stephentown, New York.” The company also received $26 million in stimulus grants from the Department of Energy. Filed under: Energy • President Obama Then-Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain participate in the third presidential debate at Hofstra University on October 15, 2008 in Hempstead, New York. Debates announced for presidential general election (CNN) - The Commission on Presidential Debates announced Monday the dates and locations of the three presidential debates, as well as the vice presidential debate, set for October 2012. See the list and criteria for the debates after the jump. Filed under: 2012 • Debate BLITZER'S BLOG: Dems ramp up Romney attacks CNN’s “The Situation Room” Anchor Wolf Blitzer (CNN) – Among the Republican presidential hopefuls, Mitt Romney is the candidate the Democrats fear most. That’s been clear to me for weeks. Obama campaign staffers and Democratic Party activists have been going after the former Massachusetts governor on a whole host of issues, but especially on his so-called "flip-flops." Filed under: 2012 • Democrats • Mitt Romney	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3054
__label__cc	0.514294	0.485706	FSB: members must improve OTC margin compliance Around half of Financial Stability Board member jurisdictions need to “urgently take steps” to get back on track with their implementation of OTC margin requirements, according to the FSB… http://www.assetservicingtimes.com/assetservicesnews/article.php?article_id=6883 Currencycloud to offer easier euro payments International payments solution Currencycloud is offering non-eurozone based clients euro-denominated bank accounts and direct access to European payments systems… http://www.assetservicingtimes.com/assetservicesnews/article.php?article_id=6882 Hitachi and BTMU in blockchain collaboration The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) has paired up with Hitachi to work on proof-of-concept testing for use of blockchain technology for digitising cheques in Singapore… http://www.assetservicingtimes.com/assetservicesnews/article.php?article_id=6881 FIMA: Data governance ‘vital’ for regulation Data governance is ‘vital’, particularly with regards to risk management and regulation, according to a survey of data managers by FIMA and GoldenSource… http://www.assetservicingtimes.com/assetservicesnews/article.php?article_id=6880 New third-party head for Pure Capital Pure Capital has appointed Tony Buche as its new head of third-party services… http://www.assetservicingtimes.com/assetservicesnews/article.php?article_id=6879 China expansion for Custom House Custom House Global Fund Services has expanded operations in China with a new office in Shanghai… http://www.assetservicingtimes.com/assetservicesnews/article.php?article_id=6878 Axiom SL and aosphere pair up on disclosure solution AxiomSL has launched a new shareholding disclosure service using content from aosphere LLP… http://www.assetservicingtimes.com/assetservicesnews/article.php?article_id=6877 Sibos Big Issue speaker announced Ginni Rometty, chair and CEO of IBM, will be the keynote speaker for the Wednesday Big Issue Debate at Sibos 2016, with a talk on cognitive business and the future of finance… http://www.assetservicingtimes.com/assetservicesnews/article.php?article_id=6876 DNB and Nordea combine forces for Baltics Nordea and DNB are set to combine their operations in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in a bid to create a new bank in the Baltics with strong Nordic roots… http://www.assetservicingtimes.com/assetservicesnews/article.php?article_id=6875 J.P. Morgan wins super mandate J.P. Morgan has been selected to provide custody and fund services for Australian superannuation fund Club Plus Super… http://www.assetservicingtimes.com/assetservicesnews/article.php?article_id=6874	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3055
__label__cc	0.744388	0.255612	A New Scleral Depressor This new instrument is designed to allow for more effective examination of the fundus while being more comfortable and ergonomic for both the physician and patient. By Robert G. Josephberg, MD; and Eduardo Besser, MD For retina specialists, ophthalmologists, and other eye care professionals, control of the orbit and adequate scleral depression is critical in many procedures, and the importance of patient comfort during these procedures cannot be underestimated. Scleral depression can be uncomfortable (sometimes painful) and intimidating for both physician and patient. With this in mind, my colleague, Eduardo Besser, MD, and I developed a new scleral depressor that is meant to alleviate and reduce these factors by having an ergonomically curved tip and contour to the curvature of the eyes. The scleral depressor may be used on the lid itself (usually the case) or directly on the sclera for more difficult areas and difficult-to-reach areas. The recently patented and trademarked Josephberg- Besser scleral depressor (Stephens Instruments) has a curved blade, which conforms to the globe and can be placed and/ or attached to a thimble or a handle, which is very comfortable to the examiner. The examination is well facilitated due to the width and length of this instrument. One can actually sweep the entire globe in approximately 6 to 8 depressions. The pressure needed is minimal. The Josephberg-Besser scleral depressor facilitates holding the lid and bringing it back, which is particularly advantageous for patients with tight lids and/or who secrete moisture to the area around their eye. The instrument has been in development for many years and been manufactured for over 3 years, with several thousand sold. I have found that first-year residents report it to be less intimidating than a standard Schocket and/or Schepens scleral depressor and that the learning curve is minimal. In my experience, the field is substantially clearer and wider with this depressor. Several different models have been developed (Figure 1). The double-tip Josephberg-Besser scleral depressor is similar to an Schocket except for the patented curved tip on 1 end. The single-tip Josephberg-Besser scleral depressor is similar to the thimble-type of Schepens depressor. The single- tip scleral depressor has also been developed on a short handle to facilitate depression within the OR during vitrectomies. The blade can easily go on the lid or under the eye speculums to facilitate depression during vitrectomies. This negates the use of cotton swabs, muscle hooks or other devices that makes scleral depression fast, easy, and safe. The Josephberg-Besser scleral depressor overcomes several difficulties encountered during the fundus examination of adults and infants, where the bulk and configuration of oversized instruments, both conventional and unconventional, hinder and may frequently preclude their use. Robert G. Josephberg, MD, is Chief of the Retina and Vitreous Department of the Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College in Valhalla, NY. Eduardo Besser, MD, is Founder and CEO of Angeles Eye Institute and Volunteer Clinical Faculty at Jules Stein Eye Institute in Los Angeles. Dr. Josephberg and Dr. Besser both have a financial interest in this instrument and collect royalties from Stephens Instruments. Dr. Josephberg can be reached at +1 914 965 2526; fax: +1 914 965 2527; or via email at rj2526@aol.com.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3068
__label__wiki	0.512963	0.512963	Stifle, demobilise, deradicalise – a lesson in opportunism Created: Wednesday, 26 June 2019 10:18 Written by London FRFI On 15 June the Revolutionary Communist Group attended the ‘Justice4Grenfell’ (J4G) national demonstration at Whitehall, to mark the second anniversary of the west London fire in which 72 people were killed. With only around 200 people present this dismal affair was the result of two years of controlling, deradicalising opportunism. As we argued in FRFI 267, ‘The horrors of the Grenfell fire could and should have been a launchpad for a militant class struggle – in an area of London with a history of resistance against state racism and repression. The RCG is amongst those who fought to allow the voices of those demanding justice, action and accountability to be heard. The possibility of building such a movement was derailed by opportunist forces who, consciously or otherwise, ended up serving only the interests of the state. These are the forces which time after time will attempt to interpose themselves between the working class and its enemies.’ This demonstration was called to protest against the ongoing failures of the state to deliver anything looking remotely like justice in the two years since the Grenfell Tower fire. We attended in solidarity with those affected by the fire, and to invite individuals and organisations to our planned demonstration at the next Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council meeting on 26 June. As well as Justice4Grenfell, representatives from The Grenfell Trust survivors’ group, numerous Fire Brigade Union branches with banners and also activists from the Workers’ Revolutionary Party (WRP) and some unaffiliated others. The poor attendance was in stark contrast to the thousands-strong Silent Walk for Grenfell the night before. As we have experienced before (see ‘Justice4Grenfell – letting Kensington and Chelsea Council get away with murder’ on our website), J4G and SWP members Moyra Samuels and Brian Richardson used sectarian tactics to try to control the event, ordering the RCG to move our stall away from the protest upon our arrival. We refused to comply. The role of J4G since its inception has been to attempt to control and stifle any emerging local working class movement in response to the fire, and divert any anger or resistance down ‘respectable’ and ‘official’ paths that will be acceptable to the SWP’s allies in the trade union and labour movement. This opportunism is typical of a petit-bourgeois left that resorts to tactics of sectarianism, exclusion and censorship to prevent any revolutionary voices being heard. The focus of the J4G speeches on the day continued this tradition, with a closed mic and almost every speech ending in calls for a Labour government. With the majority of social cleansing through estate ‘regeneration’ currently being enacted by Labour councils, and with Labour councillors seeking election and re-election in RBKC council, this is a glaring example of opportunism. This has completely derailed the the possibility of building a movement in the aftermath of the fire capable of delivering justice not only for the survivors and the bereaved, but for all working class people forced to live in unsafe, overcrowded and unacceptable housing conditions across the country. However, it is clear that patience with ‘respectable’ politics within the north Kensington working class community is wearing thin. On the Silent Walk held on 14 June, there were for the first time sustained calls for criminal charges against the council members responsible for Grenfell Tower, and for the immediate rehousing in the area for all survivors who want it – a promise made two years ago that has still not been fulfilled. At the end rally, there were shouts of ‘justice now!’ It is time for an independent movement that takes up that call and fights to make it a reality. Join us in protest at the RBKC meeting two years after the fire: Where's the Justice? - 26 June, 6pm - Kensington Town Hall, W8 7NX London branches northlondonfrfi@gmail.com frfieastlondon@gmail.com southlondonrcg@gmail.com westlondonrcg@gmail.com Grenfell Fire: The fight for justice must intensify Action in solidarity with Grenfell survivors Grenfell Tower: Condemn capitalism! Grenfell fire: social murder Revolutionary Communist Group statement on Grenfell Tower	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3069
__label__wiki	0.832757	0.832757	Home Newswire Facebook investors want to ‘check Zuckerberg’s power,’ oust him from company chair... Facebook investors want to ‘check Zuckerberg’s power,’ oust him from company chair — RT USA News Facebook’s shareholders are gearing up for a fresh attempt to oust its founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg as chairman, as well as shake up the company’s governance, in the wake of “severe controversies” for the social network. Documents filed by Facebook to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 12 outline the schedule of business for the company’s annual shareholder meeting at the end of next month, and include eight shareholder proposals. One of these calls for replacing Zuckerberg as company chair with a new independent member, so as to clearly separate the roles of company chair and CEO. Also on rt.com ‘Big Brother is watching’: Facebook ‘accidentally’ includes secret messages in Oculus VR devices In the filing, stockholders complain that Zuckerberg holds about 60 percent of Facebook’s voting shares, meaning the board has “only a limited ability to check Mr Zuckerberg’s power.” “We believe this weakens Facebook’s governance and oversight of management,” they continue, adding that this has resulted in the company “missing, or mishandling, a number of severe controversies” including Cambridge Analytica’s access to user data and the “proliferation of fake news.” Facebook’s share price has had a rough ride in the wake of the series of scandals. In its response, Facebook said the board believes “that the most effective leadership model is that Mr Zuckerberg, our founder and controlling stockholder, serves as both chairman and CEO,” and that “implementing the proposal is unnecessary.” If we lose WikiLeaks, we lose a whole stratum of freedom — Pilger Given that Zuckerberg currently holds over half the voting power at Facebook, he is expected to survive the ballot. A similar move to force him out was rejected at the annual stockholder meeting two years ago. The SEC filing also outlines the board’s stance on all of the proposals being tabled, saying they recommend stockholders vote ‘for’ their proposals, including the election of the board, and ‘against’ each of the eight motions suggested by stockholders. The other stockholder proposals include readjusting the company’s share structure and the voting rights of shareholders, and compelling Facebook to provide greater insight into the company’s gender pay gap. Via RT. This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News with permission or license.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3071
__label__wiki	0.932254	0.932254	Preview: All Guns blazing Rock News Desk continues on Classic Rock website Iommi ends chemo QOTSA Nick’s robocop standoff May-C/DC Jet announce split Tyler accepts ‘cruel’ label ‘Rock provokes racism’ claim Apology: Jon Anderson and Yes Montrose dead at 64 Drink helped kill Moore ‘Fickle’ Young is obstacle to Buffalo Springfield tour Foreigner Jones’ heart scare Yes sack singer David without telling him Sabbath call off tour DAVE NAVARRO:"We don’t break up any more – we just go on five-year hiatuses" CHAD SMITH:"They’ll come over and say, ‘Will Ferrell?’ I have to say ‘No,’ and they’ll be like, ‘Bullshit, man'" BRIAN MAY:"We lost Freddie and my dad died at almost the same time. I didn’t want to live – I’d lost myself completely" PETER CRISS:"Every day I wake up and get a pain, I think of the Big C immediately" TORI AMOS: "I’ll stand next to the hardest fucking heavy metal band on any stage in the world and take them down" PHIL ANSELMO: "I asked him the hard question. I said, ‘Did he purposely shoot just Dimebag?’" COURTNEY LOVE:"He tried to kill himself three times. He OD’d at least five times. I was always sticking pins in his balls." JOE ELLIOTT:"We used to get riled when people called us a hair metal band. If that’s true, then so are Led Zeppelin" OZZY:"I’ve just taken this medication and I’m about to down a quart of vodka. Where is the nearest fucking hospital?" AXL ROSE: "I always followed Slash 'cause I knew he would pass out and I would get the girl" Watch: Red Hot Chili Peppers: Monarchy of Roses Watch: AC/DC meet Star Wars Watch: Michael Monroe: Trick of the Wrist Watch: Nicko McBrain's drumkit setup Listen: Slash live album in full Watch: Lou Redd & Metallica: Iced Honey live on TV Listen: Paul Di'Anno: Black Boots demo View: GnR visit kids' hospital Watch: Mastodon: Dry Bone Valley live View: Kittens take over classic album covers Read: 10 things you didn't know about Led Zeppelin IV Listen: Slipknot: Iowa remastered Listen: U2: Blow Your House Down Watch: Bring Me the Horizon: Alligator Blood Watch: Death: The Philisopher remix Listen: Lullaby versions of Maiden classics Read: Why backing tracks at live shows is a good thing Read: 10 greatest bass riffs Listen: Megadeth: Black Swan Read: Ace Frehley autobiography chapter Watch: Metallica & Lou Reed explain Lulu Watch: Black Country Communion: Man in the Middle live Watch: Trivium's acoustic Maiden cover Listen: Rolling Stones: No Spare Parts Watch: Sebastian Bach sings with Michael Monroe Watch: Black Veil Brides: Rebel Love Song Watch: Iron Maiden: Backstage in London Listen: Lou Reed & Metallica: Lulu in full Watch: Axl Rose trips on stage Watch: William Shatner: Bohemian Rhapsody GLOBAL FEEDS… DAY IN ROCK by AntiMusic Today's Full Day in Rock Report AC/DC Release Surprise Social Media Video Guns N' Roses' Steven Adler Returns To Stage Following Stabbing BRAVEWORDS LEAVES' EYES - Njord Album Available For First Time On Vinyl; Includes Two Bonus Tracks (Presentation Video) HATRIOT Debut "Ethereal Nightmare" Lyric Video KISS - "Rock And Roll All Nite" HQ Live Video From Glasgow PUNK NEWS Ceremony release new video Vivian Girls reunite, will release new LP Videos: Oso Oso: "Impossible Game" SLEAZE ROXX One-liners: ‘Ozzy said, I want to be Number 10′ Osbourne’s bid to join Slipknot, more Loutallica details, Sebastian Bach on marriage and Axl Rose, Kinks for kids and more Revelations: Loutallica's Lulu cover Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor has told of Ozzy Osbourne’s bid to join his band when they were introduced to each other. Taylor was backstage at a show with Ozzy’s wife Sharon and son Jack when the Prince of Darkness entered the catering area and joined them. “This was insane and it came out of nowhere,” Taylor reports. “I was like, ‘Oh my God!’ and he goes, ‘Slipknot! I want to be Number 10!’ “And I went, ‘Any time you want!’” Metallica and Lou Reed have revealed more details of their collaboration album, Lulu, due out on October 31. They’ve named four tracks in addition to the four they’d previously listed. The currently known titles are Brandenburg Gate, Frustration, The View, Cheat On Me, Junior Dad, Little Dog, Mistress Dread and Pumping Blood. Sebastian Bach says his comments about the Internet being involved in the break-up of his marriage were made in jest – although he admits they weren’t funny. The former Skid Row singer explains: “Nobody was responsible for the demise of my marriage except me. Sometimes I say things in interviews because I’m trying to make you laugh, or trying to be funny. But some things aren’t funny.” He’s apologised to his ex-wife and current girlfriend for saying: “It takes a strong girl to be with a rock’n'roller, or a girl who can’t work a computer.” He adds: “I shouldn’t have said that and I should own up to being a jerk. That’s reality. I shouldn’t blame others for the things I do – I should take responsibility for the things I do.” He also regrets not being able to get Guns n’Roses mainman Axl Rose to make a guest appearance on his new solo album. “He was going to sing on Kicking and Screaming,” Bach says. “He goes, ‘Hey, Baz, what’s the last day I can sing on your record?’ And I gave him a date, and that day came and went. So maybe we’ll get him on the next one. Who knows?” Kinks frontman Ray Davies has written a musical to be performed by school pupils, based on his band’s songs. Children from the John Ruskin School in Cumbria, England, performed Child’s Play for the first time yesterday in London. The story follows three couples from different social classes living through recent events including the death of Princess Diana and the world financial meltdown. The producers say Davies’ musical “provides a commentary on the aspirations and disappointments through the decades of modern Britain.” Rolling Stone Keith Richards has helped an ailing radio station get back on air by donating £3000 to their emergency fund. Angel Radio, based on the Isle of Wight, called for aid after their transmitter was damaged in a storm in July. Richards has a home in the station’s broadcast area but it’s not known if he heard their plea for help himself. A cheque was sent from his accountant. Station director Bev Webster says: “I opened the envelope and nearly had a heart attack. It said it was a donation from Keith Richards. We looked at one another and said, ‘Could it be the Keith Richards? Is there any other Keith Richards?” Angel Radio, which is not allowed to sell advertising and so relies on listener donations to survive, sent a letter of thanks to the musician after confirming the cash had come from him. The estate of Elvis Presley is suing the star’s German record label for $9m in unpaid royalties dating back to 2002. Arista Music is accused of withholding money generated from ringtones, download and app sales based on the King’s back-catalogue. It’s also been accused of exploiting Elvis when, in 1973, it cut a deal which meant he was only paid $10 a year for resales of 1000 recordings. In German copyright law contracts can be rewritten if the terms are held to have been unreasonably disproportionate. Over 10% of Elvis’ worldwide sales come out of Germany. Label owners Sony have not commented. One-liners: ‘He’s chosen Metallica to be his muscle’ Corey: VR need good-time Axl Ulrich upset at missed chance to screw with fans 97% of Metallica fans snub Lulu? 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__label__cc	0.612594	0.387406	What the Poets are Doing: Canadian Poets in Conversation I'm excited to announce a new book I've been working on (with many co-conspirators): What the Poets are Doing: Canadian Poets in Conversation will be published this November from Nightwood Editions! As devoted Roll of Nickels readers will know, I've long been a big fan of the Tim Bowling edited 2002 collection of interviews, Where the Words Come From. I've posted many quotes from the book over the years, and I interviewed Tim, in part about Where the Words Come From, last year. It was in rereading that book, in preparation for the interview, that I realized it had been sixteen years since it was published, a time in which an entirely new generation of writers had emerged (and another had risen to prominence). I sent a query to Nightwood, and a year-and-a-bit later here we are! This new book will feature two younger generations of Canadian poets talking craft, politics, community, and all sorts of tangents (poets, you know?). It will include conversations between: Elizabeth Bachinsky and Kayla Czaga Tim Bowling and Raoul Fernandes Dionne Brand and Souvankham Thammavongsa Marilyn Dumont and Katherena Vermette Sue Goyette and Linda Besner Steven Heighton and Ben Ladouceur Sina Queyras and Canisia Lubrin Armand Garnet Ruffo and Liz Howard Karen Solie and Amanda Jernigan Russell Thornton and Phoebe Wang + an afterword co-written by Nick Thran and Sue Sinclair The book will also include sample poems from the poets, connected to elements of the conversations. It will be a fun literary party, but in book form! My hope is it will inspire writers young and old (as the 2002 book did, and does, for me), while also proving the great generational divide of our moment is not as great and divided as has been previously reported. I can't wait for you all to see it! Labels: community, personal, WTPAD July Dead Poets Lineup The next Dead Poets Reading Series event will take place at the Vancouver Public Library's Central Branch on July 8th, 2018, from 3-5 PM. It will feature: John Ashbery (1927 - 2017), read by Catherine Owen Jim Carroll (1949 - 2009), read by Geoffrey Nilson Louis MacNeice (1907 - 1963), read by Christopher Levenson Theodore Roethke (1908 - 1963), read by Alan Girling Attendance is free. For more info visit the DPRS website. I hope to see you on July 8th! Labels: community, dead poets Guest Interview: Catherine Owen on "Dear Ghost," Brandon Wnuk: I wanted to start with the title, Dear Ghost,. This title implies the beginning of a letter, as though the poems throughout the book are written for someone in particular. Is the ghost anyone specific to you? How did you come up with the title? Catherine Owen: The title, Dear Ghost,, comes from the John Ashbery quote at the start of the book: "Dear ghost, what shelter in the noonday crowd?" I found the line compelling as obviously addressing a spectre about undead concerns is a bit odd, but something one does when grieving. I actually had multiple titles for this book and only settled on this one long after the poems in the collection were written. Wnuk: On the subject of Ashbery, one of your poems states that he is what you “resisted as a younger poet but who now [you] embrace”. Do you think your view on poetry is constantly evolving today, and how would you say your outlook on poetry has changed since your younger years? Owen: Absolutely my views on poetry are regularly evolving and shifting, growing deeper as I continue to expand my circle of texts and experiences. When I was a younger poet, I loved the simple lyric more than anything. It provided me with a sense of possibility I think, control and resolution. Then, likely through my work on the poet Robinson Jeffers throughout my second book, The Wrecks of Eden, and my Masters thesis, I became hungry for epics. But I still wasn't ready for Ashbery's surreal ironies or non-sequiturial leaps. Eventually, I had a breakthrough and not only began to relish his work but to see him as a poetic muse, one who I can absorb daily and who releases me to write in any wild way I choose. Wnuk: In Dear Ghost,, you dedicate a section to “Poems that work in the TV World”. What are your experiences with film, and how would you say poetry and film relate, if at all? Owen: I have worked in film for 5 years now. First as a PA and then in Props. For me the film life has enabled me to work part time and make sufficient money that I can live alone. That has been its primary influence as artists are always struggling to figure out how to create their art and survive at the same time as one cannot subsist on poetic income! As a poet I am more often "in my head" and working in film has also increased the tangibility in my life as well as my need to be physically fit and endure long crazy hours. Pros and cons to every choice but fusing writing poetry with making a living in film has come the closest to providing balance in my existence so far. Wnuk: Some of your poems touch upon the artifice in film and the distance between art and life. Do you think the tensions in the film world (between artifice and reality) play out in the poetry world in the same way? Owen: Certainly not in the same way. In the film world we are always trying to create illusion. In poetry one uses language and craft to attempt to arrive at a truth. I take poetry as an art form very seriously while in film there is more of a slap-dash feel often as one rushes to toss something together to make it "look like" a war scene or a fancy party. But then most of the film work I have done is with Warner Bros shows so that may have skewed my vision of that realm. Wnuk: You write on many modern and current topics while using more traditional forms of poetry, such as the sonnet and glosa. What takes you back to these traditional forms as a way into addressing modern topics? Owen: I firmly believe that to write you need to know ALL the tools and approaches to the art. And form is a HUGE part of this kit. I don't see them as traditional containers vs modern content but as means through which what I experience in the present can be conveyed most compellingly. The content usually "asks" for a particular form or structure. For instance, material that addresses grief loves to fill a villanelle form as it is both circular and advancing in its hauntings and eventual movements toward resolutions. And forms are music. Which is the core of poetry. Catherine Owen Wnuk: As a fellow Vancouverite, I see a lot of the city in your poems, though often it isn’t referenced directly. What role does Vancouver play in your writing? Do you intentionally avoid or embrace regional specificity, and how does that connect to your considerations of your audience? Owen: Born and raised in Vancouver, the landscape inevitably enters my art, inflicts it, echoes it. I am particularly drawn to bodies of water like the Fraser River and such landmarks as the Pattullo Bridge. I think it's crucial to attend to your immediate environment but not to be limited or narrowed by regionality. I have toured this whole country 10 times now and so feel at home in many places. You bring your audience to you when you are performing, whether that's in forms or in geography. You consider them capable of traveling with you where your work is going. Wnuk: How much do you take the reader into consideration when writing? Would you say that you write for yourself first and foremost? Owen: I just write. I am also a performer. But again, as I said above, I draw the audience to me. I certainly don't write for anyone else. Though I compose within a social nexus threaded by multiple influences. I always say that I write for the page and then take it to the stage. Wnuk: I appreciate how vocal and opinionated you have been when it comes to reviewing poetry on your Marrow Reviews website. Many times a reviewer might be afraid to give a negative opinion on a poetry book. What would you say to someone who says that “negative” reviews are harmful? Owen: Negative is not a word that makes sense to me when it comes to giving a critical opinion. None of us are perfect and if an educated reader is able to say "your line breaks don't work here or there" or "here's where you got lazy and fell into clichés" then we are all better for it. I want all writers to compose reviews because that increases their own and others' critical vocabulary, depth of reading and respect for the art. I grow very tired of the gushy blurb-style overviews or poets refusing to review because they think it will harm their chances of getting prizes or jobs. We really need to be braver for the art! Wnuk: Lastly, in Dear Ghost,, you use found text in many of your poems, whether it be from a letter found on the street or conversations overheard. What inspired you to take up this form? Owen: The first poem was, yes, a letter recovered in the street and it struck me as so ideal in its unwitting evocations of the conflictual relationship we can all have with the bonds of "art". I like to walk and to take transit and thus to listen to the world flowing around me in all its idioms and tonalities. Often a bit of a conversation sparks a poem or allows an alternate rhythm to enter the piece. And again, such a technique was inspired by Ashbery's willing openness, looseness, swerves and detours and its attending entrees into magic. Brandon Wnuk is a recent grad of the UFV English program. Catherine Owen is the author of ten collections of poetry and three collections of prose, including her compilation of interviews on writing called The Other 23 & a Half Hours: Or Everything You Wanted to Know that Your MFA Didn’t Teach You (Wolsak & Wynn, 2015) and her short story collection, The Day of the Dead (Caitlin Press, 2016). You can pick up a copy of Dear Ghost, from the Wolsak and Wynn website. or from your local bookstore. Labels: Catherine Owen, interview "Oh Not So Great" Coquitlam Launch - June 23rd, 3-5 PM, Chapters Pinetree Village I'm excited to announce the Coquitlam launch of "Oh Not So Great": Poems from the Depression Project! The Vancouver launch, back in January, mixed medical research, visual art, poetry and conversation together in one evening. You can see some photos from that event here. We're hoping to keep the good energy going in Coquitlam on June 23rd, with Diane Tucker hosting and an introduction to the event delivered by Dr. Patricia Gabriel, the lead researcher on the project. “Oh Not So Great”: Poems from the Depression Project Coquitlam Book Launch Saturday, June 23rd, 3-5 PM Chapters Pinetree Village 2991 Lougheed Highway, Coquitlam, BC Hosted by Diane Tucker, with introduction by Dr. Patricia Gabriel Free! Books for sale! You can RSVP via the Facebook event page here. Labels: community, Oh Not So Great, personal What the Poets are Doing: Canadian Poets in Conver... "Oh Not So Great" Coquitlam Launch - June 23rd, 3-...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3075
__label__wiki	0.647815	0.647815	MISS SAIGON at The MUSIC HALL at FAIR PARK MISS SAIGON tells the story of a young Vietnamese woman named Kim, who is orphaned by war and forced to work in a bar run by a notorious character known as the Engineer. There she meets and falls in love with an American G.I. named Chris, but they are torn apart by the fall of Saigon. For 3 years, Kim goes on an epic journey of survival to find her way back to Chris, who has no idea he’s fathered a son. This new production features stunning spectacle and a sensational cast of 42 performing the soaring score, including Broadway hits like “The Heat is On in Saigon,” “The Movie in My Mind,” “Last Night of the World” and “American Dream.” Enjoy MISS SAIGON at the Music Hall at Fair Park, May 14-26, 2019, as part of the Dallas Summer Musicals (DSM) and Broadway Across America (BAA) Broadway season. Single tickets for MISS SAIGON start at $25 (pricing subject to change) and are available at DallasSummerMusicals.org or by phone at 1 (800) 745-3000. They can also be purchased in person at the Music Hall at Fair Park Box Office Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Orders for groups of ten (10) or more may be placed by calling (214) 426-4768 or emailing Groups@DallasSummerMusicals.org. #MissSaigonDSM Soon I’ll share my opinion about the musical, STAY TUNED! MISS SAIGONMISS SAIGON in dallasMISS SAIGON ticketsMISS SAIGON trailer By Ana Cruz 0 Comments Ana Cruz Originaria de Guanajuato, Mexico. Graduada en Licenciatura en Ciencias de la Comunicacion en la Universidad de Celaya, Ana es una mujer emprendedora que no solo traspaso la frontera en busca de mejores oportunidades, si no que ademas su lucha en apoyo a las mujeres latinas es interminables. Ana es la Co-host del Morning Show "Shoboy en la Manana" en Mega 107.5 en Dallas TX. Ademas Participa como columnista en el programa de television "Super Latina" transmitido por Azteca America en Dallas y por Telemundo en otras ciudades como Nuevo Mexico, Odesa, etc. Por otro lado su compromiso social la ha llevado a motivar a mas de 1000 mujeres con su historia de Violencia Domestica y por medio de talleres y asesorias ha ayudado a centenares de ellas a recuperar su autoestima y luchar por una familia libre de violencia. Cómo decir NO, resistirse a la tentación Quien Supera Más Rápido Una Ruptura, Hombres O Mujeres? [Fotos] ¿Jeans Rotos En Invierno?	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3076
__label__wiki	0.971524	0.971524	Alliance talks: Rahul accuses Arvind Kejriwal of making ‘U-turn’; AAP chief hits back – Times of India NEW DELHI: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said his party is willing to give four seats to the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi and accused its chief Arvind Kejriwal of making a U-turn amid talks to forge an alliance for the Lok Sabha elections. Asserting that an alliance between the Congress and AAP in Delhi would mean the rout of the BJP, Rahul said that doors for a tie-up with AAP are still open. An alliance between the Congress & AAP in Delhi would mean the rout of the BJP. The Congress is willing to give up… https://t.co/wR0WaC39Rr — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) 1555330813000 Hitting back at Gandhi, Kejriwal said that the Congress chief is only interested in posturing and not an actual alliance with AAP. “What U-turn are you talking about? The alliance talks were still on. Your tweet suggests that you are only interested in posturing and not an alliance,” he tweeted. Kejriwal added while Rahul says he wants to defeat PM Modi and Amit Shah, in reality he is helping them by dividing anti-BJP votes in Uttar Pradesh and other states. Sticking to its demand for an alliance with Congress in Delhi, Haryana and Chandigarh, AAP asked why Rahul is not interested in defeating the BJP in 18 seats. While Delhi and Haryana send 7 and 10 MPs to Lok Sabha respectively, Chandigarh sends a single MP to the lower house. “In Punjab, where Congress has 4 MPs and 20 MLAs, it is unwilling to concede a single seat. In Haryana, Congress has just one MP and doesn’t want to concede a single seat. In Delhi, it has 0 MPs and MLAs, and even there they are demanding that AAP give up three seats to them. Is this how you reach an agreement? Do you not want to stop BJP in other states,” asked AAP spokesperson Sanjay Singh. Posing a similar query, AAP leader Gopal Rai asked why Rahul Gandhi is not interested in defeating the BJP in 18 seats. “Rahul is opening doors to 4 seats in Delhi. AAP has opened doors to 18 seats in Delhi, Haryana and Chandigarh,” Rai tweeted. The uncertainty over an alliance between the AAP and the Congress has been continuing for some time now. Delhi goes to polls on May 12. AAP has demanded an alliance with the Congress in Delhi, Haryana and Chandigarh, saying that it won’t agree for a tie-up just in the national capital. Congress, however, has been insisting on restricting the tie-up to New Delhi. The talks between the two sides derailed after they failed to reach an agreement over seat-sharing in Delhi and Haryana. Yesterday, Kejriwal said his party will do anything to “save the country” from Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, in a clear indication of going soft on his demand for a multi-state alliance with the Congress. Congress general secretary in charge for Delhi, P C Chacko, too, said on Sunday he expects the AAP to come around for discussing seat-sharing in Delhi. Alliance talks: Rahul accuses Arvind Kejriwal of making ‘U-turn’; AAP chief hits back – Times of India added by on April 15, 2019	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3079
__label__cc	0.721007	0.278993	IN THIS VOLUME ASME Conference Presenter Attendance Policy and Archival Proceedings (1) Scientific Track Floating Concepts (4) Metocean (5) Model Testing (6) Mooring and Foundation Design (10) Numerical Modeling (11) Offshore Farms (3) Project Development Track Design and Operational Challenges (2) World Wide Projects (2) ASME 2018 1st International Offshore Wind Technical Conference November 4–7, 2018, San Francisco, California, USA Conference Sponsors: Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering Division Processing your request... Please Wait. Basic View \| Expanded View ASME Conference Presenter Attendance Policy and Archival Proceedings 2018;():V001T00A001. doi:10.1115/IOWTC2018-NS. FREE TO VIEW This online compilation of papers from the ASME 2018 1st International Offshore Wind Technical Conference (IOWTC2018) represents the archival version of the Conference Proceedings. According to ASME’s conference presenter attendance policy, if a paper is not presented at the Conference by an author of the paper, the paper will not be published in the official archival Proceedings, which are registered with the Library of Congress and are submitted for abstracting and indexing. The paper also will not be published in The ASME Digital Collection and may not be cited as a published paper. Topics: Indexing (Machining) , Ocean engineering , Wind Commentary by Dr. Valentin Fuster Scientific Track: Floating Concepts Mobile Offshore Platforms for Power Generation: The Energy Ship Max F. Platzer and Nesrin Sarigul-Klijn 2018;():V001T01A001. doi:10.1115/IOWTC2018-1022. There is an increasing awareness that the exploitation of offshore wind may become the main technology option for decarbonization of the global energy production systems. Various floating wind turbines are therefore being studied at the present time. In this paper we propose to proceed from floating to moving platforms by equipping autonomous sailing ships with hydrokinetic turbines and thereby to open up vast wind rich ocean areas for renewable power generation. The turbine output power is stored either in electric batteries or is fed into electrolysers to produce hydrogen which is compressed and stored in tanks. We provide a summary of our latest technoeconomic optimization studies of this energy ship concept using Multi Pole Systems Analysis and we describe the design, development and testing of a small-scale autonomous hydrofoil boat to serve as a technology demonstrator. Topics: Energy generation , Ships , Offshore platforms Wind Propulsion Options for Energy Ships Gaël Clodic, Aurélien Babarit and Jean-Christophe Gilloteaux A new concept has emerged for far offshore wind energy conversion. It is the wind energy ship (1). It consists of a ship propelled by wind sails towing a water turbine. The water turbine produces electricity. The electricity is converted into a fuel (hydrogen for example). When the tanks are full, the ship sails to a terminal where the fuel is unloaded. Then, it can start a new charging cycle. An energy ship consists in several sub-systems: wind propulsion subsystem, hull, water turbine, energy storage. The focus of this paper is on the wind propulsion subsystem because of the many options available. Indeed, it has been proposed to implement rigid sails (2, 3), kite wings (4, 5), airfoils (1, 7) or Flettner rotors (6). Applying systems engineering, key requirements for the wind propulsion have been identified for the energy ship application. They are presented in the paper. Next, the advantages and drawbacks of each technology are discussed and most promising options are highlighted. Topics: Propulsion , Ships , Wind Parametric Study of a Counter Weight Suspension System for the TetraSpar Floating Wind Turbine Brandon T. Pereyra, Zhiyu Jiang, Zhen Gao, Morten T. Andersen and Henrik Stiesdal New floating wind turbine designs are needed to reduce production costs and to increase mass production feasibility. The TetraSpar floating wind turbine achieves these goals by being constructed using components highly suitable for standardization and industrialization. The design makes use of a suspended submerged counter weight to obtain a low center of gravity of the floating system, while also allowing a low draft during transport and installation. This novel concept requires a multibody modeling approach to perform a dynamic load and response analysis, as the stiffness between the floating platform and the counter weight is provided by chains. Additional design criteria are required for the counter weight system dependent on a combination of chain capacity and maintaining positive tension in all of the lines. To satisfy these design criteria a global hydrodynamic load and response analysis of the floater and counter weight is performed. In this concept, the counter weight depth contributes significantly to the dynamic properties of the system and therefore a parametric study is conducted. The global response parameters of the rigid-body motion natural frequencies, nacelle accelerations, counter weight chain tensions, and maximum platform-pitch angles are compared. Design recommendations are made for the configuration of counter weight depth and suspension system layout. Topics: Weight (Mass) , Suspension systems , Floating wind turbines Load Mitigation on Floating Offshore Wind Turbines With Advanced Controls and Tuned Mass Dampers John Cross-Whiter, Benjamin B. Ackers, Dhiraj Arora, Alan Wright, Paul Fleming, Matthew Lackner and Semyung Park General Electric, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass), and Glosten have recently completed a US Department of Energy (DOE)-funded research program to study technologies for mitigating loads on floating offshore wind turbines through the use of advanced turbine controls and tuned mass dampers (TMDs). The analysis was based upon the Glosten PelaStar tension leg platform (TLP) with GE Haliade 150 turbine, a system developed in a previous front end engineering design (FEED) study funded by the Energy Technology Institute (ETI) in the UK. The platform was designed for the WaveHub wave energy research site, with a mean water depth of 59-m. Loads were analyzed by running time-domain simulations in four 50-year return period (50-YRP) ultimate load state (ULS) conditions and 77 fatigue load state (FLS) environmental conditions. In 50-YRP conditions advanced controls are not active. The influence of TMDs on ULS loads have been reported previously (Park et al. [2]). In FLS conditions advanced controls and TMDs afford dramatic reductions in fatigue damage, offering the potential of significant savings in tower structural requirements. Simulations in turbine idling conditions were run in OrcaFlex, and simulations in operating conditions were run in FAST. Simulations were run with a baseline turbine controller, representative of the current state of the art, and an advanced controller developed by NREL to use collective and individual blade pitch control to maintain rotor speed and reduce tower loads. UMass developed a number of TMD types, with varying system configurations, including passive nonlinear dampers and semi-actively controlled dampers with an inverse velocity groundhook control algorithm. Loads and accelerations in FLS conditions were evaluated on the basis of damage equivalent loads (DELs), and fatigue damage was computed by Miner’s summations of stress cycles at the tower base. To study sensitivity to water depth, loads were analyzed at both the 59-m WaveHub depth and a more commercially realistic depth of 100 m. TMDs reduce fatigue damage at the tower-column interface flange by up to 52% in 59-m water depth and up to 28% in 100 m water depth. Advanced controls reduce fatigue damage at the tower-column flange by up to 22% in 59-m water depth and up to 40% in 100 m water depth. The most effective load-mitigation strategy is combining advanced controls with TMDs. This strategy affords a 71% reduction in fatigue damage in both 59-m and 100-m water depths. Topics: Stress , Dampers , Offshore wind turbines Scientific Track: Metocean Analysis of Wind Speed Shear and Turbulence LiDAR Measurements to Support Offshore Wind in the Northeast United States Anthony Viselli, Nathan Faessler and Matthew Filippelli This paper presents wind speed measurements collected at 40m to 200m above sea-level to support the New England Aqua Ventus I 12 MW Floating Offshore Wind Farm to be located 17km offshore the Northeast United States. The high-altitude wind speed data are unique and represent some of the first measurements made offshore in this part of the country which is actively being developed for offshore wind. Multiple LiDAR measurements were made using a DeepCLiDAR floating buoy and LiDARs located on land on a nearby island. The LiDARs compared favorably thereby confirming the LiDAR buoy measurements. Wind speed shear profiles are presented. The measurements are compared against industry standard mesoscale model outputs and offshore design codes including the American Bureau of Shipping, American Petroleum Institute, and DNV-GL guides. Significant variation in the vertical wind speed profile occurs throughout the year. This variation is not currently addressed in offshore wind design standards which typically recommend the use of only a few values for wind shear in operational and extreme conditions. The mean wind shears recorded were also higher than industry recommended values. Additionally, turbulence measurements made from the LiDAR, although not widely accepted in the scientific community, are presented and compared against industry guidelines. Topics: Turbulence , Wind velocity , Shear (Mechanics) , Ocean engineering , Wind Long Term Satellite Observations of the Global Wind Resource I. R. Young A database of global satellite measurements of wind speed is calibrated and validated to provide a consistent set of global measurements over a period of 30 years. This database is used to describe the global wind resource including: mean monthly climatology, extreme value estimates of global wind speed and global estimates of trend (changes) in wind speed. Topics: Wind , Satellites MetOcean-on-Demand for the US East Coast: Wave and Hydrodynamics Database Rodolfo Bolaños, Anouk Lako, Patrick Dich Grode, Maziar Golestani and Thor Ugelvig Petersen The U.S. East Coast has the potential for offshore wind deployment and contribute to the energy demands of the area. A safe and cost-effective development of offshore wind farms requires detailed and accurate meteorological and oceanographic (MetOcean) analysis and, thus, a wave and hydrodynamic database has been produced along the U.S. East Coast. The high-resolution wave and hydrodynamic models are calibrated and validated against various NOAA measurements along the U.S. East Coast. The wave model open lateral boundaries are forced by spectral data from a global wave model. Wind forcing for both models were taken from CFSR wind fields, and the hydrodynamic model was also forced by atmospheric pressure field. Spatially and temporally-varying water level and depth-averaged currents were used to force the wave model. The hydrodynamic model was forced by tidal elevations at the boundaries. The model’s resolution varies from 15 km along the offshore boundaries to approximately 3 km near the coastline. Wave spectra resolution was of 25 frequencies and 16 directions. New wave model features are explored, including the effect of atmospheric stability on wave growth, the air-sea density ratio and the current impact on the wave growth rate. These processes are now included during the calibration process of the wave model. Hydrodynamic model results show good agreement with surface elevation measurements, with no bias and small errors. Results of the wave model show overall good results, although some overestimation of the extreme events is noticeable for the studied cases. The high-quality wave and hydrodynamic models developed within this work will serve as a MetOcean database for developers or alternatively as forcing for establishing local high-resolution (100s m resolution) models, i.e. for complex bathymetry at specific wind farm sites. Further work includes longer-term validations, data assimilation and assessment of other processes such as bottom friction and their impact on the estimation of extreme waves. Topics: Hydrodynamics , Waves , Databases , Shorelines A New Assessment of Offshore Wind Profile Relationships Gus Jeans, Dave Quantrell, Andrew Watson, Laure Grignon and Gil Lizcano Engineering design codes specify a variety of different relationships to quantify vertical variations in wind speed, gust factor and turbulence intensity. These are required to support applications including assessment of wind resource, operability and engineering design. Differences between the available relationships lead to undesirable uncertainty in all stages of an offshore wind project. Reducing these uncertainties will become increasingly important as wind energy is harnessed in deeper waters and at lower costs. Installation of a traditional met mast is not an option in deep water. Reliable measurement of the local wind, gust and turbulence profiles from floating LiDAR can be challenging. Fortunately, alternative data sources can provide improved characterisation of winds at offshore locations. Numerical modelling of wind in the lower few hundred metres of the atmosphere is generally much simpler at remote deepwater locations than over complex onshore terrain. The sophistication, resolution and reliability of such models is advancing rapidly. Mesoscale models can now allow nesting of large scale conditions to horizontal scales less than one kilometre. Models can also provide many decades of wind data, a major advantage over the site specific measurements gathered to support a wind energy development. Model data are also immediately available at the start of a project at relatively low cost. At offshore locations these models can be validated and calibrated, just above the sea surface, using well established satellite wind products. Reliable long term statistics of near surface wind can be used to quantify winds at the higher elevations applicable to wind turbines using the wide range of existing standard profile relationships. Reduced uncertainty in these profile relationships will be of considerable benefit to the wider use of satellite and model data sources in the wind energy industry. This paper describes a new assessment of various industry standard wind profile relationships, using a range of available met mast datasets and numerical models. Topics: Ocean engineering , Wind Validation of a Simplified LiDAR-Buoy Model Using Open Sea Measurements Wei Yu, Oliver Bischoff, Po Wen Cheng, Gerrit Wolken-Moehlmann and Julia Gottschall This work validates a numerical model of the Fraunhofer IWES LiDAR-Buoy by using open sea measurements. Such floating LiDAR systems (FLS) have been deployed for almost twenty years, aiming at exploring the offshore wind resource with lower cost. However, the uncertainty of wind measurements from a moving LiDAR are not clear, particularly due to the wave- and current-induced motion of the buoy. Therefore a numerical model with state-of-the-art approaches in conventional oil and gas industry was developed to quantify uncertainty and understand the effect of environmental conditions on the buoy. The model was validated against data from a measurement campaign at the offshore research platform FINO 3. The results show the challenges and limitations when transferring the experience from the oil and gas industry directly because of the different geometries and the much smaller buoys used for FLS. It has been found that the position of the LiDAR is dominated by the current, which is however commonly simplified in the state-of-the-art approach; the rotational motions are significantly influenced by the wave and can be reproduced up to a certain limit. Topics: Seas , Buoys Scientific Track: Model Testing A Study on Structural Responses of Offshore Wind Turbines by Slamming Loads Byoungcheon Seo, Hyunkyoung Shin, Junbae Kim, Woorim Shim, Hyeonjeong Ahn, Youngjae Yu, Pham Thanh Dam and Rupesh Kumar Offshore structures operating at sea are severely affected by slamming pressure. This slamming pressure significantly shortens the design life of offshore structures including offshore wind turbines and results in personal and material damage. This slamming load has to be fully considered in the design phase of the structure, and therefore good quality of experimental results should be supported. In Korea, offshore wind turbines have excellent conditions geographically. In the West sea, the construction of the jacket-type wind turbine is advantageous because the water depth is low, and in the East sea, which is relatively deep, the floating wind turbine is possible; thus, it is easy to generate a large-scale wind farm. For offshore wind turbines, several technical aspects should be considered. Among them, the damage of the structure caused by the slamming load should be studied. In the case of FOWTs operating in large waves, slamming can cause structural damage, and repeated slamming loads reduce the structural strength and shorten the design life. The slamming load should be calculated by applying the maximum peak, its width, duration and the dynamic load according to the natural period of the structure, and the importance of structural design. The results of the experiments can be used to determine the structural design, and the slamming load can be estimated to provide the design techniques offshore wind turbines as the design variables. In this study, we investigated experimentally the elastic effects of a cylindrical model on the slamming load characteristics by free drop test at height 1.0m and 1.7m. Topics: Stress , Offshore wind turbines , Structural response analysis Experimental and Numerical Comparison of the Wave Dynamics and Guy Wire Forces of a Very Light FOWT Considering Hydroelastic Behavior Jiang Xiong, Lucas H. S. do Carmo, Daniel P. Vieira, Pedro C. de Mello, Edgard B. Malta, Alexandre N. Simos, Hideyuki Suzuki and Rodolfo T. Gonçalves Floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT) have many pros and cons. Among the pros, we can mention the availability of more constant winds and a velocity more suitable to the use of turbines in their optimum efficiency. Among the cons, there are the high costs for installation, mooring lines and the large length of cables required for the energy transmission. In this context, saving structural weights of the floater is, certainly, very welcome. This paper describes the results of an experimental campaign of a 1/80th scale model FOWT performed in a wave basin. The model consists of a central column connected by pontoons to three equally spaced columns by an angle of 120 degrees. The offset columns are connected to the central tower by guywires. Being structurally light, both pontoons and guywires are subject to the effects of hydroelasticity. In these preliminary tests of the concept, only waves were considered, hence wind effects are not yet addressed. The analysis is based on the first order motions of the FOWT, the tension at the guywires, and the strain at the pontoons. The results are compared with numerical simulations obtained with the software NK-UTWind, developed at the University of Tokyo, and METiS - USP, currently being developed at the University of São Paulo. Furthermore, the floater motions are also analyzed using the commercial software WAMIT, to provide a better insight on the physics involved by using a different approach to the calculation of hydrodynamic forces. Topics: Dynamics (Mechanics) , Waves , Guy wires Comparison of Two Wind Turbine Loading Emulation Techniques Based on Tests of a TLP-FOWT in Combined Wind, Waves and Current Sébastien Gueydon, René Lindeboom, Wouter van Kampen and Erik-Jan de Ridder A Tension Leg Platform supporting a wind turbine was tested in combined waves, wind and current in the Offshore Basin of MARIN. The wind turbine loads were simulated in two ways for these tests. Firstly, the wind turbine was modelled by a physical wind turbine following the approach of performance scaling. This approach intends to scale down the wind, the wind turbine inertia, the rotation speed of the rotor according to Froude’s scaling laws while it keeps the thrust that is representative of the considered wind turbine. The Marin Stock Wind Turbine (MSWT) was used in these tests. Secondly, the wind turbine was replaced by a system actuating the wind turbine loads in which the aerodynamic loads are calculated by a numerical code and applied through a system of winches to a frame mounted on the floater. Lift and drag coefficients of the blades of the MSWT were used by the computer program during these tests. The TLP was tested with both techniques for the same environmental conditions. Tests were done in waves, wind and current with the two techniques in the same basin, enabling an objective comparison of these two methods. The experimental results of both methods are analyzed and compared to each other in this study. Topics: Wind turbines , Tension-leg platforms , Wind waves Real-Time Hybrid Model Testing of a Semi-Submersible 10MW Floating Wind Turbine and Advances in the Test Method Maxime Thys, Valentin Chabaud, Thomas Sauder, Lene Eliassen, Lars O. Sæther and Øyvind B. Magnussen This article presents the Real-Time Hybrid Model (ReaTHM®) tests that were performed on a 10-MW semi-submersible floating wind turbine in the Ocean Basin at SINTEF Ocean in March 2018. The ReaTHM test method was used for the model tests to circumvent the limitations encountered when performing model tests with wind and waves. The physical model was subject to physical waves, while the rotor and tower loads were simulated in real-time and applied on the model by use of a cable-driven parallel robot. Recent advances in the ReaTHM test method allowed for extended testing possibilities and load application up to the 3p frequency and the first tower bending frequency. Topics: Semi-submersible offshore structures , Testing , Floating wind turbines Design and Validation of a Multi-Scale Model Floating Offshore Test Wind Turbine Jacob C. Ward, Matthew J. Fowler, Anthony M. Viselli, Andrew J. Goupee and Habib J. Dagher A variable-scale model wind turbine has been developed by the Advanced Structures and Composites Center for testing scale-model floating offshore wind turbines. This model has been designed to be lightweight with a robust individual blade pitch mechanism. Froude number similitude is used to develop scaling relationships, while specialized blades have been designed to produce representative aerodynamic forces despite mismatched Reynolds numbers. Numerical simulations show that the model turbine is able to match the scaled aerodynamic thrust of commercial wind turbines by altering blade pitch and maintaining Froude number and tip-speed-ratio similitude. This turbine has the capability to accurately simulate commercial turbines of varying sizes in complex loading conditions with the additional capability to implement and test new control algorithms. Topics: Ocean engineering , Design , Wind turbines Modeling Breaking Waves for Fixed-Bottom Support Structures for Offshore Wind Turbines Hannah M. Johlas, Spencer Hallowell, Shengbai Xie, Pedro Lomonaco, Matthew A. Lackner, Sanjay A. Arwade, Andrew T. Myers and David P. Schmidt Fixed-bottom offshore wind turbines (OWTs) are typically located in shallow to intermediate water depth, where waves are likely to break. Support structure designs for such turbines must account for loads due to breaking waves, but predictions from breaking wave models often disagree with each other and with observed behavior. This variability indicates the need for a better understanding of each model’s strengths and limitations, especially for different ocean conditions. This work evaluates and improves the accuracy of common breaking wave criteria through comparison to Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations of breaking waves. The simulated ocean conditions are representative of potential U.S. East Coast offshore wind energy development sites, but the discussion of model accuracy and limitations can be applied to any location with similar ocean conditions. The waves are simulated using CONVERGE, a commercial CFD software that uses a Volume of Fluid (VOF) approach and includes adaptive mesh refinement at the evolving air-water interface. First, the CFD model is validated against experimental data for shoaling and breaking wave surface elevations. Second, 2D simulations of breaking waves are compared to widely-used breaking wave limits (McCowan, Miche, and Goda) for different combinations of wave height, wavelength, water depth, and seafloor slope. Based on these comparisons, the accuracy and limitations of each breaking limit model are discussed. General usage guidelines are then recommended. Topics: Waves , Modeling , Offshore wind turbines Scientific Track: Mooring and Foundation Design Comparing Frequency and Time Domain Simulations for Geometry Optimization of a Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Mooring System Ajit C. Pillai, Philipp R. Thies and Lars Johanning This paper explores geometry optimization of an offshore wind turbine’s mooring system considering the minimization of the material cost and the cumulative fatigue damage. A comparison of time domain simulations against frequency domain simulations is made to explore the suitability of these methods to the design process. The efficient design options, the Pareto front, from the frequency domain study are also re-evaluated using time domain simulations and compared against the time domain Pareto front. Both the time and frequency domain results show optimal results utilizing similar design philosophies, however, the frequency domain methods severely under predict the fatigue loads in the mooring system and incorrectly class infeasible solutions as feasible. The frequency domain is therefore not suitable for optimization use without some external means of applying engineering constraints. Furthermore, re-evaluation of the frequency domain solutions provides guidance to the uncertainty and the necessary design fatigue factors required if implementing frequency domain methods in design. Topics: Simulation , Engineering simulation , Optimization , Geometry , Mooring , Offshore wind turbines Certification Scheme for Offshore Floating Wind Turbines Jonathan Boutrot and Aude Leblanc Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWT) are promising Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) technologies. Considering the emerging stage of development of MRE technologies, no dedicated certification scheme has been developed so far by international organizations. Technical specifications are under development in the framework of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Technical Committee (TC) 88 and IEC Renewable Energy (IECRE). Within IECRE, the Marine Energy Operational Management Committee (ME OMC) is in charge of the development of a conformity assessment system dedicated to Floating Wind Turbines. In this context, Bureau Veritas (BV) has issued a Guidance Note NI631 Certification Scheme for Marine Renewable Energy Technologies and also the NI572 for the Classification and Certification of FOWT to support technology developers and speed up commercial phases. The note NI631 describes the different schemes of MRE certification, whereas the NI572 details the technical requirements for FOWT. This paper will provide an overview of the certification schemes applicable to FOWT technologies, addressing prototype, component, type and project certification. Main objective, scope, intermediary steps to be completed and resulting certificates will be detailed for each certification scheme, as well as their interactions. A methodology relying on the qualification of new technology process will be detailed when no guidelines or standards are available for the most innovative parts of a FOWT, or when existing standards from related sectors, such as wind energy, shipping or offshore Oil&Gas, require adaptations to fit their requirements to the specific MRE conditions. Topics: Floating wind turbines Dynamic Load Reduction and Station Keeping Mooring System for Floating Offshore Wind Magnus J. Harrold, Philipp R. Thies, Lars Johanning, David Newsam, Michael Checkley and Claudio Bittencourt Ferreira The mooring system for a floating offshore wind turbine ensures that the platform stays within pre-defined station keeping limits during operation, while it provides sufficient restraining forces in storm events to guarantee survival. This presents a challenge during the design process, since the cost of the mooring system is proportional to the peak loads, i.e. those that occur infrequently in extreme conditions. Mooring designs are governed by extreme and fatigue loads which determine the required Minimum Breaking Load (MBL) of the system. If uncertainties in the environmental loading or hydrodynamic coupled response exist, additional safety factors are required. This paper explores the application of a hydraulic based mooring system that enables a variable, non-linear line stiffness characteristic that cannot be achieved with conventional designs. This non-linear load-response behavior could function like a ‘shock absorber’ in the mooring system, and thus reduce the line tensions, enabling a more efficient mooring system that necessitates a lower MBL and thus lower cost. These claims are evaluated through numerical modelling of the NREL OC3 spar buoy and OC4 semi-submersible offshore wind platforms using the FAST-OrcaFlex interface. The simulations compare the dynamics with and without the inclusion of the hydraulic mooring component. The results suggest that mean mooring line loads can be reduced in the region of 9–17% through a combination of lower static and dynamic loads, while the peak loads observed in extreme conditions were reduced by 17–18%. These load reductions, however, come at the expense of some additional platform motion. The paper also provides an outlook to an upcoming physical test campaign that will aim to better understand the performance and reliability of the mooring component, which will provide the necessary evidence to support these load reduction claims. Topics: Stress , Ocean engineering , Mooring , Wind Integrity Management Challenges for Commercial-Scale Floating Wind Farms Christopher Carra, Andrew Kilner, Andrew Potts, David Rowley and Victoria Ryan Large-scale deployment of multiple structures within a Floating Offshore Wind Farm (FOWF) will place many challenges on both the approach to effective integrity management and the demand to reduce through-life operating costs. Additionally, wind farm designers and operators will need to consider the issues related to design robustness in the design of their systems, whereby rational robustness criteria are applied to address possible accidental conditions that are not explicitly addressed in code-specified design basis conditions. This paper will review the significant advances in the approach to integrity management that have been recently made in the mature offshore oil industry and relate them to the nascent offshore wind industry. In particular, the requirement for consideration across the full lifecycle of the potential for threat introduction and the application of controls to prevent or mitigate the evolution of those threats will be described. This includes threats that may be inadvertently introduced during the design, manufacturing and installation phases, in addition to the more traditional rate-based degradation mechanisms such as fatigue, corrosion and wear that occur once the facility is in operation. The challenges that commercial-scale wind farm developments will face relate particularly to integrity issues arising in the design, manufacturing and installation phases, where the focus needs to ensure that degradation threats are not being introduced into the deployment of multiple repeat-copy units. The issues of common cause/common mode degradation threats will have much higher significance for a commercial-scale wind farm, where rectification of a common issue across a large number of floating units could have significant impacts in terms of reliability, operating costs, insurance premiums and power purchase agreements. FOWF mooring system designs are also likely to be more optimized than that for a typical one-off offshore oil facility. This will require the wind farm designer to have a deep understanding of the fundamental dynamic behavior of the overall system and the local dynamic behaviors of the components within the mooring system in order to be able to fully identify the types of threats that may be present. This may also involve robustness considerations where there may be step changes in the dynamic behavior of the system, often termed as cliff-edge effects. The paper will outline issues that wind farm designers will need to consider in building integrity considerations into the design and execution phases of a development, as well as the opportunities that risk-based integrity management processes offer in terms of through-life condition verification and inspection optimization. Topics: Wind farms DNV GL Standard for Floating Wind Turbines Anne Lene Haukanes Hopstad, Kimon Argyriadis, Andreas Manjock, Jarett Goldsmith and Knut O. Ronold The first issue of the DNV Offshore Standard, DNV-OS-J103 Design of Floating Wind Turbine Structures, was published in June 2013. The standard was based on a joint industry effort with representatives from manufacturers, developers, utility companies and certifying bodies from Europe, Asia and the US. The standard represented a condensation of all relevant requirements for floaters in existing DNV standards for the offshore oil and gas industry which were considered relevant also for offshore floating structures for support of wind turbines, supplemented by necessary adaptation to the wind turbine application. The development of the standard capitalized much on experience from development projects going on at the time, in particular the Hywind spar off the coast of western Norway, the WindFloat off the coast of Portugal and the Pelastar TLP concept. In July 2018, DNV GL published a revision of DNV-OS-J103 as a part of the harmonization of the DNV GL codes for the wind turbine industry after the merger between Det Norske Veritas (DNV) and Germanischer Lloyd (GL) in the fall of 2013. The standard was re-issued as DNVGL-ST-0119 Floating wind turbine structures. This new revision reflects the experience gained after the first issue in 2013 as well as the current trends within the industry. Since 2013, numerous guidelines addressing the design of floating structures for offshore wind turbines have been published by various certifying bodies, and an IEC technical specification on the subject is under way. In addition, several prototypes have been installed and the first small array of floating wind turbines, Hywind Scotland pilot park, are currently in operation. The most important updates in the revision of the standard include formulation of floater-specific load cases, requirements to be fulfilled to support the exemption for design of unmanned floaters with damage stability, and replacement of current consequence-class based requirements for design fatigue factors with low-consequence based factors dependent on the accessibility for inspection and repair, the aim being a safety level against fatigue similar to that which is currently targeted for bottom-fixed structures. Other topics which have been considered in the revision are the floater motion control system and its possible integration with the control and protection system for the wind turbine, the issue of how to deal with slack in tendons in the station keeping system, corrosion, anchor design and power cable design. In parallel to the revision of the standard, a new service specification for certification of floating wind turbines has been developed by DNV GL, identified as DNVGL-SE-0422 Certification of floating wind turbines. For technical requirements, the service specification refers to the revised standard, DNVGL-ST-0119. The technical paper summarizes the updates and changes in the revised standard, in addition to the content of the new service specification. Mooring System Stiffness: A General Analytical Formulation With an Application to Floating Offshore Wind Turbines Celso P. Pesce, Giovanni A. Amaral and Guilherme R. Franzini Using classic approaches of analytical mechanics, this paper addresses the general problem and provides an analytic and explicit formulation for the stiffness matrix of a generic mooring system layout. This is done around a generic offset position and heading of the floating unit, given the curves of tension vs displacement for each mooring line, for a frictionless seabed. The international benchmark of the Offshore Code Comparison Collaboration Continuation – OC4 is taken as a case study. The use of the analytical formulation is exemplified by systematically varying the mean offset position and heading of the platform, as well as the pretensioning of the mooring system. Topics: Mooring , Offshore wind turbines , Stiffness Snap Load Criteria for Mooring Lines of a Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Wei-Ting Hsu, Krish P. Thiagarajan and Lance Manuel There are several challenges facing the design of mooring system of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs), including installation costs, stability of lightweight minimalistic platforms, and shallow water depths (50–300m). For station keeping of FOWTs, a proper mooring system is required in order to maintain the translational motions in surge and sway and the rotational motions in yaw of the platform within an adequate range. A combination of light pre-tension, shallow water depth and large platform motions in response to a survival storm condition can result in snap-type impact events on mooring lines, thus increasing the line tension dramatically. In this paper, we present a new snap load criterion applicable to a catenary mooring system and compare it with Det Norske Veritas’ criterion for marine operations. As a case study, we examine the extreme tension on a catenary mooring system of a semi-submersible FOWT exposed to a 100-year storm condition. The software OrcaFlex was used for numerical simulations of the mooring system. NREL’s FAST software was coupled to OrcaFlex to obtain aerodynamic loads along with hydrodynamic loads for FOWT analyses. Snap-type impact events were observed in the numerical simulations and were characterized by two criteria. Tension maxima were fitted using composite Weibull distributions (CWDs) and comparisons of probability exceedance were made for the two different snap load criteria. Topics: Stress , Mooring , Offshore wind turbines A Safety Concept for Penetration Analysis of Suction Caissons and Anchors in Clay and Layered Soils Hendrik Sturm and Julia Roberts Suction caissons and anchors are widely used for the foundation of both bottom-fixed and floating offshore structures. They are installed by means of self-weight and underpressure applied to the inside of the skirt compartment. The penetration resistance during installation is the sum of the tip resistance and wall friction of the skirt, both of which are functions of the foundation geometry, soil properties, soil-state and boundary conditions. Several authors have proposed methods to predict the penetration resistance during installation. In general, high estimates of soil strength parameters are used to predict the installation resistance for design purposes. In addition, safety factors may be applied when predicting the achievable penetration depth and the corresponding loads acting on the structural components. However, current standards and guidelines lack a consistent approach for evaluating these loads and safety factors. In order to apply a consistent safety concept in the structural caisson design, two methods for assessing the penetration resistance and hence required suction pressure are investigated; a simplified CPT-based method and a more advanced bearing-capacity-based method. For that purpose, a probability-based analysis has been performed, assuming statistical distributions of the corresponding input parameters, and a representative target failure probability. The performance of the two methods methods is investigated using the example of a generic sand and a generic clay profile. Based on these analysis, partial safety factors for the use in a deterministic design are proposed. Topics: Caissons , Safety , Suction , Soil Effects of Co-Located Floating Wind-Wave Systems on Fatigue Damage of Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Mooring Cables Caitlyn E. Clark and Guilherme Moura Paredes Industrial realization of both floating offshore wind and wave energy technologies requires reductions in the current high levelized cost of energy. Reducing mooring fatigue loads could decrease levelized cost of energy, as mooring is expected to be a major cost of these systems. Previous work on improving mooring reliability and costs has focused on material and design. In this exploratory study, we quantify how placing WECs in front of a FOWT could reduce fatigue damage incurred by FOWT mooring cables in long-crested wave conditions. We use SWAN to quantify the WEC-induced sea state modifications and obtain wave spectra at the FOWT location. The spectra are then input into WEC-Sim and MooDy to model the mooring cable behavior. Fatigue analysis with Rainflow Counting is used to quantify the fatigue loading on the mooring cables. Results from this study show a 8% reduction in fatigue damage to mooring cables over the lifetime of the structure. These results indicate that co-location could have a beneficial effect on FOWT mooring cable fatigue. In future work, these results will be leveraged to perform optimal O&M planning and reliability-based design optimization of floating offshore wind turbines. Topics: Cables , Fatigue damage , Mooring , Offshore wind turbines , Wind waves Comparison of Seabed Friction Formulations in a Lumped-Mass Mooring Model Kellen Devries and Matthew Hall This paper explores the impact of friction models on mooring line simulations. Seabed friction can play an important role in the determination of mooring loads of slack-moored floating offshore wind turbines. Most mooring models include a relatively simple seabed friction formulation, if any, and little examination of their accuracy is available in literature. Current implementations typically represent seabed contact as coulombic friction with ramping near zero velocity to mitigate instability in the numerical time integration. To assess the impact of this friction model’s use, we compare it against a more sophisticated friction model. This model differentiates between static and kinetic friction, where the former is dependent upon the forces acting on the line and the latter is a function of seabed’s