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How Did I Live Before Your Love
Compass (Red Dead On Arrival Version)
Little Bit of Feel Good
British producer Jamie Lidell became as widely recognized for his effective neo-soul vocals and performances as for his earlier career as a producer of groovy experimental techno.
After some EP releases for labels such as Mosquito and an appearance on the Mille Plateaux-released Industrialsamplecoregouchbeat compilation, Lidell collaborated with equally well-known techno producer Cristian Vogel as Super_Collider in 1999. Following this project, most noteworthy for the popular track "Darn (Cold Way o' Lovin')," Lidell recorded a solo album for Warp in 2000, Muddlin Gear. Five years later, still on Warp, he pursued an organic neo-soul direction for Multiply, heavily assisted by fellow instrumentalist and producer Mocky. 2008's Jim was similar in approach and sounded much more natural than its predecessor.
For 2010's Compass, Lidell changed directions once again, employing the likes of Beck, Feist, and members of Grizzly Bear; its lead song, the title track, was a rather spacy folk-blues epic that later appeared in the soundtrack for the Rockstar video game Red Dead Redemption. He also wrote and sang on a track for Simian Mobile Disco's Unpatterns album from 2012, and moved to Nashville. After building his own studio, he used it to record his follow-up album for Warp, the self-titled Jamie Lidell, which saw release in early 2013. His sixth album, Building a Beginning, dropped in 2016 and was the first to be issued on his own Jajulin label. ~ Jason Birchmeier, Rovi
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Home Orlando Informer Disney World Vacation Planning Center Complete guide & history to Disney’s Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort Pandora: The World of Avatar at Disney World’s Animal Kingdom – overview and history Avatar Flight of Passage in Pandora: The World of Avatar at Disney World’s Animal Kingdom
Avatar Flight of Passage in Pandora: The World of Avatar at Disney World’s Animal Kingdom
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Pandora: The World of Avatar
Restrictions and access
44 inches; loose articles must be stowed in lockers located in the ride; FastPass+ access; has a single-rider line.
Avatar Flight of Passage’s queue sets up the whole backstory nicely and quickly
Two-sentence insider summary
Take a journey through a long and impressive queue that features human, Na’vi, indoor, and outdoor elements (and one of the most breathtaking audio-animatronic figures you’ll ever encounter). Then hop on the back of a banshee that breathes between your legs and soars all across the Pandoran landscape for an unforgettable ride experience.
In-depth: The queue
On par with Universal’s Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts and Skull Island: Reign of Kong, Avatar Flight of Passage’s queue is an immersive experience that can essentially stand as a walk-through attraction on its own. Guests start by delving ever more deeply into the caves that burrow through the floating mountains, spotting the Na’vi’s beautiful artwork that honors the Iknimaya, the rite of passage that has a Na’vi warrior select and join with a banshee for life.
Then it’s on to a former Resources Development Administration (that’s the bad-guy organization from the Avatar film series) mining facility that has since fallen under the purview of the Pandora Conservation Initiative, being overhauled into the headquarters of the Mountain Banshee Project. Here, human scientists are researching the titular animals in an attempt to prevent their extinction (a nasty by-product from the human-Na’vi war that ended three decades ago), specifically, and to monitor the restoration of the moon’s ecosystem, more broadly.
Throughout the queue and pre-show, guests learn that the Avatar program from the first movie has also been bequeathed to PCI and that it’s been upgraded with brand-new technology. Rather than having to grow a Na’vi avatar and pair it with just one human operator, the agency can now simply match an individual with a pre-existing avatar that has the closest genetic information; in this way, riders can hop into bodies that have themselves already been matched with a banshee and are already in mid-flight.
In-depth: The ride
Flight of Passage is a giant motion-simulator not unlike Soarin’ at Epcot or Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem at Universal Studios Florida: multiple ride vehicles are lined up in front of a giant screen. (In terms of the attraction’s story, the motion simulator is called the link chamber, with each individual slot called a link chair – the device that connects you to your newfound avatar.)
Once seated, the ride vehicle has braces that slide up behind your legs and back, locking you into place. It’s a weird sensation at first, given the unusual nature of the set-up, but the reason behind it comes into focus soon enough – the ride vehicle has air bladders that fill and then empty in order to simulate the breathing of the banshee underneath you. It’s a simple effect, yet a totally believable one, and it’s one of the single-most immersive touches ever encountered in a theme park ride.
The ride itself features a mostly-calm, totally gorgeous tour through the skies – and, even, the ocean – of the lush moon. It lives up to Animal Kingdom’s promise of making you feel even more connected to the natural world, and much more appreciative of its majesty, even though the moon of Pandora is, of course, a fictitious construct.
Fear factor
3 out of 5. Though not meant to contain a number of visceral thrills (like, say, Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey does), there are still some more intense sequences. Still, given the storytelling and the mechanics of the ride vehicle, this is not an attraction to be missed.
OI fun fact
Check back again at the end of May.
Touring tip
Both Avatar Flight of Passage and Na’vi River Journey are in Animal Kingdom’s FastPass+ Tier 1, which means you’re only able to make a reservation for one of the attractions.
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Mixed martial arts fighters dream of Madison Square Garden bouts
By Kirstan Conley and Amber Sutherland
March 24, 2015 | 12:31am
Mixed martial arts fighters Katlyn Chookagian and Megan Frazier Chad Rachman ; James Messerschmidt
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They want the right to rumble — in their hometown.
Aspiring mixed-martial-arts fighters said on Monday it’s time to give state legislators a kick in the pants so they finally legalize the sport in New York.
Midtown native Megan Frazier, 20, who trains six days a week at Chelsea’s Radical MMA gym, said she dreams of the day she can step in an Ultimate Fighting Championship ring at Madison Square Garden.
“That’s one of the only ways I’ll be able to fight in front of someone like my grandmother,” she told The Post. “My ultimate dream is to be able to fight in front of my hometown.”
Professional MMA fighter Katlyn Chookagian, 26, said legalization is long overdue in the Empire State.
“I don’t understand why, of all places it’s not legal in New York,” said the world-champion hopeful, who trains at Renzo Gracie Academy in Chelsea. “A big thing in fighting is getting to fight in your home city. For a fighter, it’s your dream to fight in New York.”
That dream could become a reality, thanks to a growing movement to make MMA fights legal in New York — the only state where it’s prohibited.
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UFC bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey, 28, has joined the fight, traveling to Albany on Monday to meet with Gov. Cuomo. On Tuesday, she’ll face off with legislative leaders.
When asked if he would allow a bill legalizing the sport to reach the floor, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie demurred, saying, “It has to get through conference committee first.”
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Chad Hernandez, a 25-year-old instructor at Radical MMA, said the sport deserves the same respect others already receive.
“A lot of fighters have to go out of state to fight,” he said. “We would save money to not commute so far.”
And stepping into a cage at MSG would be an “amazing experience,” he added.
“That location has so much history,” he explained. “It’s something you can look back on and be proud of.”
MMA critics charge the sport is too violent, but fighters say it’s been a force for good in their own lives.
“It trains you to have discipline,” Frazier said. “The whole sport and whole martial-arts aspect keeps my mind focused on life and what I want in general.”
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Huawei founder says his new OS is faster than Android, but that’s still not good enough Huawei is readying its own operating system that could launch as soon as October alongside the Mate 30 Pro flagship smartphone, according to recent reports. Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei said in an inte...
College costs rising faster than inflation College costs are about to get even higher. The Higher Education Price Index is forecasting inflation for U.S. colleges and universities to increase by 2.6% for this fiscal year. The forecast takes in...
Dutch minister: cut gas production at Groningen faster Gas production at the Groningen field must be cut more quickly than planned after a relatively large earthquake struck in the far North of the Netherlands, the country's economic affairs minister Eric...
US services company grew at faster pace in May WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. service companies expanded at stronger pace in May, driven in part by an increase in employment and business activity. The Institute for Supply Management, an association of pur...
Android 10 Q will make (some) software updates come way faster Android 10 Q will be bringing a ton of new features later this year, but if you happen to be one of those people who're constantly checking their System Updates menu, just in case that long overdue up...
Groningen gas production to drop 20% faster than planned - gov't Next year's output at the Groningen natural gas field in the north of the Netherlands looks set to drop 20% more than previously announced, the Dutch government said on Monday....
Measles is killing more people in the DRC than Ebola—and faster Enlarge / A man receives a vaccine against Ebola from a nurse outside the Afia Himbi Health Center on July 15, 2019 in Goma. (credit: Getty | PAMELA TULIZO ) As the world anxiously monitors the out...
AT&T says 5G will be priced like home Internet—pay more for faster speeds AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson. (credit: AT&T) AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson today said that 5G will likely be priced similarly to wireline Internet, with customers paying more for faster speeds. With 5...
5G networks will be 10 times faster than 4G LTE, but we shouldn't get too excited yet 5G will be super fast and create possibilities for wireless VR experiences, driverless cars, and medical advances. But the millimeter waves that 5G uses has a short range, which means network provide...
French Tech has made big strides but wants to go faster and further France's image has improved when it comes to startups and innovation, but it is not yet seen as the place for launching an international company.Read More...
See how much faster Sony’s next PlayStation can load Spider-Man Sony's official video comparing performance of PS4 Pro vs next-gen PlayStation pic.twitter.com/2eUROxKFLq — Takashi Mochizuki (@mochi_wsj) May 21, 2019 Last month, Sony showed Wired a demo highlighti...
Hasselblad’s X1D II mirrorless camera is faster and more affordable Most of the recent updates from Hasselblad have had to do with the cameras popping up on drones or costing $48,000. But the company is still working on the mirrorless medium-format cameras and accompa...
A web browser you forgot existed might soon be faster than Chrome Mozilla has dramatically changed the look and feel of its browser since the introduction of Firefox Quantum two years ago now — a release that prefaced the arrival of other new features that pro...
How to paint your way to a profitable, faster home sale Painting a home before putting in on the market can be critical to selling it faster and for a better price. A fresh coat can add 1-3% to the price. ...
The World's Fastest Lawnmower Can Get to 100 MPH Faster Than a McLaren F1 Honda, as you might remember, spent an unspecified amount of time building and perfecting a super lawn mower that it believes could cut grass at 50 mph, probably for no reason other than giggles and a...
911 Response Times Get Faster Thanks to Data Integration Taking a page from corporate-technology managers, 911 emergency call centers are tapping new software tools to share data generated by hundreds of computer-aided dispatch systems across the country....
The halfway mark: Cramer maps where the top S&P and Dow stocks are headed "When I look at the top five best performers in the Dow and the S&P, I see a good group of stocks, most of which have more room to run," Jim Cramer says....
Denver airport drivers get stuck in mud using Google Maps DENVER (AP) — Denver drivers using Google Maps to get to the city’s airport last weekend and trying to avoid a traffic jam were sent on a detour that took them down a narrow, muddy dirt road. Co...
Use Google Maps To Check Public Transportation Status Plenty of us rely on public transportation, but there are times when your local transit system is anything but reliable. Those of us who use it to commute are used to being packed into buses and subwa...
Breath Of The Wild Now Supports Custom Dungeons And Maps (On PC) The emulated version of Breath of the Wild has all sorts of weird and wild extras the actual Switch edition doesn’t, but until now these have mostly been cosmetic in nature. A new set of tools changes...
Long-delayed ‘Burn Your Maps’ teases more than it delivers It’s not always easy to tell when a film’s been sitting on the shelf, but “Burn Your Maps” has a dead giveaway: Jacob Tremblay, who broke out as the child star of 2015’s “Room,” is four years older th...
Google Maps will now help you avoid bumping into sweaty strangers on the bus Google Maps for iPhone and Android is getting a new feature that will tell you if your bus is delayed or if it's typically crowded at the time you plan to ride....
Google Maps' New AR Walking Directions Are Pretty Cool I didn’t expect Google to go soaring out of the gate soon soon after the company teased its augmented reality ambitions for Google Maps at yesterday’s I/O 2019 keynote, but here we go. Starting today,...
Google Maps Will Now Warn You About Natural Disasters in Your Area Google Maps can already route you around traffic and road closures, but now it will also be able to help you steer clear of areas affected by natural disasters....
How to Find and Report Fake Businesses on Google Maps The next time you go to order pizza, or call someone to repair an appliance, make sure you aren’t getting scammed by a representative of a business that doesn’t actually exist....
Google Maps can now warn you about how crowded buses and trains are Google is updating its Maps app so you can see how full you local bus or train is when you're planning your commute. ...
How Google Maps’ new feature could save you from a speeding ticket If you use Google Maps to help you navigate while driving, you may have noticed a rather useful feature has been missing all these years: speed limit warnings and radar location notifications that let...
Google Maps now shows speed limits in more than 40 countries Almost six years after Google’s purchase of the Waze navigation app, one of the features previously exclusive to the latter now appears to be a staple of Google Maps in more than 40 countries around t...
How to Spot (and Avoid) Fake Google Maps Listings When you search for a local business on Google, your instinct is to trust the top results. But the listings that show up under the map can contain made-up information. Here are signs you’re looking at...
Google Maps Will Now Predict How Crowded Buses And Trains Are Google Maps may still lead drivers into mud pits in empty fields, but the service is making changes to maps that will hopefully improve the transit commuter experience. Read more......
Google Maps is now using AI to highlight popular restaurant dishes Continuing with a theme we touched on just a day ago, Google Maps has added yet another enhancement that moves the popular navigation app deeper into territory that doesn’t really have much to d...
Google Maps now allows commuters to see a preview of their drive to and from work If you drive back and forth to work every day, you might have noticed a notification on your Android phone from Google Maps that gives you a heads up about your upcoming journey. Even before you get b...
Official: OnePlus 7/7 Pro to be noticeably faster than rival flagships OnePlus 7 Pro CAD-based renderThe Samsung Galaxy S10 and LG G8 ThinQ both sport Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855. The OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro are also expected to include this chip. But as announced by O...
Dutch regulator wants Groningen gas output cut faster than planned Production at the Groningen natural gas field in the Netherlands needs to be cut faster than planned, the Dutch gas sector regulator SodM said on Tuesday....
U.S. proposes rules that could cause faster destruction of national forests U.S. environmental groups are sounding the alarm that one of the oldest environmental laws in the United States is being weakened on several fronts by the Trump administration....
Apple, Amazon, YouTube: Safer, faster & less annoying The much hyped iTunes demise doesn't matter; what does is moves made by Apple and YouTube to better lives, by taking on robocalls, hate speech and more. ...
Facebook Messenger is getting faster, lighter and more secure in 2019 Facebook Messenger has undergone a lot of changes in the past few months. With Messenger 4, for example, it did away with clutter by going from nine tabs to four, and simplified the interface so it wa...
FCC vote next month could lead to faster 5G rollout in the states Looking to help speed up the rollout of nationwide 5G service in the U.S., the FCC said yesterday that it will be voting next month on a plan that would allow the agency to auction off some mid-band s...
Himalayan glaciers melting far faster this century: study Himalayan glaciers have been melting twice as fast since the start of this century, underscoring the threat the climate crisis poses to water supplies for hundreds of millions of people across Asia, a...
Amazon's $50 Fire 7 tablet is faster and packs twice the storage Amazon is giving its starter Fire 7 tablet a much-needed upgrade after two years. The revamped Fire 7 and its Kids Edition counterpart share the familiar 7-inch design, but now include faster process...
Microsoft says its Teams app is bigger than Slack and growing faster The success of Teams, in relation to Slack, is an example of how Microsoft can make hits out of young products by distributing it to existing customers....
Defense Department Works to Develop Software Faster The Pentagon is taking a page from tech companies, pushing its software developers to release code faster and with a sharper focus on users—in this case, members of the armed forces....
China Wants Troubled Anbang Insurance to Shrink Faster Chinese authorities are directing Anbang Insurance to sell off assets more quickly, with the goal of shrinking the troubled company to roughly half its previous size....
Faster BAC Mono heading to Goodwood Festival of Speed BAC will “turn the dials up a notch” on road-legal single-seater, and previews new model in first images Cheshire-based Briggs Automotive Company (BAC) is set to unveil a new version of its Mono sing...
Xiaomi says the Redmi K20 Pro, with 388,803 AnTuTu score, is faster than the OnePlus 7 Pro On the cusp of its Indian launch, Xiaomi has revealed that the Redmi K20 Pro has received the highest score on AnTuTu benchmarks. The Redmi K20 Pro dethrones OnePlus 7 Pro with a score of 388,803 and ...
Charge Your iPhone Faster With This $9 USB-C to Lightning Cable [Exclusive] Third party USB-C to Lightning cables can finally get Apple’s MFi blessing for faster charging speeds (50% in 30 minutes on the latest iPhones!), and we’ve got an exclusive deal that brings one down t...
Godzilla grew 30 times faster than any organism on Earth. Here's why. If Godzilla were a real creature, his incredibly rapid growth spurt on the big screen would be off the charts, even setting evolutionary records, a new report finds....
More mangroves? Economies recover faster after tropical cyclones Enlarge / Dark green mangroves along Senegal's Casamance River as it meets the sea. (credit: NASA Earth Observatory) Where humans have the money, we sometimes build storm defenses like seawalls to p...
Raspberry Pi 4 is on sale with 3x faster CPU and dual 4K monitor support for $35 The Raspberry Pi 4 has been launched, and the latest iteration of the popular compact computer board introduces a much faster processor, plus a selection of models with different amounts of RAM, start...
UPDATE 1-Groningen gas production to drop 20% faster than planned - gov't Next year's output at the Groningen natural gas field in the north of the Netherlands looks set to drop 20% more than previously announced, the Dutch government said on Monday....
Raspberry Pi 4 hits stores with faster CPU, 4K video, and RAM options A new quad-core ARM Cortex-A72 processor enables the Pi 4 to display 4K video on two monitors at once and offer OpenGL ES 3.0 3D graphics for games.Read More...
Twitter’s faster, redesigned site starts rolling out to everyone It took quite some time, but the new Twitter.com is finally here. Months after teasing parts of it, Twitter has announced that it is now rolling out its redesigned site globally, which will bring peop...
New Alpine A110S: faster, more hardcore flagship revealed S version of Alpine's Porsche Cayman rival gets more power and bespoke suspensions settings for a more focused feel Alpine says the new high-performance A110 S is a true “focused sports car” with a “...
iOS 13: Apple launches faster iPhone software with more privacy Update opens apps twice as fast, includes Sign in with Apple to protect personal dataWWDC Apple developer conference keynote – live!Apple’s latest next version of its iPhone software, iOS 13, will spe...
Better, faster, stronger: daft to think Man City won’t improve, says Guardiola • Manager warns rivals: ‘Next season we will be stronger’• Spaniard says he will not need to give a team-talk at BrightonPep Guardiola has delivered a stark warning to the rest of the Premier League b...
Galaxy Note 10 might be even faster than the S10 and OnePlus 7 Pro, new leak teases Qualcomm on Monday unveiled a brand new version of its Snapdragon 855 platform that powers several Android flagships this year, including the Galaxy S10 phones and the OnePlus 7 series. At the time, w...
Intel’s new AI chips are 1000x faster than CPUs but there’s a catch Intel has revealed a new powerful AI solution codenamed Pohoiki Beach, which the chip giant boasts can crunch data up to 1,000 times faster than a general-purpose CPU.Pohoiki Beach is a complex neurom...
'Hollow Knight: Silksong' is a faster, more elegant sequel Hollow Knight was a gorgeous, entertaining action platform game that appeared out of nowhere for a lot of us. The rare result of a crowdfunding campaign that succeeded, the game stood out with its com...
Next-generation Google Assistant to be up to 10x faster, exclusive to Pixel 4 Today at Google's I/O developer conference, the company was proud to share with the audience that earlier this year, it had achieved a major technological breakthrough that's going to allow it to impr...
The OnePlus 7 Pro will be the first to sport an improved feature that makes it run faster As time goes on and new technologies are discovered, smartphones become faster. One way this has occurred is with the use of Universal Flash Storage (UFS), which replaced the old eMMC storage solution...
Modern Formula 1 drivers too fit to be exhausted by faster cars Making Formula 1 cars more physical would not guarantee modern drivers end races exhausted because they are so much fitter than those in previous decades, reckons Franz Tost...
Google Maps update brings two new important features for commuters Google launched two new features for Maps, which will greatly help those using public transportation to commute every day. The new features, live traffic delays for buses and crowdedness predictions, ...
Facebook used its AI smarts to build detailed disease prevention maps Facebook has created highly detailed population maps to help health organizations, researchers and universities tackle disease outbreaks and plan public health campaigns. They focus on population dens...
Google Maps now highlights photos of restaurants' most popular dishes Google Maps has long since shown crowdsourced photos of the dishes at listed restaurants, but a new tab will flag up the most popular choices with photos to match....
Google Maps update could save your life during a natural disaster Google has announced that its SOS Alerts are being updated to include real-time visual information and a navigation warning system during hurricanes, earthquakes and floods to help users stay safe....
Google testing new Maps feature that can save you money or even your life Imagine that you're out of town and need to take a taxi back to the hotel. While you're looking forward to quickly getting back to the room and taking a nap, the cab driver might want to take the long...
Google updates Maps, Search and Assistant so you can order food without app The feature lets you order using leading delivery services like DoorDash, Postmates, Delivery.com, Slice, and ChowNow, and more are on the way. ...
It’s Not Just the White House in 2020. The Power to Draw Maps Is Also at Stake. With the nation’s political maps hanging in the balance, Democrats are racing to win back statehouse chambers and Republicans are rushing to defend gains from 2010....
Google Maps AI helps you discover a restaurant's popular dishes Google is trying to take some of the guesswork out of trying a new restaurant. The company is trotting out an update to Google Maps that uses machine learning to highlight the popular dishes at an ea...
Nearly 100 drivers get stuck in field after Google Maps leads them on detour DENVER (CNN) – If it seems too good to be true…it probably is. This was proven when nearly 100 Colorado drivers got stuck in a field after Google Maps offered them a supposedly quick way o...
New maps would put hundreds of Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac homes in flood plain While rebuilding efforts are underway in Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, new flood zone maps proposed by the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal (CMM) are making people nervous....
Approximately 100 Colorado Drivers Drove Into Mud Because Google Maps Told Them To There is an over-reliance on technology, especially when it comes to navigating. I’m just as guilty as most of you when it comes to simply plugging my destination into my phone and blindly following t...
Google Maps now displays bike-sharing locations in 24 cities Bike-sharing is a convenient way to get around a city, but with so many schemes operating concurrently it's sometimes tough to know where the nearest station with available bikes is. Now, Google ...
Google Maps now displays bike-sharing stations worldwide Google Maps' bike-sharing station integrations are arriving in global markets from today, more than a year after debuting in New York City. Read More...
Google Maps will soon give you a heads-up on your busy train commute Google has been stepping up Google Maps and Google Assistant's abilities recently, with Maps able to advise you about speed limits and Assistant offering public transit info in new locations. Now...
Google Maps Detour Gets Nearly 100 Drivers Stuck In Empty Field Good things come to those who wait. Nearly a 100 drivers who got stuck in an empty field while taking a Google Maps-suggested detour to save time would probably agree with that now....
Connected city and transport demands are fueling smarter maps The geolocation demands of new mobility services have created an explosion in mapping startups that think they can take on Google and Apple.Read More...
Tribute To Chhatrapati Shivaji, Visible On Google Maps, Is Viral A crop art tribute to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj has gone viral online. The farm painting was made earlier this year on the occasion of Shivaji Jayanti with thousands of green plants....
Google Maps is getting an awesome feature borrowed straight from Yelp Over the past couple of years, Google Maps has transformed from a simple navigation app to one of the most powerful information data bases for travelers and commuters around the world. Booking a hotel...
Google Maps Gets Live Train Status and More Features in India Google has announced a trio of new India-specific Google Maps feature that will offer real-time bus and train journey status, as well as mixed-mode navigation suggestions....
Google Maps’ new features for India just made my commute a lot less painful As someone who mostly relies on public transport to get around Bangalore, aka India’s IT capital, I’m happy to report that Google has just rolled out a bunch of commuter-friendly updates to Maps for u...
Federal judges strike down Ohio's gerrymandered congressional maps A three-judge federal panel ruled on Friday that Ohio's congressional district map is unconstitutional and called for a new map by the 2020 election....
Google Maps is getting new features that could potentially save thousands of lives Over the past couple of years, software and technology have become considerably more aware of the user. This extends from using biometrics to unlock your phone, to having your vitals regularly checked...
Another Waze feature added to Google Maps can save you from getting pulled over Back in the olden days of 2016 when bezels were bigger, screens didn't have notches and foldable phones were the stuff of science fiction (uh, they still might be), we told you how easily a speedomete...
Apple Maps hands-on: Look Around and folders bring depth to iOS and iPadOS 13 Apple's competitor to Google Maps has officially moved past its difficult early days, and is now becoming a viable alternative as a daily navigation tool.Read More...
Millions of Google Maps Listings Are Fake, Report Claims With thousands of new fake accounts being added every month, Google Maps is flooded by about 11 million false listings and phone numbers that reroute to competing businesses....
Google Maps could save your life with new tools for natural disasters Google Maps is useful for finding directions to a gas station or discovering new restaurants in your neighborhood, but it could also save your life during a natural disaster. On Thursday, Google annou...
Google Maps Adds Over 45,000 Toilets in India's 'Loo Review' Campaign Google Maps has added more than 45,000 community and public toilets as part of the Central government's "Loo Review" campaign, according to media reports....
Now it's easy to order food in Google Assistant, Search and Maps Starting today, you'll be able to order food via Google Assistant, Search and Maps in the US. At the outset, Google is working with DoorDash, Postmates, Delivery.com, Slice and ChowNow, with supp...
Google Maps guides dozens of drivers into ‘muddy mess’ Dozens of motorists who followed directions from Google Maps for a shortcut to Denver International Airport got mired in a “muddy mess” instead, according to a report. One of the disoriented drivers w...
Google Maps Is Going to Piss Off Cops Around the Globe With Its Latest Update Folks, I’ve got some great news if you’re a driver and some bad news if you’re a cop: Google has confirmed it’s rolling out the ability to see speed and mobile cameras, as well as speed limits, in mor...
State mapmaker brings creativity to Ohio road maps If your summer travel plans involve traversing Ohio and you’re still a fan of paper maps, it’s time you meet Bruce Hull. Hull is behind much of the visual flare and handy information on th...
Two-thirds of Britons want faster action on climate, poll finds Research suggests support for urgent measures to tackle crisis is becoming mainstreamNearly 70% of British people want urgent political action to tackle climate change and protect the natural environm...
A weird Pacific cycle could make the Arctic warm up even faster The Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) is cyclical, switching from warm to cold phases every 20 years or so. When it switches again it could speed up Arctic warming...
Google Voice for web update makes it much faster to place calls Google is making it much easier to place calls through its Voice service's web interface, adding an always-visible call panel that shows your number and suggested contacts. The panel will remain ...
Intel says Ice Lake is on target, and even faster 7nm CPUs will arrive by 2021 Intel has clarified that its long-delayed next-gen processors built on a 10nm process will start to ship in June, and indeed that the chip giant has learned from its mistakes, and will be able to push...
Young homebuyers scramble as prices rise faster than incomes SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — For millennials looking to buy their first home, the hunt feels like a race against the clock. In the seven years since the housing crash ended, home values in more than three-qu...
Bethesda says its Orion tech can make all cloud gaming better, faster It's Doom, only streamed more efficiently to your phone thanks to Orion. LOS ANGELES—Bethesda Softworks announced Sunday that it is getting involved in the increasingly competitive field of cloud gam...
Renewables venture Total Eren growing faster than expected, says CEO Total Eren could surpass its target of more than 3.6 gigawatts (GW) of installed renewable solar, wind and hydropower capacity by 2022, from about 2.2 GW today, as it continues to grow faster than exp...
Campaign Against Black Money To Be Taken Ahead At Faster Pace: President The Narendra Modi government will take forward the campaign against black money at a faster pace and make the zero tolerance policy against corruption more comprehensive and effective, President Ram.....
Lewis Hamilton's Record-Setting Monaco Pole Lap Could Have Been Even Faster In qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix Saturday, Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton took the pole position with an incredible record-setting lap time of 1 minute 10.166 seconds. This time was less than a...
New blood test diagnoses preeclampsia faster, reduces risks Preeclampsia is a potentially life-threatening complication for pregnant women worldwide. Although doctors monitor blood pressure and proteins in urine throughout pregnancy, the condition is often not...
UPDATE 1-Groningen gas output needs to fall faster, regulator says after quake Production at the Groningen gas field in the Netherlands needs to be cut faster than planned, regulator SodM said on Tuesday, after a 3.4 magnitude earthquake hit the region last week....
Google's Next Generation Assistant Is 10 Times Faster, Coming to Pixel First Google showcased the next-generation Google Assistant, Assistant driving mode, Assistant support in Waze, a more personal Assistant, and more at Google I/O 2019. Additionally, Google also revealed......
World's biggest ice shelf 'melting 10 times faster than predicted' Scientists claim part of the world's largest ice shelf, the size of France, is melting 10 times faster than expected because of the sea warming around it....
Facebook's Zuckerberg says working on to make Messenger faster, smaller Facebook Inc's Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday the social media company is working on "LightSpeed" in order to make its Messenger app smaller in size and faster....
Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei Claims Hongmeng OS Faster Than Android, macOS Huawei's founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei has told in an interview that the in-house Hongmeng operating system is 'very likely' faster than Android and macOS....
'It's getting warmer, wetter, wilder': the Arctic town heating faster than anywhere In the world’s northernmost town, temperatures have risen by 4C, devastating homes, wildlife and even the cemetery. Will the rest of the planet heed its warning? Continue reading......
Make 'Harry Potter: Wizards Unite' Run Faster With This Hack Game developer Niantic officially dropped Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Thursday afternoon for iOS and Android, which means people like me (and maybe you) spent their lunch break playing wizard and coll...
How to access and organize files faster in G Suite using Priority and Workspaces Google Drive Priority suggests a short list of files you might find useful, while Workspaces lets you gather files from across Drive for fast access....
Boost your speeds with these 6 excellent faster fibre broadband deals With broadband deals usually being split into two categories - fibre and ADSL - there is one area that tends to be easily forgotten, faster fibre broadband packages. You might now be thinking, is...
Nvidia GeForce RTX cards may get faster RAM to combat AMD’s Navi GPUs AMD will soon be introducing new Navi graphics cards which are likely to be highly competitive offerings, and according to the graphics grapevine, Nvidia already has plans to counter this move with a ...
One unique feature could make the OnePlus 7 faster than other Android flagships OnePlus is about to unveil the OnePlus 7 series, although it’s not like we expect any surprises from the company. We already know we’ll have three phones in the series, including the OnePl...
ARM's latest chip designs promise 60 percent faster AI on phones ARM isn't boasting about PC-crushing performance like it did in 2018, but it still has plenty of swagger going into Computex 2019. The designer has unveiled two new chip architectures that promi...
Punching Iran Over Its Foreign Policy Could Lead to a Faster Path to War Wrestling with Iran’s diplomacy and military activity could prompt a confrontation between Washington and Tehran well before any showdown over a nuclear program....
Pixel handsets will soon receive an update to make the phones run faster Earlier this month there was talk that the Digital Wellbeing feature was causing Google's Pixel handsets to slow down. Digital Wellbeing is an application that measures how much time a user spends on ...
Oil group Total hopes new supercomputer will help it find oil faster and more cheaply Energy major Total said its new supercomputer - which has propelled it to a world ranking as the most powerful computer in the sector - will enable its geologists to find oil faster, cheaper and with ...
Mozilla rolls out Firefox 67, with 'procrastination on purpose' for faster browsing Mozilla has unleashed a new version of Firefox, which is claims is faster than ever thanks to a strategy it's calling 'procrastinate on purpose'.Unlike human procrastination (displaceme...
New kind of light is a vortex beam that twists faster as it moves A laser beam can be twisted and move like a vortex, and for the first time researchers have made one that has different twists along the length of the beam...
13 small but cool new iOS features, from faster scrolling to permanent hotspot It took Apple nearly two and a half hours to go through all the new developments in its walled software garden during the WWDC 2019 keynote, and for a good reason. This is one of the biggest new iOS r...
Google Maps will tell you if your taxi driver is veering off course to rack up a higher fare If you’ve ever worried that your taxi driver might be trying to take advantage of you by taking a more scenic route to your destination than you’d like, then you’ll have a new tool a...
Google Maps Testing New Feature That Will Make Your Taxi Rides Safer Google Maps is getting a new feature that will alert taxi passengers when their ride goes off route by 500 meters. The feature seems to be limited to India currently....
New Google Maps feature alerts you if your taxi or rideshare driver strays off course Google is testing a new feature on its map app which could make rideshare or taxi trips safer. Veuer’s Justin Kircher has the details. ...
Sketchy businesses are hijacking legitimate Google Maps listings to fool you A sketchy practice is becoming more commonplace on Google Maps involving companies hijacking legitimate business listings in order to make you think that you’re contacting the actual business. T...
New Google Maps feature demoed last year rolls out to Pixel phones Owners of Pixel phones rejoice, as Google has just announced an important new feature that's been in testing for about a year, AR navigation is now rolling out to these specific devices. Earlier this ...
Google Maps update adds option to see popular dishes from restaurants Food is something that we can't live without, so having someone giving us directions to the food we like is probably going to make a lot of people happy. And what better way to be served these directi...
Report: Google Maps hosts ‘millions’ of fake business listings Many of us rely on Google Maps to find electricians, hair salon, and other services in our area. Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Google Maps hosts an estimated ’11 million falsely li...
WSJ: Google Maps is flooded with 'millions' of fake business listings (updated) If you've ever tried to find a locksmith on Google in a pinch, this may not surprise you. Turns out Google Maps is filled with millions of scam operations that are impersonating real businesses, ...
U.S. Supreme Court blocks redrawing of Ohio, Michigan electoral maps The Supreme Court on Friday blocked lower court rulings ordering Republican legislators in Michigan and Ohio to redraw U.S. congressional maps ahead of the 2020 elections, dealing a blow to Democrats ...
Google's privacy push adds Incognito Mode for Maps and Search Among the new developments announced at Google I/O 2019, CEO Sundar Pichai revealed tweaks that will impact data retention and privacy. Filters that auto-delete web & app activity will become avai...
Google adds new Maps features that offer some users rewards and perks Google has just announced a new set of features for business owners that will allow them to give Maps users an incentive to follow and, eventually, buy from them. Five years after launching Google My ...
Supreme Court set to decide major census, electoral maps cases The U.S. Supreme Court, approaching the end of its current term, is due to issue rulings in the coming days in major cases including the Trump administration's bid to add a contentious citizenship que...
Google Maps makes urban exploration even easier in its latest update Over the years, Google Maps has turned into the ultimate navigation tool for travelers and commuters around the world. But aside from being able to get you from one predetermined location to another, ...
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Google Maps speed limits and radar locations arrive in 40 countries After running limited tests in the US and elsewhere, Google Maps is rolling out speed limit warnings and both fixed and mobile radar locations in over 40 countries, Google has confirmed to TechCrunch....
Men are better than women at reading maps because they played with Lego as kids, scientist claims The stereotype that men are better than women at reading maps is true, a brain expert has claimed, but only because they played with Lego as children....
Google Maps' AR walking directions arrive on Pixel devices today After first showing off augmented reality directions last year, Google is finally starting to roll out the feature for Google Maps. Starting today, Pixel device owners will be able to voice walking di...
Google Maps just got an excellent new feature: Real-time bikesharing info Google on Tuesday unveiled an absolutely cool new Google Maps feature that will immediately appeal to users who rely on bikesharing services to get around town. Thanks to a new partnership with Ito Wo...
Trump administration moves to release migrant children faster from U.S. custody The Trump administration is again changing the way it vets people who want to sponsor minors who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone in an effort to speed up the release of thousands of migrant child...
Ryzen 3000-Series CPUs may support even faster memory at 5,000MHz AMD's Ryzen processors (CPUs) have always liked extra fast memory (RAM), and it looks like that may continue to be the case with Ryzen 3000-Series processors as well. The upcoming CPUs will suppo...
Google Assistant is getting 10 times faster, coming to Pixel phones ‘later this year’ Google Assistant is getting new personalized features and the ability to operate 10 times faster, company executives announced today at I/O.Read More...
Amazon warehouses use machines that can pack boxes 5 times faster than humans Amazon is rolling out machines to a number of warehouses, designed to automate a job held by thousands of its workers: boxing up customer orders.Read More...
PM's Varanasi Visit LIVE Updates- New India Eager To Run Faster: PM Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi today arrived in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi to launch the BJP's countrywide membership drive on the birth anniversary of Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee....
Cox Internet now charges $15 extra for faster access to online game servers Enlarge / Cox's website advertises the Cox Elite Gamer service. (credit: Cox) Cox cable is beginning to charge Internet users an extra $15 a month for a service that reduces lag in online gaming. Co...
The obesity crisis is growing faster in rural areas than in major cities You don’t need to look far to find some seriously troubling data regarding obesity in the United States and abroad. Waistlines are growing, and with them comes increased risks of a myriad of dis...
PlayStation 5: First details point to 8K graphics, faster performance, no release in 2019 The first official details on Sony's highly anticipated next-generation PlayStation are finally coming out. But there's no official release date yet. ...
Twitter launches its faster, cleaner design, including new color themes We’ve been hearing rumblings of a redesigned Twitter.com for months, but it’s finally here. The social network today revealed its new look – designed to better line up with its mobile apps – is rollin...
Roborock S6 robot vacuum review: Faster, quieter, and more efficient than its predecessor The most reliable and best performing robot vacuum I have ever tested was the Roborock S5. That title now passes to its successor, the Roborock S6, that improves in a couple of key areas along with co...
Playing As Luigi In Super Mario Maker 2 Probably Won't Help You Complete Levels Faster Last week, after a few individual level records were broken in Super Mario Maker 2 using Luigi, a question began to form: Was Mario’s lanky brother somehow faster? Was playing as the Big L essential f...
U.S. battle over partisan electoral maps to face major test in North Carolina After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled federal judges cannot curb partisan gerrymandering, reform advocates vowed to take their fight to state courts that retain the power to police the practice of drawin...
Google Maps Now Offer 'Stay Safer' Feature On Android Phones In India The latest update for Google Maps for Android devices offers a new 'Stay Safer' feature which can be used to share your live trip status with family & friends and also sends an alert should a cab go.....
How Google Maps uses machine learning to predict bus traffic delays in real time Google Maps uses machine learning to create bus delay forecasts to tell people in hundreds of cities around the world when the next bus arrives.Read More...
Google Maps Tests Showing Popular Dish Photos for Restaurant Listings In a big step towards making it a more reliable place to look for restaurant recommendations, Google Maps is testing a 'popular dishes' feature for restaurant listings....
Using Google Maps to find a local business could drain your bank account...or worse Relying on Google Maps to find a local business could have serious consequences, The Wall Street Journal reports today. That's because the platform's search engine is full of fake business listings an...
Black Ops 4's 'Apocalypse' Brings Fan-Favorite Maps And Modes (And More Annoying Loot Boxes) The undead apocalypse started spreading across Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 on July 9, bringing zombie-themed content that features brand new maps as well as plenty of nostalgia for Call of Duties past....
Google Maps Rolls Out 'Stay Safer' Feature for Android Users in India Google Maps Stay Safer feature is rolling out to Android users in India, and the users will need to update to the latest version of Google Maps to be able to use it....
U.S. Supreme Court due to issue rulings in major census, electoral maps cases The court, which has a 5-4 conservative majority, has 12 cases left to decide during its current term, which began in October and is expected to conclude by the end of June....
Google Maps rolls out new bike-sharing feature in major cities worldwide Google Maps' new real-time bike-sharing availability feature comes after Apple announced major changes to its competing app last month. ...
Cadillac adds 70,000 miles to its Super Cruise hands-free driving maps Cadillac's Super Cruise impressed me back in 2017 when I drove with it from New Mexico to California. The hands-free experience made the long trek less of a chore and except for interchanges and ...
Earthquake, flood, hurricane: Google Maps adds tools to help you navigate a crisis Google is adding tools inside Google Map and search to help you deal with hurricanes, floods and earthquakes. ...
Oops! Scientists accidentally create new material that makes batteries charge much faster Some of the most famous scientific discoveries happened by accident. From Teflon and the microwave oven to penicillin, scientists trying to solve a problem sometimes find unexpected things. This is ex...
Qualcomm reportedly tests faster, smaller Wear OS-ready Snapdragon CPUs New Snapdragon Wear processors are said to be en route, including power and energy improvements, plus enhanced wireless features for Wear OS watches.Read More...
World's first countrywide 5G test returns 5x faster real-life speeds than the US LTE average A recent news out of Korea stated that the country's three main carriers already have a million 5G subscribers between them. Despite Verizon's bragging that it managed to execute the first commercial ...
Global obesity rising faster in rural areas than cities, study finds Global rates of obesity among people who live in the countryside are rising faster than those among city dwellers, in part due to greater access in urban areas to healthier foods and places to exercis...
Smash Bros. Ultimate Mod Project Aims To Make The Game Play Even Faster Chilean Smash Bros. pro, streamer, and modder Felipe “Nyx” Monteiro recently showed off the latest additions to his ProjectNX mod for Smash Bros. Ultimate on his Twitch channel. Already months in the ...
Newly opened WestConnex tunnel missing from Google Maps, causing confusion in Sydney Motorists sent up the garden path as controversial M4 East tunnel from Homebush to Haberfield fails to display Google Maps is working to resolve an issue where Sydney’s newly opened WestConnex M4 East...
Battlefield V 2019 Roadmap Confirmed: Pacific Theater, New Maps Revealed - E3 EA Play NEWS Electronic Arts has today announced the roadmap of Battlefield V content updates for 2019. This includes content for Chapters 4 and 5. Here's everything you need to know....
Fill the Void On Your Wall With Huckberry's Print Gallery Sale, Including 3D Topographic Maps You know that bare spot of wall in your house? It’s time to finally hang something there, and I can almost guarantee you’ll find something you like in Huckberry’s Print Gallery sale....
Global Economy Cools Faster Than Expected as Trade Tensions Rise, World Bank Says The global economy has stumbled sharply in the first half of the year with trade and investment flows between countries falling faster than expected, according to semiannual forecasts released by the ...
Logitech G502 wireless Lightspeed gaming mouse is faster than wired, claims brand The Logitech G502 range of gaming mice has a new and improved addition, with the company announcing the G502 Lightspeed, which combines the gaming performance we’ve come to expect from the G502...
Peace dividend palpable in South Sudan, but ‘grassroots’ are moving faster than elites, says Shearer The peace dividend from last year’s ceasefire in South Sudan is palpable, but political elites need to follow the example set by local communities on the ground if lasting progress is to be achieved, ...
Father falsely reported daughter was missing hoping his stolen car would be found faster, police say The father of a 3-year-old girl was arrested Sunday in California after he allegedly claimed his car was stolen with the toddler inside — even though she wasn't — hoping that police could find the car...
'Avengers: Endgame' star Brie Larson wants Marvel to 'move faster' in pushing for diversity “Avengers: Endgame” and “Captain Marvel” star Brie Larson is proud to be a part of the ongoing push to show more diversity in Marvel movies, but the actress believes things could be moving a lot faste...
Google Maps Adds Mumbai Floods Feature To Alert Waterlogged Roads & Road Closures An annual event now, the city of Mumbai finds itself coming to a halt every time the rain gods are a little more generous than usual. The city's crumbling infrastructure can barely handle its......
How to Check for Speed Traps, Speed Limits, and Traffic Accidents in Google Maps Starting today, Google Maps is expanding its traffic features to more regions. The app will now display the speed limit for roads you’re currently on, as well as the location of various key pieces of ...
Millions of Business Listings on Google Maps Are Fake---and Google Profits Millions of pushpins on Google Maps point to false business addresses created by firms pretending to be nearby. Some are fibbing to get your business. Others are posted by predators seeing what they c...
Google Maps now shows speed limits and speed cameras in 40+ countries Almost six years after Google’s purchase of the Waze navigation app, one of the features previously exclusive to the latter now appears to be a staple of Google Maps in more than 40 countries ar...
Google Maps speed camera alerts and speed limit indicators rolling out worldwide One of the important features that differentiate Waze from other navigation apps like Google Maps is the possibility to see in-depth traffic information and get alerts about speed cameras and speed li...
Amazon Music Unlimited is growing faster than Apple Music or Spotify, report says Enlarge / An Amazon Echo smart speaker. (credit: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Amazon grew its Music Unlimited streaming service by over 70 percent in the past year, according to data by Midia...
How to add your business to Google and get it displayed on Google Maps for customers to find Reuters When you add a business to Google, you can immediately help your business bring in new customers and new streams of revenue. Once you've signed up for a Google "My Business" account, it shou...
Study Says Global Obesity Rising Faster In Rural Areas: 5 Tips To Manage Obesity The team analysed the height and weight data of more than 112 million adults across urban and rural areas of 200 countries and territories between 1985 and 2017....
Moms welcome 'faster relief' of new postpartum depression drug, but access and $34K may hold them back New FDA-approved postpartum depression drug Zulresso carries a hefty price tag and it's unclear how many hospitals will offer the treatment. ...
Train Yourself to Read Faster (And Comprehend What You Read) With This Site Being able to read things quickly is great, but only if you’re able to comprehend what you’re reading. Blazing through 200 pages of reading in an hour or two is certainly impressive, but if you don’t ...
How the Extreme Porsche 911 GT3 RS Compares to the Even Faster Porsche 911 GT2 RS I’m going to throw a hypothetical your way. Let’s say that, unlike certain people, you decided not to spend $350,000 (or more) to make sure your spawn—a budding Instagram celebro-shill with less-than-...
'Red Dead Online' is growing faster than 'GTA Online' Now that Red Dead Online has had several months to build an audience, how is it faring? Quite well, apparently. During an earnings call, Take-Two chief Strauss Zelnick stated that the Red Dead Redem...
I-19 closed near Green Valley TUCSON – The Arizona Department of Transportation say I-19 has been closed down in both directions near Green Valley. Official say the road has been closed near Esperanza boulevard after three p...
Grow your garden with only a little green Gardens can take many shapes and sizes, but they all need soil, tender loving care -- and a sprinkling of cash. Here's how you can control costs. ...
When will flying turn green? Flying has an impact on the climate and everyone should use planes responsibly — that’s what even airlines say now. "Flight shaming" is making a difference, as our reporter Andreas Spaeth found out....
Best green web hosting of 2019 Choosing a website hosting company typically involves weighing up many factors, such as price, features, support, reputation and more. The environmental impact of a web host probably won't rank h...
This Is Probably As Likable As Draymond Green Is Ever Going To Get The Golden State Warriors were able to overcome an 18-point deficit, and Meyers Leonard playing the game of his career, to take Game 3 from the Trail Blazers in Portland, 110-99. The defending champs ...
Summer lawns: get green now (NBC News) The grass growing season is upon us. Experts say to to keep your lawn gear in good shape, don’t try to fire it up until you’ve siphoned out last year’s fuel. Time is also ...
Green: 'Not smart' to think Warriors' run over After falling to the Raptors in the NBA Finals, Warriors stars Draymond Green and Stephen Curry expressed confidence that the team's dominant run isn't over just yet....
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 is actually called Call of Duty Modern Warfare, apparently Try not to be confused because apparently the next game in the long-running Modern Warfare series, largely expected to be MW4, is actually called Modern Warfare....
On Pro Basketball: Draymond Green Has Never Been Better. Or This Quiet. Golden State’s Green is known for his constant stream of chatter, but of late he has redirected it from the referees to the game with results a teammate could only describe as “ridiculous.”...
Green: Ref chatter after Game 1 'embarrassing' Draymond Green said neither the Warriors nor the Rockets were complaining about many calls Tuesday night, because all the chatter about refs after Game 1 was "kind of embarrassing for the game of bask...
Mine versus lab: how green is your diamond? Mined diamonds are less carbon-intensive than man-made, but their producers should use more green energy, according to a study commissioned by the natural diamond industry, highlighting tensions betwe...
Trump praises his green credentials Donald Trump played up "America's environmental leadership" ahead of the 2020 US presidential election. At the same time, he denounced the "unfair, ineffective and very, very expensive" Paris climate ...
Warriors’ Draymond Green must step it up, or it’s all over TORONTO — Draymond Green had played like a ball of fire entering the NBA Finals, taking advantage of Kevin Durant’s absence by having the ball in his hands more and pushing the pace for the Warriors. ...
Analysis: Just how green are electric vehicles? EVs are greener than petrol cars – ‘after driving 435k miles’ CO2-intensive battery production means emissions-free travel remains a mirage The legislative push towards battery-powered electric veh...
Your Green New Deal Questions, Answered Eighty years after U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal created a raft of public-works programs to address the Great Depression, some present-day members of his political party say measures...
Draymond Green Wants It Known That He Did Not Scuffle With Drake Raptors super fan and legendary cornball Drake was an unusually subdued presence during Game 1 of the NBA Finals in Toronto, perhaps because he got a stern talking-to from the league. But, with an ass...
Heating up: Investors’ green targets go beyond just big oil NEW YORK (AP) — It’s not just big oil and power companies that investors are pushing to do better on the environment. In the next few weeks, Amazon shareholders will vote on a proposal made by o...
Pensions watchdog demands £50m from Green Pensions watchdogs are demanding that Sir Philip Green hands another £50m to the retirement scheme of his Arcadia retail empire to avert its collapse next week....
Bengals WR A.J. Green can't see himself playing for another team Amid speculation that he could someday move on from the Cincinnati Bengals, wide receiver A.J. Green says he can't see himself wearing a different jersey....
The green bank for kids - set up by a child José Adolfo Quisocala teaches poor children how to save and to earn money by recyclingHe is a Peruvian banker who encourages schoolchildren to save, and offers his 2,000 customers cash for recycling p...
ESG: green bonds have a chicken and egg problem Everyone wants to buy green bonds but many issuers, concerned about cost and complexity, don’t want to sell them. Non-green issuers could be all too ready to fill the void....
Stock Markets Likely To Open In Green Asian shares advanced on Monday as investors breathed a sigh of relief after encouraging Chinese data suggested the world's second-biggest economy may be starting to stabilise thanks to ramped-up......
Daimler's new CEO touts green strategy Daimler's new boss Ola Källenius posted a brief internal audio message via social media in which he called on employees to support a new strategy to fully decarbonize its core automobile fleet over th...
Green, 22, hangs on to win her 1st LPGA major Hannah Green held her nerve and saved par from the bunker with a 5-foot putt on the final hole to win the KPMG Women's PGA Championship on Sunday for her first major championship, and the first by an ...
UFC fighter Green charged with DUI manslaughter UFC fighter Desmond Green was charged in Broward County, Fla., with four counts of DUI manslaughter and other charges in connection with a five-vehicle crash nearly a year ago that killed two people....
Is there anything we can do to stop Greenland from turning green? The speed and scale of Arctic melting is shocking even hardened researchers – the need to act now has never been clearer, says our chief reporter Adam Vaughan...
UFC's Green faces DUI manslaughter charges UFC fighter Desmond Green was arrested Tuesday and is facing four DUI manslaughter charges in connection to a five-vehicle crash that occurred in South Florida last August....
iMovie for iOS now has a green screen feature iMovie for iOS is one of the most advanced video editors for a mobile device as it's able to edit 4K footage without stuttering and the amazing thing is that Apple offers it for the sweet price of fre...
Africa's Green parties bet on international help In Germany and large parts of Europe, green parties are compounding their electoral successes. Environmental parties in Africa still have a long way to go, but the climate crisis could quicken their a...
Endive Is the Perfect Party Green Good party food can be eaten without plates or flatware. This means it should be stab-able, scoop-able, or come pre-loaded onto an edible delivery system. You won’t be able to stab anything with an en...
It looks like Chad Green could be returning to Yankees soon Chad Green, who was sent down to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre after a brutal start to the year, had another successful outing Friday, throwing three perfect innings and striking out six after making...
There's Nothing Quite Like Draymond Green At Full Speed Draymond Green’s curse (well, other than the invisible backpack) is that no matter how good he gets at basketball, the most immediately and undeniably impressive basketball feats, the truly unmistakab...
Green bonds have a chicken and egg problem Everyone wants to buy green bonds but many issuers, concerned about cost and complexity, don’t want to sell them. Non-green issuers could be all too ready to fill the void....
Green putts her way to the lead at Women’s PGA CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — Hannah Green of Australia couldn’t miss on the greens and holed a bunker shot late in her round at Hazeltine National for a 4-under 68 and a one-shot lead in the KPMG Women&...
How to Make Green Beans Actually Taste Good If you hate green beans, there’s probably a good reason why. Your green bean experiences likely involved someone absentmindedly opening a can of green beans and throwing them in a saucepan on the stov...
The Guardian view on a Green New Deal: we need it now | Editorial Policymakers ought not wait for economic theory to catch up with the environmental crisisThe Green New Deal is probably the most fashionable policy in the English-speaking world. In Britain it is advo...
Green: Not trying Zolder DTM podium overtake would've been cowardly Audi's Jamie Green says it would have been "cowardly" not to make his risky Zolder pass on Sheldon van der Linde that secured his first DTM podium in 19 months...
Striking proposal for 'green' Notre Dame The rebuilt Notre Dame could feature a futuristic glass design, solar power, and an urban farm that supports vulnerable and homeless Parisians, if one architecture firm's vision is realized....
Rep. Al Green fears Trump 'will get re-elected' if he's not impeached Rep. Al Green, D-Tex, one of the first lawmakers who called on President Donald Trump's impeachment, expressed his fears on Saturday that if Congress doesn't pursue his ousting, Trump "will get re-ele...
Traffic: Vehicle fire on I-19 near Green Valley Crews respond to vehicle fire on I-19 near Green Valley on Tuesday, July 2, 2019. Courtesy: Official GV Fire PIO Twitter TUCSON – Crews are responding to a vehicle fire on Interstate 19 near Gre...
Australia's Green makes first win a major at Women's PGA Hannah Green became the third Australian woman to win a major with a one-stroke victory over South Korean Park Sung-hyun at the Women's PGA Championship in Chaska, Minnesota on Sunday....
Eco-friendly wedding ideas that will save you a little green too How about making your big day a eco friendly event? Follow these tips! Buzz60’s Maria Mercedes Galuppo has them. ...
Thanks to Fox News, Republicans Now Hate the Green New Deal For a brief, shining moment, Americans were largely united in their support of a Green New Deal. When the policy was first announced, Americans didn’t know a lot about it but they generally liked the ...
| Beckham's MLS team gets green light for temporary hom David Beckham's quest to find a home for his Inter Miami MLS franchise received a boost after a judge approved plans to build a new stadium in neighbouring Fort Lauderdale....
Green leads Ariya by one shot at Women's PGA Australian Hannah Green had her lead whittled down to one stroke as Ariya Jutanugarn applied the heat in the third round of the Women's PGA Championship in Minnesota on Saturday....
'Green wave' has little impact on EU top jobs' carve-up Despite an unprecedented surge in the recent European Parliament elections, the Greens were overlooked for the legislature's presidency and indeed for any of the bloc's other top jobs....
| IOC gives breakdancing green light for Paris 2024 The International Olympic Committee voted to approve the addition of breakdancing, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing to the Paris 2024 Games....
Tech Executives Spearhead Green Initiatives Information-technology executives are pushing to make their systems more energy-efficient, developing and tweaking software to cut waste and tracking how much energy their operations consume....
Britain's BBC gets green light to enhance iPlayer Britain's media regulator has given the BBC provisional permission to change its popular iPlayer on-demand platform from a 30-day catch-up service to one where programs are available for 12 months or ...
Centre Increases "Green" Budget To Rs 2,954 Crore The Centre on Friday increased the allocation for Environment Ministry from last fiscal by 10.4 per cent to Rs 2,954.72 crore for 2019-20 in what was termed as a "green budget" by Prime Minister......
Property giants to demand better Green deal Some of Britain's most powerful property groups will collectively demand a bigger stake in Sir Philip Green's high street empire as part of make-or-break restructuring talks that will determine the co...
Hydrogen has a dirty secret – let's not think it's always a green fuel Produced the right way, hydrogen can be a cleaner, greener alternative to fossil fuels powering our transport and elsewhere. But too often that's not the case...
'Simply seeing green spaces' may help reduce cravings Access to a view of greenery from the comfort of your home reduces the frequency and intensity of cravings for alcohol, unhealthful food, and tobacco....
D. Green says he's joining Lakers on 2-year deal Free-agent guard Danny Green announced late Friday night that he is signing a two-year deal with the Lakers. The team is also bringing back Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and JaVale McGee, sources said....
Contentious Jerusalem cable car gets green light A controversial Israeli plan to build a cable car to Jerusalem’s historic Old City has passed a major hurdle and now only requires government approval...
Baghdad's Green Zone reopens to the public Iraqi security officials say Baghdad's Green Zone area, the heavily fortified strip on the west bank of the Tigris River, is now open to the public around the clock....
Raptors show appreciation for Leonard, Green The Toronto Raptors on Saturday extended their appreciation to Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green for helping lead them to their first NBA championship, hours after the two departed for rival teams in Los ...
Europe's Green Parties Grow New Support Left for dead on the political battlefield only a few years ago, environment-focused parties from Ireland to Germany made surprising gains in last week’s elections across the European Union, emerging ...
From Motorious: To the Green Hell and back in an Audi S8 From our sister site Motorious: From confusion and fatigue in Clapham, to euphoria and bewilderment at the Nurburgring, Audi's two-decade old S8 ticked every box on 750 miles of road’ in the abstract ...
AOC's Green New Deal would boost gas tax $10-$13, 'destroy economy' The socialistic Green New Deal, pushed by New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and winning broad support from Democratic presidential candidates could lead to a $10 increase on a single gallon of ga...
Baghdad’s Green Zone, a barometer of war and peace BAGHDAD (AP) — Baghdad’s Green Zone has been a barometer for tension and conflict in Iraq for nearly two decades. The 4-square mile (10-square kilometer) heavily guarded strip on the banks of th...
China's Xi says Belt and Road must be green, sustainable China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) must be green and sustainable, President Xi Jinping said in opening a summit on his grand strategy, adding that the massive infrastructure and trade plan would d...
Green Fields students searching for new school TUCSON – Parents and students picked up their transcripts and said their goodbyes, Monday. Now they are scrambling to find the next best fit. After nearly 85 years and thousands of students, a w...
Yankees recall Chad Green from Triple-A Prior to Sunday’s series finale between the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays, the Yankees have recalled RHP Chad Green from Triple-A / Scranton Wilkes-Barre. Prior to today’s game, the Yanke...
How `Transition Bonds’ Can Help Polluters Turn Green It makes sense that green bonds are meant for green companies. But there aren’t that many of them -- not enough to meet the rising demand from investors who want their money to have a positive impact ...
Rep. Al Green to force impeachment vote against Trump A Democratic lawmaker says he will force a vote on articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump by next week, a dramatic step that could force the Democrat-led House to consider the measure ...
Von der Leyen urges 'green deal' for a more united EU Von der Leyen, who is seeking to win over EU lawmakers, said she would make Europe the "first climate neutral continent." She also pledged to have more female EU commissioners and to extend the Brexit...
The beauty industry now has its own green 'seal of approval' Environmental Working Group has launched EWG Verified, a label that will help consumers spot products that meet stringent ingredient and transparency requirements It may soon be easier for shoppers to...
Yankees option Chad Green to Scranton It ain’t easy being Green. Prior to Wednesday night’s series finale against the Angels, the Yankees announced that they’ve optioned the struggling Chad Green to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre...
Green pledges £25m more to save Arcadia empire Sir Philip Green has pledged another £25m to Arcadia's pension scheme in an eleventh-hour bid to secure regulators' backing for a restructuring of his Top Shop empire....
Green Bay Packers’ Quarterback Bart Starr Bart Starr, as the earnest and determined leader of the great Green Bay teams of the 1960s, became one of the most accomplished quarterbacks in history....
Green to unveil revamp of Topshop empire The high street tycoon Sir Philip Green is to launch a make-or-break revamp of his Topshop empire that could see landlords handed a shareholding of more than one-third of the business....
Draymond Green wants NBA to let Drake keep up his sideline chatter TORONTO — Draymond Green says the NBA doesn’t need to put the clamps on Drake, saying he deserves to “get more leash.” One day after Green and Drake barked angrily at each other after the Raptor...
Green: Kawhi wanted 'his own route,' not Lakers As Danny Green -- perhaps Kawhi Leonard's closest teammate, having paired with him to win championships in both San Antonio and Toronto -- waited on Leonard's decision last week, he was pretty sure of...
Uber Gets Sell-Side Green Light The ride-hailing firm has a stamp of approval from nearly every large research group despite the fact that it has yet to prove its business model can turn a profit....
N4T Investigators: Green Fields School Closing TUCSON – Financial records obtained by News 4 Tucson Investigators are shedding new light on the financial situation of the Green Fields School. Records show that the school lost more than $500,...
Chad Green returns to Yankees feeling fixed ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It all came down, Chad Green said Sunday morning, to “how I break my hands.” Such an adjustment, the right-hander believes, cured the affliction that had turned him from o...
Adventures in eyeliner: give green a go | Funmi Fetto An uplifting alternative to black-rimmed eyes. Plus a must-have cleanser and new fragrances from a fashion legendThere’s a fallacy that kohl-rimmed eyes suit everyone. They don’t. It’s like the grey c...
Apple's big iMovie iOS update includes green screen and more It looks like Apple is taking the casual filmmaker a little more seriously. Its latest update for iMovie for iOS -- out today -- comes with a new green screen effect, better still image support, 80 ne...
Falcons sign RBs Ollison, Green and 2 more draft picks FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons have agreed to terms with four draft picks, including running backs Qadree Ollison and Marcus Green. The Falcons also signed defensive end John Cominsky ...
Warren says the Green New Deal needs a $2T innovation boost to work Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren floated a $2 trillion climate innovation plan Tuesday, parts of which sound a lot like Republican talking points....
Baghdad's Green Zone reopens to public after 16 years Thousands of walls have been removed from area, which is now open ‘without exceptions’Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone has reopened to the public after 16 years.Maj Gen Jassim Yahya Abd Ali said...
Green pledges £25m more to save Arcadia empire Sir Philip Green has handed another £25m to Arcadia's pension scheme in an eleventh-hour deal that improves his chances of averting the collapse into administration of his Top Shop empire....
Hannah Green holds her nerve and becomes major champion CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — Hannah Green held her nerve and saved par from the bunker with a 5-foot putt on the final hole to win the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship for her first major championship, and...
Bernie Sanders to join AOC at Green New Deal rally in DC Sen. Bernie Sanders will join Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at a rally next week sponsored by a group of young activists in D.C. to promote a Green New Deal....
A.J. Green healthy, has limited role in Bengals minicamp Receiver A.J. Green has fully recovered from surgery on his right big toe, the most promising development in an offseason of regrouping for the Bengals. He was limited in the first day of mandatory mi...
Chad Green looks completely different in ‘awesome’ Yankees return ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Chad Green returned to the big leagues vowing he was fixed, and just a few hours later, he backed up that proclamation with authority. The Yankees’ 7-1 victory over the Rays on ...
'Put that down, cancel that': the Guardian tracks Philip Green to Monaco As his Arcadia empire struggles for survival, its chairman is planning a grand prix partyWhile Sir Philip Green’s 19,000 employees fear for their future as his Arcadia retail empire attempts to engine...
Vehicle fire restricts NB I-19 traffic in Green Valley GREEN VALLEY, Ariz. – Green Valley Fire District responded to a vehicle fire that restricted northbound traffic Interstate 19 near Canoa Road Thursday afternoon. According to officials, the inci...
Green EU lawmakers oppose von der Leyen's bid for Commission chief Germany's Ursula von der Leyen made her pitch to European Union lawmakers on Wednesday to become the next head of the bloc's executive, but her promises to fight climate change were not enough for Gre...
Second US serviceman sentenced in Green Beret hazing death NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A U.S. Marine has been sentenced to four years in military prison for his role in the 2017 hazing-related death of a U.S. Army Green Beret in Africa. News outlets report that Marin...
Green grabs first round lead at Women's PGA Championship Australian Hannah Green held a one-shot lead at the end of the opening round of the Women's PGA Championship on Thursday after Michelle Wie was reduced to tears as she pondered her future in the wake ...
Hannah enjoys rub of the green en route to Women's PGA lead Australian Hannah Green pitched in from 60 yards to save par early in her second round en route to a four-shot clubhouse lead at the Women's PGA Championship in Chaska, Minnesota on Friday....
Bart Starr, 1960s Green Bay quarterback, dies at 85 GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Bart Starr, the Green Bay Packers quarterback and catalyst of Vince Lombardi’s powerhouse teams of the 1960s, has died. He was 85. The Packers announced Sunday that Starr ...
Legendary Green Bay Packers QB Bart Starr Dies At 85 (LEX 18/AP) — Bart Starr, the Green Bay Packers quarterback and catalyst of Vince Lombardi’s powerhouse teams of the 1960s, has died. He was 85. According to an obituary posted on the team...
Seth Green’s alternative to toxic masculinity: ‘Changeland’ When Seth Green visited Thailand a decade ago with his friend Dan, the besties were mistaken for honeymooners. This didn’t faze either of them. “We’re both self-assured with our own sexuality, and wit...
Details Emerge In Bowling Green Commissioner’s Arrest WARREN COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — New details are emerging after a Bowling Green city commissioner was arrested recently for alcohol intoxication, officials said. Authorities said Brian Nash was arr...
Green Fields School closes after filing for bankruptcy TUCSON – After preparing young Tucsonans for college for about nine decades, Green Fields School announced Tuesday that the education institution has closed its doors for good. The college prepa...
Tiger Woods within striking distance of fifth Green Jacket "Tiger Woods shot his best score at Augusta National since 2011, a five-under-par 67 that lifted him within two strokes of leader Francesco Molinari after the third round at the Masters on Saturday."...
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Birra Birra reinvents the pizza palace
by Dave Cathey
Published: Wed, April 17, 2019 11:42 AM Updated: Wed, April 17, 2019 12:32 PM
Made it in for lunch to Birra Birra Craft Pizzeria, the newest concept from Provision Concepts earlier this week. The folks who brought you Hatch Early Mood Food, Sidecar, and Broadway 10 are now in the pizza business in the Chisholm Creek development.
Provision has built a stunning dining with blonde wood, iron and glass stirring energy throughout the bright, angular dining space highlighted by an open kitchen wrapped by a bar and cloaked in cabinetry. A second floor offers views over the nearby fountain and pond.
Birra Birra mixes a sophisticated setting with a menu of scratch-made crowd-pleasers inspired by the wood-burning oven at the heart of the kitchen.
My first trip fell on a personal meatless Monday, which Birra Birra was well-equipped to accommodate. We tried Grammy’s Risotto Balls and the Zucca Fries to start out. Both won us over and had us dreaming about a sunny Saturday afternoon spent on the huge patio with those same noshes and either a Sparkling Negroni or a bottle of Blackbird Arriviste Rose. Or was it a brunch fantasy with Prosecco? I’m sure we were good for either, probably both.
Then it was off to the Veggie Number One pie and an entrée of Sag’e Tortellini.
In between we got a sneak peek at the Sausage ‘n’ Peppers by accident when a bowl was erroneously delivered to our table. This saucy rendition of the Italian classic looked sop-worthy and had I been a carnivore that day, I would’ve been happy to comply. I did manage to snap a photo before parting truly became sweet sorrow. Note: I did conclude if the single slice of toast the dish came with is the only ferry besides fork or spoon upon which all that sauce and sausage was gonna find passage home, we – in the words of Martin Brody – are gonna need a bigger boat.
The Vegetable Number One was a lovely pie of assorted vegetables including roasted eggplant, artichoke, red bell pepper, broccolini, Brussels pedals, Cremini mushrooms and tomato with a ricotta pesto and goat cheese. The crust arrived golden brown with a nice toothy bite to satisfy the primordial urge to feel the kill. Vegetables were a nice assortment and the goat cheese mines sublime.
I am among the pickier pizza pie eaters you’ll meet. Pizza is almost never my first choice unless I’m at Stella Modern Italian, which if you’ve had that ultra-crisp pizza tells you a lot about my pie proclivities.
This pie from Birra Birra left me wishing it had something to tie the topping better to the crust. There was exactly nothing wrong with either, but perhaps a good lick of olive oil or seasoned olive oil across the crust would’ve helped it sing in harmony with the veggies rather than separate melodies.
We were also intrigued by the Chicago-style pizza the restaurant offers. They are for leisurely diners as the menu instructs deep-dish pies take at least 20 minutes to complete. We did witness a fellow diner receive one, and it looked like something worth waiting for – especially with a craft cocktail list to tour.
The Sag’e Tottellini arrived quickly after I alerted our very pleasant and attentive server about the mix-up. The dish combines cheese tortellini in brown butter sauce with capers, and crispy sage. Ours was also topped with what tasted like Pecorino Romano. I say that because Pecorino has a distinctively strong flavor, and that’s the note we were both getting. It also might’ve been double-dosed with Parmesan. That kind of threw the dish out of balance towards the tangy capers and out of sync with rich Brown Butter. I expect because of the order confusion our dish was hot-ticketed and perhaps rushed out. An execution blip I expect would be correct under normal circumstances.
We didn’t leave room for dessert, which is a serious sin because next door sits Provision Concepts brand-new Bibi’s Craft Ice Cream.
Whenever we make it back to Birra Birra for brunch and a bottle on the patio, which includes a firepit, I’m certain we’ll save room for ice cream.
Birra Birra is open Monday through Thursday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.; and Sunday: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Check the full menu here.
Arts Council Oklahoma City begins its annual Festival of the Arts at 11 a.m. Tuesday and continues through April 28. Strawberries Newport will be on the menu along with Indian Tacos, Honey Chicken sandwiches, and the usual assortment of flavors inspired from around the globe but executed by local purveyors.
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Slapfish has reopened in Nichols Hills Plaza. After a start so bumpy the fast-casual seafood restaurant was forced to close and reorganize for a week, Slapfish reopened over the weekend. … In all the excitement over Tommy Byrd’s imminent return to the Waterford complex to re-animate Bellini’s, you might’ve missed the final farewell for Byrd’s Tommy’s Italian-American Grill. I had dinner with Tommy and his wife Lori on Tuesday at his namesake restaurant and watched as patron after patron dropped by to wish him well back home at the Waterford. You have until Thursday night to get by Tommy’s at 5516 W Memorial Road before it’s razed to make room for a Bricktown Brewery. …
Chef Beth Lyon is working towards opening her Black Cat concept in The Collective this June, in the meantime she spent a little time in the kitchen at 3Sixty Restaurant and Bar atop Founders Tower. Early next month we should be able to enjoy the fruits of her labor, including a variation on fried chicken unlike anything I’ve ever come across. Stay tuned.
Will be checking out what A Good Egg Dining group has in mind for The Oklahoma City Museum of Art's Museum Cafe on Friday. Keep an eye on my Instagram account (@TheFoodDood) for an early look.
Tragedy has struck to often recently in the local restaurant community.
You know doubt read about the last of chef Chad Epley of Vast last month. His tragic passing thanks to a hit-and-run driver who is still roaming free was preceded by the passing of Linda Seikel in January.
Linda and her ex-husband Paul founded Pearl’s Oyster Bar after they married in 1983. Long after they divorced, the couple remained business partners. Linda became a noted interior designer, which was invaluable to the growth of Pearl’s and the group of restaurants that sprang from it. She was 71
Then late last week, Michael Bonadio of Papa Dio’s passed away at the age of 31.
Michael’s father Bill Bonadio is founder and owner of the popular Italian restaurant that’s served Oklahoma families since the early 1980s. The restaurant was an homage to Michael’s grandfather Bill Sr.
When I first moved to Oklahoma City in the summer of 1988, Papa Dio’s quickly became my go-to for all things red sauce and pasta. I was thrilled when it expanded into Edmond. And of course, who didn’t love the restaurant’s primary promotional artwork: a photo of Bill Jr. in full chef’s garb with daughter Lauren on his left and little Mike popping out of a stock pot with the tagline: “We put a little Italian in everything we make.”
Michael’s aunt Candace Gideo was once proprietor of Papa’s Little Italy and later 2 Brothers Pizza in Arcadia. She now operates the CoolGreens location in Edmond.
It’s a massive loss for the entire Papa Dio’s family, including its many patrons. My personal condolences to Bill and Michael’s mother Dianna. We parents are woefully ill-equipped to endure loss like this. It takes the strength of community to carry this burden, especially in the immediate aftermath. Please remember the Bonadios in your prayers.
