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Starkoff carries on humanitarian's legacy
Low-income children on the west side of Columbus won a triple crown when Brooke Starkoff (’13 PhD Exercise Science) was selected as a Columbus-Athens Schweitzer Fellow. They benefited from the expertise of the exercise science major, participated in fun sports and learned how good health can make life better.
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Partnering with the YMCA Hilltop, Starkoff chose to address childhood obesity and physical inactivity among low-income families. At the Y, she trained children twice a week to compete in an indoor triathlon called Kids TRI Too. She spent time with them swimming, cycling and running.
“Kids TRI Too left a lasting impression on me,” she said. “It started as a project to increase physical activity in children in the Hilltop neighborhood, but transformed into an opportunity to teach them about health and happiness. While I had a specific weekly training plan, we also spent time discussing life and the barriers some of them faced. Together, we found ways to overcome some of these barriers though physical activity.
“From the kids, I learned an incredible amount about how difficult life choices can be when you lack opportunities. In fact, I learned more about myself and the flaws in my preconceived notions than I expected.”
Kids TRI Too influences teaching
Today, Starkoff, an assistant professor of exercise science at the College at Brockport, SUNY, uses her Schweitzer Fellowship experience in one of the courses she teaches, Obesity in Society.
“I often come back to my experience with Kids TRI Too, to help my students understand some of the barriers faced by people with low incomes,” Starkoff said. “We discuss the lack of access to safe places to play, sidewalks to ride or walk to school, access to healthy foods in school and in the neighborhood, and perceptions of health and weight.”
Starkoff also volunteers as a head coach for Girls on the Run, a national, physical activity-based, positive youth development program for third- to fifth-graders. It teaches them life skills through dynamic, interactive lessons and running games.
“It is amazing how much you can incorporate major life lessons into running!” Starkoff said.
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Vilnius submits EUR 200 mln claim to Veolia
The city of Vilnius has submitted a 200-million-euro claim to Veolia and Vilniaus Energija (Vilnius Energy), the French group's local subsidiary whose 15-year lease on the Lithuanian capital's heating system ended this week, seeking compensation for damage caused to the assets during the lease period.
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A spokesman for Vilniaus Energija describes the claim as "nonsense" and "juggling with fictional numbers".
"The value of the claim will be adjusted when we inspect all equipment and facilities and read the independent expert's final report," Mantas Burokas, CEO of Vilniaus Šilumos Tinklai (Vilnius Heating Grid, or VST), a municipal company that took over the assets, said in a press release.
Vilnius Vice-Mayor Valdas Benkunskas told BNS that if the claim were rejected, the capital's local authority and VST would initiate a dispute at the Stockholm arbitration court.
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"The procedures require that we submit our claim to the other side. This was done on Wednesday. The claim consists of many elements and the total amount of the claim may reach up to 200 million euros, but some numbers may be adjusted later," he said.
Vilniaus Energija's spokesman Nerijus Mikalajūnas told BNS that the company had not yet received the claim.
"Obviously, such claims are not serious. This is juggling with fictional numbers. Frankly, this is nonsense. If we do receive that claim, we will analyze it and then decide what to do next," he said.
VST spokeswoman Edita Sirutienė told BNS that the claim had been sent by registered mail to Vilniaus Energija and Veolia on Wednesday.
Veolia and Vilniaus Energija in January 2016 initiated a dispute against Lithuania at the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Washington.
The companies claim around 100 million euros in compensation from Lithuania for its allegedly unfair treatment and expropriation of the group's Lithuanian assets. It is not ruled out that the final amount of the claim will be higher.
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Posted by Steve Murray
This September, Motorsport Manager is coming to Steam as a rather impressive looking and much enhanced port. It’ll be the same style of game at its core but will turn the graphics up to 11 and make some aspects of the simulation much more realistic including production of parts, rules charges, calendar changes and more. While the underpinnings of Motorsport Manager won’t change, a lot of it will be upgraded from the mobile game.
But what about that mobile game? I’ve been playing it for a while now and while it’s not quite Football Manager levels of complex, it’s certainly the best management game for motorsport fans I’ve ever played.
If you’ve played the likes of Football Manager or Franchise Hockey Manager, you’ll know roughly what you’re getting into with Motorsport Manager. The gameplay has been simplified for mobile from what the insane depth that you get from PC sports management sims but you can tell where some of the inspiration for this title came from. If you’re looking for a FM / FHM / Out of the Park Baseball equivalent for motorsports and don’t want a simpler experience, you can always wait for the fall.
Motorsport Manager gives you ownership of a new open-wheel racing team that starts at the bottom tier of motorsport in national championships and makes you work your way up to the World Grand Prix series. To put it another way for motorsport fans, you start a national Formula 3 team and move up to GP3, GP2 and then F1. To get there you have to win the constructors’ championship, not the drivers’ championship, in a championship tier because the developer realized that motorsport is a team sport.
There are two phases to the game. There is the team management portion that sees you focus on drivers, sponsors and car development and the race management portion in which you are at the track and doing car engineering and race strategy.
Away from the track, you have to manage your driver lineup, setup a young drivers development program, hire engineers for car development, sign sponsors and invest in factory infrastructure. Much like proper Formula One, you need sponsorship money to keep the team going day to day in hopes of a big influx of prize money when the season ends. You can get boosts in sponsorship money by meeting qualifying and race performance goals but you’ll likely need to spend money on drivers and development in order to earn those performance bonuses.
There certainly is some strategy required because you can spend money to make money or try to earn money without blowing the bank but likely with a far slower car than those at the front of the grid. In the bottom tier, you can probably win a championship with one aero or mechanical upgrade but you’ll probably need to hit most of your performance goals to break even in the highest tier of championship.
When you get to the track, things get a little more fun. The race weekend consists of qualifying and the race. Qualifying is a 12-minute shootout to set the starting grid for the race. Like proper open-wheel racing, starting at the head of the field greatly increases your chance of winning. Not only are you trying to put in the fastest time (and you’ll be able to put in two or three qualifying attempts during the session) but you are also trying to find the fastest setup for your car. Your car has aero (downforce) settings of straights, neutral and cornering and gearing settings of acceleration, neutral and top speed. While it’s not a lot of settings to tweak, they definitely make a difference when it comes to your pace so you’re using both drivers as testers for variations from the suggested setup to get the fastest settings.
The race is often more stressful than qualifying because you have to deal with traffic, drivers on different strategies, tyre wear, changing weather conditions and the occasional safety car. Depending on how you want to play the game, you can just let the cars run until they need a tyre change or you can really go deep into the analysis. Depending on how my cars are doing, I’m comparing tyre wear rates, tyre compounds (you have soft, hard and wet tyres), lap times, weather forecasts and track position in order to optimize the strategy. It really is like being on an F1 pitwall but with a minuscule amount of the technology at your disposal. For example, F1 teams will have ongoing simulations to determine what the optimal strategy is before the race and what will result from pit stops or other changes in strategy. You have to figure out this for yourself in this game.
One of the best and worst parts of the game is RNG. In real motorsport, there is quite a bit of luck that determines how well you do. Just ask three-time and twice-defending F1 champion Lewis Hamilton who is on the 4th engine of his five engine allotment for this season after five of 21 races. That same luck tends to befall you more than good luck. Your drivers have more bad starts than good starts which is crippling given the importance of track position. You’ll often have a car not finish a race because of a mechanical failure. You can have a race ruined because of a collision in traffic. All of these things can happen in a real race and there is an attempt to simulate it in Motorsport Manager but it can be frustrating for a great race to end abruptly because of something outside of your control.
That being said, MM is very similar to Football Manager in that while it’s hands-off, there’s a great feeling of accomplishment when your strategy comes together to win a race from mid-pack or when events come together in such a way that you’re perfectly positioned to capitalize. A lot of times, especially if there are no safety cars or changing weather conditions, it feels like you’re on for the ride but there is some level of influence that you can exert to try to salvage a better result (and risking a worse one).
In addition to the standard career mode, there is also a challenge mode. These add various elements for you to overcome en route to winning the Grand Prix World Championship. You can choose between getting no setup guidance (and slower speeds for getting the setup wrong), being forced to use drivers from your young drivers development program and getting only half of the sponsorship and prize money that you normally would. There’s also an ultimate challenge combining the three when you complete them individually. It adds a little variety to the gameplay when you’ve played through a standard career mode but want to keep going with a little challenge. They aren’t big overhauls but it gives you something more to dig your teeth into.
The graphics are okay. The tracks are all 2D with different coloured dots running around the track. It’s a lot like what you would see on an F1 pitwall but the real world is just a black screen with circles with numbers running around. Motorsport Manager only has the coloured dots (no real identifiers of other drivers besides team-coloured dots though your drivers have identifier labels) but there is a background for the track that looks like a stylized Google map. It’s not spectacular, even for mobile, but it more than does the job. The audio is there and that’s about the nicest thing I can say about it. There is one song that loops about every ten seconds and the car sound effects don’t reflect the on-track action. You can safely play this one on mute and listen to some podcasts or your own music instead.
I’ve gone all this way without mentioning the price of Motorsport Manager. It costs all of $2. If you skip your morning Starbucks one morning, you’ve got enough saved to spend on quite a few hours of entertainment. It’s not quite as game-on-the-go as other mobile games that I’ve played but that’s not a bad thing. You won’t confuse it for something for the so-called “core gamer” but it you can get anywhere from ten minutes of play to hours if you so choose.
If you’re a fan of sports management sims, I’m sure you’d prefer to get the mobile version of Football Manager instead. MM doesn’t come close to reaching that level of detail. For my money, though, this is the best motorsports sim on mobile. I really haven’t played many other racing games on mobile but this is easily the one I’ve spent the most time playing.
Motorsport Manager was reviewed on Android but is also available for iOS. This is not the same game as the upcoming Motorsport Manager for PC. Your impressions of the game may differ depending on platform played on, device played on, microtransactions purchased and whether you fancied yourself as the next Ross Brawn rather than the next Michael Schumacher.
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Oscar Isaac, Ben Affleck tease their high-stakes heist flick Triple Frontier
By Devan Coggan
December 20, 2018 at 01:00 PM EST
Triple Frontier may be a heist movie, but don’t expect the glitz of The Italian Job or the wisecracks of an Ocean’s scheme. Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Garrett Hedlund, and Pedro Pascal play five former U.S. special operatives who, after years of serving their country, decide to serve themselves for a change.
“It’s a study in greed,” Isaac tells EW, “and also a sense of: What does it mean to feel that you’ve sacrificed so much and feel like you’ve not really been looked after?”
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The men unite to rob one of South America’s most violent drug cartels, only to find themselves second-guessing their motives. “What starts out as a kind of morally righteous mission ends up becoming more and more questionable as it goes on,” Affleck teases.
J.C. Chandor (A Most Violent Year) directs from a script he co-wrote with Mark Boal. Affleck and Isaac met with military experts to get insight into their own veteran characters, and for the film’s tense action scenes, the cast trekked everywhere from the muddy rain forests of Oahu to the mountains of Mammoth Lakes, Calif. “There were these long chase sequences, so I spent a lot of time prepping and doing high-altitude training,” Isaac says. “I didn’t want to hold up everything by having to take half-hour breaks between every take!”
And all that travel helped spark some close relationships along the way.
“I am expecting to be married to Charlie Hunnam any day now,” Affleck deadpans, “so when you see that announcement, know that me and Charlie, we hit it off and wanted to tie the knot on Triple Frontier.”
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Indian Motorcycle Releases Daytona Bike Week Event Schedule
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Time to start planning for Daytona Bike Week! Here is the list of events organized by Indian Motorcycle.
INDIAN MOTORCYCLE STORMS DAYTONA BIKE WEEK WITH DEMOS, DISPLAYS, CUSTOMS BUILDS & EXCLUSIVE EVENTS
Indian’s 2018 Model Lineup and Custom Bike Displays Highlight Indian Motorcycle Activations at Daytona Bike Week
MINNEAPOLIS (February 28, 2018) — Indian Motorcycle®, America’s first motorcycle company, today announced a Daytona Bike Week lineup of activations packed with demo rides for 2018 models, custom bike displays, an exclusive rider’s group experience, and more. Carey Hart’s display of custom Chieftains, performance parts and accessories, and a Scout FTR750 photo opportunity are just a few of the offerings Indian Motorcycle will have available at its main footprint on Main Street.
Also, following one of the most dominant seasons in flat track history, Indian Motorcycle Racing will kick off the 2018 season opener at the Daytona International Speedway. The Indian Wrecking Crew of Jared Mees, Bryan Smith and Brad Baker, who finished first, second and third respectively in 2017, will be joined by privateers Kenny Coolbeth Jr., Henry Wiles and others for the 2018 season.
“We are thrilled to offer attendees a dynamic and unique Daytona Bike Week experience, including an exclusive look at Carey Hart’s custom bikes, the Scout FTR750, FTR1200 Custom and all of our 2018 models,” said Reid Wilson, Senior Director – Marketing and Product Planning for Indian Motorcycle. “Daytona also marks a special time: the return of American Flat Track and a chance to watch the podium-sweeping Indian Wrecking Crew and new crop of privateers who have turned to the Scout FTR750 for this highly anticipated 2018 season.”
Below are highlights of the Daytona Bike Week action Indian Motorcycle has planned.
Display at Main Street (Main St. & N. Wild Olive Ave.)
Check out Indian Motorcycle’s 2018 lineup at the Main Street display along with custom Scout Bobbers from the Brooklyn Invitational and performance accessories. Get an up-close look at Carey Hart and P!NK’s Chieftains, custom-built by Hart, as well as his custom Springfield and sidecar that were featured in the Hot Bike Tour. There will also be a photo opportunity with AFT championship-winning bike, the Indian Scout FTR750. The display will also feature the Scout FTR1200 Custom. The Main Street Display will be open Friday, March 9 to Saturday, March 17 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
Demo Rides at Daytona International Speedway (International Speedway Blvd.)
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Join us Thursday, March 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. EST. for a behind-the-scenes tour of the Daytona International Speedway including the track, pits and paddock. After that, members will meet with the 2018 Indian Wrecking Crew race team and a get a premium photo experience in the pits. VIP Parking and complimentary tickets to the Daytona TT are included. IMRG members can learn more and visit www.IMRGmember.com/events to sign up.
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Chip And Joanna Gaines Have Just Revealed The Gender Of Their New Baby In A Cute Video!
March 8, 2018 17:38 By Fabiosa
It turns out that when Chip Gaines said he wanted to expand his family of 6, he wasn’t joking! Once he and his wife, Joanna, finished filming the last season of the hit TV series, Fixer Upper, they announced they are expecting their baby No. 5!
Both parents took to the social media to share the wonderful news. In her Instagram post, Joanna revealed that since her tummy was getting bigger and bigger each day, it was no sense hiding it anymore.
Now, the couple have finally revealed the gender of the kid! And they did it in the cutest fashion possible!
A post shared by Joanna Stevens Gaines (@joannagaines) on Feb 13, 2018 at 2:51pm PST
READ ALSO: “Perfect Mariage” Does Not Exist: Chip And Joanna Gaines Share Their Believes
It’s well-known that the Fixer Upper stars opt for 'D' names for boys (their sons’ names are Drake and Duke) and 'E' names for girls (their daughters’ names are Emmie and Ella). So, while chatting with his new friend, little Gage, Gaines asked him to come up with a name for their child…
Alright, alright.. if we're going to announce the gender of our #5th child. It might as well come from my new friend #Gage! Take it away my man. @tebowfoundation https://t.co/VF50Ax2GTq
— Chip Gaines (@chipgaines) March 7, 2018
And it’s a 'D' name!
The little boy must have known the name tradition and quickly assumed the pair are expecting a son. And Chip replied:
It's a little boy!
The proud father also revealed he wanted to go with the name Dragon. But it’s not surprise Joanna was against it. Now, the countless fans of the two make their name suggestions on Twitter.
#Gage was so thrilled to get to meet you! Thank you for making his day! pic.twitter.com/qUx04kEKz3
— Mike Spurlock (@jms81367) March 7, 2018
Marking another milestone
The couple have just marked another achievement. After months of waiting, they have finally opened their new restaurant in Waco.
A post shared by Joanna Stevens Gaines (@joannagaines) on Nov 21, 2017 at 3:03pm PST
The spot called Magnolia Table serves up some of Joanna’s favorite breakfast items like avocado toasts, French toasts, and buttermilk biscuits.
READ ALSO: Joanna Gaines Confessed She Was Bullied For Being Asian. It Made Her Struggle With Insecurity
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On PV Sindhu and Sakshi Malik: Do Women Have To “Prove” Their Worthiness To Live?
Karthika S Nair
In spite of sending in 119 athletes, India found it difficult to compete with trained and highly motivated players from around the world. Every news related to their losses came crashing down upon us, reminding us of the harsh reality over and over again, the Indian state did not provide the necessary facilities and infrastructure to our athletes. But that doesn’t mean that our men and women haven’t given their best. Abhinav Bindra managed to finish 4th, K Srikanth earned respect with his performance. Sania and Rohan Bopanna gave India a shot at bronze and Saina played the best she could in spite of a knee injury. Dipa Karmakar won our hearts with her spectacular vault and finished world no 4th.
When the going went tough, Sakshi Malik emerged victorious after pinning down her opponent, thus keeping the dream alive. In real life, Aarfa won the medal. The next day PV Sindhu won her silver medal. Ironically, it is our women who have excelled, hailing from a country that is still in an inertia phase in terms of encouraging women in sports.
Also read: 7 Times Media Coverage of Rio Olympics was Sexist and It’s Only Day 5
Sakshi Malik belongs to a state that is notorious for its abnormal low sex ratio and an abundant number of honor killings – Haryana. While people celebrated her victory, the fact that they were equating it with ‘women = talent, so don’t kill them’ cringed me. It is great that we are openly talking about gender-biased sex selection, however, this is not the way to do it. One of the very first tweets was made by Virender Sehwag and then many memes, tweets, WhatsApp messages followed which had a even more cringe-worthy tone.
#SakshiMalik is a reminder of what cn happn if u don’t kill a girl child.When d going gets tough,its our girls who get going &save our pride
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) August 18, 2016
Like really, Sehwag?
source: anonymouswriter
Gender-biased sex selection is indeed a disease that’s been choking the nation. Except Kerala, Pondicherry and some of the states in the Northeast, every other state has low sex ratio. It simply means that misogyny have gulped down humanity in people. Human life is nothing compared to the socially constructed customs and traditions that have been sprouting up various means to pressurize parents into terminating their pregnancy based on the gender of the foetus.
If you read Nobel prize winning economist Amartya Sen’s work, concluded after years of research, this practice has been ingrained in the mindsets, whether urban or rural population, probably since the day gender was treated as a binary. Several reasons like dowry system, liability in terms of raising women (for eg: seeing her as a burden), daughters are seen as “paraya dhan” and most importantly, sons seen as support in old age are major factors leading to this draconian practice. However, wanting to raise awareness against female foeticide, do people really have to wait for athletes like Sakshi Malik or PV Sindhu to win medals for their country to bring this issue to limelight?
Also read: PV Sindhu’s Win Made Me Sob Uncontrollably With Anger
For the first time, India sent 119 athletes, out of which 54 were women. Imagining for a minute that none of them won a medal, would people still consider crying out loud with agony every time a girl is born? Would people prioritize marriage over her education and career?
Female foeticide is a crime against humanity and if people are talking and taking steps against it, that is a good thing. But the fact that, two women had to “prove their worthiness” by winning Olympic medals for you to give attention to the abnormal low sex ratio in our country is an extremely problematic narrative. Not to mention, while rejoicing Sindhu’s medal victory, this news came across about a new-born girl child murdered in Chennai. The evil of gender-biased sex selection prevails wherever hate and misogyny resides. Not to mention, while our athletes are hailed as heroines, a section of women who dare to live on their terms that are different from the norm, are continued to be tagged as sluts, whores, and bitches. Memes like below is a classic example.
Women, who have an opinion, are still deemed as low-life, whether we agree with them or not. Women like Sakshi Malik should be seen as a symbol for those to let their daughter chase her dreams and to let her live on her terms, not necessarily to save the girl child who should be allowed to live no matter what role she will perform in future.
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The Live Profile:
Palm Coast’s New City Manager Matt Morton
FlaglerLive | March 13, 2019
Matthew Morton speaking to a small crowd in the meet-and-greet the city organized when the finalists were being interviewed last week. Mayor Milissa Holland is to the right.
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In his reluctance to vote for Matt Morton as Palm Coast’s next city manager, Council member Bob Cuff never said that Morton wasn’t qualified, that he wouldn’t make a good manager, that he wasn’t impressed with him, that he wouldn’t do as good a job as Beau Falgout, the interim manager who was also in the running. What made Cuff “suspicious” was Morton’s seduction of the council as its “new crush,” and his jargon-filled vocabulary
“I’ve had smoke blown up my dress by some of the best over 45 years, and I’m not saying that Matt was doing that intentionally, he certainly conveys enthusiasm and commitment and whatever,” Cuff said. “As much as I like Matt, as much as I heard him use all the jargon that I would expect anybody that reads Florida Trend or city manager magazines or quality communities or whatever, basically what I assume anybody that belongs to ICMA would read, we have nothing, I didn’t see anything in his background that made me think that he was going to be the new hotness, and that in another year with him versus Beau, we were going to be any farther along than we are now.”
“I take that as a valid concern just in general,” Morton, 44, said in an interview, referring to Cuff’s concern about smoke and skirts. “I’ve been around the game long enough to know that people do that.”
But to hear two current and former council members who have worked with Morton, along with two successive presidents of the chamber of commerce back in Duvall, the city of 8,000 in Washington that Morton managed for three years, he is that hotness: his name, even six months after he stopped working for Duvall, elicits immediate reactions of delight or more. (FlaglerLive was not privy to Morton’s list of references, which were not provided council members. Contacts were made independently and without input from Morton.)
“Matt is a fabulous guy, he did a great job working for the city of Duvall,” Peggy Kahler, the current president of the Duvall Chamber of Commerce, said. “Everybody adored him, he’s a great guy, you’re lucky to have him.”
“You guys are so lucky. If it were up to me I would fire our mayor and have Matt back here,” Kahler’s predecessor, NJ Shelsby, said.
Peggy Nixon, who served six years on the Duvall council, three of them while Morton was manager, used almost identical words when first contacted about Morton. “I adored him,” she said, noting that Morton’s enthusiasm and workaholism are not put-ons: he genuinely loves the work and he works on his approach as much as he does on the work itself.
“He follows all the rules which keeps us safe because everybody wants to sue, yet he adds that spark of hope and that spark of ‘we can do this, let’s follow the rules, let’s be persistent and not give up and get this done,’” Nixon said.
But don’t expect him to respect precedent for precedent’s sake–or to accommodate under-performing employees out of respect for longevity, two traits that may have reaching relevance in Palm Coast and an administration stocked in the 11-year legacy of former manager Jim Landon. “He went through several departments in our city and really weeded out things that really didn’t need to be there and put in new programs and new organizations, and that was really important for us at that time,” Nixon said. “He went in and took each department by department, and saw their strength, but he was also a morale builder, he didn’t come in and tear everyone down. He was methodical. I admire the man a lot.”
“This man did a lot in the short time he was there,” she said. She described his ability to handle emergencies–contractual or natural.
The valley where Duvall is located, just east of Seattle, doesn’t get hurricanes or tornadoes, but it gets floods, epic floods, the kind of floods that can cut off the town from its surroundings for days at a time, stranding its population of commuters. Overwhelmingly, those residents work in Seattle, most of them in the tech industry (the average household income in Duvall is $152,000, the average value of a house is $427,000, more than half the population of those 25 or older have a four-year college degree or higher, according to the Census Bureau). Most of those still need to work when they’re stranded, so they do so from home, making broadband essential: 93 percent of households have a broadband connection.
The city had to renegotiate its lease with its broadband provider. “Instead of letting staff do it which, they don’t know anything about broadband, he came in and said, no no no, this is way beyond their expertise,” Nixon recalled. He set up a citizen’s committee that included Microsoft professionals, then “he went back and renegotiated the contract and got us a decent contract.” Oh, and he handled those flood emergencies, too.
Morton doesn’t have a rich paper trail, and Palm Coast doesn’t intend to background him further than its consultant Strategic Government Resources has, limning his press clips and running his name through the usual checks. The city provided the few press clips that SGR gathered (all of them prosaic) but not the criminal background check, which even the council had not seen when it made its decision: SGR had, and found nothing warranting an alert. (FlaglerLive requested the document. “We don’t have it yet,” a city spokesperson said today. “Doug Thomas, our consultant, is traveling and plans to get it to us as soon as he returns.”)
The Snoqualmie Valley Record, the local paper, barely covered Morton’s tenure (or the council). He was a bit more often in the news in his previous posting as the city administrator of Cle Elum, a smaller town than Duvall. He was there five years.
A little more than halfway through his tenure, he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a form of cancer, requiring two years of chemotherapy and what he described as “a full analogous stem-cell transplant.” He and his wife Wendy were making $122,000 a year at the time but got over $300,000 in debt. They filed for bankruptcy in 2014. They were out of bankruptcy by 2018. He said the medical bills had piled up.
“If it’s medically related I don’t think of it as a concern,” Cuff, who is negotiating Morton’s contract with him, said. “I think of it as a sign of our times.” In 2013, CNBC reported that bankruptcies “resulting from unpaid medical bills will affect nearly 2 million people this year—making health care the No. 1 cause of such filings, and outpacing bankruptcies due to credit-card bills or unpaid mortgages.”
It was Morton’s second bankruptcy. He’d filed in 1999, over a much smaller debt of a few thousand dollars and what he termed bad advice. Morton disclosed both bankruptcies in his longer answers to two dozen questions that were part of his application package.
Two other issues that may have raised questions about his background were his separation from Duvall in July 2018, and the fact that he has been unemployed since.
Morton explained his months of unemployment as a choice: he was decompressing and mapping out what he really wanted to do next. “I hit the pause button and I really started digging deep,” he said, though by the time he’d applied in Palm Coast he had about five other applications going elsewhere.
Michelle Hogg, a current council member in Duvall who was on the council when the city’s relationship with Morton ended, was as jubilant as Nixon when she heard Morton had landed the Palm Coast job. “That’s wonderful, that’s great,” she said. But she could not speak at length about him, or about the separation.
Washington’s local governments don’t have Florida’s liberal open-record and open-meeting laws. They have more restrictive rules about what may or may not be said about personnel. The council there never made public how or why Morton left. One meeting he was in attendance. The next, he was not. Duvall has a strong-mayor form of government. The mayor, Amy Ockerlander, who had recently been elected to that position after eight years on the council, had a closed-door session with Morton, and he was gone. The council had little role in the decision and no vote.
“We do not have a written release from Matthew Morton to make comments, except for the fact we can tell you what dates he was employed,” Hogg said. “But that does not reflect at all personally dealing with him. Unless he signed something I can’t make comments. But he had an infectious smile, positive attitude, I loved working with him.”
Nixon wasn’t so bound: she’s no longer on the council, and she was openly critical of Ockerlander’s move, calling it ill-advised, unjustified and not supported by the council. Nixon repeatedly said the council, with whose members she’s kept in contact, misses him.
“She’s a very good friend of mine,” Nixon said of Ockerlander. “Had I had a chance to vote again I wouldn’t have voted for her. I’ll just leave it at that. Sometimes people can be very controlling. He wasn’t fired, it wasn’t a big scandal here, it was more just a parting of the ways, and at that point, I was in his corner. She would ignore his advice, and she still does. She’s still pretty much on her own. The current council won’t say anything.” Ockerlander did not return repeated phone calls to her city-issued cell phone or an email Tuesday and Wednesday.
But going back to the time when he was hired, Nixon recalled Morton was up against fierce competition from candidates from larger cities, a bit like he was when he competed in Palm Coast, where he had the added challenge of going against an insider and a favorite who’d quickly been winning fans on and off the council. But in Duvall as in Palm Coast, Morton impressed with his eye on the big picture, Nixon said, then impressed with following through, in line with the way he’d come across during when he’d applied.
Nixon said Morton showed keen abilities to get along with fellow-city administrators, whatever their political leanings–and kept his own political leanings to himself, never letting on what party he belongs to, if he does (though he’ll likely fit in with Flagler’s hyper-gun culture: his bankruptcy filing listed a line item for firearms valued at several hundred dollars.) It was Duvall that decided to send him to Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government for further training. “It’s a philosophy we all share, and that is, if you can afford to make someone the best they can be, it comes back tenfold,” Nixon said.
Reached on Thursday, NJ Shelsby, who had been president of the Duvall chamber the four years Morton was there, echoed much of what Nixon had said. She was not aware of Palm Coast’s reputation for being unfriendly to business–nor had she been told of it during the interview when she offered this assessment of Morton: “Prior to him being hired there was a lot of conflict between the chamber and the local businesses and the city government, even our non profit organizations. There was just a tension, different agendas, it was just a roughness, and this had been going on for many many years. It was just ingrained with our city. That just went away with Matt. He has a way of really pulling people together, working on the same agenda, it was just such a pleasure working with him.”
Shelsby said Morton would lend an ear and manage to be open to possibilities even when his hands were tied. She gave an example. Shelsby ran an annual festival. One year, an individual appeared with an anti-abortion display at the festival. The display included gory pictures Sheslby felt children should not be exposed to. Free speech laws made censoring the individual’s message impossible. With the mayor, she said, “I didn’t feel heard at all.” With Morton, despite being limited to what he could do, he tried. “He took the time to care about where I was coming from and how that was affecting me, and he would go off to see if there was something that could be done,” Shelsby said. “He didn’t just initially say oop, free speech, you can’t do anything. He’d, say, let me see, see what other cities have done.”
“The same with the businesses,” she continued, as if talking about Palm Coast. “Whatever we were trying to do, he would do whatever we could to accommodate, it wasn’t this hard line. In the past there were cumbersome processes in the city with forms and that sort of thing that were just unnecessary. He would just work with his employees to make things simpler, so there were fewer barriers to the things that we wanted to do.”
Morton and his wife have a 13-year-old son in 7th grade and a 15-year-old daughter, a freshman in high school. Both recently had leading roles in school plays (he was Aladdin, she was Charlie Bucket in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”). His daughter is ready for the move, excited to be in Florida, his son a bit more nervous about leaving friends behind. He speaks affectionately about his family, and speaks of his children’s successes with the same enthusiasm and excitement he does of his own work. He’s not shy using words like “lovely,” “amazing,” “dignity” and “joy” in relation to his professional surroundings. But it doesn’t appear to be an affectation as much as a genuine part of his character that frames his approach with others.
“He doesn’t tell stories about people, he doesn’t belittle people, he tries to build people up, he’s a consensus builder,” Nixon said. “You know what, that’s nice to go to work with each day. I wish I would have known him even better.”
In his application papers, he’d concluded one segment with these cautious words: “Throughout this interview process (as is customary) I have regaled and attempted to impress you with my education, experience and accomplishments…you have heard my ‘hero story’. I want to be clear, I am a normal human being who hasn’t saved the world nor can I leap tall buildings in a single bound.” In a phone interview Tuesday, after he got the job, he summed it up this way: “I’ve tried really hard in my life to be straight, to be honorable, to have good character,”
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13 Responses for “The Live Profile:
Jack Howell says:
I received a phone call from Matt and I discussed with him why I selected Beau over him as my first choice. I all ensured him that now that he was selected by my peers, I will be 100% in my support of his running of the City of Palm Coast. I look forward to his freshness, style, leadership and a new approach for our city.
Ben Hogarth says:
I do find it deeply tragic and heartbreaking to know that he, like so many Americans, has had to file bankruptcy due to medical bills. This country has so much potential to ensure nobody ever has to go homeless or bankrupt due to a medical complication or illness again – albeit once the majority is full of people who have the capacity for such compassion and sensibility.
Matt – you have my sympathies for having to endure the greatest of our failures in America. And I wish you all the best of luck in your new position.
We shall see what we shall see…..
Percy's mother says:
1. Duvall a “city” of 8000.
2. Ran a city of 8000 for 3 years.
3. It’s all on Holland if this unravels.
I’ll be watching from the sidelines very interested to see how all this unfolds. Somehow I already now how the story ends; however, will be sure to continue to post my commentary.
Eileen Araujo says:
Rather than go with Mr Falgout who has already proven he is capable of doing the job, you decide to go with another transplant, who has been around the block (and country) a few times. Don’t worry Mr Cuff and Mr Howell, he’ll leave us soon enough. When he finds a more paying position and he realizes his contract probably gives him more by leaving. My tax dollars going with him….
Art Bowles says:
BEST THING TO HAPPEN TO PALM COAST SINCE 1999!!
Time for a fresh start with new ideas. I hope our new manager looks at all the departments including Fire and public works. Time to cut out the waste.
Best of luck we know you will do your best!
jadobi says:
Watch, wait and see. I am eager for a breath of fresh air from a person from the outside.
palmcoaster says:
I sure agree with Eileen above! Every time all is going well for the PC residents as was with interim Falgout lately, there come the powers that be ganging 3 to 2 against us the very taxpayers best interest and excused by an expertise in innovation vision. How much highlighted vision is needed to see the negatives to be resolved of unmanaged growth taking away our quality of life, the high speed traffic overwhelming our once safe and peaceful narrow drives not helped by the delayed widening of Old Kings Road North, our decaying outdated drainage and sewer system, the increased blight and litter allover. Though I am the first one to wish “I Am Wrong” and Mr Morton will be a success, yet my concern is overpowering and feeds in all the past costly to taxpayers blunders by county and city officials since I moved here in the early 90’s. This place just has been run by local government as a trial and error always geared by the ambitions of the few at the helm. The past big blunder that costed is millions in Palm Coast and went “nowhere as I suspected from the start was the failed ocean water desalinization plant a brain storm of Netts and Landon. Now I can see this city owned Fiber Cable/Broad Band (that just lost probably one of its biggest accounts the Hospital) and Town Center Innovation Vision in our city residents pockets again. Please feel free document us, if I am wrong.
Stretchem says:
@Jack Howell, respecting your peers also means not calling them “son”, no more than you want to be called “geezer” by the millenials.
Yeah, some of us recognized how you completely disrespected your fellow younger-than-you councilmember. Just saying…. it didn’t go unnoticed.
Ritchie says:
The mayor looks awe stricken:)
Palm coaster says:
Morton is in over his head here.
Not enough experience at this level, with so many departments.
Palmcoaster…..Maybe that’s the problem… To many departments, to much government! Anew broom sweeps clean. He will do just fine!!
Haha. Suckers. Check back in 5 years, and you’ll be rethinking this.
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The Cable: And Now, a Brief Explanation as to Why Russia and Ukraine Are Fighting on Twitter: And Now, a Brief Explanation as to Why Ru...
The Cable
And Now, a Brief Explanation as to Why Russia and Ukraine Are Fighting on Twitter:
It all started in 1051...
By Emily Tamkin
| May 30, 2017, 12:15 PM
Russia and Ukraine are engaged in a heated Twitter back-and-forth featuring some facts, several emoji, and a Simpsons gif.
What happened is this: On Monday, in his meeting at Versailles with French President Emmanuel Macron, Russian President Vladimir Putin mentioned a royal Anna of Russia. He was referring, of course, to Anna, daughter of Kievan Rus Prince Yaroslav the Wise. She became French royalty when she married King Henry I Capet in 1051.
The short version of why this is a problem: Russia traces its Orthodox, tsarist roots back to Kievan Rus — which is located in what is today Ukraine. That’s a problem for Ukraine when it means that the Kremlin downplays or doesn’t acknowledge its historical origins are in Ukraine, or insists Ukrainian history is actually Russian imperial history — by, for example, saying that the woman they whom remember as Anna of Kiev, is actually Anna of Russia.
And how else would a diplomatic dustup like that play out? On Twitter, of course.
When @Russia says Anne de Kiev established Russia-France relations, let us remind the sequence of events pic.twitter.com/nBKhQdyKql
— Ukraine / Україна (@Ukraine) May 30, 2017
@Russia You really don't change, do you? pic.twitter.com/HDfS9A8jWZ
This isn’t the first time a symbol of the past has become a point of present contention for Russia and Ukraine. In 2011, Russia published a map charting the places of origin of beloved fairy tale characters — including Kolobok, a pastry who rolls through the forests and tries to avoid befalling the fate that one would imagine most buns in the wild meet. The map also laid Russian claim to Ilya Muromets, a folk hero, and Kurochka Ryaba, a hen who lays golden eggs.
All of which would have been magically delightful, except that Ukraine claims Kolobok, Ilya Muromets, and Kurochka Ryaba as its own.
That Russia and Ukraine fought over who created the Slavic gingerbread man and are now exchanging tweets over a princess from a thousand years ago sounds silly — until one remembers that they’re involved in a very real war involving national sovereignty and Russia’s ultimate relationship to Ukraine, a war that has killed over 10,000 people so far.
Photo credit: Mark Schiefelbein-Pool/Getty Images
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EXCLUSIVE: Punched Rider’s Side of RTA Scuffle
Posted 6:20 pm, October 12, 2012, by Melissa Reid, Updated at 09:07PM, October 12, 2012
* * * Warning: Video content may be considered disturbing * * *
CLEVELAND -- It's unbelievable video that is sending shock waves through Cleveland.
Cell video of a bus driver punching a passenger that went viral recently.
The woman who was on the receiving end of the punch is talking only to Fox 8's Melissa Reid.
"I don't remember everything, because I was so hysterical at the time," said Shidea Lane, 25, of Cleveland.
Lane says she was getting on an RTA bus back on Sept. 18 to go to work.
"The bus driver didn't think I had any money to get on the bus and I was looking for it, trying to tell him that I have money to get on the bus. Can you just let me find it? And from there it just escalated," said Lane.
The situation escalated so much that eventually Artis Hughes, 59, of Cleveland, delivered an uppercut to Lane's chin.
"It's amazing to see how a man would hit a woman that hard. Are you serious? You could have pulled me off the bus. You can't really touch anyone, but for real? You really punched me?" said Lane.
Cell phone video captured the hit, and the sound is resounding.
"It felt like I was on Mortal Kombat. It just hurted. It was almost like a 'finish him!' type of hit," said Lane.
Now this all went down on the No. 5 bus going down Chagrin Boulevard.
According to the RTA, Hughes has been with the company for 22 years.
"Upon identifying the driver, he was immediately suspended and removed from duty. His behavior is absolutely unacceptable. RTA apologizes to our customers for this incident," said the RTA in a statement.
Hughes, 59, is listed as the victim in a police report, and claims he was simply defending himself when Lane threw the first blow.
The cell phone video does not show the moments leading up to Hughes’ punch, but Hughes, as well as other witnesses on that bus, claim that Lane boarded the RTA bus without paying.
The police report says Hughes closed the door and drove to the next bus stop where Lane asked him, “Are you putting me off the bus.”
Seconds later, it was Lane who, according to the police report, grabbed the driver’s neck as he was driving, then spit in his face.
Hughes then stopped the bus, police say, to protect himself while Lane proceeded to allegedly strike him with her fists.
*Click here for additional coverage including more of the driver's side ...
However, Lane is not apologizing for her role in the incident.
When asked about hitting the bus driver and spitting on him first, Lane did not comment.
"No see, that's why I want to talk to my lawyer. I don't really want to, I can't answer that question. It's more than that," said Lane.
But Lane does admit that two wrongs don't make a right and says she has changed.
"And if something like this escalates, I would just remove myself quickly. You know what I'm saying, instead of having the decency to engage in a conversation with the guy," said Lane.
***WARNING: The raw video on YouTube includes profanity, racism and violence. Click here to be redirected to the video.
(Fox 8's Jennifer Jordan contributed to this report.)
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Internet-Regulating FEC Commissioner to Resign
Democratic commissioner has been no-show from public meetings since early December
Ann Ravel / AP
Joe Schoffstall - February 19, 2017 12:45 PM
A Democratic Federal Election Commission official who pushed to regulate the internet and has been absent from public meetings for months is resigning, according to an announcement.
Ann Ravel, who wanted to regulate political speech on the internet from websites such as the Drudge Report, announced Sunday that she is stepping down from her post.
"It’s been an honor to serve the FEC. I’m committed to transparency – here’s my resignation letter to Donald Trump," Ravel tweeted on Sunday morning.
Ravel attached her resignation letter to President Donald Trump, which focused on asking Trump to prioritize campaign finance reform.
"I respectfully urge you to prioritize campaign finance reform to remedy the significant problems identified during the last election cycle," the letter says. "Disclosure laws need to be strengthened; the mistaken jurisprudence of Citizens United reexamined; public financing of candidates ought to be expanded to reduce reliance on the wealthy; and Commissioners who will carry out the mandates of the law should be appointed to expired terms at the FEC. Thank you very much."
Ravel’s resignation will be effective March 1.
The Democratic commissioner has come under fire on numerous occasions in the past due to her desire to regulate online political speech—actions some viewed as targeting conservative websites.
Ravel has also been a no-show from FEC public meetings in recent months, phoning it in from California after being passed up for the attorney general spot in the state. During one meeting, Ravel seemed so distant that the Democratic chair of the commission asked if she was awake.
Despite Ravel’s absence from the meetings, she attempted to call for a special meeting that would allow a vote on whether or not she could attend a foreign-funded junket to Ecuador to observe their elections.
After being contacted by the Washington Free Beacon seeking comment on the demand, Ravel’s special counsel said that Ravel had reversed her decision to participate in the trip. If Ravel did not rescind her demand and the trip were approved, she would currently be in Ecuador.
"Ravel had become a frequent no-show at Commission meetings since late last year, phoning into 4 public meetings (one from a train) and completely skipping two executive sessions in January," a source close to the Commission said in an emailed statement. "That did not stop her, however, from requesting a special meeting to obtain Commission approval to travel to Ecuador, at foreign expense, a request she later withdrew after the Free Beacon wrote about the matter."
Ravel was first appointed to the FEC by President Barack Obama in 2013 and chaired the commission in 2015.
Ravel did not immediately return a request for comment on her resignation.
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Joe Schoffstall is a staff writer for the Washington Free Beacon. Previously, he spent three years with the Media Research Center and was most recently with the Capitol City Project. He can be reached at Schoffstall@freebeacon.com. His Twitter handle is @JoeSchoffstall.
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ged@gedgrimes.com
Ged Grimes Music
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Ged Grimes has been composing, producing and performing music for over 30 years. He came to prominence as a member of the pop trio Danny Wilson and for the past 8 years, he has been a member of Simple Minds who are celebrating 40 years as Scotland’s most internationally successful group.
Ged Grimes
has composed music for numerous game soundtracks including Earthworm Jim 3D, Enter the Matrix, Shrek 3, Amplitude and Quarrel. His work for the hit game Enter the Matrix was licensed for use in The Bourne Supremacy (Trailer) and he was nominated for Best Instrumental Music and Best Original Song at the inaugural GANG Awards at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. His latest game soundtrack is for “The Bard’s Tale IV Barrows Deep” and it features Scotland’s leading traditional and Gaelic artists.
The Bard’s Tale Game Music LIVE
The Bard’s Tale IV: Barrows Deep
“When I was first approached by Matt Findley at inXile to create an original soundtrack for the Bard’s Tale IV Barrows Deep game, little did I know of the amazing musical journey I was about to embark upon. Scotland’s traditional and Gaelic music is an intrinsic part of our history and culture. Its beautiful melodies reach deep into our souls and its magical songs, passed down through the centuries, tell stories of a proud and ancient civilisation. I wanted to capture the breadth of outstanding voices and musicianship that exists in my homeland and create a soundtrack fit for the Bard that reflected Scotland’s unique musical heritage. These ancient songs tell us about how life was lived long ago but they can also give us wisdom, vision and hope for the future…”
Ged Grimes – Music Producer and Composer – The Bard’s Tale IV: Barrows Deep – September 2018
Some kind words
“Inspired…Always prepared…Cool as ice, but as warm-hearted as they come… It feels great having Ged Grimes around..”.
Jim Kerr - Simple Minds
“Music is the soul of Bard’s Tale IV. The work that Ged Grimes has produced is the strongest soundtrack of any game I’ve been involved with.”
Brian Fargo - CEO, inXile Entertainment
“Back in the early 80s, when Ged and I first moved to London, we spent a summer where New Gold Dream was pretty much the only record we played. Ged used to warm up, jamming out on those great bass lines. So now, to go see him up on stage with Simple Minds in front of thousands of people rocking those songs (and he does rock them) is actually quite moving. I wish they didn’t tour as much though, I have to book six months in advance if I want to have dinner with him these days. Haha!”
Gary Clark - Songwriter and Producer
“Ged has collaborated with me on Game soundtracks for over 20 years. He is an extraordinary talent whose attention to detail, production quality and compositions never fail to ‘blow my mind’. No matter the style, context or complexity of the idea Ged always delivers an exquisite soundtrack which takes any game he works on to ‘the next level’ every time.”
Chris van der Kuyl - Chairman 4J Studios
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Cinnabar’s Young Repertory Company and their amazing “Annie,” through Sunday, December 15, 2013
Laura Sandoval, 13, is one of two local actors playing the adorable orphan, Annie, in Cinnabar Theater’s Young Rep production of the family musical “Annie,” on stage through December 15, 2013. Image: Nathan Cummings, Cinnabar Theater.
In case you haven’t heard, Cinnabar Theater’s Young Repertory Theater has the holiday musical that everyone north of the Golden Gate is buzzing about—Annie. Featuring local youth, who sing and act with gusto, the superb show is delightfully staged in Cinnabar’s intimate hill top theater just down the road from historic Petaluma. The heartwarming musical sold out within hours of being announced and Cinnabar’s new Executive Director, Terence Keane, reports they’ve been hounded like crazy for tickets. That’s no surprise as all of Cinnabar’s performances in their 41st season, both professional and youth, have been slam-dunks—from The Pavilion to La Cage Aux Folles in their professional company, to Rent, from their youth corp.
I was lucky enough to buy a ticket to Thursday’s performance, added earlier this week, and it was so worth the extra effort. From the moment I entered the cozy theater and saw rows of kids perched in the front rows awaiting the show, my heart leapt…the energetic vibe was palpable. No doubt part of their enthusiasm was due to being out late on a school night and the super-sized brownies and rice crispie treats available in the lounge. Once the show began though, they were quiet as mice, discovering the thrill of theater and immersing themselves in the original 3-D, high-definition style of storytelling. Kudos Cinnabar!
Set in the 1930s, during the gloom of the Great Depression, Annie is a story of hope and optimism that was first staged in 1977 and went on to become one the world’s most beloved family musicals. Based on Thomas Meehan’s book, with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin, Cinnabar’s production is under the helm of directors Dezi Gallegos and Brain Bryson with music direction by Sandy and Richard Riccardi and Choreography by Nancy Rush. Cinnabar’s entire youth rep program is in the capable hands of Nathan Cummings who has plenty to be proud of—Petaluma may be far from Broadway but, thanks to the training they receive at Cinnabar, some of them may be Broadway bound.
An adorable cast of orphans, who auditioned for their roles in August 2013, complete the cast of Cinnabar’s “Annie,” on stage at Petaluma’s Cinnabar Theater through December 15, 2013. Image: Nathan Cummings, Cinnabar Theater.
Annie, a true spuntress, is a whip-smart orphan who is on a mission to find her birth parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City Orphanage run by the cruel Miss Hannigan. Despite her loneliness, Annie is all light and sunshine, delivering positivity and kindness to everyone she encounters. When Annie meets the industrious billionaire, Mr. Warbucks, she helps him realize that having all the money in the world means nothing unless you have someone to share your life with. Of course, when big money is involved there are always a few plot twists, and Annie deliver them in spades, along with a blossoming love story.
While each young actor brings something special to Cinnabar’s production, I was bowled over by thirteen-year-old Laura Sandoval who played Annie on Thursday. There are two casts and Sandoval is part of the “Leapin’ Lizards” cast and splits the lead with Lucy London, part of the “Oh Boy cast.” It was obvious from Sandoval’s first solo, “Tomorrow”—that famous sing-when-you-are-down-in-the-dumps tune, that she had the voice and acting talent and charisma sufficient to anchor this core of young performers. As her infectious optimism spread, and the song caught on to include more and more of her fellow tousled orphans on stage, it was clear that these kids had really worked hard on this production. Half of the fun though is in watching them move around the stage in Diana Banas’ rag-a-muffin orphan costumes attempting to stay in sync and in tune at the same time. “It’s a Hard-Knock Life” was delightful. Cast stand-outs were Marvin Roca as the tycoon Warbucks, Maryanne Boas as FDR, Bashya Terronez as the orphanage supervisor, Miss Hannigan, and Ian Purcell, as Rooster, Miss Hannigan’s no-good brother and Samantha Royall as Grace, Mr. Warbuck’s kind-hearted secretary. And I wouldn’t be ARThound if I didn’t mention the adorable Grace Miguel as the stray dog, adopted by Annie.
Laura Sandoval, 13, is one of two local actors playing Annie, in Cinnabar Theater’s Young Rep production of the family musical “Annie,” on stage through December 15, 2013. Image: Nathan Cummings, Cinnabar Theater.
You know a performance has worked its magic when the people leave humming the last tune they heard and are polite to each other as they all try to exit Cinnabar’s rubric parking lot at the same time. Annie’s message bears repeating again and again…families come in all shapes and sizes and there’s always hope for brighter days ahead!
Cinnabar’s “Annie,” on stage at Petaluma’s Cinnabar Theater through December 15, 2013 includes an insanely cute cast of talented local actors, all in Cinnabar’s Young Rep Program. From Act II, set in FDR’s oval office where, Annie, surrounded by Roosevelt’s cabinet of advisors, inspires the President to be optimistic through rough times. Image: Nathan Cummings, Cinnabar Theater.
More about Cinnabar’s Young Rep Theater: Founded in 1983, Cinnabar Theater’s Young Repertory Theater is Sonoma County’s largest and longest-running program for youth in the performing arts, serving hundreds of students annually from Sonoma County and beyond. In addition to several fully-staged youth productions each year, Young Rep includes year-round classes and summer camps, adult choruses and concerts as well as opportunities for students to perform in Cinnabar’s professional season. Young Rep is open to youngsters aged 4-18, who benefit from the instruction provided by working theater professionals. No child is turned away due to inability to pay.
Details: Annie runs through Sunday, December 15, 2013. The show is completely sold-out. Best chance for tickets is to show up 30 minutes before the performance and wait for no-shows or audience members selling tickets. Remaining performances: Dec 13 & 14th at 7:30 PM and Dec 15th at 2 PM. For more information, visit www.cinnabartheater.org, or call 707.763-8920 from Monday through Friday between 10 AM and 3 PM. All seating is general admission and the theatre opens about 30 minutes prior to each performance.
Cinnabar Theater is located 3333 Petaluma Blvd. North, at the intersection with Skillman Lane, Petaluma, CA 94952.
December 13, 2013 Posted by genevaanderson | Theatre | Brain Bryson, Charles Strouse, Cinnabar Theater, Cinnabar Young Repertory Theater, Dezi Gallegos, Diana Banas, Emma Mantoani, Ethan Paisley, Laura Sandoval, Leah Richer, Martin Charnin, Marvin Roca, Maryanne Boas, Nancy Rush, Nathan Cummings, Richard Riccardi, Samantha Royall, Sandy Riccardi, Sophia Kandler, Terence Keane, Thomas Meehan | Leave a comment
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Tag: REDD+ Project
Meet Joseph Mwakima, the Ultimate Community Manager
In online circles we believe a community manager is someone who cultivates and activates a group or a brand following on a social network. In Africa I met the ultimate community manager, Joseph Mwakima, a fellow busy activating his community and inspiring change in Kenya’s Kasigau Corrdidor REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) Project area through word of mouth.