normal response. Both friction models have been implemented into the MoorDyn mooring dynamics simulator and tested under a set of prescribed scenarios including snap loads and oscillatory motion, where the fairlead of a mooring line was driven along both linear and circular paths. Additionally, coupled floating wind turbine simulations using the OC4-DeepCwind semisubmersible show how the friction models affect the platform global response and the extreme and fatigue mooring loads. The results highlight practical differences between the models in terms of both loads prediction and simulation stability/consistency. Topics: Friction , Mooring , Seabed Scientific Track: Numerical Modeling Further Discussion on the White-Noise Approach for Predicting Slow-Drifts in FAST Lucas H. S. do Carmo, Ewerton C. Camargo and Alexandre N. Simos Making use of theoretical approximations for the computation of the wave-induced slow-drift forces is a common procedure in the early stages of design of a new floating unit. They can help reducing the computational burden in two different fronts: for generating the QTFs in a frequency domain analysis, and during the subsequent execution of time-domain simulations. In a previous paper, we have discussed a simple procedure for making use of the white-noise approximation in FAST, without the need for any modification of the software. The proposal only requires restricting the computation of the QTFs to pairs of frequencies that are indeed essential to the slow-drift dynamics. For this, however, an additional assumption is made, considering that each motion is decoupled from those in the other dofs. In the present paper, a more detailed analysis of the subject is made, in order to clarify the theoretical aspects of the procedure and supplement the previous analysis. Once again, the results are based on the data available for the OC4 FOWT. The accuracy obtained with the procedure is discussed not only in terms of the resulting motions, but also comparing its effects on the second-order force spectra. A more detailed evaluation of the dynamic couplings is presented, and comparisons with the results obtained with Newman’s approximation are made in simulations involving waves only. Topics: White noise Fully Coupled Aero-Hydro-Structural Simulation of New Floating Wind Turbine Concept Aengus Connolly, Marc Guyot, Marc Le Boulluec, Léna Héry and Aonghus O’Connor This paper describes a fully coupled numerical simulation methodology which is tailored towards floating offshore wind turbines. The technique assembles three key components; an aerodynamic model of the applied wind loads based on blade element momentum theory, a structural model of the floating platform and its associated mooring lines based on the nonlinear finite element method, and a hydrodynamic model of the wave-induced forces based on potential flow theory. The simulation methodology has been implemented in a commercial software product called ‘Flexcom Wind’, and the technical validation involves comparisons with experimental data derived from model-scale tank test facilities. The validation process centres on an innovative floating wind turbine concept developed by Eolink. Unlike most wind turbines in industry which are supported by a single mast, this patented design uses four separate pillars to connect the turbine structure to the corners of the floating platform. This unique configuration offers several advantages over conventional designs, including a more even stress distribution in structural members, reduced dynamic vibration, smaller floater size and lower overall capital expenditure. Data obtained from the numerical simulations combined with the empirical tests is helping to optimise the device, with a view to further improving its structural design and performance. Topics: Simulation , Floating wind turbines Full-System Linearization for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines in OpenFAST Jason M. Jonkman, Alan D. Wright, Greg J. Hayman and Amy N. Robertson The wind engineering community relies on multiphysics engineering software to run nonlinear time-domain simulations (e.g., for design-standards-based loads analysis). Although most physics involved in wind energy are nonlinear, linearization of the underlying nonlinear system equations is often advantageous to understand the system properties and exploit well-established methods and tools for analyzing linear systems. This paper presents the development of the new linearization functionality of the open-source engineering tool OpenFAST for floating offshore wind turbines, as well as the concepts and mathematical background needed to understand and apply it. Topics: Offshore wind turbines Evaluating the Coupledness of the Aerodynamics and Hydrodynamics on the Estimation of Fatigue Damage Equivalent Load for a Floating Offshore Wind Platform Samuel Kanner and Bingbin Yu In this research, the estimation of the fatigue life of a semi-submersible floating offshore wind platform is considered. In order to accurately estimate the fatigue life of a platform, coupled aerodynamic-hydrodynamic simulations are performed to obtain dynamic stress values. The simulations are performed at a multitude of representative environmental states, or “bins,” which can mimic the conditions the structure may endure at a given site, per ABS Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Installation guidelines. To accurately represent the variety of wind and wave conditions, the number of environmental states can be of the order of 103. Unlike other offshore structures, both the wind and wave conditions must be accounted for, which are generally considered independent parameters, drastically increasing the number of states. The stress timeseries from these simulations can be used to estimate the damage at a particular location on the structure by using commonly accepted methods, such as the rainflow counting algorithm. The damage due to either the winds or the waves can be estimated by using a frequency decomposition of the stress timeseries. In this paper, a similar decoupled approach is used to attempt to recover the damages induced from these coupled simulations. Although it is well-known that a coupled, aero-hydro analysis is necessary in order to accurately simulate the nonlinear rigid-body motions of the platform, it is less clear if the same statement could be made about the fatigue properties of the platform. In one approach, the fatigue damage equivalent load is calculated independently from both scatter diagrams of the waves and a rose diagram of the wind. De-coupled simulations are performed to estimate the response at an all-encompassing range of environmental conditions. A database of responses based on these environmental conditions is constructed. The likelihood of occurrence at a case-study site is used to compare the damage equivalent from the coupled simulations. The OC5 platform in the Borssele wind farm zone is used as a case-study and the damage equivalent load from the de-coupled methods are compared to those from the coupled analysis in order to assess these methodologies. Topics: Aerodynamics , Hydrodynamics , Stress , Ocean engineering , Fatigue damage , Wind A Coupled Wind-Wave-Turbine Solver for Offshore Wind Farm Pin Lyu, Sung Goon Park, Lian Shen and Hui Li The coupled wind-wave solver (Yang & Shen, 2011) is extended to offshore wind energy research, with the embedment of turbine model (Yang & Sotiropoulos, 2015). The composite solver consists of a high-order spectral method for surface waves, large-eddy simulation for offshore wind on wave-surface-fitted dynamic grid, and an actuator based model for the representation of blades and nacelles. The blades are discretized by line elements, and its bound motion with floating platform is considered. Some smoothed spectral operations are applied to alleviate Gibbs phenomenon brought by local jump of turbine force. By performing simulations for a turbine array on land and over ocean waves, we have analyzed the impacts of waves on the wind farm in terms of mean wind speed and mean kinetic energy budget. It is found that a fast-propagating swell at the sea surface leads to a higher mean velocity at turbine hub height, which affects the wind power extraction. The influence of floating platform motion is also investigated. It is found that pitch motion has stronger influence than other in-plane motions, i.e., surge and heave. The interaction between tip vortex sheet and nacelle wake meandering is also studied. The intersection of these two flow structures coincides with a change of growth rate of mean velocity deficit width. The results will be useful for the understanding and control of turbine wakes in offshore wind farm. Topics: Waves , Ocean engineering , Turbines , Wind , Wind farms Compressible Navier-Stokes Analysis of Floating Wind Turbine Rotor Aerodynamics M. Sergio Campobasso, Andrea G. Sanvito, Jernej Drofelnik, Adrian Jackson, Yang Zhou, Qing Xiao and Alessandro Croce The unsteady aerodynamics of floating offshore wind turbine rotors is more complex than that of fixed-bottom turbine rotors, due to additional rigid-body motion components enabled by the lack of rigid foundations; it is still unclear if low-fidelity aerodynamic models, such as the blade element momentum theory, provide sufficiently reliable input for floating turbine design requiring load data for a wide range of operating conditions. High-fidelity Navies-Stokes CFD has the potential to improve the understanding of FOWT rotor aerodynamics, and support the improvement of lower-fidelity aerodynamic analysis models. To accomplish these aims, this study uses an in-house compressible Navier-Stokes code and the NREL FAST engineering code to analyze the unsteady flow regime of the NREL 5 MW rotor pitching with amplitude of 4° and frequency of 0.2 Hz, and compares all results to those obtained with a commercial incompressible code and FAST in a previous independent study. The level of agreement of CFD and engineering analyses in each of these two studies is found to be quantitatively similar, but the peak rotor power of the compressible flow analysis is about 20 % higher than that of the incompressible analysis. This is possibly due to compressibility effects, as the instantaneous local Mach number is found to be higher than 0.4. Validation of the compressible flow analysis set-up, using an absolute frame formulation and low-speed preconditioning, is based on the analysis of the steady and yawed flow past the NREL Phase VI rotor. Topics: Aerodynamics , Rotors , Floating wind turbines Coupled Analysis and Numerical Model Verification for the 2MW Floatgen Demonstrator Project With IDEOL Platform Armando Alexandre, Yohan Percher, Thomas Choisnet, Ricard Buils Urbano and Robert Harries Floating wind solutions have developed significantly in the recent years, moving from single demonstrators to having several floating wind pilot wind farms currently under development and even in operation. This is an important step for the industry allowing the market to gain confidence in these solutions for offshore wind. Ideol is a leading floating platform designer and they have been working on a demonstration project for their innovative platform in France. The Floatgen demonstration project consists of a 2MW wind turbine mounted on the Damping Pool platform. During the design phase of the project, the coupled analysis of the full system — turbine, tower, floating platform and moorings needs to be carried out to verify the loading on the turbine and platform, adapt the turbine controller for the floating application and re-design the tower and transition piece. For this project, DNV GL performed the aforementioned analysis in Bladed whilst Ideol performed parallel analysis in OrcaFlex, focusing on the platform and mooring design. It is crucial that both numerical models used in the different software tools and parallel analysis workflows are equivalent and lead to the same overall system behavior. This paper describes the numerical model used for coupled analysis in Bladed and its verification against Ideol’s OrcaFlex model, with emphasis on the aspects related to the platform modelling. For the hydrodynamic loading of the platform, boundary element method was considered together with global and local viscous drag terms. To compare and verify the coupled model results in Bladed to Ideol’s own numerical results, a set of static and dynamic tests were run and the resultant kinematics were compared. Ideol’s model was previously validated against tank test experiments giving confidence in its behavior. The viscous drag coefficients in the Bladed model were adjusted to ensure a good agreement between the kinematics of Ideol’s model of the system and the Bladed model. This paper summarizes the results of this verification exercise, along with some recommendations on areas of further research in the floating wind modelling domain. Topics: Computer simulation Nonlinear Wave Load Models for Extra Large Monopiles Csaba Pákozdi, Silas Spence, Sebastien Fouques, Maxime Thys, Hagbart S. Alsos, Erin E. Bachynski, Hans Bihs and Arun Kamath As the offshore wind industry moves toward deeper water, with larger turbines and correspondingly larger monopile foundations, nonlinear loads from steep waves may become more important for the ULS design. Nonlinear numerical wave tanks (NWTs) for generating wave kinematics, to be used as input to i.e. Morison’s equation, have been applied by several research groups, but further validation of the obtained wave kinematics is needed. Furthermore, the load models for larger diameters also need to be evaluated. The present work first compares the wave elevation results from existing two-dimensional (2D) NWT tools. The nonlinear wave elevation is compared to experimental results from model tests of two regular waves. Several methods of wave generation are considered. The conclusion from the study is that the selected codes represent physics well, even though we see individual differences, which are discussed. Differences between codes are not necessarily only due to differences in the applied theory, but also modeling of wave flap, numerical beach etc. Load (and response) estimates from using the NWT kinematics combined with the Morison load model are compared to experimental results, two sets of CFD simulations, and to simpler load models. Alternative methods of selecting the load coefficients for the simplified load models are also discussed. Topics: Stress , Nonlinear waves Simulation of a Floating Offshore Wind Turbine With an Integrated Response Mitigation Technology Christopher K. Allen, Andrew J. Goupee, Jeffrey Lindner and Robert Berry This work investigates the implementation of a novel, NASA-developed Fluid Harmonic Absorber (FHA) technology to mitigate platform motions and structural loads that can lead to lighter platforms, increased turbine performance, and ultimately, a lower LCOE. The novel damping strategy takes advantage of existing water ballast in the VolturnUS semi-submersible platform to achieve significant performance gains with minimal additional equipment and complexity. NREL’s FOWT software FAST is modified to include the primary features of the FHA technology. A study of the University of Maine-developed VolturnUS semi-submersible FOWT augmented with FHA technology is undertaken to quantify global performance of the system. When compared to the baseline technology, numerical simulations of a redesigned platform utilizing the FHA dampers indicate a reduction of 15.8% in hull structural material. Finally, the improvements in LCOE resulting from this mass reduction are assessed to demonstrate the advantages of NASA’s FHA technology for FOWT applications. Topics: Simulation , Offshore wind turbines , Semi-submersible offshore structures , Dampers , Damping , Turbines , Computer software , Stress , Fluids , Computer simulation , Water , Hull , NASA Global Sizing of the WindFloat for a 10 MW Generic Wind Turbine Daewoong Son, Romain Pinguet and Dominique Roddier It is now widely accepted that, due to significant economies of scale, the levelized cost of energy in offshore wind industry decreases as the turbine size and rated power increases. For offshore wind turbines, fixed and floating foundations can be quite complimentary when sites span a large water depth range. This paper presents the new WindFloat semisubmersible design supporting a 10MW generic wind turbine made by DTU [1]. This study evaluates the initial global performance of the WindFloat 10MW hull. In addition, RAO and frequency domain accelerations at the nacelle are presented. A comparison of the OpenFAST model, that we plan to use in all the future analysis, will be conducted against the benchmarked OrcaFAST model used by PPI and validated against the WindFloat prototype [2]. Topics: Wind turbines A Study of Negative Damping in Floating Wind Turbines Using Coupled Program FAST-SIMDYN Alwin Jose, Jeffrey Falzarano and Hao Wang The Floating Offshore Wind Turbine (FOWT) is a fairly new concept. There are limited number of full-scale prototypes to provide real data. Therefore, most of the research today relies on numerical models. This is required, so that an adequate amount of confidence can be gained before venturing into large scale production. The major challenge ahead is proving their reliability and robustness. There needs to be supporting studies that consider most factors that can go wrong. The computer program FAST was a groundbreaking contribution from NREL in this regard. FAST is capable of doing combined loading analysis of FOWTs. The numerical model used for the hydrodynamics can, however, be improved further. Non-linear hydrostatic and wave forces on floating structures become very important during large amplitude waves. The computer program SIMDYN is a blended time domain program developed by Marine Dynamics Laboratory at TAMU and is capable of capturing the role of non-linear fluid forces. SIMDYN has previously been used to demonstrate that nonlinear hydrostatics become very important in the problem of parametric excitation. In the current work, SIMDYN is coupled with FAST. The FAST-SIMDYN is now a tool that is capable of studying large amplitude motions of FOWTs in extreme seas. FAST-SIMDYN was then used to study the classic instability of negative damping that occurs in FOWTs that use conventional land based control. The development of platform pitch and platform surge instability are studied in relation to different wave and wind scenarios. The intent was to do an analysis to see if the non-linear forces do play a significant role in large amplitude motions induced by negative damping. This study gives an indication of whether the development of an even more sophisticated hydrodynamic modules is justified. Topics: Damping , Floating wind turbines Scientific Track: Offshore Farms Fatigue Load Reductions in Offshore Wind Turbine Monopile Foundations in Co-Located Wind-Wave Arrays Caitlyn E. Clark, Joey Velarde and Jannie Sønderkær Nielsen As offshore wind turbines (OWTs) increase in size and are placed farther offshore, hydrodynamic loads have increased contribution to total load, resulting in fatigue limit states becoming more important to consider in structural design. Previous literature shows that placing wave energy converters (WECs) peripherally to an OWT array results in a milder wave climate within the array. This reduction could affect the wave loads and fatigue damage of OWT support structures. In this exploratory study, the effect of peripherally-distributing WECs in front of a fixed-bottom OWT on the fatigue of the OWT monopile is investigated. Relative sea state reductions from WECs are quantified, and fully-coupled time-domain fatigue analyses are performed for a 10 MW reference OWT. Results indicate that both a single WEC and a WEC array can lead to up to 8% and 10% fatigue load reduction in unidirectional wave cases, respectively. Topics: Fatigue , Stress , Offshore wind turbines , Wind waves Operational Data to Maintenance Optimization: Closing the Loop in Offshore Wind O&M Alexios Koltsidopoulos Papatzimos, Tariq Dawood and Philipp R. Thies Offshore wind assets have reached multi-GW scale and additional capacity is being installed and developed. To achieve demanding cost of energy targets, awarded by competitive auctions, the operation and maintenance (O&M) of these assets has to become increasingly efficient, whilst ensuring compliance and effectiveness. Existing offshore wind farm assets generate a significant amount of inhomogeneous data related to O&M processes. These data contain rich information about the condition of the assets, which is rarely fully utilized by the operators and service providers. Academic and industrial research and development efforts have led to a suite of tools trying to apply sensor data and build machine learning models to diagnose, trend and predict component failures. This study presents a decision support framework incorporating a range of different supervised and un-supervised learning algorithms. The aim is to provide guidance for asset owners on how to select the most relevant datasets, apply and choose the different machine learning algorithms and how to integrate the data stream with daily maintenance procedures. The presented methodology is tested on a real case example of an offshore wind turbine gearbox replacement at Teesside offshore wind farm. The study uses k-nearest neighbour (kNN) and support vector machine (SVM) algorithms to detect the fault using supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) data and an autoregressive model for the vibration data of the condition monitoring system (CMS). The implementation of all the algorithms has resulted in an accuracy higher than 94%. The results of this paper will be of interest to offshore wind farm developers and operators to streamline and optimize their O&M planning activities for their assets and reduce the associated costs. Topics: Maintenance , Ocean engineering , Optimization , Wind Fatigue Life Analysis of Offshore Wind Turbine Support Structures in an Offshore Wind Farm Bryan Nelson and Yann Quéméner This study evaluated, by time-domain simulations, the fatigue lives of several jacket support structures for 4 MW wind turbines distributed throughout an offshore wind farm off Taiwan’s west coast. An in-house RANS-based wind farm analysis tool, WiFa3D, has been developed to determine the effects of the wind turbine wake behaviour on the flow fields through wind farm clusters. To reduce computational cost, WiFa3D employs actuator disk models to simulate the body forces imposed on the flow field by the target wind turbines, where the actuator disk is defined by the swept region of the rotor in space, and a body force distribution representing the aerodynamic characteristics of the rotor is assigned within this virtual disk. Simulations were performed for a range of environmental conditions, which were then combined with preliminary site survey metocean data to produce a long-term statistical environment. The short-term environmental loads on the wind turbine rotors were calculated by an unsteady blade element momentum (BEM) model of the target 4 MW wind turbines. The fatigue assessment of the jacket support structure was then conducted by applying the Rainflow Counting scheme on the hot spot stresses variations, as read-out from Finite Element results, and by employing appropriate SN curves. The fatigue lives of several wind turbine support structures taken at various locations in the wind farm showed significant variations with the preliminary design condition that assumed a single wind turbine without wake disturbance from other units. Topics: Ocean engineering , Fatigue life , Offshore wind turbines , Wind farms Scientific Track: Structural Analysis Effect of Foundation Modeling of a Jack-Up Crane Vessel on the Dynamic Motion Response of an Offshore Wind Turbine Blade During Installation Yuna Zhao, Zhengshun Cheng, Zhen Gao and Torgeir Moan Nowadays, there is an increasing demand for use of jack-up crane vessels to install offshore wind turbines. These vessels usually have shallow soil penetration during offshore crane operations because of the requirement of frequent repositioning. The soil-structure interaction should thus be properly modeled for evaluating the motion responses, especially at crane tip at large lifting height. Excessive crane tip motion affects the dynamic responses of the lifted components and subsequently affects the safety and efficiency of operations. The present study addresses the effects of soil behaviour modeling of a typical jack-up crane vessel on the dynamic motion responses of a wind turbine blade during installation using a fully coupled method. The coupled method account for wind loads on the blade and the vessel hull, wave loads on the vessel legs, soil-structure interaction, structural flexibility of the vessel legs and crane, and the mechanical wire couplings. Three models for the soil-leg interactions and two soil types are considered. The foundation modeling is found to have vital effects on the system dynamic motion responses. The characteristics of system motion differ under different types of soil. Compared to the combined linear spring and damper model, the simplified pinned and fixed foundations respectively lead to significant overestimation and underestimation of the motion responses of the blade during installation by jack-up crane vessels. To ensure safe and efficient offshore operations, detailed site specific soil properties should be used in numerical studies of offshore crane operations using jack-up crane vessels. Topics: Modeling , Blades , Offshore wind turbines , Jack-up drilling rigs , Crane barges Multi-Level Design of Tubular Joints Søren F. Ø. Jensen, Lars Vabbersgaard Andersen, Ronnie R. Pedersen and Martin Bjerre Nielsen In offshore jacket design, it has long been recognized that an accurate global structural model requires implementation of the effects of local joint flexibility (LJF). However, there is still no general method for implementing these effects accurately and efficiently without complicating the application of loads. The literature describes several techniques for determining LJFs using parametric formulas and implementing these in global models of a jacket structure. These techniques are simple but associated with uncertainties and a risk of compromising the accuracy of the global model. Alternative methods, such as the use of superelements, provide very accurate results but complicate the consistent application of external loads as well as postprocessing. This paper introduces a new methodology which is called the Correction Matrix Methodology. This allows the effects of LJF from detailed three-dimensional (3D) finite-element (FE) shell or solid models to be incorporated in a global beam FE model via a simple correction matrix. The effectiveness of the methodology is improved by using interpolation between a limited number of correction matrices. The new methodology provides exact results when correction matrices associated with the actual geometry are applied. When using the interpolation procedure, the methodology provides accurate results and computational efficiency when the database has been established. The Correction Matrix Methodology is a significant improvement of the conventional methods for modelling LJF and is currently being implemented in a general form for arbitrary joints in Rambolls Offshore Structural Analysis Program (ROSAP). Topics: Design , Tubular joints Load Sensitivity Analysis for a Floating Wind Turbine on a Steel Semi-Submersible Substructure Kolja Müller, Ricardo Faerron Guzman, Po Wen Cheng, Josean Galván, Miren J. Sánchez, Raúl Rodríguez and Andreas Manjock The site-specific load verification for floating offshore wind turbines requires the consideration of the complex interaction of the different system components and their environment. Sensitivity analyses help reducing the simulation amount for both fatigue and ultimate load analysis significantly by highlighting relevant load parameters and increase the understanding for the system behavior in its real environment. Aligned with work in the H2020 project LIFES50+, this study investigates different approaches for global sensitivity analysis using quasi-random sampling for the independent variables. Two different load case groups are analyzed: (1) fatigue loads during power production, (2) ultimate loads during power production and severe sea state. The considered system is the public DTU 10MW turbine’s rotor-nacelle assembly, installed on the public NAUTILUS-10 floating structure. Load simulations are performed by using FAST v8. Simulations are set up based on the LIFES50+ Site B (medium severity). A comparison is made to a similar study with a different platform (Olav Olsen semi-submersible) in order to observe if similar conclusions can be reached for the different floater types. Topics: Steel , Stress , Semi-submersible offshore structures , Sensitivity analysis , Floating wind turbines Fatigue Analysis at the Tower of a 12MW Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Junbae Kim, Hyeonjeong Ahn, Byoungcheon Seo and Hyunkyoung Shin The initial design of a 12-MW floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) was made by the University of Ulsan (UOU) based on the 5-MW offshore wind turbine of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) using the law of similarity. The tower design was checked through the eigenfrequency and fatigue strength analysis according to the GL guideline of tower design conditions. The direct expansion of the 5 MW wind turbine support structure caused a resonance problem of the tower of the 12-MW UOU FOWT and the tower length was adjusted to avoid the 3P resonance. Wind turbines are required to have a design life of more than 20 years and shall be designed to endure both ultimate and fatigue loads experienced during the design life. The platform pitch motion of FOWTs due to combined wave and wind loading may result severely in both fore-aft forces and moments at the base of the tower. In this study, we used the simplified fatigue analysis, which is generally applied when considering safety margins by stress to predict the fatigue life of tower. In order to calculate the fatigue load, the Markov matrix was constructed by using the cycle counting method to determine range, average value, and cycle number of loads from peak and valley values of actual load histories simulated by FAST v8 of the tower base. The predicted fatigue life at the tower base was follow by S/N curves for welded steel structures and it was calculated by the Palmgren-Miner’s rule. Topics: Fatigue analysis , Offshore wind turbines An Ice-Structure Interaction Model Using Fourier Series for Offshore Wind Tower Analysis Yuxi Zhang and Bingbin Yu Intermittent brittle crushing often occurs in the movement of an ice sheet against an offshore structure. Matlock’s ice-structure interaction model is used to simulate the behavior of the ice crushing by modeling ice teeth indentation contacting a spring-mass-dashpot structure. The dynamic behavior of this analytical ice-structure interaction system is studied using Fourier analysis to efficiently predict the response amplitude of specific dynamic periodicity at a given indentation speed. The system’s equations of motion are established based on the assumption of continuous ice indentation. This assumption well captures the ice crushing failure by allowing immediate contact of the offshore structure with the next ice tooth at the time of fracturing of a previous tooth. The fourth mode shape of a numerical wind tower system is studied to convert the physical parameters to the parameters of the spring-mass-dashpot system. The time histories of ice tooth deflections are expressed through the non-linear dynamic equations. The kinematic initial conditions and the response amplitude of the wind turbine structure can be predicted at targeted periodicity via the Fourier analysis. Given a representative offshore wind tower system, the mode shapes of the physical system are calculated as inputs for the ice-structure interaction model. As an extended validation, the amplitudes of the structural dynamic vibrations predicted by the analytical models at specific periodicity and using the mathematical closed-form simulation are compared with the numerical simulation results. Topics: Ocean engineering , Ice-structure interaction , Fourier series , Wind Cyclic Soil Loads on an Offshore Wind Turbine During Storm Shaofeng Wang and Torben J. Larsen Offshore wind turbines are subjected to combined static and cyclic loads due to its self weight, wind, current and waves. For the design of support structures, a point of concern is whether the highly varying loads may cause cyclic degradation of the soil leading to a permanent undesired pile settlement and tilting for the wind turbine. In particular during a severe storm, the large cyclic loads are being more critical as the wind and waves are typically from a single direction. The DTU 10MW wind turbine supported by a jacket at 33 m water depth is considered in this study, where the piles are axially loaded in order to bear the moment under wind and wave actions. This paper investigates the cyclic loads using traditional linear irregular waves and fully nonlinear irregular waves realized from the wave solver Ocean-Wave3D previously validated until near-breaking wave conditions. This study shows that the nonlinear irregular waves introduce more extreme cyclic loads, which result in significantly larger pile settlement than using linear wave realizations. For the case in this study, linear wave theory underestimates pile settlement at least 30% compared to nonlinear wave realizations. Topics: Stress , Offshore wind turbines , Soil , Storms On Short-Term Fatigue Analysis for Wind Turbine Tower of Two Semi-Submersible Wind Turbines Including Effect of Startup and Shutdown Processes Chenyu Luan and Torgeir Moan Fatigue limit state design check based on S-N curve and Palmgren-Miner rule approach is required by design standards for floating wind turbines since floating wind turbines are subjected cyclically varying environmental loads. Fatigue damage over a given period could be considered as a summation of short-term fatigue damage of each stationary environmental condition multiplying by the number of occurrence of the environmental condition during the given period. In reality, environmental condition varies continuously. While fatigue damage due to transient load processes that are induced by startup and shutdown operations cannot be captured by this conventional approach. Large data bases of real-time measurements show shutdown and startup operations may appear in any operational conditions and the number of the operations could be considerable. Analysis for startup and shutdown operations induced fatigue damage is required by standards for offshore wind turbines. However, relevant publications addressing this issue are very limited in particular for floating wind turbines. In contrast to bottom fixed wind turbines, floating wind turbines have rigid-body motions in 6 d.o.f.s, while the floating wind turbine hulls are moored by mooring lines rather than directly mounted on sea bed or land. This paper focuses on shedding light on the importance of startup and shutdown induced transient load processes on fatigue damage in the tower of two MW-level horizontal axis semi-submersible wind turbines by comparing short-term fatigue damage in several environmental conditions with and without transient load processes induced by startup and shutdown of the wind turbines. In some situations, 4,600 seconds short-term fatigue damage may be dominated by the transient load process induced fatigue damage which may make the fatigue damage be increased by up to 300%, while in many cases, the fatigue damage may be increased by 10% to 100%. The importance of the transient load processes on long-term fatigue damage is related to occurrence frequency of startup and shutdown events and needs more analysis in future. Topics: Semi-submersible offshore structures , Fatigue analysis , Wind turbines Project Development Track: Design and Operational Challenges Innovative Design of High-Performance Multi-Loop Rope Lifting System Alvin Abraham Tanzil, Gabrielle Maassen and Justin Smoak In today’s world, the advent of bigger and higher building structures has pushed the limits of engineered lifts. A single heavy payload is preferable to many small loads. This practice cuts down on lead time, infrastructure and manpower to finish the job. This is where high-performance synthetic rope solutions are needed. Light weight yet high-strength fiber provides faster and safer rigging. These lifting operations require rigorous design and analysis to determine the ideal application parameters for the lift planning process... Simply, it can be a headache. Samson engineers, backed by historical big data and testing capabilities, have managed to simplify the process of finding the right sling in the most efficient way. Using proprietary technology, the time of choosing any rope size from available inventory to build that hi-capacity sling has come. The system is built to offer multiple options through its smart multi-loop sling configurator. Current capability includes building slings with rope ranging in size from 16 to 168mm, to a maximum number of 8 loops — which translates to the possibility of reaching up to 4,000mT maximum break strength on a short length of 3 meters. Smaller bend radius ratio is also possible because the system interacts with individual ropes, while working as a system. The use of a mechanical splice also allows for tighter length tolerances. Having this breakthrough at the tip of your fingers will set you apart. Topics: Design , Ropes Hydrodynamic Simulations to Increase the Workability for Offshore Wind Maintenance Operations René Lindeboom, Atheendra Sreenivasan, Jorrit-Jan Serraris and Erik-Jan de Ridder In this paper, the operability of an Offshore Service Vessel (OSV) is looked into for different heading orientations of the vessel. Traditionally, the OSV heading orientation has been into the predominant current direction to prevent large beam current forces and thruster utility. However, such an orientation can lead to unfavourable wave headings which can cause large first order motions making it difficult to operate the gangway on board the vessel. Hydrodynamic time domain simulations were run for 1-year of hindcast weather data from an operational wind farm site in the Netherlands for different OSV heading orientations. The results of the simulations can be used to optimize the OSV heading strategy and increase uptime, reduce waiting time and energy loss associated to this waiting time. Topics: Maintenance , Simulation , Ocean engineering , Workability , Engineering simulation , Wind Project Development Track: World Wide Projects An Analysis of Alternatives for the Development of Jones Act Compliant Windfarm Construction Vessel Fleets Kenneth J. Maloney, David M. Bourg, Kenneth F. Humphreys and Christopher M. Townsend The typical offshore wind turbine generator (WTG) currently being installed worldwide produces 6 to 8 megawatts of electrical power and stands more than 100 meters above the ocean surface. The next generation turbines will produce 12 megawatts or more. In the summer of 2016 five of these turbines were installed in the coastal waters of Rhode Island. They are representative of the latest in a constantly evolving series of WTGs. As manufacturers continue to develop more powerful turbines, larger and larger specialized vessels will be needed to lift the components at assembly sites offshore. The process these vessels use to build America’s offshore windfarms will need to be different from the approach normally used at sites outside the U.S. This is due in part to regulatory restrictions imposed by the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, which is more commonly known as the Jones Act. As it pertains to offshore windfarm construction, the Jones Act prohibits foreign-flagged vessels, (vessels built outside the United States) from moving cargo between two U.S. ports. Under the law, an offshore windfarm within territorial waters is considered a U.S. port. Therefore, employing a foreign built windfarm construction vessel to transport components from a nearby port to the construction site, as it typically does, violates the Jones Act. Although the Jones Act might appear to be a deterrent to the development of offshore wind in the U.S., it is not. The developers of the Rhode Island’s Block Island Wind Farm (BIWF) used a combination of U.S. and foreign-flagged vessels to construct BIWF, while remaining in compliance with the law. This paper reviews the approach used at Block Island and discusses how it can be applied to future projects. An analysis of alternatives for various vessel fleet combinations that can be used for this purpose is provided. The analysis is based on results produced by a throughput and scheduling model developed by the authors. The model leverages the experience gained during the construction of BIWF, and was validated with data collected during the project. The alternatives include scenarios utilizing existing vessels modified for windfarm construction service, foreign-flagged windfarm construction vessels, and new vessels specifically built for the U.S. market. The paper concludes with a review of the relative efficiencies of various fleet configurations while undertaking the construction of a notional windfarm located off the East Coast of the U.S. Topics: Construction , Vessels , Wind farms Creating an Offshore Floating Wind Energy Industry in California Antoine Peiffer, Kevin Banister and Dominique Roddier The state of California stands at a crossroads where many different enablers are now coming together to spur its leadership in a new offshore wind energy industry off the west coast of the US. This paper presents the rationale for this new industry to be built from the ground up and elaborates on the development efforts recently undertaken by Principle Power Inc. (PPI) to jumpstart this important opportunity. The paper will first focus on the unique value proposition offshore wind offers to the Golden State and discuss the path the company has taken to accelerate the development of the offshore wind industry along the coast, with the proposition of a flagship project in Humboldt County. Topics: Ocean engineering , Wind energy	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3085
__label__wiki	0.512888	0.512888	Your Ultimate St. Paddy's Day in RI Get in the spirit with these can't-miss festivities Posted Thursday, March 14, 2019 2:12 pm Celebrate St. Paddy's Day in true Rhody style as the 63rd Annual Saint Patrick's Day Parade returns to Newport on March 16 PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NEWPORT SAINT PATRICK'S DAY PARADE March 16: On the Saturday before Saint Paddy’s, join hundreds of green-clad Rhode Islanders for the 63rd annual Newport Saint Patrick’s Day Parade. The streets will be packed with Gaelic pride, celebrating to the rhythm of traditional Irish bagpipes, drums and fife, beginning at 11am at Newport City Hall. March 17: Dress in your St. Paddy's Day finest and march on down to the Ocean Mist's 5th Annual Shortest St. Patrick's Day Beach Parade in Matunuck, followed by live music from Matt McKay & Friends and Steve Smith & The Nakeds. March 16 & 17: Gather your fellow leprechauns and head to The Rosendale in Providence for one of the city's top block parties of the year! Enjoy heated tents, festive games, traditional Irish fare, tasty drunken Irish egg rolls, and more! March 17: Head on over to the 10th Annual St. Patrick's Day Bash at Ladder 133 in Providence, and enjoy live music with DJ's throughout the day, a fun photobooth, tasty Irish eats, St. Paddy's Day cocktails, green beer, plus, a live broadcast from 92 Pro FM! March 17: Celebrate St. Patrick's Day at the G Pub in Providence and enjoy live entertainment plus giveaways to everyone dressed in green! March 17: Get in the Irish spirit at Murphy's Deli in Providence and enjoy live music, traditional Irish fare, an outdoor tent, and more! March 17: What better way to start off Saint Patrick’s Day than with a full Irish Breakfast at Warwick's Shannon View Inn? This year-round Irish bar will keep the party going both inside and outside with a heated tent equipped with music, food, and of course, a bar fully stocked with Guinness. March 17: Find plenty of Irish charm within Blake’s Tavern, located in the heart of Downtown Providence. Enjoy a variety of Irish food and drink specials, such as a boiled corned beef dinner, corned beef quesadillas, and Irish car bombs. March 17: Cranston's Irish Ceilidhe Club of Rhode Island was originally opened as a way to unify Irish and Irish-Americans in the Ocean State in 1956. This cozy hall is as authentic as it gets and all are welcome to join in on the activities— including a raffle to win a trip to Ireland, music by “The Irish Ramblers,” Irish step dancing, and of course, corned beef sandwiches. March 17: Find festive fun aplenty at Laura’s Bar and Grill in Smithfield, from their St. Paddy's Day brunch to a performance by The Providence Police Pipes and Drums, and more.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3087
__label__cc	0.685583	0.314417	PseudoPod 031: Last Respects Author : Dave Thompson Narrator : Scott Sigler Host : Mur Lafferty PseudoPod 031: Last Respects is a PseudoPod original. http://media.libsyn.com/media/pseudopod/Pseudo031_LastRespects.mp3 Last Respects by Dave Thompson But they were only stories. No one lived forever, certainly not us. I’ve read stories about the sorrows immortals suffered because of how much they had seen over their long lives. What rubbish. I would trade my mortality for their immortality in a heartbeat if it meant another day with Catherine. A scream rang out from downstairs. I smiled when I heard applause, my grandchildren now being praised by their mother as the scream faded to a whimper and the giggles were replaced by slurping sounds. D.K. (Dave) Thompson is a good name to know if you spend any time around Escape Artists, Inc. (So is “California King,” or “Easter Werewolf”…) He’s a pretty awesome guy, even if he disparages pumpkin beer. He lives outside Los Angeles with his wife and three children. While he can tweet up to 175 characters, he refrains from using this power for chaos. Together with co-editor Anna Schwind, he ran PodCastle for five amazing years, stepping down to focus on his own writing in 2015. You can find two of his audio book narrations on Amazon: Norse Code by Greg Van Eekhout and Briarpatch by Tim Pratt. Find more by Dave Thompson Scott Sigler Scott Sigler is the New York Times best-selling author of fifteen novels, six novellas and dozens of short stories. His works are available from Crown Publishing and Del Rey Books. In 2005, Scott built a large online following by releasing his audiobooks as serialized podcasts. A decade later, he still gives his stories away — for free — every Sunday at scottsigler.com. His loyal fans, who named themselves “Junkies,” have downloaded over thirty-five million individual episodes. (more…) Find more by Scott Sigler	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3088
__label__cc	0.688366	0.311634	First Previous 138Comments Next Lastest Chapter: Chapter 3, Shotgun Shuffle We won’t see Alex again for some period, so this is an opportune time to review my intentions behind him. With that said, this is NOT an “In Memoriam,” so rest assured he’s not dead. Spare me the hate mail. Alex Green “Pervin’ it since 2009” When I was in high school, and several years afterword (the dumbass age,) every girl I knew that had a complete self-involved assclown for a boyfriend was named Alex. The name for me is stigmatized. Is EVERY Alex an assclown? Obviously not. If you’re reading this and are named Alex, I don’t consider you an assclown. I consider you very cool and encourage you to keep reading. I’ll also throw the name “Seth” in there for good measure. Every Seth I’ve ever employed when in management was completely worthless, rude, and socially nuclear. So if you can gather what I mean from this, the concept is on par with anyone who ever said “Oh I’m never dating a “Justin” again because of such and such.” Or I’m never friending another “Kimberly.” Silly? Maybe. But this is why his name is Alex. Background/Personality: Hmm.. I don’t think we’ve ever discussed fanservice in the comments yet… =P I had cut some strips that elaborated on his state of origin, but he hails from Illinois. He comes from a family that’s of means (not ultra rich, but well off.) This was originally something he touted. How he’s Mr. Big City in a town of moderate size. I do intend to delve into his character more in the distant future, so it’s something I’ll save. What Alex was attending school for was not art. It’s something that will be of importance later. Art was more his side-interest. In the beginning, many readers associated Alex as my own self insertion into the strip. If that were true, that would be some self loathing of epic proportions. I hate his character. If his drawing came to life I would smash it on the table. All too often, because the creators of visual media are artists themselves, they portray their creative characters in an overly cheery, docile, inquisitive light. The gentle dreamer. I really wanted to break from this. There is actually a tremendous amount of ego involved in art. If you ever feel inclined to get into a pissing match for pissing sake, find an artist. Pick a subject, watch ‘em go. Ever read an artist’s blog/twitter when they’re talking about social issues? The government? Religion? Yeah… wow. You ended up taken aback about how extremist they were on a certain matter? Alex encompasses that. Alex is also narcissistic (like many of the characters still are at this point.) Alex is a loaner to some degree. Alex is highly opinionated. Alex has spent much of his life learning from, consulting with, and mutually agreeing with, people that already share his world view. Alex is not wrong, and will spend hours of his own time researching counter arguments to any evidence you have that he IS wrong. He will do said research ..preemptively. He’s ready in waiting for the chance to put some “close-minded, backwards hillbilly” in their place. The hot word right now is “millennials” right? For our current young adults? I call them Generation Omega, since by the time I’m 60, they will bring about the fall of mankind. If they don’t, their kids sure will. It’s not the fact they’re atheist or religious. Conservative… liberal… whatever. What side of the argument anyone’s on isn’t the core of the issue. What Alex epitomizes is the new “Screw the last billiondy years of human interaction, belief system, moral compass, what-have-you… I know the truth. I learned it all by myself. I’ve got it all figured out right here. BEHOLD MY WISDOM” We’ve all been like this. It’s the bullheaded, self enlightened part of life. It’s a bridge we all get to. Just less people are seeming to get off anymore. This is a topic I could easily get REALLY into talking about, but then I’d be on my soapbox. And referring back to what I said about creative folk, right? Ha. Importance to Social Decay: “If you don’t learn from history, you’re doomed to repeat it.” -Paraphrased from whoever. Very true. But the flip side of that quote is another quote: “Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.” -A Plumber Learn from history history’s mistakes. But learn history’s successes too. What has worked? What brought us to this point? The old guard DOES NOT ALWAYS offend if he’s safely gotten us thus far. What Alex doesn’t get, is not everything needs to be broken, then subsequently refashioned. Alex is susceptible to treating people as such ‘things’ as well. I wanted to make a point with his character early on, which may have led readers into think my own mindset was aligned with his. That was the following: Rest assured I don’t agree with every character. On either side of the aisle. What I want is for multiple voices to be represented. There are plenty of Alexs out there in the world. There are plenty of Quinns and Ellies as well. These characters can’t always agree with me. They can’t parrot out every thought in my head about MY personal views on life. Have you ever read a comic and said to yourself “Ok, yeah… this is totally the artist cramming his viewpoint down my throat.” Me too. It drives me nuts. It’s the most off-putting thing in comics. Anyone read a comic where one character is advocating other characters to vote for certain candidates in elections? 2008 anyone??? Me too. Get off it already. Just draw your friggin cartoon. Media is inherently liberal. This comic is not. Nor is it the opposite. It only IS what these characters make it to be. Some are extreme, some aren’t. That’s life. This is my life hurled through a blender and rendered into pixels. While it’s MY life, I am only ONE person involved in it. I can’t listen to my own voice all the time. There are plenty of other voices I listen to daily that don’t agree with me, so my comic won’t always either. Nor you. It’s my way of making it as genuine as I can. Shotgun Shuffle is about many things, some real, some absurd. But the underlying guiding force is the breakdown of social interaction. Right now it’s among peers. The climax is on a more grandiose scale. There were a lot of folks that identified with Alex initially. Liked his character and so on. But then I made him out to be a creepy perv. That was the intention. He’s an opportunist that puts up a fake front. He has some entitlement in his DNA. Why stay with Quinn when Ellie’s better? Or assumedly so. He’s not about trophy wives or girlfriends alone. He’s about trophy people in his life. Everything is an extension of himself. If you were in his life, you’re a mere platform to something better. Quinn dumped his ass when she starting seeing herself in him. When I described him as a loaner, it’s more to a mental degree. He’ll call someone close-minded, but won’t open his own to other views. He’s socially awkward, but he won’t avoid the social scene. He’s special. He’s gifted. He has something to offer others he thinks they desire or need. Whether they know it or not. He’s never learned to be ‘critically’ introspective. Which is imperative to normal human function. He’ll think about what he’s doing. Yes. Certainly. But only about how great it is. After all, he’s got it all figured out. And will surround himself with those that think likewise. Is he redeemable? I got asked that several times. Would I redeem him, and when. I’ve learned my fair share of hard lessons in life. I’ve lost friendships I never wanted to. Some I was responsible for, some I was not. I’ve gone down in flames trying to salvage relationships in the past. And to be honest, if you haven’t learned it yet, I’m telling you now: Not everyone in life can be redeemed. Some people don’t truly forgive others. Some people like to hold grudges. Some never get over their own narcissism. Some repeat their own mistakes over and over to a degree of sheer insanity. Some never stop listening to themselves. And THAT, is the real killer. I’ve given you two decent quotes. Now I’ll give you the worst one ever uttered: “Do whatever makes you happy.” That single quote is the root driving force of all bad advice. You want someone to leave misery and shattered lives in their wake for their own shallow satisfaction? Tell them that. Give someone complete moral indiscretion? Tell them that. When Alex learns the personal ruin he reaps from that mentality, maybe. Maybe I’ll redeem him. Puts away soapbox that wasn’t supposed to be used. On a lighter, more artistic note.. there wasn’t much concern on my part over his appearance. Some who gets up and goes “Whatever.” But to him, ‘whatever’ looks good. And so does his facial hair. I made sure when his glasses were off, his eyes weren’t beady/squinty. I wore glasses as a child, and I hated seeing that when I watched cartoons. Like people who wore glasses were a race of souless molemen. Ridiculous. That and the whole “I can’t see without my glasses.” Come on with that already. Blergh. Alex is a composite character from people I’ve met, but his red hair and general color scheme do reflect someone specific (not of any importance though.) The following are some transitions of Alex as I nailed down his appearance. K. Smith Ha! Karma is seriously taking him to town. I love KK’s response to Tommy. I think I want to use that next time someone asks me the point of something. Replied to: K. Smith \| Link \| Reply \| Like (0) Folks call that hipster racism. Let’s not actually say that in public. steveha Replied to: hey \| Link \| Reply \| Like (1) KK’s response to Tommy was “The point is shutup.” Did you just say that this is “hipster racism”? If so, could you please explain why? I just don’t see any racial connection there. It looks like a generic shutdown, similar to “Because reasons.” P.S. One that my friends and I used to use: “The point is IN YOUR EYE.” Paulmichael Replied to: steveha \| Link \| Reply \| Like (1) I think “hey” is referring to the line “You’re acting like an angry black woman again.” I guess it’s like calling something “gay” when you mean that it is stupid – you aren’t homophobic (racist in this case), and what you are saying is technically offensive, but the majority of people do not care and will not take offense. Replied to: Paulmichael \| Link \| Reply \| Like (1) Well, my take on the first panel is that Tommy said “Oh uh-uh KK!” and the rest of his dialog while affecting voice intonations like a black woman (probably falsetto), and KK was telling him to cut it out. Other things Tommy could have said: “Oh snap!” “Oh no you di’n’t!” “Talk to the hand!” etc. Remember, Tommy was described as “an HR nightmare” and he makes a habit of doing things that are unacceptably rude. And KK was his manager until the day they all got fired, and she’s used to slapping him down when he needs it. If that’s how we were supposed to take it, then possibly this joke might have worked better for “hey” if KK had said something like “If an actual black woman were here listening to you talk like that, she’d kick your butt.” But that seems kind of long and unwieldy. I could see that, and Tommy would be shrieking like a little girl. Possible alternate script… Tommy: Oh uh uh Kay Kay (etc etc) KK: I already told you not to do that “angry black woman” voice! Tommy: Talk to the hand. You’re not the boss of me! I’m not sure it’s funnier, but I do kind of like working in the “You’re not the boss of me” line. Because, she was the boss of him until about ten minutes ago. Hipsters are a race? Here I was hoping they weren’t breeding. Are they at least chock full of recessive genes so that one non-hipster making a mistake will help filter them out of the gene pool? Alex P. Keaton. SlamShuffle Not racism against hipsters but racism by hipsters. Basically, where hipsters thinks it’s okay to say racist things because no one could possibly believe they are racist. I’ve seen various commentary on this, but never actually witnessed it. Anonymousanonymous Replied to: SlamShuffle \| Link \| Reply \| Like (0) I’m cuban-american and I have a particular talent for swimming and eating cheese, especially if it’s on a burger. Let’s go watch some baseball. Yes, I’m a tiny bit racist. Do I care? No… not really. Racist jokes can be funny and I’m not willing to not laugh just to appeal to sensibilities of people who I don’t know and don’t care about. You have no idea how many times I’ve made the “black people like fried chicken” joke around black friends. They make it too. Seriously, it’s alright. Just don’t make jokes around Germans; jokes that they hear decay and die almost immediately. (I’m on a roll!) Replied to: Anonymousanonymous \| Link \| Reply \| Like (0) I haf herd dat!! Sgt. Schultz Replied to: pat \| Link \| Reply \| Like (0) I know nuffingk Col. Hogan, NUFFINK! Anyone that would take offense over that in public needs to reassess their life. My white friends would tell me to shut up before any of my black friends would even care. Raconis Hamster Racing? It’s cool to see the gang together outside of work. And I LOL’d. Fire in the hole indeed. Replied to: TheLastOutlaw \| Link \| Reply \| Like (0) Also are Tommy’s eyebrows drawn like most of the girls to accentuate his orientation or does he actually use eyeliner? So he appears more feminine. I suspected as much but I like understanding the little touches. One of these days I’ll apply what I’ve learned to my own webernet comic =) Going up to check how you drew his eyebrows, I have to ask, is the neckline in the second panel the same intention (not technically cleavage, but from the ‘more feminine’ perspective…) More or less. Better than another character with a simple t-shirt. The popped collar works for him. Also I have to ask, where in the world does he keep that pack of cigarettes? It wouldn’t fit into a pocket, obviously isn’t going to roll into a shirt sleeve, back pack? Semi-sentient luggage? (I’m hoping for the last one to be honest.) Hammerspace. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammerspace I would think that he’s got a backpack sewn into the back of his shirt especially made to carry the 2000s. I had thoughts of Bowie drifting through his cigarette smoke. skrapyard not dead….but very, very sick Sorry, your application has been denied. Employees need to have an unbent wookie ;-) Replied to: Zoom-Zoom \| Link \| Reply \| Like (0) That sounds like an interview process where you’d want to only hire people who don’t call back excited about if they got the job. Excited in that way? awesome Meatwad shirt! Replied to: jee \| Link \| Reply \| Like (0) Well I hear he is number one in the hood, G. Wait, he’s not dead? Time to start writing some hate mail…. Feros Replied to: Thor \| Link \| Reply \| Like (0) +1. :) hahaha. You’d be surprised how many readers didn’t like what his character ended up being. Meh, I think that he got what he deserved once we got to the other side of the looking glass. As one of the ones who complained (at least I think I did), I love this comic. In all seriousness, payback’s a bitch. Alex is so full of himself he doesn’t realize KK is aware of all the crap he pulled on her. So has no problem asking her for help. BTW Rusche, I love KK’s new look (who should be on the cast page IMHO). Makes up for Quinn’s new hairstyle. She’ll be on the cast page, but it’s in the final cast panel, which I havent finished yet since she’s a strip-ending character. Ooh… I must be tired, because I didn’t figure it out at first. Ellie wasn’t Alex’s first ‘imaginative’ drawing. I guess that kind of thing could get one kicked out of a school. Replied to: Remiel \| Link \| Reply \| Like (0) I hadn’t considered one of the drawings might be a hot dean… Impossible. There is no such thing. A conclusion could be drawn Quinn pilfered a sketchbook, and got several girls to join her cause. I anticipated that he would be kicked out of school. I said this, I said this. gillman I remember working at Gamestop and telling people that we didn’t have any openings and weren’t looking to hire, just to have them ask if they could still drop off an application. One women even called here kids directly after to tell them she got the job. Replied to: gillman \| Link \| Reply \| Like (0) yeah – I hate people – people suck customer service would be such an easier, more satisfying job if it wasn’t for all the people But working with people gives you the best stories. Take this one for example. I was still relatively new in my fast food career and the naive desire to actually help people hadn’t been stomped out yet (but this event was one of the ones that really started to put the fire out). So it’s mid afternoon, I’m running the front counter and we’re slowly climbing towards the peak of the after school rush. A woman in her mid to late 40’s, dressed a notch or two above business casual finishes her to-go order and starts to walk away before turning back to me. “I need my food right away,” she says. Had this happened a year later I’m sure I would have brushed her off with some non-commital comment but nope, I was still full of pep, team spirit and eager to help so I dive into this with both feet. “We always do our best to serve our customers as quickly as possible.” Thinking that was a sufficient response I start to take the next persons order when she cuts me off. “You don’t understand, I need my food before these other people,” she declares, indicating the probably fifteen or so people already waiting to get their food. There is a line of people building up at my register so I am trying to get her to move along but now she’s got my curiosity. She looks at me like I’m insane, with the raised eyebrow and everything that would seem to indicate it’s obvious why she needs special treatment and I’m dim for missing it. “My mother has Alzheimers and can’t be left alone in the car for very long.” So I look at her. I look back at the line of people ahead of her waiting for food. I look out at the parking lot, probably hoping to catch a glimpse of a confused looking old woman tearing out of the parking lot with no idea where she is or where she’s going, and I look back at this woman again, forcing myself to not laugh at her. “Ma’am, why didn’t you use the drive through?” One would think that she would have appreciated this lifehack I had just presented her with and thanked me for letting her know this option was available for her next visit where she left her mom locked in a car in the parking lot. But no, instead I got the death glare and she stormed off to flag down my manager. She ended up waiting in line like everyone else for her food though she did make sure I noticed when she left jingling her car keys and glaring alternately between myself and her watch. I smiled and waved. I can’t say I liked incidents like that but being exposed to how bat shit crazy people really are is a valuable life lesson. The web site Not Always Right is full of stories similar to this one. http://notalwaysright.com/ Your story reminded me of this one: http://notalwaysright.com/driving-miss-crazy/1805 That last question just floors me. Yes, I would say it really is so much to ask. What would make a person even think that way? (I guess the answer is: severe narcissism.) P.S. Here’s one with a happy ending: http://notalwaysright.com/every-bad-crowd-has-a-silver-lining/2429 Alex and Ratches – the only beings that will survive a nuclear winter. Them and twinkies!!! :) Replied to: TSG \| Link \| Reply \| Like (0) KK should have invited Ellie to join them she needs to be there to mourn the passing of a fastfood place but remember that they were there for the birth of the new master race! So long Alex see you in a few years. I’ll kind of miss him, in the same way I missed the Frank Burns character when Larry Linville left M.A.S.H. I decided to divide it up, showing Ellie with the high school crowd (albeit there was only Ashliii) and the over 18’s eating breakfast. This is where the story splits. I actually have some panels drawn of Ellie showing up, but it’s redundant to show her eating at a table twice since her birthday thing is coming up. OOoooh, CAKE!! What with Frank Burns going nuts and jumping into a hot tub to chase who he thought was “Hot Lips” pretty much wrote him out of the rest of the show. Especially when Hawkeye got too pissed off with what Frank got. However, with the end of the series, Margaret was too far grown for Frank. Perhaps Quinn = early Margaret, and we’ll get to see her mature. Freemage This strip gives me warm, fuzzy feelings in my schadenfreude. Replied to: Freemage \| Link \| Reply \| Like (0) Just make sure to protect your wookie. “You’re acting like an angry black woman again”… hysterical! I get Alex needed to come from somewhere but Illinois? I can’t believe I at one time shared a state with this (fictional) d-bag. Blugh… I’m from Ohio, but ended up living in the Boston area for a few years. By the time I left, I felt kinda’ bad for the western two-thirds to three quarters of Massachusetts for the fact that people equated people from Boston with people from Massachusetts (“Masshole” was a common description I heard). I worked in Aurora at one point. Very beautiful up there. Did you ever get to see the carpet guy? Or the Gasworks? My cousin and his family live in Aurora. It is a nice area. I know now that I have decent principled reasons for the satisfaction that I felt when screaming across the river, “ILLINOIS SUCKS!” Yes, but at least our government blows. Illinois, where the governors make the license plates. Replied to: Starknight \| Link \| Reply \| Like (0) Isn’t it at least two of their more recent governors? I would like Illinois much better if Chicago were to become its own state. Or a walled off prison state like a modern day “Escape from New York” type thing. Not yet, I still have “driving on lower wacker” on my list of things to do. I will not call that a bucket list. He types while looking at his “The Blues Brothers” dvd sitting on the stack next to his table. Lower Wacker is unique I’ll give it that. And it’s a good time to visit, Chicago just got the coveted “murder capital of the country” designation. After all those years of being number three the dedicated mismanagement of resources and strict adherence to the most restrictive gun ownership laws in the country have finally paid off. Suck it New York and Detroit! Now, I just have to get covert transport of my urban based zombie battle wagon, and I’ll be all ready for Lower Wacker drive. hint it’s covered with automatic tennis rackets. I love that, even while losing her job, KK still has the presence of mind to not miss an opportunity inflict some instant karma on Alex. I think I love her… Replied to: Richie \| Link \| Reply \| Like (0) KK is probably my favorite supporting character. I almost clarified “after McFatFat” but that’s ridiculous. Everyone knows he’s a main character. Meh, what with the karma already, KK was bugged to all death almost because of his constant pestering. She’s paid him back for all of the assploded phone calls. boog To summarize: Alex has sociopathic tendencies. Also, who was the a-hole from last night that reported them? A stranger? Or someone we already know? Could it have been… Tired Guy? Perhaps retaliating after his recent facepunch? Hurting BG by going after the people he cares about? That being Ellie in this case, as she is now unemployed, unable to pay rent, and Quinn will have to kick her out, which will cost her the apartment? It’s quite an elaborate strategy? In fact, I’m beginning to suspect that he’s not even tired… at all! yanks Tired Guy’s chair out from under him, causing him to stand everyone gasps Replied to: boog \| Link \| Reply \| Like (0) I bet that’s not even an oxygen tank either! What’re you betting nitrous oxide? Concentrated modelling glue fumes? damn, I knew that they got that from somewhere. See, I have a hard time believing there would have been hate mail over Alex choking his sad little lungs out on the floor of the O’Jacks, with perhaps a ratch or two a-nibblin’ on his patchouli-flavored carcass. Boy, that’s oddly specific… I would absolutely complain about the years of nightmares Rusche would give me if the ratches got a hold of Alex’s DNA for their next round of mutation. Some things are too far. Ratches with glasses and his goatee perhaps? No… no no no no no… NO! ToG and pat, we do ~not~ need to have the Raches assimilate with Alex, creating a Hipster Rache (we were pests, ~before~ it bugged the humans) variant. Just… no. Anyway. I’m happy to see that pest (Alex) is getting his just deserts… in such an ironic and funny way. Replied to: Terra \| Link \| Reply \| Like (1) Too late. David Willis is already loose amongst the internet and hasboro toys. I… don’t know who that is. Web cartoonist who has been around quite a while. (Roomies, It’s Walky, Joyce and Walky, Shortpacked and Dumbing of Age.) Of those only the last two are still going, DoA being a reimaging of his universe in a different setting. He’s obssessed with Transformers and Batman. I used to enjoy Shortpacked but IMO it’s slowly collapsing under the weight of its ever increasing cast, the last few additions haven’t really been needed but I will give him props for not being afraid to change things up and he does have characters who change and develop. I do reccomend DoA, it’s not required to have knowledge of his previous works to enjoy and I suspect the fact he’s updating it seven days a week is contributing to Shortpackeds quality drop. He is someone who I feel fits Chris’ description to the proverbial “T” and I don’t feel like giving him the business. Especially if he is able to generate any internet ad revenue from my unique web visit. I used to pay for his work, and while it may…. Not needed to go into that. His characters are self servants of the author and the author’s exclusive viewpoints. Ergo, just mouthpieces that do nothing than explore the demented little world of his. Chris on the other hand, has characters that are able to be picked up out of the webstrip and dropped on Main Street USA, all “Pleasantville” like and able to draw individuals into the action that concerns their interaction with the environment. Because those characters are speaking, not Chris. Now, this would just delve into a philosophical discussion on the diatribe of characters and their inherent attribution to their creator and how much of them are the creator and how much of them is an autonomous extension of a denial of self. Willis blurred the line after he ignored by stepping over it and dragging his baggage with him. Chris, has used his artistic license to drive respectfully with the trust that the audience gives him in their willful suspension of disbelief. Loved that rant. Wish I’d written it. I could start citing examples myself but this post would end up just as long and I’d have spittle all over my screen. Suffice to say that I have many artist friends and I swear half of them seem to go out of their way to find things to be angry about. I knew one artist who hated George Bush so he would deliberately make fun of another artist for no other reason than that other artist came from Texas. There’s a word for that, and it is a word that can apply to both sides of the spectrum. Replied to: Sparky \| Link \| Reply \| Like (0) Well, I see Captain Planet, however, Ghostbuster and E.X.O. Squad, The Savage Dragon and X-Men: Evolution redeem thou and feel vanquished that TBS was halted from well, I dunno. What’s it like to be a professional in cartoons? Jamilee Ah, it is so beautiful to see a creep get some grief. The fact that he thought to apply there when KK was the manager does show some of his narcissistic side, as most guys would be smart enough to realize she probably wouldn’t be too pleased to see him. I would feel bad for him, but he totally deserved it. On another note, KK looks good with her hair down. Replied to: Jamilee \| Link \| Reply \| Like (0) She has the stressed-out hair wispie similar to Ellie’s. One your first point, this would mean Alex had a sense of shame, and up to this point, I don’t think he does, honestly. KK looks older somehow, with her hair down like that. Or maybe she just looks more mature. Replied to: Jade \| Link \| Reply \| Like (0) moves closer I agree with everything you just said. What is this, should we be taking notes? Soliciting assistance with artistic research? Maybe we should quote Ellie while she’s sending pictures to Quinn? Rusche, none of the characters jump out as “I bet that’s Rusche personifying himself” but if you announced one of them was, Alex would never have been my guess. Also, so far this comic has seemed to tell a story as opposed to attempting to preach a point. So mark at least one data point for interpretation that way. So if you meet someone named Alex who’s worth a damn, are you going to give them a choice if you call them Zander or Lex, or just pick one? Once an Alex, always an Alex. We even got to mention an Alex webcomic “art – tist” in some of the recent comments sections. That individual was and more than likely is still full of himself. And possibly a hipster with no shame. I don’t think the words “hipster” and “shame” belong in the same sentence… And definitely not in the same pane of a mirror. CivD666 Why does Alex ask if it is Sunday? Is this something to do with everyone being in church on Sunday morning? The only time I have ever seen a fast food joint that empty is when it is closed. Replied to: CivD666 \| Link \| Reply \| Like (0) You’ve never been so confuzzled by current events to not even know what day it is? I have to deal with that several different times throughout a month. 