Dave Cathey
The Oklahoman's food editor, Dave Cathey, keeps his eye on culinary arts and serves up news and reviews from Oklahoma’s booming food scene. Read more ›
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Stanford Anscombe Society forced to move on-campus event
April 14, 2015 3 Comments Share
By: Sarah Wishingrad | Senior Staff Writer
On Saturday, the Stanford Anscombe Society (SAS) moved its scheduled event to a different location on campus, according to Campus Reform, an online college news site. Although students and faculty had expressed concern about the subject of the event, University spokeswoman Lisa Lapin explained that the reason for the relocation was due to the conference’s conflicting with Admit Weekend for the School of Medicine.
According to its website, SAS is an organization that “promotes discussion regarding the roles of the family, marriage and sexual integrity in the lives of Stanford students both now and after graduation.” The student group “defines marriage as a union, until death, between one man and one woman,” and its members also “promote the idea that sexual integrity is necessary for this family unit to be successful.”
The event in question was entitled “Facing History: The Legacy of the Sexual Revolution.” This was the second consecutive year that SAS held the conference. The event, which received funding from the Undergraduate Senate, the Graduate Student Council and the Stanford Speakers Bureau, was originally going to be held at the Li Ka Shing Center at the School of Medicine.
The Campus Reform article stated that an LGBT rights group in the medical school objected to SAS using the space and that members created a petition asking the dean of the School of Medicine to revoke the right to the conference hall that SAS was planning to use.
According to Lapin, however, SAS was informed that the event would need to be moved as a result of Admit Weekend prior to any letter of concern.
“Space is very tight here, and we will need to use Berg Hall for the admit day programs and events,” read an email from the School of Medicine to SAS.
“Our sincere apologies that we will not be able to accommodate your conference here at Berg Hall on April 11,” wrote Priya Singh, senior associate dean of strategy and communications for the School of Medicine, in the email. “Please know that we will be happy to schedule your event at Berg Hall on another date (based on availability). Realizing that this is short notice, we are also doing our very best to locate alternative space for you either on or off campus.”
The LGBT rights group and its supporters who signed the petition felt that the event hosted by SAS constituted hate speech and would “make our LGBT students feel threatened on their own campus,” according to Campus Reform.
Members of SAS disagreed with the characterization of their conference as hate speech and published a response to the petition online claiming that they “bring conservative speakers to campus because we believe that this discussion is not present, that conservative students’ viewpoints are not being represented and that Stanford students have not had an opportunity to hear a well-supported, academic talk on traditional sexual ethics.”
The students and faculty in the medical school who objected to the event using its space succeeded in getting the event moved out of a medical school building, and the Facing History event was still held on Stanford campus at the Faculty Club.
Based on a false report in Campus Reform, an earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that the reason for moving the event was due to protests by faculty and students. Prior to the letter of concern, however, the School of Medicine had already informed SAS that the conference would conflict with Admit Weekend for the medical school and would need to be moved. The Daily regrets this error.
Contact Sarah Wishingrad at swishing ‘at’ stanford.edu.
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It’s freedom *of* speech, not freedom *from* speech. Should we also ban Catholics from campus, as their official position on marriage is the same? And Hillary for her position during the last election cycle, for that matter? That would leave us in an ever-shrinking bubble.
Unless we allow speech even from those we disagree with, we can never engage in dialogue.
Never thought the daily would sink this low on the scale of journalistic integrity.
Kind of ridiculous that the Daily is quoting a blog known for inaccurate and biased reporting. Very poor journalism.
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Stories of interspecies adoptions abound. According to Jenny Holland, author of Unlikely Friendships, these adoptions occur frequently in domestic animals and occasionally in the wild, too.
But what would motivate a cat to adopt a puppy?
"I wish I could crawl into these animals' minds and ask! But we can make some educated guesses based on what we know about animal brains — and our own," said Holland, a National Geographic contributing writer.
Animals instinctively take care of their own young, and when a mother sees a baby animal in need, she naturally will want to take care of it, too. Instinct tells the momma to nurture the baby so that the DNA will be passed on.
Maybe the wires have gotten a little crossed, but the motivation surely comes from the same place.
Jill Goldman, an applied animal behaviorist from California opines that mutual benefit is another powerful motivator, although the benefit for a cat of adopting a puppy is unclear.
"How we define benefit is another matter. Social companionship in some cases may actually be enough of a benefit, so long as it is not outweighed by competition [or] threat," said Goldman.
Whatever the reason, this cat seems perfectly happy to welcome the puppy into the family. Watching the video will remind you that love supersedes differences. Perhaps we could learn something from the cat's instant acceptance of her adopted family member! Watch the video, and decide what you think.
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Irish Prime Minister Brings Boyfriend to Meet Pence, Addresses Gay Identity in Remarks
Saturday Mar 16, 2019
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar's visit to Washington this week brought him to the White House for a meeting with the President. But what brought considerable more attention was his breakfast with Vice President Mike Pence, whose views on LGBTQ rights are well-known, in which the out Irish leader brought along his boyfriend Matt and addressed his gay identity in his remarks and how it effected his political ambitions.
"In a short speech delivered beside the vice-president, the Taoiseach reflected on his ambition to become a politician when he was younger," the Irish Times reported.
"I also knew at the time that I lived in a country where if I tried to be myself at the time it would have broken laws, but today that has all changed. I stand here as the leader of my country, flawed and human, judged by my political actions, and not by my sexual orientation, my skin tone, gender or religious beliefs."
"We are, after all, all God's children." Mr Varadkar said.
Watch Mr. Varadkar's comments below:
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At The Border; When Survival Becomes A Crime
By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Clearing the FOG.
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For decades, US policies have created economic crises and violence that drive people from their homes in search of a place where they can work and live. Rather than recognizing that US imperialism causes migration and changing US foreign policy, the US has increasingly militarized its borders to keep people out. We speak with Dévora González, an organizer with School of Americas Watch, who is the daughter of migrants and lives in the border lands, about what it is like to live in a low intensity war zone and the criminalization of migrants who are trying to survive.
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Dévora González is a mother to a wonderful little human named Tlecuiani. She is a Salvadoran-Guatemalan, descendent of Pipil and Mayan peoples, woman and mother that was born and raised in Los Angeles to migrant parents that found refuge in the city. Being raised in a Central American community, the political and historical knowledge she gathered stemmed from oral history and narratives of migration from her family, friends, and community. The gaps in her understanding led her to California State University, Northridge where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Central American Studies and Psychology and felt empowered to create positive change in her community.
Aware of the anti-migrant sentiment, structural border conditions that fueled deaths at the desert, and feeling a strong connection to the communities forced to migrate to the United States, she relocated to Tucson, Arizona in 2012. Since, she has been part of the Missing Migrant Crisis Hotline that was a project of the Coalición de Derechos Humanos and No More Deaths, has helped with abuse documentation for the report Deprivation, Not Deterrence by the Guatemala Acupuncture and Medical Aid Project (GUAMAP), and has been active in migrant rights work, resistance, and resilience of Border Communities in the face of militarization.
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The Declaration Of Independence – Click here to print
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,—That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.—Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their
exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the
Forms of our Governments:
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an
undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms:
Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people. Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do.—And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.
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Rifts Movie
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What would you want/expect to see and what other franchises would you like to see as a feature film or animated series?
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Rifts is itching to be an anime, I've always thought. Splicers would be great animated as well.
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RIFTS and SPLICERS. I was tempted to say HU but we got Marvel doing great movies right now about Super Heroes so I stick with two choices.
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"I'm ready man, check it out. I am the ultimate badass! State-of-the-badass-art!" - Private Hudson, ALIENS (1986).
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Heroes Unlimited, Palladium Fantasy, BTS and Dead Reign are too generic. There is very little to distinguish them from anything else in those genres, in fact at least a few of them are made to be generic.
Rifts, Chaos Earth, Nightbane, and Splicers (from what little I know of it) have enough original identity to have something in other media based on them and stand on their own merits. All would likely bomb as movies.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! /ducks.
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Jason Richards wrote:
My original gaming group and myself have been discussing that since the first time we ever played. As much as a Rifts movie would be cool, an anime movie (better yet an ongoing series) would be way better!
You could make juicers looking amazing on screen zipping around while everyone else is at a stand still, borgs, PA, and Robots would look sweet too.
Now to be fair the bots in Pacific Rim did look awesome, but that was bot against giant monster, imo it would be hard to have humans running around the bot, or climbing it, without it looking like CGI was involved to make it appear that way.
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Razzinold wrote:
Yes! Anime all the way!
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Comment: Macross fan first
Robotech fan second
Anime and HBO.
Location: United Kingdom/Scotland
The day that a PB game is made a hollywood-ish movie or HBO-ish series, that day I will retract all negative things I have ever said about them.
By the way, (this is not criticism or meant in any bad way) what ever happen to Jerry Bruckenheimer (or who it was) and his intent to make a movie about Rifts?
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Dunia wrote:
Last I heard, Mr. Bruckenheimer and/or his production company keeps renewing the film rights with PB.......waiting on that script.
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I'm with the rifts origin guy i would love to see a atlantis experiment goes wrong (ancient history) nazca and lemurians trying to escape then a second movie that covers the final days of the golden age 3rd movie leads into the cs chicago fom war 4th movie is where the first book comes into play with erin tarn running from the cs protected by the cyberknights leading into vampire kingdoms (5th movie) book to book from there and doing side movies as filler in between world books and rifts space/ and dimentions get their own anime cgi battle movies that make gundam and any other space anime look like classics no one will watch after. and rifts manhunter should get its own anime series i also agree pf,hu/vu/ns/mc are too generic to have their own movies but a resurgence for a comic book or novels would be great and for peace of mind wormwood gets its own movie as a 3 part from the begining
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Well, mostly.....
A long-running series -probably in Anime form because of the tremendous expense of all the needed Special Effects -on HBO, Cinemax, AMC or even Netflix.
No single movie will do Rifts justice.......and more than one movie is probably considered to be too risky for the studios to take up.
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cornholioprime wrote:
Nah... You could do it in one movie... It would beg for sequels but you could self-contain it... You have to introduce the setting and slinking by the exposition would be a pain in the butt though...
Here is how I would do it...
Begin in "The golden age of man..."
Show (Don't tell!) the golden age... Cyborgs... Etc... Close to a "War Room" where a group of military people are talking about how this new neural computer... ARCHIE Three... Could revolutionize modern warfare. Use this as an excuse to show off some tech, as maybe a power point is given, have someone explain: "Sure, the Chromium Guardsman is impressive but it is only useful if deployed properly, it is a scalpel. A scalpel is only as good as the surgeon who wields it. ARCHIE could be that surgeon. With the current wars raging, the death toll around the world is rising, ARCHIE could lead the NEMA into the next..."
The general is cut off, by a report... Something horrible has happened... The west coast is gone... People are reporting huge portals... Huge rifts... Opening everywhere... People are reporting monsters... Literal monsters...
Show a map of the world, with red dots filling it in... Then a massive shockwave rattles the building... Fade to black...
Next have Erin Tarn... The star of the movie... Picking through a burned out wreckage... Add a tag showing the current year... Show her pick up a book and talking to a young man with her, a boy. The boy will comment how that book is worthless, and have her explain to him that books are all we have left of the world that was destroyed with the coming of the rifts...
We use the boy as the viewer's eyes into the world, and Erin as a historian to explain things without it seeming contrived...
If we have Erin Tarn find something of extreme value, a book that is potentially dangerous to the CS, we can have Erin plan on taking it from where she found it to a place where it will be protected. Along the way the CS learns she has it and sends teams out to stop her. She finds companions along the way, as she seeks to deliver this knowledge, this valuable thing, to a safe place. This valuable thing? A reproduction of the Declaration of Independence... Something Emperor Prosek would not want people to have access to.
We use the kid to serve as the person who asks questions. Maybe the kid asks a Ley Line Walker what it is like to wield magic. Maybe he asks what it is like to become a 'Borg. Maybe he asks what it takes to become a Cyber-Knight.
You could totally do this in a single film... And have plenty of room for sequels...
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HWalsh, I actually like your idea but I always thought the narrator needed to be ARCHIE 3. Saying how he was born 2090 (I am guessing I don't know if they give a specific date_ during the golden age, showing all the advances of the human race and then telling the story of the Rifts from his point of view.
Also, I have always thought the star of the movie should be a soldier or (God help me I hate saying this because I hate them) even a NEMA officer that rifts forward in time.
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At this point, anything a single movie tries to show viewers is just going to come across to the mainstream movie viewers as copying this or copying that; despite the fact that Palladium has been pushing Rifts since the early 90's and has the original ideas. This movie is about 10 years too late. Much like how it took Palladium too long to come out with a video game (on a platform that wasnt owned by only 10 people) and the other similarly named MMORPG caused confusion and the average gamer thinks Palladium ripped off this other game, this is how the average movie gower is going to see a single Rifts movie.
You want monsters and robots? Pacific Rim. You want super powered humans? X-Men franchise. You want a team of unlikely heroes of varying power levels and abilities that oddly create synergy? Marvel Cinematic Universe. Post-apocolyptic war between dragons and humans? Reign of Fire. You get the idea: Sucker Punch has literally beat Palladium to the punch.
The idea of a movie needs to be wiped from the minds of JB, KS, PB, gamers, and movie watchers alike. This needs to be a series of sorts (6 part mini-series, limited run series, and so on). They need to be more Star Trek and less Star Wars. This is needed to adequately explain the world of Rifts, the Geo-political environment, how magic works, and what a rift is. To do a movie, and try to cram everything into a 1.5 - 2 hour film will come across as rushed and confusing, will provide no opportunity for character/plot development, and be filled with CGI to the point which will make the Star Wars prequels look like a campy 80s movie; its going to end up in the $5.00 bin at Walmart along with all those copies of the last AC/DC album a week after it is released.
A movie will not do well. It might have done well back in 2006. But not today. Sorry, but that window is closed, and its closing with every sci-fi/fantasy movie that is released. A series is the way to go, the medium doesnt really matter. Animation or live action will still work. Animation can be done cheaper than CGI, which will be required to pull off the visuals. But with good writing and the opportunity to develop the plot and characters, it can be a success and not be posted on Rotten Tomatoes immediately with no chance of a much needed sequel.
ATB, Splicers, and Rifts Space would be cool to see too.
I want to see from Palladium:
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-Searchable, quality PDFs/E-pubs of current Rifts titles
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What you're saying Kagashi is that instead of looking at films, PB should be looking at Anime studios? Because that would be awesome. The world of Rifts would fit in well with the anime community. Also, Splicers would probably be the most original anime out there, as would After the Bomb.
So maybe we should be writing anime series rather than movies. In fact, with Harmony Gold's support, we could bring Kagashi "the character from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" into Rifts Earth. Imagine a Cyclone Rider with Rifts Bionic Limbs fighting with a group of misfits like a mutant doctor who can transform into sand and a psi-ghost who hates music. Now that's a series
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Heh, yeah, we would basically already have a script in place.
I would point out to Kagashi and any other 'Rifts Movie Fatalist' that Hollywood makes the vast majority of its money -to the tune of billions and billions and billions of dollars -on sequels, remakes, and other versions of movies based on the principle of recycling ideas that have already been made into movies.
If we can have a "Hot Tub Time Machine 2" and a "American Pie Part 15" and "Paranormal Activity XX: Revenge Of The Shaky-Cam" and "The Lord Of The Rings 5: Even More Hobbits Taking A Long, Long Walk" and "Transformers 70: Michael Bay Is Making These Films Just To Torment TF Fans At This Point," then we can have a Rifts Movie with every expectation that it can make a lot of money for both the movie studio and Palladium Books alike.
Especially since we haven't ever really come even close to seeing a gestalt High-Magic-And-High-Technology-Fantasy-Setting-In-The-Same-Movie film on the big screen before.
(Have we ever had a mix of the two in any movie or TV show, ever? Isn't that a rare concept even for anime?)
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I personally believe a live action movie is NOT the way to go at all with pretty much ANY of Palladium's properties.
Rifts you NEED it to be anime to get the right feel
The others can be more what we consider "regular" animation, or cgi (ala Star Wars Clone Wars and Rebels) to work.
That;s just my opinion though. Mind you I still don't get why they haven't done in house comic book lines for anything yet with the talent they have there. Path of the Storm would have been a really good Comic Mini Series imo.
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jaymz wrote:
Agreed on the sentiment, one hundred percent.
HOWEVER.....making it an Anime won't make any serious money, and at this point a Rifts Film is every bit as much a business proposition as it is the dream of many to finally see such a wonderful game make it to the big screen.
I don't know man, I mean, anime is getting to be bigger business every year.
If one prefers, they could use the same style as Clone Wars/Rebels and get the feel as they can do some REALLY good stuff for supernaturals judging by how they handled Jedi and such so...if they go THAT route there is definite money to be made.
Mind you business wise a relatively widely distributed Comic/graphic novel series to set the stage ahead of time would be a good idea too....sate the appetite for more as it were.
Edit- mind you I also very little faith we will ever see such a thing as a movie anime or cgi animated series let alone a comic/graphic novel series....
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I still haven't watched Clone Wars specifically because I dislike the animation.
The more stylized something is, the more likely it is to alienate potential viewers.
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I have started watching Clone Wars several times but the animation bugs me too much. At this rate I might get through the entire series around about the time the 9th movie comes out.
I think this is the real problem with an anime of Rifts. Gaming is a niche market and anime is a niche, this means that any Rifts anime will be niche of a niche. So an anime of Rifts will be great for anime fans within the Palladium community but it will do almost nothing to expand the Rifts itself.
Assuming it makes it to a sequel. If a movie bombs, no producer is going to make a second movie. Green Lantern lost $90M. You will never see a Green Lantern 2. At least not with Ryan Reynolds in that continuity. Give a few years and you might see a re-imagining or reboot, but for now, nobody is even entertaining that idea.
I am fairly certain a Rifts movie, in the manner of the conventional movie industry knows movies, will bomb though.
Imagine, sitting in "Lord of the Rings 5: Even More Hobbits Taking a Long, Long Walk...Directors Cut" and the previews come on. The first preview starts and you see the Earth from space. As a zoomed out view of the solar system shows Earth in line with Mars and Jupiter, two small scale nuclear bombs go off in South America, creating a chain reaction causing these blue lines to criss-cross the face of the Earth (a few sound effects of people screaming, monsters growling, and obvious sounds of war like bombs and machine gun fire can be faintly heard in this scene). The camera view zooms in through the clouds of Earth and passes by a rippling ribbon of blue energy pulsing across the ground. A large monster emerges from the blue energy. (Your heart is pounding now, cause you think you know what his might be). Then, as if God himself has personally answered your prayers, the image of a Coalition Spider Skull Walker traverses over the hill, rail guns and lasers blazing, cutting the monster down where he stands. (you are practically leaping out of your seat at this point). The camera spins around and zooms past a patrol of Coalition soldiers rushing a house which zips past through the window, past dirty, broken glass and tattered curtains, focusing in on the face of action star Hugh Jackman clad in robes and adorned with runes and symbols. He slides his gas mask over his face and leaps out the window, sending shards of glass flying through the air and unleashes a series of fireballs that cuts down the rushing CS soldiers, causing enormous Bruckheimer-esque explosions to grow in slow motion.
"From the studios that brought you Black Hawk Down, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Pearl Harbor..."
Jackman's Character is joined by a warrior woman who appears to be wearing dark shades, scantly clad rubber armor, and an 80s style gold helmet (no mistaking it is Scarlett Johansson). Johansson's character dodges a laser while kicking a soldier in the face, throwing his head back as he flips over backwards (in slow mo), then produces a sword (fast forwarded) which she plunges into the armor of a second soldier (slowed again during the impact).
"Special Effects by ILM and sound by Skywalker Sound..."
Jackman's character spins in a Matrix style manner and points his hands to the camera...
"Hugh Jackman and Scarlett Johansson...in..."
Flames erupt from Jackman's character's hands right at the camera...as the flames clear, it reveals the Palladium-iconic "Rifts" title with a sentence fading in "Summer 2016".
You are pumped, you think this is the best thing since you found out Betty White did nudes back in the 40s. Suddenly you hear from the row behind you, "Like I need to see Pacific Rim again". His friend agrees and says, "Isnt that, that game, you know, like World of Warcraft or something?"
To put it bluntly, the market is currently saturated and there is really nothing that will separate this movie from the rest of the similar movies in recent cinematic history. Heck, if anything, it will have TOO many aspects to cram into one movie, let alone a preview which is supposed to capture attention.
Except for Sucker Punch (clearly you have not seen this movie; steampunked Germans, orcs, dragons, robot drones, flintlock pistols, tomahawks, M-4s, B-25s with jet engines, and power armor suits shooting down dirigibles and biplanes; all explained by delusions in an insane asylum), Pacific Rim (monsters vs bots), Cowboys vs Aliens (might as well have read New West before making that movie; peacemakers vs energy blasts) the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Avengers specifically (sure its a series of movies, but they are all related and in the same continuity, clearly using high tech, super powers, and magic), and a host of other recent movies.
If this is going to happen, it has to capture the attention of the average movie goer and it has to set itself apart from every other preview we have already seen. To do otherwise, means it will end up in the Walmart $5.00 bin. And I am having a difficult time thinking it will. It has to be more than spiffy explosions, CGI, and big names. We have to convey something else to the viewer that will make them say, "thats cool, I want to see that!". (although admittedly, Scarlett Johannson in a Blind Warrior Woman outfit would certainly pique my interest even if I had no idea what Rifts was).
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Akashic Soldier wrote:
Rifts is definetly, as some others have already said, "itching to be an anime movie." Of course, this movie should definitely be able to be watched by adults and teenagers alike, so please avoid R-rated material. I really would hate to see a movie with such an interesting premise be rated R because the animation was to sensual or violent.
I really want to see the Zappers and Psi-Warriors in this movie, partially because you don't see many stories about them. Harvesters, too, if they can work that in without extreme violence.
I don't think that the star should be someone as famous and defined as Erin Tarn or ARCHIE III. They could definitely be supporting characters, or other stars, but the main protagonists should be Cyber-Knights, Glitter-Boys, Ley-Line Walkers, and/or Bursters/Mind Melters, or some other well-known class that generally is good and has just as much renown in the fictional world as they do to the people who play the game. A Psi-Warrior as another main protagonist would be nice, as well. The protagonist(s) (for, really, it is impossible to describe the whole of the Rifts World without multiple stars) should be of an honourable alignment.
I want to see at least one anti-villain (Artemis Fowl-like character), and possibly an anti-hero as well. Anti-villains are much more interesting, I find, than heroes.
Find a way to throw in the Tundra Rangers, without destroying their meaning, and I will be well-pleased.
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a Rifts movie needs to focus on the struggle between the CS and non-human types, and it has to cast a questionable light on both while showing the good qualities of each as well. magic, tech and weird stuff can fit as given because viewers can understand what they are because of previous movies.
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Y'all seem to assume that Palladium books are written with the same exacting precision with which they are analyzed. I think that is... ambitious.
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A movie, sadly cannot portray the scope properly....anime series would be better, or even live action if they had the budget....
personally I;d rather see a well written comic book series at this point but that's me
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FORMING TUBES BY DE NOVO EPITHELIALIZATION
Figure 3: Three stages of pharynx tube formation: rotation of pharyngeal cells (A to B), epithelialization of arcade cells (C) and contraction (D). Right: yellow dotted line, pharynx primordium; red, cell boundaries; green, adherens junctions.
Figure 4: zen-4 mutant (left) fails to produce the arcade cell epithelium (orange arrowheads) compared to a wildtype embryo (right). Red, nuclei; green, adherens junctions.
Many organs, including the C. elegans pharynx, are systems of epithelial tubes that provide an essential function by transporting gases or liquids. All epithelia are composed of polarized cells, with apical and basolateral domains at the cell surface, separated by intercellular junctions. However, generation of epithelial tubes differs from that of epithelial sheets because tubes are three-dimensional structures, with their apical domains facing the lumen of the tube and intercellular junctions aligned longitudinally. Epithelial tubes can arise by remodeling of pre-existing epithelia, (e.g. branching morphogenesis of the lung). Epithelial tubes are also constructed from groups of cells induced to form epithelia de novo, (e.g. nephron formation in the kidney). While significant progress has been made towards understanding the mechanisms that govern branching morphogenesis, very little is known about tubulogenesis by de novo epithelialization. The C. elegans pharynx offers a powerful genetic system to investigate tube formation by this latter mechanism.
Three stages of pharynx tubulogenesis. We began our studies with an in-depth analysis of the cellular behaviors that accompany pharyngeal tube formation. Initially, the pharynx primordium consists of an epithelial ball located deep within the embryo. In the first stage, cells located at the anterior of the pharyngeal primordium reorganize their polarity to convert the ball into a short tube. This behavior requires remodelling of adherens junctions to reorient the cells' apical and basolateral domains relative to the axis of the embryo body. In the second stage, nine mesenchymal cells (the arcade cells) located anterior to the pharynx primordium are converted into an epithelium that links the nascent pharynx tube to the external epidermis. In the final stage, the apical surfaces of the pharynx and arcade cells constrict along the AP axis while expanding circumferentially to form the lumen.
We have combined experimental embryology with forward and reverse genetics to examine the molecular mechanisms that govern remodelling of intercellular junctions (Stage 1) and epithelium formation (Stage 2). The first gene identified by forward genetics was zen-4, which encodes a mitotic kinesin-like protein (MKLP1, CHO1, pavarotti). Previously, zen-4 and its partner the RhoGAP cyk-4 (MgcRacGAP), had been implicated in cytokinesis. Our studies revealed a new, post-mitotic role for zen-4 and cyk-4 to construct the apical domain and adherens junctions during epithelium assemblyI (e.g. Figure 4). Our data suggest that these proteins organize the actin or microtubule cytoskeletons in response to an external cue. Conversely, the RhoGEF Pebble, which also has a role during cytokinesis and interacts with ZEN-4 and CYK-4 homologs in Drosophila, has recently been implicated in migration of Drosophila mesodermal cells. The phenotypes of Pebble, zen-4 and cyk-4 suggest that these cytokinesis factors have been co-opted for a second role, to control the mesenchymal-epithelial transition of cells. ZEN-4/CYK-4 promote epithelium formation whereas Pebble is required for conversion of epithelia to mesenchyme. Outstanding questions for pharynx tubulogenesis are the nature of the signal that initiates polarization and the events downstream of ZEN-4 and CYK-4 that promote formation of adherens junctions and apical domains.
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In Greenland, over 90% of exports are from fisheries, which makes up over half of their GDP.1 The undiversified economy of Greenland is not forecasted to be sustainable in the future, and mining the island’s natural resources alone will not supplement it enough to become economically independent of Denmark.2 The economy are highly volatile depending on fish prices worldwide.
2 https://www.state.gov/e/eb/rls/othr/ics/2015/241536.htm
As a self governing territory of Denmark, Greenland has two representatives in the Danish parliament. They also have independent government institutions that have power over all affairs except foreign and financial policy.1 The Greenlandic government has faced allegations of corruption in the past for forcing government officials to resign, but the Danish government has had no reports of corruption in recent years.2
1 https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2014/denmark
2 https://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2014/eur/236518.htm
The life expectancy is 72 in Greenland.1 Due to its massive size and single hospital in Nuuk, transportation is the biggest limit to quick and effective medical care.2 It has the highest suicide rate in the world with 100 out of 100,000 people killing themselves each year.3 There is an extreme lack of social workers and support systems for those with suicidal thoughts, especially in small towns. The underlying issues facing society are child neglect and alcoholism, with 30% of Greenlandic people having lived in a household with alcohol abuse.4
1 http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN?locations=GL
2 http://mastermind-project.eu/partners/agency-for-health-and-prevention-greenland/
3 http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/04/21/474847921/the-arctic-suicides-its-not-the-dark-that-kills-you
4 http://www.encare.info/UserFiles/File/Else%20Christensen_Parental%20Alcohol%20Abuse%20in%20Greenland.pdf
Child abuse and neglect is prevalent amongst Greenlanders, and one in three Greenlanders report sexual abuse as a child.1 Many link this to alcohol abuse which is found in 21% of parents with children under the age of 18.2 Children participate in dog sledding, hunting, fishing, and sailing activities. Youth mix together their traditional practices with modern culture and have high levels of independence from a young age to act as contributing members of society.3 Extended families often live near each other and play an influential role in raising children.
1 http://arcticjournal.com/culture/1508/greenlands-child-sex-abuse-victims-face-bleak-future
2 http://cphpost.dk/general/greenland-a-society-in-peril.html
3 http://www.faroeislands.fo/people-society/people-of-the-faroe-islands/youth-of-the-faroes/
Polar bears, wolves, whales, arctic foxes, reindeer and seals are common in Greenland, but they are losing parts of their environment because of the changing climate.1
1 http://www.greenland.com/en/things-to-do/nature-experiences/arctic-wildlife-in-greenland/
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Maisie's Marriage
Family Planning: The Movie. The film they didn't want you to see in 1923.
Drama 1923 96 mins Silent
Director: Alexander Butler
Controversial! The film they don't want you to see of the book they didn't want you to read. Waitress Maisie discovers that the path of love is not easy - but small families are happier than large ones. Think of this as Family Planning: The Movie, a fiction feature inspired by the contentious, wildly successful non-fiction book Married Love, written by Marie Stopes who was consultant on the film.
The film is in fact very chaste but that didn't stop the censors from taking a close and antagonistic interest in it. Soon-to-be Hitchcock favourite Lillian Hall-Davies stars, while future Powell & Pressburger regular Roger Livesey is among the names in the cast.
Alexander Butler
Rex DaviesLilian Hall-Davis
The Wicker Man
Horror 1973 88 mins Director: Robin Hardy
Christopher Lee and Edward Woodward star in the folk horror classic about a policemen investigating an island given over to paganism.
Biopic 1970 25 mins Director: Christian Marnham
Astonishing 1970s striptease knife-throwing act with the last of the Wild West showmen, Wally Shufflebottom Snr
That Kind of Girl
Drama 1963 77 mins Director: Gerry O'Hara
A cautionary tale about VD and the dangers of free-love set against a backdrop of smoky jazz clubs and evocative London locations.
Drama 1963 56 mins Director: Joan Kemp-Welch
Tainted love: infidelity, eroticism and cruelty drive Harold Pinter's complex and provocative early TV drama
Drama 1976 90 mins Director: Stewart Mackinnon
Stewart Mackinnon’s avant-garde adaptation of Marquis de Sade’s infamous erotic novel has been near impossible to see since 1976.
Period drama 1935 93 mins Director: Paul L. Stein
Paul L. Stein’s period romance tells the story of a composer (Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.) whose relationship with a woman (Gertrude Lawrence) inspires his success.
From Stags to Stardust
Documentary 1977 43 mins Director: James C. Katz
Splendid 1970s striptease documentary starring Ivor Dickier, one-time Mr England runner-up
Featuring Lilian Hall-Davis
Blighty
War 1927 106 mins Silent Director: Adrian Brunel
Life on the Home Front during WWI, through the eyes of one family.
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San Francisco Invents Its Very Own Local Fernet
Capitalizing on San Francisco's obsession with Fernet Branca, an unlikely team from the Bay Area has released its homage to the classic Italian bitter using native ingredients. Lauren Sloss on Fernet Francisco and the boom of locally sourced American amari.
story: Lauren Sloss
photo: Fernet Francisco
Fernet Branca’s presence, and near-legendary popularity, has become an almost eye-roll-worthy given in San Francisco—right up there with small-batch, artisan, locally sourced goods.
So, it was only a matter of time before someone took it upon themselves to create a small-batch, artisan, locally sourced version of the Italian amaro. Meet Fernet Francisco, San Francisco’s own craft amaro, joining the slow-and-steady growth of U.S.-based amari.
Many of these follow the Italian tradition of crafting the bitter spirit using locally available herbs and botanicals. BroVo, a collaborative, Seattle-based distillery, led the charge on the Amaro Project, a series of 17 amari created by bartenders in Seattle, Chicago and San Francisco, the first of which was released in early 2013. Breckenridge Distillery in Colorado, riffs on Italian Alpine-style amaro, using roots and plants grown in the Rocky Mountains for its Breckenridge Bitters, first released in the summer of 2012, while Greenbar Distillery in Los Angeles took a similar tact with Grand Poppy, an amaro made using California’s state flower, the golden poppy, which it launched in July 2013.
There are exceptions to this local-first rule, too. Calisaya, which has been distilled in Eugene, Oregon, since 2010, is firmly based on an ancient Italian recipe, and features Seville oranges , agave nectar and its namesake chinchona calisaya, bark from trees that originated in Peru and were imported to Italy in the 17th Century. Saint Agrestis Amaro launched in Brooklyn this winter, staking their claim as New York’s first small-batch producer.
The three finally settled on a blend of 12 herbs and botanicals that, similar to most all amari recipes, they plan to keep a closely guarded secret. They will share that all 12 are local to the Bay Area, and include rhubarb, chamomile, orange peel, bay leaves and mint. The core distillate is vapor infused and blended with an organic natural grain spirit and local grape-based brandy; it’s then aged for one month.
Fernet Francisco sticks to more traditional lines in its desire to showcase the Bay Area’s local bounty, while seizing on the popularity of Fernet Branca—a divisively bitter amaro that has been produced in Milan since the mid-19th century—in San Francisco. Co-founders Max Rudsten and Ben Flajnik (yes, that Ben Flajnik), both live in San Francisco and are decided amaro enthusiasts.
Their recipe was pulled from years of experimenting with herbs and flavors and methodically researching amari from around the world. Rudsten, who has a background in finance, spent years macerating and barrel-aging plants and herbs in his backyard, tasting the resulting flavor extractions and documenting all of his efforts.
“I dove into the deep caverns of the internet, studying everything from Middle Eastern tree barks to ancient Czechoslovakian spices. I would spend more money on shipping than the actual herbs themselves,” Rudsten says of his borderline obsessive research. “I catalogued over 50 herbs and botanicals in an effort to hone in on the perfect flavor profile. I think my backyard brew represented something like 15 different countries. Even the oak barrels were sourced from some random town in Mexico.”
When he and Flajnik teamed up, they switched their focus to a blend that would, per Flajinik, “highlight local ingredients.”
“Max and I started this over a love for [amari] and bitters from all over the world,” he explains. “Ultimately, though, we wanted to give the people of the San Francisco Bay Area a fernet that is all their own.”
The two teamed up with Master Distiller Farid Dormishian, a biochemist, winemaker, bartender and distiller with two decades of experience, most recently under his label Falcon Spirits. But Dormishian started distilling even earlier, experimenting with spirits in his basement using fruits from his family’s orchard in Iran.
Say what you will about Fernet Francisco’s gimmick-potential, the resulting amaro is extremely drinkable—more so than its more assertive inspiration. Herbaceous and floral, with a subtle hint of heady bay leaf, it has a vegetal quality that’s reminiscent of Cynar, without its sticky-sweetness.
They’re also not alone in drawing inspiration from Branca, an industry favorite all over the U.S. Colorado’s Leopold Brothers released Fernet Leopold in late 2011, using cocoa nibs, spearmint and blackstrap molasses in their brew, and Letherbee Distillers released Letherbee Fernet in the summer of 2014. Similar to Francisco, Letherbee’s fernet makes use of rhubarb root, but rounds things out with spearmint, eucalyptus, myrrh gum and saffron.
Fernet Francisco is far from alone in the U.S. bitter scene, but they may well be harkening a diversification of the San Francisco market where Branca has dominated for years (as evidenced by decidedly non-industry bars offering the black stuff on tap). Master Distiller Lance Winters of St. George Spirits confirms that his lauded Alameda distillery is working on an amaro of its own, not to mention the three Project Amaro blends from San Francisco bartenders. What’s more, many of these blends are meant to be mixed into cocktails or sipped on the rocks, rather than slammed as shots. While San Francisco’s got a way to go to catch up with bitters-obsessed Seattle, these first steps towards a local amari Renaissance are promising.
“It’s a really exciting time to be a lover of amaro,” Winters says. “The category itself has so much room for interpretation, as well as for the inclusion of locally foraged ingredients that speak to where the amaro is being made.”
Fernet Francisco is being released this month throughout the Bay Area and Wine Country. It will be available in certain bars and retail locations; keep up with them here to learn more.
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Lauren Sloss
Lauren Sloss is a San Francisco-based writer who is prone to stints in Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Istanbul. Her work has appeared in 7x7, Lucky Peach, Tasting Table, Serious Eats and Salon, among others.
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Elon Musk predicts World War III
Posted 9:20 AM, September 4, 2017, by CNN Wire, Updated at 10:49AM, September 4, 2017
Elon Musk, CEO of US automotive and energy storage company Tesla. (Eric Piermont/AFP/Getty Images)
Elon Musk spent part of his Labor Day weekend tweeting about World War III.
Tesla and SpaceX’s CEO wasn’t making doomsday predictions because North Korea is testing nuclear weapons. What’s got Musk much more worried about world war is artificial intelligence.
North Korea “should be low on our list of concerns for civilizational existential risk,” Musk said in one of a series of posts on Twitter early Monday.
“Competition for AI superiority at national level most likely cause of WW3 imo,” Musk said in another tweet, using the Internet short-hand for “in my opinion.”
Should be low on our list of concerns for civilizational existential risk. NK has no entangling alliances that wd polarize world into war.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 4, 2017
The dire prediction was in response to a recent comment from Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Artificial intelligence is the future not only of Russia but of all of mankind,” Putin said. “Whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the ruler of the world.”
At the moment, the United States, China and India are the three countries leading the AI race, according to one top tech industry executive.
But Musk believes others will try to catch up by any means possible. “Govts don’t need to follow normal laws,” he said in one tweet. “They will obtain AI developed by companies at gunpoint, if necessary.”
In another reply on Twitter, Musk speculated that an AI system could choose to start a war “if it decides that a prepemptive [sic] strike is most probable path to victory.”
Musk has repeatedly issued warnings about the perils of AI, calling for new regulation to keep the public safe.
In the process, Musk has clashed with at least one fellow tech billionaire: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Zuckerberg called Musk's AI doomsday rhetoric "pretty irresponsible." Musk responded by calling Zuckerberg's understanding of the issue "limited."
Musk has tried to address his AI anxieties through two new ventures: OpenAI, a non-profit AI research company, and Neuralink, a startup building devices to connect the human brain with computers.
"I was trying to really sound the alarm on the AI front for quite a while, but it was clearly having no impact," he said in one interview around the launch of Neuralink. "So I was like, 'Oh fine, okay, then we'll have to try to help develop it in a way that's good.'"
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Princess Charlotte of Wales
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Miss Cornelia Knight Becomes Charlotte’s Lady Companion
Posted on February 28, 2016 by Anna Solun | Leave a comment
Soon afterwards Lady de Clifford resigned as governess. The continuing eye infection was a good excuse, but she must have known that her lack of vigilance had lost her the confidence of her employer, and that it was probably better to jump before she was pushed (…)
In January 1813, just after she had celebrated her seventeenth birthday, Charlotte was told that new governess was to be the Duchess of Leeds and that, since Mrs Udney had also decided to retire, her new sub-governess was to be Miss Cornelia Knight.
Charlotte was furious. No girl of seventeen had a governess. And anyway she was a princess. She ought to have her own establishment by now. She ought to have ladies-in-waiting. And one of them ought to be Mercer Elphinstone.
But this was never an argument that was going to have any effect on her father. In the last of several heated meetings, in the presence of the Queen and the Lord Chancellor, who had been brought along to add legal weight to the Prince’s prejudices, he informed his daughter that the best he was prepared to do would be to describe Miss Knight as a ‘lady companion’ and not a ‘sub-governess’.
‘Besides’, he said, with all the self-deluding confidence of someone who barely knows the half of it, ‘I know all that passed in Windsor Park; and if it were not for my clemency, I would shut you up for life. Depend upon it, as long as I live you shall never have an establishment, unless you marry.’
The Prince Regent was still determined to treat his daughter as a child. But there was not another man in the kingdom who felt inclined to do the same.
[an extract from ‘Charlotte&Leopold’ by James Chambers]
At this point, Lady de Clifford retired to London suffering from inflamed eyes, and Charlotte’s visits to her mother were again cancelled. The Princess wrote to the Queen, ‘to beg some person be appointed’ to accompany Charlotte to Kensington. Miss Cornelia Knight, at that time Lady Companion to the Queen, was sent with strict orders not to let Princess Charlotte out of her sight for one moment. The Queen also sent for Princess Charlotte, and told her that she was not to retire at all; to which the young princess retorted that after such a long journey she would have to retire, but she assured her grandmother that she need have no fear: ‘what she had to say to her mother she could say before anybody.'(…)
Fortunately, early in 1813, the unlamented Mrs. Udney retired from the scene, and a new lady was appointed to succeed her, of whom Charlotte wrote, ‘An excellent valuable person is come, which is Miss Knight.’
Miss Cornelia Knight was no stranger: she had been the Queen’s lady for seven years. Charlotte thought her ‘clear-sighted & firm, accomplished & talented’. But what most pleased the Princess was that a concession had been made to her demand for an Establishment: Miss Knight was to be her Lady Companion, not her sub-governess. She was herself as precise on this point as Charlotte could wish, and went so far as to contradict the announcement from Windsor of her appointment as sub-governess by inserting a paragraph in the Morning Chronicle, February 4, 1813: ‘Miss Knight is one of the ladies companions to her Royal Highness and is the daughter of the late Sir Joseph Knight.’
There is something quaint and prim about this announcement with its toss of the head at the end; but it shows that the lady was used to standing up for her rights. In time she would have to stand up for Charlotte’s.
Ellis Cornelia Knight was fifty-six, an Admiral’s daughter, and after his death in 1775 she and her mother had lived abroad, chiefly in Italy, for economy. They were both accomplished and intellectual, a little eccentric in their dress and given to draperies, but as Lady Knight wrote, We have always lived in the best company and not inelegantly … by my daughter’s being the milliner and I the mantua-maker, stay-maker and workwoman.’ ‘Moreover,’ she added, ‘Cornelia is universally esteemed.’ Cornelia was undoubtedly talented: she wrote verses and several learned books, including a sequel to Dr. Johnson’s Rasselas and a novel called Marcus Flaminius, on which Horace Walpole commented, ‘I do protest, I think it a wonderful performance. There is so much learning and good sense well digested, such exact knowledge of Roman characters and manners … that it is impossible not to admire the judgement and excellent understanding of the authoress.’ But he was obliged to admit that ‘as a novel … it is not very amusing’.
Miss Knight could no more have written an amusing novel than her contemporary, Miss Austen, could have produced that History of the House of Coburg requested of her by the Regent’s librarian.
After Lady Knight’s death at Palermo, Cornelia was rescued from lonely poverty by Sir William and Lady Hamilton, under whose protection she remained for several years. She was prickly in defence of her hostess’s morals. ‘I must say,’ she wrote, ‘that there was certainly at that time no impropriety in living under Lady Hamilton’s roof. Her house was the resort of the best company of all nations, and the attentions paid to Lord Nelson appeared perfectly natural.’ Innocent, earnest Miss Knight saw ‘no impropriety’ in the relationship of this classic pair.
After Nelson’s death the Hamiltons returned to England, and Cornelia decided to look for a job. She was recommended by Fanny Burney to the Queen, who was partial to literary ladies, and invited Miss Knight to become a member of her household. In December 1805, at the age of forty-nine, Cornelia became a resident at Windsor, living in Park Street in a house which belonged to the Queen, who allowed her one maid to do the housework. She was paid three hundred pounds a year. Her work at this time was not arduous: most mornings were spent at Frogmore, listening to the Queen reading aloud in French and English, and doing needlework, and she was given generous leave ‘to visit her friends’. Nevertheless, during the course of the next seven years, the strain of living in that unhappy court became more and more unbearable.
But the daughter of an Admiral who had served his country for fifty-two years was not one to desert her post, and her tall, angular figure was still to be seen among the Queen’s ladies in 1812 when Lady de Clifford resigned. After the appointment of the Duchess of Leeds and subsequent rows, a little council composed of Princess Mary, the Regent and Sir Henry Halford, the royal doctor and go-between, decided that Miss Knight was just the person to be ‘about Charlotte’.
The only problem was how to detach her from the Queen without causing trouble, and this proved to be impossible. ‘The Queen is generally very cross,’ wrote Charlotte at this time. At the very idea of Miss Knight’s leaving her the Queen shook with rage: Miss Knight, torn by her divided loyalties, lapsed into hysterics, and everybody tried to pour oil on waters which became more and more troubled. ‘Of course,’ wrote Princess Mary to the Prince, ‘we must not tell the Queen Miss Knight would like a situation about Charlotte in preference to REMAINING about the Queen, that would never do.’ But that was what the Queen chose to believe, and Miss Knight felt obliged to refuse the tempting invitation out of loyalty to her Majesty. But now the Queen decided that she did not want Miss Knight, and treated her to a very cold shoulder indeed. ‘Miss Knight is a as much her own mistress as you are your own master,’ she wrote to the Prince Regent. ‘Dismissed my service since yesterday, I do certainly not mean to offer her to come back again to me.’
Miss Knight, ill with worry, now wrote to Lord Moira giving up both situations, but Moira urged her to take courage. Two days later he brought Cornelia ‘a positive command’ from the Queen to accept the place offered her. And so, after this stormy beginning, Miss Knight went to Warwick House on January 23, 1813, to begin her life with Princess Charlotte.
[an extract from ‘Prinny’s Daughter: A Biography of Princess Charlotte of Wales’ by Thea Home]
Portrait of Ellis Cornelia Knight by Angelica Kauffmann, 1793, Manchester Art Gallery
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Perfect Privacy is the brainchild of Vectura Datamanagement Limited Company, which is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland. The VPN portion of their operations has been in existence since 2008. According to the company’s website, a “Technical Implementation” office located in Panama is responsible for some VPN management.
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It also may be worth noting that searching online for Vectura Datamanagement Limited Company reveals that there is a branch office in Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA. This is a branch office that appears to be responsible for certain payment processes, especially with regard to PayPal.
Technically, the breakdown is that the company’s legal headquarters are in Switzerland while its head office is found in Panama and the US location only pertains to PayPal payments and an app listing in the Google Play Store.
Perfect Privacy may not be the most well-known VPN, but it still has a great deal going for it. In fact, its list of “Pros” is fairly extensive:
Innovative Security: Perfect Privacy VPN recently introduced NeuroRouting in which traffic is dynamically routed through multiple sites in the network
Robust Obfuscation: Perfect Privacy offers Stealth VPN technology that makes all traffic appear to be typical HTTPS traffic that is not being transmitted with a VPN. This is helpful in places where use of VPNs is frowned upon or not permitted
Outstanding Encryption and Security Protocols: Make use of OpenVPN with its industry-standard 256-bit encryption. IPSEC, SSH, SOCKS5 and PPTP also are available
Excellent Ad Blocker: Perfect Privacy uses their proprietary TrackStop filter to get rid of all sorts of advertisements and malware
Zero Log Policy: With its zero logs policy, Perfect Privacy VPN keeps things simple and straightforward
No Leaks: Comprehensive testing revealed no DNS leaks, promising a trouble-free browsing experience
First-rate Kill Switch: This is a critical feature if you want to fully protect yourself when you’re online. Fortunately, Perfect Privacy has a kill switch that works like a charm.
Easy to Use: Even a novice will have no problem getting connected to the Internet via Perfect Privacy
While this Perfect Privacy review shows that there is plenty to recommend this service, it is not completely perfect. Here is a brief look at some of this VPN’s shortcomings.
Few Bells and Whistles: If you are a sophisticated VPN user who expects lots of advanced functionality, look elsewhere. This is a pretty bare-bones service
Outdated Interface: While some of the top VPNs really excel at staying on the cutting edge, this one seems a bit outmoded
Limited Server Network: With 55 servers in 24 countries, this VPN has a hard time competing with services that offer thousands of servers located in virtually every country around the globe
Expensive: While not necessarily outrageous, the price does seem high considering the level of features and limited server network
Spotty Performance with Netflix: If your primary goal while online is streaming, this may not be your first choice. Most servers were not able to successfully connect to Netflix
Limited Options for Mac, iOS and Android: People using Windows or Linux will be ready to go with Perfect Privacy VPN. All others will have to jump through hoops to get configured
With the preliminaries out of the way, it’s time to take a more detailed look at some of the most critical metrics that anyone must consider when choosing a VPN. Readers will note that the overall impression of Perfect Privacy VPN is a positive one, though it is not necessarily the best choice for all users.
As noted above, Perfect Privacy’s parent company has a presence in Switzerland, Panama and the U.S. Those who are in-the-know will like the idea of a Panama-based VPN. This is because Panama is a relatively isolated country that is not subject to any of the multi-national spying accords to which other countries subscribe, such as the Five Eyes or the 14 Eyes.
Switzerland also may sound like a reliable place to base a VPN. After all, Swiss banks are noted for their dedication to privacy, and the country has several strong privacy laws in place like the Swiss Federal Data Protection Act and the Swiss Federal Data Protection Ordinance.
That all seems promising, but privacy advocates may be concerned about Switzerland’s close relationships with countries that belong to networks like the Five Eyes. Would Swiss officials with the company truly not share any data that they have? Strict advocates for anonymity might quarrel about this.
Also, the U.S. location for payment processing may raise another red flag for die-hard anonymity advocates.
On the Perfect Privacy website, the company says that they do not use virtual servers. Instead, bare-metal servers are utilized in all 24 countries. Most of these servers are located in Europe in countries like the Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, France, Denmark and Romania. The U.S., Canada and the U.K. have a handful of servers each. Singapore, Japan, Israel, Russia, Turkey and China also are included on the list.
It’s not the most comprehensive server network by a long shot. Nonetheless, it may be adequate for your purposes, especially if at least one or two of these servers is relatively close to your actual location.
Using a VPN is always going to slow down data transfer rates due to the data traveling much further. However, a top VPN slows down your browsing much less noticeably than one that offers inferior services.
Speed testing on Perfect Privacy revealed unimpressive results. To be clear, these results were by far not the slowest, but there are other services that are certainly faster like NordVPN.
For those of you who aren’t new to the VPN game, you know that speed varies based on numerous factors. This means that your results with Perfect Privacy are unlikely to be identical to these. Nonetheless, the speed test results provide you with some objective data.
Before turning on Perfect Privacy VPN, our system was putting up some reliable baselines.
As you can see, downloads were running at 98.71 Mbps with uploads at 53 Mbps.
Connecting to Perfect Privacy changed things a bit. Using a server in the Netherlands, downloads were now 62.21 Mbps while uploads were 18.62 Mbps—a 36.9% speed decrease.
These aren’t the worst speed test results, but they are certainly not the best either. Connecting to a server in New York was even less impressive at a 66.7% decline, with downloads clocking in at 32.78 Mbps and uploads measuring 33.27 Mbps.
A server in London delivered some more promising rates with downloads of 69.92 Mbps, but uploads were a sad 8.87 Mbps.
Of course, it was necessary to test the Perfect Privacy VPN multi-hop configurations. Designed to grant you even more privacy and anonymity, this technology “hops” your signal through several servers. While very private, it does slow things down.
A triple hop between Frankfurt, Copenhagen and Calais yielded downloads of 33.84 Mbps and uploads of 5.55 Mbps.
Obviously, we traded some speed for the sake of security. If it’s a matter of life and death, this would definitely be worthwhile. All things considered, the data transfer rates on the triple hop weren’t that bad.
It’s hard to find fault with the security measures that Perfect Privacy has put in place. OpenVPN is the best-known VPN protocol today. It is currently unhackable, and it seems certain to remain so for at least a few more decades. This protocol provides you with 256-bit encryption. This combination is so outstanding that it is used the world over by governments and military agencies.
Perfect Privacy also gives you the option of letting your web traffic take multiple “hops” to provide you with extra layers of security. If it’s vital that no one knows what you do online, then this service is essential.
Moreover, the TrackStop filter is excellent at preventing all sorts of ads and malware from getting to your system. It stops unwanted items at the VPN server level, which keeps you protected and secure.
Additional security considerations include the fact that no IP or DNS leaks were detected during testing. The kill switch also appeared to be in perfect working order, so you won’t have to worry about Perfect Privacy leaving you high and dry during a browsing session.
Perfect Privacy has a solid logging policy that appears to protect the user in almost every respect. The policy states that the company keeps the login credentials, the expiration date of the account and the email address of each user. It notes that it is acceptable to use an anonymous email provider. No other identifying data is retained.
This minimal record keeping seems in line with the company’s policy of not keeping logs. Specifically, Perfect Privacy states that they do not track IP address, login times or the duration of connections. They do look at general server performance to identify potential technical problems, but they claim that this does not enable them to identify individual users.
If your main purpose for spending time online is to stream with Netflix, then pay special attention to this portion of this Perfect Privacy review. That’s because this is definitely not the best option for streaming.
Perhaps this is because Perfect Privacy places a premium on anonymity and hiding your IP address. Making certain that you can stream your favorite shows in any jurisdiction that you choose is not among their stated goals.
Accordingly, testing for streaming Netflix on five different servers yielded some fairly poor results. Servers in the U.S., across Canada and in the U.K. could not deliver. One server in the Netherlands did work for a bit, but that is not enough of an endorsement to say that Perfect Privacy VPN is a slam-dunk for streaming success.
Perfect Privacy is relatively expensive, especially when considering that the service lacks much in the way of advanced features. A month-to-month plan runs $12.99 per month. Opting for a one-year package costs $119.99, a price that works out to $9.99 per month. The two-year package offers some savings at $214.95. That calculates to just $8.95 per month.
In favor of Perfect Privacy, the service does let you connect an unlimited number of devices, something that is relatively rare in the VPN marketplace. However, there are other VPN providers that offer far more in the way of features and functionality for a far more competitive price.
Sterling customer support is rare but not impossible to find in VPNs. Perfect Privacy has a customer service track record that puts it in the middle of the pack. Worse support systems are definitely out there, but if you are the kind of person who expects immediate answers, this may not be the right VPN for you.
The FAQ section is fine if you have a really basic question or concern. Likewise, the forum can be a good place to get some direction if you’re a bit stuck. If you need solutions for a more complex issue, then you have to send an email to customer support.
Response times can be several hours long. This may be frustrating, but there is good news too. Rather than providing copy-and-paste or automated answers, the support emails appear to come from actual people who ask further questions and provide helpful answers.
It’s not the best customer support out there but it can be sufficient for most users.
This Perfect Privacy review has demonstrated that this VPN service does have shortcomings from only having a few servers, relatively expensive, not as fast as other VPNs, and has some trouble streaming Netflix.
Nonetheless, many of these issues would seem inconsequential to a lot of users. If you just want to protect your privacy and anonymity, then you can’t go wrong with Perfect Privacy. This company has already produced some innovative protections for users, and it seems logical to expect more in the future.
Perfect Privacy VPN offers the most trusted protocols, AES 256-bit encryption, an easy-to-understand interface and respectable customer support. If these metrics are among your primary considerations, then you may be delighted with Perfect Privacy VPN.
Q: Can you be tracked if you use a VPN?
A: If you use a reputable, reliable VPN, then no one should be able to track your online movements. The VPN must not allow IP address and DNS leaks. Use only a well-known and well-reviewed VPN to ensure this.
Q: What is the most secure VPN?
A: Perfect Privacy is among the most secure VPN providers. Other services offer similar security protections with even more robust features and more competitive pricing.
Q: Can my Internet provider see my VPN?
A: While an Internet provider, or ISP, may be able to detect that you’re using a VPN, they should not be able to see any data regarding which websites you visit, what you do there and how much time you spend on each one. This ensures that you are enjoying an anonymous experience that your ISP cannot spy on.
Q: Can a VPN be hacked?
A: Hacking a VPN is theoretically possible. However, security is the name of the game for any VPN provider. This means that many of them take extraordinary precautions to protect their servers and all of their data. This also is another reason why so many VPN services try to avoid keeping records or logs. If they don’t have the data, then hackers won’t be able to find anything of value. Once again, it is important to select a reputable, highly reviewed VPN to ensure that proper security measures are in place. Similarly, people who are seeking the best password manager will want to keep the same considerations in mind.
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Michael Des Barres
Actor | Soundtrack | Writer
Michael Des Barres is a European Marquis, raised in England and living in Los Angeles. As the host of Little Steven's Underground Garage on SiriusXM Radio Channel 21, he is heard by more than six ... read full biography
Known for MacGyver (2018-2019), NCIS (2012), California Solo (2012), The Man from Elysian Fields (2001)
Jan 24, 1948 (age 71) | 5' 8¾" (1.74m)
@mdesbarres (twitter.com) | 5 official web sites & 9 more links
2 wins & 1 nomination
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Abortion, Birth Control, General Assembly, House of Delegates
House of Delegates approves both personhood bill and mandatory ultrasound bill
Posted by NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia on February 14, 2012 February 15, 2012
On the last day before bills crossover between the House and the Senate for this General Assembly session, the House of Delegates passed H.B. 1 a bill granting personhood status and rights to fertilized eggs by a vote of 66-32.
The House also passed a bill to force women to have an ultrasound — and potentially an invasive transvaginal ultrasound — 24 hours before an abortion regardless of if it is medically necessary or if a woman wants it. This bill, H.B. 462, passed by a vote of 63-36.
We are severely disappointed that the anti-choice majority in the House of Delegates has put their ideological agenda and political concerns above women’s rights and health yet again. What’s worse is the disregard that anti-choice lawmaker show for the real impact these bills would have on women’s lives. We’ll continue to fight these and other anti-choice bills passed by the House as they move over to the Senate side.
Read our full press statement after the jump:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 14, 2012
Contact: Sean Holihan,Advocacy & Communications Manager
571-488-5742, sean@naralva.org
Virginia on Path to Being First State with “Personhood” Law
House of Delegates Pass Sweeping Legislation Granting Constitutional Rights to Fertilized Eggs and Advances Mandatory Ultrasounds
Today, the House of Delegates approved Delegate Bob Marshall’s (R-Prince William) so called “personhood” bill by a 66-32 vote.
The bill’s intent is similar to the recently defeated Mississippi ballot amendment that 58% of voters rejected. H.B. 1 would ban birth control and abortion upon the overturning of any U.S. Supreme Court precedent that protects a women’s constitutional right to privacy.
“The General Assembly is dangerously close to making Virginia the first state in the country to grant personhood rights to fertilized eggs,” said Tarina Keene, Executive Director of NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia. She continued, “With the word “person” appearing more than 25,000 times in the Virginia code, single-minded legislators are about to run this Commonwealth off a cliff as well as eradicating women’s health and rights.”
“This legislation is ill-conceived and has far-reaching and unforeseen consequences on tax, property and probate laws as well as interfering with a doctors’ ability to treat miscarriages. Its true intent, of course, is to ban abortion and the most commonly used FDA approved methods of birth control,” said Keene. “Research shows that over 1.5 million women use some form of contraception in the Commonwealth today. This is a major misstep by anti-choice legislators who misunderstand Virginian’s values and priorities. Voters will hold them accountable.”
The House of Delegates also passed a mandatory ultrasound bill – H.B. 462 – patroned by Delegate Kathy Byron (R-Bedford). Pro-choice legislators argued that because most abortions occur prior to 12 weeks gestation, an invasive transvaginal ultrasound would be required to see the fetus or hear the heartbeat. Supporters, such as Del. Todd Gilbert (R – Shenandoah) were not swayed. Del. Gilbert went so far as to say that government should be allowed to mandate this invasive procedure because abortion is only a matter of “lifestyle convenience.”
Keene said, “This bill and comments on the House floor show the disrespect anti-choice lawmakers have for women’s personal and private reproductive decisions made with their doctors and their families.”
“This bill is physically invasive for women as well as an intrusion into the doctor-patient relationship. This is the epitome of government invasion into a woman’s right to privacy. Let’s be clear, politicians have just voted to mandate that a woman undergo a transvaginal ultrasound despite her wishes. Legislators with a dogged determination to practice medicine through the law have circumvented a doctor’s medical advice and denied a woman’s wishes to dictate a highly invasive medical procedure. This bill is undemocratic and demonstrates politics at its worst.”
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This is atrocious. I am ashamed to be a Virginian today.
How would I find out how my House Representative voted? And how soon does this go to the Senate?
prochoiceva says:
Megan, you can find the full vote lists on these two bills here:
HB 1: http://bit.ly/xzipQy and HB462: http://bit.ly/xO872E
A “yea” vote on either of these bills is an anti-choice vote.
If you need to find the name of your Delegate & how to contact them, you can do so on the General Assembly website: http://conview.state.va.us/whosmy.nsf/main?openform
Thank you for taking action!
Sign the petitions:
End the Personhood Bill HB1
http://www.change.org/petitions/end-the-virginia-personhood-bill#
End the Mandatory Ultrasound Bill HB462
http://www.change.org/petitions/the-governor-of-va-veto-bill-hb462
Nancy Parisi says:
The right wing are a bunch of white, old men, telling women what they can and cannot do.You want war old men? you just got it.
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Home Business The Persimmon chief’s bonus is an obscene inversion of A Christmas Carol
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The story of the housebuilding company Persimmon has a beautiful, Christmassy spirit. Its chair, Nicholas Wrigley, has quit over his role in awarding its chief executive, Jeff Fairburn, an obscene bonus of £110m. I was about to put quote marks round obscene, since that’s the judgment of assorted charities and politicians, but really it needs no attribution – it is objectively obscene.
Before you’ve even read any statistics on housing; before you’ve heard the story about the family of four in one bedroom of a bed and breakfast infested with cockroaches; before you’ve considered that Persimmon’s success can be traced in part to benefits reaped from the government’s help-to-buy scheme, which itself has done nothing for the millions who need the help: one look at that amount of money, showered upon one man for his contribution to an industry in which so much inequality crystallises, and various words irresistibly suggest themselves, of which the least obscene is “obscene”.
Shift your gaze to housing and the assumption of individual fault starts to shatter
Wrigley isn’t the hero of this Christmas story: he’s a key character in the arc of the protagonist, who is Jeff Fairburn. Apparently, when Wrigley originally green-lit the bonus, he tried to persuade Fairburn to give some of it to charity, whereupon Fairburn laughed so hard that he blemished his diamond tooth implants. The full story of that bit will come out in the final episode.
Right now, Wrigley is the last vestige of conscience in the system, the moss of flawed humanity power-hosed out by the high-pressure greed at the story’s core. The fact that Wrigley probably resigned with countless millions of his own pounds, and no personal damage that a bit of light reputation management can’t sort out, we’ll leave for a much more boring, autumnal novelist. At Christmas you have to imagine Dickens in charge of every tale, tending every fireside. At some point over the coming week, Fairburn will have start to have his funny stilton dreams. He probably doesn’t meet those most impoverished by his business decisions.
Modern management means outsourcing your lowest-paid jobs so that everything is G4S’s fault; modern housing development means cleansing the poorest out of even social housing, so that everything is the council’s fault. If Jeff Fairburn has a poor family pricking his conscience, it will be one he read about on Twitter or saw on ITV News. Either way, he’ll have some dream over the next few days, wake up and give away all his money. Then he’ll spend the rest of his days fighting the injustices and indignities that proceed when we dehumanise the concept of land, and ask only about its value and nothing about its use.
Because housing is the bete noire of free-market fundamentalists. When you keep your focus on poverty, you can always dredge up some personal fault with which to tarnish the victim: the Sun found a woman last week who had spent £2,000 on Christmas presents for her kids, despite being on disability benefits. Never mind that her incredible discipline, quotidian thrift and rigid financial management ought rightly to make her chair of some major business – such as Persimmon, for instance. Who was she to spend taxpayers’ money on her children?
If she could spare it for a luxury, she shouldn’t have had it in the first place. I didn’t properly understand the problem with dividing the poor into deserving and undeserving until contemporary politics started to do it. The category of “deserving” gets smaller and smaller, until the only people left in it are the ones with a single pair of shoes who eat nothing but toast because all their vegetables go in the children (oh, but they’re not allowed to be fat).
Shift your gaze to housing, and the assumption of individual fault starts to shatter: can it possibly be right that a person on the minimum wage has to sleep in his car, or that a qualified nurse can’t afford a rental deposit? Don’t we have to conclude that wages are too low, or rents are too high, or possibly both? Simultaneously, the extraordinary wealth of housebuilders and developers re-enters the picture. High net-worth individuals usually occupy a completely different story, one of comical extravagance and carefully demarcated isolation: they live in their own world.
Only a student playwright would try to tether them back to the single mother trying to keep her type-1 diabetic baby healthy in temporary accommodation. Yet trace these destinies back to the land; ask how it came to be distributed from public to private ownership and over what period; who won and who lost, and in what degree; where the people who would once have been housed by the state can now afford to live; and what social value companies such as Persimmon are forsaking to spend £500m on bonus packages for their senior staff. All the human stories in their quest for shelter start to hang together, a constellation as old as time, or at least as old as money.
It is amusing to note the new place of “Marxist” in the compendium of political scary words. Because many of Marx’s economic theories have been vividly borne out. Use value and exchange value – the difference between what a commodity is worth to the person using it, and what it’s worth to the person exchanging it – has particular relevance, described elegantly by the academic David Harvey – to the housing market. Put quickly, where supply is finite and speculation almost infinite, the exchange value will peel away from the use value to the extent that nobody who needs to use it will be able to afford it. There’s no point blaming feckless baby boomers. Even Jeff Fairburn is a symptom and not a cause. Our situation was created by an inexorable and dynamic contradiction of capitalism, and only radical creativity will solve it.
• Zoe Williams is a Guardian columnist
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Vol. 1, 2013
/Potter (2013). Synthesizing a Working Definition of “Mass” Media
Title & Author
Synthesizing a Working Definition of "Mass" Media
Potter, W. James
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
• A clear conceptualization of a focal phenomenon is essential to the development of a scholarly field.
• Scholars have largely ignored the task of constructing a definition of “mass media” or “mass communication.”
• The few scholars who have attempted defining these terms have struggled with faulty definitional elements.
• The task of conceptualizing “mass” media has become even more important – and difficult – in the new media environment.
• The cutting edge question: Is it useful to make a distinction between “mass” media and non-“mass” media?
• This review presents an argument for why it is important to make a distinction between “mass” and non-“mass” media.
• A definition of “mass” media is synthesized by using a systematic four step process.
• The definition of “mass” media resulting from this process of synthesis is: The sender is a complex organization that uses standardized practices to disseminate messages while actively promoting itself in order to attract as many audience members as possible, then conditioning those audience members for habitual repeated exposures. Audiences members are widely dispersed geographically, are aware of the public character of what they are seeing or hearing, and encounter messages in a variety of exposure states but most often in a state of automaticity. Channels of message dissemination are technological devices that can make messages public, extend the availability of messages in time and space, and can reach audiences within a relatively short time.
• Because “mass” media is conceptualized as a special set of media scholarship, “mass” media research requires special designs and analyses.
Media scholars as well as the public frequently use the terms “mass communication” and “mass media,” but the meaning of these terms is often ambiguous. While it is assumed that everyone knows what these terms mean, the few scholars who attempt to define these terms struggle to capture the essence of their meaning without including elements that are faulty, and this task is becoming even more difficult in the new media environment. We are left with the troubling question: What are the “mass” media? This review constructs an answer to this question in a four step process. The first step features a critical analysis of the literature to identify definitional elements used by scholars. These definitional elements are subjected to four screens that evaluate their utility in a second step. The third step adds elements missing from the literature so as to make the eventual definition more useful in the new media environment. Finally, the fourth step features the construction of a working definition of “mass” media.
CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF CONCEPTUALIZATIONS
Conceptualization of Receivers
Conceptualization of Channels of Transmission
Conceptualization of Senders
Definitional Quandary
New Media Environment
Technological convergence.
Interactivity.
Information saturation.
Shift in marketing perspective.
EVALUATION OF DEFINITIONAL ELEMENTS
Too General
Too Specific
Faulty Elements
Fuzzy Elements
Audience Size
Sender Strategy
Audience Experience
ASSEMBLING DEFINITIONAL ELEMENTS
COPYRIGHT AND REPOSITORIES
Synthesizing a Working Definition of “Mass” Media
W. James Potter
Keywords: Mass media, mass communication, conceptualization, definition, lineation theory, critical analysis
W. James
Potter, W. J. (2013). Synthesizing a Working Definition of “Mass” Media. Review of Communication Research, 1(1), 1-30. doi: 10.12840/issn.2255-4165_2013_01.01_001
Mass Media, Mass Communication, Conceptualization, Definition, Lineation Theory, Critical Analysis
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It is late October 2018 and I am standing in my stepmom and dad’s vegetable garden at our family home in West Cork, Ireland. It’s raining. The leeks, kale, spinach and beets look delicious. This is the first time in my life that I have stopped to fully and truly appreciate and show gratitude for this garden. I am wondering if Ireland’s climate will still be stable and predictable enough to reliably grow vegetables in 2040 when I am 65 years old. I am thinking about the alarming new report that has just been published by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that states the urgency of climate action NOW if we are are to cut risks of extreme heat, drought and poverty that will affect hundreds of millions of people in the coming decades. I have been reading a lot about climate change the past few months and I find it all completely distressing. I pick a leek. The rain begins to come down harder and I am getting soaked but I don’t care. A headline flashes through my head: ‘Climate Genocide is Coming.’ As I unearth a few beets I remember a few more headlines: ‘It’s five minutes to midnight on climate change.’ and ‘New Outlook on Global Warming: Best Prepare for Social Collapse, and soon.’ I carefully pick a few leaves of spinach and kale and then finally go back inside the house to escape the rain.
2018 began very well for me creatively. I was reading nothing about climate change and science at all. After a few years of writing venue and DJ reviews in Dublin I decided to delve even deeper into music reviewing and I ordered a pile of books that would deepen my knowledge of what is going on technically in the electronic music I was listening to. I spent months joyfully reading all about music theory, the neuroscience of music, the history of dub and the rise of electronic music. I talked to music writers and DJs about music. PHEVER: TV-Radio DJ Hugo McCann assisted me in my quest to learn more about the music. Last summer, in the middle of an unprecedented Irish heatwave, Hugo and I met up for the afternoon to listen to some music and analyse it. As we listened to one of his many brilliant mixes he patiently explained to me what we were hearing. ‘What is that sound?’ I asked. ‘That is a Jamaican concave drum,’ he said. ‘And that sound?’ I continued. ‘That is hi hat cymbals, and then you hear organs and a sequenced clap,’ he explained. I am intrigued. It is good to finally understand what I am listening to. I want to learn more. We moved on to his latest mix that he had just aired on his weekly show the previous weekend. I always love Hugo’s mixes but this one irritates me when I listen to it the first time. ‘It’s a bit too full on for my taste,’ I tell him. ‘Well, yes,’ he says, ‘The tempo of the promos I am being sent has been increasing in the past couple of years. The tracks keep getting faster and faster,’ he says. I tell him I find this no surprise considering the pace of people’s lifestyles as well as the temperature of the planet keep increasing too. And while we are enjoying the hot July day we are also fully aware that it is absolutely not normal for Ireland and we are already well over a month into a drought accompanied by record-breaking temperatures. We talk about climate change and environmental doom as we discuss Hugo’s mixes and where he draws his inspiration from.
PHEVER: TV-Radio DJ Hugo McCann
My intention after my meeting with Hugo was to continue learning about music and instruments and to use this knowledge to bring my music reviewing to a new level. I haven’t published a single music review since then. Why not? Because I have been questioning the whole value of writing art, music and literature reviews at all with the increasing number of terrifying articles about climate catastrophe that keep pulsing through my newsfeed. So I have been reading every article about climate change I can get my hands on and as depressing as it is, I find it important to inform myself fully about the latest reports, data, projections, predictions and projects that are being implemented to protect the most vulnerable on this planet from the worst effects of climate change. And I have been talking to others about it. My friend Paul Sullivan in Berlin is a music writer, photographer and the editor of Slow Travel Berlin, a magazine I wrote for when I lived in Berlin. I have also recently read his brilliant book about the history of dub entitled ‘Remixology – Tracing the Dub Diaspora.’ ‘So what do you think about the spiritual and psychological implications of the latest reports on climate change? and ‘What do you think about the merits of continuing to review music and art? ‘ I asked him. ‘In terms of the arts and music as a response,’he said, ‘I would be tempted to say that first and foremost we should probably be dropping them in favour of direct political action. Maybe mass art protest could be useful but I think looking at paintings and listening to music just doesn’t cut it in the current climate,’ he said. I told him I fully agreed and that it was a recent encounter with a painting that made my blood boil regarding this exact topic. I was standing in the National Gallery of Ireland last summer in the large exhibit of the work of German Expressionist artist Emil Nolde (1867-1956). I reviewed the exhibit in depth but one painting and Nolde’s description of it made me so mad. It was a beautiful oil painting of the North Sea painted in 1950. Nolde’s description of the sea was the following: ‘The wide tempestuous sea is still in its original state; it is the same today as it was 50,000 years ago.’ ‘Well, the sea is not in its original state any more!’ came my audible response in the middle of the gallery. Ocean acidification is killing off coral reefs and it is projected that there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans by 2050.