But unlike his American counterparts, Joseph doesn’t use a Facebook Group, Instagram or Twitter as primary tools of his job (though he is on those Wildlife Works community relations officer, he regularly meets with people engaged in projects throughout the region.
Joseph could have gotten a job in the city. He has a wife and baby, and could easily justify seeking more bountiful land. He’s also college educated, speaks fluent English, and is well travelled. But he instead came back to the region he calls home to make a difference. His community needs him, as does the overall Wildlife Works effort.
A variety of issues are impacting the region, including rapid deforestation through slash and burn farming and charcoal harvesting, a lack of jobs in the community, and disappearing wildlife. The REDD+ Project Joseph is part of seeks to counteract challenges with a sustainable community development program that creates jobs and protects the forest.
I got to see Joseph at work, thanks to working with Audi as part of its documentary project produced by VIVA Creative (you can see Joseph talking to the VIVA team above). Audi supports Wildlife Works as part of its carbon offset program that compensates drivers for the manufacturing and first 50,000 gas-driven miles of the new A3 e-tron being released this fall.
Widespread Community Activation
Nestled between Kenya’s Tsavo East and West National Parks, the Kasigau Corridor REDD+ Project is widely considered to be a leader in sustainable carbon offsets. Wildlife Works applies a wide set of innovative market-based solutions to the conservation of biodiversity.
Joseph works in the community to socialize the solutions and encourage adoption of them. Here is what I witnessed Joseph doing:
Marasi Primary School hosted a World Environment Day celebration the day after we (the documentary team) arrived. It acknowledged many of the positive changes that have occurred as a result of the community’s fight to stop deforestation. There, I watched Joseph help a child plant a tree, speak with children, and converse with many of the community leaders in attendance.
The school in many ways symbolizes the future of the corridor. In total, Wildlife Works pays for the school fees of more than 3,000 students in the area, including partial scholarships for some college students. Most people who work for Wildlife Works reinvest their wages in their children’s education.
In this picture below you can see Joseph talking with several Wildlife Works Rangers. The rangers are an 80+ person ranger corps that protects wildlife throughout the corridor’s 500,000 acres from poachers seeking ivory. They also stop people from slash and burn farming or from simply cutting down trees for charcoal. So part of Joseph’s job is explaining to them why the rangers are stopping them from using the forestland, and what alternatives they have.
We spent seven days in the company of Joseph and Evans and Bernard, two of the Wildlife Works Rangers. I was impressed by their work, their passion for the wildlife in the Project area, and the danger they face from poachers. A poaching incident occurred on my last day in Kenya, and the pain was evident on their faces. You can see the rangers at work in the Animal Planet reality TV show “Ivory Wars.”
Eco-charcoal
Instead of slash and burn farming and chopping down forests for charcoal production, Wildlife Works offers new alternatives to citizens. These include job opportunities, smarter farming education, and alternative methods of creating charcoal. This latter effort — the creation of eco-charcoal — offers an innovative, yet pragmatic approach to fuel.
Joseph showed us how the eco-charcoal is created. Teams clip small branches, collect fallen tree limbs, and burn them. The ash is then mixed with a pasty substance, and poured into casts for eco-charcoal bricks. The end result is a brick that burns longer and better than the charcoal most Kenyans make when cutting down trees.
Joseph introduced us to three different women’s groups in the region. The loosely knit associations of women engage in entrepreneurial activities like producing arts and crafts that are sold in the U.S. and Europe through Wildlife Works. In all, there are 26 registered women’s groups in the Corridor, touching 550 women, or four percent of the total population.
The women use the resulting money to build clean water tanks, buy solar lights and clean cook stoves for their households, and provide an education for their children. Husbands see the positive impact on their households and are encouraging their wives’ newfound roles in the Kasigau community.
These are just some of the programs that Joseph supports in the community. Wildlife Works engages in other economic development actions such as textile production, better farming practices and more to build a sustainable future for Kasigua Corridor REDD+ Project Area.
This type of community management shows the real-world impact that such a role can have in the right situation. When local people like Joseph interact with the community and serve as a liaison for Wildlife Works, adoption of sustainability programs increases, and ultimately transforms the entire region for the better.
Disclosure: Audi paid for me to visit Africa and capture content as part of a larger documentary that will be released this fall.
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Pauleanna Reid & Chivon John Host The Dreamweaver Effect: Vision Board Workshop [VIDEO]
TORONTO, ON (May 2, 2013)—Pauleanna Reid, motivational speaker, professional writer and image consultant received a resounding response from a Facebook post revealing her vision board and took immediate action to bring together women who wanted to create a vision board of their own and she produced The Dreamweaver Effect; a vision board workshop to help participants begin to create a visual of the lives they want to lead.
“I create two vision boards every year,” says Reid. “One is a written list and the other uses images and keywords and phrases and I’ve seen so many results from this exercise that I wanted to encourage others to do the same.”
Statistics show that we retain 75% of what we write down, however, learning consultants say that most of us are more likely to retain ideas if we visualize them.
“It all comes down to the power of attraction,” adds Chivon John, motivational speaker, wellness advocate and workshop co-host. “We attract into our lives, those things which we desire the most, but just having the desire is not enough, it’s important to backup your vision with clear and concise action steps on a specific timeline.”
“We had an amazing time inspiring each other to dream big,” said Toronto real estate agent, Jasmine Lee. “Big thank you to Pauleanna and Chivon for being so transparent and sharing with us, we really appreciate it.” Lee added.
The Dreamweaver Effect is one in a series of workshops hosted by Pauleanna Reid. Other workshops include Think BIG: Discover & Live Your Passion and Get Fit: Shape Your Body, Free Your Mind which is also co-hosted with Chivon John.
About Pauleanna Reid
Pauleanna Reid is a nationally published journalist, motivational speaker, celebrity fashion stylist and mentor. Through a whirlwind of inspirational lectures, round table discussions and media appearances, she positively influences, challenges and reconnects youth with their passions while providing the necessary tools to prioritize and execute. Pauleanna uses incredible wit and candour to target young women and help them shape and create the world that they have always desired. Having overcome her own personal and professional obstacles, her powerful story-telling encourages this generation to face their challenges and conquer them.
About Chivon John
Chivon John is a Writer, Project Manager, Speaker and Wellness Advocate who is passionate about inspiring people to redefine what it means to be healthy. Having overcome her own personal obstacles, she is motivated to help equip others with the tools they need to make informed choices regarding their own health via personal development and fitness.
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Dragon’s Dogma: REVIEW (SWITCH)
Dragon’s Dogma Review
Dragon’s Dogma deserved this. Not just a second chance, like it had with Dark Arisen, an enhanced port from 2017, but a third and a fourth and more with its many releases. It finally finds itself on Switch and has found a great home on this portable console. If you’re like me and missed out on this title before, with it’s great, big open world and engaging monster hunting, this is an awesome add to your Switch collection.
When Dragon’s Dogma was announced for this platform, I had to ask Galaxy of Geek writer Deshawn Vasquez why it sounded familiar. He informed me that the game came out in the long shadow of Skyrim, despite the titles being a sales quarter apart. After playing the game I see why that would happen. I have been describing this game to friends as a combination of Skyrim and Monster Hunter. In the best way, like seriously. It has the open, in-depth RPG world of Skyrim and long, well thought out monster fights that last a little while, like they do in Monster Hunter. Add all this in a portable package, and this is a must grab for RPG lovers on the Switch.
So Dragon’s Dogma is dope #DDDA #DragonsDogma #NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/IE0XgkUgSS — Frank Duran (@yupfrank) June 4, 2019
The story isn’t exactly deep but like most great RPGs, the side quests are more a pull than the main ones. The main plot involves an ancient, evil dragon newly reborn, who comes down and steals your poor little heart right from your chest when you are out fishing. So, you spend the rest of the game routing out the dragon’s evil, dealing in the affairs of the kingdom and attempting to get your heart back. The side quests are where the world really opens up. There is a lot bubbling under the surface of every town you encounter. I really enjoyed getting lost on these little excursions, that I had to refocus and turn my attention back to the main quest. The plot ends with a great choice, and whatever course of action you choose changes the world dramatically for post game content. This isn’t the only time a choice you make will affect the world either, and I truly love that.
But this is what I spend most of the game doing, and I love it #DDDA #DragonsDogma #NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/K71CqTt4M8
— Frank Duran (@yupfrank) June 4, 2019
Now, Dragon’s Dogma isn’t only a single player questing marathon, it also has some multiplayer elements. Well, passive multiplayer, at least. Each player gets a pawn, a permanent addition to your team, which you can customize to your heart’s content. They each get their own class determined by your own team’s strategy, they also level up alongside your main character. When your game is connected to the internet, your pawn is available for other players to add to their party. This element was a lot of fun, because you get to put some serious personality into certain pawns and others that people have made are equipped with some seriously OP weapons. My favorite pawn I recruited was a masked woman named Lilith and she wielded this giant mace imbued with holy light and it wreeecked people. She was just the right amount of ridiculous to add to my party and ended up making my play-through a lot more fun.
The open world and pawn system would be enough for most RPG lovers but what I was really head over heels for was the giant monster fighting. Chimeras, cyclops, golems, gryphons and much more are here for a good ol’ scrap. I mean a scrap, too. Some of these fights can last a while, my longest lasting around 30 minutes. Some might groan at that length but I love that. It feels earned and when you finally slay a beast. Like Monster Hunter, you use the remains of the beasts to make better equipment. Maybe that franchise has just conditioned me to that style, but I love that rewarding gameplay loop.
It’s not a perfect port, though. Some of the graphics can be very muddy with all of this game’s dark colors. I also ran into several glitches and two crashes in my 35 hours with the game, neither of which were game breaking. Some glitches were just delayed texture pop-ins and objects disappearing. Also a fair warning, it’s hard. If you’re unprepared for encounters at all, you will get smashed. The combat isn’t as rigid as Dark Souls, but that still means you have to plan out your moves or a thief will stab you before you can light them up. The game is fair and only backs you up to your last save point, so save often and it won’t be too bad if you get shanked in the street.
Dragon’s Dogma is thoroughly enjoyable experience and being able to take it with you everywhere makes this port a great pick up. will please many a gamer but beware at the difficulty of this game. If you are looking for a decently priced open world RPG on switch, you will not go wrong with Dragon’s Dogma.
Galaxy of Geek Breakdown:
Rating: 8.5 Out of 10 biiiig Dragons
Time Played: 37 hours (35 to end of main quest)
Cost: $30 Physical
Spent most of the game: Jumping from roof to roof with levitate
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a game by Gamesquad
Editor Rating: 6/10, based on 1 review
In simpler times, all you had to worry about when confronted with a minor film-licensed game was the likelihood that it was a soulless, formula-driven cash-in, probably a generic shooter, probably complete nob. While those golden days are behind us, the bigger worry these days is that the developers will get the whole 'film' thing into their heads and take a crack at that nemesis of decent gameplay, the interactive movie. In a heartstopping twist, From Dusk Till Dawn has managed to tread a tightrope between the two. Crushing linearity and an insane preponderance of intrusive cut-scenes betray an overzealous cinematisation, while poor production values and uninspired gameplay hark back to a more traditional paradigm.
Let's face it though, the odds were against this one from the start. It's French, it's a low-budget first/third-person shooter, and its biggest claim to fame is that Hubert (Alone In The Dark) Chardot penned the script - which is passably generic at best. It also has possibly the weakest licence of all time - a five-year-old film, with a bizarre plot that lends itself to a computer game about as well as a teary cabaret musical, and no access to likenesses of the key actors.
Developer Gamesquad has thus opted to make its game a loose sequel that bears very little resemblance to the source material. You play as Seth Gecko, looking enough like George Clooney to maintain the connection without attracting any unwanted legal attention. It's five years after the film and you've been locked up on a prison tanker, but you get a chance at freedom when a group of vampires touch down and start to infect everyone on the ship. With a wooden stake strapped to your wrist and an increasingly lethal selection of projectile weapons at your side, your imperative is to save your sorry ass and get to the chopper. Not everyone on board is infected though, and this is where the game displays some determination to drag itself out of crippling mediocrity. As you make your way through the ship, cutting a bloody swathe through hordes of the undead, you are joined by a number of friendly NPCs. They either join you in firing holy vengeance from the barrel of a shotgun, or shuffle along uselessly in the hope that you'll protect them. Either way, their presence adds some welcome variety to the proceedings. As an added factor, you are often joined by characters who look identical to their newly undead workmates, leading to confusion and frequent friendly-fire fatalities. Annoying, but somehow quite realistic.
Beyond this, the game is a straight shooter with a vampire theme. Some of the weapons, such as the holy water crossbow, are interesting, if largely useless, but the survival horror elements we expected did not eventuate. The AI is generally OK, though friendlies do tend to get stuck on each other where their pathfinding intersects, occasionally forcing a restart. There are also some supremely maddening moments when you open a door and get a grenade in the face, with no chance of survival unless you knew it was coming.
What you're left with is a fairly standard B-grade action game with inadequate graphics and an over-emphasis on plot-building, and little hope of reanimating an already feeble licence.
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Eternal Uprising
Eternal Uprising is a dark fantasy card game where you must act as humanitys savior and rescue a crumbling world from ruin. Bring life to fables that have been hidden in myth since antiquity and fight alongside these gods and monsters to unleash the power of the Legends and defeat the fallen gods.
- STORY -
Long ago, Artemis succeeded in rescuing the world from the grasp of the fallen gods. In doing so, she became the savior of mankind and was revered for centuries to come as a symbol of all that is good. But as her legend started to fade, evil began to take root in the heart of man, until finally humanity committed the Seven Deadly Sins. It was at this time that the seven fallen gods, previously sealed by Artemis, descended upon the world.
The world fell into ruin.
In the blink of an eye, these fallen gods wiped out the civilization that mankind worked so very hard to build up. Time passed, and the prophet Marianne emerged. explaining that you are the one destined to restore the world to its former glory. Now it is time for the savior to rise up and begin a journey to save humanity!
- FEATURES -
* Recruit Legends, powerful warriors and beast, throughout your journey to make yourself even stronger.
* Create even more worthy Legends by evolving them together.
* Play with a Guild, band together with allies to take on tougher opponents in exciting events.
No achievements - Be the first to submit the list!
Genre: Strategy » Turn-Based » Card Battle
Developer/Publisher: Mobage, Inc.
Release: January 2, 2013
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Alpha 23 – Tune-up 2: Islands, Ocean, Sea gulls, Grass, Wind, Optimizations
For this update we were mainly focusing on adding some of the last engine changes: Bigger islands, Ocean waves depend on distance from the islands and each island can have its own sea gull flock. There is new grass and a new wind model added and many optimizations were done.
One of the two most visible changes that greatly improve the immersion with this update is the possibility to create bigger islands. They can hold up much more foliage, corals and animals and also due to this fact (not only due to gameplay) they are rarer, at most 0, 1 or 2 islands are spawned in an island cluster. The islands topology generator was also updated so the surface isn’t necessarily only flat – it is a little more elevated and there are some small tops on them. Please note: When some of the biggest islands is causing huge FPS drops try to lower the Environment quality settings or generate another world.
The next very nice added feature is the colored Pacific ocean. In future updates the color will change also based on the latitude the player is located on. In the actual state waves size, color, transparency and underwater blurriness are changing not only based on the wind speed but also on the distance from islands. In calm wind near shore the water can be very transparent while in strong winds between islands waves can be quite big making paddling a challenge.
There is a new – but not final – grass added which replaces the old bright green one. The new grass is lower, denser, nicer, consists of less triangles and generates less draw calls. The next important engine change was that every island which has beach rocks can have its own sea gull flock. This opens the door for more sea gull flocks per island and the creation of sea gull colony islands will be easier.
The new wind intensity model not simply and rapidly iterates between the minimal and maximal wind speed rates given for the actual day but also tends to stay in its minimal and maximal values for some more time. It is possible to happen that the player is left on the ocean with unchanging calm wind for about 1 ingame hour. This feature will be changing based on the difficulty setting in the future.
Besides adding these new features we decided to spend some time optimizing the game engine. The deeper ocean and the bigger islands caused higher CPU and GPU usage which we needed to address to keep the FPS high in as much time as it can. The optimization consisted of: Reducing the draw calls, optimizing the LODs, internal procedure refactoring, transform some code to parallel executing when that was possible. We will continue with code reviews and optimizations continuously to allow the game to be more enjoyable and to increase the possibility to make the world more detailed.
1. Added: Bigger islands
2. Added: Colored Pacific ocean
3. Added: Ocean water transparency based on wind strength
4. Added: Ocean water color based on wind strength
5. Added: Ocean underwater blurriness based on wind strength
6. Added: Ocean got bigger distance waves compared to shores
7. Added: Every island which is having at least one rock on the coast has its own Sea Gull flock
8. Added: New grass model
9. Added: New Wind intensity change model
1. Fixed: Around 25 internal engine, procedural and graphical optimizations
We will continue to work on the Animal AI as there are some issues which should be addressed with higher priority. As most of the major engine changes are already implemented we will now focus more again on adding new content and gameplay elements. With the help of our best ‘external’ team mate Chris we are preparing a new Main Menu and UI. We will work also on solving the new issues and we will recheck some older issues too. Other new features will be added as implementing the planned features and fixing issues allows us.
Thank you for your patience and for your constructive feedbacks helping us to get rid of the issues as fast as is possible.
Please be aware that during early access phase game code could change as much as affecting gameplay when loading/saving savegames from earlier versions. To always be on the safe side make sure to start a new game with each update. Thank you!
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Best of 2018 WRC
The best games of 2018
World Rally Championship (also known as WRC) is a rally driving game series created by Evolution Studios in 2001. Most of the games in WRC franchise are licensed by the FIA World Rally Championship and based on corresponding seasons. WRC is not your regular rally simulator though. The franchise incorporates a great dose of realism into the game. Settings, parameters, statistics and other details are there for players to mess with. But where this game truly shines is multiplayer. Players can test their skills against each other in many different modes. WRC games were released on multiple platforms and sold over 10 million copies worldwide. WRC is a hard but also rewarding game. Get your own copy and try your skill against the AI or against other players. Good luck!
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Hand of Fate 2 combines classic Dungeons and Dragons with Arkham-style combat
By Hunter Wolfe
Hand of Fate 2 is a direct sequel to Defiant Development’s 2015 roguelike and we got our *ehem* hands on the follow-up at PSX. While we encountered some very forgivable bugs in our demo, Hand of Fate 2 felt fresh and fun.
In Hand of Fate 2 (HoF2), you play as a nameless character who plays cards with the Dealer — the antagonist from the first game who has returned for his revenge. The game itself is actually a meta-card game that takes place on the tabletop between you and the Dealer where you complete challenges by using your deck of cards to survive RPG-lite “dungeon crawls”. There are 22 challenges in Hand of Fate 2, and we got to play the Hierophant mission. In this challenge, the Thieves Guild leader hires you to find and eliminate the person who plans to assassinate him.
Each challenge begins with you building your deck of cards, including equipment, weapons and companions, and here I found a lot of diversity. Appreciably, each weapon plays differently from each other in combat (big weapons move slowly, daggers are quicker, etc.), and companions come with unique perks that affect Hand of Fate 2’s gameplay.
For example, players will occasionally be prompted to participate in a precision minigame that requires you to stop a needle when it passes over a specific area. Do it right, and you may be rewarded with gold. Do it wrong, and you might lose valuable health. However, if you select newcomer Estrella as your companion, you get a second chance if you aren’t satisfied with your first attempt. Choosing Colborn, on the other hand, gives you an extra die to roll in the Hand of Fate 2’s dice minigame. For our demo, we chose to bring Estrella along for the ride.
Estrella is a new addition to Hand of Fate 2’s companions roster.
Cards lay face down in procedurally generated domino patterns on the table, and one card — the mission goal — is upturned. The face down cards change every time you play, and they range from combat encounters with Arkham-style combat to NPC encounters featuring semi-text adventure gameplay. One card I stepped on put me in an encounter with a ravenous plant guarding an unknown treasure, but to distract it and snag the treasure, I had to sacrifice a ring that gave me an extra advantage in combat. Decisions in the card game impact combat, for example, a failed pickpocket attempt will reduce my health in combat, or siding with a certain faction might result in having to face more enemies in a combat encounter.
On combat, Defiant Development told us that the feature was a major target area where the team wanted to improve. The result includes tighter dodging and countering mechanics and two great new mechanics. If an enemy is downed, you can use the trigger to perform an execution, and additionally, weapons now have special abilities that can be used after a successful string of attacks. Sometimes I felt that enemies just waited around for “their turn”, and additionally, in any encounter many of them look alike. This combination can make combat feel visually dated, but this is a minor complaint, because the action segments do such a great job of breaking up what could have been monotonous text-based gameplay.
In combat, the meter (top right) fills quickly with each successful strike against an enemy, and when full, players get to unleash a devastating attack.
The Thieves Guild leader believes one of his own plans to assassinate him, and he’s narrowed down the potential attackers to three people. Your task is to complete missions with each person — bribing and schmoozing when you can — to discern which of the three is the assassin, but you can only go questing with two of them before time runs out. I was impressed by the RPG gameplay that ensued; figuring out each person’s motives was more difficult than just running through all dialogue options, and it’s possible to not get enough information to identify the right person as the assassin.
I quested with a bearded man who seemed suspiciously honorable and a woman who seemed more loyal to coin than her leader, so I accused the woman — but I was wrong! Estrella and I were thrown into a combat encounter against the woman, and after dispatching her, the Thieves Guild leader was disappointed in our decision. In true RPG form, there are different endings to challenges in HoF2 based on different win/lose conditions, and each ending bears a different level of reward.
For you competitive players, each challenge has its own in-game objective, such as increasing your max hit point cap or, in my case, obtaining a certain amount of gold, and I enjoyed struggling to balance completing this objective in addition to the main challenge. When doing reconnaissance during the Hierophant challenge, you can bribe each suspect for information, but this is at odds with earning as much coin as possible (my side objective). Not only do side objectives like this one give your decisions more weight, but they definitely add to the game’s replayability.
Hand of Fate 2 features diverse environments and a slew of different enemy types. In my demo, I encountered slippery, coin-stealing goblins, rock creatures and traditional armor-clad knights.
If Hand of Fate 2 isn’t on your radar, it should be. Its melting pot gameplay caters to different types of players, from those who enjoy action/adventure games to those who enjoy traditional tabletop experiences, and so far, it’s succeeding at each of these.
Hand of Fate 2 is expected to launch in Q1 2017 on PC, PS4 and Xbox One.
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LNG Canada sets example, says First Nations leader
Getting a multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas (LNG) project built in Canada is no cakewalk.
Just ask Petronas, which abandoned its plans for a $36 billion LNG plant and associated pipeline in Prince Rupert in 2017.
After Petronas bailed, the prospect of a B.C. LNG industry seemed to evaporate, as it and other projects missed critical contract windows and then got hit by a major plunge in oil and LNG prices.
Then, last year, Royal Dutch Shell and its partners – which now include Petronas – sanctioned their $40 billion LNG Canada project, which is now in the early construction phase.
So how did they do it? How did Shell and Coastal GasLink manage to get their projects to the starting line, after more than a dozen other proposals fell by the wayside?
Answering that question was one of the themes at last week’s annual Canada Gas and LNG Exhibition and Conference, along with: “What are the prospects of two other major Canadian LNG projects – one for the West Coast and one for the East Coast – of getting to the critical final investment decision stage?”
Those projects – Kitimat LNG and Bear Head LNG – not only face the usual regulatory hurdles that all industrial projects face in Canada but also are in a race with “a whole slew of projects” in the U.S., Qatar and Mozambique that are expected to be sanctioned in 2019 or 2020.
Global demand for LNG is expected to grow, especially in China, which is rapidly shifting from coal to gas for power generation. Yao Li, CEO of SIA Energy, estimated China’s demand for LNG imports will rise to 90 million tonnes per year by 2030 from less than 40 million tonnes.
But in the U.S. alone, if all the projects that are investment-ready are approved, it would triple production capacity, from seven trains to 23, said Jack Weixel, vice-president of PointLogic Energy.
Projects sanctioned in 2019 or 2020 would add new production capacity by 2024 or 2025.
“By then, global demand may not be able to keep pace with this pending supply surge,” Weixel said.
In other words, projects that don’t reach a final investment decision (FID) this year or next could get edged out and have to wait for the next demand window, which tends to come in cycles, based on long-term contracts.
Asked last week if Chevron (NYSE:CVX) and Woodside Energy have a date in mind for sanctioning their Kitimat LNG project, Fred Eastwood, manager for Chevron Canada, said, “We don’t advertise dates for FID.”
As those attending last week’s conference learned, the LNG Canada and Woodfibre LNG projects succeeded, where others failed, because they had buy-in from First Nations. They also may have earned some social licence by designing projects that are said to have the lowest greenhouse gas emissions intensities in the world for LNG projects.
Other proponents hoping to develop LNG projects in Canada would do well to take lessons from LNG Canada, Woodfibre LNG and Coastal GasLink, which is building the pipeline that will serve the LNG Canada project in Kitimat. Those companies were able to get an unprecedented buy-in from First Nations.
“This project is making history and showing other industry project people this is how you do it,” said Karen Ogen-Toews, a former Wet’suwet’en chief and current CEO of the First Nations LNG Alliance.
With the exception of a small group of dissidents within the Wet’suwet’en that has been trying to blockade the Coastal GasLink pipeline, the company managed to secure agreements with every First Nation along the pipeline corridor.
“Coastal GasLink set the standard for how to deal with First Nations people,” said Archie Patrick, chief of the Stellat’en First Nation. “You can quote me on that.”
In Woodfibre LNG’s case, the company agreed to abide by an environmental assessment conducted by the Squamish Nation and entered a legally binding agreement with them. Woodfibre is expected to begin construction on its $1.4 billion to $1.8 billion plant in Squamish later this year.
First Nations speakers at last week’s conference said there is such strong support for LNG among B.C. First Nations because they see it as a clean form of energy that provides “economic reconciliation” in the form of revenue, careers and contracts for First Nations.
At peak construction, the LNG Canada plant in Kitimat and associated Coastal GasLink pipeline will require up to 10,000 workers. Tom Sigurdson, executive director of BC Building Trades, said there are enough skilled trades workers in Canada to meet that demand.
But at peak employment in 2021, he said, “we know we are going to have to borrow from our locals across Canada, as well as reach into the United States.”
As of last week, $500 million in contracts had been awarded on the project, according to BC LNG Alliance CEO Bryan Cox, and 600 people were employed, 45% of whom are from the Kitimat-Terrace region.
Perhaps not surprisingly, there is strong support in Kitimat for the project, including from the Haisla Nation, which has been aggressively pursuing an LNG industry for six years.
“In Kitimat, there is almost zero resistance to this project,” said Kitimat Mayor Phil Germuth.
To help First Nations members prepare for careers in the LNG industry, the provincial government invested about $30 million over three years to address barriers to education, training and employment, said Laurel Nash, assistant deputy minister of Indigenous relations and reconciliation.
“Over those three years, we trained over 4,000 people, and 43% of those Indigenous participants have retained employment over that time.”
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Avengers: Endgame became the subject of much debate and not everyone agreed with the Captain America of children with Peggy.
Boys every year we pursue now has a wife and children, they lived happily together until his death …
Like every other film related to time travel, time line is a major component in the core its story, Avengers Endgame became the subject of much debate recently, when fans debate whether science fiction logic of it has been thoroughly reviewed or not.
Especially with the ending, when an old Steve sitting lakeside in a leisurely, comfortable and handed back to the Falcon Captain America shield. These are details that many people most brain disorders because affordable with choosing a life in the past, Steve has also created a different timeline. Whether this is going to happen in the right way when we intervene in the timeline? Recently, two of the Avengers writer Complementary Christopher Markus and Stephen Seach is McFeely, gave fans more shocked about the events that occurred when Steve went back to live with Peggy. If you recall, in Captain America: Winter Warrior, we know that Peggy had two children with the man she married. Well, turns out the man was Steve Rogers, and that is indeed his children. At least,
Not only that, both that child can bring Super Soldier DNA. McFeelyy shared:
“It has always been our intention that Steve is the father of two children there. But again, there are gaps of time travel for that.”
Markus added:
“There is even the idea of introducing two babies, they have their Super Soldier DNA.”
But, seemingly, this is good news to make a few fans disappointed, because they think it will break the laws of time travel, overturning entire MCU. Someone on Reddit said:
“It breaks the rules of time travel is set in the film. And the director said Steve lived his life with Peggy timeline replaced and then jump back to the line of the original time as an old man. in my opinion, the directors have to correct for the aging writer of this. And since the writer claims about the details of the film, I despise them. in addition, it means Steve accidentally kissed one of his relative in the Civil War. not a fan of that. Instead, I’ll stick with the statement of the director. it complies with the rules switches and perfect it makes sense. “
Clearly, this latest disclosure of Markus and McFeely have caused a lot of confusion around the time travel element of the film. So, many people still believe in the brothers’ spokesman rather than the writer Russo. Capt. has created a new space for his line after time that he has returned to the original timeline, become an old man living in happiness.
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Weyauwega International Film Festival
Weyauwega, Wisconsin 54983
View on Google Maps Gerold Opera House
Weyauwega, WI 54983
Ian Teal
Kathy Fehl
THE WEYAUWEGA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
2019 will mark the ninth annual Weyauwega International Film Festival in Weyauwega, Wisconsin.
We are here to celebrate film and filmmaking and to bring filmmakers together from around the world to share their work with our film going public as well as with each other.
Whatever reflects your own sense of the world, of people, of the ties between people and conveys this personal sensibility to us will be valuable. At WIFF we show the work of filmmakers who are finding or at least listening for their own voice. There is no one way. We are looking for all genres of film: narratives, documentaries, features, shorts, comedies, experimental, animation, etc. Half of the films screened at WIFF are foreign language films. We will have late night screenings featuring especially eccentric or scary pictures. Film workshops and filmmaker forums are also a part of WIFF.
PSYCHOFEST!
Sixty years ago in 1959, the novel Psycho was written by Robert Bloch will living with his wife and daughter here in Weyauwega. He was inspired by the nearby Ed Gein murders in Plainfield, Wisconsin. Hitchcock purchased the rights to the novel and sent his art designer to the area for inspiration. You can spot the places on which many of the main locations were based including the Lake Shore Motel and the Bates Mansion. Our PSYCHOFEST Friday nights feature horror and thrillers so send 'em if you got 'em.
We award cash prizes to the best jury selected films in five different categories: Narrative Feature, Narrative Short, Documentary Feature, Documentary Short, Foreign Language Film.
WIFF encourages filmmakers to attend the festival and will provide local housing for visiting filmmakers as well as local transportation if needed. We have had filmmakers from around the world attending WIFF.
Some of our past Midwest Premieres include THE GRIM GAME, THE LOVE WITCH, HOLY MOTORS, ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW, BUCKY AND THE SQUIRRELS. Our 2013 pick for best documentary short, THE LADY IN NUMBER SIX won the Academy Award and our 2012 best narrative feature, WEST OF THUNDER has gone on to be awarded both the Best Film (Peace) and Best Film (Human Rights) 2012 by the Political Film Society of Hollywood, CA.
The festival will be held in the historic 1915 Gerold Opera House. The opera house features a bar as well as the Wega Bistro offering table service while screening films. A true destination festival! Set in the scenic farm country of Central Wisconsin, Weyauwega is located about 25 miles from Appleton, Wisconsin, and about 45 miles from Green Bay. The area is noted for its many lakes, cheeses and world class local beer!
WIFF is presented by Wega Arts, a 501c3 non-profit dedicated to creating and exhibition original works of art in film and theater.
Gerold Awards and Cash prizes are awarded in the following categories:
Best Narrative Feature - $300
Best Narrative Short - $200
Best Documentary Feature - $300
Best Documentary Short - $200
Best Foreign Language Film - $200
SUBMITTING YOUR FILM
Send an online screener through FilmFreeway or other online link:
(Dropbox, Google Drive, Vimeo, etc.) Send links to ian@wegafilm.org and include your FilmFreeway registration number.
We will accept DVD's or BRD's in the mail but online is preferred.
1) The application fee is non-refundable. DVD's or USB Drives will not be returned unless a prepaid mailer or label is included. By submitting you are agreeing to this and to being completely responsible for any problems which might arise due to any uncleared material (music or other) .
2) There may be distributors present but no distribution is guaranteed.
3) We will have a panel of judges. Winners will be announced on Saturday, November 16th. The first prize winner in each category will win $300 or $200 for shorts. Films submitted with a full fee waiver may not not be eligible for cash prizes.
4) People whose films have been selected will be notified by the first week of October, 2019.
5) Submitted films will not receive a screening fee if screened at the Weyauwega International Film Festival.
5) Weyauwega International Film Festival is hereby granted the right to utilize an excerpt from any film submitted and accepted for exhibition at the Festival for promotional purposes. The individual or corporation submitting the film hereby warrants that it is authorized to commit the film for screening, and understands and accepts these requirements and regulations. The undersigned shall indemnify and hold harmless Weyauwega International Film Festival from and against any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees, and costs of the court) which may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening, and loss of or damage to the screening videos entered.
Carol Brandt
This festival is small but mighty. I loved screening at the old cinema (the screening went perfect, no tech complaints at all).
Our Q and A after the film with the small group that attended was warm and welcoming. Definitely will be back.
Artie Romero
This festival team does a terrific job putting this event on, and always has! The location is a sweet setup for a comfy, fun film festival, a great little town and a fabulous theater. Recommended!
Melonie Gartner
It was one of the best film festivals that I had the opportunity to attend. Great lineup at a gorgeous venue. Great hospitality. I look forward to another festival at Weyauwega.
What a great experience! My first film, "Haunted State: Whispers from History Past" screened in 2015. Awesome little town! Friendly People!
Rufat Asadov
Good concept, large audience, high quality. Very very good!
Thanks for everything : nice festival!!!
Lovely and professional. I would recommend other film makers to apply.
Later than Late Deadline
Narrative Films 60 min or longer
Narrative Film Under 70 minutes
Documentary Film 50 minutes or longer
Documentary Film under 50 minutes
Animated Film of any length
Gold Members: $9 USD
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Hell yeah! Brie Larson is playing the first ever female presidential candidate in new biopic
Brittany Malooly
We can not get ENOUGH of Brie Larson! Room, Short Term 12, and Trainwreck are some of our favorites. Because of this, we are so excited to hear that the Oscar-winner has an exciting new project coming up. Larson will play first female presidential candidate Victoria Woodhull! Go Brie! Go Victoria! Go girl power!
We’ll admit that we’re excited for this film for another reason other than our love, Brie: we don’t know as much as we should about Victoria Woodhull.
The film will center on Woodhull’s incredibly interesting life. Just this summary from Deadline gave us chills for a sec:
“Woodhull was a suffragist who became the first woman to run and be nominated for President of the United States in 1872, more than 40 years before women had the right to vote. She was a women’s liberator, non-conformist, conniver, narcissist, politician, and rebel. Her con-artist father taught her and her sisters to channel spirits in front of crowds to bilk the superstitious. These skills formed the start for an ambitious climb that would bring Woodhull from rags to riches and back again.”
Wow. Crazy.
According to the Guardian, Woodhull was called “Mrs. Satan” by a popular newspaper for running. Ugh. Sigh. She faced fierce cultural opposition and was even jailed three days before election day for sending “indecent and obscene publications” (AKA the feminist and generally far-left newspaper she published along with her sister) through the mail. She was released a month later and exonerated from all charges.
From jail, she said in a letter to the New York Herald on election day (again from the Guardian):
“To the public I would say in conclusion they may succeed in crushing me out, even to the loss of my life: but let me warn them and you that from the ashes of my body a thousand Victorias will spring to avenge my death by seizing the work laid down by me and carrying it forward to victory.”
Okay, now we really have chills.
Brie herself has opened up lately about wanting to use her celebrity status to advance the goals of feminism. She said while interviewing Jane Fonda about feminism for Net-a-Porter, “I’d put it all on the line and be an activist for the rest of my life because it doesn’t feel right to me to be quiet.”
We love your spirit, Brie!
Brie is also producing the film, so we assume it’s a passion project for her. Dope. Even better? You’ll be able to check out the flick without leaving home. It’ll be on Amazon! We can’t wait!
By Brittany Malooly
A new Spice Girls movie is coming and all five members are on board, so get your sky-high platforms ready
The first photo of Tom Hanks as Mister Rogers is here, and it's a wonderful day in the neighborhood
Ariana Grande just joined Ryan Murphy's The Prom, and now it might have the most famous people in one movie ever
Chris Hemsworth revealed an Avengers: Endgame behind-the-scenes clip, and we don’t know whether to laugh or cry
Frozen 2's first-ever trailer is here, and fans are spotting this Harry Potter connection
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Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie have questions for Leonardo DiCaprio about THAT Titanic scene
Brie Larson was told Captain Marvel should "smile more," so she posted photoshopped pics of male superheroes smiling
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Monument MHG58694 - Ceannacroc Power Station
MHG58694 - Ceannacroc Power Station
A hydroelectric power station built in the 1950s as part of the Great Glen Hydroelectric Power Scheme.
POWER STATION (Modern - 1901 AD to 2100 AD)
Ceannacroc is a medium sized power station housing a single turbine and built entirely underground with an unlined access tunnel with horseshoe arch. The station uses water from Cluaine dam (MHG37170) which is conveyed through a pressure tunnel bored through solid bedrock. The tailrace discharges into the River Morriston which is dammed downstream by Dundreggan dam (MHG30014) allowing the water to be used twice more at Glenmorriston and Livishie power stations (MHG58696 and MHG58695). The station house a 22MW set and a 4MW compensation set all of which were refurbished along with the turbine hall interior in the late 1990s. Ceannacroc is an early example of a subterranean power station and amongst the earliest to be developed in the UK. The Great Glen scheme is characterised by the use of underground stations with other examples including Livishie and Glenmorriston. The design of subterranean stations was pioneering for this date with most developments using surface stations and steel penstocks for the pressure system. This structure was recorded as part of HES' Hydro-Electric Digitisation Project during 2010-11. <1>
GIS Spatial data created 2018 based OS Master Map. <2>
<1> Interactive Resource/Online Database: RCAHMS. Canmore, online database of the Royal Commission for the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS).
<2> Image/Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Mastermap. Digital. XY
Centred NH 2244 1084 (101m by 67m)
URQUHART AND GLENMORISTON
https://canmore.org.uk/site/312945/ceannacroc-power-station (Link to online HES Canmore record)
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Video interview: Former Apple exec Tim Bucher wants to save your memories with Lyve
Janko Roettgers Jan 6, 2014 - 5:47 PM CDT
Former Apple executive Tim Bucher recently launched his new startup LyveMinds out of stealth mode. At CES, he’s now showing off the company’s new LyveHome device, and talking about their mission to simplify storing and sharing photos and videos. Check out my interview with Bucher below:
We’ve been covering LyveMinds pretty closely, even when it was in stealth mode and was then known as Black Pearl Systems. The company is moving from stealth to launch pretty quickly and this Spring they aim to sell the LyveHome for around $300. The device will offer consumers a kind of personal managed cloud for their media, automatically replicating pictures and videos across devices to always keep multiple copies and make it available everywhere where people would want to view it.
Bucher showed me a few demos, which included taking photos with a Wi-Fi-connected camera and even plugging a GoPro video camera straight into the LyveHome device. In each instance, other devices logged into the same account had access to the same media almost instantly. He explained that Lyve always keeps a database of all the media metadata, and then automatically determines where to copy files, and how to sort them. For example, photos are initially sorted by date, but Lyve also takes location data into account, and automatically starts to build collections for, say, your vacation based on that data.
Lyve is about to announce a few additional partnerships at CES, including one with Vizio, which is officially going to be unveiled Tuesday. Vizio’s new smart TVs will offer consumers access to a Lyve app, which makes it possible to access media stored on a LyveHome device on the TV. Bucher told me that his team built an HTML5 TV app for Vizio, and added that he expects it to be available on other TV platforms in the near future as well.
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Ashwaubenon restricted by state budget addition
This rendering shows a proposed housing development on William Charles Court and Marvelle Lane in Ashwaubenon. The project was discussed at the Tuesday, Sept. 26 meeting. Image Courtesy of Schulfer Architects
By Ben Rodgers
ASHWAUBENON – A trustee of Ashwaubenon said an 11th hour addition to the state budget will “wreak holy hell” locally.
The comment was made in regard to legislation that allows the village to license short term rentals operating 10
or more days a year.
This is essentially a mandate from the state which will mean the village will have to comply with rentals for
homes people rent out for special events for seven to 28 days.
The change replaces an ordinance passed by the village about a year ago that limited short-term rentals to a
select few properties by Lambeau Field.
It was passed as a way to stop the community from changing due to the spread of short-term rentals.
“This is going to wreak holy hell in this community. Holy hell.” said Ken Bukowski, trustee. “It’s going to be
miserable to regulate.”
The addition to the budget was made anonymously, at the last minute.
“This is an issue that we just found out about. It was handed to us in the back of the budget at the state level,
and it is the state pretty much dictating to us what we can do,” said Mary Kardoskee, village president.
Tony Wachewicz, village attorney, drafted up an ordinance in response to the legislation.
“We’ve been scrambling to put this together and at least get something in place as far as a stop gap measure,”
Wachewicz said.
The ordinance, presented and approved unanimously at the meeting, contains information about the
processing of the license, licensing agents, provisions to comply with paying the room tax, display of the
license, an appeals process and a fee schedule, among other items.
Trustee Mark Williams called for tighter regulations, possibly the addition of a conditional use permit requiring
owner occupation.
“If we’re getting regulated by the state of Wisconsin I would rather over regulate at a local level to prohibit
something the people of Ashwaubenon don’t want,” Williams said.
Wachewicz said that addition would indirectly prohibit the legislation which would allow the ordinance to be
challenged. But he will investigate owner occupation language.
Passing the first draft is a step legally required enroute to a tighter final copy.
Concern was also raised regarding the fact that the legislation was tacked on to the state budget in a way that
allows for the legislator who presented it to remain anonymous.
“In my email to the governor I said ‘That’s what’s wrong with Washington politics and you just brought it to
Madison,’” Kardoskee said.
Trustee Gary Paul said the move is an affront to local governments.
“It’s going to get to the point where they’re not going to need local government anymore and they’ll run it from
the big house in Madison,” Paul said.
The ordinance will be discussed again at a special Village Board meeting at 7 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 6.
In other business
The village also approved two separate planned unit development overlays for two proposed apartment complexes.
A planned unit overlay, or PUD, requires approval from the board and allows for a building to have its own
zoning district.
The first apartment complex would be on Marvelle Lane and William Charles Court.
The project includes a total of five units housing 67-78 apartments each. The total number would be around
345 units, when all phases of development are complete.
The village originally purchased the properties and cleared the site for redevelopment.
“Integral to this development is a large urban greenspace,” said Steve Shulfer, partner with Sketchworks
Architecture.
The development would offer rooftop gathering areas, outdoor gathering areas, a community center, and an in-
building fitness center.
Apartments would range from studio to three bedroom units, with the majority being one to two bedroom.
Rents are not finalized but would be $750 to $850 for a studio, $1,500 for a two bedroom, and $1,800 for a
three bedroom, according to Bert Slinde, project partner.
Rents would be subject to the view the apartment has of Lambeau Field.
The PUD, which was approved unanimously, would be for the first phase of the project, or the first building.
A final PUD will need to be presented and approved by the village board at a future meeting.
The second PUD was also approved unanimously for the first phase of an apartment project at 791 Morris
Avenue.
The entire four building project would house around 350 apartments when completed.
“Its intent is that is supposed to be very inviting for the public to come in and stay,” said Tim Wolosz, principal
at Engberg Anderson Architects.
This development offers the potential for retail development as well as an outdoor stage for music.
Wolosz said the rent would be competitive with the first project presented but that he was not at liberty to
discuss any specifics.
As with the other project, a final PUD will need to be presented and approved by the village board at a future
meeting.
This rendering shows a proposed housing development on William Charles Court and Marvelle Lane in Ashwaubenon. The project was discussed at the Tuesday, Sept. 26 meeting.
Image Courtesy of Schulfer Architects
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Most Recent Platinum
Started by Muff, July 23, 2011
38,772 posts in this topic
blu3st4rdust305 360
God of War: Ascension - PS3 (#188)
"Champion of the Gods"
Having played the three numbered entries in the series immediately beforehand, this game feels very much "less than." The story is only what appears to be a side quest sandwiched within the original timeline, with no actual consequence (let's be real, none of the games seem to have any actual consequence outside of perhaps the first one). The set-pieces are impressive with the Titan Hecatonchires opening up the game very well and the end game QTE fest being very well directed. The climb up the Statue of Apollo was also much more significant and impressive than prior games, allowing for some great cinematic moments.
Where this game just completely messed things up, was in the combat. It is painfully apparent, the combat system was altered to allow for an ill-fated and unnecessary multiplayer component. Knowing this was the last entry to the series before the recent reboot, it is obvious the developers and, hopefully, Sony learned their lesson. The combat is not fluid with certain actions taken away from you during certain fights, such as magic being completely subjugated by world weapons, inexplicably. The fairly decent block and parry were given a delay factor, leaving you open to attack. As a result, all I found myself doing was jumping and dodging like a madman during the more testing battles.
The game forced all fights as epic arena style scenes, which grew tiresome rather quickly. The challenge the "new" combat system provided truly only manifested itself into sheer frustration at the occasionally defeatist odds the game stacked against you. The battle before the slide and the Gauntlet were both points of nearly quitting the game due to the arbitrary feeling combat results. Ultimately though, there is a manner in which to master the combat, which was much less satisfying than the prior games. The only real positive I took away was the 4 different "magic" power ups for your blades. It was rather satisfying to fry baddies with an overwhelming amount of electricity.
Hopefully, this is the low point of the series, as I did very much enjoy all three numbered entries and will move forward with Chains of Olympus and the Ghost of Sparta.
Undead Wolf 12,695
Watashi Kininarimasu!
#248 - Gran Turismo 6
Gran Turismo Platinum Trophy
Earn all trophies in Gran Turismo 6.
This isn't a genre I typically play, but GT6 was one of the games that came with my PS3 when I bought it at the end of 2013 (the other game being The Last of Us), and it has been left at a low completion all this entire time. What this inevitably means is I had to download and install all of the updates since then which was a huuuuge pain as anybody who's aware of this issue can tell you. It took forever. Other than that, I did have a decent time revisiting the game though.
Even as someone who has next to no experience with the genre, I didn't find the platinum to be very difficult for the most part. There were a couple of gold ranks that gave me some trouble, but nothing too crazy. By far the most obnoxious trophy was 'Autobarmy', requiring you to drive 7,903 miles. By the time I was done with all of the other trophies in the base game, I was probably around 2,000. At least there was a method you could using involving elastic bands on the controller to rack up the miles for you, but it still took 30 HOURS of non-stop driving. Admittedly, I could have been more efficient, but it's still a ridiculous trophy.
Unfortunately, this game added DLC trophies, and I found one of them to be quite a bit harder than anything in the base game. I'm sure I could get it if I spent tens of more hours with the game, but honestly, after that 'Autobarmy' nonsense, I'm burned out. I think I'll just leave the game at 97% completion for a while, maybe forever. At least I got the plat.
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Platinum #33 - Castlevania Requiem
Difficulty Rating 4/10
Enjoyment Rating 9/10
Uncommon - 22.24%
This flawed yet convenient collection contains Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night. As a big lover of the Castlevania Dracula X sub-series, do I recommend Requiem to anyone? That depends. You're going to get three great things out of this package. Price, convenience and trophies. But I'm afraid it's kind of downhill from there. From what I am able to tell, these games are not the PC Engine and PS1 originals. I believe they are heavily upscaled from their PSP counterparts within The Dracula X Chronicles. Is that good? Not if you're a purist for these two games like myself. I'm going to say that Rondo of Blood got the better treatment out of the two. It had me pretty well fooled for a while thinking it was the PC Engine original, it's about as close at it gets without having to pay a billion dollars for a decent PC Engine set up with the needed CD attachment and the game itself. If it were up to me, I would say go download it from the Wii Shop Channel, but that's no longer feasible ;-; So if you're going to play Rondo of Blood in a faithful way without breaking the bank, I do recommend Requiem in that regard. Plus, it contains an English dub for the first time, making this version unique in it's own right. But what about Symphony of the Night you ask? That's on a completely different spectrum. I know for a fact that this particular version comes from the PSP. If you like to wear headphones while playing games and want to crank up that soundtrack, you're gonna have a bad time. Not because the music quality is bad, in fact it sounds pretty good and I couldn't find any abnormalities involving it. The dreadfulness comes from the altered sound effects. They are loud, high pitched and will make your ear drums bleed. There is no volume slider in the options so it's not as if you can turn them down, especially when you want to enjoy the awesome music. There is also the re-dubbed dialogue to take into consideration, no more "what is a man" instead we get a completely new English dub that doesn't sit well with the fans and makes Alucard sound like a total wuss. You cannot select the old dub, but you can switch it to Japanese. That's what I ended up doing because the new dub will never do it for me. The new voices for Richter and Dracula are pretty good, but Alucard's new voice completely kills it for me. The reason why I'm so forgiving towards Rondo of Blood's dub is because it wasn't dubbed in 1993 and there was nothing to re-dub in the first place. I get why Symphony of the Night was re-dubbed though. It was to stay consistent with Richter's voice as well as Dracula's from Rondo of Blood. Still... in Symphony of the Night's case, it takes away part of the original charm and cheesy good fun. Imagine re-dubbing over the original Resident Evil 1, anything new would be better, yes, but it would still be criminal to change it anyway. Transforming into mist is mapped to pressing two buttons instead of one now. Once in a while, walking in a certain part of the map won't fill in that percentage, you might need to walk back into the room five times just to get it to register that one square. Utterly annoying to say the least and not something I recall happening from the PS1 original. I should also bring up the scanline filter, it's fake. Because I noticed the scanlines go through the pixels, not in between them. Now, do all these setbacks break the immersion from Requiem as a whole? Not necessarily, but it does give off a rather artificial feeling compared to the original games. That said, I didn't give Konami the money for this lazy attempt of a remaster. Instead, I mooched off a local friend's account and played it that way. It's the principal that matters, had these been absolutely perfect, you bet I'd throw my money at Konami. But I did enjoy doing the trophy run, which scored me a shiny platinum for two of my most favorite games ever ^^ I'm not saying avoid Requiem at all costs, but you should experience the PS1 original of Symphony of the Night in it's entirety first. You can download it off the PS Store and play it on your PS3 or Vita. Once you have done that, then you will have earned your right to play Requiem Yes, this collection contains two great games but they come with a rather questionable porting job, that's the lesson here. I shall leave this video here that explains in great detail all the version differences of these two amazing games. But enough talk, have at you!
jaehyun1009 1,405
#125 - Crash Bandicoot: Warped
The N. Vincible Crash Bandicoot!
Collect all the Crash Bandicoot: Warped trophies.