13 minutes at current traffic information from O’Jacks to International Pancakes!!! Damn, you guys suck down there. I would love International Pancakes. And I’d hop to it. I think that the last time I got to eat at one was in New Orleans. khamya9 Good comic. Has some nice character moments, a ?villain? gets his comeuppance, and we get more ratch humor. Yup, all win here. Good comic. No commentary on fanservice yet? Why, we should have some! :) Thanks for the insight into your thought process on Alex. It must have taken a while to write, but it was as entertaining as the comic (which I also enjoyed immensely. Although, when I first saw all the different shots of Alex, I thought you might have replaced all of our gravitars again, this time with different versions of Alex. I also agree with your point on media being inherently liberal. Without passing value judgments on either side, I find that the skills that lead to success in various media industries match up closely with liberal values. Computant I don’t think Media is inherently liberal, I think it was liberal for two major chunks of time that affected most of us. Certainly Ben Franklin and Thomas Paine were liberal media folks, and sometime around the 40s or 50s, the idea of “impartial journalism,” intended to work for the good of man, instead of profit, took root in schools, leading to a generation or two of liberal minded, hard hitting journalists. On the other hand, both today, and in the Hearst generation, media was inherently conservative, being captured by the very corporate interests they were intended to police. When a paper or a TV channel stops to consider the effect of a story on their advertising revenue, they have become conservative. So Alex lost his loved one (close enough), lost his school and lost his money, is rejected by society (given a bogus applicaiton) and is now being hit with strange chemicals in an area already full of evil rat/roaches mutants that face-impregnate people….. If Alex doesn’t become a super villain I will be SO MAD. I can already see here him monologing about how he will destroy his enemies and then cackling. Hart Thorn Replied to: Mil \| Link \| Reply \| Like (0) Take a queue from TMNT, and make him half ratch! THEY’RE IMMUNE TO THE POISON! Replied to: Hart Thorn \| Link \| Reply \| Like (0) So, would it make him the opposite of Master Splinter? “Media is inherently liberal”. OK, now that is something I would like elaborated on because that fascinates me. From my point of view it is inherently neutral with specific demographics and media groups being selective. Is it because of the (percieved and bogus) fact that liberals use more tech than conservatives and thus use more media? Is it because as liberals say “reality has a liberal bias”? Is what the media presents as the average American as more liberal than the real average American? Is the media more willing to explore new ideas (liberals will argue that the media likes to stick to the status quo and loves to use gay/women/race tropes)? Heck, does this statement apply to media in more liberal countries like Canada and Germany, and likewise, more conservative countries like Iran and Russia? I assume we are going by the domestic American version of liberalism rather than the international definition of liberalism. Well, there is the real concept that the two major centers of media in it’s varied forms (New York and Los Angeles) are much more liberal than main stream. But in the end, it’s more about dollars than anything. Whatev I think what he really meant is that media is inherently “open.” I’ve heard various different arguments, but my view is that journalism tends to be more attractive as a career to people with a liberal mindset than a conservative mindset, so even if a specific effort was made to hire more conservative people, they’d still be the minority. We all have our internal biases that we can’t even notice, as they’re simply part of our perception of the world around us. Add onto that, there’s a psychological “echo chamber” effect where we build our idea of consensus based upon the people we know and talk to, which is what leads to things like both sides of an arbitrary issue completely convinced that everyone agrees with them and they’ll win when it’s closer to a 50/50 split. If all my above suppositions are correct (which I believe them to be, though I could certainly be wrong), then a certain amount of honest and unintentional liberal bias will be present in the media. Now granted, there’s definitely bias in the media today that’s quite intentional, and I can think of it tracking in both liberal and conservative directions. Though to be honest, that tends to be either more properly described as propaganda or sensationalism. Neither of those are new, we’re just in a period where they’re fairly blatant and shameless about them and there are more avenues of information via the Internet that unmasks more of them. Note this is a U.S. perspective. I have no idea regarding perspectives in other countries/cultures and have no idea which suppositions would hold or be different. Typo alert – loner not loaner. Unless I badly misunderstood the context! May god the cigarette. Tommy really has that suave cultured look in the second panel I didn’t notice that… funny! And I see the Ashliii texting exit banner is back… love it! Those are random. I missed the “Media is inherently liberal” line, and when others highlighted it here, I… cringed, badly. When subjected to any sort of analysis, it falls, hard, to the truth that media is inherently opportunistic, preferring a ‘balance’ that involves both sides being treated equally, no matter how absurd one side is, because then you generate controversy, and controversy draws eyeballs. I’ve occasionally imagined what a liberal-biased media would be like. Trust me, it would be nigh-unrecognizeable compared to the current big media. Also, I think you’re being a bit unfair on the subject of politically-oriented characters in comics. I don’t think YOU need to do this, mind you; but if it’s part of the creator’s desires, I think it’s reasonable for them to take that route. Some do it well; others poorly. Obviously, it’s going to turn off a segment of the audience, but that’s acceptable to them; so long as the creator isn’t also whining about how ‘the evil conservatives/liberals’ out there aren’t reading their stuff, then there’s no problem. tl;dr: Including political views isn’t ‘wrong’–it just means accepting that a portion of the audience won’t stick around. I didn’t say it was “wrong” but it can certainly be off putting. And I don’t accept losing a portion of my audience. The examples I’m referring to that I personally have seen were snarky vile and blatantly callous. I wish I had some bookmarked, because they’re ridiculous. I’d love to expound but I don’t have the time atm. It will certainly be covered in the comic later. Freemage, I’m going to keep this very short, as this is a web comic and not a debate page. However, I disagree with you completely. The mainstream media in the USA is tremendously biased in favor of “liberal” politics. This web page shows eight ways the media can bias reporting, with numerous examples of each one. http://archive.mrc.org/books/identifybias.asp I found it very funny that you link an obviously and explicitly biased organization to prove bias. If an “obviously and explicitly biased organization” tells you that water is wet, does that change the truth or lack thereof in the statement? Water is either wet, or it isn’t. Frankly, I don’t know anything about that organization; I just linked a page Google found for me. The things discussed on that page are things I have seen for myself over the years. Do you dispute any of the arguments or examples on the page I linked? P.S. Politically I am not a “conservative” or a “liberal”. I have disagreements with both sides. “Much of the time the truth does indeed lie between two extreme points, but this can bias our thinking: sometimes a thing is simply untrue and a compromise of it is also untrue. Half way between truth and a lie, is still a lie.” I prefer science over reported truth or even interpreted truth. At least when two people can get the same results, and then have 200 times that many people get the same results, you know you’re onto something. However, to take a look at something as volatile as a riot, and say that the ratches rose up and invaded, is biased. To be able to look at both sides of the story, and then come to the conclusion, once distilled, as the truth of the matter, is something that the people of this nation have forgot to do, since we’ve becomed used to having our noses pulled on by popular people. “You don’t know what’s its like to be friends with any of the people that I know.” I agree with you that the media is opportunistic and does whatever will draw eyeballs. To quote Rita Skeeter: “The Prophet [a newspaper] exists to sell itself.” I disagree that balance is somehow the model that would bring in the most eyeballs. In fact, I remember in a recent conservative commentators decrying the lack of balance in the media. Mainstream media outlets and commentators complained that give them the balance they were asking for, the MSM would have to cover climate change deniers and creationists, a situation they likened to having to interview the KKK in order to have a story about civil rights. I hesitate to expound much further on this, given a) the fact that I recently overposted on a different topic and b) the fact that Rusche has said he doesn’t want to alienate his readers. Rusche, I don’t currently see a place in the forums for political discussion. Is there a place where we could dive into this issue further without bothering readers who don’t want to take part? In the meantime, I’ll simply end with a respectful disagreement with the 2nd paragraph of Freemage’s post. ugh. I need to re-read before posting. So many grammatical errors from sloppy changes. Funny, even Jake Tapper recently admitted that the media slants left. And despite his reputation today, I remember when he used to write some of the foulest hit pieces back around 2000 regarding gun-control. Those who can’t see how slanted the media is are usually people who also think the NYT falls right into the center of the spectrum of American politics. Freemage – Longer explanation in a comment above, but in short from what I’ve seen people who track in a more liberal direction seem to be attracted to working in the media, and that will create a small perceptual bias in a liberal direction. Nothing grandiose or deliberate as you’re talking about, but present and noticeable if you look for it (especially if your background is somewhat different). I don’t argue about attempts to seed a controversy to gain more viewers, nor do I argue about suppressing stories to avoid losing a big sponsor’s advertising dollars. Those sorts of commercial considerations are an unfortunate consequence of commercial news organizations. But any form of sponsorship for news will lead to some form of negative (state-sponsored will be careful about the state, as Al Jazeera is with Qatar and Russia Times is with Russia; member/listener/viewer-sponsored is dependent upon the engagement and value of their members/listeners/viewers which will lead to low budgets, some degree of catering to what people want as opposed to the searching for “truth”, and possibly government funding leading to similar dilemmas for state-sponsoring). I found your comment on the “I am always right” artist types interesting, because as a statistician, I have sometimes crippling indecision. Trying to run through all those probabilities and outcomes can get difficult, especially when you try working the actual math. I wonder if there is a certain of discipline defining your personality that people know, but aren’t entirely comfortable accepting. Like, as an artist, you have to define your style, your voice. Sink or swim, you can’t keep changing it (drastically, at least) if you hope to develop a following. Does this lead to feelings of “This is what I think, and that is final”? Of course, some people handle these things better than others, but that’s the general idea. Also explains the Rock Star Diva concept. I was making a joke back when I said “Dirty Jobless and Uneducated Hippie” was a self-insert. Gawd. lol. You werent the only one that thought that. Nick, of the House Stephenson As always, your analyses are critical and thought provoking. I’d like to make a detailed response, but quite frankly, I’m still mulling it all over. Since I can’t say something witty, I’ll settle for saying this- In panel 2, for some reason, when I look at Tommy, he looks like a vampire. And now that I’m looking at them… Kaz looks like Igor… KK, though, looks slightly older without her ribbons. Kind of like a… mother almost. Does anyone else just see that, or is it just me? She looks like a down on her luck woman, though she seems to be taking things in stride, doesn’t she? I suppose she’s one of the most mature characters in the series so far, barring Mr. Stevens. Replied to: Nick, of the House Stephenson \| Link \| Reply \| Like (0) I think it’s a bit too early to tell if Mr. Stevens deserves the title of “mature character.” He did track down where Ellie lives and punch Tired Guy. I’m not going to call that an obvious disqualification, but definitely need more evidence. Zariu I was reading your overview of his personality… and suddenly realized that perfectly describes the Alex my cousin married. ><; don't know about the pervy part but… oh the other hand, the Alex at my work is extremely gentlemanly and nice. so I guess your experience is 50/50 for me. P-4t FREE PANCAKE DAY! !!! ‘Kill-All’ MGS2 CN gas grenade style. I’m not an Alex, I’m an Axel, what’s that make me? Kingsquester the point is revenge is sweet……and lets hope he doesn’t become the omega ratches king after being exposed to all that lol	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3093
__label__wiki	0.701778	0.701778	Centralized, Decentralized or Hybrid Sourcing Structure: How Do We Decide? Sydney Lazarus - August 1, 2017 6:00 AM \| Categories: Best Practice, Procurement Strategy & Planning, Procurement Systems & Architecture, Sourcing \| Tags: L1, Sourcing and Categories Tiko/Adobe Stock Today’s Ask Spend Matters question came from Piyush Shah, a PhD student of supply chain management at Arizona State University: “Centralized, decentralized or hybrid sourcing structure? How do we decide?” This is a classic question and one that has sparked decades of passionate debate. Proponents of centralization point to the potential for higher savings. Defenders of decentralization argue that regional procurement teams can bring about better supplier relationships. The easy answer is “It depends” or “A hybrid of the two.” But what does a hybrid structure look like? And how do factors like purchasing category, industry and stakeholders play into the assessment? Moving Toward Centralization Before diving into the current discussion and Spend Matters recommendations, here’s a quick history. The standardizing of purchasing as a function was a gradual process. In recent decades, the term “sourcing” has grown in popularity, encompassing not only purchasing but also activities related to risk, supplier management and sustainability. But despite these differences, the terms purchasing, sourcing and procurement will be used interchangeably for the sake of this article. So as purchasing and sourcing came into their own as professions, as opposed to a part-time responsibility across functions, more organizations have formalized sourcing, adopting e-procurement and consolidating the supplier base. While organizations tend to centralize sourcing and then decentralize as they become more mature, the overall trend in recent years has been to centralize, with help from technology. “Certainly in the public sector the trend is still very much towards centralized purchasing and framework agreements, as the current economic situation means public sector funds are limited,” says Dr. Katri Kauppi, an Aalto University assistant professor of logistics whose dissertation had focused on public procurement centralization. “It is my understanding that centralization and hybrid are also very much still in use in the private sector,” she says. “Better e-procurement solutions and purchase-to-pay tracking solutions may enable more center-led and hybrid approaches to also offer efficiency that was previously mostly doable with centralization only.” Peter Smith, who spent three decades in private and public procurement before becoming managing director of Spend Matters UK/Europe, describes it as a three-year cycle. “After the 2008 financial crisis, there was a trend towards control. It comes and goes. I’ve seen that relaxed again in the past few years.” Smith explains that mass communication, the internet in particular, has made centralization possible — thus enabling this very debate on centralization vs. decentralization and this article. The Debate in the Real World Shah, the PhD student who posed the question, has heard gripes that country heads are bypassed in favor of reporting directly to the global head of purchasing. “These days we keep hearing of firms changing structures, and different firms are taking different routes,” he says. “This made me think — why are so many firms reconfiguring the purchasing structure? And if they are changing, why are they not changing in the same direction? So obviously there is something about the suitability of different structures in different situations.” How does an organization decide which structure is suitable? “The good academic answer is procurement has to be aligned with wider strategic objectives of the organization,” Smith says. “Not just the strategic objectives but also the culture and style of the organization.” Being aligned with what stakeholders want is especially crucial. Smith backed this up with a number of real-world examples, first from his own career. He started out as a purchasing manager at Mars Confectionary, a family-owned business till this day. “Mars had a very particular style, both very ahead of its time in terms of corporate social responsibility and [yet] very competitive and aggressive,” Smith says. “We could literally be fired if Mr. Mars thought we were treating a supplier badly.” That did not mean going easy on the competition. “His first question would be ‘How are you buying packaging better than Nestlé?’ And if I didn’t have an answer for that, I’d be fired for that as well!” An organization’s culture isn’t always immediately apparent. Smith brings up the case of a friend who had become CPO for a global top 30 company. He was told centralize procurement, which he did for two years until he was fired. “He upset too many of the country directors,” Smith explains. “[The question is] what does the really top management want procurement to do? My friend was told to centralize by the CFO, but he didn’t check out whether the other people were on board. The answer is clearly they weren’t.” Centralize or Decentralize? The vast majority of procurement organizations are somewhere in between completely centralized and completely decentralized, Smith says. Company size, location, expansion rate, purchasing category and industry are all factors that affect whether a more centralized or more decentralized structure is better. For large, global companies, more decentralization is generally recommended. It is also a matter of practicality. If a company has offices all over the world, it is simply not realistic for purchases to go through a single central office. Then there is the question of industry. “Once an industry gets more mature, there is more competition and pressure on margins,” Smith says, “Rightly or wrongly, procurement starts standardizing.” In industries like automotive or oil and gas, where products are more or less the same around the world, centralization is a better fit. “Typically purchasing categories where standardization is easy and purchasing needs differ very little are suitable for centralization,” says Kauppi. “For example, raw materials, commodities, MRO goods, IT equipment — at least basic office IT — and standard services [such as] cleaning services are often centralized with good outcomes.” In contrast, consider the case of a friend of Smith’s who was CPO at WPP, a multinational advertising firm. “A lot of what they buy is specialized marketing and creative services all around the world,” says Smith. “For a Venezuelan soft drinks company’s ad campaign, we’re going to find a graphic designer from Venezuela. [Therefore] procurement needs to be more flexible.” If your company is undergoing rapid growth, the flexibility of a decentralized model may be more important than cutting costs. “[The] same applies for more project-based industries,” says Kauppi. “Again, the question may be more purchase category- than organization-based, so complex service purchases are often more suited for decentralized purchasing.” Kauppi believes that purchasing category matters more than organizational type, but as far as the latter goes, a hierarchical organization works best for centralization. “The implementation is easier, and contracts will have a high usage rate, [with] very little maverick buying,” she explains. “Someone once told me the military is ideal for centralized procurement because everyone will use the centralized contracts as told!” Do You Need a Sourcing Structure Reboot? Out of all of these factors above that should go into determining an organization’s ideal degree of procurement centralization, Smith emphasizes stakeholder opinion as perhaps the most important. “The biggest single measure of success is [whether] your senior stakeholders think procurement is doing a great job,” Smith says, “I’ve gone from believing in [objective measures of procurement success] to this subjectivity.” Lack of procurement success is not always due to a structural problem, of course. But one indication that procurement needs to change its structure is if other people in the company do not know who to talk to in procurement, Smith says. That is not to say changing the procurement structure is necessarily worth it. “There’s nothing that is guaranteed to make procurement fail than constant reorganization,” says Smith, who recalls joining a company that had undergone three major organizational restructures in as many years. “I came in, and not only did I have a staff turnover rate of about 40%, the stakeholders were totally confused,” he says. “You need to think hard about your structure, and unless you find out quickly that you got it horribly wrong, I would say give it three years.” Both Kauppi and Smith underscored the potential of e-procurement and other technologies to offer the benefits of centralization with fewer of the disadvantages. With centralization, Smith explains, often senior procurement professionals simply just wanted to know what was going on. “[They would have] no clue what other procurement people in other countries were doing. If I used e-procurement, I would have been able to see what was going on. I would have gotten visibility,” he says. Ask Spend Matters What have you always wondered about procurement — but were afraid to ask? Tell us what to investigate next by entering your question below! Your contact info We'll be in touch if we find an answer. publish name Please don’t publish my name Policy* Yes, I've read and agree to the Privacy Policy. More Valuable Resources* More Valuable Resources Yes, please email me about new research, offers and services. No, I don’t want to hear about new research, offers and services. “What’s the Best Procurement System?” That’s the Wrong Question Stages of a Global Sourcing Strategy Is Global Sourcing Dead? 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__label__wiki	0.658871	0.658871	doughfromdago T.I. – Dime Trap Stream Tip’s new album “Dime Trap” featuring Meek Mill, Jeezy, Young Thug & more. HERE 1. “Seasons” featuring Sam Hook 2. “Laugh at Em” 3. “Big Ol Drip” featuring Watch the Duck 4. “Wraith” featuring Yo Gotti 5. “The Weekend” featuring Young Thug 6. “The Amazing Mr. Fuck Up” featuring Victoria Monét 7. “At Least I Know” featuring Anderson .Paak 8. “What Can I Say” 9. “Jefe” feat. Meek Mill 10. “More & More” featuring Jeezy 11. “Pray for Me” featuring YFN Lucci 12. “Looking Back” 13. “Light Day” 14. “You” featuring Teyana Taylor 15. “Be There” featuring London Jae TI (Ft. Yo Gotti) – Wraith TI Signs with Epic records and releases two singles this one, with Memphis TN’s own Yo Gotti titled “Wraith”. TI (Ft. Meek Mill) – Jefe Fresh off a new deal with Epic Records, T.I. & Meek Mill Team Up For Bangladesh Banger “Jefe”. T.I. – Money Talk T.I. gives DJ Whoo Kid and DJ MLK the green light to premiere his new song titled “Money Talk.” T.I. – Broadcast Live (Official Video) Ironically on his 35th birthday, TIP drops a new music video from his “Da Nic” EP, Broadcast Live. T.I. [Feat. Young Thug & Young Dro] – PBJ (Prod. By London On Da Track) New music from Atlanta Trio T.I., Young Thug & Young Dro! Produced By London On Da Track! Young Dro – Breakfast Club Interview Young Dro is back at The Breakfast Club. Power 105.1! Discusses Did He Steal A Stripper’s Car, Gay Dudes Trying To Holla At Him & More! Check it out below! T.I. – Da’ Nic’ (EP Stream) T.I. drops a brand new EP titled Da’ Nic. The project features 5 new records, including “Check, Run It” and “Peanut Butter & Jelly” featuring Young Thug and Young Dro. Stream Below! Also purchase via iTunes T.I. – ‘Check, Run It’ T.I. drops new music titled “Check, Run It” produced by League of Starz. Take a listen below! T.I. – Flicka Da Wrist (Freestyle) [New Music] Tip takes a stab at Chedda Da Connects hood banger “Flicka Da Wrist”. This is off DJ MLK’s upcoming mixtape Goodnight Don’t Exist In ATL 8, coming soon.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3104
__label__wiki	0.511486	0.511486	Power Trip - Opening Fire: 2008-2014 For many people, Nightmare Logic was their first experience with the band Power Trip. If you pay any attention to heavy music, it has been damn near impossible to not hear of these guys. They've been everywhere. That album was not my first experience with them, but the first where it all fully clicked. It's a glorious outing of thrash that honors the heyday while sounding fresh. I had seen the band for years and listened to recordings. They were ALWAYS great live (seriously, go see them if you've never) and the records were good, but as mentioned, never clicked with me. Thankfully, Dark Operative has compiled the early days of the band for those that may have never heard it, or like me, given it its rightful chance. Opening Fire 2008-2014 does as the title blatantly suggests, it compiles their recorded efforts from 2008-2014 (excluding full length Manifest Destination). Remastered here by Arthur Rizk for new audiences, we get their demo and two EPs. This shows the band in their young age, but these songs do mostly hold up. You can see where the band got to their last acclaimed full length. On these tracks, you will hear more of a crossover/hardcore sound in the mix. Texas has A LOT of thrash and hardcore crossover it seems. In all, these are songs that they could easily drop in a present day set list, please the old fans, and have new fans wondering what that great song was. If Opening Fire shows us anything, it shows a young band, doing this for a decade now, that were having tons of fun while perhaps aiming for the stars. Stars they continue to obtain and slay with their live shows. For me, it shows what I've been missing out on all of these years and should have been listening to. It also holds us over until they give the world another full length. Divine Apprehension Suffer No Fool Brainwave (Prong Cover) This World (2014) Hammer Of Doubt (2010) Armageddon Blues Lake Of Fire The Evil Beat Label: Dark Operative	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3105
__label__cc	0.743092	0.256908	Meet the StopSOP Slate! These 22 lawyers and one paralegal are running on a platform to eliminate the compelled Statement of Principles. They represent regions across the province. You may vote for candidates outside of your own region. Please consider voting for all of them (plus any non-slate candidates endorsed by StopSOP) and ONLY them to ensure that we achieve our goal of electing a Convocation that adheres to its statutory mandate, and gets out of the business of controlling the thoughts and speech of its members. For ease of voting, download the alphabetical list here, or print directly from this webpage. Sam Goldstein Take back the Law Society by voting for a STOP the SOP (Statement of Principles) Candidate. RETURN TO CORE COMPETENCY: The Law Society of Ontario’s core competency is to protect the public by ensuring members of the profession are competent and ethical. REDUCE FEES: The Law Society of Ontario has fallen victim to mission creep resulting in steadily rising budgets and increased professional fees. ELIMINATE OVER REGULATION: Good lawyers should be left to practice law. Unnecessary surveys and compliance requirements get in the way of serving clients. DEFENDING LEGAL RIGHTS The Law Society of Ontario has adopted a divisive social agenda that divides and categorizes people according to ascriptive attributes. Sam Goldstein believes the focus of our profession should be supplying the best legal service. VOTE FOR SAM GOLDSTEIN – a STOP the SOP Candidate Sam Goldstein practice is a sole-practitioner focusing on criminal law. He is a former crown attorney. Sam is a legal advisor to B’nai Brith. He has sat on the boards for various community organizations and is a dedicated volunteer for the Second Chance Scholarship Fund. He is a columnist for the The Lawyer's Daily. He is a founding member of the Stop the SOP Bencher campaign. He has appeared at all levels of court in Ontario as well as at the Supreme Court of Canada.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3106
__label__wiki	0.927095	0.927095	‘Bebeng’ kills 31, destroys P300-M infrastructure, agricultural products By Mario J. Mallari 05/14/2011 ‘Bebeng’ kills 31, destroys P300-M infrastructure, agricultural products By Mario J. Mallari 05/14/2011 The death toll brought about by tropical storm “Bebeng” has reached 31 while more than P300 million in infrastructures and agricultural products were destroyed and nearly 500,000 people were affected by the havoc in several regions. Reports from the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) yesterday showed that Region V or Bicol Region suffered the highest number of fatalities with 24 and 16 came from Camarines Sur; six in Albay, and one each in Catanduanes and Masbate. Regions III, VII and the National Capital Region (NCR) recorded one fatality each while Region VIII accounted four deaths. Nine persons were also reported injured while three remained missing. A total of 84,587 families, composed of 422,456 individuals, were affected by Bebeng which battered six regions with heavy rains and strong winds from Monday to Wednesday when the tropical storm left the country. A total of 66 municipalities and five cities were affected by flooding and landslides..... MORE Turning away evil an ordeal EDITORIAL 05/14/2011 Weder-weder lang yan FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivare... Women speak in support of reproductive health bill... A first hand experience with Oplan Bayanihan Removal of Sandiganbayan justices in Garcia plea b... Proposed Department of Housing promotes homelessne... Aquino’s ‘universal health care’ a sham — health w... Noy threatens sedition; Bishops recall Marcos By A... AI: Rights abuses persist under Aquino 05/14/2011... Phivolcs records 11 volcanic quakes around Taal, M... ‘Bebeng’ kills 31, destroys P300-M infrastructure,... ‘Gas subsidy to benefit oil firms only’ 05/14/201... It’s final: Comelec recount confirms Lim won over ...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3112
__label__wiki	0.865446	0.865446	All women\'s run EDITORIAL 03/15/2011 All women\'s run For his release of the partial Senate blue ribbon committee report finding Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez guilty of non-feasance and betrayal of public trust over the plea bargain agreement the prosecutors forged with the former military comptroller Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia, its chairman Sen. Teofisto “TG” Guingona and those who signed without any reservations are getting a lot of flack, mainly for misleading the public by making it appear that the partial report had been approved by the majority in the blue ribbon committee, when the opposite was true, along with the public perception that not only are they lackeys of Noynoy Aquino, but that they have prejudged the impeachment case of the Ombudsman, who is fast earning public sympathy due to the obvious denial of due process and her demonization by the Noynoy allies. Several senators have pointed out that it was unwise of Guingona to have included the Ombudsman in the plea bargain agreement in the committee report on account of the impeachment that will reach trial stage at the Senate..... MORE Wrong focus FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 03/15/2011 Wrong focus Some two weeks ago, Justice Chief Leila de Lima titillated the media with her claim that she and her agencies have had a “breakthrough” in the Vizconde massacre case probe she is currently conducting, but gave no details. Shortly after, it was announced that she had asked Hubert Webb to provide her probe team with his original stamped passport, adding that which was presented to the court was merely a photocopy. She added that this would prove whether indeed Webb was in the US as he said he was, when the murder had occurred. Asked whether this was the “breakthrough” she was talking about earlier, De Lima refused to say, although it has been noted that she is no longer talking about “breakthroughs” in the case..... MORE Chinese farmers go online to sell produce focus 03/15/2011 Chinese farmers go online to sell produce BEIJING — For years, Wang Yulan and her husband drove their three-wheeled vehicle to an outdoor market near Beijing to sell broccoli, peppers, eggplants and tomatoes grown on their small plot of land. Now, thanks to the web, they don’t even have to leave their living room. Two years ago the couple bought a computer and joined a growing number of Chinese farmers selling their produce online, giving them access to customers around the country and boosting their meager income. “A broad market is opened once you get on the computer,” Wang, 55, told AFP as she logged on to agricultural trading Web site aptc.cn with the help of her niece..... MORE Pray NO HOLDS BARRED Armida Siguion-Reyna 03/15/2011 Armida Siguion-Reyna Tragedy brings out the worst and the best in people. Our not-so distant memories of Typhoon “Ondoy” support the statement to be fact. How truly awful now in the aftermath of the twin quakes that hit Japan, to have despicable opportunists set to make money out of the misery of others; termite-like publicity-seekers out of the woodwork believing that good or bad, publicity is still publicity; and idiots-and-a-half pushing to have their share of the limelight. In the US, CNBC anchor Larry Kudlow on the business segment of his show was perhaps trying to be witty, when he compared the global stock market doing better than Japan: “The human toll here looks to be much worse than the economic toll and we can be grateful for that.” Viewers were outraged, and he apologized, explaining he was really only “talking about markets, I flubbed the line. Sincere apology.” A supposedly popular American rap star — I’d never heard of the guy, 50 Cent, I mean, how can that be the name of a person — made offensive tweets about the earthquake and the tsunami and is being lambasted for it. He dismissed the tsunami threat to the US West Coast with “Wave will hit 8 a.m. them crazy white boys try to go surfing.” (sic) And followed it up with “Look this is very serious people I had to evacuate my hoes (the slang word, I am told, for whores) from LA, Hawaii and Japan. I had to do it. Lol” (sic). Reacting to intense criticism, the rapper’s feeble alibi was “Some of my tweets are ignorant I do it for shock value. Hate it or love it. I’m cool either way.”.... MORE Another Singapore? AN OUTSIDERS VIEW Ken Fuller 03/15/2011 Another Singapore? AN OUTSIDERS VIEW Ken Fuller Sen. Bongbong Marcos’ claim that the Philippines, had his father remained in office, would have become another Singapore has attracted criticism. Some, unfortunately, has not been particularly well-informed. One commentary (I forget now whether it was an editorial or a column) claimed that before Ferdinand Marcos was elected to the presidency the exchange rate was P2 to the dollar and the foreign debt problem was practically non-existent. Not true. That was the rate before Diosdado Macapagal took over the presidency in January 1962, and his administration immediately devalued the peso to P3.90 to the dollar. At the same time, foreign currency controls were lifted. Why? Because the International Monetary Fund had attached these conditions to its approval of a $300 million loan — the first for the Philippines. These actions by the Macapagal government, under IMF dictation, had far-reaching consequences..... MORE Russia taps geekpower for growth focus 03/15/2011 Russia taps geekpower for growth MOSCOW — US-Russia trade has yet to live up to the reset in political ties but US firms believe Russia’s human resources can soon do for high-tech engineering what India did to the IT sector two decades ago. Vice President Joe Biden this week lamented on a visit to Moscow that annual trade between the two countries was equivalent to just a few days of commerce with neighbors Canada and Mexico. But executives at some of North America’s biggest companies are grasping onto a vision of a 24-hour production cycle in which Russian engineers zip their drafts to board room executives in Europe and the United States. The US aerospace and defense behemoth Boeing now has a $27 billion plan in place to purchase Russian parts and R&D services — with much of the focus placed on the latter..... MORE M.8.9. VIEWPOINTS Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz 03/15/2011 M.8.9. On the occasion of the magnitude 8.9 earthquake that hit Japan and left the country ravaged, had people killed and has its economy devastated, it is expected that there are certain individuals who will speak and engage in a good amount of prophecies of doom. There will be some characters who might even wear curious clothing with proper face looks, and predict the fearful events of the days ahead — infallibly predicting the when and how of the end of the world. And this is certainly not the first time that such public scenarios come to fore. Philippine history is the witness to this periodic curious if forced, the necessity and practicality of the Church in the matter — as squarely premised in the Sacred Scriptures according to the clear and plain teaching of Christ Himself: One: As the world has a beginning, it also has an end. In other words, the end of the world is a certainly. And therewith go the end of nature and the environment, the final curtain fall for humanity included. The end of the world is a certitude — with or without harmful biotechnology ventures, with or without climate change and other assault at nature..... MORE Guingona pre-judgment assailed by peers By Angie M. Rosales 03/15/2011 Guingona pre-judgment assailed by peers By Angie M. Rosales 03/15/2011 The move of Sen. Teofisto “TG” Guingona recommending that his blue ribbon committee enjoin the House of Representatives to impeach Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez, already implies that he has prejudged her guilt. No less than Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile underscored the implication of the decision of Guingona, who until yesterday, remained defiant in the face of the Senate chief’s call for the blue ribbon committee chairman to remove the “impeach call” contained in the partial panel report on its inquiry into the plea bargain agreement that the Ombudsman’s prosecutors sealed with former military comptroller, Maj. Gen. (ret.) Carlos Garcia. “I do not know how he will be able to explain this position. He does not have to hear the evidence anymore if he has made up his mind,” the Senate chief pointed out. Enrile, who over the weekend, expressed strong reservations over the panel’s recommendations, called on Guingona to consider removing the issue on impeachment as it could jeopardize the standing of the upper chamber since there is an impeachment complaint anticipated to be transmitted to the Senate, which is mandated by the Constitution to constitute itself as an impeachment court that will hear the case against Gutierrez..... MORE SC: Transfer of ethics probe to whole Senate vs Villar valid By Benjamin B. Pulta 03/15/2011 SC: Transfer of ethics probe to whole Senate vs Villar valid A ruling by the Supreme Court (SC) has decided that the transfer of the investigation of the complaint against erstwhile presidential candidate Sen. Manny Villar in the controversial C-5 Road Extension Project from the Senate’s ethics committee to the committee of the whole does not violate his right to due process. In an en banc decision by Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, the SC voting 13-0 said the referral of the complaint can take effect upon publication of the Rules of the Senate committee of the Whole. The decision partially grants the petition filed by Villar and his allies composed of then Sen. Aquilino Pimentel Jr. and Senators Joker Arroyo, Francis Pangilinan, Pia Cayetano and Alan Peter Cayetano. The SC ruled that the referral of the investigation of Villar to the Senate committee of the whole was a valid extraordinary remedy under the circumstances and said the adoption by the Senate committee of the whole of the Rules of the Ethics Committee does not violate Villar’s right to due process..... MORE RP toes US line: Boost Spratlys pact By Michaela P. del Callar 03/15/2011 RP toes US line: Boost Spratlys pact By Michaela P. del Callar 03/15/2011 Days after the Chinese Navy reportedly harassed a Philippine vessel searching for oil at a disputed territory in the South China Sea, acting Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have agreed that a legally-binding code of conduct for claimants must be finalized to ensure peace and stability in the region. Clinton phoned Del Rosario last Sunday to congratulate him on his new appointment and to discuss key bilateral and regional issues, among which is the dispute in the South China Sea territories. In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said both foreign secretaries “underscored the need to ensure maritime security in the Asia-Pacific and agreed that a way forward is the conclusion of a binding regional code of conduct in the South China Sea.” Washington has urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and China to forge a stronger code of conduct and even offered its assistance on the negotiations for the crafting of the new document..... MORE Rift with De Lima’s classmate led to Ampatuan case removal — Fadullon 03/15/2011 .Rift with De Lima’s classmate led to Ampatuan case removal — Fadullon A classmate of Justice Secretary Leila de Lima who had misgivings about how state prosecutors are handling the Maguindanao massacre case prevailed over the Justice chief to replace the entire prosecution panel. The pannel led by Assistant State Prosecutor Richard Anthony Fadullon yesterday said they could not accept De Lima’s claim that they lacked the expected passion in prosecuting the case as the reason for the Justice secretary’s decision to replace them. “It’s okay if the secretary replaced us, that is her prerogative. But I can’t help myself and my members from feeling bad when she said we lacked the zeal, enthusiasm, dynamism and aggressiveness because we knew how much effort we put into this case,” he told reporters. Fadullon admitted that the decision of De Lima came as a surprise since they were neither consulted nor informed about it.... MORE Japan episode seals fate of plan to go nuke 03/15/2011 Japan episode seals fate of plan to go nuke The leading proponent of introducing nuclear energy to the country reversed his stand yesterday in the wake of a potential nuclear disaster in quake-hit Japan. Former Pangasinan Rep. Mark Cojuangco said there was a need to rethink assumptions that nuclear power was safe following two explosions in three days at Japan’s Fukushima plant. “In the light of Fukushima, I would like to say that now is the opportune time, the right time, for the whole world’s nuclear power industry to be in a period of introspection,” Cojuangco said in a statement. “Meaning, they should examine events like Fukushima and see if all the assumptions of safety of nuclear power are still valid, and if adjustments are to be made, what they should do.” Last year, while he was a member of parliament, Cojuangco lobbied heavily for the reactivation of a mothballed nuclear energy plant as a means to address the Philippines’ perennial power outages..... MORE New failure hits Japan nuke plant after blast 03/15/2011 New failure hits Japan nuke plant after blast TOKYO — An explosion rocked a building housing a nuclear reactor at a quake-damaged Japanese power plant yesterday, the second such blast in two days, and the cooling system failed at a third reactor. The new troubles at the Fukushima No. 1 plant, 250 kilometers north of Tokyo, stalled Japan’s efforts to secure the facility after Friday’s massive earthquake and devastating tsunami. Officials said the container surrounding the plant’s number-three reactor was not breached in the blast — which left 11 people injured — and there was no major rise in radiation levels. The nuclear safety agency ruled out the possibility of a Chernobyl-style accident at the plant, according to national strategy minister Koichiro Genba..... MORE Mother, son, helper murdered in Laguna By Efren B. Chavez 03/15/2011 Mother, son, helper murdered in Laguna By Efren B. Chavez 03/15/2011 CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna — A mother, her son, and househelper were killed in her home in San Pablo City, Laguna, police report said yesterday. Zanaida Fronda, 74, a widow of a member of the US Navy, her son Julius 51, also a former US Navy, and househelp identified only as Laleng from Pitugo Quezon, were found dead in Fronda’s house in Barangay 2-C, San Pablo City around 5 p.m. last Sunday. The victims’ bodies bore slits in the necks and wounds in the heads. City police chief Supt. Leo Luna said Zenaida’s brother-in-law Ceferino Abril, who also live nearby, felt strange that none of the victims went out from their house the whole day last Sunday. Abril sought help from village watchmen to check the whereabouts of Frondas..... MORE Religious leaders unite to strengthen peace 03/15/2011 Religious leaders unite to strengthen peace Religious leaders from different faiths convened to discuss peace building initiatives to strengthen Muslim-Christian relationship in Lanao del Norte province. They are members of the Interfaith Council, composed of bishops, pastors, priests, nuns, imams, provincial government leaders and non-government organizations (NGOs), whose aim is to develop better understanding of the two major religions Muslims and Christians and to promote unity and peace among their followers. Lanao del Norte Vice Gov. Irma Umpa-Ali, a staunch peace advocate in the province, urging the Muslims and Christians to resolve conflicts or differences in a peaceful and diplomatic ways instead of using power or weapons of mass destructions..... MORE Wrong focus FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 03/15/... Chinese farmers go online to sell produce focus 0... Pray NO HOLDS BARRED Armida Siguion-Reyna 03/15/2... Another Singapore? AN OUTSIDERS VIEW Ken Fuller 0... Russia taps geekpower for growth focus 03/15/2011... M.8.9. VIEWPOINTS Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz 03/15/... Guingona pre-judgment assailed by peers By Angie M... SC: Transfer of ethics probe to whole Senate vs Vi... RP toes US line: Boost Spratlys pact By Michaela P... Rift with De Lima’s classmate led to Ampatuan case... Japan episode seals fate of plan to go nuke 03/15... New failure hits Japan nuke plant after blast 03/... Mother, son, helper murdered in Laguna By Efren B.... Religious leaders unite to strengthen peace 03/15...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3113
__label__wiki	0.817885	0.817885	Students call for better pay in May Day protest Students prepare for a demonstration on May 1, in front of Hepner Hall to advocate for better on campus living wages and other issues. David Santillan by David Santillan, Social Media Editor About 30 San Diego State students protested outside of Hepner Hall on May 1 for higher wages and to bring attention to student food insecurity. Social work sophomore Alexcia Lopez was one of the protesters advocating for higher pay in on-campus jobs. Lopez, who works on campus herself, said she’s gotten lucky with her wage, earning more working for the sociology department than some of her friends who also work on campus jobs. But even then, Lopez said it’s still not enough to cover the costs of attending SDSU. “It helps a little bit with tuition and books, but of course it doesn’t cover everything,” Lopez said. There have been times when Lopez has struggled to afford to feed herself, saying she’s learned how to stretch her money. Lopez isn’t the only student struggling to afford food. With tuition costs rising nationwide, food insecurity is becoming a common issue amongst college students. The Washington Post recently reported on a survey done by Temple University and the Wisconsin HOPE lab where researchers found that 36 percent of students, surveyed from 66 universities, don’t get enough to eat. Alexis Rodriguez, computer engineering senior, said his previous Aztec Shops job would give him a daily balance of around $6 to spend on a meal. “I’ve gone hungry before. I remember there was a time where that’s all I would live off of for my meal (of the day),” Lopez said. “I don’t think that anyone should go through something like that.” According to the website Zillow, average rent in San Diego is $2,629 while the minimum wage is $11.50. Marlene Martinez, a who helped organized the walkout, outlined some of the other troubles students are faced with. “(Some students) have to pick hours or work overtime, or choose between gas and food or gas and books,” Martinez said. “As students, we should just be worried about school, but instead we’re having to worry about whether we’re able to afford rent.” A.S. President Chris Thomas, who said he’s has been through food insecurity in the past, said he wants to promote new programs like CalFresh, a federal program aimed at helping people struggling to afford buying meals. “It’s a card that you can go literally anywhere, Trader Joe’s, Vons and be able to use a monthly allowance for food,” Thomas said. Thomas said that this program will help students out more than the food pantry, which is hosted on Wednesdays from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on the second level of the student union and on Thursdays at the farmers market from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. In addition to food insecurity and campus living wages, students were also advocating for a sanctuary campus and for the university to take a stance on fascism. Posters from white supremacy groups Identity Evropa and Patriot Front have been seen around campus, its members attempting to recruit students. “Here at San Diego State there are so many different cultures, and I feel like (allowing these groups) to recruit on campus is just a sock in the face,” Martinez said. Martinez said that while this protest happened at the end of the year, the coalition of students that organized this protest are already planning events for the upcoming year. “What administration wants is for things to die down over the summer, which is not going to happen,” Martinez said. Correction: An earlier version of this story mentioned that the food pantry at SDSU was only available to students once a week. It has since been change to reflect the correct hours of the food pantry. Tags: David Santillan, May Day, San Diego State, San Diego State University, SDSU, students, workers, workers' rights Commenting on our site is a privilege. We want our readers to add their point of view to every story but ask that they keep their comments relevant to the topic at hand. We will remove comments and possibly ban users who do the following: (1) Use vulgar or racist language, (2) Threaten harm of any sort to staff, commenters or the subject of an article, and (3) Leave spam in their comment. 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__label__wiki	0.947389	0.947389	Ghana share the spoils with Germany in Latest news, Sports June 21, 2014 Ghana picked up their first point at the World Cup and got themselves back in contention of qualifying to the next round of the World Cup after drawing 2-2 with Germany on Saturday in Fortaleza. It was a game that had everything and the lots of captivating moments as the second half produced all four goals. The Black Stars now have a fair chance of reaching the Round of 16 for the third-straight time with a game against Portugal to come next week. Andre Ayew, struck his second goal of the tournament when he equalised in the 54th minute through a header past Manuel Neuer to cancel Mario Goetze’s opener three minutes before. Black Stars captain, Asamoah Gyan, who became the most-capped Ghana player at the World Cup, earning his ninth cap then put his team in front in the 63rd minute for the first time. Gyan’s was fed with a ball from midfield and sped past his marker before angling a shot into the net to earn his fifth goal at the World Cup after making his debut in 2006. He now becomes the first African to score in three straight World Cups. However, eight minutes later, substitute Miroslav Klose turned in a header from close range after a corner had been directed to the far post. A point earned will come in handy as Kwesi Appiah’s side now turn their focus towards their final group game on Thursday at the Estadio Nacional in Brasilia. Ghana team Fatau Dauda, Harrison Afful, Kwadwo Asamoah, Jonathan Mensah, John Boye, Rabiu Mohammed/Agyeman Badu, Christian Atsu/Mubarak Wakasu, Sulley Muntari,Kevin-Prince Boateng/Jordan Ayew, Asamoah Gyan and Andre Ayew. Source: Ghanafa.org top 2014-06-21	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3129
__label__wiki	0.632245	0.632245	Kildare, Ireland : Classification : Other Transport Other Military Transport includes Tanks and the service vehicles used to maintain and supply the various services. Classification: RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, Marines, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Pictures / Photographs, Aircraft, Ships, Other Transport, Hospitals / Nursing, Academy / Training / Cadets, Information, Other Title: British Pathe Film Archive Link: https://www.britishpathe.com Description: British Pathe Film Archive 1896-1970 Extra Info: All sorts of social and military history on film. Classification: Graves / Memorials / Roll of Honour, RAF / RFC / RNAS, Navy, Army, World War I, World War II, Boer Wars, Crimean War, Other Battles / Wars / Conflicts, Prisoners of War, Pictures / Photographs, Aircraft, Ships, Other Transport, Diaries / Log Books / Letters Title: Science and Society Picture Library Link: https://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk Description: Science and Society Picture Library Extra Info: Over 50,000 images including many images of war, poster campaigns, letters from the wars and more. Classification: Army, World War I, Other Transport, Hospitals / Nursing, Diaries / Log Books / Letters, Maps Title: The Long, Long Trail Link: https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/ Description: The Long, Long Trail - The British Army in th First World War Extra Info: A site with a wealth of information, including war diaries, commanders despatches, details about the regiments and battalions, trench maps, list of prisoner of war camps and much more information.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3131
__label__wiki	0.807905	0.807905	Arizona cancels incentive for Nike plant after 'terrible decision'... (Reuters) - Arizona’s governor on Tuesday withdrew a $1 million incentive for Nike Inc to build a plant in the state after the world’s largest sportswear maker canceled release of a sneaker featuring a colonial-era version of the American flag, which critics say reflects links to slavery. Governor Doug Ducey, a Republican, said Nike’s move was a “terrible decision.” Nike recalled the shoe after former NFL quarterback and Nike pitchman Colin Kaepernick asked the company not to sell a shoe with a symbol that he and others consider offensive because of its connection to an era of slavery, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Nike had planned to release a new version of the Air Max 1 sneaker ahead of the Fourth of July holiday that featured a version of the U.S. flag with 13 white stars representing the first U.S. colonies. The flag is commonly known as the “Betsy Ross flag.” “Words cannot express my disappointment at this terrible decision. I am embarrassed for Nike,” Ducey said in a series of tweets on the recall. “Instead of celebrating American history the week of our nation’s independence, Nike has apparently decided that Betsy Ross is unworthy, and has bowed to the current onslaught of political correctness and historical revisionism,” he said. Nike, whose shares ended down marginally at $84.96, released a statement explaining its decision to yank the product. “We regularly make business decisions to withdraw initiatives, products and services,” the company said. “NIKE made the decision to halt distribution of the Air Max 1 Quick Strike Fourth of July based on concerns that it could unintentionally offend and detract from the nation’s patriotic holiday.” The Beaverton, Oregon-based company is one of a slew of retailers that have faced major backlash over products that draw criticism for being racially insensitive. In December, Prada pulled products accused of depicting blackface. On Monday, reality TV star and businesswoman Kim Kardashian said she would rename her Kimono shapewear line after people in Japan said her use of the term was disrespectful. Ducey, who was joined by many conservatives including Republican Senator Ted Cruz in expressing his disappointment toward Nike, said he had ordered the state’s commerce authority to withdraw all financial incentives under its discretion for the company’s plant. Nike was eligible for up to a $1 million grant, a spokeswoman at the Arizona Commerce Authority said, for a $185 million plant in Goodyear, Arizona, that would employ over 500 people. Kaepernick last year became the face of Nike’s advertisement marking the 30th anniversary of the company’s “Just Do It” slogan. The ad revived a raging debate in the United States that started in 2016 when Kaepernick, then with the San Francisco 49ers, began kneeling to protest multiple police shootings of unarmed black men. Since then, the company’s stock has risen about 4% as of Monday’s close. This year, Nike’s shares are up 15%. One industry expert recalled Nike experiencing “one of its best quarters” after the Kaepernick campaign launch and said the chances of this sneaker controversy hurting company sales, which total roughly $39 billion annually, were “largely nil.” “I think it’s important to understand who Nike’s core demographic is here,” said Matt Powell, senior industry adviser at NPD. “They’re really focused on teens and looking at the commentary on Twitter and so forth. I don’t see a lot of teens coming out with a negative attitude here.” Reporting by Aishwarya Venugopal in Bengaluru and Melissa Fares in New York; Additional reporting by David Schwartz in Phoenix; Editing by Anil D'Silva and Dan Grebler Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.Read More http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/businessNews/~3/LkNSwZZeICs/arizona-cancels-incentive-for-nike-plant-after-terrible-decision-to-recall-sneaker-governor-idUSKCN1TX1W6 ABC News: Money MoneyGram shares double on deal with Ripple 2019-06-18 10:48:16MoneyGram shares more than double on deal with cryptocurrency company Ripple Tech, industrial stocks surge following big gains in 2019-06-18 10:30:24Stocks rose sharply in early trading on Wall Street, following big gains in Europe, as investors got back their appetite for risk. Markets Right Now: US stocks rise following gains 2019-06-18 10:20:43Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street following big gains in Europe after the head of the European Central Bank said it was ready to cut interest r US home construction slips 0.9% in May 2019-06-18 09:03:50US home construction slips 0.9% in May, reflecting big drop in single-family construction US home construction slips 0.9% in May, reflecting 2019-06-18 08:32:11US home construction slips 0.9% in May, reflecting big drop in single-family construction World shares rise after ECB says rate cuts 2019-06-18 07:53:12World markets advance on hopes that European Central Bank will cut rates, provide more stimulus Asian markets mostly edge higher ahead of Fed 2019-06-17 23:50:15Asian markets rise ahead of interest rate decisions by U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks Small media company to run Sports Illustrated for 2019-06-17 19:06:07The company that recently bought Sports Illustrated has found someone to run it: a small media company called Maven Business Highlights 2019-06-17 17:12:56Business Highlights Sotheby's and Array soar while Align and Tyson 2019-06-17 16:47:24Sotheby's and Array soar while Align and Tyson Foods dip How major US stock indexes fared Monday 2019-06-17 16:36:54U.S. stocks posted slight gains on Wall Street on Monday, adding a bit to the last two weeks of gains. However, trading remains choppy as uncertainty Markets Right Now: Stocks climb, adding to recent 2019-06-17 16:20:23Stocks built on their recent momentum on Wall Street but the gains were relatively modest and trading remained choppy. Pricier grills but cheaper meat: how Trump's trade 2019-07-03 18:25:59U.S. consumers likely paid more for grills to cook their Independence Day hot dogs and burgers this year because of the U.S.-China trade war, but they U.S. reviews export requests to Huawei with 'highest 2019-07-03 18:13:05The U.S. government said on Wednesday it was reviewing license requests from U.S. companies seeking to export products to China's Huawei Technologies Amazon can be held liable for third-party seller 2019-07-03 17:34:47A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled against Amazon.com Inc in a case that could expose the online retailer to lawsuits from customers who buy Major averages close at record highs on dovish 2019-07-03 16:11:52U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, with each of the major indexes closing at a record high, as expectations grew that the Federal Reserve would take a mor U.S. judge blocks Qualcomm effort to put antitrust 2019-07-03 16:04:35A U.S. judge on Wednesday ruled against Qualcomm Inc's effort to block the implementation of a sweeping antitrust ruling against it as the mobile ch Facebook, privacy activist Schrems face off in July 2019-07-03 15:33:52Facebook will face Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems next week at Europe's top court in a landmark case that could affect how hundreds of thousan Oil prices climb as U.S. equities rally, rig 2019-07-03 15:05:38Oil prices edged higher on Wednesday ahead of a U.S. holiday, after falling steeply a day earlier as worries about a slowing global economy outweighed Arizona cancels incentive for Nike plant after 'terrible 2019-07-03 14:19:37Arizona's governor on Tuesday withdrew a $1 million incentive for Nike Inc to build a plant in the state after the world's largest sportswear maker U.S. trade, services industry data underscore slowing economy 2019-07-03 13:51:27The U.S. trade deficit jumped in May and trade tensions between the United States and China helped drive activity in the services sector to a two-year Asda boss sees possible stock market listing in 2019-07-03 13:49:44The timescale for a possible stock market listing of British supermarket group Asda, by its U.S. parent Walmart , is two to three years, Asda's boss Global stock markets, bonds rally in expectation of 2019-07-03 13:22:38Record low bond yields in Europe and the expectation of further interest rate cuts by central banks worldwide helped push global stock market indices L.A. Times - Business Broadcom is said to be in advanced talks 2019-07-03 18:45:00Broadcom Inc. is in advanced talks to buy cybersecurity firm Symantec Corp., according to people familiar with the matter, seeking a further expansion AT&T considers selling regional sports networks to slash 2019-07-03 17:50:00AT&T Inc. is weighing a sale of its regional sports networks as part of a plan to cut as much as $8 billion in debt by the end of the year, accord Univision to seek buyer after selling Gizmodo online 2019-07-03 17:45:00Univision Communications Inc. is seeking possible bidders as part of a plan by the Spanish-language broadcaster to explore strategic options, accordin 4th of July 2019: Here’s what’s open and 2019-07-03 17:15:00If you find yourself needing more drinks, ice or hamburger buns this Fourth of July, don’t panic — we’ve got you covered. Here’ L.A.’s new Airbnb rules bar short-term rentals of 2019-07-03 16:40:00New restrictions on Airbnb and similar services in Los Angeles went into effect this week, driven by complaints that an explosion of short-term rental Trump’s latest Fed choices are a longtime monetary 2019-07-03 16:25:00After a yearlong assault on the Federal Reserve and its chairman, President Trump has tapped two wildly different economists to the central bank’ Rents on controlled apartments in Los Angeles can 2019-07-03 16:00:00As of this week, landlords of Los Angeles rent-controlled buildings can raise rent by 4%, the first time in a decade the annual cap isn’t 3%. Th Jim Beam warehouse fire ruins 45,000 barrels of 2019-07-03 15:25:00A fire at a Jim Beam bourbon facility in Kentucky ruined about 45,000 barrels, potentially destroying hundreds of millions of dollars of alcohol. 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__label__cc	0.60829	0.39171	November 2018 VACD Newsletter Wonderful News!!! - Inauguration of "The Young VACD Members' Club": On Saturday, 10th November VACD reached another high point when the "Young VACD Members' Club" (YVMC) was officially inaugurated in Bandarawela. This group of 40+ enthusiastic founder members are made up of siblings of VACD children with disabilities and their friends. We view this as a great opportunity for us to identify and groom future leaders for our mission. The team set up a members' What"App group on the day, will very soon launch their very own Facebook page, and meet once every quarter while the executive meets once every month. Members will be offered tourism and hospitality training (thanks to our collaborative partners Arpico Ataraxia) and undergo leadership training. The Young VACD members will play an active role in the upcoming procession to mark ‘UN Day for Disabled Persons' on Sunday, 2nd December in Bandarawela, and are planning to launch a blood donation campaign on 27th December in Bandarawela, Sri Lanka.to mark the 7th anniversary of the founding of VACD. Photos: (Clockwise) – 1) Colonel Kumarasinghe – Secretary VACD Sri Lanka, Mrs Prabha Karunarathne – Deputy Chairperson VACD Sri Lanka & Mr Sujeeva Abeynayaka – Asst, Secretary VACD Sri Lanka 2) Part of the Young VACD members club founder members’ group. 3) Colonel Kumarasinghe making his opening address to the group 4) Ms Thimani Wijesinghe Secretary YVMC addressing her colleagues 5) President – YVMC – Ms Sashika Madubhashani. (not in photos: Vice President YVMC Ms Hanna Ahamath & Ms R Sharmila Assistant Secretary YVMC) We are delighted and highly impressed with our enterprising VACD Parents: The microfinancing program that was introduced by the Regional Development Bank (RDB), Bandarawela branch as a pilot project in November 2015 under the auspices of VACD has proven to be an outstanding success. A total of 20 parents were formed into 4 groups with each group having leaders who were responsible for their respective groups functioning efficiently, generating enough income, servicing their loans and depositing profits into designated savings accounts. A total of Sri Lanka Rupees 875,000 (approximately A$ 7,200) was lent by the RDB to these 20 parents at the commencement of this program, of which Rupees 200,000 has since been paid back in full by 4 parents, total loans outstanding as at end of September 2018 was Rupees 495,201 and the group has since generated a total of Rupees 644,224 in savings (approximately A$ 5,300). Microfinance was provided to our parents for tea, pepper, fruit and flower cultivation, starting convenience stores, clothing business, catering & tailoring services and ice cream making. We are proud of our VACD Children: Our VACD children have excelled in various disciplines at the 2018 Art Festival Competition in the Badulla district conducted by the Department of Social Services. They are now qualified to perform at the upcoming provincial competition in girls solo classical singing, girls solo folk singing, boys solo classical dancing, boys group folk dancing and girls group modern dancing. More detailed news on these achievements will be shared with you in our December newsletter. Upcoming 2019 Projects & Programs: Capacity Expansion: Having secured funds through our recent fund-raising campaign, we are ready to open VACD centres in the townships of Welimada and Badulla where there is an extremely high concentration of disabled children. Most of these children come from single parent/single income families where the sole breadwinner is a low skilled labourer or subsistence farmer, financially stressed, with no means to take their child to a hospital for treatment and reliant on the maternal grandparents to care for the child during the day. Funds raised are being held in reserve and will be deployed no sooner we have secured suitable premises. Home-based therapy & Treatment: Children with disabilities are an economic and social burden on impoverished parents who lack the means or resources to take their children for regular clinical observations, intervention and treatment. While our capacity expansion program addresses some of the difficulties faced by disabled children and their parents, we believe that home-based therapy and intervention offered to VACD by our collaborative partners Cerebral Palsy Lanka Foundation led by Dr Gopi Kitnasamy - Founder/Chairman, is the way forward. Home-based therapy is being implemented widely in many developing countries around the world because of its unique capability to reach and help underprivileged communities in remote regions. We plan on conducting regular home-based therapy workshops that will assess children with disabilities who are unable to access rehabilitation, special education, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, vision therapy or communication therapy in government hospitals or clinics. This program will enable Dr Gopi and his team to establish parent to parent support groups, perform comprehensive medical assessment of the child, provision of free wheelchairs if required, schedule meetings to encourage the extended family of the child to participate in the child’s progress, empower parents by training them to effectively overcome challenges they face in caring and providing for their child, playing a more proactive role in the child's program and in handling societal pressures, home-based therapy, home-based care, posture, feeding and sleeping techniques etc., Paper-Based technology to make inexpensive but sturdy furniture for their disabled children and basic health, nutrition and easy to cook meal education. Message from Mr Greg Fendler – Director & Member of the VACD Board – Australia: The VACD Welimada centre will be named “Dora Jeanne Centre for Children with Disabilities” in appreciation and recognition of the substantial financial support and guidance provided to VACD by Mr Greg Fendler – (VACD Australia Director & Board member), his family and his father Mr Frank Fendler – (VACD USA Board member). Note: (Dora – “God’s Gift” in Greek and Jeanne – “God is Gracious” in French) is the older sibling of Greg. Left to right: The Fendler Family, Greg, Jenny and their family, Frank, Ellie and Dora Jeanne "It's a great honour to be a part of the VACD family and the great work that is being done for disadvantaged children with disabilities in Sri Lanka. It's also a great joy to have the chance to honour my older sister Dora Jeanne Fendler ("Dori") by naming the new VACD centre to be established in Welimada after her. Dori despite being born with Downs Syndrome has been a constant encouragement in my life, the life of my family and in the lives of so many of our family friends. So, it is fitting that her name be on a new centre in Welimada, which I'm sure will bring great encouragement to the children of that area with disabilities and their families as well! Blessings, Greg" A "special" Thank you!!!: We wish to place on record our deep appreciation for iconic landscape photographs of Sri Lanka that have been provided free of charge to us over the past years to be used in our Xmas and seasonal greetings by Mr Cecil Perera. Cecil first published his coffee table book “Sri Lanka – A Mystical Journey” and has since stretched his repertoire through his sequel to this edition. Please visit his Instagram website https://www.instagram.com/perera_cecil/ to view some of his outstanding contributions to the world of photography that captures iconic landscapes and breathtaking scenes. Cecil devoted more time towards his passion of capturing mother nature at her very best through his camera lens since his retirement from 40 years of commercial banking and now lives with his wife Pearl in Piliyandala, Sri Lanka. You will soon receive your VACD Xmas 2018 and New year 2019 greetings with one of Cecil’s iconic photos. There are three specific areas that need your sponsorship and support: Family Assistance Program (FAP) - A$ 20 or equivalent per month; Educational Assistance Program (EAP) - A$ 20 or equivalent per month; Nutrition Program Initiative (NPI) - Flexible Please reach out to us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. should you decide to support/sponsor all or any of these initiatives. Our sincere thanks to all of you for your continued invaluable support, guidance, counselling and assistance and for being part of this incredible, challenging and immensely rewarding journey. Many thanks, best wishes and warm regards…. Felix	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3137
__label__wiki	0.611222	0.611222	Review "Walkin’ Through the Fire" – Scott Ellison (JSE Records) By Rick J Bowen Oklahoma guitar man Scott Ellison is out to take no prisoners with his new release Walkin' Through Fire on JSE Records. This strong fifteen song set is a dance party disc meant to get listeners up on their feet. Each tracks features Ellison's fiery fret work and raspy howl , who at times sounds like a mix of Delbert McClinton meets Bob Dylan, especially the two beat stomper "No Way To Live." Ellison's partner Walt Richmond can be credited with the tight arrangements and mix sounds and the tasty addition of the Hot Tamale horns, although the use of electronic drums feels a tad unauthentic at times. Ellison's wit is also on display here with the snappy venom of barrel house rambler "You Talk Too Much," and the terrifically sarcastic "The Man Who Shot Mustang Sally." Walking through the Fire is a fine collection of rockin' blues, and soul from an under the radar artist. <A HREF="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?rt=ss_w_mpw&ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fmiaverm-20%2F8014%2Fcbf0d675-22c0-46f4-b626-66a189812f81&Operation=NoScript">Amazon.com Widgets</A> Posted by Unknown at 10:00 AM Categories: Blues Artist, CD Review Review "Live at the Yale" - Bump Kitchen (self released) By Malcolm Kennedy Bump Kitchen is one of the finest R&B outfits around and Live at the Yale catches them at the storied Yale Hotel in Vancouver, B.C. giving our neighbors to the north a taste of the good stuff. Unfortunately The Yale closed on November 21st of this year, but the spirit lives on in the record. The 10 song set of originals (many written by Jho Blenis) features mostly songs from their 2002 release Big Ol’ Bones and a few cuts from their most recent studio release, 2009s Who Ordered the Waffle?, including both title tracks. Bump Kitchen plays across the Pacific Northwest region and the state performing at all the major festivals, most recently at this years Fall Sunbanks and Taste of Music in Snohomish. They have played at Bumbershoot, the Taste of Seattle, Edmonds and Tacoma and clubs everywhere. Photo By Bill Bungard On Live at the Yale, Bump Kitchen is sporting a new line up since Waffle with the addition of multiple, Washington Blues Society Best of Blues Award winning horn man Tom Mazzuca, saxophone, percussion and minus Jho Blenis-Saucier, guitar. Band leaders Everett James-Chef de Cuisine, drummer and Tony Harper-Sous Chef, vocals and percussion along with Chefs de Partie Mark Bittler, keyboards, vocals; Joe Bevens, bass, vocals; David Broyles (who Tony worked with in Mother’s Friends) guitar, vocals and and this kitchen produces some tasty stuff. From the strutting funk of songs like “Don’t Doubt” and “Big Ol’ Bones” to the slow R&B ballad “I Broke My Baby’s Heart” and the humorous true life story of “Who Ordered the Waffle?” I particularly enjoyed “Back In The Day” from Waffle with its 1970’s soul groove that I am sure packed the dance floor for some cheek to cheek grinding. They cap off this 2011 live set with a brand new song with the quick paced organ driven instrumental groove “Runnin’ From The Kitchen” which also gives Tom a chance to really stretch out with some dazzling sax lines and David to lay down some fiery guitar licks. On Live at the Yale, Bump Kitchen provides a hearty spread of spicy R&B that will satiate your musical appetite. &amp;lt;A HREF="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?rt=ss_w_mpw&amp;amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fmiaverm-20%2F8014%2F9df2692b-fcb3-433c-9f1e-e4f5969c07ce&amp;amp;Operation=NoScript"&amp;gt;Amazon.com Widgets&amp;lt;/A&amp;gt; Posted by Unknown at 4:04 PM Categories: CD Review Review - "Too Faced" - James King & the Southsiders (Car Trunk Records) You know James King from his long stint as one of the Big Rockin’ Daddies, and before with several other notable groups Now he is the front man of his own band, the 2011 Washington Blues Society Best of Blues Award winning Best New Band, James King and the Southsiders. From honking sax, satin vocals to wailing harp and top drawer showmanship Jim has got it all going and it is evident on his debut release Too Faced. Photo By Laddy Kite James barely put his crew (Steve Blood, guitar, Arlin Harmon, keyboards, vocals; Billy Spaulding, drums, vocals and Bermuda Dave, bass) when he brought them together to do a one-take demo with no over dubs. He brought the guys back later for Too Faced which includes five songs from the demo, and eight others that take you from Chicago to Texas by way of St Louis rocking all the way to Louisiana. From the squealing sax on the first cut “90 MPH” where Jim references James Brown to his dazzling blues harp closing out “Country Girl” the 13 selections, which clock in at over 70 minutes, are all keepers. My favorites include Jim’s sweet vocals on Chuck Calhoun’s (“Shake Rattle and Roll;” “Flip, Flop, Fly”) chestnut “Smack Dab in the Middle,” soul man Tyrone Davis’ “Zydeco Bugaloo,” which will have you up out of your chair and I never tire of another great version of Lowell Fulson’s classic “Reconsider Baby” rendered here with a touch of swing. The Southsiders are in the studio putting together a follow-up CD packed with originals, so until that CDs out, go see this award winning band live. I highly recommend this year’s Too Faced – it’s got blues and rock and roll to satisfy your soul Editor's note: I don't have a purchase link to post. You'll have to catch them live to buy a CD, or contact them via their website at JamesKingBlues.com. Posted by Unknown at 3:26 PM Categories: Blues Artist, CD Review Photo by Todd Harrison For some time I have been thinking of writing an article about Rod Cook. I consider Rod one of the best guitar players in the region, and yet he is not as well-known as I think he should be. He did get a little attention beyond the Pacific Northwest when Vicci Martinez became a national celebrity on the NBC-TV show “The Voice,” and many fans looked her up on YouTube. They may have heard some of her songs and the amazing guitar riffs by her lead guitar player. Some may have thought it was Carlos Santana, but then realized that this guy has his own style instead of someone else’s. He also plays in other bands, including Snake Oil, Rod Cook and Toast, and Rod Cook as a solo act. This summer, Rod performed at a number of festivals, including the Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival with Mia Vermillion. I met Rod at Bahama Breeze near the Southcenter Mall, and we talked for a couple hours. Photo by Blues Boss RH: How did your interest in music start, and what lead to the blues? RC: My family was not really musical, but probably what I think got me into it was my brother started playing guitar. He’s four and a half years older than me… and so that is about the time when I started listening to rock and roll radio. It was in the mid 1960’s. My parents were into the big band sound which I didn’t really appreciate so much then. I think I was around nine years old I got a guitar… a $14 dollar acoustic guitar. I primarily taught myself by listening to the radio and was shown a few things. It was a fairly hard guitar to play so I took my time at it. By the time I was around 13 or 14 I got my first electric guitar and that really started to open things up. I started playing with bands in high school playing for after school parties and junior high dances. RH: You probably listened to all the rock bands of the time, right? RC: Yeah, I was certainly listening to all that was on the radio at the time and that’s when the British Invasion was going on, and then the American equivalent: The Byrds, The Beachboys, and I liked the Yardbirds a lot. Then later on when things started to change a little more with Cream, Led Zeppelin, Jeff Beck, and a little later on with Fleetwood Mack, Van Morrison, and all the usual suspects. RH: You have a variety of musical interests, not just blues rock, right? RC: Yeah, but I was never into the hard rock thing. Bands like Black Sabbath never really did anything for me. I appreciate them more now than I did then. Johnny Winter was one of my favorite guys when I was pretty young. The bands I was in played a little “Johnny B. Good” and whatever we could play that didn’t suck. Later on Little Feet and Steely Dan became favorites. I got into listening to Jazz, got a little education in it. After graduating from high school, I went to Green River Community College and took some jazz classes. By the time that was done I was looking for people to play with. RH: What time period was that? RC: The mid-70s. In ’76 I was 20 years old, and a guy I wanted to play with who I met through my older brother, was putting a band together and wanted me to play bass, and I said “yeah.” It was kind of a country rock thing. That was my first professional gig. That band lasted a couple years. It introduced me to the country rock scene of the 70s with Emmy Lou Harris and Jerry Jeff Walker. I wasn’t really familiar with it before. When that band broke up, I was in another band that turned into The Royals. That band was together about ten years. It was an eclectic band. We eventually started playing some blues stuff. Jim King was in that band. Before Jim, John Hodgkin was in that band, too. When Jim joined the band he brought in some Springsteen stuff and I brought in some Little Feat stuff. That band was really pretty successful. It worked. For a long time it worked. RH: So you were able to play music professionally most of that time? RC: Yeah, I actually haven’t had a real full time job since I was about 21 years old. RH: How did you do that? RC: Well I was poor. I didn’t have much overhead. Getting back to The Royals now. Lilly Wild joined the band, and it was called Lily Wild and the Hysterics. When she left it reverted back to The Royals. We lasted another year or so and I had started playing with Laura Love. I played with her for about 15 years. She got a record deal and toured the country. We played a lot of festivals. It was a great experience. It was a great gig. I hooked up with Curley Cooke, too, and we later performed as Double Cookin’. RH: Were you on the road a lot in the 90’s. RC: Yeah, a lot of flying. RH: I can see the evolution toward blues. RC: Yeah, in the 80s, I went back and looked at the early blues. I was kind of interested in mastering, or at least handling, jazz, so that was a big influence. You learn how people think, when you sit down and learn their souls, and what they are doing and why they are doing it. Later on I started realizing how really cool guys like Chuck Berry, T-Bone Walker, Freddy King, guys who were more simply players than the English guys that I gravitated to when I was younger. I learned why it was they had such influence. RH: I first heard you over ten years ago at a Washington Blues Society meeting, and you were there as Rod Cook and Toast. How did that band come about? RC: Well in The Royals