Photographer, Writer and Slow Travel Berlin Editor Paul Sullivan
A little over a year ago we experienced the tail end of Hurricane Ophelia which wreaked havoc in the south and west of Ireland. Roofs were blown off houses and thousands were left without power. Last March we experienced the humorously named ‘Beast from the East’ – a blizzard which brought the U.K. and Ireland to a standstill. We are definitely not prepared for this. I have spent many winters in the United States and Germany where there is, of course, a great measure of snow and ice preparedness because it is the norm every winter. On my street in Dublin, the pavements never got cleared and they were packed with ice and snow causing many injuries to pedestrians. I did not suffer at all during either of these events. I didn’t lose power and I didn’t run out of food. My room was warm and I stayed home from work and read a tonne about art and music. I enjoyed the days off. I guess you could say I was pretty lucky. You could also say I was pretty smug and complacent. I feel that my reading of the past few months has stripped me of a great deal of complacency. My recent reading has informed me that we citizens of affluent countries most certainly will not be spared the effects of climate change for a whole lot longer than those in the poorest and most vulnerable areas of the world. We are all in this together. A leading climate scientist named Peter Wadhams believes an ice-free Arctic will occur one summer in the next few years and it will likely increase by 50% the warming caused by the CO2 activity produced by human activity. The temperature was 20 degrees above normal in the Arctic in early 2018.
During the blizzard last March I read and reviewed a wonderful memoir entitled ‘Playing the Bass with Three Left Hands’ by Will Carruthers who was a bass player in Spacemen 3 and Spiritualised, two pioneering British psychedelic bands of the 1980s and 90’s. His book is the funniest and most heart-wrenchingly real book I have read in years and I have been praising it and promoting it all year. Will writes so beautifully about music and politics, and life in a touring band and I have thoroughly enjoyed studying his work and listening to his music this year. I also asked him what he thought about climate change and climate doom and his first philosophical response was: ‘Every second is doomed to fall.’ I pondered this. He then said ‘Have you heard of the Dark Mountain project? It is a website for enviro goths who have abandoned all hope.’ I told him I did not want to abandon hope and that despair and gloom will not mobilise us into climate activism. He told me there was also hope to be found in despair. Will has also written about climate change and, in fact, I laugh out loud when I read what he has written. A bit of comic relief is essential. An excerpt from his brilliant piece on climate change goes: ‘A terrible darkness descends upon humanity, as nature claws back what is hers, eventually the balance is restored as cockroaches and rats get to have a go at the top of the food chain. The billionaires are the last to go, having been forced to watch the terrible fate of humanity unfold in real time with an increasingly uneasy feeling that survival might not actually be the best prospect, even if you are rich. The last human sound on Earth is the screaming of billionaires being nibbled by rats.’
Musician, Artist, Writer and Poet, Will Carruthers
No, I most certainly don’t want to give up hope and I also don’t want to give up reviewing art, music and literature either because it brings me a lot of joy and connects me to many wonderful people. I do feel, however, that my reviewing henceforth will become more focused on activism. I truly believe at a time when arts, music and cultural funding is being slashed and also not being prioritised in schools that writers, artists, musicians and DJs have a duty to fill this void. So I have been having a look around for people who are doing great things and one person I have connected with recently is artist Stephan Crawford who is the executive producer of the ClimateMusic project which is a group of scientists, musicians and composers based in San Francisco who create music based on climate data. They then throw concerts to communicate the urgency of climate change activism to the public. I asked him about it and he said: ‘Our concerts combine science-guided music with data animations and visuals to viscerally communicate the urgency of climate action. We then engage our audiences in conversations about solutions and we connect them to a network of organisations that can help them learn more about the issue, take action at home and build community around engagement.’ I am completely intrigued by the work of the ClimateMusic project and the following is a lengthy quote about a current project of theirs:
‘Climate’ is an original composition by Erik Ian Walker. It was made by identifying four key indicators and assigning each of these a musical analogue: Carbon dioxide concentration is reflected in the tempo of the composition with increasing amounts of CO2 accumulating in the atmosphere causing the tempo to speed up. Near Earth atmosphere temperature is represented by pitch where a rise in temperature translates to detuning, increased dissonance, harmonic complexity and/or a rise in pitch. Earth energy balance (the balance between incoming energy from the sun and outgoing heat from the Earth) changes are audible as distortion, ring, modulation (a wobbly metallic sound), volume and a general ‘unhealthy’ unevenness of the atmospheric tone. The greater the imbalance, the greater the distortion and the loss of natural harmonics. Ocean pH is represented by compositional form and as the pH in the ocean drops (becomes more acidic), the compositional form degrades.’
I am thrilled to be reading this and it lifts my spirits and inspires me to read more. For in it I have found a wonderful description that rolls into one the two things that have been preoccupying my thoughts the entire year; descriptions of music and climate change. I watched and listened to a clip of what this is trying to get across to the audience and essentially you hear very clearly how the pitch and tempo of the music increases to an anxiety-inducing level in line with carbon dioxide levels and earth energy balance over the years. It makes me think of another book I have been studying this year: ‘This is your Brain on Music’ by Daniel Levitin in which he writes: ‘Pitch is one of the primary means by which musical emotion is conveyed. Mood, excitement, calm, romance and danger are signalled by a number of factors but pitch is among the most decisive.’ And it also instantly reminds me of what Hugo told me about tempo increases in the music he has been airing on his show. I go back and listen to his mix again that was a bit too full on for me before. I listen to it twice and three times and with each listen it grows on me. It is dark and it is evocative of doom and gloom, but like all of Hugo’s mixes he has shared with me, it takes you on a journey. And I can’t help but think about environmental doom when I listen to it. Daniel Levitin explains is his book exactly why, from a neural perspective, I am making these associations: ‘Each time we hear a musical pattern that is new to our ears, our brains try to make an association through whatever visual, auditory, and other sensory cues accompany it; we try to contextualise the new sounds and eventually we create these memory links between a particular set of notes and a particular place, time and set of events.’ The event was the heatwave and the discussion with Hugo was about climate change and I am brought right back to that experience by listening to the music. It helps, of course, that the vocal samples in this particular mix of Hugo’s include the words ‘foolish’ ‘frightful’ and repeatedly the word ‘justice.’ It isn’t hard to link it to climate change. I now love this mix and it has become my climate doom soundtrack that inspires me to write and act.
Anthropologist, Writer and Eco-Feminist Activist Carolin Cordes
So what about Climate Justice? Another person I have recently become friends with is the lovely Carolin Cordes. Carolin is a writer, anthropologist, and eco-feminist climate change activist based in Dublin. She tells me the latest IPCC report has also spurred her on to greater activism. In her article entitled ‘Women, Climate and the Rise of Eco-Feminism’ published in Green News, Carolin writes the following: ‘In 2010 former president of Ireland Mary Robinson founded the Mary Robinson Foundation for Climate Justice which works towards securing justice for the most vulnerable victims of climate change.’ Carolin points out in her article that climate change disproportionately affects those who contribute to it the least, and also that according to UN statistics 80% of those displaced by climate change are women. I have been talking to Carolin a lot and she and I have been sharing ideas and articles. Eco-feminism is a cause close to her heart. ‘Women have a strong link to the environment because globally they represent the majority of those working in small-scale farming, as well as resource management around water and wood,’ she writes. ‘Females also preserve strong traditional knowledge by saving seeds and farming organically, hence they protect the natural world with their long-term outlook.’ When reading Carolin’s writing I once again think about music and the maternal and feminine nature of dub that Paul writes about in ‘Remixology’. He writes beautifully about the penetrative and male nature of the heavy bass beat as it vibrates the body, but he also writes the following: ‘A great case has been made for dub’s maternal nature. Music listeners such as Simon Reynolds have noted dub’s ability to take us back to the ‘amniotic sea of the womb… the lost paradise before individuation and anxiety.’ ‘ Individuation is, of course, a hallmark of our carbon-fuelled society.
The main piece of literature that has inspired me to write this piece is a 30 page research paper by Jem Bendell, who is a professor of sustainability leadership and the founding director of the Institute for Leadership and Sustainability at the University of Cumbria. His paper entitled ‘Deep Adaptation: A Map For Navigating Climate Tragedy’ is both riveting and terrifying. He spells out in detail how doomed we are as a species by quoting all the latest climate data. If you believe what he writes, that we are now facing runaway climate change with no way of preventing it, as I am tending to believe now, he offers practical solutions to prepare ourselves for the coming decades of inevitable climate chaos.
He offers a three step plan of what he calls ‘Deep Adaptation’ – Resilience, Relinquishment and Restoration. How can we make ourselves spiritually and psychologically resilient once we have entered into the post-climate change denial stage which I feel personally, I am slowly moving into. Do we completely fall apart and lose all hope? No, we prepare, we collaborate and we adapt, something we are good at as a species if we put our minds to it. I think of my own resilience training. Every morning, I cycle 4.8 miles to work in Dublin and 4.8 miles home again in the evening. This may not seem like much, but I do it in all weather besides a hurricane or a blizzard. As the weather becomes more unpredictable this is something I need to plan a little more cautiously. I am dealing with traffic and dangerous obstacles every day. I believe it keeps me mentally and physically fit, enabling me to manage many other challenges in my day to day life.
Bendell writes- ‘Given that analysts are now concluding that social collapse is inevitable, the question becomes: What are the valued norms and behaviours that human societies will wish to maintain as they seek to survive?’ This question then brings us to Bendell’s second step in his plan which is relinquishment. On a more global scale this will mean moving away from coastlines and shutting down vulnerable industrial sites. On a personal level it will involve giving up personal pursuits that only exacerbate problems such as flying. When I was recently home in West Cork my brother, who is now helping my father to manage our property, turned to me and said ‘Rhea can you come home some weekend soon and help us with firewood?’ With guilt I thought of the two flights I have just booked: one to London for New Year’s and another to Portugal in February. I love travelling. I have been doing it my whole life. My family and friends are spread all over the United States and Europe and the travelling lifestyle is one I am well accustomed to. Our property in West Cork has beautiful woodlands on it that my father has been sustainably managing for decades. It provides us with plenty of firewood for our wood-burning stoves. In the future I will spend more time at home chopping firewood and expanding our vegetable garden in the hopes that the climate will cooperate. It may not be glamorous but it is life-sustaining.
This brings me to Bendall’s third step which is restoration. What are the values that we will wish to restore that have been eroded in our carbon-dependent and growth-driven society? Bendell writes: ‘Examples of restoration include rewilding landscapes so they provide more ecological benefits and require less management, changing diets back to match the seasons, rediscovering non electronically powered forms of play and increased community level productivity and support. When I read this I immediately thought of my closest neighbour in West Cork, a wonderful woman a few years younger than me named Jessica Mason. Jessica is a mother of two, a gardener and an environmental educator. She has a lot of great skills and a tonne of energy to achieve wonderful things in a rural community. After my decades of city life, I am very grateful to have someone like Jessica as my neighbour to offer me advice when I eventually move home, whenever that will be. I have also been talking to her about all these topics and we have been sharing articles and book recommendations.
Gardener, Mother and Environmental Educator Jessica Mason
If all of this seems alarmist and extreme it is also heartening to read what Bendell writes about how people react when he discusses his ideas with them. ‘In my work with mature students,’ writes Bendell, ‘I have found that inviting them to consider collapse as inevitable, catastrophe as probable and extinction as possible, has not led to apathy or depression. Instead, in a supportive environment, where we have enjoyed community with each other, celebrating ancestors and enjoying nature before then looking at this information and possible framings for it, something positive happens. I have witnessed a shedding of concern for conforming to the status quo, and a new creativity about what to focus on going forward.’
In a Guardian article from April 2018, 86 year-old British social scientist Mayer Hillman said ‘We are doomed.’ He told a shocked audience at the University of East Anglia that accepting the impending end of life on Earth as inevitable might be the one thing that will help us prolong it. He says when someone is told they are terminally ill they generally appreciate life more. He claimed that the important things will be music, education, community and love as we adapt to climate chaos. The best that can be hoped for is community support because the likelihood of us now pulling together as a planet and stopping carbon emissions are slim to none. The recent election of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil spells catastrophe for the rainforests. He is only the latest in a series of far-right politicians to gain power across the world. And while scientists and activists work valiantly to provide solutions such as large machines that will suck carbon out of the atmosphere, such a machine is largely a fantasy, and in any case, to produce something at scale takes a lot of time and money, both of which are in short supply. I am not a scientist. I am simply quoting from what I believe are trusted sources and trying to make sense of it all for my own life. I am sure I will have critics for writing this essay, but it is too important and has been on my mind obsessively the past months to not write it.
Despite all this, I still live in hope and I find my solace in continuing to learn about music, writing, reading, and continuing to collaborate passionately with people I care about. The nature of projects I work on will likely change over the next while but I still do truly believe that the arts and music are important in helping us build resilience and form connections in an uncertain climate and by no means a frivolous pursuit.
Paul Sullivan writes the following in ‘Remixology’ ‘Since echo is also related to human memory (the human brain codes remnants – the echo – of a memory), it can be used as a tool to transport listeners to the past. Jamaica’s dub pioneers used echo in combination with the sentiments and spirituality of roots reggae to provoke a sense of Jamaica’s ancestral African roots.’ Does music hold the power to bring us back to the simpler lifestyles many of us led before our lives were so driven by consumerism and growth? I think of life in West Cork in the 80s. How we lived with very little money and no running water or electricity while my parents were building our house. We and most everyone else in West Cork lived pretty frugal lives. An important ritual in rural Ireland back then was the trad session in pubs. Everyone brought instruments and there was a great sense of community. I took Irish dancing lessons and I remember dancing in pubs a lot as a child. This tradition has nearly died out in Ireland. Perhaps it will return in the future. We have to live in hope for a restoration of less carbon-intensive activities otherwise what is the point.
I wrote this essay while I was sitting in bed alone on a rainy Sunday afternoon in Dublin in November. I spend a lot of time alone, but it is also worth noting that the word loneliness only entered the English language around 1800. I love my solitude to read and write but there is certainly a thin line between solitude and loneliness, for modern loneliness is, after all, largely a result of our pursuit of individual lives in a carbon-fuelled world.
There are other ways of living.
Thank you for reading my story.
Many thanks to Paul Sullivan, Hugo McCann, Will Carruthers, Carolin Cordes, Jessica Mason, Stephan Crawford and many others besides for sharing their stories with me.
Photo of Will Carruthers by Francesca Sara Cauli
Thanks so much to Paul for his photo which he took of himself.
All other photos taken by Rhea Boyden
Tags: Activism, Art, Climate Change, Environment, Music, PHEVER, Slow Travel Berlin, willcarruthers
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Over the past few months I have been going to a spectacular new spot on Camden Street in the heart of Dublin city: Hang Dai Chinese Restaurant run by Dubliners Karl Whelan and Will Dempsey. A few weeks ago, I was there on a busy Saturday night and I had the pleasure of being introduced to them both. Karl, who is the executive chef, had just pulled a beautiful duck out of the oven when I met him and he looked very happy with it. And so he should be. Hang Dai, which opened its doors last November is doing a roaring trade. ‘We are delighted with ourselves,’ Karl told me when we finally had a chance to have a longer chat about Hang Dai’s decor, food and importantly, its sound system which was custom built to the highest standards. Karl told me that they had played around with different ideas when trying to get the desired feel and ambience for the venue.
On one side of the wall there is a subway car with plush dining booths. I asked Karl how this idea came about. ‘Our original idea was to have a glass and rubber handrail going down to a subway in an open stairwell so it would feel like an escalator, but then the idea morphed and we started looking at train images and train parts. We were aiming for a sci fi-esque look.’ The result is spectacular. They commissioned talented graphic designer Donal Thornton to create the graphic art that fills the spaces where one would find subway ads. One of the graphics is a subway map of various nightclubs. ‘We wanted to do a bit of music lineage from Jazz clubs to modern day clubs,’ he told me. ‘We are also planning to update those graphics and keep them fresh,’ he said. On the opposite wall there are impressive dragon murals which are the work of artist Johnny Fitzsimons. ‘He is our resident artist and is currently working on more murals in the bathroom,’ Karl said.
Karl, who was formerly executive chef of Luna Restaurant and sous chef of Michelin star restaurant Chapter One among many other fine dining places, told me that they have recently revamped their menu. I have sampled their asparagus spring rolls with spicy bean curd hollandaise, as well as the steamed eggplant in fermented chilli sauce and their super special fried rice, but the star of the menu appears to be the apple wood-fired duck. Karl and Will have been to China several times visiting Beijing, Hong Kong and Chendu to research the food and culture of China. One big aim of these trips was to learn how to prepare Beijing duck in a wood-fired oven. Another menu item that caught my eye was whole brown crab in the shell ‘typhoon shelter’ style. I asked Karl about it. ‘We are just coming into summer and it is crab season,’ he said. ‘One dish we ate in Hong Kong were these massive crabs at a restaurant under a bridge where the fishermen come and shelter with their boats from the typhoon so that is where the inspiration came for that dish,’ he said.
And while the menu is superb, Hang Dai is by no means only about food. Co-owner Will Dempsey is a record collector and DJ and a lot of time and effort was put into having the highest quality sound system installed. They both want quality late night music with the priority being talented vinyl DJs playing using the handmade rotary mixer that was sourced in Japan by Will. The rest of the system was built by the talented Toby Hatchett, who is a boat builder by trade but also constructs custom-built sound systems in his West Cork workshop. I also spoke to him about his work at Hang Dai and he said: ‘The brief was that it needed to be a very clean, undistorted sound, so that the listening experience is very pleasant while people are dining and it is not too loud. I built the DJ console around the rotary mixer which is really the heart of the whole sound system,’ he said. Toby worked with sound designer and engineer Abe Scheele on the sound design of the room. ‘We measured the whole room with microphones and we did it in a very detailed fashion in order to get that clean, clear sound wherever you are in the room,’ he said. Toby also told me that he loves Hang Dai and that it is a joy for him to continue tweaking the system.
Dragon mural by Johnny Fitzsimons
Toby also did the decor and sound system for the recently opened upstairs section of Hang Dai – The Gold Bar, which is also stunning with a fabulous balcony looking over the bustling Camden Street below. As I stood on the balcony with some friends speaking to co-owner Will Dempsey, he proudly pointed out to me that they get sun all day long which makes it the perfect spot to enjoy the smaller upstairs menu of 8 cocktails and 8 dishes. ‘8 is a lucky number in China,’ Karl told me, ‘So we thought that was significant.’ Downstairs there is an extensive menu of expertly crafted and delicious cocktails including a house favourite, the Hang Dai sour.
The roster of talented DJs includes Sally Cinnamon, Nialler 9, Aoife Nic Canna, Eddie Kay, Donal Dineen and many others. ‘We recently had Brian Cross in to play,’ Karl said. Cross who is originally from Limerick is a successful photographer and DJ in Los Angeles and he was home giving an exhibition of his work. ‘He is a success story, so we were delighted he joined us for the night.’
DJ Aoife Nic Canna and DJ Eddie Kay at Hang Dai
DJ Aoife Nic Canna who shares a monthly Saturday evening slot with DJ Eddie Kay told me: ‘Eddie and I get on well and I love the ambience. Our job is to keep the diners there after they eat and to keep it a Saturday night party set. I really look forward to playing there more during the summer.’ I have been at Hang Dai a few nights when Aoife and Eddie were on the decks and their music certainly kept me dancing a little longer than I had anticipated. I was about to call it a night the last time I was there when Aoife played the thrilling new release from Irish producer Glenn Davis entitled ‘Body and Soul’. Hang Dai’s menu and cocktails enjoyed while listening to quality music surely are a treat for the body and the soul and I am very happy to have found such a great new local in the heart of Dublin.
Hang Dai is at 20 Camden Street in Dublin City
Photo of Duck by Terry Mc Donagh
Featured image of dragon mural by Johnny Fitzsimons
Thanks to Karl Whelan, Will Dempsey, Toby Hatchett and Aoife Nic Canna for their stories.
Tags: Chinese, Dublin, Music
Categories Music, Restaurant Reviews and Food
Review: Playing the Bass with Three Left Hands
I am lying on my bed relaxing and listening to Spacemen 3’s 1989 album ‘Playing With Fire’ through my headphones. This is the first time I have ever heard this album and I am intrigued. I listen to it a second and a third time and with each play it grows on me more and more. I especially love the song ‘How does it feel?’ I have been prompted to listen to this album because I have just read Will Carruthers’ stunning memoir of his time as a bassist in Spacemen 3 and Spiritualized, two pioneering British psychedelic bands from the 80s and early 90s.
‘How does it feel?’ I love this song and it really makes me think about my feelings after reading Will’s book. It is a book that takes you on a magical rollercoaster ride of feelings. At one moment I am laughing til my sides ache and the next I feel anger at the manner in which Will and his band members were treated by mainstream British society and the Thatcher government of the 80s. This anger is then calmed by reading on as Will writes beautifully, poetically and philosophically on a host of topics, and then I am laughing again as he tells yet another anecdote in his fantastic, self-deprecating wit and style. This book is superb. I am hooked. It makes me feel everything and I want to learn more.
Musician, author and bookmaker Will Carruthers
I became acquainted with Will back in 2011 in Berlin. We lived in the same neighbourhood and had some mutual friends in the music scene and I saw him perform a few times. I have since been following his adventures as he moves around between Donegal, Ireland, Iceland, Berlin and other places. Now that I have read his memoirs I am intrigued by his multiple talents and am studying his work and listening to his music. ‘Can you tell me a bit more about the beginning of this song, ‘How does it feel?’ I ask Will on the phone. He fires back without hesitation: ‘Yes, it is a Vox starstreamer guitar using a built-in effect called a repeater.’ I tell him I would not have even known it was a guitar if he hadn’t told me. I clearly have a lot to learn. Quite apart from providing me with the technical descriptions of instruments, Will is a man who can write about music so beautifully which is refreshing and breathtaking to read in ‘Playing the Bass with Three Left Hands.’
Describing playing a gig in the north of England, Will writes: ‘I took myself, sliding, up to the top octave on the bass and held it for a perilously long time, until that high thin note hid itself in the drone, and when I ran back down the neck, the bass came surging up like a shark out of the deep blue sea.’ He writes about how well Spacemen 3 were received in the north of England: ‘Maybe they understood drugs and desperation more completely up there.’ Maybe indeed.
Will writes candidly and openly on many topics including his and the band’s drug use. It was part of the subculture they lived in as they struggled to survive in Thatcher’s Britain: ‘We weren’t very well adjusted to the prevailing reality of our times,’ he writes. Drugs and making music were his escape, especially, from the drudgery and repetition of factory life in Britain. He worked an exhausting night shift in a sheet metal factory in Birmingham ‘putting the same bend in five thousand identical strips of metal.’ His book details the many jobs he has held over the years as a labourer, builder and handyman – digging ditches and hauling buckets of cement. Living hand to mouth, going into debt and then trying to climb out of debt by cleaning windows, all the while, his love of playing music being the passion that sustains him through hard times. His descriptions of British politics of the era are spot on: ‘The deathknell for post-war optimism had been sounded and we were witness to the breaking of the social contract in favour of personal gain, war and hate. Despite this, we were somehow hopeful in our despair.’
One of Will’s exquisite hand stitched books
Living hand to mouth and maintaining hope is challenging indeed, especially when you are a touring band and decent, cheap food is hard to come by. This book has many parts that are laugh-out-loud funny, but Will’s descriptions of some of the dreadful British food he encounters are hilarious. When invited by his bandmates for dinner he describes the roast pork he is served: ‘The piece of pig had been cooked beyond the limits of endurance and lay in the puddle of congealing treacle sauce as though it were undergoing some advanced form of culinary rigor mortis. It is said that we should not speak ill of the dead, so how then should we speak of the ill-cooked dead? This was a pig that had died twice, the first time at the hands of a slaughterman, and the second time of embarrassment at the indignities it had been forced to endure on the plate.’
With food like this who wouldn’t take drugs and escape into music for nourishment? In another chapter Will describes being stoned and playing at an arts centre in London. In this stunning chapter Will gets to the core and essence of what music does to your perception of time: ‘Spectral shapes, motifs and melodic archetypes drift in and disappear, while the occasional mythical beast emerges from the ocean of drone…and the drift of time is forgotten within the boundaries of limitless sound.’ Throughout his book, Will references having a strange and unique relationship with the passing of time whilst playing a gig and this has inspired me to read more about what other philosophers have to say on this topic. Pioneering American philosopher Susanne Langer (1895-1985) writes the following: ‘The elements of music are moving forms of sound; but in their motion nothing is removed. The realm in which tonal entities move is a realm of pure duration. Like its elements, however, this duration is not an actual phenomenon. It is not a period – ten minutes or half an hour- but it is something radically different from the time in which our public and practical life proceeds.’
How one segment of Will’s public and practical life proceeds when he is not performing music is summed up in his meeting with a dole officer who is challenging his claim to a payment of benefits. ‘Mr. Carruthers,’ the dole officer questions him, ‘What do you see your role in society as being?’ Will goes on the defensive to this question and asks the dole officer what his role in society is and that he simply wants the small government benefits that he is entitled to. This dole officer has very likely never considered how challenging life can be for people who are attempting, against all odds, to lead a life that is more artistically, environmentally, aesthetically and architecturally satisfying than what was on offer in the British towns of Rugby (Will’s hometown) Coventry or Middlesborough. Will’s description of the polluting chemical factories and hideous architecture of these towns are yet another impressive and well-researched part of this memoir.
Hand carved lino for handmade books by Will Carruthers
A further chapter details how Will receives a green bolt of yew for his birthday. He has had a few lessons from a character who he refers to as Elron the Bowmaker on how to make a bow. He becomes fixated on the task at hand: ‘I was prepared for an epic revenge story of tragic proportions. I set about my task of making my weapon like a man quietly possessed. I felt wronged and felt only vengeance could make it right.’ I had to read this chapter twice before I understood that the enemy was an imaginary foe. I asked Will about it. ‘I deliberately made that part vague,’ was his response. And now I am beginning to see why. There is no one single enemy that you could possibly shoot the arrow at to make yourself feel better and so it is better to keep making good art and music than resorting to vengeance. This is the role of the artist after all, to make life a little more colourful, bearable and infuse it with meaning and emotion. Will’s wise words are arrows enough. I am reminded of an article by Maria Popova as she writes about Susan Sontag’s philosophy: ‘Sontag said: ‘Words mean, words point, they are arrows stuck in the rough hide of reality.’ Popova continues by saying: ‘If words are the arrow, we ourselves, our interior landscapes, our outward actions – the authenticity of our lives – are the bow.’
It is the authenticity of Will’s life that make his stories so compelling. ‘I never used that bow for anything except entertainment. In the end I chose music instead of revenge, creativity instead of destruction and something else instead of money.’ he writes.
Will is currently back in Berlin making books from his beautiful handmade lino prints. He stitches each book himself and is making stunning boxed editions as well. ‘So how many have you made so far?’ I asked. ‘About 160 and I am hoping to make about 300 in total before I leave Berlin again,’ he told me. ‘Playing the Bass with Three Left Hands’ is certainly a book that deserves a beautiful handmade cover.
A hand stitched copy of Will’s book can be ordered on his Squarespace website
Books also available on Amazon.
Photos courtesy of Will Carruthers
Photo of Will Carruthers by Francesca Sara Cauli.
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Tags: Memoir, Music, psychedelia, spacemen3, spiritualized, willcarruthers
Categories Art, Book Reviews, Music
Review: Rich Lane at Ukiyo
Last weekend Dublin music promoter Julie-Ann Smith hosted music maker and record-label owner Rich Lane from Stoke-on-Trent for a gig at Ukiyo. In the weeks leading up to the gig, the anticipation and excitement among my circle of friends and acquaintances was very apparent and so I felt it was an event that should not be missed.
Ukiyo, which opened in 2004, is a lovely Japanese restaurant in Dublin city centre run by Duncan Maguire. In addition to offering a varying Bento box and excellent sushi, they serve delicacies such as slow-roasted pork served with scented squash and the most delicious pan-fried hake and prawn gyoza served with a mouth-watering garlic and chilli dip. The restaurant has huge plate-glass windows allowing for perfect people-watching as you feast on the food or sip their cocktails that are expertly mixed by the friendliest of bar staff. As well as providing Karaoke booths downstairs, once the tables are cleared upstairs, a host of DJs hit the decks to provide further entertainment several evenings a week.
Rich Lane
One thing that especially excited me about attending Rich Lane’s gig at Ukiyo was that a lot of the people I have collaborated with or been introduced to in the world of Dublin dance music over the past year were also planning to be there. Ukiyo has become, and will likely remain, my local haunt because it certainly is a joy to have a place to go where I can meet my peers: others in their late 30’s and early 40’s and the bar was packed for Rich Lane’s set. Before playing Ukiyo last week, Rich was also a guest at PHEVER:TV-Radio on Hugo Mc Cann’s ‘Best Sets’ show. I spoke with Hugo and also with DJ/Producer and PHEVER boss Dean Sherry about their impression of Rich’s music: ‘Rich takes techno and house and slows it down and makes it more interesting,’ Hugo said. ‘Yes, and I really think he makes the transitions between the beats more interesting,’ Dean added.
Rich told me he really had a great night and was very pleased with the warm welcome he got in Dublin. He was Julie-Ann Smith’s guest last year for a gig at Pacino’s in Dublin and was delighted to return. He has been producing music for over a quarter of a century and has had a hand in producing hundreds of tracks. He is the owner of the record label Cotton Bud and also has a sideline in mastering. He does mastering for Sub:Sonic records, an Irish record label specialising in releasing a wide range of electronic music. The lovely guys from Sub:Sonic were at the gig too and Rich also played a few tracks released by them.
On the night, Rich played many of his own tracks released by him on his label, as well as his lovingly recrafted and re-edited version of Sinead O’ Connor’s hit ‘Jackie’ from her 1987 album ‘The Lion and the Cobra’ which he made especially for the Ukiyo gig. ‘I love the relentless, driving tone of this track,’ he told me. ‘Its beautifully tragic, spooky and evocative lyrics and her uniquely passioned performance have always been spine-tingling.’ Rich also does the mastering for Logical Records from Spain who Julie-Ann Smith also hosted at Ukiyo back in September and he played a few tracks released by them too. It was at that gig that I first met Julie-Ann who has hosted various DJs including Craig Bratley, Duncan Gray, Chris Massey, Los Bikini and Javier Busto (of Logical Records). She told me she is really passionate about the music that Rich and all these guys make. ‘I love slow techno and chug’, she said. ‘A lot of it has a nod to acid house and I also love these dirty slow beats.’
I have been listening to Rich’s dirty slow beats whilst chatting to him and it has been a complete joy for me to get to know him better and also to discover that we have collaborated with some of the same people. He has enlightened me some more too on the process of mastering dance music. We also spoke of the the creative process in writing music lyrics and writing in general and the beauty of returning to unfinished work after it has been left alone for awhile. ‘My last track ‘Wolf in Shell Toes’ was on the shelf for about 8 years,’ he told me. ‘It was just sitting there waiting for me to add some lyrics to and then suddenly one day I was sitting in the pub with my kids with a notebook in hand and they came!’ he said. I love this too when suddenly you are filled with the creative energy to complete a project to satisfaction. You never know when it is going to happen, just as you never know who you are going to be collaborating with or who you will meet next. It certainly is an exciting journey. I will surely be keeping a close eye on Rich Lane’s work in the future, and of course, the work of the host of other amazing DJs whose work he does the mastering for.
Ukiyo Bar, Restaurant and Karaoke is at 9, Exchequer Street in Dublin city centre
Cotton Bud Logo courtesy of Rich Lane
Tags: Dublin, Japanese Cuisine, Music, PHEVER, Rich Lane, Ukiyo, Underground
Salon Series at The Liquor Rooms-Dublin
Since June of this year The Liquor Rooms on Wellington Quay has been hosting a monthly Salon Series presented by their arts and culture manager Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan. It has featured panel discusssions, live performances and demonstrations highlighting the work of The Liquor Rooms’ altogether excellent creative community. The topics that have featured so far in this series have ranged from burlesque to coding to comic illustration and publishing.
Two weeks ago I attended the Salon Series’ fascinating and inspiring publishing event. Moderated by Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan, the panel discussion included Irish editors and publishers Susan Tomaselli of Gorse, Marc O’ Connell of The Penny Dreadful, Eimear Ryan of Banshee and Declan Meade of The Stinging Fly. Set in the intimate and inviting vintage lounge of The Liquor Rooms, the talk centred around the challenges and successes they have each experienced with their journals to date. They publish short stories, personal essays and poetry predominantly, and were in agreement regarding their passion for print over online media. They also discussed their own histories and the leap they took from being writers to publishers and editors.
Salon Series Publishing event at The Liquor Rooms
The Liquor Rooms, which recently celebrated its third birthday, describes itself as a ‘subterranean den of delight.’ And this it truly is. I have spent nights there scrutinising their unusual artwork and unique decor which includes an intriquing wall of old fireplaces. As its name would suggest, they also serve excellent cocktails and are multiple award winners at the Irish Craft Cocktail Awards. These can be enjoyed with a variety of gourmet delicacies which are also available.
The final Salon Series event of this year will be held on Wednesday, November 2nd at 7pm and will be a talk on and performance with vinyl, as well as the history of the Liquor Rooms. The panel will include resident DJ Aoife Nic Canna who has been Djing there since shortly after they opened, and also the hosts of the ‘Vinyl and Wine’ series Mark Whelan and Anthony Kelly. ‘Vinyl and Wine’ which is also hosted by The Liquor Rooms, is an intimate album listening party and discussion, encouraging people to really be present with music and share their experience of it with others. They recently featured an evening listening to and discussing David Bowie’s lesser known album ‘The Gouster.’
Aoife Nic Canna – Photo by Cris Llarena
Aoife Nic Canna, for her part, will be discussing her own history and experience of Djing in the Liquor Rooms and also the history of the building itself. She also held a residency at The Kitchen nightclub which opened in 1994 on the same premises and was owned by Bono and The Edge. Aoife has held multiple residencies at many clubs around Dublin for more than two decades, is an archivist at Near FM Radio, and is the producer of the fascinating six part documentary on Irish Club history ‘Folklore From The Dancefloor’ which aired on Near FM and community radio around Ireland in 2012.
Admission to the event is free and will include a tasting of special Liquor Rooms cocktails. Their beautiful website states that they ‘proudly serve liquors to make your tastebuds sing made by a creative team of cocktail craftsmen.’ Enticing indeed.
The Liquors Rooms is at 5 Wellington Quay in Dublin city centre and is open daily from 5pm til late.
Graphics and Photos courtesy of The Liquor Rooms and Aoife Nic Canna.
Tags: Aoife Nic Canna, Art, Dublin, Music, Salon Series, The Liquor Rooms
Categories Art, Music
Preview: RHYTHMBOX at Front Door-Dame Street
With the August Bank Holiday weekend fast approaching I thought I would have a look around for something new and fun to do. Saturday happens also to be my birthday so I don’t intend to spend it being lazy and going to bed early with a book. I would rather hit the streets of Dublin to celebrate even though 41 is a rather unspectacular age and last year was in fact, my big birthday celebration. But I am a Leo after all, and Leos do not generally let their birthdays slip by unnoticed.
Yesterday I was introduced to Dublin DJ and producer Eric Whelan who celebrated and hosted his own birthday last April in a Dublin venue I had not heard of until I spoke to him; the lovely and lush Front Door Bistro and music venue on Dame Street in Dublin city centre where he and his friends are hosting an event this Saturday night. Eric Whelan, whose artist’s name is Steady State, told me he started collecting vinyl in 1994 and has been an enthusiast ever since. I was curious to hear more about the upcoming event. And although I do not own a single record of my own, I am certainly passionate about and love electronic and underground music. What better way to celebrate than to check out a new venue and meet more of the talented DJs and producers who create, collect and collaborate in the world of electronic music.
Scoundrels Sound System
Eric told me that Rhythmbox is the promotional outfit that comprises him and his good friend Dublin DJ and producer Alan Nolan, and that they both had so much fun DJing at Front Door for his birthday that they can’t wait for their next gig there this Saturday night. So what should we expect this Saturday? ‘We’ve put a small night together to party with Sub:Sonic Records (Rob Parkes and Phil Wade) to tip the hat to their fine contribution to the Irish electronic dance music scene,’ Eric said. ‘With two new tracks due for release with Sub:Sonic any time now under Steady State, I really felt a celebration was in order,’ he told me. Rob Parkes and Phil Wade are joined by Tomas Frawley, who are all from Limerick. Together they make up Scoundrel Sound System and Saturday’s gig will be their Dublin debut.
Rhythmbox – Eric Whelan and Alan Nolan
The event kicks off this Saturday, July 30th at the civilised hour of 8pm and admission is free. Eric told me that we can expect to hear a selection of slow techno, cosmic disco and chug. On rotation will be the Rhythmbox residents with visuals provided by Eric’s brother Trev Whelan (Little Wolf).’With close to one hundred years of combined musical experience this promises to be a night to remember,’ Eric said. I have a feeling this will be a birthday to remember and I am very much looking forward to the event.
Front Door is at 15 Dame Street in Dublin City Centre
Photos and Graphics courtesy of Eric Whelan and Sue Parkes.
Tags: Dame Street, Dublin, Music, Underground
Categories Music
Essay about ‘Bereitschaftspotential’
by Rhea H.Boyden
Exactly half a century ago, in the spring of 1964, Hans Helmut Kornhuber, the chief physician at the department of neurology at Freiburg University, and Lüder Deecke, his doctoral student went for lunch in the beautiful and serene garden of the ‘Gasthaus zum Schwanen’ at the foot of the Schlossberg hill in Freiburg. Their discussion over lunch was about their frustration at worldwide attempts thus far to investigate self-initiated action of the brain and the will. They were inspired, no doubt in part, by the fresh mountain air of the Black Forest to push ahead in their research using the primitive (but most advanced for the time) brain imaging tools at the university. After many test cases and a lot of research, the EEG (electroencephalogram) readings showed that there is an electrical signal in the brain that proves we are going to move a body part even before we want to move it. They had discovered the ‘Readiness potential’ or ‘Bereitschaftspotential’ and debates on whether or not we have free will continue to today in all disciplines from neuroscience to psychology and philosophy.
Now I am no scientist and my knowledge of neuroscience is limited. I have read articles about Alzheimer’s in an attempt to grasp a basic understanding of the disease which is rapidly stripping my dear mother of all sense and vitality, and I have read some articles in the past week or so to understand the title ‘Bereitschaftspotential’ the latest release by Automating which is the solo project of soundscape artist Sasha Margolis from Melbourne, Australia.
Lüder Deecke- Bereitschaftspotential Brain Image Scan
I have listened to the piece several times through with my good headphones relishing in Sasha’s sounds once again, with my eyes closed in meditation dozing into a dream world and seeing where it takes me thereafter in my writing. I have thought long and hard about why he has titled this piece ‘Bereitschaftspotential’ and what he intends with this title. I have come to the conclusion that it is a heavy and loaded title that has led my thinking and reading to some dead ends and frustration about what to do with all my notes that I have been frantically scribbling trying to make sense of it all from a neuroscientific perspective.
I have decided, therefore to not dwell too much more on the title and have a look at it from a more poetic and philosophical angle, for therein lies my ability to make sense of it. Here I quote Friedrich Nietzsche to send me in a better direction: ‘Free will without fate is no more conceivable than spirit without matter, good without evil.’
Nietzsche spent much of his time in the same stretch of mountains and woods not far from where Kornhuber and Deecke carried out their work, (more than half a century earlier) and he found the fresh mountain air and peace most conducive to working in. He would take long walks in the woods stopping to take notes before returning to his room to continue working. Quite apart from his many groundbreaking philosophical ideas and writings, Nietzsche took a great interest in the human body.
I believe one reason I have become so frustrated in trying to write this review is because the title ‘Bereitschaftspotential’ forces me to think I should be writing about the mind, brain and consciousness when what I really want to write about here is the body. Nietzsche believed that what living things sought above all, was to discharge their physical strength. He also believed that knowledge was rooted in the body and that the whole of Western philosophy had a deep misunderstanding of the human body. It is little wonder that Nietzsche took such an interest in the body; he suffered immensely thoughout his life from various ailments, many of which were symptoms of the syphilis he supposedly picked up in a brothel during his student days. It is no coincidence that a large part of his philosophy contends that human suffering is inevitable and indeed, necessary to go though in order to achieve greater goals.
Photo of Statue of John Henry by Ken Thomas
This idea of Nietzsche’s that living things seek to dispel their energy makes me think of the core of Sasha’s philosophy behind his work and I quote from his website: ‘Sifting through the sonic waste and discarded technology left by the roadside of a world speeding too fast into the future.’ It makes me think of the men who have been replaced time and time again by machines, rendering their bodies and ability to dispel their physical energy useless, in essence, emasculating them. We do have a lot of waste out there, both physical and sonic and I believe it is the duty of everyone to reuse it all in some useful way. If machines have all but replaced our physical work, then what to do with all the machines once they turn to waste but to turn them into art to provide us consolation as we gaze at these post-industrial wastelands. Sasha deals with found sound in his work, but many others work with found objects; turning industrial artifacts that were not intended for artistic purposes into art to make a point, among other things, about waste.
‘Bereitschaftspotential’ released by Iceage Productions, runs for a little over 20 minutes and it is serious food for thought. To me the opening sounds are entirely industrial and repetitive. It is evocative of a machine turning or a small animal digging, trying desperately to get some job done and then in frustration giving up. I hear an electrical generator trying to start and then failing. This failing is frustrating to the humans who are trying to use this generator perhaps, but the peace they can then enjoy is then ever more appreciated; an appreciation which is then heard in birdsong. Quiet contemplation is to be found in nature and not to the sound of a generator.
The idea of this sound being either an animal or a machine is very exciting to me because there are so many examples in which we can compare an animal or a human to its machine counterpart. One example that immediately springs to mind is the horse. It was largely replaced by the train in the United States as the great railway building projects began there. And as exciting as it was to have all these new railways going across the country, they were built at a great cost in men’s lives.
Construction of Big Bend tunnel in West Virginia commenced in 1870 and the work was treacherous for the many men working on this project. They would have welcomed today’s tunnel drilling equipment (and dynamite). At least one hundred men died digging the tunnel, many of them black men. There is a legend about a certain John Henry who has been immortalised in a ballad performed by many singers including Johnny Cash and Bruce Springsteen. He worked on the railroad and was a ‘steel driving man’ and proud of it. One day however, a salesman came to town boasting that a steam-powered drill could outdrill any of the men. A race began, machine against man and John Henry won, beating the steam drill, but he eventually collapses when his body can take it no longer and dies leaving behind his wife Polly Ann and a baby. There is a constant beating of a drum in ‘Bereitschaftspotential’ which to me is the steady march of the working man before he collapses. To repeat Nietzsche’s quote: ‘Free will without fate is no more conceivable than spirit without matter, good without evil.’ Is this the battle of good and evil between man’s body and the uses and abuses of the machine?
Photo of Thomas Bayrle Exhibit at Documenta 13 by Erin Reilly
A couple years ago at the Documenta Contemporary art show I was standing with a friend observing an exhibit by German artist Thomas Bayrle. It was a pumping piston, and as we both stared at it she suddenly said: ‘It’s so sexual’. I had to agree with her. Bayrle says that he believes machines are a reflection of the body and he draws inspiration for his artwork from the precision of machines and engineering. Indeed, what can we do but work artistically with all these wasteful things we have created? Bayrle’s was only one of many exhibits at Documenta that provoked commentary on the effect of machines and waste on our bodies and the environment. In our post-industrial society many men have been left unemployed by the subsequent collapse of many of the machines that once sought to replace them. For the first time in history women hold more jobs and more college degrees in the United States than men and the implications of this are serious indeed for those who still believe in and strive for traditional family structure. A whole reshuffling of gender roles continues to happen and many men and women suffer from confusion and anxiety at what role they should play and a general frustration at modern dating rituals and body image. I know that one of my biggest sources of solace is to get lost in reading and writing and collaborating on meaningful projects with others. In doing so I can escape from the fact that I am nearly 39 years old and single, and have not necessarily fullfilled a certain role that a large part of society expects of me by this age. Thankfully I have an open-minded family who let me do whatever I want and are supportive and don’t judge me, but many women, and men too, suffer from not fullfilling certain expectations; especially when it comes to getting married and having children.
Most of the time I enjoy my solitude and only rarely do I get lonely. The constant barrage of city noise, human noise and industrial noise is hard to escape, and I relish it when I can get away from it. There is a lovely part in ‘Bereitschaftpotential’ that seems to me to be the sound of engines being swallowed by birdsong which again says that nature is triumphant over industrial noise. It signals a retreat into nature where we can again listen to our bodies and give them the peace and rejuvenation that they need. For without a healthy body it is very hard to have a healthy and clear mind to produce new poetry, songs and stories. Indeed, there is a burst of birdsong in ‘Bereitschaftspotential’ which is evidence to me that the willful person or animal has happily found peace again amongst the elements. The piece ends very abruptly leaving you suddenly staring into an abyss of silence which is quite uncomfortable. As much as we humans seek silence, its suddenness and completeness can be disconcerting. Nietzsche also said: ‘if you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.’
Portrait of Friedrich Nietzsche by Walter Kaufman 1882 (Princeton Archive)
I have spent considerable time gazing into an abyss and thinking about ‘Bereitschaftspotential’ and in the final analysis I can say that it has inspired me to think of our bodies, machines, animals, birds, walking in the woods, new creativity and then I think repeatedly about the horse. 2014 is the year of the horse in the Chinese calendar and it is a great year to gallop ahead into new adventure and take some risk. As I mentioned earlier, it was the horse’s body that was replaced by machines. 2014 is also exactly one hundred years since the outbreak of World War One which showed the disasterous consequences of cavalry warfare mixed with modern machine guns. Again: Bodies against machines! And to conclude it must be pointed out that Nietzsche, in his madness, finally broke down and embraced a horse that had collapsed on the streets of Turin in January 1889 before he then went completely mad and was commited to a sanitorium. There have been various speculations as to what was going through Nietzsche’s mind at the time, but I like to believe the assumption that it was the philosopher who was most skeptical of showing compassion for human suffering finally showing it for himself (he loathed self-pity) and for one of the most beautiful of animals, in a vain hope that both their bodies can have the will to survive against the machines and noise that drive them both mad.
Featured image is artwork by Ieva Arcadia accompanying ‘Bereitschaftspotential’ released by Iceage Productions (courtesy of Sasha Margolis).
Link to listen to and purchase ‘Bereitschaftspotential’ by Automating on Bandcamp: https://iceageproductions.bandcamp.com/album/bereitschaftspotential
Tags: Automating, Bereitschaftspotential, John Henry, Music, Nietzsche
Categories Art, Music, Personal Essays
Review of Somnambulist
‘Dreams are the touchstones of our characters’ -Henry David Thoreau
‘Mayday, Mayday!’ We hear this distress call repeatedly in the track ‘Projection’ but do we get the help we are looking for? Not always when we project all our hopes and dreams onto another person. The album ‘Somnambulist’ by ‘Automating’ which is the solo project of Sasha Margolis from Melbourne, Australia explores hopes, dreams and fears in an 18-track album. The album, released under the label ‘Wood and Wire’ is a tantalising collection of field recordings, found sound and tape manipulation. With track titles such as ‘PET Scan’, ‘Neuronal Response’ and ‘Repetition Compulsion’ we can expect this album to explore deeper states of consciousness and a yearning to make sense of the world through an understanding, in particular, of dreaming and various sleep states.
The album opens with the track ‘Alpha Wave’ and we hear the sound of a chirping bird. Is this a sign that the day has commenced happily? The Alpha brainwaves are present when we are relaxed, meditative, aware and enjoying the moment. It’s a positive note to start on, but as we listen to the album we hear that it explores a whole range of human emotions experienced in various states of sleep. The track ‘Delta Wave’ does not keep one in a happy and relaxed manner for long. It is sinister, spooky and frankly, quite terrifying to listen to. In fact, much of the terror, stressors and stimulants of modern life prevent many of us from reaching the delta brainwave state as often as we should- it is the state of deep sleep and unconciousness that is most restorative. Following this is ‘Voices of the Dead’ and in this track we hear a lot of wind and water. The voices of those we have lost can be found in nature if we listen closely, but we cannot stop the passage of time and hold onto that which has slipped away. I am reminded, when listening to these tracks, of the Gothic poem by Edgar Allan Poe: ‘A Dream within a Dream’- ‘I stand amid the roar, of a surf-tormented shore’ writes Poe, in great despair, realising that he cannot hold onto the dream that is slipping away from him. He sees that he cannot even hold onto one grain of sand that slips from his hand making him question the passing of time-the sands of time- and also whether everything he ever experienced was just a dream and never reality at all. Where does the border lie between dreams and reality? And what happens in that hazy land between waking consciousness and deeper sleep?
A lot of really interesting things can happen in that hazy land and that is the part of this album that to my mind, is really exciting. The track ‘Hypnopompia’ samples distant eerie voices. Are these the voices of creativity that speak to us as we awaken in the morning? The hypnopompic state is the state of semi-consciousness that is experienced coming out of sleep and many a writer and composer swears that the insights that hit them at this moment are the ones that turn into the best stories, songs and poetry. We all know that feeling we have in our gut first thing in the morning-the one that puts us in tune with our strongest emotions- erotic feelings or feelings of deep mourning. Sentiments of joy or loss. If we can capture the truth at the core of these feelings right then and there we can turn them into new energy and life in our various creative pursuits. The track that follows ‘Hypnopompia’ is ‘Synaptic Transmission’ and in it we hear fireworks which are a wonderful way of sonically sampling and expressing the workings of the synapses. Are perhaps the fireworks a celebration of the ideas that have been successfully captured in the hypnopompic state? Happy creative synapses at work that have been well exercised in the dream state?
In other tracks we hear chanting, church bells, organs, bleating sheep, speeding trains, a didgeridoo and muffled voices. How to make sense of all of this? In the track ‘Acoustic Encoding’ I am reminded once again of that Edgar Allan Poe poem, or indeed, any poem I love that begs to be read out loud. For this is what ‘acoustic encoding’ is: the process of remembering and understanding things you hear. When we read a poem out loud we are engaging in acoustic encoding.
The album ends with the track ‘Theta Wave’. This is the perfect finale as the Theta brainwaves are activated when you are falling asleep. New ideas and enhanced creativity occur in a Theta brainwave state. And after listening to an album that makes me ponder the colourful spectrum of human emotions in a dream state, it is very pleasing to end on a track that is a gateway to learning, healing and spiritual growth. In the Theta state we retreat again to the voices and signals that come from within us, and, most beautifully, we can connect to the divine, readying us again for a new morning in the hypnopompic state: another day of capturing our dreams and commencing the cycle over. ‘Somnambulist’ (which means sleepwalker) is a truly inspiring and thought-provoking album on many levels.
Images courtesy of Sasha Margolis
Tags: Automating, Music, Somnambulist
Sasha’s Sonic Waste
Last Christmas I found myself wandering through one of Berlin’s many Christmas markets on a Wednesday evening. The market was practically empty and I was in a sombre mood. I had some money in my pocket and wanted to buy some gifts for the people I loved, but I was feeling uninspired by what I saw. ‘There is a lot of lovely stuff here’ I thought, ‘but it’s the same junk as every year’. I strolled through the whole market and purchased nothing but a simple ceramic bowl that caught my eye.
After strolling some more, I found myself standing in front of the market’s Christmas tree. The ‘tree’ was constructed of lots of metal pipes from which were strung various pieces of junk. Old tires, smashed up radios, ancient computers and broken bikes. It was strung with a nice strand of lights, only half of which were illuminated. In front of the tree was a big sign reminding us of how much waste we humans have produced and how we really should think carefully about what we purchase before doing so especially considering we are in the middle of a recession. ‘Well’ I thought, ‘Here we are being told NOT to buy things in the middle of a market in the middle of the Christmas season which is the most important time of year for retail business to make its biggest profits and turnover’. I heeded the sign and didn’t buy another thing at that market. I did end up buying small gifts for my family and friends last year, but I spent most of my money on good food instead.
A couple weeks later, I met an interesting young man from Melbourne, Australia named Sasha Margolis. Sasha, whose artist’s name is ‘Automating’ creates the most interesting sounds that really make me think deeply about our material world. While listening, I read his biography of his craft and it says: ‘Sifting through the sonic waste and discarded technology left by the roadside of a world speeding too fast into the future. Field recordings, found sound, tape manipulation, noise and effects units. Currently pursuing live and studio created binaural soundscapes and archaic tape based drones.’ When I read this I immediately thought of the Christmas tree again and all the junk that has been left by the roadside that people had nicely reused to decorate a tree and make a point at the same time. Sasha, as far as I can see, is reusing sonic waste and turning it into something useful: deeply inspiring sounds. As I mature, I start to really see the value of contemporary art forms, something I simply did not understand or see any worth in when I was younger. This past summer when I was at Documenta Contemporary Art show, I found myself standing in front of a big pile of scrap metal and junk that was one of the exhibits. One then asks: ‘Is this art?’ and ‘What is the value of this?’ The value of this of course, is to make us think about how much we waste and ponder more creative and artistic ways in which we can reuse, reduce and recycle and make our planet a more sustainable place for future generations.
Sasha Margolis
I was recently killing time flipping through a high end women’s fashion magazine in a doctor’s waiting room. The magazine was full of advertisements for very expensive make-up, jewellry and clothing. The article that caught my eye however, was one that claimed that you do not have to be ashamed to say you are broke and unemployed in the middle of a recession. It showed you how you can creatively mix and match the clothes you already own without wasting money you don’t have on more junk you don’t need. This article impressed me as quite ironic sandwiched in between advertisements for expensive luxury products, just as the scrap and junk Christmas tree was placed in the middle of a market which is there for one reason: to make a profit.
Some mornings when I am getting dressed for work, I realise I am all nicely dressed up to greet a new client and then I swing around, look in the mirror and spot a lovely hole in my black tights. I don’t let it bother me though. I go to work anyway, and at least several better dressed people will point it out to me during the day, and I just blithely say ‘Oh really, I didn’t see that, never mind!’ If there is one thing a girl could go bankrupt on, it is constantly wasting money on new tights every time the tiniest hole appears in them. I do, of course, eventually splurge on more tights and throw the old ones to the junk heap, but not before I get the chance to wear the ones with lots of holes in them, two pairs at a time, under jeans, where no one knows the holes are there apart from me, in the depths of Berlin winter. This is just one way that I try and reuse and reduce waste. The other morning, Sasha sent me a link to his latest album and again it immediately made me think of waste reduction methods. Sasha’s sounds keep me thinking for hours about art, renewal, waste, death and the cycle of life. He samples so many different sounds from engines to sheep, to fireworks and birds. Sounds from from rural areas and from cityscapes. His sounds send me into a dream world and a trance and inspire me to write about all kinds of topics, which is interesting because his latest album ‘Somnambulist’ released under the label Wood & Wire deals partially with sleep states. Well done, Sasha!
Sasha’s music is available for purchase on Bandcamp.
To read reviews of Sasha’s music check out his reviews page.
Tags: Art, Automating, Documenta 13, Music, Somnambulist, Wood and Wire
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SPHALERITE/ZINC BLENDE [ Sulfides : Sphalerite ]
On April 4, 2011 By Rino Safrizal
Zn, Fe)S, zinc iron Sulfide
Major ore of zinc, rarely cut into gemstones, mineral specimen
Sphalerite (which is also known as Blende), is an important ore of zinc and can make a rather attractive cabinet specimen as well. It can have excellent luster and associates with many beautifully coloured minerals making it one of the best enhancers of many fine mineral specimens.
Sphalerite is one of the very few minerals that has a total of six directions of cleavage. If all of them were to be perfectly cleaved on a single crystal it would form a rhombic dodecahedron. Identifying all six directions in a single cleaved crystal is quite difficult due to the multiple twinning and the many directions. Only the fact that there is abundant cleavage at different directions can easily be seen in most cleaved specimens.
Sphalerite can be difficult to identify because of its variable luster, colour, abundant but obscured cleavage and crystal habits. So difficult was sphalerite for miners to distinguish from more valuable minerals such as galena, acanthite and tetrahedrite, that they named it sphalerite which is Greek for treacherous rock and blende is German for blind or deceiving.
The luster of sphalerite is truly its best attribute. It typically has a nice adamantine luster that really sparkles owing to its unusually high index of refraction and a fire greater than diamond’s. Specimens of sphalerite are usually adorned with hundreds of small sparkling faces. Groups of faces can be symmetrically oriented into several different directions so that as a particularly gifted specimen is turned with respect to a viewer they are treated to several episodes of multiple and bright flashes. Transparent sphalerite has been cut for gemstones but its cleavage and softness limit its use as a gemstone to collectors only.
The twinning of sphalerite is also special. It can form a spinel twin which is a specialty of the mineral spinel. The spinel twin is where a tetrahedral crystal is twisted in the middle so that three points of the tetrahedron are in alignment with the other three points. These crystals are not usually completely developed in sphalerite but the indentations that the twinning causes are usually seen on some crystals in almost every specimen. A twin type for some reason called a “chicken twin” or “hen” forms a sort-of football shaped twin.
Sphalerite is a polymorph with two minerals, wurtzite and matraite. The three are called polymorphs (meaning many shapes) because although they have the same chemistry, (Zn, Fe)S or zinc iron sulfide, they have different structures and therefore different shapes. Sphalerite is by far the more common mineral of the three.
Sphalerite’s structure is analogous to the diamond structure. If every other carbon in the diamond structure is replaced by a sulfur atom and the remaining carbons are replaced with either a zinc or an iron atom then basically the mineral is sphalerite.
Sphalerite is by no doubt the most important ore of zinc, an industrially and at times strategically important metal. Other zinc ores include hemimorphite, smithsonite, willemite, franklinite and zincite. Although its importance as an ore of zinc is undisputed, it is a very attractive and a very interesting mineral for collectors as well.
Colour: typically black but can be brown, yellow, reddish, green, and less commonly white or colourless
Luster: adamantine or resinous or submetallic to earthy in massive forms
Transparency: crystals are transparent to translucent
Crystal System: isometric; bar 4 3m
Crystal Habits: can be complicated with the rhombic dodecahedron, tetrahedron and combinations of these having cubic and tristetrahedron faces giving the crystals multiple faces of often indistinct forms. To add more confusion to the indistinct crystals, twinning is common and sometimes pervasive. Massive forms are common and can be granular, earthy, botryoidal, concretionary and fibrous. An aggregate of botryoidal crusts with layers of wurtzite and galena is called “Schalenblende” is sometimes cut and polished as an ornamental stone
Cleavage: perfect in six directions forming dodecahedrons
Fracture: conchoidal, but rarely seen because of frequent cleavage
Hardness: 3.5 – 4
Specific Gravity: approx. 4.0 (heavier than average, but light when compared to most metallic minerals)
Streak: yellow to light brown (unusually light coloured for a normally dark mineral)
Other: Striations on tetrahedral faces, triboluminescent (meaning it may glow if crushed), an index of refraction of 2.37 – 2.42, a dispersion (fire) of 0.156 and finally sphalerite is pyroelectric (meaning that it forms a slight electrical charge when heated or cooled)
Associated Minerals: almost always include galena, pyrite, fluorite, chalcopyrite, quartz, calcite, magnetite, pyrrhotite and many others
Major Occurrences: include Tri state area near Joplin, Missouri; Rosiclare, Illinois; Elmwood, Tennessee, USA; Broken Hill, Australia; Italy; Spain; Burma; Peru; Morocco; Germany and England
Best Indicators: crystal habits, streak, cleavage, high luster, softness and twinning
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by Jonathan Beacher
You’ve come to the right place if you have interest in any of these surnames:
Beecher 1497 55.7%
Beeker 493 18.3%
Beacher 189 7.0%
Bicher 179 6.7%
Beicher 124 4.6%
Beher 101 3.8%
Beechert 57 2.1%
Biecher 49 1.8%
All these surnames originate from the same two immigrants: Johann Engel Bücher and Johann Heinrich (Henry) Búcher who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the ship Neptune on 23 September 1751. This website has the family tree of all of their descendants to the present day who in the 1800’s migrated elsewhere, most often to North Carolina, Maryland, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Kansas, Missouri, and as far west as California.
Also found on this website are family trees of anyone with the surnames above who lived in Pennsylvania prior to 1900, to make it easy to know who is part of Engel and Henry’s family, and who is not. Just use our Ancestor List for the Letter B and scroll down to find your person’s name, and click to view their tree to see if they trace back to Engel or Henry. For example, you may find your Beecher in Pennsylvania descends from a different Beecher ancestor, John Beecher who immigrated in 1635 in New Haven, CT, or from a Becher family that immigrated in Pennsylvania but is not related to Engel and Henry.
Engel and Henry’s original surname, Bücher, with the umlaut – two dots above the u which is Germanic shorthand for Buecher surname – is pronounced in German somewhat similar to Beecher, but as that surname became Americanized in later generations, it took on the many variations shown above. The statistics above show the number of descendants of Engel and Henry who use each surname today. We call this collection of names Beecher Etc. Discovering these family ties to their immigrants is the result of the Bucher/Beecher Y-DNA Project which was founded in 2003 at FamilyTreeDNA.com by the owner of this website, Jonathan Scott Beecher. I will gladly help you research any of these surnames so email me at the address atop this page.
Y-DNA is very different than the popular Ancestry DNA tests you’ve seen advertised on TV. Y-DNA is only passed from a father to his sons. With a Y-DNA test, a male can find other males with his same or similar surname who share a common male ancestor thousands and thousands of years ago. It’s a very accurate way to trace the origin of your father’s surname family. (If you are a male Beecher Etc., you can take a simple $49 saliva test by mail to learn which Beechers you are related to.) Before you explore our Beecher family trees, it is wise to read this whole page (please scroll down) to get the overview of the Beecher Etc. ancestors.
About the Beecher Surname
Are you curious about the relationship between Bücher and Beecher surnames? In German, bücher means books and the word bücher years ago also referred to the crude paper used which was made from beech trees. A bücher was also an occupation — a woodsman who cut beech trees for paper making. (Unfortunately, because bücher means books it is quite difficult to Google anything on German sites when trying to find ancestors with surname Bücher.)
Bücher with the umlaut in German is identical to surname Buecher. The umlaut and other diacritics (marks above vowels) were invented to save space in typeset papers and books, so instead of Buecher to indicate an E sound, Bücher achieved the same pronunciation using one less character.
The umlaut is VERY significant, Bücher is not the same as families named Bucher (without umlaut) and in our Y-DNA project we tested all family lines in the 1700s with surname Bucher and those families are not related to the Bücher line.
Beecher Etc. News
News: Sep 2018! We have hired a German genealogist to expand our Y-DNA testing into Germany to find the origin of our Beecher/Beicher/Biecher/Bicher/Beacher/Beeker/Beher/Bücher family. See our Bücher Emigration to America page.
News: Sep 2018! Our Y-DNA tests have proven that the Beher families in Indiana are actually descendants of our Beecher/Bücher ancestors. Samuel Beher (1795-1863) is the grandson of Henry Beecher/Beher/Bücher who died 1795 in Littlestown, PA. Many thanks to our new cousin Tom Beher for helping us prove this by participating in our project. Click on the blue link for Samuel to see his family tree! It was a surprise in 2015 when we discovered our Beeker cousins in NC and now we must begin researching all Behers in the 1800s as there may be more to discover!
News: April 2018! We’re sad to discover that Y-DNA testing revealed that one branch of Beechers are not really part of our family. It appears it is Henry Ward Beecher (1887-1950) of York, PA who is actually the son a Weihmiller/Winemiller who may be the William Frederick Weihmiller who is living in the 1900 census with Henry Ward’s grandfather, Paris Epler Beecher and married Paris’ daughter Anna Elizabeth Beecher. Read our research article for all the details.
News: Dec 2017! We have new photo gallery with deeds and documents for Henry Beecher who died in 1795 in Littletown, PA.
News: Nov 2017! We have an online Google map showing exactly where Beecher Etc. deeds were in 1700s Pennsylvania, with links to records at nearby churches. Uncheck the church map layer to display only the Beecher locations. Beecher/Church Map
News: Oct 2015! Y-DNA tests confirmed that the PA Beechers have Y-DNA identical to the Beekers who went to North Carolina in the late 1700s. It’s a perfect match that confirms the NC Beekers are the sons of the PA Beechers whose whereabouts were previously unknown. We are searching now for records to prove the connection. We have complete family trees for the NC Beekers on this site at Beeker Family History and Family Trees
News: Jan 2010! Sadly since we first published Johann Engel Bücher on an Ancestry.com tree in 2003 lots of folks assumed he was born 1700 in Switzerland, and that is now copied into zillions of trees. We have Y-DNA tests proving it’s wrong, explained on this page.
At page bottom we name the earliest known Beechers in Pennsylvania and their family trees, but first let’s summarize the unrelated Beecher family lines that existed in Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
Since we began a Beecher Y-DNA project in 2003 to identify relationships between Beecher families, we have learned the following Beechers occur in Pennsylvania:
Pennsylvania German Beechers
German-speaking immigrants arrived on ship in the 1700’s and 1800’s usually with one of two surnames that sound like Beecher: Becher or Bücher, with an umlaut above the U modifying the German pronunciation like an E sound. Some of these immigrants adopted a variant spelling including Beecher, Beicher, Biecher, Beeker, Beher, Beacher, etc. or Bicher, the latter pronounced as Beecher by today’s Pennsylvanians.
Y-DNA tests have shown the majority of Beecher etc. ancestors found in Pennsylvania from 1700 to 1900 are in fact one family related by Y-DNA, originating from German speaking immigrants who came to America on ships from Rotterdam prior to the Revolutionary War, some of whom are identified below on this page. The original surname is recorded as Bücher in 1700’s records among those we have Y-DNA tested to date. The Y-DNA haplogroup type of this family is I-M253, which is the Y-DNA of the Vikings and found in most males in Scandanavia, and along the Baltic Sea coast where the Vikings conquered, including Sweden, Norway, Denmark, northern Germany, Holland, northern France, the Britiish isles, and Iceland. There is a map below showing the most likely areas where our Y-DNA is matching others.
There are also a number of German-speaking colonial-era Becher immigrants who became Beechers in later generations. Y-DNA tests show this Beecher family is haplogroup type R1b1a2 and therefore unrelated to the majority of Beechers in Pennsylvania. The Becher line is a distinct family having different origins. Please visit our Becher genealogy page on this site to learn about them.
We have also tested all the many colonial-era Pennsylvania Bucher families (without the umlaut so they pronounce their name with an O sound as Booker, Bookur, or Booher) and none of those match the Y-DNA of the Büchers. Much more on this is below.
The North Carolina Beekers living in Rowan and Davidson County are the same family as the Pennsylvania lines. In PA records in the 1700s we see the Beechers sometimes recorded as Beeker due to the German pronunciation.
The Virginia Behers who migrated to Indiana are another branch of the Pennsylvania lines,
We have employed a German genealogist immigrants were born and in Summer, 2019 we expect this project to be completed which can reveal our origin, and involve Y-DNA test on living male descendants who remained in Europe.
Read about the known earliest ancestors in this Beecher line at the very bottom of this page.
If you are curious about the relationship between Bücher and Beecher surnames here is the story. In German, bücher means books and the word bücher years ago also referred to the crude paper used which was made from beech trees. A bücher was also an occupation — a woodsman who cut beech trees for paper making. (Unfortunately, because bücher means books it is quite difficult to Google anything on German sites when trying to find ancestors with surname Bucher.)
Connecticut Beechers came to Pennsylvania
Many Beechers in America, particularly in New England, are descended from the famous abolitionist Beecher line that includes preacher Henry Ward Beecher and Harriett Beecher Stowe, the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. They originate from a John Beecher (1594-1637) who was among the English explorers who founded New Haven, Connecticut in 1637.
Our Beecher Y-DNA project proves the Connecticut Beechers are not related to the Pennsylvania Beechers discussed above, and we will explore the Y-DNA differences in the next section “Beecher Y-DNA Findings.”
A few of these New England Beechers migrated into Pennsylvania early on… Samuel Beecher, born 1784 in New Haven, Connecticut, settled in Pike Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania and Beechers that county are descend from him. John Orrin Beecher, b.1784 in Massachusetts, was among the early settlers in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, with five sons born there from 1808 to 1822. Descendants are found as far south as Schuylkill County and in western Pennsylvania in later years. During the later 1800’s, a few Connecticut Beechers from other branches stray into the Philadelphia area or near Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, and Erie. While genealogists have long assumed that the Connecticut John Beecher b.1594 was English, our Y-DNA testing has shown his ancestors were originally from Germany matching males having surname Bücher — read the Connecticut Beecher Y-DNA findings further down this page. While our online tree has the Connecticut Beechers who were in Pennsylvania before 1900, to research all the New England Beecher line in detail, you should consult the expert research of Jim Shaw and William H. Beecher IV who have the complete descendancy of John Beecher online here on Rootsweb’s free site.
Other Beechers in Pennsylvania
Irish Beechers in Pennsylvania. In the mid 1800’s a handful of immigrants arrive with surname Beecher with their census reports showing they were born in Ireland or Wales. They are found in small numbers employed in coal mining regions near Schuylkill county, the factories near Pittsburgh, and in Philadelphia. Our online family trees identify these as distinct families; we have no prove of connections to the Germany Beechers.
Italian Beechers in Pennsylvania. A Lawrence Beecher family immigrated from Italy in the 1800’s and lived in Philadelphia.
Later German Beechers in Pennsylvania. In the mid 1800’s a few Beecher or Bicher immigrants arrive whose census reports have a birthplace in Germany. No evidence has yet been found to tie any to the original Pennsylvania German Beecher families and none of these later immigrants descendants have been Y-DNA tested. They appear on this website in separate family trees until we know more.
Beecher Y-DNA Findings
DNA findings constantly evolve as scientists learn more plus more people participate in DNA genealogy research. Please return to get updates. After reading the following summary, you can review the latest results of our Beecher Y-DNA research.
There is a vast difference in the Y-DNA of Pennsylvania German Beechers and Connecticut Beechers, so the lines were not related within thousands of years.
Pennsylvania German Beecher Y-DNA: While they were German-speaking, the Y-DNA found in most Pennsylvania Beechers is haplogroup I1 (in particular I-M253). I1 is predominantly found in areas along the Baltic and North Sea coasts where the Vikings conquered and spread their families. I1 is especially common today in Scandinavia – it reaches levels of 33% in Denmark and Sweden and is also found in England, Germany and the Netherlands, where it is about 15% of men. Some males with I1 migrated further inland over time so it is possible the Beecher ancestors came from further south in Germany, even though I1 isn’t as common there. Eventually, the origin place in Europe of the Pennsylvania German Beechers will be discovered when a Y-DNA match is found in a male living in Europe whose family line is known back to the 1700’s, or, our Y-DNA matches a male in the USA who immigrant arrived later in the 1800’s and his origin is known. As mentioned above, while most PA Beechers are one related family line with I1 Y-DNA, there is a second smaller line originating from Becher ancestors with R1b1a2 Y-DNA that is discussed on our Becher genealogy page.
Connecticut Beecher Y-DNA: Their haplogroup is type R1b (in particular R1b1a2). R1b is the most common Y-DNA haplogroup in Western Europe and therefore common to immigrants who founded America. It occurs in about 40% of men in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Britain, and Holland and even higher in Spain and France. John Beecher b.1594 arrived with the English colonists who founded Connecticut. His Y-DNA matches German ancestors and suggests he shared a German-speaking male ancestor in the 1500’s, perhaps his father or grandfather.
Where Did the Pennsylvania German Beechers Immigrate From?
The following map shows the locations in Europe where the Y-DNA of Engel Bücher (tested by this website’s owner, Jonathan Beacher) matches others on 25-markers or more. The locations shown are where an earlier known ancestor was located, but so far none of these matched ancestors have a Beecher-like surname. Why? Because Y-DNA can show related males back hundreds and thousands of years, even before surnames came into use at the end of the middle ages, and before record keeping became common in the 1400’s and 1500’s. So although these “cousins” have different surnames, we did share a common male we’ll never be able to identify since there were no records kept. We have located a village in Germany where we believe the Beecher etc. line originates and have employed a German genealogist to confirm or disprove this. During the latter part of 2019 we will announce findings.
The map does help us theorize where our Bücher / Beecher etc. ancestors are more likely to be from. As expected, the highest concentrations of matches are in the areas where our I-1 Y-DNA was spread by the Vikings when they traveled to conquer the Baltic sea coasts. The yellow locations have 1-2 marker mutation differences, and the red locations are perfect matches with our Beecher Y-DNA.