Difficulty 5/10
Enjoyment 9/10
Final game of the trilogy and now all 3 games are at 100%. I've previously completed Stormy Ascent and then Future Tense after getting this platinum, both of which are tough levels but are more than manageable if you can get the platinum trophy for their respective games.
This was my favorite game of the trilogy with lots of upgrades and different gameplay that offered some relieve from pure platforming. Getting the gold relics were the easiest in this level with so many more upgrades and more lenient relic times, but some sections were still quite tough.
This is a solid remaster that kept me entertained while evoking nostalgia. As for myself, I will be going for the Bioshock collection trilogy now.
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#372 Bonds of the Skies
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Astro bot rescue mission. Took me 3 months but i was taking my time cos it is a unbelievable game. Gutted now ive finished it
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Location: Ames, Iowa
Been gone a week. New plats!
Plat #325 - Tales of Hearts R
Master of Hearts
Proof of a perfect completion of Tales of Hearts R. Thanks for playing! Your love and dedication are hugely appreciated!
Man. The trophy descriptions in this game are painful to read. ToH is one of the weaker Tales entries that I've played, but it's OK.
Plat #326 - Criminal Girls 2
You've achieved all of the trophies!
Did you like Criminal Girls? Do you want to play the exact same game again? Then this title is for you! Pretty good, though the additions to battle didn't really help. Sexy time poses were much funnier this time around. The plat isn't so missable, either. But beating final bosses for a total of 16(!) times is pretty damn dry.
Plat #327: Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
Top of the Heap
You have mastered the game and collected all there is to collect!
Please stop bringing back these 3D platformers without first making significant improvements to camera and control. I never played this game on PS2, but it was a slog on PS4. 3D platformers kind of disappeared from existence for many years. There's a reason why, I think.
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snakebit10 5,416
Master Botanist
While I did enjoy this little game and wouldn't mind seeing Lili on some other adventures. Some of the trophy requirements were uncalled for. So yeah it is easy peezy lemon squeezy but fun enough to play through.
I'll finish up Rise of the Tomb Raider and started Mirror's Edge Catalyst last night.
jonesey46 117
Platinum #126
Picked this up super cheap (less than £2!) for my Vita and I was pleasantly surprised! Nice little addictive puzzle game which takes aspects from the main Hitman games and translates them into neat little board games. Loved the visual style and the platinum didn't take that long at all. I was pretty much glued to my Vita as soon as I started it!
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#221 - Bleed
Unlock all BLEED Trophies.
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#427 - Sherlock Holmes The Devil's Daughter
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#97 - Orcs Must Die! Unchained
Master of Murder Sprinkles
I had been thinking about playing this game ever since I found out about it as it looked pretty awesome, but kept being put off by the grind to Plat it. Then, when server shutdown was announced, I figured it was basically now or never to go for it. At the time, I wasn't sure if I'd manage to get the Plat, but I figured if I went for it I'd either get it and have my new rarest plat, or I'd fail and forever be unable to maintain a 100% profile (which I'd have right now if Amnesia hadn't just released a DLC trophy that I need to play through that garbage again to get) and it might be healthy for me to not be so obsessed and therefore able to put games down when I hate them. Either way, I promised myself when I started trophy hunting that I would never let trophies put me off playing a game I wanted, so I went for it.
Turns out I managed, and I'm so happy I did. And even though I've basically played nothing else for the last two months, I have no regrets. It was a really great game, and my only regret is not starting it sooner so I could've enjoyed the experience instead of it becoming a daily chore to squeeze in as much of the grind as I could. There's a huge attention to detail in the maps that you don't notice as you play, but to keep the grind entertaining I went around all the maps looking at them and appreciating the detail. The characters and the humour were good too (although Dobbin's lines started to get old a short way into the grind, but at least they were short and not too annoying), and the game is generally great fun. Other than the grind I really enjoyed the game, especially the process of building tactics for trap placement in each map, and adjusting them to get to 5* on each map.
Anyway, I was just excited about managing it (with almost two weeks to spare) so wanted to post here. Now to go do Hard Mode on Amnesia to get 100% completion on my profile and not play any new games for a few days (and I'll also need do Episode Ardyn tomorrow, when FFXV's final DLC is released at last and I can remove that 90+GB game from my hard drive...).
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#25: Just another day at the office.
There it was, my first Call Of Duty experience in almost 15 years. I avoided this series like the plague for several reasons, my passionate disgust for Activision and the atrocious multiplayer community being my strongest motivations. However, this game came for free so Activision would not see a dime, and all the trophies had to be done in singleplayer, so I gave it a go. Was it a good experience overall? No. Was it the worst? Not even close, but it surely was annoying and frustrating at times.
First to the games strong points. The story, while being bare bones and utterly basic, had its moments. The character of Captain Price was lazily reused from the very first Call Of Duty, I distinctly remember him dying back in the Tirpitz mission, WW2, that stuck with me long after for how difficult it could be. Decades later he still has not really aged but I was still glad to see him back. The were some memorable quotes, some funny dialogues and some pretty epic scenes. Sadly, that is where it ends.
So what was wrong with the game? Well first of all this was the one of the most poorly optimized games I have ever played. This game had the nerve to demand a fourth of my hard drive space, only to then run like utter shit. Not kidding, while I played the PS4 almost crawled to a halt whenever I wanted to do something other than playing the game, like checking which trophy I just earned or messaging someone, never had that happen to me with any other game so far. Speaking of trophies and performance, trophies often took between 20 and 40 seconds to pop after fulfilling the requirements, which was another first for me. This game also had several crashes with error messages, and in the first actual level was a funny bug that killed me like 6-7 times by just fading the screen to black telling me I "went the wrong way" during an escape section, even though I was following one of the other characters in a narrow path, which seems to be a known bug. Activision is the single most greedy company in the industry by a mile, they have the ressources to do better, but they clearly don't give a fuck.
Technical shit aside, what else pissed me off? The trophies, most annoyingly the Veteran difficulty trophies. This difficulty was cheap as all hell, making it a matter of luck to just run through sections and pray that no bullet hits you while you run, not to mention the absurd number of RPGs people casually carry around and point at you as if killing you solves all of their problems. With bullets going through the wall, cover was almost useless and even if you find a good and safe spot, enemies will spam grenades in that spot, sometimes 3-4 at a time. The whole ordeal was trial and error, as enemies you do not yet know are there will wait for you around a corner, then instakill you. Oh yeah, they also spawn endlessly until you run further into the game, so have fun dying over and over again. How were the missions designed? Badly, most of them anyway. Two great missions aside, most of them were shit, providing classics like escort missions, holdout sections and timed sections, often with crappy checkpoint placement. One mission was shoving all of these elements together into one big mess. If you do not get insta killed or stuck, sometimes missions end because your allies run straight into your line of fire, often leading to mission failure due to friendly fire, which is fun with some of the checkpoint placements. The trophy clean ups weren't too bad at least, but there were some stinkers as well. God damn you Best Of The Best trophy!
Also, screw most of these loading screen quotes, especially the shit marines sucking themselves off, that is not what you want to read after 20 deaths while your marine comrades are doing jack during your mission.
Could go into more detail about the missions, but this wall is already long enough as it is. Overall the game was a below average shooter for me that had the potential to be an average shooter, but thanks to the frustrating Veteran difficulty and crappy mission design it was quite underwhelming. Have to admit though, even with all its flaws it was somewhat nice to play a simple first person shooter again for the first time in years. I have no desire to play multiplayer so I am done with the game at this point, and I am not touching another one of these if I can help it. Up to a more enjoyable game, Tropico 5 is on the horizon, hope playing the dictator and sending the soldiers is more fun than being a soldier was.
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#360 - Dark Souls
The Dark Soul
All trophies obtained. Congratulations!
I love Souls game, but I always play them in coop, so it sucks that the "new" one (Sekiro) is just sp. Well, we played DS 2 first where you can fast travel anytime to any bonefire, so it was easier to go through areas together without worrying about dying going back to the last bonefire to help each other through, unlike on DS (which Im glad they changed that). On this one you cant fast travel to bonefires and when you can, you can just to specific ones, so some areas were weird and tough to go back for each other, or at least for me, I get more scared of dying so I die more and keep loosing humanities which I need for summoning and also health, (glad they changed that too lol), here you cant really heal when summoned, unless you have magic and you want to use your humanities. But beside those things and a lot of glitches, I still enjoyed it, fun hard game to play in coop with @HailHale81. 😀
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platinum #350 Storm Boy (ps4)
completed in 27 minutes and 23 seconds
platinum rarity 98.59% common
that didn't last long, except for the 2 day grind in gnomes garden: new home. going to use my non-plat credit to add to a higher tier game which is going to be Senran Kagura Peach Beach Splash (ps4) download time will allow me to fuel up with a pasta lunch it's going to be FTW.
#249 - Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae
Complete domination
All the trophies unlocked
So this is definitely not a good game and it pretty much has a non-existent budget, but still, I can't deny that I had some fun with this one. I didn't pay very much for it either. The game has 6 stages, most of which consist of wave survival against generic enemies until you reach a boss fight at the end. It gets pretty repetitive, especially since the strategy is the same for 90% of the game. You have to do 5 playthroughs too, but thankfully, the game is pretty short. It's actually kind of a tough plat, mostly due to the fact how there's a one hit death mode you have to beat, and there's a certain enemy and boss fight where you're pretty much forced to parry them. Not tough in a good way, but it feels very cheap at times.
Even despite all this, there's just something about this game that made it enjoyable for me. Probably the Japanese school girl protagonist who flashes her panties a lot during moves, I dunno. But yeah, the game was just something to do when watching/listening to other stuff. There are definitely worse games on the PSN.
Elvick_ 3,550
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Master Farmer
Unlock all other trophies
I love this game. Got me on a farm/sim kick with other games waiting to plat this one... while still playing since it's fun. I just wish the other DLC would come out already so I can fill out my farm with different stuff. But there's another event in 6 days to look forward to.
The game isn't perfect, the main menu is misleading on what's possible. It has a lot of curved roads and a road leading straight in the middle of a 2x2 building which is impossible. Everything is grid based and at best you can put things on the lines of the grid (fences, lights, sprinklers). The most annoying part of this is that the environment isn't limited to that. So it has little lakes and cracks filled with water with little bridges on them, and hills and raised platforms and they can have rounded parts so it's hard to get something going with them that looks alright. But it makes it a nice challenge to make something pretty out of it. Which is actually kind of nice. Makes you be creative. I do wish roads worked differently though as that's the most awkward aspect. Especially since every big bridge is at an angle so there's no way to properly lead a road to it. It'll always be awkward.
And there's stuttering every so often. Especially as someone joins your farm online. A patchnote said they fixed it for the online joining, but I haven't been online since someone harvested my animals when I asked not to with my start up message... and I haven't been able to load up other farms for awhile anyway. More on why I don't want animals harvested later.
I like that crops, plants, fish, animals, the farm itself, you (farmer) all have their own levels. I think that's really neat. RPG mechanics make things more engaging for me. And I've just unlocked the final animal after leveling up the last type of sheep I needed. Now I have everything. All flowers, animals, etc. I need more! D:<
The biggest issue from a gameplay is the animals. They run counter to the general feel of the game. They require constant micromanagement. Unless you place a farmhand on them. And generally that would be fine, but there's a item called a "feeder" that costs 4 ribbons (the most valuable currency for your farm; tickets are only used for farmhand payment and indoor item purchases so aren't as important in my view and they're way easier to get). Anyway, the feeders cost 4 ribbons and also need constant micromanagement. They only feed two times as far as I can tell. So it barely minimizes how much you have to check your animals. And unlike EVERYTHING else, the animals flat out stop their progress when not fed. So unlike everything else you can't get them harvest ready when you aren't actively playing. Since farmhands don't function when your farm is off [that would be a waste of tickets]. Feeders do function while off, but they don't last long.
To compare to how terrible it is. The sprinkler. It may only water 2 squares, but it works at all times. There's no micromanagement involved. And it halves the time it takes for a crop to be harvestable. And makes sure that flowers are as valuable as possible. (the flowers give out based on how filled up their water meter was during the time until their harvest; no water means less money/crystals) And sprinklers... are only 1 ribbon. I have them in all my farm plots and flower areas. Meanwhile I only have one feeder. Feeders are a total waste and everybody thinks they/animals suck.
This is why I don't want people to harvest the animals. Because when you get a quest that involves harvesting animals they take foreeeeeever to accomplish. So having a bunch of animals ready to harvest really cuts down on the process.
Other than animals I love how the rest of the mechanics work. It has a nice natural progress from focusing on earning enough gold to be able to manage the basic farming needs. To earning crystals to buy better things and expand your farm. And you buy the stores/stands which you use to exchange all your materials or crystals. Certain ones will give you a new material like jam/cheese which you then use at another store to exchange for ribbons! And eventually the ribbons become your focus. It keeps you motivated toward something at all times.
Definitely going to keep on playing the game.
DEI2EK 876
Plat #21 Far Cry 3 Classic Edition
Second time playing the game, first was on PC. Played on PS4 just for the trophies honestly. Fun game, but it can be pretty repetitive since outside of missions youre basically just doing the same thing liberating outposts.
plat was pretty easy tho
LunarCharm 283
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#39 - Code: Realize - Bouquet of Rainbows
C: R Master
Obtain all trophies
Sagaan 625
Ultimate G
Location: Germany,Nürnberg
#130- Dragons Quest 11
A Wonderfull game ,the Story is epic asf. in my eyes dq 11 is the best rpg for the current gen, i wish they bring more games like dq 11 out. the plat took me around 95 hours nothing is missable. Even when u finish the game theres lot of stuff u can do in postgame, like repair ur hometown and helping other homies around the world,oh yeah nahui.
Inuty 988
Hidden Agenda (PS4)
Enjoyment: 7/10
Difficulty: 3/10
Time: 15 hours
Ni No Kuni 2 (PS4)
Dark Souls: Remastered (PS4)
DarthDeathscythe 215
. Mr. Death
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Damn it was a long road, many multiplayer trophies and getting S+ for every mission was quite hard. But as for a spin-off of Resident Evil series this game is pure fun
#373 PS4 version of Metagal
#374 Vita version of Metagal
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#198: Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance
I was looking forward to this game a lot, since it was a KH game I didn't play before. But it turned out to be a horrible experience. As usual, let's take a look at the good things: I like the Flowmotion mechanic, that makes it easier to traverse areas, which have become bigger and bigger since KH1. The game has some new brand new worlds and Hunchback of the Notre Dame surprised me a lot, as I don't really like the movie. My biggest issue from KH Birth by Sleep was solved: the story doesn't require multiple playthroughs with a character and the reports are shared. The things I disliked are: the worlds don't add anything to the overall story (far less compared to previous games), the pokemon mechanic feels out of place in Kingdom Hearts, the Flick Rush mini-game is a boring KH Chain of Memories-ish card game where the opponents cheat on the highest difficulty by immediately cancelling an attack and going into defense mode, there are way too many secret portals (78 in total) and you only have access to 1 per world per character. Switching between characters randomly unlocks a new portal, so completing them all is a boring chore as the game will open ones that you've completed before.
Now that doesn't sound too horrible and it isn't. However, the reports have glitched trophies. I encountered that glitch and reloaded an earlier save file (about 10 hours of post-game clean up had to be redone) and it still didn't unlock. Afterwards, I deleted everything and started a brand new playthrough, doing everything over again... and the trophy still didn't pop. So, afterwards I re-downloaded the save from the first playthrough again and thought to give it one more try before giving up. And this time it popped when fulfilling the requirement. I have no idea what caused the glitch, nor what solved it, but I'm glad it worked in the end.
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No Man's Sky I could pick a lot of songs I like from the NMS soundtrack but this is probably the one I come back to most. I do wish some of the songs on the second disc were broken up as I love the 'Shortwave' part of 'Departure/Shortwave/Noisetest' Youtube Video Abzu Like Journey, the soundtrack is genuinely integral to the game. The visuals and sound are very much part of the experience. Youtube Video Uncharted 4 I've seen a lot of criticism that the U4 soundtrack wasn't as bombastic as the others but for me I've never found the others particularly memorable. Sure you've got the trumpets everyone laughs at and the main theme but that's it. The soundtrack for U4 feels a lot more personal to me and I really like that. Youtube Video
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This seems like a cool and fun game! will try and remember to check in now and then! :D
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TOP 10 GAMES OF 2016 (SO FAR)
Turns out I've only played 10 games from 2016 so far this year so this was a rather painless list to make 10: No Man's Sky 9: Riptide GP: Renegade 8: Firewatch 7: Quadrilateral Cowboy 6: XCOM 2 5: Oxenfree 4: ABZU 3: The Witness 2: Overwatch 1: Hyper Light Drifter
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I think one of the best soundtracks I've listened to was for Stretch Panic. I know not a lot of people played it, and it's just a boss rush game, but it's a damn good one. The boss fights are much more creative that in most other games and the music reflects that creativity. The whole game has a feeling of insanity and dread which the soundtrack definitely matches. These are some standouts to me. Samantha Spinner Siren Honestly I don't listen to these songs very often outside of actually playing the game since they kind of make me feel anxious. Which is effective for the sort of tone the game is trying to create, just not great for everyday life. Another game soundtrack I want to highlight is the upcoming A Hat in Time. The main composer is the phenomenally talented Pascal Michael Stiefel, but the game also features tracks by Grant Kirkhope. I think they each did an excellent job with this game. The game obviously isn't out yet, but there's been a playable Alpha, Beta, and Speedruning Event, which all had great music. Some may notice that the Spaceship (Hub) theme sounds very similar to the theme for Mario + Rabbids. This is because Kirkhope did both. And before anyone rags on A Hat in Time for copying or anything, I just wanted to point that out (and that technically the A Hat In Time theme was released long before Mario + Rabbids even got leaked). Anyways, here's some songs! Moon Jumper's Theme Crazy Science Owls Welcome to Mafia Town Mafia Boss Spaceship Theme
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By Dave the Cook, August 9, 2006 in Spirits & Cocktails
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Inspired by this topic on applejack, especially the recent posts relating the availability of Laird's bonded in New York City, I've revived my interest in the Jack Rose. Here's the post that made it happen:
Personally, I believe that Laird's bonded spirit is far closer to what was used in all the classic applejack cocktails -- many of which are not terribly interesting when made with blended. Try a Jack Rose using blended and Rose's grenadine. Eh? Not too inspiring. Try it with Laird's bonded and homemade grenadine. Suddenly it all makes sense.
Using Laird's blended product, I found the Jack Rose underwhelming, and went on to use applejack in other things, where I like it very much. Frankly, dipping into the single bottle of Laird's bonded I have wasn't a worthy expenditure for these drinks; it's too damn rich and apple-y to balance.
I'm happy to sip it away, but given the testimony on the applejack topic, it seems to me that the Jack Rose is worth pursuing. Here's the problem: I have only 2-1/2 ounces -- just one shot (so to speak) at a great Jack Rose.
Oh, wait. There's another problem: the recipe. If I've only got one chance, I want the odds in my favor, so I did some research. Gary Regan says:
2.5 oz applejack
0.75 oz lemon juice
grenadine to taste (Gary, can I just say that I hate "to taste"? Give me a starting point, at least.)
Paul Harrington suggests:
1.0 oz lime juice
0.5 oz grenadine
Cocktail DB:
0.5 oz lemon or lime juice (as a realtive newbie, I'm not gruntled by this uncertainty, either)
DrinkBoy (essentially the same as Cocktail DB):
So we've got ratios of:
3.3 : 1 : ?
4 : 2 : 1
3: 1 : 1
And then there's the lemon vs. lime thing.
So -- who wants to risk the very last of my store of Laird's bonded on their best shot at a recipe? Need I mention -- in case I haven't made the stakes clear -- that I had to go way out of state to find this stuff, and I don't know when I'll have an opportunity to acquire more?
Dave Scantland
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johnder
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Location:Brooklyn, NY
Oh man this is a lot of pressure. I am not saying you should do my recipe -- especially since I am the first reply, but here is how I make my jack rose....
2.5 oz Bonded
1 oz Lime
1/2 - 3/4 oz house made grenadine
dash peychauds
I vary the amount of the grenadine since I found when making it at home the sweetness varies with the bottles of pomegranite juice I buy. While I try to bring the sweetness to roughly the same with each batch, ultimately I adjust it while making the drink by adding more or less grenadine to the drink.
Maybe I should invest in a hydrometer like Vadouvan suggests and I can bring my grenadine to a specific degee on a baume scale.
I also add a dash of peychauds. Phil at Pegu turned me on to that -- peychauds and applejack -- a match made in heaven.
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BigboyDan
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Location:Austin, Texas, USA
There are many slight variations, but most all include lime juice; here's mine:
1 1/2 - 2 1/2 oz apple brandy (Calvados)
1 tsp grenadine syrup
juice of 1/2 lime
Shake all ingredients with ice, strain into a cocktail glass, and serve.
. . . . . Maybe I should invest in a hydrometer like Vadouvan suggests and I can bring my grenadine to a specific degee on a baume scale. . . . . .
What do you mean, "maybe"?
Okay, I'm convinced about the lime juice. But we're not getting any closer to consensus on ratios. John is at 5:2:1, and BigboyDan is between 9:3:1 and 15:3:1.
I feel like I'm handicapping horse races. Any other jockeys out there?
Well, you're basically dealing with personal preference in terms of ratios. I do understand, though, that you want the best possible mix for your 2 1/2 oz, hmmm... you can always buy a cheap bottle of something similar and practice. In general, don't over-do the citrus...
mbanu
Posted August 9, 2006 (edited)
If you're using the 40% abv blended applejack, I'd start with:
2 oz applejack
1/2 oz grenadine (high quality, of coures)
Shake and strain. Bitters won't hurt if you find it less than inspiring.
Then, adjust the recipe based on your personal preferences, using more grenadine and less lemon juice if you like it sweeter and vice versa if you like it more tart (keeping the ratio of alcohol to non at 2:1). Using the bonded applejack creates a better cocktail, but you'll have to add an extra half ounce of nonalcoholic ingredients (lemon juice, grenadine, water, egg white, etc.) to keep the strength right. If you prefer your cocktails slightly stronger, you can omit the extra half ounce.
Edited August 9, 2006 by mbanu (log)
slkinsey
Location:New York, New York
Dave, a lot of it will depend on the strength and saturation of the grenadine you're using.
I use a supersaturated grenadine I made by doing a fourfold reduction of POM, melting in as much sugar as it would hold, allowing it to cool and then thinning it out with fresh POM. This makes for a very strong flavored and very sweet grenadine. So I don't need to use as much of it as others might.
My going-in formula for a Jack Rose is 2:1 Bonded Laird's to lemon or lime juice, and then (sorry!) dashing in the grenadine to taste. It shouldn't be a sweet drink, but there should be enough balance to take the bite off the acid. I'd probably start with a teaspoon and work my way from there.
Jared Brown and Anastasia Miller have some cool stuff on the Jack Rose and grenadine over at their site. Also see this interesting bit on grenadine over at The Cocktail Chronicles.
Sam --
Next time you are at Fairway you should keep you eye out for this raw pomegranite juice they have. I forget the brand name, but it is organic, %100 pure juice with no other ingredients. (They also have a quince juice which I am going to start experimenting with soon)
I used that to make my latest batch of grenadine and it was pretty awesome.
donbert
I've been making mine with a 4:2:1 ratio using the Bonded with lemon and a 1:1 Pom to sugar grenadine. Never tried one with lime... yet.
Elite Naturel is the brand. It's excellent stuff for all purposes; I've made pomegranate molasses out of this and it's quite nice. Their juices in general are great for unusual cocktails; incidentally, I can imagine concentrating down that quince juice for a super-appley applejack cocktail! Perhaps Laird's plus a quince "molasses" plus a dash of orange brandy plus some Hess's house bitters for an apple pie cocktail when winter comes around?
I should try making grenadine according to that recipe, Sam! Good idea. I use it so rarely that I never thought of whipping it up at home, but I *do* have a superfluous bottle of POM in my fridge.
Mayur Subbarao, aka "Mayur"
ThinkingBartender
Location:London, England
I was looking for information on the Jack Rose, and I found these two excerpts:
Washington Post, 23rd December 1912
ROSENTHAL MURDER CHANGES NAMES OF FAMOUS FLOWER AND A COCKTAIL
"The murder of Herman Rosenthal has seriously affected the business of florists in Brooklyn, and perhaps a good deal in Manhattan. The Jack rose, a pretty popular blossom, has often been left on the hands of the Brooklyn florists, just because it bears the same name as the informer in the famous trials."
Washington Post, 5th May 1914
"A Jack Rose is a cocktail which was guaranteed to cultivate a keen edge on one's appetite. However, like the florists, the bartenders decided that perhaps under another name the Jack Rose cocktail might become a good seller."
These prove that the Jack Rose Flower and the Jack Rose Cocktail were around before the murder; and they also give me the feeling that the Jack Rose flower pre-dates the Cocktail. What did the Jack Rose flower look like?
Does anyone know what the Jack Rose was re-named to? yes, I know it is still called a Jack Rose, but some people might have changed the name after the murder, but what to?
Edited December 14, 2006 by ThinkingBartender (log)
George Sinclair.
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Location:San Francisco, CA
Well, in the Savoy Cocktail Book, there is the Apple Jack (Special) Cocktail, which is nearly the same as a Jack Rose.
Apple Jack (Special) Cocktail
Erik Ellestad
If the ocean was whiskey and I was a duck...
Bernal Heights, SF, CA
NATIONAL POLICE GAZETTE, 22nd April 1905
AN ATHLETIC MIXOLOGIST
Wise Bartenders will Get Good Tips in This Column.
Frank J. May, better known as Jack Rose, is the inventor of a very popular cocktail by that name, which has made him famous as a mixologist. He is at present looking after the managerial affairs of Gene Sullivan's Cafe, at 187 Pavonia avenue, Jersey City, N. J., one of the most popular resorts in that city. Mr. May takes an active interest in sports, and as a wrestler could give many of the professional wrestlers a warm argument.
Here's a theory for you:
The Barman Frank J. May, better known as Jack Rose, may have been the informant in the Rosenthal Murder case.
Both the 1905 Police Gazette article and the Rosenthal Murder took place in New Jersey, right?
Laird's Applejack comes from New Jersey too. Looks like Frank was using a local product.
limewine
Location:seattle
Rosenthal was murdered outside the Hotel Metropole, which was at or near 43rd & Broadway in New York, not New Jersey.
Jack Rose (the gangster & informer in the Rosenthal trial) was born Jacob Rosenzweig. I have a hard time believing he would have taken a few years off from collecting gambling receipts for Charles Becker and doing other illicit work with a criminal gang on the Lower East Side to move to New Jersey, change his name to Frank May (but be widely known under his gangster nickname) and warmly argue with wrestlers while tending bar at a popular resort in Jersey City.
The Cocktail Chronicles
I think I got the point before you felt the need to add the last bit; but thanks anyway.
Anyway, that theory is toast.
Sorry, didn't mean to come across as snarky--
No offense taken.
I have looked up the word "Snarky", this being a word we don't use in English-English, is it basically Sarcastic Parody?
I saw a reference somewhere to the great-great-grand-daughter of Lairds, Applejack producer, saying that Jack Rose (the informer) was known for drinking his Applejack with lemon and grenadine.
Another source generalises by saying that every bar in New York was serving the Jack Rose Cocktail. Is this true-ish?
Also, with "every bar in New York" serving the Jack Rose, it might help to explain why so many recipes seem to combine Grenadine and Lime Juice and, of course, a spirit.
September Morn, the American version of the "Bacardi Cocktail", etc etc.
Splificator
Location:Brooklyn
Damn it, George, you keep finding all my good "discoveries." Keep it up and there will be no point in me publishing a book on this stuff. :-).
Paul/limewine is right on this one--there's no connection. For what it's worth, there seem to have been at least three gents at the time calling theselves "Jack Rose." And yes, as far as I can tell the drink was a popular one around town.
It's not so strange, is it, that there would be a bunch of grenadine sours appearing on the scene at the same time? Look at all the pomegranate Cosmos/Margaritas/Daiquiris/Martinis etc. you see now. Grenadine was, over here, anyway, a hot new ingredient.
aka David Wondrich
There are, according to recent statistics, 147 female bartenders in the United States. In the United Kingdom the barmaid is a feature of the wayside inn, and is a young woman of intelligence and rare sagacity. --The Syracuse Standard, 1895
But what of your public?
Fifteen months later, I have a fairly steady supply of Laird's Bonded Apple Brandy, so I've been able to experiment. But as often happens, the solution I now prefer was the result of an accident -- not to mention presented to me by someone else. A friend was mixing a couple of Jack Roses, and asked me for the recipe. I scuffed my feet a bit (still indecisive) and ventured "Two ounces Bonded, half-ounce each lemon and grenadine."
She mixed up the drinks. They looked a tiny bit pale, but that could have been the frost on the glass. However, it didn't taste like any Jack Rose I'd ever made. It was powerful but balanced. The apple came through, with the citrus and pomegranate finally playing proper supporting roles. Of course, what had happened was that she added one drink's worth of lemon and grenadine and two's worth of brandy. After a little more experimentation, I offer my apologies to BigboyDan, whose ratios I once thought extreme.
2.5 ounces Laird's Bonded Apple Brandy
0.5 ounce lemon juice
0.5 T grenadine (1:1 sugar:Pom)
mbrowley
George Ade mentions the Jack Rose in passing in The Old-Time Saloon (1931) while discussing the encyclopedic repertoire of pre-Prohibition mixologists:
..."New cocktails were being invented and christened every week. If some genius in New Jersey thought out a combination of apple-jack, plain syrup, diced apples, and a dash of lemon juice and called it a "Jack Rose," the artist at the Palace in San Francisco would be all set, within two weeks, to take care of the smartie from the East who strolled in and casually asked for a Jack Rose."
Hmmm...Ade was a particularly astute observer of the American vernacular, so it's noteworthy that his take on the cocktail has no grenadine, but only "plain syrup."
I'm also intrigued by the "diced apples" comment. Just strewn in? Muddled? Maybe candied with a hard caramel shell and skewered to garnish just before serving? The first two are old school possibilities, but the third seems decidedly an approach the barback molecular gastronauts might take.
Me? I like it just fine without the floaters.
Matthew B. Rowley
Rowley's Whiskey Forge, a blog of drinks, food, and the making thereof
Author of Moonshine! (ISBN: 1579906486)
Growing up in the pine barrens in NJ, applejack was a staple. I recall the old timers coming in from duck hunting or clamming and having homemade apple cider with a generous pour of applejack.
Last night I served up some Jack Roses with meyer lemon. It worked nicely, although the meyer not actually being that tart may make this another creature all together.
2 Applejack
1 meyer lemon
.25 homemade grenadine (100% pomegranate reduced 50%, add equal sugar in end, a splash orange blossom)
"Wives and such are constantly filling up any refrigerator they have a
claim on, even its ice compartment, with irrelevant rubbish like
food."" - Kingsley Amis
JoNorvelleWalker
Location:New Jersey USA
Last night I made this version of jack rose but sadly I was disappointed. To my taste Laird's Bonded is too rough to be enjoyed like this.
However, not long ago I made a similar jack rose recipe, close to this ratio, using Laird's 12 (the 88 proof stuff) and found it rather lovely:
2 oz Laird's 12
1/4 oz Small Hand grenadine
Nonetheless I've found the bonded works fine in something like autumn in jersey.
Sorry to be the source of your disappointment! And to fess up, that's no longer how we make them. It's more like:
2 oz Laird's Bonded
0.25 (1T) oz lemon juice
0.25 (1T) grenadine
We will try an Autumn in Jersey -- once we've replenished the orgeat. Thanks for the tip.
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Re: Trump legacy
And butt-hurt will be covered by Trumpcare.
Trump might like for that to be covered under his HSA when he has relations with Stormy
And here we see GG, BB, cocasts, cal, and Eunice, getting the new about the President's health.
From a different angle
cocasts
Well known member
My question would be about STD's since he's banging porn stars.
TheFreakKingdom
We already have Roseann for dumb gifs, Bulls.
The TP fiscal conservative Republicans are our nation's only hope.
callache
"Moral Relativist"
Originally posted by TheFreakKingdom View Post
Dumbing down for Trump....let your inner child speak...
where's the play-doh
True believers can rationalize anything.
Especially when their job depends on it.
I said Trump might need his HSA to cover the "butt-hurt" and here you go
oh Donnie johnny - you are so naughty
(allegedly)
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/...rbes-magazine/
Now insert alleged before the 2009 emails and unnamed before political operatives into the MJ's excerpt below....
According to "______" 2009 emails between "______" political operatives who were at the time advising Daniels on a possible political campaign, the adult film actor and director claimed that her affair with Trump included an unusual act: spanking him with a copy of Forbes magazine
Thank you for sharing probable fake news from left leaning Mother Jones.
I was just having fun with Bulls' comment about being butt-hurt and needing Trumpcare for it.
So this is Trump being "butt hurt"
oh sorry--that is pretty funny
"I only hire the best people".
A Trump administration appointee resigned Thursday after CNN reported on his past use of racist, sexist, anti-Muslim language on the radio.
Carl Higbie resigned as chief of external affairs for the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), a spokesperson for the department told CNN.
Higbie declined a request for comment from The Hill.
CNCS was created in 1993 and oversees initiatives such as AmeriCorps and the Social Innovation Fund.
Higbie’s resignation follows a CNN review of his past comments on radio appearances in which he makes disparaging remarks about multiple minority groups.
CNN found audio of a June 2013 radio appearance, when Higbie said “I just don’t like Muslim people.”
“Well people are like, ‘well, you can’t hate somebody just for being Muslim.’ It’s like, yeah, I can,” Higbie said.
In a December 2013 appearance, Higbie suggested black women think “breeding is a form of government employment,” CNN found.
Higbie, a former Navy SEAL, also made critical remarks of soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder, saying the illness is “a trait of a week mind."
Higbie joined the administration last August. He was a frequent surrogate for the Trump campaign on cable news during the 2016 election cycle.
He previously stirred controversy when during one television appearance he defended Trump’s rumored proposal to create a registry of Muslim immigrants.
Higbie suggested Japanese internment camps established during World War II would provide legal precedent for the registry, drawing backlash.
TAGS CARL HIGBIE From the hill.com
TAS engaged
Originally posted by cocasts View Post
Yep, only the best.
And his negotiating skills are doing a bang up job as well.
The best bigots and racists....oh well, nobody informed him of his TV performances during the campaign?
Riiight....and only "fake news"' reported on such little, insignificant details as having a bigoted, racist and homophobic supporter of the Donald....the "least racist person on this planet!"'
this can't be good for Dems:
Workers see wage hikes in the future
Consumer confidence continues to soar
And I'm hearing this morning Dems are blocking spending vote, even with DACA fix and SCHIP funding because they want amnesty. Nice to see the circular firing squad still exists on the left.
there is zero doubt - as you point out so well - the economy is moving upward - will wages continue to increase; will companies continue to bring back dollars to the states (Apple giving 2500 is one thing; moving some of that 250B back is the big news) and like you said, consumer confidence.
and I give him credit - he was supposed to go to Mar-a-Lago - canceled the trip. that to me, would have looked bad if he went to Florida while the govt shutdown - IF the shut down happens.
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Opera IX - The Gospel LP (Transparent Blue vinyl)
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They released music for renowned labels such as Peaceville, Avantgarde Music and Agonia Records. “The Gospel” is a concept album focused on the Italian myth of “Aradia And The Gospel Of The Witches”, written by Charles Godfrey Leland and containing what he believed was the religious text of a group of pagan witches in Tuscany, Italy, documenting their beliefs and rituals.
The album includes nine masterfully composed tracks with sounds that represent a bit of a “return to the past” in terms of dark, mystical and occult atmospheres and sees the inclusion of a new witch on vocals (Dipsas Dianaria) that forges with its powerful and ritual voice every track keeping intact the Opera IX trademark in years.
Far from the more bombastic sounds we often find in the symphonic genres today, “The Gospel”’s synth and operatic elements are respectfully understated, and we appreciate the largely scaled back approach. Acoustic parts, classical ones, raging rides and... more!
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Home Filmstars Female Rhona Mitra Height Weight Body Statistics
Rhona Mitra Height Weight Body Statistics
Born Name
Rhona Natasha Mitra
Rona Mitra
Rhona Mitra at GEANCO Foundation’s Fundraiser in Hollywood in September 2015
Born Place
Hampstead, London, England, UK
Beverly Hills, United States
When Rhona was 8, she was sent to a boarding school (name unknown). She studied in two schools, one being Roedean School.
Actress, model, singer-songwriter
Father – Anthony Mitra (Cosmetic Surgeon)
Mother – Nora Downey
Siblings – Jason Wath Mitra (Older Brother), Guyan Mitra (Younger Brother) (Travel Writer)
Untitled Entertainment
Electronic dance, techno
She has released her music via Naked Records, XIII BIS Records
She has an hourglass figure.
5 ft 6 in or 168 cm
54 kg or 119 lbs
Boyfriend / Spouse
Rhona Mitra has dated the following men in the past –
Matt Damon (2003) – Rhona dated American actor, screenwriter and producer Matt Damon in 2003.
Carl Hagmier (2003) – Rhona was briefly linked with American businessman Carl Hagmier, the CEO of Nett Solutions, Inc, in 2003.
John Mayer (2005) – Rhona had fling with American singer-songwriter, John Mayer in 2005.
Rhona Mitra and Matt Damon in a still from the 2003 movie “Stuck on You”
Her father is an Indian, belonging to the state of Bengal and is an English descendent. Her mother is an Irish.
Sultry voice
Long dark hair
34-24-35 in or 86-61-89 cm
2 (US) or 32 (EU)
Rhona Mitra modeled as Lara Croft for the video game “Tomb Raider II” in 1997
10 (US)
Brand Endorsements
As a model, Rhona has modeled for number of brands including Jones Apparel Group’s denim wear, and as Lara Croft in Tomb Raider.
Best Known For
Her roles in the movies Get Carter (2000) as Geraldine, The Life of David Gale (2003) as Berlin, Stuck on You (2003) as Bus Stop Bombshell, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009) as Sonja.
Her debut studio album Come Alive was released in 1998. It was produced by musician and record producer Dave Stewart.
Before that, she had already released a single “Getting Naked” in 1997.
First Film
Rhona played the role of Groupie in her debut film, Eddie Izzard: Glorious in 1997. It was a direct-to-video film.
Her first theatrical film Croupier was released in 2008 in which she was seen as Girl with Joint.
First TV Show
Rhona played Cass in her debut TV show Ghostbusters of East Finchley in 1995 in episode 5 of season 1.
For Rhona Mitra, staying in shape and being fit is due to her nutrition conscious driven lifestyle. Since she’s claimed to do a lot of research on nutrition and exercise, she doesn’t really follow a fanatic exercise routine.
As far as her diet is concerned, she follows one which suits her blood type as suggested by her nutritionist. Rhona believes that fitness cannot be measured by weight. She consistently emphasis that size in women is not what really defines a fit body, but actually the strength on the inside.
Rhona Mitra Favorite Things
Rhona Mitra at the Golden Globes After Party in 2015
Rhona Mitra Facts
She went to two schools, one being Roedean, but was expelled from both of these schools.
Rhona Mitra is the first actress to be the live action model as Lara Croft in the video game Tomb Raider II (1997).
Susan Sarandon is her acting role model.
In 2001, Maxim placed her at 46 in its Hot 100 Women list.
After meeting Judi Dench at the age of 9, Rhona decided to become an actress.
Rhona once owned a pet bulldog named ‘Oscar’.
She has two butterfly tattoos on her abdomen.
She’s also been a part of the hit video games series “Tomb Raider II” as “Lara Croft.”
You can follow Rhona Mitra on her Twitter and Instagram.
David Schopp March 2, 2018 at 6:32 AM
I really enjoyed your role in Boston Legal. I was hoping your role would be
the one that brought Allen the companion for which he searched.
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How Much Minerals Do Grapes Have?
Written by Michelle Kerns; Updated December 07, 2018
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Grapes are a source of the minerals copper, potassium, manganese and iron. Grapes also contain calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and zinc, but only in trace amounts. The most commonly consumed grape in the United States is the Thompson Seedless grape, a green variety that is dried to produce raisins and is available fresh from summer to early winter. Be sure to incorporate differently colored varieties of grapes into your diet as well, such as blue-black Fantasy grapes or red Ruby grapes. The amounts and types of minerals in all varieties are similar. A regular intake of the minerals in grapes may help decrease your risk of a variety of medical conditions.
A 1-cup serving of fresh red or green grapes contains 0.192 milligrams, or 10 percent of the amount of copper that the U.S. Department of Agriculture recommends daily for healthy adult men and women. The body needs only small amounts of copper, but the mineral is crucial for energy metabolism, iron absorption, nervous system health and red blood cell synthesis. If your diet lacks adequate copper, you may be more likely to develop anemia or osteoporosis. Pregnant and nursing women in particular need to be careful to consume plenty of copper-rich foods like grapes. They require between 100 and 400 micrograms more copper each day than women who are not pregnant or nursing.
Adult men and women need approximately 4,700 milligrams of potassium each day, and eating 1 cup of fresh grapes can supply 6 percent of this requirement. Potassium is an electrolyte as well as a mineral. It contributes to the growth, repair and maintenance of bones and, along with sodium, keeps the electrochemical charges in cellular tissue balanced to allow muscle contraction and electrical impulse transmission. Consuming enough potassium may help prevent stroke, kidney stones, high blood pressure and osteoporosis. If you are concerned about your potassium levels, talk to your doctor about ways to lower your sodium intake. People who eat high-sodium foods may be more likely to become deficient in potassium.
Every 1-cup serving of red or green grapes provides 6 percent of the RDA of manganese for women and 4.6 percent of the RDA for men. Like copper, the body only requires trace amounts of manganese, though the University of Maryland Medical Center reports that up to 37 percent of Americans may not consume enough of the mineral regularly. Manganese aids in bone development, hormone synthesis and calcium regulation. It supports the function of the nervous system and is part of the structure of the superoxide dismutase enzyme, a powerful antioxidant. A diet that lacks manganese-rich foods may increase your risk of infertility, arthritis, epilepsy and osteoporosis. Women deficient in manganese may experience an increase in premenstrual syndrome symptoms.
Grapes supply 0.54 milligrams of iron per cup. This amount is 6.7 percent of a man's daily iron requirement and 3 percent of a woman's requirement. The body uses iron to synthesize red blood cells and adenosine triphosphate, or ATP. ATP is the molecule that cells use as their main energy source. People who don't consume enough iron may be more likely to develop anemia or neurological problems like attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. The iron in plant foods like grapes is non-heme iron. This form of iron is not as easily absorbed as the heme iron found in poultry, meat and fish. You can increase the amount of iron you receive from grapes by eating them with a rich source of vitamin C or with meat. Try serving grapes on a fruit plate along with melons, strawberries and orange segments. Or mix sliced grapes into your favorite chicken salad recipe.
USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference: Nutrient Data for 09132, Grapes, Red or Green (European Type, Such as Thompson Seedless), Raw
Iowa Department of Public Health: October - Featured Fruit - Grapes
University of Maryland Medical Center: Copper
University of Maryland Medical Center: Manganese
University of Maryland Medical Center: Iron
Colorado State University Extension: Iron - An Essential Nutrient
Michelle Kerns writes for a variety of print and online publications and specializes in literature and science topics. She has served as a book columnist since 2008 and is a member of the National Book Critics Circle. Kerns studied English literature and neurology at UC Davis.
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How Much Potassium Is in 6 Ounces Each of Orange Juice & Apple Juice?
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A chilled glass of juice is a tasty way to add a few vitamins and minerals to your diet. In addition to vitamin C, most juices, including orange and apple, supply potassium. They also contain a fair number of calories, but you can still drink them if you choose the most nutritious versions of the juice and limit yourself to a small serving a day.
Potassium in Juice
A 6-ounce serving of orange juice contains 332 milligrams of potassium. That's 7 percent of the 4,700 milligrams of potassium you should include as part of your healthy daily diet. The same amount of apple juice supplies 188 milligrams of potassium.
Potassium Functions
As electrolytes, the right balance of potassium and sodium properly conducts electricity in your body, which maintains the health of your cells and enables them to work properly. For example, when you have enough potassium and sodium in your cells, your heart is able to beat right and your muscles relax and contract normally so you can move freely. Adequate amounts of potassium support the health of your bones and intestines, too.
A 6-ounce serving of orange juice delivers about 62 milligrams of vitamin C, which is 83 percent of the daily 75-milligram recommendation for women and 69 percent of the 90 milligrams men need each day. Vitamin C helps protect you from infection and keeps your skin, tendons, ligaments and blood vessels in good health. Six ounces of apple juice supplies 71 milligrams of vitamin C. Orange and apple juice each provide small doses of iron and magnesium, too.
Because 6 ounces of either apple or orange juice contain over 150 calories, it's best to stick to one glass a day. Opt for 100-percent orange or apple juice since these versions don't contain any added sugar. Many brands of juice are also fortified with calcium and vitamin D, which increases their nutritional value. Even better, have a whole orange or apple instead of juice. You'll cut the calorie count a little bit, but you'll also get 3 or 4 grams of fiber, as well as similar amounts of potassium. The whole fruit supplies more magnesium than juice and also provides a good amount of vitamin A.
U.S. Department of Agriculture: Orange Juice, Chilled, Includes From Concentrate, Fortified With Calcium and Vitamin D
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Clifton railway station (Greater Manchester)
(Redirected from Clifton (Manchester) railway station)
For stations in other places called Clifton, see Clifton railway station (disambiguation).
Clifton railway station is a railway station in Clifton, Greater Manchester, England which was formerly called Clifton Junction. It lies on the Manchester–Preston line.
The ramp leading to the southbound platform
Number of platforms
DfT category
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
Passenger Transport Executive
Transport for Greater Manchester
Original company
East Lancashire Railway
Pre-grouping
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Opened as Clifton Junction
Renamed Clifton
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Clifton from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
The railway line between Salford and Bolton, the Manchester and Bolton Railway (M&BR), opened in 1838, but had no stations between Agecroft Bridge and Ringley.[1] In 1844, the Manchester, Bury and Rossendale Railway (MB&RR) was authorised to build a line from a junction with the M&BR at Clifton, to Rawtenstall. It opened to the public on 28 September 1846,[2] by which time the MB&RR had amalgamated with other companies to become the East Lancashire Railway,[3] and the M&BR had itself amalgamated with the Manchester and Leeds Railway;[4] the M&LR became the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1847.[5]
A 1905 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (upper right) railways in the vicinity of Clifton
The Bury line ran northward from the junction, crossing the Irwell Valley on Clifton Viaduct (known locally as the "13 arches"), to run on the opposite side of the valley to the Bolton line. A station at the junction, with two platforms for each route (Bolton or Bury), opened in June 1847, and was named Clifton Junction.[2][6]
The line to Bury closed in 1966, but (as of October 2013[update]) the viaduct remains a Grade II listed local landmark.
On 6 May 1974 the station was renamed Clifton,[6][7] (even though the area has become known as Clifton Junction), and in the 1990s the service was reduced to one train per day in each direction.
The closest station to Clifton Junction with a regular service is Swinton 1.25 miles (2.01 km) away on the line between Manchester and Wigan Wallgate via Atherton.
Local industry made good use of Clifton Junction railway station long before the advent of mass car ownership when three factories were established close by enabling employees and visitors access by train. The three factories were Magnesium Elektron Ltd, Chloride Batteries Ltd and Pilkington's Tiles Ltd.
The service at Clifton railway station is very limited in the current 2015-16 timetable (and has been since 1992),[8] with just one train calling in each direction between Manchester Victoria and Wigan Wallgate per day - southbound (at 07:06) in the morning peak and northbound (at 18:22) in the evening.[9] In 2012, the station had only a small amount of services day in each direction (local services run by Northern); only 170 passengers were recorded as using the station in 2010–11. The single daily service each way was suspended between May 2015 and the December 2015 timetable change due to the ongoing modernisation work at Farnworth Tunnel, with a replacement bus provided instead. The station reopened on schedule on 14 December 2015.
Electric service commenced on Monday 11 February 2019, utilising Class 319 Electric Multiple Units.
There is no Sunday service.
^ Marshall, John (1969). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, volume 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. pp. 30–30. ISBN 0-7153-4352-1.
^ a b Marshall 1969, p. 110
^ Marshall 1969, p. 106
^ Marshall 1969, p. 33
^ a b Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 63. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
^ Slater, J.N., ed. (July 1974). "Notes and News: Stations renamed by LMR". Railway Magazine. London: IPC Transport Press Ltd. 120 (879): 363. ISSN 0033-8923.
^ Disused Stations - Clifton JunctionDisused Stations; Retrieved 14 December 2015
^ Northern Rail Timetable 14 Manchester & Manchester Airport to Southport & Kirkby, 13 Dec 2015 - 14 May 2016Northern Rail; Retrieved 14 December 2015
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Weaver Vale (UK Parliament constituency)
Weaver Vale is a constituency[n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Mike Amesbury, a member of the Labour Party.[n 2]
County constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Weaver Vale in Cheshire.
Location of Cheshire within England.
Major settlements
Northwich and Frodsham
Current constituency
Mike Amesbury (Labour)
Created from
Eddisbury, Tatton, Halton, and Warrington South
European Parliament constituency
Weaver Vale is 1 of 7 seats won (held or gained) by a Labour candidate in 2017 from a total of 11 covering its county. Amesbury's 2017 win was one of 30 net gains of the Labour Party, three of which came from the county Cheshire.
The seat has been considered relative to others a marginal seat, as well as a swing seat, since 2005 as its winner's majority has not exceeded 7.8% of the vote since the 17.4% majority won in 2005 and the seat has changed hands twice since that year.
BoundariesEdit
1997-2010: The District of Vale Royal wards of Castle, Church, Forest, Frodsham East, Frodsham North West, Frodsham South, Gorst Wood, Hartford, Helsby Central, Helsby North, Helsby South and Alvanley Ward, Kingsley, Milton, Northwich, Weaver, Winnington, Witton North, and Witton South, and the Borough of Halton wards of Brookfields, Castlefields, Clough, Daresbury, Murdishaw, and Norton.
2010–present: The Cheshire West and Chester wards of Forest, Frodsham North, Frodsham South, Hartford and Whitegate, Helsby, Kingsley, Leftwich and Kingsmead, Milton Weaver, Northwich Castle, Northwich Winnington, Northwich Witton, and Weaverham, and the Borough of Halton wards of Beechwood, Daresbury, Halton Lea, Norton North, Norton South, and Windmill Hill.
The constituency covers the northern part of the Cheshire West and Chester unitary authority in Cheshire, including the towns of Northwich and Frodsham and the villages of Helsby and Weaverham. It also includes part of the borough of Halton, covering the easternmost suburbs of Runcorn.
Weaver Vale was created in 1997 from parts of Eddisbury, Tatton, Halton, and Warrington South, when the number of constituencies in Cheshire was increased from 10 to 11.
From the 1997 general election, the seat was held by the Labour Party's Mike Hall, who first entered Parliament in 1992 for Warrington South. Labour held the seat relatively easily in the succeeding two general elections however lost the 2010 election here on a swing of 8.15% with minor boundary changes mentioned likely affecting this swing.
In February 2010 Mike Hall (Labour), who had held the seat since it was created in 1997, announced that he was standing down at the 2010 election due to health reasons.[2] Graham Evans (Conservative) held the seat from 2010-2017. The present MP is Mike Amesbury (Labour), elected during the 2017 general election.