we all split the duties. I had a gig with Curley at Forecasters. Curly couldn’t make it so I called Chris Leighton and Keith Lowe. It was only a two hour gig and we didn’t have a lot of material. We had a couple more gigs and I added some original material. Usually I was a side man, but out of necessity, I did this. It has never been an ambition to have my own band. Maybe if I had a manager they would do something with it. I am really proud of that band, great players. It is a little eclectic. I am still, by nature, more of a side man. I am not great at connecting with the crowd and being an entertainer. If you really want to make a goal of having your own band you have to book a lot of gigs and it is a pain in the ass. Guys like Too Slim decided to make a go at it and do it that way. I like playing with a lot of people. With the Laura Love Band, I could play with them. Then come back home, play in my own band and do my own thing. When the Vicci Martinez Band came along it was sort of the same thing: it had serious potential and this is going to be my priority. That band has been a wonderful experience, they are wonderful people! RH: I was recently talking to Blues Boss, and he said two things: 1) He thinks you are the best guitar player in the region, and 2) Vicci would say that she is a better musician because of you. Rod interrupted me and asked of the Blues Boss: “What does he know?” He then joked about himself for a while, and told me Blues Boss suggested the idea of one of “Snake Oil”. Rod told about how he likes working with Snake Oil bandmates Mark Riley and Rob Moitoza. RC: I love working with Rob. He is an extremely talented guy. He is a good song writer, too. I think he’s brilliant. Mark’s a great guitarist, too! RH: What is next? Is there a new album in the works? RC: I am thinking of doing a solo acoustic thing. I have been doing a lot of that lately. I have fragments of things written, and I have thought of doing an instrumental album. RH: Your singing is ok too. Actually I think it is a lot better than “ok.” RC: Nice of you to say that but I consider myself a guitar player who sings as opposed to a singer/guitar player. I have been writing some instrumentals but have had a lyric block lately. I have a few songs I have written that I am proud of and think are good songs. RH: Do some songs come when you have decided you wanted to get one written or when a life experience hit you? RC: Yeah, that’s more the way it has worked with me. Someone like Paul Simon may set aside a certain amount of time every day to work on lyrics for music. RH: Two songs you do one after the other a lot are “I Ain’t The Fool I Used to Be” which sounds hurt and bitter, and it is followed by “I Want to Be In Love Tonight” which sounds like you are ready to try again. Where did those come from? RC: “I Ain’t The Fool” was kind of a fictional song because I wanted to write that type of hurt blues song, and “I Want To Be In Love Tonight” was about a crush I had. I feel good about both of those songs, they aren’t trite. Rod talked about his current schedule. Every Wednesday, he is at PC’s Pub in Everett, and on Thursdays, he is at CC’s Lounge in Burien with Chris Leighton. He also is playing with The Little Bill Trio at Johnny’s Dock in Tacoma, plays with Snake Oil, Rod Cook and Toast, and The Vicci Martinez Band when it is performing live in the region. Who knows? We may see Rod more on the national stage where he belongs, even if he acts bashful when I told him that. We talked about his Best of the Blues Awards from the Washington Blues Society, too. Rod was nominated 24 times for a BB Award before receiving honors in the Best Acoustic Guitar category in 2004 and 2006, and that same year, he received the Best Electric guitar award. I’m guessing that Rod may have been overly modest about his count of nominations, too. There are some nights when Rod plays acoustic, or electric, or slide (electric or acoustic) and you wonder if anyone can be better than that. He is a treasure to have in this region, and just maybe one of the best kept musical secrets of the great state of Washington. Posted by Unknown at 10:00 AM Categories: Blues Artist, Interview, Story Travelin’ Light with The Astro Cats! My little yarn, like many sordid epics, begins at the Barrel Tavern in Burien, on a Saturday night. Let's say it was rainy. The Barrel is a "mid-century" root beer/burger stand turned biker bar that is watering hole and community gathering spot for a diverse patchwork of acquaintances and friends collected through the fusion of music. On that ostensibly normal Saturday night in October, if you happened to be in, oh, let's say a mile radius of the Barrel, you would have been sucked inside by the vortex of hot fun emanating from the remarkable musical interaction of The Astro Cats. I interviewed drummer Charlie McDowell, who hatched the concept for this band years ago (protracted trademark litigation bound the band name Astro Cats up until March of this year). "The first booking with the Astro Cats was with Scott E. Lind and Tom Austin,” said Charlie. “After that the band grew to include Hank Yanda, Billy Shew, Brian Lee and Angelo Guerrero. In reality, there are two different bands, and sometimes three, with a 'family' of musicians. The Astro Cats represent a true variety band ranging in music styles from Scott E. Lind's awesome screaming guitar, to Indy Pop and classic rock from Billy Shew, to a more blues and roots-based sound of Brian Lee. In any case, the mission is clear that anytime the Astro Cats brand shows up, it brings 'quality' shows up with it." "The band is unique in the fact that we deliver a power house sound as a trio featuring Scott Lind and Tom Austin,” continued Charlie. “We also work as a four piece with Billy Shew, Brian Lee, Hank Yanda and me playing a combination of music I like to call 'Rockblusion'. Then just when you thought you've heard it all, we bring in the amazing saxophone of Angelo Guerrero for an incredibly unique different sound. The line-up at the Barrel that Saturday night featured Charlie, Scott, and Tom. Of course, I don’t wan’t to forget MoJo sitting in on vocals at the Barrel! "Everyone knows that bands can be a very challenging proposition,” said Charlie. “This kind of set up gives everyone the space they need to do other things and we all still get to play together and keep it fun and interesting. The Astro Cats are more about live music than anything else. We have no touring plans or nor do we plan to work in the studio." Charlie spoke of difficult times last year when band mate Michael Kahler passed away so suddenly. "I was one of the drummers playing with the Kahler Band up until his death in December of 2010,” he said. “We really had some serious stuff going on, and quite frankly, after he passed I was really in the dumps. A month and a half later I was awarded my official trademark, and friends advised me that I really needed to move on, 'as Michael would want.' I just started planning, and one thing led to another, and here we are. At the end of November we will have played 81 shows this year since the beginning of March. There is so much talent in this area we just want to be a part of it and make our contribution." Things appear to be really picking up for the Astro Cats based on the personal excellence of the individual musicians, great chemistry between band members, a wide variety of styles, and entertaining, danceable tunes. Scott Lind was “ON FIRE” according to the notes I took that night. I know you will thoroughly enjoy this band. Check out their website for band bio, calendar and selected preview cuts: www.theastrocats.com, or www.charliemcdowell.com. Posted by Unknown at 10:00 AM Categories: Blues Artist, Travelin Light "Crime-A-Billy Christmas" - The Strange Tones (Meteor Sonic Records) This year’s Washington Blues Society party at the Red Hook Brewery on December 11th features our 2012 International Blues Challenge competitors The WIRED! Band and the Norris and Nicely duo. The Strange Tones round out the bill with Eric Law’s Dirty Rice Band. The StrangeTones have consistently won coveted Muddy awards at the Cascade Blues Association in the Best Contemporary Blues, Best Video, Best Electric Guitar, and Recording of the Year categories since 2005. They were inducted into to the Cascade Blues Association Hall of Fame in 2007, and their latest CD is ablues Christmas CD. The instrumentals of “Little Drummer Boy” “Holly Jolly Christmas” and “We Three Kings” update these age-old holiday classics with an edgy, Strange Tones feel, and “Crime-A-BillyChristmas” is fun as Suburban Slim channels Elvis expertly. The CD features 14 tracks, most are rockabilly (sorry, “Crime-A-Billy”) infused. “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” would be at home on the Pulp Fiction soundtrack, and there’s a fun audio postcard from the band. If you don’t celebrate Christmas, turn up “Auld Lang Syne” toasting in 2012. Guitar Julie’s vocals and guitar spice up this CD as does Suburban Slim’s guitar playing. The rhythm section of Andy Strange on bass and Andy Gauthier on drums propel the tunes along, and I found myself thinking back to Henry Mancini’s classic “Peter Gunn Theme” when the guitarists took center stage. It’s part of the “Crime-A-Billy” approach and a lot of fun. The CD packaging offers a bar code that opens Crime-A-Billy Christmas Land with a mystery holiday gift. The pictures of the band and their Volcano Vixens as children are a hoot, and the CD shows the band enjoying holiday grog. Give a listen to tracks on the CD by CLICKING HERE Posted by Unknown at 9:30 AM Categories: Blues Artist, CD Review, Live Music 2012 Washington Blues Society Best of the Blues (“BB Awards”) Nominations It's that time of year again. No, I don't mean the holidays! It's time for members of the Washington Blues Society to make their nominations for the 2012 Best of the Blues Awards (BB Awards). The BB Awards started in 1991 with 25 categories. In 1996 the Lifetime Achievement Award was added bringing the category total to 26. The nominations are due by February 15, 2012. Photo by Michelle Burge Who can nominate? Only current Washington Blues Society members are eligible to nominate artists or other nominees in the annual awards process. To make nominations, simply write the name of the Washington artist, nominee, or party in the category on the ballot on page 31 of the December 2011 Bluesletter. Members are encouraged to nominate in as many categories as possible. There is no requirement to fill in each slot; leaving some categories blank will not disqualify your nomination! Your nomination must be on the Bluesletter mailed to you with your mailing label attached. For couple’s nominations, a photocopy for the second ballot should be included in a sealed envelope along with the original ballot that has the mailing label attached. So, if you want to participate, get your membership application in now!! You can download the application HERE. Photo by Tim Burge If you're not a member of the society and don't plan on being one soon, then do the next best thing: post your comments about who you think should be nominated! That's the beauty of social media right? Point out to members which Washington State based artists should be nominated. And musicians, don't forget to get a shameless plug in as well!! And the categories are... Mark Dufresne Male Vocalist Award Blues Female Vocalist Slide Blues Guitar Blues Bass Chris Leighton Blues Drummer Award Blues Horn Paul Green Blues Harmonica Award Blues Piano / Keyboard Acoustic Blues Guitar Blues Act Traditional Blues Act Solo/Duo Blues Act New Blues Band Blues Performer Blues Songwriter Washington Blues Recording Blues Writer Blues Graphic Artist Blues DJ Keeping the Blues Alive Award Washington Blues Society Hall of Fame Non-Festival Blues Event Blues Festival Open Blues Jam Here is a list of past recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award and the inductees of the Washington Blues Hall of Fame (past winners are not eligible for future nominations): Isaac Scott Dick Powell Little Bill Engelhart Buck England Leslie Milton Patti Allen Bobby "Blue" Bland, B.B. King, & John Lee Hooker Duffy Bishop Rich Dangle & Luther Allison Charles White & Kathi McDonald Dick Powell & Buddy Guy Nick Vigarino/Dave Conant Isaac Scott & Taj Mahal Mark DuFresne Randy Oxford Dave Conant Mark Whitman Alice Stuart Randy Oxford & Mark Whitman Jack Cook Tommy Morgan David Brewer Fat James Grosvenor Kirk "KT" Tuttle Nick Vigarino, Chris Leighton LJ Porter The Keeping the Blues Alive award is open to performers and non-performers alike and can be won multiple times. This award is intended to honor the recipient for their achievements above and beyond the "call of duty” to keep blues music alive. Examples include a promoter of a benefit, a special show a festival, a blog (hint, hint!); maybe as a volunteer or a historian, possibly doing work to present and pass the music on to new generations or in other ways sustaining the blues. This award was first given in 1993 and the following list is presented as a reference and as a reminder of the hard work and dedication to this American art form by individuals in your community. Here is the list of past Keeping the Blues Alive award winners: Patrick Lynch Cholo Willsin Rod Downing Rikki & Kevin Cates Raven& Sheri Humphres Robert & Carol Sawyer Marlee Walker Ken Page & Frankie Lee Leslie Fleury Rev. Dave Brown Jeff Hayes & Lloyd Peterson Jimie Jean Tuttle Rhea Rolfe Dennis "Blues Boss" Dudley Highway 99 Blues Club Tim & Michelle Burge Remember blues society members... It's your nomination, make it count! PLEASE NOMINATE BB AWARD NOMINEES BY FEBRUARY 15, 2012! Posted by Unknown at 5:54 PM Categories: Awards, Blues Artist, Blues News Fans of straight ahead blues will be quite pleased with Identity theft, the new release from Brian Lee and The Orbiters. This fine collection of eleven new tunes penned by Lee are easy on the ears and filled with sweet musical moments. Silky smooth vocals, fine guitar and harmonica playing have long been the hall mark of Lee’s live shows and are presented here with perfection. Photo by Melissa Rae The Orbiters were formed in 1999 and have been a consistent draw around the Seattle area ever since. Lee draws upon the talent of two other guitar players, Steve Yonck and Tim Sherman and two drummers Conrad Ormsby and Russ Kammerer, but his right hand man is Hank Yanda whose bass playing holds it all together. Standout tracks are swinging opener “Fine Line” featuring fiery harp from Lee and blazing guitar from Sherman. On “So Lucky,” Lee surprises us with by adding the Vibes to his bag of tricks and lifts this medium shuffle to something sublime. The playful “I Smell a Rat,” allows Lee to rip out some molten slide guitar, and the low down blues of “On the Ropes,” shows just how smooth Lee’s vocals can be. The rumba flavored instrumental “Fourth and Miles,” will no doubt be a favorite of the dance floor. “Blast Off,” closes out the album and shows just what The Orbiters do best, giving us some swinging blues with tradeoff solo’s and a call to “go out on the town, have some fun, and lay our burdens down,” isn’t that what the blues is all about. CLICK HERE to listen to track samples and purchase Identity Theft November 8, 2011 WBS Blues Bash - A Long Time Friend Back in Town The Washington Blues Society (WBS) is honored to have a long time friend back in town for a very special Blues Bash performance at the November 8, 2011 WBS Blues Bash @ 7PM. For details on the November Blues Bash CLICK HERE. If you haven't attend a WBS Blues Bash before, you are missing out!! Come get your groove on, meet lot's of great people and enjoy fantastic music. World renown Portland Oregon roots artist Lloyd Jones has recorded six critically acclaimed albums, toured internationally, and racked up dozens of major awards and accolades. In April 2011 Lloyd released his seventh CD 'Highway Bound Lloyd Jones Traditional Folk Blues' was released on the Seattle based Underworld Records. Since then it has found itself on the Blues Charts from its very respectable radio play across the USA, Canada, Europe and Australia. This is the new release from Lloyd's 2010 sessions at Seattle's Mouse Recording Studio with his Martin 0018, Regal Steal Body, Danelectro Guitars and his Mighty Red Plate Amp; and is an amazing intimate production paying respect, simply and honestly, to some of Lloyd's favorite Folk Blues. Currently Lloyd latest CD "Highway Bound" is nominated for consideration for both the Folk Blues - Blues Foundation Award and a Blues category GRAMMY! Lloyd is a relentless road dog, hitting festival stages, Delbert’s annual Sandy Beaches Cruises (he’s been a regular on six winter cruises), and clubs all across the land to enthusiastic crowds who can’t get enough of his swampy blues, his back porch picking, his serious-as-anthrax funk, soul, roadhouse two-beats, and old-school rhythm and blues. Too cool to have him join us at November's Blues Bash. Don't miss this very special night! &amp;amp;amp;lt;A HREF="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?rt=tf_w_mpw&amp;amp;amp;amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;amp;amp;amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;amp;amp;amp;ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fmiaverm-20%2F8014%2F49f05da1-0ff3-4963-8c7d-bc55b30d7fe1&amp;amp;amp;amp;Operation=NoScript"&amp;amp;amp;gt;Amazon.com Widgets&amp;amp;amp;lt;/A&amp;amp;amp;gt; Posted by Unknown at 9:00 AM Categories: Blues Artist, Blues Bash, Live Music Kilborn Alley Blues Band Releases 'Four' Nov. 22; Tracklist And Album Artwork Revealed By Josh Hathaway Award-winners Kilborn Alley Blues Band (KABB) will release their new album Four via Blue Bella Records on Nov. 22 and have released album artwork as well as the complete tracklisting for the upcoming set. Four follows their critically acclaimed Better Off Now and features 11 original songs produced and mixed by Nick Moss. The band recorded the set as a four-piece with frontman Andrew Duncanson sharing guitar duties with Josh Stimmel and Chris Breen and Ed O’Hara again handling bass and drums respectively. I don’t want to tease my review too much but I’ve heard the entire album so I'll share a few of the details to whet your appetite. The album was recorded as a quartet as I mentioned earlier but a few guest musicians contribute to a handful of tracks: Gerry Hundt blows some serious harp for three cuts, Vince Salerno provides a little greasy sax on a pair of songs, and Travis Reed (Nick Moss & The Flip Tops) delivers big time, adding organ on several tunes. Four includes the longest track to grace a KABB studio record with album closer “Going Hard” eclipsing 10 minutes. There is once again an instrumental track, “Argyles And A Do-Rag”; the title being an homage to guitarist Stimmel. One final nugget about the record: I pity those of us who can’t dance because a couple of these tunes pretty well demand and command the body to move to the groove. There are going to be many, many “Elaine” dances at KABB shows or parties where this album is cranked. I'm actually a little worried about this because I'm seeing them for the first time next Friday. I'm extremely excited about hearing them play. The horrifying dancing? I may well need a designated driver to make it through their final set of the night. So, yes, tour dates in support of the upcoming record are underway and you should check out their web site for tour dates! Kilborn Alley Blues Band - Four 1. ’Rents House Boogie (2:55) 2. Wandering (4:57) 3. Couple Of Days (Change My Ways) (5:00) 4. Fast Heart Beat (4:16) 5. You Were My Woman (4:38) 6. 22nd Street (3:06) 7. Argyles And A Do-Rag (3:11) 8. Good Advice (4:06) 9. Sitting On The Bank (3:58) 10. Dressed Up Messed Up (2:28) 11. Going Hard (10:26) Posted by Unknown at 9:30 AM Categories: Blues Artist, CD Review, Story New CD Release by The Stacey Jones Band Due Out November 1st The Stacy Jones Band, winner of the 2010 Best Female Vocalist and 2009 Best New Band awards from the Washington Blues Society, has a new disc scheduled for release on November 1st. The new CD, titled No Need to Spell it Out, contains 11 original tracks including an eight minute jam epic track titled Cry A love Song. The band has been working hard on the new disc since last spring. New and long time fans of the Stacey Jones Band will not be dissapointed. On the tails of their 2010 release Long Time Comin', the band continues to bring their excellent musicianship, songwriting and dynamic arrangements forward with this new release. Preview the tracks "Glory Bound" and "Heavy Water" from the upcoming release, No Need to Spell it Out, in the player below: You can pre-order now for an early order bargain price of $14 each by sending an email to Pre-orders@stacyjonesband.com. Twenty-Something Stacy Jones not only impresses with a vocal richness beyond her years but is also a top-notch harmonica player as well as playing keyboards and acoustic guitar. The entertaining trio of Rick Bowen (drums), Tom Jones (bass) and Jeff Menteer (guitar) provides the foundation for a strong ensemble sound and the band’s obvious joy of making music together is constantly commented on. In 2009 The Stacy Jones Band took the Seattle music scene by storm, playing over 115 gigs & festivals as well as winning the Best New Band award from The Washington State Blues Society. The band released a limited edition CD Live at the Triple Door, in September. The Stacy Jones Band’s first full length CD, Long Time Comin, was released in January 2010 and continues to receive strong airplay and is now in its second pressing. 2011 looks promising for this Northwest favorite. Review "Walkin’ Through the Fire" – Scott Ellison ... Review "Live at the Yale" - Bump Kitchen (self rel... Review - "Too Faced" - James King & the Southsider... Rod Cook: The Quiet, Nice, and Shy Guitar Monster... "Crime-A-Billy Christmas" - The Strange Tones (Met... 2012 Washington Blues Society Best of the Blues (... Review - "Identity Theft" - Brian Lee and The Orbi... November 8, 2011 WBS Blues Bash - A Long Time Frie... Kilborn Alley Blues Band Releases 'Four' Nov. 22; ... New CD Release by The Stacey Jones Band Due Out No...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3139
__label__wiki	0.751499	0.751499	РусскийБеларускаяEnglish Museum Website on Museum.by Login Stationare Exhibition «A walk along Nizhne-Pokrovskaya Street» Vitebsk region, Polotsk To the visitor Аn unique historical territory should have such places where a city dweller or a tourist could feel and keenly appreciate the spirit of history in very special circumstances. In this context the stationary exhibition «A Walk along Nizhne-Pokrovskaya Street» has been set up quite in time. It was opened in May 1998 in Peter the Great's house, an architectural monument of the 17th century. The exposition was created on the basis of a valuable and significant museum article of 1910 — «The Guidebook on Polotsk» that was published in Polotsk on the occasion of transferring St. Eufrosinia's relics from Kiev. It tells about the history of Nizhne-Pokrovskaya Street, about the people who lived in that street and about buildings and establishments that stood there in 1910. The display area covers 110 square meters and shows 196 museum items. With sport in life! 31.05.2019 Museum of Local Lore The schedule of work of the National Polotsk historical and cultural Museum-reserve on 6-9, May 2019 3.05.2019 Polotsk National Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve The schedule of work of the National Polotsk historical and cultural Museum-reserve on 30 April and 1 May 2019 26.04.2019 Polotsk National Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve From 1 January 2018 will be changed the cost of service in museums of National Polotsk historical and cultural museum-reserve "Headless Horseman" in Polotsk 5.08.2014 Museum of Local Lore 3 ноября - открытие XVIII Международного фестиваля органной музыки "Званы Caфіі" 9.10.2013 Museum of the History of Architecture of the Sophia Cathedral Сalendar Выставка «Рождённые побеждать» Museum of Local Lore Выставка «Полоцкий фотоальбом. 1941-1947 гг. (из музейного собрания Национального Полоцкого историко-культурного музея-заповедника)» Polotsk National Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve Vitebsk region, Polotsk, Nizhne-Pokrovskaya st., 33 walk.polotsk@museum.by с 10.00 до 17.00 (в летнее время до 18.00) каждый день, кроме понедельника з 10.00 да 17.00 (у летні час да 18.00) кожны дзень, акрамя панядзелка The museum is open from 10.00 to 17.00 (in summer days to 18.00) daily, except Monday It is a branch Found an error? Select the word and press Ctrl+Enter walk.polotsk.museum.by © Museum.by — "Museums of Belarus". Website development — Science and IT Department of PNHCMR, Dekart.org. president.gov.by, kultura.by, Internet resources	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3140
__label__wiki	0.866792	0.866792	Darland Says Hello to Goodnight for 2018 USAC Sprint Season Driver & Team News Dave Darland on his way to setting fast time in the Goodnight car in 2017 at the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track. (David Nearpass Photo) From Richie Murray National Sprint Car Hall of Famer Dave Darland has joined Matt and Gene Goodnight’s Hartford City, Indiana-based team for a full run at the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car schedule in 2018. Darland, USAC’s winningest USAC National Sprint Car driver of all-time with 59 victories, will sport No. 36D, a number that has ridden along with Darland to numerous titles and victories, including his very first USAC win at the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track in 1993. The Lincoln, Indiana driver is one of just six drivers who owns titles in all three USAC National divisions, including Silver Crown (1997), Sprint Car (1999) and Midget (2001 & 2002). He will pilot a second Goodnight-owned entry with Scott Benic on the wrenches. Darland and Benic teamed up for six USAC National Sprint Car victories in 2008 and 2009. In 2010, Darland drove for the Goodnight family for much of the USAC Sprint schedule, picking up a win in the Indiana Sprint Week opener at Lawrenceburg Speedway. In three starts with Goodnight in 2017, Darland was ProSource Fast Qualifier in all three and had finishes of fourth at Montpelier (Ind.) Motor Speedway and fifth at the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track. At the “Fall Nationals” in Lawrenceburg, Ind., he was in contention for the lead when mechanical trouble sidelined him. In addition to the full USAC schedule, Darland will be competing in select local events around the Midwest in Goodnight’s Maxim chassis with a Claxton engine. Darland will make his season debut in the car in the USAC season-opening “Winter Dirt Games” on February 15-16-17 at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Florida.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3141
__label__cc	0.527058	0.472942	SIGN OUTIN Matt Eley Robyn Black Ed Davies Barstool Expert Back bar Matt Eley: You can't buy the pub experience with the click of a button Matthew Eley Matt Eley is an Inapub contributor. Follow him on Twitter @mattheweley It’s been another rotten week for the High Street. Former stalwarts HMV, Jessops and now Blockbuster have all gone into administration. A decade ago this would have seemed impossible as they were seemingly robust businesses and fixtures in our town centres. And it is not so much what they have to offer that is no longer wanted by society, but rather how they deliver it. Our habits of listening to music, watching films and taking and printing photos still exist but the way we get there has been revolutionised by online shopping. Companies such as Apple, Love Film, and Amazon have had as much to do with the demise of certain street retailers as the recession. Why would you need to go to a shop to rent out a DVD when you can do it at a click of a button and return it in the post? This is one area where pubs have an advantage, providing they get it right. To an extent you can get the same products your favourite pub serves, albeit not necessarily on draught and certainly not on cask. So if people purely go to the pub for drink and food they could opt for a cheaper home alternative, or even order the products online. However, what you can’t buy at the click of a button, as yet, is atmosphere and friendship. Now that might sound a little trite but it is the main reason many people go to the pub, for human contact, laughter and companionship (actually there are websites that promises that too, but let’s steer clear of that for now). Of course, we have seen thousands of pubs go to the wall for a variety of well-documented reasons. But one reason pubs should not have to contend with is that there is a more efficient business model that can offer virtually the same service. The off-trade and the internet can both offer cheaper booze, but it can’t give you a licensee with personality, a charity pub quiz once a week, a lairy football team who up the energy levels on a Saturday evening or the old boy in the corner who just wants to watch the races and enjoy his pint. Online trading removes human contact and customer service from the equation – but was anyone going to Blockbuster and Jessops for that anyway? That is one of the main selling points of the pub and while getting it right does not guarantee a secure future it certainly puts you on a stronger footing that outlets that merely sell food and drink. Matt Eley is the editor of Inapub. Follow him on Twitter @mattheweley Share this: Subscribe today Copyright © Inapub Ltd 2019. All rights reserved. Inapub endorses responsible drinking.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3146
__label__cc	0.597899	0.402101	Posted – July 1st, 2010 under CannaLogic Bonanza of Green (BOG’s Way) Indoor Organic – go to post Many growers think that to be a successful indoor grower you have to go hydro. I would like to present an argument for my organic system. First of all you should refer to Bushy's Indoor organic tips for beginners in the basic grow room. All knowledge is practical and has worked well. It is a very simple organic system that is much easier to master quickly than Hydro systems. No meters required, hand watering allowed. This system is cheap and easy to set up but it requires some space, some electricity, and some work. First the grow room should have at least a 400 watt metal halide light and a few fluorescents for clones and/or seedlings. A 1000 watt MH is preferred depending on the size of your flowering room. 400 watt in the grow room is minimal for a 2500 watt flowering room to stay maximized. Under the 2 or 3 (4 ft. fluorescents start your seeds/clones) keep the growing tips about 1-3 inches max from the light tubes if they are regular 40 watt flor tubes. I start mine in about 1 Qt pots as seedlings or clones ( I do both) I usually start about 10 every 2 weeks. The perpetual harvest is never all at once, it is more of a production line system, with continual harvesting. As the seedlings reach about 8 inches they are moved into the bigger grow area with the 400 watt metal halide light. Soon they are big enough to transplant into 3-5 gallon pots, depending on size plants desired. After transplant into big pots the plants need to veg for about another 1-2 weeks until fully or mostly rooted. Rushing this process will hurt eventual yields. I like bigger plants, this is nothing like SOG. If you want to make hundreds of clones and go hydro then SOG is a high yielding system but I like killer larger buds. The plants spend about 5 weeks in vegetative stage. When moved to the flowering room they are rooted into large pots and usually about 2 feet tall (this varies with your set up, head room, genetics, etc.) If you have used good soil mix (refer to Basic Tips) and the plant is healthy it should be shooting in fast growth as it goes into flowering. Amazing beautiful bud growth will be seen if all is well. Healthy plants will stay dark green until late in flowering, keep feeding them organic ferts with some Nitrogen in them like Pure Blend or add grow fert to the no Nitro fert if the plant gets yellow. Make sure you add some co2 to the air twice a day at least in flowering. I water every other day usually and I feed them every other feeding generally. Keep them happy and large yields can be obtained in a 3 month total grow and veg time. 3 oz per plant is not uncommon. Under a 2600 watt flowering room about 24 plants of this size can be grown. This means 4 plants per week to harvest. Ideally it is possible under about a 4k system to grow 10 oz of organic dried bud per week! It takes work but the product can be unsurpassed! There is nothing about hydro that makes the pot better. So if you are growing for quality but think indoor has to be hydro, think again! BOG is my Advice BushyOlderGrower History of Breeders The Story of T.H Seeds Having been around for more than ten years, T.H. Seeds has established itself as one of the most highly regarded seed companies in the world. It has introduced to the world numerous and now infamous cannabis varieties such as the original Bubblegum, the impressive sativa S.A.G.E. and many more. It can definitely be said that T.H. Seeds has secured its place as a leading competitor in the cannabis seed industry as they won first prize in the Indica Seed Category at the High Times Cannabis Cup for two years in a row now, for respectively The Hog (2002) and MK-Ultra (2003). 1993 was the year T.H. Seeds established its name in the world of cannabis cultivation. Right in the center of Amsterdam, it had its base at the cool hangout called C.I.A. (Cannabis in Amsterdam). The C.I.A. was not only the headquarters for T.H. Seeds but also the first outlet for Europe’s first and finest Hemp store Hempworks. Many notorious cannabis connoisseurs were impressed by the C.I.A and it quickly became one of the most popular places to visit, meet other cannabis enthusiasts and exchange knowledge on cannabis cultivation. R.C. Clarke perfectly described it as he named it “the epicenter of the cannabis universe”. Due to Amsterdam’s bureaucratic reasoning in 1995, the C.I.A. had to close down, but fortunately they found a great location right around the corner from where the store used to be. T.H. Seeds and Hempworks are now established on one of Amsterdam’s most famous shopping streets, the Nieuwendijk. Impressive introductions followed like the living legend S.A.G.E. in 1995. This strain rapidly became one of the worlds most sought after sativa’s. The great flavor and the long lasting high conquered many cannabis loving hearts. The great results on growing this plant made it one of the most attractive sativa’s to grow. Over the years S.A.G.E. has been gaining more and more respect resulting in numerous awards. In the year 2000 it took first place at the High Times Cannabis Cup in the hash category. A year later it won the second prize in the Press Cup at the same Cup. In 2002 it was awarded at the High Life Cup with a second prize for seed companies and also grabbed second place in the outdoor category. Other interesting strains from T.H. Seeds’ original collection include the flavorful Chocolate Chunk, the massive producer Heavy Duty Fruity, the resin-packed Kal-X and a knockout variety The Hog. This year T.H. Seeds added two new varieties to its collection: Sage ‘n Sour, a killer cross between the flagship strain S.A.G.E. and the infamous Sour Diesel. A tasty Sativa with a reasonably short flowering time. The other new strain is called MK Ultra. A special cross between the legendary (super strong!) G-13 and world famous L.A. Kush, Very strong and flavorful. One thing’s for sure and that is that T.H. Seeds has grown a lot in the past years. Its main focus has always been and always will be preserving and improving their line of top quality of seeds and meeting the demands of growers and smokers. T.H.Seeds past Victories: 1995 Cannabis Cup: Kal-X hash laminate takes 3rd place in the hash category 1996 Cannabis Cup: Bubblegum hash micro-chip takes 3rd place in the hash category 1996 HasH Bash: Bubblegum laminated hash takes 2nd place in the hash category. 1998 Cannabis Cup: S.A.G.E. takes 3rd highest THC level with 21% THC. This THC test included all 50 varieties entered including seed companies and coffeeshops giving The S.A.G.E. a higher THC level then any of the Cannabis Cup winners 1999 Cannabis Cup: S.A.G.E. takes 3rd highest THC from all the varieties entered. 1999 Cannabis Cup: S.A.G.E. water hash takes 2nd place in the Hash category. 1999 Cannabis Cup: S.A.G.E. water hash takes 2nd highest THC level with over 46% 2000 Cannabis Cup: S.A.G.E. water hash takes 1st place in the hash category 2001 Cannabis Cup: S.A.G.E. takes 2nd place for best overall weed in the Press Cup, voted by the international press. 2001 Cannabis Cup: S.A.G.E. rated highest Sativa by High Times writer Kyle Kushman. 2002 Cannabis Cup : The HOG, takes first place in the seed company Indica Cup 2003 Cannabis Cup : MK Ultra, takes first place in the seed company Indica Cup The Story of Serious Seeds The breeder behind Serious Seeds, Simon, is responsible for the material sold by the seed bank. He studied biology at one of the universities in Amsterdam and was always a non smoker. (Tabacco, and therefore also marihuana because in Holland it is common practice to mix the latter with tabacco and roll a joint.) He only discovered the merits of smoking pure marihuana after his study while travelling through Africa in 1986. Today he remains one of the few dutch who smoke this wonderplant in its pure form as one should. From that moment on he started collecting seeds. Back in Holland he immediately started growing those seeds out for personal pleasure crossing what he thought were the best plants seemed a natural follow up. Contacts with other growers gave him access to different plants from which he also selected the best ones. The genetic background of this material was not always clear. Simon taught biology at a highschool when Alan Dronkers asked him to come and work at Sensi Seeds. It was quite a carreer change to do that but he never felt sorry about it. After some time working for Sensi he left and started a seed company with some American pot refugees. That year (1994) the AK-47 as well as the Chronoc won prices at the American Cannabis Cup festival in Amsterdam. That first seed company with the Americanshowever fell apart soon, and in 1995 Serious Seeds was grounded. It has always been a Serious policy to have the products grown from the different seeds available to trie out in some of the best coffeeshops in Amsterdam. The 'Greenhouse' is one of those coffeeshops which carries Serious' products to smoke from the start in 1995 to this date. Greenhouse coffeeshop won a Cannabis Cup in 1995 with the Kalimist grown by Serious Seeds. In 1996 another famous Amsterdam coffeeshop the 'Dampkring' won the Overall Cup at that years Cannabis Cup with the newest Serious strain White Russian. Another serious shop from the early days is the 'Blue Bird' and recently also the 'Dread Rock', they really sell what is listed instead of anything under an often asked for name. Serious has always been a small company, and prefers to stay like that. We love to smoke ourselves and basically trie to develop new and interesting plants to grow and smoke for our own pleasure as well as for our clients. This means we don't work to produce some- thing new every year for commercial reasons or to compete in the next contest. We want to put a new name out when we think we have something worth while for pot growers and smokers to trie out. F1 hybrid – first generation offspring of 2 (usually different and unrelated) parents Germination – the sprouting of a seed, the tip of the root appears first Indica – referring to type of plant which looks short, bushy, leafy with broad leafs, grows a dense, compact bud in a shorter flowering time than another type of plant; Sativa Medicinal plant – plant seemingly useful for certain groups of patients (usually with high concentration of THC, possibly combined with other cannabinoids) Sativa – type of plant which looks tall, slender, with open in stead of dense buds, long flower times, but with usually better smoking effect than other type of plant; indica Strain – a line of plants from common ancestors with certain characteristics THC – short for the molecule responsible for the High effect in Cannabis Plant of the Year 2003: Serious Seeds 'AK47' It seems strange to choose as ‘PLANT OF THE YEAR’ a plant, which has been around for almost ten years. The prestigious ‘High Times’ magazine made the decision And was published in the December issue. What was the reason for this? The original article was written by Jorge Cervantas, the author of ‘Indoor Marihuana Horticulture’ and a regular co-writer for the American magazine. He told me that he wasn’t part of the group who came to this decision but merely got the order to write the story. Since he doesn’t live in the US any more he is not aware of all the things going on at the office. When contacting the SERIOUS SEEDS office I didn’t get much wiser. It was a surprise to them also. Although they stated that it was a well-earned price for a plant, which, notwithstanding the fact that it won more awards than any other plant known, still was never trumpeted about much. Could that be it? Surely the AK-47 is a well-known name in the cannabis scene since Serious Seeds coined it in 1995. But when scanning through old magazines I have to admit that little attention was given to it in articles. The fact that it is well known amongst growers is mostly from own experience and from their opinions given in chat rooms on the Internet. But when you look at a well-known name like ‘White Widow’ another plant thrown into the world by Dutch breeders at about the same time as the ‘AK-47’ the latter seems under snowed by the first. For years the name ‘White Widow’ was heard everywhere. But now, almost ten years later it seems that the AK-47 has been gaining popularity over the years and was slowly but surely growing out to be such an acknowledged and reliable champion that there was enough reason to have it chosen as plant of the year 2004. The popularity of this plant is not due to some successful and carefully planned campaign. No, it came from what matters; from the experience of growers everywhere buying the seeds and liking the results they got from them. They made the plant popular and if this is the reason for the ‘Plant of the year’ choice than it is indeed a rightful one. An ongoing phenomenon with popular seed names, which has been seen for years, is that other Companies like to use those names. They start selling seeds under either the same or almost the same name as the original. People who don’t know the name of the companies who produced the original seed names are an easy victim when they ask for this name and get a cheap imitation in stead. At this moment for example is the ‘Nirvana’seed company doing exactly that. They sell a seed with the name of ‘AK-48’, how original can you be? But that’s not all. When you compare the description of this strain at their website with that of ‘AK-47’ by Serious Seeds it is impossible to see a difference. They copied it till the last letter, won awards and all!! This is not only parasiting on the popularity of reputable seed companies, it is cheating and robbing people who are not aware of what is going on. Practices like this are the cause of bad raps in the cannabis scene. Although ‘Nirvana’ is not the only seed producer making money like this, they seem to be the leading company when it comes to parasiting on popular names. Facts of AK-47: The name does not refer to any violent idea but was chosen because it is a ‘one hit wonder’ At least 7 awards were gathered over the years in different weed festivals With 20% THC the strongest entry at the Amsterdam’ Cannabis Cup of 1999 (2nd place) The name AK-47 is sometimes also used by other seed companies than Serious Seeds, this is a common thing when certain names become popular (BEWARE!) The original packaging comes in an airtight tube containing 15 seeds attached to a card with a picture of the strain on the front and a serial number, which must be kept in case problems do occur Please look for the original packaging when you buy Serious Seeds strains or you know they are copies. The Story of Magus Genetics Not everybody succeeds in finding his destination at first go. Many people pass through several jobs before finally discovering – often by chance – that special thing that they like the most and want to do forever. This often applies to people who are active in the field of hemp business, here lateral hires are more rule than exception. There is no special “hemp apprenticeship” that would directly pave the way into the branch, so many people have a different approach, making use of something that they`ve learnt in their former jobs or by self-made education. Gerrit exactly is that kind of “patchwork guy”. The list of jobs he went through before falling for hemp is long and manifold. Gerrit reports: “I had a shipload of different jobs, varying from working in the flower bulb industry, to being an electrician, maintenance engineer, industrial paint sprayer, grease monkey (car repair moonlighter), steel caster, and bartender/porter, just to name a few.” But he openly admits that he “did not like working for a boss”, “I'm not very good with authorities”, as he puts it. Discovering the drug cannabis should not only lead to the end of his job odyssey, but also serve as an act of deliverance to him: Gerrit managed to turn away from alcohol. While not having been a typical alcoholic, he used to drink a lot quite often, afterwards turning aggressive and erratic. At the early age of eleven already, Gerrit had smoked cannabis for the first time, but not noticed anything else than nausea. It wasn`t until he became 17 or 18 that he tried it again, however, always in the state of drunkenness so that cannabis would have a sedative, sleepy effect on him every time. Sometimes later, when he had decided to stop boozing, he sensed that “cannabis could do a lot more than just putting me asleep”. Amongst other things, helping him to become laidback and peaceable, ceasing his “jumpy neurotic behaviour”, but most important of it all: It supported him in keeping his hands away from alcohol. Hence it`s no surprise that Gerrit says: “Cannabis has enriched my life”. And that not only mentally. Because with his small, but fine seed collection, Gerrit has been very successful for years already, in addition, he opened a hemp shop in Enkhuizen/NL in Juli 2002 („Magus Genetics Hemp Store“) which also gains much resonance. But one thing after another. Because the way in which Gerrit attained his seed strains, and how he happened to open a seed bank, is very uncommon. At the beginning of the 90ies, he started home growing, choosing an outdoor location. He used Afghani and Skunk bag seeds that he had selected out of coffeeshop weed in 1989. Because he was not familiar with female and male cannabis flowers, he did not realize that the Afghani plants were male and pollinated a female skunk, resulting in a lot of F1 seeds. In the following winter, Gerrit also practised indoor cultivation, mainly making use of clones that he had bought from a friend. But he also took some seedlings and clones of his own material, both his self-F1 hybrid Skunk/Afghani and once again the supposedly pure, but commercial Skunk bag seeds. He noticed that his own F1 hybrids of Skunk/Afghani clearly were more vigorous than the pure Skunk plants, but could not match them in terms of smell and taste. Because his Skunk seed supply was exhausted, Gerrit decided to hybridize his last female Skunk specimens (he had taken several cuttings of the best plant), with the pollen of some male Skunk/Afghani F1s. The resulting generation proved to be very vigorous and even superior to the Skunk mother in terms of aroma and potency, but did not yield as much as the bought cuttings so that Gerrit kept buying them and only grew a few of his own pedigree in the shaded corners of the room. Until spring 2003, he left it with that, but then suddenly his friend got into troubles and Gerrit was forced to fill out the whole cultivation space with his own hybrids. Thanks to this accident, he realised that the reason why his own hybrids had always yielded lower than the bought cuttings simply was that they had to stand in the shade, far away from the light source. From now on, they received optimum light intensities, what made them yield very well, too, and Gerrit made up his mind to exclusively grow his own genetic material in the future, instead of “being dependent on other people”. But he also had another incentive to grow his own: Meanwhile he had gotten into contact with the “Bluebird”, one of Amsterdam`s most popular coffeeshops, and the Bluebird guys sold Gerrit`s own creation under the name “Warlock”, enthusing a steadily increasing circle of customers that cried for more. And they should get more – Gerrit managed to further improve his hybrid`s yield, by optimizing the growing factors. He did not continue the breeding process and kept on reproducing one single superb mother plant by taking cutting from cutting over years. However, in 1997 he got worried about the germination power of his original hybrid seeds which were several years old now. He also was afraid that in case of being busted or stolen, his mother plants would disappear forever. So Gerrit decided to make a cut in production and put the whole matter on a more professional basis. He also felt inspired by the fact that the Bluebird had taken 3rd place in the bio category of the High Times Cannabis Cup 1997 with his “Warlock”. He sowed all original seeds that were left, still obtaining a good germination rate. Simultaneously he started reading a lot of botanical and breeding literature, what made him realise that he would need far more growing space in order to get the best out of the genetic potential of his hybrid. So he hired a larger grow room, at the same time letting his seed operation be regularly registered at the local chamber of commerce from January 1998. Between 1997 and 1998, Gerrit worked with 50 different breeding lines that he had created out of 25 female individuals and 2 different males. He made sure to have numerous safety copies of the respective parents and selected the best line for creating Warlock as commercially available seed strain for the first time, introducing it to the market at the High Times Cannabis Cup 1998 with great response. Warlock – this strain proved to be a true lucky punch. It is especially remarkable that a breeder has created something outstanding and unique out of completely regular and commercial strains like Afghani and Skunk. In the following years, Gerrit experimented within the original gene pool what resulted in a new father plant for Warlock. This specimen was also used to create new varieties like Exile (x White Widow/Northern Lights), Starwarz (x Sensi Star), and Double Dutch (x pre-2000 Chronic), while Starwarz is only available as weed at the “Bluebird”, not as seed strain. Gerrit himself prefers Warlock, when it comes to the quality of the high, but recommends the Double Dutch for optimum yields. He says that the 1999 ban on seed production in Holland actually was irrelevant to him, because he used to work in the underground likewise before and after that. He had already decided to move to a slightly smaller grow room at the end of 1998, since the rent had proved to too high for him, as he had not yet started the professional sale of seeds. But also now, he has an adequate facility for ensuring both further development and maintenance of his strains. Double Dutch also became most popular within short, and Gerrit`s latest hit, the outdoor strain “Biddy Early” (Early Pearl/Skunk x Warlock, “but there is way too much Early Pearl influence to call it an outdoor Warlock”, as Gerrit says), surprised everybody at the High Times Cup 2003 by taking second place in the sativa category, beating numerous indoor strains! Gerrit is also working on other breeding projects, such as Sensi Star x Warlock, and an exotic sativa strain called “Zamal”. He believes that the seed market will keep on increasing in the future, but also, that the price dumping, as practised by certain competitors, will get even worse. Gerrit for his part wants to keep his reasonable prices (50-70 Euros for 10 seeds are a fair offer). He grows his plants on a regular peat-moss/perlite medium, pH 5.8 and EC 0.8 in the beginning. For plants that reach a height of up to 60 cm in the course of their life cycle, he uses 7.5 litre pots, which is sufficient for most of his experimental plants. Night and day temperatures usually amount to 15 resp. 25°C, at an air humidity of approx. 70% during vegetative growth, and about 50% in the flowering stage. For producing seeds for sale, Gerrit uses two male/female plant pairs (identical copies) at different locations, out of safety reasons. In the summer of 2002, he opened his “Magus Genetics Hemp Store“ in Enkhuizen, offering almost every availabe hemp product to his customers. Gerrit had the special goal to create an appealing shop ambience, because he “wanted to to break up all that common associations concerning hemp like illegality and ominousness, and to appeal also to non-cannabis smokers, with a nice looking and inviting shop”. And he succeeded in this goal, according to Gerrit, many people come to his shop who are curious about the manifold ways of hemp application and respective products, like textiles, cosmetics, healthy foods or hemp paper. The drug aspects are also frequently discussed thereby, and Gerrit feels happy then about being in a position to give competent advice and education. It was especially important to Gerrit to expand his business in terms of communication and customer contact. But his wife Corinna, his right hand in the company, of course plays the most important role in his life: “She`s the only thing in life that has a greater influence on me than cannabis”, he reveals – what a nice end to this story. The Story of The Flying Dutchman One of the few people in the world with a Cannabis history of more than 30 years decided to share his experience and knowledge about breeding the highest quality Cannabis seed varieties. Thousands and thousands of people must have grown his seeds without knowing they were his, as a wholesaler he provided many seed retailers with his seeds. Now he has given a new dimension to his life of working with Cannabis by opening the Cannabis College Foundation Amsterdam and his first Flying Dutchmen Seed shop. During the sixties in Holland, all that was available was hashish, and low grade imported grass. During the early seventies, a small number of Dutch enthusiasts started to grow two Dutch strains, known as ‘The Purple’ and ‘The Green Lemon’ types. These were very large plants with small buds and a very average taste and high. In fact during the Second World War this grass was used as a substitute for tobacco. Eventually a few seeds made it over from Afghanistan so the Dutch started to work with this new variety. Suddenly this weird character showed up on the scene from America trying to introduce the Dutch enthusiasts to some new varieties of seeds. He brought over pure true breeding strains like Early California, Thai, Mexican and Silver Haze from Columbia, Afghan and South African seeds. Most importantly he brought over a few crosses that he had already made himself, including the very first Skunk Number One which is a Columbian, Mexican, Afghan cross. This earnt him his present nickname THE SKUNK MAN. Eddy who worked directly with The Skunk Man was one of the three major players of that time with an interest in superior plants. The base genetics for almost all the grass that you see in Holland today originates from these three guys work. They were all a little sceptical of The Skunk Man’s bigger and better American ways but Eddy decided to grow out his seeds in greenhouses, using crude methods to simulate day and night cycles and gauge the results for themselves. In 1984 the first crop was grown out and the results were outstanding, higher yield and better quality, Eddy never looked back. In order to find ideal genetics (both the male and female) plants were being grown out of seeds, tens of thousands at a time in a green house and the top 50 were selected, then crossed again and grown out thousands at a time, always trying to isolate the best. Once you have found the best breeding stock by allowing all plants to fully mature (flower). How do you hold that plant back for future breeding genetics? There were talks that in America a couple of people had experimented with the concept of cloning. Eddy chose some mature female flower cuttings and left them under florescent lights in someone’s attic in the hope that they just might take. After 18 weeks only 20% survived, but it was not until a further 6 months had passed that one of the plants ‘sprouted one little leaf’ probably the first successful cloning of flowered cannabis ever. The moment that little leaf shoot appeared cannabis history changed forever. Paradise Seeds – How it all began… After 12 years of growing, testing and experimenting with many different varieties, Paradise Seeds was founded in 1994. About 17 years ago in Amsterdam, many coffeeshops started to sell imported hash from India Afghanistan or Morocco and weed from Thailand, Columbia, Mexico or Malawi. Most of this was of poor quality. But things were changing, new types were introduced from the U.S that were early crossbreeds of already higher quality. Since then we got involved in the early research for better quality strains. This took place in Amsterdam and at several outdoor locations in Holland. Our aim was to create better weed, with a sweet/spicy taste and stronger high, for our own use. This resulted in several new varieties and the seeds were given to a number of people to grow. Due to early pioneers such as ourselves, Dutch cannabis became the best in the world and growing got evermore popular. Also many foreign people realised Dutch cannabis was of the highest quality. They took seeds home, to grow for personal use. At that time our seeds found their way to the people at a local coffeeshop in Amsterdam. The demand increased and what started as research and experiments for personal knowledge and dedication to the Ganja bush, had become ‘Paradise Seeds’, a reputable seed bank, for growers that demand only genuine and finest quality seeds. In 1999 we won the first prize with our famous variety Sensi Star in the Highlife Cup, the biggest, objective contest in Holland, for coffeeshops, growshops and seedbanks. Again in 1999 we won first prize in the Hightimes Cannabis Cup with Sensi Star, and got fourth with Nebula! In 2000 we won second prize with Sensti Star again at the Hightimes Cannabis Cup. Paradise seeds maintains strict selection criteria on characteristics such as potency and taste. This results in the creation of powerful strains, that will satisfy everyone who wants to enjoy the sweetest fruits of the Dutch garden of Eden. Our seeds are grown organically and tested regularly on viability. We are dealing with living material, therefore we can not guarantee that all seeds will germinate. One packet contains 10 seeds, and comes with basic information on growing, flowering and harvesting. Be aware there are several imitations on the market. Feel free to contact us for information where to purchase the original Paradise Seeds. Give us a call while having a spaced out visit to Amsterdam, if you want to take some seeds home! Due to the excellent quality of our seeds and our dedication to the ganja bush, you can soon proudly present your friends with a master smoke! Luc, The Story of Soma Soma is a 55 year old Rastafarian who is spiritually dedicated to the Sacred cannabis plant. He has been working with the plant for 37 years. He wears pants and shirts made out of it, smokes it constantly,he has a prescription for 10 grams a day, and studies every aspect of the marijuana phenomenon. He feels that it is one of the tools that can save humanity from it's direction of self destruction. He knows that it helps healing take place whenever and wherever it is used. Unlike aspirin, alcohol, tobacco, caffeine and nuclear radiation, cannabis has never killed anyone. It is one of the safest therapeutic substances known to man. Humankind has been using it since time immemorial. It is one of the best paper sources in the whole wide world, it can be recycled 7 times, takes one fifth of the pollution to manufacture than tree paper, and could be a totally renewable source of Bio-fuel. Hempseed is one of the best sources of vegetable protein available on planet earth and 55% of a mature cannabis plant is seeds. The only problem is the art of cannabis has been recently lost to mankind, it has been lied about, it has been suppressed, it has come close to genocide and the fear factor for this safest of substances has been blown totally out of proportion. Soma Seeds plans on changing the direction a few things are going these days. First of all Soma Seeds is an earth friendly business striving to think of earth first in the business that we create. We grow our seeds biologically, we let our hearts guide us with the plants, not calendars, not money, not power trips, but a sacredness, a vibration of mutual trust, an exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide, a friendship. Soma Seeds focus's on the medicinal side of cannabis,constantly striving to find better and better geneticis to be used in a medicinal way. Medicinal cannabis has to be grown in a manner where the end product is truly going to make the patient feel better, not full of pesticides, poisons, and money vibes. Our seeds are tested constantly for their germination quality. We have a line of 100% female seeds as well as male and female seeds. Our male and female seeds are usually about 30% male 70% female. We have 20 different types of seeds available. The Story of Nirvana Cannabis seeds history of Nirvana goes way back to the end of the 1980's. At that time Nirvana's founder was working at Amsterdam's most famous grow-shop, the legendary "Positronics", and it was the knowledge and inspiration that he received there that moved him to think about starting his own cannabis seeds company. Years were spent traveling, seeking out and collecting marijuana seeds from the finest strains. And more years went in experimentation, growing, cross breeding and developing the new cannabis strains from among which Nirvana selected the best to become their range of high quality hybrid marijuana seeds. After applying and expanding his experience in a number of Amsterdam's best known grow-shops it came time to offer the expertise he had gained, and the high quality products he had developed, to the world. The result of this initiative was the foundation of Nirvana in 1995. Originally a cannabis seed specialist, Nirvana is now an innovative business concept. It has developed into a shop with a unique and original range of self-developed hemp products that extend the uses of this extraordinary plant further than ever before. While constantly improving and extending its range of high quality cannabis seeds, Nirvana has also developed a range of hemp products that are unique. As the new millennium starts, alongside Nirvana's own Home-brew Hemp Wine and Hemp Beer, there is a choice of original products such as Hemp Vinegar, Hemp Ice Tea and Eva's Paradijs, Hemp Liqueur. In the heart of the picturesque Pijp, the Nirvana B.V. Headquarter lives up to its name; adding colour and serenity to the surrounding streets. Inside, Among the holy images and smart shop products, the vibe is mellow and the staff are always pleased to offer advice, suggestions or just hang out. Please feel free to pay us a visit. We will always make you feel welcome. Sagarmatha Seeds wishes to thank all of her satisfied customers for proliferation of our product and reputation across the globe. A worldwide genetic pool was placed in our care to provide marijuana smokers and growers with fresh, original varieties of marijuana. After more than 10 years of service we have emerged as a creditable source of connoisseur quality cannabis seeds. Together with your feedback and interest we will continue to provide a variety of delectable treats for the many marijuana farmers of the world. These "magic beans" have given Sagarmatha and friends many hours of enjoyment and entertainment. Every stage of development, from planning, planting to finally providing, has been a tremendous pleasure. Almost every experience will have peaks and valleys over time – every farmer has their share. We believe Sagarmatha's peaks will give our customers the highest cerebral views and physical sensations possible with marijuana. Please enjoy our catalogue with a friend. We hope you will be able to partake in some of our potent products. Perhaps with your participation and our plants we can help create some peace for our planet. BOG's interpretation of….. My History as Pertaining to Pot Back in about 1970 we were 16 and trying to grow bagseed outside with little success but we did have some plants and we did smoke some immature weed. I was married at 18 and by age 19 I had my own farm where I grew outdoors. I became successful to a point but genetics were not easily available and I had to do the best I had with what I had. You never really knew what you had but you thought it tasted like what might have been called this or that. It wasnt at all scientific but i read hightimes and I learned about sinse early on so my plants were good pot if they would finish and I developed my own strains. Another friend of mine also had a fine strain we called Blanchard Weed and it rivaled my best now in heavy resins. I had created my own feminized line i called "RED" and it yielded more than his and tasted great but it wasnt as potent. Eventually I mixed his with mine and grew this cross, mine more sativaish and his was indica. Eventually the strain became hermaphroditic due to many generations of inbreeding. I was online in early '99 and this is when I got access to Seedsdirect and Gypsy. He sent me many genetics and many growers at OG sent me seeds to work with. Getting lucky with a few good strains I made f2 seeds and selected clones. Years of selection led to a very fine bubblegum called Bogbubble and that was crossed later to a NL5 to make Bogglegum. When Lifesaver came out people saw that I was 3 for 3 and they couldn't understand how a small grower did it? Gypsy still calls me the "Enigma" which means mystery and I prefer to maintain some of the mystery as part of my BOG myth. You know about me living in a cave and great grand daddy being an alien. I am not a myth however and those who have judged me by the fruits of my labors no longer question how I do my work. Now Sour Bubble is going to stun the breeding world. Just mark my words.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3147
__label__cc	0.571089	0.428911	Added by TheCarmudgeon on February 22, 2010 Nobody asked me but . . . Hyundai has been selling cars in the US since 1986. And after a bit of a sputtering start, the last decade has seen years of steady growth for Hyundai in this market. Starting at a mere 0.6 percent market share in 1998, Hyundai reached 3.0 percent penetration in 2008 and in 2009, a year in which world-wide recession and plummeting auto sales affected virtually every auto maker in this market, Hyundai sales rocketed to a 4.2 percent share of market. So what has Hyundai been doing right? Seems like just about everything: Quality products competitively priced. J.D. Power quality and North American Car of the Year Awards. Attention grabbing warranty programs. A job-loss vehicle return program. Depreciation lower than Toyota and Ford. High-tech powertrains. Industry-leading fuel economy. More standard features than the competition. Leadership in active and passive safety technologies. Oh, and did I mention styling? Say hello to the eye-stopping 2011 Hyundai Sonata. Not only is the new Sonata state-of-the-art (and frequently beyond) in every category worth mentioning, but also the art of its design statement is beyond anything ever seen in the midsize family sedan segment. Hyundai calls it fluidic sculpture design. I simply say, ‘wow.’ At first glance your eyes are attracted to the coupe-like rake of the roof, flowing sleekly and smoothly from the base of the A-post into the decklid in one sweeping arc. Two key elements of this visuality are a chrome strip extending from the front headlights all the way along the lower edge of the side windows to the rear of the third side window. This last small triangular piece of glass is useless for outward vision, but it’s critical to the overall design because it allowed Hyundai’s stylists to cleverly complete the sweep of the roof. There’s no thick C-post to make the rear of the car look heavy and boxy. Below this chrome strip is a bold character line running from just behind the front wheel opening and sweeping through both door handles all the way to the rear of the car around the taillights and into the decklid. These elements force your eyes into focusing on the flowing fluidity of the design from nose to tail. The sporty elegance of the exterior is matched by an interior that makes almost every other midsize sedan look and feel like 1990. The dash is boldly sculptured with the four vents as key design elements . . . form and function beautifully integrated. The center stack sweeps gracefully into the console with brushed chrome accents telling your eyes to follow the curves. You see this same attention to detail in the shaping of the steering wheel openings and the flowing lines of the door panels. Full marks to Hyundai’s American design team for daring to boldly go where no midsize sedan has ever gone before. My first thought when someone talks about emphasizing style in a midsize sedan is ‘What about function.’ And the first car that comes to mind is the sharky Ford Taurus. That was a sedan that sacrificed much of its function and practicality to swoopy design: A low roof line that forced you to duck down during entry and a rear door opening that forced passengers to contort themselves like pretzels to climb into the rear seats. This is not the case with the Sonata. Sonata style is also combined with class-leading interior volume. When I heard this, I started looking for a rabbit with a top hat to pop out of the sunroof. Hyundai didn’t provide interior dimensions—head, leg, hip or shoulder room—for comparison with other midsize sedans, but they did have both a current Camry and Accord for subjective evaluations of interior space. Both the 2011 Sonata and the 2010 Honda Accord are rated as “large” cars by the EPA for their interior volumes. The Accord achieves this rating by virtue of its larger exterior dimensions. The Sonata by more efficient packaging. That said, the Accord is roomier inside. But the only place the Sonata suffers is in rear head room where by my measurements the Accord enjoys about a 2-inch advantage. The 2010 Camry is rated midsize by the EPA but still has an edge in rear head room of about 1.5 inches compared to the Sonata. This is the only downside of the Sonata’s swoopy styling that I noted. Six footers can fit comfortably in the rear of a Sonata. Whether this is enough for your family and friends is a question only you can answer. What is not open to question is the Sonata’s value equation. Model for model the Sonata offers more equipment for less money than the competition. As one example, the GLS model with automatic has standard Bluetooth hands-free phone interface, USB input, illuminated sun visors with extensions and heated exterior side mirrors, features that are either optional or not available on the Camry, Accord and Altima. And the savings range from about $1650 to almost $2400 versus the Sonata’s competition. Every one of the Sonata’s key competitors is offered with a 4-cylinder engine of 2.4-2.5 liters displacement. Every competitor also offers an optional V6. But not the Sonata because Hyundai believes its DOHC 2.4-liter with Dual Continuously Variable Valve Timing (DCVVT) and Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI) has more than adequate power. The Sonata’s inline-4 comes with class-leading horsepower, torque and fuel economy: 198 bhp @ 6300 rpm, 184 lb-ft @ 4250 rpm and EPA estimates of 22 mpg city and 35 mpg highway. This engine is matched to an all-new Hyundai developed 6-speed automatic, which is more than 26 pounds lighter than its 5-speed predecessor and is standard on sporty SE and luxury Limited models and optional on the GLS. So how does this powertrain combo perform in the real world? Very well thank you. Our Southern California driving route consisted of a mix of freeways, city driving and many miles of twisting secondary roads with elevations reaching 3000 feet. None of the three different Sonata models I drove, all with automatic, ever felt overmatched. I had power, torque and the right gear for every condition. The engine is smooth and quiet with only a bit of 4-cylinder buzz as you approach max revs at 6500. It’s quick off the line and flexible throughout the rev range, the automatic providing seamless gear changes up and down. Up until 4-5 years ago it would have been hard to write a sentence that connected the words fun-to-drive with Hyundai. The 2011 Sonata is just the latest example of how competent Hyundai chassis tuners have become in understanding the wants and needs of the American consumer. Caution: the Sonata, even in its sporty SE livery, is not a sports sedan. Rather it is a midsize family sedan with balanced ride and handling that fit nicely in the middle of its competition with the Camry and Accord falling on the softer, more plush side of the equation and the Fusion and the Altima on the firm side. The Sonata is perfectly content to drive you down the freeway sedately. Yet on a twisty road it will reward an enthusiast with well weighted steering featuring good on-center feel, smooth turn-in and response that precisely follows your every input. The ride is supple and well controlled, assisted in this regard by the Sonata’s independent, multi-link rear suspension. The sportier SE model features stiffer springs, shocks and rear anti-roll bar along with 18-inch alloy wheels and performance tires. The results are quicker steering response, even flatter cornering and a noticeably firmer ride. But no shake, rattle or vibration issues thanks to body structure that is even more rigid in bending and torsion than the previous Sonata’s already stiff platform. The great Negro League pitcher Satchel Paige didn’t get a chance to pitch in the Major Leagues because of the color barrier until he was well over 40 years old. Paige estimated that during his career he pitched more than 2600 games. A 300-win career is a guaranteed E-ticket ride to Cooperstown for any pitcher playing in the Bigs. Paige had 300 shutouts, 55 no hitters and countless other wins. But then, who was keeping score? Paige was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1971, but is easily as famous for his philosophy and wit as Yankee catcher Yogi Berra. One Paige quote: “Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.” is appropriate to every 2011 Hyundai Sonata competitor. If the Toyotas, Hondas, Fords, Chevrolets and Nissans of this world haven’t been looking closely at their rear view mirrors these fast 10 years, it won’t surprise me if they have been blindsided by the 2011 Sonata as it has passed them by. Now it’s the Sonata that’s being chased. And Hyundai has written a new paige in the history of midsize sedans in America. 2.4-liter, 2011, 2011 Hyundai Sonata, 4-cylinder, Accord, Altima, Camry, Chevrolet, class-leading fuel economy, ford, Fusion, Gasoline Direct Injection, GDI, GLS, Honda, Hyundai, independent rear suspension, Limited, Malibu, Nissan, Satchel Paige, SE, Sonata, Toyota, Yogi Berra Added by WheelsTV 1 month ago Added by WheelsTV 1 year ago Added by TheCarmudgeon 1 year ago Allard: The Lesser Known Legend Lingenfelter Reaper Added by TheCarmudgeon 4 years ago	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3154
__label__cc	0.691729	0.308271	You are here: Home → Wildlife Care Center → About the Care Center Wildlife Care Center - tm The Wildlife Care Center is the oldest and busiest wildlife rehabilitation facility in Oregon. Each year we treat about 3,000 wild animals for release back to the wild and respond to more than 10,000 wildlife-related inquiries. Our goal is to give injured, native wildlife a second chance at life in the wild and to reduce wildlife hazards in our community by educating people about urban wildlife. The care center operates under permits issued by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. We are an Oregon non-profit organization with IRS 501(c)(3) status and depend primarily on donations to support our operations. Audubon first began rehabilitating wildlife in the 1930s (before the term "wildlife rehabilitation" even existed) when the Audubon Sanctuary caretakers began taking in injured wild animals. The current facility was built in 1987 and has capacity to treat more than 3,000 wild animals each year. The facility includes full wildlife veterinary and rehabilitation service, a wildlife diagnostics laboratory, indoor and outdoor flight cages, and housing for eight non-releasable educational birds and one non-releasable educational turtle. The care center is operated by three staff, including a wildlife veterinarian, and more than 100 volunteers. Complete veterinary care and rehabilitation services for injured wildlife Wildlife field services and wildlife rescue Wildlife information, advice and consultation Live educational bird programs (on and off site) Wildlife research programs Guests are welcome to stop in and visit the care center lobby and courtyard. Meet our non-releasable educational animals, watch wildlife surgeries through our observation windows, and check out the interpretive displays in our lobby. Care Center Policies Non-native animal policy: The Wildlife Care Center does not accept non-native, exotic or domestic animals for rehabilitation. After-hours policy: The Wildlife Care Center does not accept after hours drop-offs. Phone Number, Hours and Directions Phone Number: Our Wildlife Care Center answers calls between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. seven days a week. You can reach the WCC at 503-292-0304. Hours: 7 days a week, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. \| Address: 5151 NW Cornell Rd, Portland, OR 97210 Getting here (map): From the intersection of NW Lovejoy and 23rd Ave, head west on Lovejoy (which turns into Cornell). You'll find us 1.5 miles west of this intersection, on your right hand side just past the second tunnel. Nestled in beautiful Forest Park, we encourage carpooling, bicycling, and hiking to Portland Audubon. Alternative transportation options: Take TriMet's #15 bus to 23rd/Lovejoy and walk 1.5 miles west on Lovejoy, which turns into Cornell. Or, take TriMet's #15 or #77 to Thurman and 27th, walk six blocks to Lower Macleay Trailhead and hike the trail through Balch Creek Canyon to Audubon. The hike takes about 45 minutes, depending on your pace. Bicycles are not allowed on the Lower MacLeay (Balch Creek) trail. By car, coming from north/south/east: 1. Take the I-5 freeway to the Fremont Bridge exit. 2. Go over the Fremont Bridge, staying in the far right lane, and take the Vaughn Street exit. 3. Continue on Vaughn Street to the second stop light (NW 25th). 4. Turn left onto 25th and keep going until you come to NW Lovejoy (4 way stop). 5. Turn right onto Lovejoy and stay on it. It will veer right and take you up the hill. 6. Lovejoy will turn into Cornell Road and you will pass through two tunnels. 7. The Audubon Society of Portland is on the right approximately 1/4 mile past the second tunnel. By car, coming from the west/southwest: 1. Head towards town on Highway 26. 2. Take the Barnes Road exit and turn right. 3. Go past St. Vincent’s Hospital to Miller Road (approximately one mile). 4. Turn left onto Miller and stay on it until you come to Cornell Road. 5. Turn right onto Cornell. Continue past Skyline. 