Pennsylvania German Beecher Ancestors
From the 1960’s until he died in 2004, Bruce Franklin Beacher Ph.D who lived in Adams County, Pennsylvania, visited countless churches, cemeteries, historic societies, and mailed, phoned and knocked on doors of any Beechers, Beachers, Biechers, and Beichers he could find in Pennsylvania. He discovered his earliest Beecher ancestor was Jacob Bicher b.1758 in Lancaster County who died in 1842 in Lebanon County, and upon contacting Bichers he found in the phone book, he learned they also pronounce their surname like Beecher. Upon finding Jacob Bicher’s marriage record in Stouchsburg, Berks County, it identified his father was Engel Bücher, that spelling also found for Jacob Bicher’s earliest church records.
In the 1970’s he began sharing research with Mary Lou Mariner, a descendant of John Beecher b.1757 who died in 1842 in Adams County, who collaborated with researcher Sharon Swope, another Beecher descendant, to find considerable info about another possibly related line of Beechers descending from a Henry Buecher d.1795. Another Beecher descendant, Craig Bennett, contributed considerable research in the 1970s.
Yet another Beecher line was being researched by Henry Jacoby Beecher (1922-2016) ( of York County who traced his ancestry back to a John Beecher (1757-1819) in Lancaster County who died in 1819 in Berks County, signing his will as Johannes Bücher.
In 2004 no one was certain if these Beecher families were related or not, and no linking proof could be found.
To continue his Uncle Bruce Beacher’s genealogy research, in 2003 Jonathan Beacher (webmaster of this site) started a Y-DNA project at FamilyTreeDNA.com, hoping that brand-new technology might provide answers. Sadly, Bruce Beacher died in 2004 just before our first major Y-DNA findings were known, answering puzzles Bruce tried to solve for over 30 years. He was right: the York County Beechers were the same family as Bruce’s Bicher ancestors in Lancaster County.
In addition to testing Beecher relationships, we decided to also test Bucher surnames. Engel Bücher died in 1778 in Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, and living nearby was Hans Bucher (1715-1793) who immigrated in 1735, so it was expected Engel’s Y-DNA would match Hans. Beecher researchers in York and Adams counties had theorized they might be descended from Nicholas Bucher (1670-1765) who immigrated in 1727. There were many other Bucher immigrants to consider. Could any one of these be our connection?
DNA Research Findings about Pennsylvania Beechers
1. No Bucher Relatives in Pennsylvania — Bucher and Bücher Aren’t the Same: The Y-DNA testing found the Pennsylvania German Beechers are not related to any other Bucher ancestor line found in 1700’s Pennsylvania. This makes sense, considering that all other Bucher families pronounce their surnames as Booker or Bookur or Booher whereas the Beechers wrote their original surname as Bücher with the German umlaut (two dots) over the U which results in our different pronunciation. Further, no Bucher lines have the the haplogroup I-M253 DNA of the Beechers. Our research identified 14 unrelated Bucher family lines in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia in the 1700’s. Knowing the Beechers are unrelated is very helpful so we are careful not to confuse ancestors in Bucher families within our Beecher trees. (This website contains trees of all the unrelated Bucher lines.)
2. Most Pennsylvanians with Surnames Beecher, Beicher, Biecher, Bicher, Beacher, Beechert are Related. Y-DNA tests show the following Beecher family lines were closely related by a common male ancestor in the 1600’s or 1700’s:
RELATED PENNSYLVANIA BEECHER FAMILIES. Click name to see their trees.
Engel Bücher d.1778 in Cocalico Township, Lancaster County and immigrated in 1751 on the ship Neptune. All of his descendants are Beachers, Bichers, Beichers, Biechers, or Beechers.
John Beecher b.1757 in Lancaster County. When he died in 1819 he begins his will “I John Beecher” but signs it as Johannes Bücher. Most descendants are Beechers but a few adopt Biecher, Beicher and Beichert. With the help of Y-DNA tests and other evidence, we determine John is the son of Engel Bücher.
John Bicher b.1791 and brother Benjamin Bicher b.1797 in Lancaster County. All descendants are Bichers, pronounced like Beecher. They are grandsons of Engel Bücher. We found documentation to establish they are the sons of Peter Bicher.
Henry Buecher d.1795 in Littlestown, Adams County. He is father of the John Beecher b.1757 who died in Adams County in 1842 and perhaps the brother of Engel, and he is likely the Johan Heinrich Bücher who arrived with Engel in 1751 on the ship Neptune. See our photo gallery with his deeds, will, etc. All of his descendants use the Beecher surname.
Here’s an interactive map of where these ancestors died. You can move the map with your mouse or zoom in to see details.
Some mysteries to prove..
Mystery 1: Arriving on the ship Neptune in 1751 with Johan Engel Bücher is Johan Henrich Bücher. Y-DNA tests show Engel matches the Henry Buecher who died in 1795 in Adams County who sired many Beecher descendants. If he immigrated with Engel he would be a brother, if not then cousin, not his son, since their children are born in the same time frame: 1750’s and 1760’s. Engel Bucher and Henry Buecher were both shoemakers.
Mystery 2: Solved! Those researching John Beecher b.1759 naturally believed he wasn’t related to the the descendants of Engel Bücher since they used surname Bicher, Biecher, and Beicher in the early 1800s. The Y-DNA testing shows they are indeed related and combined with other evidence one can confidently conclude that John Beecher is Engel’s son John who is named in Engel’s will in 1778.
Those are the mysteries concerning the Beechers who match Y-DNA, but we have many more Beechers to explore in colonial Pennsylvania…
Possible Elder Beecher Ancestors
Following are ancestors who should be part of our Pennsylvania Beecher family tree in the early 1700’s. If you can identify their fathers please email treeinfo@searchtrees.com so we can update this website.
Peter Bicher
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
View Peter Bicher’s Tree A Peter Bicher arrived on the ship Edinburgh, 30 Sep 1754, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
We have found no evidence to confirm that he is the same Peter Biecher who in 1759 bought lot No. 27 in the town of Lebanon, according to the book, “Old Salem in Lebanon” about the Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church that Engel Bücher’s son Jacob attended until he died. But we do know that Engel’s son Jacob Bicher (1758-1842) lived later on this same lot that Peter Biecher bought. Further, the book also documents that in 1760 a David Beecker bought lot No. 9 and are looking for records to identify his possible connection.
Conrad Bucher
Conrad Bucher – New Holland
New Holland, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Conrad Bucher attended Trinity Lutheran Church in New Holland with wife Anna nee Bostrunk, where their daughter Maria Margaretha is baptized 31 Mar 1751. Conrad might be related to the Bücher/Bicher families who appear in this same church, because he doesn’t appear in any family trees for the 5 Bucher families that existed in 1700’s Pennsylvania. We have found no other records for Conrad in Lancaster County, although he might this Conrad Bucher found in 1759 and later in Adams County, Pennsylvania.
Johan Peter Bucher (1753-?)
Johan Peter Bucher b.1753 – Lancaster
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Johan Peter Bucher born 26 Dec 1753 was baptized at First Reformed Church in Lancaster city, son of Christian and Susan Margaret Bucher. Christian and Peter have not been recorded in any family tree of the 5 Bucher families that existed in 1700’s Pennsylvania, so they might be Beecher ancestors.
Possible Beecher Descendants
Following are possible descendants who should tie into our family trees, but we cannot yet identify their fathers. We don’t have Y-DNA tests on their descendants yet to prove they are related, but it seems obvious they are. Can you connect them? If so, please email us.
View William Beecher’s Tree In 1800 to 1804, a William Beecher and wife Maria baptize son Jacob and daughter Amelia Maria at First Reformed Church in Lancaster. William would likely be born before 1780.
John Bicher
View John Bicher’s Tree The marriage record of William M. Bicher (1829-1890) identifies his parents as a John Bicher of Lancaster county, PA who married Sarah E. Sands. This John Bicher would be born about 1810 or earlier and surely must be a grandson of Engel Bucher, but we have found no records for John in Pennsylvania. Son William was born in Lancaster county, married in Ohio and dies in Illinois.
William Bicher
Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
View William Bicher’s Tree Born about 1801 according to the 1850 census, William Bicher and wife Sarah are found living in Lebanon city.
View John Bicher’s Tree Born about 1820 according to the 1850 census, John Bicher and wife Rebecca are living in Lebanon city.
Perry County, Pennsylvania
View Jacob Beecher’s Tree Born about 1798 in Pennsylvania, Jacob Beecher and wife Lena are in Perry county in the 1860-70 census. They may be descendants of the Adams county Beechers since Perry is close.
John Beecher
Adams County, Pennsylvania
View John Beecher’s Tree When William Little dies in 1822, his will mentions his daughter Elizabeth is married to John Beecher. We have yet to determine who this John is, but his birth would likely be about 1805 or earlier.
View John Beecher’s Tree Born in 1813 in Adams county, John appears in Menallen Township in 1850 census and married Elizabeth Guilden in 1850 in York Springs. We are presently unable to identify his father but certainly he descends from the Adams county Beechers. His descendants migrate to Altoona in Blair county.
John Beecher and sons Peter and John
Berks County, Pennsylvania and Franklin County, Ohio
View Peter Beecher’s Tree View John Beecher’s Tree John Beecher and wife Elizabeth Sauda [Sanda] give birth near Reading, Pennsylvania to Peter Beecher b.1831 and John Beecher b.1843. The sons are in Franklin County, Ohio, in the 1860 census, in 1870 in Indiana where John dies, and Peter dies in Kansas. Peter marries Elizabeth Ridenour in Ohio, and the Ridenour and Beecher families settle as neighbors in Gahanna in Franklin County where Beecher Road and Ridenour Road are today named near their adjacent farms. It’s logical these Beechers are part of the tree of John Beecher b.1759 of Berks County since others in his family also move to Franklin County, Ohio.
View John Beecher’s Tree Jacob Beecher marries Mary Ann VanDeventer in 1846 in Kane county, Illinois. His 1850 census states Jacob was born about 1828 in Pennsylvania (1860 census says 1818), Mary about 1824 in New York. His son William H. Beecher born 1849 returns to Pennsylvania by 1880 and lives his life in Franklin, Venango county. He may have chosen Venango because related Beechers were there. In Venango County, Pennsylvania: Her Pioneers and People we read a George D. Beecher served as a Civil War lieutenant in Company A of the 161st Regiment – 16th Cavalry. He would be born anytime prior to 1848, but we cannot find any record of George D. other than to confirm his Civil War service in the Venango company.
Elizabeth Beicher
View Elizabeth Beicher Tree A mysterious Elizabeth Beicher born in 1788 is found in a death record in Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, when she dies 25 May 1868, with her birthplace specifically listed as Lancaster City, Pennsylvania. Given the birth date and location and surname spelling, she surely must be related to the families of immigrant Engel Bücher. Elizabeth is listed as a widow, so she married a Beicher, her maiden name we still don’t know, nor do we know which Beicher she married. Widows typically lived out their final years with a son or a daughter (whose surname following marriage obivously would not be Beicher) so finding her son or daughter in Sandusky County may reveal who their Beicher father was.
John and Jacob Beacher
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
View John Beacher’s Tree View Jacob Beacher’s Tree Two brothers, John Beacher b.abt.1805 and Jacob Beacher b.abt.1815 are found in Springfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. They could be missing grandsons of Engel Bucher d.1778 who are not accounted for, or, missing descendants of Henry Buecher d.1795.
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Chester Holland Ashburn
Martha Fenwick
William Chester Ashburn
1. JoAnn Carrie Beecher
William Ashburn
Ronald Ashburn
Kirby Ashburn
William Chester Ashburn 1 2 3 4
Born: 7 May 1940 4 5
Marriage (1): JoAnn Carrie Beecher
Died: 15 Jul 2002, Carlisle, Cumberland, PA at age 62 4 5
Buried: Newville: Prospect HIll Cemetery, Cumberland, PA, USA 4
1. Newspaper: Valley Times-Star: Wedding of Joann C. Beecher and William Ashburn, 23 Sep 1959, Newville, Cumberland, PA. 3 -----
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Ashburn (photo)
Joann C. Beecher, William Ashburn Wed in Centerville Lutheran Church
Miss Joann Carrie Beecher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl S. Beecher of Walnut Bottom, was united in marriage with William Chester Ashburn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester H. Ashburn of Carlisle, recently in the Centerville Lutheran church.
Rev. Donald H. Bohn performed the double ring ceremony assisted by Rev. Victor C. Detty, pastor of the Dickinson Presbyterian church. The ring given to the bride by the bridegroom was the ring of his maternal great grandmother.
Given in marriage by her father, the bride was attired in a floor length clipped Chantilly lace over taffeta gown with a bateau neckline back and three quarter length sleeves. It has an 18 inch pleated net flounce around the bottom of the skirt ending in a chapel train. Her shoulder length veil was fastened to a bandeau of seed pearls. She carried a Bible topped with a white orchid.
Miss Donna Mae Beecher, sister of the bride, was the maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Mrs. Doyle D. Ashburn of Carlisle R. R, 5. sister in law of the bridegroom, and Miss Mildred I. Martin of Newville R. R. 1. They were attired in matching waltz length, deep rose taffeta gowns, with draped necklines and V back fitted bodices. Each had a full skirt, net rose bow in the V in the back, with streamers extending to the hem of the dress. They carried rose carnations and white pompons and white accessories.
Serving as best man for his brother was Doyle D. Ashburn of Carlisle R. R. 5. The ushers were Kirby Burkholder , and Roland Beecher of Carlisle R. R.4.
Kathy Jo Beam, cousin of the bride was the flower girl and the ring bearer was David E, Beecher, brother of the bride. The acolyte was Robert L. Beecher, another brother of the bride.
For her daughter's wedding, Mrs. Beecher chose a dress of navy print nylon chiffon with; a white hat and accessories. Mrs. Ashburn, mother of the bridegroom, wore a brown cotton lace over beige dress, beige hat and accessories. Both wore cymbidium orchid corsages.
George Houck of Newville was the soloist. Miss Peggy Skelley of Carlisle R. R. 4 was the organist.
Following the ceremony a reception was held on the lawn at the home of the bride for 150 guests. The couple went on a wedding trip to Ocean City, N. J. and, on their return on Sept. 6 took up residence at the home of the bridegroom's parents.
The bride is a graduate of Big Spring high school in the class of 1959 and is a freshman at Shippensburg State Teachers college. The bridegroom is a graduate of Carlisle high school in the class of 1958 and is a sophomore at Shippensburg State Teachers college.
2. Residence: on 1 Nov 1975 in Reading, Berks, PA. 1
3. Obituary: The Sentinel: obituary of William C. Ashburn on 16 Jul 2002 in Carlisle, Cumberland, PA. 5 William C. Ashburn Sr., 62, of Carlisle, died Monday, July 15, 2002, in the Thornwald Home, Carlisle.
Born May 7, 1940, in Carlisle, a son of the late Chester Holland and Martha Fenwick Ashburn, he was self-employed.
He was a member of Dickinson Presbyterian Church in Carlisle.
Mr. Ashburn is survived by a daughter, Kirby Sicklinger of Jacksonville, Fla.; two sons, William C. Jr. and Ronald E., both of Pittsburgh; two brothers, John F. of Neighborville, Ill. and Doyle D. of Carlisle; five grandchildren: and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a granddaughter.
Burial will be held at the convenience of the family. Friends may call Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. in Egger Funeral Home, 15 Big Spring Ave., Newville.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to his church, 12 Church Road, Carlisle, PA 17013.
William married JoAnn Carrie Beecher, daughter of Earl Sharp Beecher and Jeanette Nancy Wyrick.
1 <i>Shippensburg News-Chronicle</i> (Shippensburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania.), 4 Nov 1975, page 2. Obituary of Earl S. Beecher.
2 <i>Carlisle Daily Sentinel</i> (Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania), 3 Nov 2006, obituary of Jeanette N. Beecher.
3 <i>The Valley Times-Star (Newville, PA)</i>, 23 Sep 1959, page 8. Wedding of Joann Carrie Beecher and William Chester Ashburn.
4 <i>Find A Grave</i>, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20990730.
5 <i>The Sentinel (Carlisle, PA)</i> (www.cumberlink.com), 16 Jul 2002, obituary of William C. Ashburn.
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Video/Article : Our Favorite Games of 2017
Looking back at one of the greatest gaming years of all-time in 2017, Ains and Bert discuss their five favorite games of the year, ones that just missed the cut, and games they wish they had spent more time with.
The video contains both Ains and Bert’s selections and you can also find the written article(s) on their five favorites from each of them below!
Ains’s (Porshapwr) Five Favorite Games of 2017
5. PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG)
Originally, Mario Odyssey occupied this space. With the Xbox version of PUBG having only been released on December 12th, and launching in a pretty poor state, it wasn’t until the final week of 2017 that I truly began to appreciate PUBG. While the game still has a long road of optimization on the platform, I have to admit it has completely consumed me (and most of my friends for that matter). And because of that, it has made it into my top 5 of 2017.
It’s near impossible to explain what makes PUBG special. On paper, it certainly doesn’t sound it. It has 1 map/play area. It has limited weaponry and vehicles. It has zero progression. And it has a host of bugs and issues. Yet it provides feelings while playing it that very few games have matched for me. When simply running through the trees or up a mountain, it can make you feel calm, serene, and provide an amazing sense of escapism. Yet it only takes a split second to go from calm, to utterly and completely terrified. That sense in the back of your head, that anything can happen at any time, is special. The fact that every single match offers that same variability is what has kept tens of millions of players coming back for more.
PUBG is by far the best selling game of the year and outside of the Xbox One release on December 12th and the 1.0 release on PC on December 20th, the game had been in early access on a single platform. It has taken over Twitch and Mixer, set new records on Steam for concurrency, and is already spawning copycats. 2017 was THE year of PUBG.
Since its release less than a month ago, I have put over 80 hours into the game and most of that was over the course of the Holidays when I had little time to game. In fact, it’s safe to say I’ve played more PUBG in the past month than all other games combined. I’d say that’s reason alone for the game to be on my list at #5. If you enjoy shooters and/or competitive games and haven’t played PUBG yet, do yourself a favor…
4. Wolfenstein 2 : The New Colossus
Bethesda and single player shooters go together like peas and carrots. No, let’s be honest, peas and carrots are far too docile. The combination is likely more akin to assault rifles and grenades. With Doom having been SG’s game of the year for 2016 and now Wolfenstein 2 being so fantastic, Bethesda simply has a way about them with producing violent, explosive, and rapid first person shooters. But that’s not what makes Wolfenstein 2 so memorable. Rather, the characters and story telling just happen to be some of the best of 2017 as well.
Billy Blazkowicz, or Terror Billy as he’s affectionately referred to by the Nazis, is likely my favorite protagonist of the year. He’s the ideal personification of the game itself; a shell like a suit of armor containing a surprisingly vulnerable center. Stepping back into the shoes of Terror Billy begins with a bang and doesn’t let up until the credits roll, with some of the most memorable scenes of any game in 2017. The relationships Billy has with his wife and crew are just as well developed, with superb voice acting and direction as well. Frau Engel, the brilliantly directed antagonist, is just as memorable.
From the opening scene to the final credits, The New Colossus doesn’t let up. Bravo to Machine Games and here’s to whatever Bethesda is putting in the water throughout their development companies. I hope they continue doing so.
3. Cuphead
As soon as Cuphead was announced and I heard about its premise, I wanted to play it. Beyond the challenge it was said to offer, I found the art direction stunning and the story of its development heartening. So, after having followed its development closely for the past few years, I was overjoyed when I not only finally got to play it in 2017, but that it exceeded the lofty expectations I had for it.
I grew up in the 8 and 16-bit eras at a time when run and gun 2D shooters were in their prime and I continue to adore them today. I also love challenging games so much you could likely call me a masochist. The core aspect of what makes Cuphead so special is the sheer level of polish and precision with which it has been crafted. Simply ask anyone who grew up playing hardcore shmups or shooters and they will tell you that the feeling as though your character is doing exactly as you intended is the crux of any classic. And in that vein, Cuphead is the pinnacle of any shooter I played in 2017 (or quite frankly in a number of years).
Of course, Cuphead originally became popularized due to its striking art style. If you haven’t played it, I’ll simply say that you haven’t seen anything yet. The first time playing through each boss, and their various forms, was one of the most joyful experiences I’ve had in a video game in years. And with every single frame, you could see and feel the love put into Cuphead’s development. The tremendous, award winning jazz soundtrack is icing on the cake.
The Molderhauer brothers’ story of how they founded Studio MDHR and created Cuphead is both fascinating and endearing. If you simply adore video games and their development, I encourage you to not only play Cuphead but to read up on its development. You can find my full review here: Cuphead Review
2. Horizon Zero Dawn
Prior to finishing Prey, Horizon Zero Dawn was my frontrunner for my favorite game of the year. A new IP from Guerilla Games, developers of the Killzone series of games, Horizon Zero Dawn was an incredibly ambitious new IP featuring a vast open world, engrossing combat, a memorable cast of characters, and an intriguing story. Despite the very lofty goals for the title, Guerilla managed to hit nearly all of them.
My favorite aspect of Horizon Zero Dawn is how the world feels as though it could actually exist. As you unravel the mystery of Aloy’s history and the world which you occupy, you gain an even further appreciation for what has been built and why. The approach to how the player uncovers the history of the world was very well done and a big reason why I felt the urge to explore every nook and cranny of the world, leading to the Platinum trophy.
Beyond the world itself, Aloy and the machines that occupy the land are both notable as well. Aloy is rather charming and will no doubt become an icon for the PlayStation brand moving forward especially as sequels are inevitable. Meanwhile, the machines you fight across the land not only mimic the behavior of real-world wildlife, but resulted in some of the most fun combat of any title this year.
Horizon is a stunningly gorgeous game as well. It’s something I highlighted with screenshots from my playthrough here: Horizon Zero Dawn is an Amazingly Gorgeous Game
Game of the Year : Prey
Prey is my favorite game of 2017. In fact, I find it rather interesting that I’ve seen many people on sites and social media claim the same, yet it is rarely mentioned in Game of the Year discussions. I believe this to be due to a somewhat rocky launch as the console versions saw some rather significant technical issues. While those were corrected in quick order, the nature of the market today means that games are quickly forgotten post-launch.
Regardless, Prey is 2017’s Bioshock to me as I feel it shares many of the great aspects that made that title memorable for over a decade now. It offers a mysterious story in which the arc begins with a surprise, carries through the core game as you uncover more of the world, and ends with a mind-blowing revelation. The space station in which the game takes place, Talos 1, can be both eerie and serene and offers a fantastic accompaniment to the stories and alien race you uncover. The Typhon are haunting and formidable and force you to put your skills and weaponry to good use, again both of which are interesting and intelligently designed.
Lastly, Arkane Studio’s experience with the Dishonored franchise shines through in Prey with the capability to tackle objectives in many different ways. Alternate paths and shortcuts are littered throughout Talos 1 and combined with the more advanced abilities you can unlock, give you freedom to explore and combat enemies how you choose. If you enjoy first person shooters that offer exploration more in the vein of a Metroidvania title, I encourage you to play Prey.
If you’d like to read more detail about my game of the year, you can find my full review here: Prey Review
Bert’s (Treb_M3) Five Favorite Games of 2017
5. Injustice 2
Being a massive fan of DC, I was really looking forward to this game. After playing MKX we all had really high expectations for this game. NetherRealm does their social media announcements so well that the suspense for its releases keep all fans captivated until their release date.
There are so many different places to start with this game. I can talk about the balanced nature of each fighter to every other fighter in the game, how well written the story is for a fighter and how it all fits together with the comic that runs alongside the game. Even if you’re not a fan of Detective Comic characters, there is something in this game for everyone. You’ll find yourself unlocking costumes for everyone, going online to challenge others, and diving deep into the Multiverse mode. This game will keep you entertained for a long time and DLC is still releasing as well.
MachineGames does something very special with their shooters that other developers can’t seem to touch. They have a way of bringing ridiculous mechanics and story elements into their titles while still having them them all fit in and work very well.
Wolfenstein: The New Order was arguably the best single player shooter on modern consoles, until Doom came out in 2016, but The New Colossus takes it to another level. Simply put, the stories/characters are written so well. You find yourself rooting for Blazkowicz when he’s up against impossible odds, with enemies that have been rebooted from the original. New Colossus continues to keep things fresh in everyone’s favorite genre, Nazi killing. Not only does the story and gameplay deliver, but so does the graphic and sound fidelity. If you’re on any enhanced home console or well built PC rig, this will test your TV’s 4k abilities to your eye’s delight. Don’t pass up on this year’s best single player shooter.
Usually when an amazing game launches in early Spring it’s forgotten when game of the year discussions arrive in the Fall. Horizon Zero Dawn kept everyone talking throughout the year and continues to even now.
PS4’s most beautiful game delivers from the opening scene of the game and doesn’t let you drop the controller until you finish. Aloy’s journey starts from her birth and continues as you learn more about her. The game is truly a testament to who can be accomplished on today’s consoles in every aspect. Gameplay is silky smooth as you play the world built by Guerilla Games. Exploring every inch of the map will give you surprises with missions, enemies, and weapons . You’ll sink over 25 hours into the world if you shoot quickly through the game and spend over 60 if you choose to do everything. Just make sure you don’t have a Thunderjaw visiting you in your nightmares.
2. Super Mario Odyssey
We all knew Mario Odyssey was going to be great. What we didn’t know was how amazing the final product would be. You have to really wonder, how many times can Peach be kidnapped by Bowser? Yet, Nintendo seems to make games that age incredibly well. Gameplay mechanics seem to bring something fresh to each game in the franchise. This go round you send Cappy, your new hat, flying to take the shape and characteristics of whatever object you capture. It works incredibly well and fits in the Mario universe that has evolved from Mario being a plumber and shooting through tunnels, to jumping on Goombas, to being able to control a dinosaur to knock down walls, and even turning into electricity to fast travel between worlds.
Never before did I find myself wanting to take my Switch everywhere with me to save Peach again from a poorly thought out scheme from Bowser again. Challenge yourself to getting several hundred moons in this one. I currently sit at 192.
Game of the Year : The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild
The world of Zelda has captured so many people since 1986. I’ve always been a bigger Link fan than Mario fan despite Mario being the main mascot for Nintendo. However, with each Nintendo console release the first thing I always search for is Zelda, not the token Mario game that usually launches with the Nintendo console dating back to the 80’s. This generation we were treated to it being a launch title, despite the chagrin of it being delayed over and over on the Wii U. As sad as it is to admit, it was worth the wait.
Breath of the Wild reboots the tiresome recipe that preceded every Zelda game prior. Like Mario, we have an antagonist that kidnaps Zelda leaving Link to come to her rescue and battle Ganondorf along the way. What makes this the best Zelda game ever is the new open world concept that has replaced the Hyrule we’ve seen in prior Zeldas since the 80’s. This game doesn’t handhold, it doesn’t even give you a route to take and rarely ever advises you on what are the main story missions to stick to. Every player has a different experience with this game and when you hear fans talk about how they finished a puzzle, it’s great hearing how another person completed it in a completely different way. The game’s physics engine is something to behold as you struggle to finish puzzles or run out of stamina while at the peak of a mountain, only to fall to your death and figure out another way. The enemy variety is notable as well and will make your experience difficult until you learn their pattern and their weaknesses. I really enjoyed the gameplay mechanics while fighting and traveling the world.
You can lose yourself in Hyrule, just make sure not to spend too much time in the depressing world as you’ll easily find yourself spending 100+ hours on this game and not even get to the final boss(s). My game of the year easily goes to Zelda Breath of the Wild.
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by Farrokh Sekaleshfar
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In response to a request by directors of the Seminary Schools, in Iran, to receive money for building and purchasing numerous properties for the seminary cause, the late Imam Khomeini said: ‘…my stance – and I have uttered it repeatedly on previous occasions – is that I am against these extravagances; these are harmful to the seminaries. The criterion is Islam and education, which are in opposition to such excesses…’ Elsewhere he has categorically declared that however much money and buildings increase in this regard, studies and spirituality decline proportionally. After paying a visit to one of Qum’s leading seminary schools, a current marja’ (religious authority) said that ‘mujtahids will not arise from these marble staircases’.
Spirituality may be defined, in layman’s terms, as the theoretical and practical nurturing of one’s noble ethical traits. This is a rational must, whoever and wherever one is. Compromising on this is tantamount to compromising on one’s self. For seminarians, the path to acquiring such spirituality is, one can but expect, different to how non-seminarians proceed. The theological seminaries bear an incredibly rich, solid and dynamic tradition of almost 13 centuries, where students learn around ten subjects in great detail under the auspices of extraordinarily gifted, industrious and pious mentors who have acquired from mentors of their preceding generations a great degree of foresight and insight in their respective fields. All these subjects are pivoted around the objective of understanding God’s word and incorporating it personally as well as, ultimately, socially and globally.
On the theoretical side to spirituality, with each subject the student learns, doctrinal and ethical truths are elaborated for them in the most delicate of guises, talking to the heart in a particular language. When the student is studying morphology and is told that the root to all words is the gerund, the scaffolding to monotheism (tawḥīd) is being explained where the basis to all creation is God; and that there cannot be segregation between gerund and conjugation, they are in unity with one another. One emanates from another. All conjugations are the gerund, in dimension. When grammarians speak of words being classified into nouns, verbs and particles, the gnostic mentor with insight describes for the student that his/her path to God is that of wayfaring from being a noun (seeing oneself as wholly independent and limitless) to a verb (appreciating one’s limited nature, having a beginning and end) and reaching one’s objective in being a particle (acknowledging that one is nothingness, having nothing of one’s own and being wholly dependent on another) within the overall order of existence. The first clause of the first book of the first subject taught in the seminaries reads ‘the first step in knowledge is having gnosis of the all-Invincible One, and the last step is entrusting all affairs to Him’. Spirituality can’t be acquired in a day, week or month. It takes time. This applies even more so with the seminarian route.
This method is applicable to all the sciences of the seminaries i.e. in addition to paying utmost importance to the prima facie meanings and superficial dimensions of jurisprudence, exegesis and the like, the inner layers are just as, if not more, important. One cannot and should not confine one’s studies to either aspect; doing so is tantamount to one’s spiritual downfall according to Quranic dictates. The message and truth of the Quran is eternal, multi-dimensional and infinite. Confinement is meaningless. Believing in some parts or dimensions of the Book whilst hiding/distancing oneself from other parts and dimensions, leads but to disgrace, in this world and the Hereafter.
After ten years of covering the basic seminary sciences which ends with the labyrinthine hundred and fifty-year old text, in relation to the principles of jurisprudence, the student has access to enter the theoretical texts in gnosticism. The route has taken an important diversion. It’s only the beginning but what a beginning this is! And what can make you perceive what the beginning is? Maybe this remark from his Eminence, Ayatollah Hasanzadeh-Amoli – one of the leading urafa today – will help; he has written in one of his marginal notes to one of Mulla Sadra’s works:
“In reality, if it were not for the learning and teaching of the likes of Tamhid al-Qawa’id, Shawahid al- Rububiyyah, Khaje Tusi’s commentary of Isharat, Fusus al-Hikam and its commentaries especially Allamah Qaysari’s, Asfar, Misbah al-Uns, Shifa’ and Futuhat al-Makkiyah, the understanding of secrets that are concealed in traditions – which are the inner dimensions of the verses of the Quran – will not be feasible. In all truth, these aforementioned noble books must be deemed as esoteric interpretations for elevating one’s understanding of the Muhammadan message.”
Whilst all this is necessary, by no means may one suffice with it. Enter the practical side to spirituality. This stage also ought to start from the beginning and simultaneous to one’s basic studies. Here, one starts studying a list of practical ethical and spiritual books and treatises in order of ascending difficulty over the first ten years. These include the works of the likes of sheikh Bahai (d.1621), ibn Fahd al-Hilli (d.1437) and Sayyed Ibn Tāwūs (d.1266). The critical point during all this time is that one undergoes this ethical-mystical protocol under the supervision of a mentor. Here, it is the mentor who teaches one how the Prophet would have behaved in x, y or z scenario and one wants to simulate the Prophet through the words of such a mentor. Students would follow them, dine with them, learn from them, sleep at their home, observe how they speak with friends and foes and, in short, see how they behave with humans (and even animals and plants and the surrounding environment in general). This model – which has its roots traced back to the time of the Prophet – is based on the life of the eminent gnostic Mulla Husayn-Quli Hamedānī (d.1894). The latter’s students would sleep outside the mentor’s house. Once you find a proper manifestation of Prophetic attributes, how can one keep oneself away? It is narrated that a man was wandering helplessly in total bewilderment amongst the masses in a bazaar in Iraq. A passer-by asked the people ‘who is this perplexed one, who is haphazardly walking and shifting from left to right in total disorder and confusion?’ He was told: “Just ignore him, he has just come out of one of Mulla Husayn-Quli Hamedani’s lectures on ethics” That is the effect a true mentor can have. Total intoxication!
One may ask as to ‘isn’t all this idealistic’ and ‘do such things exist today in Iran or Iraq’ or elsewhere? Yes, of course such people and paths still exist as they have always done but as a result of the times, the lack of gravity disclosed by students, the often shameless behaviour manifested by students, the serious deficiency in knowledge and depth, such paths have been kept away from the public eye and rightly so. However, their fruits do eventually become unveiled into society, sooner or later either during the mentor’s life or, as is often the case, after the mentor’s demise.
Farrokh Sekaleshfar
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Hajj: an inner call to all (Part 2)
Book Community Hajj Political Spiritual Statement
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Tegra partner kicks into gear
Something may come of it
Oct 13, 2009 by Newsdesk
WHILE WE can’t really feel the love for Nvidia’s desktop and laptop graphics antics, we do see where Tegra-based netbooks can get consumers hot under the collar.
Tegra, being the orphaned little SoC that it is, hasn’t seen much action since it was announced back in February 2008. The first live demos of the unit – that we recall – took place at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona 2008, where the Green Goblin claimed the device could just go on and on for days on end without battery charges, much like an Nvidia fanboi.
The usual rounding-up of suspects ensued, with the company announcing several partnerships with major names in developing MID-like devices that would actually bring entertainment and enlightenment to the masses. Nothing really came of it.
Fast-forward a year and a half.
Today, reports have reached us that Mobinnova will be launching its renowned élan 3G smartbook – now known as ‘Beam’ – and, according to the company, it will be available around CES 2010.
The Beam will sport a Tegra 650 SoC running Windows CE and will run from 5 to 10 hours on a fancy 3-cell battery that slides down, props up the keyboard and reveals the interface ports on the back of the device, which include HDMI, by the way. It will have an integrated GeForce GPU to accelerate HD decode (720p) and Adobe Flash’s 10.1 support for Nvidia graphics acceleration might just make life a bit easier for users streaming HD video on-line (let’s also not forget Silverlight Mobile – although not as widely used as Flash – which also makes use of GPU acceleration under WinCE). This should make short work of Atom-based netbooks in most scenarios, because Atom has neither the CPU nor GPU horsepower to tap.
Mobinnova is currently negotiating with mobile operators to have it subsidized and sold on the cheap, if you hook up to a contract. Maybe, just maybe, something will come of this.S|A
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DJHectorHNL | 2015 OAKtoberfest Dance 17 Oct 2015 R&B, Twerk, Trap, Scratch Tools, Hip-Hop, Funk, Theme Song, Twerk Bounce, Blues, Rap, Bootie, Electro, Intros, Top 40, Pop, Hip Hop - Dance, Bay Area, Rock, Reggae, Throwbacks, Twerk Remix, Scratch & Battle Dj Tools, Christmas, Holiday, Dj Tool, Dance, Hip-hop-rnb, Segue, Bootleg, Transitions, Unclassifiable, Electro House, Transition, Billboard, Soul, Acapella, Rap & Hip-hop, Electronica, Disco, 90 S, South, Hip Hop; Rap Menlo College OAKtoberfest Dance, Atherton 94027, CA, United States of America See playlist
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What IS a Sugar-plum?
According to Clement Clark Moore, sugar-plums are so special that of all the possible delights a child might dream of, they top the list.
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads…
So what exactly are these “sugar-plums” dancing in dreamland? At first glance the “sugar” and “plum” seem obvious. Sweetened fruit, right?
Well…. in a word, NO. The actual fruit plum had zero to do with it. Don’t beat yourself up if you thought otherwise because few these days know what a sugar-plum was! The Oxford English Dictionary declares the term obsolete. English-speakers from the 17th to the 19th century knew sugar-plum as another name for what was sometimes called dragee or more commonly comfit.
Comfit (n.) – early 14c., “sugarplum,” from Old French confit “preserved fruit,” from Latin confectum, from confectionem (or confection).
A confectioner making ‘sugar plums’ (sugared almonds) in a balancing pan.
All of these terms name a sweet made of sugar syrup hardened around a central seed or kernel in successive layers using a process called “panning” which is similar to how shelled candies like M&Ms, jawbreakers, and jelly beans are made. The candy pan is kept in motion over heat while successive layers of sugar are poured on and allowed to harden. Sugar-plums or comfits were most often made with caraway, fennel, coriander, or cardamom seeds at the center. Almonds were another classic base for sugar-plum — the candy then more like a modern-day Jordan almond — as well as walnuts, aniseed, and even teeny celery seeds. Strips of cinnamon bark, citrus peel, and ginger root were popular choices too.
In the centuries before mechanization, the process was one of the most time-consuming, labor intensive, and costly confectionary crafts. Specialized equipment called a “pearling funnel” or “cot” were needed to add the sugar, and the repeated “panning” to coat the hard center took hours up to days depending on the layers required for the size desired. Colored coatings were popular and created by staining the final layers of syrup with an edible pigment. Sanders, mulberry juice, and cochineal were used for red, indigo stone for blue, the juice of spinach for green, and saffron or gum gambodge for yellow. Only those with extreme skill could create a quality sugar-plum. Because of this, sugar-plums were a luxury snack for wealthy, aristocratic consumers.
Due to the unique nature of sugar-plums, the term came to have a special meaning. By the 1600s the phrase “a mouth full of sugar plums” meant a person spoke sweetly. However, in a strange twist, the phrase might also mean the person had a deceitful agenda — if their mouth was stuffed with sugar-plums as a bribe. “Plum” evolved into British slang for 100 pounds, or simply a huge pile of money, and a rich man was often referred to as a plum, hence the correlation between money and a highly priced confection. In time “plum” became a term for an especially desirable or precious thing, as we still see to this day.
Georg Flegel (1566-1638) Still Life with Candy, Dutch, 17th century (image from Wikimedia Commons)
By the 1860s candy makers were using steam heat and mechanized rotating pans so sugar-plums could be manufactured and purchased at a much lower price, and were given brand names rather than the broader term, hence its disappearance from modern English.
An example of the status of sugar-plums and the term “plum” itself is seen in Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. In the Land of the Sweets in Act II, of all the various candy players, it is the Sugar Plum Fairy who rules the kingdom in the absence of the Prince. Written in 1892 when the candy was more easily attainable and popular, the universal concept was of sugar-plums as symbolic for all that was sweet, delectable, and lovely.
For Regency era folks with a sweet-tooth and scads of extra cash lying around, sugar-plums were a popular choice. Not, however, associated specifically with Christmas. We have Mr. Moore and his poem to thank for that!
So, getting back to Moore and those dreams of dancing sugar-plums, it is not known precisely what he meant by the phrase. Written in 1823, Moore could have meant the literal candy. He could just as easily been referring to the general delights and desirable gifts of Christmas. Most commentators lean toward the candy interpretation but unless a hitherto undiscovered document written by Moore surfaces, the mystery shall remain unsolved.
If you search Google for recipes for sugar-plums you will find dozens. None of them, however, are for the original candy. Not that they don’t look delicious! Modern “sugar plums” are an entirely different treat, the base typically a fruit… such as a plum!
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Janet Tomlinson says:
Thank you I loved reading about the significance of The Sugar Pl and had never considered beyond the ballet
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When Video Games Stress Me Out
October 10, 2012 October 10, 2012 Ashley Hagood
I love video games, but in addition to the occasional rage quit, I sometimes find that playing video games makes me tense. A chill-out session somehow escalates over the course of a couple of hours to leave me with sweaty palms and an accelerated heart rate. Some people may find that fun, but I just feel on edge.
Stop making me drop my weapons!
Sometimes the games that do this to me feature over-the-top immersion — a fantastic thing, but incredibly intense when realistic enemies are whacking away at my health bar for hours on end. Other times, the games are just really, really difficult. And for games whose reputations of being ridiculously impossible precede them, I sweat just thinking about them and often refuse to play them at all.
It’s partly a personal thing. I have never been a competitive person. And while leveling up can become a bit of an obsession with some games, the challenge aspect of games — beating my previous score, taking down an optional boss — is never a priority for me. I avoid confrontation in games when possible. Stealth and ranged combat are my favorite things, because it feels less stressful when a.) I can sneak past an enemy to avoid combat entirely, and b.) I don’t have an enemy standing face-to-face with my avatar trying to strike her down. (Really, I’d like to get into more turn-based games just to have a chance to take a breath and think my way through the game.)
Adrenaline Overload?
I’ve also never been one for stress. Some people are adrenaline junkies, but roller coasters and horror films are (usually) not for me. In a way, action-packed video games that force you to think fast, dodge attacks and take down enemies before the frustrating “GAME OVER” screen appears are meant to thrill you with adrenaline.
In fact, a clinic has reported that computer games spark a “fight or flight” response in players — specifically, an adrenaline rush — which causes the adrenaline to build up in the body since no real action is taken. (Kicking ass in a game doesn’t actually release the body’s real adrenaline.) This makes a lot of sense to me. I can’t believe that playing video games will lead to an anxiety disorder or anything like that, but it does explain the frazzled feeling I have after a virtual shooting session. (Unfortunately, this information was reported by the British tabloid The Sun and is mysteriously lacking in detail… but it’s an interesting theory nonetheless.)
When Games Are Good For You
On the other hand, a study by Texas A&M International University professor Dr. Christopher J. Ferguson found that the long-term playing of violent video games can help adults feel less hostile and depressed after stressful or frustrating tasks. What’s even more interesting — and makes a lot more sense, to me — is an East Carolina University study that found physical stress levels reduced after playing Bejeweled 2. The same has been said of playing Tetris, which helps people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder by essentially keeping their minds too occupied to visualize past negative events (flashbacks). And it’s these non-violent games that really seem capable of allowing the mind to unwind, in my opinion.
Lately, when I feel overwhelmed with stress from either intense video games or life in general, I pick up a puzzle game. I’ve never been big on playing games on my mobile phone — the small screen and tiny buttons are mostly to blame — but finding a game of Tetris on the Internet is a pleasure at the end of a long day. It reminds me of when creative people say that they get their best ideas doing mundane tasks, such as washing the dishes or taking a shower. There’s something relieving about keeping your hands, eyes and brain busy so your unconscious mind can work things out.
Obviously, there is a minor frustration factor with games like Limbo and Portal when you get stuck on a tricky puzzle. But Trine 2 offers hints — you can even bring the hints on sooner, on a low-patience sort of day — and of course Tetris lets you start again and again and again.
Why I’m Into Waveform
This week I started a new puzzler that I highly recommend. Created by Eden Industries, it’s called Waveform, and like many other games of its kind, it lets you replay each level to beat your past score. Even when you only reach 30% completion or receive some other abysmal score (like I did at first), the game is encouraging and a blast to play.
Waveform has a story — something to do with saving light in space — but you’d barely know it from playing. The retro-style gameplay is obviously where the game shines. Your ball is the hero, moving along a light wave that you control. By moving your cursor up and down and side to side, you lengthen or shorten — or tighten, or loosen — the wave. Your goal is to catch the little orbs of light along the way, which requires careful shifting of the light wave.
To make things trickier, tightening the waves speeds up the ball, and you’ll need to avoid mines (among other things) in your path. Bouncing or spinning light rings are moving targets that are hard to hit. You can also slide along rings and whirl through exit portals for more achievements. And in later levels, the waves get funky, the ball bounces off mirrors, mines are on the move and Waveform’s complexity becomes evident even as the game mechanics remain deceptively simple.
Beyond the gameplay, the game’s glossy appearance and fitting, retro-style soundtrack — full of old-fashioned arcade noises that add personality to the music — make Waveform a pleasure to play. The game mechanics are so easy, there’s no tutorial, but it’s a challenge to get a perfect score and earn all the achievements. What I like most about it is how forgiving it is as it scrolls along, helping you forget what light particles you missed and concentrate on what’s ahead.
So, when I need a break from life, I tend to turn to video games for much-needed escapism. But when I need a break not only from life but also from the occasional bout of in-game stress, I zone out with a puzzle game like Waveform. For me at least, it’s nice to know that so many games exist to suit so many different moods.
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I agree. Games can be a great stress reliever. At least depending on what the game is. :P I know when I play certain games, I find myself getting more stressed and tense rather than relaxed. I find the dancing games to be fun and a great stress reliever aside from puzzle games. Just recently, I bought Just Dance for the Wii and Dance Central for the 360. After a particularly long day at work, I would pop one of these in and start dancing and having fun. I find myself completely at ease even as I on occasion mess up the steps.
Yeah, it’s easy to get frustrated on a bad day, too. Most days I’m into any type of combat or “stress,” but there are definitely days when I just want things to be easy. That’s also when I lower the Difficulty!
My mom has Just Dance, so I play it sometimes when I visit her. That’s true, those types of games can be very big stress relievers! I used to love the step aerobics and yoga on Wii Fit, too… and playing Wii Sports with friends — bowling!!!! — is always fun. =)
xandurse says:
I’ve often found games that allowed flight (or web-slinging) relaxing; just travelling around and doing nothing. If you can avoid combat, Just Cause 2 is like a tropical vacation; you can ride on the back of a jet as it takes off from the airport, through and over snowy mountains and out over a gorgeous chain of islands and blue water. Bored? Blow the plane up and sky-dive for several minutes (It’s a 5-7min fall from the vertical ceiling, if I recall correctly). Land in the water and swim underwater, checking out the coral reefs. Grab a powerboat and go visit the island from “Lost” (seriously). Grapple hook anywhere and anything and go parachuting in the desert. Damn… Now I want to go chill out in Just Cause 2…
That sounds amazing. Yeah, aside from puzzle games I also find games like Journey to be really relaxing and offer something very different than the typical violent or “challenging” video game. It’s funny because the flying bit you mentioned in Just Cause 2 reminds me of a study I participated in when I was in college. The idea was for a video game that would help people focus and relax simultaneously (for better concentration), and so you had to basically move an airplane across the screen by focusing and relaxing. (Your head was all wired to track your brainwaves.) It was all very abstract, and I did it with bars instead of the airplane But my brainwaves after several sessions showed much more “focusing and relaxing,” so it worked! Anyway, it was very cool and I can see how certain games — with the floating or flying bits, maybe — could possibly help your mind to relax, rather like those sessions helped train the brain to calmly concentrate. Depending on the game, obviously. =)
Hunh that sounds neat. I was offered to try a new driving simulator as part of an experiment for a friend of mine working in the Psych department, but I didn’t even have my license yet at the time so I couldn’t participate :( As for Just Cause 2, I had actually filmed a quick tour of what I described with my phone once and found the video last night. Might try uploading some of my dumber experiments, such as trying to take off with a jet tethered to a motorboat….
David G. says:
This is an interesting to think about. I personally play such a wide variety of games for different reasons. I used to be a big DDR player during my college days so I certainly had my adrenaline junkie days lol.
Yeah, that’s the key I guess: different games for different reasons. The thing for me is that some days I really want to explore a certain in-game world, but I’m just not in the mood to deal with a boss fight! Other days, all I want to do is tackle the boss fight… but first I have a ton of fetch quests to do. Hmmm. =)
I think we can all stand against fetch quests in general.
Ocarina of Time Nerd says:
I think I might give waveform a try. I need a game that lets me kinda zone out. I never really thought about video games as adrenaline busters, but it makes sense!
Yeah, Waveform is good for that. It’s got lots of challenges but it’s soothing and low-pressure at the same time. As for the whole adrenaline thing, I think it’s definitely a personality or temperament thing too. In real life I like calm environments so I’m easily stressed in chaotic places… which sometimes includes games!
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Steven Gerrard targets another signing
Taimoor Khan
8:23 am - July 10, 2019
Steven Gerrard is looking to secure Rangers’ eighth signing of the season in the coming days as the Scottish giants look to strengthen the squad.
Rangers will be completing another signing in the next few days according to manager Steven Gerrard.
The Glasgow giants have already signed the likes of Steven Davis, Joe Aribo, Jake Hastie, Jordan Jones and Greg Steward this summer. All these players arrived as free agents and Steven Gerard is keen on adding more players to his stable.
Highly rated Liverpool winger Sheyi Ojo also joined on a loan deal while George Edmundson may also join from Oldham.
Defense was the main area of concern last season and Steven Gerrard wants to ensure that the backline is catered for next season.
And according to Daily Star, the former Liverpool player is eyeing a permanent deal for a defender this summer.
Gerrard said: “It will be a permanent deal for a defender.
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“There is still a way to go but we have had some progress in the last couple of days.
“If things progress as they have in the last 48 hours, I’m hoping something will get done by the end of the week.”
Rangers won the first game of their Europa League qualification by thumping St Joseph’s 4-0. Ryan Jack, Borna Barisic, Ojo and Alfredo Morelos scored a goal each. And Steven Gerrard was satisfied with his team’s performance.
“We never want to come off the gas,” he said. “I don’t think we are at a stage just yet this squad and this team where we can pick and choose where we turn on the gas.
“So I was very impressed that we kept passing the ball, we didn’t get bored and we kept trying to create chances and we kept searching for more goals.
“We got four tonight, but it possibly could have been a few more.”
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‘Assassins Creed IV: Black Flag’ steps in right direction for franchise
By Jack McAuslan ’16 THE ROUNDUP 9.5 out of 10 For a long time now, ever since the introduction of naval combat in “Assassins Creed III”, there has been dissension between whether such a dynamic improves the game or makes it too complicated. It seems that this new game is just fuel for the fire; at least half of the game takes place while on the main character’s ship, the…
Desert Ridge tops Brophy in state quarter finals
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Conceptual meaning, photojournalism ethics come into play behind ‘the eye’
By Alec Vick ’15 THE ROUNDUP The cover photo for the September edition of The Roundup was an eye, and on the inside of the eye was the logo belonging to the social network site Facebook. The picture caused more discussion around campus that these cover photos typically seem to earn. So I, as the photo editor of The Roundup, would like to share some insight into how I produced…
“Battlefield 4” cultivates its dominance over FPS genre
By Reece M. Krantz ’16 THE ROUNDUP 7 out of 10 “Battlefield 4” is the next installment in the highly iterative series of modern First Person Shooters that focus on large, combined arms warfare with dynamic maps and destruction. The Battlefield franchise has always been about the mix of infantry and vehicular combat, striking a delicate niche within the industry that no one else has managed to compete. The fourth…
Nintendo innovates classic formula for Pokémon
By Jace Riley ’16 THE ROUNDUP “Pokémon X and Y” 9 out of 10 In 1998, the United States got its first taste of the world of Pokémon. Since then there have been 20 video games leading up to the newest release of “Pokémon X and Y.” Like in the past the games are released separately to encourage trading with your friends to fill up the expansive pokédex. However, this…
Players contribute to teams from back up roles
By Jeffrey J. Kimball Erdely ’14 THE ROUNDUP Tryouts for a school team are some of the most tense and stressful days of the year for athletes. Imagine making the team after all the stress and then never playing a single game. Meet the benchwarmers. Most teams have second and third string players who compete at the same level as everyone else, but may never see playing minutes during the…
2 future college athletes commit to schools
By P. Erik Meyer ’14 THE ROUNDUP Ryan Castellani ’14 and Brad Nordstrom ’14 signed their letters of intent Nov. 13 at lunch in Harper Great Hall. Castellani committed to Arizona State a few weeks ago for baseball while Nordstrom committed to Farifield University about a year ago for lacrosse. By signing their LOI, their commitments become official and they are expected to enroll next year for their respective schools.
Fine Arts Extravaganza to add new venues
By Tanner Nypen ’15 THE ROUNDUP The Fine Arts Department and Student Council will come together Nov. 26 for the 2013 Fine Arts Extravaganza. “We are looking to change a few of the venues, a nd spreading out and using the whole campus, rather than having everything be in mall,” said Mr. Tony Oldani. “We are trying to make the artists and art more accessible to people.” The FAE will…
Brophy upsets Westview’s perfect season with 1st round playoff win
Brophy 28 Westview 14 By George Liddy ’14 The Roundup When asked about his performance in Brophy’s Nov. 8 first round playoff win over Westview, running back Ryan Velez ’16 said, “It was a team effort, and that’s all I have to say about that.” The 12th seeded Broncos needed both their defense and their offense in order to beat previously undefeated Westview Friday night. The defense was able to…
Molander inducted to PC Hall of Fame
By P. Erik Meyer ’14 THE ROUNDUP Phoenix College alumni and Brophy football head coach Mr. Scooter Molanderwas inducted into the Phoenix College Hall of Fame Thursday Nov. 8. Molander was one of 12 alumni honored at the college’s annual Alumni Gala and Scholarship Dinner as a “History Maker 2013.” He is currently head coach of the varsity football team and has amassed a record of 82-23 over his career…
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Did you pay attention to Mexico last night?
By Richard FarleyNov 30, 2012, 11:44 AM EDT
It was a late start for you large-numbered East Coasters, but our man Noah gave fair warning. Come Thursday night, Mexico’s first title of the season would start to be decided, with one of two unlikely surprise stories set to claim a historic title.
For Toluca, winning their two-legged tie against Club Tijuana would give the team an 11th Primera Division title, tying Chivas’s record.
For Tijuana (Xolos, Club TJ – whatever you want to call them), history’s already been made, the club competing in their first Primera final. Win it, however, and a team that was in the second division a year-and-a-half ago will claim a surprise first title.
Last night, Tijuana held serve at Estadio Caliente, if controversially. After Tijuana’s Fidel Martinez and Toluca’s Edgar Benítez traded first half goals within two minutes of each other, Pablo Aguilar scored TJ’s winner from an offside position. Xolos went on to win, 2-1.
Otherwise, it was an impressive attacking performance from Tijuana, though with only a one-goal lead, Toluca has to be favored to take home the title.
But remember Sunday. Then, América – the tournament’s four-seed – got two early goals at Toluca, giving los Diablos Rojos a scare on their way to the final. Tijuana’s certainly capable of doing the same.
A TJ title could have major implications for Liga MX beyond Xolos’ first title. Moving the title nearly 1200 miles away from the league’s next-closest team would present a major shift in Mexican soccer power, especially since its destination would be a border town long thought to be a city based on as much promise as present. With Club Tijuana already generating excitement north of the border (where San Diegans can walk to the game after parking at the San Ysidro crossing), a championship could make major waves.
First things first – the second leg. The teams meet at the Nemesio Diez Sunday, 7:00 p.m. Eastern.
Tags: Édgar Benítez, Club Tijuana, Estadio Caliente, Mexican Primera Division, Mexico, Tijuana, Toluca
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PST ranks 10 best Premier League summer signings
By Matt ReedDec 31, 2017, 2:30 PM EDT
With the new year right around the corner, it’s time to reflect on the first half of the Premier League season.
Manchester City’s dominance at the top of the table might finally be tested as the club faces several key injuries, while the relegation battle sees eight teams separated by a mere five points at the halfway point.
[ MORE: Leon Goretzka expected to join Bayern on free transfer ]
Below, PST takes a look at the 10 best PL signings from the summer transfer through the midway point in England’s season.
10. Richarlison (Watford)
The Hornets have had difficulty finding goals on a regular basis, but the Brazilian has provided Watford with a strong outlet up front. The 20-year-old striker has a lot of room to improve, and that is a good sign for Watford.
9. Chris Wood (Burnley)
The Clarets still need more production out of the forward position, but Wood has been a steady figure in the Burnley attack with his five goals in all competitions. The ex-Leeds man has done well, but he’ll have to continue to score if Burnley want to remain in contention for top four.
8. Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United)
After a hot start, Lukaku has cooled off a bit, but with Zlatan Ibrahimovic on the shelf the Belgian’s presence has been ever-important for Jose Mourinho’s side. He’s on pace to score over 30 goals in all comps, which would be a career-high, so it’s safe to say the money was well-spent by United.
7. Nemanja Matic (Manchester United)
The loss for Chelsea has proven to be Man United’s gain. The holding midfielder has provided cover brilliantly for a Red Devils backline that has suffered a great deal of injuries defensively. Matic is the model of consistency and has helped provide another line of defense for a side that has only conceded 16 goals all season.
6. Aaron Mooy (Huddersfield Town)
The Aussie midfielder has controlled the center of the park for the newcomers, and been rewarded with four goals to boot.
5. Pascal Gross (Brighton & Hove Albion)
Similar to Mooy, the former Ingolstadt midfielder has helped ease the transition into PL life for Brighton. Gross is a dynamic talent, who has also tallied four goals this season to go along with his creative presence for the Seagulls.
4. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal)
The Frenchman has adapted quite well to life in the PL, despite Arsenal’s ups and downs this season. In a summer where many top attacking players were added to PL rosters, Lacazette has been very impressive.
3. Kyle Walker (Manchester City)
Pep Guardiola made several important signings ahead of this season, but the one area where the Cityzens looked vulnerable last year has since been plugged. Walker has been strong defensively, and given the club another dimension getting forward in the attack.
2. Alvaro Morata (Chelsea)
He’s a bit different from Diego Costa, but the Spaniard really knows how to put the ball in the back of the net. He’s built a tremendous relationship with Cezar Azpilicueta, and it seems like every header ends up in the goal. Morata has been every bit the player Chelsea had hoped for.
1. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
The Egyptian would probably win Player of the Year if the season ended right now, and for the price Liverpool paid they’d take Salah’s performances for the next five years with no questions asked. He has the most-deadly left foot in all of England, and arguably is only second in the world to Lionel Messi. Don’t be surprised if he cracks the 30-goal mark in 2017/18.
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A Fragment From The Lives Of The Conquistadors by the author Tony White
Track #1 from the vinyl LP by LA artist Steven Hull (Nothing Moments, 2014). Tony White reads his short story, a psychedelic parable about Cortés presented as a piece of Castañeda apocrypha, with sound by Steven Hull. This new short story formed the basis of Steven Hull’s huge Puppet Show performance commissioned for Glow 2013 (a triennial, dusk-to-dawn arts festival on Santa Monica Beach). The story is now available on a beautiful yellow vinyl, gatefold LP from Nothing Moments, featuring audio of the story with sounds and music by Petra Haden, Tanya Haden and Anna Huff, Steven Hull and the legendary Gibby Haynes of Butthole Surfers. A two-fold, full colour pamphlet insert features the full text of Tony White’s story, plus photos of A Puppet Show at Glow and an interview-essay with all participants by Christopher Schnieders. A Puppet Show, track listing: A Side: #1 ‘A Fragment from the Lives of the Conquistadors’ story by Tony White and sound by Steven Hull, 12:50 min. #2 ‘Horse Parade’ by Petra Haden, Tanya Haden and Anna Huff, 3:47 min. B Side: #1 ‘Maigizo ya Bandia’ by Gibby Haynes, 10:12 min. #2 ‘Conquistadorable’ by Petra Haden, Tanya Haden and Anna Huff, 4:51 min. Image: A Puppet Show listening station in the exhibition My Little Boat of Sorrow: Tami Demaree, Alex Evans, Tanya Haden, Gibby Haynes, Steven Hull, Jim Shaw, Allison Schulnik, and Marnie Weber. Rosamund Felsen Gallery, July 12 2014 — August 9 2014. Find out more: http://pieceofpaperpress.com/2014/07/17/a-puppet-show-vinyl-lp-now-available/
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Hypercoaster? I’d Like to Supersize That!
This mammoth steel construction is so intense they have to come up with a whole new category for it – the hyper twisted coaster. Hypercoasters are the modern breed of oversized roller coaster that are pumped up to more than 200 feet tall. Well, the Titan easily clears that distinction, with a mind-blowing 255-foot drop, and that’s just for starters. The drop is so massive, we’d forgive you if you were wishing this was just an ordinary hypercoaster right about now. But brace yourself for the twist: never before has a hypercoaster had such a twisted, gnarly track.
Once you take that hyper-drop, you’ll blast through a tunnel and pulse out over a camel hump that will have your tail lifting straight out of the saddle. Better settle in, because you’re about to twist through a mind-warping 540 degree spiral. Let’s make that two mind-warping 540 degrees spirals, back to back. Some crazy high banked turns might give you the space to relax a bit after that, but don’t count on it, not at a whopping 85 miles per hour. With a mile of bright orange track, Titan takes super-sizing to a whole new level.
Beneath Titan lies the remains of a witch who destroyed a thriving town and left a terrible curse for anyone who dares to set foot on the property.
Deep below the tracks of Titan are the remains of a small town. Had things gone differently, it might have become one of biggest cities in the southeast. But 150 years ago a witch cursed the town, and now anyone who sets foot on the property — anyone who rides the coaster — risks being damned for all eternity.
She raised her arm and pointed. Shoelaces became snakes. Hair caught fire. Spiders swarmed from pockets. Her flesh began to melt in the growing flames, and her laugh, an insane cackle, rose above the crowd and hovered throughout the night.
It was agreed by all that she was evil and must die. They dragged her to this spot, over 150 years ago, and tied her to a post. Screeching and calling people by name, she seemed not to care. As if she knew she couldn’t die. As if she knew she’d come back laughing.
The community lived in fear. She had brought an infestation of grasshoppers, the size of birds, that destroyed crops, devoured livestock, and slowly reduced helpless babies in their cribs to bone and gristle. Her love potions turned young girls’ tongues green with rot, and she had perfected the use of maggots in many spells.
She cursed them all that October night, as the flames rose higher. Next time, she will show no mercy. The site of her death, where people once laughed and still do, will forever be a place of terror. Especially, in the bewitching season.
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"Titan was my favorite ride. The slow climb up the first drop really builds anticipation. The turns really had my head spinning with excitement! "
- Danell E From Sprindale, Ar
"My youngest grandson finally talked me into riding the Titan. It was very exciting, and made me one smiling Gramma!"
- Lynn F. From Farmersville,tx
"I love riding the Titan with my sons...especially with my son Collin who has special needs. I love seeing his face light up as he begins to clap when the train takes off. There is NO greater joy for a mother than seeing her kids happy!"
- Dalana B. From Keller, Tx
"One of the best mixtures of free-falling thrills, airtime, diving helixes, and sheer g-force I've experienced in years."
- Ben S. From Dallas, Tx
"If you love roller coasters, you must go on this ride. It's 25 stories high and it's intese speed, at 85MPH, is incredible."
- Debbie W. From E. Tx
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Life, The Universe, and Everything Writing Symposium 2018
February 15-17 at the Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in Provo
9:00-9:45 AM (Bryce) Terraforming and Colonizing Venus
We tend to think of Mars as more hospitable for colonization than Venus, but Venus has certain advantages for colonization as well. What can we do to colonize Venus right now? What might we do to make Venus more hospitable to human life?
Brad R. Torgersen, Scott R. Parkin (Moderator), Darci Rhoades Stone, Kevin Evans, Sarah E. Seeley
2:00-2:45 PM (Maple) How Weather Works
Weather is affected by all sorts of factors. How do oceans, mountains, latitude, tilt, and magnetic fields all contribute to weather? What happens when these variables are changed?
Erekson Holt, Shannon Babb, Sarah E. Seeley (Moderator), Darci Rhoades Stone
5:00-5:45 PM (Bryce) Paleontology for the Created World
Now that you’ve created or discovered a new world, what can you expect its prehistoric life to be like? How would the fossil record be affected by life (mythical or otherwise) or robots that were created?
Dr. Jonh K. Lundwall, Josi Russell, Nikhil Pillarisetti Rao, Sarah E. Seeley, Rowan North (Moderator)
8:00 PM Mass Author Signing–Open to the public!
10:00-10:45 AM (Arches) Biology & Physiology of Mythical Creatures
Dragons, griffins, centaurs, werewolves, and so forth. What do we understand about the biology of mythical creatures?
Nikhil Pillarisetti Rao, Sarah E. Seeley, C.A. Preece (Moderator), D.W. Dalton, Devon Dorrity
2:00-2:45 PM (Canyon) What It’s Like: Writing in Somebody Else’s Milieu
This is NOT a “how to write in somebody else’s milieu”; this is “what is it like?” Did you still like the milieu afterwards? We want stories from those invited to write.
Karen Evans, Sarah E. Seeley, Todd McCaffrey, Brad R. Torgersen (Moderator), Brandon Sanderson
Salt Lake Comic Con 2017
September 21-23 at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City
Saturday, 3:00 PM–War and Peace in Science Fiction (room 151A)
Michael Bacera, Sarah Hanisko, John Morehead (Moderator), Sarah E. Seeley, Eric Swedin, Timothy Zahn
Salt Lake Comic Con Fan Xperience 2017
March 17-18 at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City
Saturday, 7:00 PM–The Art of Horror: Why People Loved to be Scared (room 151G)
Courtney Alameda, Michaelbrent Collings, Robert J. Defendi (Moderator), Sarah E. Seeley, Nathan Shumate, John Steiner
11:00-11:50 AM: Natural Disasters (Birch)
What makes natural disasters so devastating? How do we mitigate these effects? After a disaster, how do people and civilizations recover? This panel seeks to explain the answers using historical events.
Daniel Friend, James Ganiere (M), Beth Meacham, Sarah E. Seeley
12:00-12:50 PM: How to Make a Species: Adaptation and Evolution (Cedar)
This panel will seek to explain how a species (real or fictitious) might come to be through the science of evolution and adaptation.
Derick William Dalton, Helge Moulding (M), Scott R. Parkin, Howard Tayler, Sarah E. Seeley
3:00-3:50 PM: Geology…in Space! Or, How to Make a Planet (Aspen)
Using the theories of astronomy and geology to explain how a planet is formed, as well as planetary characteristics that might support life.
Daniel Friend (M), Colton Goodrich, Sarah E. Seeley, Collin Jensen
6:00 – 6:50 PM: Book Signing (2 hours)
(Zion, Bryce, Arches, Timpanogos)
*I’ll be in the vendors room at the Immortal Works table all three days!
Salt Lake Comic Con
September 1-3 at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City
Friday, September 2–10:00 AM: Writing Science Fiction: An Inside Look at the Art of Creating the Fantastic (room 251A)
Cecil Castellucci, David Farland (Moderator), Angie Lofthouse, Eric Swedin, Callie Stoker, Sarah E. Seeley
Friday, September 2–3:00 PM: Creativity as an Act of Courage: Allowing Your Art to be Seen, Read, Heard, Etc. (room 253A)
Shannen Camp, Kristyn Crow, Brian Durfee, M. Todd Gallowglas, James A. Owen, Charlie Pulsipher (Moderator), Sarah E. Seeley
Saturday, September 3–7:00 PM: “The Whole History of Mankind is nothing but Science Fiction.” How Science Fiction Has Shaped Our Future (room 253A)
William Neidermeyer, Damon Ricks, Sarah E. Seeley, Blake Smith, John Steiner, Eric Swedin (Moderator), J. Christopher Thompson
Saturday, September 3–8:00 PM: Mass Consumption of Brains! How Horror Reflects the Current State of the World (room 255B)
Jason A. Anderson, Michaelbrent Collings, Angela Hartley, Sean Hoade, Carter Reid (Moderator), Sarah E. Seeley, Johnny Worthen
Sarah is selling books at the Xchyler Publishing booth, #2226 on the vendor floor!
Salt City Steamfest 2016
August 12-14 at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center in West Valley City
*Sarah will be selling books at the Xchyler Publishing table
Spring Into Books 2016
May 28 from 2:00-6:00 PM at the Viridian Event Center
*Sarah will have a table selling books at this event.
World Horror Convention
April 28-May 1 at the Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in Provo
Friday, April 29 — 12:45 – 1:45 PM: Readings (30 min. each) (Juniper)
Sarah E. Seeley & Dave Butler
Friday, April 29 — 7:15 – 9:45 PM: Book Signing (Arches/Canyon)
Sunday, May 1 — 12:45 – 1:45 PM: Why We Love Lovecraft (Cedar)
Eric Swedin, David J. West (Moderator), Nathan Shumate, Carter Reid, Sanford Allen, Sarah E. Seeley
Sarah will be a book vendor with authors S. A. Butler and David J. West all four days.
Salt Lake Comic Con Fan-Xperience
Thursday, March 24 — 5:00 PM: Real Science in Sci-Fi Literature and Film (Room 255F)
Charlie Pulsipher (Moderator), Sarah E. Seeley, John Steiner, Eric Swedin, Howard Tayler
Saturday, March 26 — 8:00 PM: “Not Meant to Voyage Far”: Sceince in the Universe of H.P. Lovecraft (Room 255B)
Nathan Croft, Sean Hoade (Moderator), Sarah E. Seeley, Nathan Shumate, Eric Swedin, David J. West
I will be selling books and giving away squishy brains that shamelessly plug my writing all three days at the Xchyler Publishing booth, #1431 on the vendor floor.
2016 Panel Schedule:
2:00-3:00 PM: The Spread of Disease (Cedar)
Charlie Pulsipher, Sarah E. Seeley, Holli Anderson
5:00-6:00 PM: Applied Biotechnology (Timpanogos)
Tyler Jolley, Sarah E. Seeley
8:00-10:00 PM: Evening Mass Book Signing (Zion, Bryce, Arches, all three roomes opened up in one)
1:00-2:00 PM: John Williams: The Power of Film Score (Timpanogos)
Renee Collins, Joe Monson, Craig Nybo, Sarah E. Seeley
6:00-7:00 PM: Steampunk: Don’t Break Your World (Cedar)
J Scott Savage, Sarah E. Seeley, Dan Willis,
**I will be selling books all three days! Look for me in the dealers room with S. A. Butler and Deren Hansen. I will also be helping a little at the Utah HWA booth when things aren’t too crazy.
September 24-26 at the Salt Palace Convention Center
3:00 PM: Outlining vs. Discovery Writing (Room 255F)
Kevin J. Anderson, Larry Correia, David Farland, Tracy Hickman, Tyler Jolley, Sarah E. Seeley, Jill Williamson
3:00 PM: Classifying Fear: Is There a Difference Between Horror and Suspense? (Room 151A)
Jason A. Anderson, Michael R. Collings, Richard Kadrey, Adrienne Monson, Bree Ogden, Sarah E. Seeley, Nathan Shumate
8:00 PM: God and the Devil in Horror (Room 150G)
Jason A. Anderson, Michael R. Collings, Michaelbrent Collings, Angela Hartley, John Morehead, Sarah E. Seeley, Sean Smithson (Moderator)
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*Selling Books at Dealer Table Black 17 all three days!
(Look for the Xchyler Publishing banners)
Browse Panel Schedule: http://saltlakecomiccon.com/2015-panel-schedule/
Full vendor list, follow this link: http://saltlakecomiccon.com/2015-vendor-lists/
(Scroll down and find the red box that says “Click Here to View Booth Number Assignments” for spreadsheets and relative maps of the vendor area).
Sarah’s online conference portfolio: http://saltlakecomiccon.com/portfolio-item/sarah-e-seeley/
Salt City Steamfest
July 17-18 at the Sheraton Hotel in Salt Lake City
4:00 PM: Writing Steampunk for Fun and Profit (Powder Mountain)
Sarah E. Seeley, John M. Olsen, Jay Barnson, Scott William Taylor, Scott Tarbet (Officially: Xchyler)
5:00 PM: The Science of Steampunk (Orion)
Paul Genesse, Sarah E. Seeley, Scott William Taylor (Officially: Paul Genesse, Thomas Willeford, Jason King)
*Sold books (including Steel and Bone) at the Xchyler author booth.
Steel and Bone Launch Events
Blog Tour: Online, June 21-July 2
Book Bomb: Online, June 27
Xchyler Publishing’s 2015 Summer steampunk anthology features nine mechanical tales of wonder, intrigue, and retro-futuristic enhancements on peculiar island worlds, all crafted by new and emerging authors. The blog tour runs June 21-July 4 and includes author spotlights, details about what went into creating the featured stories, reviews, and excerpts. Here is the schedule:
Slithers of Thought (that’s me!): www.SlithersOfThought.com
The Write Route: thewriteroute.wordpress.com
Will MacMillan Jones: willmacmillanjones.wordpress.com
Searching For Stories: bmkstories.squarespace.com
Author Jason King: authorjasonking.com
Janci Patterson: jancipatterson.com
Ever On Word: everonword.wordpress.com
Warped Factor: www.warpedfactor.com
Scotty Watty Doodle All The Day: scottywattydoodlealltheday.blogspot.com
The Ink Caster: www.inkcaster.wordpress.com
Kathy Cowley: www.katherinecowley.com
Nikki Trionfo: www.nikkitrionfo.com
John M. Olsen: johnmolsen.blogspot.com
Scott Tarbet: scotttarbet.timp.net
Book Bomb!