Constituency profileEdit
The area has economic sectors as diverse as plastics and chemicals to construction. Other areas include telecommunications/bank communication centres, with in addition, a large national bakery and a supermarket distribution centre. Salt used to comprise a major mining industry of the area, much more of which is extracted today from large reserves in Northern Ireland. Workless claimants who were registered jobseekers were in November 2012 slightly higher than the national average of 3.8%, at 4.1% of the population based on a statistical compilation by The Guardian. This was, however, lower than the regional average of 4.4%.[3] Northwich and the wards from Halton are inclined to vote Labour, whereas Frodsham, Helsby and the smaller rural villages are more Conservative.
Members of ParliamentEdit
Member[4]
1997 Mike Hall Labour
2010 Graham Evans Conservative
2017 Mike Amesbury Labour
ElectionsEdit
Next United Kingdom General Election: Weaver Vale
Liberal Democrat Daniela Parker
Elections in the 2010sEdit
General election 2017: Weaver Vale[5]
Labour Mike Amesbury 26,066 51.5 +10.1
Conservative Graham Evans 22,138 43.7 +0.6
Liberal Democrat Paul Roberts 1,623 3.2 +0.2
Green Chris Copeman 786 1.6 −1.0
3,928 7.8 N/A
50,613 73.3 +4.8
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour Julia Tickridge 19,421 41.4 +5.2
UKIP Amos Wright 4,547 9.7 +7.4
Liberal Democrat Mary Di Mauro 1,395 3.0 −15.7
Green Chris Copeman 1,183 2.5 +1.8
TUSC Joseph Whyte 94 0.2 +0.2
806 1.7 -0.6
46,867 68.5 -2.4
Conservative hold
Labour John Stockton 15,962 36.3 −9.4
Liberal Democrat Peter Hampson 8,196 18.6 −1.1
BNP Colin Marsh 1,063 2.4 N/A
UKIP Paul Remfry 1,018 2.3 −0.5
Green Howard Thorp 338 0.8 N/A
Independent Mike Cooksley 270 0.6 N/A
Independent Tom Reynolds 133 0.3 N/A
Independent Will Charlton 57 0.1 N/A
43,990 66.1 +10.5
Conservative gain from Labour
Labour Mike Hall 18,759 47.6 −4.9
Conservative Jonathan Mackie 11,904 30.2 +2.3
Liberal Democrat Trevor Nigel Griffiths 7,723 19.6 +5.2
UKIP Brenda Swinscoe 1,034 2.6 +1.2
39,420 57.1 −0.5
Labour hold
Conservative Carl Cross 10,974 27.9 −0.6
Liberal Democrat Trevor Griffiths 5,643 14.4 +2.1
Independent Mike Cooksley 1,484 3.8 N/A
UKIP Jim Bradshaw 559 1.4 N/A
39,271 57.6 −15.5
General election 1997: Weaver Vale[10]
Labour Mike Hall 27,244 56.4 N/A
Conservative James Byrne 13,796 28.6 N/A
Liberal Democrat Trevor Griffiths 5,949 12.3 N/A
Referendum Roger Cockfield 1,312 2.7 N/A
13,448 27.8 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
Cheshire portal
List of Parliamentary constituencies in Cheshire
^ A county constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)
^ As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.
^ "England Parliamentary electorates 2010-2018". Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
^ "BBC News – Weaver Vale MP Mike Hall steps down for health reasons". bbc.co.uk.
^ Unemployment claimants by constituency The Guardian
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 2)
^ "Weaver Vale parliamentary constituency". BBC News.
^ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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The Republican mascot is an elephant
The new seal proposed for the 2012 elections.
A rare photo of the Republican Party HQ. The picture was found in a very dark forest, and both the camera and the photographer were nowhere to be found. They are still missing.
For those without comedic tastes, the so-called experts at Wikipedia have an article very remotely related to Republican Party.
T h e R e p u b l i c a n P a r t y {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {The\ Republican\ Party}}} , also known affectionately as the God/Guns & Oil Party (GOP) is a division of Halliburton and a subsidiary of the Federalist Society, formerly known as the Federal Government of the United States. Its main function is to boost the sales of Israeli flag lapel pins and magnets. As of 2007, despite receiving a good ol' Texas 'thumpin' it is one of the largest misanthropic organizations in the world.
Well known for its Ultra-Orthodox Jewish-Leninist practice of democratic centrism, in which no party member is allowed to disagree with the central organization. In fact I knew a guy who tried to disagree once. They later found his dead body floating in the Potomac River. His corpse displayed signs of torture and wild violation. This causes Republicans great stress and results in bi-weekly mass Republican orgies in Washington, DC.
1 Rockefeller Republicans
2 Republican Republicans
3 Log Cabin Republicans
5.1 Origins
5.2 Glory Days
5.3 Decline
5.4 Being Born Again
5.5 Today
6 A Portrait of the Republican Party
6.1 Social Habits
6.1.1 Home Life
6.1.2 A Day In The Life Of A Republican
7.1 Hypocrisy
7.2 "Freedom"
7.3 Their Fears
7.4 Wealth Exploration
8 Main Objective
9 The Glorious Republican Platform
9.1 Traditional Values
9.2 Promoting Economic Expansion and Growth
9.3 Protecting Our Communities
9.4 Strong Leadership
10 Modern Usage
10.1 Conspiracy?
10.2 The LICAN
10.2.1 How it fits into a plan for a permanent Republican majority
10.2.2 Criticism
11 "Freedom"
12 Official Propaganda Spewer
13 Mascots
14 Tea Bagging
Rockefeller Republicans
Republican Party Logo before the tea bagger movement. The guy on the right is Karl Rove...or Lee Raymond. I don't know which.
These guys are the ones that are slowly being killed off by the sectarian death squads. They are mostly well-educated and wealthy suburbanites and are quite moderate, a lot of them are even pro-choice and pro-gay. Some of them are very, very pro-gay. These guys were in power before Pat Robertson started to making bizarre clicks and grunts that awoke his hordes of zombies. Currently, they are listed as an "Endangered Species" by the Endangered Species Act due to hunting by the radical cleric Jerry Falwell and population reduction due to loss of habitat that is made faster every year by expansion of democrat communities into the Rockefellers' natural range. Many of members of this sub-species live in Log Cabins.
Ann Coulter: scientific name: bimbodium transexuale whoreonius. Heroine of the Whore and Dumb movement of the early 2000's
Republican Republicans
This sub-species dominates the modern republican party. Their natural range is the Bible Belt and the Jello Belt. They are sometimes confused with zombies on election day as any resident of a town of less than 100,000 people and that is more than 300 miles inland would say. However, this strain of zombieism is different than any others as its members/hosts are still metabolically active and reproduce. In fact, they fuck like rabbits. Because of the emerging overpopulation of zombies attributed to this, a new, compassionate campaign of "spay and neuter your fundy" has begun. Also, the common mink has been introduced to act as predators in areas just outside of these creatures' home range, such as Colorado and Ohio. This strategy of zombie management has sustained some success in the last year or so. In fact, wildlife experts are becoming cautiously optimistic that this vermin species can be contained.
Log Cabin Republicans
The section of the Republican party who are openly gay. Most Republicans are gay but not all are openly gay. The reason that they are called "log cabin" republicans is because they like to engage in sodomy within the secure and silent confines of a wilderness locale (a log cabin). Lesbians are excluded from being Log Cabin Republicans because "they like pussy too much" (O'Reilly 122). Note that heterosexual women often have a great deal in common with gay Republican men. One theory is that they both take it up the butt. Thus the one defining aspect of being a Republican is engaging in anal sex. Often noted as the original founding members of the party.
However, they are often accepted by the regular Republicans, due to the fact that they didn't choose to be gay, but they chose to be Republicans. They can unite their hate against the Democrats, who in their words are 'Assholes.'
Alternative Republican Party Logo....these running gags doing it for ya?
Women Republicans: Chicks down with beating fellow sisters in abortion rallies, and be like Sarah Palin who loves her children, doesn't eat them or turn their stem cells for medicinal purposes like child-killer pro-choice Democrats. Most of them don't realize that their men want them to keep quiet and just get them a beer already!
Black Republicans: A rare breed of Republicans are American Africans, who dislike affirmative action, doing away with racial segregation and political correctness to fight the false claims of racism.
"Real American" Republicans: The dirty, ugly, fat and inbred white trash. Predominantly NRA members who drink in excess. Usually live in old trailer parks or run down shacks. Favorite foods include "Turducken" and "Chicken Fried Bacon". All suffer from obesity and love to chug gravy. Hobbies also include: banjo playing, watching NASCAR, and incest.
The Republican Party was founded by Your Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, well-known for His free-market(my favorite market is one where London Broil still sells for $2/lb...or 30p/100g for you communist homosexuals), pro-gun, anti-abortion (so you can shoot the sheriff when he comes and arrests you for abortion), anti-tax, anti-poor, anti-whore, anti-Liberal stance. The poor are fat and lazy that just live because Democrats steal Republicans money to "give" to the lazy poor.
A typical Republican.
The Republicans later took over control of the Roman Empire, which led to a thousand years of unprecedented peace and prosperity. The sun never set on the Roman Empire, from their Australian Koala mines, to their Asian chicks farms in exotic Taiwan.
However, faggots with plump, tempting asses took over control of the Roman Empire, leading to the decline of the Republic Party and the Roman Empire for many centuries. The Roman Empire was eventually destroyed, whereas while the Republican tree was destroyed, it had a bunch of seeds somewhere. These were emptied out of a bird in America, where the new Republican tree was planted. Needless to say, there was much rejoicing.
Being Born Again
In the early 1900s, George Washington re-established Republican values by drive-by killing Queen Victoria and her queer son, Jack the Ripper, single handedly causing the death of millions of Native Americans from sheer fright. Thus was America founded, under the unfailing leadership of Republican might, except for eight years, when women were required by law to sexually satisfy the deviant pleasures of their corrupt leader, Bill Clinton.
Bubba Joe "Monkeylips" Moran Jr., Republican candidate for office, 2012.
Republicans are the most loyal to their own of any political party out there. Even if you raped over 9000 boys, you would still be applauded by the National Committee for your bravery in showing those 14 year-olds the hazards of being so goddamned sexy. Also Republicans do not believe in Science, Truth, Psycho-ology, gravity, common sense, and free will, unlike their radical counter parts the Democrats.
A Portrait of the Republican Party
Unlike other politicians, Republicans require the money of the poor to survive. They get their money through illegal drug sales, prostitution, human trafficking, and baking cookies. The Republican party is also known as the party of tax cuts and the ownership society.
This group is know for their utter disgust and contempt for any country other than the United States ("United States" meaning "Oklahoma, Texas, Idaho, Utah, Indiana, Kansas, Tennessee, Kentuckistan, Arkansas, Alabama, and other Southern states") doing something for its own benefit by cleansing the world of homosexuals, liberals, abortionists, Catholics, agnostics, atheists, blacks, natives, emos, grues, Arabs, union workers, feminists, metrosexuals, sloths, cat, Mexicans, Hispanics and anyone who doesn't like chicken fried chicken. Republicans generally spend their time saving random countries from people they don't like.
Additionally, Republicans are known for a psychotic addiction to war and are the only party to support a president who thinks that Africa is a country, not a continent. Republicans often virulently vilify Senator Robert Byrd as a racist, but in another hand they have advocated the conservation and utilization of Robert Birds as an "all-American species".
Teddy Roosevelt, laughing at what has become of the Republican Party.
Social Habits
A ton of them live in Montana, mainly were former residents of Orange County. However, the locals refer them as a bunch of Californian liberal posers. Time for a lynch mob gathering.
Typically, Republicans organize in units called "families", and attend each others "churches", which consist of women chatting over Peach Schnapps and snorting coke while slaving over ordering the servants (minorities) around, and the men getting tweaked on meth and watching Sodomy Street. It is not uncommon for Republican Children to read fictitious tales such as Sesame Street - Color Me Mine, Barney's Weather Book, and the Holy Bible: Revised Neocon Edition What we do not learn is that more than 75% of all Republicans are homosexuals, who did homosexual things. Like the US's current and former President Abraham Lincoln and George W. Bush. These two have been having an affair since early 2004. When shown picture evidence President Bush denies it, while President Lincoln admits it. This is not a shocker for all the priests and pastors of the party who are now open pedophiles.
A Day In The Life Of A Republican
Republican daily life revolves around the office and church (a sort of heaven for them). The average Republican will usually wake up at six in the morning and report to work by five in the morning, even if work is only a 5 minute walk from home. Many believe it has something to do with their internal sonar, called "gaydar", but experiments to confirm this have been mixed, with a correlation rate between 47.736% and 50.432%. Anyway, after 9 hours of saving the world if they have not been constantly abusing Mexicans, teenagers and losers, the Republican becomes tired. Unless of course, the said Republican is a loser, then it is coming home from being abused for 10 hours. At any rate, the Republican was stuffing its face all day. After a hard day of yelling and eating, the republican packs up the children and goes to church. At church, the Republican speaks in tongues, shaves its pubes and handles snakes while the children are taught to forget everything they learned in science class, unless that knowledge is important in weapons making. At church they also take part in occultist rituals and human sacrifice. They often repeat this for 6 days a week, except for Saturday after church, when the "coon-hunting" occurs.
Source: Der Stürmer
Gambling with our future is a regular activity of the typical Republican.
The Republican Party exists, in part, to show how hypocritical people can be. For example, the GOP opposes gay marriage, but its leaders are some of the most flaming homosexuals on the planet, including Rick Santorum, Jeff Gannon, Rudy Giuliani, Tom DeLay, Sam Brownback, and Karl Rove. However, it should be noted there is no evidence that Karl Rove is actually a gay person. He might just be very unappealing to women, and it is fair to say that even the most tasteless butch queer in the world would probably want no part of Karl Rove, either. He could just be asexual or not even human.
The Republicans also enjoy lighting themselves on fire for the country "Amerika". Much to their disappointment, nationalism is a form of pride and pride is a deadly sin and all Republicans are religious so they're all going to hell (see Christian logic).
They accuse the liberal Democrats for creating the "race politics industry" for the horrible thing affirmative action has done to white people and males, banned the freedom of religion by activity for Wal-marts to stop any banners saying "Merry Christmas" during the holiday sales, and finally the public educational/pop cultural/ mass media promotion of philias such as homosexuality by "the Gays", inter-racial marriage and premarital sexual relations.
The GOP claims to support freedom but gleefully fucks with brain-dead people who just want to become properly dead people.
-Note if the brain-dead were allowed to become actually dead, people may suggest that Dumbya be euthanized.
In fairness, the GOP works to defend the interest of all brain-dead people as well as giving large and regressive tax rebates to those who make more than $300,000 a year (sweaty fat fucks and whores).
Everybody deserves a tax cut except the poor, those bastards need to pay.
To preserve the freedom of speech like the right for any white guy to shout "nigger", "faggot" and "retard" in public without getting sued, being punched, or even arrested for a hate crime. But they got the FCC to ban any uttering of "Hell", "god damn" and "Jesus Christ", as well the immoral nature of a woman breast feeding in the public is a lot worse than a male disciplining his wife.
Their Fears
Arguing with Mutes
World Peace.
Gay people [1]
Socialism, unless it is for themselves.
Having someone intelligent for president.
Anything not white.
SpongeBob SquarePants [2]
Minorities.
Black People [3]
Cute things.
Everything that isn't America.
Canada, Europe or New Zealand.
95% of Americans [4]
Love [5]
Hippies.
Displays of affection
Enough voters to stop the selling and buying that constitutes a working day in Washington.
A brain. ex: Dolly Parton and Thomas the Tank Engine.
Every superhero from Marvel Comics (because they are all in New York, and New York is a Democrat commune).
Sex [7]
Liberal media.
Poor people.
Elephant hunters.
SpongeBob and Patrick enslaving the world and forcing us to make cameras that make everything into gay minorities.
The Wrath of Rush Limbaugh
Rednecks (their poor)
Choo-choos
Wealth Exploration
The Republican Party reserves the right to invade other countries, using the resources of the US Government, and the United Nations (see pussy). Countries identified for invasion will be subject to an initial survey to identify oil, natural gas, precious metals, and any other known threats to the USA's security, such as more gay hookers to be hired.
Their intention is to sell the world to the Devil and then the Rich and Republican politicians will be relaxing in paradise. Everyone else will live in the miserable world including the fools who fell for the Republicans.
The Glorious Republican Platform
The Republican Platform--Best Selling stand up comedy album of all time--now available on CD and Audio Cassette!
The Republican National Convention, St. Paul, 2008
The views of the Republican Party, 2009
Protect public school teachers' rights to use supermarket-grade meat grinders on disruptive sheeple and to lead the class in prayer five times a day while facing East, towards Iraq... the glorious Republican Jihad must live on!
Pretend we care about abortion.
Protecting Republican like values in debate through pedophilia, mass extermination of homosexuals, and torture reform.
Enshrine a "Anti-Sodomy" amendment in the Constitution.
Cut taxes for the rich.
Raise taxes for the poor. They need to get off their ass and work.
Hate foreigners.
Hate the liberals.
Support Israel. We must help them bomb the piss out of the Palestinian.
Oops, that is the Democratic Platform as well!
Defend Freedom & Liberty from the threats of due process and trial by jury
Pretend we care about abortion
Hate women. Only like hot country girls. (except for Sarah Palin and Ann Coulter).
Hate gays. (Larry Craig would dispute this, but it's not polite to talk with your mouth full).
FOR GOD'S SAKE, Pretend we care about abortion (So we can get more than two votes), and care about babies.
Hate all members of the LGBT community (But not the Log Cabin Republican, their campaign contribution checks clear, and there will be plenty of room in the concentration camps for them too when the time comes).
Call anyone who doesn't agree with you a terrorist (Politicians who selectively disagree with themselves are exempt, this is called campaigning, unless they're a Democrat, then they flip-flopped).
Hate black people (Yes, Kanye West Bush doesn't care about them either.)
Lower education standards. School sucks.
Preach about God
Fund more money into Fox News and that dumbass Bill O'Reilly.
Erect a monument to that dumbass Bill O'Reilly.
And hate gays. Hate bisexuals too.
Protecting the oppressed white population from the evils of reverse discrimination.
Build more huge cars with tailfins that guzzle gasoline
Promoting Economic Expansion and Growth
For those without comedic tastes, the so-called experts at Wikipedia think they have an article about corporate welfare.
Lower taxes AND raise deficit spending. No foreseeable problem.
Tax decreases so that they can kick gramma out of Social Security and make her homeless,and then to beat her to death as a form of entertainment. A truly compassionate, entertaining, and conservative approach to fiscal matters.
Dump the American greenback currency in favor of condor gonads and manatee hides.
Destroying public works or selling them for their new Maybach so that their manservant can drive them around.
destroy all nonwhites and everyone who has an income of less than $1 million through "tax cuts" (their actually 100% raises in taxes)
Increasing government spending to fund a wasteful military-industrial complex and give welfare to needy corporations.
Send in more illegal aliens to work in our factories, rather than shipping the factories to Mexico. "Free trade" is so much fun!
Yes! For $335,000.00, you can be driven around in this! ...but you gotta do something about welfare or you will be stuck with your 2 year old Bentley.
Eliminate the $60,000,000,000 a month trade deficit by making blacks the nation's #1 product export through government subsidy and controlled lynching.
Build the El Paso Wall to keep out brown people while still expecting to win Southwestern Purple states by siphoning the Hispanic vote with magical panties.
Repeal the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as it violates States' Rights, undermines Freedom of Association, and destroys our cultural heritage.
Believe that blondes are the only women that are god looking.
Strong Leadership
Invading countries around the world for weekend camping trips.
Pick a country, doesn't matter which one, after the war, no one will care. And the Democrats will keep fighting said wars, but feel bad about it.
Always pick a scapegoat at the last minute.
Talk about Jesus Christ chose America as "God's chosen people", that also worked in Nazi Germany to get rid of "Christ killers" in the 1930's.
Maybe that CIA-hired Chilean dictator Pinochet had a good point in getting rid of "liberals", hippies, socialists and Anarchists.
Modern Usage
A black Republican
Res, Rei, Latin n. Thing.
Publican \Pub"li*can\, n. [L. publicanus: cf. F. publicain. See Public.]. (Rom. Antiq.) A farmer of the taxes and public revenues; hence, a collector of toll or tribute. Other etymology is a combination of Pube/Licking.
Republican \Re-pub"li*can\, n. 1. A collector of toll or tribute (taxes) that keeps coming back again, and again, and again, ... ; 2. A remover of the taxes and public revenues (mainly into their or their friends' pockets) ... ; 3. A political party that continuously puts pubes on soda cans, a practice started by Clarence Thomas from the latter, shunned etymology of Pube Licking as "Pube Licking Things", Res Publica.
The term "Republican" refers to a form of psychosis brought on by excessive bed wetting and sex with livestock and very hot bikini clad men who drive Chrysler 300s. The first known Republican was King Frou-frou the Impotent of Belgium (AD 1443-1465), best remembered for coining the phrase "Finger lickin' good". He was lynched by his subjects for failure to pay excessive library fines.
You must be this rich to benefit from the Republican Party.
The term "Republics" is used to refer to the culture of the Republican Party. This typically consists of middle-aged white males, who are known to thump Rush Limbaugh, and tune into the Bible on the local Clear Channel radio station at 12:00 Noon EST.
In recent times there has been a falling out of the term "Republican" to mean the Republican Party in the vernacular. It is more oft used in the form "That party was Republican." Used in the nominative adjectival... adjectivivial... to describe things, it is a party where B.Y.O.P. is included in the invitation. B.Y.O.W. is commonly understood to mean "Bring Your Own Whore", although it has been more common for there to be an exchange of prostitutes at a Republican Party. It has become fashionable to trade prostitutes for favors at Republican Parties. A vibrant culture of women exchange has evolved in recent years. Of particular interest is the "Hooker Exchange," wherein a hooker is left in the coat of the Republican, checked at the coat check, and exchanged by an exchange of the coats.
Conspiracy?
Republicans tend to drink more pomegranate than orange juice.
There's no Jewish conspiracy, it's all a BIGGER conspiracy of the filthy RICH, which courageous White Knight Rand Paul has infiltrated by posing as a scumbag.
The Fucking Expensive Fruit Party of America.
The LICAN
The Grand Oil Party
There are various conspiracy theories about the Republican Party's connection with an international oil cartel, the Illuminati, and the church of Beavis Christ. However, there is a much darker goal of the Republican Party that has been hidden in the name of the party itself: Re-pub-lican.
....and this fat fuck too.
The name reveals a program of establishing a federally implemented, funded (although I don't know where the party of tax cuts is going to come up with the money) and administrated Liquor Control Administration Network, known as the LICAN. The Republicans are modeling this network after Canada's Liquor Control Board of Ontario. The sale of liquor would be nationalized under this program, and only government run pubs would be able to sell alcohol. The first phase of the program is a temporary prohibition during which bars, pubs, and liquor stores would be shut down. The second phase, known as the re-pub phase will be the establishment of government run pubs and bars.
How it fits into a plan for a permanent Republican majority
Similar to the movie Strange Brew, the Republicans are secretly planning a mind control program through the sale of really cheap beer (only $1.79 for a can, $3 for a forty and $3.99 for a 6-pack!). Yes, this is part of Karl Rove's and Tom Delay's plan for a permanent republican majority. The LICAN, after courting several cheap beer companies such as Coors and Budweiser, has chosen Pabst Smears Blue Ribbon to be the national beer.
Many Democrats, who have been privy to the secret funding or the LICAN, have expressed outrage. The most outspoken of these has been Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy, who has said: "No one with any taste whatsoever, would drink that garbage. Real men drink Guinness and Stolichnaya."
"Freedom" in action.
"Freedom" is the word that Republicans use when they run out of ideas. For example, the war to liberate Iraqistan is now a clusterfuck. So, instead of talking about WMDs the GOP talks about freedom. Also, "Freedom" is a battle cry for republicans everywhere, even if they believe that women should wear burkas.
As you can see freedom is for fetuses and "freedom" is what you get when you are born. To see what I mean, click on this graph.
This is odd, since freedom contradicts all the things the GOP supports. For example, freedom means gay people can marry. It also means women want to "choose" while pregnant out of wedlock. It means that black people shouldn't have to pick cotton. It means that Mexicans should be free to cross a river and get a job. It also kind of assumes that Arabs want freedom, which is a bit like saying that dogs love piano recitals. Everyone knows that Arabs only want "freedom". So I guess Republicans are half-right.
However, the GOP objects for the freedom for gays to be "out of the closet" like that gay German guy Bruno, women to use the pill before they "do it", black people to drink from the same public water fountain (AIDS in the pool!), Mexicans for speaking Spanish in a land where foreigners should say it in English and even A-rabs for practicing a pagan devil-worship occult known as Islam.
Official Propaganda Spewer
Main article: Fox News
Fox News serves as the official Republican propaganda spewer.
Fox News criticizes the big 3 TV networks for obscenity, profanity and vulgarity on their prime time schedules. But what about FOX network?
And most of all, Fox News is owned by an Australian, fair dinkum mate.
A poster used by Ronald Reagan during his 1984 reelection campaign
Look how much fun this elephant is having! Sell your soul to the Republican Part TODAY!
Darth Vader is the current mascot for the Republican party and has been since he was discovered by a conservative talent agency in 1977. His work has been considered a cornerstone to the GOP victories in 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2010. (that's like a 2:1 Win-loss record!!) However, after the formally mentioned "thumping" last fall, Karl Rove became depressed and angry. After a binge on vanilla ice cream, Karl Rove blamed Darth Vader's emerging "girly man" image on the GOP's losses and has been debating having him replaced. The current front-runner to replace him, Sephiroth, has been criticized by party activists for where he has spirit, he looks too much like a homosexual. During the next election, they officially chose the mascot to be, in fact, your mom. Sucks for you. However, Karl Rove has stated that there has been physically effeminate manly-men before. Some examples include Jeff Gannon, Ted Haggard and Kuja (sorta).
Tea Bagging
Tea bagging elephants too.
After losing the presidential election Republicans found a new way to get their way. Tea bagging. This includes watching Glenn Beck, gathering in central area and tea bagging each other, or burning Qurans.
↑ Unless they're Republicans.
↑ Sheldon J. Plankton however, is a Republican.
↑ Specifically Ving Rhames.
↑ Including illegal aliens from the planet Zorgon.
↑ Unless it's "Christian".
↑ Except if they are barefoot and pregnant.
↑ They feel a bit short in this area.
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For other uses, see Butterfingers (disambiguation). For the Canadian band, see Butterfinger (Canadian band).
Ferrara Candy Company (since 2018)
1923; 96 years ago (1923)
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Clark Bar, 5th Avenue
Previous owners
Curtiss Candy Company (1923–1964)
Standard Brands Inc. (1964–1981)
Nabisco (1981–1985)
RJR Nabisco (1985–1988)
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (1988–1990)
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Crispety, crunchety, peanut-buttery! and “better butter finger”
butterfinger.com
Butterfinger is a candy bar manufactured by the Ferrara Candy Company, a subsidiary of Ferrero.[1] The bar consists of a crispy peanut butter core coated in milk chocolate.[2]
2 2019 recipe change
3 Advertising campaigns
4.1 Use by other manufacturers
5 Similar products, other manufacturers
Butterfinger was invented by Otto Schnering in 1923. Schnering had founded the Curtiss Candy Company near Chicago, Illinois, in 1922, using his mother's maiden name.[3] The company held a public contest to choose the name of this candy. In an early marketing campaign, the company dropped Butterfinger and Baby Ruth candy bars from airplanes in cities across the United States as a publicity stunt that helped increase its popularity.
The candy bar also was promoted in Baby Take a Bow, a film from 1934 featuring Shirley Temple.
In 1964, Standard Brands Inc. purchased the Curtiss Candy Company. It then merged with Nabisco in 1981. RJR Nabisco was formed in 1985 by the merger of Nabisco Brands and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. In 1988, RJR Nabisco was purchased by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. in what was at the time, the largest leveraged buyout in history.
In 1990, Nestlé, a Swiss multinational food and beverage company, bought Baby Ruth and Butterfinger from RJR Nabisco. When measured by revenues, Nestlé is considered the largest food company in the world.[4][5]
Butterfinger was withdrawn from the market in Germany in 1999, due to consumer rejection when it was one of the first products to be identified as containing genetically modified ingredients (GMOs) from corn.[6][7] Butterfinger sales ended after a successful campaign by Greenpeace pushed Nestlé to remove the product from German supermarkets.[8]
With 2010 sales of $598 million, Butterfinger had become increasingly popular and was typically ranked as the eleventh most popular candy bar sold in the $17.68 billion United States chocolate confectionery market between 2007 and 2010.[9]
In January 2018, Nestlé announced plans to sell over 20 of its U.S. confectionery brands (including Butterfinger) to Italian chocolatier Ferrero SpA for $2.8 billion.[10] This deal was finalized in March 2018 and the newly acquired brands were folded into the operations of the Ferrara Candy Company.[11]
2019 recipe change[edit]
Ferrara relaunched Butterfinger in January 2019 with labels displaying "Improved Recipe". "Better" Butterfinger, as it's identified in advertising, uses larger, jumbo runner peanuts in the bar's core that are roasted in-house. The new bar also utilizes a higher percentage of cocoa and milk in the chocolate coating and cuts ingredients such as the preservative TBHQ and hydrogenated oils.[12] The package itself has also been upgraded to avoid spoilage.[13]
Advertising campaigns[edit]
Butterfinger has become known for its marketing and a roster of spokespersons, including Bart Simpson, Top Cat, Seth Green, Erik Estrada, Rob Lowe, and Jaime Pressly.
Other memorable advert campaigns include counting down the end of the world or BARmageddon, with evidence such as the first ever, QR shaped crop circle in Kansas, a Butterfinger comedy-horror movie called “Butterfinger the 13th,” the first interactive digital graphic novel by a candy brand starring the Butterfinger Defense League, and several attention grabbing April Fool’s Day pranks, including the renaming of the candy bar to “The Finger.”[14]Two of the slogans currently used to advertise the candy bar are "Follow the Finger" and "Break out of the ordinary!" Prior to these, Bart Simpson, Homer Simpson, and other characters from Fox's The Simpsons, appeared in numerous advertisements for the product from 1988 to 2001, featuring the slogans "Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger!", "Bite my Butterfinger!", and "Nothin' like a Butterfinger!"
Butterfinger, for unknown reasons, terminated a long standing advertising contract with The Simpsons in the end of 2001. Reacting to this, the January 2002 Simpsons episode "Sweets and Sour Marge" included a scene depicting Butterfinger bars as nonflammable; the character Chief Wiggum says, "Even the fire doesn't want them."
In February 2003, in the episode "Barting Over", Bart claims he does not recall being in any commercials in the past, and then eats a Butterfinger just as he did in the commercials. In the November 2014 episode Simpsorama, a crossover with Futurama, Butterfingers are used to lure the Bart creatures into Madison Cube Garden.
On April 1, 2008, Nestlé launched an April Fool's Day prank in which they claimed that they had changed the name of the candy bar to "The Finger", citing consumer research that indicated that the original brand was "clumsy" and "awkward". The prank included a fake Web site[15] promoting the change that featured a video press release. When the joke was revealed, the website redirected visitors to the fictitious "Butterfinger Comedy Network".
In 2009, a new advertisement for Butterfinger was produced that appeared to be a homage to the earlier The Simpsons commercials. In 2010, Butterfinger revived its "Nobody better lay a finger..." slogan as "Nobody's gonna lay a finger on my Butterfinger."[16] In 2011, a comedy horror film entitled Butterfinger The 13th, was made to promote the product.[17]
In April 2013, an official announcement via the Twitter account of The Simpsons stated that the "Nobody better lay a finger" advertising campaign featuring Bart Simpson would be returning.[18] In the opening sequence of "Treehouse of Horror XXVIII" (2017), the family appeared as candy in a bowl. Bart, a Butterfinger bar, tells his mother he is scared, and she comforts him by stating he's always the last taken.
Variations[edit]
Butterfinger Snackerz
Butterfinger Snackerz candies
Bites: A product with small, bite sized pieces of Butterfinger is called Butterfinger Bites.
Snackerz: Butterfinger Snackerz is another bite sized, smooth centered version of the candy bar.
BB's: Starting in 1992, another form of Butterfinger bars was available called BB's. Similar to Whoppers and Maltesers, they were roughly the size of marbles and sold in bags. They also were advertised by the Simpsons. They were discontinued in 2006. In 2009, the product was brought back as Butterfinger Mini Bites.
Buzz: During the height of the energy drink craze in 2009, a two piece ‘king size’ version of the candy bar containing 80 milligrams of caffeine was released with limited distribution.[19] The wrapper bears this warning: "Contains 80 mg per package (40 mg per piece), as much as in the leading energy drink. Not recommended for pregnant women, children or persons sensitive to caffeine."[4]
Ice Cream Bar: A product with an ice cream filling, the Butterfinger Ice Cream Bar, was introduced and continues to be sold in individual bags to this day. Another product similar to that of Butterfinger Ice Cream Bars, but shaped in a nugget form, also was developed and is now discontinued.
Crisp: Nestlé also produces Butterfinger Crisp bars, which are a form of chocolate covered wafer cookie, with a Butterfinger flavored cream. This is part of a line of Nestlé products under a "crisp" name, including Nestlé Crunch Crisp and Baby Ruth Crisp.
Cocoa mix: Nestlé released a hot cocoa mix with the flavor of the Butterfinger bar. The packaging advertises the cocoa as having a chocolate and peanut butter taste.[20]
Cups: In 2014, a product similar to Reese's Peanut Butter Cups was introduced by Nestlé, the Butterfinger Peanut Butter Cup, which unlike Reese's Cups, has both crunchy and creamy peanut butter and covers the mix with milk chocolate.[21] It was the first new Butterfinger product introduced in more than five years. Nestlé spent two years developing the product.[22]
Naked: The Naked Butterfinger is a version of the standard size candy bar that will only have a coating of chocolate on the bottom to hold it together.
Dark: Made with Dark Chocolate
Use by other manufacturers[edit]
A part of Edy's Fun Flavors line (Dreyer's west of the Rocky Mountains and outside the United States). The product is vanilla ice cream with a peanut butter swirl and bits of the Butterfinger candy bar in it.
Grocery store Kroger has a flavor in their "Jammed" line called Peanut Butter Candy Crunch that is a peanut flavored frozen dairy dessert with Butterfinger chunks and a peanut butter swirl whose taste resembles that of the Butterfinger candy bar.
Similar products, other manufacturers[edit]
Clark Bar (from Boyer)
5th Avenue (from The Hershey Company)
Reese's Crispy Crunchy Bar: a product that includes peanuts and peanut butter (owned by The Hershey Company)
Zagnut: a similar product using toasted coconut instead of chocolate (from The Hershey Company)
Chick-O-Stick: a rolled product using toasted coconut instead of chocolate (from the Atkinson Candy Company)
Crispy Crunch (from Cadbury)
List of chocolate bar brands
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^ "Butterfinger". Nestlé USA. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
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^ "Ferrero Completes Acquisition of Nestlé USA's Confectionary Business". Business Wire. Business Wire, Inc. March 31, 2018.
^ Taylor, Kate (February 11, 2019). "Nutella's parent company is rolling out a 'Better Butterfinger' ad campaign to highlight the candy brand's massive changes". Business Insider. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
^ confectionerynews.com. "As Kellogg-Keebler deal closes, Ferrara poised to reach $3bn in sales". confectionerynews.com. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
^ "Butterfinger Celebrates 90ish Years Of Awesome-Ness" (Press release). Glendale, CALIF.: Nestlé USA. January 1, 2013.
^ "The Finger Bar website". Archived from the original on 2008-07-02. Retrieved 2008-06-28.
^ Butterfinger Ad Brings Back Slogan Archived 2013-04-09 at the Wayback Machine
^ Butterfinger the 13th on IMDb
^ "The Simpsons on Twitter: "Bart Simpson reunites with @Butterfinger in Nestle's "Nobody Better Lay A Finger" campaign. Follow the reunion on Twitter! #LoveAtFirstBite"". Twitter.com. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
^ Chris McNamara (February 18, 2009). "Butterfinger with caffeine generates some buzz".
^ Butterfinger Archived November 10, 2015, at the Wayback Machine at snackmemory.com
^ "Butterfinger Cups". Nestle. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
^ Jenn Harris (2014-01-15). "Butterfinger cups to launch with Super Bowl ad". LA Times. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
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Getting ‘Sirius’ with LISH
June 6, 2013 By Dave Mac
It feels like LISH have been around forever on the psytrance scene, such has been both their impact and their consistency in releasing quality music. In my opinion they are one of the few production teams that have managed to successfully bridge the gap between progressive psytrance and progressive & tech house, by fitting as comfortably onto the lineup of an outdoor psytrance party as they do at club events such as Pacha. On June 15 the duo arrives in Cape Town for their first ever gig on our [hopefully] sunny shores. I dug a little deeper to get to know the boys…
IDM: Wow you guys really are the original Israeli prog producers! Well done. I remember when your tracks first appeared on the scene. It was at a time when ‘full-on’ was very much at its peak and Astrix & Skazi were making a big announcement on the scene. What made you guys think differently and decide to produce progressive at a time when the scene was so overshadowed by full on music?
During our first years as listeners we used to listen to Goa Trance music. Later on we were exposed to Scandinavian Progressive Trance and Tech Trance which we just loved so as soon as we started to produce music more seriously, our influences naturally came from these kinds of styles and we tried to create music with the same vibe, rhythms and atmospheres.
Although Full-On was growing each day, we believed in the music we produced and just did what felt right for us.
“A friend of ours always said that our music is irresistible for the girls and when the girls are on the dance floor, everyone else will join them.”
IDM: Does it please you now to see that progressive has become so big and has really taken over from the full-on scene?
LISH: We have been producing this kind of music for more than a decade. We’ve had good times, we’ve had bad times but we’ve been able to see the changes happening in front of our eyes and are grateful for that, especially when the change has been in our direction [laughs]; it is great to be able to play our music without feeling like a ‘second choice’ for the crowd. The amazing thing is that we haven’t had to compromise with the style of our music.
IDM: LISH flirt a lot with both techno and progressive, although your tech stuff always has strong trance influences; in those early days, how did you see your sound fitting in at outdoor parties when the music was so fast and furious?
LISH: We were always mindful that good music will keep people dancing. A friend of ours always said that our music is irresistible for the girls and when the girls are on the dance floor, everyone else will join them.
Although our music was slower we always keep the energies levels up and this blend naturally fits well with certain timeslots at outdoor parties once people have had enough of the ‘fast and furious.’
IDM: Of course today LISH can headline any major trance event but since you also have strong techno influences in your music, do you also play a lot of indoor club events?
LISH: As we’ve been producing more progressive house music the last couple of years we played quite a lot in clubs that are more familiar with the House and techno such as Ageha club in Japan, Pacha Brazil and many others.
In the last year though we have decided to focus our LISH project more on progressive psy trance; we have actually formed a new project named ‘Stereo Talk’ which will focus on Progressive\Tech\Deep House and the first track is about to be released.
IDM: Your name, of course, comes from the first 2 letters of your first names. How long did it take you to decide on this in the beginning? Can you remember any other names that almost made it as your producer name?
LISH: The name Lish came up really fast and from our first release we used this. We don’t actually remember which names we had in mind except for one – ‘Quakeadelic.’ It was inspired by a video game we use to play at that time, but we have never used it, and we glad for that.
[laughs]
IDM: How do you guys feel about the new “Israeli progressive psy-tech” sound that is now being produced by all the old full-on guys?
LISH: We can understand the Full-on guys that are trying to make Progressive. Some of them have been working for many years and used to play every weekend. Suddenly, the entire scene changed from one style to the other and they were almost in the shadows. In the end it’s a good thing for the scene as well, since they bring new sides [ideas] to progressive.
IDM: What is a typical day in the life of LISH when you are at home in Israel?
It really depends, we have some weeks that we have more time, so we are in the studio night and day, creating and mixing our new tracks and almost forgetting ourselves; when we’ve got the muse we trying not to stop it. On the other hand there are weeks we have less time since we have gigs and tours, also Lior become a dad almost 2 years ago and naturally he spends more time with his family. Usually during this times Shay will work in the studio on new tunes and then we join forces for few days in the week for short sessions.
IDM: Can one still earn a living just from producing underground trance music or do you do commercial studio work too?
LISH: It’s possible to earn a living from music although it’s harder when there are two people.
We also produce also some Pop and Hip-Hop music, offer mixing and mastering services and also teach private lessons.
Lior also used to teach music production at a college and now he actually works for the audio plug-ins company called Waves.
IDM: Full on became boring because everybody copied each other and it started to sound the same. It seems that many new progressive tracks are starting to do the same; a triplet in the middle is an example of this. LISH has always maintained originality and not pandered to ‘new trends,’ it seems. Which electronic artists (trance or otherwise) impress you right now in 2013 with their originality?
LISH: Yes we also feel that it has started to happen with progressive as it used to be with full on and we have also used the ‘famous triplet’ in our tracks occasionally although it must be said that our collaboration – ‘Lish & Ace Ventura – The Light’ was the first one to bring this rhythm back to the trance scene which was originally use in the Goa trance days.
We do find unique artists that have their own style and colour and those are the artists that everyone is actually trying to copy such as Ace Ventura, Neelix, Atmos, Ticon, Captain Hook, Liquid Soul etc.
But we also find great producers who have their own unique style. Unfortunately the crowd usually wants to listen to the music they like and to what they are already familiar with. That’s what makes it harder for artists who wish to be unique to avoid following the ‘formula’.
IDM: Last question: South Africa. Many Israeli artists often say our dancefloors are like Israel. What do you guys say?
LISH: We’ve heard only good stories about the scene in South Africa but have not played there yet, so we don’t really know how to even compare it. What we do know though is that we are very excited to come and play there for the first time.
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Home Apps This smart suitcase will tell you what to pack for your holiday
This smart suitcase will tell you what to pack for your holiday
It’s finally happened, we’ve finally found a connected gadget that will actually improve our lives.
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Egyptian chest, and was moreover intensified by his delirium, that his mates were forced to lace him fast, even there, as he sailed, raving in his hammock. In a strait-jacket, he swung to the mad rockings of the gales. And, when running into more sufferable latitudes, the ship, with mild stun’sails spread, floated across the tranquil tropics, and, to all appearances.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket during launch. (SpaceX)
That it was only then, on the homeward voyage, after the encounter, that the final monomania seized him, seems all but certain from the fact that, at intervals during the passage, he was a raving lunatic; and, though unlimbed of a leg, yet such vital strength yet lurked in his Egyptian chest, and was moreover intensified by his delirium, that his mates were forced to lace him fast, even there, as he sailed, raving in his hammock. In a strait-jacket, he swung to the mad rockings of the gales. And, when running into more sufferable latitudes, the ship, with mild stun’sails spread, floated across the tranquil tropics, and, to all appearances, the old man’s delirium seemed left behind him with the Cape Horn swells.
Human madness is oftentimes a cunning and most feline thing. When you think it fled, it may have but become transfigured into some still subtler form. Ahab’s full lunacy subsided not, but deepeningly contracted; like the unabated Hudson, when that noble Northman flows narrowly, but unfathomably through the Highland gorge.
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God the direful madness was now gone; even then, Ahab, in his hidden self, raved on. Human madness is oftentimes a cunning and most feline thing. When you think it fled, it may have but become transfigured into some still subtler form. Ahab’s full lunacy subsided not, but deepeningly contracted; like the unabated Hudson, when that noble Northman flows narrowly, but unfathomably through the Highland gorge.
But, as in his narrow-flowing monomania, not one jot of Ahab’s broad madness had been left behind; so in that broad madness, not one jot of his great natural intellect had perished. That before living agent, now became the living instrument. If such a furious trope may stand, his special lunacy stormed his general sanity, and carried it, and turned all its concentred cannon upon its own mad mark. I knew the Indians would soon discover that they were on the wrong trail and that the search for me would be renewed in the right direction as soon as they located my tracks. I had gone but a short distance further when what seemed to be an excellent trail opened up around the face of a high cliff. The trail was level and quite broad and led upward and in the general direction I wished to go. The cliff arose for several hundred feet on my right, and on my left was an equal and nearly perpendicular drop to the bottom of a rocky ravine.
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Metro Railway officials reach out to the family of Kanjilal
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Nothing ‘dubious’ found in bag in Kolkata
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Swiss Catholic Church Investigating 10 Abuse Cases
March 20, 2010 March 20, 2010 by Infinite
(Reuters) – The Swiss Catholic Church is investigating around 10 allegations of abuse by clergy, including some acts committed since 2001, making Switzerland the latest country to be hit by a wave of scandal sweeping Europe.
In a pastoral letter on Saturday, Pope Benedict apologized to victims of child sex abuse by clergy in Ireland and ordered an official inquiry there.
The Swiss Bishops’ Conference said the Pope’s letter confirmed the church in Switzerland had acted correctly in dealing with cases of abuse, and added that it had already worked together with victims to report abuse to the authorities.
“The letter supports the guidelines that the Church introduced for cases of sexual abuse in 2002,” said Conference spokesman Walter Mueller.
The Diocese of Chur, in eastern Switzerland, said it was investigating around 10 complaints of abuse. “Our primary goal now is to help the victims,” the bishop’s representative, Christoph Casetti, told national Swiss television station SF1.
The abbot of a monastery in the diocese said at least three of the 77 monks at Einsiedeln had committed acts of abuse since he took up office in December 2001, but no legal action had been taken in any of the cases.
“The victims or their representatives said expressly that they did not want it,” Abbot Martin Werlen told SF1. There had also been two cases of abuse at the monastery school in the 1970s, resulting in one monk being moved to another post.
Last week, a priest resigned from his post at a parish church in Chur diocese after admitting abusing a child 40 years ago, when he worked in a different country.
Casetti said none of the cases under investigation was in connection to this priest. One of the priests involved had since died and the diocese was trying to get an overview of cases of abuse over the past 50 years, he said.
The leader of Germany’s Roman Catholic Church said on Saturday that the Pope’s apology was also clearly an admonition to bishops in his country.
Archbishop Robert Zollitsch also apologized for mistakes he made in failing to turn over a case of suspected abuse by a priest to state prosecutors when he was in charge of human resources in the Freiburg diocese years ago.
(Reporting by Jason Rhodes; editing by David Stamp)
Sat Mar 20, 2010 5:24pm EDT
– Irish Catholic Church Paid Child Sex Abuse Victim To Keep Quiet (Guardian)
– Catholic Church Child Abuse: Nuns Now Also Accused (Radio Netherlands Worldwide)
– Church: Pope Had Role in Moving Molesting Priest (Bloomberg)
– Pope knew priest was paedophile but allowed him to continue with ministry (Times)
– Pope will struggle to survive abuse scandal (Irish Independent)
– Benedict’s involvement ’shows extent of cover-ups’ (Irish Independent)
– Sinead O’Connor: I’d help Jesus to burn down the Vatican (Irish Independent)
– RIGHTS-GERMANY: ‘Catholic Church Protects Paedophile Priests’ (IPS)
– Child abuse claims sweep Catholic Church in Europe (AP)
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Brussels False Flag Attack Explored With Sibel Edmonds & Kevin Barrett (Must-See Video)
April 3, 2016 April 2, 2016 by Infinite
Was Brussels a false flag terror attack that has been blamed on ISIS by Europe, the US, and Israel? We explore the familiar playbook of the “terrorists” in Belgium, connect the dots with Paris, 9/11, and Operation Gladio in this uncensored discussion with Sibel Edmonds and Kevin Barrett. How has the target on Syria and Assad allowed for acceptable civilian casualties in Europe, and what threat does ISIS really hold? Enter the Buzzsaw with Sean Stone and find out.
GUEST BIO:
Sibel Edmonds is editor and publisher of Boiling Frogs Post, founder and president of the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition (NSWBC), and author of the acclaimed book Classified Woman: The Sibel Edmonds Story, and a Political Spy Thriller, The Lone Gladio. She has appeared on national radio and TV as a commentator on matters related to whistleblowers, national security, and excessive secrecy & classification, and has been featured on CBS 60 Minutes, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, and in the New York Times, Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The American Conservative, and others.
Kevin Barrett is the author of Questioning the War on Terror: A Primer for Obama Voters; Truth Jihad; A Guide to Mysterious San Francisco; and editor of 9/11 and American Empire v.2, and has taught Arabic, Islamic Studies, French, American Civilization and others subjects. Widely regarded as the world’s leading Muslim 9/11 truth activist (for what that’s worth) he spent 2006-2008 as the only talk show host featured on all three leading patriot radio networks (GCN, RBN, and WTPRN). Garrett ran for Congress in Wisconsin’s 3rd District in 2008.
Operation Gladio – Full 1992 documentary BBC
Originally aired on BBC2 in 1992, ‘Operation Gladio’ reveals ‘Gladio’, the secret state-sponsored terror network operating in Europe.
This BBC series is about a far-right secret army, operated by the CIA and MI6 through NATO, which killed hundreds of innocent Europeans and attempted to blame the deaths on Baader Meinhof, Red Brigades and other left wing groups. Known as ‘stay-behinds’ these armies were given access to military equipment which was supposed to be used for sabotage after a Soviet invasion. Instead it was used in massacres across mainland Europe as part of a CIA Strategy of Tension. Gladio killing sprees in Belgium and Italy were carried out for the purpose of frightening the national political classes into adopting U.S. policies.
Director Allan Frankovich
@Amazon.com: Gladio, NATO’s Dagger at the Heart of Europe: The Pentagon-Nazi-Mafia Terror Axis
Categories Global News, Politics Tags 9/11, Belgium, Brussels, CIA, Daesh, EU, Europe, False flag, gladio, Global News, Government, Inside job, ISIL, ISIS, Israel, Kevin Barrett, MI6, NATO, Obama administration, Politics, Sibel Edmonds, Terrorism, U.S. Post navigation
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2 thoughts on “Brussels False Flag Attack Explored With Sibel Edmonds & Kevin Barrett (Must-See Video)”
squodgy
Desperation by the perps.
As the disbelievers gather strength and provide credible evidence it was a staged event to frighten Joe BigMac, so the perps try to regain ground by inventing yet more bullshit.
http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/4278088-uk-police-arrest-5-investigation-europe-attacks.html#.1258-stage-hero1-6
Len Kurtz
Edmonds is an elite plant and Barrett likes Arab funding.
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The Pedlar’s Weblog
Jottings of an English Author/Actor about books, writing, the theatre and life. Website:www.pedlarpress.co.uk
Posts Tagged 'modern'
As You, like, Like it
Published May 15, 2009 Uncategorized 1 Comment
Tags: English, language, modern, slang, speech
I was listening to my nine-year-old grandson this morning as he described to his grandmother a practice session at football:
“Another thing I like to do is, like, when another boy is, like, just about to, like, kick the ball I, like, rush in and tackle him. That,” he added, “is really cool! I really, like, like doing that.”
How on earth, I thought to myself, did I manage, when I was his age, without this peculiar piece of verbal padding? And where did it, like, come from? I suppose its equivalent in my day was the simple “um“. Or possibly an “er“, or the slightly more high-faluting “ah” beloved of Ann Widecombe.