6. The Audubon Society of Portland is on the left about 1.5 miles past the Skyline / Cornell intersection. Non-native Animal Policy WCC Does Not Accept After Hours Drop-offs	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3157
__label__wiki	0.518602	0.518602	The Non Sequitur Our bias The fallacy categories What’s a non sequitur? Aristotle’s account of fallacies in the Sophistical Refutations Appeal to the People, Unqualified Authority Ad populum seals it 8/30/2011 Scott Aikin 10 Comments A good deal has been made about Rick Perry's doubts about evolution and global warming. And so the concern that we have yet another know-nothing Republican on our hands is pretty popular (though Hitchens has an interesting take, too, namely, that he's cynically just putting on). Rich Lowry, over at National Review, has seen this game before, and he warns his readers that this is an old familiar canard, the "Anti-Science Smear" on Republicans. Here's how he responds to the evolution line: According to Gallup, 40 percent of Americans think God created man in his present form, and 38 percent think man developed over millions of years with God guiding the process. Is three-quarters of the country potentially anti-science? Seriously. That's the response about evolution. The trouble is that I am unsure that those three quarters polled by Gallup that day could answer many detailed questions about evolution. They may not be anti-science, but they aren't science literate, at least most of them. That's probably the case about many, many things. (I'd love to see if Gallup could produce a percentage of people who think that there's a highest number.) Calling people who answer a poll question in a fashion that does not reflect the scientific consensus 'anti-science' is probably too quick, but calling a Presidential candidate who should know better the same is just about right. Or else, perhaps, Hitchens is right, and he's just putting on for the cameras and the 75% that really think that way. argumentum ad populum (fallacious kind)Christopher HitchensRich LowryRick Perry Previous Post7 yearsNext PostCan’t tell if trolling 10 thoughts on “Ad populum seals it” First of all, saying that people are anti-science because the of that Gallup poll is quite a leap, yes. Now if we were to fix that leap first, would it also be wishful thinking if he had asked the rhetorical question, "Is three-quarters of the country potentially science illiterate?" (The argument goes: No. It would be terrible if 3/4 of Americans are science illiterate. They must be science literate. And evolution must therefore not exist or is a god-guided process). aikin says: Ray, Ad populum often works from the presumed authority of a group, and it's for sure that Lowry's argument requires on the uncomfortable feeling one should have at denying that 3/4 of those polled aren't science literate. But that needn't be wishful thinking, as Lowry is really baiting the 'liberals' to say something along the lines of how so many Americans aren't science literate. There's a price to pay for not going along with some ad populum arguments — namely, that you have to no longer identify with that group. That's a dangerous game for those trying to win elections. megamahan says: I'm afraid you've accepted Lowry's take less critically than is warranted. The 38 percent that "think man developed over millions of years with God guiding the process" believe in evolution. They just also believe in "God" (whatever that means) as well. These people can't really be considered "anti-science" and I'm sure many of them (though certainly not all) can be considered "science literate". That does leave the other 40 percent. I have no interest in defending them. For the record, I believe in evolution and I'm an atheist, so I obviously don't think "God" guided anything. I just think that at least some of those 38 percent are important allies on the evolution issue, and we shouldn't insult them by accepting Lowry's shitty premise. Saikin says: megamahan, You're right that there are numbers in the theistic evolution crowd that are science literate and friends to the evidence-based policy approaches in politics. But notice that Lowry's argument depends on our respect for this tiny minority of that very large group of otherwise science-illiterates. Again, that's how ad populum works — from our desire to avoid casting aspersions on people we'd like to maintain ties with. And for the record, the objetive of logical criticism is to give people their premisses and then criticize how they reason from them. Your point about the objective of logical criticism is well taken. I guess I forgot where I was for a moment when I made the remarks about accepting Lowry's premise. Just to be clear, however, are you saying that it's only a tiny minority of the 38 percent who "are science literate and friends to the evidence-based policy approaches in politics"? If so, I think you're low-balling them. Okay, so not all of them might be all that science-literate, but I think that many of them who aren't recognize this and still trust that scientists are in a better position to know. Granted, given the wording of the question, "developed" may not mean full-on evolution to some. I don't think that the belief that "God" guided the process means that the believer is likely anti-science. A religious person with a severe illness might pray to be healed or even go through whatever religious blessings or other rituals in an effort to recover. However, unless that person is relying exclusively on these methods, foregoing available medical treatment, I wouldn't necessarily consider that person to be "anti-science". Part of the point that I was trying to make is that, according to Lowry, you've basically got a total of 60 percent of people who believe in evolution (at least in some form). This would turn his ad populum argument against him (though it would still be as fallacious). I do like the twist you've given to the numbers on the 'believe in evolution' line. But, again, theistic evolution is a far cry from the ways in which intelligent design is manifested. The former is likely scientifically responsible, but the latter isn't. If the issue is, really , numbers along these lines (what percentages … I say small, you say not so small), I don't have much to say other than for every Francis Collins you give me, I can give you ten Kirk Camerons. I can't tell if your compliment about my "twist" of the numbers is a bit backhanded or not, but I hope you know that I am sincere when say that I am really enjoying this discussion. (I am also sincere within the discussion and not trying to "twist" anything.) When you compare Kirk Cameron to Francis Collins, are you talking about the 40 "I am NOT a MONKEY!" percent, the 38 "Well, some kind of god must have set it up, and hopefully for my benefit, because HOLY SHIT!" percent, or both collectively? Because within Lowry's framework, I would not consider those guys to belong to the same group. You bring up the terms "theistic evolution" and "intelligent design". As you say, "the former is likely scientifically responsible, but the latter isn't." What I am saying is that the 38 percent are the "theistic evolution" people while the 40 percent are the "intelligent design" people. When I say that some of these guys are okay with the science, I'm referring to what I would guess is a majority of the 38 percent. Fuck the hardcore 40 percent. I'm just not sure if your current argument is in reference to the 38 percent or Lowry's combined 78 percent. 9/2/2011 at 12:16 pm Totally sincere about the percentages point, by the way. Weird how comment strings distort that. About the numbers point, you're right that I got the groups wrong with the contrast between Kirk Cameron and Francis Collins. It should be between Collins and an ID-theorist who is also ignorant of the basic science. Maybe Dembski. I guess the question here is the political upshot of saying that the ID-ists are scientifically illiterate. Even as a 'for the most part' kind of claim, like 'cats are fuzzy', it's politically dangerous. But arguments from consequences (in this case, alienation) must also be contrastive. And I think that it's worse to treat the view as scientifically acceptable. Is it right to say that the belief that God directed the evolutionary process is a scientifically legitimate belief? I'm not inclined to say so… but I may have stronger demarcation intutitions than most. I think perhaps I haven't made myself clear. If it's about political upshots, then it's about the upshot of calling the theistic evolutionists, not the ID crowd, "scientifically illiterate". I agree that the ID crowd is generally scientifically illiterate and anti-science. It's with the theistic evolutionists that I seem to disagree with you. (I'm not sure, though, as you've said that they are "likely scientifically responsible, with which I do agree.) Any belief that includes "God" is inherently unscientific, but the holder of said belief isn't necessarily anti-science or even scientifically illiterate. The question is in what way members of the 38 percent believe that evolution was somehow divinely guided. Do they think that God setup the original conditions of the universe at the time of the Big Bang to favor our evolution? Do they have some kind of God-in-the gaps belief bringing in some lame pop understanding of the Uncertainty Principle wherein God does shit where we can't detect it? The former may not be scientifically illiterate (though strangely enough it could be considered a form of ID though most ID proponents would reject this view) whereas the latter probably is, but are either of those views really anti-science? Certainly, neither of those beliefs are scientific, but they are attempts (however flawed) to work within and incorporate the scientific view. As far as the political aspect is concerned, I think we can largely work with the 38 percent on issues of education at least. Climate change issues get a little murky because some of those people might figure that God has shit under control. The problem with the 38 percent is that too many of them get roped into voting for conservatives because of culture war issues. Some of them aren't going to accept the differences between embryos, fetuses, and babies. I agree that these are serious concerns politically, but these kinds of moral issues are hard to explain away with pure science, so I have a hard time labeling these people as "anti-science". I hesitate to get too far into the political aspects because this blog is about logic, and I neither want to detract from the point of the blog nor to pull you into a discussion in which you may have little interest. Please allow me to correct myself. The anti-climate change crew is, for all intents and purposes, anti-science. Period. That takes it too far, and I don't know how I didn't recognize it while I wrote it. I apologize. The cure is worse than the disease Self straw manning It’s all interpretation When they say anything metaphorical, straw man them Poe’s law and hoaxes	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3159
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__label__wiki	0.683649	0.683649	10-Sep-15: It takes a village: The passion for violence of the peace-loving Tamimis Celebrations in the little village of Nabi Saleh as the release date for several of its murdering sons and daughters approaches, in October 2011. The woman wearing a white scarf in the framed photo is our daughter's murderer, Ahlam Tamimi, a beloved and widely-admired figure, a town hero, because of the deaths she brought about [Image Source: CNN] We received a letter this week from a member of the International Division of the Board of Deputies of British Jews: One of the constitutional obligations of the Board of Deputies is to take such appropriate action as lies within its power to advance Israel’s security, welfare and standing. As you may know, last year Yachad UK narrowly achieved a two thirds majority at the Board of Deputies to be admitted as a member. At the time, I along with the 60 other Deputies that voted against their admission were concerned that this would lend credibility to an organisation that is outside the mainstream of Jewish life in the UK and has a well-known reputation for demonising and delegitimising the Jewish State of Israel. Indeed I was aware that Yachad funds numerous “educational” trips to Judea and Samaria, known to them as “the West Bank”. Their guides include a member of the infamous fringe group “Breaking the Silence”. On such radical groups, the reputation of Yachad hangs. Even the left-wing Haaretz newspaper described Breaking the Silence as having “a clear political agenda, and can no longer be classed as a ‘human rights organization.’’’ In fact as I am sure you will agree, checkpoints are an essential security requirement for the citizens of Israel. As far as I am aware, there are no such Yachad-funded “educational” visits to Israeli terror victims. Had there been, Yachad might get a different Israeli perspective of the need for security and check posts. Their activities in Israel are entirely pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel. However if this was not bad enough it has now been drawn to my attention that Yachad’s tours have, in the past, stopped at the Tamimi house for drinks and a briefing from the family themselves. Having already read the article about the Tamimi family [source], I was absolutely shocked to learn that Yachad had gone beyond giving legitimacy to an Israeli political group with an agenda that undermines Israel’s security but is also giving legitimacy to the family of a well-known Pallywood “star”. This led me to do further research on the subject and I came across the blog “This Ongoing War" which was cofounded by you and inspired by the tragic murder of your daughter, Malki, at the age of 15 in a massacre in the centre of Jerusalem carried out by Hamas, the infamous Sbarro massacre. In particular I saw this recent article: 07-Sep-15: Peace, human rights, the sheer joy of killing people. There, you state that Ahlam Tamimi - who rode with the suicide bomber, helped him and his explosive-filled guitar pass without interference through the Qalandia security crossing - can be seen on video exulting over the murder of the victims and is in fact a cousin of Bassem Tamami, the father of Shirley Temper. Clearly this raises the most serious questions about Yachad that I intend to raise at the first possible moment. I would therefore be grateful if you could provide the evidence of the relationship between the Tamimi family of Pallywood fame and Ahlam Tamimi. I look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely \| David Berens \| JNF UK Child abused: The widely-photographed Tamimi child, better known as Shirley Temper, with the PA Minister of Education last week in the Nabi Saleh village schoolyard [Image Source] Ready, willing and able to oblige, Mr Berens. Bassem Tamimi operates a publicity business which has staged and videographed Friday clashes in a village in the Binyamin region a few kilometers north of Jerusalem by the name of Nabi Saleh for years. This is the Tamimi who, under the title "Palestinian human rights activist", is heading to the US now for a month-long roadshow during September and October about which we commented a few days ago ["07-Sep-15: Peace, human rights, the sheer joy of killing people"]. Amnesty International which took him under its wing some years ago is among the groups paving his way in the US. Bassem is married to Nariman Tamimi. Their children include A'hed Tamimi, aka Shirley Temper, a front-and-center role that her kept her in the camera's focus for the past five years ["06-Sep-15: The making of a pigtailed provocateur"]. She is now about 15 and adored by Aljazeera [see their recent video promo] and by the PA Minister of Education (he's the moustached one in the photo on the right, taken a week ago). A son, Mohammad, now about 11 is the boy who appears with an arm in a cast and head in a headlock courtesy of an IDF soldier in a viral video that emerged two weeks ago. Tamimis celebrating in Nabi Saleh on the day their favourite murdering cousin/clan member was freed A female in her mid-thirties, Ahlam Tamimi was convicted of engineering the 2001 Sbarro massacre in which 15 people were murdered - among them our teenage daughter Malki - and sentenced to sixteen terms of life imprisonment. The three judges of the judicial panel, plainly shocked by the cold-bloodedness and complete absence of remorse on the part of the convicted killer in front of them, formally recommended that no consideration ever be given to early release via political deals or amnesties. But in 2011, along with 1,026 other convicted terrorists, she walked free in the Shalit Deal. She returned to Jordan where she was born and had lived most of her life. Today, she is living the life of a celebrity there, advocating for more terror and attracting a world-wide audience of Arabic speakers via a weekly television program produced in Amman and beamed via satellite to Arabic-speaking homes on every continent. Ahlam Tamimi, according to reports we have seen, had spent a short time living in Nabi Saleh for a short time before joining Hamas as a field terrorist and carrying out two separate explosive attacks in central Jerusalem during July and August 2001. (One failed. The second, tragically, did not.) A UPI photo [source] shows Eftikhar Tamimi in her Nabi Saleh home, holding a poster of her sister Ahlam, the murderer, on October 17, 2011. The sister was freed from prison two days later amid unrestrained joy in the Tamimi village. Her unwarranted release from prison after serving a mere eight years behind bars was greeted with undisguised and joyous celebration in Nabi Saleh. Images – like those on the right – of Tamimis celebrating are easily found on the Web. Dusty, undistinguished Nabi Saleh seems an unlikely candidate for the large degree of media attention and myth-spinning its residents have garnered. A New York Times Magazine cover story brought the village into millions of American homes in 2013. That piece, which a commentator recently called “a fawning tribute”, focused on the enthusiasm of the villagers for a “Third Intifada”. We felt compelled to address the fabricated claims and concealed realities of the town. Mostly because of its connection to the death of our child, we have followed events in Nabi Saleh for years. We are continually astounded by the way Nabi Saleh’s children – clearly below the age at which they should or even can make decisions about their own well-being – take the lead roles in the “non-violent” confrontations with the IDF staged by the Tamimis each Friday. We are only slightly less astounded by the way the flagrant child-abuse on display there is almost never commented upon by the tellers of the Nabi Saleh tales. Nariman Tamimi, wife of Bassem, recently posted this tribute to her mass murdering cousin Ahlam on her Facebook page [Image Source] The article we wrote - "17-Mar-13: A little village in the hills, and the monsters it spawns" – in response to that massive New York Times exposure is the most widely-read post this blog has had. Most of Nabi Saleh’s 500 residents, as a New York Times piece wrote in February 2012, “belong to the same extended family”. A different NYT story published a year later put it more assertively: "All of Nabi Saleh’s 550 residents are related by blood or marriage, and nearly all share the surname Tamimi." A year after she walked out of her prison cell and returned, free, to Jordan, Ahlam Tamimi married. As happens frequently in Palestinian Arab society, the man she married is her first cousin; their fathers are brothers. And as happens frequently in the life of the Tamimi clan, the husband is also a convicted and unrepentant murderer. He too was released from life imprisonment in the Shalit Deal. Back to Bassem, whose wife Nariman told Electronic Intifada in July 2011 that Bassem’s sister was "accosted... and hit… on the head" by an Israeli soldier, a female, inside an Israel court in 1993. The sister, not named in that report, died. That sister had a son called Nizar, as a result of which she is referred to as Im Nizar, Arabic for “mother of Nizar” in the article. Now that’s obviously not an actual name but an honorific. Think of it this way: Nizar killed a Zionist and thereby became a celebrity. Thus his mother’s status rises and she gets to be called “Nizar’s Mother”. Nabi Saleh: Photographers seem to be drawn to images of young men with slingshots. Photos of bombers and knife-wielding Tamimi attackers are less photogenic [Image Source: WFB, "All the intifada that fits to print"] To summarize: on the basis of the description given by Bassem’s wife, Nizar is Bassem's nephew and Bassem is Nizar's uncle. Nizar is also a murderer. He conspired with two other Tamimi clansmen, Ahmad Yusuf Mahmud al-Tamimi and Sa’id Rushdi Mohammad At-Tamimi, to lure, kidnap, and then kill Chaim Mizrachi [background], an Israeli who bought and sold eggs. We have come to learn that relationships and facts acquire a certain looseness in the world of Nabi Saleh. Thus, according to a different report, this one from Haaretz, the death of Nizar’s mother happened this way - and she is named: Bassam’s sister, Bassama, was killed 10 years ago when she went to the military court in Ramallah, where Bassam was being remanded in custody. An army interpreter allegedly pushed her down a staircase; as a result, she broke her neck and died, leaving five young children behind... [Haaretz, February 17, 2013] In the Haaretz version, Bassem - and not the murderer Nizar - was on trial. Whether Nizar and Bassem are nephew and uncle, or cousins, their close relationship may explain why, when the convicted murderer Nizar returned to Nabi Saleh after the conclusion of the Shalit Deal, he was embraced not only by the Tamimi clan at large but specifically by Bassem, as this 2011 photo shows: Close ties: Bassem Tamimi with arm around his nephew/cousin Nizar Tamimi, murderer/terrorist in the service of Fatah. [Image Credit: Anne Paq/Activestills.org] Not long afterwards, Nizar married. The bride was his cousin Ahlam, the architect of the Sbarro pizzeria massacre and the convicted killer of our daughter Malki, and of fourteen other innocent Jews. We described the event in a post: “22-Jun-12: A wedding and what came before it” The adoration of terrorists who kill Jews and Israelis is at the heart of the Tamimi experience. But about five years ago, for reasons most of us can probably deduce, the Tamimis adopted a pose of what they and their backers call non-violence. The rocks and petrol bombs continue but because they are classed (by the Tamimis) as tools of resistance, compliant audiences - and there are many - are expected to nod with understanding and allow the non-violence charade to continue. Two weeks ago, we wrote here about Nabi Saleh's Wikipedia entry. Not the English language version which has always been sanitized and projects a carefully cultivated image of Ghandi-like forebearance but the gritty, candid Arabic version. Soon after we first publicized that Arabic version in 2013, someone emptied it of most of its incriminating contents, leaving almost nothing behind. Every reference to the village people's adoration of jihad, martyrdom and death to the Israelis was erased. But then two weeks ago, when we understood what had been done, we went looking and found the original Arabic text as it had appeared on Wikipedia in May 2013. We saved the original Arabic text to here, and a partial English translation to here. They are archived now thanks to the wonders of the Internet, and safe (we sincerely hope) from the destructive attentions of those who feel compelled to re-invent the past.. That deleted Wikipedia text is the village of Nabi Saleh paying tribute to its own viciously violent true self: to its warriors, to its killers, to its dead fighters - all named - and above all to its favourite daughter, the one who smiles on-camera when she recalls how many innocent Jewish children she blew to pieces in the Sbarro pizzeria, our daughter Malki among them. For additional background, may we recommend two fine analyses by the estimable Petra Marquardt-Bigman - Bassem Tamimi and the Use of Children as Political Props (September 3, 2015) The Tamimi masterclass on media manipulation (September 7, 2015) and some past posts of ours - 07-Sep-15: Peace, human rights, the sheer joy of killing people 06-Sep-15: The making of a pigtailed provocateur 04-Sep-15: Mr. Human Rights Defender, a question if we may 02-Sep-15: Lights, action, camera, bite: Scenes from a cognitive war 01-Sep-15: A tale of two villages: one devoted to non-violence, another that actually exists 29-Aug-15: Revisiting a Palestinian Arab village and its monsters Labels: Amnesty, Fatah, Hamas, Nabi Saleh, PA, Prisoners, Shalit, Shirley Temper, Tamimi, Weaponizing Children Dan Livni said... Just saw a great Post about this on your twitter page about Shirley Temper's mother, Nariman Tamimi http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2015/09/eoz-posters-from-2011-are-modified-to.html#.Ve3zdBFVikr EoZ posters from 2011 are modified to be pro-terrorist, and the "non-violent" Tamimis love them A few days ago Nariman Tamimi was asked in an interview about her family Ahlam Tamimi which took park in the Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing. She replied. What she did was part of the resistance and I support every single method of resistance. http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/721/965.html NormanF So her mother is proud of her daughter murdering Jews in cold blood. That's all we really need to know about Nariman Tamimi's world view. This Ongoing War said... Thanks for pointing us to the Hebrew NRG site and the interview there. We translated virtually the whole article - it's here: http://thisongoingwar.blogspot.co.il/2015/09/11-sep-15-how-devoted-to-non-violence.html So what do you think can be done to get people from the media to own up to what saps they are, continually describing the Tamimis as non-violent when they thirst for the death of Israelis so much that they seem not to care at all for the well-being of their own children? Our fear, borne out of hundreds of encounters with reporters and editors who often seem to know next to nothing about the subjects on which they pontificate, is that when faced with conflicting messages that don't make sense when they come out of one person's mouth, they tend to believe the more politically-correct message if and when the person expressing those views seems really, really serious about it. Sorry to offend the good reporters and editors, but that sort of response seem to happen a lot. Rachamim Slonim Dwek said... Bassem was charged in Chaim Mizrachi's murder and spent 7 months in prison for it. That was where he claimed to have been beaten senseless by SB. He had Nizar and Sa'id take the fall and he ended up back in play, unfortunately.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3165
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__label__wiki	0.954048	0.954048	Cole Swindell Talks Releasing His New Album “All of It,” Getting Back to His Songwriting Roots, Touring With Dustin Lynch & More by Jim Casey \| @TheJimCasey \| August 17, 2018 Jim Casey talks with Cole Swindell about: releasing his third studio album, All of It, on Aug. 17 the success of lead single, “Break Up In the End” co-writing five of the 12 songs on the new album listening to a lot of outside cuts for the new album carving out time to write songs putting a little bit of everything on the new album, from “Both Sides of the Mississippi” to “Dad’s Old Number” kicking off his six-date All of It Tour on Aug. 17, where Cole will perform every track on the new album teaming with Dustin Lynch and Lauren Alaina on Oct. 4 for more than 20 dates on the Reason to Drink . . . Another Tour Show Participants: Jim Casey, NCD editor in chief written by Jim Casey \| @TheJimCasey \| published August 17, 2018 10:22 am category: NCD News, NCD Podcasts \| related posts: All of It, cole swindell, Dustin Lynch, Lauren Alaina, Reason to Drink Another Tour Read more country music news at Nash Country Daily!	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3176
__label__wiki	0.565067	0.565067	The Winter Bear Documentary on KUAC Posted on March 21, 2016 by Winter Bear Admin We’re excited to report that The Winter Bear Project’s 2014 Yukon-Koyukuk Documentary will air on KUAC 9.1 TV at the following times: Tuesday, 4/12, at 8pm (repeats in overnight Wednesday, 4/13, at 2am) Tuesday, 4/26, at 10:30pm (repeats in overnight Wednesday, 4/27, at 4:30am) The 30-minute documentary covers our September 2014 tour to the communities of Ruby, Nulato, and Kaltag. Thank you to KUAC for the great partnership! The Yukon in Autumn. Kaltag, 2014. Posted in 2014 YuKoy tour, Events, Sidney Huntington, Suicide Prevention, Tours \| Tagged Athabascan, Koyukuk, Sidney Huntington, suicide prevention, Theatre, Yukon Introducing our 2016 Kusko Cast & Crew Posted on March 8, 2016 by Winter Bear Admin Kadey Ambrose (Stage Manager) began in theater and dance as a child. Since then, she’s been continuously involved in the arts in her hometown of Fairbanks. Kadey is most proud of her work with the Angry, Young & Poor Fest, a free local music festival dedicated to building community through the arts. James Bartlett (Technical Director) is a lifelong Alaskan and has been participating in music and theatre since age four. He currently owns and operates Sunnyside Productions, a project-recording studio in Fairbanks. Kaleb Daugherty (Production Technician) This is Kaleb’s first time working with The Winter Bear Project, but is excited and honored to be able to lend his technical expertise to the show! He has worked on multiple other shows, with Almost, Maine, Kung Fu Hamlet and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Fairbanks Drama Association) being his proudest plays. Skyler Davis (Wolf) is from Anchorage, Alaska. He has never been this far off the road system before! He likes to do a lot of things on the arts side, and feels grounded and balanced, emotionally and physically, when able to be carried away by it. He hopes that he can take his own personal overcomings and faults with mental distress and suicide into the play to bring hope and understanding into your communities with the power of Sidney Huntington’s legacy, and former Alaska writer laureate Anne Hanley’s The Winter Bear. Anne Hanley (Playwright & Producer) is a former Alaska Writer Laureate whose plays have been produced in Alaska and Outside. She is grateful to the late Sidney Huntington for giving her permission to spread his message of education, self-reliance and humility and recommends his book to anyone who hasn’t read it. (Shadows on the Koyukuk by Sidney Huntington and Jim Rearden, Alaska Northwest Books, 1993.) Izzy Juneby (Duane), Han Gwich’in from Eagle Village and Lakota Sioux, is a freshman at West Valley High School. He enjoys hunting, running, working out, skateboarding, hockey and spending time with his family. Izzy feels very grounded in his culture and values, which gives him strength. Izzy is really excited about returning to the role of Duane and says the topic is really important for the people. David Leslie (Wolverine) is an Inupiaq Eskimo and started theater with the Lathrop High School Ballroom Dance Team. He is now an adjunct professor teaching swing dance at UAF CTC, while also working in film and TV production for national shows. David’s recent works were directing The Rocky Horror Picture Show and choreographing Shrek The Musical. He has toured with The Winter Bear Project previously as a videographer and Wolf. Aurora Lewis (Lynx) (Aleut) Lifelong Alaskan and dancer, Aurora is thrilled to be involved with the Winter Bear Project. After spending the last 10 years shoe-stringing around the globe, she’s excited to be home, enrolled in school, and settling down a bit. Sarah Mitchell (Associate Producer) is delighted to be on her fourth tour with The Winter Bear Project, after playing Raven in previous productions. Born and raised in Fairbanks, Sarah worked in arts education for Portland Center Stage in Oregon and locally on Fairbanks Shakespeare Theatre’s educational tour of an Alaska Native-inspired A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Misty Nickoli (Miranda) was raised culturally Koyukon Athabascan in the villages of Kaltag and Galena. She now lives in Fairbanks with her three teenaged sons. Indigenous social advocacy has been an important part of her life since her teens. Lately she has been a tireless advocate for justice for the Fairbanks Four. Misty served eight years in the Army Reserves as an LPN. She is excited to be working on suicide awareness as an actress in The Winter Bear. Tom Robenolt (Director) first toured with The Winter Bear in the fall of 2013 where he served as Technical Director. Currently, he is transitioning into Artistic Associate and the Education Director at Perseverance Theatre in Juneau Alaska. Tom has directed and acted for Perseverance Theatre, Fairbanks Shakespeare Theatre, Opera Fairbanks and other companies in Alaska since 2000. Jasmine Stokes (Raven) is excited to reprise the role of Raven with the Winter Bear Project. Jasmine has also stage managed and costume consulted for previous productions. You can find her working technical theater gigs around Fairbanks, designing costumes for local productions and helping with the Angry, Young & Poor fest. Jasmine is most proud of co-founding and performing with Fairbanks Fire & Flow, a fire spinning troupe. Jacob Waid (Victor) is happy to be back in Alaska where he has worked extensively with Fairbanks Shakespeare Theatre and Perseverance Theatre. Past roles include the title roles in Hamlet andHenry V. He played Autolycus in The Winters Tale and Brutus in Julius Caesar. He has also played the Title role in Perseverance Theatre’s touring production of Macbeth, which culminated with a two-week run at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. The play was translated into the language of his Tlingit tribe, a language only spoken now by about 300 Tlingit elders. Brían Pagaq Wescott (Sidney Huntington) (Koyukon/Yup’ik), grew up in Fairbanks. He just performed They Don’t Talk Back in L.A. Other credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the Fairbanks Shakespeare Theatre (2015) and Karyn Traut’s The Realm of Love or Folding Laundry at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. Posted in 2016 Kusko Tour, Sidney Huntington, Suicide Prevention, Tours \| Tagged actors, Alaska Native, aniak, Athabsacan, Bethel, cast, kalskag, kuskokwim, mcgrath, nenana, nikolai, Sidney Huntington, Theatre Announcing our Spring 2016 Kusko Tour FAIRBANKS, AK — The Winter Bear Project, Southcentral Foundation and Drew’s Foundation will present The Winter Bear, a play by former Alaska Writer Laureate Anne Hanley, in the communities of Nenana, Bethel, Aniak, Kalskag, Nikolai, and McGrath. Admission to all shows is free. The play, which has been performed for enthusiastic audiences in 32 Alaska communities, tells the story of a troubled Alaska Native teenager who decides suicide is his best option until Athabascan elder Sidney Huntington shows him how to use traditional culture to work through his despair and find his true voice. The Winter Bear Project is built around the play, but it also provides school workshops in the performing arts and Behavioral Health support through its non-profit partners. The mission of The Winter Bear Project is to “change the climate of fear & hopelessness that breeds suicide by broadening awareness, stimulating dialogue, and promoting healing through the performing arts.” The show is directed by Tom Robenolt with Technical Direction by James Bartlett. The company features Alaska Native actors Brían Wescott as Sidney Huntington, Isaiah Juneby Potts as Duane, Misty Nickoli as Miranda Huntington, Jake Waid as Victor Sam, David Leslie as Wolverine, Aurora Lewis as Lynx, and Skyler Ray-Benson Davis as Wolf. Alaskan actor Jasmine Stokes plays Raven. Major funding for The Winter Bear Project’s 2016 Kusko Tour is provided by Southcentral Foundation and the Alaska Department of Health & Social Services. Other sponsors include: the Lower Kuskokwim School District, the Harper Arts Touring Fund, and Drew’s Foundation. Communities are providing valuable in-kind in the form of lodging, show venues, and local services. Special thanks to in-kind sponsors Northern Air Cargo and Air/Land Transport, as well as airline partners Ryan Air, Pen Air, and Tanana Air. Click Here to download a pdf of the Flyer Click here to download the press release This program was funded in part by grant number 1U79SM061769-01 from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The Winter Bear was made possible with funding by Rasmuson Foundation through the Harper Arts Touring Fund, and is administered, under contract, by the Alaska State Council on the Arts. For more information about The Winter Bear Project, visit our website at www.winterbearproject.com or follow us on Facebook at The Winter Bear Project. The Winter Bear Project’s 2015 Bethel & Beyond Tour. “It shows we can be a strength to each other.” Audience Member Tanana	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3180
__label__wiki	0.66803	0.66803	Norfolk, NR33 9GT Folio: 13922 We are pleased to be able to offer this 1.5 acre site, situated on the edge of the picturesque Oulton Broad, close to Lowestoft and in the heart of the central and costal Lowestoft regeneration area. Planning permission for 61 units. There is 31 sheltered apartme... Springhall Road, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire Dutton House is a magnificent brand new architecturally designed five bedroom family home, constructed by the established developers, Mavrastar Ltd, to exacting standards. A unique corner plot with a large gated landscaped frontage with a detached double garage. Set in a unique... Allens Green, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire Folio: 13768 An outstanding six bedroom country home constructed to an extremely high standard approximately 21 years ago with 7 acres of grounds and fine views over countryside. Situated in a quiet, country lane in the rural hamlet of Allens Green which is only a short driv... Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire Wallen House is a brand new five bedroom detached family home, architecturally designed by the renowned developers, Mavrastar Limited. Situated in the heart of Sawbridgeworth in a peaceful and tranquil setting but being only a 10 minute walk to Sawbridgeworths mainline train sta... Folio: 14222 A fine Grade II listed iconic village house, dating back to the 17th Century with 18th Century additions. Close to all of Sawbridgeworths facilities including shops for your day-to-day needs, restaurants, public houses, JMI and senior schooling and just a 10 minut... Folio: 14018 Sterling House enjoys a corner position with electronically gated courtyard frontage with plenty of parking, double garage and a south facing garden. The property is brand new and architecturally designed by the renowned developers, Mavrastar Limited. Situated in... Folio: 14158 A fine, five double bedroom detached home in a centrally located position with a mature plot extending to approximately ½ an acre with a private drive. The property is just a five minute walk to Sawbridgeworths village centre which offers shops for your day-to-d... Little Laver, Ongar, Essex Folio: 13688 We are delighted to be able to offer this fabulous and spacious barn conversion in excess of 5,500 sq ft of accommodation with stunning views. Situated in the village of Little Laver in a mixed development of smaller barns. Little Laver is just a short drive fr... Folio: 13952 A brand new and spacious single storey country home in a mature 1 acre plot with a 10 year Premier guarantee. Just on the outskirts of the historic village of Hatfield Broad Oak with its local village store, butchers, two period inns, JMI school and pre-school, ac... Folio: 14129 An imposing iconic village house and former rectory, dating back to the 1850s. Positioned in the centre of the popular and historic village of Hatfield Broad Oak which offers a local village store, two period inns, JMI school and pre-school, active local churches,... Folio: 14193 River Mill House, Sheering Mill Lane, is a brand new four double bedroom detached contemporary executive home with a mixture of brickwork and cedar cladding on the outside. The property has a large south facing gated plot with brief glimpsing views of the River Sto... Harlow, Essex Folio: 14212 A fine and imposing four double bedroom detached Victorian home in mature grounds of approximately 1 acre. Situated just on the outskirts of the popular village of Churchgate Street with its local village store, butchers, public house, active local church, JMI sch...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3183
__label__wiki	0.596736	0.596736	Constantine Michalis (Michalis) Ralli Name Constantine Michalis (Michalis) Ralli Nickname Costi Born 18 Feb 1821 Chios, Greece Died 26 Oct 1889 rue Saint Roch 7, Paris 1er, Île-de-France, France [1] His Will was proved 26 Apr 1890. It "notes that his father and mother are buried at the Church of St George in Scio. Power to grant Probate to Theodore (1824-1890), brother of the deceased...was reserved. This is consistent with [his] being in Egypt and near the end of his own life. The Will is remarkable in my eyes in that it recommends the children to marry Greeks of the Orthodox faith, exhorts and directs them to help and assist our mother country our dearest Greece, and not to forget that relatives perished unjustly at the hands of the Turks and that I myself was sold as a slave. It is said that the Sultan relented after the Massacre which had been ordered by his Admiral." (Andrew Serjeant) Buried Smithdown Road Cemetery, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK His monument is in Liverpool, where presumably he was buried. Occupation: Merchant with Ralli & Psycha (Liverpool). Residence, England: 1855-1867, Holly Road, Fairfield, Liverpool; 'Park Mount', Ullet Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool; Merrion Place, Higher Broughton, Salford; 1871, 11 Locherby Road, Liverpool; 1889, Liverpool; 6 Mannering Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool. [Note on 'Park Mount': CM Ralli left the mansion before his death; in 1919 Alexander Alexander Ralli lived there with his wife Chariclia Dragoumi, both registered voters. From the census the street address appears to be 38 Ullet Road, for 36 = Ullet Grange and 40 = South Hill] The 1861 census: Holly Road, West Derby, Liverpool, England household headed by Constantine M. Ralli, 40, merchant, b. Greece; wife Jannett M., 27, b. Holland; daughters Catina, 7; Arghiri, 6; sons George, 3, Constantine, 5 months, all b. Liverpool; Julia P. Psicha, sister, 48 and Aspasia Psicha, niece, 18, both b. Greece & 5 servants. The 1871 England census: 11 Locherby Road, West Derby, Lancashire: Constantine M. Ralli, 50, cotton merchant, b. Chios; wife Lannette M., 40, b. Amsterdam; daughters Catina, 17; Argiri, 16; sons George, 13; Constantine, 10; Panteli, 5; all scholars, b. Liverpool; & 6 servants. The next neighbors were the Constantine T. Rodocanachi and Augustus S. Agelasto families. The 1881 census: "Park Mount," Sefton Park, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England, household headed by Constantine M. Ralli, 60, cotton merchant, b. Chios; his wife Jeanette M, 50, b. Amsterdam; sons, all unmarried, b. Liverpool: Constantine C, 20; Michel C., 9, scholar, and Alexander C., 5; nephew, Pandia T. Ralli, 21, b. Chios & 4 servants. Office: Ralli & Psicha, 14 Brunswick Buildings, Liverpool, England Constantine Michael Ralli was partners with Theodore Michael Ralli, Antonio Michael Raili, Stephen Psicha, Theseus Psicha, George Psicha and Hector Psicha in Ralli and Psicha, Liverpool and as Antonio M. Ralli, General Merchants, Alexandria, Egypt when the latter two partners retired 8 May 1871 (London Gazette 27 Oct 1871). Stephen Psicha left the firm 31 Oct 1872 (London Gazette 25 Dec 1877). C.M. Ralli contributed £1 1s in the subscription for the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851 (Manchester Times 20 Jul 1850). C.M. Ralli, P.Z. Rodocanachi, D.A. Mavrogordato, M.A. Ralli, G.P. Psicha, Theseus Psicha, Ar. A. Cornelius, Theod. Galatti, C.P. Negroponte, P.P. Negroponte and others served in a deputation of Greek residents of Liverpool who met with Sir Charles Dilke to discuss British-Greek foreign affairs at the Reform Club June 1879 (Liverpool Mercury 6 Jun 1879. C.M. Ralli contributed £5 5s. to the Manchester and Liverpool Agricultural Society (Liverpool Mercury, 25 Mar 1871). 7 Jul 1887 - Attended the service at the Greek Orthodox Church in Prince's Road in honour of the visit of Prince Constantine of Greece. 8 Jul 1887 - Present at a dinner party hosted by Mr M.A. Ralli at his house in Aigburth Drive in honour of HRH Prince Constantine of Greece. 15 Jul 1891 - In attendance at the arrival of Prince George of Greece at Seacombe on the "City of New York" [date is a mistake; he was deceased]. Person ID I867 Negroponte-Agelasto Last Modified 9 May 2019 Father Michalis (Antonio) Ralli, b. 1789, Chios, Greece , d. 10 Apr 1876, Chios, Greece (Age 87 years) Mother Argentina (Constantine) Negroponte, b. 1794, Chios, Greece , d. 01 Apr 1863, Chios, Greece (Age 69 years) Family Zanetta Catharina (George) Psycha, b. 29 May 1830, Amsterdam, Holland , d. 03 Feb 1917, 6 Mannering Road, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK (Age 86 years) Married 31 Oct 1851 Amsterdam, Holland 1. Michael (Constantine) Ralli, b. 1852, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK , d. 1852, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK (Age 0 years) + 2. Catherine Argentine (Constantine) Ralli, b. 17 Jul 1853, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK , d. Abt 1947 (Age 93 years) + 3. Arghyri (Constantine) Ralli, b. 29 Dec 1854, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK , d. 24 Mar 1880, Calcutta, Bengal, British India (Age 25 years) 4. Michael (Constantine) Ralli, b. 20 Aug 1856, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK , d. 01 Mar 1858, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK (Age 1 years) + 5. George (Constantine) Ralli, b. 22 Jan 1858, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK , d. 19 Jun 1911, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne, France (Age 53 years) + 6. Constantine Constantine (Constantine) Ralli, b. 17 Oct 1860, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK , d. 28 Nov 1910, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK (Age 50 years) 7. Theodore Alexander (Constantine) Ralli, b. 16 Feb 1864, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK , d. 25 Dec 1864, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK (Age 0 years) 8. Pandely Constantine (Constantine) Ralli, b. 07 Nov 1866, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK , d. 25 Dec 1913, Clarges St., Mayfair, London, England UK (Age 47 years) + 9. Mike (Constantine) Ralli, b. 30 Jun 1871, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK , d. 19 Oct 1929, Le Coq [De Haan], West Flanders, Belgium (Age 58 years) + 10. Alexander Constantine (Constantine) Ralli, b. 25 May 1875, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK , d. 08 Jun 1931, Spa Hotel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England UK (Age 56 years) Born - 18 Feb 1821 - Chios, Greece Married - 31 Oct 1851 - Amsterdam, Holland Died - 26 Oct 1889 - rue Saint Roch 7, Paris 1er, Île-de-France, France Buried - - Smithdown Road Cemetery, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England UK "Park Mount," 38 Ullet Road, Liverpool Constantine M. and Jeanette Ralli lived at "Park Mount," Sefton Park, in 1881, along with sons Constantine, Michel and Alexander, and nephew Pandia T. Ralli; Also in residence, George Constantine Ralli's daughter Jeanne and her husband Peter Gripari and their daughter Jeanne born there in 1887; Alexander Alexander Ralli [Constantine M. Ralli's 2nd cousin, 2X removed, sharing the same ancestor, Antonios Theodoris Ralli (1740-1794)] with his wife Chariclia Dragoumi in 1919; photo 2009. Number 38 Ullet is Class II listed (1975). the gate post 11 Lockerby Road, Liverpool, England In the latter decades of the 19th Century Lockerby [Locherby] Road was in the rural countryside east of Liverpool center. Number 11, a Class II listed building, was home to the Constantine M. Ralli family in 1871. The Costi Ralli family c.1888 Costi, surrounded by sons Constantine and his wife Antonia Ralli; George and his wife Marie Vlasto; Pandely; Mike; photo courtesy: Christopher Long Constantine Ralli 1889 death certificate Constantine Michael Ralli 1890 probate Smithdown Lane Cemetery, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England In memory of Michael, son of Constantine & Jeannetta Ralli, born 20 Aug 1856, died 1 Mar 1858; Theodore, his brother, born 16 Feb 1864, died 5 Jan 1865; also in loving memory of Constantine, son of the above Constantine and Jeannette Ralli [side A]; photo 2009. In loving memory of Constantine Michael Ralli who died 26 Oct 1889, age 68 [side B]; photo 2009. 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__label__cc	0.561503	0.438497	Theme Parks Halloween Fright Nights September 25, 2018 Rob Sayers Extreme Outdoor Activities, Fun Activities, Land Activities 0 In the month of October every year, theme parks around the world have extended opening hours to host Halloween Fright Nights, where you can go on the rides in the dark. Here are the details for the best Fright Nights for 2015. If you fancy scaring the pants off yourself and your mates, book your advance ticket for a fright night at a theme park. It is such a fantastic thrill going on the rollercoasters during the day, and even more of an adrenalin rush in the dark at night. October brings you theme park fright nights and scarefests. Most require advance bookings, even if you are a season ticket holder. Towards the end of the month and into November, you will also get fireworks displays as well. UK Theme Park Halloween Fright Nights Alton Towers Scarefest – 19th October to 3rd November 2017.Book online now for 40% discount tickets – For real terror this Halloween, look no further than the Alton Towers Resort Scarefest! Be confronted by live terror as a chilling combination of indoor and outdoor scare attractions ensure those willing to be frightened this Halloween don’t leave feeling scared – they’ll leave terrified! Book online now and get 40% off. Thorpe Park Fright Night – 11th October – 3rd November 2017.40% discount off tickets. Fright Nights is back and even more terrifying than ever, transforming THORPE PARK into a world of twisted insanity! Only the brave will escape THORPE PARK Penitentiary as Fright Nights transform the nation’s Thrill Capital into a dark and twisted prison facility, where society’s most disturbed and dangerous prisoners have broken out and taken control. Take on THE SWARM for the first time in the dark, as you take a death-defying flight for your life on the UK’s first winged rollercoaster and brave all five terrifying live action horror mazes. Dare to Face Your Fears on the ultimate test as SAW – The Ride comes alive! And for the ultimate horror experience brave the terrifying live action horror mazes The Curse, Se7en, The Asylum, and Hellgate. If that’s not enough for you, experience exhilarating rides in the dark and take on the ‘Unholy Trinity’ of Stealth, Colossus and Nemesis Inferno in the pitch black of night until 10pm. Due to the extreme popularity of this event, Fright Nights is STRICTLY ADVANCE BOOK ONLY. LIMITED TIME ONLY: Grab your tickets now for just £24* – that’s over 40% saving!! Chessington Halloween Hocus Pocus – 25th October – 3rd November, 10am – 8pmThe whole family can enjoy spooky entertainment this Halloween as wicked witches and naughty Goblins take over the Park! Plus a mythical Fiery Faun will be weaving enchanting tales of his homeland using magic and fire to delight the younger members of your family. With rides in the dark and the chance to get up close and personal with the Zoo’s spiders, snakes and glow-in-the-dark scorpions there’s so much fun to be had it’s scary! U.S. Theme Park Halloween Fright Nights Disneyland (Anaheim): Halloween Time with Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy and Halloween Screams fireworks show. 14th October – 31st October Magic Kingdom (Orlando, Fla.): Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party with Boo-to-You parade and Happy HalloWishes fireworks show. September through to November Universal Studios Hollywood: Halloween Horror Nights with scare zones, live shows and haunted mazes, including the “Saw” maze. Oct. 2 to Oct 31. Universal Studios Florida (Orlando): Halloween Horror Nights with scare zones, live shows and haunted mazes, including the “Wolfman” maze. Oct. 1 to Oct 31. Six Flags: Fright Fest with mazes, scare zones, nighttime rides and shows at the chain’s amusement parks across the United States including Six Flags Magic Mountain (Valencia) and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (Vallejo, Calif.). Weekends through Nov. 1. SeaWorld San Diego and SeaWorld Orlando: Halloween Spooktacular with animal shows and trick-or-treating for children. Weekends through Nov. 1. Legoland (Carlsbad, Calif.): Brick-or-Treat with live shows and trick-or-treating for children. Saturdays in October. Knott’s Berry Farm (Buena Park): Halloween Haunt with 13 haunted mazes, four scare zones and seven shows. Wednesdays through Sundays through Oct. 31. Cedar Point (Sandusky, Ohio): HalloWeekends with haunted houses, five scare zones and eight shows. Weekends through Nov. 1. Kings Dominion (Doswell, Va.): Halloween Haunt with nine haunted mazes, five scare zones and four shows. Weekends through Oct. 31. Kings Island (Cincinnati, Ohio): Halloween Haunt with 13 haunted attractions. Thursdays through Sundays through Oct. 31. Carowinds (Charlotte, N.C.): Scarowinds with haunted rides, mazes and scare zones. Weekends through Oct. 31. Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Florida): Howl-O-Scream with seven haunted houses, four scare zones and two shows. Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights through Oct. 31. Busch Gardens Williamsburg (Virginia): Howl-O-Scream with six haunted mazes, seven scare zones and six shows. Weekends through Nov. 1. SeaWorld San Antonio: Howl-O-Scream with haunted attractions, shows and scare zones. Weekends through Oct. 31 (and Oct. 12). Hersheypark (Hershey, Pa.): Hersheypark in the Dark with rethemed rides and live shows. Weekends through Oct. 31. Dollywood (Pigeon Forge, Tenn.): National Gospel and Harvest Celebration with gospel music and harvest foods and crafts. Oct. 2 to Oct 31. Kennywood (West Mifflin, Pa.): Phantom Fright Nights with six haunted attractions and four scare zones. Friday and Saturday nights in October. Darien Lake (Darien Center, N.Y.): FrightFest with a haunted house and tram tour. Weekends through Oct. 18. Queen Mary Dark Harbor, Long Beach, California Queen Mary Dark Harbor celebrates Halloween all month long at the Queen Mary in Long Beach as the annual scare-fest takes on a horrifying new dimension. Join us for 15 fright-filled nights of mazes and madness, food and cocktails, and live bands. Best Pocket Hand Warmers Team Building Activities for Students	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3190
__label__wiki	0.520258	0.520258	The Most Relevant Technology and Entertainment News - Technology And Entertainment News Road To Infinity War Road To Endgame Shang Chi Shazam 2 Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise Of Skywalker Captain Marvel Starforce Image Debuts, Will Lead Directly Into Avengers: Endgame Fandango released the image as part of their 2019 movie previews Captain MarvelMarvel Cinematic UniverseMovies By Divij Sonak On Dec 28, 2018 Less than 48 hours after Captain Marvel got a fresh still, another one has arrived. This one shows Carol Danvers and Jude Law assembled as the Starforce team in full formation. The image was released by Fandango as part of their exclusive 2019 movie preview and you can look at it here. The Starforce was a team in the comics that represented an elite branch of the Kree military. It made its debut in 1992 with the Operation: Galactic Storm storyline and included the likes of Ronan The Accuser, Korath The Pursuer, Doctor Minerva, Captain Atlas, Shatterax and several others. The first three of these already seem to be in the movie, played by Lee Pace, Djimon Honsou and Gemma Chan respectively. Whether or not they end up being a part of the Starforce alliance remains to be seen. What’s interesting, or rather intriguing is a quote accompanying the image in question. Fandango says that Captain Marvel‘s “90s-set adventures in this film will lead directly to the events of the Avengers finale, in theaters the following month”. This is no typo, as they explicitly use the word “events”, making it highly likely that Captain Marvel will end with Carol Danvers either receiving or responding to Fury’s message and possibly picking up the pager. It’s good to see Marvel Studios finally kicking up on the marketing for Captain Marvel. It means we can expect to hear a lot more about that movie as the weeks flow by, which consequently means you’re going to see us cover that movie a lot more frequently. Stay tuned. Captain Marvel releases in theaters on March 8, 21019. Kevin Feige On X-Men, Fantastic Four: We Could Start Thinking About Them By Mid 2019 New Instagram Feed Faces Backlash, Rolled Back Within Minutes Matrix Cinematographer Joins Marvel’s Shang-Chi War Movie Trailer Gets 20 Million Views In 24 Hours, Still Trending On YouTube Thor 4 Confirmed: Chris Hemsworth Returning, Taika Waititi Back As Director Here Are Over 50 War Movie Stills From Today’s Trailer Including The Teaser… Here Are Over 50 War Movie Stills From Today’s Trailer Including The Teaser Poster Hrithik Roshan Tiger Shroff Movie Titled War, First Teaser Trailer Out Google+ Join us on Google+ © 2019 - Appocalypse. All Rights Reserved.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3198
__label__cc	0.739274	0.260726	You are here: News > Europe's leading trade salon for architects sets up in Munich for the first time at the request of the exhibitors Europe's leading trade salon for architects sets up in Munich for the first time at the request of the exhibitors ARCHITECT@WORK - The internationally successful salon concept that is exclusively aimed at architects, interior designers, architectural engineering agencies and other specifiers is set to stage its inaugural exhibition on 7/8 October 2015 in the Zenith Halle in Munich. With ARCHITECT@WORK having been successfully rolled out across Germany in recent years, taking in the cities of Düsseldorf, Stuttgart and Berlin to great success, the salon is now also being set up in Munich for the first time, at the express demand of many exhibitors and architects. With 132 exhibiting companies, the inaugural event at the Zenith Halle in Munich has sold out months ago. The programme of lectures and presentations is curated by design and architectural platform Stylepark, which managed to attract architects of renown such as Amandus Sattler (Allmann Sattler Wappner Architekten), Mikala Holme Samsøe, (Henning Larsen Architekten) and Professor Christine Nickl-Weller (Nickl&Partner). In addition, the programme again features Hannes Bäuerle, the managing director of the raumPROBE material platform, who also represents the special VOLL.HOLZ exhibition on the topic of Wood & Architecture. The top class total picture is rounded out by numerous further exhibitions, a library and a generous lounge area. We would like to cordially invite you to ARCHITECT@WORK Munich! Go to gallery Tweets by @ATW_INTL	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3199
__label__cc	0.64785	0.35215	Essex Art Club Patron: Ken Howard, OBE, RA, RWS, RWA, ROI, RBA, Hon. NEAC. President: John Tookey, PS. Welcome to the Website of the Essex Art Club Painting by John Tookey Exhibition at Guildhall Art Gallery Our Patron, Ken Howard 120 Years of the Essex ArtClub CV List Portfolio I* Portfolio II* All email addresses have been deliberately corrupted to prevent spam. Spammers use automatic machines to collect email addresses from web sites. The addresses here have been altered to make this ineffective. An 'xyz' has been added to each address. Remove it before you use it. Our 120th Anniversary 2019 is our 120th Anniverary To celebrate this we are having a SPECIAL COMPETITION (for members only) at the November Exhibition at Wanstead House. This will be judged by our Patron, Ken Howard, OBE, RA. with a special prize of £120! All areas of the visual arts except photography and sculpture, including painting and drawing in watercolour, oils, acrylic, pastel, charcoal, pencil, ink, mixed media and printmaking. Our subjects include terrestrial and marine landscapes, portraits and life studies, still life and abstracts. We aim to hold at least two exhibitions a year, one in Essex and one in London. Look for details of our Activities, which include demonstrations by specialist artists, talks on art history, informal painting sessions, a portrait group and workshops in selected disciplines. We are a long-established (one hundred and twenty years) society of artists and art-lovers, currently about 80 strong. Our members range from total beginners to full-time professionals and include tutors and teachers of art, but most of our members are enthusiastic amateurs. Take a look at the CVs of some of our exhibiting members and portfolios of paintings, drawings and original prints Portfolio I, Portfolio II). Wanstead House, 21 The Green, E11 2NT (near Wanstead Underground station) is our usual venue for demonstrations, talks, and social functions. We usually meet in the hall behind the main house. We are always looking for new members. If you would like to join the Essex Art Club look at the details of membership and send for, or download, an application form. Annual subscription is currently £17, which allows you to exhibit your work and to attend demonstrations at a discounted rate. The Essex Art Club gratefully acknowledges the receipt of financial support from the London Borough of Redbridge Website © Essex Art Club. Pictures © individual artists. Website Design: Derek Springham.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3200
__label__cc	0.673829	0.326171	Register for the 20th Annual Mark S. Reuling Volleyball Tournament! By: Jenna Brown on Oct 06, 2017 in ASI Recreational Sports Assemble your team for the 20th annual Mark S. Reuling Volleyball Tournament! The event returns to the Cal Poly Recreation Center on Friday, Oct. 20 following two successful decades of competition, education, and fun. Started in 1998, the tournament is held in memory of Cal Poly alumnus Mark Reuling who lost his life to bipolar disorder. Parents Ed and Pam Reuling created the Mark Reuling Endowment which is designated to assisting Cal Poly Campus Health & Wellbeing conduct education and prevention programs regarding bipolar disorder and depression for students, faculty, and staff. ASI and Campus Health & Wellbeing partner for the tournament which serves as both a fundraiser and educational event for the Cal Poly community. Students, faculty, staff, and Cal Poly community members are eligible to participate including alumni, retirees/emeritus, and partners/dependents of current employees. The tournament consists of two divisions, a faculty/staff division held indoors in the Recreation Center Rec Gym from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. and a student division held at the Recreation Center sand volleyball courts from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Registration costs $40 for each four-person student team and $60 for each six-person faculty/staff team. An event T-shirt and Woodstock’s Pizza will also be provided. One team member must register and pay for the entire team through ASI Access for student registration and faculty/staff registration. Following the event, winners will be announced at the Cal Poly Women’s Volleyball game starting at 7 p.m. The tournament caps off ASI Student Government's Buck the Stigma Mental Health Awareness Week which starts on Monday, Oct. 16 and will include daily events to educate and eliminate stigmas involving mental health disorders. Stay tuned for more information on Buck the Stigma and follow the Cal Poly ASI Facebook and Cal Poly ASI Instagram for updates. ASI Recreational Sports Mark S. Reuling Volleyball Tournament 20th annual Mark S. Reuling Volleyball Tournament Mark Reuling Mark Reuling Endowment Campus Health & Wellbeing volleyball mental health depression Buck the Stigma ASI Student Government	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3204
__label__wiki	0.602613	0.602613	Three more days of school LETTTTT'SSSS GOOOOOOOO. The Astros beat the Yankees at Yankee Stadium yesterday afternoon as Justin Verlander dominated and the Astros got some timely hits, namely a three-run home run from J.D. Davis. When I started this post yesterday afternoon I thought, "What did we do to deserve Justin Verlander?" And then I thought of the franchise history, and I thought of 1998, and 2004 and 2005, and then 2011-2014, and I retired that question from my brain. 1968 Watch Runs allowed through 55 games: 1968 Indians: 137 2018 Astros: 149 The Astros are 11-8 against New York dating back to the beginning of 2017, postseason included. They've won 14 of their last 19 games. Verlander threw 6.2IP, 5H/1ER, 5K:0BB. It's his first walk-less start in his last four outings. Verlander in May: 35IP, 17H/3ER, 45K:7BB. Yesterday was his 10th straight 6+ IP of two or fewer earned runs. Dude is worth every penny and then some. The Astros are 8-0 when Verlander starts and they score 2+ runs in 2018. Verlander vs. the Yankees, career (postseason included): 10-7, 165IP, 151H/59ER, 161K:49BB, 3.22 ERA / 1.21 WHIP. Verlander tipped his cap to the Yankees lineup for not chasing his slider. Speaking of tipping caps, Greg Bird - who accounted for the lone Yankees' run - on facing Verlander: He uses all of his pitches when he wants to and where he wants to, so that makes for a long day. You just have to grind him out and capitalize when he makes mistakes. You have to tip your cap to him. As Verlander left the game, Yankees fans booed him. He tipped his cap. Verlander: Just having fun. Yankees fans having fun with me, so I decided to have some fun back. The New York Daily News' John Harper says Verlander's performance just gives Brian Cashman another checkmark to cross off in the next two months. J.D. Davis hit the 5th home run of his career and his first home run of 2018 - a three-run shot that basically put the game away. It was his first go-ahead home run and also his first non-solo home run. (Get it? NON SOLO. I've seen Star Wars, like, once, so I know what I'm talking about.) Davis: I kind of blacked out around first and second, and when I came around home it kind of hit me. I was like, 'Wow, first at-bat, home run at Yankee Stadium.' It was pretty cool. Being in the dugout with all the guys was special. Notably for Davis and Tony Kemp, who inexplicably sat in favor of Jake Marisnick, who went 0x4 with 2Ks (hereby known as a Marisnick), Derek Fisher began his rehab stint for Fresno last night. Evan Gattis was 1x2 with 2BB and an RBI. He's gotten on base 2+ times in four of his last six games. Carlos Correa was 0x4 with two strikeouts. In his last ten games he's 9x42 with 13K:3BB. In 24 games in May Correa is hitting .205/.307/.398. He hasn't hit a home run since May 19. Aaron Judge is now 0x14 with 8K:0BB in his career against Justin Verlander. Giancarlo Stanton - mired in an 0x15 slump - got the day off. Boone, who protected his guy from getting an 0x19: I just felt like it's the right day to do it. Jake Marisnick now has 69 walks and 420 strikeouts for his career attn: @MLBRandomStats — All we are is Dustin Nguyen (@itsdtrain) May 28, 2018 From Beyond the Box Score: The Astros' rotation is breaking baseball, literally. BtBS puts Verlander, Cole, and Morton up against Maddux, Glavine, and Smoltz. And I can cross an article idea for The Athletic off the list. Astros opponents from June 7 until the All-Star Break: at Arlington, at Oakland, at Kansas City, Tampa, Kansas City, Toronto, at Tampa, at Arlington, Chicago White Sox, Oakland, Detroit. The Mariners beat the Rangers 2-1, so that's 16-8 in one-run games. SIXTEEN of their 33 wins have been by one run. Ten of the Astros' 20 losses have been by one run. Seattle is 14-6 in their last 20 games, 15 of those games have been 1-run games and they're 10-5. The USMNT beat the piss out of Bolivia last night, so that's good. 2022 here we come. Labels: Jake Marisnick, Justin Verlander, New York Yankees, Rotation	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3206
__label__cc	0.668585	0.331415	RFS says don't mess with Fire and Emergency Services Levy Backflip: NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has sought to find a "better and fairer" way of collecting the fire and emergency services levy. Photo: SMH. Rural Firefighters have asked the State Government to not mess with the Fire and Emergency Services Levy (FESL). In contrast, the Hilltops Council has committed to working with the Government to find an equitable solution to the FESL dilemma. Newer PostIndependent Schools: Building For The Future Older PostThis Can Increase The Risk Of Stillbirth By Almost Four Times	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3207
__label__wiki	0.551156	0.551156	By Michael E71 X6, EfficientDynamics September 19, 2011 Exclusive: X6 Active Hybrid Exits US The following story has been corrected to indicate that the X6 Active Hybrid will not be sold in the US as a 2012 model, it has not been confirmed to end production for other markets at this time. The original story stated that production had ended. The X6 Active Hybrid was BMW ‘s first foray into hybrids- a joint development with Daimler, Chrysler and General Motors. Entering foreign ground and jumping into an increasingly competitive hybrid market, BMW set about making a vehicle that was more powerful and just slightly more efficient. This created an even more limited client base than the base X6 was targeted at. The original price for the X6 Active Hybrid at launch in late December 2009 (2010 model) was just shy of ninety-thousand dollars. One of the most expensive vehicles in the BMW lineup. Sales were limited to say the least. And as of today, the era of BMW ‘s lone two mode, nickel metal hydride hybrid has come to a quiet and abrupt end in the US. Dave Buchko, a spokesman for BMWNA recently confirmed to BimmerFile that the X6 Active Hybrid will no longer be offered in the US. Additionally, there are currently no plans to upgrade the system or offer the current X6 in another hybrid form. He also revealed that the 5 Series hybrid, powered by a six cylinder gas engine and featuring lithium ion battery packs, will be the next Hybrid in BMWNA ‘s lineup alongside the 7 Series Active Hybrid. The X6 Active Hybrid was BMW ‘s way of entering the hybrid market with limited research and development costs compared to going at things all on their own. The initial problem was that, at the time of launch, the technology was already dated and the vehicle was too expensive during a time of tightening wallets. Where other brands went for all out efficiency with their hybrids, it would seem that BMW decided to make hybrid technology about performance first and efficiency second. While BMW ‘s hands were tied given the technology that was part of the deal, the fact is that the six cylinder X6 was dramatically more efficient (not to mention the X5 35d). The X6 Active Hybrid achieved robust performance gains but only about a 12% improvement in efficiency. For the price, many just opted for the X6 ///M and its significant performance and lived with its relative efficiency. Maximum system output of the X6 Active Hybrid was 480 hp, with peak torque of 575 lb-ft. Powered by its 4.4 liter twin-turbo V8 and two synchronous electric motors the X6 was impressive in a straight line. It made the BMW ActiveHybrid X6 the most powerful hybrid vehicle in the world; with acceleration from a standstill to 60 mph in just 5.4 seconds. As a two-mode hybrid it was able to run exclusively on electricity supplied by the nickel metal hydride battery pack for nearly two miles with a top speed of 37 mph. With the additional hood bulge and 20 ” aero spoke wheels there was little mistaking it for anything else but a special model. At the time of launch we had some serious concerns with this vehicle and as time ticked on, the X6 Active Hybrid began to show its age in technology and function. Now is a good time as any to set it out to pasture. Previous article2012 BMWNA Standard Equipment & Options Changes Next articleWorld Premier: BMW ActiveHybrid 5 BMW’s Strategic Partner Toyota to Release Solid State Batteries That Recharge in Minutes BMW to Create Highly Flexible Vehicle Platforms for Future Electric Cars 30 Years of BMW All Wheel Drive how many did they end up selling? i’ve never seen one. and have only ever seen one Hybrid7 outside of an autoshow. bmw does a better job without extra stuff like a hybrid powertrain. i mean, it looks like the N20 528i xDrive will have a 32mpg highway rating. That’s really where the engineering comes into play. I was about to say the same thing, I have never seen one in person on the road, I’ve seen plenty 35i’s and a couple 50i’s but never a hybrid. I am more than sure the lack of explosive sales made the decision to kill it off easier. Dr Obnxs Here in California in the SF bay area I see the Porsche hybrid from time to time. Can’t remember seeing more than one or two of the X6 active hybrids, way less than the X6Ms that are popping up more and more… I wonder what Porsche has been doing that BMW didn’t? Or maybe it’s just a local anomoly…. I did drive the Porsche hybrid and liked it a lot. It’s no slouch for sure…. BMW Motorrad YTD Sales Breaking Records Wrapping Q3 2014, BMW’s motorcycle division has surpassed 90,000 units for the first time. Up +7.6% over 2013’s record sales, BMW continues its growth trajectory after a record 2013.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3217
__label__wiki	0.596381	0.596381	Liberty Mutual Insurance Announces Agreement To Acquire The Domestic And International Surety And Credit Reinsurance Operations Of AmTrust BOSTON, April 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Liberty Mutual Insurance announced today it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the global surety and credit reinsurance operations of AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. (AmTrust), a multinational property and casualty insurer specializing in coverage for small to midsized businesses. Upon closing, Liberty Mutual will acquire four AmTrust businesses: AmTrust Surety, previously managed by Insco Dico, which provides contract, commercial, and subdivision bonds primarily in the Western U.S. AmTrust Insurance Spain which offers surety bonds in Spain and Latin America Nationale Borg which provides surety, worker disability, and home purchase bonds in the Netherlands and Belgium. Nationale Borg Reinsurance (NBRe), a global provider of surety, trade credit and political risk reinsurance. The AmTrust Surety portion of the acquisition is expected to close in Q2 of 2019, and the AmTrust Insurance Spain, Nationale Borg, and NBRe portion is expected to close in the second half of 2019, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. “The transaction will further enhance our strong global surety and reinsurance expertise, market leadership, and geographic footprint,” notes Dennis Langwell, President, Global Risk Solutions, Liberty Mutual, which offers a broad range of primary, excess, specialty, and reinsurance products in the U.S. and globally. ”Once the transaction closes, we’ll integrate the acquired operations into our current structure.” The agreement reinforces Liberty Mutual’s global surety market position. ”We believe this transaction will strengthen our best-in-class operation, allowing us to better serve our valued agents, brokers, and customers,” notes Tim Mikolajewski, President, Global Surety. ”The added scale and key talent aligns well with our model and goals in the U.S., and will provide a platform for broader global development through AmTrust Insurance Spain, Nationale Borg, and Nationale Borg Reinsurance.” The agreement is an important step in the AmTrust Forward strategic plan to position the company for long-term success. ”Earlier this year, we announced our plan to become a leading specialty commercial P&C insurer by focusing on local markets and niche products where we can add significant value,” said Barry Zyskind, Chairman and CEO of AmTrust. “The agreement with Liberty Mutual enables us to focus our resources in areas where we can differentiate ourselves through the value we bring to distribution partners and buyers. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP acted as legal advisor to Liberty Mutual Insurance in the transaction. Bank of America Merrill Lynch served as financial advisor to AmTrust in connection with the transaction, and Debevoise & Plimpton LLP was legal counsel. https://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/liberty-mutual-insurance%E2%80%AFannounces-agreement-to-acquire-the-domestic-and-international-surety-and-credit-reinsurance-operations-of%E2%80%AFamtrust#.XLeDeOhKiUk	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3224
__label__wiki	0.50985	0.50985	Brearleys Solicitors Financial disputes Pre-Nuptual Agreements Cohabitees Vulnerable parties On 1 April 2013 there were drastic changes made by the Government to the types of work and circumstances in which legal aid is now available in the area of family law. Despite the changes many people still remain eligible if certain evidence is provided. Legal aid is available for all parents and those with parental responsibility for children who are concerned in Care proceedings and often other public law proceedings brought by the local authority. Any other member of the family may be eligible for public funding subject to a means and merits tests. In terms of private family work again legal aid remains available for victims of Domestic Abuse. In certain circumstances and with particular evidence it is available to those who are financially eligible for work in connection with Divorce, Finances and Private Children matters. Our solicitors are expertly able to guide you through the complexities of eligibility for legal aid and we will complete the necessary forms online on your behalf. We offer a free 30 minutes consultation during which we will advise you as to whether public funding is available in your circumstances. Call your local office to arrange a 30 minutes consultation. © Brearleys Solicitors 2019	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3229
__label__cc	0.733085	0.266915	Nature Hike Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge (FWNC&R) April 28, 2018, 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM Nature Hike led by BRIT Board Member and Fort Worth Nature Center Board Member, Bob O’Kennon. Join us at the Fort Worth Nature Center as we step back in time and experience what the Fort Worth/Dallas Metroplex was like in the early 20th century. FWNC&R covers 3,621 acres of natural area comprised of forests, prairies, and wetlands and includes over 20 miles of hiking trails, making the park one of the largest city-owned nature centers in the United States. Bring: Water, hats, sunscreen, hiking sticks, and a sack lunch. We will provide snacks and refills of ice water. Cost: $10 Non-Members/$5 BRIT Members/FWNCR Members Free Pets: Are permitted but must be strictly supervised, cleaned up after, and on a leash. Location: 9601 Fossil Ridge Road, Fort Worth, TX 76135 Please bring your Membership cards with you on the hike. Carpooling is suggested. We will meet at BRIT to leave by 7:15 a.m. If you want to carpool, please email Tammie Crole by Friday, April 27th at noon. REGISTER HERE -------BRING THOSE CELL PHONES TO PARTICIPATE IN CITY CHALLENGE 2018----- Which City is the Wildest? Bring Your Cell Phones on the Hike to Participate! Cities around the world will compete on April 27 – 30, 2018 to see which urban area has the most nature and the most engaged residents! This City Nature Challenge will include more than 60 cities from 17 countries around the world including 7 metro areas here in Texas: Amarillo, Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, El Paso, Houston, Lower Rio Grande Valley, and San Antonio. If you live in or around one of these areas, show the world just how much nature we have here in Texas! It’s easy to participate by joining an event or making observations on your own using the iNaturalist app. Take a picture of a wild animal, plant, or fungi, upload it to iNaturalist (www.inaturalist.org), and the online community will help you accurately identify the species. Download instructions for iNaturalist About Membership Programs By becoming a member of BRIT, you help us to inspire people, conserve native plants, and document biodiversity to protect rare and endemic plants. And membership has rewards for you, too! Find out more information by visiting our Membership page. BRIT Members don't forget to check out our Upcoming Events webpage for workshops, classes, and special events for your special discounts to attend.