A book bomb will be held on the day of publication, June 27th. Follow this link to the event page on Facebook for more details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1486568094968585/1490920917866636/
Loving the Book Events is continuing the blog Tour from June 28 through July 4th. To learn more about the authors and their stories, follow along and check out this link to the Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1616565941956586/
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http://nerdgirlofficial.com/
https://ellelainey.wordpress.com
Boymomlovesbooks.blogspot.com
http://lisaisabookworm.blogspot.com
www.joaniechevalier.com
http://hopetoread.com
www.aealbert.com
www.naturalbri.com
http://cbybookclub.blogspot.co.uk
http://semishort.blogspot.com/
www.Facebook.com/pages/triplettotstweensandteens
http://www.countrygalssexyreads.wordpress.com
http://www.thebookbeacon.com
http://thewritersrevolution13.blogspot.com
http://www.pinkypollock.blogspot.com
http://bknewsj.blogspot.com/
roomwithbooks.com
http://www.kimberleighwheaton.com
http://fictionalrendezvousbookblog.blogspot.com/
Steel and Bone is available in paperback and for Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Steel-Bone-Nine-Steampunk-Adventures-ebook/dp/B00YQRAIIC
A Rafflecopter giveaway will accompany the blog tour with awesome swag including a $20 ThinkGeek gift certificate, keychains, t-shirts, a skeleton pocket-watch, a handcrafted lacewood pen, ebooks, and more. Be sure to enter for a chance to win!
CONDuit 2015
May 22-24 at Double Tree by Hilton Hotel in Salt Lake City
1:00 Reading (Eccles)
2:00-4:00 Swap/Meet the Clubs/Signings (Stillwater)
Paul Genesse, Sarah Seeley, Ann Chamberlin
4:00-5:00 The Lovecraft Panel (Arches)
Eric Swedin, Christopher Husberg, Carter Reid, Sarah Seeley, Eric James Stone
1:00-2:00 A Touch of the Macabre: The Thin Line Between Fantasy and Horror (Arches)
Jason King, Carter Reid, Sarah Seeley, Christopher Husberg.
3:00-4:00 40 Years of the Nights of Ni…Monty Python and the Holy Grail at 40 (Zion Ballroom)
Blake Cassellman, Sarah Seeley
2015 Panels Schedule:
9 AM: Pushing the Edge: How Far is Too Far in a Horror Story? (Nathan Shumate, Sarah Seeley, J. R. Johansson, Lehua Parker, Suzanne Vincent)
11 AM: Beginnings and Endings (Larry Correia, Jacob Gowans, Aneeka Richins, Sarah Seeley, J. Scott Savage)
3 PM: The Elements of Horror Fiction (Virginia Ellen Baker, Steve Diamond, Sarah Seeley, Nathan Shumate, Andrea Pearson)
7 PM: So, You Want to Write Horror? (Sarah Seeley, Cody Langille, Lehua Parker, Johnny Worthen, C. H. Lindsay)
8 PM: Mass Book Signing
1 PM: Modern Fantasy & Its Relation to Folklore and Myth (Tracy Hickman, Jaclyn Weist, Sarah Seeley, Megan Hutchins, Karen Webb)
Salt Lake Comic Con Fan-Xperience 2015
January 29-31 at the Salt Palace Convention Center in downtown Salt Lake City
Come meet Xchyler authors Jay Barnson, Candace J. Thomas, Scott Tarbet, Scott William Taylor, and me at our vendor booth! (Located at table Purple 8 in the exhibitor’s hall).
Utah Winter Faire
December 5-7 at the Legacy Center Indoor Arena in Farmington, Utah.
(Sarah attended December 6 & 7)
Xchyler Publishing is hosting a book booth at the Utah Winter Faire, where we will be selling steampunk, fantasy, and other fiction. You can find copies of the Legends and Lore anthology along with many of the other books the company has to offer.
Legends and Lore Blog Tour & Launch Party
Blog Tour: Online October 14-22, 2014. Launch Party: On Facebook October 22, 4:00-8:00 PM MST.
Legends and Lore: An Anthology of Mythic Proportions is Xchyler Publishing’s 2014 Fall anthology featuring nine stories from new and Xchyler-established authors.
September 4-6 at the Salt Palace Convention Center in downtown Salt Lake City.
7:00 P.M. – The Appeal of Fear (Room 255F): Sean Smithson, Sarah E. Seeley, Jonathan Ryan, Matthew J. Kirby, Elizabeth Fernandez, Michael R. Collings.
5:00 P.M – Magic, Myths, Legends, Archetypes and the Supernatural: What Writers of Speculative Fiction Have to Work With (Room 255E): Michelle Witte, Jill Williamson, Sarah E. Seeley, Jennifer Nielsen, Cindy Grigg, Platte Clark, Mikey Brooks.
8:00 P.M. – Vampires: The Many Faces of the Most Adaptable Monster (Room 251A): James Wymore, John Steiner, Sarah E. Seeley, Adrienne Monson, Chris Lilly, Stephen Franck.
12:00 P.M. – Monster Song Writing: Music With Teeth (Room 255B): Sarah E. Seeley, Craig Nybo, Angie Lofthouse, Nathaniel Drew, Dave Butler, Chris Aguilar.
5:00 P.M. – Structuring Life to Support Creativity (Room 150D): Julie Wright, Scott William Taylor, Sandra Tayler, Sarah E. Seeley, Jonathan Brandon Sawyer, Mat Miner, Shannen Camp.
8:00 P.M. – Mad Scientists, Supervillains, and Sociopaths: The Road to Insanity (Room 255C): Aaron Lee Yeager, Sarah E. Seeley, Craig Nybo, Matthew J. Kirby, Angela Hartley, Michaelbrent Collings.
*Sarah also sold books at Dave Butler‘s table of awesome indie authors, located at tables Yellow 38 & 39 of the Artist Alley in the Dealer’s room.
Fantasy Con & Westercon 67
July 3-6 at the Salt Palace Convention Center and the Marriott City Creek Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City. (Sarah attended July 4th-6th)
Westercon 67
Saturday, July 5th at 1:00 PM in Deer Valley I & II (Marriott City Creek Hotel)–Literacy & Science Fiction: Bryce Moore (M), John D. Payne, Jayrod Pernell Garrett, Sarah E. Seeley.
Selling books at David Butler’s table, July 4th-6th.
Fantasy Con
Saturday, July 5th at 4:00 P.M. in room 150 G (Salt Palace Convention Center)–Mormon Mages
Salt Lake Comic Con FanXperience
April 17-19 at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City.
Sold books.
Life, The Universe, and Everything Writing Symposium
February 13-15, 2014 at the Marriot Hotel in downtown Provo.
This is Sarah’s schedule for the symposium. To learn more about LTUE, click here.
Thursday, Feb. 13th
3:00 P.M. – Readings: S. A. Butler & Sarah E. Seeley
7:00 P.M. – Reclaiming the Vampire: Adrienne Monson, Andrea Pearson, Janci Patterson, Jess Smart Smiley (M), S. A. Butler, Sarah E. Seeley.
Friday, Feb 14th
12:00 P.M. – The Curse of the Jungle/Ice/Desert Planet: Brook West, Eric James Stone (M), Nancy Fulda, Jaleta Clegg, Sarah E. Seeley, Roger White.
Saturday, Feb 15th
10:00 A.M. – The Engines of Exploration: J. David Baxter, Brett T. M. Peterson, Dan Willis, Sarah E. Seeley, E. A. Younker (M).
1:00 P.M. – Death and it’s Consequences: Al Carlisle, Dan Willis, Heather Frost, Jason A. Anderson (M), Julie Frost, Sarah E. Seeley.
4:00 P.M. – Horror on the Edge: How Far is Too Far? Andrea Pearson, C. K. Edwards (M), Dr. Michael R. Collings, Jason A. Anderson, Sarah E. Seeley, Steven Diamond.
5:00 P.M. – Descripton in Writing: D. T. Read, David Powers King, J. D. Raisor, Mikki Kells, Sarah E. Seeley.
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Brevard Commission Candidate Bryan Lober Receives Strong Endorsements From Area’s Outstanding Public Servants
By Space Coast Daily // November 2, 2018
'Bryan is a straight shooter who loves his community'
BRYAN LOBER, the Republican candidate for Brevard County Commission District 2, has received strong endorsements from many of the area’s outstanding public servants including Sheriff Wayne Ivey, Clerk of the Court Scott Ellis, former President of the Florida Senate Mike Haridopolos, former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives Steve Crisafulli, Port Commission Chairman retired Admiral Wayne Justice and District 5 Brevard County Commissioner Kristine Isnardi.
Lober is also endorsed by the Home Builders & Contractors Association and Brevard County Professional Firefighters. (Political advertisement paid for by Bryan A. Lober, Republican for Brevard County Commission District 2)
PLEASE SEE THE ENDORSEMENTS BELOW
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Bryan Lober is the Republican Candidate for Brevard County Commission District 2
Bryan Lober, right, the Republican candidate for Brevard County Commission District 2, has received the endorsement of Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey.
“Bryan is a straight shooter who loves his community and has unwavering support for public safety. Bryan has the background, training, and experience necessary to serve as an excellent county commissioner.” – Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Bryan Lober, the Republican candidate for Brevard County Commission District 2, has received the endorsement of Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey.
“I’ve known Bryan for the better part of a decade, having worked with him when he served as President of the Brevard County Bar Association,” said Sheriff Ivey.
“Bryan is a straight shooter who loves his community and has unwavering support for public safety. Bryan has the background, training, and experience necessary to serve as an excellent county commissioner. I look forward to continuing to work with Bryan once he’s elected as our next Brevard County District 2 Commissioner.”
‘STRAIGHT SHOOTER WHO LOVES HIS COMMUNITY’
Lober has also received the endorsements of Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey, Brevard County Clerk of the Court Scott Ellis, former President of the Florida Senate Mike Haridopolos, former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives Steve Crisafulli, Port Commission Chairman Admiral Wayne Justice and District 5 Brevard County Commissioner Kristine Isnardi.
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Former President of the Florida Senate Mike Haridopolos Endorses Bryan Lober for Brevard County Commission
Former House Speaker Steve Crisafulli Endorses Bryan Lober for Brevard County Commission
Port Commission Chairman Wayne Justice Endorses Bryan Lober for Brevard County Commission
Brevard County Professional Firefighters Endorse Bryan Lober for Brevard County Commission
ELECTION 2018: Kristine Isnardi Endorses Bryan Lober for Brevard County Commission District 2
Home Builders & Contractors Association of Brevard Endorse Bryan Lober for Brevard County Commission
Lober is a small business owner, is self-financing his campaign and believes that Brevard can remain competitive through the right policies.
“I’ve never previously sought elected public office and I am self-funding my campaign for District 2 County Commission and, consequently, there is no possibility of my being beholden to anyone in exchange for their financial support.
“While I was registered NPA for a number of years, through college and law school, I have never been registered as a Democrat. My right-leaning beliefs have been longstanding. Years ago, while Toni Jennings served as the first female President of the state Senate, I worked as a Senate page for her,” said Lober.
Brevard County Commission candidate Bryan Lober grew up in Central Florida and from graduated from Stetson University College of Law. Lober and his wife, Rebecca, built their home in a former orange orchard near the Indian River in Rockledge, where they live with their “furry child,” Winks, the one-eyed poodle mix they rescued.
Lober is a graduate of Stetson University College of Law and is AV Preeminent rated by Martindale Hubbell. He has taught subjects ranging from Criminal Litigation to Business Law at Seminole State College’s ABA Approved Paralegal Education Program.
He was recently appointed to serve on the statewide Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee and is Florida Supreme Court certified as a Circuit Civil and Family Mediator.
In July, Lober was recognized by the Brevard County Association for Women Lawyers with their annual Founder’s Award for his commitment to promoting equality in the legal profession.
“District 2 constituents deserve to be represented by someone who is fiscally conservative and will ensure that county funds are not gratuitously spent and that taxes aren’t raised unless the need is genuine and extenuating and there exist no meaningful alternatives,” said Lober.
Brevard County’s District 2 includes Merritt Island, Port Canaveral, Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach, Avon by the Sea, Rockledge, Kennedy Space Center, Snug Harbor and Patrick Air Force Base.
WATCH: North Merritt Island Homeowners Association Presents Candidate Forum
Political advertisement paid for by Bryan A. Lober, Republican for Brevard County Commission District 2
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Team Abu Dhabi 4 wins in Hangzhou to tie UIM XCAT World Championship series lead
Sport360 staff 20/10/2018
Team Abu Dhabi 4’s Shaun Torrente and Faleh Al-Mansoori overtook the Dubai Police crew of Nadir Bin Hendi and Arif Saif Al-Zafeen to seal a convincing victory at the Hangzhou Grand Prix on Saturday.
After a stunning performance in Shanghai last week, the men from the capital duly tied with their Emirati rivals in the UIM XCAT World Championship title race ahead of the second of the Hangzhou races on Sunday morning.
The 222 Offshore crew of Italy’s Giovanni Carpitella and Australia’s Darren Nicholson delivered a solid performance to finish in second position, while Team Australia’s Blue Roo crew of crew of Pal-Virik Nilsen and Jan Trygve Braaten were third.
But it was bad news for Dubai Police who limped home in sixth after seeing a commanding series lead evaporate in the third of six Chinese XCAT races in three successive weekends.
Torrente said: “Abu Dhabi gives us the best boat and this is a fantastic result for us. Now we are tied for the lead in the championship after this race result. Now we have a big chance to win the championship.”
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Al-Sayed added: We are feeling very positive about the remaining races. It is important for us to maintain our momentum for the championship. I am very happy with the way the team is working but we must continue to push and increase the pressure on our rivals.”
Team Abu Dhabi 4 and 5 lined up in second and fifth positions respectively for the start of the opening 17-lap race but it was a disappointing afternoon for rivals Swecat Racing, who were sidelined before the start due to mechanical issues.
The Abu Dhabi side made a solid start and applied the pressure on Dubai Police from the outset. Torrente and Faleh Al-Mansoori managed to hit the front and were followed through the opening turns by 222 Offshore and the Blue Roo, as Dubai Police slipped to fourth ahead of Team Abu Dhabi 5.
Over the subsequent number of laps there were minor changes to the running order and Team Abu Dhabi 4 continued to lead from 222 Offshore, although the Blue Roo passed Dubai Police to snatch third and Dubai Police then slipped down into sixth.
Team Abu Dhabi 4 held on to claim the win from 222 Offshore and the Blue Roo, but sixth for Dubai Police dented their title challenge.
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Team Abu Dhabi's powerboat history with second successive 1-2-3 finish in China
Shaun Torrente claimed his second win of the season in China.
Team Abu Dhabi created another piece of powerboat racing history by securing a second successive 1-2-3 race finish at the Agile Grand Prix of Xiangyang on the Han River on Sunday.
Pole sitter Shaun Torrente claimed his second win of the season and was followed to the chequered flag by team-mates Thani Al Qemzi and Erik Stark at the fourth round of the 2018 UIM F1 H2O World Championship.
The result means that 40-year-old Al Qemzi now leads the drivers’ championship by a single point from Stark, with Torrente a further point behind.
Running out of the Abu Dhabi International Marine Sports Club (ADIMSC), the trio were the class of the field and, once Al Qemzi passed Team Amaravati’s Jonas Andersson on the opening lap, the three drivers ran a professional and processional race to the finish.
Andersson secured fourth place, three-time world champion Philippe Chiappe of the CTIC F1 Shenzhen China Team earned valuable points for fifth and Victory Team’s Ahmed Al Hameli was sixth.
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Team Abu Dhabi moved further ahead of their rivals in the UIM Teams’ Championship, while Frenchman Peter Morin earned the fastest lap of the race.
A triumphant Torrente said: “I had Erik on my side at the start and then Al Qemzi next to Jonas. The idea was to protect each other at the start and then whoever wins, wins.
“This is another amazing result for the team. They have done an amazing job. All the hard work that everyone has put in is starting to pay off. It really is a very exciting time and we are in a fantastic position now for a thrilling finish to the championship.”
Erik Stark in action at the Agile Grand Prix.
Torrente led the way from Stark, Andersson and Al Qemzi at the start. The grid was whittled down to 17 following the premature retirements of Francesco Cantando and Simone Shuft in the morning’s practice session.
Warm conditions welcomed teams to the 10th Chinese venue to host a grand prix. Al Qemzi made a storming start and passed Andersson and Stark to snatch second, but Torrente began to edge clear and was three seconds ahead after two laps.
Torrente began to close in on the back-markers by lap four, as he and Al Qemzi continued to open up a gap on Stark and Andersson and a hard-chasing Chiappe.
The American carded the fastest lap of the race of 57.71sec and held a three second advantage over Al Qemzi after six laps. Stark was 11 seconds adrift.
The top 10 held station through as many laps and Torrente extended his advantage to six seconds into lap 15, but Portugal’s Duarte Benavente and double world champion Sami Selio were sidelined and Thailand’s Sutthipan Sookbuangbon struggled at the rear of the field on his race debut. Four-time world champion Alex Carella had been running in 12th but also withdrew his Victory Team boat.
Bartak Marszalak spun out of eighth place but Torrente maintained an outright lead over Al Qemzi after 22 laps. Grant Trask also withdrew soon afterwards with his own technical issues.
Torrente’s lead was down to three seconds with 12 laps to go, but the top six were running in procession and there were no late dramas for the American.
He eased his pace slightly and passed the chequered flag six seconds in front of Al Qemzi and stormed back into title contention, as Stark rounded off another historic 1-2-3 finish for Team Abu Dhabi and Al Qemzi moved to the top of the standings.
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Team Abu Dhabi’s racing trio of Erik Stark, Thani Al Qemzi and Shaun Torrente clinched an historic 1-2-3 finish at the 22nd Grand Prix of France at Evian-les-Baines on Sunday.
The sensational result enabled Stark to storm to the top of the points’ standings and move two clear of his experienced team-mate Al Qemzi.
The Emirati pushed the team newcomer hard, as both drivers survived two yellow flag stoppages in a thrilling race where defending world champion Alex Carella of the Victory Team was hospitalised with a leg injury after a 24th lap crash and Torrente overcame missing out on Q3 qualifying on Saturday to climb from seventh to the final place on the podium.
Sweden’s Erik Edin finished fourth, Frenchman Peter Morin was fifth and Jonas Andersson passed the chequered flag in sixth after starting at the rear of the field following an engine change.
Three-time world champion Philippe Chiappe finished three laps behind and slipped to fourth in the championship standings, as Team Abu Dhabi also took control of the Teams’ Championship.
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The Team Abu Dhabi trio of Stark, Al Qemzi and Torrente had lined up in pole, third and seventh positions for the 42-lap race.
Stark came under pressure from Al Qemzi and then began to pull into a lead, as Torrente climbed to fifth position. Sami Selio suffered ongoing engine issues and an accident involving Filip Roms brought out the first yellow flag on lap seven.
Racing resumed on lap 12 and Stark held his advantage while Carella crashed out heavily on lap 24 and the race was yellow-flagged again. The Italian sustained a broken right tibia and was transferred to hospital for treatment.
The race resumed on lap 31 and Stark kept his cool to stay ahead of his team-mate as the Team Abu Dhabi trio held on to snatch a memorable 1-2-3, but there was disappointment for Francesco Cantando who stopped with mechanical issues on the last lap.
Torrente said: “This is a fantastic result for the team. It’s history with a 1-2-3 and we are 1-2-3 in the championship.
“I was really happy with my drive. Coming from behind, it was one of my better drives. I took my chances when I needed to without being overly aggressive. The boats were prepared so well. We had exactly the same set-ups on all three boats.”
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In 1996, Richard Chizmar's debut short story collection, Midnight Promises, was a finalist for the World Fantasy Award. Publishers Weekly called it "a sterling collection" while singling out "The Silence of Sorrow" as "an understated masterpiece."
Two years later, Subterranean Press published a mini-collection from Chizmar entitled Monsters and Other Stories. In his introduction, acclaimed genre critic Edward Bryant said, "When all is said and done, this book should leave you in utter silence, giving you time and opportunity to contemplate what you just read. Tough storytelling from a tough writer; but a writer who is not calloused. Chizmar possesses a finely honed gift of empathy. With utter grace and loving kindness he'll put you right inside the life (and soul) of the monster."
Now, nearly two decades later, Chizmar assembles thirty-five stories, including a previously-unpublished novella, and presents us with A Long December. This massive new collection features more than 150,000 words of Chizmar's very best short fiction and includes 8,000 words of autobiographical Story Notes.
Eerie, suspenseful, poignant, the stories in A Long December range from horror to suspense, crime to dark fantasy, mainstream to mystery.
As New York Times bestselling author Scott Smith (A Simple Plan, The Ruins) notes: "It's an idyllic little world Richard Chizmar has created. Boys fish in the shallows of a winding creek. A father tosses a baseball with his young son in the fading light of a summer day. There's the smell of fresh-cut grass. And then, well...just beneath the surface? There are those missing pets whose collars turn up in a shoebox. Or the disturbing photos the dead can leave behind. Or the terrible thing you might find yourself doing when a long lost brother suddenly returns, demanding money. Chizmar does a tremendous job of peeling back his world's shiny layers, revealing the rot that lies underneath. His stories feel like so many teeth: short and sharp and ready to draw blood."
The Man with X-Ray Eyes
Ditch Treasures
The Silence of Sorrow
The Lake is Life
Mister Parker
A Crime of Passion
Devil’s Night
Bride of Frankenstein: A Love Story
The Season of Giving
A Capital Cat Crime
The Sinner King
A Season of Change
Midnight Promises
Only the Strong Survive
The Poetry of Life
A Long December
Story Notes
"I love it...terrific stories served with a very large slice of Disquiet Pie."
"Powerful...I love it... Richard Chizmar writes clean, no-nonsense prose…sets his tales in no-nonsense, middle class neighborhoods I can relate to…and writes terrific stories served with a very large slice of Disquiet Pie."
"Chizmar's stories are hard-hitting, spooky, suspenseful, poignant, harrowing, heartbreaking and most of all very well-written. Excellent work!"
—Robert McCammon
"Tight, imaginative and totally engaging writing make this a must have book. Grab a copy of A Long December. It's fantastic."
"Richard Chizmar writes like a man who's been to hell and back and lived to tell its tales."
"...a writer of great accomplishment. His work, always effective, is notable for its clarity and originality of concept. Chizmar has a great gift for the sinister."
"Chilling and thought-provoking tales that quietly uncover horror in the most ordinary of lives."
"...a highly talented dark suspense writer with a wide range of subject matter and a knack for clear, straightforward, but evocative prose that may remind you of Stephen King, Dean Koontz and Ed Gorman."
—Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
"With the whiff of classic pulp fiction about them, these chilling tales pack a giddy wallop and make staying up late to read just one more mandatory."
—Kirkus (STARRED REVIEW)
"This is a must-read for fans of intense tales where psychological suspense and horror overlap..."
—Booklist (STARRED REVIEW)
"They say you can't go home again, and many of the 35 quietly creepy stories in this career-spanning collection make it clear why one might not want to… Chizmar pays tribute to horror master Richard Matheson of Twilight Zone fame both explicitly (with 'The Artist') and implicitly with last-act twists and a firm emphasis on family as the source of both laughter and tears."
"Chizmar's stories range from supernatural to psychological horror, and they all share the author's assured hand at storytelling. None of the tales overstay their welcome; in fact, I found myself wanting more from some of them. Ultimately, he's put together an immensely readable book full of appealing and oftentimes frightening characters, which, combined with his smooth language makes A Long December hard to put down..."
—Rue Morgue
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New Release A Dragon’s Treasure by Lorelei Moone
November 20, 2018 by silvatrend8553
A Dragon’s Treasure,
A Dragon Shifter Fantasy Romance
by Lorelei Moone
Shifters of Black Isle, #3
Publication Date: November 20, 2018
Genres: Adult, Fantasy, Romance, Shifters, Novella, Standalone
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I’m a warrior. No one will tame me, except…
Rhea’s new position as general of Black Isle’s armies brings with it a whole host of challenges. The enemy is at the gates, and he’s furious. Black Isle’s defenses are weaker than she would like, so she sees only one solution: to summon their secret weapon. A creature so untamed and powerful, he has been banished to the depths of the dungeons, only to be let out in the direst of need. To ensure his cooperation, she will need to rely on more than just her combat skills…
The harder she makes it, the sweeter my victory when I claim her.
Saras has been asleep for generations. When a female voice wakes him from his slumber, he knows there’s only one way to avoid the disaster that led him to be confined to the dungeons in the first place. But she’s unwilling and instead hopes to use his considerable powers in battle against Black Isle’s enemy. But a dragon has needs and ignoring them will only end in tears; or in this case, in flames.
No matter how hard Rhea tries to deny it, the attraction between them is hard to ignore. But with the future of the Black Isles on the line, this is hardly the time for romance. Or is it? That’s the thing about playing with dragon fire; sooner or later you’re going to get burned.
A Dragon’s Treasure is the third installment in Lorelei Moone’s brand new fantasy romance series, Shifters of Black Isle. Shifters, magic and relatable characters; set in a mysterious, distant land, where anything seems possible, and yet all its inhabitants hold dear could be destroyed in an instant.
EXCLUSIVE RELEASE EXCERPT:
“I’ve been expecting you.”
Rhea had already been holding her breath, or else it would have been taken away by the sheer majesty of the dragon’s voice. Behind her and Kelly, the door creaked yet again as the fearful guard secured it behind them.
“I am General Rhea, commander of the armies of Black Isle. I’m here to offer you your freedom, in exchange for your help in defeating our common enemy, King Weiland of the Deep.”
The voice laughed. “I have but one enemy, and he’s already in here with me inside this cell.”
Rhea’s heart started to pound and grabbed for the sword on her hip. Oh hell, he thinks we’re a threat.
Kelly, on the other hand, did not flinch at all. She took a step forward, even.
“This is your queen speaking. Why don’t you come into the light so we can speak properly?”
Rhea shot a surprised look in her direction. She had some guts, this witch.
“Be careful, Broc will never forgive me if you get burned to a crisp on my watch,” Rhea warned.
Kelly turned and smiled briefly as her presence entered Rhea’s mind. I’m not sensing any hostility. Treating him as an enemy will only make this negotiation harder.
Rhea grudgingly remembered the discussion they’d had about her so-called leadership style. She wasn’t about to let Kelly’s opinions change how she dealt with her soldiers, but this was uncharted territory. Nobody alive today had ever interacted with a dragon before, and Kelly’s powers did provide certain insights Rhea did not have.
“Please come out.” Rhea rephrased Kelly’s earlier request. “We mean you no harm.”
Laughter erupted from the darkness. “Well, that’s a relief.”
Rhea’s fears turned to frustration. Kelly might not have sensed hostility, but Rhea did not need mind reading skills to pick up on the arrogance in the dragon’s words.
Still, they’d made progress. There was movement in the shadows.
Rhea held her breath as she waited for the dragon to reveal himself.
What she saw shocked her greatly. She had expected scales and talons and a pair of great big wings. But she saw none of that. In front of the two women stood an ordinary man.
Well, perhaps not entirely ordinary.
He had been down here in this dark hole, asleep, for hundreds of years; even the Elders could not be sure exactly how long. Without reprise, without even nourishment. And yet, before them stood a young man in excellent physical shape.
His features were flawless, even boyish. His body… it rivalled even the fittest fighters on the Isles, with one major difference. There was not a single mark, not even a smudge of dirt on him.
He was perfect.
Rhea couldn’t stop staring at him, until she realized he was smirking at her.
“I must have been asleep a long time,” Saras spoke. “I see they have girl soldiers now. Interesting.”
The mockery in his tone pissed Rhea off immediately.
“A little respect would be nice. After all, we’re offering to let you out of here,” she hissed.
Saras laughed again. He was even more gorgeous now, infuriatingly so.
“If I wanted out of here, I would have left a long time ago, dear.”
Rhea stepped forward, her hand still gripping the General’s Sword. “You’ll address me as General Rhea. Not dear, darling, sweetheart, or any other such nonsense.”
Kelly’s mind infiltrated Rhea’s again for a moment.
It might be best to play along with his game, Kelly suggested.
Rhea frowned. What game is that?
He’s been down here on his own a long time. Plus, he’s from a different time. We can’t expect him to know the rules as they are now. If he wants to play, let him.
Rhea folded her arms and sighed. So her esteemed queen wanted her to allow him to treat her as a mere piece of meat. Charming. She preferred to try a different tactic. “Here’s the thing. We’re at war and our weapons alone cannot defeat the enemy.”
Saras took a couple of steps forward, until he was standing right in front of Rhea. He gazed down into her eyes for a moment.
“So? What does that have to do with me?”
She didn’t want it to, but his presence shook her. He was within her reach. She would just need to reach out for him. Smooth, sculpted flesh, a feast for the eyes, and so much more.
And his eyes… For a body so young in appearance, his eyes reflected the sorrow of a thousand lifetimes. She couldn’t stand looking at them for too long.
“Your powers could turn the tide for us. If you’ll help us,” Rhea spoke. Her voice sounded just a bit thinner and breathier than she would have wanted it to.
“And what’s in it for me?” he asked. The corner of his mouth rose in a subtle grin as he glanced down at her lips.
“Your freedom. A full pardon from the king,” Rhea said.
Saras shook his head. “You said that already. Plus, the king isn’t here. Why should I trust a word you speak?”
“I speak for my husband, the king,” Kelly spoke up. “What is it you want?”
Saras glanced over at the queen, then back at Rhea, his expression thoughtful. Then he abruptly turned away and slowly walked back toward the darkest part of the cell again. “I’m not interested. This isn’t my war.”
Rhea couldn’t believe his reaction. “Like it or not, you live on these Isles just as we do. If Black Mountain falls…” Rhea couldn’t bring herself to complete that thought. It wasn’t a matter of if but rather, when.
When Black Mountain falls…
Saras paused with his back turned. “Let them come. It makes no difference to me. Their weapons couldn’t even scratch me if they tried.”
Just like that, Rhea was furious again. “There must be something. Something that’ll change your mind?” Rhea called after him.
“Now that you mention it.” He looked over his shoulder back at her. “I might do it for a kiss from you, beautiful.”
Rhea was aghast. “How dare you speak to me like that! I’ve fought men bigger and stronger than you for less!”
Saras chuckled, then vanished into the darkness. “I very much doubt that. Good luck, General Rhea. With the war, and everything.”
Rhea shook with anger. She ought to go after him, teach him a lesson. Kelly placed her hand on Rhea’s arm, which infuriated her further, so she shook it off.
Uri said it wouldn’t be easy, didn’t he? Let’s give him some time to think it over. Another day in the hole might make him see the benefits of what we’re offering, Kelly suggested.
Rhea scowled. “Guard, open the door! We’re leaving.”
“Farewell, Rhea and Kelly of Black Mountain,” Saras spoke.
Rhea shook her head in frustration as the two of them left in silence. Through the iron door and the brass covered door, as well as the gate.
“That went relatively well,” Kelly mumbled.
Rhea shot her a furious look. “How on earth did that go well?”
Kelly shrugged. “At least he didn’t attack us. It was a discourse, not a fight.”
Rhea scoffed. “If you say so.”
“So what are you going to do?” Kelly asked. “Will you consider his demand?”
Rhea just stared at her blankly. How presumptuous of Kelly to assume that she’d discuss her strategy with a witch. Especially when it concerned something so personal and intimate.
“That’s none of your business.”
Curious… When the door to his cell opened, Saras had not been sure if he was waking or dreaming. He wasn’t even sure what had woken him up, except a persistent feeling that it was time.
And boy, had he been rewarded for his efforts.
Not one beauty, but two of them. Women of nobility, even. A queen, with radiant red hair, outdone only by the fine clothes she wore. She was pretty in her own right, but it wasn’t she who had enchanted him.
No, it was the other one. Rhea. She’d said she was the General of Black Isles’ armies. Whether he believed that, he wasn’t sure. Maybe things had changed a lot since he had gone underground.
Back in the day, females were not enlisted in the army.
Why any man would stand by and watch the fairer sex get slain in battle, he did not know. He wasn’t noble or chivalrous, but even he would lay down his own life in her stead.
Rhea. Dressed in a tight armored bodice and knee high boots. Her outfit was clearly designed to allow for maximum movement and flexibility. It left little to the imagination; still, his imagination was working harder than ever.
She would fuel many a dream. In fact, ever since she had unexpectedly stumbled into his cell, Saras couldn’t think of anyone else. Not even his love, Gillian. Was Rhea to be his new love? Was this finally a sign from the Gods that his crimes had been forgiven and he was offered a second chance?
Of course he hadn’t accepted her terms. He was least interested in fighting a war.
Perhaps it was a mistake to dismiss her so quickly. If she was going to be his redemption, he couldn’t make use of it down here. All he could do here was drift in and out of consciousness, dreaming now of a new woman.
The trouble with dreams was that they had a pesky habit of returning to the same events that had haunted him for so long. Fire and smoke sullied the image of beautiful Rhea. He had to keep on reminding himself that that hadn’t happened yet.
But it so very easily could, though. If he wasn’t careful, he could hurt her, even kill her too.
And then what? Dream of the event for eons to come, full of regret over yet another senseless death? Like he had been doing all this time for Gillian?
Perhaps it was better to stay here. The dreams would come and torment him, of course. But they were just dreams in this case. She would be safe from him as long as he was here.
Saras reasoned and argued with himself on this. Round and round in circles, his mind went. And it kept on arriving at the same two conclusions: as long as he was locked up, she was safe from him. And yet, he wanted her. He yearned for her so badly it made his bones hurt.
What was a lonely dragon to do?
ABOUT LORELEI MOONE:
Lorelei Moone is an author of paranormal / fantasy romance based in London. A lover of all things sweet, and caffeinated, when she’s not writing about sexy bear shifters and their strong-willed curvaceous love interests, Lorelei can be found baking cookies or cakes for her family.
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There are over 3 million almajiris in Kano – Ganduje
Governor Umar Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has revealed that over three million almajiris from the North and some neigbouring countries live in the state.
Speaking at the Kaduna Economic and Investment Summit, the governor said a recent survey carried out in the state established the huge number.
He said, “In Kano, we undertook a survey and we found out that we have more than three million almajiris. What we discovered from our survey is that many of these almajiris come from Niger Republic, some from Chad, Northern Cameroon and some from other states of the North West.”
According to him, there was need for northern states to come together and have a common synergy to introduce a common legislation, preventing the movement of school-age children from one place to another.
Zamfara governor, Abdulhazeez Yari on his part, said Northwest integration was important.
“We have advantage than any other zone in the country when it comes to agriculture.
We have the land, we have the people, we are the most populous zone, so we have to take advantage of that,” he said.
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Analysis of the mRNA targetome of microRNAs expressed by Marek's disease virus.
UNLABELLED: Marek's disease virus 1 (MDV-1), an oncogenic α-herpesvirus that induces T-cell lymphomas in chickens, serves as model system to study transformation by lymphotropic herpesviruses. Like the oncogenic human γ-herpesviruses Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), MDV-1 encodes several viral microRNAs (miRNAs). One MDV-1 miRNA, miR-M4, shares the same "seed" targeting sequence with both a KSHV miRNA, miR-K11, and cellular miR-155. Importantly, miR-M4 plays a critical role in T-cell transformation by MDV-1, while miR-K11 and cellular miR-155 are thought to play key roles in B-cell transformation by KSHV and EBV, respectively. Here, we present an analysis of the mRNAs targeted by viral miRNAs expressed in the chicken T-cell line MSB1, which is naturally coinfected with MDV-1 and the related nonpathogenic virus MDV-2. Our analysis identified >1,000 endogenous mRNAs targeted by miRNAs encoded by each virus, many of which are targeted by both MDV-1 and MDV-2 miRNAs. We present a functional analysis of an MDV-1 gene, RLORF8, targeted by four MDV-1 miRNAs and a cellular gene, encoding interleukin-18 (IL-18) and targeted by both MDV-1 and MDV-2 miRNAs, and show that ectopic expression of either protein in a form resistant to miRNA inhibition results in inhibition of cell proliferation. Finally, we present a restricted list of 9 genes targeted by not only MDV-1 miR-M4 but also KSHV miR-K11 and human miR-155. Given the critical role played by miR-155 seed family members in lymphomagenesis in humans and chickens, these mRNA targets may contain genes whose inhibition plays a conserved role in herpesvirus transformation. IMPORTANCE: Herpesviruses cause lymphomas in both humans and chickens, and in both cases, evidence indicates that virally encoded miRNAs, or virally subverted cellular miRNAs, belonging to the miR-155 seed family, play a critical role in this process. However, because each miRNA regulates numerous cellular mRNAs species, it has been difficult to elucidate which miRNA targets are important. Given the evolutionary distance between chickens and humans and the observation that miR-155 is nevertheless highly conserved in both species, we reasoned that the identification of shared miR-155 targets might shed light on this process. Here, we present an analysis of the mRNAs targeted by miRNAs encoded by the oncogenic avian herpesvirus MDV-1 in transformed chicken T cells, including a short list of mRNAs that are also targeted by miR-155 seed family miRNAs in EBV- or KSHV-transformed human B cells, and present an initial functional analysis of some of these miRNA targets.
Cullen, Bryan R.
Parnas, O; Corcoran, DL; Cullen, BR
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Gene Expression Profiling
Host-Pathogen Interactions
Mardivirus
MicroRNAs
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Photophysics of Single Rhodamine Dye Molecules on TiO2 Substrates
Natalie Wong, College of William and MaryFollow
Christopher Abelt
William McNamara
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) comprised of sensitizers within a TiO2 semiconductor matrix are promising photovoltaics that use electron transfer (ET) to convert photons into current. Improvements in DSSC efficiency require fundamental understanding of the distribution of forward and back ET dynamics at the dye-semiconductor interface, which ensemble-averaged experiments are incapable of observing. In this study, the distributions of ET dynamics in dye-sensitized TiO2 systems are probed using single-molecule fluorescence (SMF) microscopy. The time-dependent emission (i.e., blinking dynamics) of rhodamine 6G (R6G), rhodamine B (RB), and 5-carboxy-x-rhodamine (5-ROX) sensitized colloidal anatase TiO2 films are quantified by constructing histograms of emissive (“on”) and non-emissive (“off”) events. Robust statistical analysis reveals that the off-time distributions for molecules on TiO2 are not consistent with the power-law hypothesis and are instead well represented by log-normal distributions. These ET data are consistent with the Albery model of a Gaussian distribution of activation energies, where the power-law and log-normal distribution fit parameters are sensitive to experimental time resolution and cannot be analyzed as absolute values. Relative comparison of the fit parameters of R6G, RB, and 5-ROX ET distributions on colloidal TiO2 provides insight into the effect of sensitizer structure on the photophysical system. Notably, log-normally distributed off times produce a larger scaling parameter μ for 5-ROX than for R6G or RB, suggesting the dye binds more strongly to TiO2 than R6G or RB and produces slower back electron transfer (BET) rates due to increased electron delocalization. The on-time distributions for rhodamine dyes on TiO2 are fit by power laws, but they are only operative for long emissive durations comprising less than 15% of the photophysical data. Changes in fluorescent spot density on false-colored images of R6G on bare glass, colloidal anatase TiO2, and single-crystal rutile TiO2 illustrate the impact of substrate on ET dynamics, but single-molecule studies of rhodamine molecules on single-crystal rutile could not be completed due to extremely efficient ET. Future investigations will apply single-molecule methodologies with picosecond resolution to dye-semiconductor systems.
Wong, Natalie, "Photophysics of Single Rhodamine Dye Molecules on TiO2 Substrates" (2014). Undergraduate Honors Theses. Paper 44.
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Professor Merilyn Manley-Harris
Professor ( Chemistry); Undergraduate Convener (Chemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology ); Academic Manager (Chemical Services )
Qualifications: BSc(Hons) James Cook University, PhD University of Montana
Current research projects include: Studies on NZ honey; carbohydrate profiling, organic contaminants
General interests include carbohydrate chemistry, all forms of HPLC including ion chromatography; NMR spectroscopy and other forms of natural product analysis and characterization.
Tanner-Dempsey, Greer (in progress). Analysis of volatile organic compounds that alert dogs to the presence of lung cancer.
Li, Yanan (in progress). Development of a cyanide-free assay for vitamin B12 in infant formulas.
Shrubsall, Jacob (in progress) Rewarewa honey.
Sorensen, Stine (in progress) Effect of sedimentation on seagrass (Zostera muelleri) survival.
Bernstein, Daniel (in progress). Removal of traces organics using advanced oxidation and biological filtration for drinking water supply.
MacAskilll, Jessica (2017). Impact of pretreatment chemistry on the biochemical process for biofuel production.
Grainger, Megan (2015). Kinetics of conversion of dihydroxyacetone to methylglyoxal in honey.
McDonald-Wharry, John (2015). Carbonisation of harakeke (Phormium tenax) biomass for potential application as composite reinforcement. Embargoed until 22 May 2017.
Brown, Jolene (2014). Seasonal comparison of lipid composition and metabolism in parasitised and non-parasitised clover root weevil (Sitona lepidus).
Gill, Brendon (2013). Analysis of nucleosides and nucleotides in milk and infant formula.
Srinivasan, Prakash (2013). Sorption, degradation and transport of veterinary antibiotics in New Zealand pastoral soils.
Li, Yi (2003) in vivo utilisation of fructooligosaccharides by sheep faecal bifidobacteria and in vitro antagonistic effects against intestinal pathogens.
Christian, Ted (1999), Kinetics of formation of di-D-fructose dianhydrides from thermal treatments of inulin.
MSc (Research)
Duke, Emily (2018).
Willcock, Nathan (2018). Development of a field test for classification of dihydroxyacetone content of mānuka (Leptospermum scoparium) nectar.
Owens, Adrian (2016). Kinetics of dedimerisation of dihydroxyacetone in aprotic media.
Sorensen, Stine (in progress). Seagrass vulnerability and resilience: the threat of sedimentation. (chief supervisor Marnie Campbell).
Bernstein, Daniel (2015). Development of a method for trace analysis of dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry and its application to samples from the MV Rena incident.
Lloyd, Alicia (2015). Analysis of amino acids in mānuka honey.
Tanner-Dempsey, Greer (2017).Development of a method for the analysis of amino acids and phenolic acids in manuka honey".
Yin, Yingjie (2015). Developing a rapid in-field sensor for DHA in nectar of Leptospermum Scoparium.
Brown, Jolene (2014). Equilibration of D-glucaric acid in aqueous solution
Cameron, Nicola (2014). Use of LA-ICP-MS to analyse dental enamel in order to locate the geographical origin of teeth.
MacAskill, Jessica (2013). Quantification of nitro-toxins in Karaka (Corynocarpus laevigatus) Drupes.
Yang, Wenjuan (2012). Investigation of extractable materials from biochar.
Chan, Ching (2011). Isolation, charaterisation and synthesis of a phenyl-substituted pyrrole isolated from the flavonoid fraction of mānuka honey.
Dumté, Mérine (2010). Development of a method for the quantitative detection of honey in imported products.
Faville, Martyn (2010). Examination of the molecular mass of polyhydroxypolyamides.
Grainger, Megan (2010). Categorisation and discrimination of Automotive glass fragments by Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass-Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) for forensic purposes.
McDonald-Wharry, John (2010). Characterisation of water soluble polysaccharides produced during prehydrolysis of pinus radiata.
Deadman, Benjamin (2009). The flavonoid profile of New Zealand mānuka honey.
Haisley Bassard, Connor (2016). Sugar profiles of Dactylanthus.
Brunton, Richard (2015). The extraction, quantification and characterisation of kavalactones from Piper methysticum (Kava).
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Carbohydrates Honey
Owens, A., Lane, J. R., Manley-Harris, M., Marie Jensen, A., & Jørgensen, S. (2019). Kinetics of conversion of dihydroxyacetone to methylglyoxal in New Zealand mānuka honey: Part V – The rate determining step. Food Chemistry, 276, 636-642. doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.10.039
Martin, J. W., Nyadong, L., Ducati, C., Manley-Harris, M., Marshall, A. G., & Kraft, M. (2019). Nanostructure of gasification charcoal (biochar). Environmental Science and Technology, 53(7), 3538-3546. doi:10.1021/acs.est.8b06861
MacAskill, J. J., Suckling, I. D., Lloyd, J. A., & Manley-Harris, M. (2018). Unravelling the effect of pretreatment severity on the balance of cellulose accessibility and substrate composition on enzymatic digestibility of steam-pretreated softwood. Biomass and Bioenergy, 109, 284-290. doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2017.12.018
Ranmadugala, D., Grainger, M., Manley-Harris, M., & Berenjian, A. (2018). Determination of menaquinone-7 by a simplified reversed phase-HPLC method. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, 19(8), 664-673. doi:10.2174/1389201019666180828090637
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Antioxidant Studies and Determination of Wedelolactone in Eclipta alba
K.P. Unnikrishnan , Anu Fathima , K.M. Hashim and Indira Balachandran
The present research reports the results of the phytochemical studies carried out to identify the diagnostic features of the E. alba. A high performance thin layer chromatographic method was standardized to determine the wedelolactone content in whole plant of E. alba. Methanolic extracts of samples from three different sources were used for analysis. The mean assay of wedelolactone was of range 0.481-0.702 mg gG1 of drug powder. Radical scavenging activity of methanolic extract was evaluated by DPPH assay method, superoxide radical scavenging activity in riboflavin/light/NBT system and nitric oxide radical scavenging activity in sodium nitroprusside/Griess reagent system. The assay results indicate that the DPPH, superoxide and nitric oxide scavenging activity were intense (19.25, 39.25 and 58.26 μg mL1, respectively). The phytochemical features identified in the present study can be used as identification markers of this important analgesic agent.
Variation in Vasicine Content and Pharmacognostic Characters of Morphotypes of Adhatoda zeylanica Medic.
S. Sudhakar Raja , K.P. Unnikrishnan , Satheesh George , A.B. Remashree , P.S. Udayan , K.V. Tushar and Indira Balachandran
As part of the gene bank activity of CMPR many collections of Adhatoda zeylanica Medic. were made from varying agroecological regions in South India. These collections could be grouped into four morphotypes based on growth habits and other morphological characters. These four morphotypes were evaluated for their chemical and pharmacognostical characters and significant differences among the morphotypes were noticed. Among quality characters vasicine content, fingerprint profiles, stomatal index, leaf architecture and venation pattern showed significant variation indicating the predominance of additive gene effects. A reverse phase HPLC method for the quantitative determination of vasicine in the morphotypes was developed based on which variation in the vasicine content was observed. Thin layer chromatographic analysis showed variation in the chemical composition of these morphotypes. These studies indicated variability in the chemical composition and pharmacognostic characters among the morphotypes of A. zeylanica. Two of the morphotypes containing significantly higher vasicine indicated the presence of chemical diversity, providing adequate scope for selection of superior chemotypes having high therapeutic value and economic benefit.
Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R. Br. A Review
Satheesh George , K.V. Tushar , K.P. Unnikrishnan , K.M. Hashim and Indira Balachandran
Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R. Br. (Periplocaceae) is being used widely in Ayurvedic medicine. The history of its medicinal importance dates back to ancient times. The present review deals with studies undertaken in various aspects of this plant in the areas of morphology, anatomy, pharmacology, chemistry and ethnobotany along with medicinal uses.
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Ancient genomic changes associated with domestication of the horse
Pablo Librado1,*,
Cristina Gamba1,*,
Charleen Gaunitz1,
Clio Der Sarkissian1,
Mélanie Pruvost2,
Anders Albrechtsen3,
Antoine Fages1,4,
Naveed Khan1,5,
Mikkel Schubert1,
Vidhya Jagannathan6,
Aitor Serres-Armero7,8,
Lukas F. K. Kuderna7,8,
Inna S. Povolotskaya7,8,
Andaine Seguin-Orlando1,9,
Sébastien Lepetz10,
Markus Neuditschko11,
Catherine Thèves4,
Saleh Alquraishi12,
Ahmed H. Alfarhan12,
Khaled Al-Rasheid12,
Stefan Rieder11,
Zainolla Samashev13,
Henri-Paul Francfort14,
Norbert Benecke15,
Michael Hofreiter16,
Arne Ludwig17,
Christine Keyser4,18,
Tomas Marques-Bonet7,8,19,
Bertrand Ludes4,20,
Eric Crubézy4,
Tosso Leeb6,
Eske Willerslev1,
Ludovic Orlando1,4,†
1Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Øster Voldgade 5-7, 1350K Copenhagen, Denmark.
2Institut Jacques Monod, UMR 7592 CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 75205 Paris cedex 13, France.
3Bioinformatics Center, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, 2200N Copenhagen, Denmark.
4Laboratoire d’Anthropobiologie Moléculaire et d’Imagerie de Synthèse, CNRS UMR 5288, Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, 31000 Toulouse, France.
5Department of Biotechnology, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Pakistan.
6Institute of Genetics, University of Bern, 3001 Bern, Switzerland.
7Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-UPF), Departament de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
8Center for Genomic Regulation (CNAG-CRG), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Baldiri i Reixac 4, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
9National High-Throughput DNA Sequencing Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.
10Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, Archéozoologie, Archéobotanique, Sociétés, Pratiques et Environnements (UMR 7209), 55 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France.
11Agroscope, Swiss National Stud Farm, 1580 Avenches, Switzerland.
12Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
13Branch of Institute of Archaeology Margulan, Republic Avenue 24-405, 010000 Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan.
14CNRS, UMR 7041 Archéologie et Sciences de l’Antiquité, Archéologie de l'Asie Centrale, Maison René Ginouvès, 21 allée de l’Université, 92023 Nanterre, France.
15German Archaeological Institute, Department of Natural Sciences, Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
16University of Potsdam, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.
17Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin 10315, Germany.
18Institut de Médecine Légale, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
19Catalan Institution of Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Passeig de Lluís Companys, 23, 08010, Barcelona, Spain.
20Institut Médico-Légal, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
↵†Corresponding author: Email: lorlando{at}snm.ku.dk
↵* These authors contributed equally to this work.
Science 28 Apr 2017:
DOI: 10.1126/science.aam5298
Pablo Librado
Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Øster Voldgade 5-7, 1350K Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Cristina Gamba
ORCID record for Cristina Gamba
Charleen Gaunitz
ORCID record for Charleen Gaunitz
Clio Der Sarkissian
Mélanie Pruvost
Institut Jacques Monod, UMR 7592 CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, 75205 Paris cedex 13, France.
Anders Albrechtsen
Bioinformatics Center, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, 2200N Copenhagen, Denmark.
ORCID record for Anders Albrechtsen
Antoine Fages
Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Øster Voldgade 5-7, 1350K Copenhagen, Denmark.Laboratoire d’Anthropobiologie Moléculaire et d’Imagerie de Synthèse, CNRS UMR 5288, Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, 31000 Toulouse, France.
ORCID record for Antoine Fages
Naveed Khan
Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Øster Voldgade 5-7, 1350K Copenhagen, Denmark.Department of Biotechnology, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Pakistan.
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Mikkel Schubert
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Vidhya Jagannathan
Institute of Genetics, University of Bern, 3001 Bern, Switzerland.
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Aitor Serres-Armero
Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-UPF), Departament de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.Center for Genomic Regulation (CNAG-CRG), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Baldiri i Reixac 4, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
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Lukas F. K. Kuderna
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Inna S. Povolotskaya
ORCID record for Inna S. Povolotskaya
Andaine Seguin-Orlando
Centre for GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Øster Voldgade 5-7, 1350K Copenhagen, Denmark.National High-Throughput DNA Sequencing Center, Copenhagen, Denmark.
ORCID record for Andaine Seguin-Orlando
Sébastien Lepetz
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, Archéozoologie, Archéobotanique, Sociétés, Pratiques et Environnements (UMR 7209), 55 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France.
Markus Neuditschko
Agroscope, Swiss National Stud Farm, 1580 Avenches, Switzerland.
Catherine Thèves
Laboratoire d’Anthropobiologie Moléculaire et d’Imagerie de Synthèse, CNRS UMR 5288, Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, 31000 Toulouse, France.
ORCID record for Catherine Thèves
Saleh Alquraishi
Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Ahmed H. Alfarhan
Khaled Al-Rasheid
Stefan Rieder
ORCID record for Stefan Rieder
Zainolla Samashev
Branch of Institute of Archaeology Margulan, Republic Avenue 24-405, 010000 Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan.
Henri-Paul Francfort
CNRS, UMR 7041 Archéologie et Sciences de l’Antiquité, Archéologie de l'Asie Centrale, Maison René Ginouvès, 21 allée de l’Université, 92023 Nanterre, France.
Norbert Benecke
German Archaeological Institute, Department of Natural Sciences, Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
Michael Hofreiter
University of Potsdam, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.
Arne Ludwig
Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin 10315, Germany.
ORCID record for Arne Ludwig
Christine Keyser
Laboratoire d’Anthropobiologie Moléculaire et d’Imagerie de Synthèse, CNRS UMR 5288, Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, 31000 Toulouse, France.Institut de Médecine Légale, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Tomas Marques-Bonet
Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-UPF), Departament de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.Center for Genomic Regulation (CNAG-CRG), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Baldiri i Reixac 4, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.Catalan Institution of Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Passeig de Lluís Companys, 23, 08010, Barcelona, Spain.
ORCID record for Tomas Marques-Bonet
Bertrand Ludes
Laboratoire d’Anthropobiologie Moléculaire et d’Imagerie de Synthèse, CNRS UMR 5288, Université de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, 31000 Toulouse, France.Institut Médico-Légal, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France.
Eric Crubézy
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Tosso Leeb
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Eske Willerslev
Ludovic Orlando
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For correspondence: lorlando@snm.ku.dk
Ancient genomics of horse domestication
The domestication of the horse was a seminal event in human cultural evolution. Librado et al. obtained genome sequences from 14 horses from the Bronze and Iron Ages, about 2000 to 4000 years ago, soon after domestication. They identified variants determining coat color and genes selected during the domestication process. They could also see evidence of admixture with archaic horses and the demography of the domestication process, which included the accumulation of deleterious variants. The horse appears to have undergone a different type of domestication process than animals that were domesticated simply for food.
Science, this issue p. 442
The genomic changes underlying both early and late stages of horse domestication remain largely unknown. We examined the genomes of 14 early domestic horses from the Bronze and Iron Ages, dating to between ~4.1 and 2.3 thousand years before present. We find early domestication selection patterns supporting the neural crest hypothesis, which provides a unified developmental origin for common domestic traits. Within the past 2.3 thousand years, horses lost genetic diversity and archaic DNA tracts introgressed from a now-extinct lineage. They accumulated deleterious mutations later than expected under the cost-of-domestication hypothesis, probably because of breeding from limited numbers of stallions. We also reveal that Iron Age Scythian steppe nomads implemented breeding strategies involving no detectable inbreeding and selection for coat-color variation and robust forelimbs.
Horse domestication likely started in the Kazakh steppe with the Botai culture ~5.5 thousand years (ky) ago (1), although earlier (2) and later (3) dates have been proposed. By riding horses, humans could travel well above their own speed, connecting vast territories (4) and revolutionizing warfare with chariotry and cavalry (5). Furthermore, the breeding industry from the 18th century onward was instrumental to modern cities and economies, until horse power was supplanted in the early 20th century.
Horses deeply transformed human civilizations, but humans also reshaped the horse through selection and crossbreeding. Present-day domestic horses show (i) an extreme mitochondrial diversity contrasting with an almost complete homogeneity on their Y chromosome; (ii) higher mutational loads than in wild horses from the Upper Paleolithic; and (iii) selection at genes involved in locomotion, physiology, development, and behavior (6). In the absence of genomes from ancient domestic horses, it remains unclear, however, whether these characteristics were already introduced during early domestication stages.
We therefore explored the potential of 16 domestic horses from three archaeological sites for whole-genome sequencing (Fig. 1A). First, we analyzed a mare radiocarbon dated to ~4.1 ky before present (ky B.P.) [2121 to 2095 calibrated years Before the Common Era (B.C.E.)], belonging to the early Bronze Age Sintashta culture from Chelyabinsk oblast, Russia, which provides the first archaeological evidence of two-wheeled horse chariots (2). Second, we studied two Iron Age stallions from the earliest Scythian royal mound of Arzhan I, Tuva (~2.7 ky B.P.) (7), where >200 harnessed horses were sacrificed during the funerals of an elite member (8). Last, we investigated 13 sacrificed Scythian stallions from the kurgan 11 of Berel’, Kazakhstan, dated to ~2.3 ky B.P. (9).
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Fig. 1 Ancient horse samples, kinship, inbreeding, and phenotypes.
(A) Sampling sites. Berel’ stallions are displayed as found on site. (B) Allele probabilities at 41 predicted Mendelian loci (fig. S6 and table S30). The absence of the causative allele is depicted in white; its presence in heterozygous or homozygous states is shown in dark gray and red, respectively. Plus signs and diagonal crosses depict nongenotyped positions and sites with a sequencing coverage lower than three, respectively. (C) Kinship (θ) and inbreeding coefficients (F) for four main groups of domestic horses. The kinship coefficient between BER10_K and BER11_L is highlighted in a red circle.
We performed low-depth sequencing to assess DNA preservation levels and molecular signatures typical of ancient DNA (figs. S15 to S18). The exceptional preservation conditions, especially at Berel’, where the sepulchral chamber was embedded within permafrost (10), were compatible with whole-genome sequencing of the Sintashta mare and the two Arzhan stallions, as well as 11 Berel’ stallions (table S27). Following uracil-specific excision reagent (USER) enzymatic treatment, quality recalibration on the basis of residual damage profiles and read trimming (table S28), we obtained 14 genomes at 1.2 to 10.9 average fold coverage and 0.057 to 0.267% errors per base (fig. S1 and table S1). We also confirmed the mitochondrial sequences previously obtained for Berel’ horses (11).
In order to gain insights into the horses’ phenotypes and, consequently, past funerary rituals and breeding strategies, we used shotgun and target-enrichment sequencing to investigate 41 Mendelian loci associated with coat color, racing performance, body size, and congenital diseases (Fig. 1, A and B, and fig. S6). Coat coloration genotyping was validated and also expanded for the two Berel’ samples not amenable to whole-genome sequencing (BER03_C and BER13_N), with aMPLex-Torrent sequencing (12).
Whereas the Sintashta mare was found to be bay, the Scythian stallions included one cream, two black, two spotted, four bay, and six chestnut individuals (Fig. 1, A and B). This mirrors the coat coloration diversity found at Arzhan II ~2.6 thousand years ago (ka) (13), revealing that Scythians integrated multiple coat-color patterns in elite funerals.
We did not detect mutations causing congenital diseases nor the DMRT3 allele responsible for ambling (Fig. 1B). We, however, detected alleles associated with racing performance in ACN9, CKM, COX4/1, and COX4/2, previously identified in mid-Holocene and Upper Paleolithic horses (14, 15). We found other mutations hitherto unreported in ancient horses, including the MSTN mutation associated with muscle hypertrophy and short-distance sprint performance in homozygous Thoroughbred and Quarter horses (the short interspersed nuclear element insertion at the 5′-untranslated region of MSTN was, however, absent) (16). The Sintashta mare and four Scythian stallions were heterozygous and were thus probably not as fast as modern sprint racers. The presence of the MSTN mutation may indicate that Scythian breeders selected a diversity of endurance and speed potential, provided that further work reveals significantly lower allele frequencies in contemporary wild horses.
We next evaluated kinship and inbreeding in the 11 Berel’ horses (Fig. 1C), and this took genotyping uncertainty into account (17, 18). Only BER10_K and BER11_L were related (kinship coefficient of 0.451). They showed the same mitochondrial haplotype (figs. S3 and S5) but different Y chromosomes (Fig. 2A). These two horses might represent appreciated members of valuable pedigrees. The lack of kinship found in the majority of horses echoes both Herodotus’s depiction of sacrificed horses as gifts from allied tribes spread across vast areas and the diversity of harness ornaments excavated at Berel’ (19). Inbreeding coefficients (F) were also close to zero (Fig. 1C), as opposed to all present-day horses tested, which suggests that Scythian reproductive management did not disrupt natural herd structures, in contrast with current practice.
Fig. 2 Patterns of genetic diversity within the past ~2.3 ky.
(A) Y-chromosome haplotype network, with predomestic horses (blue), Przewalski’s horses (green), and Scythian horses (brown). (B) Allele sharing between predomestication (blue)/Przewalski’s horses (green) and Scythian/Sintashta horses, as quantified by the D statistics calculated on nucleotide transversions. The shaded area delimits the confidence interval, defined by |Z-scores| ≤ 3. (C) Individual-based genetic loads. (D) Nucleotide diversity in mitochondrial DNA, autosomes, and sex chromosomes.
Finally, we used the population branch statistics (PBS) to identify 121 candidate genes selected by Scythian breeders (table S14). As segmental duplications affect patterns of sequence variation, we filtered copy number variations (CNVs) (fig. S13) and found significant functional enrichment for development of the anteroposterior axis and carpal bones (hypergeometric test, adjusted P values ≤ 0.0438) (tables S18 and S23). Genes expressed in the pectoral appendage apical ectodermal ridge, the tibia, the clavicle, and the radius bone, were also overrepresented (tables S21 and S25). This finding is consistent with the increased robustness measured on Berel’ metacarpals (and in other Altay Scythian horses), compared with present-day Mongolian horses (9).
Breast and mammary glands also appeared functionally overrepresented, together with the posterior pituitary, which produces the neurohypophysal hormones oxytocin and vasopressin (hypergeometric test, adjusted P ≤ 0.0493) (tables S18 and S23). Although the former is involved in uterine contraction, lactation, and social bonding between humans and dogs (20), the latter stimulates water retention. Genes transcribed in the urothelium and kidney vasculature were enriched among the tissues where the selection candidates are expressed (table S21). Altogether, these findings suggest that Scythians may have favored gene variants facilitating horse milking, which was practiced since ~5.5 ka (1), and minimizing water loss, an advantage in dry steppe areas where daily water sources are scarce.
The 14 ancient genomes reported here have strong implications for the horse domestication process. First, it has recently been discovered that a now-extinct lineage of wild horses existed in the Arctic until at least ~5.2 ka and significantly contributed to the genetic makeup of present-day domesticates (14, 15). The timing of the underlying admixture event(s) is, however, unknown. Using D statistics, we confirmed that this extinct lineage shared more derived polymorphisms with the Sintashta and especially Scythian horses than with present-day domesticates (Fig. 2B). The domestic horse lineage, thus, experienced a net loss of archaic introgressed tracts within the past ~2.3 ky.
Furthermore, predomestication horses carry fewer deleterious mutations than present-day domesticates (14). This suggested that the demographic collapse associated with domestication reduced the efficacy of purifying selection in filtering out deleterious alleles. However, using phyloP scores (21) as proxies for the fitness consequences of mutations, we found lower mutational loads in Sintashta and Scythian horses than in both present-day horses and previously sequenced predomestication genomes (14, 15) (Fig. 2C). This pattern was not driven by differences in genome coverage (fig. S29). Therefore, the excess of deleterious mutations in present-day horses—functionally overrepresented in open wounds (hypergeometric test, adjusted P = 0.0402), seizures (0.0390), and dementia (0.0197)—is likely not a consequence of early domestication but of the past ~2.3 ky of breeding.
Our data challenge the evolutionary paradigm that the domestic horse lineage was founded by a limited number of stallions and constantly restocked through mares. The mitochondrial diversity of present-day horses is similar to that of Berel’ horses, both in terms of nucleotide diversity (π in Fig. 2D) and haplotypes spread across the entire mitochondrial tree (figs. S3 and S5). For the Y chromosome, Scythian horses showed a 9.45-fold increase in π (Fig. 2D) and many additional haplotypes compared with the few segregating in present-day domesticates (Fig. 2A). This is in agreement with the divergent Scythian haplotype previously reported (22) and reveals a large diversity of domestic male founders taking part in early domestication. The reduction in the stallion population size during the past ~2.3 ky also resulted in a severe decline in the overall effective population size, as reflected by the reduced autosomal π within present-day horses (Fig. 2D). It did not, however, affect the X-to-autosomal diversity (π) ratio, which remains below the 0.75 random mating expectation and is similar in both Berel’ and present-day domesticates (~0.55 to 0.60). Present-day domesticates, however, lost diversity for the X chromosome, especially within a ~13-Mb region also showing high fixation index (FST) values with Berel’ horses (fig. S14) and enriched in genes associated with intellectual disability (hypergeometric test, adjusted P = 0.0032); behavior (0.0002 to 0.0032); and long fingers (0.0016) (tables S17 and S20).
We developed a statistical framework to identify the genetic changes selected before the divergence between Berel’ horses and present-day domesticates, a period encompassing the beginning and early stages of domestication. The method exploits a population tree and levels of exclusively shared derived (LSD) polymorphisms within predefined groups of individuals (fig. S30). Using forward simulations under eight selective regimes, LSD can detect selection within the timeframe of horse domestication (figs. S31 to S33).
We applied LSD for the seven Berel’ horses with highest genome coverage (table S15) and the tree retrieved from patterns of genome-wide variation, showing the Sintashta and Scythian horses as basal to the lineage of domesticates, with Berel’ horses forming a monophyletic group (Fig. 3A). This topology was confirmed with outgroup f3-statistics placing Berel’ horses equidistant to all present-day domesticates (fig. S8).
Fig. 3 Population affinities and LSD-based selection scan.
(A) Neighbor-joining population tree with bootstrap node supports and the six horse groups identified. The ancestral branch leading to the divergence between Berel’ horses and present-day domesticates is highlighted with a gray arrow. (B) Three gene candidates involved in neural crest–development programs and showing LSD support for positive selection during early domestication stages.
Defining six groups from the tree and filtering CNVs, functional clustering of the 1000 top-ranking 10-kb windows of normalized LSD scores revealed significant enrichment for genes involved in androgen and steroid hormone receptor binding, abnormal synaptic transmissions, and associative learning (hypergeometric test, adjusted P ≤ 0.0311) (tables S24 and S26). This reflects the important cognitive and behavioral changes accompanying animal domestication. Enrichment was also observed for genes related to ear shape (0.0163); neural crest (cell) morphology (0.0293); and genes transcribed in the mesenchyme derived from head neural crest (0.0280) and the substantia nigra (0.0507), a brain region containing neural crest–derived neurons involved in movement, learning, and reward (23) (Fig. 3B). Our findings thus support the neural crest hypothesis of animal domestication, which proposes that developmental changes affecting the tissues and cell types derived from the neural crest underpin traits commonly found in domestic animals, such as coat-color variation and floppy ears (24).
We unveiled important features of the Scythian funerary rituals and revised our views on past horse breeding and management. Determining exactly which cultures and technologies caused the demise of stallion diversity, the surge in mutational load, and the development of specific equestrian traits will require additional genomes spanning the whole temporal and geographical range of horse domestication.
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Acknowledgments: We thank the staff of the Danish National High-Throughput DNA Sequencing Center for technical support, P. Kosintsev for providing one archaeological sample, and L. Ermini for preliminary laboratory work. This work was supported by the Danish Council for Independent Research, Natural Sciences (grant 4002-00152B); the Danish National Research Foundation (grant DNRF94); Initiative d'Excellence Chaires d'attractivité, Université de Toulouse (grant OURASI); the International Highly cited Research Group Program (grant HCRC#15-101), Deanship of Scientific Research, King Saud University; the Villum Fonden miGENEPI research project and blokstipendier grant; and the European Research Council (ERC-CoG-2015-681605). C.Gam. was supported by a Marie-Curie Intra-European fellowship (FP7-IEF-328024). T.M.-B. is supported by MINECO BFU2014-55090-P (FEDER), Fundacio Zoo Barcelona, and Secretaria d’Universitats i Recerca del Departament d’Economia i Coneixement de la Generalitat de Catalunya. N.B. and A.L. were supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (LU 852/7-4). This research received support from the SYNTHESYS Project (www.synthesys.info/), which is financed by European Community Research Infrastructure Action under the Framework Programme 7 “Capacities” Program. The sequencing data and read alignment files are available at the European Nucleotide Archive (accession nos. PRJEB19970 and PRJEB20000 for shotgun and target-enriched data, respectively). L.O. conceived the project and designed research; S.L. and C.K. sampled Berel’ horses; C. Gam., C. Gau., C.D.S., N.K., M.P., and L.O. performed ancient DNA laboratory work; V.J. and T.L. generated one present-day horse genome; P.L. performed computational analyses, with main input from C. Gam., and input from C.D.S., A.A., M.S., and L.O.; P.L. developed and applied LSD, with input from L.O.; A.S.-A., L.F.K.K., I.S.P., and T.M.-B. performed CNV analyses; M.P., N.B., A.L., and C.K. provided samples; S.A., A.H.A., K.A.-R., E.W., and L.O. provided reagents and material; L.O. wrote the paper, with input from P.L., C.D.S., and E.W., as well as all other coauthors; P.L. and C. Gam. wrote the supplementary information, with input from C.D.S., C. Gau., A.F., M.S., and L.O.
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By Pablo Librado, Cristina Gamba, Charleen Gaunitz, Clio Der Sarkissian, Mélanie Pruvost, Anders Albrechtsen, Antoine Fages, Naveed Khan, Mikkel Schubert, Vidhya Jagannathan, Aitor Serres-Armero, Lukas F. K. Kuderna, Inna S. Povolotskaya, Andaine Seguin-Orlando, Sébastien Lepetz, Markus Neuditschko, Catherine Thèves, Saleh Alquraishi, Ahmed H. Alfarhan, Khaled Al-Rasheid, Stefan Rieder, Zainolla Samashev, Henri-Paul Francfort, Norbert Benecke, Michael Hofreiter, Arne Ludwig, Christine Keyser, Tomas Marques-Bonet, Bertrand Ludes, Eric Crubézy, Tosso Leeb, Eske Willerslev, Ludovic Orlando
Science 28 Apr 2017 : 442-445
The genomes of 14 ancient horses reveal selection during domestication stages and a recent loss of diversity.
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Looking for novel: group abducted by asteroid ship containing other alien abductees
Looking for a novel I believe was published between 2010-2013. It had one, maybe two authors, one of which was also a screenwriter.
The book was about what appeared to be an asteroid approaching Earth. I think two missions were sent to the object, one from the US and one from India or China. Not all the astronauts survived, those that did discovered the object is a space ark. When the ark entered orbit, it abducted one or more groups of people from mission control sites and started to leave the solar system. The abductees found other abducted alien species aboard the ark, some friendly, others not so much. They also found that some of the astronauts had been resurrected by the ark.
The book ended without a real conclusion so I think the authors intended to write a sequel. Sound familiar to anyone?
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I think you're thinking of Heaven's Shadow
It's written by David S. Goyer and Michael Cassutt, both of whom are screenwriters; and the plot has to do with a mysterious alien ship arriving in the solar system, where it's met by two expeditions from Earth. The ship at first seems dead, but - unsurprisingly - this turns out not to be the case.
There's not one, but two sequels - Heaven's War and Heaven's Fall.
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Why doesn't Fry return to his original time?
Though he's certainly built a life for himself in the future, Fry still has a life (though it's pretty lame) back in the year 2000.
Why doesn't he go back in time and stay there? What's keeping him in future Earth?
stevvvestevvve
If you woke up in 1000 years to technology beyond current imagination, would you go back? I wouldn't, except maybe to pick up a few friends and family members. – Kevin♦ Jun 17 '12 at 19:14
It depends on how good the pizza is in the future... – stevvve Jun 17 '12 at 19:45
In one word: Leela – dan04 Jun 17 '12 at 22:32
Well if he wanted to he could always just freeze himself again. – Chad Levy Jun 17 '12 at 23:43
When/how exactly does he has the possibility to do that? – Martin Scharrer Jun 18 '12 at 7:13
I believe this is answered in the first episode. Fry hates his life. His within the first 2 minutes of episode 1 he is chanting "I hate my life I hate my life I hate my life". His girlfriend dumps him.
He finds that the pizza he is delivering is a prank, and has a drink to "another lousy millennium", then falls into the cryo chamber.
His life is terrible, and in the future he has a wealth of close friends and self-appreciating accomplishments. Good choice not going back.
When he wakes up he says "My parents, my co-workers, my girlfriend, I'll never see any of them again... WOOOHOOO!". He clearly doesn't want to go back.
He also says: "I'm glad, I had nothing to live for in my old life. I was broke, I had a humiliating job, and I as beginning to suspect my girlfriend was cheating on me."
And: "I'm the luckiest guy in the whole future, I've been given a second chance and this time I'm not going to be a total loser".
While I know all of this, I suppose I was hoping for a revelation of some kind. My hope for a deep and meaningful reason was doomed from the start, as Fry is neither deep nor meaningful. Nicely done :) – stevvve Jun 17 '12 at 19:48
He's incredibly wealthy for a very brief period of time (at least he only knows for a brief period of time). That doesn't count, though. – bitmask Jun 17 '12 at 21:51
@bitmask Absolutely true, just threw it in there for some reason. – Gorchestopher H Jun 18 '12 at 20:21
@GorchestopherH: You may want to change that. – bitmask Jun 18 '12 at 20:22
@bitmask done and done – Gorchestopher H Jun 18 '12 at 20:26
Gorchestopher's answer is very accurate, but I'd like to add a little contribution. :)
What's keeping him in future Earth?