Come to think of it, though, modern English speech is full of such meaningless litter. There is the rather tentative “I mean” and the ubiquitous “you know” made particularly fashionable by our last prime minister. (In Mr Blair’s case it was, I presume, intended to sound ‘matey’. Mrs Thatcher, on the other hand, used it in an entirely different way, intended to convey her conviction that you very obviously didn’t know. With her it would always begin a sentence, as an alternative to “Look . . .”, whereas with Blair it was always, you know, in the middle.)
And then there is that curious sound which started life as the six-word phrase “do you know what I mean?” but which, with the aid of a glottal stop, has now become compressed into a single verbal blur; something like “joonowo’imeen”.
I knew a distinguished economist once who found it almost impossibe to start a sentence, or even a subordinate clause, without the words “in fact . . .”. The more speculative his pronouncement, the more he was likely to use it. In fact I once heard him preface a reply to a question with “In fact, in fact, . . .”. But that’s an economist for you.
I suppose such phrases have a function, in that they give one a moment in which to think of what to say next. But I feel sure our ancestors managed to converse without their aid. Try to imagine Hamlet saying:
“To be or, like, not to be. I mean, that is, you know, the question. Whether ’tis, like, nobler ….”
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www.pedlarpress.co.uk
On blubbing
The Final Curtain?
Confident writing
Dr Tom Bibey’s Weblog
Nick’s Writing Blog
The Pedlar Press
The Writer’s Journey
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It's gradual, then sudden
I'm reading this Walt Disney biography, and what's most striking is how long it took him to get any traction at all.
The Disney brothers start their company in 1923 and basically eat shit for 10 years. Their first decade is a series of failed attempts, bad deals, and projects gone bad.
And suddenly, around 1933, everything starts to change for Disney. They get their first real hit, a short film called "The three pigs". Mickey Mouse, who'd been around since 1928, hits peak popularity. Donald Duck gets introduced in 1934, and people go crazy for him.
Back in the 1920s, Walt Disney was knocking on every door, desperate for meetings. He tried to convince big studio executives that animation was the future. But they ignored him and treated him badly. Walt was so desperate for funding that he signed some really bad distribution deals. Him and Roy were literally starving.
But now, a decade later, Walt is the toast of Hollywood. Everyone wants to meet him. Suddenly, he doesn't need to bang on doors; they're just opening for him.
Gradually, and then suddenly
It got me thinking again about this concept of "Gradually, and then suddenly." For years, the Disney brothers are gradually clawing their way forward. It's slow and painful. And then, suddenly, all those years start to pay off. Everything seems to improve at once.
"'Success is just a decade of hard work away' makes for a shit motivational poster." – AJ, Carrd.co
Disney is one of America's most iconic companies.
It took them 10 years to achieve even a baseline of success. 10 years! Are we willing to put forward that kind of effort, in a single direction, for that long? Are we willing to take our knocks, and keep going?
Building something great takes time.
Disney felt that animation was worth pursuing, despite the resistance.
Justin Jackson
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Philippines Massacre
With mass killings in Maguindanao, Philippines now ranks as world’s most dangerous country for journalists. Photographs by Jes Aznar (27-Nov-09).
By IWPR Reporters
1. A soldier covers with banana leaves some of the bodies of at least 57 victims of the November 23 massacre in a remote village in Ampatuan, Maguindanao. Datu Unsay mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr is the prime suspect in the case that shocked the country and international community. He denies responsibility.
2. Another body recovered from the massacre site, which also had several freshly dug mass graves and a backhoe, bolstering suspicions that perpetrators tried to cover up the crime.
3. Investigators check on one of the bodies recovered under layers of soil and vehicles. As of press time, 26 of the 57 victims were identified to be local journalists who would cover the filing of candidacy of Buluan vice mayor Toto Mangudadatu by his wife and relatives, mostly women.
4. Health workers check on the victims’ bodies, ready for transport to a local morgue in Ampatuan town in Maguindanao.
5. Even vehicles, such as this one, were also recovered from the mass graves in Ampatuan, Maguindanao. Apart from the Mangudadatu relatives and journalists, two known human rights lawyers and motorists were also killed.
<p> 6. Investigators cover their noses from the stench of the bodies recovered from the November 23 massacre, which the United Nations, among many national and international groups, called a &quot;heinous crime&quot;.</p>
<p> 7. Local journalists check on the remains of their colleagues who were among those massacred. The carnage meant that the Philippines has overtaken Iraq as the most dangerous place to work for journalists, said the International Federation of Journalists.</p>
The bodies of 57 political activists, lawyers, journalists and local government employees have been found by the authorities in Maguindanao Province in the southern Philippines. An armed militia of up to 100 people reportedly abducted and massacred the civilians on November 23 as they were traveling in a convoy to register a candidate for next year’s local and national elections.
Twenty-six of the dead were journalists who had joined Evelyn Mangudadatu, the wife of Buluan vice mayor Toto Mangudadatu who was traveling along with several female relatives and female lawyers to file candidacy papers on behalf of her husband who had decided to stand in the elections. Evelyn was raped and her body very severely mutilated, according to her husband. The authorities confirmed that several of the women were heavily pregnant. The Mangudadatu family had reportedly been warned against trying to contest the elections.
Fearful of attacks against any male members of the extended Mangudadatu family while trying to file papers, they decided only to send female members. Local media representatives and lawyers were invited to join the convoy in a bid to ensure its safety.
A suspect in the case, Datu Unsay mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr, surrendered to the authorities and was flown to Manila on November 26 but denies all responsibility for the killings – the worst incident of its kind in recent Philippines history. The Philippines now ranks as the world’s most dangerous country for journalists.
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What is Chrome OS?
Technical Support Fundamentals
4.8 (13,817 件の評価) | 130K在籍する学生
Google IT Support Professional Certificate 専門講座 における 5 の 1 コース
This course is the first of a series that aims to prepare you for a role as an entry-level IT Support Specialist. In this course, you’ll be introduced to the world of Information Technology, or IT. You’ll learn about the different facets of Information Technology, like computer hardware, the Internet, computer software, troubleshooting, and customer service. We’ll go through what a technical interview could look like, and provide tips on how to best prepare for one. This course covers a wide variety of topics in IT that are designed to give you an overview of what’s to come in this certificate program. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to: ● understand how the binary system works. ● assemble a computer from scratch. ● choose and install an operating system on a computer. ● understand what the Internet is, how it works, and the impact it has in the modern world. ● learn how applications are created and how they work under the hood of a computer. ● utilize common problem-solving methodologies and soft skills in an Information Technology setting.
Binary Code, Customer Support, Linux, Troubleshooting
4.8 (13,817 件の評価)
An excellent introductory course. The all around material was well presented, the instructors are doing a great job passing on their knowledge. The weekly assignments were interesting and fun to take.
Great course for beginners and experts. Easy to understand and a good refresher for those who have been into IT for a long date. Recommend it to everyone looking for a high quality course on coursera.
In the third week of this course, we'll learn about operating systems. We'll discuss the common operating systems that are used today and understand how they work with the computer hardware. We'll learn about the "boot process" of an operating system and show you how to install Windows, Linux and Mac OSX operating systems from scratch. By the end of this module, you'll use the Qwiklabs environment to interact directly with the Windows and Linux operating systems.
Choosing an Operating System3:29
Virtual Machines2:00
Installing Windows5:12
Installing Linux6:37
What is Chrome OS?3:27
Installing Mac OS X3:34
Tri Ngo Obstacles & How to be successful in IT1:36
Introduction to Qwiklabs1:55
言語を選択スペイン語ポルトガル語（ブラジル）英語
We called out earlier that Chrome OS is an operating system based on Linux.
Now, let's dive into how it's different from other Linux-based distributions.
Unlike other operating systems,
Chrome OS has one main purpose: to be
a secure and simple way for the user to interact with the web.
the idea of having an operating system dedicated to running
a web browser would've seemed weird like it was under using the computer.
But today, you can do so much just through your web browser.
You can communicate through email,
create and share documents,
edit photos and even connect remotely to another computer and the list continues to grow.
The development of new web applications increases the number
of things users can do all within the web browser.
This means that for a lot of people,
most of their daily computer use happens inside the browser.
So, having an operating system built around a web browser makes a lot of sense.
That said, Chrome OS is more than just a web-browsing operating system.
It can also run Android and Linux applications inside containers.
The user interface in Chrome OS is customized so you can only see the chrome interface.
Process management, memory and input and output are still happening behind the scenes.
But you don't need to deal with any of that.
You only need to deal with the browser.
Chrome OS machines come pre-installed with the operating system.
So, there's nothing for us to install.
When you log into a Chrome OS machine,
you're also signing into the Chrome browser. Let's do that now.
I've logged into my Chrome OS machine.
It's pulling up my Chrome settings and extensions from the configuration
stored in external servers provided by the Chrome infrastructure.
This means that Chrome OS machines are interchangeable
because most data is stored in the cloud, not locally.
We'll learn more about the cloud in future lessons but for
now think of the cloud as being somewhere else.
Two other characteristics of Chrome OS are that it's
extremely simple to use and very hard for users to meddle with.
Since users don't have administrator rights on their Chrome OS machines,
they won't be able to alter the system configuration.
Also, Chrome OS has
an automatic update mechanism that includes a fail-safe in case anything goes wrong.
This means that the user doesn't need to worry about problems or
hacks in the system because it's designed to stay up and running.
Finally, Chrome OS has strong security,
which we'll learn about in an upcoming course.
For now, you just need to know that Chrome OS allows users to browse
the web without worrying about malware
and to share machines while keeping their data private.
It also ensures that data won't be compromised if the machine is stolen.
In short, there is no need to worry about harmful software that
might be out there because Chrome OS defends against these threats.
As an IT support specialist,
you may find that some of the users in
your organization will choose Chrome OS for their daily work.
Since it's so easy to use and rarely breaks,
we won't cover daily support in further detail.
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Visual Elements of User Interface Design
カリフォルニア芸術大学（California Institute of the Arts）
4.8 (672 件の評価) | 19K在籍する学生
UI / UX Design 専門講座 における 4 の 1 コース
This design-centric course examines the broad question of what an interface is and what role a designer plays in creating a user interface. Learning how to design and articulate meaning using color, type, and imagery is essential to making interfaces function clearly and seamlessly. Through a series of lectures and visual exercises, you will focus on the many individual elements and components that make up the skillset of an interface designer. By the end of this course, you will be able to describe the key formal elements of clear, consistent, and intuitive UI design, and apply your learned skills to the design of a static screen-based interface. This is the first course in the UI/UX Design Specialization, which brings a design-centric approach to user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) design, and offers practical, skill-based instruction centered around a visual communications perspective, rather than on one focused on marketing or programming alone. These courses are ideal for anyone with some experience in graphic or visual design and who would like to build their skill set in UI or UX for app and web design. It would also be ideal for anyone with experience in front- or back-end web development or human-computer interaction and want to sharpen their visual design and analysis skills for UI or UX.
4.8 (672 件の評価)
Very useful course, Highly recommended for beginners who is going to kick start with UI/UX design. Very detailed content and explanation. Thanks for the such a wonderful course.
This course will take you through the details of building a user friendly interface. I loved completing the assignments each week that finished a big project at the end.
Formal Elements of Interface Design
This week we are going to examine the various formal elements that make up an interface. We’ll start out with the larger questions of content, context and audience that frame any UI/UX project. In other words: What is it? Who is it for? And, where does it live? And we’ll look at the big picture of overall design direction, what is often referred to as “look and feel”. From there we’ll go into detail of how the basic components of how visual design works in the context of interface design: language, shape, color, imagery, typography, and icons. These areas will be the formal building blocks you will use to create the more complex visual structure of a screen-based user interface.
Look and Feel8:07
Language as a design tool5:57
Color and Shape8:07
Imagery7:51
Typography8:26
Icons8:25
Michael Worthington
Faculty, Program in Graphic Design
言語を選択英語
Now, that we've got a design brief,
our project described in words,
we can begin to think about making some design,
we can begin to think about the broader sense of how design works in a UI project,
the look and feel of the project.
Another way to think about it is to think about the style and the mood of a project.
So, if you look at it in terms of style frames, for instance,
you could think about what would it be like if a single slice of
this project was to be finished and that's often done in motion projects.
In print projects there's also a thing called a mood board where you try and
paint a broad picture of research and the look and feel of a project.
What all of these things are trying to do,
and they're fairly interchangeable expressions,
in that they're trying to envision
the overall design direction and this is still part of pre-design.
We're not really working with words now but we're working with very broad visual strokes.
It gets us into a mode of pre-production and it's before we've really produced anything,
it's pre-commitment as well.
It's before we've really made any design decisions that we have to stick
to and what that means is it's before you've really spent any money.
You have to get all the components right
before a project goes into production and might cost
millions of dollars where thousands of people might
be using it and hundreds of people better testing it.
So, it's important to get these things right before you go into
production and this gets at the core of what a lot of UI design really is.
It's about envisioning the design,
it's about imagining that design,
trying to give it a visual form even though it doesn't really exist.
A lot of ways UI designer is trying to visualize the
invisible and this is one of the most important skills that UI designers have.
One of the easiest ways to start to do that is to start to look at style boards.
So, if we go back to our original idea of
a digital microscope for amateur scientists to operate on your phone,
we could start to think about what that might look like.
So, to begin with we could do some visual research,
which is easy to do nowadays where you can go online,
you can find copyright-free images, for instance,
and we could look at what kind of images might
look like they're seeing through a digital microscope.
We could look at scientific images,
we could look at how the phone could be used as
a microscope and this will give us a range of what the imagery might feel like.
We could pick a typeface as well that might have a suitable feeling or
suitable style for this particular mood in this particular app.
likewise, we could pick colors so we can have a color palette that we might
use and these are all very very broad design elements that we're choosing.
For instance, here I'm picking a color palette just out of the imagery that I've already
found to try and get a relationship between the color palette and the imagery.
As you start to put these things together and do research,
it means that you're creating a mood and a feeling of imagery,
of color, of typography.
So, if we take those research images that we found,
we could actually use those and we could build a single piece of work that has
a mood and a tone that tries to reflect what we're trying to get at with our app.
So, I could take some of the microscopic images,
for instance, and blow them up, create some gradations,
have them feel very scientific and because this is for amateur scientists,
I might want to depict exactly who it is that the app is for who's going to use it.
I can also use certain kinds of shapes, for instance.
Perhaps in this case circular shapes that might indicate looking
through a microscope and have a visual reference to that.
I could show what it's like to actually use the app.
So, you can see somebody holding a phone, for instance,
and looking at a close up of something through the microscope.
So, I'm trying to get at what is the visual look and feel of
this app but I'm also trying to get at what is the experience of it,
what's going to feel like when it's finished
product without really doing very much work at all,
without making the finished product at all.
I'm really just taking a group of images and trying to paint
a very broad picture of what it might feel like
to use this app without any details at all.
So here, for instance, I could also look at some test type,
I could look at a certain kind of topography,
put the color palette back in there again.
I'm ready building up a style frame that I could show to somebody and they could
look at this and they could have an idea of what
my intentions were and what the feeling of the app might be.
As I mentioned, it's this apparent way of trying to envision something that is invisible.
So, we started from one sentence that was described in text and we're trying to
end up with something that is purely visual and
has a lot of mood and a lot of feeling to it.
So, let's try doing that again but this time let's take a different visual approach.
Let's take our same starting sentence.
In other words, we're going to use our same prompt
our same brief but we're going to take it in a different visual direction.
So, here we're going to use much more vector-based imagery.
It's going to look less hardcore scientific,
it's going to look a little bit more fun,
it might have a slightly younger audience.
So, already even just from our initial visual research,
it looks very different.
So, even though we're taking the same visual brief,
the same prompt of visual representation of it is very very
different because we've made design decisions that have changed that.
So we're going to put these images together in
a very similar way that we put the scientific photographic images together,
so we can compare the two and see how they feel different.
So, let's take some of these vector drawings of
scientific instruments and we will blow these up very large.
They'll be much more friendly,
a little more cartoon-based,
we can have a more cartoon like Avatar to lead us through the project, for instance.
We can look at some color palettes that are perhaps a bit more fun,
again for more youthful audience.
We could keep the circular motif that worked quite well from before,
that seems to represent the idea of looking through the microscope.
We can build this image in a very similar way but it has
a totally different feeling than
the more serious photographic scientific version we had before.
This version now feels like it's a lot more fun,
it could be for a younger audience and that
might have some implications for how that might work,
what it might do and how you might use it.
We could throw some smaller free form elements
in there as well to fill in some of the gaps.
We can pick a different typeface for this one,
it's a lot more fun.
So, let's pick something that's perhaps a bit more contemporary, less scientific.
How about something that is a geometric sanserif,
for instance, something that is quite neutral but quite contemporary as well.
We'll do the same exercise where we'll take parts of
the color palette and we'll use
those so we'll pull that out of the imagery to make a color palette.
So, you can see if we slot together these two different screens that we'd made,
you can see how they feel very different even though
they're using a lot of the same compositional elements,
they're using a lot of the same ideas in terms of their content.
So, to reiterate, it's really about the look and the feel and
that has a strong relationship to who might use this kind of app.
So, we're back to our original questions about what is the app exactly?
Who is it for and where does it live?
These two screens might take those questions into slightly different places.
For instance, the one on the left might be much more scientific and
serious and again the one on the right much more playful.
If we take our two screens,
we can analyze those and start to come up with some adjectives to
describe them and that'll help us push that direction that we want to go in even further.
So, we've made things that exist in
a purely visual form in a very emotive and a very mood-based way,
but we could actually turn that on its head and pull it back
towards language in order to describe what we've done.
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All posts tagged Literature
Learning Relevance Through Erasure
One of the few things people connect with India besides Slumdog Millionaire and hub of cheap Third World labour are the epics Ramayan and Mahabharat — which are of course, anglicised to Ramayana and Mahabharata. Almost always, these epics are seen as the narrativisation of ‘the great oral tradition of storytelling’, basing this tradition in the past, which not only increases the net worth of such a text but also binds the epic with ‘history’; it’s seen as a ‘pre-colonial’ Indian¹utopia and as the ‘pure’ culture, while neatly obliterating the existence of more than a few hundred narrativisations of these epics — which are subjective to the caste and class of the community they come from — and they’re seen synonymously with Hinduism and our religions — meanwhile western epics like the Iliad and Odyssey are seen as Great Literature and not the representative of a population. Thanks to this pact with ‘history’, these texts are seen as — forcibly — situated texts that describe how Things Were Back Then and almost always read when mirrored with Christianity or the western gaze. So when the text turns out to have any contemporary beliefs or depict any ‘modern’ behaviour, it is hailed as a new ‘discovery’, when in reality these ‘discoveries’ have always existed in the texts. Insert quip about colonisation here.
Lately, there is a new surge of reading ‘religious’ texts through a queer perspective, which perplexes me to no end — for these particular texts, Mahabharat especially, have always been queer texts. I grew up with stories from the Mahabharat and have known tales of Krishna and Radha role-playing and switching genders, Arjun living as a woman for a year with a man’s mind, Draupadi as the daughter born of a man’s body — and these are a few instances I can remember without even looking at the texts my grandmum used to read. Agreeably, in most re-tellings of this epic, even these gender transgressions are somehow inserted into patriarchy — Krishna becomes a ‘womaniser’ who doesn’t mind ‘playing around’, Arjun is written and seen as a character who ‘just dresses as a woman’ while retaining his identity and physical form, Draupadi’s birth is naturalised — however what these studies do is anthropologically ‘carve out’ queer instances and characters, instead of just rescuing the regional-dialectical re-telling from the mainstream one. Not to mention, even these queer characters are seen through the Western lens and then we have debates and papers arguing just why Arjun isn’t a trans* character, without taking into account that being trans* across different cultures or that even ‘queer’ manifests in different forms here. Because of such ritual and continuous exotification, books like Devdutt Pattaniak’s ‘The Pregnant King‘ are a cause for wonder and amazement in the Western world — more like a mild case of, “I used to be Brown but now I Think!”.
The Pregnant King is a text that narrativises and fictionalises the tale of a childless king who was a contemporary of the Pandavs, thus we know the setting is around the Kuru-kshtera war, but it moves on to its obscure characters — some of the most fascinating are Somvat a Brahmin boy who transforms to a woman to be with his lover, a queen who cannot rule because she is a woman, a woman who is raised and eventually identifies as a man and the protagonist who drinks a magical potion that makes him father a child and is then uncertain about his identity — written in English to either get a wider (Western) audience or to cache it under the genre of ‘fantasy’ considering the author is on risky ground for ‘questioning the sanctity of the epics!’. It goes without saying, writing such a novel does take courage, keeping in mind the religious-state-sanctioned communal identity most of the politicians thrive on, how most people view these texts as religious dictats and not just tales, how most of the Hindu-cultural identity is coded into these texts and the fact that the author takes great pains to illustrate gender and caste biases wherever possible. So on some cognitive level, I can appreciate the efforts of the author, but there are too many silences and silenced voices in this text to go un-noticed. As the text is written in English, names are anglicised², alienating me in the process — every time I said the anglicised names out loud, they’d seem foreign and harsh as they don’t roll off like the Sanskrit names do — but I’m used to such translations. What really unsettled me is how culture is diluted and broken down into actions — for instance the puja is described as an “appeasement of Gods with flowers, food and waving of lamps” — is if to make sure the Omnipresent Western Reader would understand every ‘exotic’ word used. Much like footnotes used by the British to ‘comprehend the Hindoo animal’ this text too explains each cultural practice. An apsara is called a ‘nymph’, a bhrama-rakshas is called a ‘demon-spirit’, a yaksh is called a ‘goblin’, each time reminding me that the culture I grew up in is legitimate only when tied to a western-marker. I can already see people protesting, “What is your problem if a text is made relevant? This way more people can read and appreciate it” — this is only half-true. More people will read it because it’s a ‘queer’ perspective to a ‘sacred’ text, an aura of taboo mixes with the erotic thus making it more consumable and irresistible. We don’t always need these western-markers to ‘understand’ a text — I grew up reading words, terms, cultural practices like “Chaise”, “Halloween” etc without anyone explaining what they exactly meant, read Wordsworth’s infamous poems on Nature and Daffodils without ever smelling the flower for instance — and turned out quite okay. Reading Dickens was a nightmare — besides his countless race and genderfails — because of so many cultural practices he’d mention that I’d never heard of, so it was Dickens Plus Dictionary in my household. Somehow, just somehow I ‘understood’ it all — no one had to tell me ‘English tea’ was nothing like the chai women in my house would drink in the afternoon — I knew our cultures were different and this difference was used to map supposed inferiority in our skins and authority in theirs.
In addition to dilution of culture and specific practices, the climax of the novel is the fact that most gods are male, female, both, neither all at once and then Yuvanashv comes to terms with his identity that presents as a male and yet he gives birth to his son — by the time I got to this bit, reading had become a chore. Anyone familiar with Hindu mythology knows that Gods are not separate from their feminine forms — Shiv is Parvati is Kali is Krishna is Radha is Indra and so on — but because we read these texts as one does Christian (Western) ‘religious texts’ which are more or less gendered, these characters are also confined to the gender binary. Then of course, liberal universities and humanities departments host fests that ‘uncover’ the ‘queer’ elements in the texts — once again re-enforcing a half-swallowed truth: We Don’t Exist, Till They Say We Do. Growing up too, I learnt that to ‘gain’ relevance I must be ‘understood’ — and if you ‘understand’ the Other, you can possess and chart the Other — and this ‘understanding’ comes when I erase myself, a culture I was raised in, markers that tie me to my current geopolitical location, become a tabula rasa and wait for the Nice Imperial Person to write over me, for only then I am given existence. And people still don’t believe that colonisation exists, or that we live such fissured lives because of our colonial past.
1. This is factually incorrect considering the fact one of the first colonisers were the Iranians, dating back to 1800 BCE and invaded the land of the Dravidians — which is why most of us today aren’t entirely neither Aryan nor Dravidian in complexion.
2. It’s not about what ‘sounds’ better entirely — Sanskrit names are derived from that of one’s father to chart a character’s lineage — by anglicising them, these names and tradition are distorted.
by Jaded on May 6, 2011 • Permalink
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Re-Righting Nether Roots
Breathing as the Dusty Third Worldling on a regularly alarming basis, is a difficult space to occupy, surely; even more so if you identify as feminine, which by this time almost always needs a special mention, like a parentheses of obligation. Given the Empire’s dedication to mapping and charting such invisible spaces, boundaries and borders often make me anxious and claustrophobic. Growing up with the ‘Kargil War’ being a part of the bigger, back-ground, constant state of war with chalk lines between two supposedly different countries of the Subcontinent, hearing rumours in the school playground that America was going to invade us — soon after 9/11 — that Pakistan is going to launch an attack, that people from Over There may come in any time and take us over like they did in ‘those’ countries like Iraq and Iran, that it was indeed true when we’d hear someone’s aunt’s sister’s cousin’s maid’s mistress’s sister had fled Over There because these days patriotic-and-patriarchally-inclined people decided it’s quite okay to invade borders and bodies personally because they belong to the ‘opposing country, that ‘those’ horrid buggers — any nation we’re displeased at the moment comes in this category — are going to be the End Of Us, destroy the sanctity of a country as diverse, at parts even ‘broken’ like ours and then you’d hear sighs when people said, Leave It All To God. I’d think of all this when I’d pore over maps and atlases with my sister, tracing ‘borders’ with our fingers, see if we can stretch edges and make it a Nation Of The World, like our geography books said with, what seemed to me, utmost confidence. At the end, I’d read a paragraph that countries like India and ‘Others’ of the Subcontinent, continents like Africa are a part of the Third World or the Nether World — as my Childcraft books called it — and that such countries haven’t joined the First World, but if they ‘work harder’ and ‘do more’, one day we’d join the league of ‘developed nations’ too.
So, being a Lady born out of such Nether Roots, when I sit to write in my NotMotherTongue, I break and close while trying to form words and shapes of sounds; especially when I use this ‘harsh’ tongue English sometimes becomes to me to talk about ‘my’ roots or my experience that sees the world through dark-tinted glasses with splotches where ‘religion’, ‘culture’, ‘regional tongues’ intertwine to make what I can half-claim as ‘my world’. I was going over my earliest short stories this week and (quite predictably), they smacked of something Enid Blyton and Agatha Christie would write, with characters that had names I’d only see in such books, always in search of the ‘perfect Indian sun’. It’s only in the last six years or so that I found the knotted and restrained writing of most Dusty Ladies, echoing the truth I was feeling but could somehow never word out. A few months ago, a relative asked to read my ‘writing’ or the short stories I was working on, and when I showed it to her, as much as she wanted to support and encourage me, she said that, “Are you sure this is our reality?”, words I can’t seem to forget now; for in less than ten seconds, she’d outlined the biggest problem I face when writing out ‘my’ world: The Cultural Polemic that somehow speaks in a collective echo instead of ‘one voice’. Even while growing-up, seeing the occasional Indian contestant in whatever American game-show or later, ‘reality-show’ meant knowing ‘their’ victory was somehow compulsively caught with ours, and that any flaws that person would show on TV would be marked somewhere on our skin too. One writing advice I’ve got repeatedly — advice I specifically didn’t ask for — is that, “Forget everyone else, just write your own story” as if this ‘personal’ and the ‘public’ were indeed two neatly ordained narratives, and as if I could easily slip ‘in’ and ‘out’ of each at will, as it were. Relegating the ‘personal’ to the ‘political’ or trying the inverse isn’t an option, for Dusty Ladies — supposedly — Never Air Dirty Laundry, be it in private or public, because as it seems we don’t have any ‘dirt’ to show anyone anyway. Maybe this is connected to the idea when ladies write ‘angry’ writing, it comes from a deep and a dark space — maybe even the uterus? — and that this ‘anger’ that women have is just for attention or to join the race to become the country’s Next Best Prostitute¹. But I digress.
Constructing realities for me (and it seems many other dusty ladies²) is a problem, mainly because we can’t seem to divorce the personal from the polyphonic polemic reality we see around us. Either the words are too harsh or too far removed from the reality, because Cartesian dichotomies are quite fun to see the world with, no? Either, the words are completely censored, or the ‘fantasy or dystopia’ enters reality through tubes — as it does routinely for Mahashveta Devi — and then the stories don’t matter at all; for if it’s a fantasy, then it can’t have any bearing on our dusty backs or daily lives, of course. To voice such entangled truths, that we’re perpetrators, victims, enemies, servants and commanders of this epistemological violence, that the Empire may have crumbled — if history is to be believed at all — and we’ve created a new one in its place. As the Universal is designed to leave hued bodies like mine out, speaking from the personal is the only choice there is, at least until you ignore the censorship that sometimes runs bone deep. And after having these thoughts get past between my brain and eyes³, if any words do come out, it’s very difficult to not paint the picture like Shobha De tends to do, to show conflict that is consumable and easily resolved with a few — if at all, any — changes in the class structures; or to see the world through a single lens of ‘wholeness’ and ‘oneness’ the Indian government is always too quick to rationalise ‘diversity’ as. There are times, my friends and I wonder how would it feel to buy into the Nationalist Vision of India, to see it as a burgeoning economy which has somehow no debt to pay to the various people it oppresses — for ‘dalit’s’ are all ‘Maoists’ anyway, surely — and to enthusiastically and guilelessly cheer with Obama whenever he and the power he symobilises urges us to ‘do more’. Most times, we can do nothing beyond indulge in such empty fantasies, for we do know, that the moment the tongue starts twisting truths, it spits sharp stones edged syllables, no matter how thinly we veil it or not.
As a lady, who has always had history narrated to me, by people who do not resemble me, in a language that is not mine, many times, history feels like an interesting story someone’s weaved, but never physically real, were I to only rely on books and no narrativised accounts, of people I know and those I don’t. In such cases, I often wish I could change history, frame it as I see fit, stretch out voices that get shut in, and mostly, ‘erase’ the idea that we’re somewhere ‘down under’; so in some fiction pieces, I tried that too only to see the words didn’t sound like my tongue could ever form. It’s taken me a long time to see that I’m not a ‘point of access’ for people — familiar or otherwise — to my localised ‘history’, that constructing a reality that make me comfortable in my skin is the one that is going to dislocate someone else’s, or that I don’t need to be ‘away’ from the ‘story’ or ‘land’ or ‘soil’ that I see as ‘mine’ to build it successfully. Mostly, it’s a relief to find that Re-Righting My Roots isn’t my privilege, nor my duty, all I have to do is sound this ‘voice’ that comes as close as it can to mine, before I forget it altogether.
1. Because ladies write about the time they had coitus (even consensually! Gasp!) or the time they wanted to indulge in coitus (even consensually! Gasp!) was enough for some famous dude to claim that Indian Women Writers Are Basically Doing The Prostitution Under The Name Of The Feminism. And dude’s opinions on ladywriting is never wrong, obviously.
2. Ask the ladies in the ‘Storylines‘ anthology, they’ll explain.
3. I stole this from Regina Spektor, but it’s alright because we’re both Ladies and therefore practically the same person, no?
by Jaded on January 8, 2011 • Permalink
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Posted by Jaded on January 8, 2011
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OutSourcing Dusty Bodies
Existing as a Dusty Third Worldling while being a Lady is a strange enough predicament on its own –whether it’s under Western or Oriental eyes — anyone who identifies as a Lady in this part of the world will tell you so. Before you can get your words out, she’ll tell you how unfair her life is simply because there is no Y-chromosome in her body, she will meet your stare and agree that it was too essentialist of her to fixate on that Y-chromosome but won’t let you make her feel guilty as she firmly asserts, “This is how things are here” and when you start to talk about enough trans*people in the world get discriminated over a few socially ‘unfit’ or ‘mismatched’ genes, she’ll observe wryly that it’s the System and Patriarchy that makes her so and this cold, scientific speech and facts aren’t her preferred mode of communication or discourse anyway; then she’ll go on to say how trans* bodies are policed in her community and you’ll squirm in your seat, wondering why did you ever challenge the notion that being a Dusty Third Worldling is a hard position to occupy as she points out systematically the many viscerally real forces that oppress her while now you feel guilty for pitying her even as she talks which she sees right away and starts enumerating other factors that lead you deeper in the existential quagmire this conversation has long become and you further alarm yourself by thinking if she wants some donation money out of you as you try to keep your face expressionless. Meanwhile, the ‘economically-challenged’ Dusty Lady she employs sweeps the floor beneath your feet as the two of you further dis-sect the post of the post-colonial.
Leaving creative flippancy aside, many discussions and discourses coming out and around the Third World tend to not engage with the Subaltern — who knew the Third World had its own systems to squash and oppress? — they simply talk about this bottom tier as it were. Words keep floating by, and till people from the Subaltern are addressed by someone stepping in from caste or class privilege, the Subaltern is kept mute — raise your hand if you think this is too imperial to be true — and when the Subaltern does speak, these words are too exotic, even for its Dusty counterparts. So then this detongued bottom shelf is appropriated and fixed in as many ways as possible, quite akin to a laboratory animal positioned to be experimented on. One example of this Subaltern-animal is the burgeoning female surrogacy industry in India, where we speak of the people who give out away their Wombs as helpless, agency-less creatures who don’t understand the ‘importance’ or ‘boon’ that motherhood is as she ‘pawns’ her uterus away. Not only is this image of the benevolent Third World Woman perpetuated in urban and privileged echelons of India, but quite predictably in the West as well, with an even more sinister motive. When the image of the Dusty Goddess-Mother is created for Western audiences, it creates quite ostensibly a loophole that allows people to see it as a part of our chemical make-up, where we exist to serve you and just as easily over-writes the slavery it really is, leaving the Westerner free of guilt and ready to consume bodies, like microwaveable dinners. It comes as no surprise that Indian wombs come cheap for rent, as medical tourism is quick to remind us; too quick even. While I am not at all against surrogate mothers or people who choose to have babies through IVF, I am skeptical to what extent this transaction is consensual or non-exploitative for Dusty Ladies.
Thanks to India’s lax laws when it comes to adoption and surrogacy, we’re the perfect location for OutSourcing Bodies, both in reality and in metaphor; both locally and globally. One thing that irks this LadyBrain to no extent is how many people completely dismiss surrogacy as potential exploitation by saying “It’s paid for, like a womb-service if you will. Besides it’s not like the mother is made to do 16 hours of backbreaking labour each day” as if exploitation or exploitative spaces exist only if menial labour is factored in. As a Lady who has never given birth, I cannot possibly know what are the emotions associated with birth or the attachment a mother develops for her child, I do know however arguing that “the skin tone of the child will be different from that of the mother, so she wouldn’t feel very attached to this child” is too simplistic and an effort to erase Dusty Ladies off of the scale of sentient, autonomous graph. Such myths also obscure other forms of reproductive labour, such as contracted breastfeeding — like Mahashveta Devi’s text ‘Breast Giver‘ beautifully shows — and bonded child-rearing. More often than not, the Lady offering her mammary glands or other parts of her body associated with reproduction is of a lower caste background — somehow here we aren’t too concerned with casteism in such instances — and a backward socio-economic background; giving people with means a ‘Mother’ to purchase and use. Like Devi says, contracted motherhood isn’t as simple as an exchange of money as capitalism would have us believe, she even goes as far as to say, ‘Is a Mother so cheaply made?/Not just by dropping a babe!” bringing to our notice how the label of ‘mother’ can mean a plethora of violent meanings. Even mothers of ‘normal’ households are aware that they’re womb-machines, like Gehna of Balika Vadhu contests in one of TeeVee’s most popular shows, she even walks out on her husband and child initially keeping up with the implied transaction but she’s (predictably) brought back due to insistence of a large horde of fans. As Dusty Ladies, we know how important our wombs are in society and in determining our value as ‘useful resources’, which is precisely why Indian surrogate mothers are said to be ‘more compassionate‘ as we know how skin-deep the stigma of being barren goes.
In instances as hued as these, a traditional Marxist analysis of exploitation of labour doesn’t do as Marx never really accounted for the transaction of wombs or other reproductive services, certainly never thought about Dusty Reproductive labour. For instance, many surrogate mothers give up to some extent, domestic space and work post the first trimester and the Dude of the house resumes the domestic responsibility for a while. So, who is being exploited in the case, the domestic worker who doesn’t get paid or the person renting out her reproductive service? It’s important to see Dusty politics from our perspective and more importantly from the point of view of the Subaltern — I am after all a privileged lady class and castewise — to see how far OutSourcing reconciles the notion of ‘profit’ or even ‘just compensation’ back to people who need it the most. The Breast Giver’s milk is Dusty, she squats in the muddy soil while stepping in (un)knowingly in the shoes of the Earth Goddess, and to validate such a specific position we use tools and methods of analysis that were designed to leave her out of the bargain? Explain to me once again, how this isn’t exploitation; I admit, I’d love to see you at least try.
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Dusty Women And Our Spaces
Yesterday I was cleaning my grandmum’s cupboard as I do every winter on her death anniversary. We’ve given most of her things away, all that is left of this amazing woman are a few clothes, a few letters and many photographs for which I cannot be thankful enough. Every year I see these frayed pictures, and she’s always standing in the kitchen, or the veranda. Some pictures show her in room where the temple is. And a few are with me, standing beside me in the balcony, pointing at something far off in the distance. I’ve seen these pictures many times, today I couldn’t help noticing how in all of her pictures she is in one corner or a room. There are just two pictures of her outside the home space, those are when she went to her native place with my grandfather. This isn’t to say she didn’t ever travel out of the house or that she was kept confined. In fact, my grandmum has visited most of India and a few countries of the Subcontinent as well. But if you just see these photographs, you’ll see a woman always in a room, in a corridor or in the veranda; never is she idly sitting either. She’s either cooking, praying or showing something to her grand-daughters. If I were to construct her life on the basis of these photographs alone, you’d see a Lady who never set foot outside the house, was preoccupied with many household chores as one would expect from any Lady of her generation — or this one too — a life that revolves around others while she is lost in one of the other corners of the house. The truth is, there are many women who didn’t enjoy the class and social privilege my grandmum had, who spent and continue to spend decades in their homes. I don’t mean to intone that this is in any way a negative thing or just blame The Evil Patriarchy for it — how I wish it were that easy! — but rather point out how some spaces are so heavily hued with this blemish called ‘gender; till even their representative counterparts share the same inscription.
These gendered spaces aren’t unique creations of this country or any specific community, rather it is a universal disease. White Women’s writing and even movement has been heavily censored and controlled by their spouses or other male-relatives — from Christina Rossetti to Sylvia Plath — isn’t exactly a secret or a revelation. However, if these women had been Dusty, this LadyBrain thinks their disembodiment would have been much more severe — here we can place responsibility on the Empire all we want! Squee! — as the idea of a Dusty Lady being anything other than an object to be gawked at is a threat to Whiteness. Earlier this year a movie called Eat Pray Love starring Julia Roberts came out and I can safely say I’ve never seen so much loosely packaged neo-colonisation since AVATAR came out. Spaces, people, cities, people all open to lead the Whitewashed tone of the film into giving us a ‘well-rounded’ spiritual journey of a woman who wants to ‘discover’ herself, predictably in adequately exotic countries. For the most part, indigenous people exist in the movie to lend insights to the Poor White Woman who is simply lost, who has lost her appetite for life and simply must appropriate other cultures ceaselessly to feel better about herself. At one point, the protagonist comes to India in search of ‘the spiritual’ — because White people come to Dusty Land for mainly two reasons leaving aside their fascination with Dusty Poor People: Either to feel closer to God in a language they don’t understand or to learn Kamasutra — and quite predictably, we see the protagonist provided with a Dusty Lady (Tulsi) who makes her realise how lucky she is, to not have parents who will marry her off like cattle. Liz enjoys the kind of mobility and agency only White people can in movies and spaces like these, where she says “Perhaps you and your husband will be happy after all” in her parting scene with Tulsi. Another similar example that comes to mind is Elizabeth Russell from Lagaan — yes Dusty films can perpetuate Whiteness too. Insert appropriate gasps here — who is allowed physical as well as social mobility because of her pearly exterior, whereas Gauri is laughed at when she talks about the power Elizabeth yields. In addition, Gauri has to contend being the Third World Earth Goddess, one who soothes the male protagonist’s wounded ego, Elizabeth can openly defy her brother’s imperial policies and is rewarded in the course of the narrative. Even in many books, Dusty or otherwise, the same claustrophobic policing of gendered spaces is upheld when it comes to further erasure of hued women. As readers we’re encouraged by the narrative to sympathise with Jane Eyre while Bertha burns in the attic, to not question when Tagore’s Dusty women remain within the home sphere while his Memsahib’s coo exotically over the ‘enchanting landscape’. Even in Amitav Ghosh’s Shadow Lines, women who identify as Western (though they may never be able to scrub off their hued epidermis) or who are Western are the one’s with any real complexity or nuances. Many Dusty Ladies are simply a litany of names, or are present in the scene just to make their lighter counterparts seem more ‘liberal’ or ’emancipated’.
Even in literature that comes from pens of Dusty Ladies themselves, strangely we carry our confined spaces with us. In Nabneeta Dev Sen’s ‘Ami Anupam‘, as delightful and wickedly funny the prose is, women almost always speak from within rooms, from the kitchen or from the periphery of the garden; Kamla Das’s ‘LadyInsights’ in her autobiography center around her being completely still and passive — in and out of situations involving coitus even — where thoughts come to her the moment she goes catatonic; Jumpa Lahiri’s Ashima’s silences in the Namesake speak volumes at the dinner table or when she’s cooking food. The names, bodies and faces change, the voice still comes from somewhere within the structure. Like the jarokha Mughals kept their wives behind, Dusty Ladies see and perceive their realities through the gauze of the DudeCouncil’s pre-approved gendered spaces of the inner courtyard, of the back room and other places where silences each come heavily garbed in meanings, waiting to imprint or latch on to anyone who enters. Today, we still have gendered spaces, only now it seems like a unanimous ‘consensual’ action as yet again all Ladies flock in a corner at any social gathering or dinner.
What really perplexes me today is how easily many feminists or ‘gender-sensitive’ people talk about ‘Sisterhood’ without missing a beat, without pausing to consider how much privilege it takes to say “We’re all sisters in a struggle” when the ‘struggle’ we face as Dusty Ladies is more than just a fable of the Third World, it’s our lived reality. Instead of toting around Sisterhood as some kind of badge for identifying as a Lady, it would be wiser of said feminists and ‘gender-sensitive people to make it a goal to aspire toward to: Sans appropriation or patronising Dusty People. I know it will be hard — for where will all the well-meaning neo-colonising-Empire-hugging-people do now? Think of deconstruction as your new hobby and it will just come to you.
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Musings From The Empire
So this Link Fest is two weeks late. In my defense, I was super busy, away on weekends and lazy the days I wasn’t away. But this means there are more links while I try to drag my lazyarse into writing more regularly. I’d like to remind you nice People from the Olde Interwebes that we have an open guest-posting policy here if that sort of thing interests you. Also, this time around in the link fest, why don’t you drop in a few links from your own blog or anyone else’s writing that you enjoyed reading? This way sharing becomes truly sexay!
1. Kuzhali Manickavel in oh little flower. see you lover. see your chittu kannil pattu pattu sikki konda lover (which has got to be the best title for a post yet) talks about povertyporn, Previlege Denying Dudes among other things:
I think we can all agree that orphans with AIDS have enough issues to deal with without having to also deal with multiple abandonment issues from wealthy temp caregivers from other countries who are hoping to do something exotic and charitable for their summer holidays. And so I nobly offer this alternative. Voluntourists, come take care of me. I live in third world country, hence the third world name of this third world blog. I don’t have any major diseases but almost all my acquaintances have had diseases like typhoid, malaria, dengue fever, jaundice, chikungunya, cholera and one person even has TB! So you can come down here and wash my clothes and cook for me and buy me stuff (you can’t touch me though) and I won’t talk in English at all, we can communicate using sign language to make your experience more authentic. Then you can give me lots of money and you can go back home and tell everyone you were a caregiver for a third world ghetto vampire in India. That’s way haut, trust me because it’s like poverty porn and Twilight mixed together. Massive street cred.
2. The Indian Homemaker discusses how patriarchy percolates in women’s friendships and makes dichotomies between then in A Woman is Not A Woman’s Worst Enemy. Patriarchy is :
Traditionally women’s partners are discouraged from seeing their marriages and their wives as important parts of their lives. It’s common for men to be shamed and taunted for showing they care for their wives or marriages.Jokes like ‘Shadi ke laddu, jo khaye wo pachtaye‘, or taunts like Joru ka gulaam are common. And this when women must move in among near strangers and depend on the spouse’s support to feel at home in a new environment.
Traditionally men’s partners are brought up to believe that finding a partner and ‘keeping him’ is their only goal in life. The education they receive, how they talk (softly), walk, look , respond to questions (always respectfully), the careers they choose (no jobs that require traveling) – everything is permitted keeping the comfort and approval of a future husband and his family in mind. Women are brought up to seek approval.
3. Desi Girl talks poignantly and beautifully about the plight of Desi Parents when their children abandon them and how they are stuck between two lands effectively in Desi Mothers: Lost In Translation :
In two years the couple had a baby; MIL immediately took off from work to take care of the baby and the new mother. Once the new mother was out of childbed things started to change, MIL’s work load increased, she was the one responsible for the baby and gradually two more children followed along with new dramas. Once bahu had a baby she became edgy, she started having problems with everything MIL did and she would not let her husband be alone with his parents even for a minute. Their son started acting up, yelling and screaming at the mother and often times not talking to the parents at all for days. After second child bahu asked MIL to give up her job for good as she wanted to work. MIL took it as a retirement bonus to be with the grand kids. Managing two homes across the border and three children under five became a full time job for MIL. Gradually the quarrels became so frequent that MIL felt she was a prisoner in her own home. It is then she asked her husband to move out.
4. Sharanya Manivannan’s poem Parampara among others in Softblow :
I willed my bleeding to
coincide with full moons.
It’s easier for them to
attribute my lunacy that way.
Rumour has it that I do my
sprinkling at the stroke of
midnight. I do it in the late
afternoon, after the radio
switches to news. I don’t
care for news.
5. KJB rebuts an article by Rita Banerjee in Locating Gandhi where she smooths out more than a few factual mistakes :
One of the best quotes I ever read about Gandhiji and women came from his great grandson Tushar Gandhi –
“I would say that Bapu was a champion of gender equality. But the moral strength that he imputes to women has an almost inborn, genetic complexion to it, which bears little or no relation to the exploitation, humiliation and hardship that has been women’s lot, historically speaking. Bapu remained fixed on the symbolism of the Mother. His was a passive picture of womanhood, of a person who undoubtedly possessed freedom but functioned within narrow parametres [sic] and defined boundaries.”
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Scatterplot and Pearson Correlation for Bone Mineral Density (BMD) and Size of Aneurysm
Bone mineral density of lumbar spine, femoral neck, and total hip in total population (A, B, and C, respectively) and at-risk population (D, E, and F, respectively) showing a decreasing trend along with increasing size of aneurysm. Size of aneurysm is represented in logarithmic scale along the x-axis and BMD along the y-axis. Regression lines are shown with 95% CIs (blue lines) and 95% prediction interval (orange lines). Pearson correlation and partial correlations between BMD and log size of aneurysm are summarized (G).
Baseline Characteristics of the Study Population
Multivariable Logistic Regression Models Examining the Relationship Between BMD and the Risk of IAa
Linear Regression Analyses of the Relationship Between BMD and Log Size of IA (Tertile 3 vs Tertiles 1 and 2)
Logistic Regression Analyses of the Relationship Between Low T Score and IA Characteristics in At-Risk Population
Supplement.
eFigure. Flowchart Detailing the Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria and Numbers of the Study Subjects
eTable 1. Logistic Regression Analyses of the Relationship Between BMD and IA Size Larger Than 3 mm in At-Risk Population (Tertile 3 vs Tertile 1-2)
eTable 2. Logistic Regression Analyses of the Relationship Between BMD and Multiplicity of IA (Tertile 3 vs Tertile 1-2)
eTable 3. Linear Regression Analyses of the Relationship Between Low T-score and Log Size of IA in At-risk Population
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Shin Y, Park K, Moon J, et al. Association of Bone Mineral Density With the Risk of Intracranial Aneurysm. JAMA Neurol. 2018;75(2):179–186. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.3431
Original Investigation
Association of Bone Mineral Density With the Risk of Intracranial Aneurysm
Yong-Won Shin, MD1,2; Kyung-Il Park, MD, PhD3; Jangsup Moon, MD, PhD1; et al Soon-Tae Lee, MD, PhD1; Kon Chu, MD, PhD1; Sang Kun Lee, MD, PhD1; Jae-Kyu Roh, MD, PhD4; Keun-Hwa Jung, MD, PhD1
1Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
2Yeongjusi Health Center, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Republic of Korea
3Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital Healthcare System Gangnam Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
4Department of Neurology, The Armed Forces Capital Hospital, Sungnam, Republic of Korea
JAMA Neurol. 2018;75(2):179-186. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.3431
Question What is the association of bone mineral density with intracranial aneurysms?
Findings In this cross-sectional study that included 12 785 participants, lower bone mineral density tertiles were associated with increased risk of intracranial aneurysm and larger aneurysm size. Those in the lowest tertile of bone mineral density had approximately 30% higher risk of harboring an intracranial aneurysm compared with those in the highest tertile, and patients with bone mineral density lower than normal based on T score also had a higher risk of intracranial aneurysm and large and multiple aneurysms.
Meaning Bone mineral density may be associated with the presence, size, and multiplicity of intracranial aneurysm.
Importance Disruption of extracellular matrix integrity is critically involved in both intracranial aneurysm and bone fragility. Furthermore, both intracranial aneurysm and osteoporosis have a female predominance, and sex hormones are considered to affect this discrepancy.
Objective To evaluate the association between bone mineral density and intracranial aneurysm.
Design, Setting, and Participants A cross-sectional study conducted with 14 328 patients who underwent brain magnetic resonance angiography and bone mineral densitometry as a part of a health examination at a specialized center for comprehensive health examination in Seoul, the largest metropolitan area in the Republic of Korea, between December 2004 and November 2015. After excluding patients with insufficient clinical information (n = 1102) and with ambiguous intracranial arterial lesion (n = 441), 12 785 were included in the analysis.
Exposures Bone mineral density was measured at the lumbar vertebrae (L1 to L4), femur neck, and total hip using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry.
Main Outcomes and Measures Multiple logistic regression or linear regression was used to examine the association between tertiles of bone mineral density and the presence, size, and multiplicity of intracranial aneurysms. In secondary analyses, we analyzed postmenopausal women and men 50 years and older (n = 8722) because they are particularly at risk of decreased bone mineral density.
Results Among 12 785 patients in the study (7242 women [56.6%]; mean [SD] age, 54.8 [10.1] years) intracranial aneurysms were found in 472 patients (3.7%). Lower bone mineral density was associated with an increased risk of harboring intracranial aneurysm. In multivariable logistic regression analyses, odds ratios for the highest compared with the lowest bone mineral density tertile were 1.30 (95% CI, 1.03-1.64) in the lumbar spine, 1.30 (95% CI, 1.03-1.64) in the femoral neck, and 1.27 (95% CI, 1.01-1.60) in the total hip after adjusting for age, sex, and vascular risk factors. In a linear regression model adjusted for age, sex, and vascular risk factors, the lowest tertile of bone mineral density in the lumbar spine was associated with an increased log-transformed size of aneurysm (β, 0.196; SE, 0.047). In secondary analyses, these associations were more definite and a low T score (<−1 SD) was additionally associated with multiple aneurysms (OR, 1.84; 95% CI, 1.05-3.30) after adjusting for age, sex, and vascular risk factors.