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3231
__label__wiki	0.944289	0.944289	Brooke Soliz is a Legal and Political Journalist, TV Host and CEO. How Political Journalist Brooke Soliz Practices Self Care w/ASweatLife Buzzing with Brooke Soliz - Podcast Interview Mother and Daughter on the GO w/Kyari Luxury Bags Hawaiian Getaway for the Whole Family! OOTD - Back to Basics! Sephora Haul! ABOUT BROOKE SOLIZ BROOKE SOLIZ has been on television through acting, modeling, news reporting and TV hosting since she was a teenager. Born and raised in Texas, Brooke ventured to Harvard University for college, where she majored in Government/Political Science and starred in Harvard’s very own soap opera “Ivory Tower.” Upon graduation, Brooke got her start in broadcast news in Lubbock, TX as a general assignment reporter at ABC affiliate – KAMC 28 News. She then relocated to Dallas, TX and worked as a reporter and anchor at “Irving Community Television Network” and later as the host of “Inside DFW Entertainment TV.” While Brooke is a tried and true Texan, her love of travel, adventure and great weather called her to California! While in Los Angeles, Brooke has worked as a movie news host with “AMC Movie News” and a co-host with “AfterBuzz TV” where she hosted after-shows for the popular TV programs ABC’s “Shark Tank,” Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Miami” and “Real Housewives of New Jersey,” Fox’ “The Choice,” Style Network’s “Empire Girls," Bravo's "Vanderpump Rules" and CW’s “America’s Next Top Model.” Brooke also worked as a co-host at “Star Watch Media,” which covers movie premieres, red carpet events and press junkets. Staying true to her primary passions: politics and the law, Brooke currently co-hosts "The Trump Report" on AfterBuzzTV and is a regular guest and political contributor to "The Political Beat." While Brooke is still managing media agency The Zilos Group, as Founder and CEO, she is also pursuing her law degree in Los Angeles. CA. Say hello to her by following her on social media! @brookesoliztv FOLLOW @BROOKESOLIZTV on Instagram Copyright © BROOKE SOLIZ 2015 -2016, all rights reserved	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3232
__label__wiki	0.545938	0.545938	Home About BusinessWorld Jobs Advertise Subscribe Contact Us July 17, 2019 \| MANILA, PHILIPPINES Home Top Stories Finance Corporate Economy Nation Market World Arts & Leisure Sports Opinion Infographics Weekender High Life Forum Research Video Downloads When a penalty for sexual harassment is reduced Rey A. H. Elbo Our HR department has recommended the dismissal of our operations manager who was found guilty in a sexual harassment case. This was done despite the absence of a company rule and the penalty to be imposed. The boss of the manager is a vice-president who politely rejected HR�s proposal and instead imposed a 60-day suspension, but the penalty was officially communicated in the department as a vacation leave. This decision prodded the victim to resign. Is it proper for the vice president to over-rule HR? -- Feeling Unfair. A little boy went to dine with his parents at the home of a religious, elderly gentleman. After watching the old man bow his head and speak in a soft voice, the boy asked his mother: �What did Mr. Cruz say to his plate?� Like the little boy in our story, there is one question that we need to ask so that we can clarify this issue further. For one, I�m guessing that maybe, the HR department, in the absence of a clear policy on the issue, must have relied on Republic Act (RA) No. 7877, otherwise known as the Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995 to recommend dismissal of employment of the manager-offender. It is the next best thing for HR to do given the absence of a company policy on sexual harassment. Section 7 of the law says: �Any person who violates the provisions of this Act shall, upon conviction, be penalized by imprisonment of not less than one (1) month nor more than six (6) months, or a fine of not less than ten thousand pesos (P10,000) nor more than twenty thousand pesos (P20,000), or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the court.� Further, most company policies, like a Code of Conduct, even in the absence of a pertinent provision and applicable penalties on sexual harassment, must have a shotgun provision that whenever a criminal offense is committed, the errant employee, regardless of his job or rank in the organization must be given the penalty of termination of employment. But then, even without this shotgun provision in your company policy, HR must have been motivated to recommend the best possible advice to the concerned department, using the provisions of RA 7877, which is easy to understand. After all, that�s what HR is all about, having the staff authority to weigh all options and give the best recommendation insofar as people management is concerned. A staff authority, like those in HR, is a specialist in the field. The authority�s opinion can�t be ignored by any line authority, including the vice-president of your department, even if thinks he�s responsible for it. That�s the trouble when staff and line authority collide -- it can only be resolved by the CEO, who must weigh carefully all options and their implications for future cases. To say the least, it�s improper for the vice-president to over-rule HR because of the many implications. Would this set a precedent? I think so. What would prevent the next offender to plead for the same kind of leniency? What entitles the offender in our case to be given special consideration? And what does it make of the HR department, who could become discouraged because its recommendation has fallen on deaf ears, no matter how politely the rejection came? In many dynamic and healthy organizations, line and staff authorities often respect each other so that they can subsequently work well together. That�s why it�s best to listen to HR as the internal expert on the matter, rather than ignore its recommendation. Even with the 60-day suspension, which is considered a form of constructive dismissal, I find the penalty still too soft for the kind of offense that a department manager has committed. Sure, he can go back to his job, if he doesn�t mind the cold treatment and the grapevine around him. I can�t understand how a department manager can stomach such gossip every day of the working week, meeting with people who may have known about his predicament. How about his credibility to govern his people? Or maybe, this manager knows trade secrets of the organization and top management feels that it is hostage to him? We don�t know. Reflecting on all of these, your case illustrates how the �outcome bias� becomes important in people management. We tend to evaluate something based on management decisions, rather than the decision process. Therefore, your HR department must henceforth put in place a clear policy on how to handle future cases of sexual harassment. This includes a provision disallowing any management official from tinkering with the disciplinary process and tampering its result. At the very least, HR must review its Code of Conduct to discover its flaws that allow other management executives from interference. After all, that�s what a �hot stove� rule is all about. It is visible, impartial, immediate and consistent. Whoever touches a visibly burning �hot stove,� the offender gets burned right away, regardless of his rank in the organization. And every time an offender touches it, he gets �penalized� for it. ELBONOMICS: Rejecting a recommendation is a punishment for the mistakes of other people. elbonomics@gmail.com July US labor data will probably look familiar In The Workplace -- Rey A. H. Elbo: "When a penalty for sexual harassment is reduced" Job fair for health care workers attracts UAE, US, UK employers Justice elusive for migrant workers in Southeast Asia "Eight questions to ask before handling a worker’s appraisal" Morgan Stanley to shift jobs to Frankfurt due to Brexit Nissan, UAW agree on union vote at southern US auto plant Australia has largest back-to-back full-time job gain since 1988 "Lateral transfer as a solution for a toxic boss" Marsman signs deal with agri reform beneficiaries	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3237
__label__cc	0.658216	0.341784	Sheriff supports more research for medical marijuana legalization FILE - In this June 17, 2015, file photo, marijuana plants grow at LifeLine Labs in Cottage Grove, Minn. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File) LOGAN — Medical marijuana continues to be a hot topic at the Utah Legislature, with more than 10 bills being considered this year. All of them are still in process, with just over two-weeks left in the session. Cache County Sheriff Chad Jensen and other members of the Law Enforcement Legislative Committee are in support of studying the effects of medical marijuana, and its possible benefits. He said there are still many unanswered questions, not only about the effects but also the limits for its use. “How do we deal with somebody who, if it was legal and you had a prescription for marijuana, what is a threshold for a DUI,” asked Jensen. “There are things already built in place for opioids and other things that people can get a prescription for, but again you just say medical cannabis, where is the thresholds for law enforcement?” Last year, deputies in the county arrested more than 180 people for driving under the influence. Of those, more than half were drug related and not alcohol. Jensen said the numbers show that Cache County has drug problems and he’s concerned about allowing another drug that people could abuse. “We certainly worry a lot about the public’s safety and putting one more thing out there that somebody can ‘legally possess,’ and create havoc and problems in society.” Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said earlier this year that Utahns will vote to legalize medical marijuana. Whether that will be this November or a future year, the governor reportedly didn’t say. <hr /><p style=”text-align: center;”>will@cvradio.com Posted in LocalTagged Cache County Sheriffs Office, Chad Jensen, Gary Herbert, Medical Marijuana Law, Medical Marijuana Research Law, Utah Legislature	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3238
__label__wiki	0.76671	0.76671	Black Friday for e-Travel The Black Friday shopping season isn’t just a time for shopping for tangible products, such as electronics, gadgets, household items, groceries, or health and fitness. Providers of intangible products such as hotels and airlines also leverage the Black Friday frenzy to attract traffic. All On and USADF announce the winners of the 2018 Nigeria off-grid energy challenge The winners of the 2018 joint All On – United States African Development Foundation (USADF) Off-Grid Energy Challenge were announced at the Nigerian Off-Grid Energy & Innovators Summit 2018 held at the All On Office in Ikoyi, Lagos. WStreams announces launch of web portal for live streaming, infotainment, news WStreams, an indigenous information and communication technology (ICT) company, has announced the launch of its unique one stop web portal, which caters for Live Streaming, News and Infotainment. Chevron receives special recognition award at NGA conference Chevron Nigeria Limited, (CNL), operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) – NNPC/CNL JV on Monday October 15, 2018, received a Special Recognition Award for its role in the Nigeria Gas Association (NGA) and the Nigeria Gas Industry at the NGA Conference and Exhibition held in Abuja. Africa prudential partners cooperative societies on technology adoption UGO AMADI Africa Prudential Plc, a leading share registration and investor services firm has partnered with the International Co-operative Alliance-Africa (ICA) to deploy technology solutions for a more efficient administration of co-operatives and thrift societies across Africa. Obi of Onitsha lauds Globacom at Ofala 2018 The grandmasters of data and official sponsor of Ofala Onitsha Festival, Globacom, has been described as a strategic partner which has contributed immensely to the advancement of the age-long festival of Ndigbo Race. Most Nigerians not meeting fruit intake requirement – Nutritionist A renowned nutritionist, Dr. Bisi Abiola has identified cultural and natural restrictions as the major problems preventing a greater percentage of Nigerians from meeting the recommended daily fruit servings. Siyavula, 9mobile, boost mathematics learning with Aspire Maths portal Online education platform, Siyavula, is set to delight young scholars in mathematics with the launch of a new e-learning service called Aspire Maths. The launch, which took place on Monday, October 8, is being done with the support of 9mobile, award-winning telecommunications company and leader in youth development. Heritage Bank seeks support for affordable solar power Heritage Bank Plc has aligned forces with ‘Liter of Light Nigeria’, a global open source movement, to provide sustainable solar electricity for Itomaro community in Lagos State. Total launches second edition of Startupper Of The Year in Nigeria L-R: Bruno Dormoy, Executive Director/Secretary General of Total M&S; Vincent Nnadi, Executive General Manager, CSR & Medical Services, Total; Bayo Rotimi, CEO Quest Advisory Services; Bunmi Popoola-Mordi, General Manager, Human Resources & Corporate Services/Company Secretary of Total, during the press conference organized to announce the commencement of the second edition of Startupper by Total in Lagos yesterday. The TOTAL Companies in Nigeria have launched the second edition of the StartUpper of the Year challenge.Following the success of the first Startupper of the Year Challenge, held in 2015 in more than 30 African countries, Total is bringing it back this year in nearly 40 countries across the continent and 60 worldwide. Prev1...131415...31Next Page 14 of 31	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3242
__label__wiki	0.855387	0.855387	2016: The List coldwarnightlife Posted on December 18, 2016 December 18, 2016 The Curse of 2016 took a lot of artists from us. The year opened with Lemmy’s passing fresh in everyone’s minds, and the roll call of musicians claimed by the Grim Reaper kicked off from there: David Bowie, Prince and Vanity, Leonard Cohen, Pierre Boulez, Keith Emerson and Greg Lake, Gisela May, Craig Gill (Inspiral Carpets), Pete Burns, Caroline Crawley, James Woolley (Nine Inch Nails), Alan Vega (Suicide), Steven Young (M/A/R/R/S and Colourbox) and Richard Lyons (Negativland) all shuffled off this mortal coil. We’ve often said at Cold War Night Life that we need to show appreciation to artists while they are still with us, as you never know when the window to do it will close, and Death did its part to reinforce the warning. Those who survived 2016 were confronted with the spectre of a Trump presidency and the consequences of the Brexit decision. It was as if Pinky and The Brain had finally succeeded, setting up 2017 to be the United Nations International Year of Incompetence. There will be dark times; but, as Brecht once noted, there will also be singing about the dark times. We will be there to critique the critiques. In the meantime, here are our sixteen picks for 2016. 16. Pieces of Juno – “Your Mouth Is a Dragon” Norway’s Pieces of Juno went darker than usual for her year-closing single, “Your Mouth Is a Dragon.” The KOSO protagonist has impressed us with sets of more experimental material in the past, so it was a bit of a surprise to hear her exploring a traditional song structure with seductive, haunting guitar licks fit for a Tarantino movie. This is territory that John Fryer and Barry Adamson have explored previously, but Juno’s approach is feminine, subversive and underpinned by exotic rhythms that lift the material from smoke-filled nightclubs into a world of dreams. 15. I Am Snow Angel – “Losing Face” As I Am Snow Angel, Julie Kathryn issues the kind of quirky and angelic pop that sometimes belies its more serious lyrical content. “Losing Face” sounds jazzy and jaunty, on one level, and the accompanying video of Kathryn spinning on a pole might pass for a sensual presentation designed for VH1, but when the singer laments being left feeling “dirty and incomplete” there is more going on. Sugar-sweet on the surface, “Losing Face” is deeper, more complex and richer than your usual music television fare. 14. Zanias – “Through This Collapse” Zanias is the latest project from Alison Lewis, the mind-expanding, psychedelics-ingesting chanteuse of Berlin’s underground. The video for “Through This Collapse” is a stark, futuristic performance of the song, showing Lewis in a Vantablack dress surrounded by particles as fine as her voice. The song is tension itself: with needle-sharp vocals and a vein-scraping, bit-crushed instrumental track, it will play as intensely in caverns as it does in clubs. 13. Stephen Huss – Notes of a Lifetime As the half of Psyche who handled the keyboards, Stephen Huss was a legend of Canadian alternative music. His spiky hair and hook-laden synth lines were instantly recognisable, and Psyche’s style became the template for a dozen imitators. Huss withdrew from active participation in the band after illness made it impractical to continue, but in the background he didn’t stop recording original material. After his untimely death last year, brother and Psyche vocalist Darrin collected many of Stephen’s solo instrumental recordings and put them out for appreciative fans. Notes of a Lifetime is both a reminder of Stephen’s talent and the love that held Psyche together. The inclusion of a joint Huss brothers recording makes it even more poignant. Notes Of A Lifetime by Stephen Huss 12. Parralox – Subculture/Holiday ’16 John von Ahlen’s Parralox project is as prolific as it is impressive. At the end of 2016, Parralox released two full albums: Subculture and a collection of covers, Holiday ’16. Subculture shows off von Ahlen’s growing list of celebrity connections, featuring vocal contributions from Marcella Detroit (Shakespears Sister) and bass work by Ian Burden (Human League), while Holiday ’16 re-interprets classic tracks by Pet Shop Boys, Cicero, Depeche Mode and Human League. You don’t have to choose between the two, as Parralox’s label, Conzoom, offer a package deal, but the place we would take you first is von Ahlen’s take on Depeche Mode’s “Blasphemous Rumours.” It is positively fizzing with energy, turning a rather mournful piece about teen suicide into an energetic, acid-fueled dance track with a more positive vibe. 11. FRKTL – Qualia Sarah Badr’s FRKTL project matured in 2016 with a proper second album. The first release from the Anglo-Egyptian digital pioneer was Atom, back in 2011: an electro-acoustic marvel that stretched sounds beyond recognition. Qualia, named for the psychological and philosophical categories of qualities that are always experienced but hard to explain, went further and incorporated Badr’s voice and world rhythms suitable for the dance club into mixes that were both exotic and intriguing. We recently caught up with Badr to learn more about her approach, and our interview with the globe-hopping multi-instrumentalist will be coming out shortly. In the meantime, we can’t recommend Qualia strongly enough. Qualia by FRKTL 10. Covenant – The Blinding Dark There are signs that Covenant, the Swedish darkwave legends, are slowly, collectively, morphing into Brian Eno. It’s certainly hard to avoid that conclusion when a feature of their new album is the sound of the sea and engines being focused by a parabolic sound mirror; particularly as they were attracted to it as a sonic and historical metaphor for Europe’s response to the Mediterranean refugee crisis. The Blinding Dark puts some of the experimentation that was reserved for the bonus disc on Leaving Babylon in the foreground, even as it showcases the band’s continuing deftness with energetic rhythms. The Blinding Dark by Covenant 9. Black Needle Noise – “Warning Sign”/”Heaven” John Fryer’s Black Needle Noise is really the reincarnation of This Mortal Coil, his most famous studio project. Fryer’s prolific writing and recording make it hard to keep pace with the new tracks that issue from his current base in Oslo, but there were two very exceptional songs beamed out by BNN this year: “Warning Sign” with Kendra Frost and “Heaven” with the dreampop cult figure, Jennie Vee. “Warning Sign” was a revelation for listeners more attuned to Frost’s work with Kite Base (see number 3 in our list, below). It also featured the kind of spatial depth that has long been a signature of Fryer’s production style. Although it clocks in at 4’35”, the single seems to flash by and require a constant replay. Proof of progress: in the old days, you would have to return the needle to the groove by hand. With “Heaven,” we got to hear Vee at her darkest, intoning a mantra for an unhappy state of mind. Vee’s voice is one of the most distinctive in modern pop, but with Fryer behind the controls it emerges with new textures that reveal painfully sensitive moments. Warning Sign by Black Needle Noise with Kendra Frost Heaven by Black Needle Noise with Jennie Vee 8. Nash the Slash – Dreams and Nightmares including Bedside Companion Nash the Slash is sorely missed. A true Canadian original, he is known outside of his home and native land mainly for his early work with Gary Numan and an album produced by Steve Hillage. However, Nash was also a composer of soundtracks to surrealist films (“Un Chien Andolou”) and – so we argue – the inventor of the sounds that became signatures for The Orb and System 7. A bold claim? Just listen to “Blind Windows” from Bedside Companion and try to make a counterargument. We’d go even further and point out that there are sounds in “Blind Windows” that can be found in Wamdue Project’s “King of My Castle.” Thanks to Artoffact, both Dreams and Nightmares and Bedside Companion were re-released in 2016. We have it on good authority that 2017 will see a reissue of And You Thought You Were Normal, which will be an even bigger reminder of how big an influence Nash was on electronic music. Bedside Companion by Nash The Slash 7. Various Artists – Heresy Are we allowed to blow our own trumpet? Well, we’re going to, because the Heresy compilation blew many minds in 2016. A tribute to Rational Youth, it gathers no less than nineteen artists, including the Canadian electro-pioneers and two former members of the band, into three vinyl platters. There is a CD bundled into the package, but no downloads. There is no way not to touch the vinyl in order to play the material. You can almost hear Super Hans saying: “No downloads.” Did we mention that it makes an excellent present? And that it can be ordered from Storming the Base, who also handle Psyche and Nash the Slash products, should you know a vinyl junkie who needs that final hit? We did? Then you are sorted. 6. Rational Youth – Future Past Tense Speaking of Rational Youth, they made 2016 better with a new album up their sheer black sleeves, in the form of Future Past Tense. The first studio album from RY since To the Goddess Electricity, it proved that the Canadian pioneers have lost none of their sense of melody or political angst. The lead single, “This Side of the Border,” is influenced by Canadian nationalism, social democracy, nostalgia and The Who – a heady cocktail made more potent by the addition of Gaenor Howe’s vocals. We caught up with RY on their European tour to support the album, and it was striking how much enthusiasm there was for the new material. Crowds in Sweden and Germany happily sang along to the new tracks with the same confidence and affection as the hits from 1982’s Cold War Night Life. They didn’t always give Tracy Howe his microphone back, but that’s another story. Future Past Tense by Rational Youth 5. Vile Electrodes – In the Shadows of Monuments It is hard to believe that Vile Electrodes are only on their second studio album. Britain’s best synth band stunned with The Future Through a Lens, which established a benchmark for the island’s electronic scene with tracks like “Proximity” and “Nothing.” Now that the island has decided to sink into the Atlantic, rather than accept European influences, the Viles are setting the bar again in a less pop-oriented vein. In the Shadows of Monuments sounds like an industrial title, and singer Anais Neon certainly channeled more Cosey than Debbie on the interim EP track, “Love Song for a Pylon,” but discogs.com thinks that the band is going in a “synthwave” style. It isn’t. From the opening, eponymous track, Shadows is part 4:00 am and part 4AD: dark, moody and sleep-deprived. You can dance to “The Red Bead,” but you’ll want to get the headphones back on for “As Gravity Ends.” There is not a spot of magenta or cyan to be seen, nor a sample from the Tron soundtrack to be heard. This is not “synthwave” but dark ambient and experimental material of the highest standard. In The Shadows Of Monuments by Vile Electrodes 4. Hannah Peel – Awake But Always Dreaming Hannah Peel shifted gears half-way through her latest album, moving from delicate pop into more industrial sounds, layers and loops. The arc of the album mirrored the dementia that eventually claimed her grandmother, and many of the songs are both raw and unnerving for anyone who has lived through a similar experience. It turns out that many people have, as Awake But Always Dreaming received substantial attention and acted as the focal point for an Alzheimers-related culture event in Shoreditch to general acclaim. It was Peel’s performance of the new material at the Troika! show that led us to include her in our Live Act of the Year selection. It might have a serious motive, but the songs of Awake But Always Dreaming work best when you can feel the rhythms and see the hair flicks up close. 3. Kite Base – “Soothe”/”Dadum” We first saw Kite Base warming up for Hannah Peel in deepest, darkest hipster territory. First impressions were very promising with dueling bass guitars, natty electronics and Kendra Frost’s vocals forging an original and deep sound. Bandmate Ayşe Hassan also plays in Savages, so you’d expect them to be loud, but Kite Base has subtlety as well as rhythm. This year, we finally got a 7″ single to spin, and it turned out that the duo were just as good in the studio as on stage. “Dadum” has the kind of hook that sticks in your ear for days on end, while the accompanying video highlights the band’s interest in origami. It’s on the flip side, however, that the promise of Kite Base really starts to kick off with Frost’s voice opening up over bass lines that throb like the veins of a long-distance runner. Along with Hannah Peel and I Speak Machine, Kite Base were our joint choice of Live Act of the Year for their Troika! show at London’s Shacklewell Arms. The rumble outside would have been only a partial clue to the intensity of their performance, which has been crafted through shows in Europe and America alongside Savages. The sonic fractals really fly when Kite Base are plugged into their DI boxes, and they expand and shift with a deft psychedelic touch that is anchored by the tautest of bass lines. Soothe / Dadum by Kite Base 2. Page – “Är det jag som är en idiot?” Eddie Bengtsson has promised a new Page album in 2017. Until then, we have the band’s midsummer single, “Är det jag som är en idiot” (EN: “Is it Me Who Is an Idiot?”), to keep us company through the Nordic winter. Produced and mixed by Richard Flow of Machinista, this is Page’s only official release since 2013’s “Som ett skal” (EN: “Like a Shell”), and it’s a tease that it was accompanied by only one B-side. We know what’s coming next, and we can’t wait. 1. Eric Random – Words Made Flesh Pole position for 2016 didn’t go to an obvious choice with a hipster following on Facebook. Eric Random has come and gone from the music scene over the years, but is most closely associated with Cabaret Voltaire and its Doublevision label. Random’s return in 2016 with Words Made Flesh kept some of the indie-industrial vibe from his earlier recordings, but was notable for repositioning dance music as something with character and texture. With influences drawn from world music, Random breathed new life into electronica, as this stand-out track demonstrates. Words Made Flesh by ERIC RANDOM More : Alison Lewis, Black Needle Noise, Covenant, Eddie B, Eddie Bengtsson, Eric Random, FRKTL, I Am Snow Angel, Jennie Vee, John Fryer, KOSO, Nash the Slash, Page, Parralox, Pieces of Juno, Sarah Badr, Zanias A Trip Back in Time: Cosmic Overdose Fika with: FRKTL Shine On: William Orbit William Orbit claims that he can’t play piano, but much of his success is clearly dependent upon his keyboard expertise. The legendary producer and... Reed & Caroline: Track by Track Author coldwarnightlifePosted on October 27, 2018 October 30, 2018	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3254
__label__wiki	0.917434	0.917434	Chinese Military Tests Long-Range, Heavy Aerial Delivery with Unmanned Transport Aircraft (Source: Global Times; issued June 23, 2019) Chinese military analysts predicted on Sunday that more unmanned transport aircraft could join the Chinese military logistics arsenal for long-range and heavy delivery in the future, as the Chinese military recently made breakthroughs in the heavy cargo delivery exercise with an unmanned transport plane. Jointly held by the National Defense University of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and the state-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, an aerial delivery exercise took place recently in Zhangye, Northwest China's Gansu Province, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Thursday. The exercise featured an unmanned single-engine biplane, the designation of which was not revealed, as it carried a cargo of military supplies and successfully airdropped it into a target zone, according to the CCTV report. This is the first time China has conducted a parachuted aerial delivery of cargo weighing more than 500 kilograms on a flight distance of more than 500 kilometers with an unmanned transport aircraft, CCTV quoted Li Ruixing, the president of the PLA National Defense University's joint logistics academy, as saying. "We … explored a new model of military cargo delivery in joint combat as well as in strategic and tactical logistics support," Li said. Since transport planes usually do not need to make intense and complicated maneuvers like fighter jets, even heavier cargo delivery missions could become unmanned if this technology becomes mature, a military expert who asked not to be named told the Global Times on Sunday. Airdrops often take place within the range of hostile anti-aircraft fire, so being unmanned lowers risk to life, the expert said. The exercise also means that the Chinese military now has the first large unmanned equipment in its logistics arsenal, the CCTV report said, noting that the mission was carried out on a plateau with a complicated terrain. "The exercise met our expected objective. It is very significant for our unmanned logistics chain in future warfare," said Bi Guangyuan, executive director of the exercise, CCTV reported. Cross-Sea Drone Completes Maiden Delivery Task (Source: People's Daily Online; issued June 24, 2019) An unmanned fixed-wing aircraft completed a delivery task over the sea from Shanghai to Shengsi Island in east China's Zhejiang province on May 29, thepaper.cn reported on June 24. The U650 amphibious seaplane, carrying a full load of mail, landed smoothly in the waters of Shengsi Island after traveling 110 kilometers in 52 minutes. It took the drone producer, UVS Intelligence System based in Shanghai, and the client, China Post, about half a year to apply for approval from air traffic management authorities for the flight. The drone maker said it plans to carry out more trial flights with its domestic clients to make sure that the delivery service is extendable to other islands in the Hangzhou Bay area.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3270
__label__cc	0.6867	0.3133	DetectingWales.com > Articles Related to Metal Detecting > Metal Detecting & Archaeological Articles > Egyptian archaeologists find sphinx at Aswan temple Author Topic: Egyptian archaeologists find sphinx at Aswan temple (Read 1016 times) Egyptian archaeologists find sphinx at Aswan temple The sandstone statue of a sphinx that was discovered in the Temple of Kom Ombo Temple in Aswan (16 September 2018)Image copyright Reuters Archaeologists say the sphinx probably dates back to the Ptolemaic dynasty Egyptian archaeologists have discovered the statue of a sphinx while draining water from the pharaonic Temple of Kom Ombo in the southern city of Aswan. The antiquities ministry said the statue of the mythical beast with the head of a human and the body of a lion was made of sandstone. It probably dates back to the Ptolemaic dynasty, which ruled Egypt from 305BC until the Roman conquest in 30BC. Two sandstone reliefs of King Ptolemy V were also recently found at the temple. The sphinx was uncovered while groundwater was being drained from the temple The statue measures about 28cm (11 inches) wide and 38cm tall. The director general of Aswan's antiquities department, Abdul Moneim Saeed, said it would carry out further studies of the sphinx to find out more about its purpose. The sphinx represented royal power in pharaonic Egypt, combining the physical strength of a lion with the worldly might of a king. The Great Sphinx by the pyramids of Giza is the most famous. _103460353_mediaitem103460352.jpg (37.17 KB, 624x415 - viewed 714 times.) There comes a time in every rightly constructed boys life when he has a raging urge to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure. Mark Twain 1835 - 1910 If anyone wants to sell any S c r a p gold or sovereigns, regardless of condition - ask me for a price first please. Re: Egyptian archaeologists find sphinx at Aswan temple Thanks for posting Neil. I was reading with bated breath and then OMG. 11 inches, that’s a bit disappointing. I know it’s been speculated that there were 2 Sphinx by the big pyramids and strait away wondered if there was a connection. Don’t think so ! Interesting though. Mrs Steptoe Cute face. Wanna be boy band.... Quote from: Val Beechey on September 17, 2018, 08:10:12 PM Your hard lady to please Val..... i ve been told size doesnt matter “I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.” Oooooh. Naughty nobby. Twisting my words again ! While I’m here I’ll comment that the face on the little Sphinx looks very Caucasian.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3274
__label__wiki	0.820293	0.820293	Tag pharmacy Entries 17 Total Press Release: Assembly Passes Gottfried Bill to Help Seniors Coordinate Prescriptions Today the Assembly passed A. 2785, a bill I sponsored that would allow pharmacists to synchronize the dispensing of prescriptions for Medicaid patients so that patients can pick up multiple refills at the same time. Crain’s: Assembly and Senate propose restoration of Medicaid funding Mar 13, ’19 1:50 PM The Assembly and state Senate on Tuesday released details of their budget proposals, restoring $550 million in Medicaid funding that Gov. Andrew Cuomo had stripped from his spending plan after a downward revision in expected tax revenue. Fortune: The Justice Department Approved the CVS-Aetna Merger, But It’s Still Not a Done Deal. Here’s Why Jan 13, ’19 5:10 PM Bloomberg News, October 19 New York state officials are considering blocking parts of the $68 billion mergerof drugstore store chain CVS Health Corp. and Aetna Inc., jeopardizing billions of dollars in insurance premiums for Aetna. CVS (CVS, +0.38%) and Aetna won approval from the U.S. Justice Department on Oct. 10, contingent on Aetna (AET, +0.00%) divesting its Medicare Part D business, which covers prescription drugs for seniors. But the deal still needs to pass through state regulatory bodies. At a public hearing in Manhattan on Thursday, Maria Vullo, superintendent of the state Department of Financial Services, said her agency might block CVS’s merger with Aetna’s New York unit. She called U.S. approval of the overall deal “myopic” and repeatedly asked CVS and Aetna representatives for written evidence that they would deliver on promises to lower prices. Several groups, including the Pharmacists Society of the State of New York and the Medical Society of the State of New York, urged the state to block the deal. They said the merger would limit competition and drive up the cost of prescription drugs. Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, chairman of the Health Committee, said the deal introduces “dangerous trends” in consumer access. Elizabeth Ferguson, deputy general counsel for CVS, said there wasn’t a plan to lower prices. CVS and Aetna announced the deal in December 2017 but continue to face regulatory hurdles. Connecticut approved the deal Oct. 17, and the New York will reach a decision after Oct. 25. Shares of CVS and Aetna were little changed in New York Thursday. Public Hearing – Opioid Overdose Reversal Drugs SUBJECT: Opioid overdose reversal drugs: assessing and improving access to and availability of drugs to prevent opioid overdose deaths. PURPOSE: The purpose of this hearing is to examine access to and availability of opioid overdose reversal drugs, such as naloxone, and to identify, if necessary, means by which to expand access and availability statewide. Assembly Hearing Room Opioid antagonists, such as naloxone, are potentially life-saving prescription medications used to reverse overdoses caused by heroin and opioids. New York State has made progress expanding access to naloxone and similar drugs. In 2006, New York State passed a law authorizing non-medical personnel to administer naloxone to individuals who seek it. A 2014 law expanded this to allow the prescribing, dispensing, and distribution of opioid antagonists by a non-patient specific order. In addition, many first responders now receive training to administer naloxone. Times-Union: N.Y. lawmakers question health officials on drug prices, executive power, spending Feb 21, ’17 12:12 PM By Claire Hughes, 2/16/17 Drug price controls, the adequacy of Medicaid payments and expanding the power of the Health Department were among the topics discussed at a legislative hearing Thursday on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed budget for health and Medicaid. An underlying theme was uncertainty about what action President Donald Trump and a Republican-led Congress might take on the Affordable Care Act, which could affect health insurance subsidies for New Yorkers, and funding for women’s reproductive health clinics, including Planned Parenthood. “Much is happening in Washington,” state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker told lawmakers. “If the ACA were repealed, that would be a major concern, with millions of people potentially losing health care.” Buffalo News – Cuomo proposes prescription drug price controls Jan 12, ’17 9:53 AM By Tom Precious, 1/11/17 ALBANY – The state will establish a new cost-control system to stop some “unconscionable” drug companies from gouging consumers with high prescription drug prices, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Wednesday. In his sixth — and final — State of the State address, Cuomo said he will propose in his upcoming budget the creation of a state review board to establish a “fair price” that New York will pay for individual prescription drugs in its Medicaid program. That price would then also apply to sales in the private marketplace. Press Release – Assembly Health Committee Update Apr 11, ’16 5:03 PM Assembly Health Committee Update: New Legislation Advanced to Improve Access to Medical Marijuana The Assembly Committee on Health favorably reported 10 bills at its meeting on April 5. The Health Committee had not met since its March 1 meeting because of work on the state budget. The Committee reported bills to expand public access to epinephrine auto-injectors (“epi-pens”); establish age-appropriate sex education grant programs; and require apartment building owners to develop and distribute smoking policies. The Committee also reported three bills to improve the 2014 Compassionate Care Act medical marijuana law and expand patient access. Changes required by the Executive as conditions of signing the bill, and Health Department regulations, drastically limited the scope of the program. The three bills reported by the Committee would: Allow physician assistants and nurse practitioners to prescribe medical marijuana (today they are already fully authorized to write prescriptions for even the strongest and most dangerous controlled substances). Expand the list of eligible conditions. The conditions added in this bill were initially passed by the Assembly but deleted from the final law at the Executive’s insistence. Create an advisory committee to assist the Commissioner in making regulations, advise the Commissioner on clinical matters, and review appeals of denials of patient or caregiver applications; require that medical marijuana regulations conform to the legislative intent and have a valid clinical or public safety basis. Assembly Health Committee Update, 1/21/16 Assembly Health Committee Update The Assembly Committee on Health favorably reported 22 bills at its first meeting of the 2016 session on January 21. The Committee reported the bill to establish safe staffing requirements in hospitals and nursing homes (A8580, Gunther). The evidence is clear that having enough nurses on staff has a direct impact on the quality of patient care. Research published by the American Medical Association estimates five additional deaths per 1,000 patients in hospitals with an 8-to-1 patient-to-nurse ratio compared to those with just a 4-to-1 ratio. More nurses per patient means fewer deaths and improves patient outcomes. It is well documented that hospitals with better staff ratios have lower rates of problems such as pneumonia, shock, and cardiac arrest. The ratios in the bill are based on academic and evidence-based studies. The Health Department could also set more demanding and specific ratios. California was the first state to mandate nurse staffing ratios and it has seen significant improvements in outcomes for both patients and staff. For more information on a particular bill, please contact the sponsor listed after the description. For the text of a bill, supporting memorandum, and information on its status, go to: http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menuf.cgi Genetic Disease Screening and Counseling – Authorizes grants for familial dysautonomia, Canavan’s and Tay-Sachs disease screening and counseling. (A126, Dinowitz) Adult Home Residents Right to Sue – Lets adult home residents go to court for a court-appointed receiver to operate the adult home when the operator has endangered the health, safety, or welfare of the residents. (A154A, Weinstein) Times-Union: Cuomo urged to sign bill giving doctors final say in Medicaid Rx disputes By Claire Hughes, August 4 Supporters of a bill that would ensure doctors have the final say in prescription disputes with Medicaid managed care plans are urging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign the measure into law. The measure, one of about 700 bills passed by the state lawmakers this year and under review by counsel, has not reached the governor’s desk, according to Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi. Given the administration’s past stance on language in the bill, however, supporters are concerned over the chance of a veto. “The Health Department opposed this language when it was raised during budget discussions,” said Assembly Health Committee Chairman Richard Gottfried, D-Manhattan, a bill sponsor. May Health Committee Update Jun 4, ’15 11:30 AM Protecting Nursing Home Residents From Abuse of Psychotropic Drugs The Assembly Committee on Health favorably reported 39 bills at its meetings in May. The Committee advanced legislation strengthening the “prescriber prevails” rule in Medicaid Managed Care; authorizing community paramedicine; and protecting nursing home residents from overuse of psychotropic drugs. New York law gives patients in nursing homes the right to be fully informed of their proposed treatment, including the right to refuse treatment and be free from chemical restraint unless consistent with certain requirements. However, psychotropic drugs are being used not just to treat illness but as a form of behavioral control. The Assembly Health Committee held a hearing in February in which patients’ families, advocates, and adult care experts testified to the frequency of overuse. A.7351 (Gottfried) requires that before psychotropic drugs are ordered in a nursing home or adult care facility, the patient or their surrogate must be informed of the potential benefits and side effects; dosage and duration of the prescription; reasonable alternatives (such as therapeutic activities); and their right to refuse consent. The bill also requires written consent by the patient or surrogate. For more information on a particular bill, please contact the sponsor listed after the description. For the text of a bill, supporting memorandum, and information on its status, go to: http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menuf.cgi . Early Intervention Covered Lives Assessment – Provides funding for Early Intervention services through the “covered lives assessment” paid by health insurance companies. (A273, Paulin) Credentialing for Group Practices – Requires insurers to expedite review of applications of health care professionals who are joining a group practice and grant provisional credentials to these professionals (A501, Cusick) Healthy Teens Act – Establishes a Department of Health grant program for providers of age-appropriate sex education. (A1616, Gottfried)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3276
__label__wiki	0.508276	0.508276	Home » News & Events » Latest News on Campaign to Build the Capitol Olympic Vista Park Latest News on Campaign to Build the Capitol Olympic Vista Park Thank you for your interest in creating the Capitol Olympic Vista Park and for reading this newsletter. We normally send this communication infrequently and only when significant developments need to be shared. We are now in a period in which progress is coming very fast. So please expect more frequent, but short, messages about latest actions. We share three items today. First, the City of Olympia asked the state Legislature for help in removing the long vacant Capitol Center building from the Isthmus. The proposed capital budget released this week by the House Capitol Budget Chair recommends an appropriation of $900,000 that may be used to help with acquisition and demolition of the building. We expect to see the Senate’s proposed capital budget next week. Representatives Sam Hunt, Chris Reykdal, and Senator Karen Fraser are working together in support of getting state support for funds in the capital budget. Second, bids came in for the demolition of the former Housing Authority building across the street from Bayview Market. The bids were well within the engineer’s estimate and work should begin soon. The demolition of the former Health Department building to the west will come shortly after. When these two derelict building come down, the community will see actual work begin on the Park. Third, the city is conducting an important survey of public attitudes as it updates its Parks and Recreation Plan. The survey is being conducted by Elway Research, Inc. If you receive one of the random requests to participate, please log into the website as instructed by the letter and complete the brief survey. Thank for your continuing interest and support. We are closer than ever to our goal of protecting and perfecting the views to and from America’s most magnificent Capitol Campus setting.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3279
__label__wiki	0.978209	0.978209	The Best Movies Starring Hiroshi Miyauchi like/share ► Share Top 5 Of This Chart Rank This Chart Best \| Worst Detailed \| List \| Gallery 10 20 50 100 250 per page Kamen Rider V3 1973, 32 min. Minoru Yamada • Starring: Hiroshi Miyauchi, Hiroshi Fujioka, Takeshi Sasaki Action • Adventure • Based-on-Comics find this movie on ► Buy or Rent on iTunes Add to Netflix J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai vs. Goranger 1978, 25 min. Masahiko Taguti • Starring: Yoshitaka Tanba, Tairayama Itou, Mitchi Margaret Love Action • Based-on-Manga • Based-on-Television Kamen Rider V3 vs Destron Kaijin 1973, 32 min. Action • Based-on-Comics • Cyborg / Android / Robot Himitsu Sentai Goranger: The Hurricane Bomb 1976, 20 min. Minoru Yamada • Starring: Naoya Makoto, Hiroshi Miyauchi, Baku Hatakeyama Kamen Rider X: Five Riders Vs. King Dark 1974, 29 min. Itaru Orita • Starring: Ryu Hayama, Hiroshi Fujioka, Takeshi Sasaki The War in Space 1977, 85 min. Jun Fukuda • Starring: Kensaku Morita, Yûko Asano, Ryô Ikebe Adventure • Foreign Language Film • Science Fiction Kamen Rider Super-1: The Movie 1981, 46 min. Minoru Yamada • Starring: Shunsuke Takasugi, Ueda Maki, Tetsuya Oonishi Action • Based-on-Manga • Cyborg / Android / Robot Himitsu Sentai Goranger The Movie 1975, 20 min. Masahiko Taguti • Starring: Naoya Makoto, Hiroshi Miyauchi, Baku Hatakeyama Himitsu Sentai Goranger: The Red Death Match 1976, 25 min. Himitsu Sentai Goranger: The Blue Fortress 1975, 24 min. Hirokazu Takemoto • Starring: Naoya Makoto, Hiroshi Miyauchi, Baku Hatakeyama Himitsu Sentai Goranger: Fire Mountain's Final Explosion 1976, 24 min. Tokyo Mafia 1: Yakuza Wars 1995, 83 min. Seiichi Shirai • Starring: Riki Takeuchi, Masayuki Imai, Reiko Yasuhara Crime • Foreign Language Film • Gangster Film Choriki Sentai Ohranger The Movie 1995, 40 min. Aki Yoshi • Starring: Masaru Shishindo, Hiroshi Miyauchi, Masashi Goda Action • Based-on-Manga • Foreign Language Film Choriki Sentai Ohranger vs. Kakuranger 1996, 46 min. Shiyouhei Touzyou • Starring: Masaru Shishindo, Teruaki Ogawa, Hiroshi Miyauchi Action • Based-on-Manga • Ensemble Film Reborn from Hell: Samurai Armageddon 1996, 82 min. Kazumasa Shirai • Starring: Hiroyuki Watanabe, Tomorowo Taguchi, Yûko Moriyama Adventure • Fantasy • Fantasy Adventure Tokyo Mafia 2: Wrath of the Mafia 1996, 90 min. Seiichi Shirai • Starring: Riki Takeuchi, Masayuki Imai, Hiroshi Miyauchi Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai 2001, 72 min. Noboru Takemoto • Starring: Noboru Kaneko, Takeru Shibaki, Miu Takeuchi Gekisou Sentai Carranger vs. Ohranger 1997, 47 min. 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__label__wiki	0.834063	0.834063	Australia (2008) Starring: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Brandon Walters, David Wenham, Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson Directed by: Baz Luhrmann Australia is flamboyant director Baz Luhrmann's tribute to his homeland, a huge, sweeping saga as vast and rugged and unbound and beautiful as the country it celebrates. Forget the glitz and glamour of Strictly Ballroom, Romeo and Juliet and Moulin Rouge and prepare yourself for a romantic adventure that weaves the personal and the political into an epic canvas of a movie that makes Titanic look unambitious. The lovely Hugh Jackman plays a character who so embodies the lean, muscle-bound, no-nonsense, beer drinking, pub brawling stereotypical Aussie male that he doesn't even get a name, but is simply referred to as the Drover. Opposite him is Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman, over-acting again, but in a very charming way), a prissy yet fearlessly determined young woman who storms across the seas to England to drag her husband back from his cattle station, Faraway Downs. Problem is, when she finally arrives, her husband is dead, murdered by the evil henchman of local cattle baron King Carney (Bryan Brown), as part of his campaign to exert a stranglehold over the beef trade in the Northern Territory. But Lady Ashley is not a woman to give up without a fight, so the first half of the film centres round the efforts of the motley crew who live and work on Faraway Downs to herd the station's 'cheeky bulls' across the cracked barren desert lands to Darwin, led by the Drover. And, of course, it isn't long before our dauntless heroine falls in equal measures for the rugged charms of the outback landscape, the Drover and a mysterious mixed-raced boy called Nullah (a marvellous performance form new-comer Brandon Walters). Featuring breathtaking backdrops and some really nail-bitingly exciting action (watch out for the cliff-top stampede – awesome) this part of the film is pretty much complete in itself. But the story ain't over yet, and, as the darkness of World War Two draws ever closer to Australia's northern shores, things begin to fall apart in the new-found paradise created by Sarah at Faraway Downs. Even her imperious English charms can't keep the wild and restless Drover with her forever, and as he rides off into the sunset, Nullah is snatched by the police and banished to Mission Island, where half-Aboriginal 'creamy' children are sent to have 'the black bred out of them' – and which just happens to be right in the path of attacking Japanese airforce. Oh, and then we have Carney's sidekick Neil Fletcher (a superb bit of scenery chewing from Lord of the Rings star David Wenham), who's intent on getting his revenge for the cattle fiasco, ensuring the stage is set for a bombastic finale of rugged heroics, desperate endeavours and unashamedly slushy bits. True, the clichés are piled fairly high and, interestingly for a film that's all about bigging up the Land Down Under, allusions to classic Hollywood movies abound: the stagey sets and warm Technicolor orange tones are pure Gone With The Wind, while The Wizard of Oz becomes an over-arching meta-story to explain the coming together of unlikely comrades, the power of song and the fact that there really is 'no place like home'. These references to Americana could be seen to underline the paucity of white tradition in Australia (the country's colonial history has, after all, almost all been caught on camera) when compared to the rich, ancient traditions of the Aborigines. However, cunningly, Luhrmann intertwines the Wizard of Oz themes of wishing on stars and travelling over the rainbow with native beliefs in the Dreaming and Songlines to create a powerful and moving mythology that embraces both Western and Aboriginal cultures and binds together Sarah, the Drover and Nullah with love. At around three hours, this is not a movie for the restless, but if you can sit that long without checking your mobile (clearly a challenge for many members of the audience last night) then Australia is an unmissable cinematic experience. And it's nice to see all those Aussie actors getting to talk Australian for a change. Crikey… Benny & Joon	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3297
__label__wiki	0.73539	0.73539	Starring: Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone, Nicholas Hoult, Mark Gatiss, James Smith, Joe Alwyn The Draughtman's Contract collides bloodily with Blackadder in this scabrous black comedy about Queen Anne and her warring courtiers. Olivia Coleman has just won a Golden Globe for her portrayal of the fractious, fretful, capricious and beleaguered monarch, and deservedly so because she's bloody brilliant, like Miranda Richardson's Elizabeth 1st crossed with Miriam Margolyes' Spanish Infanta, laced with the pathos of Nigel Hawthorne's Mad King George. Yet holding their own admirably are Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone as Sarah, Lady Marlborough and Abigail Hill, both competing with grit and vicious determination for the title role of Favourite. As the Queen flounders on the throne, torn between the opposing persuasions of the Whig Prime Minister Goldolphin (James Smith) and Tory leader of the opposition, Harley (a hugely tall Nicholas Hoult), the reins of power really lie in the hands of Lady Marlborough, whose husband, Lord Marlborough (Mark Gatiss), is currently waging war in France. Ruling Her Majesty not so much with an iron hand in a velvet glove as an iron hand in a leather gauntlet, Sarah may be Anne's lifelong friend, protector and llover but she exploits her position ruthlessly to further her own and her husband's aims. Abigail, in comparison, seems sweet, gentle and innocent, a breath of fresh air breezing away Sarah's fierce demands and ultimatums. But appearances can be deceptive, and her pretty, pert and caring demeanour masks a will every bit as steely as her rival's, and, coupled with a deviousness and streak of cruelty the more forthright bully Sarah lacks, it will see her rise high. The styling of this movie is simply gorgeous, taking what is surely one of the ugliest historical periods fashion-wise to new extremes, with towering wigs, teetering heels and lipstick, powder and paint for the gents and a lavish monochrome dazzle ship of stiff brocade, quilted silks, furry tassels and laser-cut leather lace for the ladies. Fast-paced, wickedly funny, occasionally shocking (not the rabbit!) and revelling gleefully in its deliberate anachronisms (there's a dance sequence early on that would give John Travolta and Uma Thurman a run for their money), The Favourite is a dark, delicious delight. My first film at the pictures of the year and it's, er, my favourite... Mortdecai	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3298
__label__wiki	0.649363	0.649363	Michel Camilo Triangulo Ultra HD CD Ultra High Definition 32-Bit Mastering Produced Using PureFlection Process! This Ultra HD 32-Bit Mastering CD will play on ALL CD players! Pianist Michel Camilo is joined by bassist Anthony Jackson and percussionist/drummer Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez for 10 tunes exploring a variety of styles including Latin rhythms and Caribbean and Latin harmonies. "The latest album (Triangulo) from Santa Dominican pianist Michel Camilo is somewhat of a departure from his previous release, Spain, which was an exploration of the many facets of Latin jazz performed in partnership with flamenco guitarist Tomatito. While there are still Latin rhythms underlying the performances on this release (such rhythmic qualities are likely part of Camilo's genetic system), other styles are explored in combination with Caribbean and Latin harmonies. Another change is that for the first time since his 1994 release, One More Once, Camilo has made his own compositions part of the play list, making up six of the ten-tune program. While his playing is fiery and passionate, it is toned down somewhat on some cuts, showing a gentle, melodic side that perhaps may have been under-played on earlier releases. Joined by Anthony Jackson on bass and Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez on drums and other percussive instruments, the music presented on this release is inspiring, but accessible. Fortunately, Camilo leaves complex music to others. His presentations are straightforward so that the listener is kept informed of where he is coming from at any point during any of the compositions. There are friendly cuts that a couple could get up and dance to, such as "Mr. C. I." Another of his works, "Afterthought," is a lovely ballad which Camilo tenderly and pensively executes, with just a touch of the brushes by Hernandez to augment this offering. For a generally relaxed "Con Alma," Camilo shows off dazzling technique and improvisational imagination as he explores the ins and outs of Dizzy Gillespie's jazz classic, demonstrating that his credentials extend beyond the Latin arena. Triangulo is an ambitious undertaking which has spawned a highly riveting and enjoyable experience for the listener. Recommended." - allmusic.com A Better CD Production Process - The Pure Reflection (PureFlection) Process: FIM UHD CDs now sound undeniably better than ever! FIM's first priority is to locate a factory that at offers the latest technologies throughout its entire production chain, from the best A-grade polycarbonate materials, to testing and accurate quality control tools. The factory must produce a detailed specification sheet which ensures the discs produced demonstrate the same quality as the original recording. To assure us of the best results, FIM has enlisted the help of one of the most experienced mastering engineers in the industry to craft the glass disc for the final replication process. Winston Ma continually maintains close rapport with him, as well as the original recording engineers, the mastering engineers and the manufacturer to achieve consensus regarding musicality and the sound spectrum. FIM's glass mastering-disc engineer maintains expertise in the latest technologies: he currently uses a special blu-ray recordable mastering thermal process technique to create small smooth grooves which result in precision fidelity. He is meticulous in ensuring the best track pitch and the distance between the spiral of the pits, to reduce the amount of noise the tracking servo in the drive picks up from adjacent tracks, thus ensuring the best parameters on Cross Talk (XT) by minimizing the servo noise of the Drive during playback of the replica results. To further ensure the best quality, FIM stipulates the most extensive test specification requirements. Pure Reflection (PureFlection) discs show in every CD booklet the full spectrum of specification of a given CD in the following categories: BLER (17 items) BERL (9 items) Physical (6 items) Jitter (6 items) E22 Graph and BLER Graph The concept of UHD 32-Bit PureFlection is the transformation of a superior sound into something truly exceptional, enhancing the experience without interfering in it. Sit back, relax and listen to the new sound of a UHD 32-Bit PureFlection CD! • Produced using PureFlection (Pure Reflection) Process Michel Camilo, piano Anthony Jackson, bass Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez, drums 1. Afterthought 2. Mr. C.I. 3. Las Dos Lorettas 4. La Comparsa 5. Just Like You 6. Piece of Cake 7. Descarga for Tito (Puente) 8. Con Alma 9. Dotcom-Bustion 10. Anthony's Blues Total playing time, 54:33	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3301
__label__wiki	0.727872	0.727872	Wii News Double R’s eGaming Advice Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition Will Be Available In Stores on October 10 One of the big surprises at the previous Nintendo Direct was Minecraft coming to the Nintendo 3DS; while the absence of the world’s most popular game with kids was keenly felt on the world’s most popular gaming platform for kids, by this point, people had long given up hope on Minecraft ever actually coming to the system. Not only is the 3DS very old (and technically incapable of running the game- or so we were told), but it is also on the way out, and Minecraft already got a great Switch version earlier this year. Why bother with the 3DS? But Mojang and Microsoft did, and Minecraft was announced for New 3DS hardware, and released soon after. However, it was released only digitally, and a retail version was confirmed to follow shortly afterwards. Shortly afterwards is November 10, because Nintendo has confirmed on its Twitter that Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition will be available at retailers on that day. So, if you have a son or daughter, or nephew or niece, who likes playing Minecraft, but only has a 3DS or 2DS- this might be a good Holiday present for them this year. The adventure lives wherever you go with @Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition, available at stores on November 10th! https://t.co/iA5RNxDns8 pic.twitter.com/nFiZIeQsiq — Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) October 26, 2017 Tagged With: android, iOS, Microsoft, Minecraft, mojang, New 3DS, nintendo switch, pc, PS Vita, ps3, ps4, wii u, windows 10, xbox 360, Xbox One Previous articleWorld of Final Fantasy Is Now Out On PC Next articleMetal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain Headlines The Best PS4 Month for PS Plus Yet Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony Review – Grizzly Murder Mystery Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain Headlines The Best PS4 Month for PS Plus Yet The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 1 and 2 Coming to PS4 DropMix Review Ed Sheeran, Meghan Trainor and Disturbed walk into a bar… Game: DropmixDeveloper: HarmonixPublisher: HasbroReviewed on: Mobile (Review copy provided) Harmonix are a... Farming Simulator Nintendo Switch Edition Review The Godfather: Corleone’s Empire Board Game Review – The Lawyer With... Middle-Earth: Shadow of War Review – Shadow of Greed Need For Speed Payback Review All images and content are © copyright of their respective owners. This Project hosts the images and contents with no aim of self ownership. All the images and other shared-licence property will be displayed without customized watermarks or hidden advertising links and they should not be used for commercial purpose. All the data belongs to their respective source owners. Contact us: contact@gamingadvice The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel 1 and 2...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3311
__label__cc	0.706845	0.293155	02/24/2019 MLR Hosted By Skip Hipp Once Again, on an MLR, we did NOT See A C8 (click on the pic for the full size version) But I’m Positive that is John Meyer wearing a Guy Fawkes Vendetta mask Ridin’ Shotgun! It Was Hosted by Skip Hipp Mystery Lunch Run As Skip, the Master of Mystery himself, wrote on his secret direction sheet, today’s run was a “drive through green countryside.” After weeks of what seemed like horribly cold and wet weather (never mind the really horrible weather in the rest of the country!), the sun broke through and the shorts came out of the men’s closets again. We moved our meeting place over slightly, still the same shopping center, but slightly away from Kohl’s so as not to block their customer parking. By the time we were ready for departure, the count was 32 cars and somewhere around 56-58 people. (Just as a reminder, please send your RSVP to the MLR host(s) since he/they have to work with the restaurants to fit in our large group and also our cars. If you have to cancel, please also let the host know. It is difficult to work with a constantly changing cast of characters!) Let’s see who was there! We had real new first-time guests, George and Laura Hicks, who had heard about us from one of the members and were lucky to arrive just in time to tag along at the end of the group for the run. Chuck Sherman brought along a familiar co-pilot, his brunette daughter, Debbie. Marti Schoeman also brought along a familiar face, her brother-in-law, Patrick and even let him drive. Doug Glenore was busy with tax season, so Marilyn was accompanied by her grandson, Aaron, (their son Steve’s younger son) but he didn’t get to drive. Lynn Vara had a passenger in her new Traverse, their 4 year old foster daughter – she didn’t get to drive either. Bachelors included Skip, John Meyer who acted as his co-pilot, Dave Hellman, Jim Sommars, Bill Stedfield, Leo Biller, Jim Lokken and Don Sforzini, the last two in their orange cars. Norm Craig came without Ronette, but brought along Eric and Missy who have joined us several times in their burnt orange Corvette. We had a lot of orange this month! The run itself was a nice undulating drive along Highway 79, through the greenery, with snow dusting the tops of the hills all around. The manager at Warner Springs likes seeing all our cars in the parking lot so we used their lovely bathrooms once again midway. Our foodie destination was not too much farther along. We just curved around the hills and then turned east on Highway 76 to The Round-Up Grill across from Lake Henshaw. Our group joined the motorcyclists and other car enthusiasts for choices from a large menu of sandwiches, burgers, Mexican, salads and barbecue. Some tables were served earlier than others, so everyone left as they were finished and headed home on their own routes, either back the way we came or looping around the other way on 76 into Pala. What a great time was had by all – lots of smiles, hugs, jokes and plenty of food. Thanks, Skip, for planning our lovely ramble through the hills while they were still so green! Pics from Teresa & Simon Pics from Wes View the Calendar »	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3312
__label__cc	0.518211	0.481789	The Masked City – ebook offer on amazon.co.uk It seems even the Library can’t stay out of all the current sales… The Masked City is currently at just £1.19 for the ebook on amazon.co.uk (apologies to American readers). It’s only just over a fortnight till The Burning Page comes out – here’s a chance to remind yourself of what happened last time. And happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate it. Der Leserpreis – silver for The Invisible Library! I’m absolutely over the moon. In the yearly Der Leserpreis awards on lovelybooks.de, The Invisible Library (or in the German translation, Die unsichtbare Bibliothek) has won the silver. Thank you very, very much, anyone who voted. Invisible Library on Amazon list for 2016, and Burning Page UK giveaway I’m absolutely delighted to find out that The Invisible Library is on Amazon.com’s list of Best science fiction and fantasy of 2016. Seriously. It’s at number 5 in selling order. I’m still trying to convince myself it’s real. This is the sort of thing that people have daydreams about… But on the “what’s coming up next” front, here’s a Goodreads giveaway for a chance to win a copy of The Burning Page. (UK only, sorry…) Entry period begins on Nov 15, 2016 and ends on Dec 15, 2016. The Burning Page – enter the giveaway here And here’s a Publishers Weekly review of The Burning Page: Cogman’s third Invisible Library novel (after The Masked City), which centers on the enormous interdimensional Library that connects various alternate versions of our world and the doughty Librarians who hunt down rare and magical books, opens with the series protagonists, Irene, a Librarian turned spy, and Kai, her dragon apprentice, placed on probation by the ruling forces of the Library after some unfortunate events involving the dragons and the Fae. Then Irene’s arch nemesis, rogue Librarian Alberich, returns with the intent to disrupt the many worlds he has control over, as well as the Library itself. Irene must intervene, though she fears there may be a double agent in her circle who’s conspiring against her… Lucienne Diver’s Faultlines – and The Invisible Library shortlisted for DER LESERPREIS Lucienne Diver’s new book Faultlines is out today. She’s my agent, and she’s also an excellent author, and the book is strongly recommended. Six months ago Vanessa Raines lost her best friend. Lisa had changed, pushing away everyone close to her, even Vanessa. She had quit soccer. Started wearing dark and dismal clothes. She refused every offer to talk and suffered whatever she was going through in silence. Now she’s really gone. Suicide they claim, but Vanessa knows that isn’t right. It can’t be. Vanessa blames herself for letting Lisa chase her off. She wants answers, so that she can put to rest the rumors surrounding Lisa’s death and so that she can move on, heal. But Lisa left no note and the journal she was always scribbling in—which might tell all—is mysteriously missing. As Vanessa struggles to come to terms with the loss of her friend and to reconstruct the last months of Lisa’s life, someone calling themselves “Poetic Justice” begins taking revenge against those he or she thinks drove Lisa to suicide. Everyone at school believes Vanessa is this mysterious “Poetic Justice”. It’s easy to blame the former best friend, and Vanessa makes an obvious target. Struggling with her own guilt, Vanessa is determined to ignore the threats and allegations aimed her way. But as Poetic Justice’s vengeance takes a darker turn, retaliation against Vanessa begins to escalate, from cyber bullying to violence, putting both her and the little sister she adores in the line of fire. To protect them both, she has to find out who’s behind the attacks before things turn deadly. And hope she can survive the truth… On my own front, I’ve just found out that The Invisible Library (in its German translation, Die unsichtbare Bibliothek) has been shortlisted for DER LESERPREIS on the largest German book community website, LovelyBooks.de. This is a great honour and absolutely fantastic news, and, um, if anyone felt like casting a vote for me, that would be extremely kind of you. Voting is at https://www.lovelybooks.de/leserpreis/2016/abstimmungen/fantasy-und-science-fiction/ and will be possible up to the 22nd November. And if anyone reading this is among the people who nominated me for the award, then thank you very much indeed. The Lost Plot! Ladies and gentlemen, dragons, Fae, and Librarians… The title and cover of Library book four are up! And even a few details of the plot! http://www.torbooks.co.uk/blog/2016/11/3/cover-reveal-the-lost-plot (With many thanks to the cover designers for fantastic work…) The Invisible Library – US Kindle daily deal! The Invisible Library is currently a Kindle Daily Deal on Amazon (US only, sorry) at $1.99. Check it out at: https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Library-Novel-ebook/dp/B016JPTLJK/ (Apologies for the rather basic formatting of this post. I’m on vacation and on my iPad, but I thought people might like to know…)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3323
__label__cc	0.737389	0.262611	Über AF Association Was ist Vorhofflimmern? Für kliniker Herzrhythmus-Kongress Kenne deinen puls Zeichen gegen Schlaganfall Ergreift Maßnahmen jetzt AF bewusste Woche Herzrhythmuswoche Stories from the Heart Under 40 with AF Jay was diagnosed with AF at the age of 29. He has had three ablations but remains active and continues to participate in activities he enjoys despite his AF. "I was petrified and asked the nurse if I would die. She said she didn’t know - which made me more on edge." Read Jennifer's account of discovering that she had AF aged 19. "A very alarmed doctor told me to 'stop or that could be it'... I didn’t need to ask what 'it' was!" Read Chris' account of the first sign of AF in his 20s but this didn't stop him from living an adventurous life. "It was such a shock to find out there was something wrong with my heart" Read Olympic rower Tom James' account of living with his AF on his way to scooping gold at London 2012 "I was your average 36-year-old; I had never heard of AF and thought that only old people had heart problems..." Read Tania's story Aged twenty, Jordan woke up one morning with a pounding chest, and no previous warnings at all…. An account of how supportive doctors and access to the most suitable treatments helped Jordan slowly re-gain confidence and good health. Living with and Accepting AF, at 34 years of age - A Patient’s Perspective, by Martin I was just short of my 34th Birthday when I was diagnosed with AF in October 2006. Rugby legend helping get to the heart of the matter. Former England rugby skipper and Fylde resident Bill Beaumont is calling on others to get with the beat and know their heart rhythm. Bill, of Lytham, suffers from atrial fibrillation - the most common cause of heart beating irregularity. (Source: Blackpool Gazette) © 2019 AF Association - Germany	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3331
__label__wiki	0.661597	0.661597	Facelifted 2012 Audi R8 To Share 4.0 Litre Turbo V8 With Bentley? Quite a few websites are reporting that the Audi R8 supercar will receive a facelift for the 2012 model year, as well as revised engines. But we’re going to stick our necks out and predict a big change to the engine line-up which the others don’t mention. Concensus amongst our rivals seems to be that the existing V10 will get a tweak to 533bhp, with the 4.2 litre in the R8 V8 being brought up to the spec of the same engine in the Audi RS5 spec, so 444bhp. We disagree. We think the 2012 Audi R8 V8 will get the 4.0 litre turbo engine developed in conjunction with Bentley and developing around 450bhp. Why? Because we believe the 4.2 litre V8 in the RS5 is being phased out in favour of the new engine, a version of which will also be found in the 2012 Bentley Continental GT. The Audi S4 and S5 have dropped the normally aspirated version of the engine in favour of a twin turbo 3.0 TFSI V6 and we think the turbo 4.2 as fitted to the R8 and some RS models will also step aside in favour of the more fuel efficient turbo 4.0 litre. We’re the only ones saying that, but let’s see who guesses right. So do we agree with the concensus on the upgraded V10 then? Er, we can’t be sure. Rumour has it the Audi-Bentley 4.0 litre V8 could be made to achieve 600bhp plus with two turbos strapped to it — that’s the likely output for the Continental GT Speed we spied a few weeks ago. Would Audi continue to push the V10 when they have access to a more powerful yet more fuel efficient — ergo, less polluting — engine co-developed with Bentley? Or is that high output version of the engine likely to remain unique to the British luxury marque? We don’t know. A twin turbo 4.0 makes a lot more sense, but fans may not like the V10, which shares a link with the engine in the Lamborhini Gallardo, being dropped. We might only have to wait a couple of months to the Frankfurt motor show to find out though. The image is of the 2011 Audi R8 GT, not the facelifted car. McLaren P1 - on-track review of the world's ultimate hypercar Range Rover Evoque Autobiography Dynamic revealed ahead of Geneva motor show debut Official: McLaren 12C discontinued, owners get a fee upgrade Tesla Model S P85D revealed with dual motors, AWD, 691bhp and 0-60mph in just 3.2 seconds Not properly washing your car can lead to vehicle damage! Buying a used car? Check these spots for rust! Quantum GP700 from Australia packs 700 horsepower and weighs 700kg Audi Q8 Sport Concept previews the future Luxury cars to look out for in 2017 Third-generation Porsche cayenne revealed What are the safest used cars to buy for your teen? Volkswagen launches ELECTRIC FOR ALL campaign Tags: 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, Audi, Audi R8	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3335
__label__cc	0.546251	0.453749	Case study: Highways Agency Developing the Supplier Capability Assessment Process Need to ramp up supplier capability assessment The situation: Following two rounds of assessment using the original Capability Assessment Toolkit (CAT), suppliers’ performance had improved to the point that there was little stretch left in the process. It needed to be reshaped to meet the Highways Agency’s evolving needs and to continue challenging suppliers to improve. The HA set up an Industry Advisory Group (IAG) with themselves, suppliers and assessors, collaborating to develop the next generation of capability assessment. They asked me to join, and to facilitate the IAG. Restructure process in collaboration, and develop training and peer review My work: My work included: establishing the set of design principles which underpinned the development of the next level of capability assessment (CAT3); leading two of the three subgroups to develop the detail of CAT3; developing and delivering a ground-breaking training programme in which suppliers and assessors learned together; developing and delivering a peer review process to ensure the quality of feedback and validity of scores; continuing my role as lead assessor to maintain my experience; restructuring the training programme for new entrants to CAT3. Improved supplier capability substantially and promoted key aspects of government agenda The outcome: The capability assessment process has been extremely successful for the Highways Agency. They feel it has provided value for money, and shown that they engage and encourage development of their supply chain in key aspects of the government agenda. The Department for Transport and others have commended the approach as a proactive and proportionate response to issues such as assessing diversity. CAT has highlighted general strengths and areas for improvement across the supply chain, giving the HA the insight to tackle some of these issues. By the completion of CAT3, high levels of capability were being demonstrated across the field, giving the HA a level of assurance that all their key suppliers are highly capable organisations. Making it deliver and continually finding the potential for it to deliver more The Goldsmith factor: The value I added was to develop and implement approaches that delivered to the HA agenda as my client, yet kept all the other stakeholders positively engaged in the process. An essential element has been my ability to tune into the varying (sometimes competing) stakeholder agendas. I continued to uncover within the approach the capacity to improve and improve. By listening, balancing competing needs, drawing on my own and others’ experiences, I have been able to make the process respond, and to resolve constraints that could have limited its value. Continuing to demand more of the process grew its credibility in the face of significant doubts from some stakeholders. Despite the change in focus, key elements of CAT have evolved to underpin the replacement strategic alignment process. < < Coaching a New Leader to Hit the Ground Running Organisation-Wide Customer Service Review and Redesign > >	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3337
__label__wiki	0.889953	0.889953	Sudden Wealth $13M winner to buy pal a new car Published: May 30, 2008 \| 7074th good news item since 2003 With $13.6 million in the bank, Lotto 6/49 winner Fred Stonos is going to buy the Welland convenience store cashier who sold him his winning ticket a new car. Stonos, 44, who has worked in a mill for 25 years, said yesterday he regularly repairs cashier Sandy Nero’s car. She regularly sold him lottery tickets, including the one for the May 10 draw that made him a multi-millionaire. “I fix her car all the time,” said the Welland resident. “I told her if I won, I would buy her a new car.” Nero learned that she would be getting a new vehicle from Stonos in a cellphone call. “I am so excited,” Nero said. “I can’t wait to see it.” Stonos said he plans quit his job and buy a new fishing rod and Harley Davidson motorcycle. The single man