His love of Leela.
In "The Why of Fry" (S05E08), when Fry is trapped inside the Infosphere, the Giant Brain suggests he query the database concerning the night of December 31st 1999 (the date Fry got frozen). Fry then finds out that it was Nibbler who deliberately blew Fry's tilting chair, which made him lose his balance and the chair tipped back. They have an argument:
Fry: I, I don't understand. You made me go in the freezer tube?
Nibbler: We had no choice. You were the only one who could help us. What is one life weighed against the entire universe?
Fry: But it was my life.
Another excerpt:
Infosphere Brain: There is a nexus point between universes, at the space-time you entered the cryogenic tube. You and only you can return there.
Giant Brain: Interesting. You could stop the Nibblonian from pushing you into the cryogenic tube.
Fry: That is interesting. Why?
Giant Brain: It would be as if you never came to the future. You will have your life back and we will succeed in our plan to understand and destroy the universe.
Fry: Everybody wins!
I suspect Fry wouldn't mind of going to the future if that event was caused by casualty, but since it was a Nibblonian plot, he wanted his life back.
Let's move on. Fry is now below the table with Nibbler, back in the date Fry got frozen. The 1999's Fry is in the chair:
Nibbler: Our saviours foresee that in a thousand years, at one moment, the fate of the universe will depend on you. Since you will not live that long I must freeze you now.
Fry: Well, why couldn't you just ask me?
Nibbler: We were afraid you would refuse.
Fry: Of course not, I love the future.
Nibbler: Then why are you choking me right now?
Fry: Because I don't like being used.
Here we go, Fry does love the future. :) The real question is how Fry got there. That's why he is suffering: he would prefer to be in the future as a result of his own decision, not others. But then something happens:
Nibbler: Well now it's your choice. Is there nothing in the future worth saving?
Fry: Leela. But she doesn't think much of me.
Nibbler: Ah, she must be the other. You must not give up on her. I am stationed on a distant world known as Vergon 6. But if you return to the future I will transfer to Earth to give you what help I can.
Fry: You really think I would have had a chance with Leela?
Nibbler: You must choose. The present or the future? To save yourself? Or to save Leela?
Then Fry blew the chair. :)
Later, in "Bender's Big Score", when one of Fry's time paradox duplicates saw his reflection in the mirror and realized he was Lars:
Fry: I'm Lars? I'm Lars! Wait for me, Leela! I'll be there in a thousand years.
Besides, there's also Zoidberg. /ducks :)
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Just remember... scooty-puff jr. suuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks – user20155 Sep 23 '14 at 1:14
Fry is a laid back guy who enjoys futuristic gadgets, but doesn't make much effort to do anything. Fry grew bored of his 20th century life. He didn't care much about anyone, and didn't care much about anything. But he also didn't make much of an effort to change his boring life. In the 20th century, Fry was content to be discontent.
All this changed when he was cryogenically transported into the future. Even though his future job was still as a delivery boy, the texture of life changed enough to make it fun and exciting - without any effort on Fry's part. It helps that Fry has family (Farnsworth) and there is a mandatory employment system in place to place him in society. These two things eliminate much of the difficulty that an immigrant would ordinarily encounter when moving to a radically different culture.
Ten or fifteen years later, Fry will probably be just as bored of the future as he was of the 20th century. But the short run of Futurama only gives us a brief glimpse into Fry's first few years in the future.
Fry is lazy and bored on the 20th century. He is still lazy in the future, but the world is a lot more interesting to him. Not only is there nothing for him in the 20th century, but his laziness prevents him from even trying to get back into the 20th century on his own. In 20 years, Fry will probably be bored of the future. All he will do is complain.
ObscureRobotObscureRobot
He has. Several times. And met himself. Several times. The first time was when he tried to stop the Brains for the Nibblonians. The Brains told him he could go back in time to stop himself from falling in the tube. He did go back for that purpose, but changed his mind when he realized that he never would have met Leela if he stayed in his 2000 life. By then he had begun to have feelings for her. He also travels back twice in 'Bender's Big Score'. Once to wait on Bender and stop him from killing him while he was in the tube, but he decided to go back further so the pizza will be hot. He meets himself as he travels back in time and has an argument with himself about the plot. The stickler-for-the-rules Fry ends up living his life in 2000, where he took care of a narwal named Leeloo.
Curley QCurley Q
In the episode Anthology of Interest I Fry asks the "what if" machine what if he never came to the future. Fry hits his head instead of falling into the cryogenic chamber. The universe implodes in on itself.
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AlleshaAllesha
His love for Leeela, obviously, is a huge factor because now that he's met her it would be impossible for him to go back to his old time and never see her again. Also, apart from the time with the brains, he's never had an opportunity since there are no reverse time machines in existence.
MakenzieMakenzie
Because he was frozen inside a tube; while that preserved him, he cannot be preserved backwards in time. So even if he wanted to, he couldn't, unless possibly by using the freak microwave popcorn thing.
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Unfranked manUnfranked man
Because there is no backwards time machine (as found in the recent episode where the professor can't go back from the year 30000) and that he prefers the future (as shown in the episode which shows his old life).
not so good at quizzes guynot so good at quizzes guy
The central point of the story is that Fry was "meant" to come to the 31st century. Even though he is not a scientist, and not even just a nerd, he felt a close association to outer-space and space-travel.
Dave CousineauDave Cousineau
I think fry should go back to his time because after a few years in the futur you start to see his family treat him like crap,but you also see how his family missis him,for example the episode when they try to get his clover back in the graveyard realy toched because it turned out to be his nephew. I also think he should return to his home because he had a dog that realy loved him and the love between a man and a dog is way better than some on again off again relation ship with a purple headed alien with one eye.
Crystal ElliottCrystal Elliott
The question is about why Fry doesn't return to his time, not about whether he should. – Micah May 23 '13 at 23:23
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On The Second Day of Chomsky
December 6, 2018 December 6, 2018 npslagleberwick, charlie rose, cognitive science, evolution, foucault, galileo, jonnie doebele, linguistics, mind and body, richard larson, stony brook, the mechanical philosophy, why only usLeave a comment
Today, we continue honoring the ninetieth birthday of Noam Chomsky, turning to his extensive contributions to linguistics, cognitive science, and philosophy of mind.
In 1971, Noam debated renowned French philosopher Michel Foucault, persisting the innateness hypothesis, or that the language faculty and some accompanying structure, are innate in all non-pathological human beings. Foucault, by contrast, defended the lingual empty vessel belief, requiring that no knowledge of language, or any kind for that matter, exists at birth. Among Chomsky’s arguments, of interest to my computer science readership, is that children can’t possibly learn the complexity of language by the very scant information gained from parents. The debate transcript appears on Noam’s personal website, and here is the complete video. It’s impossible to do this debate justice in just a few words, so I’d entreat you to read or listen, and prepare to be dazzled.
Day at Night
Chomsky appeared in 1974 on the short-lived public television program Day at Night, hosted by the late James Day, offering an interesting look at Noam’s interest in linguistics, activist roots, and the cognitive capacities of the beast called man.
“Grammar, Mind and Body – A Personal View”
Noam visited the University of Maryland in January 2012 to deliver an address to the Arts and Humanities Dean’s Lecture Series. This could be one of the most intriguing discussions I’ve found on his philosophy of mind; among the jewels revealed is Galileo’s lament that science had, and perhaps cannot, replicate even the most elementary of phenomena found in nature, and that his spiritual successor Newton demonstrated the impossibility in even proving the existence of the machine, to say nothing of exorcising its ghost.
Stony Brook Continuations : On the Philosophy of Mind
In what is chronologically the second of his Stony Brook discussions, Noam waxes the “philosophy of mind” with fellow linguist Peter Ludlow. Be prepared for a technical, and thus moderately inscrutable discussion. It nonetheless entertains.
Stony Brook : Evolution
In another Stony Brook discussion, Chomsky chats with Richard Larson about linguistics and evolution.
University of Washington’s Reflection
Upon Reflection was an interview program hosted by Al Page during his days at the University of Washington. Chomsky appeared in 1989 to discuss “The Concept of Language.” Among topics is the continuity by region, the variety of outcroppings, and the endangerment of rare forms, especially among near exterminated indigenous peoples.
Mind and Language in Boston, Narrowly Missing the Weather
Noam appeared at Boston College in the spring of 2011 to deliver yet another talk on mind and language, this time narrowly escaping the dramatic snowstorm in the winter of 2010 to 2011.
Jonnie Doebele and Linguistics for the Layperson
In 2011, German filmmaker Jonnie Doebele asks Chomsky to explain linguistics for the layperson. The ensuing discussion offers an amusing jumping-off point for the less technical curiosos.
Why Only Us
In 2017, Chomsky discussed joint work with collaborator Robert C. Berwick, professor of computer science and computational linguistics at MIT, on the origins of language; specifically, and I think correctly, they argue both from a computational and an archeological perspective that the language faculty appeared in humans as a mutation, and that its most apt characterization begins with the internal capacity to think about collections of objects, and ultimately the development of highly sophisticated internal models of the external world. More specifically, and counterintuitively, language didn’t develop as a means of communication.
Final Thoughts Today
Indeed, it is impossible to summarize the vast intellectual achievements of Noam Chomsky, despite the hours upon hours of the talks, interviews, and debates available online. We present only a paltry sample, and this excludes more than a tiny fraction of callouts to the myriad and many books, articles, and monographs featured in his and many other scientific disciplines moved by this great man.
Return tomorrow for one more day of honoring Noam, and for a special birthday present I prepared for his enjoyment.
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Home > My offside trap > Wotte, asked to leave Universitatea Craiova!
Wotte, asked to leave Universitatea Craiova!
May 2, 2010 Radu Baicu Leave a comment Go to comments
The home defeat against International Curtea de Arges could have been Mark Wotte’s last game in charge. Apparently, after the defeat that threy Universitatea back in the relegation battle, the club’s owner Adrian Mititelu asked the Dutchman to resign ;-), lacking probably the funds to dismiss him before the end of the season. Although the papers announced this morning that Wotte isn’t Universitatea’s coach anymore, with the veteran player Eugen Trica ready to take over (although he cannot sit on the bench as a coach, lacking the license), the club denied the information on the official website, saying that it’s pure speculation. It’s not.
What’s real is Mititelu’s fear that his team might go down and I was expecting such an intervention when the much contested owner stated yesterday that he hopes to take the best decision in the next few days, which should boost the team’s chances to find again a way out of this mess. Well, the only decision a club owner knows in these cases is getting rid of the coach! 🙂
Although Wotte is definitely a good coach, he needs full backing, time and credit from the board – things very hard to find in Romania, especially in Craiova. The Dutchman insisted on playing a very young team, which was a good call in the long run, but not the wisest on short term, as Wotte saw the results of a lack of footballing culture at these promising players, who are technically gifted, no doubt about that, but lack mentality, discipline and tactical knowledge.
So far, under Wotte, Craiova played 13 games: 5 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses. Best result: Rapid – Universitatea 0-1. Games Wotte shoudn’t have lost: 1-2 against Gaz Metan Medias, 0-2 against Unirea Alba Iulia, 1-4 against International. Well, the Americans would have put it like this: striker 1, strike 2, strike 3. You’re out!
Categories: My offside trap Tags: Mark Wotte resignation, Universitatea Craiova Wotte, Wotte results Craiova
I honestly liked this coach a lot, he used to manage the U21s of Holland, Southampton in England, etc. It’s kind of odd how he has improved some of the team’s results, but at the same time we’re struggling against small teams (ex. we beat FC Vaslui away but we lost to Inter Curtea Arges by a wide margin!)
I hope this guy gets everything under control with the team, but I also think the board should back him more instead of threatening or showing dislike for him like this… they should give him a little more time. Now if he screws us up for the next 3 or 4 games in a row, then I think that thinking about resigning would be a good idea.
Mandorlini defeated by a former Juventus coach Round 30 – results, scorers and standings
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Michael Douglas Wants to Play Young Hank Pym in an Ant-Man Prequel
by Timothy Lammers
in Movie News, SR Originals
Ant-Man and The Wasp star Michael Douglas says he wants to play the younger version of Hank Pym in an Ant-Man prequel. The son of screen legend Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas, is of course a screen icon in his own right. Douglas's breakthrough role came opposite Karl Malden in the classic 1970s detective series The Streets of San Francisco, before transitioning to feature films with roles in such acclaimed projects as Coma and The China Syndrome in the late '70s. The actor hit his stride in the '80s with starring roles in such hits as Romancing the Stone, Jewel of the Nile, Fatal Attraction and Wall Street - where his role as ruthless corporate raider Gordon Gekko earned him his first acting Oscar.
Douglas continued his big screen dominance well into the '90s, with prime roles in such thrillers as Basic Instinct in 1992 and Falling Down in 1993, and inadvertently, he continued to amass a collection of film imagery of his younger self that could come in quite handy some day if Marvel Studios decides to take a different direction with his character of the original Ant-Man, Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym.
Related: 25 Things We Learned On The Set of Ant-Man And The Wasp
In an exclusive interview with Screen Rant promoting Ant-Man and The Wasp, Douglas, 73, says he'd be interested in playing a younger version of Hank Pym for an Ant-Man prequel should the opportunity present itself.
Screen Rant: Where would you like to see Hank go next?
Michael Douglas: Um, well, since we're on this thing, I'd like to see him, if there's magic, we do movie magic in terms of flashbacks. How about getting Hank back to his prime age as the Original Ant-Man and kick some serious ass?
Screen Rant: I was just going to ask you that!
Michael Douglas: I'm ready. I'm geared. I need a good stunt double. You know, I'll find him, but now you can make me look 40 years younger let's do the whole job!
Marvel Studios, of course, first put put de-aging technology with Douglas into play during a flashback scene in the first Ant-Man movie, where he appears in a scene with an aging Agent Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell), among others. Not only was that scene highly effective, Marvel took the technology to a whole other level later with a jaw-dropping de-aging scene featuring a young version of Kurt Russell's Ego in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. That's in addition to the quick bit of de-aging magic applied to Robert Downey Jr. for a VR scene in Captain America: Civil War.
The big challenge for Marvel though, when it comes to Douglas starring in an Ant-Man prequel,would be building an entire film around a de-aged actor. The process would no doubt be both time-consuming and very expensive. However, given Hank Pym's storied history in the comics before Scott Lang emerged as the new Ant-Man, fans would no doubt love a prequel with Douglas as the young scientist, possibly along with a de-aged Michelle Pfeiffer as his wife Janet van Dyne - aka the original Wasp - to boot.
NEXT: Ant-Man and The Wasp Reactions Tease an Epic Sequel
Key Release Dates
Ant-Man & The Wasp (2018) release date: Jul 06, 2018
Captain Marvel (2019) release date: Mar 08, 2019
The Avengers 4 / Avengers: Endgame (2019) release date: Apr 26, 2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) release date: Jul 02, 2019
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The presence of indigo cloth in South Africa has a long and complex history. Its roots probably extend as far back as early Arab and Phonecian trade along the eastern seaboard before 2400BC. The arrival of the indigo cloth emerged after the 1652 establishment of a seaport at the Cape of Good Hope. Slaves, soldiers, Khoi-San and Voortrekker women were clothed in indigo, and there is also evidence of floral printed indigo. Much of the early indigo cloth at the Cape was from India and Holland. Natural indigo dye was obtained from the Indigofera Tinctoria plant.
During the 18th and 19th centuries European textile manufacturers developed a block and discharge printing style on indigo cotton fabric. In 1862 a German chemist developed synthetic indigo. In the 18th century Discharge printed indigo was manufactured and printed in Czechoslovakia and Hungary by Gustav Deutsch, and much of this cloth entered the South African market. In the 1930s he emigrated to Britain and established a factory in Lancashire. This factory, machinery and expertise was later purchased by Blue Printers Ltd. in Wigan. Such was the demand for this fabric that eventually there were four companies producing this print style, the largest being Spruce Manufacturing who produced the most popular brand name, Three Cats, which was exported to South Africa.
In the early 1840s French missionaries presented Moshoeshoe I with a gift of indigo printed cloth, establishing a cloth preference that grew during the 19th century, and still prevails today, hence the term shoeshoe or isishweshwe. Further, German settlers to the Eastern Cape in 1858 often elected to wear the Blue Print that was widely available as a trade cloth and echoed the Blaudruk that they were familiar with in Germany.
Xhosa women gradually added what they termed Ujamani to their red blanket clothing. These mission-educated African woman absorbed European clothing styles enjoying the blue hue the indigo gave their skin.
The production of Indigo Discharge Printed Fabric in South Africa started in 1982 when Tootal (a UK based company) invested in Da Gama Textiles. Blue Print was then produced under the Trade Mark of Three Leopards, the South African version of the Three Cats trademark. Tootal also introduced a range named Toto, as well as two new colour ways – a rich chocolate brown and a vibrant red.
In 1992 Da Gama purchased the sole rights to own and print the branded Three Cats range of designs, and had all the copper rollers shipped out to the Zwelitsha plant. To date Da Gama Textiles still produces the original ‘German Print’, ‘Ujamani’ or ‘Shweshwe’ at the Zwelitsha factory in the Eastern Cape. The process is still done traditionally whereby fabric is fed through copper rollers which have patterns etched on the surface, allowing a weak acid solution to be fed into the fabric, bleaching out the distinctive white designs.
The fabric can easily be identified for its intricate all-over prints and beautiful panels. The common trademarks or brands, Three Cats, Three Leopards and Toto 6 Star are authenticated by a backstamp on the fabric. Users are skilled at verifying the fabric’s authenticity by touch, smell and taste to ensure that they are purchasing the genuine fabric and not reproduction or fake cloth. The indigo also fades with washing in a similar manner to denim. The Three Cats range is sourced from a closed library of designs whereas the Three Leopards range introduces new designs on a regular basis. Isishweshwe has a distinctive prewash stiffness and smell: the answer lies in its production and history, when during the long sea voyage from the UK to South Africa, starch was used to preserve the fabric from the elements and gave it a characteristic stiffness. After washing, the stiffness disappears to leave behind a beautiful soft cotton fabric. he typical use of the fabric is for traditional ceremonies in the rural areas, thus ensuring a constant demand for this particular fabric. In certain cases special designs are produced for important occasions such as royal birthdays and national festivals. Today this fabric has become fashionable beyond its traditional sphere of usage, and praise must go to our young South African designers for their renewed interest in this traditional national heritage.
The fabric is marketed to the wholesale and retail sectors throughout South Africa. Credit must go to our wholesalers who through their efforts ensure sustainability by creating employment opportunities for people in the urban areas. They sell the fabric by the meter and also commission the informal sector to make garments. The wholesalers are active participants in assisting small business entrepreneurs in the make-up and selling of their wares. Da Gama as a company recognizes their efforts and will continue to support their activities.
We are proud to have acquired a national reputation and to have become a household name with our Isishweshwe production. At present Da Gama Textiles is perhaps the only known producer of traditional Indigo Dyed Discharge Printed Fabric in the world. We are committed to continuing to produce quality prints that distinguish us from the reproductions in the market place, upholding the traditional values that havebecome associated with this fabric over the centuries among diverse cultural groups throughout South Africa – The ORIGINAL Shweshwe.- Article courtesy Da Gama Fabrics.
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Sue Peters – Seattle School Board & Beyond
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Desperate Suzanne Dale Estey PAC Strikes Again — 3 negative attacks in one campaign
November 1, 2013 Election 2013, public education, Seattle School Board, Sue PetersBroad Foundation, conspiracy theory, DFER, Gates Foundation, Great Seattle Schools, Jabe Blumenthal, League of Education Voters, LEV, Lines of Influence, Lisa McFarlane, negative campaigning, PAC, Suzanne Dale Esteysuep4sps
Signs of Desperation?
As my campaign predicted, the political action committee (PAC) created to get political lobbyist and consultant Suzanne Dale Estey elected to the Seattle School Board, has stooped to yet another low, and attacked my candidacy yet again.
Their latest dishonest mailer arrived in mailboxes citywide Wednesday.
This is the third time the PAC for Dale Estey has launched a smear attack in this campaign, unprecedented for a Seattle School Board race. (See: My Opponent’s Side Goes Negative: My Response.) It’s also very disappointing.
Demonstrating the negative influence of excessive money in political campaigns (a hot topic in Seattle right now, where we have two initiatives addressing campaign funding on the current ballot), the “Great Seattle Schools” PAC has amassed over $100,000 from a small group of wealthy individuals (with no children in Seattle Public Schools) who are apparently desperate to buy the election for my opponent and will resort to any means they think necessary.
What’s more, their latest claim is absurd. They refer to a factual flow chart created three years ago by Seattle Education Blog co-founder Dora Taylor and myself, in which we illustrate the flow of money from two of the largest private funding sources in public education: The Gates Foundation and the Broad Foundation.
They label it a “conspiracy theory.”
It is neither. In fact, the primary source of the information for this chart was the Gates Foundation itself. Its informative online database of awarded grants lists where it has invested its money. It’s no secret that education is one of the foundation’s key areas of focus.
Called “The Lines of Influence,” when we posted our diagram three years ago, we received an overwhelming positive response nationwide, for it connected various dots. It documented the role and influence of private foundation money in public education.
If this is nothing more than a “conspiracy theory,” then the New York Times is also a conspiracy theorist. See: Behind Grass-Roots School Advocacy, Bill Gates –– by Sam Dillon, May 21, 2011, The New York Times
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Bill Gates’s foundation spent $373 million on education efforts in 2009, the latest year for which its tax filings are available.
(…) For years, Bill Gates focused his education philanthropy on overhauling large schools and opening small ones. His new strategy is more ambitious: overhauling the nation’s education policies. To that end, the foundation is financing educators to pose alternatives to union orthodoxies on issues like the seniority system and the use of student test scores to evaluate teachers.
In some cases, Mr. Gates is creating entirely new advocacy groups. The foundation is also paying Harvard-trained data specialists to work inside school districts, not only to crunch numbers but also to change practices. It is bankrolling many of the Washington analysts who interpret education issues for journalists and giving grants to some media organizations.
“We’ve learned that school-level investments aren’t enough to drive systemic changes,” said Allan C. Golston, the president of the foundation’s United States program. “The importance of advocacy has gotten clearer and clearer.”
The foundation spent $373 million on education in 2009, the latest year for which its tax returns are available, and devoted $78 million to advocacy — quadruple the amount spent on advocacy in 2005. Over the next five or six years, Mr. Golston said, the foundation expects to pour $3.5 billion more into education, up to 15 percent of it on advocacy.
Given the scale and scope of the largess, some worry that the foundation’s assertive philanthropy is squelching independent thought, while others express concerns about transparency. Few policy makers, reporters or members of the public who encounter advocates like Teach Plus or pundits like Frederick M. Hess of the American Enterprise Institute realize they are underwritten by the foundation.
“It’s Orwellian in the sense that through this vast funding they start to control even how we tacitly think about the problems facing public education,” said Bruce Fuller, an education professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who said he received no financing from the foundation. (…)
Bloomberg is in on the “conspiracy” too
And apparently Bloomberg BusinessWeek is a “conspiracy theorist” as well. See: Bill Gates’ School Crusade, July 15, 2010.
(…) Now a new generation of philanthropic billionaires, including Gates, homebuilding and insurance entrepreneur Eli Broad, members of the Walton family that founded Wal-Mart Stores (WMT), and former hedge fund manager Julian Robertson, want public education run more like a business. Charter schools, independent of local school districts and typically free of unionized teachers, are one of their favorite causes. “We don’t know anything about how to teach or reading curriculum or any of that,” Broad said last year at a public event in Manhattan. “But what we do know about is management and governance.”
Diane Ravitch also joins this group of ‘theorists’ with her best-selling books about corporate ed reform, The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education (Basic Books, 2011) and Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools (Knopf, 2013). So I am in good company.
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This ‘conspiracy theory’ theory was first circulated last week in emails by two supporters of my opponent, Jabe Blumenthal, who was fe atured in the Seattle Times last year for threatening to vote against his own political party’s gubernatorial candidate over education policy (Dems draw fire from top donors in rift over education reform — Several well-heeled Democratic Party donors have split with the state party and legislative leaders over education reform), and Lisa McFarlane (pictured), formerly of the League of Education Voters, who now works as a political and charter school lobbyist for the controversial national political enterprise, Democrats for Education Reform (DFER).
Dora Taylor dissects their absurd claim here: “Lisa McFarlane of WA DFER, and now Suzanne Estey, with their conspiracy theories.”
Already I have gotten responses from people around the city who received this mailer, ranging from utter disgust with the Estey campaign (always the risk with negative campaigning), to compliments for the informative flow chart.
Clearly Dale Estey and her backers are worried that they cannot win this race on her own merits. In fact, there is increasing evidence that my opponent’s alleged merits are not all that they seem, as her credibility has come into question on various counts.
Disappointingly, Dale Estey’s supporters are apparently not interested in discussing the real issues facing our schools, families and students, like serious overcrowding, class sizes, policies that are out of touch with the realities of our communities, curriculum, excessive testing, and equal resources and opportunities for our district’s 51,000 students, just to name a few.
I urge voters to sort through the facts themselves and not be swayed by the distortions of a small group of wealthy special interests (and a candidate who fails to denounce them) who are desperately trying to buy this election, by any means necessary.
I believe the Estey PAC has underestimated the intelligence and integrity of the Seattle electorate.
As a trained journalist and public education advocate, I remain committed to facts and the truth, as I have demonstrated in the past, and will continue to demonstrate this commitment if I am elected to serve on the school board.
Thank you for your support. Please remember to vote. Clearly the stakes are very high in this election.
–Sue Peters
UPDATE: The Dale Estey PAC mailed yet another dishonest flyer to Seattle voters on Friday, for a total of four such attacks on my candidacy since July. This one is truly bizarre. It falsely attributes to me words and images that were posted on the Seattle Education Blog last year from, I believe, the No on 1240 (anti-charter schools) campaign. The title is “Evil Doers” and it is truly tabloid-esque. My opponent has yet to denounce the mendacious tactics of her supporters. Sadly, some people will say or pay anything to win an election. 11/3/13
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2018 Vauxhall Insignia Sports Tourer Vs Renault Talisman Estate Reliability
In front of the SUV, these two great breaks persist in defending a certain idea of the journey. Powerful diesel, numerous driving aids and large chests, the Renault Talisman Estate dCi 160 and the new Vauxhall Insignia Sports Tourer 2.0 170 hp oppose for the title of King of Highways.
Not simple in 2017 to assume the status of the road on the European market. They are in full force of the SUV offensive, including in the territory that was hitherto their guarded hunt, sales to companies. Since the beginning of the year, the Volkswagen Tiguan and the Peugeot 3008 have been nibbling at them inexorably from the ground to the point of being passed away in front of the fleet sales charts. Hence the vital importance of the breaks versions that allow limiting erosion. Their selling shares continue to grow, including in our country that was so far less fond of it.
This is why the manufacturers are no longer waiting for them to be marketed: The Renault Talisman Estate was presented in July 2015, a month after the sedan, just like the Insignia Sports Tourer, which landed in concession these days. If the great Vauxhall plays the role of Challenger of the Talisman in our country, it goes quite differently in the rest of Europe: its first generation has elapsed to 900 000 copies, of which 400 000 Sports tourer! It is therefore in real reference that it settles, putting forward a reduced mass of nearly 200 kg and equipment that flirt with the so-called “premium” models.
Unlike the Crossland x and Grandland x, the new Vauxhall owes nothing to the PSA group. It is based on the EXX2 platform of the GM group and the size of the break are quite … American, with nearly 5 meters long! Less imposing, the French knows a contrasting fate: it has difficulty to impose itself out of our borders, but undoubtedly took the lead of its segment in us, where it dominates the Peugeot 508 largely, thanks in particular to its technological equipment Perfectly to the page.
A substantial price difference
The German assumes its difference. It’s diesel 2.0 engine is more displaced than the 1.6 Biturbo Renault, which logically gives it the advantage in terms of power and torque, superior respectively of 10 hp and 20 Nm. It also uses an unpublished Aisin 8-speed transmission. The Renault is confident for its part in a double clutch EDC6. Probably because of the torque of its engine, it is not yet entitled to the latest seven-speed model available on the Megane and the Scénic.
“A little more luxurious, the Renault Talisman Estate mainly receives the famous four-wheeled system 4Control.”
We chose the most exclusive model of the two ranges. Pending the arrival of a new Exclusive finish, this is the Elite on the Insignia, charged 40 500 €, while the Talisman is declined in “initial Paris” version at 43 600 €. A little more luxurious, the French mainly receives the famous four wheel system 4Control. This positioning explains the price difference of the catalog which amounts to 3 100 € in favor of the German. In practice, this discrepancy is not as great as it seems, the fault of the ecological Malus: we will return to it.
Vauxhall Insignia Sports Tourer vs Renault Talisman Estate
In initial finishing Paris, the Renault Talisman Estate dCi 160 is charged 43 600 € or 3 100 € more than the Vauxhall Insignia Sports Tourer 2.0 170 ch Elite. But the Malus strikes the Vauxhall (1 373 €)
Our two breaks take advantage of very advanced rolling trains. In series, the Talisman receives the four steering wheels already mentioned, but also the adjustable suspension driven by the different modes of the Multi sense system. Our Vauxhall was equipped with the “Flex-Ride” chassis which offers three modes, Normal, Sport and tower. Despite the armada of sensors embedded in our two models, none offer a quality of depreciation exactly as far as what is expected in the segment. Of course, the Talisman is more agile, more precise and more efficient thanks to its rear steering wheels, which always impress so much in the big curves. But the 19-inch wheels cause small filtering flaws, annoying on such a limousine.
“Despite the armada of sensors embedded in our two models, none offer a quality of depreciation exactly as far as what is expected in the segment.”
The Vauxhall has largely improved its balance sheet compared to the previous model: it never gives this sensation of heaviness to the inscription in the corner that characterized it. However, none of the three settings of his suspension is really satisfactory. In tower mode, it adopts a somewhat swaying attitude of American, pleasant in rhythm cast on the straight line, but quickly exceeded when the road is more bumpy and sinuous. In contrast, Sports mode, which offers a better cash hold, instantly causes important trepidations. Finally, the direction, much more natural than before, keeps a certain blur at the midpoint. The chassis of the Renault dominates, therefore, but can still be the subject of improvements.
The Vauxhall engine is sharp but noisy
If the Vauxhall is to mark the step in the matter of rolling trains, its engine defends its German motorway status by hand. Strong of its superior couple and especially its two additional transmission reports, it never fails to go and offers exactly the extension that one expects on a road break.
The French are nervous at start-up and at low speed, but it quickly falters, giving a strange sensation of lack of stretch on the highway. A difference in behavior is explained by its slightly less favorable torque curve: The 380 nm are available on a very small range, while the 400 nm of the Vauxhall are issued between 1 750 and 2 500 rpm. Too bad however that the 2.0 also shows Bruya nt. In this matter, the Talisman is much better and takes advantage of a very appreciable silence of operation over long distances, including acceleration.
Despite its 12 centimeters in length, the Vauxhall does not race in the lead with regard to the volume of loading. With
560 liters, it concedes 12 to the Renault, which offers a lower loading threshold. The difference is equivalent to maximum loading configuration: The Vauxhall announces 1 665 liters against 1 680 for its competitor. However, she catches up with a more practical arrangement of her chest: the folded-down seat of the Talisman is more inclined and presents a step, which is not the case of the Vauxhall whose floor is practically flat. The latter is, therefore, more gifted for large loads.
Neither of them offers the possibility of storing the luggage compartment under the floor. The Talisman gets away with an average solution thanks to fastenings at the foot of the backrest, but one is surprised at such a deficiency when we know that most of the compact breaks offer it. The latter also show up mostly more loveable: a Peugeot 308 SW has as well 100 liters of more trunk volume than the Vauxhall!
A more welcoming Vauxhall in the back
Both breaks are calibrated to accommodate two or even three adults. However, the most talented in the exercise is the Vauxhall, whose bench proves to be better designed. His records are well wedded to the body while those of the Talisman prove to be both more straight and above all more bulging, which is detrimental to comfort. The two competitors are generous in habitability, including in the area of the elbows and the head. On the other hand, the place of the middle appears uncomfortable in both cases. However, Volvo demonstrated with the V90 that it was still possible to make a real 5-seater break.
In terms of finishing our two competitors do not make the same aesthetic choices. The initial endowment Paris appears, in fact, more glitzy: the gray gradient of the upholstery, the ambient lighting with vivid colors and the inserts of white materials contrast with the more purified atmosphere of the Vauxhall. The latter also benefits from a clearer ergonomics. If it’s multimedia system is not the most intuitive of the market, it has no difficulty in dominating the R-Link2 of the Renault: point does not need to epilog on the lack of clarity of its menus. And the German to use a more judicious dosage of buttons that allows taking advantage of many functions without going through the central screen. Finally, the Vauxhall is distinguished by assemblies and a higher quality of materials
When considering the addition, it must be noted that the Insignia leaves with a cannonball on the foot: its ecological malus of 1 353 €, which eats much of its tariff advantage compared to the Renault. According to Vauxhall, these CO2 emissions of 150 g/km, higher than those of the previous generation, are explained by its “conservative” homologation policy which seeks to obtain the closest possible scores of reality. In other words, the Insignia is no longer “optimized” according to the NEDC cycle, which will soon be retired. If this attitude is not lacking in panache, it must be recognized that the break is severely penalized, including for companies, which must pay annually 1 280 € of TVS more than for the Renault.
The Talisman with the coup de grâce by arguing a very favorable price/equipment ratio. It offers in series the high head display, the adaptive Speed controller, the 19-inch rims. To offer this equipment and the pilot suspension already mentioned, it is necessary to add 4 300 € to the invoice of the Insignia which only catches up with the open hands of the tailgate and its system of adaptive headlights more sophisticated.
Finally, despite the explanations of Vauxhall, we noticed a clear difference in consumption in favor of the Renault, which is us from a consumption of 5.6 liters to 100 km on a road course, against 6 liters for the Vauxhall. It should be added, however, that it offers a catalog of options a little more provided, including the vision 360 ° or the semi digital instrumentation unavailable on the Talisman.
Our choice: Renault Talisman Estate
This opposition is thus the result of a French victory, very much linked to the national context: the ecological bonus-Malus system promotes the Talisman whose less brilliant engine remains sufficient on our motorways. There is no doubt that on the other side of the Rhine, where taxation is different and the free speed on certain sections, the balance sheet would be quite different.
Less agile and a little less well dampened, the Vauxhall shines with its simpler ergonomics and its cockpit better designed. As is often the case, the Renault does not win the bet thanks to the superiority of its performances, but by its high-level price/equipment ratio.
In both cases, one regrets a limited amount of clutter/habitability: These two very imposing breaks offer less volume of the chest than the models of the lower category. To meditate, if your first criterion is the volume of loading.
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2020 Porsche Macan Redesign: Too Rushed
Saturday, December 15th, 2018 - Porsche
Porsche likes to say it again: the 2020 Porsche Macan is the sportiest SUV. In truth, yes and no. Because it is necessary to draw in the list of options to find at its wheel the emotions of yesteryear. It’s not Porsche that has become reasonable. This is the time.
2020 Porsche Macan Redesign
Mid-term restyling, up-to-date equipment, and engines aligned with the new anti-pollution standards. The restyling did not require much effort: prow barely retouched (disappearing fog lights, side air intakes with straight and thin blades), and headband light that now crosses the back, family signature already affixed to Cayenne and Panamera. There was no need for more: the Macan was born handsome, with its powerful and fluid line.
2020 Porsche Macan Interior
Inside, the multimedia screen is growing: 10.9 inches, instead of 7.2 previously. It thus pushes a notch down the aerators formerly placed on its flanks. The 2020 Porsche Macan now receives GPS series, full LED headlights (including four-point daytime running lights), and the list of its options is enriched: semi-automatic control in traffic jams up to 65 km / h, heated windscreen, Sports steering wheel borrowed from the Porsche 911. Last but not least, the range of engines has narrowed.
The cabin of the Porsche Macan is elegant, opulent, neatly tidy. The increase in the multimedia screen pushed the central air vents one floor down. The lower part of the console, large and well defined, is lined with buttons on its edges.
It is good to travel to the rear side seats of the Macan: wide and deep seats. Ransom of a 40/20/40 bench, the central passenger is worse off. Deep and flanks right, the chest of Macan is good volume: 500 l. The space under the floor is suitable for conversion. On condition of paying: option to 324€.
Engine Specs
The versions Macan GT (V6 3.0 360 hp) and GT Turbo (V6 3.6 400 or 440 hp) are not yet renewed. So only two proposals remain on the table. The Macan S has taken a breath: its new V6 3.0 354 hp develops 14 hp more than its predecessor. Conversely, the four-cylinder petrol 2.0 Macan slightly reduces its wings: 245 hp, 7 ch less, absorbed by the particulate filter.
2020 Porsche Macan Price
Porsche is adept at price simplicity: no finish grid, only one proposal at € 60,860. The 2020 Porsche Macan has thus increased by 2 000 € (58 835 € before restyling). A very moderate increase, given the 10.9-inch screen, the particle filter, the rear light strip and the € 3,130 claimed until now for GPS, xenon headlights, and LED daytime running lights. But this sum is not a ticket of entry. Because the other builder to the Prancing Horse practices the policy of the empty house: it must then be furnished.
After all why not? Buying a Porsche is a highlight. To define one’s own Macan, piece by piece participates in the pleasure and prolongs it. Whether air suspension, active differential, automated start or Sports exhaust require a detour by the list of options, it is normal: these elements are high technological content. But ask for an additional ticket for parking radars (360 €), access and start without key (708 €), reading panels (360 €), Apple CarPlay connection (300 €) or rear side airbags (372 €) spent in the standard endowment of models of this status, it is petty on the part of an SUV placed at the very top of the price scale of its category. Use and elegance so want: luxury restaurants do not charge for bread. The Macan, yes.
In fact, there are two Macan. The first is a 2008 Audi Q5 generation: same platform, same engine. He does not commit any fault. The 2.0 petrol 248 hp, known elsewhere under name TFSI, rides nicely in the towers, in a linear manner and in a discreet hissing befitting its muffled temperament. This 2020 Porsche Macan is nice to carry, reassuring, agile, well balanced, comfortable, efficient. In the balance sheet, no fault, but few emotions, and not the feeling of being behind the wheel of a Porsche. The explanation is to look on the rocker: 1870 kg, it’s too much for an SUV that claims dynamic manners. The Macan here pays the age of its chassis, as well as its taste for beautiful materials, soundproofing, and a plush interior: same size, BMW X4 orAlfa Romeo Stelvio weigh 100 kilos less. And a 911, barely shorter than one hand (4.50 m), 400 kilos less
The second Macan is exactly the same as the first. It does not run the 0-100 km / h faster: 6.7 s. But a wide detour by the list of options changes the perception of its driver. The Sports exhaust (€ 2,424) makes engine fires more hoarse. The management with progressive assistance (246 €) strengthens the steering wheel. The pneumatic suspensions (2,652 €) add to its liveliness by lowering the ground clearance by 4 cm and maintaining the attitude during take-offs. The Active Differential (€ 1,500) helps the Macan to shun the acceleration out of slow cornering. Finally, the Sports Chrono package (€ 1,146), snap-in while holding the steering wheel, gives it a boost for twenty seconds and allows scratching 0.2 s on the 0-100 km. In total, € 8,000 more, but another Macan, which resolutely moves away from the Q5 to get closer to the sporting values intimately linked to the history of the Porsche house.
Time flies. The Macan, born in 2014, is already a veteran in the premium SUV club. Its rivals are younger: BMW X4 (2018), Audi Q5 and Alfa Romeo Stelvio (2017), Jaguar F-Pace and Mercedes GLC Coupe(2016). Aware of the rising anger of the malus, they paid more attention to their weight than the Macan. And were careful not to turn their backs on diesel. That a 2020 Porsche Macan costs more than an X4 at close power, nothing abnormal. But when the X4 30i is brighter (6.3 s from 0 to 100 km / h) than the 2020 Porsche Macan while paying a half penalty less, the promise Porsche is no longer held.
With the same engine 2.0 TFSI 252, the Q5 (4.66 m) also gave the lesson to the Macan: 6.3 s, 75 kg less, lower penalty. But it is appropriate to talk about the imperfect: the Q5 has just removed from the stall its unique gasoline version! It will not come back until spring 2019, with 245 hp and particle filter. This long compliance period highlights how the “diesel gate” has weakened the entire Volkswagen Group. The extra offense for the Macan, their diesel versions, or even gasoline hybrid in the case of the GLC Coupé, allow rivals to further reduce the environmental tax.
The Macan could not anticipate its birth when he took over in 2014 the chassis of a Q5 launched in 2008, the trap that would close on him. Therefore, its Restylane cannot change anything, it weighs too much. The 2020 Porsche Macan S again V6 3.0 354 hp masks this overweight: 0 to 100 km/h in 5.1 s. But the end of the Macan’s path looks bleak, with a penalizing penalty (€ 8,753) and a TVS that will chagrin societies. On the aesthetic level, he did not take a ride. On the chapters of weight, performance, and consumption, which are linked, others are doing better today. The conclusion falls under the pen: strongly Macan II, which will be built on the basis of the last Q5.
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Gearing up for a Dungeon Crawl Classic
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For the past few months, I’ve participated (when able) in Better World Books - Goshen’s Thursday game night. In a leap of faith, the store decided to stay open a few hours later on Thursdays.
They formed the Better World Board Gamers group but have expanded to role-playing games. As I posted earlier, the number of role-players has grown and I’m looking for a different style of game.
My initial thought was to run Labyrinth Lord or Swords & Wizardry. Since neither of those systems have core books for retailers, I wanted to run a game that Better World could put on its shelf. I also wanted a game that fit the casual, kick in the door environment.
I’m going to run a DCC character funnel one-shot on a Thursday night September 8th. I haven’t run it, nor played DCC before, but I’m familiar enough with the rules. Goodman Games overall support and output is impressive.
It harkens back to the days when Judge’s Guild was producing a massive amount of product for Dungeons and Dragons. There is an excellent interview at Save or Die with Bob Bledsaw Jr. regarding Judge’s Guild.
I’m not looking for anything deep, but for a chance to introduce different perspectives on game play and adjacent game systems.
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Abrell values life lessons while leading Plainfield Quakers baseball program
As a coach and educator, Shane Abrell looks for teachable moments.
Abrell and his coaching staff got the opportunity to teach their players about dealing with failure and about momentum during Abrell’s first season in charge of the Plainfield (Ind.) High School baseball program.
“Life lessons are really important in coaching,” says Abrell. “If we’re not teaching them about life, we’re failing them.”
Facing a formidable schedule, the 2018 Quakers got off to a 2-9 start then went on an 8-3 run on the way to 12-16-1. Right-hander Sam Tackett (an Indiana University Kokomo commit for 2019-20) hooked up in a pitchers’ duel with Braydon Tucker (now at Indiana University) as Plainfield bowed to Northview 1-0 in nine innings in the first round of the IHSAA Class 4A Avon Sectional.
“Now they know they can play with those teams,” says Abrell. “It gives us a lot of mental toughness as time goes on.”
Abrell and his assistants spent much time talking about the team.
“We have some really great conversations,” says Abrell, who welcomes back varsity assistants Josh Morris, Noah Lane and Jaylen Cushenberry, junior varsity coach Brian Holsclaw and freshmen coach Mike Harper for 2019. “We demand a lot of time and effort. But hese guys don’t skip a beat. They make my job easy.”
The coaches were honest with their athletes and admitted when they made mistakes in 2018.
The lines of communication are kept open through that sincerity.
“Baseball is so mentally tough on people,” says Abrell. It’s not for everybody.
“Kids are more willing to come to us when they’re struggling. We’re seeing more players are consoling each other.”
Abrell, who teaches computer science at PHS, was a Plainfield assistant to Jeff McKeon (now head coach at South Putnam High School) for one season before taking over the program.
Prior coming to Hendricks County, Abrell was an assistant to Kyle Kraemer at Terre Haute South Vigo High School from 2001-14 and helped coach youth teams around Terre Haute including the Junior Sycamores and with the John Hayes-managed Wayne Newton American Legion Post 346 program.
Abrell played for Kraemer at South Vigo, graduating in 1998.
“Kyle is probably one of the most organized people I’ve come across in coaching,” says Abrell of Kraemer. “He is very meticulous. There was very little down time in practice. You were always moving.”
South Vigo has enjoyed continuity on the coaching staff with assistants like Brian Pickens, T.C. Clary, Todd Miles and Chad Chrisman serving for decades.
“(Kraemer’s) been a great mentor and friend to me,” says Abrell, who will take his Plainfield team to the 2019 Braves Bash at South Vigo. The event also features Munster and New Haven.
Plainfield (enrollment around 1,700) is part of the Mid-State Conference (with Decatur Central, Franklin Community, Greenwood Community, Martinsville, Mooresville, Perry Meridian and Whiteland).
The MSC plays home-and-home series on Tuesdays and Wednesdays to crown its champion.
The Quakers are part of the IHSAA Class 4A sectional grouping with Avon, Brownsburg, Mooresville, Northview, Terre Haute North Vigo and Terre Haute South Vigo. Plainfield has won eight sectional titles — the last in 1997.
While in Terre Haute, Abrell had the opportunity to coach A.J. Reed and become close T.J. Collett and his family while coaching his brother Doug with the Post 346 junior squad and then as North Vigo athletic director.
Both A.J. and T.J. were Indiana Mr. Baseball honorees — Reed at South Vigo in 2011 and Collett at North Vigo in 2016.
A walk-on at Indiana State University, Abrell’s coach with the Sycamores was Mitch Hannahs.
Abrell graduated from ISU in 2003 with a B.S. degree in Management Information Systems/Computer Science and worked various jobs, including web designer for Clabber Girl and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Reserve Deputy for the Vigo County Sheriff’s Department.
“That was an eye opener,” says Abrell of the issues he saw some students dealing with that have nothing to do with a baseball drill or home work assignment.
He makes a point of getting his players to give back by volunteering in the community at a food pantry or with Riley’s Children’s Hospital.
Gratitude is another life lesson Abrell teaches.
“We talk to the kids about thanking their parents, aunts, uncles and grandparents for all the time and money they spend,” Abrell.
He was a football, basketball and baseball coach at South Vigo. North Vigo, coached by Shawn Turner and Fay Spetter and featuring Collett, were 4A state runners-up in 2014 and 2015 with Abrell as AD.
Along the way, he attended Western Kentucky University (Master of Education & Kinesiology) and Indiana Wesleyan University (Education Administration).
Baseball has long been a big deal in the Abrell family.
Shane’s grandfather, the late John Abrell, was a long-time Connie Mack baseball coach and sponsor in Terre Haute.
Rick Abrell, Shane’s father, coached youth baseball at Prairie Creek, Prairieton and Riley and was president of Terre Haute Babe Ruth. He now tends to the baseball fields at both South Vigo and West Vigo.
The Abrells are close with Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Famers Bob Warn and Steve DeGroote. Warn was head coach at Indiana State from 1975-2006. DeGroote assisted Warn at ISU and then led the West Vigo program.
Abrell says he took something from all the baseball men in his life.
“To be a good coach, you have to accept you’re not going to create something new in baseball,” says Abrell. “You take what you learn and you mold them all together.”
A love of tending the field was ingrained in Abrell. Kraemer had his team spend 30 minutes after each practice and game wielding shovels and rakes and Abrell does the same with his Quakers.
And there’s lots of time spent mowing and edging in the summer and fall.
“For every two hours practicing, probably another two hours working on the field,” says Abrell. “It’s therapy for me.
“We’re blessed at Plainfield. We have a beautiful complex and support from the administration.”
Principal Melvin Siefert and Assistant Principal of Athletics Torrey Rodkey are both former coaches.
The Quakers feeder system includes Plainfield Pee Wee Association, Plainfield Optimist Baseball League and Plainfield Teenage Baseball League (a Babe Ruth League) as well as a locally-based travel organization — the Plainfield Havoc.
“We’re trying to keep travel ball in the community,” says Abrell. “When they play together their whole life is when you have some of the better teams.”
When Abrell took over the program, he contacted Plainfield graduate Jeremy Kehrt. The right-handed pitcher was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 47th round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft and pitched in independent ball in 2017.
“He stops by a lot,” says Abrell of Kehrt. “He works with our pitchers. When he shows up, their eyes get huge.”
Connor Mitchell, a left-hander who pitched in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization in 2018, also visits to work on arm maintenance. His younger brother, Jackson Mitchell, was the Plainfield’s shortstop in 2018 and is now at Earlham College.
“It means a lot to have alumni reaching out,” says Abrell.
Current Plainfield outfielder/first baseman Jacob Sims is drawing interest from college programs.
A wedding is planned for Shane Abrell and Shannon Bormann in the fall of 2019. Shannon is a nurse anesthetist at IU Health Arnett Hospital in Lafayette.
T.C. Clary (left), Shannon Bormann, A.J. Reed and Shane Abrell meet at the 2018 Triple-A All-Star Game in Columbus, Ohio. Clary was a baseball teammate and coached with Abrell at Terre Haute South Vigo High School. Bormann is engaged to Abrell. Reed played at South Vigo and was a Pacific Coast League all-star. Abrell is now head baseball coach at Plainfield (Ind.) High School.
Shane Abrell is heading into his second season as head baseball coach at Plainfield (Ind.) High School. He is also a computer science teacher at PHS.
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Howard believes in keeping it simple for his Forest Park Rangers
July 26, 2018 stvkrh905 3 Comments
Baseball doesn’t have to be complicated.
Just ask Jarred Howard, who just completed his 18th year as head baseball coach at Forest Park High Senior/Junior High School in Ferdinand, Ind.
“In high school, you need to three things very well. It’s simple — throw strikes, make plays and put the ball in play.
“We do our very best to keep things as simple as we can. If we do the simple things, then we’re pretty successful.”
The Forest Park Rangers have found themselves ranked among the top IHSAA Class 2A schools in many of the seasons where they grasped and executed the simple concepts emphasized by Howard.
At a school of about 400, there are occasional downs mixed in with the ups. But Forest Park has won about two-thirds of games.
A member of the Pocket Athletic Conference (along with Gibson Southern, Heritage Hills, North Posey, Pike Central, South Spencer, Southridge, Tecumseh and Tell City), the Rangers and other PAC schools play each other once.
Forest Park competed in 2018 in the 2A Tell City Sectional (which also featured Evansville Mater Dei, North Posey, Perry Central, South Spencer plus host Tell City).
Schools in that field have made 11 state championship game appearances and won it all seven times — South Spencer 4, North Posey 2 and Mater Dei 1.
Forest Park has won four sectionals (1975, 1976, 1984 and 2002) and one regional (1976).
The 2018 squad went 10-11 and featured Trever Zink, who was team player of year, co-Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association district player of the year and participated in the IHSBCA North/South All-Star Series in South Bend.
Senior Daniel Lusk earned a defensive and mental attitude awards. Freshman Gage Hasenour took the lowest earned run average/pitching award. Sophomore Gavin Knust gathered the hitting award for the highest batting average and was named most improved.
Zink and Lusk were all-PAC and Knust gained honorable mention all-conference.
The Rangers gave Howard his 300th career coaching victory April 30, 2018 against Evansville Bosse.
With proximity and Howard’s ties to Kentucky, Forest Park played some of its games against schools from the Bluegrass State.
Howard says it often makes scheduling easier than in Indiana since a statewide assigner matches umpires with games in Kentucky.
Being a smaller school, Forest Park relies on many multi-sport athletes. Baseball players are asked to get in their work when they can and the coaching staff, which also includes former Howard players Kyle Greulich, Brent Wendholt and Jesse Hagedorn plus volunteers Darren Weisheit and Andy Rohleder are all willing to help.
Greulich played at Oakland City University, pitching coach Wendholt at Vincennes University and then at the University of Southern Indiana, Weisheit at Southeastern Illinois College in Harrisburg, Ill. and Rohleder at the University of Evansville and in the Florida/Miami Marlins organization and with independent Gary Southshore RailCats.
“Our player development has been very good,” says Howard. “The summer time is a big deal. We do as much as we can.”
Howard has sent nearly 20 players on to college baseball. The most recent ones are Zink to Olney (Ill.) Central College and Eli Knust, who played at Vincennes University and is now at Huntington University.
Forest Park fields varsity and junior varsity teams with about 24 to 26 players in the program.
Both squads generally practice together.
“I want them to be able to understand what I’m doing,” says Howard. “I want them to get used to how I handle situations.”
Ranger Field, located on the school campus, sports Bermuda grass.
“Our playing surface is phenomenal — very fast,” says Howard, who reports that the program is looking into updating the backstop and adding visitor seating to get a chance at hosting a sectional or regional.
Feeding the high school program are the Forest Park Youth Sports. In this summer’s Indiana Little League tournaments, FPYS advanced its 10- and 11-year-old teams to the state semifinals while the 12-year-olds bowed out in the district finals. The latter group took the state title when they were 10.
There are seventh and eighth grade baseball teams at Forest Park in the spring.
“We’re excited about the next four or five years coming,” says Howard.
The 2018 Rangers had two seniors. On many days, there were as many as seven freshmen and sophomores in the lineup.
A 1993 McLean County (Ky.) High School graduate, Howard played for Rockport American Legion Post 254 then coaches John Hayes and T-Ray Fletcher at Oakland City. Howard was an assistant to Fletcher for two years before going to Forest Park.
The holder of a business education degrees with two masters (business management and school administration), Howard’s day job is as director of the Patoka Valley Career and Technical Cooperative. He has an office in Jasper, Ind., but spends much of his time on the road overseeing the 17 programs based at 10 high schools.
Jarred and Natalie Howard have three children — sons Drew and Reid and daughter Bree. Drew is heading into the ninth grade, Reid the seventh and Bree the second.
Both boys play for Ironmen Baseball travel organization.
Forest Park Senior/Junior High School head baseball coach Jarred Howard (left) accepts a plaque commemorating his 300th career victory from Forest Park athletic director Doug Louden.
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Power, positivity propel Terre Haute’s Reed in baseball career
A.J. Reed is known for hitting the baseball very hard and for long distances.
How does the Terre Haute, Ind., native do it?
“I’m always looking for a heater,” says Reed of his approach at the plate. “I don’t want to let any fastballs in the zone go. I feel that’s the pitch I do the most damage on.
“If I can hit the fastball to left-center, I’m able to stay on the off-speed and hit it to right-center.”
Reed, a 6-foot-4, 260-pounder lefty-swinging first baseman, uses his dimensions to challenge the dimensions of ballparks.
“My size plays to my advantage really well,” says Reed, who lost about 15 pounds last off-season. “For other guys it’s bat speed.
“I feel like I can get away with a little bit more missing the barrel because I’ve got more behind the ball.”
Folks are still talking about Reed’s 2017 blast at Southwest University Park in El Paso, Texas.
“It cleared their Jumbotron,” says Reed. “It probably would have cleared these lights (at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio).
So Reed has light-tower power?
“On that particular swing, yeah,” says Reed, who was a slugging star at Terre Haute South Vigo High School and the University of Kentucky before being selected in the second round of the 2014 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft by the Houston Astros.
He was in Columbus this week as a representative of the Pacific Coast League’s Fresno Grizzlies in the 2018 Triple-A All-Star Game.
Reed, who swings a 34/32 Victus bat, was hitting .264 with 19 home runs, 11 doubles, three triples, 73 runs batted in and a .903 OPS (on-base plus slugging) average through games of July 12.
Reed, who turned 25 in May, led all of Minor League Baseball in home runs with 34 in both 2015 and 2017, winning the Joe Bauman Home Run Award. Bauman socked 72 for the 1954 Roswell (N.M.) Rockets.
To date, Reed has 114 circuit clouts in the minors plus three in 131 at-bats at the big league level with the Astros (his first one came July 2, 2016, off David Robertson of the Chicago White Sox). He clubbed 40 in three seasons at Kentucky (2012-14) and before that walloped 41 for Terre Haute South. He was named Indiana Mr. Baseball in 2011.
He stacked up honors at UK. In 2014, he was chosen for the Golden Spikes Award, Dick Howser Trophy and John Olerud Two-Way Player Award as well as national college player of the year by Baseball America, Perfect Game USA, ABCA, Collegiate Baseball/Louisville Slugger. He was the Southeastern Conference Player of the Year and Male Athlete of the Year.
“We decided for my junior year that we were going to do something special,” says Reed, who credits former Kentucky hitting coach Brian Green for his offensive approach. “If I could set a good example, everybody was going to follow and that’s what happened. It was a really good year.
“I owe him a lot.”
UK went 36-26 and played in the NCAA tournament in 2014. Green is now head coach at New Mexico State University.
Reed went 26-10 on the mound at Terre Haute South Vigo and was selected in the 25th round of the 2011 MLB Draft by the New York Mets, but opted to play as a two-way player at Kentucky, where Gary Henderson was head coach and also led the pitching staff.
“He’s one of the best pitching guys in the country,” says Reed of Henderson, who went on to be pitching coach then interim head coach at Mississippi State University. “He was a really good coach for me for three years.”
Southpaw Reed made 46 mound appearances (35 starts) for Kentucky and was 19-13 with a 2.83 earned run average, 174 strikeouts and 53 walks in 247 1/3 innings.
Two men that had a big impact on Reed’s development as he grew up in Terre Haute are South Vigo head coach Kyle Kraemer and American Legion Post 346 manager John Hayes.
“Coach Kraemer and I are still very close,” says Reed. “I started working with him well before I was in high school. I guess he saw something in me.
“He spent a lot of time with me working on my swing. That’s where it really started to pay off for me. He’s a very big part of my baseball career.”
Reed played Dixie Bee and Riley baseball then Legion ball with Post 346 and Hayes (who led that highly-successful program from 1985-2015) before turning it over to brother Tim Hayes.
“(John Hayes) is one of the most positive guys I’ve ever been around in the game of baseball,” says Reed. “He cared so much for his players.
“He’s a very influential person in my career.”
The bonds with the Hayes family were strengthened through Reed’s friendship with Jacob Hayes (son of Tim and Gail). A year ahead of A.J. in school, Jacob went on to play baseball at Indiana State University.
Darryl Robinson has been Reed’s hitting coach in three of his four seasons in pro baseball — High-A and last two years in Triple-A.##
“He’s kind of the same way as Kraemer,” says Reed of Robinson. “He’s just a very positive guy. He feeds your head with so much positive energy that you’re up there just knowing you’re going to be successful. That really works for me.”
Upbeat is the way Reed (#AJReed on Instagram) likes to approach baseball.
“I like to have fun,” says Reed. “You can’t play this game without having fun. There’s too much failure.”
Reed has observed plenty of success on his home state’s baseball scene.
“Baseball’s a big deal in Indiana,” says Reed. “They produce a lot of really good players. It’s obviously tough to compete with Florida, California and Texas where they get to play year-round outside. But we produce talent in Indiana for sure.
When Reed was at Terre Haute South, the Braves played in the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference.
At the time, the MIC feature both Terre Haute schools — South Vigo and North Vigo — as well as Ben Davis, Carmel, Center Grove, Lawrence North, Indianapolis North Central and Warren Central
“You saw a lot of good talent in those Indianapolis schools,” says Reed.
A.J. and wife Shelby Reed have been married for nearly three years and are proud owners of cockapoos Moose and Buck. The Reeds recently bought a house in Terre Haute to be close to her family. A.J.’s mother, Debbie, lives in Florida. He also has two older sisters — Leslie and Carrie.
A.J. Reed, a former star at Terre Haute (Ind.) South Vigo High School and the University of Kentucky, is now playing in the Houston Astros organization. He has three home runs in 131 at-bats at the big-league level and 114 long balls in the minors since 2014. (Houston Astros Photo)
Terre Haute’s A.J. Reed signs autographs for fans at the 2018 Triple-A All-Star Game in Columbus, Ohio. He played first base and batted No. 4 for the Pacific Coast League while representing the Fresno (Calif.) Grizzlies. (Steve Krah Photo)
A.J. Reed, a Terre Haute, Ind., native, represented the Fresno (Calif.) Grizzlies in the 2018 Triple-A All-Star Game in Columbus, Ohio. Through July 12, he had clubbed 19 home runs and knocked in 73 runs. (Fresno Grizzlies Photo)
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Former Northview, Indiana State standout Shoemaker displays desire to win with St. Paul Saints
May 24, 2018 stvkrh905 Leave a comment
Brady Shoemaker has a competitive fire. The Brazil, Ind., resident wants to come out on top on the baseball diamond.
The 31-year-old is currently feeding those flames in his second season as a first baseman with the St. Paul (Minn.) Saints of the independent American Association.
After being released by the Chicago White Sox organization in 2016, Shoemaker signed with St. Paul in February 2017.
The right-handed stick finished second in the AA in slugging percentage (.603) and on-base percentage (.435), tied for second in extra-base hits (44), tied for third in home runs (21), tied for fifth in walks (55) and eighth in average (.318).
Shoemaker opted to re-sign with the Saints for 2018.
“To me, independent baseball is more about baseball,” says Shoemaker. “It’s not so much about getting guys ready for the game. They want to win in this league. (St. Paul manager) George (Tsamis) is big about putting nine guys not the field who want to win.
“In (affiliated) minor league baseball, you have prospects and guys have to play. It’s not like that here. You’ve got to show up everyday wanting to win. And if you’re not one of those guys, you find yourself sitting on the bench.”
Shoemaker graduated from Northview High School in Brazil in 2005, played two seasons at Olney (Ill.) Central College (2006 and 2007) and two at Indiana State University (2008 and 2009).
He smacked 23 home runs and had 80 in pro ball leading into 2018.
Not that he goes to the plate thinking about hitting the ball over the fence.
“I’ve never, ever went up there trying to hit a home run,” says Shoemaker. “I just try to stay inside the baseball and drive it. If you hit it hard somewhere, good things will happen.”
Shoemaker’s earliest baseball days came in Clay Youth League. From ages 12 to 14, he played for the Wabash Valley Titans travel team
“That’s where I really started to learn a lot about baseball,” says Shoemaker. “We played really good competition. That helped boost me going into high school.”
At Northview High, Gary Witham was his head coach. Witham went 581-274-1 at Brazil and then the consolidated Northview.
“Coach Witham did a lot with us in the off-season,” says Shoemaker. “He was good in organizing off-season practices. He put together a place where some us could go hit.”
After graduation, Shoemaker played two summers for Terre Haute American Legion Post 346 and longtime manager John Hayes.
In 2006, Post 346 was American Legion World Series runners-up. Future major league catcher Josh Phegley was also on that squad.
Dennis Conley was Shoemaker’s head coach at Olney Central, where the player was a two-time National Junior College Athletic Association All-American.
“He was tough on us and made us work hard,” says Shoemaker of Conley. “You learned a lot about the game of baseball if you just listened to him.
“He was very instrumental with helping me further my baseball career.”
What Shoemaker remembers most from his time at Indiana State was how head coach Lindsay Meggs and his staff helped him make the transition to big-time baseball and the brotherhood of the players.
“Going from junior college to Division I baseball is a jump,” says Shoemaker, who was used mostly as a left fielder with the Sycamores. “During my time at Indiana State, we had a really close group of guys. We wanted to win together as a team.”
Shoemaker selected in the 19th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft by the White Sox.
He hit safely in the first 28 games of his pro career in 2009.
“I was a 19th-round guy and a senior sign,” says Shoemaker. “I’ve always had to prove myself and wanted to prove myself. So I wanted to get off to a good start.”
At Bristol, Shoemaker led the Appalachian League in doubles (21), on-base percentage (.426), extra-base hits (30) and ranked second in slugging percentage (.585), third in average (.351) and total bases (120) and fourth in home runs per at-bat with 1 out of every 22.78. He was chosen as a Postseason All-Star in the Appy League in 2009.
In 2010, he spent the entire season at Single-A Kannapolis.
Shoemaker was an MiLB.com Organizational All-Star in 2011 while finishing second in the South Atlantic League in average (.319) and fifth in on-base percentage (.399) and was promoted to High-A Winston-Salem in July.
In 2012, he went 2-for-4 in the Carolina League-Cailfornia League All-Star Game and was Carolina League Postseason All-Star and Orgainzational All-Star.
The right-handed thrower missed all of 2013 after surgery for a torn labrum in his right shoulder and biceps and was claimed by the Miami Marlins in the Rule 5 Draft in December
“It was more of over-usage tear,” says Shoemaker. “It wasn’t something that drastically happened.”
He spent the entire 2014 season with Double-A Jacksonville and was with Triple-A New Orleans all of 2015.
Shoemaker got into major league spring training games with the Marlins in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
After playing a combined 55 games at Double-A and Triple-A in 2016, the Marlins traded Shoemaker back to the White Sox July. He spent few games at Double-A Birmingham and was released by that organization in August 2016.
Some after that, his independent baseball experience began.
Supporting him along the way are the people at home in Clay County.
“I’m real close to my family,” says Brady, the son of Brian and Lorie Shoemaker, brother of Natalie (Shoemaker) Lizanich, husband to Chelsea Shoemaker and father to 9-month-old son Drew Shoemaker. “I always have been.
“My grandparents have been a big part of my baseball career.”
Ed Pearce, his grandfather on his mother’s side, passed away April 20 as Brady was getting ready for the season. Grandmother Janet Pearce survives.
Both grandparents on his father’s side — Don and Nina Shoemaker — are gone. Grandmother Nina did in 2014.
Saint Paul (5-1) opened the season at the Gary SouthShore RailCats. The Saints, which are in the AA’s North Division, are scheduled to come back to Gary July 20-22 and visit the Chicago Dogs in Rosemont, Ill., June 15-17 and Aug. 23-25.
Brady Shoemaker, a 2005 Northview High School graduate who played at Olney Central College, Indiana State University and in the Chicago White Sox and Miami Marlins organizations, is in his second season with the independent St. Paul Saints in 2018. (Saint Paul Saints Photo)
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Phegley finding his way in baseball with Athletics
November 16, 2017 stvkrh905 1 Comment
Much was expected from baseball-playing Josh Phegley at an early age.
Sharing the same diamond with older brother John and his classmates, Josh was challenged.
Helping give that extra push was the boys’ father and coach — John.
“My dad was one of my biggest influences,” says Phegley, a Terre Haute native and catcher with the Oakland Athletics. “He wasn’t going to be the coach who just played his son. He was super hard on me and my brother. He expected you to be the leader and cornerstone of the field every time we were on the field.
“That’s what molded my brother and I into really good players.”
Josh’s early diamond path was supported by parents John and Joan and took him from Terre Haute North Little League to Terre Haute Babe Ruth League All-StarsT and travel baseball stints with the Terre Haute Indians (organized by his father) and the Indy Bulldogs.
Following in his brother’s footsteps, he was one of the few freshmen to play varsity baseball for coach Shawn Turner at Terre Haute North Vigo High School. In order to make that happen, Josh had to change positions.
While he had done some catching as a young player, he was a shortstop, center fielder and pitcher as he approached high school.
The Patriots had a need behind the plate and Turner led Josh know that was his ticket to varsity playing time as a frosh.
“It almost suited me perfectly. I stopped growing up and started getting wider,” says Phegley. “I have that build to be a catcher and I just wanted to be a varsity high school player.”
That’s when they went to a friend of the family. Brian Dorsett was a star at Terre Haute North Vigo and Indiana State University who went on to be a catcher in the majors for eight seasons. He still lived in town.
Dorsett had helped a young Josh with hitting lessons and Dorsett’s oldest daughter, Abby, was in Josh’s class. The Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Hall of Famer agreed to help young Phegley with his catching skills.
“We tried to utilize all the resources we could find,” says Phegley. “Having an ex-major leaguer catcher in the same town was pretty beneficial for me.”
That spring he played in a lineup that included nine players who would go on to play NCAA Division I baseball. Besides the Phegley boys — Josh (Indiana) and John (Purdue) — some of those include Blake Holler (Stanford), Max Hutson (Wichita State), John Cummins (Purdue) and Chris Macke (Ohio State).
Left-hander Holler was drafted by the Los Angeles Angels and pitched two seasons of minor league baseball.
Phegley played four seasons for Turner (who moved on to Richmond) and spent three high school summers with Terre Haute American Legion Post 346, managed by John Hayes.
Post 346 brought together the best players from Terre Haute North Vigo and their three closest rivals — Terre Haute South Vigo, West Vigo and Northview.
“(Hayes) was all about having fun and enjoy the guys around you,” says Phegley. “Playing unselfishly and having fun — that’s how you can become successful. American Legion baseball is the most fun I’ve had in the summertime.”
The summer after high school graduation in 2006, Phegley and Post 346 finished second to Metairie, La., in the American Legion World Series. The young backstop also earned MVP honors at the IHSBCA All-Star Series and was named as Indiana’s Mr. Baseball.
Phegley’s last season at Terre Haute North was the first for Tracy Smith as head baseball coach at Indiana University and Phegley became the first player he signed to play for the Hoosiers.
Smith (who is now head baseball coach at Arizona State University) also liked to have fun, but insisted that his players know about accountability and responsibility.
“College baseball is a different animal,” says Phegley. “There’s a lot of work and you have to take care of things (academically) so you can play. Going to school and a heavy (NCAA) D-I schedule is hard to handle.”
Smith emphasized the importance of doing it all.”
“Being a leader on the team means taking care of everything,” says Phegley. “It’s being organized and put together and being a good example for the other guys. Causing us to run extra sprints after practice because I turned an assignment in late is nothing to be proud of.”
As an IU freshman, Phegley started 42 times as the team’s primary catcher. As a sophomore, the right-handed hitter finished second in the nation with a .438 average and was a second-team All-American and Johnny Bench Award finalist. As a junior, he was named Big Ten Player of the Year by Rivals.com and was a Johnny Bench Award and Golden Spikes Award semifinalist. He was selected as a supplemental pick in the first round of the 2009 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft by the Chicago White Sox.
That’s when he began to see what a challenge baseball can really present.
“It doesn’t hurt to be drafted kind of high (38th overall) and knowing (the White Sox) were going to take the time and give you opportunities,” says Phegley. “They expect some ups and downs. That’s just baseball. You need to learn how to control the downs as well as the ups. You want to stay even keel and respect the process of the development.”
“You see a lot of guys getting lost in the minor leagues,” says Phegley. “It takes some years to get through it. I got drafted in 2009 and made my major league debut in 2013. You can get lost and forget what the final goal is
“Baseball is a game surrounded by failure. You can get consumed in day-to-day stats. It’s such a mental grind (especially in the ow minors). It can beat you up pretty good. It seems so far away. There are so many guys in front of you. How do I beat the masses that get drafted every year and get to the big leagues?”
Phegley got a serious surprise in his second pro season. In 2010, he was limited to just 48 games due to Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), a rare autoimmune disorder that lowers platelet count.
“Out of nowhere my body started killing my own platelets,” says Phegley. “We battled through that 2010 season, doing different treatments to try to get back on the field. They took out my spleen in November 2010 and it totally flipped it back. It’s always in the back of my head. It can come back.”
When Phegley came back, he began to rise through the White Sox system, finishing at Triple-A in 2011, playing the whole 2012 campaign there and then seeing his first MLB action July 5, 2013. He made 65 appearances with Chicago in 2013 and and spent most of 2014 at Triple-A Charlotte.
Two weeks before Christmas in 2014, Phegley was traded along with Chris Bassitt, Marcus Semien and Rangel Ravelo to the Athletics for Jeff Samardzija and Michael Ynoa. Phegley was in 73 games with Oakland in 2015, 25 in 2016 and 57 in 2017.
Phegley hit .256 with a home run and 10 RBI in 2016, a season shortened due to two stints on the disabled list with a strained right knee.
He spent two stints on the disabled list and one one the paternity list in 2017. Josh and Jessica Phegley, who married in 2012, have a daughter and son — Stella (2 1/2) and Calvin (4 months). They have resided in Noblesville since April 2015. The couple met while Josh was living with Smith and training in Bloomington and Jessica was finishing graduate school at IU. She has three degrees (psychology, nursing and a masters in health promotion).
Josh’s older sister, Jennifer, also lives in the Indianapolis area. As a college softball player at St. Mary-of-the-Woods 2003-06, she stole 58 bases (26 her senior season for the Pomeroys).
One of Phegley’s Oakland teammates is Valparaiso-born Sean Manaea.
Josh Phegley, a 2006 Terre Haute North Vigo High School and former Indiana University standout, is now a catcher with the Oakland Athletics. He made his Major League Baseball debut with the Chicago White Sox in 2013. (Oakland Athletics Photo)
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American Legion Baseball in Indiana experiences more boom than doom
June 15, 2017 stvkrh905 4 Comments
In a state teaming with travel teams, Indiana is keeping American Legion Baseball alive.
“It’s getting better,” says Indiana American Legion Baseball chairman and longtime Rockport Post 254 manager Owen Wells of the 19-U program. “We were in a slump for awhile.”