Conclusions and Relevance Bone mineral density may be associated with the presence, size, and multiplicity of intracranial aneurysm. The study findings provide evidence for shared pathophysiology between intracranial aneurysm and bone fragility.
Intracranial aneurysm (IA) is an outpouching of a weakened portion of an intracranial vessel wall that has a prevalence of 2% to 5% in the adult population.1,2 Most IAs are asymptomatic, but the rupture of the aneurysm results in devastating consequences. Previous studies have aimed to identify the risk factors for the formation, growth, and rupture of IA, but these investigations have been limited to the association between IA and age, sex, family history, and vascular risk factors.3
Constituents of the extracellular matrix (ECM), such as collagens, are widely distributed along the intracranial arterial wall and are also the main components of the organic part of bone.4,5 Disruption of ECM integrity and pathological matrix remodeling are critically associated with both the development of IA and bone fragility.4,6,7 Genetic disorders that impair connective tissue structure, such as Marfan syndrome and Ehler-Danlos syndrome, manifest both vascular and skeletal system abnormalities.8-10 In addition, both IA and osteoporosis show a female predominance, and this predominance may be attributed to the sex hormones.11,12 Because women experience differing degrees of estrogen exposure over their lifetime owing to different stages, such as menarche, menopause, oophorectomy, and hormone therapy, they may also have differing susceptibilities to IA and osteoporosis. Bone mineral density (BMD) is an indicator of bone health and has been suggested as a good surrogate marker to evaluate cumulative estrogen exposure.13,14 In this regard, we hypothesized that associations between IA and BMD may exist and evaluated the associations between BMD and the risk of IA and its characteristics, using a large cross-sectional health examination data set.
We initially enrolled 14 328 participants who underwent intracranial magnetic resonance angiography and bone mineral densitometry as a part of a comprehensive health checkup program at Seoul National University Hospital Healthcare System Gangnam Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea, between December 2004 and November 2015. The primary purpose of the health checkup program is to find medical problems before overt disease manifestation, and the patients voluntarily underwent a series of tests to screen for cancer, vascular disease, and other disorders and were mostly free of symptoms. We excluded 1102 patients who had no available medical history taken from the preliminary consultation or prespecified systematic questionnaire to assess vascular risk factors. The study was approved by the institutional review board of Seoul National University Hospital with a waiver of consent because this study did not involve contact with participants or any intervention.
Clinical, Laboratory, and Imaging Data Collection
Clinical information was collected from the health checkup program records. Demographic and vascular risk factors (age, sex, body mass index, blood pressure, hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, history of cardiovascular disease, smoking status, and alcohol use), laboratory findings (serum glucose, hemoglobin A1C, total cholesterol, triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels), magnetic resonance angiography, and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry results were obtained and analyzed. For patients who had undergone more than 1 health checkup, data from the earliest examination were used. Initial screening for IA was done using formal reading reports of magnetic resonance angiography by radiologists, and finally, the presence of IA was confirmed by 2 neurologists (Y.-W.S. and K.-H.J.) who reviewed the raw images. The neurologists were blinded to the dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry results when reviewing the images. Patients suspected of having dissecting or mycotic aneurysms and aneurysm-like lesions indistinguishable from infundibulum, fenestration, or atherosclerotic remodeling were excluded from final analysis (n = 441). The size of the aneurysm was defined as the maximum measurement among largest diameter, neck width, and maximum height from the neck to the tip of the dome of the aneurysm.
Bone Mineral Density Measurement and Interpretation
Bone mineral density was assessed at the lumbar vertebrae (L1 to L4), femur neck, and total hip using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (Lunar Prodigy; GE Medical) as recommended by the International Society for Clinical Densitometry for the diagnosis of osteoporosis in clinical practice.15 All measurements were conducted by experienced operators following standardized procedures. Bone mineral loss is marked after age 50 years or menopause,16,17 and clinical interest in BMD is mostly focused on these populations to screen for a decrease in BMD and assess the risk of osteoporotic fracture. Thus, postmenopausal women and men 50 years or older were classified as an at-risk population and subjected to the secondary analysis. For this population, BMD results were categorized into 3 groups based on the lowest T score as defined by the World Health Organization: normal (T score, ≥−1 SD), osteopenia (T score between −1 and −2.5 SD), or osteoporosis (T score, ≤−2.5 SD).18 A low T score was defined as having the lowest T score less than −1 SD (ie, within the range of osteopenia or osteoporosis).
All statistical analyses were performed using R, version 3.3.1 (R Programming). Continuous variables are expressed as mean (SD), and categorical data are expressed as count (percentage). Age is a strong determinant of both BMD and IA. Thus, patients were stratified into 5-year age range groups for each sex, and measured BMD values were assigned to 1 of 3 BMD tertiles in each stratum. Separate models were created for each of the 3 skeletal sites. Three binary logistic regression models (unadjusted, adjusted for age and sex alone, and adjusted for age, sex, and vascular risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, history of cardiovascular disease, ever smoker, and alcohol use) were used to determine the risk of harboring IA for each age- and sex-specific BMD tertile from the 3 skeletal sites. The analyses were primarily conducted for the total population, and then secondary analyses were performed for the at-risk population who were beyond the stage of life when peak bone mass occurs and within the stage of life when bone mineral loss occurs. For the at-risk population, an assessment of the relationship between low T score and the presence of IA was additionally conducted to test the robustness and the clinical applicability of the relationship. The relationships between BMD and size of the aneurysm or multiplicity were further analyzed in patients with IA. The size of the largest aneurysm was used if the patient had multiple aneurysms. The size of the aneurysm was analyzed both as continuous (natural log-transformed size) and as categorical variables (size larger than 3 mm). Seven patients (6 women and 1 man) who had undergone endovascular coiling or surgical clipping of IA without any record to determine the size of the aneurysm were excluded from any analysis involving the size of the aneurysm. Pearson correlation was used to analyze the correlation between the log size of the aneurysm and BMD. Linear or logistic regression models were used as appropriate to evaluate the relationship between BMD and size variables or multiplicity. A P value less than .05 (2-tailed) was considered statistically significant.
After excluding 1543 patients, a total of 12 785 patients were included in the analysis (eFigure in the Supplement). The mean (SD) age of the population was 54.8 (10.1) years, and 7242 patients (56.6%) were women. Intracranial aneurysms were found in 472 patients (3.7%). In the at-risk population, the mean (SD) age was 59.8 (7.5) years, and 5020 patients (57.6%) were women. Intracranial aneurysms were found in 398 patients (4.6%). The baseline characteristics of the study population and the at-risk population are summarized in Table 1.
Association Between BMD and the Risk of IA
The risk of harboring IA was generally increased in patients with age- and sex-stratified BMD in tertiles 2 and 3 (middle and lower tertiles) compared with patients with BMD in tertile 1 (higher tertile) in all skeletal sites. The difference in the risk of harboring IA reached the level of statistical significance between patients with BMD in tertile 1 and tertile 3 of the lumbar spine and femoral neck in an unadjusted model and a model adjusted for age and sex. In a multivariable analysis adjusted for all covariates, the difference was significant for all skeletal sites. The odds ratio (OR) ranged between 1.26 (95% CI, 1.00-1.58) and 1.30 (95% CI, 1.03-1.64) in all comparisons with statistically significant differences (Table 2). Secondary analyses showed whether the associations were valid in the at-risk population. Apart from the lumbar spine BMD, the BMD of the other 2 skeletal sites showed similar associations, with the risk of IA and the strength of the associations increased slightly, with an OR ranging between 1.31 (95% CI, 1.02-1.69) and 1.35 (95% CI, 1.05-1.74) (Table 2).
Size and Multiplicity of IA and BMD
We further investigated whether a lower BMD tertile was associated with a larger IA or an increased risk of multiple aneurysms. Scatterplot and Pearson correlation coefficients showed a negative correlation between BMD and the log size of the aneurysm in both the total population and the at-risk population for all skeletal sites (strongest in lumbar spine: r = −0.176; P = <.001 in the total population; r = −0.185; P = <.001 in the at-risk population; Figure). In partial correlations controlling for age and sex and for all covariates, lumbar spine BMD was negatively correlated with the log size of the aneurysm in the total population (partial correlation for age and sex, r = −0.124; P = .008; partial correlation for all covariates, r = −0.118; P = .01). The BMD measured in all skeletal sites showed a negative correlation with the log size of the aneurysm in the at-risk population (Figure). Analyses conducted with BMD tertile showed that patients with BMD in a lower tertile had larger IA log sizes and increased risk of having an IA larger than 3 mm compared with patients with BMD in higher tertiles, with variations across the population group and skeletal site (Table 3; eTable 1 in the Supplement). The associations between a lower BMD tertile and the increased risk of having an aneurysm larger than 3 mm was stronger in the at-risk population (strongest in lumbar spine, OR, 2.69; 95% CI, 1.74-4.19; P < .001 after adjustment for age, sex, and vascular risk factors; eTable 1 in the Supplement). Multiplicity of IAs did not show any significant association with BMD in both the total and at-risk populations (eTable 2 in the Supplement).
Low T Score and IA in the At-Risk Population
To facilitate a clinical value in the at-risk population, we applied the T score, which may also represent summarized BMD measurements at 3 skeletal sites. A low T score was associated with an increased risk of harboring IA (OR, 1.28; 95% CI, 1.04-1.59; P = .02 after adjustment for age, sex, and vascular risk factors; Table 4). Larger aneurysms and multiple aneurysms were also associated with a low T score (Table 4; eTable 3 in the Supplement). Sex-specific analysis showed that a low T score was associated with an increased risk of harboring IA only in men but not in women; however, the size of the aneurysm was associated with a low T score in women but not in men (Table 4; eTable 3 in the Supplement). A sex-specific analysis for multiplicity of IA was not undertaken because of the small number of patients with multiple aneurysms.
Our study found that lower BMD tertile was generally associated with an increased risk of harboring IA and larger aneurysms, but the associations differed according to skeletal site and population group. In the at-risk population, a low T score was also associated with the presence of IA, the size of the aneurysm, and multiplicity. Sex-specific analysis showed that a low T score was associated with a risk of harboring IA in men and with a larger aneurysm in women.
The associations between BMD and IA may be attributed to the biological sharing of connective tissue components and related factors, hormonal effects, and other mechanisms. Bone health and IA development share a common pathogenetic link. Local hemodynamic stress and a mounting inflammatory response on the vessel wall as well as pathologic ECM remodeling contribute to the development of IA.19 The ECM is an active and dynamic structure that interacts with sets of vascular cells and continuously undergoes a remodeling process to maintain the integrity of the vessel wall. Genetic association and gene expression studies have suggested that the integrity of ECM is critically involved in the pathogenesis of IA.19,20 The components of ECM, such as collagens and noncollagenous proteins, also constitute the organic part of the bone matrix.5 Type I collagen is the most abundant protein, composing approximately 95% of the total bone collagen and about 80% of the whole bone proteins, and alteration of collagen properties can affect bone quality and strength.7
Lysyl oxidase (LOX), a copper-dependent enzyme catalyzing collagen and elastin cross-linking, is a key molecule in the formation and repair of the ECM21 and is a potential common denominator in the pathophysiology of IA and bone fragility. Downregulation of LOX activity is associated with the alteration of ECM structure, impairment of vascular endothelial function, and vascular smooth muscle cell migration and proliferation.22 Development of IA under dysregulated LOX activity was demonstrated in our previous study involving a low-copper diet animal model.23 However, the role of LOX activity or copper deficiency in IA pathogenesis in humans is currently unclear and remains to be elucidated. The importance of LOX activity in bone structure and function has also been acknowledged.24 Studies have shown that copper deficiency is associated with skeletal integrity25,26 and that LOX knockout mice show deficient bone formation.27 An investigation into the factors influencing pathophysiological sharing would potentially elucidate the pathogenesis of both disorders.
Both osteoporosis and IA are female-dominant diseases; therefore, it is plausible that sex hormones are associated with the pathophysiological process of the 2 diseases. Estrogen receptors are expressed on endothelial cells and vascular smooth muscle cells. Experimental studies have shown that estrogen exerts a protective effect via various mechanisms including proliferation of endothelial cells, modulation of inflammatory mediators, and a reduction in vascular tone and oxidative stress.28-32 Reports have shown that bilateral oophorectomy increases the susceptibility of IA formation in female rats33 and the administration of 17-β estradiol continuous-release pellets decreases the frequency of IA formation.34 Similarly, ovariectomized female mice had a significantly higher incidence of IA, which was reversed by treatment with estrogen receptor-β agonist.35 Administration of 17-β estradiol or estrogen receptor-β agonist also reduced the incidence of aneurysm rupture in ovariectomized female mice.36
In clinical studies, female sex is associated with an increased risk of IA formation and growth.37,38 Women are more likely to have multiple aneurysms,39,40 and the postmenopausal state has also been shown to be an independent risk factor for the formation of multiple aneurysms.40 However, there is conflicting evidence about the increased rate of aneurysm rupture in women and the protective effect of hormone replacement therapy.11 In our study, there were stronger associations between decreased BMD and increased aneurysm size in women compared with men and in postmenopausal women compared with women in general. However, given the lack of association of low T scores with the presence of IA in women, the estrogen exposure hypothesis should be cautiously interperted. Female sex itself is a risk factor for IA formation, and perhaps a variance in estrogen exposure plays less of a role in determining the variations in IA formation susceptibility in the female population. Alternatively, other factors specific to the female sex may offset the effect of sex hormones or other mediators of bone mineral loss. Our results suggest that IA growth still seems to be sensitive to the factors that affect bone mineral loss in women, while other effects might outweigh these factors in men. More detailed evaluation of sex-specific factors is necessary to identify the causes of sex differences and to clarify the role of sex hormones in IA pathophysiology.
To our knowledge, this is the first study to evaluate the relationship between BMD and IA. The strengths of our study include the large number of patients, the detailed analysis of IA including the presence, size, and multiplicity of aneurysms, and the use of age- and sex-stratified BMD tertiles. The application of multiple statistical models with different populations and different types of variables of BMD and aneurysm size to evaluate the robustness of the relationship between BMD and IA are additional strengths of this study. However, our analyses yielded a few inconsistent findings that should be cautiously interpreted. Bone mineral density was associated with the size of IA but not with the presence of IA in women, as discussed previously. The presence of multiple aneurysms was not associated with BMD tertiles in any of the skeletal sites but was associated with low T scores. An additional inconsistency was that while low BMD was associated with the presence of IA, the difference in the rates of osteopenia was greater than the rates of osteoporosis between patients with and without IA (Table 1), which may have weakened the strength of overall associations between BMD and IA. The population structure with only a small proportion of patients with osteoporosis may explain this inconsistent trend. Further studies with different population would add insight to this issue.
There were several limitations in this study. First, the data were collected retrospectively, and selection bias may have been introduced. Second, the study population may not represent the general population. The prevalence of vascular risk factors in the study population was higher than in the general population, implying the possibility that the decision to seek a medical checkup was affected by the underlying comorbidities of the patients. Racial/ethnic homogeneity in the study population also limit generalizability of the results. However, the prevalence of IAs was similar to that of the general population.1,2 Additionally, the health checkup program is designed for every adult who wishes to comprehensively evaluate his or her health status regardless of active symptoms. Therefore, this study may have higher generalizability than studies conducted with patients in tertiary care hospitals. Third, aneurysms smaller than 3 mm made up a large proportion of the study population. Small aneurysms are often not visible, especially in low-quality magnetic resonance angiographies, and even if found, most rarely undergo rupture with a low clinical significance. Although larger aneurysms are relatively less representative in this study population, our subgroup analysis indicated that BMD is more closely associated with increased size of aneurysms. Therefore, it is conceivable that future investigations with a different cohort, including a larger IA population, would demonstrate strengthened associations. Fourth, this study was cross-sectional and only analyzed the association between BMD and IA characteristics at the time of evaluation. A follow-up study that evaluates the relationship between BMD and the growth and rupture of aneurysms could provide additional information on the association between the 2 disorders.
In this large, cross-sectional study of health examination patients, we found that lower BMD tertiles were associated with increased risk of harboring intracranial aneurysm and increased aneurysm size, particularly in the at-risk population. Patients with a low T score were significantly associated with the presence of IA and large and multiple aneurysms. Our findings may help to enhance knowledge of IA pathophysiology, and the associations between low T score and IA are also clinically informative. However, the results are exploratory and resulted in a few internal inconsistencies in the associations. Additional studies are necessary to better characterize the relationship between BMD and IA.
Corresponding Authors: Keun-Hwa Jung, MD, PhD, Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, 101, Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Republic of Korea (jungkh@gmail.com).
Accepted for Publication: September 20, 2017.
Correction: This article was corrected on December 11, 2017, to correct errors in the data of the Results section of the text.
Published Online: October 16, 2017. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.3431
Author Contributions: Drs Shin and Jung had full access to all the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Drs Shin and Park are co-first authors and contributed equally to the study.
Concept and design: Shin, Park, Jung.
Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data: All authors.
Drafting of the manuscript: Shin, Park, Jung.
Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: All authors.
Statistical analysis: Shin.
Obtained funding: Jung.
Administrative, technical, or material support: Park, Jung.
Supervision: Park, Jung.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.
Funding/Support: This work was supported by grant 0620160110 from Yuhan Corporation Co Ltd.
Role of the Funder/Sponsor: Yuhan Corporation Co Ltd played no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
Meeting Presentation: This paper was presented at the annual meeting of the American Neurological Association; October 16, 2017; San Diego, California.
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Creative Production Manager
BISHOPSGATE INSTITUTE
Arts & heritage, Dance, Events, Music, Theatre, Venue, Charities, Arts & culture, Policy & research, Media, Creative, Digital media
Bishopsgate Institute is the delivery arm of the Bishopsgate Foundation, founded in 1894 for “the promotion of the education of the public”. Today, the Institute is an independent and energetic creative hub where the City of London meets the East End: an incubator for talent and skills development, a place that welcomes all sorts of people to explore their subject of interest with like-minded individuals.
The Creative Production Manager will manage the successful implementation of the Content and Campaigns strategies to deliver a coherent and integrated programme of activity, on time and on budget, developing our audiences and fan base. This includes further integration of the Special Collections and Archives, interpretation and programming elements of Content and the digital and physical marketing, PR, visitor experience, box office and welcome elements of Campaigns.
The postholder will retain the overview of how these elements are combining to achieve strategic objectives and will report on this to the Senior Team and trustees. Additionally, the postholder will coordinate and lead the organisation-wide project team to scope, build and launch a new box office system and website to deliver the Institute’s objectives, delivering the project on time and on budget.
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Sonic Curiosity [October 2005]
by Joe Deninzon | Oct 29, 2005 | Articles
JOE DENINZON: The Adventures of Stratospheerius (CD on D-Zone Entertainment)
Russian-born/Cleveland-bred/New York-based violinist Joe Deninzon has played with Sheryl Crow, Smokey Robinson, Johnny Mathis, Jay and the Americans, Everclear, and many more. On this 70 minute CD from 2002, Deninzon spreads his solo wings (accompanied by a full back-up band who superbly flesh out the songs).
While rooted in a rock foundation, this music employs elements of power jazz and sultry funk to produce an exuberant frenzy that is quite comparable to Joe Satriani (if that Joe’s instrument were a smoking violin instead of a guitar). Deninzon’s violin mastery belts out riffs that delightfully blazes with searing riffs, plunging the music into a fiddle frenzy that bestows the tuneage with unbridled energy.
Fleshing out the Stratospheerius sound are: sultry guitar, rumbling basslines, frantic drumming, sinuous keyboards, and celebratory vocals that enunciate lyrical outlines of life.
The songs are gripping and energetic. Insistent melodies are made compelling by the violin passion. Fevered solos are cradled between lyrical passages that tremble with breakout rock stamina. A Bayou flavor lurks in several tracks, creating a strange fusion of bluesy funk and studied progressive tendencies. The result is goodtime music that will get you dancing.
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Keith Urban, Dwight Yoakam, Brothers Osborne Team for ‘Fast as You’ at Stagecoach 2018 [WATCH]
Keith Urban, Dwight Yoakam and Brothers Osborne teamed up at the Stagecoach country music festival on Saturday night (April 28) for a superstar jam session. During Urban's headlining set that night, he invited Yoakam and the sibling duo onstage to sing Yoakam's hit "Fast as You."
With John Osborne and Urban and his band keeping the beat, TJ Osborne sings the first few lines of the song's first verse, before Urban takes the second half. Urban and the Osbornes harmonize on the song's chorus, John Osborne offers up a guitar solo ... and then, Yoakam himself strolls onstage, to huge cheers from the crowd.
Yoakam handled lead vocals for the rest of the song, with Urban and Brothers Osborne harmonizing with him. Readers can press play above to see video of Urban, Yoakam and Brothers Osborne's performance, which ended with a guitar-driven jam session.
See More From Stagecoach 2018
"Fast as You," written by Yoakam, was released as a single in October of 1993. The song comes from his album This Time and became a Top 5 hit in both the United States and Canada.
In addition to Urban, Yoakam and Brothers Osborne, Saturday's Stagecoach 2018 lineup included Kacey Musgraves, Kassi Ashton, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit and many more. The event -- which ran Friday (April 27) through Sunday (April 29) in Indio, Calif. -- was also headlined by Florida Georgia Line and Garth Brooks.
Urban and Brothers Osborne are both celebrating the recent releases of new albums -- Graffiti U and Port Saint Joe, respectively -- and preparing to hit the road this summer. The Osbornes will be touring with Dierks Bentley, while Urban will be headlining his own Graffiti U Tour.
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June 2014 Volume 11
Glen Laman
Everton Bailey
Everton Barrett
Dr. Cedric Lazarus
Dr. Ivor Nugent
Barrington Salmon
Lance Seymour
Winston Stewart
Dr. Hugh Vaughn
Derrick R. Wright
Earl Adams
KCOBA New York
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KC and Jamaica at Penn Relays: An unqualified success
Stephen Vasciannie
This year's Penn Relay Carnival, held as always at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, marked the 50th anniversary of Kingston College's participation in the prestigious games.
Prior to 1964, Jamaicans had taken part in the games. As Jamaica's former consul general to New York, Dr Basil K Bryan notes in his encyclopaedic work, The Jamaicans: Children of God in the Promised Land, athletes such as Herb McKenley (six-time relay winner with the University of Illinois) and the LaBeach brothers, had served as pioneers representing American tertiary institutions.
But in 1964, with guidance from McKenley and with Eli Matalon as chaperone, Kingston College took to the Penn Relays as an institutional entrant for the first time. Kingston College, then coached by Donovan Davis, entered two teams: the 4x110 yards and the 4x440.
Unlocking the Door
History recalls that the KC 4x110 yards team, comprising Jimmy Grant, Rupert Hoilette, Tony Keyes and Lennox Miller, took the title in a time of 42.7 seconds. The 4x440 team also performed well, taking second place in the finals. As first-time entrants, the Kingston College teams demonstrated that Jamaica was ready to take on the world -- if any such demonstration were needed.
Coach Davis, who was at Franklin Field this year to help mark the advent of Kingston College to the games, recalls that the school's application to Penn Relays was turned down in 1963 because it was late. Then, in 1964, there was some debate about a putative "600-mile rule".
According to this rule, Kingston College may have been ineligible to participate in the Penn Relays because the school was located at a point beyond 600 miles from Philadelphia. The binding character, if not the existence, of this rule was, however, readily open to challenge; for, Oxford University in England, and schools from Canada, located quite well beyond 600 miles from Philadelphia, had participated in the games prior to 1964. Indeed, Oxford had taken part in the games from as early as 1914.
That argument having been dismissed, the success of Kingston College in 1964 opened the way for Excelsior to join their purple and white colleagues the following year. And, with the passage of time, it has become a matter of course that Jamaican teams will be in the midst of the excitement at the carnival.
In marking Jamaica's 50 years at the games, Joe Juliano, in the Philadelphia Enquirer, points out that the girls of Vere Technical have won the Championship of the Americas Relay a whopping 39 times, while Calabar, Herb McKenley's beloved alma mater, has captured the boys' title on 12 occasions.
So this year, there was no surprise when thousands of Jamaicans turned up once again to mark the celebration of the Penn Relays Carnival. This was not time for bacchanal a la Rio, but there was mass exultation as Jamaican teams and individuals from Edwin Allen, Jamaica College, Calabar, Wolmer's, St Jago, Vere Technical, the University of Technology, and others, enjoyed success.
In the same way, pride overflowed this year when Jamaican high school boys took the top six places in the 4x100 metres, giving additional meaning to the terms "sprint factory" and "athletic dominance".
In marking the 50th anniversary of Jamaica's institutional participation at the Penn Relays, the City Council of the city of Philadelphia presented a commemorative citation to Jamaica's minister with responsibility for sports, the Honourable Natalie Neita-Headley, on Saturday, April 26, with copies to the Kingston College Principal Dave Myrie and Jamaica's Mission to the USA.
The citation presented also recalls that Team Jamaica Bickle, an active and important source of assistance for Jamaican athletes, this year celebrated its 20th anniversary of service to approximately 700 Jamaican and other Caribbean young people at the Penn Relays.
Other commemorative events in honour of the first 50 years also included the induction of the KC 1964 team to the Penn Relays Hall of Fame, the official unveiling of the Kingston College Flag at Franklin Field, and the naming of certain events sponsored by the Kingston College Old Boys' Association and GraceKennedy of Jamaica.
Every year, the Penn Relays provide an opportunity for Jamaica to shine. People still talk about the 2012 games which coincided with Jamaica 50, and with the visit of Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller to the Games, a year too when Usain Bolt and others burnt up the track.
Every year too, at least since the 1980s, one has the impression that Jamaicans, in green and gold, with flags ascendant, constitute the largest portion, by far, of the thousands in the crowd.
This, then, is an unqualified success story which reminds us not only of the value of sports in projecting Jamaica positively on the international scene. It also reminds us of the importance of our own Boys' and Girls' Athletic Championships as providing the foundation for Jamaica's tradition of excellence in athletics.
And, of course, the opening up of Penn Relays to Kingston College and Jamaica reminds us that numerous athletes have used this opening to obtain athletic scholarships and other opportunities, both at home and abroad.
We must continue to thank Herb McKenley, Coach Davis, and the members of the pioneering KC teams that stepped on to the Penn Relay stage 50 years ago. The cover of the programme for the Penn Relays this year features the flying Lennox Miller, who took KC home even as he faced injury upon approaching the tape.
Jamaican determination to the world!
— Stephen Vasciannie is a KC Old Boy and Jamaica's ambassador to the United States of America.
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Tribute to Bishop Don Taylor
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KC In the News May 2014
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KC claims the 2014 Schools’ Challenge trophy
Chronology of Events Honoring KC at Penn Relays
KC’s Flag to Fly at all Future Penn Relays
KC at Penns: Three of the Original Musketeers
Gregory, Vasciannie pay tribute to Bishop Don Taylor
KC’s 1964 relay team added to Penn Relays Wall of Fame
Keynote Speech – KCOBA NY Reunion & Awards Dinner
Video Interview with KC’s 1964 Penn Relays Coach
Atlanta KCOB appointed member of Chongqing International Exchange Association
The Rt. Rev. Egbert Don Taylor - In Memory of My Mentor and Fellow K.C. Old Boy
Egbert Don Taylor Was Truly A Man For The Times
Penn Relays Photo Gallery
Jamaicans in Atlanta mourn Rev. E. Don Taylor
The David “Wagga” Hunt Scholarship Initiative -- New York Leg 2014
KCOBA NY Annual Awards Banquet 2014
Fortis Farewell from the Land of Your Breadfruit Ancestors – Part II Wedding
The National Debate Champions 2014
A Video Tribute to Rev. Don Taylor
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Bowling Green Athletics Director Googled ‘Best Offense’ Before Hiring a Texas Tech Assistant
Rob Breaux
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Mike Jinks was the best hire Kliff Kingsbury made in 2013 when he took the head coaching job in Lubbock.
Jinks recruited really well in Texas and coached future NFL player DeAndre Washington to a couple of great seasons. Then, Jinks was hired away as a head coach by Bowling Green in 2016 after his third year at Texas Tech University, his only collegiate experience.
The hire wasn't regarded as a bad one at the time, but Jinks has gone 7-24 in his time at Bowling Green, and, in retrospect, the fit was never there. Jinks has contacts and a pipeline here in Texas after being a long time high school coach in the state. He'd never recruited in Ohio, and the Bowling Green Falcons were depleted when he got there. It's hard to convince a bunch of Texas kids to come to join you in Ohio.
So, why did former Bowling Green Athletics Director Chris Kingston get Mike Jinks from Texas Tech to be his head coach? He didn't have the resume that's generally regarded as head coach material. He hadn't even been a coordinator at the college level. He was, however, widely thought of as a crucial piece of the Texas Tech staff.
It turns out that when Kingston started his coaching search, he Googled which team had the best offense in the NCAA.
That isn't a joke.
From the Toledo Blade:
With Bowling Green fresh off a Mid-American Conference title powered by one of the country’s highest-flying offenses, then-AD Chris Kingston wanted to keep a good thing going. So he Googled which team had the best offense that year, noted it was Texas Tech, and essentially targeted the top Red Raiders assistant he could afford.
Conservatively speaking, it was the dumbest coaching search in college football history.
Never mind that Jinks — then the 43-year-old running backs aide at Tech — was a career Texas high school coach with three years of college experience, none as a coordinator. Or that Texas Tech didn’t even run the same scheme as Bowling Green — no small thing if continuity was the main selling point. Or that Jinks had never so much as set foot in Ohio. Or that one BG insider told me Jinks had given so little thought to becoming a head coach that he did not have the standard, ready-to-go list of assistants he planned to hire.
In a lot of ways, this is similar to Kliff Kingsbury. Jinks just wasn't ready to be a head coach, so his first staff wasn't dynamic or experienced. I don't think there would have been a riot if Kingsbury had been let go after year three; most of his original staff was. But Kingsbury has lasted six years, and seemingly turned the corner from being a coordinator who some see as out of his depth to a true head coach.
The obvious difference between the Kliff Kingsbury pairing with Texas Tech, and the Mike Jinks pairing with Bowling Green, is that the coaching search didn't start with a Google search of prolific offenses.
A GOOGLE SEARCH! I mean, the Texas Tech offense with Jakeem Grant, DeAndre Washington, and Patrick Mahomes was obviously number one. Did he need Google? Did he think a trio like that was easily replaceable? You can't replicate that. Kingsbury hasn't even replicated it in Lubbock.
Granted, Texas Tech was a prolific offense in 2015, with more than 5,000 yards passing and nearly 2,500 yards rushing. It just wasn't Jinks doing the playcalling, or game planning, or even recruiting at that point. But he did coach Washington to a great season.
I wonder if Incarnate Word Googled 'best offense' before hiring Eric Morris? Maybe Nick Saban Googled something entirely different when hiring Karl Scott as his cornerbacks coach. Or maybe the Bowling Green AD was just inept and had no idea what he's doing.
Now excuse me while I Google "best blog topics" so I can find a juicy story.
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Introducing Tonal
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Tonal, a minimalist music app for collectors and audiophiles, is the latest product by International Classical Music Database. Read a series of articles on Tonal for more details.…
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by Baoshan Sheng October 17, 2015
The image is Jieshi Diao Youlan, the oldest surviving piece of written music in the Far East. How a metadata engine defines the concept of works (musical compositions) affects the classical music experience a lot. Some newcomers still have no explicit modelling of that concept, what a pity! Classical music…
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I'm writing a series of articles focusing on the fundamental elements of the definitive classical music experience we're pursuing. This is the first post in the series, on search. Let's skip the lesson of evaluating the current search experiences of main classical music streaming services. If you're interested, read the…
A Short List of Data Curator's Desk Reference
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Marnie Schneider to join Lead Up for Women: Speak Up to Lead Up on Voiceamerica Empowerment Channel
by Colleen Biggs
(Philadelphia, PA) – Lead Up for Women is excited to announce that Marnie Schneider, Founder of Keep on Playing Foundation, Author and Granddaughter of Leonard Tose, previous owner of the NFL Philadelphia Eagles and the founder of the Ronald McDonald House will join us to continue her pursuit to Connect. Influence. and Lead in support of women on May 29th at 10 am PST. Lead Up for Women is a national organization that provides a community where women can Lead Up and Leave the Ladder down for those that follow .
Schneider is a longtime supporter of girls positive self awareness and growth as well as women in leadership and wants nothing more than women to feel empowered to have a voice. Lead Up for Women (LUFW) elevates women by providing the tools necessary for all women by increasing their visibility through their publishing platforms such as Lead Up for Women Magazine, leadupforwomen.com where women can advertise and develop their own profile, and their radio show Lead Up for Women: Speak Up to Lead Up on VoiceAmerica. Schneider will be a guest on Speak Up to Lead Up’s May 29th radio show spot with Co-Founder, Colleen Biggs, and Co-Host, Dee Daniels, Executive Producer of Voiceamerica™
Marnie joins Lead Up for Women as a panelist at the Philadelphia luncheon on June 11th, 2019 to share her stories of success and what it takes growing as a little girl beneath her grandfather and prior NFL owner of the Philadelphia Eagles. Colleen Biggs will present to attendees and share all that Lead Up for Women stands for and has to offer. They want women to lead up in business, their personal lives, and in their community to change the future landscape of women as leaders. Further conversations with the group of attendees will dive deeper into discussions concerning leadership development, Purposeful connections, how to be the most confident you, and more. Coverage and interviews from the luncheon are shared on the weekly radio show.
“Schneider exemplifies what it takes to be a leader in your own life and we look forward to have her as a speaker,” Biggs said. “We are so excited for our listeners and luncheon attendees to learn from her expertise and experience.”
Lead Up for Women: Speak Up to Lead Up
Live weekly on the Voiceamerica™ Empowerment Channel
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Lead Up for Women June Luncheon
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June 11th @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Tickets for the June luncheon can be found here: https://leadupforwomen.com/event/june-luncheon-philadelphia-pa/
LUFW has planned a series of national, educational and inspirational events throughout the country which are listed here: https://leadupforwomen.com/events/
ABOUT LEAD UP FOR WOMEN
Lead Up for Women was organized to provide a platform for every woman to have all of the resources needed in one organization to live her best life, whether that be rising to the upper rungs of the corporate ladder, launching her own business, or requiring the strength of many other women through leadership and inspiration regardless of her qualifications or achievements. Learn more at leadupforwomen.com.
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“”Having Watched Jonathan Royles Egg Sausage Peas Show I can honestly say its unique. With Psychic Belly Button Reading being the main hook of the first half around which the Mind Reading experiments are presented, this is most definitely not your conventional kind of Mentalism show. However Royle has some unique, creative and entertaining takes on such classics as the Chair Test, ACAAN, Hoys Tossed Out Deck and the Russian Roulette Plot which are certainly worth a closer look and take them to the next level. At times he had the audience on the edge of their seats and overall this show was top notch”
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“Jonathan Royle performs very direct Mentalism and Mind Reading that anyone would find accessible. ESP is a cleverly structured show with moments that stir up the full range of emotions. There are effects in there that most would struggle to work out, that includes other mentalists.”
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”Jonathan Royle leaves others in the field of mentalism and mind magic wanting, new and original takes on some old favourites and enough new material to leave you wondering “How on earth did he do that?” Fast paced, punchy and engaging, Jonathan always delivers. There are many performers in this field but only one true master. Don’t just take my word for it, look at the hundreds, if not thousands of “Testimonials” from others all over the world.”
Robert Phipps (Television Body Language Expert) http://www.robertphipps.com/
Having viewed the Jonathan Royles E.S.P Show I was Amused, Entertained, Bewildered. Amazed, Informed and Educated in equal measures! Jonathan’s performance was clearly that of a seasoned veteran on the stage.
Demonstrating an ability to explain most tricks as they were being performed, yet still bringing pleasurable delight to the audience.
A must watch for other professionals in the business, those wishing to learn more about how the mind operates and anyone who wishes to enjoy a couple of hours of action paced entertainment.
Brian Foley – http://www.the-stage-hypnotist.com
“Very good show! The routines flowed nicely, very brilliant!
I was truly very impressed!”
Jay Magicman Hankey
http://www.facebook.com/hankeymagic
hankeymagic@facebook.com
“Absolutely Brilliant, I Really Enjoyed The Show”
James Anthony – http://www.magicworld.co.uk
“Really good show, loads of great material & a really nice finish”
Nick Davies – http://www.mindmagic.moonfruit.com
“I consider Jonathan Royle’s show first-class entertainment and a must-see event for anyone interested in comedy, psychic-style, mind reading. It is tongue-in-cheek, but great fun too.”
Phillip Solomon – http://www.philipsolomon.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
“Just wanted to say thanks for a wicked show last night… really enjoyed it! It was funny, fresh, fast-paced and very clever! Loved your ‘Table of Doom’ routine… and lots of great routines that I’ve never seen before! Can’t wait for the next one.”
Robert Temple – http://www.roberttemplehypnotist.com/
“Great Show, totally unexpected moments, really enjoyed it, really glad I came out tonight for it”
Wayne Moore – http://www.facebook.com/wayne.moore3
COME AND SEE IF I AM ABLE TO CHEAT THE RUSSIAN ROULETTE CHALLENGE AGAIN OR IF I GET HURT LIVE ON STAGE…
“Twas a very good night, great show, enjoyable and funny.”
Keith Taylor – http://www.myhypnotist.co.uk/
“Great night thanks for an awesome time.”
Grant Saunders – http://grantsaunders.co.uk
“Amazing show, some moments are truly scary, some moments are educational, some moments are very, very funny. Every moment is Brilliant. Thanks”
Alistair Stevenson – http://www.absolutelypositive.org.uk/
“Thanks for a very entertaining night Really enjoyed it 🙂 ”
Jon Scotland – http:// www.psychic-liverpool.com
“Lots of amazing effects, very funny, off the wall, and for me the highlight of the evening was the Table of Doom – impossible! Thank you. And good luck with the rest of the tour.”
Gary Kennedy – http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=583142930
Alex/Jonathan is back on stage in his new show Egg, sausage and peas. A combination of mentalism, hypnosis and comedy. Knowing Alex personally all I can say although controversial in nature, he delivers on what he promises and his new show is exactly that. I enjoyed all the different routines and it shows that the audience did too which is what is most important. Alex is like marmite you either love him or hate him but one thing they both have in common is they both sell!
Dr Robert Dodge. – http://nathanpower.co.uk/
“I went to see to “Eggs, Sausages and Pea’s” show performed by Jonathan Royle at the Three Minute Theatre in Manchester. I have to say I did not really know what to expect, However I wasn’t disappointed! Jonathan was funny and yet fascinating at the same time. He engaged the audience in all of the mentalism routines. The entire show left me amazed, wondering how he did the tricks. I was even part of the show and Jonathan made me feel completely at ease when I was on the stage. There was one trick called “The Table of Doom” which really did have me and every audience member on the edge of their seats, WOW. I won’t say any more but to go and see the show for yourself. Jonathan Royle is engaging, amazing and a true showman.
Adam Cowming – http://www.blhypnotherapy.co.uk
“An Absolutely Brilliant Show – Well Done!”
Gordon Park – http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1322055046
“Royle’s show is a masterful blend of comedy and mentalism, with belly button reading being not only a hilarious skit but a skilful display of his wide repertoire and ability as an entertainer, hypnotist and magician. The show builds to end with a fast paced crescendo of predictions that will delight all those who love psychological magic.Taking in to account the show I saw was his debut for this act, I can only see it going from strength to strength, and look forward to seeing it again when time has polished it to perfection.”
Nathan Welch – http://www.story-therapy.co.uk/
“Thanks for a great night of entertainment, thoroughly enjoyed it & look forward to seeing you again!”
Raoni Wood – http://www.facebook.com/raoniwood.rainbow
“Many thanks for a great evening. Really enjoyed it. Very nice intimate venue added to the magic of the show.”
Rob McManus – http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=645457376
“The Psychic Belly Button Reading Routine was Pure Genius, its
Destined to become a Classic!”
Brian Stracner – http://www.northstatehypnosis.net
“Thank you for a fantastic and magical evening. Truly mind blowing. The highlight for me was the table of doom’s “Do you want to change your mind because you’re not suppose to” Brilliant, funny and scary at the same time.”
Ben Hughes – http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=705888834
“Great night Jonathan Royle never ceases to amaze people, great show”
Terry Wells – http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=655889748
“Jonathan, In all honesty I thought the first half of the show way to slow in the pacing and the length of time to do the effects. Having said that, you did pick up the pace for the second half and hold it well. Two of my favourite effects, which I have performed many times, are Hoy’s Tossed Out Deck and the Ultimate Lift. Your variations on both were outstanding. I particularly liked showing the power of words with the signs for the Ultimate Lift. I saw a number of effects, if they were not original, you certainly changed them so much they might as well have been.”
Ray Thompson
http://www.hypnosisandmore.com
http://www.facebook.com/themindwizard
“Fantastic Show Jonathan, we had a great night, spookily accurate predictions, we will see you soon.”
Michele Smith – http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=697356855
“This is the most Theatrical and Emotional Mentalism Show that I have ever seen, full of original new and thought provoking routines”
Stuart Harrizon Cassels – http://www.hypnotic-consultants.co.uk
And Yet More Positive Review….
“If you like Derren Brown then your going to love this show!”
Chris Lee – http://www.comedystagehypnotist.co.uk/
“I think this is an excellent show. I particularly like the Nail (Russian Roulette) presentation. Well done and I hope it sells well for you and wish you every success with it. Such a nice change from television style acts. Best wishes Eddie”
Eddie Burke – http://www.mreenterprises.co.uk/
“Just watched part one of your Egg, Sausage and Peas Show. I have always had my doubts about mixing comedy and mentalism until I watched this. It really works well although I am glad to see that the mentalism was stronger than the comedy. Your presentation was excellent and there was plenty of audience involvement. I really enjoyed your lie dectector routine, I feel this always plays well with a large audience. Your psychometry routine was absoluely hilarious. I have never seen belly buttons used before to give character analyses. This is an absolute gem. The finish with the specs ring was also strong. The book test was well positioned in your show. As Cassidy says you should never open with a book test otherwise your audience will think you are using a confederate. The spectator synchronicity with cards was very baffling and the magic square made for a very strong finish. All in all a very enjoyable show.”
Roger Curzon – (Creator of The Miracle Signed Card in Envelope)
“Having watched jonathans egg, sausage, and peas show i have to say
i was greatly impressed. His combination of Comedy, and Mentalism
were brilliant. the whole structure of the show and its routines were all individually excellent but the way he combines them to produce these
amazing results is nothing short of spectacular. i even was asked up as a volunteer and i must honestly say the routine i was involved with i tried my best to make it as difficult as i could, i was gob smacked at how he did the trick with this particular routine especially as i was holding and shuffling the cards. If there is one show you must see this year make it Jonathan Royles egg, sausage, and, peas you will not be disappointed.”
Al Shea – The TranceFormer – Hypnotist
http://www.facebook.com/al.shea.9
Jonathan Royle’s Egg, Sausage and Peas
A review by Roslyn Walker (master escape artist, sideshow performer, magician and mentalist) http://www.roslynwalker.com)
The problem with writing a review, for the person writing it at least, is where to begin. And it is no different for me this time round trying to find the words to describe Jonathan Royle’s new show Egg, Sausage and Peas (ESP). Finding the right starting point is a bit of a conundrum. Should I comment on the finale of the show, expose the twists and turns or tell you about my favourite routine?
I’ve decided to answer no to all these questions and begin by telling you a little bit about Jonathan as a performer, then I’ll move on to the show as a whole. Leaving the twists and turns a surprise for those of you who decide to go and watch the show yourselves.
Jonathan is quite obviously a professional performer who has put a lot of effort into designing his on stage persona. From the moment he walks out on stage in his bespoke suit you can tell.
Before watching ESP I had not seen one of Jonathan’s shows before and to be honest I was expecting to see another Derren Brown clone. I’m sure many reading this will know what I’m talking about. Those mentalists with a little beard who use “psychology, magic, misdirection and showmanship” to create a poor recreation of Derren’s show.
This was not the case with Jonathan. Yes, he makes claims to using psychology. Yes, to the highly trained eye of the magician he uses magical techniques. Yes, he misdirects his audience with the expertise of a top showman. But when you watch him do it you’re not thinking to yourself: “well he’s obviously got the Mind Control box set permanently playing in every room in his house”.
Jonathan is a unique performer that has put his own spin on what has become a very factory line area of the magical arts.
So, what of the effects?
In a nutshell what Jonathan gives to his audience is of an extremely high quality. The effects themselves are baffling and there are many aspects that will fool even the more knowledgeable of magicians and mentalists. I have seen more magic shows than I care to admit to and I have sat through more bad magic shows than good.
This isn’t one of the bad ones.
There were many plots that I’d seen before, but Jonathan performed them in his way rather than just rehashing what had come before. What was a breath of fresh air was to see a fair number of effects that I can only assume are unique to Jonathan, as I had never seen them performed before.
The first half of Jonathan’s show is a selection of classic mentalism effects that build from a simple one-in-three chance to tackling the Holy Grail of mentalism (ACAAN) in a very clever way.
I enjoyed the first half immensely. The belly button routine was simultaneously unique, clever and very funny. However, I felt that Jonathan should have ended on his penultimate effect rather than the think of a number effect. I didn’t like the way this played out at all. And although he managed to get away with it, this isn’t how I would personally want to end the first half of my show; namely by just getting away with it.
For me, I would have liked Jonathan to end this half of the show on the card trick. It’s strong and seems completely impossible. This was a three-phase routine that has a truly killer ending. Even if the final trick had worked as it was supposed to it still would have been very anti-climatic to what had come before: Less being more and all that.
The second half adopts a change of pace that is mimicked by Jonathan’s change of costume to a more casual look.
This half of the show sees Jonathan play with the idea of celebrity, tell a tale of the demise of his grandmother’s mental faculties (resulting in her destroying her own house) and play a game using his daughter’s DVD book. But for me the highlight has to be the game he plays with a 6” nail. He calls it the table of death, but magicians will know it as the Russian roulette plot.
I have to say that this routine was not only the highlight of the second half, but the whole show. It is absolutely fantastic. From start to finish Jonathan builds the suspense to a point where the room is quite simply electric.
Members of the audience mix a cup with the nail under it with five others that don’t contain anything at all.
Then, and this is where Jonathan’s routine differs from others I’ve seen, he allows audience members to name numbers at random. He then crushes those named cups with his bare hands.
What I especially loved about Jonathan’s Russian roulette routine is the fact that the final spectator was allowed to change their mind. And when they did Jonathan simply crushed the number they’d switched to and revealed the final cup to contain the spike!
The Table of Death is simply stunning and a real magician fooler.
So to sum up.
In short Jonathan Royle’s show Eggs, Sausage and Peas (ESP) is a fantastic example of modern mentalism done well. He is one of those rare performers who stand out as unique among a host of bearded clones in a crowded field. ESP is a fun, heart warming and highly entertaining show that will make you laugh one minute and gasp in amazement the next.
I’m so glad I took the time to see it and I recommend that you do too.
Roslyn Walker – http://www.roslynwalker.com
“Jonathan has a stage presence that is undeniably honest. This true persona shines brightly during his latest ESP Show aptly titled Eggs, Sausage, Peas! Consisting largely of original material, Jonathan’s routining is a valuable lesson to amateurs and professionals alike. Rather than presenting one experiment, then the next, and then the next, etc., Jonathan blends large portions of the show together so cleverly, demonstrating efficiency with audience volunteers, items chosen and things written down, bringing a breath of very fresh air to the typical ‘mentalism’ show. This clever efficiency is responsible for the mind-blowing, multiple climaxes (yes, you read that right!) in most of Jonathan’s material. His smartly-devised, mult-phased routining and effects rule out reverse-engineering as a possible tool to try to figure out how he does many of his very original and entertaining effects. A routine that begins like the classic “Seven (in Jonathan’s case, five) Keys to Baldplate,” takes approximately 5 sharp turns, each with its own huge kicker, ending in an impossible birth year prediction that opens the combination padlock, releasing a volunteer’s wedding band. Strong, commercial material here. His Russian Roulette involving a jumbo, steel nail, is very strong: 2 hands, 6 cups, 1 nail and audience members steering the direction (no forcing) of the cup-smashing. Jonathan adds the right amount of drama needed to sell this effect to a lay audience and magicians ‘who know,’ will be scratching their heads at his presentation. Jonathan’s endearing story of his daughter, leads us to his “DVD Book” test which is strongly unique with an apparent ‘Magi screwed up-type ending,’ but actually ends correct as a visual and mental stunner – a very commercial piece. His closing piece involves ESP cards, but before you sigh, “really?!…”, bite your tongue, sit down, watch and take notes. The way that Jonathan gets audience members to pair up matching ESP cards is uncanny, the reveal is strong (seeing a theme here?), stretched out over time giving his audience one more unbelievable, compounded routine with multiple climaxes. Most excellent! …I need a cigarette.”
Matthew Fallon
http://www.fallonmagic.com
http://www.hypno-tainment.com
Egg Sausage Pea’s — Show Review by Ben Hughes (Freelance Journalist)
Jonathan Royle smashes his hand down onto a polystyrene cup that could hide an upturned sharpened spike within.
The absence of screaming, and the lack of blood, tell his audience
that, thankfully, it doesn’t — this time. But there are three more cups to go. Does he guess right?
You’ll have to go along yourself to Jonathan’s new show — oddly titled Eggs, Suasage, and Peas — to find out.
And once you’ve sat through the numerous videos of the illusion going horribly wrong, you’ll rather wish he does. If only to ensure you’ll get at least one chance to see him in action again.
I was not alone in the audience, I’m sure, in hoping he’d announce
after the gory videos that he wasn’t daft enough to perform the trick after all, and could anyone think of a card, any card?
My heart has only just left my mouth and returned to it’s rightful
place in my chest.
This was just a taster preview of Jonathan’s new mentalism show, held at one of my favorite pubs The Kings Arms in Salford. The full show will be revealed next month.
After an opening half full of mysterious illusion, the second half of
the show was a little darker with tales of his dead grandmother.
I don’t want to give too much of the show away, but if you get a
chance to see it then I recommend you do. The man is unique.
I hope to see more from his amazing mind in the future. Can’t wait for the full show in April.
Reviewed By: Ben Hughes (Freelance Journalist)
Published on Magicweek on Sat 31st March 2012.
http://www.magicweek.co.uk/magic_reviews/review_show_egg_sausages_peas.htm
And Finally Here’s a Link to A Review From A Mentalists & Mind Reader’s Industry Website – http://www.mentalismskills.com/magic-and-mentalism-festival-salford/
Book Now — http://www.eggsausagepeas.com/
Oh And Here’s a Few Things That Media Publications and Such Have Said About Jonathan Royle’s Psychic & Mind Control Entertainment Talents Over The Past Two Decades…
“An Amazing Psychic Talent”
URI GELLER’S ENCOUNTER’S MAGAZINE
“Uncannily Accurate Psychic Predictions”
THE SUNDAY PEOPLE
“An undisputed star!”
“He has a thoroughbred show business pedigree.”