was joined at the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.’s offices on Dundas St. W. yesterday by his parents, Fred, 79, and Wanda, 76. “We are very excited for him,” Fred said. “He’s a good son and we feel good for him.” Published in Sudden Wealth See also: cnews.canoe.ca Next in Sudden Wealth: Man who lost homes in Katrina claims $97M Powerball prize Today a year ago: Soldier survives, credits comrades, Boy honored for pool rescue and Fireman braves burning petrol station: "I'm no hero"	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3338
__label__cc	0.697097	0.302903	Elizabeth Real Estate Search Elizabeth Properties For Sale Historic Elizabeth is home to two major hospitals, North Carolina’s largest community college and the city’s oldest park, Independence Park. Elizabeth has a mix of housing, from brick mansions to quaint bungalows to new townhomes. The neighborhood was home to department store magnate William Henry Belk, and the city’s first neighborhood movie theater, The Visulite on Elizabeth Avenue, now a nightclub featuring live music. New shops, up-scale restaurants and revitalization along Elizabeth Avenue has created a trendy hot spot, and several more new developments are in-the-works. The Elizabeth Avenue redevelopment plan is a $240 million collaborative effort between Grubb Properties, Novant Healthcare (Presbyterian Hospital) and Central Piedmont Community College, encompassing a six-block area along historic Elizabeth Avenue between the two institutions. When completed, the project is envisioned to include 340,000 square feet of Class A office space, 800+ residential addresses in a range of market types, and more than 250,000 square feet of unique, upscale retail including Whole Foods Market, specialty boutiques and services, a 150+ room hotel, a multiplex movie theatre, and scores of restaurants and live entertainment venues including Carpe Diem, NOFO on Liz, Volare Italiano Ristorante and more. Don’t miss: the rose gardens at Independence Park, a New Orleans rooftop dinner at The Cajun Queen (order the gumbo!) or a luxurious night out at Carpe Diem followed by a rooftop drink with skyline views at Loft 1523. The main office for Helen Adams Realty is located in Elizabeth at 2301 Randolph Road. Area Crime Statistics Mecklenburg Now Private School Information Elizabeth Community Site	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3341
__label__wiki	0.541241	0.541241	Tahoe Park Real Estate Tahoe Park is a flourishing neighborhood in Central Sacramento. It is considered more middle class, yet eclectic and colorful, compared to other upscale neighborhoods, but it’s quickly growing in prominence. What it lacks in wealth though, it makes up for in personality, character and amity. The area is defined by the 19-acre Tahoe Park, which houses a swimming pool and wading pool, playgrounds, horseshoe pit, lighted softball/soccer field, and basketball and volleyball courts. A dedicated homeowners association has made the park the focal point of the community. Residents now come out regularly for the Tahoe Park Starlight Movie Series, concerts in the park, and numerous food truck events (newcomers to the Sacramento area will quickly learn how these mobile culinary delights have developed a faithful league of foodie followers). The association keeps its neighborhood cohesive by building community spirit and social responsibility with food and clothing drives. There’s also a holiday mixer and spring bowling tournament. Tahoe Park is home to several noteworthy eateries. Café Lumiere offers more than a dozen different croissants with specialty coffees, along with a delectable breakfast and lunch menu. MoMo’s Meat Market, is probably best known for its spare ribs, tri tip and chicken, but as Sacramento writer Allen Pierleoni also notes it’s also a “social scene for neighbors who come for the ‘cue and the camaraderie.” Area residents’ affinity for all things good is attracting more businesses to the area, as midtown’s famous Bacon and Butter is set to bring its seasonal “scratch-made” meals to the corner of 59th and Broadway the summer of 2014. Search for Homes in Tahoe Park, CA View all Tahoe Park listings MLS 19048985 \| Courtesy of Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Drysdale Properties MLS 19049071 \| Courtesy of Beatific Associates Inc. MLS 19048603 \| Courtesy of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage 5879 Lorraine Court SacramentoCA95817 5879 Lorraine Court MLS 19044417 \| Courtesy of RE/MAX Gold Folsom	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3352
__label__wiki	0.794962	0.794962	The Hungarian Historical Review 2013_2_Zsoldos Volume 2 Issue 2 CONTENTS Attila Zsoldos Kings and Oligarchs in Hungary at the Turn of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries In the decades around the turn of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries Hungarian royal authority sank into a deep crisis. While previously the king had been the exclusive supreme lord of the country, from the 1270s on some members of the nobility managed to build up powers in the possession of which they could successfully resist even the king. The present study explores the road which led to the emergence of oligarchical provinces. It presents both the common and the individual features of these provinces, defining the conceptual difference which apparently existed between the oligarchs who opposed royal power and the lords of territories who remained loyal to the ruler. Consequently, the study analyses the measures which were taken first by the last Árpáds, and then by the first member of the new, Angevin dynasty, Charles I, in order to neutralize oligarchical powers. By the end of the study it becomes apparent why it was Charles I who finally managed to break the power of the oligarchs and dismember their provinces. Keywords: political history, royal authority, oligarchs, last Árpáds, Charles I of Anjou After successfully completing his mission to conclude a mutual marriage agreement sealing the alliance between the houses of Anjou and Árpád, Abbot of Monte Cassino Bernhard Ayglerius reported enthusiastically to his lord, King Charles I of Naples: “The Hungarian royal house has incredible power, its military forces are so large that nobody in the East and the North dares even budge if the triumphant and glorious king mobilizes his army.”1 Weddings between scions of the two ruling dynasties soon took place: just a half year later, Ladislaus, the grandson of Hungarian King Béla IV (1235–1270) and son of future King Stephen V (1270–1272), married Elizabeth of Sicily, the youngest daughter of King Charles I of Naples, while the son of the latter king, the future Charles II of Naples, married Stephen’s daughter, Mary. The latter marriage established the foundation for the claim of the Angevins of Naples to the throne of Hungary following the extinction of the House of Árpád. This claim to succession was by no means uncontested: although the Angevins of Naples considered the heirless death of King Ladislaus IV (1272–1290) to represent the extinction of the House of Árpád, an alleged member of the latter dynasty, known to the Angevins merely as “some Venetian named Andrew” [quidam de Venetiis Andreatius nomine], assumed the throne and ruled Hungary as King Andrew III for more than a decade (1290–1301).2 Although nobody in Hungary questioned the extinction of the male line of the House of Árpád3 following the death of this king of disputed origins,4 Charles I (1301–1342), grandson of Mary of Hungary, Queen of Naples, struggled for more than two decades after coming to the throne to secure his rule over the country. Although reluctance to accept a prince supported by the papacy undoubtedly played a role in the difficulty which King Charles I had to face,5 it was mostly the result of a situation which was later described in a royal charter from the year 1332 in the following way: When we were in a tender age and had not yet acquired total rule over the country, the faithless barons and depraved betrayers of our predecessors, the illustrious former kings, committed with a hard eye cast upon the royal throne manifold felonies of high treason against the person of the king and seized all opportunity to forcibly usurp sovereign prerogative, murdering with horrible slaughter the most distinguished nobles of the country lest they bind themselves to us and the Holy Crown with requisite zeal, destroying those of lower rank in various fashion as well.6 Developments that occurred in the half century beginning in 1269 provide an explanation for the conspicuous discrepancy between accounts in that year depicting the foreign power of the Hungarian king and reports describing the domestic weakness of the Hungarian sovereign in the first two decades of the fourteenth century. Charles I did, indeed, inherit from his predecessors the situation described in the 1332 charter: over the last third of the thirteenth century, the king was frequently compelled to take up arms in order to force his will upon rebellious subjects, if at all he had sufficient power to do so. The significant decline in the once nearly limitless power of the Hungarian king was due to several historical factors that emerged during this period, first acting independently, then over time reinforcing one another. The process that produced a fundamental change in relations between prominent landowners and the king began around the beginning of the thirteenth century. In the eleventh and twelfth centuries, the nobility possessed a relatively modest amount of personal wealth, their power and means stemming primarily from royal office and the income it provided. However, as a result of the largesse of King Emeric (1196–1204) and, to an even greater degree, King Andrew II (1205–1235), those who enjoyed royal patronage were able to accumulate a relatively vast personal fortune. The transformation of land-ownership proportions progressed inexorably in favor of the nobility to the detriment of the king throughout the thirteenth century. Moreover, the major land-owning nobility aspired to an ever-greater degree during the second half of the century to concentrate their holdings geographically, which resulted in the formation of larger, enclosed estates in place of previously scattered domains of various size. The construction of modern stone castles, which in Hungary began in the second half of the thirteenth century, contributed significantly to the transformation of the nature of great landed estates in the kingdom. The building of such castles, a lesson learnt from the shock caused by the 1241–1242 Mongol invasion, was expressely supported by the royal power. Although royal authority was responsible for the construction of some of these stone castles, members of the kingdom’s major land-owning nobility had the majority of them erected on their estates. Although no precise data exists as to how many stone castles were built in Hungary during this period, according to a reasonable estimate their number was already around 100 at the time of the death of King Béla IV in 1270, and increased to nearly 300 by the end of the thirteenth century. The construction of castles, though officially requiring authorization from the king, soon slipped from the control of central royal authority. Fear from a castle-building neighbor, rather than the need to strengthen the kingdom’s defensive capabilities, provided the main motive for building stone castles at this time, as landowners gradually realized the equation of castle with power. A veritable castle-building race developed in Hungary during the final decades of the thirteenth century, in which it was highly advisable to participate. Moreover, during the civil war that took place in the 1260s between King Béla IV and his eldest son, the future King Stephen V, these castles proved able to withstand the siege of royal armies if their defenders possessed enough water, food and determination. Meanwhile, an increasing number of smaller landowners placed themselves in the service of the castle-owning nobility, either in the hope of profiting from their growing power or because of the fear it caused. Those who allied themselves with more powerful landowners in this way were referred to as familiares: they belonged to the broader family of their lord (the word itself stems from the Latin word for family), and thus owed him obedience even over and against their loyalty to the king. If necessary, the familiaris went to battle alongside his lord, managed his estates in time of peace, represented him in various capacities, and acted as his deputy in some of his offices. In compensation, the familiaris received military protection and support and occasional material or monetary remuneration. It was in the paramount interest of the major landowners to turn the greatest possible number of the neighboring nobility into their familiares: this not only provided them with more soldiers, but also extended the area over which they exercised influence beyond the borders of their own estates. The large estate, the castle and the army of familiares constituted the three pillars upon which some of the most powerful nobility managed by the 1270s to construct considerable private power structures, sometimes extending over several counties within the kingdom, in which the only will in operation was that of the lord who dominated the lands and castles and commanded the familiares. The first such major landowners to establish personal power of this magnitude emerged during the reign of King Béla IV (1235–1270). Among them was Pál of the Geregye kindred, who immediately recognized the advantages to be gained from the building of castles, and accordingly constructed at least two on the western slopes of the mountains dividing Transylvania from the Great Hungarian Plain, another two being erected in the region by either himself or his sons. It soon appeared, however, that Pál was not satisfied with the fruits of the king’s grace, and already in the 1250s many landowners in the area felt the consequences of his greed. Although the king compelled Pál to return some of the territory he had seized,7 his four sons continued to expand the family’s domains until the army of King Ladislaus IV defeated them in battle at the end of the 1270s.8 During the latter conflict, local nobles who had not previously dared to resist the Geregye, including some members of the distinguished, though not particularly wealthy Borsa family, allied themselves with the king. The significant contribution of Tamás Borsa and his six sons, who had not previously played a role in the kingdom’s politics, to defeat of the Geregye, did not go unrecognized: King Ladislaus IV not only granted them almost all of the defeated family’s estates and castles, but offered them positions within his royal administration, appointing the eldest Borsa son, Roland, as voevode of Transylvania, while his younger brother Jakab, most often referred to simply as “Kopasz” [Bald], entered the royal council as Master of the Horse.9 King Ladislaus IV felt that he may have found in the Borsa family allies “whose loyalty, bravery and industry—as enunciated in one of his diplomas—successfully governed and defended Hungary during the time of our forefathers.”10 The king was not initially disappointed: Roland and his brothers proved to be brave and successful commanders of royal armies on several occasions.11 However, the Borsa family found the taste of power to its liking, prompting them to seek independent authority and turn against their king. In the spring of 1287, the Borsas and their confederates routed the forces of King Ladislaus IV in a relatively small-scale engagement.12 From this time on, relations were hostile between the Borsa family and the king, whose control over Transylvania and the central portion of the Trans-Tisza region became scarcely more than nominal. The Borsa family supported the claim of King Andrew III, the grandson of King Andrew II, to the throne of Hungary following the death of King Ladislaus IV in 1290, thus laying the foundation for several years of smooth relations with the Venetian-born monarch. In the middle of 1294, however, Roland Borsa, voevode of Transylvania, decided to expand his estate to the detriment of the Bishop of Várad (Oradea, Romania), and lay siege to one of the castles belonging to the bishopric. The defenders finally decided to surrender the fortification to Roland and his brothers on terms.13 In response, King Andrew III retaliated by taking the castle of Adorján, the Borsa family’s headquarters, following a siege, though it is not known whether the king’s armies launched campaigns against the Borsas elsewhere in Transylvania or eastern Hungary. The Borsa family submitted to royal authority following the fall of their castle, and the king deprived Roland of his office as voevode of Transylvania. However, both Roland and his brothers continued to exercise authority over a large portion of the Trans-Tisza region for decades thereafter.14 King Andrew III appointed László of the Kán kindred to replace Roland as voevode of Transylvania. László was also the member of a great and powerful noble family that possessed large estates in southern Transylvania and southeastern Transdanubia and whose members had belonged to the political elite of the kingdom for generations. László governed Transylvania for more than two decades following the king’s suppression of the Borsa uprising.15 The “Kőszegi” branch of the Héder family, known as such because the center of its estates was the town of Kőszeg, represented another early example of the establishment of oligarchical power in the Kingdom of Hungary. The ancestors of the family migrated to the kingdom from Styria in the middle of the twelfth century. The foundations for the power of the kindred’s Kőszegi branch were laid by Henrik, who, characteristically, later came to be known as “the Great”.16 Henrik, just as Pál Geregye, was one of the most trusted followers of King Béla IV. His family estates were located in Vas County, where he built his first castles, receiving at least two more as grants from the king. In this way, Henrik gained control over the county located in western Transdanubia, making it possible for his descendants to extend their authority over a large portion of the region.17 Unlike Pál Geregye, Henrik Kőszegi was able to build his personal power without coming into conflict with his king, Béla IV. He did oppose Béla’s successors, Stephen V and Ladislaus IV, however. Following the death of Henrik “the Great” two years later in battle against a rival,18 his sons Miklós, Iván (or János) and Henrik Jr. assumed control over their father’s estates, while another son, Péter, became Bishop of Veszprém.19 The two eldest sons, Miklós and Iván, took possession of Henrik’s most valuable Transdanubian domains, dividing his Vas County castles between themselves and apparently striking an agreement regarding further expansion of the family holdings. Miklós extended his authority in a southeasterly direction, over Zala County, while Iván did so in a northerly direction, over the entire northwestern part of Transdanubia. Miklós disappears from the historical records after 1299, presumably due to his death,20 while his son “Kakas” Miklós appears in the year 1314,21 thus producing a gap of a decade and a half in the known history of this branch of the Kőszegi family. In the meantime, Henrik Jr. used his base in castles located on the southwestern corner of the kingdom to expand his power south of the Drava river in the region of Slavonia. Though the stages and first results of this expansion are unknown, sources show that he possessed the title of ban of Slavonia from 1301 until his death in 1310, and together with it the greatest part of the province. Henrik Jr. chose southeastern Transdanubia as the area for his further territorial expansion, in all certainty in order to avoid encroaching upon the spheres of interest of his older brothers and their descendants. The sons of Henrik Jr, János and Péter, the latter known as “Herceg,” continued to extend their zone of influence in southeastern Transdanubia. Thus, two of the sons of Henrik “the Great,” namely Henrik Jr. and Iván (and their scions) managed to carve out real provinces of their own, which virtually dwarfed the territory over which the third son of Henrik, Miklós (and his son, “Kakas” Miklós) exerted authority.22 Over time, local potentates emerged in the northern part of the Kingdom of Hungary as well—one in the east and one in the west. One of them was Finta, son of Dávid of the Aba kindred, which descended from King Samuel Aba, ruler of the kingdom for some years in the middle of the eleventh century (1041–1044). Finta served as palatine, the highest-ranking official in the Kingdom of Hungary, for a brief period during the reign of King Ladislaus IV before coming into conflict with the monarch. Although Finta disappears from sight in the middle of the 1280s, his younger brother, Amadé, took the leadership and emerged as the unrivaled lord of the northeastern regions by the last years of king Ladislaus IV’s reign. His power extended gradually and almost unpercieved to the territory between the river Tisza and the northeastern marches of the kingdom, where his remained the dominant authority until his death in the year 1311.23 The northwestern part of the Kingdom of Hungary was brought by Máté of the Csák kindred under his control in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. The Csák, one of the most illustrious kindreds in the Kingdom of Hungary, had split into a dozen branches by the thirteenth century. There were few regions of the kingdom in which members of one of the offshoots of the kindred did not possess bigger or smaller estates. Máté began to make his voice heard in the politics of the kingdom in 1291. In 1293 he was appointed by King Andrew III as Master of the Horse, and as palatine three years later. However, after establishing his power base around his inherited estate of Tapolcsány (Topolčany, Slovakia), in Nyitra County, Máté Csák broke with King Andrew and entered into armed conflict with forces loyal to the king in the second half of 1297.24 King Andrew III proved unable to subjugate Máté, who by the first years of the fourteenth century had extended his influence all the way to the Danube in the south and the Garam and beyond in the east.25 Hungarian historiography most often refers to those listed above and others who exercised similar local power within the Kingdom of Hungary as “provincial lords” [tartományúr] or “oligarchs” [oligarcha]. (In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the term “petty king” [kiskirály] was also used, but by now has become obsolete.) However, due mostly to the lack of clarity surrounding these very terms, it is difficult to determine precisely who among the kingdom’s more powerful landowners belonged to these categories in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The confusion becomes even greater if one approaches the question from the perspective of the institution of the province. The existence of institutionalized authority over a portion of the Kingdom of Hungary as the sole representative of the royal will there had certainly not been unknown since at least the beginning of the thirteenth century, as this was the very essence of both the voevodship of Transylvania and the banate of Slavonia. Transylvania and Slavonia can therefore legitimately be qualified as provinces, just as the voevode and the ban, with their extensive official authority, as lords of their respective provinces.26 The system of governing parts of the kingdom at the provincial level proved to be so successful that King Charles I (1301–1342) decided to extend this system to other parts of the realm where, contrary to Transylvania and Slavonia, it had never previously existed. Thus emerged from the mid-1310s a province of ever growing extension in the northeastern part of the kingdom under the Apulian Fülöp Druget, who had arrived to Hungary together with Charles I himself27 in the year 1300.28 In the western marches of Transylvania Charles entrusted a considerable stretch of territory to the government of Dózsa Debreceni,29 and he built up the southern province of the ban of Macsó (Mačva, Serbia) between 1319 and 1333.30 The provincial status of these territories was secured by the fact that the barons who headed them governed their counties with palatinal authority even when the office of palatine was held by someone else.31 Dózsa Debreceni’s province survived for the shortest period of time among the three, gradually declining after his death in late 1322 or early 1323.32 Fülöp Druget’s province existed until 1342, enduring for 15 years under his son Vilmos until King Louis I, the successor of King Charles I, decided to abolish it for unknown reasons.33 The province of the Ban of Macsó persisted for the longest period of time, expanding in size even in the late fourteenth century, long after the death of its founder.34 There must obviously have existed conspicuous differences, perceptible even at the time, between the various locally governed provincial territories in the kingdom if King Charles I chose to eliminate some of them at the cost of more than two decades of war, while founding others himself. The reason for this contrast may seem obvious: because King Charles I had put Dózsa Debreceni, the Drugets and the Bans of Macsó in charge of their provinces, the authority they exercised over these regions sprang directly from royal power, thus ensuring that they would faithfully provide their lord with the military support and strategic counsel expected of loyal barons in the Middle Ages. Amadé Aba’s power rested upon this same foundation, however. At the beginning of his reign in 1290, King Andrew III confirmed Amadé in all of his estates,35 and he remained steadfastly loyal to both King Andrew III and his successor, Charles I, never rising in rebellion against them as one might expect from an oligarch.36 But if Amadé did not rebel against royal power, why then did his sons do so? The answer can be sought in distinguishing between the concepts of “provincial lord” and “oligarch.” Hungarian historiography has until now used these terms as synonyms, though it would be more accurate to use them according to the well-defined differences in their meaning as demonstrated clearly in the example of the Treaty of Kassa (Košice, Slovakia). The burghers of Kassa murdered Amadé of the Aba kindred while he was staying in their town in early September 1311.37 Representatives of Charles I mediated an agreement between the burghers of Kassa and the widow and sons of Amadé in order to assuage the resulting discord. However, this agreement38 represented a de facto dictate aimed at liquidating the deceased magnate’s power.39 It is therefore not surprising that Amadé’s sons accepted the agreement only under the weight of temporary compulsion, rising against the king at the first available opportunity. The Treaty of Kassa, drafted in the name of Amadé’s wife and sons, regulated the future relationship between the king and the sons of Amadé, stipulating that the latter should cede Újvár and Zemplén counties to the king and permit the nobles residing in the counties that remained under their authority (nobiles quoscunque in quibuscunque comitatibus et terris sub potestate nostra constitutis) to freely serve the king or anybody else. These provisions make it clear that King Charles I, while aiming to reduce the size of the province dominated by the Amadé sons, did nevertheless reckon that there would continue to be some areas “subjected to their authority.” The further conditions imposed on the sons of Amadé in the agreement constitute an itemized list of criteria defining the “oligarch” as opposed to the “provincial lord”: they should return the unlawfully acquired royal lands to the king; suppress customs levied arbitrarily and promise not to establish new ones; obtain royal permission to build new castles; let the royal judges try the nobility instead of compelling them to appear before their own tribunals; promise to remain loyal to the king.40 At the same time these stipulations indicate that King Charles I, while clearly determined to suppress the sons of Amadé as oligarchs, was willing to tolerate their continued existence in the kingdom as provincial lords. They also provide clear evidence of the difference in the definition of “provincial lord” and “oligarch” that made itself felt on a practical, everyday basis in the fourteenth century: an oligarch was a provincial lord who excluded the power of the king from his domains and engaged in the arbitrary exercise of royal authority. The essential difference between the provincial lord and the oligarch did not, therefore, lie in their degree of loyalty toward the king,41 an issue that characteristically represents only a minor element in the Treaty of Kassa. The main distinction between the provincial lord who supported the king and the loyal oligarch becomes evident if one compares the measures that King Charles I took between 1301 and 1311 affecting the lands, on the one hand, of the Borsa clan and, on the other hand, those of Ugrin Csák, the latter located in the southern portion of the kingdom between the towns of Pozsega (Požega, Croatia) and Temesvár (Timişoara, Romania). King Charles held the counties located in the latter region firmly under his jurisdiction,42 bestowing property and the right to impose customs duties,43 granting judicial44 and tax exemptions45 as well as maintaining the prerogative to assume control over estates whose owners died without heirs.46 The king also made donations in the Borsa-held territories, though in this instance to the benefit of only one of the Borsa brothers, Beke,47 and a powerful Borsa familiaris.48 Royal mandates of inquiry were directed exclusively at resolving legal infringements committed to the detriment of the Borsa family.49 When the king ordered the Bishop of Várad to transfer litigation to the royal court, the prelate refused to comply,50 presumably, as other sources explicitly state, because the Borsas were directly implicated in the matter51 and he thought it unwise to raise their ire. It is thus clear that whereas Charles I was able to exercise the full array of established royal prerogatives on the estates of Ugrin Csák, the Borsas, though staunchly loyal to the throne—one of the Borsa brothers, “Kopasz” Jakab, in fact served as the king’s palatine52—allowed the king to intervene in the affairs of their dominions only if it was to their advantage. The difference between the provincial lord and the oligarch becomes evident from another perspective in connection to the issue of inheritance. Although Ugrin Csák had a son,53 royally appointed ispáns appear at the head of the counties which belonged to his province following his death.54 Although in the case of the Drugets, Fülöp’s nephew, Vilmos, became the heir to his estates, his inheritance was preceded by and conditional on a special royal order,55 and when Louis the Great decided to eliminate the Druget province, the heirs of Vilmos, his two younger brothers, acknowledged the king’s will without protest even though it entailed the loss of a significant portion of the family’s private property.56 Conversely, the descendants of the oligarchs regarded the inheritance of their father’s power as a self-evident right, as is reflected in a charter issued by the oligarch András Kőszegi, grandson of Iván, in which he explicitly stated that he had lawfully inherited the governance, i.e. the province, of his ancestors.57 The exclusion of royal authority from the province and the claim to inheritance which necessarily stemmed therefrom provides an explanation for the as yet largely unexamined fact that on some occasions it was not the oligarchs themselves but their sons who rose up in revolt against the king, and precisely right after the death of their father. Based on the considerations outlined above, one can identify six oligarchical provinces in the Kingdom of Hungary, those under the control of the following oligarchs: Iván Kőszegi (and his successors); Henrik Kőszegi Jr. (and his successors); Máté Csák; Amadé Aba; László Kán; and the Borsa brothers. Pál Šubić and the Babonić family also controlled oligarchical provinces that developed under significantly different circumstances along the Adriatic coast of Croatia, which had become part of the Kingdom of Hungary only at the end of the eleventh century, and extended into Slavonia and Dalmatia, respectively. Little is known about the internal political relations within the oligarchical provinces. However, the sporadic sources and data that exist make it possible to determine some of the common and unique traits regarding the exercise and distribution of power within these regions. It is clear that a single person typically held total control over provinces within the kingdom. In the case of Amadé Aba, László Kán and Máté Csák, their exclusive authority stemmed from the early deaths of brothers who also possessed legitimate claims to power within the given province, whereas the Kőszegi, as previously mentioned, divided the family-held province into individually controled territories and thereafter refrained from encroaching upon one another’s domains. Only the province of the Borsa family represents an exception from this standpoint. The six sons of Tamás Borsa—Roland, István, Jakab (or “Kopasz”), László, Benedek (or “Beke”) and János—worked in close cooperation with one another to establish the province, yet even in this case the evidence suggests that the brothers divided the castles located in the territory among themselves. Naturally, this situation changed over time: among the sons of Tamás Borsa, István was no longer living in May 1294,58 Roland last appears in historical sources at the beginning of 1301,59 and is proclaimed dead by October 16, 1303,60 while János fell in battle during the 1304 Bohemian campaign of King Charles I,61 and the last evidence indicating that László was still alive comes from the year 1307.62 Among the sons of Tamás Borsa, only Kopasz and Beke lived to see the collapse of the family’s province, whereas their nephews all survived until that time: Roland’s sons István, János and László; István’s son István Jr.; László’s son János; to whom the son of Kopasz himself, called Bekcs, can be added.63 Governing the Borsa province essentially required the coordination of the interests and ambitions of all these members of the family. However, cooperation between two members of the province’s founding generation—Kopasz and Beke—was occasionally far from harmonious: the latter, subverting the family solidarity, sometimes seized the opportunity to challenge the authority that his older brother exercised over the family province in accordance with the established order among Hungarian noble families, treating the lands he had acquired in the northern section of the territory as his exclusive property over which his brothers could have no claim. Serious conflict erupted between Kopasz and Beke as a result of this situation at the end of 1308, which, however, was resolved through the mediation of prominent Borsa familiares. There is vague evidence to suggest that the accord between Kopasz and Beke was based on the division of territory within the province, similar to that which occurred within the Kőszegi family.64 The immediate examples for the organisation of administration in the oligarchical provinces should be looked for in the governmental peculiarities of the two royally established provinces of the kingdom, Transylvania and Slavonia. It was by the middle of the thirteenth century, that is, shortly before the process of establishing oligarchical provinces began in the kingdom, that the situation obtained in which the voevode of Transylvania and the ban of Slavonia could appoint the ispáns who governed the counties under their jurisdiction. These ispáns, then, unlike those at the head of counties to the west of Transylvania and north of the Drava river, did not receive direct appointment from the king, whereas the royal castles in the latter provinces were also under the control of the voevode and the ban.65 Fitting squarely into this arrangement was the general circumstance that the emergence of provinces based on oligarchical personal power affected the historical institution of the counties only in as much as it was the lord of the province who appointed his familiares as deputy ispáns of the individual counties. These persons, who sometimes bore the title of ispán (comes), were also, in some cases demonstrably, in others presumably, the castellans of the oligarch’s castles in the province. This phenomenon can be observed in the territories under the control of Aba Amadé,66 Máté Csák,67 the Borsa family68 and even László Kán.69 Although the oligarchs exercised the authority of ispán as a matter of course, they bore the title of county ispán itself with conspicuous infrequency. And even if they did use the title in their charters, they named only one county at a time, apparently without any recognisable underlying logic. As previously mentioned, the Treaty of Kassa, imposed upon the sons of Amadé Aba following their father’s murder in 1311, prohibited them from forcing local nobles to appear in their courts.70 Although there is no concrete evidence indicating that Amadé forced nobles living on his territory to appear in his courts, it is a fact that from the mid-1290s the head of the Aba kindred maintained in Vizsoly, one of the more important settlements of his province, a regularly functioning court,71 where his deputy judges (viceiudex) bearing the title of court judge (iudex curie) sat in judgement.72 The court judges of Máté Csák,73 János Kőszegi,74 László Kán75 and probably the castellan at Adorján of Kopasz Borsa performed similar functions.76 Máté Csák,77 the son of Henrik Kőszegi Jr., János,78 and perhaps the others79 entrusted the economic affairs of their provinces to their magistri tavernicorum, obviously imitating the established distribution of duties within the royal court. The majority of the oligarchs attempted to bring the churches existing on the territory of their provinces under their control. The means of achieving this objective varied significantly. In case a bishopric became vacant in their zone of influence, they might exert pressure in order to fill it with a person who would most conveniently fit their expectations. It was thus that László Kán attempted to have his son appointed bishop of Transylvania, though he finally settled for his secondary candidate for the office.80 The election of Iván Kőszegi’s illegitimate son, Miklós, as bishop of Győr in 1308 could scarcely have been unrelated to the fact that the bishopric was located on Iván’s territory,81 whereas Henrik Jr., the younger brother of Iván, forced upon the bishopric of Pécs a follower of his own, who openly declared his dependence from the oligarch.82 Máté Csák, on the other hand, was apparently not interested in such methods, preferring to exploit the economic potential of church property to strengthen his own power.83 As for Amadé Aba and the Borsa family, they maintained friendly relations with the bishops of Eger and Várad respectively, while Kopasz Borsa even went as far as to provide merchants transporting goods to the latter prelate with an armed escort on at least one occasion.84 The oligarchs often assumed the titles of traditional high-ranking officials within the Kingdom of Hungary: János Kőszegi, Máté Csák, Amadé Aba and Kopasz Borsa referred to themselves as palatine, Henrik Kőszegi Jr. as ban of Slavonia and László Kán as voevode of Transylvania in their charters. However, it was clear to contemporaries that the power of these oligarchs was much greater and of different quality than that of their predecessors, and accordingly often referred to them as “prince” (fejedelem).85 That the oligarchs themselves had no doubts as to the extent of their authority is proved by the fact that they maintained diverse and multiple relations with foreign aristocrats, and even rulers, on the principle of equality. Máté Csák, for example, first sought for his son, also named Máté,86 a bride from the ducal family of Austria,87 before eventually opting for a noble Silesian wife.88 László Kán betrothed his daughter to the son of King Stefan of Serbia despite the opposition of papal legate Gentilis.89 The sons of Henrik Kőszegi Sr. fought a war against Duke Albert of Austria in 1288–1289,90 while Máté Csák came into conflict with King John of Bohemia in the year 1315.91 The quality of relations among the oligarchs themselves was equally as heterogeneous in nature. Initially these relations entailed a significant degree of antagonism: serious confrontations took place between the sons of Henrik Kőszegi Sr. and the Babonić family during the second half of the 1270s, lasting until the two sides concluded an agreement clearly defining their spheres of interest.92 Iván and Miklós Kőszegi probably came to a similar accord with Máté Csák, who had begun his career by waging a successful war precisely against the Kőszegi brothers in the service of King Andrew III.93 The lack of evidence that the Borsas attempted to regain their power in Transylvania from László Kán is also conspicuous. However, examples of cooperation also emerge over time: the Kőszegis and the Borsas fought in alliance against Ladislaus IV in 1287,94 while evidence suggests that the latter family cooperated with Amadé Aba to defeat a rival family in the northern Trans-Tisza region.95 Máté Csák carried such cooperation to the greatest degree, dispatching significant military forces to assist the sons of Amadé Aba in their rebellion against King Charles I. 96 The battle in which the armies of Máté Csák and those of the Amadé brothers fought alongside one another took place on the outskirts of the village of Rozgony (Rozhanovce, Slovakia) on June 15, 1312. As the fourteenth-century chronicler reported, “ …a combat of such ferocity ensued as had not occurred in Hungary since the time of the Mongol invasion.”97 Strife between King Charles I and the oligarchs was nearly incessant between 1311 and 1323. Sources indicate that several battles of similar intensity to that which took place near Rozgony were fought in the kingdom during the decade, while even professional historians must work hard to compile a comprehensive list of the total number of castle sieges that occurred during this period. The decision of the aforementioned chronicler to make reference only to the Battle of Rozgony in his account of the conflict between Charles I and the oligarchs has exercised a profound influence on the modern understanding of this struggle, generating the impression that the royal victory at Rozgony decided its outcome in the king’s favor. In truth, the best part of the struggle was still ahead. King Charles I was not devoid of experience, as by then the confrontation had been going on for decades with varying intensity. The initial attempts of the future oligarchs to build bases of personal power in the kingdom had begun, as previously mentioned, during the reign of King Béla IV, who, along with his successor, Stephen V, proved able to thwart this challenge to their authority. However, the accession of Ladislaus IV to the throne at the age of ten in the year 1272 provided favorable opportunities for “the disruptors […] of the order of the kingdom” (status regni […] disturbatores), “the treacherous […] trouble makers and fomenters of discord” (infidelis […] tanquam zyaniarum et guerrarum suscitator) and “the deceitful tyrants” (dolosus tyrannus).98 Much of the early years of the child king’s reign was spent with fighting between various groups within the aristocracy for the major baronial offices. Consequently, these changed hands no less than eleven times between 1272 and 1277. The Hungarian churches suffered significant hardship during these years of anarchy, it was therefore no coincidence that high-ranking clergymen led those interest groups which wanted to put an end to the disorder within the kingdom. Ladislaus IV was declared of age “at a general assembly” (in generali congregatione)99 in 1277,100 and made to swear an oath to subdue the “disturbers of the peace” (pacis turbatores). King Ladislaus directed the previously mentioned defeat of the Geregye family soon thereafter. The “general assembly” and the military campaign against the Geregyes constituted two aspects of the strategy aimed at reasserting royal authority over the oligarchs. The latter strategy—responding to force through force—was an established procedure in the Middle Ages and therefore does not require any special explanation. Radical response of this type offered the prospect of quick results, but required a degree of power that Hungarian royal authority sorely lacked during these years. Nevertheles, Ladislaus IV attempted repeatedly with stubborn consistency to bring the oligarchs to their knees, generally to no avail. Hungarian prelates thought to have found a more effective means with which to curb the ambitions of the aristocrats who monopolized the baronial offices and abused the advantages which these offerred. It was the introduction of the political system most commonly known as the “regime of estates” (Hung. rendiség). Although certain facets of this system clearly served to restrict royal authority, it was established primarily in order to create the political conditions necessary to bring the realm’s oligarchs under the control of the king. This transformation of state governance affected the most powerful political decision-making institutions in the kingdom. Representatives of the nobility received appointment to the royal council, which was responsible for making operative decisions, in addition to the prelates and barons who had previously constituted this body to the exclusion of others. Congregations of a governmental or judicial nature had already been held previously; these, however, were basically sessions of the royal council, to the discussions of which some of the magnates without formal office were occasionally also invited. Under the new system, nobles could take part in the council meetings, either personally or by proxy, and participate actively in the decision-making process. Following the death of Ladislaus IV in 1290, high-ranking Church officials expected Andrew III, whom they had helped to the throne,101 to maintain these policies even though it had become clear that they were not effective in terms of imposing royal authority upon the oligarchs. In 1298, Andrew III concluded regular treaties with five barons, a clear indication that the king was already looking for a new method of dealing with the oligarchs. These pacts defined the mutual rights and obligations of both sides and as such were decidedly contractual in nature, thus representing an unprecedented element in relations between the king and his subordinates, no matter how strong the latter were. These treaties clearly reflect the political conception of King Andrew III: to cooperate with those among the magnates who are inclined to do so. Among the five barons who concluded treaties with the king, Amadé Aba was an oligarch, while the others aspired to attain this status. This alliance between the king and the barons was therefore based not on solid foundations of principle, but on a temporary convergence of interests. King Andrew needed to exploit every opportunity to increase his power and manifestly regarded the potential military assistance of the loyal barons to be of greater significance than even the most elevated of principles.102 The king’s enemies did not fail to respond to the new royal policy: Hungarian chronicles indicate that in 1299 a group of powerful landowners asked Pope Boniface VIII to provide the realm with a new king in place of Andrew III.103 In the court of Naples, which did not recognize the royal accession of King Andrew III, the decision was taken in the spring of 1300 to send Prince Charles, the thirteen-year-old son of Charles Martel of Anjou, to the Kingdom of Hungary in order to press his claim to the throne. However, by the time Charles disembarked on the Adriatic coast of Dalmatia in August 1300, the political situation in the kingdom had undergone a profound change. The essence of this transformation is revealed in a letter dated September 18 from Petrus de Bonzano, whom King Andrew III had sent to the Papal Court presumably with the aim of obtaining there the appointment of Antal, Bishop of Csanád, as Archbishop of Esztergom.104 In the letter to Venetian nobles, the diplomat wrote that, while he was still staying in Hungary, “the sons of Henrik” (that is, the Kőszegi brothers, Iván, Miklós and Henrik Jr.) had come to the king and made a general agreement with him, while Máté Csák and many other barons who had previously rebelled against Andrew III had submitted to royal authority.105 Thus it is possible to know what happened, but not why it happened. One can exclude the possibility that Andrew III compelled the most formidable oligarchs to recognize his supremacy by force of arms: not only would a military campaign of the magnitude required to achieve this objective have left its mark in contemporary sources, but it also had become clear over the previous years that the king’s armies were not capable of defeating those of Máté Csák and the Kőszegi family. One must therefore postulate that the king struck an agreement with his powerful adversaries, offering them conditions that they deemed more valuable than anything they could have hoped to receive from the Angevins. One can surmise with a great degree of certainty the nature of the proposal that King Andrew III made to Iván Kőszegi and Máté Csák in the summer of 1300: in exchange for their loyalty, he would recognize their lordship over lands under their actual control and grant them the title of palatine. One may also presume that Henrik Kőszegi Jr. became ban of Slavonia and László Kán voevode of Transylvania in the same way. At the same time, Andrew III accorded the same privileges to four members of his inner circle—Roland Rátót, Apor Péc, Amadé Aba and István Ákos. Although the king’s strategy may appear novel, it did not, in fact, represent a significant departure from the established system of governance. The status of a loyal palatine possessing authority over a stipulated territory was in practice not significantly different from that of a subservient voevode of Transylvania or ban of Slavonia. The example of László Kán, who, while governing Transylvania, never once came into conflict with Andrew III, may have convinced the king that such a system could be effective, even in the case of lords with oligarchic ambitions. This was, therefore, the response of Andrew III to the political crisis caused by the arrival of the Angevin pretender to the Kingdom of Hungary. All this explains not only why several people held the title of palatine simultaneously in the first decade of the fourteenth century—those privileged by Andrew III were joined as seventh by Kopasz Borsa, appointed as palatine by Charles I —,106 but also why the oligarchs opposed Charles I so vehemently even in the most hopeless situations: they were defending what they believed to be theirs, and that from a foreign king. During the first decade and a half of his reign, Charles I tried, as had done Andrew III before, to compel the oligarchs to cooperate with him, going as far as to recognize the palatinal titles granted by his predecessor. In 1314, however, Charles abandoned this policy of compromise,107 and set his mind on suppressing the oligarchical provinces in a war which was to draw on for a decade, sometimes simultaneously in several regions of the country. The Angevin ruler conquered the northern part of the Borsa-controlled territory at the end of 1314, and forced the sons of the deceased László Kán to make peace with the crown at the beginning of 1315. He then abolished the authority of János Kőszegi, the son of Henrik Kőszegi Jr., over the southern portion of Transdanubia in 1316, reestablishing royal control over a part of Slavonia in that year as well. In 1317, the king completed his conquest of the Borsa province, suppressed that of András Kőszegi, the grandson of Iván, in the northwestern section of Transdanubia, and put down the second rebellion of the Amadé sons as well. In 1318, fighting erupted again in Transylvania, where the Borsas, already ousted from their province, rose together with their allies in rebellion against royal authority. András Kőszegi launched a new attack against Charles I in 1319, though not even the help of Austrian knights could save him from defeat. Rebellion broke out again in Transylvania during the years 1320–1321. In the meantime, Charles had gradually reduced the territory under the control of Máté Csák as a result of military victories gained in 1314, 1317 and 1320, eliminating his province altogether following the oligarch’s death in the spring of 1321.108 Several circumstances enabled King Charles I to achieve the objective of abolishing the power of the oligarchs that had eluded his predecessors from the dynasty of Árpád. The most significant of these factors was probably that, with the exception of Máté Csák prior to the Battle of Rozgony, the oligarchs did not attempt to join forces in alliance against the king.109 The reason for this lack of cooperation among the oligarchs may have been the fact that their provinces had reached the limits of their expanding potential by the second decade of the fourteenth century. From this time on, the oligarchs could only have increased their territories by encroaching on each other’s spheres of interest, something they wanted to avoid. Consequently, nor were they in a position to offer anything in exchange for help. The foreign political options of the oligarchs had also been profoundly modified. During the reign of Ladislaus IV, they could support the claim of Andrew to the throne of the Kingdom of Hungary, as the Kőszegis did on at least two occasions,110 while they could play the Angevin card against Andrew after he had become king, a means which again it was the Kőszegis who used most consciously.111 By the beginning of the fourteenth century, only the Borsas considered the use of foreign powers to promote their political objectives, contriving to support the claim of a Russian prince to the throne of Hungary against Charles I.112 However, this idea apparently never advanced beyond the planning stages. Charles, for his part, concluded an alliance with Duke Rudolf of Austria as early as 1304,113 renewing it with Rudolf’s successor, Frederick,114 and also established friendly relations with John of Luxemburg, crowned in 1311 as King of Bohemia.115 Thus the oligarchs could expect support neither from one another, nor from potential allies abroad. In the event of attack from royal forces, they were compelled to rely solely on the strength of their own armies. However, this strength was fading. As long as the star of the oligarchs was on the rise, their power exerted very great attraction over the nobility living on their territories. But this attraction decreased remarkably over time: even the most powerful oligarch, Máté Csák, had to confront a rebellion of local nobles in 1316.116 Other members of the nobility preferred emigration from the oligarchical provinces to outright revolt, and such emigrees swelled as a matter of fact the ranks of Charles’s armed supporters.117 There is much evidence to suggest that King Charles was aware of the possibilities thus offerred: the king’s defeat of the Borsas was, in fact, due in great part to his success in winning over many of the leading Borsa familiares already before the armed conflict started.118 Similarly, in the reconquest of Southern Transdanubia, controlled by Henrik Jr and then by his sons, a key role was played by the switching of some of the Kőszegi familiares to the king’s side.119 This phenomenon can be shown to have been common among the familiares of other oligarchs as well.120 That the tide had turned is proved by the fact that some two decades before, in 1296–1297, it was still the opposite case when the castellan of King Andrew III helped Máté Csák gain control of a royal castle in Trencsén.121 The decision of any familiaris to transfer his loyalty from an oligarch to the king was obviously conditioned by several considerations, most of which are impossible to discern today. Two conjectures can safely be risked in this respect, however. First, the military successes that Charles I began to achieve in 1312 made it obvious to all nobles that there was an alternative power to serve in case one wanted to quit his lord; it is in this, but only this, that the decisive importance of the battle of Rozgony resided. Second, loyalty tied the familiares to their original lord and not to their sons, and it was the latter with whom Charles came into conflict for the most part.122 A conspicuous example is that of the leading familiares of the late Amadé Aba, roughly half of whom already fought at Charles I’s side at Rozgony, whereas many of those who had remained faithful to Aba’s sons transferred their allegiance to the king after the battle, thereby further accelerating the decline of the familia that had begun with the death of Amadé.123 The ambition of Charles I to win the allegiance of the familiares of the oligarchs was the result of a learning process. Charles initially followed the example of the last two Árpád kings, Ladislaus IV and Andrew III, who had attempted to reach accord with the oligarchs if they saw no other means of curbing their power. Cardinal Gentilis, who had been sent by pope Clement V to Hungary in 1307, negotiated personally with Máté Csák in order to convince him to recognize Charles I as his legitimate ruler.124 The result of the effort was identical to that following similar such episodes at the time of Ladislaus IV and Andrew III: the oligarch appeared willing to cooperate with the king for a certain period of time before again electing to pursue a course of open conflict with royal authority.125 Charles I drew the appropriate conclusion from this, when, contrary to his Árpád predecessors, he sought thereafter to gain the support of the familiares of the oligarchs rather than that of the oligarchs themselves. This strategy proved to be effective and contributed significantly to the final success of the Angevin king. Finally, the impact of personal abilities on the outcome of events cannot be ignored. Poor decisions on the part of King Ladislaus IV gradually turned his potential supporters against him. The close relations Ladislaus IV maintained with the Cumans living in the Kingdom of Hungary produced particularly strong aversion among many of his subjects. The open affinity that Ladislaus displayed toward the Cumans—his mother was a Cuman princess—was considered to be so subversive that Pope Nicholas IV launched an investigation following the king’s death to find out if at all he had died as a Christian.126 Andrew III was a much more judicious king than Ladislaus IV. The mere fact that he managed to sustain his reign for ten years within a foreign environment and, for many years, without foreign allies, bears witness to his prudence. However, Andrew’s political oeuvre remained incomplete because of his unexpected death. In comparison to Andrew III, Charles I enjoyed the significant advantage of having grown into adulthood in Hungary, allowing him to become familiar with local conditions. The resolution of Charles I not to resort to military support from the Cumans, who according to a 1301 memorandum supported his rule (dicitur, quod Cumani sunt cum eo),127 in his fight against the oligarchs provides evidence of this familiarity.128 Charles was obviously aware of the political consequences that such military assistance from the Cumans against the oligarchs would have entailed. 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I, 52. 4 Doubt on the legitimate descent of Andrew III is cast by the fact that the adult sons of Andrew II accused the last wife of their father, Queen Beatrix, who was pregnant at the time of the king’s death in 1235, of adultery, and consequently never recognized the father of the future Andrew III, prince Stephen, as their half-brother. This remained the official opinion of the Hungarian royal court until the summer of 1290, when, upon the death of Ladislaus IV the clerical and lay leaders of the country declared Andrew, the son of prince Stephen and the Venetian Thomasina Morosini, to be a legitimate member of the royal family. 5 According to the Hungarian chronicler, the majority of Hungarians supported the son of Wenceslaus II of Bohemia over Charles I for the following reason: “Ne regni liberi libertatem amitterent in susceptione per ecclesiam dati regis.” “Chronici Hungarici compositio saeculi XIV,” c. 188, Scriptores rerum Hungaricarum tempore ducum regumque stirpis Arpadianae gestarum, 2 vols., ed. Imre Szentpéteri (Budapest: n.p., 1937–1938) (hereafter SRH), vol. I, 480. 6 1332: “Nobis in etate tenera constitutis et nondum regni gubernaculum plene adeptis, dum infideles barones et nostrorum progenitorum condam illustrium regum Hungarie nefphandissimi proditores conmissoresque in eorundem regum personas multiplicis criminis lese maiestatis, oppresso regali solio regnum et regia iura undique occupata detinerent manu violenta, fideles regni nobiles pociores, ne nobis et sacre corone devocione debita adhiberent, dire necis perimentes excidio ceteros inferioris status fine vario consummentes.“ Urkundenbuch des Burgenlandes und der angrenzenden Gebiete der Komitate Wieselburg, Ödenburg und Eisenburg, 5 vols., eds. Hans Wagner et al. (Graz–Cologne–Vienna: Hermann Böhlaus Nachf., 1955–1999) (hereafter UB), vol. IV, 135. 7 1256: ÁÚO, vol. VII, 458. 8 1278: ÁÚO, vol. IX, 196–97. 9 Attila Zsoldos, Magyarország világi archontológiája 1000–1301 [Hungarian Secular Archontology] (Budapest: MTA Történettudományi Intézete, 2011), 40, 58. 10 1274: “Quorum fidelitate, virtute et industria ipsum regnum Hungarie defensatum fuerat predecessorum nostrorum temporibus et feliciter gubernatum.” ÁÚO, vol. XII, 98. 11 1285: Codex diplomaticus Hungariae ecclesiasticus ac civilis, 11 vols., ed. György Fejér (Budae: Typis Typogr. Regiae Universitatis Ungaricae, 1829–1844) (hereafter: CD), vol. V/3, 258–61. 12 1287: Oklevelek hontvármegyei magán-levéltárakból. Első rész: 1256–1399 [Documents from Private Archives in Hont County. Part One: 1256–1399], ed. Ferenc Kubinyi (Budapest: n.p., 1888), 30. 13 1294: ÁUO, vol. X, 153–54. 14 For a summary of the history of the Geregye and Borsa families see Zoltán Lenkey and Attila Zsoldos, Szent István és III. András [Saint Stephen and Andrew III] (Budapest: Kossuth, 2003), 130–31, 142–43 and 188–89. For information regarding the Borsa family see Vince Bunyitay, “Kopasz nádor: életrajz a XIII–XIV. századból” [Palatine Kopasz: Biography from the Thirteenth–Fourteenth Centuries], Századok 22 (1888): 15–32 and 129–55. 15 Antal Pór, “László erdélyi vajda (1291–1315): rajzok Erdély múltjából a középkorban” [László Voevode of Transylvania (1291–1315): Sketches from the History of Transylvania in the Middle Ages], Erdélyi Múzeum 8 (1891): 433–81; Mór Wertner, “Újabb nemzetségi kutatások VIII: a Kán-nemzetség erdélyi vagy vajdai ága” [New Research on the Kindreds VIII: the Transylvanian or Voevodal Branch of the Kán Kindred], Turul 26 (1908): 122–29; and Gyula Kristó, “Kán László és Erdély” [László Kán and Transylvania], Valóság 21 (1978): 83–96. 16 1332: CD, vol. V/3, 258–61. 17 Kristó Gyula, “A Kőszegiek kiskirálysága” [The Principality of the Kőszegis], Vasi Szemle 29 (1975): 251–68; Heide Dienst and Irmtraut Lindeck-Pozza, eds., Die Güssinger. Beiträge zur Geschichte der Herren von Güns/Güssing und ihrer Zeit (13./14. Jahrhundert) (Eisenstadt: Burgenlandisches Landesmuseum, 1989). 18 1274: ÁÚO, vol. XII, 89. 19 Zsoldos, Archontológia, 101. 20 See János Karácsonyi, A magyar nemzetségek a XIV. század közepéig [The Hungarian Kindreds until the Middle of the Fourteenth Century] (Budapest: Nap Kiadó, 1995), 599; and Pál Engel, Magyarország világi archontológiája 1301–1457 – Középkori magyar genealógia [Hungarian Secular Archontology, 1301–1457—Medieval Hungarian Geneology], CD-ROM (Budapest: MTA Történettudományi Intézete, 2001). Héder nem, 4. tábla: Kőszegi [és Rohonci]. 21 1314: Anjou-kori Okmánytár, vol. I, 335. 22 Attila Zsoldos, “A Henrik-fiak: A Héder nembéli Kőszegiek családi története” [The Henrik Sons: The Family History of the Kőszegis of the Héder Kindred], Vasi Szemle 64 (2010): 651–61. 23 See Gyula Kristó, A rozgonyi csata [The Battle of Rozgony] (Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1978), 27–39; and Attila Zsoldos, “Kassa túszai: Pillanatfelvétel 1311-ből Aba nembéli Amadé famíliájáról” [The Hostages of Kassa: 1311 Snapshot of the Amadé Family of the Aba Kindred], Történelmi Szemle 39 (1997): 345–62. 24 1297: CD, vol. VI/2, 82–83. 25 For more information regarding Máté Csák see the following works: Antal Pór, Trencsényi Csák Máté 1260–1321 [Máté Csák of Trencsény] (Budapest: Méhner Vilmos, 1888) and Gyula Kristó, Csák Máté tartományúri hatalma [The Oligarchical Lordship of Máté Csák] (Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1973). 26 See Pál Engel, “Honor, vár, ispánság: Tanulmányok az Anjou-királyság kormányzati rendszeréről” [Honor, Castle, Ispánate: Studies on the Governing System of the Angevin Kingdom], Századok 116 (1982): 902; and Pál Engel, The Realm of St Stephen. A History of Medieval Hungary 895–1526 (London–New York: I. B. Tauris, 2001), 124–25. 27 1317: Anjou-kori Okmánytár, vol. I, 445–48. 28 „Historia de gestis Romanorum imperatorum et summorum pontificum a Micha Madio de Barbazanis de Spalato,” Scriptores rerum Hungaricarum veteres ac genuini, 3 vols., ed. Johann Georg Schwandtner (Vienna: Kraus, 1746–1748) vol. III, 638. 29 Attila Zsoldos, “Debrecen mint igazgatási központ a 14. század elején” [Debrecen as Administrative Center at the Beginning of the Fourteenth Century], in Debrecen város 650 éves: Várostörténeti tanulmányok [The City of Debrecen Turns 650: Studies on Municipal History], ed. Attila Bárány et al. (Debrecen: Debreceni Egyetem Történelmi Intézete, 2011), 53–65. 30 Engel, “Honor, vár, ispánság,” 914; Pál Engel, Magyarország világi archontológiája 1301–1457, [Hungarian Secular Archontology 1301–1457], 2 vols. (Budapest: MTA Történettudományi Intézete, 1996), vol. I, 27; and Gyula Kristó, Tájszemlélet és térszervezés a középkori Magyarországon [Regional Perspective and Spatial Organization in Medieval Hungary] (Szeged: Szegedi Középkorász Műhely, 2003), 149. 31 Zsoldos, “Debrecen mint igazgatási központ,” 56–66. It should be noted that Dózsa Debreceni (1322), Fülöp Druget (1323–1327) and his successor as governor of the province, his nephew Vilmos Druget (1334–1342), also served as palatine. See Engel, Magyarország világi archontológiája, vol. I, 2–3. 32 See Engel, Magyarország világi archontológiája, vol. I, 2. 33 Engel, “Honor, vár, ispánság,” 907; and idem, A nemesi társadalom a középkori Ung megyében [Noble Society in Ung County during the Middle Ages] (Budapest: MTA Történettudományi Intézete, 1998), 43–44; and Ferenc Piti, “Az 1342. évi nádorváltás” [The 1342 Change of Palatines], Századok 140 (2006): 435–41. Also see Pál Engel, “Nagy Lajos ismeretlen adományreformja” [Louis the Great’s Unknown Reform of Land Grants], Történelmi Szemle 39 (1997): 145–48. 34 Engel, Magyarország világi archontológiája, vol. I, 206. 35 1290: ÁÚO, vol. XII, 496–98. 36 See Gyula Kristó, A feudális széttagolódás Magyarországon [Feudal Fragmentation in Hungary] (Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1979), 143. 37 See 1312: A zichi és vásonkeői gróf Zichy-család idősb ágának okmánytára [Archives of the Senior Branch of the Zichy Family of Zich and Vásonkeő], 12 vols. eds. Imre Nagy et al. (Budapest: Magyar Történelmi Társulat, 1871–1932) (hereafter: Zichy), vol. I, 137; and 1312: Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár Országos Levéltára [Hungarian National Archives, hereafter MNL OL], Diplomatikai Levéltár [Medieval Charters, hereafter: DL), 68 680. 38 1311: Regesta diplomatica nec non epistolaria Slovaciae, 2 vols., ed. Vincent Sedlák (Bratislavae: Sumptibus Acad. Scient. Slovacae, 1980–1987) (herafter: RDES), vol. I, 391–93. Also see CD, vol. VIII/1, 405–12. 39 Kristó, A rozgonyi csata, 40–47; and Pál Engel, “Az ország újraegyesítése. I. Károly küzdelmei az oligarchák ellen (1310–1323)” [The Reunification of the Country. The Struggles of Charles I against the Oligarchs (1310–1323)], Századok 122 (1988): 89–144, 98–100. 40 RDES, vol. I, 391–92. 41 See, on the other hand, Kristó, A feudális széttagolódás, 139–44. 42 1303: MNL OL, DL, 91 154; 1308: MNL OL, Diplomatikai Fényképgyűjtemény [Collection of Photocopies, hereafter: DF], 285 246; 1308: Anjou-kori Okmánytár, vol. I, 155–56. 43 1302: MNL OL, DL, 33 726; 1303: MNL OL, DL, 91 154; MNL OL, DL, 2071; 1304: Anjou-kori Okmánytár, vol. I, 80–82; Codex diplomaticus regni Croatiae, Dalmatiae et Slavoniae, vols. II–XV, ed. Tade Smičiklas (Zagreb: Tiskom D. Albrechta, 1904–1934) (Hereafter: CDCr), vol. VIII, 91; 1307: MNL OL, DF, 285 245; 1308: Monumenta ecclesiae Strigoniensis, 3 vols., ed. Ferdinánd Knauz et al. (Strigonii: n.p., 1874–1924) (hereafter: MES), vol. II, 582–83; 1310: CDCr, vol. VIII, 259–61 and MES, vol. II, 628–29. 44 1303: Anjou-kori Okmánytár, vol. I, 67; 1304: MNL OL, DL, 91 155; 1310: MNL OL, DF, 208 960. 45 1311: CDCr, vol. VIII, 296. 46 1303: MNL OL, DL, 91 154; and 1308: MES, vol. II, 582–83. 47 1302: MNL OL, DL, 40 285; 1307: MNL OL, DL, 40 308; and Anjou-kori Okmánytár, vol. I, 131–33. 48 1311: Zichy, vol. I, 132–33; MNL OL, DL, 1783; Anjou-kori Okmánytár, vol I, 235–36. See Zsoldos, “Debrecen mint igazgatási központ,” 49–51. 49 1310: Anjou-kori Oklevéltár, [Charters of Angevin Hungary], 32 vols., ed. Tibor Almási et al. (Szeged–Budapest: n.p., 1990–2012), vol. II, no. 1014; and 1311: Zichy, vol. I, 130, 131. 50 1310: MNL OL, DL, 40 327. 51 See: 1311: Anjou-kori Okmánytár, vol. I, 219–20. 52 Engel, Magyarország világi archontológiája, vol. I, 2; see also Attila Zsoldos, “III. András hat nádora” [The Six Palatines of Andrew III], in Erősségénél fogva várépítésre való. Tanulmányok a 70 éves Németh Péter tiszteletére [By its Strength Fit for Castle-Building. Studies in Honor of Péter Németh on His 70th Birthday] ed. Juan Cabello and Norbert C. Tóth (Nyíregyháza: Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg Megyei Önkormányzat Múzeumok Igazgatósága, 2011), 298–99. 53 1317: CDCr, vol. VIII, 469–70; see Engel, Középkori Magyar Genealógia. Csák nem 8. Újlaki ág. 54 Engel, Magyarország világi archontológiája, vol. I. 100, 122, 142, 164, 199, 202, 221. 55 1327: Anjou-kori Okmánytár, vol. II, 316–18; 1328: MNL OL, DF, 209 870; 1330: CD, vol. VIII/3, 512–14; and 1332: MNL OL, DL, 1798. 56 Engel, “Honor, vár, ispánság,” 907; Piti, “Az 1342. évi nádorváltás,” 437–38. 57 1314: “nos, cui gubernacula predictorum predecessorum nostrorum de iure pervenerant.” Anjou-kori Okmánytár, vol. I, 337. 58 1294: ÁUO, vol. X, 153. 59 1301: Budapest történetének okleveles emlékei (1148–1301) [Charters Relating to the History of Budapest], vol. I, ed. Albert Gárdonyi (Budapest: A székesfőváros kiadása, 1936), 351. 60 1303: MNL OL, DF, 255 287. 62 1307: CD, vol. VIII/1, 220; see Engel, Középkori Magyar Genealógia. Borsa nem 1. Kopasz ága 1. tábla. 63 Karácsonyi, Magyar nemzetségek, 224; and Engel, Középkori Magyar Genealógia. Borsa nem 1. Kopasz ága 1. tábla. 64 Attila Zsoldos, A Borsa-tartomány igazgatásának kérdései [The Administration of the Borsa Province] (forthcoming). 65 László Makkai, “Honfoglaló magyar nemzetségek Erdélyben” [Hungarian Kindreds in Transylvania at the Time of the Hungarian Conquest of the Carpathian Basin], Századok 78 (1944): 187–88; and Engel, “Honor, vár, ispánság,” 902–04; Attila Zsoldos, “Egész Szlavónia bánja” [The Ban of Entire Slavonia] in Tanulmányok a középkorról [Studies on the Middle Ages], ed. Tibor Neumann (Budapest–Piliscsaba: Argumentum, 2001), 279–80. 66 1302: RDES, vol. I, 64–65; 1303: Anjou-kori Okmánytár, vol. I, 60–61; 1307: Zichy, vol. I, 114; RDES, vol. I, 234; and 1308: MES, vol. III, 66. 67 1305: MNL OL, DL, 61 203; 1307: Anjou-kori Okmánytár, vol. I, 122; ibid., vol. I, 122–23; and 1318: CD, vol. VIII/2, 174. 68 1306: CD, vol. VIII/7, 367; 1308: Zichy, vol. I, 116–17; 1309: MNL OL, DL, 96 052; Zichy, vol. I, 122–23; 1310: ibid., vol. I, 124–26; Anjou-kori Okmánytár, vol. I, 198; and cca. 1314–1317: MNL OL, DF, 278 728. 69 1312: MNL OL, DF 255 259; MNL OL, DL 30 598; and 1314: A római szent birodalmi gróf széki Teleki család oklevéltára [The Archives of the Holy Roman Imperial Counts of Teleki of Szék], 2 vols., ed. Samu Barabás (Budapest: Magyar Történelmi Társulat, 1895) vol. I, 33. 70 1311: „nec compellemus eos [sc. nobiles] a modo astare nostro iudicio aut officialium nostrorum.” RDES, vol. I, 392. 71 See, for example: 1296: Zichy, vol. I, 121; cca. 1299–1300: Az Árpád-kori nádorok és helyetteseik okleveleinek kritikai jegyzéke [Critical Register of the Charters of the Árpád-era Palatines and Their Deputies], ed. Tibor Szőcs (Budapest: Magyar Országos Levéltár, 2012), 255; and 1300: ibid., 257. 72 1304: MNL OL, DL, 83 158; 1305: MNL OL, DF, 269 488; and 1307: RDES, vol. I, 217, 221–22. 73 1308: Hazai okmánytár [Collection of Domestic Charters], 8 vols., eds. Imre Nagy et al. (Győr–Budapest: n.p., 1865–1891) (hereafter HO), vol. VII, 337; 1309: ibid., vol. VII, 339; and 1310: ibid., vol. VII, 325. 74 1302: Anjou-kori Oklevéltár, vol. I, 24. 75 1308: Zichy, vol. I, 122. 76 Zsoldos, A Borsa-tartomány igazgatásának kérdései. 77 1309: CD, vol. VIII/1, 341; 1310: RDES, vol. I, 353; and MES, vol. II, 631, 632. 79 See Boglárka Weisz, “A szatmári kamara története a 14. század közepéig” [The History of the Szatmár Chamber until the Middle of the Fourteenth Century], in Az ecsedi Báthoriak a XV–XVII. században [The Báthoris of Ecsed in the Fifteenth to Seventeenth Centuries], eds. Sarolta Szabó and Norbert C. Tóth, (Nyírbátor: Báthori István Múzeum, 2012), 77–79. 80 Acta legationis Gentilis, 1307–1312. Vatikáni magyar okirattár. Monumenta Vaticana historiam regni Hungariae illustrantia I/2 (Budapest: Franklin, 1885; Budapest: Magyar Egyháztörténeti Enciklopédia Munkaközössége, 2000) (Hereafter: Acta Gentilis), 154–77. 81 Ádám Vajk, “Mibe került ezen hűségi levél? Kőszegi Miklós győri püspöksége és az országos politika” [What Was the Cost of that Letter of Loyalty? Miklós Kőszegi as Bishop of Győr and National Politics], in In labore fructus. Jubileumi tanulmányok Győregyházmegye történetéből [In labore fructus. Anniversary Studies on the History of the Diocese of Győr], eds. Gábor Nemes and Ádám Vajk (Győr: Győri Egyházmegyei Levéltár, 2011), 411–40. 82 Acta Gentilis, 126–53; see also Tamás Fedeles et al., eds. A Pécsi Egyházmegye története I. A középkor évszázadai (1009–1543) [History of the Diocese of Pécs I. The Centuries of the Middle Ages (1009–1543)], (Pécs: n.p., 2009), 90–91. (The relevant part is the work of László Koszta). 83 See two charters issued on the same day by János, bishop of Nyitra (Nitra, Slovakia) for extensive information regarding Máté Csák’s attempts to increase his power to the detriment of the prelate. March 3, 1318: CD, vol. VIII/2, 170–81, 181–83. 84 1310: Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv (Vienna), Erdődy család levéltára [The Archives of the Erdődy Family], Urkunden 43. 85 1308: CD, vol. VIII/1, 251; Acta Gentilis, 205; 1312: Hazai Oklevéltár 1234–1536 [National Charters], eds. Imre Nagy et al. (Budapest: Magyar Történelmi Társulat, 1879), 185; Chronici Hungarici compositio saeculi XIV, c, 188 (SRH, vol. I, 479). 86 1309: A Pécz nemzetség apponyi ágának az Apponyi grófok családi levéltárában őrizett oklevelei, I. 1241–1526 [Charters from the Family Archives of the Apponyi Counts of the Apponyi Branch of the Pécz Kindred], ed. Ernő Kammerer (Budapest: Franklin Társulat, 1906), 43–44. 87 1318: CD, vol. VIII/2, 173. 88 Mór Wertner, “Csák Máté utódai” [The Descendants of Máté Csák], Turul 20 (1902): 104–12. 89 1309: Acta Gentilis, 371–73. 90 Engel, “Az ország újraegyesítése,” 105. 91 1278: CDCr, vol. VI, 240–42; 1280: ibid., vol. VI, 362–63. 93 Kristó, Csák Máté tartományúri hatalma, 35. 94 1287: Oklevelek Hontvármegyei magán-levéltárakból, 30. 95 Attila Zsoldos, “IV. László és a Kállaiak ősei” [Ladislaus IV and the Ancestors of the Kállais] in A nyíregyházi Jósa András Múzeum Évkönyve [Yearbook of the András Jósa Museum in Nyíregyháza], vol. 42 (Nyíregyháza: Jósa András Múzeum, 2000), 77–87. 97 Chronici Hungarici compositio saeculi XIV. c. 196 (SRH, vol. I, 488) “prelium durissimum est commissum, quale a tempore Tartarorum in Hungaria non contigit celebrari.” 98 1317: Anjou-kori Okmánytár, vol. I, 427, 446; 1323: Zichy, vol. I, 219; see Enikő Csukovits, “Le serpent tortueux” et les satellites du Satan: l’image de l’ennemi dans les narratives des chartes de donation des rois Anjou en Hongrie,” in La Diplomatie des États Angevins aux XIIIe et XIVe siècles. Actes du colloque international de Szeged, Visegrád, Budapest 13–16 septembre 2007, eds. Zoltán Kordé and István Petrovics, (Rome–Szeged: Univ. degli studi di Szeged, JATEPress, Accad. d’Ungheria in Roma, 2010), 339–48. 99 1277: Urkundenbuch zur Geschichte der Deutschen in Siebenbürgen, 7 vols., ed. Franz Zimmermann et al. (Hermannstadt–Cologne–Vienna–Bucharest: n.p., 1892–1991), vol. I, 131. 100 1277: HO, vol. VII, 165. 101 József Gerics, A korai rendiség Európában és Magyarországon [The Early Regime of Estates in Europe and Hungary] (Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1987). 102 For an appraisal of these treaties, see Gerics, Korai rendiség, 308–09; and Jenő Szűcs, Az utolsó Árpádok [The Last Árpáds] (Budapest: MTA Történettudományi Intézete, 1993), 337–41. 103 SRH, vol. I, 477. 104 1300: ÁÚO, vol. V, 261, 262, 263–64. 105 1300: ÁÚO, vol. V, 260–61. 106 Zsoldos, “III. András hat nádora.” 107 Engel, “Az ország újraegyesítése,” 104–08. 108 Ibid. See also Gyula Kristó, “I. Károly király harcai a tartományurak ellen (1310–1323)” [The Struggles of Charles I against the Oligarchs (1310–1323)], Századok 137 (2003): 297–347. 109 See Engel, “Az ország újraegyesítése,” 108. 110 1278: CDCr, vol. VI, 244, 245–46; 1286: ibid., vol. VI, 555–57; and 1287: UB, vol. II, 204. 111 1292: MDEA, vol. I, 81; and UB, vol. II, 268. 112 1317: Anjou-kori Okmánytár, vol. I, 412; 1321: CD, vol. VIII/2, 293; see Engel, “Az ország újraegyesítése,” 114. 113 1304: CD, vol. VIII/1, 158–59; ibid., vol. 160–61. 114 1314: ibid., vol. VIII/7, 108. 115 1312: Acta Aragonensia. Quellen zur deutschen, italienischen, französischen, spanischen zur Kirchen- und Kulturgeschichte aus der diplomatischen Korrespondenz Jaymes II. (1291–1327), vol. 2, ed. Heinrich Finke (Berlin–Leipzig: Dr Walther Rotschild, 1908), vol. I, 322–25. 116 1316: Béla Karácsonyi and Gyula Kristó, eds., Oklevelek a Csák-territórium történetéhez [Documents on the History of the Csák Territory] (Szeged: Hungária, 1971), 15, 16, 17, 17–18, 18, 19. 117 See: 1319: Anjou-kori Okmánytár, vol. I, 520–23; and 1329: ibid., vol. II, 403–04. 118 The future palatine of King Charles I, Dózsa Debreceni, was among those who changed sides. Zsoldos, “Debrecen mint igazgatási központ,” 50–51; for another example, see 1325: MNL OL, DL, 1045. 119 Engel, “Az ország újraegyesítése,” 113. 120 1321: CD, vol. VIII/2, 296–97; 1324: Anjou-kori Okmánytár, vol. II, 124–26; 1325: HO, vol. I, 137–43, etc. 121 Kristó, Csák Máté tartományúri hatalma, 36. 122 Amadé Aba died before 8 Sept, 1311, Henrik Kőszegi Jr before 5 May, 1310, Iván Kőszegi on 5 April, 1308, László Kán sometime before 12 August, 1315. See Zsoldos, Archontológia, 282, 308, 315; Kristó, “I. Károly király harcai,” 320. 123 Zsoldos, „Kassa túszai,” 361–62. 124 1308: Acta Gentilis, 112–15. 126 1290: Vetera monumenta historica Hungariam sacram illustrantia maximam partem nondum edita ex tabulariis Vaticanis deprompta, collecta ac serie chronologica disposita, 2 vols., ed. Augustinus Theiner (Rome: Romae Typis Vaticanis, 1859–1860), vol. I, 369. For more information regarding the reign of King Ladislaus, Szűcs, Az utolsó Árpádok, 279–321. 127 1301: Acta Aragonensia, vol. I, 112. 128 In typical fashion, a previously unknown Cuman named Aydud fought on the side of the Borsas against the king. See 1329: Anjou-kori Okmánytár, vol. II, 404. 