A decade ago, Legion ball fielded around 65 teams. When the money started moving away from American Legion Baseball and toward travel ball, the number of teams was cut in two.
“It used to be that it seemed the parents thought the more they spent, the better their kids were going to be,” says Wells. “Now, it seems they’re seeing that maybe that’s not true.
“They see a lot better competition than they do in high school or travel ball … You have to go by the rules or you don’t play American Legion ball. It’s as simple as that. We protect our kids, coaches, the program.”
With almost a half century in American Legion Baseball, Wells is quick to sing it’s praises.
“We have a structured program,” says Wells. “We have an eight-team state tournament. The best of that goes to the national regional tournament. The winner of that goes on the Shelby, N.C. for the World Series.
“Once you win your state tournament, national picks up all your fees — your travel, meals, hotel rooms. You get on a travel team and you can go to 10 World Series and each one of them costs parents X amount of dollars.”
Wells is proud of the organization of American Legion Baseball in Indiana. At the end of each season, officials meet to discuss things that went right and things that need to be changed.
“We don’t let things linger on,” says Wells.
American Legion Baseball has a code of sportsmanship: “I will keep the rules; Keep faith with my teammates; keep my temper; Keep myself fit; Keep a stout heart in defeat; Keep my pride under in victory; Keep a sound soul; A clean mind; and and healthy body.”
The 2016 ALB World Series drew well over 100,000 for five days and the last two games were broadcast live by ESPN. This year’s event is scheduled for Aug. 10-15. As is tradition, the ALB World Series winner will be the guest of Major League Baseball for the second game of its World Series.
Wells notes that ALB also provides full-coverage insurance and requires background checks for its coaches. There is also now a pitch count rule — similar to the one now used by the IHSAA.
Players are also eligible to apply for a statewide scholarship.
There are on boundaries or restrictions when recruiting travel ball players. By rule, all ALB teams have to draw their players from high schools that do not exceed a total of 5,000 enrollment. Rockport tends to get its players from South Spencer and a number of other small schools in southern Indiana and the Owensboro, Ky., area.
The first Indiana ALB state champion (Indianapolis) was crowned in 1926. Branford Post 140 reigned as the second kings of Indiana Legion ball in 1928.
Ever since, a state champion has emerged. The 2016 state winner (Rockport Post 254) advanced to the 90th ALB World Series.
There was some coming and going in between seasons. Notably, there is no Muncie Post 19 Chiefs or Plymouth Post 27 Diamond Spyders squads this summer. Both are past state champions.
South Bend Post 50 was Indiana’s only American Legion World Series champion in 1977 and 40-year anniversary festivities are planned in July. But there will be no Post 50 unit on the field this season.
But there are new teams, including Region Legion Expos squads in northwest Indiana. Legion baseball is filling the gap left by the elimination of Little League’s Big League division (18-and-under) in Indiana.
The 2017 slated opened with 44 approved registrants (30 senior, 14 junior).
According to state commander Joe Kusiak, senior teams i(19-and-under) include Attica Post 52, Boonville Post 200, Brazil Clay County Post 2, Bristol Post 143, Cicero Post 341, Clinton Post 140, Crawfordsville Post 72, Evansville Funkhouser Post 8, Evansville Eugene Pate Post 265, Greene County Eagles, Highland Post 180, Jasper Post 147, Kokomo Post 6, Lafayette Post 11, Lake Village Post 375 Spartans, Liberty Post 122 Patriots, Madison Post 9, Mike Miller Post 94/37, Newburgh Kapperman Post 44, Princeton Post 25, Region Legion Expos 1, Region Legion Exposure Expos, Region Legion Expos 3, Rockport Post 254, Rockville Post 48, Seymour Post 89, South Bend Post 357, Sullivan Post 139, Terre Haute Wayne Newton Post 346 and Valparaiso Post 94.
Junior clubs (age 17-and-under) are Boonville Post 200 Juniors, Crawfordsville Post 72, Evansville Funkhouser Post 8, Greene County Eagles, Jasonville Post 172, Kokomo Post 6, Newburgh Kapperman Post 44, Michigan City Post 37 Wolves, Region Legion Expos 4, Richmond Post 65, Rockport Post 254, Rockport Post 254 Cubs, Terre Haute Wayne Newton Post 346 and Valparaiso Post 94 Junior Vikings.
There will be no sectionals, but eight regionals leading to the eight-team state tournament in Terre Haute July 21-25 (Terre Haute North Vigo and Terre Haute South Vigo will serve as host sites). The state tournament rotates north and south above and below I-70. The 2016 event was staged in Kokomo.
Tim Hayes is in his second season of leading Terre Haute Post 346 after taking over for his brother John. In 31 seasons, John Hayes amassed a record of 930-390 with 28 sectionals, 12 regionals, seven state championships, one Great Lakes Regional title and three regional runner-up finishes. The 2006 team placed second at the ALB World Series.
The local aspect of Legion ball is attractive to Tim Hayes.
“You can still have competitive teams that are community-based in my opinion,” says Hayes, who draws his 2017 roster from Terre Haute North, Terre Haute South, West Vigo and Marshall, Ill. (one player) and plans to play 35-40 games with trips to Missouri and Tennessee. “There are still kids and parents out there that are believers. We’ve been fortunate here that we’ve been able to keep the largest percent of our A and B level players (Post 346 alums include big leaguers like Josh Phegley and A.J. Reed). Our program is rich in tradition. (Players) want to represent our community and our veterans. How long it will last is hard to say.”
A 501 (c) 3 organization raises money for the Post 346 program.
Dave Shinn is in his second year as manager of Mike Miller Post 34-97, a Michigan City-based team. His father, Al Shinn, was involved with ALB, Michiana Amateur Baseball League and Connie Mack Baseball League teams for decades and had played and managed in the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers organizations. Al Shinn died in 2016.
The younger Shinn expects his team to play about 25 regular-season games (with no overnight trips) plus the postseason. He likes the quality of baseball and the pace.
“Once I got into it, I really enjoyed the competition,” says Dave Shinn. “Five or six games in a weekend is too much baseball. You can’t learn that much when you’re playing that much.”
Post 34/97 draws its players from Michigan City, Marquette Catholic, LaPorte, Chesterton, Westville and South Central (Union Mills), plays home games at Marquette with about a dozen players active for each contest.
“We try to keep all the kids active,” says Shinn.
To raise money for Valparaiso Post 94, general manager Kusiak has sold commemorative Chicago Cubs World Series bats made by Valpo-based Hoosier Bat Co.
Bristol Post 143 manager Jim Treadway has brought his team back to Elkhart Central for home games after moving around Elkhart County for home fields. Like many Indiana ALB teams, Bristol has produced many players who went on to play college or pro baseball. Ryan Strausborger made his MLB debut in 2015.
Owen Wells is a longtime manager of Rockpost American Legion Post 254’s baseball team and is the Indiana baseball chairman. (Steve Krah Photo)
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Kraemer coaches Terre Haute South with passion
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Kyle Kraemer is passionate about the way he coaches baseball at his alma mater — Terre Haute South Vigo High School.
“I wear my emotions on my sleeve,” says Kraemer, a 1986 graduate who is in his 23rd season as Braves head coach. “I learned at a very young age (from a youth coach named Mike Kennedy): ‘When I tell you something, don’t take it personally.’ When I stop talking to you, I don’t care about you and when I don’t care about you, you’re not at a very good place in the program.
“There are kids you can get on and they can take it. There are kids you can get on and they can’t take it, but they learn quickly by watching how others act and respond to what’s going on.”
Kraemer played at South for Ken Martin, learned more about the game while at Purdue University from head coach and Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Famer Dave Alexander and pitching coach Steve Green (Kraemer was a Boilermaker team captain and bashed a team-high 10 home runs in 1990), served one season as an assistant at Harrison High School in West Lafayette, returned to Terre Haute as a volunteer assistant to Martin (1993 and 1994) and took over as head coach for the 1995 season.
As a football coach, Kraemer was on the Braves staff from 2007-15. Former South baseball player Mark Raetz was head gridiron coach 2007-12.
The Kraemer-led baseball Braves have won nine sectional titles and four regional crowns — the last of each coming in 2011.
Since his second season as head coach, Kraemer has been assisted by 1981 South graduate and U.S. Marines veteran Brian Pickens.
Kraemer and Pickens share hitting coach duties.
A.J. Reed, who made his Major League Baseball debut with the Houston Astros in 2016 and is currently at Triple-A Fresno, socked 41 homers and drove in 150 runs during his South career, which concluded in 2011. The next year, the bats were changed and it made it harder for teams to score runs with extra-base hits.
“He was a quiet kid,” says Kraemer, who also saw Reed go 26-10 with 390 strikeouts in 260 innings and a 1.88 earned run average on the mound for the Braves (he once threw 143 pitches in a 10-inning semistate outing). “He had the most natural ability I’ve ever seen.”
Another of Kraemer’s top products is Matt Samuels, who pitched at the University of Tennesee and Indiana State University and briefly in the Minnesota Twins organization.
Kyle’s son, Koby, played for him and at ISU and in the Toronto Blue Jays system.
With less-explosive bats a few years ago, Kraemer and Pickens began to change the way they teach hitting.
“Small ball became more important,” says Kraemer. “The bats we use are just dead.”
To generate more power in the hips — not necessarily via home runs — hitters are loading up by raising their knee and creating some momentum in the lower half of the swing and uncoiling to drive the baseball.
All but one of seven 2017 Braves coaches are South graduates. Besides Kraemer and Pickens, there’s Chad Chrisman (23rd year and charged with infield positioning) and three who played for Kraemer — Daniel Tanoos, Scott Flack and T.C. Clary. Pitching coach Adam Lindsay is a graduate of West Vigo High School, where he played for Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Famer Steve DeGroote.
Todd Miles is a former longtime South coach. After returning from the Indiana State Police, Miles (who played on ISU’s College World Series team in 1986) took a job at Rose-Hulman in Terre Haute that does not allow him the time to coach with the Braves.
South, who is preparing for the Class 4A Mooresville Sectional, fielded two teams this spring — one varsity and one JV.
The new pitch count rules adopted by the IHSAA (1 to 35 pitches requires 0 days rest; 36 to 60 requires 1 day; 61 to 80 requires 2 days; 81 to 100 requires 3 days; and 101 to 120 requires 4 days) “forced us to cut back on one (JV) team because we’ve had to limit pitches and we’re short on pitchers.”
“Personally, I don’t think (the pitch count rule) was needed,” says Kraemer. “Most (coaches) did it right.”
As of May 18, none of Kraemer’s moundsmen had thrown more than 103 pitches in a game.
Conference Indiana, which South joined in 2013 after holding membership in the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference, tends to play league doubleheaders on Saturdays (against Bloomington North, Bloomington South, Columbus North, Franklin Central, Perry Meridian and Southport). Braves starters generally work once a week.
“If you use common sense, you’re OK,” says Kraemer. “It will be interesting to get feedback from smaller schools, where can walk and chew gum, they’re going to be a pitcher until they prove they’re not.”
Baseball players learn the game in Cal Ripken Leagues at Riley and Terre Town, Little Leagues at Terre Haute North and West Terre Haute and through various travel baseball organization, including Junior Rex, Indiana Havoc, Redbirds, Junior Sycamores and Mad Dogs plus senior and junior American Legion teams for Wayne Newton Post 346. That program was ran by John Hayes for years and is now headed by his brother Tim.
“Travel ball has really taken off,” says Kraemer. “You might as well embrace it. It’s here to stay. (Post 346) now has more of a travel feel (playing in tournaments with travel ball teams).”
Kyle Kraemer is in his 23rd season as head baseball coach at his alma mater — Terre Haute South Vigo High School. (TH South Photo)
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February 26, 2014 | David A. Garcia | 11 Comments
UPDATED: Google Barge officially headed to Stockton
***UPDATE: CNET is reporting that Google Barge will officially move to Stockton in the next week or so, though there has been no official comment from officials with the city or Port of Stockton. You can read the story here.
Just two weeks ago, officials from the tech giant Google came to Stockton to hold a workshop to help area small businesses create an online web presence. But if rumors are true, Google’s next foray into Stockton will be much, much larger.
Artist rendering of Google Barge docked in San Francisco (By and Large, LLC)
On Tuesday, reports surfaced linking the much-discussed Google Barge project to Stockton. Tech website CNET reports that multiple sources have heard that Google has settled on Stockton as a location. However, Google has not made a final decision, and other Bay Area cities are lining up to woo the barge to their ports, but Stockton is in an advantageous position. The company has decided to relocate the barge from its current location at Treasure Island because of licensing issues required to complete construction, but moving the barge to Stockton would free the company of these restrictions as the city lies outside the jurisdiction of the Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC). The city’s location gives it a clear advantage over other port cities such as Oakland, Vallejo, and Richmond, who have also expressed interest in the barge.
Should the rumors be true, it could provide a slight boost for the local economy, which would benefit from construction jobs associated with the project. However, expectations should be tempered. It’s unclear whether the project would bring any highly-coveted tech jobs to the city, which are proven to provide more economic benefits than manufacturing or construction jobs. Moreover, the barge would not dock permanently in Stockton as Google intends to use the barge as a product and Google X showroom, floating the barge to various cities on the West Coast.
Google Barge is currently docked at Treasure Island
Still, the move does provide opportunities for Stockton to capitalize aside from construction jobs. The move opens up a channel from the city to tech companies who have probably never considered Stockton. But with Google Barge in town, suddenly Stockton officials have an opportunity on their hands to showcase Stockton’s assets and potential to companies that could potentially invest in the city.
In the mean time, if Google decides to berth its barge in Stockton, it would not be downtown at the waterfront, but instead would reside at the port. The Port of Stockton is no stranger to large-scale projects. In the 1950s, the port churned out Mine Sweeper Ocean (MSO) vessels for the Navy, and more recently, several spans of the new Bay Bridge were built there as well.
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11 Comments on “UPDATED: Google Barge officially headed to Stockton”
February 26, 2014 at 11:32 am #
If Stockton is chosen for the remaining construction on the highly curious Google Barge, this would be a great opportunity to leverage positive publicity for Stockton and showcase its strengths, amenities and potential to lure new business to relocate to the city, and spark interest from other tech companies to investigate Stockton’s urban core as a possible location for tech satellite spin-offs. Certainly, this will encompass national exposure that will help cast a new positive light on Stockton’s image to circumvent the years of negative publicity.
Thinking ahead, that is if this is in the cards for Stockton, it would be highly advantageous to the city’s best interest to consider pulling out all the stops to also plan in collaboration with Google a red letter festive celebration on the completion and premiere launch of the Google Barge with the presence of the national media before it embarks on its travels. Perhaps this can be in tandem with a Google Tech Fair on the Barge or adjacent to other Stockton venues, i.e. at the Stockton Arena and Weber Point Events Center.
This could possibly launch a whole new era for Stockton where the strategy would be to capitalize and position the city as the ‘backyard’ to Silicon Valley, and the next ideal and logical vicinity for expansion of high-tech startups and companies; the “Next Wave”.
February 27, 2014 at 5:48 pm #
The arrival of Google’s showroom-barge in Stockton does not yet mean much as of yet…but the possibilities are huge and exciting…at least for me and I’m sure for city officials. So far this gigantic tech-company hasn’t made comment about it’s long-term future at Stockton. When thing’s begin to become reality (the barge is literally preparing to float down the Delta now!) it should be the City of Stockton’s single most important topic while discussing future economic activity. The tech-giant must be wooed and courted while rolling out the red carpet and pulling out all the stops in one specific goal: become friends with the giant, Google that is. I’m really hoping Stockton has planned for all of this already. Oh, and it would be nice to see that floating eye candy of a structure in the city!
Yes Anthony, no long term plans as of yet with the Google Giant, but the completion of the construction on the G-Barge in the Stockton Deep Water Channel or Port Stockton would certainly be a feather in Stockton’s cap; and who knows what might develop in the near future. I hope the city leverages this publicity to its maximum extent and potential.
Here’s another article in PC Magazine on the G-Barge heading to Stockton containing a few more tidbits. I like how these articles so far do not mention the word “bankruptcy” and “Stockton” in the same sentence… actually “bankruptcy” is not mentioned at all. I think this is a very good sign of Stockton turning a corner. It’s so nice to see, albeit Stockton still has a lot of work to do in shoring up its economy on its reparative path to better times, but there seems to be a glimmer of new hope and new possibilities now. I hope this continues.
Report: “Google Barge Headed for New Home in Stockton” – by Damon Poeter
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2454319,00.asp
March 1, 2014 at 11:33 am #
San Francisco CBS News also reported on Thursday (2/27/14) the G-Barge is headed to Stockton as the destination, though it is apparent no Stockton Port or city officials have been approached by Google, as indicated in the quote by the Port of Stockton director:
‘”I don’t have anything to report except that if Google is listening to your report, I’d love to have them out here,” Stockton Port Director Richard Aschieris told KCBS Radio earlier. “They’re a great company. They’re taking an interest in us. If they would want to consider our facilities here, I’d love to have some discussions with them.”’
“Google Barge Headed to Port Of Stockton”:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/google-barge-headed-to-port-of-stockton/
I guess this coming week all the mystery will be solved.
March 4, 2014 at 9:02 pm #
Here’s a published piece from today’s San Jose Mercury News with more background on the timeline of events and snags regarding the G-Barge and earlier extensive talks and presentations to the National Park Service to secure a pier at San Francisco’s historic Fort Mason Center as an operating base for 6 months to dock and depart on its floating tech missions. However, complications with the permits has slipped the schedule and its next destination still remains a complete mystery:
“Google held extensive barge talks with National Park Service”
By Brandon Bailey
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_25275690/google-held-extensive-barge-talks-national-park-servicee
Also, this aired today, regarding a critical order issued by the State of California for Google to move their G-Barge by Friday:
“California orders Google to move its mystery barge” – CNBC News
David A. Garcia
But you’ll notice they all quote the same CNET source pretty much, and there has still been no confirmation from the city, the port, or Google. I am hopeful, but I’ll believe it when we actually see the barge docked here.
Well, in case you all missed it, under cloak of darkness the G-Barge left Treasure Island in the wee hours and has officially arrived and docked at the Port of Stockton late this morning and will reside there for the next 3 to 6 months. End of mystery…
“Google Barge arrives at Port of Stockton” – SFGate Blog:
http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2014/03/06/google-barge-officially-docked-in-stockton/
“It’s official: Google barge will dock at Port of Stockton” – San Jose Mercury News:
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_25287703/its-official-google-barge-will-dock-at-port
Hey David, here’s a super cool aerial video of the G-Barge being docked at the Port of Stockton… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGJBsZmXaLY
And this KCRA news piece is really quite fun and optimistic… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1z0A82_l4I
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Mystery Books To Read in January
Posted on January 18, 2016 April 14, 2016 by Jordan Foster
A new year means new books, though it’s perfectly acceptable to still work through your 2015 to-read pile in your spare time, too. Even if your official New Year’s resolution wasn’t to read more books in 2016, January is the perfect month to decompress from holiday stress with a stack of new books. For no other reason than that, there are some not-to-be-missed gems from the other side of the pond, this month’s selections skew heavily British, including new installments from Tartan Noir master Ian Rankin and the pseudonymous Benjamin Black, who writes contemporary fiction under his real name, John Banville. If you’re a fan of spies, Mick Herron’s latest Slough House novel will be a treat, though it shouldn’t be read as a how-to for any aspiring secret agents out there. Belinda Bauer serves up another helping of psychological suspense in her latest standalone that will make parents keep an especially close eye on their children. And not to be forgotten is the lone American representative, Alafair Burke, with her eleventh novel, a standalone featuring a tough-talking defense attorney faced with representing a seemingly impossible client—her ex-fiancé—charged with a horrible crime.
The Shut Eye
Belinda Bauer (Grove, January 12)
Missing children have become almost as much of a cliché in crime fiction as serial killers but Bauer (Rubbernecker, 2013, etc.) manages to ratchet up the suspense to almost an uncomfortable level in this story of a woman who turns to a psychic after the disappearance of her young son. The only traces of four-year-old Daniel Buck are the footprints he left in fresh cement outside his house. Desperate for leads, his mother, who keeps her son’s footprints clean with an OCD level of care, turns to a psychic, or “shut eye,” for answers. The detective assigned to the case doesn’t have a great track record when it comes to finding missing kids. DCI John Marvel is still hung up on the disappearance of young Edie Evans who vanished on her way to school the previous year, but his interest is piqued when he learns that Daniel’s mother is consulting the same psychic who once consulted the police on the Evans case. At turns surprising and moving, this is a book that will stay with you for a long time.
Even the Dead
Benjamin Black (Henry Holt, January 12)
Black, the pen name of Booker Prize winner John Banville, returns to 1950s Dublin in his seventh series installment featuring the taciturn pathologist Quirke. Nothing makes the morose Quirke more somber than being laid up and forced to convalesce in the home of his adopted brother, Mal, and Mal’s equally somber American wife. He perks up at the chance to investigate a suspicious death, which at first appears to be a suicide—a man drove his car into a tree—but turns out to be foul play. Intertwined in the death of Leon Corless, the man in the car, is the plight of a young woman who approaches Quirke’s daughter, Phoebe, and begs for her help. It’s no shock that that the two are connected but it’s Black’s ability to juggle the multiple plotlines while also continuing to build upon his already complex and nuanced main character that makes this a stellar installment in a must-read series.
Real Tigers
Mick Herron (Soho Crime, January 19)
No one at Slough House, the setting for Mick Herron’s latest espionage thriller (after 2013’s Dead Lions), could give James Bond a run for his money. All the MI5 agents assigned to Slough House are not so affectionately referred to as “Slow Horses”: they’ve messed up so catastrophically on the job that the Secret Service wants them as far away from any actual intelligence work as possible. So it’s pencil pushing and paper filing for the bitter ensemble that makes up Herron’s spy world. This time around, though, one of their own, Catherine Standish, is kidnapped and her colleagues, under the judgmental eye of boss Jackson Lamb, must figure out a way to get her back, which involves, among other things, breaking into MI5 headquarters in Regent’s Park.
Even Dogs in the Wild
Ian Rankin (Little, Brown, January 19)
Seeing both of Rankin’s characters on the page is no longer a shock but it’s definitely something new when Glasgow gangsters invade Rebus and Fox’s Edinburgh turf in this latest installment (after Saints of the Shadow Bible). The action starts out with the bludgeoning death of David Menzies Minton, former Lord Advocate of Scotland, who was found with an obviously prophetic note in his possession: “I’m going to kill you for what you did.” Rebus’s former partner, DI Siobhan Clarke, heads the investigation and calls in Fox, who’s now a detective and no longer with the Complaints Division. When a local gangster, Big Ger Cafferty, with whom Rebus had a oddly cordial working relationship, is almost shot and a similar note is delivered, Clarke “un-retires” Rebus and drafts him as a consultant on the case, as Fox works on rousting a group of Glaswegian criminals who’ve shown up in Edinburgh. It’s a treat to see all the familiar, if often dour, Scottish faces working, albeit sometimes grudgingly, together for the good of their beloved city.
Alafair Burke (Harper, January 26)
Taking a break from her NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher series (All Day and a Night, 2014, etc.), Burke moves to the other side of the courtroom aisle and tells the tale of a tough but damaged defense attorney whose past comes roaring back at her in the form of her latest client: her former fiancé. Olivia Randall and Jack Harris were happy once, twenty years ago, but Olivia broke it off in a messy separation that left everyone licking their wounds. Now she’s a well-respected—and single—defense attorney in Manhattan, her time with Jack just a painful memory. That is, until Jack’s sixteen-year-old daughter, Buckley, shows up in Olivia’s office and demands that Olivia help Jack, who’s just been accused of a triple murder. The man Olivia thought she knew could never kill anyone but when she looks into the case, she discovers that one of the victims is related to Todd Neeley, a disturbed teenage boy who shot up Penn Station and killed thirteen people, including Jack’s wife, Molly. Maybe, Olivia thinks, just maybe Jack would be capable of murder if it somehow avenged Molly’s death. But the deeper she digs into the case, the more tangled it becomes and the more convinced she is of Jack’s innocence and the possibility of an elaborate set-up. Burke, a former prosecutor who now teaches criminal law, weaves legal detail in seamlessly to a deeply wrought, emotional story that transcends the crime at its core. This is perhaps her best work to date.
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Quick Hitters – Wisconsin (Maui Invitational Championship Game)
November 23, 2016 Quick HittersBasketball, Bronson Koenig, College Basketball, Ethan Happ, Indiana Hoosiers, Isaiah Hicks, Joel Berry, Justin Jackson, Kennedy Meeks, Maui Invitational, Nigel Hayes, North Carolina, North Carolina Tar Heels, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Roy Williams, Tar Heels, TarHeels, Tony Bradley, UNC, UNC Basketball, Wisconsin Badgersisaacschade
Quick Hitters from Wednesday night’s 71-56 win over Wisconsin in the Maui Invitational championship.
One sign of a championship caliber team? The ability to win playing various styles. From the up-tempo game against Oklahoma State on Tuesday to the grinding Wisconsin game on Wednesday night, the Tar Heels showed the ability to either enforce their will and win, or beat you at your own game. In this championship game, it’s fair to say that North Carolina out-Wisconsined Wisconsin.
I don’t want to jinx anything, but, including this year, Roy Williams has won three Maui Invitational tournaments. The first two times were the 2004-05 and 2008-09 seasons. Anyone remember anything of significance that happened in those two years?
Amount of game time the Tar Heels trailed in Maui: exactly zero seconds.
Congratulations to Justin Jackson for becoming the 74th Tar Heel to score 1000 career points. He joins Kennedy Meeks as the second player to achieve that level this year. Look for Isaiah Hicks and Joel Berry to become numbers 75 and 76 later this season.
The first eight points of the game for Carolina went to the big men (Kennedy Meeks, Isaiah Hicks, Tony Bradley). This trio is should have the edge inside in nearly every game they play this year.
Wisconsin didn’t score until 12:39 left in the first half. Most of this was due to Carolina forcing them into jump shots. I’ll keep saying it: defense is keying this team. It starts with Joel Berry as the leader setting the example, and everyone else feeds off that.
Tony Bradley’s streak of double digit scoring to start his career ended tonight. He had just six points.
On the season, the trio of Nigel Hayes, Ethan Happ, and Bronson Koenig has averaged a combined 40.4 points a game. They were scoreless until Happ got a bucket with 5:45 left in first half. The trio totaled only seven points at halftime.
Just as Wisconsin pulled to within three points at 17-14, Joel Berry went on his own little five-point run with a deeeeeeep (is that enough “e’s”?) three and a mid-range jumper to push the lead back to eight before Wisconsin called a timeout. He extended his run to seven with the next Carolina bucket as well.
Sure was nice to play a game (especially after the Oklahoma State game) where there was hard-nosed, no-fouling defense. There were 52 combined free throws shot against Oklahoma State, and 22 combined against Wisconsin.
Kennedy Meeks had a double-double in the first half (10 points/12 rebounds). He finished with 15 points and 16 rebounds (a career high)
In the first half there zero fast break points for either team and only three offensive rebounds; all to Carolina.
For the tournament, the Heels shot 80% from the free throw line (60-75). Both Joel Berry and Justin Jackson were perfect from the charity stripe in the three games.
It seems like the level of games keep ramping up. Next Wednesday, Carolina heads to Bloomington to play Indiana in the Big Ten / ACC Challenge. This will be third true road game in the first eight games; a wise scheduling move for a veteran squad. Although Indiana lost last night, they are also considered one of the top five teams in the nation. And they will be looking to avenge last year’s NCAA Tournament loss. Should be a great environment!
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Samsung Galaxy S10 will reportedly come in 5G, Plus, budget versions
© Angela Lang/CNET We might have more details about Samsung's S10 and foldable plans.
By Sean Keane, CNET
We might have more details about Samsung's S10 and foldable plans. The Note 9 is pictured here.
Samsung is reportedly following Apple's lead by developing a trio of Galaxy S10 models, and is looking to launch a 5G version in the US.
The standard S10 is codenamed "Beyond," Bloomberg reported Friday, citing anonymous sources, and it's roughly the same size as this year's 5.8-inch S9 model. It'll have triple cameras on the back and a front camera under the screen -- details that fit with rumors we've heard in recent months.
Its OLED screen will apparently be curved on both sides, it has rounded corners, virtually no bezel at the top or bottom and have a fingerprint sensor under the display, according to Bloomberg.
Samsung is planning on matching Apple's iPhone XS Max and budget XR models by releasing a larger "Plus" version and a cheaper one that won't have dual-curve edge screen or a fingerprint sensor, the report noted. It could also release one without a headphone jack.
The South Korean company is in talks with Verizon to launch the S10 in the US with a 5G-capable chipset, according to the report.
The report also reinforced a rumor that Samsung's foldable phone is codenamed "Winner," and suggested that the company has yet to choose between horizontal and vertical prototypes -- designers reckon the latter is easier to hold. This suggests that we won't see it in November, as we heard last month.
It won't have a fingerprint sensor like the S10, but has an extra four-inch screen on the outside that'll let you check messages and emails without unfolding it, according to Bloomberg.
Samsung didn't immediately respond to a request for comment, while Verizon said in an email that it doesn't comment on speculation or rumors.
Earlier this month, Samsung Mobile CEO D.J. Koh promised that the foldable device will be a tablet with multitasking capability that'll be "really meaningful to our customer."
The company is racing against Chinese rival Huawei, which may be aiming to launch its own foldable phone in November as it tries to snatch Samsung's place as the world's No. 1 smartphone seller.
Endless possibilities: With 5G, you won't just be watching video. It'll be watching you, too.
Technology - U.S. Daily News: Samsung Galaxy S10 will reportedly come in 5G, Plus, budget versions
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Stipple Opens The Kimono To Reveal A Product Tagging Platform With Massive Potential
When we first covered Stipple in September of last year, it seemed like a really cool idea: tag people in images no matter where they reside on the web — not just on Flickr or Facebook. It was quickly clear that investors like Kleiner Perkins, Mike Maples, and even Justin Timberlake agreed, as they poured $2 million into the company just three months post-launch. And now that Stipple is ready to reveal the full product they’ve built, it’s pretty clear why the initial investment came so quickly. This platform has the potential to be massive, and to make a lot of people a lot of money.
So what is Stipple now? Well, there’s still the people-tagging element for sure. And that’s still really cool. If you tag a person in a photo on the web, you can enter their Twitter name or Facebook name and then anyone can see their most recent updates as overlays on that picture. But the much bigger idea is that Stipple is teaming up with photo services, fashion brands, publishers, and others to possibly alter the way people browse and buy things on the web.
Think of it this way: right now when someone is browsing the web and they see a shirt they like on a random photo, they probably resort to doing a Google search for something similar. Or maybe they open the website of their favorite store to see if they have anything to match that look. But what Stipple offers is a way for each photo to show you exactly what piece of clothing the person in the photo is wearing — to show you who makes it, how much it costs, etc. And it allows you to “Want” it (save it to look at later) or “Shop” for it via two overlay buttons right on the picture itself.
It’s an idea that clearly resonates with web browsers. How do I know? Because Stipple co-founder and CEO Rey Flemings had some data to share with us. Stipple has actually been serving these product dots (the overlay used to show an area of the picture contains more information) for a while now — enough for over 10 million data points. He says that people mouse over a photo with a dot 46 percent of the time. And those users touch the product dot 12.48 percent of the time — that’s actually more than people use the people dot (4.9 percent of the time).
Think about that for a second. That mousing over the dot is basically an ad impression — with a strong level of intent. And it’s happening 12.48 percent of the time on Stipple-tagged images. Further, 1.75 percent are clicking the Want button. While 1.9 percent are clicking the Shop button. Advertisers would kill for those types of rates.
Stipple is able to get them because they’re tying real products that people are actually wearing/using in images to the pictures themselves. And the fact that they’re doing a lot of this tagging on photos with celebrities in them helps a lot as well. And that’s one part of the key.
What Stipple is launching today with version 2.0, is a full product suite to make it easy for photo agencies, brands, and publishers to easily implement and/or work with Stipple to get everyone paid in this new clicking (and hopefully buying) frenzy. The product names are Lens (for photo rights holders), Pipeline (for brands), Network (for publishers), and Want (for consumers).
Photo agencies that are out there taking tens of thousands of pictures would use Lens to tag their pictures with their appropriate licenses and credits. Stipple has 9 of these photo agencies currently signed up.
Brands that are trying to sell goods directly to customers woud use Pipeline to label their goods appropriately. Stipple then scales this labeling across all similar photos (such as multiple photos of a celebrity at an event wearing a certain piece of clothing). Stipple currently has 60 brands signed up.
Publishers would use Network to put the images with all of the data on their sites. The best part is that it’s not actually metadata that is used to make this all work, it’s photo tagging done on Stipple’s end and delivered to a site via a simple line of JavaScript. This means that images copied from elsewhere (and even resized, cropped, etc) will still work. Over 1,600 publishers are currently signed up.
The key to all of this is to make the tools simple and fast to use. And Flemings believes they’ve nailed this now.
At the same time, there’s some competition in the space. The big one that people may know is Pixazza, the so-called “AdSense for images”. The fact that their $12 million series B was participated in by Google Ventures certainly helped with that moniker as well. There’s also Thinglink (CrunchBase profile). But Flemings believes that Stipple has a very clear advantage over services like Pixazza and even Google’s own image searching technology thanks to their tools and true product matching.
He showed me how search with a competitor may show a piece of clothing similar to what a person in a photo was wearing, but it wasn’t the exactly item. “Users don’t like ‘get this look’ — they want to know the exact brand,” Flemings notes. Stipple is focusing on the exact items.
And when the celebrity photos from the partnering photo agencies start rolling in, this real item matching is going to be especially key. Imagine being able to know what things celebrities on the red carpet are actually wearing and being able to buy it with one click. One could imagine celebrities wanting to get in on this action as well to help brands sell items — for massive fees, naturally.
Update: Here’s a link so you can see what the tech looks like live.
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Apple and Qualcomm resolved their legal battle and will bring a 5G iPhone
Intel's struggle with 5G tech is what brings both Apple and Qualcomm together
Apple and Qualcomm have resolved their legal battle of ongoing patent infringement and royalties dispute related to Apple’s use of Qualcomm modems in the iPhone. Both the companies have now come to an arrangement by resolving a two-year dispute along with an agreement of multiyear chipset supply, gaining access once again to the company’s high-end modems. That includes Qualcomm’s 5G chips needed to build a 5G iPhone.
For over many years certain companies are doing work in the field of 5G network, 5G is considered as the life-changing foundation for the augmented reality, telemedicine, and other tech trends with the goal of super-fast wireless technology is being rolled out. Previously, Qualcomm had been working on with Intel on 5G chips but the chipmaker faced a lot of problems in making the product.
Moreover, Apple and Qualcomm announced their settlement on Tuesday, Intel said it’s current 5G smartphone modem business is not doing so well. Therefore, Intel’s struggle with 5G tech is what brings both Apple and Qualcomm together.
“We are very excited about the opportunity in 5G and the ‘cloudification’ of the network, but in the smartphone modem business it has become apparent that there is no clear path to profitability and positive returns,” Intel CEO Bob Swan said in a statement. “5G continues to be a strategic priority across Intel, and our team has developed a valuable portfolio of wireless products and intellectual property. We are assessing our options to realize the value we have created, including the opportunities in a wide variety of data-centric platforms and devices in a 5G world.”
read also:Amazon collaborated with FIRST to provide Robotics grants to 100 schools
Apple did not respond to the comment yet while Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf, during an interview with CNBC declined to comment whether a 5G modem could be incorporated in an iPhone to make 5G iPhone.
“We won’t talk about Apple’s product plans,” said Mollenkopf. “There’s obviously the beginning ramp of 5G broadly.”
Even though both the companies are working together, 5G iPhones not going release early. But it might be possible that Apple will introduce a 5G device in 2020.
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Wolf Hoffmann -Headbangers Symphony lp [clear]
Categories: Music, Vinyls, Progressive/Art rock/Symphonic rock Tag: Accept
Clear vinyl. Limited 300 copies
Accepts guitar powerhouse Wolf Hoffmann, inspiration and role model for generations of new guitar players – his classical handwriting carved a different niche for Accept since the early music labelling of something called Heavy Metal – second solo album is entitled “Headbangers Symphony”, completely dedicated to the grand Classic Maestros. Wolf Hoffmann has a passion. His life-long love and dedication to heavy metal music is documented in dozens of albums spanning four decades with his long time heavy metal band Accept. But beyond heavy metal, Wolf has an incessant craving for the classics, yes, the ones written decades and centuries ago. Classical music has always been an influence – albeit limited – on Accept’s Teutonic approach to rock and heavy metal. However, it wasn’t until 1997 during a extended hiatus from Accept, that Wolf Hoffmann finally had the chance to fully explore and fulfil this interest by recording his first astounding solo album “Classical”, a record filled with his rock guitar driven interpretations of some of classical music’s most loved compositions. I have always incorporated classical music in my songwriting with Accept, especially with “Metal Heart”, but I constantly felt there was so much more that I could do and I did not want to overload Accept or force it in any way. I always knew I could make a whole record of it and that’s how the first record “Classical” was born. Even today, fans tell me that they are still listening to it, that’s why it is so fantastic now to do another one. “Headbangers Symphony” is truly a bold statement by a genuine musician who simply refused to rest on his laurels and continues to push and challenge himself.
1. Scherzo (L. v. Beethoven)
2. Night On Bald Mountain (M. Mussorgsky)
3. Je Crois Entendre Encore (G. Bizet)
4. Double Cello Concerto in G Minor (A. Vivaldi)
5. Adagio (T. Albinoni)
6. Symphony No. 40 (W. A. Mozart )
7. Swan Lake (P. Tchaikovsky)
8. Madame Butterfly (G. Puccini)
9. Pathétique (L. v. Beethoven)
10. Meditation (J. Massenet)
11. Air On The G String (J. S. Bach)
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Seen and noted.
Our FC Cincinnati was playing in a four-team preseason tournament in Charleston. All the matches were available to stream through the Charleston Battery’s website, which was less than ideal. This afternoon FC|C played its final match of the Carolina Challenge Cup against Columbus Crew. And someone could have used a hand in their spelling of Clombus Columbus…
No matter how you spell it, Crew thumped Cincinnati 3-0. 🤪⚽️❤️
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Tagged 2019, Charleston Battery, Cincinnati, Columbus, Columbus Crew, FC Cincinnati, February, Ffffound, MLS, Odd&Ends, Ohio, Oops, Seen and noted, Soccer, Spelling is hard, Sports, USL
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FC Cincinnati versus Charleston Battery.
IT’S FC CINCINNATI MATCH DAY EIGHT! FC Cincinnati was taking on Charleston Battery. It was another big match for FC|C! Coming into today’s match, the Battery was sitting on top of the USL’s Eastern Conference…
We got into Nippert Stadium just ahead of the march of the supporters groups…
O say can you see…
FC Cincinnati head coach Alan Kock started both big forwards, Djiby and Danni König!
GOAL! FC CINCINNATI! 1-0! Djiby stole that one from Harrison Delbridge…
At the half, it was still 1-0 FC Cincinnati…
And that means it’s time for SPRINKLES!
Charleston Battery found their equaliser, but it was another great crowd tonight…
And then the Battery took the took the lead…
But then FC Cincinnati’s Andrew Wiedeman scored the equaliser that would go on to make Sportscenter’s Top 10 later the next morning…
Three minutes to be added on…
And the match ended 2-2…
I thought it was a pretty good result for FC Cincinnati to be able to get a point against the first place team…
Next match for FC Cincinnati is next Saturday when they welcome St. Louis FC back to Nippert Stadium. If you remember back, St. Louis FC is the team that Djiby scored four against earlier in the season. It’ll be exciting to see if he can manage to repeat that amazing feat…
And of course, we’ll see you there! 😀❤️⚽️
Posted in #SPRINGinCINCY, FC Cincinnati, Sports, Uptown
Tagged 2017, Charleston Battery, Cincinnati, FC Cincinnati, June, Nippert Stadium, Ohio, Soccer, University of CIncinnati, Uptown, USL
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This evening we hopped on the Metro 17 bus over to UC to watch FC Cincinnati take on fourth placed Charleston Battery at Nippert Stadium…
SPRINKLES!
At halftime, it was still nil-nil. SPRINKLES!!
The match ended 1-1, and we missed both goals.
FC Cincinnati’s next match is away to last place FC Montreal at 2pm on Wednesday, August 3rd. The match was listed to start at 7pm but was moved to 2pm because of Montreal’s MLS friendly against AS Roma. FC Cincy’s next home match isn’t until Wednesday, August 24th when they take on Rochester Rhinos at Nippert Stadium.
It’s the only home match in the month of August. We’ll see you there! 🙂
Posted in #SUMMERinCINCY, FC Cincinnati, Sports
Tagged 2016, Charleston Battery, Cincinnati, FC Cincinnati, Nippert Stadium, Ohio, Soccer, University of CIncinnati, USL
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Trauma-Informed Schools
Impact of Trauma on Students
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Dr. Joseph Benamati is a senior faculty member at the Sanctuary Institute in Yonkers, NY. The Sanctuary Institute trains organizations that work with children, adults, and families that have experienced traumatic events. For 40 years, Dr. Benamati has been dedicated to helping trauma-exposed youth who are in the justice system, have mental health issues, or have autism or developmental delays. Dr. Benamati authored START (Systematic Training to Assist in the Recovery from Trauma), which trains staff working with children to identify traumatic stress in children and demonstrates how to respond to and treat children who experience traumatic events. START was developed to address a lack of understanding around the nature of trauma. Dr. Benamati continues to educate in this area through his speaking and training on trauma-informed care and his role as a mental health consultant to the Stillwater, NY Emergency Preparedness Committee.
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Home Public Records Anne El Bey’s™ Public Proclamation
Anne El Bey’s™ Public Proclamation
Anne El Bey
For the record, and on the record, I, Anne El Bey, am declaring my intent to take back my freedom and inheritance, which the government stole from me.
For the record, I, Anne El Bey, am of firm mind, declaring my rights without coercion or undue influence.
For the record, and on the record, the United States Constitution is a SOCIAL CONTRACT, guaranteeing my G-D Given Rights and Freedom 9.13.
For the record, on the record, I, Anne El Bey, am a walking, talking, independent flesh and blood, living Sentient WombMan.
For the record, I, Anne El Bey, am created in the image of Hashem, and I am a true Moor. I am not a resident Alien, and I am foreign to the U.S.
For the record, on the record, I am the founder of Anne El Bey Writing Services in association with TLC, Thirteen Love Community™ Private.
For the Record, on the Record, TLC, 13 Love Community™ is a Private Member Association of The Most Highs Righteous Children of All Nations of which I am a member.
For the record, I deny that I am an animal. I deny that I do business or enter into transactions with animals.
For the record, I am not a person, corporation, or any other type of abomination. I am a WombMan created by and in the image of our Father HASHEM. Our father is the Living HASHEM of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, and Father of the Christ Yahshua.
For the record, Yahushua Ha Mashiach had disciples and faithful followers. Let the record show that I am a faithful follower of Yahushua Ha Mashiach 9.13.
My capacity is that of a “lawful WombMan” who has full legal capacity and full legal rights. I have not been deprived of any rights in court by outlawry or the excommunication of infamy. I can stand rectus in curia (“right in court”) and serve as a juror and swear an oath.
I am NOT a 14th Amendment citizen of The United States of America. I am a living, breathing, sentient being.
I, formerly known as RILEY, ANDRIANNA, proclaim myself a true Moor. Let the record show my Moorish appellation is Anne El Bey.
For the Record, and on the Record, I, Anne El Bey, take full ownership and mastership of the straw person, “ANDRIANNA RILEY” and “ANDRIANNA RILEY ROACH,” its commerce, trusts, and fictitious holdings.
On the Record, and for the Record, I, Anne El Bey, am the sole beneficiary and administrator of the legal entity ANDRIANNA RILEY AND ANDRIANNA RILEY ROACH and all that is related to the entity.
For the record, all proclamations are agreements to compensate Anne El Bey in the name of RILEY, ANDRIANNA’s Estate for any unlawful acts.
For the record, on the record, to rewrite my Indigenous Appellation is Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act, a federal crime. Any misuse will result in a $1,000,000 fine.
For the record, I am a beneficiary of The Creator HASHEM’S Earth. I am a private dweller who is not for public use and foreign to UNITED STATES, INC.
For the record, I am dwelling in an independent international location upon Continental Amexem, United States Minor, Outlying Islands.
For the record, I am non-domestic to the District of Columbia and expressly reserving all Liberty.
For the record, on the record, I am Aboriginal and Indigenous to the Land of North Amexem. I am Heir to the Moroccan Empire, reclaiming my heritage and inheritance, honoring my ancestors and fore-mothers.
For the record, this land you stand on is North Amexem (America) belongs to the Moroccan Empire and all surrounding islands, our Moorish Estate.
For the record, and on the record, let the record show, I have the right of self-identity according to DRIPS, Articles 2, 6 – 10, 20, 33, 45, 46.
For the record, on the record, any attempt to rewrite my title is to change the status of my Indigenous Appellation. It is an act of genocide.
For the record, I hereby void all contracts, vows, pledges, and agreements. Plus, I void any entrapment and promises made by me consciously or subconsciously that are detrimental to me 9.13.
For the record, on the record, I, Anne El Bey, am one with Nature. I am not a corporate construct of a de facto government of policy 9.13.
For the record, and on the record, I am a true Moor, and the world knows this fact 9.13!
For the record, on the record, I have No affiliation with Muslims, Christians, terrorists or any other crazy group.
For the record, calling me Black, African-American, Negro, or any other name besides Moor is an act of discrimination according to D.R.I.P.S.
For the record, and on the record, I do not affiliate with any feminist hate groups or men’s freemasonry clubs.
For the record, on the record, I do not take pledges or oaths. It is against my religion and ties with The Most Highs.
For the record, my Legal Status is my Nationality, reflecting my religion and creed having Moor Principles called Morals being righteous 913.
For the record, we aboriginal, indigenous Moors have the right to reclaim our Ancient Artifacts without prejudice, recourse, and restraint.
For the record, on the record, adhere to the Treaty of 1786, Articles 2, 3, 5, and 11. I command land and property return to moors written according to the law.
For the Record: I do not trust anything from the United States Corporation aka USA government. I do not need them. I want my Inheritance. 13Love!
For the record, on the record, any unlawful act against a Moorish National is a Federal Crime and will get fined $750,000 or more.
For the record, and on the record, I, Anne El Bey, serve only The Most Highs and follow only The Most Highs laws.
For the record, and on the record, I, Anne El Bey, do not consent to FEMA camps, vaccinations, or RFID chips. It is against my religious rights per United Nations D.R.I.P.S. Articles 7, 8 and 10.
For the Record, I, Anne El Bey, am not human, and I do not consent to human rights. I only accept G-D Given Rights, my Natural Rights by Nature and not humans 9.13.
For the record, and on the record, I am not a citizen or a resident of the United States of America. I am a Moor and Moors cannot be a U.S. citizen. I am a child of The Most Highs Elohim 9.13.
For the record, on the record, I AM NOT affiliated with anyone using crystals, tarot cards, or anything considered New Age Philosophy and their dealings.
For the record, if you hate on @da13thsun or any other true messengers, then you also hate on me. TMHS condemn people with hate in their hearts, and they will face judgement.
For the record, on the record, I have paid ALL my debt to society, and I proclaim freedom from any debt I may have owed 7 years ago 9.13.
For the record, on the record, I am against LAWLESSNESS and LAW BREAKERS. Without laws, you will have chaos in Satan’s Kingdom. Facts 101!
For the record, and on the record, I do not condone the actions of this Lawlessness society. I follow The Most Highs laws, and I do not agree with U.S.A. BS.
For the record, and on the record, I have nothing to do with dirty Moors breaking and entering into people’s homes.
For the record, and on the record, I rebuke anyone making false assumptions against my name. I am a flesh and blood living sentient being created in the image of Hashem 9.13.
For the Record, on Record, I, Anne El Bey, of TLC 13 Love Community™ Private, am a True Moor of TMHS ELOHYIM 9.13. I cannot serve two masters. I only serve TMHS and not Roman Governments 9.13
For the record, I, Anne El Bey, am a private, indigenous, Moorish being, which means I am not for public use by the U.S. Government. I am foreign to the United States of America, so I am exempt and out of her jurisdiction.
For the record, people have chosen to include me in a category on Twitter called “List.” I have no affiliation with such groups.
For the record, I, Anne El Bey, declare any contracts made on my behalf without my consent annulled and void from this day forward.
For the record, I, Anne El Bey, have nothing to do with FaceBook, Instagram, or Snap Chat.
For the record, and on the record, I rebuke anything forced on me such as giving my location and linking my phone to social media. I am not of this world. 13 Facts!
For the record, I, Anne El Bey – Reserve All Rights to any Social Media Account I Use that Offer Terms and Conditions UCC 1-308; UCC 1-103, UCC 1-207.
For the record, I, Anne El Bey; am a sentient being. I am a child of The Most Highs, a child of the Sun, and a child of The Immortal Ones. I am 913.
For the record, and on the record, and let the record show, any misuse or translation of my speech is an act of discrimination according to DRIPS, Articles 1, 3, 4, 12-15 and 17.
For the record, all proclamations I have made and will make will go on public record via twitter – All Rights Reserved without Prejudice and Recourse UCC, 1-308.
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U2 - Beautiful Day
All That You Can't Leave Behind
Beautiful Day lyrics
The heart is a bloom, shoots up through stony ground
But there's no room, no space to rent in this town
You're out of luck and the reason that you had to care
The traffic is stuck and you're not moving anywhere
You thought you'd found a friend to take you out of this place / Always
Someone you could lend a hand in return for grace / Always
It's a beautiful day / (Day) Down
Sky falls, you feel like it's a beautiful day / (Day) Down
Don't let it get away / (Day)
You're on the road but you've got no destination
You're in the mud, in the maze of her imagination
You love this town even if that doesn't ring true
You've been all over and it's been all over you
Don't let it get away / (Day) Day
It's a beautiful day, woo hoo hoo / (Day) Down, (Day) Down
Touch me, take me to that other place
Teach me love, I know I'm not a hopeless case
See the world in green and blue
See China right in front of you
See the canyons broken by a cloud
See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out
See the bedouin fires at night
See the oil fields at first light
And, see the bird with a leaf in her mouth
After the flood all the colours came out
(Day) Down
(Day) Day
It was a beautiful day / (Day) Down
Beautiful day / (Day) Down, (Day) Down
Reach me, I know I'm not a hopeless case
What you don't have you don't need it now
What you don't know you can feel it somehow
You don't need it now, don't need it now
Was a beautiful day
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"My children have made me more aggressive about the world that they're about to inhabit." - Bono, 2000
Bono's The Fly character wore a suit just like Elvis Presley wore in his 1968 TV comeback special. Like Elvis, Bono dyed his brown hair black.
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ADDRESS BY Mr BH Holomisa MP: STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA ON VIOLENCE IN KZN
Hon Speaker and members A country with high levels of poverty, high unemployment rate, high levels of inequality, blended with leadership whose attention is on filling their pockets through corrupt activities, breeds all social evils including criminality. Compounding the situation is that the African Agenda we were once known to be its champions, has taken a back seat. We must agree that, indeed the violence we see today in KZN with a potential to spread [...]
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UDM: Holomisa reacts to Pansy Tlakula’s resignation
STATEMENT ISSUED BY MR BANTU HOLOMISA, MP – UDM PRESIDENT The United Democratic Movement (UDM) notes that Advocate Pansy Tlakula has resigned as Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). She has at last seen the light, but it is a pity that she was forced to do so at great cost to government and political parties. There are now no more excuses; the Electoral Commission must immediately implement all the findings of the Public [...]
UDM Admin2016-10-26T08:39:10+02:00September 2nd, 2014|2014 Archive, Archives, IEC Lease Agreement Scandal, Media statements: UDM|Comments Off on UDM: Holomisa reacts to Pansy Tlakula’s resignation
ANC imbedded within IEC
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Advocate Pansy Tlakula, has brought the Electoral Commission into disrepute in terms of Chapter 2, Paragraph 9 (c) of the Electoral Commission’s act (51 of 1996) which states that: “ (9) No members of the commission: (c) may, by his or her membership, association, statement, conduct or in any other manner place in jeopardy his or her perceived independence, or in any other manner harm the credibility, impartiality, independence [...]
UDM Admin2016-10-26T08:39:20+02:00April 8th, 2014|2014 Archive, Archives, Media statements: UDM|Comments Off on ANC imbedded within IEC
Speech: Welcoming former Democratic Alliance and African National Congress members into the UDM Mr Bantu Holomisa, MP (Gugulethu High School, Cape Town)
• Leadership of the UDM in the Western Cape • UDM Public Representatives • The people who live in the Cape Flats and Gugulethu in particular • New members of the UDM • My fellow South Africans Welcome! I am heartened by the many faces I see before me, because we are united in the knowledge that we have a common cause i.e. we want to go back to the original agenda, which is to [...]
UDM Admin2016-10-26T08:39:21+02:00March 30th, 2014|2014 Archive, Archives, Speeches|Comments Off on Speech: Welcoming former Democratic Alliance and African National Congress members into the UDM Mr Bantu Holomisa, MP (Gugulethu High School, Cape Town)
Holomisa on Amcu strike: Call for both parties to give face-to-face negotiations another try
With Implats’ announcement that it would consider abandoning its new R11bn Leeuwkop platinum mine, unless it could redesign it as a mechanised mine, is bad news for South Africans who are desperate for work, especially from nearby communities. The United Democratic Movement (UDM) is of the view that “go-betweens” are not the way to go. As former members of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) - still smarting from the loss of NUM’s status as [...]
UDM Admin2016-10-26T08:39:21+02:00March 28th, 2014|2014 Archive, Archives, Issues, Media statements: UDM|Comments Off on Holomisa on Amcu strike: Call for both parties to give face-to-face negotiations another try
Statement: the ANC wants to erode public confidence in the Public Protector
The United Democratic Movement (UDM) is outraged at the sustained attack on the Public Protector by the various offshoots of the African National Congress (ANC). The latest outburst by the ruling party’s chief whip of parliament, Mr Stone Sizani, only exposes his ignorance of the very same laws he is entrusted to make and is consistent with the attitude of the ANC towards institutions that investigate corruption without fear, favour or prejudice. This unwarranted aggressive [...]
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Speech: Consideration of fiscal framework and revenue proposals (Mr N Kwankwa, MP)
Address by Mr Nqabayomzi Kwankwa, MP in the National Assembly Debate: Consideration of Fiscal Framework and Revenue Proposals Mister Speaker, Deputy President and Honourable Members, Economies around the world, including ours, have since the financial crisis in 2008 struggled to return back to pre-subprime crisis economic performance levels. This decline in business activity has resulted in massive job losses, business closures and in many families finding it difficult to make ends meet. Despite these challenges, good [...]
UDM Admin2016-10-26T08:39:22+02:00March 11th, 2014|2014 Archive, Archives, Speeches|Comments Off on Speech: Consideration of fiscal framework and revenue proposals (Mr N Kwankwa, MP)
Joint Statement by Mbhazima Shilowa and Bantu Holomisa
Joint statement Mbhazima Shilowa and Bantu Holomisa Today marks yet another milestone in our journey towards political realignment. Our announcement takes forward the discussions which started after the 2009 elections when it became apparent that South Africans yearned for a viable alternative. This process had stalled, in part, as the Independent Democrats (ID) joined the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the internal ructions with the Congress of the People (COPE). Recently, more than 800 delegates [...]
UDM Admin2016-10-26T08:39:22+02:00February 24th, 2014|2014 Archive, Issues, Media statements: UDM|2 Comments
Speech: Debate on State of the Nation Address by Bantu Holomisa
Mister Speaker, Mister President, Deputy President and Honourable Members, State of the Nation Address debates give South Africans an opportunity to participate in discussions about issues that affect our country. We should therefore not underestimate the value of this important democratic practice in strengthening our democracy. Elsewhere in the world such opportunities do not exist. Mister President, allow me to apologise in advance for not being able to stay for the entire duration of this [...]
UDM Admin2016-10-26T08:39:22+02:00February 18th, 2014|2014 Archive, Archives, Speeches|4 Comments
2014 Manifesto Launch address by Bantu Holomisa at Nasrec
• The National Chairperson of the UDM, Mr Zolisa Lavisa, • UDM Secretary General, Mr Bongani Msomi • The Members the UDM National Executive Committee Officer, • UDM PEC Members, • UDM Members of Parliament, Legislature and Councillors, • UDM REC Members, • Traditional Leaders, • Honoured Guests, • Members of the Media, • UDM Members, • Fellow South Africans: WELCOME I am pleased to welcome you to the United Democratic Movement’s (UDM) Manifesto Launch [...]
UDM Admin2016-10-26T08:39:22+02:00February 2nd, 2014|2014 Archive, Archives, Speeches|Comments Off on 2014 Manifesto Launch address by Bantu Holomisa at Nasrec
Corruption and maladministration at USAASA: victimisation of whistleblowers
TO: His Excellency, Mr Jacob Zuma, President of the Republic South Africa FROM: Bantu Holomisa, MP The abovementioned matter had reference. I also refer to an: email from Mr Gcina Ntsaluba of Corruption Watch, dated 20 January 2014, as well as Adv. Sithembiso Nkatha, Chief Director, Legal Services of the Department of Communications’ “Analysis on the forensic report of Gobodo on the appointment of the chief executive officer ("CEO") for the Universal Service and Access Agency [...]
UDM Admin2016-10-26T08:39:22+02:00January 22nd, 2014|2014 Archive, Archives, Open Letters|Comments Off on Corruption and maladministration at USAASA: victimisation of whistleblowers
Tribute to the late Lieutenant General (Ret) Lambert Moloi
by Major General (Ret) Bantu Holomisa, MP, Deputy Chairperson National Defence Force Service Commission We mourn the loss of the late Lieutenant General (Ret) Lambert Moloi; a former commander of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) - an outstanding man and a disciplined soldier. As an MK Commander, General Moloi worked closely with then Transkei Defence Force (TDF) officers and as a result he was assigned “Comrade A” as his code and nickname. We worked with General [...]
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At the Provincial Congress of the UDM in the Western Cape
by Bantu Holomisa at Lookout Hill Tourism Centre, Khayelitsha, Cape Town Members of the UDM NEC; The President of the UDM Youth Vanguard; The outgoing leaders of the Provincial Executive Committee Provincial Leadership of the UDM Youth Vanguard and Women’s Organisation; UDM Public Representatives; Fellow UDM members and supporters of the Party. Ladies and Gentlemen [accordian] I am proud to stand before you today. It is encouraging to see the faces of the people who made [...]
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Speech: Annual Black Management Forum conference Debate: Can Good Governance increase trust amongst Government, Civil Society, Labour and Business?
by Mr Bantu Holomisa at Gallagher Convention Centre Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for the opportunity to interact with you today; I’m honoured to address this forum on the importance of good governance in engendering trust among the various stakeholders in society. Let me state from the outset that the answer to this question is an emphatic YES! Yesterday the Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela in this conference gave a candid and concise assessment of poor [...]
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South Africa on the Slippery Slope
article by Bantu Holomisa published in the New Agenda During my career I have witnessed many governments come and go. As a former head of the Transkei Military Government, I have had an overview of what the Apartheid Government and the Bantustans had done, in comparison with what the current government is doing. The previous regime's policies and abuse of human rights is well documented; including some homelands. Although I was heading this discredited institution, [...]
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Multiple Group IRT Measurement Invariance Analysis of the Forms of Self-Criticising/Attacking and Self-Reassuring Scale in Thirteen International Samples
Final Published version (PDF, 1Mb)
Halamova, Julia
Kanovsky, Martin
Gilbert, Paul
Troop, Nicholas
Zuroff, David
Petrocchi, Nicola
Hermanto, Nicola
Krieger, Tobias
Kirby, James
Asano, Kenichi
Matos, Marcela
Yu, F
Sommers-Spijkerman, Marion
Shahar, B
Basran, Jaskaran
Kupeli, Nuriye
The purpose of this study was to examine the measurement invariance of the Forms of Self-Criticising/Attacking & Self-Reassuring Scale (FSCRS) in terms of Item Response Theory differential test functioning in thirteen distinct samples (N = 7714) from twelve different countries. We assessed differential test functioning for the three FSCRS subscales, Inadequate-Self, Hated-Self and Reassured-Self separately. 32 of the 78 pairwise comparisons between samples for Inadequate-Self, 42 of the 78 pairwise comparisons for Reassured-Self and 54 of the 78 pairwise comparisons for Hated-Self demonstrated no differential test functioning, i.e. measurement invariance. Hated-Self was the most invariant of the three subscales, suggesting that self-hatred is similarly perceived across different cultures. Nonetheless, all three subscales of FSCRS are sensitive to cross-cultural differences. Considering the possible cultural and linguistic differences in the expression of self-criticism and self-reassurance, future analyses of the meanings and connotations of these constructs across the world are necessary in order to develop or tailor a scale which allows cross-cultural comparisons of various treatment outcomes related to self-criticism.
Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy
School of Life and Medical Sciences
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Martyr’s kin wait petrol pump allotment since 2005 with no avail
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Bishops' appeal to choose God-fearing candidates leaves Left fuming
Monday, July 19, 2010 06:09:30 PM, PTI
Thiruvananthapuram: The ruling CPI (M) and powerful Catholic Church in Kerala are headed for a collision course once again with the apex body of bishops issuing a pastoral letter urging the Christian community to choose only "God-fearing" and "selfless" candidates in polls.
The Kerala Catholic Bishops Council (KCBC) circular, read out in most churches across the state before the Sunday congregations yesterday, was apparently aimed at the civic polls that are round the corner and the Assembly elections less than a year away.
The bishops also called upon the faithful not to get duped by independent candidates often put up by parties to garner votes outside their political sphere of influence.
The CPI(M) leaders were quick to react to the KCBC letter dubbing it as a "politically prejudiced" move to help anti-Left forces and secure the narrow interests of the church establishment.
The reference to "independents" in the KCBC communique was seen by Left circles as an allusion to the Left parties fielding non-party nominees, especially from the minority communities, as it had done in Parliament and Assembly polls in the past.
The church sources, however, denied the charge maintaining that the letter only reflected genuine Christian concerns and that elections should be an opportunity for the "good and earnest" persons to emerge as the people's representatives.
Kerala Finance Minister T M Thomas Isaac described it as an attempt by the bishops to meddle in politics by seeking to turn elections into a "test of faith".
Isaac, a CPI(M) Central Committee member, said that the move to reduce elections into a referendum on faith at the cost of real issues like price rise and well-being of all communities was not only unfortunate but also fraught with "dangerous consequences".
Ever since the LDF Government came to power four years ago, the Catholic Church had repeatedly come out against its polices, especially those pertaining to the education sector.
The Church, which runs a large number of educational institutions in the state, has accused the government of implementing its "hidden agenda" of infusing the curriculum with atheistic and material contents to serve its ideological purposes.
The CPI-M and the government, however, had countered the charge arguing this was an unfounded propaganda unleashed by a section of bishops who want to help political interests of the Congress-led UDF.
Meanwhile, Kerala Latin Catholic Association (KLCA) members held a protest against the KCBC letter in Kochi.
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Articles on BICEP
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The risks of blowing your own trumpet too soon on research
Daniel Price, Monash University
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Alan Duffy, Swinburne University of Technology and Krzysztof Bolejko, University of Sydney
It’s almost three months since a team of scientists announced it had detected polarised light from the afterglow of the Big Bang. But questions are still being asked about whether cosmic dust may have…
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Rashmi Sudiwala, Cardiff University
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The next big deal: detecting gravitational waves at your desk
Carlos Sabin, University of Nottingham
Physics is on the front pages of newspapers around the world. This time it is because of the announcement made by a team of scientists who seem to have found indirect evidence for the existence of “primordial…
Cosmic microwave background
Scientific discovery
Understanding Research
Alan Duffy
Associate Professor and Research Fellow, Swinburne University of Technology
Krzysztof Bolejko
Cosmologist, University of Tasmania
Rashmi Sudiwala
Senior Research Associate, Cardiff University
Carlos Sabin
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Nottingham
Associate Professor in Astrophysics and ARC Future Fellow, Monash University
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Tag Archives: The Gardener’s Labyrinth
THE SWEET INTENSITY OF SHAKESPEARE’S GARDENS
INTOXICATING SPRING GARDENS FROM STRATFORD-UPON-AVON TO SOUTH LONDON
Anne Hathaway’s Cottage Garden – a sculptural philadelphus ‘tree’, a sweet-scented riot of tulips and new perennial foliage
Charles Rutherfoord’s headily fragrant South London garden – a sculptural laburnum tree, a border of stepover apples and brilliantly coloured tulips
I have badly wanted to visit the houses and gardens of Stratford-upon-Avon since reading Frank Lawley’s inspirational book on the making of his exquisite Northumberland garden, Herterton (see my October 2015 blog post).
For Frank and his wife Marjorie, the gardens at Anne Hathaway’s Cottage and Mary Arden’s Farm triggered an understanding, a recognition even, that a relaxed, abundant style of planting, anchored by architectural trees and shrubs, was just the kind of intimate, uplifting garden they wanted to create. (Anne Hathaway became Shakespeare’s wife, and Mary Arden was his mother).
‘Perhaps our greatest discovery was in Stratford-upon-Avon. It was not the river nor the theatre but the entrancing group of places belonging to the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust . Following signs through the suburban edges of the town, dodging traffic, a long stretch of clipped hawthorn hedge … confronted us. Along the pavement beside it, a crocodile of Japanese visitors was approaching this English shrine that is Anne Hathaway’s Cottage … the garden planting was unsophisticated: here were the daisies, thrift and pinks we knew. The house border had clipped yews and ivy and the profuse white rose, Rosa alba.
And three miles away another long old farm, Mary Arden’s House, stood closely beside its lane. Just inside its low wall, warmly furnished with red valerian, there was just space for a very organic thin parterre. The box was well cut, but it had long forgotten any concept of horizontal tops and matching vertical sides. It bulged and spread, denying any entry by path. An odd delphinium was trapped inside. The very narrow house border had topiaries shrubs, this time with clouds of the old pink and purple ‘everlasting’ sweet pea.’
Herterton House Garden – bulging hedges and tousled planting
At last, dreaming of bulging hedges and tousled native flowers, I head off to Stratford at the end of April. It is a bit of a jolt to arrive at Shakespeare’s New Place and be greeted by immaculate stretches of hard landscaping, a glittering ‘Tempest’ themed galleon, and shiny bronze raised beds with primary coloured pennants representing all thirty-eight of Shakespeare’s plays.
The Golden Garden, Shakespeare’s New Place, with pennants representing Shakespeare’s thirty-eight plays
But this is just the beginning. I am nearly down with one blow at the sight of the monumental bronze tree ‘bent under the force of Shakespeare’s power of imagination’, with its tortured branches hovering over a potent looking ‘celestial sphere’.
The bronze tree ‘bent under the force of Shakespeare’s imagination’
But then I listen more attentively to the historian from the Shakespeare’s Birthplace Trust and realise that I have made the same mistake as many visitors. Shakespeare’s New Place is the site of the extensive house and grounds Shakespeare bought for his family and lived in from 1597 until his death in 1616, but the house itself no longer exists. The building we take to be Shakespeare’s house is in fact Nash’s House, the home of Thomas Nash who married Shakespeare’s granddaughter. New Place was, rather astoundingly, demolished by a Rev. Francis Gastrell who, on buying the house in 1753, became so infuriated by visitors asking to see the mulberry tree reputed to be planted by the bard that he cut the tree down in 1758 and knocked the house down the following year, much to the fury of locals and worldwide admirers alike.
Shakespeare’s Birthplace Trust was established in 1847, following a campaign with vigorous support from luminaries such as Charles Dickens, to save Shakespeare’s home for the nation and is now custodian of an enormous world class collection and archive. To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death the garden at New Place has been given a substantial and – despite my initial sense of surprise – deeply thoughtful overhaul. Archeological investigations have established for the first time the footprint of Shakespeare’s house and outbuildings and these are discreetly marked out in elegantly engraved bronze strips. Every element is a tool for story telling to make the past come alive. I loved discovering that the feisty Anne Hathaway ran her own successful malting business from buildings in what is now the Great Garden.
Engraved bronze strips embedded in the paving mark the footprint of Shakespeare’s house, barns and outbuildings
A circle of pleached English Hornbeam marks the position of the house, offering a fitting structure and the feeling of shelter for a set of magnificent curved oak benches – space to sit for some of the 825,000 visitors each year to the Trust’s properties. The benches were made with the help of local students by Warwickshire cabinet maker Armando Magnino.
A circle of pleached hornbeam offers structure and shelter to a set of magnificent locally made curved oak benches
Glyn Jones – whose immaculate pedigree includes working alongside Penelope Hobhouse at the seventeenth century Tintinhull and many years as Head Gardener at Hidcote – has been appointed as Head of Gardens. He has five Stratford Gardens in his care: Shakespeare’s Birthplace, New Place, Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, Mary Arden’s Farm and Hall’s Croft, the home of Shakespeare’s daughter, Susannah, and her husband Dr John Hall which is to have a newly designed physic garden. He admits that the gardens have become a little too uniform over the years and he has plans to develop their individuality and to encourage creativity and experimentation.
Wisteria against the soft red brick walls of Nash House
Despite the demanding scale of his brief, you cannot fail to have faith in a man who looks with fatherly tenderness at the imposing elegance of the pleached hornbeam and describes his relief that each tree has come happily into leaf this spring as they were seed grown and as such there were ‘no guarantees’. He offers a similar almost wistful concern for the long established mauve wisteria trained in a happy tangle against the soft red brick of Nash’s House. ‘That’s Chinese Wisteria, Wisteria sinensis. Japanese wisteria (Wisteria floribunda) would have been a better choice – it is more fragrant and comes into flower later and so is less likely to be hit by frost’.
For me, the New Place garden gets really interesting in the next section where a newly renovated Sunken Knot Garden lures the visitor on with its subtle order and soft tapestry of santolina, hyssop, thyme, standard roses and dusky Tulip ‘Queen of Night’.
The Sunken Knot Garden at Shakespeare’s New Place
Paths have been unobtrusively widened for full disability access and the original arched ‘bower’ which runs down one side – a sort of rounded pergola – has been lovingly rebuilt in oak and the old crab apples (some 100 years old) carefully repositioned over their new frame.
The fine new oak Bower with openings for benches from which to look onto the Knot Garden
The walls and fences on the other three sides of the Knot Garden are clothed, as befits the archetypal knot garden, in productive plants and every detail is beautifully arranged. I love the way the spreading wall-trained fig is lushly underplanted with a simple combination of silvery-blue iris and inky tulips.
The Knot Garden wall clothed in a fan trained fig underplanted with iris and tulips
Euonymous japonicus ‘Green Rocket’ has been used with great success instead of box to mark out the shapes and edges of the knot garden. ‘It is not as tight as box’ admits Glyn ‘but it looks very good’. Garden designers have become reluctant to specify box for new gardens because of the blight which has ravaged so many European and now New Zealand and US gardens, and long established gardens such as Sissinghurst are growing stocks of this kind of Euonymous as a back up should the worst happen. However, the cheerful neatness of this ‘Green Rocket’ encourages me to suggest a knot garden – or at least formal evergreen edging – the next time an opportunity arises.
Euonymous japonicus ‘Green Rocket’ (with thyme above) providing a smart bright green edging to the Sunken Knot Garden, New Place
As I am mulling over elaborate possibilities for creating my own intricate Elizabethan knot garden, I have the rug pulled again from under my feet when I learn that the original Sunken Knot Garden at New Place was only installed in 1922. It is clear that Shakespeare was familiar with knot gardens – there is a ‘curious knotted garden’ in Love’s Labours Lost and in Richard II the whole of England is described as a garden in a state of neglect: ‘the whole land/Is full of weeds, her fairest flowers choked up/Her fruit trees all unpruned, /Her knots disordered, and her wholesome herbs/ Swarming with caterpillars’… But it was an eminent Edwardian garden historian, Ernest Law who set about designing ‘a sunken parterre’ for New Place, convinced that the addition of a historically accurate garden of the kind Shakespeare would have known would be an important and illuminating addition. The Trust has in its collection an original copy of Thomas Hill’s ‘The Gardener’s Labyrinth’, regarded as the first English gardening book, which has detailed guidance and templates for the shapes of knot gardens Law could have used. But, as Roy Strong sets out in his 2016 book ‘The Quest for Shakespeare’s Garden’ (which I have to tell you, includes a well observed and very funny chapter on Lucia’s ‘Shakespeare’s Garden in E.F. Benson’s Mapp and Lucia), Ernest Law was ambitious for something special. As well as drawing inspiration for ‘balustrades of Warwickshire elm’ and a ‘dwarf wall, of old fashioned bricks – hand-made, sun-dried, sand-finished’ from Thomas Hill’s work, he sourced his four knot designs from ‘Mountaine’, ‘Gervase Markham’s ‘Country Housewife Garden’ (1613) and William Lawson’s ‘New Orchard and Garden (1618). Donations for the Knot Garden included plants from major UK botanic gardens plus four standard roses from different members of the Royal Family to stand at the centre of each square. The garden is notable as the first attempt at recreating a historic garden and opened the door to Garden History as a rich and revelatory subject.