STAGE & TELEVISION TODAY
“He’s a cheeky showman”
“The New Uri Geller & Doris Stokes Rolled Into One”
“Jonathan Royle should be your first choice anytime you want
A true Hypnotic or Psychic Specialist”
BAHRAIN MONTHLY
“He’s in control of an amazing power, even as I interviewed him I keep having to avert my gaze”
“His comic timing is excellent and his patter is superb.”
BOLTON EVENING NEWS
“This man is a star – even veterans agree that his act puts him into a class of his own.”
“There should be more of him and people like him on British TV!”
CHRIS EVANS VIRGIN RADIO
“Royle is one of the Top British Hypnotists!”
“The Stage Svengali entranced the audience with his
Hilarious two hour show”
“Royle has appeared on a broad range of ITV and BBC shows
Over the past nine years, he’s notorious!”
“There’s no hypnotising gorgeous girls into bed, it’s all pretty tame and safe. It’s a bit like Carry One style humour – so it’s harmless”
GUARDIAN GROUP
“A very talkative and confident manner. A great way to entertain people.”
“Tonight I have seen the future of British hypnosis and without a doubt that future is Jonathan Royle. In my opinion he’s the best in the business!”
IQMAGAZINE.COM
“As a hypnotist, Jonathan Royle starts where Paul McKenna finishes.”
SYMPHONY PRESS UK PUBLISHERS
“The funniest and most original hypnotist I have ever seen.”
“Mesmerising powers from the stage showman with the magnetic eyes!”
DAILY SPORT
“As a hypnotist, he has come to bed eyes!”
SUNDAY PEOPLE
“Once he had me under, I was totally under. In the morning, I just couldn’t believe it.”
“He’s brilliant. He’s going to drag hypnotism kicking and screaming into the 21st century!”
SUNDAY NEWS & ECHO
“Britain’s youngest, fastest, funniest and most outrageous comedy stage-hypnotist.”
Jonathan Royle Comedy Mind Reading Show
A Review by Magician & Mentalist – Myke Phillips
http://www.mykephillips.co.uk
Jonathan Royle graces the stage with his ability to second guess decisions you will make,predict impossible things and even scare the living S#* t out of you.
He will cause a spectators family member, “called on the phone” to name three random cards selected by three audience members.
He will predict things that no normal person should be able to foresee.
Jonathan will show you a video of other magicians failing at the most dangerous trick known in the world of magic, and why you should never try this at home. He then proceeds to smash his hand down on five polystyrene cups, avoiding a nasty 6″ sharp nail.
You will see spectators impossibly draw the same picture, even though they are six feet away.
What Jonathan’s show has, is an edgy feel to it. These experiments don’t always go according to plan. So if you want to be a part of something unique, then his show is a once in a lifetime thrill that you won’t forget.
The best part of Jonathan’s performance, is his ability to motivate you and make you leave feeling positive that you can achieve anything, as long as you have belief.
Jonathan claims he is using NLP, body language and subtle cues to know what your thinking, but I think you will leave believing he can really read your mind.
You will even have the chance to be a celebrity for the night as he predicts random decisions you make.
Jonathan’s combination of hypnosis comedy and mind stunts will keep you on the edge of your seat.
A roller coaster ride of excitement.
Reviewed By – Myke Phillips – http://www.mykephillips.co.uk
I would like to thank Jonathon for allowing me to review his show Eggs Sausage Peas and I will do this in 2 parts, so here is part 1. The show overall was excellent and I urge anyone who has the opportunity to see this to pencil a date in your diary as a must, if the show is in your area.
Ok the show itself was well routined a mixture of old techniques and Jonathans own unique effects and twists and variations on old techniques modernised for a modern audience. The opening of his show was in my opinion the weakest effect of the night a 3 card routine which might have been better placed elsewhere as i expected a strong and visual opening, but then what was to come made up for this.
The ACAAN was possibly the best version of the effect I have ever seen and the belly button reading was hilarious, variation after variation and multiple reveals and this slayed the audience.
The second half was faster paced and had a serious element with his version of Russian Roulette and 6 cups were used, not 4 or 5 that some other mentalists use, and I’ve even seen mentalists use just 3, so with the opening showing video footage of accidents and the Halloween theme belting out, this created atmosphere, and when mixed up and then the audience picked the order of cups he was to hit, made for a dramatic and tense moment and the successful conclusion was rewarded by a huge cheer and clapping.
The show ended with a revelation/prediction based on an ode to his Gran and with other revelations coming fast and furious, the show ended at great pace to huge applause, excellent show and great performance by Jonathan.
Byron Rodriquez – Mentalist
http://www.facebook.com/byronrodriguez67
Part 2 of review of Eggs Sausage Peas. As a mentalist and hypnotist albeit for 18 months, i think its an excellent idea to use the show as the basis of a mentalists training course. I already have 2 training courses from Jonathan and he is an excellent teacher and guide and will aid beginners into becoming more successful and more seasoned ones better performers.
There is a lack of mentalists training courses out there, in fact none as far as I know yet there are many books and effects on the market, however these cant teach you how to put a show together, the best opening and closing effect, audience management, routining a show and marketing a show etc, that would benefit the genre.
I use ACAAN and have 2 versions, yet Jonathon blew me away, and I use a chair test, yet Jonathan had audience members stand up for a variation unique to him and again excellent.
Now not everyone will want to do a Russian Roulette type effect, but again everyone will have their own unique style of performing, so its getting the right effects for your style, and so there is a need for a concise training product.
I don’t expect Jonathon would give away performing rights with this training package, but if he did it would be the must have mentalists product of the year, however even without that, its still a package that all budding mentalists need to add to their library as his training and teaching are second to none .
STOP PRESS – NEW REVIEW FROM MAGICIAN CARL DE ROME OF NORWAY
Jonathan Royle takes to the stage and commands the respect of his audience from the outset!
Having seen the show that lasts for over 2 hours of Mental Magic, with E.S.P. hence the shows title Egg, Sausage and Peas, he wastes no time in getting 5 volunteers up onto the stage, and what for, of all things to do a great set of ESP finishing off with an hilarious belly button reading routine that had the audience in stitches.
The first half of the show closes with one of the best MAGIC NUMBERS SQUARE You are ever likely to see, as its not expected from anyone until the final reveal, taking everybody by surprise even Magicians as when you realize its to late!
After a short break Jonathan aka Alex does a costume change, looking smart and casual and again takes to the stage with more E,S,P, and mind reading plus as a bonus a little Hypnotic effects and again lots of audience participation, If I remember correctly he had over 20 people up on stage during the 2 halves.
One very funny routine involves 5 members of the audience choosing his daughter a cartoon character to read for a bedtime story, at the end the audience are duped into thinking the trick has gone terribly wrong for Jonathan, How wrong they are when Jonathon takes the paper bag off his head to reveal he knew all along what they had chosen, I won’t give the ending away to this, as I do not wish to spoil it for anyone.
So I suggest you go and see Egg Sausage and Peas LIVE you will Not be disappointed, and the show is really good value for money.
Lastly Jonathon performs a trick I also perform Smash and Stab? But I have to say His version blew me away, and is totally different version to mine or in fact to any version I have seen, and I have absolutely NO idea how he did it.
Starting off with a warning Video on the big screen of other magicians getting it really wrong and warning the audience of the dangers and NOT TO TRY THIS THEMSELVES.
Using 6 cups ( not the usual 4 ) the spectator puts a 6inch metal nail onto one of the cups facing straight up, then the spectator mixes them up so no one knows where the nail is, the cups are then numbered 1 to 6 and Mr. Royle simply just asks 5 audience members one at a time to simply choose a number…
and then as each number is chosen that is the cup he slams his hand down onto, I have not got a clue how he did this and in a way I’m happy about this fact as I loved it.
So for a great night out, and to see a great show performed by a Mentalist who really knows his craft, you could not really do any better than popping along and seeing the show Egg, Sausage, and Peas, LIVE for yourself, and take along some friends especially the skeptic ones it will really kick them right in there heads!
It’s a show you will enjoy and walk away wondering If he has powers or was it just good trickery,….who cares it’s a good show…..
Review by Carl De Rome – http://www.cdrmagic.com/home.html
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Dr. Jonathan Royle aka Alex Smith – Certified Practitioner of Visual Coding Displacement Therapy (VCDT) by Nik & Eva Speakman
However Before you Spend a Fortune on coming to see me or indeed any other VCDT
Certified Therapist, you may find that the 100% FREE ONLINE VIRTUAL TREATMENT SESSION that I have put together to help “Cure The World” of its problems may be enough to help you…
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Association of Complete Mind Therapists – ACMT
Complete Mind Therapy, which was devised, originated and developed by myself Dr. Jonathan Royle is now being used by therapists all over the world with great success, indeed the main elements of its approach were used (with my permission) by The Speakmans to make their “The Key To Your Mind” Audio Home Treatment CD as per:
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For those of you who would like to participate in (and benefit from) a virtual home treatment video session, based on my unique approach of “Complete Mind Therapy” you can do so right now (just set aside 90 minutes of your time) at this link:
But please remember that a virtual session can never be as powerful or personally tailored and targeted to your personal circumstances as seeing a therapist, like myself on a personal one to one basis.
Combined together my approaches of “Mind Emotion Liberation Techniques” and “Complete Mind Therapy” have been consistently shown to be able to help most any person, with most any issue, habit, addiction, fear or phobia or indeed anything you can think of from A thru to Z within a single 60 to 90 minute treatment session!
MELT Mind Emotion Liberation Techniques
Although I am a Certified Practitioner of “Visual Coding Displacement Therapy” (VCDT) in the past couple of years I have developed my own (in my opinion and experience) even more Powerful and Life Changing Psychological Treatment Strategies!
These Rapid Personal Change Approaches are called – M.E.L.T
That Stands for:
“Mind Emotion Liberation Techniques”
or it can also stand for:
“Mental Elimination of Life’s Troubles”
Anyhow as I say, watch their Series Every day at 2pm to 3pm and then, If your impressed and like what you see (and I’m sure you will be) then be sure to check out my new Therapy approach of M.E.L.T (Mind Emotion Liberation Techniques) which in my opinion and experience as one of only a few officially Certified VCDT (Visual Coding Displacement Therapy) Practitioners, is an even more consistently effective and powerful life changing treatment approach.
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For those with Weight Management Issues, I will also where appropriate use my approach of “Virtual Gastric Band Hypnosis” – The Complete Mind Therapy Approach to help my clients to change their lives for the better.
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For those who may prefer to help themselves in the comfort of their own home, in that regard I would recommend that you obtain a copy of what is arguably the Worlds Most
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For the therapists amongst you, you now have the chance to learn and become Certified in my Unique Approaches, full details of which can be found here:
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Now whilst we are obviously not legally, ethically or morally allowed to teach you “Visual Coding Displacement Therapy” – VCDT or The Speakmans “Schema Conditioning Psychotherapy”, both of which are Patented and may only be taught (at this time) by Nik and Eva Speakman Themselves through their Speakmans Institute of Schema Conditioning Psychotherapy, what we can do however is teach you so well in numerous other cutting edge psychological treatment techniques, that you will automatically then be able to observe what ANY and we do mean ANY other NLP or Hypnotic Style Mind Therapist does and then be instantly able to do it the same way and get the same results yourself.
This is because we teach you the real building blocks of all psychological treatment methods, and once you fully understand all of these building blocks then you need never take any other form of training ever again, as you’ll be able to combine the blocks together in whatever pattern/order is needed for each individual client to suit their needs 100%.
It also means you’ll not only be able to duplicate anything any other NLP or Hypnotic Style therapist does or has done, but in fact means you will most likely be more successful than them doing it, as ironically you will likely end up knowing more about it and understanding how and why it all works better than the vast majority of so called “experts”
Incidentally amongst one of the numerous different video training sets within that bumper package at the above link, is my “Ultimate Change Seminar” which took place some years back in London and during which you will see Nik and Eva Speakman make a short Suprise Appearance as they turned up unexpectedly at the event with a Birthday Cake and Present for me (it was my birthday the day they surprised me) and in their own usual inimitable way brought a touch of Speakman Magic to my day!
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As You’ll See by way of the Video and Written testimonials at the links on this page, I have trained, consulted, coached, helped and/or advised arguably more people around the world who now are Successful Therapists and Hypnotists than any other teacher, and that includes many people who are now Famous Media and Household Names in their own Country’s.
All of our courses are approved and endorsed by The Mindcare Organization Ltd (UK), Personal Development Associates (USA), The NLP Association (UK) and The Neuro Linguistic Programming Practitioners Association (UK) amongst other reputable bodies.
Seriously if you want to become a Successful Therapy Practitioner then you would be wise to check out all of the links above on this page and then to contact me directly via http://www.magicalguru.com
That also is the link to use to contact me if you’d like to arrange a personal one to one treatment session with myself or one of my experienced colleagues.
I just thought, what a strange co-incidence it is that the Two Fastest Rising names in
the Celebrity and Media World of Psychological Treatment (The Speakmans) live at
Stubley Old Hall in Littleborough on the outskirts of Rochdale, and arguably one of
the Worlds Leading Trainers of NLP, Hypnotherapists, Complete Mind Therapists and
M.E.L.T Practitioners (thats me Jonathan Royle) lives just a few miles down the
road from them in Rochdale.
It is as they say both a Small World and A Strange World At Times!
Goodbye For Now, Stay Happy
Jonathan Royle
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UPCOMING SHOWS FROM THE SPEAKMAN’S ON ITV WILL INCLUDE:
The Speakmans will follow therapists to the stars, Nik and Eva Speakman as they attempt to successfully treat ordinary people with extraordinary problems.
In a bid to succeed where counsellors, doctors and other therapists have failed, Nik and Eva will see a range of people with debilitating psychological issues and attempt over the course of one programme to cure them.
From Agoraphobia to post traumatic stress, each programme will see a contributor introduce viewers to a problem that is affecting their life and then follow the experts in action as they seek to cure them.
Episode one: Sick
Becky is terrified of getting sick. For the last five years, this phobia has completely taken over her life and she rarely leaves the house. Becky was once passionate about horse riding but now she’s petrified to go the stables. This phobia is destroying all of her relationships. Her boyfriend, Chris finished their relationship and says he’ll only take her back if she gets treated for her phobia.
The Speakmans delve into Becky’s past and discover what life experiences triggered her phobia. Nik & Eva bring the family together and discuss the huge impact that Becky’s phobia is having on everyone else. The Speakmans go through intense therapy with Becky and attempt to treat her intense phobia.
Can The Speakmans successfully treat Becky and will she be able to rekindle her love of horse riding? Will Becky be able to save her relationships before it’s too late?
Episode two: OCD
Ashlea is desperate to start a family but her extreme OCD is preventing her from fulfilling her dreams. Ashlea is addicted to biting objects. She can spend up to 11 hours a day biting furniture, curtains, plates, steering wheels, hot hair straighteners, hot irons, etc. Every time she goes upstairs she has to bite the entire bannisters which is now destroyed. Ashlea has a dangerous habit of taking her hands off the steering wheel to touch the roof of her car. Ashlea says her OCD is putting a huge strain on her marriage.
In mediation, Ashlea’s family express their concerns about her OCD as it’s becoming a danger to her life especially whilst she’s driving her car.
During therapy The Speakmans discover that Ashlea found it difficult to come to terms with her parents divorce when she was seven year old and this is when her OCD started. Aged 15, Ashlea was diagnosed with OCD. Ashlea believes that ‘bad things’ will happen if she doesn’t repeat her rituals.
Can The Speakmans reverse Ashlea’s thought process? Will Ashlea be able to let go of the past and fulfil her dreams of starting a family?
Episode three: Trichotillomania
Danielle has been suffering from Trichotillomania for the last 18 years, which means that she has a compulsion to pull her hair out. After she has pulled out her hair, she then bites the roots as she loves the crunching sound it makes. Danielle has several bald patches which has caused her to have a serious lack of confidence and she claims that she hasn’t been able to go out with friends or enjoy a social life for a long time. Danielle is desperate to stop pulling her hair out, and her parents are equally desperate for her to.
In family mediation, the family make an emotional plea in an attempt to help Danielle to overcome her condition.
In therapy, The Speakmans discover that Danielle was badly bullied at school and as a result she began to pull her hair out.
Can The Speakmans successfully treat Danielle? Will Danielle stop pulling her hair out? Can The Speakmans help Danielle gain back her confidence?
Episode four: Fear of swallowing
Dave is unable to swallow solid food. In February 2013, Dave had a throat infection and had to have a tooth removed. Later that week, he went out for dinner and choked on bit of meat. Dave has not been able to swallow solid food since then. His diet consists of soft food: mash potatoes, soup, cheese and milk. Dave is 6ft”2 and weighs ten stone, he’s lost almost four stone in the last year. It can take him 1hr 15’ to eat a bowl of soup. Dave hates how he looks and is desperate to go back to his athletic shape.
In family mediation, Dave’s wife makes an emotional plea to him as she’s so worried about his health. Dave admits that his fear of swallowing food is taking over his life. In therapy, The Speakmans discover that Dave has a fear of swallowing food as he almost choked a year ago. Can The Speakmans make him swallow food again? Will Dave be able to move on and start eating nutritious meals again?
Episode five: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Karlette believes she’s suffering from PTSD, although she’s not been formally diagnosed her doctor suggested that she may be suffering from it. Seven years ago, Karlette was 15 and was brutally attacked by two women. Since the attack, Karlette has lost all of her confidence and has become short tempered. She relives the attack on a nightly basis and believes that it’s stopping her from living her life to the full. Karlette is a very talented singer and dancer who won a scholarship at a high-end performing arts school, but she’s not been able to perform since the attack.
During mediation, the family tell Karlette some home truths about how much she has changed since the attack. In an emotional plea, the family tell Karlette that her temper is out of control and that they would do anything to have the old Karlette back.
In therapy, The Speakmans discover that Karlette’s attack has had a huge impact on her behaviour. Karlette struggles on a daily basis as she keeps reliving the attack. The Speakmans attempt to treat Karlette and make her realise that the attack was not her fault.
Can The Speakmans help Karlette gain back her confidence? Will Karlette let go of the past and continue to pursue her dream of performing?
Episode six: Monday 21 July: Georgia Williamson – Agoraphobia
For nearly four years Georgia has hardly left the house. The only time she leaves the house is to walk into the field right opposite her house, but this has only been for a few minutes. Georgia believes this fear started when she was 16 whilst she was studying for her GCSE’s. Since then her agoraphobia has become more advance. She has lost her education and friends because of her isolating illness.
Her parents: Alison and Ian are at breaking point, they become frustrated with one another as they cannot help their daughter. Both are terrified for Georgia’s future, especially when they’re gone.
During family mediation, Georgia’s mum and sister get very emotional as they talk of the huge effect that Georgia’s phobia is having on the rest of the family.
In therapy, The Speakmans discover that Georgia witnessed a few disturbing incidents which included a man flashing himself at her. This is one of the reason’s that Georgia doesn’t like to leave the house.
Can The Speakmans help Georgia leave the house? Will Georgia finally be able to start enjoying life without a constant fear of the outside world.
Episode seven: Tuesday 22 July: Ashlee Jefferies – Dental phobia
Ashlee is terrified of the dentist and her teeth are literally rotting. A dentist told her that she’ll have no teeth left by the time she’s 30! Ashlee is a hairdresser and takes pride in her appearance but she cannot go to the dentist.
Ashlee was born with a calcium deficiency and when she was 8 all of teeth were removed. It was very traumatic time for her and she spent the night in hospital. Following that, she grew all new teeth and regularly went for check ups. When she was 14, she had a tooth removed and hasn’t been back since. She’s already missing five teeth, mainly at the back and side. Six months ago, she noticed a small hole in her front tooth, she’s now terrified that it will fall out. Ashlee can no longer eat with her back teeth, she has to chew with her front teeth. Ashlee has lost almost two stone, she rarely eats as it’s too painful. Her partner, Chris says that Ashlee was once the life and soul of the party but now she hides in the background as she’s conscious of her teeth. He says she’s constantly covering her mouth and no longer enjoys a night out. Chris would love to propose to Ashlee, but she won’t get married while her teeth are like this….
In family mediation, Ashlee’s fiance and her mother tell her how concerned they’re about her as she’s unable to eat solid food.
In Therapy, The Speakmans discover that Ashlee was born with a calcium deficiency and when she was 8 she lost all her teeth, she had to say in hospital over night and went through a very traumatic time.
Can The Speakmans help Ashlee over come her fear of the dentist? Will Ashlee be able to get the Hollywood smile she’s always dreamed of?
Episode eight: Wednesday 23 July: Danni Perrot – Shark phobia
Danni is terrified of sharks and it’s stopping her from achieving her life long dream of surfing. Danni says the ocean is her spiritual home but this fear is preventing her from swimming in deep water. Danni went into the water for this first since her childhood when she was 38 but she couldn’t go beyond her knees. She spent the day boogie boarding and absolutely loved it but she longed to go out deeper and join the surfers. Danni is determined to face her fear as she’s desperate to become a surfer.
In therapy, The Speakmans discover that Danni’s fear of sharks stems from her childhood as she she used to watch the film Jaws. Her fear was then heightened as her brother pretended that he saw a shark whilst they were swimming in the sea.
Can The Speakmans help Danni achieve her life long dream of becoming a surfer? The Speakmans have an unbelievable surprise for Danni (they bring her swimming with sharks) but will she be able to face her fear?
Episode nine: Thursday 24 July: Julie Beal – Spiders
Julie has an extreme fear of spiders. She cannot be alone in her home incase she see’s a spider. If she is alone, then she’ll wait outside until someone comes home. On one occasion she found a spider in her home and she pulled a complete stranger in from the street to remove it. Julie insists that her partner, David checks her clothes for spiders on a daily basis. If she needs to go to the toilet in the middle of the night, then she’ll insist that David brings her to the bathroom. Six weeks ago, Julie moved her boys (16 & 20) and her partner, David of two years to the countryside. They now live in their dream home with 1.5 acres of land for their horse but for Julie it’s a complete nightmare and she’s considering moving back to town. Although, she loves the country she feels there are too many spiders in her area. Julie has only been living with her partner for the last six weeks and she’s worried that her phobia will destroy their relationship.
In mediation, the family tell Julie how much of an impact her phobia is having on the rest of the family.
The Speakmans discover in therapy that Julie’s phobia stemmed from her childhood as she grew up believing that spiders were horrible creatures. The Speakmans attempt to treat Julie by making her realise that spiders are harmless.
Can The Speakmans treat Julie and help her overcome her phobia of spiders? Can Julie finally enjoy life in her dream home?
Episode ten: Friday 25 July: Karen Knight – Social phobia
Karen has suffered with social anxiety for ten years and is terrified of people. Karen will do anything to avoid people and she can’t go anywhere without her husband. Karen and David are cleaners at a local school which is perfect for Karen as all the pupils and teachers are gone home while she’s at work. She spends her entire time cleaning 21 toilets as she refuses to enter a classroom just in case a teacher is working late. Karen hasn’t even seen her grandchildren (Anouska’s children) for over a year, although they only live four minutes down the road. Karen has gone months without seeing her sons because she feels really awkward around them.
In family mediation, Karen’s husband and children tell her how difficult it is leave with her condition. They love her but are desperate for her to overcome her anxiety.
In therapy, The Speakmans discover that Karen has low self esteem as she was bullied at school and was in difficult relationships.
Can The Speakmans help Karen overcome her anxiety? Will Karen be able to get over her fear of people and start enjoying time with her family?
Episode 11: Monday 28th July
Sandra has had cancer for five years. It started with bowel cancer, then spread to her left lung, then to her adrenal gland, then her right lung. She’s not going through chemo at the moment but the doctors said the cancer will come back. They don’t know her life expectancy but it’s not in the immediate future. Sandra suffers with extreme claustrophobia and lifts are out of the question. Last year, her adrenal gland was removed and after the operation they needed to bring her to another ward but she refused to get in the lift. Instead, Sandra decided to climb the stairs even though she was in excruciating pain. It took four nurses to carry her drips and the porter waited at the top of the stairs with her wheelchair. Sandra has refused MRI scans, will not go into public toilets and they’ve never been abroad as she can’t get on a plane or boat. Her husband, Ron would love to bring her to the West End, but she refuses to go. He would love to bring her on a plane and just be spontaneous. This is Sandra’s last chance at life and more than anything, they want to enjoy what time she has left.
Episode 12: Tuesday 29th July
Last year, Marion’s sister, Pamela was murdered by her boyfriend who buried Pamela in shallow grave. The police & sniffer dogs searched the area for two months and eventually found her body. Marion feel’s that her life has changed forever, not only has she lost her sister, but she’s also lost part of herself. Marion feels incredibly guilty as she was meant to go and visit Pamela the day she was murdered. Marion was very close to Pamela and they only lived 10 minutes apart. Marion is suffering from PTSD and claustrophobia. She was once a confident woman but now she hates being in confined spaces. If she goes into big shops then she’ll need to know where all the exit signs are placed. Her son is getting married at the end of June and he’s paid for her flight to Turkey but she can’t get on the plane. Marion replays her sister’s murder on a daily basis and she desperately wants to start enjoying life again.
Can The Speakmans help Marion accept her sisters murder? Will Marion be able to face her demons?
Episode 13: Wednesday 30th July
Bryony is terrified of all dogs. Every day before she leaves the house she’s worried that she’ll bump into a dog. She works full time in a fancy dress shop but is also self employed as a children’s entertainer and will refuse work if the family have a dog or if the event is at a park. Bryony gets the train to work every day, she lives a 5-10 minute walk from the train station but she refuses to walk as the route has dog walkers, so her mother drives her there every morning. She won’t go to the beach, park or anywhere dogs might be. A dog has never bitten her but she remembers have a nightmare aged four and a dog had attacked her in the dream. Bryony hates living her life in fear and just wants to go outside and feel comfortable.
Can The Speakmans help Bryony overcome her fear of dogs? Will Bryony be able to stroke a dog after her treatment?
Charlotte has been plucking and picking at her body for seven years. Her 11 year old daughter started school around this time and she felt like she had nothing else to do. Charlotte has scarred her entire body and will pick at anything which results in bleeding and scars. Charlotte hates leaving her home as she feels people are looking at her. Charlotte and her fiance Martin have become more like friends and the family rarely have days out as Charlotte hates going out.
Can The Speakmans help Charlotte overcome her addiction to picking her skin?
Episode 14: Thursday 31st July
Amanda has a major phobia of medicine, she cannot swallow tablets or take it in liquid form. Her phobia is literally killing her. Amanda has almost died around 5 times due to her phobia! Amanda is 34 and has been on a dialysis machine for 25yrs, despite the recommended maximum time being 5yrs. Amanda lost her kidneys at 10yrs old and had her first transplant at 18, however that only lasted for six months as her body rejected her kidney as she couldn’t take her medication. Amanda can’t even be in the same room as a tablet, she is petrified of them. Amanda spends 3 hrs, 3 days a week, attached to a machine that draws out her blood, cleans it and pumps it back in. Amanda is meant to be taking a cocktail of medication that helps her body cope with dialysis, but she cannot take them. As a result, Amanda’s bones have become brittle and she is now in a wheelchair. She can walk a short distance but she relies heavily on her family. Her mother claims that she has only has a few years left, unless she gets treated for her phobia. Amanda is not allowed on the kidney waiting list at the moment as she refuses the medication. If Amanda is treated for her phobia, it will give her a new lease of life and if she starts taking medication it will strengthen her bones and the likelihood is that she’ll no longer need her wheelchair!
Can The Speakmans help Amanda overcome her fear and swallow medication?
Episode 15: Friday 1st August
Ross has had a problem with food for as long as he can remember. Ross has a phobia of food and can only eat chicken products, potato products and bacon. Ross says his sense of taste and smell are very sensitive, if he smells or tastes anything that he will not eat, he panics and will run away. Ross has to avoid walking past restaurants and cafes and can’t cook anything nutritious for his son Leo. Ross can’t even prepare healthy lunches for his son, so his son now gets school dinners. Leo goes to his grandmother’s house at least five times a week in order to get his essential nutrients and vitamins. Ross says he is worried he is overweight but can not eat anything healthy to lose it. Ross has never been on holiday or taken his son to a restaurant and he just wants to be a better dad.
Can The Speakmans help Ross overcome his phobia? Will Ross be able to try new foods?
Episode 16: Monday 4th August – Caroline
Caroline lives with her partner of 24 years and their two children. She passed her driving test nine years ago and loved the new found freedom and confidence it gave her. A year later, while driving over a high ring road, Caroline suffered a panic attack and ever since then, she’s become more and more nervous on the road. Her fears were compounded when she was involved in a car accident with her family a year ago and each time she’s tried to drive anywhere since, she’s become overwhelmed with panic. Caroline’s elderly parents live a 10 minute drive from her and rely on her for help which means she is currently spending up to £100 on taxi’s each week.
In family mediation we discover how Caroline’s phobia affects her partner. He admits that it has caused tension between them. Caroline’s 22 year old daughter is also learning to drive and Caroline’s worried she will pick up on her fears.
In treatment, Nik and Eva discover that Caroline’s fear of driving actually stems from a fear of heights.
Can the Speakmans help Caroline to conquer two fears in just one day?
Episode 17: Tuesday 5th August – Alison
Alison is petrified of flying. She bursts into tears as soon as the door of the aeroplane closes. Alison can’t even look at a plane in the sky and feels sick at the thought of going to an airport to pick someone up. Alison has been on at least seven flights in the past, but at the moment she can not physically bring herself to get on a plane. Her last flight was three years ago and she hated every second of it. Last year, she was due to fly to Turkey with her daughter but her dad died a few weeks beforehand, Alison was relieved that she had an excuse not to fly. Alison fell out with her best friend of 40 years and hasn’t not spoken to her in six months. Alison was due to go on a girly holiday with her but couldn’t bring herself to go and as a result they fell out. Alison’s daughter, Laura moved to Dubai 18 months ago and works as air hostess. Alison has only seen Laura 3 times in the last 18 months, the last time was in February. Laura surprised her mother and bought her a ticket to Dubai which was due to depart a few months after the show was filmed but as it stood Alison would not go on the plane and didn’t have the heart to tell Laura.
In mediation Alison’s daughter makes an emotional plea to get her onto a plane.
Can The Speakmans help Alison overcome her phobia of flying? Will Alison be able to fly to Dubai to see her daughter?
Episode 18: Wednesday 6th August
Claire has an extreme phobia of veins and she is currently 26 weeks pregnant. Claire hasn’t looked at her own legs in three years because of varicose veins! Claire hated her varicose veins so much that she had an operation to get them removed. When Claire gets hot, the veins on her hand protrude and she cannot do anything that involves using her hands. Claire has a 17 month old daughter and sometimes she cannot change her nappy, feed her or bath her. Claire relies heavily on her 17-year-old daughter, Charleigh to help out with the daily chores. Charleigh is a street dancer and regularly performs which involves a lot of fake tan and make up. Claire is unable to help her daughter get ready due to her fear of veins. Claire is pregnant and is absolutely terrified as the doctor needs to take blood which means finding a vein! Claire cannot look at people who wear shorts or skirts incase they have veins. This phobia is taking over Claire’s life, there’s no getting away from veins and she wants to be able to accept herself and others.
In mediation, Claire’s sister and daughter tell her that her fear is having a big impact on the rest of the family.
Will The Speakmans help Claire overcome her fear of veins? Will Claire be able to look at veins without being terrified?
Episode 19: Thursday 7th August
Jo has suffered from OCD for 17 years. She hates germs and will not allow them in her house. She has to keep her house, kids and car free of germs. She insists that everyone takes a shower as soon as they enter her home. She has three children and once they get home from school, she insists they have a shower. Jo has a one year old daughter and she took her to the clinic earlier this week. Jo felt awful because as soon as they got home, she had to give the baby a bath. Jo will not allow anyone in her home apart from her husband and children. Jo’s mother, has only been to her house once in the last year. “people don’t come to my house anymore as they know it makes me very uncomfortable.” Jo hates touching anything dirty especially money. Anytime she leaves her house, she has to take anti bacterial wipes as she can’t open doors without them. When Jo goes outside, she will only use one of her hands to touch thing, the other hand is kept free from germs. Jo would absolutely love to free herself and her family of this obsession.
In mediation, Jo’s mum and best friend tell her how upsetting it is for them not to be allowed in her home.
Will The Speakmans help Jo face her fear of germs? Will Jo allow herself to touch germs without getting anxious?
Episode 20: Friday 8th August
Joanne was in a horrific car accident in October 2009 and is now in a wheelchair. She was driving to work on her scooter and a woman pulled out, Joanne swerved, fell off her bike and damaged her back. Since the accident her entire life has changed, she’s accepted her disability but she desperately needs help with her PTSD. Joanne hasn’t had a full nights sleep since the accident, she wakes up nightly and regularly has flash backs. Joanne lives in Halifax and her family live in Essex. Joanne can only travel a short distance as she suffers from panic attacks since the accident. As a result, Joanne has missed out on several family events as she’s not able to travel to Essex. Joanne is very close with her mother, Pat and speaks to her daily. Pat is not very well, she had a tumour removed from her throat two years ago and since then she doesn’t like to travel to Halifax as she needs to be close to her hospital. Joanne only gets to see her family twice a year and would love nothing more than to gain confidence so that she can travel to see her family. Joanne’s partner, Leanne is her carer and their relationship has completely changed since the accident. Leanne says that Joanne is like a different person, she was once bubbly and confident but now she’s constantly anxious and stressed due to the PTSD.
In mediation, Joanne’s partner Leanne tells her how much she has changed since the car accident. It’s an emotional journey for Joanne.
Will The Speakmans help Joanne overcome her PTSD? Will Joanne be able to get into a car without feeling panicky? Will Joanne be able to make the journey to see her family in Essex?
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Plant Foods for Human Nutrition
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Preparation, Evaluation and Characterization of Rutin–Chitooligosaccharide Complex
Ruge Cao
Qiuchen Ma
Yu Fu
Zhongkai Zhou
Xiaoyu Zhao
Rutin possesses a wide range of application prospects with various bioactivities. However, its bitter and water-insoluble properties restrict its application in the field of functional foods. A new complex of rutin and chitooligosaccharide (Rutin-COS) was prepared via spray-drying method (100 °C, 1 L/h) and freeze-drying method (−80 °C, 24 h), respectively. The water solubility, bitterness, antioxidant and antibacterial activities of Rutin-COS were evaluated, and the complexation of Rutin-COS was characterized by SEM, 1H-NMR and ROESY. Compared to freeze-drying method, spray-drying method was more effective for preparing stable Rutin-COS complex. The spray-dried Rutin-COS showed increased water solubility, weakened bitterness, enhanced antioxidant and antibacterial activity compared to rutin. The Rutin-COS complex was demonstrated to be formed through hydrogen bonds between the A, B rings of rutin and COS.
Rutin Chitooligosaccharide Complex Bacteriostasis Antioxidation Debittering
β-CD
β-cyclodextrin
ABTS
2,2-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzthiazoline)-6-sulfonic acid
chitooligosacch-aride
Deuterium oxide
DPPH
2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl
HP-β-CD
hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin
Luria-Bertani
minimum inhibitory concentration
S. aureus
Trolox equivalents
Trolox
6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchroman-2-carboxylic acid.
The online version of this article ( https://doi.org/10.1007/s11130-019-00740-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
This study was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1501214 and 31601477), the Scientific Research Project of Tianjin Municipal Education Commission (2018KJ091) and Program of Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health (20181037).
No conflict of interest exits in the submission of this manuscript, and manuscript is approved by all authors for publication.
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1.State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, College of Food Engineering and BiotechnologyTianjin University of Science and TechnologyTianjinChina
2.ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Functional GrainsCharles Sturt UniversityWagga WaggaAustralia
3.College of Chemical Engineering and Materials ScienceTianjin University of Science and TechnologyTianjinChina
Cao, R., Ma, Q., Fu, Y. et al. Plant Foods Hum Nutr (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11130-019-00740-y
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s11130-019-00740-y
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This year, I’ve been mostly listening to…
It’s that time of year again. A long time since I’ve blogged but you can always count on the fact that once the end of year lists start rolling in I won’t be able to resist sticking my two pennies’ worth in. I’m making a change from previous years; after reading this excellent article by Laura Barton I’ve decided to ditch the countdown approach of old. I’m simply going to share details of the albums that have given me the most musical enjoyment over the last twelve months. Commentary will be kept to a minimum – I’ll link to a taster to see if you might be keen and if you want to know more then leave a comment and I’ll respond.
The Decemberists – The King is Dead
An unashamedly rootsy album which sees a well-timed break from the concept approach favoured of late. Each track is stripped down to its core elements of throaty, impassioned vocal accompanied by music so raw it often feels like a live album. Slick production has been eschewed on this record and it set a trend which became a theme through the finer albums this year. Meloy always sounds great but whoever came up with the idea of getting Gillian Welch on board deserves the credit for turning a good album into a great one.
Death Cab for Cutie – Codes and Keys
The first DCFC album to embrace the more electronica approach of the Postal Service but with less immediate melodies. The album still boasts some great moments of Gibbard flair for memorable hooks- the title track could be straight off the latest Arcade Fire latest record. It was an album that took me a long time to like but really hit home when I listened to it on my iPod when running; it too easily becomes audio wallpaper when left as background music. Doors Unlocked and Open is probably the standout track – indulging a slow build intro as has worked on past records. It marks a contrast to the vapid ‘You are a tourist’ which is nothing more than Gibbard by numbers and was a baffling choice of lead single. ‘Stay Young, Go Dancing’ neatly finishes off proceedings as a reminder that the crafting of wistful grin inducing pop may not have dominated this album but is a gift that has not been abandoned.
Ages and Ages – Alright You Restless
A very very retro record. Listening to it feels like peering in on a boozy how down. Expect scruffy guitars, handclaps, group singing, and an urge to reach for a bottle of the good stuff. If you like the idea of Jack White singing Creedence then this will hit the spot. They’ve been described as ‘raw choral pop’ and I can’t think of a better way to describe them.
Wilco – The Whole Love
The latest offering from Tweedy and pals opens with statement of intent; fractured, mixture of beats and Tweedy delivering an almost ethereal vocal; bit of a red herring as rest of album is uniformly warm respectfully borrowing elements of White Album and Abbey Road to deliver delightful songs (Capitol city in particular is pure Lennon/McCartney). ‘I might’ is classic Wilco – essentially the sound Spoon et al have sought to ape with union if percussion and bass to create sense of direction. Unlike many albums this year (including some on this list) it feels like a complete work, carefully crafted to leave an impression rather than a collection of barely related songs.
Beirut – The Rip Tide
A little surprised they haven’t been more heavily promoted given the recent trend of Mumford etc. No bells or whistles here; beautiful vocal delivery conveys simply crafted emotionally gripping songs. One standout element is how brass is used to add gravitas. So many bands of late have thought chucking in a tuba automatically adds weight when in fact most of the time it overpowers the song; not the case with Beirut.
Fruit Bats – Tripper
The old adage that anything associated with The Shins is worth listening to holds true with Fruit Bats. The vocal at times is akin to Jake shears. Don’t let that fool you into expecting an album of disco pop. ‘Banishment song’ could be Air, with glacial, sparse arrangements reinforcing the sense that separate elements have been carefully and deliberately arranged to produce a clean soundscape.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – It’s a Corporate World
Finally someone brought the fun to 2011. Flavoured with more than a light touch of hot chip this album pulses with innovation and a desire to entertain. There is a terrific flair for a hook and melody throughout the album balanced with a real ability to communicate both pleasure and introspection. To top it all off it contains a quite stunning Gil Scott cover.
Dawes – Nothing is Wrong
Honest simple melodic joy. There is an earnestness about Dawes which keeps them on the acceptable side of sentimental and encourages you to connect to the lyrics. If you are expecting unpredictable, innovative soundscapes then look elsewhere, but if you are partial to a bit of Josh Rouse and/or Jackson Browne then you really should give this a listen.
The Strokes – Angles
The posturing, ‘look at me’ cool of Is This It has gone and part of me is a little sad about that. However the switch from calculated indifference to bubbling exuberance has produced a gloriously positive record which is pitched firmly in the eighties. It might not scale the heights of Room On Fire (very few albums have) but this is destined for a place in my heart. For a large part of 2011 if you wanted a great going out record – this was it.
The Black Keys – El Camino
After a lot of reflective, introspective music threatened to engulf the musical landscape in 2011 thank fuck for the Black Keys. I am a lover of The Eagles of Death Metal and didn’t feel anyone else was quite capable of their raucous, scuzzy fun – then came El Camino. An absolute belter of a record that you want to start again immediately after it has finished. It might sound like an album stitched together from various other great rock bands but when it sounds like this frankly who cares?
The King’s Will – As The Power Falls
During the late summer surreal spectacle that was Manchester United’s humiliation of Arsenal, I was introduced through a friend to a fellow United fan. Surrounded by a sea of opposition fans in the heart of Highbury a friendship was quickly forged. Views on football, politics, etc were shared and all was will until it came to the issue of music. My new acquaintance revealed he was part of an electronica poetry outfit and he would love me to listen. As articulate and interesting as he seemed, the very idea of electronica poetry had me expecting a hellish cacophony of pretension which I would have to pretend to tolerate in a bid to appease my friend. Listen to the song below, chuckle to yourself at what a fool I was to doubt it, and then go listen to the rest King’s Will. Sometimes music is fun, but on a rare occasion music becomes necessary. This is the latter.
If you like and want to know more get in touch with the creator: @okwonga
Laura Marling – A Creature I Don’t Know
The heavenly Miss Marling seems to have taken on a more experimental approach and it works magnificently. Clearly overflowing with songs so rightly putting them out there (Ryan Adams style). This is admittedly less cohesive than her previous albums, yet triumphs as a collection of dazzling independent songs. Capable of epic and gentle – often in same song like on the captivating Don’t ask me why.
Radical Face – The Family Tree: The Roots
An album packed with deceptively intricate arrangements bringing together reflective lyrics and variety of instruments. At times the Bright Eyes influence is clear but I would not be surprised to find Elliot Smith cited as an influence. Like Beirut they seem perfectly pitched for recent trends and in my view are superior to some of the ‘new folk’ groups already enjoying considerable success.
Adele – 21
Yes I know, this makes me deeply uncool. How can I select something that has sold loads of records, been ruthlessly promoted and provided the first dances for countless doomed marriages. Yet when you ignore all that, you’re left with a woman with a phenomenal voice, connecting with and conveying the emotion of some quite brilliant songwriting. I don’t believe commercial success should make you unworthy of critical acclaim so this is mine.
Yuck – Yuck
Oh God, Yuck are like, so trying to be the Smashing Pumpkins… I’ve heard this and largely agree with it. However I do think some people get bizarrely hung up on influences – they aren’t ‘ripping off’ Corgan and co, rather are producing some of the finest reverb soaked music around in a style not a million miles away from the early 90s. I can’t see a problem with it myself and have spent many an enjoyable run/cycle/drive relishing every track which could easily be a single in its own right.
Ryan Adams – Ashes & Fire
By his standards Adams had been away for an unforgiveable length of time with fears that he might never be able to play again. Thankfully his creativity never left him and when the opportunity arose to get back in the studio the results are astonishing. It is far from a secret that I have long been an admirer yet if I’m honest the last two albums with The Cardinals were little more than decent. Ashes & Fire couldn’t be more different – inspired by Laura Marling, Adams rediscovered the fire to prove he is the finest song-writer of his (or arguably any) generation and the result is an utter masterpiece.
Tags: Adele, Ages and Ages, Beirut, dale earnhardt jr jr, Dawes, Death Cab for Cutie, Decemberists, fruit bats, Laura Marling, Radical Face, Ryan Adams, The Black Keys, The King's Will, The Strokes, Wilco, Yuck
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Album Review: Martin Bisi – Son of a Gun
Martin Bisi’s indie cred is without question: his resume as a producer includes the Dresden Dolls, Sonic Youth, Live Skull and Black Fortress of Opium, to name just a few of the best. Yet his greatest achievements have been not behind the board but as a songwriter and bandleader. This download-only ep (it’s up at itunes and Contraphonic’s very easily negotiable site) impressively captures the freewheeling noir intensity, out-of-the-box imagination and counterintuitivity that come out so strongly at his live shows. The album features welcome contributions from a like-minded cast of characters, Bisi’s old 80s pal Bill Laswell as well as members of the Dresden Dolls, Balkan Beat Box, World Inferno and drummer Bob D’amico of the Fiery Furnaces.
The opening cut Drink Your Wine is basically punk Motown in the same vein as the Clash’s Hitsville UK with layers of the guy/girl vocals that have come to typify Bisi’s recent work along with a characteristically sardonic lyrical sensibility: “Drink your wine and don’t be silly,” Bisi admonishes: he doesn’t suffer fools gladly. Building from a dusky noir intro, disembodied vocals rising over bass chords, Rise Up Cowboy explodes into a pounding art-rock anthem laden with dynamic shifts, layers of evil psychedelic guitar glimmering in the background, Bisi doing an impressive job as Peter Murphy-style frontman. The Damned only wish they could have sounded this apprehensive and ominous.
Mile High – Formaldehyde blends early 90s style Lower East Side noir blues with careening Firewater/Botanica style gypsy punk, propelled by the Dresden Doll’s Brian Viglione on drums. Its companion track Mile High – Apple of My Eye, with Laswell on bass, is a study in contrast, sultry and pulsing, something akin to New Order as done by early Ministry. It’s a vividly sisterly approximation of the previous cut’s menace, which is particularly appropriate in that it was inspired by Bisi’s daughter. With its clever layers of vocals, the final cut, the title track recalls the off-the-rails psychedelic eeriness of Bisi’s previous album Sirens of the Apocalyse (very favorably reviewed here). Essential listening for fans of dark imaginative rock: Bisi has several midwest and New England live dates coming up. You’ll see this on our Best Albums of 2009 list at the end of the year – not bad for a little five-song ep.
July 3, 2009 Posted by delarue | Music, music, concert, review, Reviews | album review, art-rock, Balkan Beat Box, Bill Laswell, Black Fortress of Opium, botanica band, damned band, Dresden Dolls, fiery furnaces, firewater band, indie rock, live skull, martin bisi, Ministry band, Music, new order band, noir music, noir rock, Peter Murphy, Sirens of the Apocalyse, son of a gun album, sonic youth, World Inferno | Leave a comment
Debra from Devi’s Top 10 Guitar Albums
This falls into the “ask an expert” category. Debra, who plays lead guitar and fronts the ferocious, psychedelic power trio Devi (whose excellent debut cd you can get at itunes and in stores) knows a thing or two about guitar – she’s one of the most uniquely individual, virtuosic stylists of this era. Here are the ten albums that really hook her up:
Key to the Highway, Freddy King – Best phrasing in the blues and so tuff and sexy it makes me want to dance on a table in hot pants for Mr. King. I snuck a lick from “Hideaway” into Devi’s jam version of “The Needle and the Damage Done.” (You can hear it at 3:43).
Another Perfect Day, Motorhead – I moved into a grungy cat-stank apartment on Avenue B one December and by Christmas Eve I couldn’t breathe. Found myself in Bellevue sucking adrenalin from a tank to open my lungs and was told I’d die if I tried to spend another night in my apartment. The only friend I knew who didn’t have a freaking cat was bassist Nick Marden. He had a bird, a rat, a pitbull and a snake. Slept under the Christmas tree in the living room and awoke to Nick handing me this album, saying “Merry Christmas.” Thin Lizzy guitarist Brian Robertson was kicked out of Motorhead after the tour for Another Perfect Day for wearing leg warmers and being generally fey, but I was hooked from the opening note on his soaring, searing, gorgeous playing. Thanks Nick.
That’s Entertainment, Gang of Four – Every once in awhile a guitarist comes along who is so original, he makes everyone else sound boring and dated and stupid. Andy Gill’s playing is utterly fresh, sharp, and compulsively danceable. I saw Gang of Four play and all I remember is flying into a state of spasmodic ecstasy from the Gill’s first slashing rip across the strings.
Filth Pig, Ministry – God, I love this record. I’ve been known to put it on repeat and listen to it for 8 hours in a row. The guitars sound like thunder, like earthquakes, like tsunamis. One of my fave moments ever was meeting Al Jourgensen and having his wife Angie ask him, “Guess which Ministry album Deb likes the best?” and me and Al both hollering at the same time “FILTH PIIIIIIIIG!!”
Dreamboat Annie, Heart — Nancy Wilson’s acoustic guitar playing is exquisitely feminine and also every bit as rock as the Celtic touches Jimmy Page was giving Zeppelin. Otherwordly and heartbreakingly beautiful. Need to cry your way through a breakup? This is the album.
Country Life, Roxy Music — Phil Manzanera’s romantic passionate solos slay me. When he lets that delay fly, it sounds like flocks of magical sparkling geese heading straight to heaven. Saw Roxy Music at Radio City Music Hall. Cried. Sighed. Swooned.
Texas Flood, Steve Ray Vaughan – Hands that could crush a Volkswagen. His best solos are on this album and they are bursts of fire. I learned his solo on “Mary Had a Little Lamb” and I use what I learned all the time. Snuck a few variations on the licks from that solo into mine on “C21H23NO3”.
Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols, Sex Pistols – Guitars like a punch in the face. Steve Jones set the standard for the tightest, most powerful playing on the tightest, most powerful punk rock record ever. Taught the rest of us how to triple track separate parts for maximum wallop. It still makes me want to throw furniture and slamdance as hard as it did the first time I heard it.
Ritual de lo Habitual, Jane’s Addiction – Dave Navarro’s solo on “Three Days” is a rippling, cascading masterpiece. He took what Daniel Ash was doing in Bauhaus with digital delay and mixed it up with Jimmy Page and superscorchers like Nuno Bettencourt to create a new style that everyone’s been ripping off every since.
Santana, Santana – Jimmy Page said “tone is in the fingers” and Carlos Santana’s fingers make the guitar sound like a celestial viola. His gorgeous sense of melody is like nobody else’s either…he never gets stuck in a blues bag. Even just trying to play along with him for just a few minutes opens up entire new vistas.
Everything by Led Zeppelin, everything by Pink Floyd
Pretenders, The Pretenders
Sweet Forgiveness, Bonnie Raitt
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Port of New Orleans Honors Top 10 Shippers and Ocean Carriers
Joseph Bonney Receives Journalism Award of Excellence for Coverage of the Maritime Industry
NEW ORLEANS — The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) honored the top 10 shippers and ocean carriers that have contributed to Port NOLA’s success over the years during the 10th anniversary of the Cargo Connections Conference (CCC) on Monday, April 9, 2018.
“The Port of New Orleans values our relationships with all of our customers,” said Brandy D. Christian, Port of New Orleans President and CEO. “We are proud to recognize our partners who play vital roles in supporting Port NOLA’s success as a global gateway.”
The top 10 list was calculated based on the average overall tonnage of cargo moved through Port NOLA over the past three years.
Top 10 shippers include:
Shintech
Dak Americas
Unitcargo
Top 10 ocean carriers include:
Mediterranean Shipping Company
PACC Line
SK Shipping
Toko Line
Port NOLA also presented Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor, the Journal of Commerce/JOC.com, with the Journalism Award of Excellence for Coverage of the Maritime Industry. Bonney was recognized for his outstanding work as a journalist for covering the Gulf region through an objective lens for many years.
“This was a nice surprise that I appreciate,” said Bonney. “It’s gratifying to receive this recognition from people I respect at a port I’ve covered through much of my career.”