129 Engel, The Realm of St Stephen, 143–45. Publishers' Books for Review Forum Historiae (Slovakia) Journal of Contemporary History (Croatia) Journal Stred/Centre (Czech Academy of Sciences) Historical Contributions (Croatian Academy of Sciences) (Babes-Bolyai University, Romania) IH \| RCH \| HAS	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3353
__label__cc	0.749598	0.250402	Biology Education Centre Programme pages Degree and career Uppsala University IBG Student Study abroad As a student at the Department for Biology Education you have great opportunities to go on an exchange to a large number of places in the world. Here we present a few different ways to go on an exchange. On these pages you find among other information what universities IBG has an exchange with, links to the faculty and university administered exchanges, and more. If you've got any questions regarding exchange studies, please contact our exchange coordinator Eva Damm (eva.damm@ibg.uu.se). General exchange General exchange programme Uppsala University has general exchange programmes with many universities on all continents. If you want to study outside Europe, please contact the International Office at Uppsala University, who arranges these exchanges. There are also exchange programmes with several European universities other than those in IBGs exchanges. You can write your thesis abroad, either in an exchange programme, or as an external thesis within the programme. In both cases you must discuss with the coordinator in advance. Exchange programs within the Faculty of Science and Technology The Disciplinary Domain of Science and Technology has a few exchanges in engineering/science in Europe. The faculty web site has more information information IBG's exchange programs As a student at IBG, you have the opportunity to spend part of your studies abroad. IBG has an exchange programme in biology that is aimed at all students studying at IBG and meets the qualification requirements. The exchange is within the framework of the ERASMUS program and an opportunity to study at another European university during one semester. IBG:s exchange programmes include advanced courses and theses in biology. At some universities it is only possible to take courses. At other universities you can only do theses and at some universities it is possible to do both. As a rule, the courses are given in the country's own language (advanced level courses are increasingly given in English), while the thesis can be done in English. A list of all of IBG's partner universities Send your application to Eva Damm at IBG, include a curriculum with courses you wish to read (course selection can be based on information from websites) and a course certificate. Eight nations in the Nordic and Baltic countries are members of Nordplus. Scholarships both at bachelor and master level can be applied for twice a year (September and January). With this program you can for instance go to Copenhagen and Svalbard. Please contact the International office for applications. Nordplus' own web site has all the information you need Those who meet any one of the following requirements are eligible to apply to study abroad: Students at the IBG Master programmes in Biology, Applied Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Molecular Biotechnology. At the time of application, the student must have completed 30 credits, and upon departure 60 credits. Students with a bachelor from Uppsala University can apply for exchange studies from year one at the master program. MSc programmes in Bioinformatics and Molecular Biotechnology beginning year 4 with completed courses from the first three years. Bachelor programme in biology with approved biology courses of at least 75 credits, of which at least 60 credits from the given set of basic courses within the programme. Students at the teacher programme with approved biology courses equivalent to the given set of basic courses within the programme. Students at Uppsala University with the equivalent knowledge from individual courses. Master students who have completed their bachelor at Uppsala University are prioritised. Application to the upcoming academic year is done on a special form and submitted to IBG. The application must be attached to the current record, "passport photo" and a short (approximately 500 words) essay in English that describes who you as candidate is and why you wants to study abroad. Applications must be submitted no later than March 15. Application form 2019/20 Contact Biology Education Centre You can find contact information on our contact pages. If you don't know whom to turn to, please email info@ibg.uu.se. You can also join our Facebook group. BMC: Husargatan 3, A8:1, Uppsala EBC: Norbyv 14, 3rd fl., Uppsala KLUBBAN BIOLOGY STATION Östersidan, Rödbergsviksvägen 13-15 Fiskebäckskil Heavy goods deliveries to EBC Kåbovägen 4, 75236 Uppsala Study counselling Degree project Project offers Plagiarism and cheating The SciTech Faculty • DiaNa Registration number: 202100-2932 VAT number: SE202100293201 PIC: 999985029 Registrar About this website Privacy policy Editor: Johan Edin	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3354
__label__wiki	0.508875	0.508875	Accuracy of measurements of foramen magnum and occipital condyle as an indicator for sex determination using computed tomography Harshita Rai1, Vaishali Keluskar1, Santosh Patil2, Anjana Bagewadi1 1 Department of Oral Medicine, KLE University, VK Institute of Dental Sciences, Belagavi, Karnataka, India 2 Department of Radiodiagnosis, KLE University, JNMC, Belagavi, Karnataka, India Dr. Harshita Rai Department of Oral Medicine, KLE University, JNMC Campus, Nehru Nagar, Belagavi - 590 010, Karnataka Background and Objectives: The determination of sex in forensic investigation is an important and crucial step. Unidentifiable crania are very common due to warfare, mass disasters, intentional attempt to obscure facial identity in criminal attacks, or physical injury caused by weapons, explosives, or fire. In such a situation, the determination of sex becomes extremely complicated and challenging. Aim: The present study was undertaken to provide data on foramen magnum and occipital condyle (OC) for the purpose of sex determination for establishing the identity in cases of unknown fragmentary skulls. Settings and Design: Retrospective. Subjects and Methods: The study group included computed tomography scan images of 200 patients (100 males and 100 females) in the age range of 21-80 years fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Seven variables were used to measure the dimensions of foramen magnum and OC. Statistical Analysis Used: Descriptive statistics, discriminate analysis, and unpaired t-test. Results: Significant differences were observed in all the metric variables in male and female population. The dimensions of foramen magnum and OC were significantly larger in male population. Discriminant function analysis revealed an accuracy of 94% (91% in male and 97% in female population). Conclusion: The dimensions of foramen magnum and OC can be accurately used for sex determination thus opening avenues for new research in the field of anthropology and forensic sciences. Rai H Keluskar V Patil S Bagewadi A foramen magnum	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3356
__label__cc	0.739295	0.260705	Global giant extends grip on knowledge Sandra Haimila This article appears in the issue July/August 2003 [Volume 12, Issue 7] User stories from the knowledge front Motorola is expanding its use of the collaboration and knowledge management software that is the foundation for its global intranet called Compass. Brad Bosley, manager of content management and collaboration systems for Motorola, explains, "Compass gives us a way to bring people and information together under one system. It's the primary location where people share information and collaborate. Improved communication and access to information are helping project teams work together more effectively and that, ultimately, has a positive effect on the way we serve our customers." The new project involves expanding Motorola's use of Livelink technology from Open Text, which functions as its central knowledge repository and collaboration platform. Motorola first implemented Livelink in 1997, and the expansion involves consolidating file servers and moving more information into the system. It also entails creating an extranet and extending the system to customers, vendors and partners. The move to consolidate file servers and place more information in Compass is expected to reduce costs and improve access to corporate knowledge scattered across many systems companywide. Bosley says Compass already contains more than 4.6 million documents and is growing by 40 gigabytes per week, a rate that is likely to increase with the file server consolidation. Since Motorola began using Livelink, the company has appointed a team of 250 "knowledge champions" in its business units across the company, who educate users on features in Compass and help manage the library structure. Knowledge champions help users optimize the use of Compass, which encourages knowledge sharing and collaboration, according to a recent news release.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3360
__label__cc	0.67453	0.32547	8 Marketing Strategies to Build Your Brand By Sponsoring A Cause Related Campaign by Laura \| Jan 3, 2013 My recent collaboration with a local business proved conclusively that even a small business can achieve great success in sponsoring a cause related marketing campaign. You don’t have to be a Macy’s or Merck, sponsors of the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women campaign to raise women’s awareness of heart disease. No, you can be the next ShowerMan of New Jersey. This maker of custom shower enclosures helped to sponsor my recent entry into the inaugural Ironman New York US Championship triathlon which also benefited three local charities. ShowerMan to the Rescue I wanted to participate in the Ironman Triathlon but the fees are very high. I decided to approach Mark Balaban who is not only a friend, but also the owner and craftsmen behind ShowerMan. He saw the value of the campaign for his business, but he is also an ardent supporter of local charities. So we formed a mutually beneficial partnership. It so happens that ShowerMan’s logo is an illustrated Superhero (use image in post) – and a Triathlon takes heroic effort. Just as an athlete requires discipline to compete at the highest level of sport, a company needs to make a commitment of resources: time, money and people. But the campaign can pay huge dividends. The brand will go viral and penetrate other markets through traditional and social media, reaching potential new customers. It turned out to be a win-win for everyone: ShowerMan received great publicity and increased business; three charities benefited from the proceeds of the campaign; and I got to participate in the triathlon where I’m happy to report that I finished fourth(?) in my age category. If your company is considering a cause related marketing campaign, these are the steps you should take: Establish Goals As the sponsoring company, what do you want to achieve from the campaign? Be as specific as possible: increase sales by xyz, burnish your brand, establish relationships with local charities and other businesses to fulfill your own personal commitment to a charity, etc. The goals of the ShowerMan and Ironman Challenge were to race with purpose, promote ShowerMan, and raise funds for three charities: I Will Foundation, Kick Cancer Overboard, and Make a Wish Foundation. Seek Local Support Reach out to your customers, potential customers and local businesses to get on the bandwagon. Ask for donations and in-kind contributions such the promotional flyers donated by the local printer. Get the flyers and promotional materials displayed in stores, businesses, and other relevant places. As the concept materialized for the Ironman Challenge, our friends and community of local businesses banded together to play integral role in helping to support the Challenge. They volunteered their time to help promote the cause, donated their products and services, helped to raise funds for our charities and gave through their moral support and energy. We were fortunate to receive the support of the Freehold Network for Success networking group, consisting of more than 1,700 local businesses, which collaborate and help one another. The Northern Monmouth Chamber of Commerce also lent its support. Additionally, I’m a member of the Freehold LeTip group, an exclusive business referral organization, which provided significant contributions. I couldn’t ask for a more supportive group of professionals! Most cities and towns have similar groups that you can tap into to support your campaign. Invest in PR and Marketing If your company has a marketing budget, then carve out funds for your campaign. Even if your budget is small, you can ask for volunteers to handle publicity. Possibly the charities who are beneficiaries of the campaign can request local media to run free advertising on their behalf. And don’t forget social media. It’s free and you can populate social networks like Facebook and Twitter with news of your campaign and to ask for donations. Below are examples of how the ShowerMan Ironman challenge was promoted: Social Media/ Facebook: Social media played an enormous role in promoting the cause. Blue Star Media helped to create a Facebook landing page ShowerMan Challenge with details about the Ironman race, ShowerMan sponsorship, and direct links to donate to the three charities. Outdoor Advertising: The Challenge was featured on a giant 10 foot x 32-foot digital billboard… front and center on a main highway– thanks to Showerman and his speedy IT Crew! Post Cards: Using the same branding as the Facebook landing page, the owner of Minuteman Press donated and printed a stack of 4 x 6 post cards that were distributed to stores and at networking events. Radio: The first interview with Ray Rossi on local station 101.5 featured several key people who helped with the promotions of the Ironman Challenge, including Mark Balaban, Bill Algokce of Bridge Financial Group, and Anthony Beshara, owner of Bella Vista Country Club. In the second interview, Ray interviewed me and several other Ironman triathletes competing in the race. Local newspaper: The Coastar wrote a wonderful feature story about my participation in the Triathlon and the ShowerMan Challenge. It takes work to mount a cause-related marketing campaign. Everything worth doing takes a lot of work. But you can spread the work around by engaging members of your local community. They will be happy to participate when they know your campaign will be supporting local charities that benefit them and the community. In closing, I’d like to share the secret that made this cause marketing event so massively successful—choosing the right sponsor! In my case, I was extremely fortunate to partner with Showerman. Not even “a Nike sponsorship” could have compared to the unconditional support, enthusiasm, and energy that Showerman provided throughout the Ironman challenge, making all the difference. Showerman and all our supporters encouraged me during the intense physical training, helped raise money, and even went to the NYC Ironman race – fighting through the crowds and security so they could be right there as I crossed the finish line! The best advice I can give before implementing the above strategies is to be passionate about your cause and to seek a sponsor where you mutually believe in one another. For me, it was a privilege and honor to represent ShowerMan, a pure brand— that is known for “All That Is Good in the World”! Join me today and get all my secrets in your inbox! Join me NOW! Laura DeMeo 7 Steps To Form A Powerful MasterMind Mind Over Blind: A True Story How Your Mindset Can Cure Anything 16 Top Facebook Engagement Strategies: Doesn’t Everyone See My Posts? I Just Ran a 50 Mile Ultramarathon… How My Mindset Helped	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3363
__label__cc	0.530001	0.469999	LJWorld.com KUsports.com Lawrence.com Wellcommons Lawrence Deals Lawrence Homes Lawrence Apartments Lawrence Jobs Lawrence Magazine Kansas Weddings Final Fridays Books & Lit Centerstage Blog Party Pix Legal Public Notices Area author’s sci-fi debut honored on ‘best of’ list By Sarah Henning It took nearly three decades, but Bryan Thomas Schmidt took the seed of an idea and spun it into acclaim from a national book seller. The Ottawa author’s science fiction debut, “The Worker Prince,” was honored as a notable release by Barnes & Noble reviewer Paul Goat Allen in his “Best Science Fiction Releases for 2011.” Schmidt will be signing copies of the Moses-tinged space opera Saturday at Hastings Books. Copies of the book will be available. The book can also be purchased at Cornerstone Bookstore at 217 S. Main St. in Ottawa, Amazon.com and Barnesandnoble.com. We sat down with Schmidt to talk about “The Worker Prince,” his road to publication and that thrilling Barnes & Noble mention. Who: Bryan Thomas Schmidt Where: Hastings Books, 1900 W. 23rd St. When: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday What: A book signing for “The Worker Prince,” named one of Paul Goat Allen’s “Best Science Fiction Releases for 2011” for Barnes & Noble. Photo courtesy of Bryan Thomas Schmidt Ottawa author Bryan Thomas Schmidt. "The Worker Prince" was recognized as one of the best sci-fi books of 2011 by Barnes & Noble. Author Bryan Thomas Schmidt lives in Ottawa. Sarah Henning: Can you tell us the background of the book — when you started writing it and how you got your inspiration? Bryan Thomas Schmidt: In Salina, when I was a kid, I was going to Bible school and going to church. I liked all the Biblical stories, but I also liked “Star Wars” and (later) “Battlestar Galactica” and all the science fiction stuff. ... I thought that the Moses story would make a really good space opera if somebody would tell it like “Star Wars.” So that’s where the idea came from. Of course, it took me 27 years to actually sit down and write it. I had that idea all that time. And some of the characters are still in it. And the same opening line that I always wanted to write was the opening line of the book. SH: Since you came up with this idea so long ago, when you finally sat down to write it, how was that process? Obviously you’ve changed a lot as a person in 27 years, so do you think the characters would’ve been different if you’d written it when you first came up with the idea? BTS: Oh sure. For one thing, the original idea was for a big TV mini-series, like “Centennial” (a late 1970s miniseries) or something. Eighteen-hour television program was what the idea was. Because, back then, I didn’t want to write novels, I wanted to write television and film. I did go to Hollywood and I did go to film school and I did work — had a couple of screenplays and things that I was working on out there. Worked for A&E; and The History Channel and all these places for a number of years. I did all that, but then after I had a lot more life experience and my understanding of how people work. ... SH: So how did you find your publisher and when did you finish the book? BTS: It took me four months to write the first draft. Now, there’s been dozens of drafts since then. I started writing in about August of 2009 and finished in mid-November (2009). Then I put it away a little bit and did some rewriting. And then, over the course of the following year, 2010, I sent it out to agents and publishers and did some rewrites based on the notes that people gave me. It took me a long time and a lot of “Nos.” If you add them all up, I had 60 or 70 people who said no. And then I finally started sending it to some smaller presses and said, “Let me just try this, what the heck?” So I had three small presses that were interested in it and played them off for the best deal (laughs). ... With a small press, there’s no $10,000 or $15,000 promotion budget for my book. The marketing budget is whatever I can come up with. So I’ve been doing a lot of it on Twitter (@BryanThomasS) and email. ... So I have a podcast and I’ve done interviews and I’m doing a lot of book signings and trying to get the word out there. And, actually, as part of that, because I knew the guy, I sent it to the reviewer at Barnes & Noble. And he didn’t respond. I thought, “Oh, he probably hated it, he probably didn’t like it.” He’s reviewed for pretty big publications — Publisher’s Weekly and New York Times ... SH: He’s a pretty big name (Paul Goat Allen)... BTS: I thought, “OK, that’s better than him slamming it.” I said I’d rather him say nothing. But then this list came out in December of the Best Science Fiction Releases for 2011 and the book was on there for an honorable mention, so that’s pretty cool. That’s pretty huge for a book by an unknown author, an unknown press, a debut novel — to be on that list was pretty amazing. More like this story on Lawrence.com Final novel released in series 'Left Behind' The Little Stories that Could Karen Russell on childhood, natural disasters and 'America's fantasy capital' — aka Florida Terry Sexton 7 years, 5 months ago Inspiring! I shall read it. I wonder if it's hard, considering how he did this, to market to e-readers. Are there a lot of hoops to jump through before it's picked up for that? BryanThomasS 7 years, 5 months ago Before I address rockchalker52's comments, let me clarify two things which are my fault, not the reporters. 1) The signing is from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, per the store, but given that I had it wrong when I talked with the paper, I will try and hang around until 5 in case anyone comes to have a book signed. 2) The book has real religion but is not Christian per se. It's not pushing an ideology. I just chose to use real religion and a real biblical story inspired the tale. It's written and intended for general audiences. Now, rockchalker, thanks for your comment and interest. These days almost every publisher release ebooks and print books simultaneously. The marketing is not that different. My book can be found for many formats: $4.99 Kindle http://amzn.to/pnxaNm or Nook http://bit.ly/ni9OFh $14.99 trade paperback http://bit.ly/qIJCkS. Marketing is pretty much the same, as I said. Lots of social media and reviews as well as word of mouth and just doing interviews, signings, appearances, Conventions, etc. I post schedules of all that and links on my website at http://www.bryanthomasschmidt.net. 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__label__cc	0.72239	0.27761	human (adjective) human (noun) human being (noun) human immunodeficiency virus (noun) human nature (noun) human race (noun) human resources (noun) human right (noun) face (noun) milk (noun) 1 human /ˈhjuːmən/ adjective 1 human /ˈhjuːmən/ Learner's definition of HUMAN : of, relating to, or affecting people problems that have occurred throughout human history The accident was blamed on human error. [=the accident was blamed on a person's mistake rather than on the failure of a machine] a story that has human interest = a human-interest story [=a story that is appealing because it involves the experiences of real people] The need to be loved is simply part of the human condition. [=part of being a person] an area where ancient human remains [=parts of the bodies of dead people] have been found [more human; most human] a : typical of people a human failing/weakness human kindness His desire for revenge was very human. [=was very typical of the way people are] b [more human; most human] : having good or bad qualities that people usually have She is a very kind and human person. I once thought that he was perfect, but now I know that he's all too human. [=that he has the same problems, weaknesses, etc., that other people have] ◊ If you say that someone is only human, you are saying that the mistakes someone has made could have been made by anyone. We do the best we can, but we're only human. c : looking or acting like a person The dog's expression was almost human. — compare inhuman always used before a noun : made up of or consisting of people The assembly line was a human machine. Everyone held hands and formed a human chain. put a human face on ◊ If you put a human face on something, you make it more appealing, easier to understand, or easier to care about by connecting it to an actual person. The author puts a human face on the disease by interviewing people who have it. 2 human /ˈhjuːmən/ noun plural humans : a person — usually plural a disease that affects both humans and animals — see picture on this page — humanlike /ˈhjuːmənˌlaɪk/ adjective the cat's humanlike reaction What made you want to look up human? Include any comments and questions you have about this word.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3366
__label__cc	0.616796	0.383204	Gig Review: Regionaal Kabaal April 26th, 2006 \| 21:55 in Gig Review Friday April 21st Paralyzed participated in the 4th and last preliminary of the Regionaal Kabaal contest at Donkey in Heemskerk. Together with 4 other bands they competed for a place in the finals. Paralyzed had the hard task of starting the evening. Because of a broken guitar amplifier, one of guitar players had to play over a bass amplifier. Luckily this didn't influence the sound too much. They played a nice set. Next was Souprun, an all girl band. They had nice vocal harmonies, but the songs were a bit boring, and their sound wasn't too good. Way too loud bass, a cheap sounding keyboard, and I couldn't even hear what their guitar player was doing. Good drumming. Third band Duh Unromantics played ska punk with the emphasis on the punk part. They have a very energetic bass player/vocalist which was fun too watch. His bass playing was good, his vocals okay. The guitar player was mediocre. The drummer was good at what he did, but that was pretty much the same every song. Most songs started to sound alike after a while. But then: I still don't like ska punk. The 4th band, After Silence, was pretty much an unique experience. And probably the worst band I've seen in a while. The fact that the guitar player decided to play over the PA instead of a guitar amplifier wasn't even the weirdest part. The line-up was experimental: guitar, vocals, DJ. The execution was extremely bad. The DJ produced the worst scratching I've ever heard. The very metal looking guitar player only seemed to play chords: the guitar parts in the samples sounded more complex, and his sound can be described as noise. Strangely enough he played too soft. The singer was the worst of all. Why someone who is so utterly uninspired even wants to be on a stage is a complete mystery: Walking off stage during the gig, after grudgingly returning asking the DJ if he had some more lyrics, because he ran out, and all this while looking as uninterested as possible. Considering the silence after their songs, I wasn't the only one who didn't get when their songs ended or started. No song structures, no front man, bad sound, almost no interaction between the band members. Is this even a band? Last band of the evening was the rock/metal band Deafening. Their very 90s sounding rock isn't really my cup of tea, but their performance was cool to watch. Good musicians (although I got the idea the guitarist had just a few drinks too many), charismatic front man. My only gripe would be the sound of the snare drum: the snare sounded really sharp, too sharp. If you like grunge and 90s alternative metal, check this band out! When the jury announced that Paralyzed was the runner up of the evening, I really thought Deafening would get the first place. I was proofed wrong, as Souprun won this preliminary. Can't say I agree, but well, it's always hard to compare such different bands. At least they didn't let After Silence win. Paralyzed, Souprun, Deafening, After Silence, Duh Unromantics Donkey / Heemskerk Related bands: Souprun After Silence Duh Unromantics Deafening 2 comments on �Gig Review: Regionaal Kabaal� Hay there... It was a nice evening in the Donkey... and yeah I had a few drinks too many.. Thanks for your posting in our guestbook. Greetingz Flow Hi Jimmy, Thanks for your nice and honest review. It's a pleasure readin' it. I managed to keep my head a bit clear the whole evening, untill we finally could play. It was a very nice evening, and i enjoyed watching the other bands (and other girls, ha, ha). And as Flow allready wrote, thanks for your notes in the DEAFENING guestbook. Greets, Wout. This blog is archived, new comments are closed.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3372
__label__cc	0.616501	0.383499	TOP > Education > Graduate Schools > School of Humanities (Master’s Program) Diploma Policy Program Classes Research Staff & Tutors (in Japanese) Irrespective of segmented academic disciplines, this program vigorously explores humanity and society from new, free perspectives. The results are then fed back into society: This is the discipline of the humanities. SEIKA’s Graduate School of Humanities thus digs deep into the diverse issues affecting people and society today, opening up new horizons and new answers to essential questions. It is a site for cultivating a comprehensive intellect. 1.Approaching the present-day era from open, wide-reaching angles At the Graduate School of Humanities everything related to humanity and society becomes the subject of research. For this reason, you are free to set and explore your research theme according to your own unique perspectives and awareness of the issues. For example, discussion involving media and means of expression such as film, manga or games; research focusing on the contemporary human mind through psychology or religion; or surveys investigating social environments, from ecology to education and employment. While acquiring fundamental skills of data gathering and thesis writing, scholars forge their own identity through freely chosen research methods. 2.Harnessing multi-field perspectives in research Our comprehensive knowledge transcends research disciplines and is shaped by staff and students of varying expertise and viewpoints, debating freely and on an equal standing. At the Graduate School of Humanities, in addition to tutorship for your Master’s thesis, you will work closely with people from other disciplines, creating opportunities to share opinions regarding each other’s different research content. There are also projects involving other universities and external research agencies. By absorbing the diverse views of different standpoints, your own perspectives broaden and new research approaches that you had not preciously realized now become possible. 3.An environment of learning alongside practitioners SEIKA’s Graduate Schools’ distinguishing feature is that the School of Humanities collaborates practically with the other three Schools. For example, a graduate student planning a work that addresses environmental issues using video imagery could collaborate with the School of Art. A graduate student seeking to improve society’s sonic environment through investigating onomatopoeic expression in manga can consult with staff from the School of Manga. As it is possible to take lectures in specialist classes in other Schools in accordance with your own research themes, our graduate scholars can establish theories fully backed up by practical research. Graduate School of Humanities Research Themes Unraveling the history of kindergarten gender education through literature research Tomonori Koizumi Master’s Program 2nd Year I am researching gender and sexuality in kindergarten education from the early Meiji era to the early Showa era. There is no previous research on this topic, and I spend my days looking at resources, such as infant education magazines of the time, women’s magazines, publications, childcare day books, and children’s games. In this time males and females were distinctly segregated in elementary school, but toddler-age children fundamentally played together in kindergarten. However, looking at resources, it can be seen in fact that upbringing and playtime was separate for boys and girls. I want to put all this historical research together and connect it to further research. The audience in classical music Mariko Tsutsumi Master’s Program 1st Year I focused my undergraduate dissertation on the pianist Glenn Gould. For my graduate thesis I have broadened my scope and am conducting research into the audience in classical music. In the past classical concert halls used to be culturally competitive but now I’m not sure. Further, in contrast to the West, does Japan have any special “rules”? I want to explore this not from the perspective of music theory but from social and cultural outlooks. SEIKA’s Graduate School is notable because it has a range of different tutors on its staff, meaning you can undertake interdisciplinary research, making it a very insightful Graduate School facility. The merits of Vietnamese people using “Vietnamese Kanji” for learning Japanese Kanji Quach Le Quyen I am researching the best strategies for Kanji-learning among Vietnamese Japanese language students. In Vietnamese there are characters also derived from Chinese Kanji, and I think that using those when learning Japanese Kanji would make the learning process more amenable. This year I went to Vietnam and conducted a one-month survey of Japanese language students. Currently I am in the middle of processing the results of that survey, from which I can feel a good response to the theme. In the future I plan to become a Japanese instructor in Vietnam. And my big goal is to create a Vietnamese Kanji dictionary useful for Japanese language learning. Re-reading Chinese contemporary literature and searching for the portraits of women it weaves Wang Chia-Yen I want to analyze the portraits of women in contemporary Chinese literature. Previously I researched Chinese feet-binding customs and what I found was that even in the midst of patriachal oppression, an original female culture still developed. From this experience I want to explore the representation of women in literary works. My lessons at the Graduate School are not just in humanities. I am also involved in joint projects with other Schools, such as Art, Design, and Manga, each providing me with a lot of stimulation. It is important for researchers to learn the perspectives and ways of thinking in other fields. It will likely be instrumental in enhancing my research themes. The Joint Introductory Classes, which allow you to study across four Schools, and the Specialist Lecture Classes create a practical educational and research environment, from lecturers working at the forefront of their specialist fields. The Specialist Research Classes at every School provide thorough instruction from experienced research tutors according to each individual research theme. Teaching staff (in Japanese) Graduate School Applicant Guidelines Regarding Graduate School of Humanities applicant guidelines, please refer to our information on entrance examinations. Application documents and full details of application process (in Japanese) are available on our Japanese website. Academic Affairs Section, Academic Affairs Office (Graduate School), Kyoto Seika University Mail：kyoumu@kyoto-seika.ac.jp Graduate School of Manga Faculty Members (in Japanese) The Joint Introductory Course, which allows you to study across four Schools, and the Specialist Lecture Course create a practical educational and research environment, from lecturers working at the forefront of their specialist fields. The Specialist Research Course at every School undertakes thorough instruction from experienced research tutors according to each individual research theme. Matthew THORN TSUTSUMI Kunihiko SAWADA Masato SIN Chang-Ho TAMURA Yuka HATTORI Shizue MAEDA Shigeru Rebecca JENNISON USHIRO Teruhito HORI Madoka SAITOH Hikaru MOMOKI Akiko	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3380
__label__wiki	0.517925	0.517925	Prof. Luis V. Teodoro's blog, columns and other writings Prof. Luis V. Teodoro is a former dean of the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication, where he used to teach journalism. He writes political commentary for BusinessWorld. Papers and Speeches Philippine Journalism Review Tweets by luisteodoro "The rebel undoubtedly demands a certain degree of freedom for himself; but in no case, if he is consistent, does he demand the right to destroy the existence and the freedom of others. He humiliates no one. The freedom he claims, he claims for all; the freedom he refuses, he forbids everyone to enjoy. He is not only the slave against the master, but also man against the world of master and slave. Thanks to rebellion, there is something more in history than the relationship between mastery and servitude." The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt Following the leader The rest of the world may attach a different significance to it nowadays. But September 11 has been a significant date for Filipinos since 1972. The year marked the declaration of martial law, the first open attempt to place the country under a dictatorship. That declaration also happened in September Doormat of the world Global crisis for free expression	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3384
__label__wiki	0.979307	0.979307	Markets, bookies see no ‘Brexit’ of European Union LONDON — Financial markets and bookmakers put their money on Britain’s voting to remain a part of the European Union on Thursday in a historic referendum that threatens to undermine the experiment in continental unity launched in the aftermath of World War II. More than 46 million people were registered to vote in the referendum, which asks: “Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?” The heated campaign saw the nation take stock of its place in the modern world and question the direction it wanted to take in the future. “This is, I’d say, the most important day in the past 20 years, at least for the U.K., and the economic consequences of a vote out are huge,” said investment banker Hasan Naqvi outside a London polling station. “Leave” campaigners claim that only a British exit can restore power to Parliament and control immigration. The “remain” campaign led by Prime Minister David Cameron argues that Britain is safer and richer inside the 28-nation EU. Financial markets have been volatile ahead of the vote, with opinion polls suggesting a tight race, but the pound surged Thursday amid market optimism that uncertainty over the vote would end with a vote to stay. The pound, which experts say would face a sharp drop in case of an EU exit, rose to its highest level this year, to around $1.4900. Britain’s benchmark stock index was up 1.2 percent, adding to big gains so far this week. Other European stock markets were up almost 2 percent. The bookies also clearly saw momentum to “remain.” The betting market Betfair said the probability that the country will stay stands at 86 percent, with a British exit, or Brexit, given just a 14 percent chance. William Hill revised the chances of a “leave” vote down from 25 percent to just under 17 percent. Also buoying the markets was an opinion poll conducted by the Ipsos MORI firm for the Evening Standard newspaper which suggested the “remain” camp winning by a narrow margin. “It’s perfectly possible that England will vote to leave but London as the capital city, and Scotland and Northern Ireland will all vote to remain and outweigh ultimately the view of the English as a whole,” said Ben Page, the chief executive officer of the market research firm. Turnout is considered critical in the vote, as polling suggested there were a number of undecided voters. A large turnout will favor the “remain” campaign as those who waver at the end tend to go for the status quo. Those favoring “leave” also tend to be more committed. “It’s all about turnout and those soft ‘remainers’ staying at home,” U.K. Independence Party leader Nigel Farage said outside his home after collecting the newspapers. “I do think we are in with a very strong chance, I do genuinely,” he said. It was raining heavily in some parts of the country, which could reduce turnout and there were anecdotal reports of voters being unable to get to the polls. Downpours and flooding swamped parts of London and southeastern Britain. London’s Fire Brigade received hundreds of calls of weather-related incidents early Thursday, including some reports of flooding and lightning strikes. Weather forecasters quipped that voters in the southeast would need umbrellas and possibly rubber boots in order to cast ballots. Prime Minister David Cameron ignored questions about the weather as he and his wife, Samantha, cast their votes in London. “I think it’s very important to vote in such a big decision,” said voter Belinda Byrne in Teddington, southwest London. “It’s going to have a huge impact on the country.” The slaying of pro-Europe lawmaker Jo Cox in the final week before the vote may also prove a factor in the outcome. While the motive is unclear, the rare killing of a politician cast a shadow over a divisive campaign unusually heated even by Britain’s boisterous standards. Her husband, Brendan Cox, told a crowd of some 9,000 people gathered in Trafalgar Square on the eve of the vote that his wife had died because of her beliefs, “Jo’s killing was political,” he said. “It was an act of terror designed to advance an agenda of hatred toward others. What a beautiful irony it is that an act designed to advance hatred has instead generated such an outpouring of love.” Only hours before her death, the “leave” campaign had rolled out a poster showing hundreds of non-white migrants making their way across Europe, alongside the words “BREAKING POINT.” Critics labeled the poster racist; Farage apologized that it was “used by those who wish us harm,” but insisted he couldn’t “apologize for the truth.” The reach of the EU into every aspect of life has made the issues at stake far more complex than in a general election — and far more heated. Unlike in an election where the results can be reversed in the next term, the vote is final. There is a small chance, though, that Parliament could choose not to implement the decision. But such a move would be politically difficult — as any politician would find it tough and likely a career-ending move to go against the express will of the people. The post Markets, bookies see no ‘Brexit’ of European Union appeared first on Chronicle-Telegram. Prime minister opens meeting on potential Brexit effects Germany, France say Brexit extension needs strings attached European Union urges Brexit 'flextension' as United Kingdom pursues shorter delay Theresa May to meet UK opposition leader for Brexit compromise talks EU negotiator Michel Barnier says chaotic Brexit becomes ever more likely Third time lucky? UK lawmakers hold new vote on Brexit deal UK's Theresa May asks a wary EU to delay Brexit until June 30 Produce growers in sunny south Spain brace for Brexit pain As Brexit looms, UK 'preppers' stock up and hunker down UK, EU leaders spar during 'robust' Brexit talks Brexit could spell economic peril for parts of the European Union UK's Theresa May seeks changes to Brexit deal as EU stands firm Sick and elderly worry Brexit will hurt access to meds Theresa May's foes gather as Britain's Brexit stalemate drags on May battles to keep Brexit on track after no-confidence win UK government faces no-confidence vote after Brexit defeat UK lawmakers prepare to deliver verdict on EU divorce deal UK leader Theresa May mounts last-ditch bid to win Brexit deal backing UK leader Theresa May seeks EU lifeline after surviving confidence vote UK's Theresa May lobbies EU leaders in fight to save Brexit deal Top EU court rules UK can change mind over Brexit UK leader Theresa May appoints staunchly pro-Brexit lawmaker to key post UK, EU claim Brexit breakthrough; eye talks on future ties It's over: Britain files for divorce from the European Union UK government loses Brexit case, must consult Parliament UK's May signals clean break with EU: No partial membership British pound sags ahead of prime minister's Brexit speech Europe 2017: Brexit, far-right surging, Russian threat UK's Theresa May to ask EU for Brexit delay; long extension expected United Kingdom's Theresa May faces Parliament after European Union grants Brexit extension Related Topics: Brexit, European Union, Great Britain	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3388
__label__wiki	0.639648	0.639648	Legacy Pages ACEG: Season Seven Broadcast Schedule Archive Cinematic Titanic! Daddy-O's Drive-In Dirt Film Crew MST3K FAQ RiffTrax! Ward E Satellite News is not financially supported by Best Brains or any other entity. It is a labor of love, paid for out of our own pockets. If you value this site, we would be delighted if you showed it by making an occasional donation of any amount. Thanks. Sampo & Erhardt Sci-Fi Archives Visit our archives of the MST3K pages previously hosted by the Sci-Fi Channel's SCIFI.COM. Goodbye Sci-Fi Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett reflect on MST3K's final broadcast. « RiffTrax Presents a New Bridget and Mary Jo Riff Zienia Merton, RIP » Weekend Discussion Thread: A Riff on Your Tombstone By Sampo, on September 15th, 2018 Alert reader Cornjob suggests: How about “What riff would you like on your tombstone?” My own would be “Well, that could have gone better,” followed by “Stop being full of worms you idiot”. Oh, this is going to cost a fortune, but I picked this many years ago: “I’ve undergone a complex personal evolution wherein painful confusion has given way to what I like to think of as some degree of wisdom, culminating in my current Zarasthustrian sense of self. Is that it?” September 15th, 2018 \| Category: MSTies \| 111 comments - (Comments are closed) 111 Replies to “Weekend Discussion Thread: A Riff on Your Tombstone” Cornjob says: The Original EricJ says: What, nobody’s claimed THE obvious Pod People line yet? Then I claim it by right: “He died as he lived….With his mouth wide open.” (And darn proud of it, too.) :) Although in reality, I’d probably go for some Pink Floyd line, like “Wish you were here”. fatbarkeep says: “The Master would not approve this tombstone.” “He finally got Beyond Thunderdome.” Dr. Batch says: Not a riff, but… Keep Circulating The Tapes. Turns out it really was to die for. antiseptic manor says: Ooh They Have Nachos! SmudgyTheBootblack says: From Escape 2000: “He Died As He Died – DEAD” Watch-out-for-Snakes says: WATCH OUT FOR SNAKES! eegah says: “He learned almost too late that man is a feeling creature… and because of it, the greatest in the universe. He learned too late for himself that men have to find their own way, to make their own mistakes. There can’t be any gift of perfection from outside ourselves. And when men seek such perfection… they find only death… fire… loss… disillusionment… the end of everything that’s gone forward. Men have always sought an end to the toil and misery, but it can’t be given, it has to be achieved. There is hope, but it has to come from inside, from Man himself.” mando3b says: “Now I’m gonna be the worm-face.” (Squirm) “If you could see my hands right now, you’d be horrified.” (Beginning of the End) “The … Lysol … is in … the … ” (Teenage Strangler) “Now I’m going to get a little bit of lunch.” (Last Clear Chance) “Angels work about as hard as road crews.” (Once Upon a Honeymoon) Besides this rich MST3K mine, my favorite potential epitaph has always been the multi-purpose “It seemed like a good idea at the time.” Professor Gunther says: “Really makes you think, don’t it.” Blonde Russian Spy says: Forget the tombstone. I’d be like Lt. Lamont and just come back to work the next day. Kilroy says: It’s a cheat, but I’d have steal one of my favorite Crow lines from the movie: “Oh, would you look at that? ‘Breach hull, all die!’ Even had it underlined.” snowdog says: Guard. Sick man. Water. mando3b: I was hoping for the one they were thinking of for Merv Griffin: “Go away. He won’t be right back.” “I regret nothing” “Dickweeeeeeeed” “He was a total load/failure” “I’ve made up my mind. I’m going to do something really stupid!” Say No To Yes says: “He died like a mangy dog, right on stage…” Spit… pause… “Man, I was really proud of him… Excellent death!” Ray Dunakin says: No epitaph for me. I’d just like to be found alive, well, and of normal size, somewhere else. Of course, if I HAD to have an epitaph, there’s the ever-popular “Killed in Vietnam”. But I think I’d rather go with this line from “Giant Gila Monster”: “Aw, they killed off the only likable character!” If someone else writes my epitaph, I hope they won’t use this line from “Day the Earth Froze”: “Let us be gay, for he is a dickweed!” SteveWithAQ says: “Aaand….his eyes open!” Matthew Mikell says: “Could you back off? You smell like canned tamales.” (THE TOUCH OF SATAN) “Your weapons are useless against me!” (PRINCE OF SPACE) “The only end, my friend.” (THE SCREAMING SKULL) “Why don’t they look?” (RADAR SECRET SERVICE) “WHEN’S JELLO?” (THE DEADLY MANTIS) yelling_into_the_void says: “Oh no, that guy died, he was my favorite.” Endoplasmic Reticulum says: Body in a hole. How did it get there? They were right about one thing: that was an unnatural swelling. profhackenbush says: He tampered in God’s domain Stoneman says: “I’m getting squishy…” “Any unusual experiment can produce unusual results…” “And…he just ducks off the screen…Bye!” Mibbitmaker says: Ray Dunakin: “Daddy… What’s Vietnam?” Right under my name: “Weird… which results in creativity” The Great Crowdini says: Here’s one from “Avalanche”: “She died as she lived: Completely lit up!” R.I.P. Giant parakeet “My loins will never stir again” (from Crow, in Racket Girls) EAG46 says: I doubt this will pass muster with the cemetery, but I’d like: “Nobody got her. She was like the wind, baby.” Terry the Sensitive Knight says: Riff: “Should I taunt him? Nah, he’s dead!” Actual film dialogue: “The wisest and the best, is to fix our attention on the good and the beautiful” or pretty much any “He died as he lived…” riff “We thought you were dead!” “And frankly, we were getting used to the idea.” not really an epitaph, but that always makes me laugh “The problem with communicating with the departed…” “…is that they’re dead.” HERE LIES “Crushed by an emotional word and an enigmatic look.” “Say goodbye to the beer for me!” “The worms do play pinochle on your snout” “He has gone to a beautiful place where all the lackeys and toadies and whipping boys are forever safe and free from their oppressors.” “He wasn’t much in his life as a man or a Pumaman, and now he’s worth absolutely nothing.” (The same as when he was alive). Eddie J Miller says: ‘What sin could a man commit in a single lifetime to bring this upon himself?’ Amazing Colossal Man. A bit dark perhaps, but very appropriate! Torgover says: “The brisket is in the—“ bartcow says: All my original ones are already mentioned, so I’ll go with the inscrutable “Hum didda hee hee, hooah hooah”, or however it’s spelled. “How’d she get away from us? She’s dead! She just gave me the slip, Joe!” “Oh, poopie!” “They Just Didn’t Care” dakotaboy says: This is easy: “I should really just relax.” and the MST3K silhouette at the bottom, of course. Satellite News is a fan site for the Mystery Science Theater 3000 television and Netflix series. It is an independent publication written and compiled by Chris Cornell (msampo@aol.com) and Brian Henry (erhardt4@aol.com). Satellite of Love, LLC does not maintain this web site, nor is it responsible for this site's content. All content posted on Satellite News is copyright © 2019 by Chris Cornell and Brian Henry, except where otherwise noted. This Date in MSTory is written and compiled by Steve Finley, Chris Cornell and Brian Henry. Copyright © 2019 All rights reserved. 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__label__wiki	0.973687	0.973687	Watch Dierks Bentley’s New Video for “Different for Girls” Featuring Elle King by Jim Casey \| @TheJimCasey \| July 21, 2016 Dierks Bentley and his new Black album are off to a bright start. In addition to debuting at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Top Country Albums chart in June, the album’s lead single, “Somewhere on a Beach,” hit No. 1 on both the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Billboard Country Airplay charts. Dierks’ new single, “Different for Girls,” is looking to follow suit, climbing to No. 18 on the Airplay chart after eight weeks. The breakup tune, which was penned by J.T. Harding and Shane McAnally, features bluesy rocker Elle King. “I love this song,” says Dierks to Nash Country Daily. “It talks about how guys and girls handle heartbreak differently. Sometimes girls have an unfair double standard how they handle it. It’s kind of a heavier song, so I wanted a female voice on it. And it’s great having Elle on that track.” Check out the new video, which features Dierks and Elle swapping vocals in the black-and-white clip. written by Jim Casey \| @TheJimCasey \| published July 21, 2016 8:58 AM category: NCD News \| related posts: Dierks Bentley, Different for Girls, Elle King ← Cool Kenny “Let Me Hear You Say ‘Trump Yeah!’”—Listen to Chris Janson’s Remix of “Truck Yeah” → Watch Vince Gill & Joe Diffie Induct Luke Combs Into the Grand Ole Opry Dan + Shay Appreciating “Everything We Get to Do” During Whirlwind Year of Awards & Touring Loretta Lynn & George Strait to Be Honored at Nashville Songwriter Awards [Performers Include Reba, Dierks, Sam Hunt & More] Jordan Davis and Wife Are Expecting First Child New Brooks & Dunn Exhibit Set to Open at Country Music Hall of Fame Billy Currington to Release New Single, “Details,” on Aug. 5	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3395
__label__cc	0.662598	0.337402	Biofilms Lab Quizlet Real time PCR is highly sensitive and allows quantitation of bacteria at a species level. Horizontal gene transfer allows new variants to arise without a mutation in that variant. Start studying Biofilms. Quizlet Vocabulary Game, Videos, etc. The microbe was first. Lab Report 2. aeruginosa produces a. Importance of Biofilms in the Medical Field. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Chapter 15 Microbiology Questions. After running the experiments for about 515 min in some cases even as short as 23 min, aggregates of bacteria, very similar to biofilm streamers, were observed in the microfluidic channel Fig. Some bacteria associated with biofilm infections in the human body are: Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Burkholderia cepacia are pathogens associated with cystic fibrosis in the lungs. We live in an amazingly fast-paced society that makes ground-breaking advances in science almost constantly. These days, most labs use commercial DNA extraction kits based on spin column technology. The viruses are known by numbers as human herpes virus 1 through 8 HHV1 - HHV8. You then return the flask to its upright position. concentration when used in a lab setting for aseptic technique. Instead of language, bacteria use signalling molecules which are released into the environment. The surface of the tooth is covered in a hard layer of enamel, which can be dissolved under acidic conditions. Imagine that you are a scientist working in Pasteurs lab at this time. Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria change in some way that reduces or eliminates the effectiveness of drugs, chemicals, or other agents designed to cure or prevent infections. Many bacterial species form biofilms, and their study has revealed them to be complex and diverse. The first stage of microbial infection is colonization: the establishment of the pathogen at the appropriate portal of entry. Note the following: The uppercase E and the lowercase coli in E. Unsaturated Fatty Acids Affect Quorum Sensing Communication System and Inhibit Motility and Biofilm Formation of Acinetobacter Baumannii. Quizzes must be completed at least 2 hours prior to the start of your lab. Much more green fluorescence is seen at the bottom of the mutant biofilm than of the wild type. Microorganisms are controlled by means of physical agents and chemical agents. Osmosis definition is - movement of a solvent such as water through a semipermeable membrane as of a living cell into a solution of higher solute concentration that tends to equalize the concentrations of solute on the two sides of the membrane. Close-up of part of a stream bed near a hot spring, showing zonation of microorganisms due to temperature differences over distances of a few centimetres. 2 - cover smear with crystal violet stain for 30-60 sec. It can cause serious infections in the lungs, blood, and brain. Prokaryotes are the dominant living creatures on Earth, having been present for perhaps three-quarters of Earth history and having adapted to almost all available ecological habitats. In addition to antibiotic resistance increasing from natural selection, bacteria can receive genetic material through the process of horizontal gene transfer. In 1992, researchers working in a lab found that Enterococcus faecalis which inhabits our intestinal tract were able to transfer genes for vancomycin resistance to S. Thus, this is a summary of the difference between epidermidis and aureus. To minimize risk, wear disposable gloves while handling bacteria, and thoroughly wash your hands before and after. Gregory Schultzs wound research lab at University of Florida. Craniotomy explained w illustrations and references. JohnsonCase Lab Manual Supplement: Determination of a Bacterial Growth Curve: Cell numbers and Abs. Biofilms form on biotic and abiotic surfaces both in the environment and in the healthcare setting. A biofilm is. In fact, scientists even successfully but unhappily predicted the course of this evolution. Microbiology Lab Terms 52 Terms. mutans capsule contributes to formation of a biofilm. However, symptoms of infection in chronic wounds or debilitated patients may be more difficult to distinguish. These Pathogen Safety Data Sheets, regulated under Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System WHMIS legislation, are produced for personnel working in the life sciences as quick safety reference material relating to infectious micro-organisms. Understanding the optimal conditions for bacterial growth can potentially help you reduce your risk for bacterial infections and food poisoning. Primers in the polymerase chain reaction. Important features of Spores: Medical Implications: Spores are highly resistant to heating spores are not killed by boiling 100 O C but are killed at 121 O C. phones are bad essay comments elements of a research paper quizlet jan tumlir save our future costerton center for biofilm research paper Basic concept. Candida lab tests catalase critical candida infection on. The various techniques by which scientists manipulate DNA in the lab. In-vitro Microbiological Tests for the Characterization of Test Compounds:. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. A biofilm is. Find microbiology course notes, answered questions, and microbiology tutors 247. Before we begin our discussion of body cavities and membranes, it is important to know what a cavity is in the first place These are not the cavities in your teeth that you dread getting filled by your friendly neighborhood dentist. One common. Mucicarmine is one of the oldest techniques for the detection of mucins. Although not as commonly used as it was, mucicarmine is still a valuable technique for the evaluation of acid mucins particularly those of the gastrointestinal tract. Intrinsic bioremediation manages the innate capabilities of naturally occurring microbial communities to degrade environmental pollutants without taking any engineering steps to enhance the process. Start studying Biofilms. The CORRECT way to write E. The bacteria survive and continue to multiply causing. In-vitro Microbiological Tests for the Characterization of Test Compounds:. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Did You Know Did You Know A hint of the Greek word bios, meaning life, can be seen in microbe. Until the 20th century, most biologists considered all living things to be classifiable as either a plant or an animal. Biofilms are complex associations of one or several species of prokaryotes and may also include protists and fungi. This includes bacteria, archaea, viruses, fungi, protozoa and algae, collectively known as microbes. Sterilization and Disinfection Sterilization is defined as the process where all the living microorganisms, including bacterial spores are killed. Many different. This quiz will be part of your core points for this lab. aeruginosa. Unsaturated Fatty Acids Affect Quorum Sensing Communication System and Inhibit Motility and Biofilm Formation of Acinetobacter Baumannii. Proteus mirabilis causes 90 of Proteus infections and can be considered a community-acquired infection. Simulated microgravity biofilms are more copious see Illustration 4. To make a diagnosis of Crohns disease, your. INTRODUCTION. The Process of Plant Tissue Culture. Flagellated bacteria are able to undergo directed movement through changes in the rotary behavior of the flagellum. The Virtual Lab School empowers professionals as they build their knowledge and skills around research-based practices in child and youth care and development. In addition, S. Pseudomonas aeruginosa—the Microbial Hyena and Its Role in Disease: An Introduciton. Out of an array of virulence factors, haemolysis, gelatinase and biofilm production are the most important ones and easily detectable in a routine diagnostic laboratory because of which these properties have been studied by many researchers. Systems biology researchers at PNNL are focused on understanding gene and protein networks involved in individual cell signaling, communication between cells in communities, and cellular metabolic pathways. system is one example of regulation of AHL in many bacteria and it is also used in lab experiment. Primers in the polymerase chain reaction. It is determined by re-culturing subculturing broth dilutions that inhibit growth of a bacterial organism i. during stages - in biofilm formation, quorum sensing occurs. Clinical Focus: Nataliya, Resolution. In this section, we will examine some of the most important bacterial infections of the skin and eyes and discuss how biofilms can contribute to and exacerbate such infections. Osmosis definition is - movement of a solvent such as water through a semipermeable membrane as of a living cell into a solution of higher solute concentration that tends to equalize the concentrations of solute on the two sides of the membrane. It uses the wiki concept, so that anyone can make a contribution. catesbypenn. Biofilms are large clusters of bacteria that produce a thin film. Microbiology is the study of all living organisms that are too small to be visible with the naked eye. Biofilms are a collective of one or more types of microorganisms that can grow on many different surfaces. International Scholarly Research Notices is a peer-reviewed, Open Access journal covering a wide range of subjects in science, technology, and medicine. Intrinsic bioremediation manages the innate capabilities of naturally occurring microbial communities to degrade environmental pollutants without taking any engineering steps to enhance the process. A bacterial species has been determined to have a generation time of 30 minutes. Samples taken from catheters can be sent to a lab, where researchers determine if biofilms are present in the sample. Lancefield Group. Plaque, in microbiology, a clear area on an otherwise opaque field of bacteria that indicates the inhibition or dissolution of the bacterial cells by some agent, either a virus or an antibiotic. and laboratory experiments using organisms that reproduce quickly,. Endospore Formation An endospore is a dormant, tough, and non-reproductive structure produced by certain bacteria from the Firmicute phylum. Species level identification allows you to discriminate confidently. Biofilms form on biotic and abiotic surfaces both in the environment and in the healthcare setting. Weigh out 0. The microbe was first. 39 which calculates for a real OD600 of 0. form microbial communities known as biofilms which are highly tolerant. Principle: Gram-positive cells have a thick peptidoglycan cell wall that is able to retain the crystal violet-iodine complex that occurs during staining, while Gram-negative cells have only a thin layer of peptidoglycan. 1 year post grad program in Texas Currently recruiting 2019 HS grads Choose from 500 different sets of tcs 4 facts flashcards on Quizlet. Staphylococcus epidermidis is a Gram-positive coccus, nonpigmented, bacterium. 5 mm in diameter, is a normal inhabitant of the human skin that grows in clusters. 21 showed in a laboratory study that an increase in nutrient concentration. Biofilm production related to the overproduction of alginate and the mucoid phenotype isolated from patients with cystic fibrosis is associated with serious infections. The bacteria survive and continue to multiply causing. Annual Reviews articles synthesize findings from individual studies into something larger, articulating where a field stands, what is controversial, and what the future may hold. What is the difference between biofilms in nature those that grow on a petri dish in a lab Biofilms are ecological micro communities. INTRODUCTION Gram staining is the most essential and universally used staining technique in bacteriology laboratory. A Comprehensive Analysis. Cells constitute discrete units of biological function and serve as starting points in a myriad of studies to identify and map many of the basic biochemical and physical processes of life. Symptoms of Infected Wounds. Lab reports are due at the beginning of the lab period following. They also protect cells from predation and hinder the action of antibiotics and disinfectants. How is urine formed quizlet keyword after analyzing the system lists the list of keywords related and the list of websites with related content, in addition you can see which keywords most interested customers on the this website. During this surgical procedure, a section of the skull, called a bone flap, is removed to access the brain underneath. These conditions include temperature, moisture, pH and environmental oxygen. Share Tweet. Annual Reviews articles synthesize findings from individual studies into something larger, articulating where a field stands, what is controversial, and what the future may hold. Fidanoski, DMD. Learn more from WebMD about the different types of skin biopsies, a procedure in which a sample of skin tissue is tested to diagnose skin cancer and other conditions. Persistent Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections are common in patients suffering from cystic fibrosis, burn wounds, and middle-ear infections otitis media because P. Personalize the teaching and learning experience. may not eliminate them. If biofilms are detected, the catheter is immediately replaced, since the insertion of catheters with biofilms can cause the patient to suffer from numerous infections, some of which are potentially life threatening. Every lab test has its advantages and disadvantages, but overall Lyme tests in. The viruses are known by numbers as human herpes virus 1 through 8 HHV1 - HHV8. As we know already, the fluid inside a cell is called the intracellular fluid and all living cells have to be surrounded by fluid and. Blood and clots quizlet 4: Antithrombotic therapy for atrial. The scientific method is a series of steps followed by scientific investigators to answer specific questions about the natural world. At Bitesize Bio, we share a lot of troubleshooting tips for RNA and genomic DNA extraction because almost everything we do in molecular biology requires nucleic acid isolation as the very first step. These adherent cells become embedded within a slimy extracellular matrix that is composed of extracellular polymeric substances EPS. Lichens And Biofilms As Weathering Agents Of Rocks And Cultural H Biochemical Evidence For Evolution Lab 41 Answers Biologia Geologia Eso Casa Santillana. Sterilization can be achieved by physical, chemical and physiochemical means. Microorganisms attach to surfaces and develop biofilms. Biofilms may form on a wide variety of surfaces, including living tissues, indwelling medical devices, industrial or potable water system piping, or natural aquatic systems. Uncontrolled and even unobserved variables that would eliminate or reverse the association observed between two variables might exist. A quiz at the end of the lesson will evaluate what youve. 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Cell-to-cell signalling in Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica. The life cycle of a biofilm includes adhesion, aggregation, maturation and detachment or dispersion. Minimum Inhibitory Concentration MIC assays determine the lowest concentration of an antimicrobial agent that prevents visible growth of a microorganism. Personalize the teaching and learning experience. As may be seen in the formula on the right, the carboxyl group is made up of a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbonyl group. Microbiology Unknown Lab Report DEANA ISSAWI. tbjarnsholtsund. cholerae between epidemics. What is more, the increased resistance was limited to triclosan so even triclosan-resistant strains could still be killed by other biocides and by antibiotics. the Lab Rat enjoys exploring, reading about. txt or read online. As discussed in section 1, to form a biofilm, microorganisms must glue themselves to a surface, form colonies, and reproduce. These conditions include temperature, moisture, pH and environmental oxygen. Knockout genes are fairly easy to study with lab rats, using modern genetic engineering techniques to inactivate both copies of particular genes. Name some bacteria associated with biofilm infections in the human body. 5 mm in diameter, is a normal inhabitant of the human skin that grows in clusters. Building on a broad portfolio of advanced fluorescence tools, we offer a number of reagents specifically for microbiology research. Osteomyelitis is an infection of a bone. Each sample will be suspended in 2 ml PBS and vortexed to disrupt any aggregated cells. from quizlet 747 terms. When we as scientists and engineers begin to learn about a new life system in order to exploit it for good or to destroy it if it is harmful, we need to understand as much as possible about it. Protozoans are unicellular eukaryotic microorganisms belonging to the Kingdom Protista. What is more, the increased resistance was limited to triclosan so even triclosan-resistant strains could still be killed by other biocides and by antibiotics. Clinical Focus: Nataliya, Resolution. Weigh out 0. Chapter 6 Microbial Nutrition and Growth. In anatomy you learn that the human body is, in a sense, a glorified tube. biofilms in body biofilms biofilms microbiology biofilms definition biofilms 2019 biofilms quizlet biofilms importance biofilms are biofilms ess. The acid gradually. Cells constitute discrete units of biological function and serve as starting points in a myriad of studies to identify and map many of the basic biochemical and physical processes of life. Antimicrobial resistance AMR, or drug resistance, develops when bacteria, viruses, or fungi stop responding to existing antimicrobial treatments. Lab reports are due at the beginning of the lab period following. Another characteristic of cells found in a biofilm is that they can communicate with each other. At the end, pathogens for our last lab are grouped according to the Etiologic Streptococcus mutans forms dental caries by making biofilm on. Metagenomics applies a suite of genomic technologies and bioinformatics tools to directly access the genetic content of entire communities of organisms. 3 Botzenhardt, K. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Understanding the optimal conditions for bacterial growth can potentially help you reduce your risk for bacterial infections and food poisoning. Microbiology Ch. Start studying Biofilms Microbiology Lab Exam 2 Shasta College Meacham. It can cause your bodys acid. Biofilms 21 Terms Biofilms 44 Terms Biofilms 23 Terms Microbiology - Lab 15 11 Terms. A bacterial species has been determined to have a generation time of 30 minutes. Disease-producing bacteria, including Listeria, can be 1,000 times harder to eliminate if it is living in a protective biofilm. Interestingly, the capacity of this kind of biofilm to gobble oil has both a bad and a good side. medical asepsis the use of practices aimed at destroying pathological organisms after they leave the body employed in the care of patients with infectious diseases to prevent reinfection of the patient and to avoid the spread of infection from one person to another. The minimum bactericidal concentration MBC is the minimum concentration of an antimicrobial drug that is bactericidal. Prokaryotes attach to surfaces and form biofilm communities that are difficult to eradicate and may cause medical and environmental problems. Genetics from the Greek genno give birth is the science of genes, heredity, and the variation of organisms. The basal body is anchored in the cytoplasmic membrane and cell wall. on StudyBlue. Though biofilms were first described by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, the theory describing the biofilm process was not developed until 1978. catesbypenn. 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__label__wiki	0.553724	0.553724	Lexifabricographer For when the right word just won’t do… Why I’m Not Happier about Aquaman Filed under: geekery,things to get mad about — Tags: aquaman, batman, dc comics, jason momoa, justice league, superman — lexifab @ 9:16 pm So this image of hunky action superstar Jason Momoa has been doing the rounds of social media in the last day or so: Brooding action superstar seen here posing with trident and self-important caption Positives up front. I think Jason Momoa’s a great piece of casting: he’s good looking and cut in the right shape for a superhero movie, and he’s got a great sly wit and natural charm about him that sneaks through even dull or downright terrible productions (I’m looking at you, unnecessary Conan remake!). I’ve never seen him be the worst thing about a scene he’s in. And despite the best version of Aquaman in decades being the boisterous, over-the-top adventurer and singing enthusiast from the Batman: The Brave and the Bold cartoon of a few years ago, I’m pretty happy about this sea-swept brooding King of the Oceans look. I had several Twitter conversations about the plausibility of an aquatic civilisation developing tattoo technology, which basically came down to “eh, it’s probably sea urchin quills and squid ink”, but other than that I think this is probably the best possible look for a live-action Aquaman. If you were to go the route of making him less than 100% badass, you’d run straight into jokes about talking to fish. But – oh jeez, there is just no getting around the fact that the architects of the upcoming Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice [1] , Zack Snyder and David S. Goyer, are not my favourite film makers. They contrived through a series of deliberate choices to make the worst possible version of Superman in Man of Steel. One where Superman does not take the slightest joy in being Superman, one where Superman makes a choice not to save someone (his own father!) because it might compromise his secret identity, and one where, after utterly demolishing his adopted city in a battle with a super-villain, kills the same super-villain because he has no choice. Ugh. No. Superman always has a choice. Superman is Superman because he makes the choice to do the better thing, every time. He always – You know what, forget it. The point is, if you are going to spend nearly a quarter of a billion dollars making a movie starring a character called Clark Kent who is secretly an alien from the planet Krypton who flies around in a (sort of) blue and red costume and then you change everything else about the character, well, you haven’t really made a Superman movie, have you? You can give a guy laser eyes and the ability to punch holes in the moon – that doesn’t make him a hero. And gratuitous destruction and a neck-snap finisher is the climax of a crappy eighties action movie with Dolph Lundgren, not a Superman story. Ugh. But apparently everybody involved was happy to conflate the idea of a superhero adventure with hardcore war-porn in spandex. I don’t really trust that the same people who think Superman should be a mope who doesn’t know how to take the fight outside can make a Justice League movie I will care about. Man of Steel gave us one dour, humourless arse with a colour-leached costume design and nearly forty minutes of harrowing disaster simulations as entertainment. BvS: DoJ is going to feature up to seven of them (that ‘Unite the Seven’ catchphrase refers, one presumes, to the seven original members of DC Comics’ all-star superhero team, the Justice League). Right there in the title, we are promised a throwdown between two characters who have been best friends for about 70 of their 75+ years of existence. Yeah, no thanks. Make the obvious comparison: The Avengers had a collection of serious people in fanciful outfits scowling at each other for more than an hour before an alien invasion trashed dozens of city blocks in an orgy of violence. Why am I cutting that movie some slack when I could just as easily have been describing Man of Steel then and probably Batman/Superman to come? Because The Avengers included some jokes, that’s why. And characters capable of finding the humour in their often terrible lives. Even Bruce Banner – whose life basically consists of the crushing certainty that sooner or later he will Hulk out and be responsible for deaths in the hundreds or thousands, and who openly talked about his own suicide attempt, and whose every scene involved self-recriminating misery – even that guy was allowed to have a sense of humour and some funny lines. Nobody in Man of Steel so much as cracked a wry smile. (Okay, maybe Russell Crowe did, but I am doing my best to forget everything that happened with Papa Krypton). So how does this all tie back to Aquaman? Hands down the best version of Aquaman in any medium in the last decade or so (arguably ever) is this guy from Batman: the Brave and the Bold. He’s loud, boisterous and overbearing. He’s the undisputed ruler of Atlantis. And every Tuesday he takes the night off from being the king of his undersea empire to go and have crime-fighting adventures with Batman because that’s how he loves to unwind. (He also breaks into song at the least excuse, but that’s kind of a thing with everyone on that show). Outrageous! Seriously, I love this guy. He doesn’t care if people think talking to fish is kind of stupid, because he can lift an oil tanker and ride bareback on killer whales and he’s the king of three-quarters of the planet. He’s happily married, loved by his people and Batman is more or less his best buddy. Why wouldn’t he be the happiest guy on Earth? The problem with the upcoming DC Justice League tie-in films is that nobody is allowed to be happy in them. Superman mopes. Batman broods. It’s not just that they aren’t going to give us the happy-go-lucky Aquaman of the BBatB cartoons, it’s that it’s obviously a choice that was never in contention. If we’re lucky, they’ll pick out a character to be the wise-cracking rookie who gets a few witty zingers (I’ll bet Green Lantern, but Flash is also a possibility) but I’m predicting they will also make that character a mostly-unlikeable arsehole at the same time. And Aquaman will be brooding, and serious, and almost certainly the butt of at least one joke about talking to fish. Screw that. 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__label__cc	0.707246	0.292754	< backHome / Departments / A Tribute to Ed Anacker A Tribute to Ed Anacker Summerfield, David What are the odds that a 64-year-old chemistry professor would dream up the legendary Bridger Ridge Run? The pieces started to come together when I visited his home to get advice on putting on the run which already bore his name. When I asked for Ed, a woman with fire in her eyes answered, “No, Ed is out making 200 copies of my letter to our Congressmen. I’ve got to stop something horrible from happening!” Stella, Ed’s wife of 62 years, then proceeded to enlist my aid in getting the word out, making sure I understood the seriousness of what she was up to. I thought to myself, “So, this is the little housewife that bakes all those chocolate chip cookies we find at all our runs around Bozeman!” Passing Ed on the Ridge Run, there was always the predictable “I’d like to kill the guy who started this run!” His most harrowing experience in the Bridgers? As a college student one spring, he made a bet with a friend that he could get to the top of Baldy from campus and back in under eight hours. He waded through snow up to his armpits, and figured it would be faster to come straight down instead of following the ridge down. He got all messed up in drifts and bushes, finally returning just two minutes late. The harrowing part? He lost the $5 bet. After Stella passed, his sons helped him move into Aspen Pointe, which was hardly his style. I arrived with my standard plate of chocolate chip cookies and found him staring out at a panorama of the Bridgers. The main ornament in the room was his wedding day picture, which he immediately wanted to share with me. He started out: “Do you know who these two good looking people are?” Not wanting to stop a good story, I got all the details of how that life-changing bus ride from North Dakota steered two extraordinary people to Bozeman. That was our last real conversation, and a fitting one from a real modern-day pioneer. All of us who traverse that ridge cannot help but be infected with Ed’s self-deprecating humor and sense of adventure. Thanks Ed. Features: Running the Ridge Departments: A Tribute to Joanne Wilke Features: Masochism on the Mountain Departments: Viking Mom Departments: Run For Your Life Departments: White Words Book Reviews: Stepping Up Skiing: Escape to Maverick Magazine: Words to the Wise Magazine: The Speed of Lite Drinking Horse Mountain Trail	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0022.json.gz/line3407

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