An illustration from Thomas Hill’s The Gardener’s Labyrinth showing a hand pump for watering
Roy Strong’s ‘The Quest for Shakespeare’s Garden’ published for the 400th year anniversary of Shakespeare’s death
Finally to the Great Garden – an acre and a half of lawn, spreading mulberry trees (more stories – for another time perhaps) and 295 feet of tremendous bulging yew hedges!
Tremendous bulging yew hedges and buttresses at New Place
Unsurprisingly perhaps, these hedges are another test for the lens through which we view historic gardens. Despite the great age suggested by the uneven, spreading bulk of these glorious stretches of yew, with their substantial buttresses marking out broad beds for herbaceous plants, they were in fact only planted in the 1920’s, and the shape of the borders was developed with advice from the great Edwardian plantswoman Ellen Willmott. The hedges were also crucial in Ernest Law’s eyes to hide the formal Victorian cast iron railings that ran the length of the garden and were doing nothing to help bring a Tudor garden to life. Head of Gardens, Glyn Jones eyes up the hedges and explains that they would have first lost their crisp, ordered shape during the Second World War when the gardeners went off to fight. He wonders for a moment (with a Hidcotian glint in his eye?) if the correct thing to do would be to restore them to their original 1920’s proportions. Horror! For me – and clearly for the rest of the group – the hedges as they are now are a key pleasure of New Place and help the gardens feel anchored and settled despite the great bustle that goes on all around them.
The garden is suddenly flooded by a group of French school children. I smile at the proprietorial way a girl stands before the hedge they call ‘The Elephant’ to photograph her friends in the cave-like inside. The garden – with its fine hedges – is robust enough to take it.
The garden is suddenly flooded by school children
Taking a photograph of The Elephant
It is a twenty minute walk from New Place to Anne Hathaway’s Cottage at Shottery. In Shakespeare’s time Shottery was a separate hamlet to which the young eighteen year old would head (Macron-style) to woo Anne who was twenty six. But now it is situated just at the edge of town. You follow a path up to the Cottage with a just- seen Shottery Brook on your left screened by a rather beautiful, unashamedly Ophelia-resonant, living willow fence.
The living willow fence which screens Shottery Brook
It feels rather surreal to be finally arriving at such an iconic place, not least as I realise again that the thing to grasp is the complex layering of time. What we are about to see is a house that would have stood in Shakespeare’s day and a garden that is our 21st Century interpretation of a late Victorian/Edwardian notion of a cottage garden. A more natural look and a celebration of simple native plants had been made popular by the persuasive words of William Robinson in books such as ‘The English Flower Garden’ (1883) and so, when drainage improvements were made to Anne Hathaway’s Cottage in the early 1920’s, Ellen Willmott was asked to redesign the garden. You are likely to have heard of ‘Miss Willmott’s Ghost’ – the silvery sea holly (Eryngium giganteum) named for the imposing plantswoman’s supposed habit of scattering seeds secretly in other peoples’ gardens. How stories turn into other stories: I was rather taken aback to see the entry for Eryngium giganteum on the Chiltern Seed website with the advice that as it is a ghostly coloured plant ‘grow it and scare your friends!’ … Eryngium giganticum – Miss Willmott’s Ghost
The approach to Anne Hathaway’s Cottage
Glyn Jones has many plans afoot to invigorate and further sweeten the garden at Anne Hathaway’s Cottage. His first idea is to slow down the visitor’s arrival so that instead of seeing the house straight away over the garden hedge, they approach it more slowly – and more romantically – through the orchard. He and his team are already hard at work trying to relax the orchard – the grass has been over-fertilised and needs to be stripped of nutrients and sown with yellow rattle to achieve the mown-paths-through-long-grass look that is as desirable today as it was a hundred years ago. He is letting the surrounding hedges grow loose for the next three years with a view to laying them properly when there is enough new growth.
The Orchard in the grounds of Anne Hathaway’s Cottage
There is already a successful programme of vegetable growing using varieties that would have been available in Edwardian times. Nestling into the low hawthorn hedges, they help anchor the cottage in a timeless seasonal pattern.
Traditional vegetables at Anne Hathaway’s Cottage
When our group is finally standing before the perfectly thatched cottage with its three broad borders of jewel-coloured tulips emerging from the luxuriant new foliage of herbaceous perennials, it has just stopped raining and we are all grinning from ear to ear to be amongst this sea of fresh and fragrant colour. Glyn Jones tells us that his team has been taking cuttings from the now tree-like Philadelphus (mock orange) by Ellen Willmott near the house and how they will be echoing her method of blending the ornamental into the wild. She used to plant ornamental shrubs into the hedgerows, at first one shrub every few yards and, as you got further from the house, perhaps one shrub every twenty yards, so that the transition was barely noticeable.
Anne Hathaway’s Cottage borders filled with tulips, a tree like Philadelphus now almost as tall as the house
He explains how the Willmott-designed borders are going to be meticulously cleared and replanted one at a time:
The first of three borders lying fallow as it is cleared of weeds before replanting
Glyn wraps up by airing his worry about the tulips: surely they are too much of a muddle, not of the period, too garish? …. There is an outcry!
The riot of tulips and fresh foliage in one of the borders in front of Anne Hathaway’s Cottage
My group all love the technicolour buzz of the place and cannot bear the idea of a filter of perfect taste being applied to future plantings. But caring for this kind of iconic garden, considering what might be historically accurate, respecting the input of other passionate gardeners over the years and leaving room for some contemporary creativity is a demanding balancing act . I will definitely be back to see the gardens as they are guided into the future by such a fine and thoughtful gardener.
The borders at Anne Hathaway’s Cottage remind me – almost uncannily – of the wonderfully intense garden I have just visited in London.
Charles Rutherfoord’s Garden – an exhilarating, scented kaleidoscope of tulips and step-over apple trees.
Charles Rutherfoord’s and Rupert Tyler’s Clapham garden had an almost identical, giddying impact on the 250 or so NGS visitors on a late April afternoon. In a private garden, of course, a sense of excitement of entering a different world can be created and enjoyed with utter freedom. I love the way that Charles and Rupert just go for it. This is a celebratory garden where thousands of tulips, voluptuous tree peonies and velvety iris blaze away with abandonment at the back of their sleekly elegant house. The peonies alone make you want to hit the Kelways website to order the voluptuous, rich pink Japanese tree peony ‘Cardinal Vaughan’ as soon as you get home.
Paeonia ‘Cardinal Vaughan’ amongst tulips and irises
I am riveted to discover that – as well as the glowing pink tulip ‘Mariette’ which Charles has planted for the first time and the dark foil of tulip ‘Queen of Night’ – the red and yellow flamed tulips which light up the display are in fact tulips which have just emerged this way – older tulips with a virus. ‘It’s so exciting. Last year there were one or two, now the whole space is filled with them’.
This is a garden that is gardened intuitively by a passionate and knowledgeable plantsman. ‘I only really think about the garden when I am working in it. I move plants around and put them where they feel right. He does not remember consciously arranging the three groups of rich purple iris, but enjoys the fact that they have found perfect places – two clumps flanking the step-over apple border to the tulip bed and a third clump in a slightly different part of the garden, serving as a comfortable echo.
Paths to take you round the garden are developed in a similar hands-on, organic way with a section of sun-warmed path made from raised sleepers forming a central axis under the yellow glow of a laburnum tree, a handsome path of stone and brick flanked by the stepover apples and mounds of rosemary and new curving path of reclaimed yellow brick lighting up a shady tunnel under the weeping branches of Acacia pravissima.
Hand built paths of railway sleeper, stone and brick paths flanked by apple trees and rosemary and a curved brick path through a shadier part of the garden
I love the contrast of the painterly feel of the garden with the restrained perfection of the house interior and the way that the garden fills the windows with such generosity.
Painterly view from the top floor of the house – the sculptural, weeping branches of Acacia pravissima in the foreground. The grey leaved tree behind it is Acacia baileyana ‘Purpurea’ The rear of the garden with a delightful tapestry of Cercis canadensis, Cotinus ‘Grace’ and more flamed tulips
The immaculate, elegant interior of Charles Rutherfoord and Robert Tyler’s house with views through to the abundant garden. House & Garden May 2017 edition, photographs by Michael Sinclair
Euphorbia mellifera is used wonderfully throughout the garden as a relaxed, deliciously honey-scented architectural plant – here with its bronze flowers providing delightful contrast to the ceanothus and borrowed wisteria behind:
And here with the canopy of large specimens lifted so that you can walk underneath and enjoy the light shining through:
There are mounds of acanthus and huge-leaved rosettes of Echium pininana all over the garden which will provide soaring structure later in the season. And everywhere, there is the refreshing use of yellow! An inherited laburnum tree has been flat-topped so as not to restrict the view from the house and has become is a sunny, sculptural presence at the heart of the garden.
The flat topped Laburnum tree at the heart of the garden
The laburnum lights up the comparatively austere back of the house – and its flat top provides a cheerful tiered staging effect for the theatrical row of dancing tulips on the balcony above.
Laburnum and dancing tulips against the house
Mounds of deliciously scented, paler yellow Coranilla valentina subsp. glauca ‘Citrina’ flank the sleeper path. This is my new favourite must-have plant (after the tree peonies) for its structure as well as its early colour and fragrance:
Coranilla valentina subsp. glauca ‘Citrina’ flank the sleeper path (with an already surging echium front right)
And in delightful, shadier spaces, the curving stems and rich yellow lantern-like bells of Brugmansia suaveolens (Angel’s Trumpets) light up the shadows:
Brugmansia suaveolens Angels Trumpets
There is a fine yellow tree peony (Paeonia lutea var. ludlowii ) also just opening in the shade – a less showy tree peony to be remembered for its fine architectural leaves – and a rare yellow, wonderfully fragrant honeysuckle Lonicera ‘Anne Fletcher’ draped over a clever screen made of sleepers which divides the garden and creates a discreet place for a table and chairs:
Paeonia lutea var. ludlowii
Lonicera ‘Anne Fletcher’
The clever screen – tall enough to really feel hidden away but light enough to see through – made of railway sleepers
The glass table is the first piece of furniture Charles designed. He has made many pieces of indoor furniture: it would be fantastic if he would consider making outdoor furniture too. I love this curved oak slatted seat and footstool. Next step a bench in the same elegant, rustic/industrial style?
Oak seat and foot stool designed by Charles Rutherfoord
The garden is full of much loved individual touches. There are exquisite plants Charles has fallen for which intrigue close-up but have a surprisingly easy going presence within the garden as a whole. This finely veined pink camellia for example (which I think is Camellia japonica ‘Lady Vansittart’) or the white-edged purple lilac ‘Sensation’ which billows in soft clouds in one corner of the garden.
Camellia japonica ‘Lady Vansittart’
Lilac ‘Sensation’
And there are covetable pieces of sculpture, my favourite are a pair of stone finials of shooting flames which Charles has placed to frame the view of the garden from the balcony. I love the simplicity and strength of the flames and their robust stands – they could almost be contemporary but they are Italian Baroque – from a church or bishop’s palace perhaps.
One of a pair of baroque stone finials which frame the view down to the garden
Fascinatingly – and fitting for a story about gardens which have many layers – these finials were used by Cleve West in his 2012 Chelsea Garden and bought by Rupert for the garden when the show garden was dismantled. Cleve West had used them brilliantly at the top of Arts and Crafts influenced gate posts – so when the flames arrived in Clapham the bulbous stands were an added bonus.
Cleve West’s 2012 Chelsea Garden for Brewin Dolphin
Nestled at the end of the tulip border is a rather space age Solardome greenhouse. Inside, on beautiful hardwood shelving (of course), are succulents, pelargoniums and a happy lemon tree with impossibly fat lemons. The centre of the greenhouse is filled with huge containers of dahlias just coming into leaf – ‘purples and oranges, mostly cactus varieties’. These will replace the tulips for the summer. There is something magical about looking out onto the exuberant garden through the misty geometric panes.
Succulents and a lemon tree in the greenhouse with glimpses of the exuberant garden beyond
How extraordinary to have seen so many centuries of intense English spring garden in the space of just a few days. I could not have done more even with my own time travel machine.
Charles Rutherfoord’s and Rupert Tyler’s Solardome Greenhouse
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White House shares photos of Pompeo meeting Kim Jong Un
By Brett Samuels - 04/26/18 04:09 PM EDT
The White House on Thursday released photos of newly minted Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Michael (Mike) Richard PompeoPompeo changes staff for Russia meeting after concerns raised about top negotiator's ties: report Ben Carson: Trump is not a racist and his comments were not racist US bans top Myanmar generals from country over attacks on Rohingya Muslims MORE meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un earlier this month.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders shared the photos in a tweet touting Pompeo's confirmation as the nation's top diplomat earlier in the day.
“Great to have Secretary Pompeo confirmed. He will do an excellent job helping @POTUS lead our efforts to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula,” she wrote.
Great to have Secretary Pompeo confirmed. He will do an excellent job helping @POTUS lead our efforts to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula. (photos from previously confirmed Easter weekend trip) pic.twitter.com/o4RNDKVmah
— Sarah Sanders (@PressSec) April 26, 2018
Pompeo, who has served as Trump's CIA director, was confirmed as secretary of State by the Senate on Thursday, overcoming steep opposition from Democrats.
The president had said last week that Pompeo quietly traveled to North Korea over the Easter weekend, when he was still CIA director, as part of the administration's efforts to set up a meeting between Trump and Kim.
Trump said during an interview with “Fox & Friends” on Thursday morning that he wanted photos of Pompeo's meeting with Kim to be released.
“[Pompeo] wasn’t supposed to meet with Kim Jong Un, but he did,” Trump said. “He, you know, they arranged, actually, while he was there, to say hello.”
Pressed on whether the meeting was merely a "hello," Trump said that the pair met for more than an hour and they got along.
“They spoke, and he [Pompeo] also spoke with his counterparts in North Korea. They had a great meeting. He then left,” Trump said.
The White House is in talks with North Korea to arrange a meeting between Trump and Kim in the coming weeks to discuss Pyongyang's nuclear program.
The president has said he's willing to call off the summit if a push to get North Korea to denuclearize does not progress as he'd like.
Trump recently commended Kim for being "open" and "honorable" as discussions continue. The comment drew swift backlash from Democratic lawmakers.
Trump was asked later what he meant by "honorable," with a reporter noting that Kim has been accused of murdering family members and starving his people.
Trump responded by expressing hope that diplomatic talks would lead North Korea to get rid of its nuclear weapons program.
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The History Center in Tompkins County
Mapping Tompkins
In celebrtation of Tompkins County's 200th anniversary, participate in the "Mapping Tompkins" Project.
Dear Friend and Neighbor,
On behalf of the Tompkins County Bicentennial Commission, it is my pleasure to invite you to participate in “Mapping Tompkins,” a commemorative project designed to showcase, for our and future generations, what it means to live, work and study in Tompkins County.
Participants are being asked to illustrate a pre-printed map of Tompkins County, highlighting the places that are important in their lives. From where to find the best ice cream to where you met your spouse, to the places you play, worship, shop or explore, completed maps should be a reflection of your personal connection with Tompkins County.
Completed maps will join those of other county residents, past and current, in a spring 2017 exhibit at the Tompkins County Public Library, other county libraries and The History Center in Tompkins County and be archived to show future residents what life in our community was like in 2017.
Maps should be as diverse as the residents of our county. There is no prescribed way to complete a map, so feel free to get creative—use crayons, markers, drawings, photographs, paint or graphics, mark a special spot in every town or multiple spots in only the town in which you live. Your participation is our only request.
Please contribute to this project and invite your friends, colleagues, classmates and former residents to participate, as well.
Completed maps should be returned, in-person or by mail, to the Tompkins County Public Library, 101 East Green Street, Ithaca, NY 14850.
Samples of completed personal mapping projects are provided on the back of this letter. We hope the images serve as inspiration, but do not limit your creativity. For more information about this project, contact Tompkins County Historian Carol Kammen at ckk6@cornell.edu .
Thank you in advance for your participation.
Carol K. Kammen, Tompkins County Historian, Co-Chair Tompkins County Bicentennial Commission
Michael E. Lane, Chair, Tompkins County Legislature, Co-Chair Tompkins County Bicentennial Commission
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The Man in the Quiet Coach
Humanity makes me generally grumpy
Seat A73, a eulogy.
October 31, 2017 October 31, 2017 / themaninthequietcoach / 1 Comment
I’ve written before, and no doubt will again, about the imminent replacement on Great Western mainline of the High Speed Train (HST). Gradually they are now being phased out and replaced by the shiny new Hitachi electric trains (don’t be fooled though, they run mostly on diesel and go slower) and so, forty years of railway history comes to an end. It won’t be the end of the HST but, for me, my regular trips to London will succumb eventually to Japanese trains and a train which I first travelled on as an enthusiastic nine year old train spotter, will cease to be a part of my working week.
In many ways the HST has been ruined by First Great Western over the years. The current ‘tombstone’ seats and fluorescent ‘interrogation room’ lighting have done little to improve an ambience that once saw comfy seats line up with windows and journeys that didn’t involve a trip to the chiropractor to rectify my sciatica after one hundred minutes sat in possibly the most uncomfortable seats ever invented (though I suspect Thameslink passengers will have a good case to disagree on this point). There are little gems remaining though; seats A01-08 are designed to accommodate the less well abled and have generous leg room. Seat A73 is particularly special though.
This is the railway equivalent of the naughty step. This is seating of choice for the chronically anti-social. For those with no friends. It’s the first seat on the train home, it’s the last one to arrive in London and that makes it rebellious. It’s occupant can peruse the whole of coach A and is safe in the knowledge that no-one, bar the train crew, an occasional inexperienced traveler or the commuter congo, will pass you by. No-one will try to push their ridiculous wheelie suitcase by you, no oversized backpack will wallop you as it’s oblivious host barges by, no-one will clobber you with their over-laden wares from Oxford Street.
Best of all, no-one will sit next to you. No barging elbows, no chompers, no apple eaters, no keyboard killers, no pastie eaters, no smelly people. NO-ONE EATING CRISPS. No-one.
It’s a blissful retreat in a chaotic world. Seat A73 will be misssed.
Trains, planes and automobiles. And a taxi.
I have to admit it but, on reflection, it was a pretty silly idea and if anyone had realised my plan, they would have undoubtedly tried to talk me out of it.
I was to spend the top of the day at a funeral in the West Country and by the evening the plan was to end up in Edinburgh, checked in to a nice hotel and with a nice bottle on the go. The obvious plan would be to catch the evening flight to avoid any rush and guarantee my arrival in Scotland. However, my natural inclination is always to make my life just that little more complicated than it needs to be; with a little research I realised that the mid-afternoon flight from Bristol is due to arrive at Edinburgh at 1700, so, with a sharp exit and a short taxi ride, I should be able to have a ride on a train I’d been seeking out for a while and, should, if everything lined up nicely, depart the local station to Edinburgh Airport, South Gayle, at 1718. A quick check of Google maps showed a ten minute car journey so that was it. Another silly plan duly hatched.
Fast forward to then day and I attend the funeral and reception, it is of course unbearably sad. I realise that my escape and adventure is actually very well timed, I’m starting to look forward to it. Especially the train, which I shall refer to a ‘number six’. So my friend (who very kindly agreed to accompany me and provide the vehicle for the day’s travel) and I depart in plenty of time for the short hop to the airport. Indeed, we’ve left in such good time that we feel we have time to casually pull into the local farm shop for a cup of tea and browse around their displays of exquisitely over-priced wares. Though the cup of tea was fairly priced, I hasten to add.
And it is, I must point out at this point, a Friday during the summer holidays. On the M5. In Somerset.
Now, I haven’t owned a car for a couple of years (of which I will write separately) so had quite forgotten, indeed totally erased from my memory, the wondrous joy that is the M5 in Somerset on a Friday in the summer. We set the sat-nav which happily told us that I’d arrive at the airport with nearly two hours to spare and I happily planned a nice glass of red in the bar before wandering casually to board.
Then we joined the M5.
Or rather we joined the slip road that joined the M5.
Our post-farm shop self congratulatory smugness evaporated at the sight of a Blackpool illuminations scale of lighting, a beautiful harmony of glowing brake lights. It’s ok, we thought, in a way that I can use to convince myself that this situation really isn’t as bad as it looks… I mean, look! I’m sure that car over there just moved! Sat-nav’ expected time of arrival started to creep toward gate closing time…. we edged onto to motorway and accelerated in a way that a slug spotting a tasty piece of lettuce would, elbowing our way into late two and slipping into second gear. And so we moved for the next mile.
By the time we’d flown past Bridgwater at thirty miles per hour, I decided to go the back road across the levels and swung the car off the motorway and into 1956. Inevitably a tractor with a pile of bales at forty five degrees slowed our progress (I’m actually convinced these things lay in wait for anyone looking remotely in a hurry and not-from-round-these-parts) though, as looked westward to the motorway, we were still moving faster. Meanwhile, our arrival time moves past check-in time and (regular readers will have previously imbibed tales of my love of West Country roads) there is the full range of people pulling out in front of me and accelerating to twenty five miles per hour, more tractors, white van man driving so slowly he couldn’t-possibly-take-that-next-job, swaying sales reps of conference calls and (my favourite) Bert and Ada spending the afternoon ‘motoring’.
Eventually the airport comes into view, check-in has in theory closed and my trip is ruined. Undaunted, I dump the car (thank you my friend for the lift) and sprint (in the same way a walrus sprints) through the airport to departures, knocking people lying on the floor in my wake. I think I even got a ‘strike’ as I skittled a whole family with one flail of elbows and knees. I held my boarding pass to the scanner and the gate opened! I barged my way through security and fairly lolloped through duty free and to the gate. The lady on the gate, eyeing the big sweaty hyperventilating middle-aged in front of her, made a wisecrack about cutting it fine. A swift right-hook dealt with her and I jumped on the plane as the stewardess pulled the door to.
And relax. Well, at least for an hour as I absolutely had to be on that 1718 from South Gyle.
By the time we landed in Scotland, I’d regained my breath and was ready to leg it through arrivals to the taxi rank. Here I went through the bizarre ritual of having to order the taxi, having first registered with the company, and then wait for the chosen car (of dozens waiting) to come and pick me up. It’s now 1703.
‘So you want to go to South Gyle station?’ Says the driver, who we’ll call Hamish.
“Because I’d like to catch a train”
“You can catch one from here” Hamish helpfully informs me, pointing at Edinburgh Park station.
“I want to catch the one from South Gyle. At 1718”
“I don’t think we’ll make that. Edinburgh has the worst traffic in the world you know”. (I think we know that Somerset actually holds this accolade)
I say nothing. I don’t want to engage Hamish but he persists.
“Where are you going on the train?”
“Well I could just drive you straight there!”
‘No. I want to be on the 1718 train”
“We’re going to miss it”. Of course we are as it’s now 1712 and Hamish is driving at forty five miles an hour on the motorway.
So I ask if it’d be easier to drive to Inverkeithing?
“But that’s in FIFE” Hamish responds as if I’d asked him to take me to the nearest leper colony.
“Then we’ll stick with South Gyle”. 1715.
At 1717 we pull up. Hamish parks conveniently two hundred yards from the station so I tell him to keep the change from the tenner as thanks for his help. It was a £9.90 fare and I still felt I was being over-generous.
I’m too late to get a ticket so rush to the platform and to watch the train arrive, bang on time. I was stressed, sweaty and out of breath but, most importantly and despite everyone’s best efforts, it was 1718 and I was at South Gyle station. I would finally travel behind ‘number six’.
The train came into view. The culmination of several hours frenzied travelling and stress. But I’d made it, now I could travel behind the elusive ‘number six’. I dug my camera out of my bag, waiting to record the moment. I was actually now rather excited.
The train got closer.
It it rolled.
It was ‘number seven’.
So I didn’t board.
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Pelikan, Pelican, Pélican: The How And Why Behind The “C”
December 9, 2018 By Joshua in Reference Tags: Fountain Pen, Günther Wagner, Pelican, Pelikan 11 Comments
A brand is often a company’s greatest asset. Frequently more than just a logo, tagline, or ad campaign, a brand is the sum total of the consumer’s experiences and interactions with it. Brands are fueled by a purpose and nurtured by the emotional attachment that they cultivate with their target audience. They are the vehicle by which a company defines itself, allowing it to differentiate its products and services from those of its competitors. Brand names can have a significant impact on the consumer’s perceived quality of a product, an item’s price, or even someone’s intention to purchase. The rise of global branding has transformed the marketing industry over the past century. While many brands have been able to successfully conform to a variety of cultures and their values, the discipline is littered with examples where that wasn’t the case. In a field complicated by cultural factors, the diversity of languages, and nationalism, adapting a brand name to the language of the target market can mean the difference between success and failure but the choice is not always so clear-cut. Linguistic and cultural assessments are key when entering a new market and this is something that Pelikan wrestled with in the first half of the twentieth century.
An advertisement for the Pelican brand of drawing ink from the early 1900s
It was amidst the industrialization of the late nineteenth century that Günther Wagner began to use a picture of a pelican as a trademark derived from his family’s coat of arms. It would go on to become what is today one of Germany’s oldest registered trademarks with an official registration date of November 27, 1878. Fritz Beindorff would join the company soon thereafter in 1881 and would eventually become the firm’s sole proprietor by 1895 following the retirement of his then father-in-law, Günther Wagner. Under his leadership, a stylistic version of the German word “Pelikan” was introduced along with the pictorial to help prevent ambiguity and the Günther Wagner trade name was slowly phased out. This started around 1896 with a line of liquid drawing inks but by the early 1900s, the company was trading under the Pelikan brand in earnest. As the brand expanded to markets outside of Germany, there was a time when it chose to translate its name. In linguistics and marketing, this is known as phonetic transliteration or transcription. Phonetically transliterated brand names have a similar pronunciation as the source but are usually devoid of their original meaning in the target country. Perhaps it was serendipity then that the German word for pelican was a cognate with a similar appearance, pronunciation, and meaning in a variety of different languages.
Various vintage bottles of Pelican branded drawing inks. The logos would date them circa 1907, 1937, and 1896 (left to right). The bottle on the far right is the oldest of the trio based on the logo design and the presence of the Günther Wagner branding which was beginning to be phased out
With its denotation intact, Pelikan endeavored to translate its name into English and French during the early 1900s though the early 1950s. This is why many advertisements, price lists, products, and packaging are labeled with either Pelican for English-speaking and Pélican for French-speaking markets. This practice was prevalent in regions such as the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Spain. Such a convention seems foreign today and is widely regarded as only serving to weaken a brand by diluting its global recognition. This trend towards translation was not universal or even uniformly applied, seemingly reserved for only the company’s largest trading partners. We know that the French translation did not survive in usage beyond the 1920s but the English version can be seen in advertising and print media through the 1940s. This includes bottles of ink which were the first and longest running product lines to be branded with the translated name. Other products such as fountain pens and pencils continued to be labeled “Pelican” through the early 1950s. Examples of items with the Pelican branding have included, but are not limited to, the 100N (1937-54), 140 (1954-64), 400 (1950-56), and 500 (1950-56) fountain pens as well as the Auch Pelikan 200 and 210 mechanical pencils. By the mid-1950s, the brand as we know it today was unified under the name Pelikan across all of its markets.
Top panel: A boxed set of mechanical pencils including a Lizard Auch Pelikan 200 (1937-42) and a black 210 w/ eyelet (1935-42). Note the Pelican branding on the box. Bottom panel: A close up of the Auch Pelikan 200 branded Pelican. Photos courtesy of Schnitzer323 of eBay
A Green-Black Pelikan 140 with the Pelican branding on the barrel. Photo courtesy of DougS from FPN
Advertisements for Pelikan inks from the late 1800s/early 1900s showing the newly labeled Pelican brand in the United Kingdom. The Günther Wagner branding will soon be phased out
Innes, Luke. “Is Your Brand Name Global? Nailing Brand Name Translation.” 3/1/2015. Last accessed 11/5/2018.
Schäfer, Detmar. “Pelikan The Brand (How the baby bird got into the nest, and how many).” 2013.
The Fountain Pen Network. “Pelikan With A ‘c’” 6/3/2018. Last accessed 10/8/2018.
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MarcinEck says:
Very interesting text explaining the doubts about the different way of spelling of the word and the name of “Pelikan”. Thank you!
Thanks Marcin. Certainly a much easier piece of research than the Danzig article but no less interesting.
Francis Bulbulian says:
This is an amazining write up on the origins of Pelican and great picture to support your commentary.
Thanks Francis. Your kind words are always much appreciated.
Very Interesting! Have you ever come across the French version?
Glad you liked it. The French Pélican is scarce. I have only seen one example and that was in Detmar Schäfer’s book. I have never encountered an example online. Perhaps this is because it was in use for only a relatively short time and was discontinued nearly 100 years ago.
Dr. Brian Bennett says:
In my fountain pen / ink experience of 53 years, (I’m 65), Pelikans are the very best and are well worth the cost. I began my life-long affair with fountain pens as a 12 year old, 7th grader! [Visconti is the worst!]
That is quite a run with fountain pens. I’m a newbie compared to yourself. I agree that Pelikan’s are awesome but we are a biased lot. As for being worth the cost, that is a subjective valuation. I don’t want to cast aspersions on other brands as there are great Visconti pens that I admire from afar too. Every brand has their admirers. Thanks for reading.
Eliza Winterborn says:
The box of that Lizard Pelican even says “Hanover” instead of the native “Hannover”.
Btw, excellent research you’re doing in this blog. I hope, some day the knowledge will be published in a book to preserve it.
Yes, Hannover is done in the English version as well. Thank you for the kind words. I do the research for myself and my love of the topic. It’s really heartening to hear that other people enjoy it too. I would love to compile many of my post into a book one day. That has always been a goal of mine. Sadly, I wouldn’t know the first place to start. Perhaps one day…
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Google Pixelbook review – Android apps and killer hardware in the best Chromebook yet
By Peter Babiy on Aug 29, 2018 - Reviews
Google’s first foray into laptop hardware came in 2013 with the release of the first Chromebook Pixel. It was, and still is, a stunning feat of engineering, with a machined aluminum chassis and gorgeous high-resolution screen. At $1,299 it was far too expensive to be anything other than an extravagant reference device for Google’s fledgling browser-based operating system. By the time the second-generation landed in 2015, at a reduced price of $999, it appeared as though little had changed. Thanks to much-improved battery life and a quickly developing operating system, the new Pixel was much more appealing than the original. The hefty price tag ensured its mainstream appeal was still nonexistent. Fast forward to Fall 2017, and Google was in the midst of a hardware revolution. At its second consecutive October showcase event, the software giant announced a slew of new devices, including the Pixel 2 phones, two new Home speakers, Assistant-enabled wireless earbuds, and a brand new laptop. But the Pixelbook isn’t just another rerun with better specs and a lower price. Instead of yet again showing us what a MacBook running just a browser looks like, Google has created a convertible laptop/tablet hybrid with a touch screen and stylus. With many Android apps now available on Chrome OS, the Pixelbook might just be good enough to compete with its Windows and macOS counterparts.
Display: 12.3" 2400x1600 (235ppi) Quad HD LCD, 400 nits, multi-touch with pen support Processor: 7th Gen (Kaby Lake) Intel Core i5 or i7 Memory: 8GB or 16GB RAM Storage: 128GB, 256GB, or 512GB (NVMe) SSD Audio: dual speakers, 4 microphones Camera: 720p, 60fps Battery: 41Whr, fast charging Connectivity: 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, 2x2 (MIMO), dual-band (2.4 GHz, 5.0 GHz), Bluetooth 4.2 Sensors: 3-axis Gyroscope/Accelerometer, Magnetometer, Ambient light sensor, Hall effect sensor Ports: 2 x USB-C, 3.5mm headphone jack Dimensions: 290.4 x 220.8 x 10.3mm Weight: 1.1kg Included: 45W adapter, USB-C to USB-C cable At $999 for the base model, the Pixelbook sits firmly in the high-end price bracket just like its predecessors. The model I’m reviewing is $200 more, with its 256GB SSD offering twice the storage of the cheaper option, with the same 8GB of RAM and an Intel Core i5 processor (seventh-gen, Kaby Lake). The top spec model runs to an eye-watering $1,649, which gets you a Core i7 chip, 16GB of memory, and a 512GB NVMe SSD, but good luck finding any applications that demand so much power on a Chromebook.
Premium hardware
The internal components are what we would expect from a premium laptop, but the external hardware doesn't disappoint either. The Pixelbook's construction is of the highest quality, with a mixture of aluminum, glass, and soft-touch silicone. The whole package feels just as premium as similarly-priced competitors, but the design is distinctly Google-y. It looks striking, but there are some really thoughtful design decisions at play too.
Considered design
A window made from Gorilla Glass on the rear casing follows the visual identity of Google’s Pixel phones while also allowing easy transmission of wireless signals. Silicone sections either side of the glass trackpad mimic this blocky design aesthetic and also serve as a comfortable palm rests while typing. With the screen folded all the way around into tablet mode, the silicone also adds some friction to prevent the device from slipping around on a flat surface. Just as clever is the placement of the stereo speakers in the hinges. In any of the four configurations (tablet, laptop, tent, and “entertainment” modes - see below) the speakers will aim sound directly at you, which is ingenious.
THE CURIOUSLY NAMED "ENTERTAINMENT MODE"
Because the Pixelbook is so light and thin – weighing in at 1.1kg and measuring just 10.3mm thick – it feels supremely portable for a laptop. As a tablet, however, it does start to feel heavy when used for long periods. I would also suggest holding it with the hinges facing up, as the blunter corners on that side of the device will cause your hands discomfort. It would be nice if the bezels around the screen were smaller, but at least you don’t have to worry too much about accidental touches.
Trackpad and keyboard
The glass trackpad doesn't entirely convince me. It's marketed as “edge-to-edge,” but it's not at all responsive near the edges and tap-clicks sometimes fail to register. It’s unclear whether hardware or software is to blame for that, but it can be very frustrating. Proper clicks are rather loud and are difficult to trigger near the top. It also feels a little cramped, but a quick comparison with my Toshiba Chromebook 2 shows it to be roughly the same size. Don’t get me wrong; the Pixelbook trackpad beats every other Chromebook I’ve used and most other laptops too. It’s not that I dislike it, per se, I’ve just been spoiled by the monstrously large trackpad on my MacBook Pro, with its unrivaled all-over force touch capability. If there’s one thing that isn’t lacking it’s the keyboard, which is possibly the best I’ve ever used. The keys have just the right amount of travel and are delightfully springy, making it a joy to type on. It’s also remarkably quiet, which I can't say of the infuriatingly clacky keyboard on my MacBook. Unlike what you'll find on many cheaper Chromebooks, the Pixelbook keyboard is backlit.
The screen was one of the most impressive features of previous Chromebook Pixels, and the Pixebook continues in the same vein. Retained is the 3:2 ratio that Google assures us is better for web browsing, even if 16:9 is clearly better for watching videos. At 12.3” diagonal, the display is slightly smaller than past Pixels, which in turn leads to a reduced resolution of 2400x1600 (compared with 2560x1700). It's not a huge difference, but it does cause problems with the display density. I found that at the default resolution of 1200 x 800 items and text appear a somewhat too large for my liking. Change it to the next option up (1350 x 900) and everything is too small. This may or may not bother you, depending on your current setup, but it's something you should easily be able to adapt to in time. Because it’s a convertible, the Pixelbook's power button is on the left edge of the device to allow for easy operation in tablet mode. The volume rocker is on the same side, and both are made from the same aluminum as the casing. Unlike some newer flagship phones, you'll also find a 3.5mm headphone jack. Hopefully, it will be some time before devices of this size see the need to remove it.
Who needs ports?
There are just two USB-C ports – one on each side of the device. This makes much more sense than rivals who place both next to one another. I want to be able to plug the charger into whichever side is more convenient at the time. Google gets that, and it's yet another pleasing design decision to add to the Pixelbook’s lengthy list, showing that a great deal of thought went into usability. Of course, many will bemoan the dearth of other useful ports, but ultimately this lines up with the simplicity of the device. Dongles aren’t a solution most people want to embrace, but that’s not an issue exclusive to the Pixelbook. In not so distant future, it could be rare to see high-end computing products launch with anything other than USB-C ports, similar to what we've seen with headphone jacks on phones. Progress, as usual, is not without casualties.
As you’d expect given the specs and price point, the performance of the Pixelbook is nothing short of exceptional. I’m a bit of a tab-fiend (my browser is referred to as 'Tab City' by my friends), but this device has been up to the task and hasn't stuttered once that I’ve noticed. Even using more intensive Android apps or games, it’s very difficult to notice any slow-down during normal use. I’ve only been using the device for two weeks, so it’s hard to say how much performance will deteriorate over time, but the early signs are very positive.
TABLET MODE
I’ve had no problems with WiFi connectivity, and if you’re not near a network there’s a smart feature called ‘Instant Tethering’ that can connect to your Pixel phone to use its mobile data. A notification will pop up asking you if you’d like to tether, and all you have to do is say yes and let Google do the rest. You should also be able to use your Pixel’s fingerprint sensor to unlock your Pixelbook, but Bluetooth has to be turned on for both devices, and even then I couldn’t get this to work at all. It’s probably best to stick with pin or password security, for now, a least until Google improves this Pixel unlocking feature.
THE PIXELBOOK IS STILL AT ITS BEST IN LAPTOP MODE
Bluetooth has been reliable the few times I’ve used a set of wireless headphones with it, and audio through the 3.5mm jack is as you’d expect. I’ve already commended the design team for the intelligent placement of the speakers, but unfortunately, the audio quality produced by them is nothing special, severely lacking in bass. There are no fewer than four microphones, which should make for effective noise cancellation during voice and video calls. In practice, call quality has probably been just above average. A basic 720p camera capable of shooting at 60fps is situated in the usual location above the screen and performs admirably.
THE SETTINGS CONFIRM THE EIGHT HOURS OF BATTERY LIFE I'VE OBSERVED
For an ultra-portable tablet/laptop, battery life is going to be a key concern for many prospective buyers. Google advertises ten hours on a single charge, which would be great if it were true. In reality, I was only able to get around eight hours with moderate usage. If you’re someone who plays a lot of games or runs more intensive apps, you might get even less longevity out of the Pixelbook. That’s slightly disappointing, but for most people battery life should last the equivalent of one working day. It does charge very quickly, too, so you wouldn’t have to plug in for too long before you’re on your way again.
A maturing software experience
It’s almost seven years since Google released Chrome OS to the public, and it's made great strides in that time. Even so, there’s more to be done if it’s to shake its reputation as a “glorified web browser” and join Windows and macOS as a fully-fledged operating system capable of catering to everyone.
THE CHROME OS LAUNCHER IS MUCH IMPROVED
Whether or not it can handle your needs is entirely dependent on what you do with a laptop. Use cases such as professional video and photo editing or music production are still not possible on a Chromebook, this one included, but the addition of Android apps does give the platform more versatility than ever before.
THE PLAY STORE HIGHLIGHTS APPS OPTIMIZED FOR CHROMEBOOKS
Head to the Play Store on your Pixelbook and you can download a plethora of apps, including less powerful mobile versions of photo editing tools such as Adobe’s Lightroom and Photoshop, for example. Some apps will be optimized to work well on a Chromebook while some will run in phone-mode and won’t offer the same experience. Plenty more won’t be compatible at all, but the situation will only get better over time as more Chromebooks gain Android app support. When an app does work well, it’s often indistinguishable from a desktop app on another platform, which is a testament to Google’s efforts to integrate its two ecosystems. The combination of Android apps and Chrome-based web apps does present significant challenges. Not least, what happens when you have both installed side by side. A small chrome icon distinguishes web apps in the launcher (which now looks and functions much like the Pixel phone launcher), but it’s still too easy to select the wrong one. It will take some time to work out which of the two options you prefer, but once you’ve made your decision you can hide the icon of the less preferred app in a folder to avoid selecting it in future.
CONFUSED? THANKS TO THE MINI PLAYER'S SEPARATE ICON, PLAY MUSIC HAS THREE IN TOTAL
App links can also be a little infuriating sometimes. When I tried to sign into the Slack Android app, I needed to click an authentication link in an email, but on doing so I was signed into the web client instead. Sometimes you'll get a prompt asking you which version of the app you want to open, as you sometimes do on Android, but at least it can remember your choice for next time if you want.
Navigation issues
Long-time Android users will also encounter confusion when it comes to navigating the OS, particularly in tablet mode. The launcher icon in the bottom left corner (and its corresponding hardware key) look exactly like the home button in the navigation bar of an Android phone or tablet. When running an Android app I often made the mistake of pressing this button thinking it would exit the app and take me back to a non-existent home screen, but instead, this prompted the launcher to pop up. This issue is compounded by the fact that many Android apps operate in a full-screen mode, thus hiding the title bar containing the “X” button you need to close it. You can long press the app’s icon in the dock to bring up a close option or short press it to minimize it, but training yourself to go against your instinct might take some time.
WHY ARE THERE TWO BACK BUTTONS? HOW DO I GET "HOME"?
Usability would benefit from a more unified overall navigation system and a more intuitive way of handling both Android apps and web apps side by side. While I’m sure Google will work that out in time, the process will likely to force changes on those who have become accustomed to the current behavior, and that’s not good for the platform. Chromebook users still have to accept that the OS is a work in progress. Luckily, the target market for the Pixelbook is probably well aware of this already.
Anyone tied into Google’s wider ecosystem will likely have experience with the Google Assistant. It's cast in a lead role here just as it has been with many of the company's recent products. The “OK Google” hotword summons it from anywhere other than the lock screen, and for the first time, it also has a dedicated hardware key (positioned between ctrl and alt). The Assistant is as intelligent on a Chromebook as it is on a smartphone, answering questions and giving you important personal information from other Google services. It also has the ability to play music, open apps, or manage system settings.
Pixelbook Pen
That leads us neatly onto the Pixelbook Pen (which you may have noticed in some of the photos). The $99 stylus is usually sold separately unless there's an offer, and it can perform a number of tasks, including calling upon the Assistant to search for things on your screen.
TENT MODE IS PERFECT FOR USING THE PIXELBOOK PEN
Holding the button on the pen while circling text or images will cause the Assistant to pop up and run a search for any pertinent information in what you've selected. It’s very good at reading text, and quite good at identifying objects and brands. This functionality operates similarly to Google Lens on Pixel phones and shares the same underlying AI technology. It may not be much more than an impressive demo to show your friends right now, but I can see it becoming much more useful in the future. You can also use Pixelbook Pen to write and draw, which works surprisingly well on the few apps that are currently well optimized for it. These include Google Keep (which you can access from the lock screen for quick note taking), another note app called Squid, the impressive Infinite Painter for creating artistic masterpieces, and handwriting recognition tool Nebo.
INFINITE PAINTER HAS EXHAUSTIVE BRUSH OPTIONS, BUT CAN'T MASK MY LACK OF ARTISTIC TALENT
The pen will work in other apps, too, but don’t expect the experience to be as lag free and smooth without the same optimization. Anecdotally the pen is as good, if not better, than Apple’s pencil. I don't think I'm best placed to pass judgment on that, though (see the above creation). Annoyingly, Google didn't think to install a magnet or other solution for attaching the pen to the laptop, but it is now making amends for this omission by offering a free pen loop to every owner.
There isn’t much else that’s new in Chrome OS, other than the odd small improvement such as a native blue light filter called Night Light (which you still need to enable in chrome://flags). You can expect the Chrome OS/Android convergence to gather pace in the coming months, with more and more Android software features making their way to Chromebooks. Google will support the Pixelbook with far more vigor than its predecessors and should be even more capable in six months time.
CHROME OS HAS BEEN IN NEED OF AN OFFICIAL BLUE LIGHT FILTER FOR A LONG TIME
Google has combined what it learned from the Chromebook Pixel with current computing trends to create probably the perfect form factor for a modern laptop. The Pixelbook is thin and light, it converts seamlessly to a touchscreen tablet, and it has a truly excellent keyboard. It’s also incredibly powerful, even if the OS still isn’t able to fully utilize all of its processing capability. The hardware by itself is infinitely desirable and competes with the very best around. The software is more useful than ever thanks to the availability of Android apps, but there’s still a lot Chrome OS can’t do compared to rival systems. Professionals needing specialist software will be better off with something else, but for someone like me who lives in the cloud and doesn’t do much more than light photo editing, the Pixelbook is a viable and compelling option. That’s not something I could have said about any other Chromebook up to now.
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Free (The Party album)
Free: The Future of a Radical Price
Free is The Party's second studio album. Teddy Riley wrote three songs for the album, including the new jack swing-tinged title song, "Free," which was also remixed by house-music legends Steve "Silk" Hurley and E-Smoove. Dr. Dre produced the song "Let's Get Right Down to It," and the group itself also got involved in the writing and producing of the album, which would once again land it another concert tour opening spot with Color Me Badd, its last special for the Disney Channel, "All About The Party," and an appearance on Blossom. However, the album was not as successful on the charts as previous ones, which prompted Damon Pampolina to leave the group.
Free (Teddy Riley, Lavaba Mallison, Jerrold Holmes) - 4:29 - Chase , Deedee & Damon
Change on Me (Deedee Magno, Tiffini Hale, Andre Williams, Keith Williams, Reggie Turner) - 3:42 - Deedee
All About Love (Teddy Riley, Omar Chandler, Markell Riley) - 4:40 - Albert
I Want You (Damon Pampolina, Tiffini Hale, DJ Dino, MC Gizmo, Frankie Z., Freddy Bastone) - 3:40 - Damon
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Free: The Future of a Radical Price is the second book written by Chris Anderson, Editor in chief of Wired magazine. The book was published on July 7, 2009 by Hyperion. He is also the author of The Long Tail, published in 2006.
Free follows a thread from the previous work. It examines the rise of pricing models which give products and services to customers for free, often as a strategy for attracting users and up-selling some of them to a premium level. That class of model has become widely referred to as "freemium" and has become very popular for a variety of digital products and services.
Free was released in the United States on July 7, 2009, though the night before, on his blog, Chris Anderson posted a browser readable version of the book and the unabridged audiobook version. Anderson generated controversy for plagiarizing content from the online encyclopedia Wikipedia in Free. Anderson responded to the claim on his The Long Tail blog, stating that there were disagreements between him and the publisher over accurate citation of Wikipedia due to the changing nature of its content, leading him to integrate footnotes into the text. Also on his blog, he took full responsibility for the mistakes and noted that the digital editions of Free were corrected. The notes and sources were later provided as a download on his blog.
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Gratis /ˈɡrɑːtᵻs/ or /ˈɡreɪtᵻs/ is the quality of an action where the action is willingly provided without any requirement by the provider for compensation or monetary remuneration. It is often referred to in English and Dutch as free of charge (FOC), complimentary, or on the house. Companies, producers, and service providers often provide certain things free of charge as part of a larger business model, pricing strategy, or as a donation.
The English term gratis has its origins in late Middle English; from Latin. A contraction of gratiis, meaning 'as a kindness' or 'a show of goodwill', which in turn stems from the root gratia meaning 'grace' or 'kindness'. It is widely used in the Afrikaans, Slovakia, Czech, Hungarian, Croatian, Serbian, Polish, French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Indonesian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German and some of the other Germanic languages, with the same meaning.
In a standard business model where goods and services are exchanged for a monetary compensation, pricing of the goods is a fundamental element of the marketing process. While it would defeat the business model if companies provide all of their goods and services free of charge, it is common for them to provide limited amount of free goods in their promotional mix. Many companies often provide free samples to the press in order to generate media coverage for their products. Depending on the product, companies may provide free samples to prospective buyers.
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Feuerkind, Subway To Sally
Very Kind, Will Young
Virginity, Jeffree Star
Feuerkind
In dem Zimmer meiner Kindheit
war ein kalter wind zu Haus'
und obwohl der ofen glühte
klebte Raureif an der Wand.
Nur die Arme meiner Mutter
hätten mich wohl wärmen können,
doch kam sie mich nie besuchen
bis ich einst
ein Streichholz fand.
lagen Schneelawinen lauernd
und verschütteten den ausgang
für unendlich lange Zeit.
Nur mein Vater mit den Augen
von der Farbe blauer Gletscher
hätte mich noch retten können
doch der Weg war wohl zu weit.
Ich bin ein Stern
aus flüssigem Metal.
Ich bin ein Stern;
alles wird in meinen Armen Asche.
Ein Stern, doch kein Feuer blendend Weiss
Taute je in mir das Eis.
Ich bin ein Stern.
Ein Stern.
Flammen sind nun meine Freunde
Sollen mir im dunkeln leuchten
Sollen mich ein wenig wärmen
Mich und meine kalte Wut
Dieses Zimmer meiner Kindheit
Brenn ich immer wieder nieder
Was mich Frieren lassen hatte
Ist nach Stunden nur noch Glut
Durch meine Kalte Wut
Ein Stern, aus flüssigem Metal
Doch kein Feuer blendend weiss
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Woman killed during Trader Joe's shooting was store manager
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Police care for a person injured during the Trader Joe's standoff. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
By Richard Winton, Christine Mai-Duc and Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles police continued to investigate the deadly gun battle at a Silver Lake Trader Joe’s that killed a store employee as the stunned community mourned.
Family members identified the woman who was killed as Melyda Corado. Her brother tweeted Saturday afternoon that his sister worked at the store and that he could not locate her. Later, Alpert Corado tweeted: “I’m sad to say she didn’t make it. My baby sister. My world. I appreciate the retweets and the love. Please respect my family’s privacy as we are still coming to terms with this.”
[post_ads]Corado was the store manager, according to a law enforcement source. She was shot inside the store and died at the scene, authorities said.
Condolences for Corado spread both in the neighborhood and on social media.
“I worked with her for years. I am so so so sorry. Such a lovely, sweet, friendly, hardworking woman. I was thinking about her the whole time, and it's just incomprehensible,” one former Trader Joe’s employee wrote on Twitter.
The gunfire stunned the Silver Lake community. Hyperion Avenue is expected to remain closed until noon.
The ordeal began as a family dispute in South Los Angeles involving the still unidentified man, 28, who shot his grandmother at least seven times and injured another woman, according to police.
The gunman dragged the second woman into his grandmother’s Toyota Camry and fled.
Police found the car in Hollywood using transmissions from its anti-theft device, and a chase ensued. The gunman blew out his own rear window while firing at police, officials said. The pursuit ended with the Camry crashing into a light post outside the Trader Joe’s in Silver Lake.
The gunman exchanged fire with police and was struck in his left arm before running inside the store, police said.
Between 40 and 50 others were trapped inside, and a three-hour hostage negotiation ensued. During that time, the suspect allowed some to leave while others sneaked out. Some crawled out of windows.
The grandmother was in critical condition after undergoing surgery, according to Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore. The second woman injured by the gunman suffered a relatively minor head wound and was in good condition, he said.
Don Kohles was outside the store when he saw the end of the pursuit.
Immediately, he heard two shots and ducked into the exit door. He looked back at the street and saw two police officers shooting at the man.
“The bullets were flying everywhere through the front of the store and across the parking lot,” he said.
The gunfire shattered the glass doors, he said, and the gunman ran into the store and “down the middle aisle.”
A woman at the Gelson’s supermarket across the street said people inside heard the gunfire and that everyone dived to the floor. She said employees eventually let shoppers out.
Elias Cueva, who works at Gelson’s, was outside on his lunch break and saw the police chase.
“The tire exploded. When he couldn’t move the car, the police shot at him. I dove onto the floor,” he said.
Inside Gelson’s, employees thought the shooter was outside.
“Right when we heard the gunshots, we went down,” Avo Kegeyan said. “We thought the shooter was in our parking lot shooting at us.”
U.S. - U.S. Daily News: Woman killed during Trader Joe's shooting was store manager
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By Brian Iniguez in Reviews on June 10, 2018 June 18, 2018
Takashi Murakami’s psychedelic cover for Kids See Ghosts.
To say Kanye West and Kid Cudi have had a tumultuous relationship is an understatement. Regardless of who subtweeted whom, and who stole vocals from the other, the pair made up in endearing fashion during Kanye’s equally tumultuous “Pablo” tour. Their reconciliation was no doubt in part due to each artist’s struggle with mental health; Kanye’s bipolar disorder and Cudi’s suicidal depression seemed to be a point of bonding and understanding between the two hip-hop superstars.
Kids See Ghosts—the third album in G.O.O.D. Music’s Kanye-produced, five-part summer release schedule—dives further into the duo’s shared trauma and volatility with a refined soundscape of industrial production, grungey aesthetic, and Cudi’s signature moan-croon. It’s a welcome return (and noted improvement) of Kanye’s aggressively discordant Yeezus-style wokeness, as well as a continuation of Cudi’s guitar-dominant direction he’s showcased on records such as WZRD and Speeding Bullet to Heaven. The usual suspects are here as well as some eyebrow-raisers—Mike Dean, Dot Da Genius, Cudi collaborator Plain Pat, and Jeff Bhasker all lend their hands to the supernatural production on Ghosts in addition to a wild André 3000 credit and a Kurt Cobain sample, Cudi’s most direct homage to the late grunge idol yet.
However, by reaching back to some of these sonic habits, the album suffers from their shortcomings almost as much as it benefits from their innovations. Cudi’s penchant for over-using a phrase or melody is stretched to its absolute max on the melodically pleasant yet entirely overlong “Reborn.” Kanye’s let’s-see-if-I-can-get-away-with-this-experimentation-for-experimentation’s-sake philosophy is in full effect with his ridiculous gunfire adlibs on opener “Feel the Love.” These hilariously bad yet energetic braps and kaacks begin by drowning out the final bars of Pusha T’s typically cooled-out opening verse, continue into an almost-unrecognizable tempo, and end with confounding auto-tuned “woo-woo’s.” It’s trying to be discordant, but it just comes off as grating.
Nevertheless, there are many moments where Kanye and Cudi’s chemistry is undeniable and infectious. It is in these moments that the album feels like a true rekindling of a creative streak for the two. “4th Dimension” is a fun brag-rap track that highlights the trappings of glamour over a nasty, club-ready banger of a beat. Freeee (Ghost Town, Pt. 2), the album’s gran crescendo, blesses us with some of Kanye’s best singing in years bolstered by Cudi’s beautiful harmonization over a driving prog-rock instrumental.
Kids See Ghosts also sees Kanye in top lyrical form. He uses the album’s title track, which features a welcome visit from Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def), to further elaborate on his post-TMZ state of mind with some self-aware lines:
“Paid this shit just gon’ give up, ’cause Ye just gon’ live up
To everything that sucks to you and that’s never enough.”
He knows he can’t please everyone—though it seems he’s been going out of his way to displease everyone as of late. Conversely, Kanye makes a much-needed return to the everyman”conscious” rap we all fell in love with on “Cudi Montage” (or is it “Devil’s Watchin?“). The song’s chilling verse details the desperate cycle of violence resulting from a loved one’s murder:
“Everybody want world peace
‘Til your niece get shot in the dome-piece
Then you go and buy your own piece
Hopin’ it’ll help you find your own peace”
The album’s central concept is delivered in Cudi’s first line on KSG: “I can still feel the love.” Despite his unstable relationship with Kanye, despite the drugs and the depression and the fame and the bullshit of it all, there’s still optimism—there’s still a point to living, loving, and creating art that can be recepted by an adoring fanbase. “Feel the love” here reads more like a desperate self-reminder than milquetoast, everyday self-affirmation. For Cudi and Kanye, self-discovery and self-realization come from their individual struggles to understand themselves in a vacuum. Cudi reaffirms this sentiment through his signature mewling on the title track:
“I guessin’ I’m just sick of runnin’
All this time searchin’ hard for somethin’
I can hear the angels comin'”
Despite its occasional missteps, Kids See Ghosts tastefully merges hip-hop, industrial, and grunge sounds into a melodic, sullen, and inventive album that’s sure to please Cudi and Kanye fans alike. If 808’s and Heartbreak was a collaborative invention of auto-tune trap-brooding born of love lost, Kids See Ghosts is the refinement of grunge-rap born of hope for one’s future while in the throes of mental anguish.
Tags: Album Review, Good Music, hip hop, Kanye West, Kid Cudi, Kids See Ghosts
Published by Brian Iniguez
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2 comments on “Haunted Pasts and Hopeful Futures: A ‘Kids See Ghosts’ Review”
TheBigH says:
Good review, I like the album overall. Sonically it feels like the best out of the G.O.O.D releases so far.
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5 Stylish Items
to Buy This Week
From the coolest gym clothes and a fresh take on a chore jacket to a transporting candle
The Valet. team is constantly scouring shops and the web to find the latest and greatest items from the worlds of fashion, footwear and gear. Here, the editors have assembled their latest finds—the items we deem worthy of your hard-earned money. Browse away, treat yourself to something and start the week off right.
Need some motivation to get to the gym? Try cool gym clothes. And Robert Geller's new collaboration with Lululemon is about as cool as they come. The collection explores the designer's life over a 96-hour period, built to "move seamlessly from early morning workouts to urban life and international travel in comfort and style," according to the company. It's a tall order but Geller (an avid soccer player and regular yoga-goer) knows how to make clothes that feel as good as they look. And now that goes for athletic wear that can be easily worn outside the gym. Especially these shorts, made from a non-petroleum bio-based Nylon that's hand-dyed in Japan—which means that every pair is completely unique.
Take the Moment shorts,
$98 at Lululemon
You've got to appreciate the versatility of this shirt from O.N.S. It's one part polo shirt and one part patterned popover. It features a long zippered placket, which separates it from the standard summertime fare, and a relaxed silhouette for a more modern look. The linen-cotton shirt makes easy work out of layering it over a simple tee or tank. And it's the kind of top you can pull on with your swim trunks and shorts, or pair with some nice chinos or office-appropriate trousers. And now it's 20% off with this exclusive code.
Strada polo,
$110 / $88 with code VALET20 by O.N.S
Have you got a chore jacket yet? If not, you're in luck. This is one of the coolest options to buy right now and the bonus is that it doesn't look like the ones everyone else seems to be wearing. Inspired by Japanese workwear, it's cut from stonewashed blue cotton and features a shawl-collar buttoned placket.
Noragi work jacket,
$209 by Albam
Light this and feel more relaxed. It's the next best thing to booking a trip to the new-age-y town settled in a valley of California's Topatopa Mountains. Crafted from clean-burning soy wax, it features such essential oils as frankincense, cypress and palo santo for a scent that's reminiscent of incense and cut wood mixed with fresh grass. What's more, the handmade stoneware vessel would look great with a succulent in it when all the wax is gone.
Ojai candle,
$55 by Norden
We're all for classic pieces that have just a subtle twist. These shades from Ray-Ban are a prime example. They're aviators, yes, but the lenses have been flattened out and cut into a modern hexagonal shape. They also feature an updated take on the old school brow bar across the top of the frames. In short, it's all the comfort of a classic with the updates to make them feel supremely cool.
Hexagonal brow-bar sunglasses,
$153 by Ray-Ban
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Tudor Heritage Black Bay Black
News by Lex Stolk on January 14, 2016 Featured news Tudor
First comes red, then blue, followed by black. No, this is not a traffic light seen through the eyes of a colour-blind person, it is the order in which Tudor presents the Heritage Black Bay. The Heritage Black Bay, a direct descendant of the Tudor Submariners that date back to 1954, is being expanded with a new model with black bezel. Bordeaux red and blue existed already and could count on a standing ovation.
For example, the first version of the Black Bay from 2012 became one of the winners at the 0024 European Watch of the Year Awards and the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève in the following year. Thanks to its plain colouring the new black variant remains the closest to the original. It wasn’t just the 1954 Sub reference 7922 that served as a source of inspiration; the design team also carefully studied the ‘Snowflake’ Submariners, which were made from the end of the 1960s until the early 1980s, and the ‘Big Crown’ reference 7924, and translated these into new shapes. The name ‘Snowflake’ obviously refers to the highly distinctive shape of the hour and seconds hands and ‘Big Crown’ naturally refers to the sizeable crown at 3 o’clock.
Of the three new Tudor diver’s watches the Heritage Black Bay Black comes closest to the pioneering spirit of Tudor’s first diving models, not just because of its colouring but also because of the presence of the famous red triangle on the bezel. The 41mm case, water resistant to 200m, which houses the Tudor Calibre 2824 (i.e. the ETA 2824 movement and not the MT5621 manufacture movement that ticks in the North Flag and in the Pelagos, but you never know what the future may bring), is mounted on a brushed steel bracelet or a pre-aged leather strap for a more retro effect. The watch also comes with a black strap of ultra-strong textile, made with traditional techniques.
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USOC and Nike reveal Team USA's podium outfits
By Sara Evans
June 25 - The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and Nike have unveiled their medal stand apparel and footwear for London 2012, with a special focus on American pride details.
This year, for the first time, there are three distinct medal stand outfits to be worn by medalists of different sports in both the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Each of the three looks features a modern interpretation of classic head-to-toe silhouettes that combine performance and innovation as well as sustainability.
Of the new clothing, USOC managing director of consumer products and licensing Peter Zeytoonjian said: "Nike has developed a groundbreaking concept for US athletes on the medal stand in London with innovative looks and thoughtful details that speak to American pride."
These "thoughtful details" consist of Team USA badges stitched inside jackets above the heart and the nation's flag and mottos featuring in unusual places that only the wearer might be aware of.
"Look One" (pictured below, left) features the Nike 21st Century Windrunner, Bowerman Tech Pant and Flyknit Trainer+ and will be worn by medal winners in the US Olympic badminton, canoe/kayak, road and track cycling, diving, gymnastics, judo, modern pentathlon, rowing, sailing, swimming, synchronised swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, track and field, triathlon, volleyball and weightlifting teams.
Winners in Paralympics teams sporting this fashion include boccia, cycling, goal ball, judo, powerlifting, rowing, sailing, swimming, table tennis, track and field, wheelchair fencing and wheelchair tennis.
The Nike MKll Jacket, Game Pant and AF1 Lo/Slim is the outfit for "Look Two" (pictured above, centre) and will be worn by podium atheletes from the basketball, field hockey, soccer, indoor volleyball and water polo US Olympic teams.
Champions in the sitting volleyball, soccer, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby Paralymic teams will also wear "Look Two".
The final outfit, "Look Three" (pictured above, right), to be worn by medallists from the US Olympic Teams of archery, boxing, BMX and mountain cycling, equestrian, fencing, shooting and wrestling and Paralympic teams of archery, equestrian and shooting will consist of the Nike Varsity Bomber Classic, Hawthorne Dri-FIT Stretch 5 Pocket Jean and Blazer Mid LR.
Of the design direction and attention to detail involved in creating the new medal stand ensembles, Nike's Olympic global creative director Martin Lotti said: "The medal stand is a pinnacle moment for these athletes.
"The world is watching and we want to make sure the athlete looks and feels good in celebration of their achievement."
Contact the writer of this story at [email protected]
April 2011: Nike to sponsor US Olympic teams until Rio 2016
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Whispering Stars: Part Three [YooSu]
Whispering Stars: Part Three
Pairing: YooSu
Rating: Eventually NC-17 (probably)
Section: One, Two
Summary: When words and time create a distance between two beating hearts, Yoochun and Junsu must decide if their love can be resurrected from the ashes of their pain.
The tangle of blood-red sheets around Yoochun’s thighs tempted Junsu. Tight around Chun’s lower body, the bed linens clung to his too-slender torso, the rise of his cheeks pulling the fabric taut across his ass. Blue-black ink peeked out from under the cotton sheet’s edge, a dark declaration of his past loyalties on his pale skin.
Junsu found himself tracing the letters on Yoochun’s back before he realized he was doing it. It was a familiar feel, the soft downy skin kissed with a faint spray of freckles that never seemed to fade and the slight dip of Yoochun’s spine where it met his buttocks. Over time, the tattoo sank under Yoochun’s skin and Junsu could admit he missed the newly inked tattoo’s feel. Back then, he’d found the edges of the markings in the dark and practiced saying their band’s name in English as he traced the letters.
“I never ever got to finish saying your name, Chunnie-ah.” Junsu blushed, remembering how his touch often inflamed Yoochun’s desire for him and they’d end up making love in the middle of the night, their cries muffled between their pressed lips to prevent the other members from hearing them.
“Did we fade down? Like your tattoo?” He whispered, leaning over Yoochun until his lips almost brushed over the young man’s shoulder. “Am I that way in your heart as well? A memory of something you had once? Am I that rose you saved between the pages of a book and am now nothing more than a fragrant powder from the passing time?”
He blinked and a single drop fell from his lashes, splashing onto the roll of Yoochun’s shoulder. The tear ran slowly down the curve of muscle and struck the sheet, leaving a perfect black circle on the red linens. Turning his head, Junsu screwed his eyes shut and bit his upper lip, struggling to stave off the sobs he knew he’d have to control if he didn’t want to wake Yoochun up. The battle was nearly lost when the other man rolled over onto his side and Junsu heard him moan, a soft broken cry laden with anguish.
“It was my fault, I know.” Junsu wiped at his burning eyes, smearing his tears onto the back of his hand. “I said so… many things to you… so many hurtful things and what I did…”
The end began when Junsu fell into the darkness he’d fought silently. It crept in slowly, seeping into his thoughts with each passing day until the world no longer held any light. He’d professed encouragement when Yoochun began his drama but the embers of resentment were lit and Junsu found himself picking at their relationship until it was strained and fragile.
He’d pushed things to the edge when he’d visited the set and found Joong Ki sprawled on Yoochun’s lap as they watched the other actors shoot a scene. Neither man needed to be there, Junsu discovered when he walked onto the set, they’d stayed to spend time with the other actors…with each other.
Yoochun followed him after he coldly informed his lover he was leaving. He’d reached the dirt clearing the crew was using as a parking lot before the man caught up with him, his longer legs cutting the quickly distance between them. The words Junsu found in his jealousy were sharp and he’d felt a small taint of satisfaction at the hurt in Yoochun’s eyes when he said each one.
Now he felt only regret for pushing away the one person who’d stood by him at every turn of his life.
“I should have talked to you more. I should have told you how helpless I was feeling and how scared I was that we weren’t…that the three of us were going to fail.” Junsu rested his cheek on Yoochun’s shoulder, adding to the trail of tears he’d already shed. Another whisper of the sheets stilled Junsu's words and he reached across Yoochun's body, holding the man as close as he dared before continuing.
“I’m still scared and it’s so deep inside of me I’m afraid that it will never come out. It would have been easier of the other two had come with us. I’d feel more certain…that we had a chance…that we can survive this but now, I’m just frightened I’ve lost the one thing… the one person that mattered most to me in all of this. I’m afraid I’ve lost you, agi.”
“You haven’t lost me, Susu-ah,” Yoochun murmured. His fingers found the brush of Junsu’s nape and he stroked at the spot. “How could you lose me when you live in my heart?”
Yunho jerked out of his sound sleep, startled by the incessant trolling of his cell phone’s ringer. He didn’t need to look at the number. He knew who was on the other end. Grabbing the phone from his nightstand, he stared at the closed phone, debating the wisdom of answering it but he knew before he flipped it open, he would regret letting it go to voice mail.
He’d paid dearly for doing that in the past and found what little control over his life slip away under the pressure of the company he chose over his lover.
“Hello.” He rubbed at his eyes, blinking to focus on the faint light coming through the slit in his bedroom curtains. The breathing on the phone made him roll over and sigh heavily. “Jaejoong…”
“Sorry. I had to…” The other man’s voice caught on a chunk of pain in his throat and Yunho swallowed convulsively. “I wanted to tell you I talked to Junsu.”
“Did he go speak to Yoochun?” Yunho grunted. He had to fight to keep his voice even, forcing himself to remain distant and aloof from the tender-hearted, complex soul he longed to reach out to.
The sound of a cigarette being sucked on hit Yunho deep in his belly and the man sighed. He’d lost the right to admonish Jaejoong over his smoking. Clearing his throat, he forced his voice to flatten. “Was that it?”
“No…” Jae exhaled and Yunho could almost imagine he smelled the harsh bitter smoke in the air around him. “I wanted to say thanks. For talking to him.”
“You shouldn’t call me. You know it’s…dangerous.” Yunho turned over onto his back and covered his eyes with his forearm. The weight across his face helped him focus on being in the room and he hoped it would be enough to stave off the want to be with the man he was speaking to. “You shouldn’t have given Junsu my number. You know this, Jaejoong.”
“He needed… to talk to you. I didn’t know… what else to do, Yunho-ah.”
“They’re yours now, Jaejoong. When you walked away from me…from us…” He gritted his teeth, forcing himself to continue even though the fractured sob he just heard echoed in his ears. “You took them. You need to take care of them.”
“Is it that fucking easy for you?” Jaejoong’s guttural Korean cut Yunho short. “To walk away…”
“You’re the one who walked away, Jaejoong. Not me.”
“You were supposed to come with us. Remember?”
It stung to have the truth thrown back in his face and not for the first time, Yunho wanted nothing more than to crawl over broken glass rather than admit to his ex-lover that he’d been scared…still was scared… of living in the freefall the three were in. He needed the stability. Yunho needed that security in order to survive.
Or so he thought before he found himself in the emptiness of his life without Jaejoong.
“Don’t call me anymore. Please…” Yunho couldn’t keep the strain out of his voice. “It’s better if you don’t. Better for both of us.”
“And Junsu? He thinks of you as his leader… all of us think of you that way. What about him? And Yoochun? I can see you turning away from me but them?”
“You’re their leader now, Kim Jaejoong. They can’t come to me anymore…”
Yunho didn’t have a chance to finish. A dial tone had replaced the breathing on the other end of the phone and Yunho felt his eyes water and a thread of moisture made the skin on his arm slick where it lay on his face.
“I’d hoped that if I stayed…they would let you go… let the three of you be but that’s…they won’t. They won’t stop going after you until they’ve taken everything…everyone from you,” Yunho whispered into the empty line. “It would be so much worse for you if I were there with you. They’d destroy you. “It is better this way. For you, Joongie-ah. I am doing this for you.”
heh.... you... you torturing! i am... okay a little bit. :::nods:::
and yes, they will work it out with communication. and a few other things.
much love and hugs and smooches and snookies.
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Featured, Music Video, News
Rudimental and Major Lazer unveil epic ‘Let Me Live’ music video
Both high-profile groups in their own right, Rudimental and Major Lazer have both been dominating the music industry for years. Last month, the two groups surprised fans by collaborating for the first time, unveiling addictive anthem ‘Let Me Live‘ featuring Anne-Marie and Mr Eazi. Following the success of the track, which has already reached over 13 million Spotify streams, the official music video has been released and it is everything fans hoped for and more.
Mirroring the atmosphere of the track itself, the video is vibrant and full of life, using colourful imagery and mesmerising dancers to bring the music to life visually. The artists themselves also play a key role and can be seen dancing and singing along with the music. Overall the video brings across a highly positive message and represents the euphoria of the track well. With such enchanting scenery and inspiring dance routines, the video perfectly represents the track visually.
Take a look at Rudimental’s upcoming tour dates and watch the video for ‘Let Me Live’ below.
Tuesday 16th October – Glasgow O2 Academy
Wednesday 17th October – Nottingham Rock City
Thursday 18th October – Leeds O2 Academy
Friday 19th October – Newcastle O2 Academy
Saturday 20th October – Sheffield O2 Academy
Monday 22nd October – Birmingham O2 Academy
Tuesday 23rd October – Manchester O2 Apollo
Wednesday 24th October – Bournemouth O2 Academy
Friday 26th October – London Alexandra Palace
Saturday 27th October – London Alexandra Palace
Tags: Anne-Marie, Let Me Live, major lazer, Mr. Eazi, music video, Rudimental
About the Author / Amy Shaw
23 year old dance music addict from the UK.
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Home 2019-Elections BREAKING: INEC Annouces Buhari as Winner of Nigeria Presidential Election
2019-Elections
BREAKING: INEC Annouces Buhari as Winner of Nigeria Presidential Election
Olajide Toriola
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate/incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of the 2019 Presidential election on Wednesday.
The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made this announcement this morning (Wednesday) at about 4:40am at the INEC National Collation Centre in Abuja
President Buhari has scored the highest votes after polling 15,191,847 votes, while, his closest opposition and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), polled 11,262,978 votes.
The result of all 36 states and Abuja have been declared at the INEC collation centre in Abuja.
Prof. Yakubu also said that the Certificate to Office will be presented to President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo by 2:pm today (Wednesday).
Atiku Abubakar
President Muhammadu Buhari
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