More than 250 registered for the 2018 CCC at The Chicory. The dynamic three-day conference focused on the efficient transportation of energy products, steel, and other raw materials, containerized cargo and more. The CCC is a highly interactive forum with several networking opportunities for shipping professionals to discuss trends and issues and learn from industry experts in America’s most unique city. Formerly known as the Critical Commodities Conference, the CCC is attended by barge lines, logistics companies, port authorities and government agencies, producers, railroads, shippers, shipping lines, terminal operators, transloaders and warehousers, trucking lines, traders and more.
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Pete Recommends – weekly highlights on cyber security issues – April 15 2018
By Pete Weiss, 15 Apr 2018
Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health/medical, to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways our privacy and security is diminished, often without our situational awareness.
Subjects: Email, Government Resources, Privacy, RSS Newsfeeds, Social Media
Pete recommends – weekly highlights on cyber security issues March 31, 2018
By Pete Weiss, 31 Mar 2018
Subjects: Big Data, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Commerce, Government Resources, Privacy, Social Media
Statistics Resources and Big Data 2018
By Marcus P. Zillman, 25 Mar 2018
Marcus Zillman’s new guide is a comprehensive resource for all researchers who require access to reliable and accurate publicly available statistics and big data sets that address diverse and timely subject matter. The resources included in this guide are developed and maintained by a range of organizations, including: academic and scholarly sources, the federal government, the corporate and business sectors, open source contributions, advocacy groups, NGOs and IGOs.
Subjects: Big Data, Business Research, Government Resources, Legal Research, Reference Resources
Pete recommends – weekly highlights on cyber security issues – February 16 2018
By Pete Weiss, 16 Feb 2018
Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health/medical, to name but a few. On a weekly basis, Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways our privacy and security is diminished, often without our situational awareness.
Subjects: Computer Security, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Government Resources
eReference Library Link Dataset Toolkit 2018
By Marcus P. Zillman, 26 Nov 2017
Marcus Zillman’s guide is a comprehensive link dataset toolkit of electronic reference resources and services currently available on the Internet. Zillman provides researchers with a wide ranging A-Z pathfinder of subject matter specific sources, sites and services that provide researchers with actionable information on topical issues including: business, dictionaries and digital archives, the economy, education, energy, governance, law and legislation, news, online services provided by librarians, information maintained by US and global organizations (public, private, industry, news, academic/scholarly, government), sciences, and more.
Subjects: Economy, Education, Energy, Government Resources, Internet Resources - Web Links, Librarian Resources, News Resources
Competitive Intelligence – A Selective Resource Guide – Updated June 2017
By Sabrina I. Pacifici, 02 Jun 2017
Sabrina I. Pacifici has completely revised and updated her guide, which she first published in 2005 and has updated yearly since that time. A wide range of free sites with expertly sourced content specific to researchers focused on business, finance, government data, analysis and news from the US and around the world, are included in this article. The resources in this guide are the work of corporate, government, academic, advocacy and news sources and individuals or groups using Open Source applications. This guide is pertinent to professionals who are actively engaged in maintaining a balanced yet diverse group of reliable, actionable free and low cost sources for their daily research.
Subjects: Competitive Intelligence, Financial System, Government Resources, Internet Resources - Web Links, Legal Research, News Resources, Reference Resources, Search Engines
Report – President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Casts Doubt on Criminal Forensics
By Ken Strutin, 19 Mar 2017
The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) stated in their report – “Among the more than 2.2 million inmates in U.S. prisons and jails, countless may have been convicted using unreliable or fabricated forensic science. The U.S. has an abiding and unfulfilled moral obligation to free citizens who were imprisoned by such questionable means.” Ken Strutin’s article features information about the PCAST Report, its reception by advocates and critics, and related articles, publications and developments concerning the science of innocence.
Subjects: Civil Liberties, Courts & Technology, Criminal Law, Government Resources, Human Rights, Legal Education, Legal Research, Legal Technology
First Lifeline, Now Broadband Program for Schools and Libraries in the FCC’s Crosshairs
By Gigi Sohn, 26 Feb 2017
In a previous article here on LLRX, Gigi Sohn wrote about how the new Federal Communications Commission majority revoked the approval of nine companies to become Lifeline providers and how that would weaken the Lifeline program and widen the digital divide. Sohn follows up with a discussion of how the E-Rate program, which makes broadband services more affordable for America’s schools and libraries, is in the FCC majority’s crosshairs. And much like the case of Lifeline, Sohn argues the majority is using procedural steps and administrative tools to weaken the E-Rate program.
Subjects: Communications, Communications Law, Economy, Education, Government Resources, Legal Research, Libraries & Librarians
Defending the Indefensible: Chairman Pai’s Lifeline Reversal Will Widen the Digital Divide
Lifeline is one of four FCC programs intended to ensure that all Americans have access to modern communications. This article by Gigi Sohn, who served as Counselor to the Chairman in the Office of FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler until December 2016, elucidates how the new FCC majority fundamentally dislikes the Lifeline Program and will seek to weaken it by any means possible. She begins her discourse with a primer on the Lifeline program to allow researchers to educate themselves with the facts as the battle over dismantling this program evolves.
Subjects: Bridging the digital divide, Communications Law, Economy, Education, Government Resources, Legal Research
#GovDocs2Trump Tweetathon and End of Term Harvest
By Debbie Rabina, 30 Nov 2016
Debbie Rabina, Ph.D., Professor, Pratt Institute, School of Information posted this blog that merits sharing for both its intent, the use of Twitter to attract the attention of the President-Elect, and the crowd sourcing concept. Rabina states: America deserves a president who is well versed in the history of this nation and the documents upon which that history was built. Let’s present those documents to the President-Elect through his favorite medium–Twitter. Tweetathon began at 9am (central) on December 1, 2016. You are welcome to join at any time. Feel free to use whatever government related document (Supreme Court decisions, inaugural addresses, speeches, early American papers, etc.) strikes your fancy. Tag each tweet with the hashtag #GovDocs2Trump and please send them to @realdonaldtrump. This way we can fill his feed.
Subjects: Education, Government Resources, Information Management, Internet Resources - Web Links, Leadership, Legal Research, United States Law
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14 Exhibitions That'll Blow You Away This Summer
By Tabish Khan
Tabish Khan 14 Exhibitions That'll Blow You Away This Summer
Welcome to our pick of the best London exhibitions to see right now — get your Summer dose of culture. We've roughly split the list by London regions to make it easier to navigate.
Exhibitions in central London
Copyright The Wallace Collection.
A SHOE STOPPER: Shoes and fine art don't sound like a good match, but it makes perfect sense once you see classic Manolo Blahniks displayed in front Wallace Collection's paintings of fashionable folk. It's a frilly and flamboyant showdown to see who can be the most stylish, and until now I hadn't realised what a natural fit The Wallace Collection is for fashion exhibitions — this is a fabulous start.
An Enquiring Mind: Manolo Blahnik at The Wallace Collection. Until 1 September, free. ★★★★☆
Image courtesy Waddington Custot.
GRAFFITI IN MAYFAIR: This white-walled Mayfair gallery has been transformed with a gritty grey overhaul. The exhibition takes inspiration from graffiti, and features artists such as Brassai — a photographer who captured faces scratched on walls as if they were their own modern language — and Twombly, who produces abstract swirling paintings. It's an ambitious set up that does a great job of bringing fine and street art together.
Writings on the Wall at Waddington Custot, Cork Street. Until 8 August, free. ★★★★☆ (Monday-Saturday)
(c) Tristan Fewings, Getty Images for RIBA
PLAYFUL PINK COLUMNS: Pink columns, yellow skies and birdsong make this feel more like a role playing video game than a gallery. My 'quests' are to scan the QR codes on the walls and follow them to websites featuring the real buildings which inspired the gallery's architectural features. I love how this inspired installation flips the script by bringing the digital into the real world and asking us to look at the real world on a digital screen. It's really playful — and who can resist columns and arches in shocking pink.
Playing the Picturesque - an installation by You+Pea at RIBA, Portland Place. Until 7 September, free. ★★★★☆ (Monday-Saturday)
Copyright Massimiliano Pironti
PEOPLE POWER: The annual celebration of portrait painters is back. Highlights include a highly impressive photorealistic image of a seated woman caught in the light through a window, and the fabulous details in the wrinkles of an elderly woman. It's an exhibition that shows us that the tradition of portrait painting is being kept alive by artists, even if only a handful really caught our attention this year.
BP Portrait Award 2019 at National Portrait Gallery. Until 20 October, free. ★★★☆☆
© The National Gallery, London
SPANISH & SAINTLY: The National Gallery often puts on one-room displays, focusing on a single artist many will not have heard of. This time it's Spanish painter Bartolome Bermejo, whose religious works are beautifully executed, including a shimmering golden depiction of the Archangel Michael striking down the devil. This theme was popular in Bermejo's era, as the Catholics had taken Spain back and liked to see the devil as representing Islam.
Bartolomé Bermejo: Master of the Spanish Renaissance at The National Gallery, Room 1. Until 29 September, free. ★★★★☆
Image courtesy Gagosian.
EVERYBODY LOVES BACON: Who doesn't love a bit of Bacon... Francis Bacon, that is. The painter is the master of capturing negative emotions and in these works, human and animal figures meld together in distorted paintings. Two figures intimately wound on a couch was painted the year homosexuality was decriminalised, and it's a work that pulsates with feeling.
Francis Bacon: Couplings at Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill. Until 3 August, free. ★★★★☆ (Tuesday-Saturday)
Copyright Alison Watt
LIGHT AS A FEATHER: I descend the stairs and wonder why a painting is hanging back to front. It's only on getting closer that I realise it's actually a painting of the back of a canvas that's remarkably realistic. Alison Watt paints beautifully minimal works, including a feather that looks as if it could float out of the painting and catch the breeze coming through the gallery door.
Alison Watt: A shadow on the Blind at Parafin, Woodstock Street. Until 13 July, free. ★★★★☆ (Tuesday-Saturday)
Exhibitions in west London
Copyright Tate Photography (Matt Greenwood).
JOYFUL PAINTING: Colour explodes from the walls in this collection of big bold paintings that are a joy to behold. It's about time Frank Bowling got his dues and this Tate Britain show is the spotlight he so richly deserves. The man is a heavyweight of British painting and he's still going at the age of 85 — what a legend. It's not just gorgeous paintings; there are political themes here too, including works that tackle migration, homelessness and colonialism. Any fan of painting must visit this long overdue retrospective.
Frank Bowling at Tate Britain. Until 26 August. ★★★★☆
Exhibitions in south London
© International Center of Photography/Magnum Photos
PHOTOGRAPHY UNDER FIRE: Remember the beach landing scene from Saving Private Ryan? It was based on the D-day landings with Allied troops under heavy fire from German machine guns. Robert Capa was there at the D-Day landings, photographing it in all its intensity. This small display may contain only 10 photographs but it's coupled with harrowing quotes from those involved, bringing home how traumatic that event was: "Later, when I reached the high water mark, the bodies floated in, and you could see your friends, people you'd served with for years, floating face down or face up".
Robert Capa: D-Day in 35mm at IWM London. Until 29 September, free. ★★★★☆
© The Estate of Cyril Power. All Rights Reserved, [2019] / Bridgeman Images/ photo The Wolfsonian–Florida International University
FEEL THE SPEED: Motorcycles speed by in tight formation, and a merry-go-round whirls around at speed, as if it could lift off at any moment. This exhibition of printmaking is filled with energy and movement. Block-headed footballers ooze aggression and passengers jammed onto the tube in the 1930s show not much has changed in the last 80 years. Dulwich Picture Gallery has given us a movement we'd never heard of, and brought it to life through a vibrant selection of work.
Cutting Edge: Modern British Printmaking at Dulwich Picture Gallery. Until 8 September, £13.50 (includes entrance to the gallery). ★★★★☆ (Tuesday-Sunday)
What the cafe looks like. Photo: Tania Dolvers.
FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD: A cafe that serves delicious food and free coffee sounds pretty special. But what's extra special about this one is that everything in the cafe, including the tables, food and cutlery, are artworks in themselves. It's really awkward to eat off an arty plate, but it's worth it for a chance to interact with art in a playful manner outside a gallery.
Edible Goods: Tender Touches by Open Space Contemporary at AMP Gallery, Peckham. Until 30 June, free to visit. ★★★★☆ (Wednesday-Sunday)
Exhibitions in east London
© Tristan Fewings/Getty Images
NOT A LOAD OF POLLOCKS: Lee Krasner has always been in the shadow of her more renowned husband, Jackson Pollock, and never been held in the same high regard. Barbican is saying Pollocks to that and rightfully highlighting what a great abstract painter she was. Her big works are just as energetic and explosive as Pollock's, even if some of the smaller works are so-so.
Lee Krasner: Living Colour at Barbican Art Gallery. Until 1 November, £15. ★★★☆☆
The demolition of the old London Bridge. Copyright Guildhall Art Gallery.
LONDON IS BEAUTIFUL: This show wants you to know what a beauty London is. See her at sunset from Greenwich in a classical work, or in Ben Johnson's huge hyper-real painting of Trafalgar Square. Guildhall Art Gallery is filled with artworks that capture every aspect of our fair city from historical scenes such as the Great Fire and the destruction of the old London Bridge to views looking out over back gardens. Us Londoners don't slow down for much, but here's a show worth spending lots of time with to see how our city has transformed over the years.
Architecture of London at Guildhall Art Gallery. Until 1 December, £10. ★★★★☆
Exhibitions in north London
Photo: Mike Bruce. Courtesy the artist and Gagosian
FEEL SMALL: A huge metal pen, light bulb and pair of headphones stand up in the gallery, as if delicately balanced on their ends, while a giant fork looks like it's been stabbed into the gallery floor. These giant objects are playful artworks by Michael Craig-Martin, and while we've seen these kinds of works before outdoors, they feel even more gravity defying inside.
Michael Craig Martin: Sculpture at Gagosian, Brittania Street. Until 3 August, free. ★★★☆☆ (Tuesday-Saturday)
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ADATA to Showcase Full Lineup at Computex Taipei 2019
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Taipei, Taiwan – May 27, 2019 – ADATA Technology, a leading manufacturer of high-performance DRAM modules, NAND Flash products, and mobile accessories is pleased to announce that it will be showcasing its latest XPG gaming, consumer, and industrial products at Computex Taipei 2019 ( May 28 – June 1, 2019) at the Nangang Exhibition Center, booth L0810. Under the theme of “Game to the Xtreme,” ADATA’s XPG gaming products will take center stage at its booth this year.
Game to the Xtreme at the XPG Experience Zone
This year, ADATA has created a special gaming area, the XPG Experience Zone, within its booth to showcase its latest range of XPG (Xtreme Performance Gear) gaming products. The XPG Experience Zone will feature an impressive structure known as the XPG Orb, which took three thousand hours to construct and consists of three hundred individual parts. The XPG products on show will include, but not limited to, a new gaming headset, keyboard, mouse pad, and a range of chassis.
XPG Precog Headset
The XPG Precog Headset is the world first dual-driver gaming headset. It is designed to offer gamers the ultimate gaming audio experience with an excellent frequency response range for immersive, multi-layered sound. What’s more, the headset features three audio modes (FPS, Virtual 7.1 Surround Sound, and Music) for optimized sound for different applications and ENC (Environment Noise Cancellation) technology to help gamers communicate with team members clearly despite the presence of ambient noise.
XPG Summoner Keyboard
Three types of Cherry MX switches to choose from ( Silver, Red and Blue) the XPG Summoner keyboard is designed to offer gamers the versatility and tactile feedback they require for amazing gaming. For added comfort during long gaming sessions, the keyboard sports an ergonomic wrist rest.
XPG Battleground Mouse Pads
Made with smooth, scratch-resistant, and splash-proof CORDURA® fabric, and sporting extra-spacious footprints, the XPG Battleground XL and Battleground Prime mouse pads are the ultimate platforms for great gaming.
Chassis, Cooling System, and Power Supply
In addition to gaming peripherals, XPG will be displaying its latest components for users to build their custom rigs. These include the XPG BattleCruiser and Invader chassis featuring ARGB controllers and magnetic, quick-release front panels for easy tool-free installation and maintenance. Also the XPG Levante liquid-cooling system, featuring a 240mm radiator and two built-in ARGB fans, and the XPG Core Reactor power supply, which meets the Intel2020 specification and sports a high conversion efficiency of up to 92%, will be at the show.
Exclusive Sneak Peek of New Redout Game
On top of the latest XPG products, XPG has secured worldwide exclusivity to showcase a special version of Redoutfrom 34BigThings, which will feature the XPG Orb. A playable version of the futuristic racing video game will be located inside the XPG Experience Zone.
High-Speed, Durable, and Versatile Industrial Solutions
ADATA will be exhibiting its latest lineup of industrial SLC, MLC, and 3D NAND solid state drives (SSD) as well as memory cards and a DDR4 2666 memory module that can withstand wide temperature ranges and prevent sulfuration. Designed with applications such as big data, facial recognition, surveillance and automated manufacturing in mind, ADATA is able to offer a complete solution with the pairing of data protection solutions with customized software. ADATA will also be demonstrating its proprietary A+SLC technology, which uses custom NAND Flash firmware with an A+ sorting algorithm to match SLC performance, offering both effectiveness and cost savings.
In addition to its lineup of high-capacity SLC, MLC, and 3D NAND SSDs, ADATA is showcasing new high-speed PCIe storage products, including the IM2P33E8 M.2 2280 SSD and next-generation ICFP301 CFexpress Type B memory card. The new IM2P33E8 delivers read/write speeds of up to 3.4/2.2GB per second, allowing it to process large amounts of data efficiently. On the other hand, the ICFP301 memory card is designed for high-definition 8K and 4K image processing. It conforms to CFA and NVMe specifications and sports transmission speeds of up to 1700/1200MB per second, which is up to 4 times faster than standard SD and CFast cards.
Next-Generation Storage - Blazing Fast, High Capacity
Also on show will be the SE800, SE760, and SC680 external SSDs. The SE800 is designed for ultimate mobility with its compact and lightweight form factor. What's more, it also looks great too with its exquisite hairline-brushed surface. But most important is its performance and capabilities including, IP68 waterproofing and dustproofing, as well as high write/read speeds of up to 1000 MB/s. All three SSDs support the USB-C interface for fast transmission speeds and high compatibility with various devices from desktops PCs to gaming consoles.
In terms of hard disk drives, ADATA will be exhibiting its new HD770G, a one-of-a-kind external hard drive that sports a design geared towards gamers. It features an avant-garde, modernist design with eye-catching, flowing RGB lighting that stands out from the crowd. Plus, with its robust triple-layer construction the hard drive meets the IP68 standard, meaning it is waterproof, dustproof, and shock-resistant.
Last but not least, visitors will be able to see ADATA’s latest high-endurance microSDXC/SDHC UHS-I U3 Class 10 memory card ideal for dash cams, home surveillance systems and other applications that require continuous recording. The memory card not only meets the latest Application Performance Class 2 (A2) standard, but also supports up to 80,000 hours of recording, and is waterproof, shockproof as well as resistant to X-rays, static electricity, and extreme temperatures.
Visit ADATA and XPG at Computex Taipei 2019 (May 28 – June 1) at Nangang Exhibition Center, booth L0810.
About ADATA– Innovating the Future
ADATA Technology is the world’s second largest vendor of DRAM memory modules, ranks among the top 20 international brands from Taiwan, and holds over 500 memory-related patents. ADATA’s main product lines include memory modules, USB flash drives, memory cards, solid state drives, and portable hard drives. With a commitment towards delivering innovation, quality, and performance, ADATA products have garnered international acclaim and awards including iF Design, Red Dot Design, CES Innovation, Good Design, COMPUTEXBest Choice, and Taiwan Excellence. For more information, please visit www.adata.com.
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Bill McLean (I) (1917–1994)
Bill McLean was born on June 25, 1917 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. He was an actor, known for Coach (...
Born: June 25, 1917
Died: November 18, 1994 (age 77)
Coach Harold Mitchell (1978)
The Wild Wild West Hotel Clerk (1966)
The Twilight Zone Prop Man (1962)
The Waltons Mr. Purdy (1973)
Growing Pains Earl (1987)
House Older Man (1985)
Off the Rack (1985)
Lots of Luck (1985)
The Dukes of Hazzard Mr. Winkle (1983-1985)
The Hoboken Chicken Emergency (1984)
Scarecrow and Mrs. King Man in golf cart (1983)
Happy Hotel clerk (1983)
Voyagers! Mailman (1983)
Code Red Wino (1981)
Nice Dreams Nut #12 (1981)
Eight Is Enough Condo Manager (1981)
WKRP in Cincinnati Harvey Moorhouse (1981)
Fun and Games Union Man (1980)
B.J. and the Bear Fergie (1979-1980)
The Rockford Files Fred Barlow (1979)
Hot Rod Old Starter (1979)
Little House on the Prairie Clerk (1979)
The North Avenue Irregulars Mr. Younger (1979)
Chico and the Man Alfred (1974-1978)
Alice Farley (1978)
Project U.F.O. Lew (1978)
Deadly Game Whit (1977)
Barnaby Jones Tom Jameson (1977)
Laverne & Shirley Salesman (1977)
The Girl in the Empty Grave Whit (1977)
Charlie's Angels Mr. Gow (1977)
The Tony Randall Show Negley (1976)
Eat My Dust Sam Chandler (1976)
S.W.A.T. Ed Wilson, Mechanic (1975-1976)
Crazy Mama Bank Manager (1975)
Mobile One (1975)
Emergency! Hotel Manager (1972-1975)
Ellery Queen Security Guard (1975)
Half a House Drunk (1975)
Home Cookin' Shorty (1975)
Adam-12 Bartender (1975)
Cannon Medical Examiner (1975)
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Letters from Three Lovers Irate Man (1973)
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Harry O Wino (1973)
The Night Strangler Charlie the Bartender (1973)
Yuma Storekeeper (1971)
The New Andy Griffith Show Mr. Kellem (1971)
The Governor & J.J. Phone Man (1970)
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The Love War Reed (1970)
Mayberry R.F.D. Shorty (1969)
That Girl Waiter (1969)
Petticoat Junction Elbert Quinby (1966-1969)
I Dream of Jeannie Jewelry Store Customer (1969)
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir Waiter (1968-1969)
The Second Hundred Years Drunk (1967)
Adam Adamant Lives! Young Man (1967)
First to Fight Camp Pendleton Bartender (1967)
Redcap Leading Seaman (1966)
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Honey West Pringle (1966)
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They Hanged My Saintly Billy Student (1962)
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The Jack Benny Program Caddie (1961)
Bachelor in Paradise Cab Driver (1961)
Pete and Gladys Clerk (1961)
Whispering Smith Corky, Bartender (1961)
The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1961)
Gunsmoke Rafe (1961)
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This Could Be the Night Nervous Male Cooking Contestant (1957)
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The Millionaire Bellboy (1956)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Benny the cafe owner (1956)
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Serenade Gerald - Man at Party in Bullfighter's Hat (1956)
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Meet Me in Las Vegas Bellboy (1956)
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Studio 57 (1954)
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Pat and Mike Caddy (1952)
My Son John Parcel Post Man (1952)
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Phone Call from a Stranger Bellhop (1952)
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So You Want to Be an Actor Stage Director (1949)
Always Leave Them Laughing Phil (1949)
The House Across the Street Office Boy (1949)
I Was a Male War Bride Expectant GI (1949)
Johnny Stool Pigeon Taxi Driver (1949)
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Will DNA submitted to genealogy sites also finally catch the Zodiac Killer?
Katie Dowd, SFGATE | on February 19, 2019
The envelope which contained a Dec. 1969 Zodiac letter to San Francisco attorney Melvin Belli.
Photo: The Chronicle, Chronicle Archive
A scant hope of catching the Zodiac Killer perhaps lies on the back of a postage stamp, licked by the murderer 50 years ago.
The arrest of Joseph James DeAngelo, the man law enforcement believes is the East Area Rapist, has sparked myriad questions about the use of genealogy websites to revive long-cold cases. After DeAngelo’s capture, investigators revealed they submitted the East Area Rapist’s DNA to an open-source genealogy website called GEDmatch, where it found a match with a relative who also used the service. Detectives were then able to narrow their list of suspects, eventually arresting DeAngelo on suspicion of a string of rapes and murders across the state during the 1970s and 1980s.
Armed with millions of DNA profiles, uploaded online by curious family-history seekers across the world, could investigators finally decipher the Zodiac’s identity?
Like most things about the Bay Area’s most infamous serial killer, the answer is murky.
Unlike the East Area Rapist, Zodiac didn’t leave his blood or semen at the crime scenes. The 1968 murders of David Faraday and Betty Lou Jensen on Lake Herman Road and the 1969 attack on Michael Mageau and Darlene Ferrin at Blue Rock Springs Park were committed with a gun, as was the murder of San Francisco cab driver Paul Stine. The remaining attack, on Cecelia Shepard and Bryan Hartnell at Lake Berryessa, was done with a knife.
There is no confirmed DNA evidence from Zodiac at any of the scenes.
The closest police have to Zodiac’s DNA are the stamps he used to post his cryptic letters. In the early 2000s, San Francisco investigators developed a partial profile by testing saliva traces retrieved from beneath a stamp. Because the profile is incomplete, it cannot rule anyone in. But it did rule out long-time suspect Arthur Leigh Allen in 2002.
"Because it's a partial, the process they used on the Golden State Killer would be much more difficult to narrow down to a specific individual," said Michael Butterfield, writer and researcher for ZodiacKillerFacts.com. "... They wouldn't be able to narrow it down to a single family unit."
Who's next? Infamous Bay Area cold cases that remain unsolved
New details emerge about Golden State Killer
There are, of course, theories that Zodiac didn’t lick the stamps himself. But with the use of DNA profiling nearly two decades in the future, it’s unlikely Zodiac would have avoided licking stamps to foil the cops.
Then there’s the case of Cheri Jo Bates.
If you believe, as some do, that Bates’ murder was committed by the Zodiac Killer, a whole new avenue of possibilities opens up. Bates was 18 years old when she was found dead outside of the Riverside City College library on Halloween morning 1966. The college freshman had been beaten and stabbed repeatedly, her throat cut so deep she was almost decapitated.
Six months after Bates’ death, an unsigned letter arrived at the Riverside Daily Enterprise.
“BATES HAD TO DIE,” it read in block letters. “THERE WILL BE MORE.”
The Bates murder remains unsolved, but Riverside police have evidence that could someday point to a suspect. Under Bates’ fingernails were skin scrapings. Strands of hair, belonging to a stranger, were clutched in her hand.
The Zodiac Killer's last confirmed letter arrived at the San Francisco Chronicle in 1974. He was never heard from — as far as anyone knows for certain — again.
"The idea that Zodiac must be dead or in prison because we haven't heard from him is wrong," Butterfield said. "I am somebody who subscribes to the idea that Zodiac is, in a sense, like DeAngelo. He was just leading in his life.
"... I believe the case will be solved by the types of DNA evidence they have today. With that partial profile, with some renewed efforts that I've heard are going on, it's possible they could get a complete profile and do what they did with the Golden State Killer."
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March Roundup: Emerging LFS talent to watch out for
It has been a busy month for our students and graduates on the film festival circuit! Below is a selection of the many screenings and nominations in the UK and beyond.
Recent graduate from the MA Filmmaking programme Orkhan Aghazade, writer-director of The Chairs, is off to Tampere Film Festival and will screen at the Brussels International Short Film Festival in their International Competition whilst fellow MA Filmmaking graduate Frederic Kau's film Rubberneck has just won Best Film at Moscow Shorts.
Christopher Manning's grad film Isha is showing at BFI Flare on Saturday 23 March, and Josh Magor's grad film feature We Are Thankful screens at the Barbican on Sunday 29 March at 6.15pm as the Closing Night film for Chronic Youth Film Festival.
Also at the Barbican is the upcoming screening of graduate Ali Jaberansari's much-lauded Tehran: City of Love on 13 April at 6 pm.
Koby Adom has had a stellar rise from graduating in 2016 to directing the BBC One Drama series Noughts and Crosses. Read an article on Koby here via The Film and Television Charity. You can also read more about Koby's recent journey here.
We've had four grad films accepted into this year's Irish Fastnet Film Festival: Andrew Rose's All You Can Carry, Paisley Walsh's Birch, Camille Nock's Bo & Mei (which also just won Best Film at the Toronto LGBT Film Festival), and Dhruv Tripathi's 10 x 10 ft (for which he won Best Director at the Indian World Film Festival, and will also screen in Boston, New York and Jaipur).
Dezhou Li's About Bintou will premiere at the Cleveland International Film Festival, taking place March 27 – April 9 2019.
UK graduate Naomi Waring's The Eleventh won Best International Short at OFFline Film Festival, and Christine Wu's Ada features in the Visions du Réel 2019 media library. Naomi has also been accepted onto Bela Tarr's residency workshop at Locarno Film Festival along with MA Filmmaking graduate Zhannat Alshanova.
LFS was also very well represented in Cannes this year, with Aboozar Amini selected for the Spring Cinéfondation Residence and Christos Massalas (Copa Loca, 2017 – award list here) chosen for the Atelier.
MA Filmmaking graduate and Newcastle-based Benjamin Bee has been very busy! Ben is working on a feature, Maxwell, one of 12 selected for The Biennale College Cinema 2018/19. The project has also just been selected for Talent Lab Connects at EIFF 2019 and is produced by Maria Caruana Galizia (Candle and Bell) and Keith Bell (Harry Brown, The Descent, Dog Soldiers). The project is currently scheduled for shooting in February 2020. He’s also at treatment stage with the BFI and writing two TV shows with author Matt Wesolowski (Six Stories) amongst the raft of other projects being worked on.
We also have a Term 1 film, Alexander Hagani's Private Lives, that has been accepted to Chicago's Sound of Silent Film Festival.
Great to see Chien-Yu Lin take home the Auvergne-Rhones-Alpes Festivals Award from Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival for graduate film The Sound of Falling.
For another win, alumna Victoria Haywood's grad film Softly Softly Catchy Monkey has pick up Best Breakout Film Award at the Bute Street Film Festival.
The Death of Don Quixote by Miguel Faus Jubert screened at London's famous Regent St Cinema last month, whilst the multi-award-winning graduate film Three Centimetres by Lara Zeidan played at RichMix.
And finally, many congratulations to Lara Zeidan and cast & crew for not only winning the Berlinale Teddy and the Iris Award but now winning Best British/Irish Short Film at the recent London Critics' Circle Film Awards for graduate film Three Centimetres! You can read more about Lara in a recent interview here.
To learn more about the MA Filmmaking programme, click here.
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Credits (top to bottom): Lara Zeidan at Berlinale, Koby Adom, Mordechai film still by Ben Bee/DP:Yiannis Manolopoulos, Three Centimetres by Lara Zeidan/DP: Pierfrancesco Cioffi
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Singapore Trademark Office Denies Cartier's Claim to "LOVE"
Written by W. John Eagan
Cartier's "LOVE" bracelets, designed in the 1960's, have acheived some reknown due to the locking mechanism that can only be opened with a screwdriver. While Cartier has had success in certain countries protecting the overall look of the bracelet itself, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore has determined that Cartier can not excercise trademark rights over the word "LOVE."
Last year, Cartier opposed a trademark application to register the slogan "LOVE GOLD" as a trademark in Singapore. While Cartier owns registrations for its stylized variation of "LOVE," which includes a horizontal line through the "O" to mimic the appearance of the screws adorning its bracelet, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore has apparently determined that these rights do not extend to the word itself. The opinion states, "'[l]ove' is a word which is commonly used by jewelry traders and should not be monopolized by any trader....The word 'love,' however, should be free for traders to incorporate into their trademarks for jewelry."
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Mr. Eagan earned his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University and his law degree, with honors from the University of Miami. While at the University of Miami he served as the Inter-American Citator and an Articles and Comments Editor for the Inter-American Law Review. Mr. Eagan is admitted to practice law in the State of Florida and concentrates his practice in Intellectual Property litigation.
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Improve Employee Recruitment: Tell The Story of Your Maine Business
Posted by Larry Julius on Sun, Jun 25, 2017 @ 12:25 PM
Every day that a "help wanted" sign hangs in the window of a Maine small business owner, the company loses productivity, customers, and money. In this era of full-employment, the number of days those jobs remain open has multiplied.
Maine small business owners like Debby Kieran of Union Farm Equipment recently told WCSH-TV, "If you go on the Maine job banks listing, there’s usually between 7,000 to 10,000 job listings. It's amazing." She said it recently took her company several years to hire two mechanics.
Maine companies of all sizes are feeling Ms. Kieran's labor pains. Carl Ward, CEO of Nickerson & O’Day Construction, explained to the Bangor Daily News that his firm needs workers of all types and will provide training for some of the jobs. “I’m about 20 people short right now and I can’t find them,” he says. “The unemployment is now below four percent, we have had quite an economic renaissance in the last eight years, and skilled construction workers are pretty hard to find.”
To overcome the recruitment challenges Maine's 97% employment rate has imposed on businesses, many recruitment professionals are turning to Portland radio. Not to post jobs, but to tell their stories.
It's these stories, not a list of qualifications and benefits, that are attracting qualified candidates.
Best Recruitment Practice: Show...Not Tell
In an article recently published by Forbes, recruitment expert Lars Schmidt observed, "Once solely the domain of marketing, storytelling is increasingly being adopted by corporate recruiting teams to help them hire more efficiently. Rather than telling candidates what it's like to work there, companies are showing them by finding new ways to share the employee experience."
"These narratives are revealing a more human side of the business," continues Mr. Schmidt. "They often go beyond this is what I do here, instead illuminating this is why I do it here."
Pratt & Whitney has been recruiting precision machinists, assemblers and inspectors at its jet engine plant in North Berwick, Maine by storytelling. A current ad on Portland radio, features a company engineer describing how he trusted engines manufactured by Pratt & Whitney when he was in the air force flying re-fueling missions in KC-135 tankers. He goes on to say that employees of the company can look up at the sky when they see airplanes equipped with Pratt engines and then "nudge the person beside you, point, and say: I helped put that up there."
Best Recruitment Practice: Provide A Window Into Your Organization
Mr. Schmidt said, "These stories provide a window into an organization’s culture by highlighting individual employee stories, allowing candidates to get a feel for future colleagues. Job seekers are then able to make more informed decisions around whether those organizations and future co-workers align with their interests and aspirations."
UPS uses storytelling to recruit drivers. Here is an example of the story the company shares about one of their drivers who regularly delivered a special milk that was required by little boy on his route.
Maine business owners will notice that the radio ad for Pratt & Whitney and the UPS video do not feel like typical recruitment ads. They do not contain a laundry list of qualifications needed and benefits offered by the hiring companies. Mr. Schmidt says, recruitment efforts like this "provides a different lens through which job seekers can envision themselves (or not) working for your company. Some of these stories go beyond work, sharing insights into personal drivers and life experiences that shape employees."
Help Candidate To Taste The Rainbow
I like to think about this shift in recruitment strategies in terms of candy. Which would you rather do:
1. Eat a bag full of Sugar, Corn Syrup, Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil; less than 2% of: Citric Acid, Tapioca Dextrin, Modified Corn Starch, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Colors (Titanium Dioxide, Red 40 Lake, Yellow 6 Lake, Yellow 5 Lake, Blue 2 Lake, Blue 1 Lake, Yellow 6, ed 40, Yellow 5, Blue 1), Sodium Citrate, and Carnauba Wax
2. "Taste the Rainbow" in every bag of Skittles
Of course, both choices are the same. But, when presented with both options, I will respond to the second choice of every time. Why eat a bag full of things I don't understand when I can taste a rainbow instead.
So, which truck driving ad do you think a qualified prospect will respond to.
1. Need a class-A commercial drivers license with haz-mat endorsement. Ability to move and lift 55 pounds. Ability to stand during entire shift excluding meals and rest period. Ability to bend/twist at the waist and knees.
2. Make customers wishes come true.
I'm betting on #2. The story will win out!
Portland radio provides an excellent medium for recruiters to tell their stories. According to, Nielsen, 94% of any company's potential job candidates listen to radio each week. This is a far greater reach afforded by television, cable, smartphone apps, newspapers, or job boards. Additionally, a whole lot of story can be told within the 60-second confines of radio ad.
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Lady GaGa: I spend all my money
metrowebukmetroFriday 10 Jul 2009 2:25 pm
Lady GaGa has apparently revealed that she is on the verge of bankruptcy.
The Poker Face star admitted that her outlandish on-stage costumes have left her penniless, and it’s not the first time either.
Lady GaGa claims she puts all her profits back into her shows
“I’ve gone bankrupt about four times now, my manager wants to shoot me,” she told the Sun.
“Every dollar I earn goes on the show. Now we’re finally getting to a place where it’s not bankruptcy. Then again, with another tour coming up soon, I’ll probably be homeless again.”
Despite her financial woes, the brassy 23-year-old, who plays her first London headline show at O2 Academy Brixton on July 14, doesn’t seem to be scaling back on her outrageous shows.
“I can’t give away any details but it will be one of the most important moments in music ever,” she hinted.
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Watch the Cast of Once On This Island‘s Fierce Performance of ‘Mama Will Provide’
February 9th, 2018 | By Lindsey Sullivan
The gods have heard our prayers! We're starting our Friday turn-up right, which basically means that we are watching Alex Newell, Hailey Kilgore and the cast of Once On This Island absolutely rock the house on Late Night with Seth Meyers last night on repeat. The vibrant company performed the crazy infectious "Mama Will Provide," complete with Newell belting for the heavens. The inventive revival of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's Once On This Island is playing at the Circle in the Square Theatre, and as previously reported, the cast album hits earbuds on February 23. Watch the video below (don't worry, we won't tell how many times you've clicked "replay"), and then go see the wonderful revival live!
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Andy Greenberg (via John Gruber):
As Apple battled the FBI for the last two months over the agency’s demands that Apple help crack its own encryption, both the tech community and law enforcement hoped that Congress would weigh in with some sort of compromise solution. Now Congress has spoken on crypto, and privacy advocates say its “solution” is the most extreme stance on encryption yet.
It’s a nine-page piece of legislation that would require people to comply with any authorized court order for data—and if that data is “unintelligible,” the legislation would demand that it be rendered “intelligible.” In other words, the bill would make illegal the sort of user-controlled encryption that’s in every modern iPhone, in all billion devices that run Whatsapp’s messaging service, and in dozens of other tech products. “This basically outlaws end-to-end encryption,” says Joseph Lorenzo Hall, chief technologist at the Center for Democracy and Technology. “It’s effectively the most anti-crypto bill of all anti-crypto bills.”
EFF:
The draft reflects an ignorance of everyday computer security practices that safeguard your devices and information from criminals. As currently written, the draft likely even outlaws forward secrecy, an innovative security feature that many major tech providers, including WhatsApp, have implemented to limit the damage to user privacy in the event encryption keys are compromised.
Previously: FBI Asks Apple for Secure Golden Key.
Legal Privacy Security
And that's why computer literacy can no longer be optional for people who want to participate in democracy.
Since San Bernardino, the great Marcy Wheeler keeps making the suggestion that Tim Cook should stage a very showy trip to Ireland looking at real estate, while muttering something non-specific about planning for contingencies.
I think she's half-joking / half-serious, but I genuinely think it's a really smart idea.
To paraphrase Margaret Atwood, stupidity and evil, or in this case, more accurately, tyranny, look pretty much the same if you judge by the results. However, the Wired author to me displays an almost comical level of naïveté by ascribing this to simple stupidity. One has merely to look at Feinstein's track record in general. Remember kids, when they come for your rights and freedoms, they don't come for just one or two of them.
FWIW, as someone who watches the Capitoline sausage factory, this bill is not ignorant by non-design.
It's designed to be ignorant. It's a DOA bill, and the folks behind it fully know that. This is a long game.
This is first bid. The thing to worry about is the eventual "compromise" bill that removes a bit of ignorance from this bid...
(Seriously, if Tim Cook wants to play for real, he should go on a casual sight-seeing tour of Ireland.)
"And that's why computer literacy can no longer be optional for people who want to participate in democracy."
Great in principle. But, at least in the US context, not a majority of valence either of the two branches. The Supremes are different, but have their own issues.
All "people" have in the US democracy are corporate proxies, In short, it's a power play to see if Tim Cook and any allies can fight off Clipper Chip Redux.
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How Prog Rock Went from ‘70s Success to Present-Day Punchline
Jun 21, 2017 04:00 PM PST
We spoke with David Weigel, author of the new music history "The Show That Never Ends," about the big rise and massive fall of the genre that included bands like Genesis, Rush, and Yes.
Photos courtesy of David Weigel and W.W. Norton & Company / Lead photo of Rush by Fin Costello
To casual 2017 observers, progressive rock (or “prog rock”) is commonly-used shorthand for “lame.” Forget the virtuosic instrumental prowess, inventive minds, and immense popularity also associated with the genre. Close your eyes and play a word-association game with the bands Genesis, Yes, Emerson Lake & Palmer, or Rush, and unless you’re a devoted fan of any, odds are you’ll conjure up images of stage costumes, pimply fans, your dad playing air guitar in his garage, excessive stage setups, double-necked guitars, and bloated concept albums. This impression is reinforced by modern media.
After a female-only screening of Wonder Woman made headlines last month, a humor site ran the satirical story, “Male-Only Screening for New Rush Documentary Causes Absolutely No Uproar.” F is for Family, comedian Bill Burr’s animated Netflix show set in the early ‘70s, features a scene in which he and his prog-obsessed son attend a concert during which a low-budget prog band (hilariously named Shire of the Frodo) gets booed offstage in favor of Lifted Riffs, a sexed-up Led Zeppelin homage that performs a spot-on parody of “The Lemon Song.” Of course, prog was most famously sent up by This is Spinal Tap!, which ruthlessly attacked every aspect of the genre, from its ridiculous stage shows to its alleged connection to classical music.
David Weigel’s new book, The Show That Never Ends: The Rise and Fall of Prog Rock, begins with a scene that plays right into this stereotype. In it, he and thousands of other fans embark on “Cruise to the Edge,” a prog rock version of the increasingly-popular cruise ship music festival, complete with a title referencing Yes’ genre-defining 1972 opus, Close to the Edge. “Hawaiian shirts unfurl,” Weigel writes, “revealing tattered Yes tour tees and gear from forgotten festivals.” Washed up acts and even cover bands abound, much to the delight of an audience who appear to have severe reservations about letting their prog flags fly around less enthusiastic landlubbers.
But although Weigel does a great job throughout the book of defining a subculture that’s been so lambasted over the years — delving into its bands’ outlandish egos, investigating Rush’s inherently lame image, discussing the quick and brutal “fall” mentioned in the title — this is unmistakably a passion project. Weigel, whose “day job” is political reporting for The Washington Post, has been a prog fan since his early teens, and has dreamed of writing this very book since he was in college.
He brings the no-nonsense clarity of his primary reporting work to The Show That Never Ends, presenting a legible timeline that’s just about the polar opposite of the head-spinning song structures and time signatures favored by the bands he covers. The book’s source material is both secondary texts — old music magazines, band biographies, past prog anthologies — and interviews conducted by Weigel himself, all of which requires a “Notes” section that’s nearly 30 pages in length. You may find more concise histories or compelling opinions on prog (Weigel’s not one to editorialize), but as a one-stop-shop for all things factoring into prog history, The Show That Never Ends is peerless. Curious to hear an expert’s take on a genre that was once so popular but now so frequently mocked, I spoke with Dave on the phone.
MERRY JANE: You do a great, exhaustive job of covering the genre from rise to fall to rebirth, but I’m curious about your personal history with prog.
Dave Weigel: I was born in 1981, and fell into this the same way that a lot people fall into liking something that has been culturally shoved aside. I was into heavy metal when I was a kid, and then discovered that this guy Mark Prindle, an online record reviewer who liked metal and whose recommendations matched with my tastes. He also liked Yes and King Crimson and all of these progressive bands. I just went out and bought all of these Yes tapes at outlet malls and said, “Oh, [Prindle]'s right, this is just so expansive and interesting in a way that other rock is not.”
I would listen in a sub-optimal format — cruddy tape in a Walkman with $10 headphones on — but even through that I heard plenty. When I kept investigating — going to concerts, buying albums on CD, listening the way you should listen to this stuff — I became convinced. Probably the first people to hear me talk about how there should be a book about this music heard me say that when I was in college 15 years ago.
Did any of your peers share your interest, or was this mostly a solo pursuit?
Around me, it was pretty solo. Some friends could be sold on Genesis and a few other things, but they generally had pretty mainstream '90s and 2000s rock tastes. There was a fan base online, a group called Music Babble that I was a member of, started by people who had written for Mark Prindle's website. I remember going on vacation to San Francisco in 2004 and meeting these people for the first time and singing along to [Emerson Lake & Palmer's 20-minute-long song] "Tarkus" in the car. So there were fans but we were fairly outnumbered. We were fans of something and we were deeply aware that the rest of the world was not.
How did you set out to differentiate your book from existing prog histories?
What I thought I could add as a full-time political reporter, somebody who spends his time trying to describe complicated, often terribly boring things to people, was a reported narrative of this stuff, similar to the books I'd read and enjoyed about punk, hip-hop, no wave, hardcore — a lot of stuff that wasn't as popular and didn't carry as far as progressive rock. I really paid for and read every single relevant thing I could. I looked at it pretty forensically, like I would look at anything in politics.
I didn't want to do a "top ten" sort of book, even though before I knew what to really look for, a lot of my knowledge of pop music was based on lists I read in Rolling Stone and places like that. I'm not above that, but I realized that my own focus and my own obsessions would better lend themselves to something where I'm in the background describing and curating it a bit, but not putting a heavy hand on it. There are times — and I do this in my political reporting too — when the people I'm talking about put a hand on the scale and say that they wish they hadn't recorded this album, or that they only did this for money. Then I'll be pretty explicit.
Jethro Tull photographed by Richard E. Aaron, courtesy of David Weigel
Were there any common misconceptions that you set out to correct?
Prog was extremely popular in America, and not everything that's popular deserves to live on with laurels in history, but I thought what was left out was that this was more popular than a lot of stuff that came along and allegedly obliterated [prog]. In reality, I thought a lot of the bands were petering out by the time punk came around. I think the key is that there is a punk aesthetic, there is a real action you have to take to get into that scene and identify yourself with that, whereas progressive rock was not really like that. You could become an "anorak," this British word that I use a few times in the book, this person that collects every album, but it was more in the ether — radio, festivals, and giant concerts.
It was something popular, but what interested me in going back and looking at this, was a period where extremely popular music could be so intricate and so evocative of all these other influences. You had people going to concerts, lighting up a joint as soon as it started, and they're listening to interpretations of 19th century classical composers. It was a public mania that was also rebellious. I wanted to demonstrate that the artists themselves and the people signing onto this listened to music that was a lot more daring than what was on the radio in competition.
Nowadays you can’t really escape prog’s uncool reputation. What do you think is the biggest factor in that perception?
I just think that there's music you can dance to, and music that is harder to dance to, and this is harder to dance to. You absorb it more as something where you're sitting around, or hanging out with like-minded people at a concert. You're not putting this on and jitterbugging.
The music that you can dance to ends up being cooler, it's more evocative of the place, it helps you get girls, etc. I don't lean too much into it in the book, but the progressive rock fan base was more male than lots of things happening at the same time, like punk and all that. I'll caveat that — there are a lot of hip hop samples of some of this music. You've got these amazing basslines and percussion parts, especially of Yes, a little bit of ELP. Kanye West has since become more of a minimalist, but there was a time when he sampled a lot of stuff from the era. So you can repurpose it for dance music, but that's not what it was at the time.
One critique of prog that’s stuck with me is Lester Bangs’ live review of of ELP during their Pictures at an Exhibition era. He just seemed so turned off by any rock that wasn’t blues-based, and it seems like a lot of other American critics felt the same. Why do you think that was the case?
I think it's because they came from that tradition where American musicians claimed credit for inventing all of this music, from blues onward. They were the progenitors of a lot of stuff then, not just stuff that was good, but stuff that was primal. So a lot of progressive rock seemed, as Bangs was pretty good at explaining, antiseptic compared to that. To tell you the truth, going through this I was surprised at how much there was in terms of critical appreciation for these albums at the time. Even the stuff that people would later roll their eyes at, it was much more respected than I expected going into this.
Part of it too is that the role of the critics is pretty big in this book in a way I don't think is possible anymore. You'll hear about Pitchfork giving something a zero and that hurting a band's sales or career, but it's still not quite the same level of influence, due to the fact that there's not the same level of access. If you’re writing a profile these days, typically you get 20 minutes in a hotel. But back then bands were giving these long hangout times to journalists who then had a big role in shaping their story. And then they turned on [prog] — not every journalist, but some of them did, and some were replaced by journalists who found punk more interesting.
Soft Machine photographed by John Williams, courtesy of David Weigel
One thing I found surprising was that, across the board, alcohol seemed to be the prog musician’s drug of choice. Am I crazy for thinking that there were more psychedelics, or at least some weed, involved?
I kind of did too, frankly. I was surprised by the same thing. I expected otherwise because the music is so well-appreciated by enhancing your senses — I'll use that euphemism — and when you go to these shows, that's often how people are listening. I would ask everyone, and there were a couple — Daevid Allen of Gong is pretty open about how much drugs he did, and cocaine played its role later in the genre’s narrative, but only for a couple of years. That's one thing I thought humanized these guys a bit, that their lifestyles were pretty similar to the punks who allegedly were the real, pure musicians. They got together, they drank beers, they lived in hovels where they could, they rode in vans — their buildup was exactly the same as every other exciting evolution in rock.
What prog-influenced or prog-adjacent modern genres do you feel are best at carrying on the legacy nowadays?
I was already a bit there, and I was definitely convinced by Steven Wilson, but I came around to progressive metal, and it remains super interesting. That's kind of the last big new thing you've got. I had to dial it back, because I was listening to so much new music. I felt that I might be missing something, and I ended up saying, “I have to stop and focus on what's in the book.” But I haven't found a new band that I’m obsessed with. I'm pretty open; I'll go see shows and stay for the opener, but I haven't found anything I find as inventive as [peak-era prog].
A lot of the invention I hear, the music that makes me go, “Oh, this is different, this is melodically complicated,” is electronic music now. And, as I do in the book, you can draw through-lines and it's pretty clear that the way we receive electronic music was shaped in a big way by progressive rock. But in terms of bands, some of the progressive metal stuff, I have Tool and Dream Theater in the book, but I don't have Protest The Hero or some of the stuff I enjoy that's labeled as math rock.
Music primarily prized for virtuosic technical skill was rarely popular before prog broke out — as you point out with the 19th century Lisztomania phenomenon — but do you think that’s become even less bankable since the genre’s “fall”?
The tragedy is that nothing is bankable. In the course of writing this, I talked to some newer musicians who are not progressive rock artists but like it a lot, and they have the same gripes, which is thanks to the way licensing works and everything else that's happened to the music industry. You can't make money at all unless you're Kanye. Even the guys at the top of the field right now, they're not Keith Emerson, 1977, getting cocaine sent to him in these giant boxes.
The gap between the marketability of a niche genre and a semi-popular band in a big genre has probably shrunk a lot because of the way the viability of the industry has changed. What I discovered that is, in terms of the venues these guys would play and the marketing behind the albums, no one these days is doing that great. So even the guys who've been kicked out of Olympus are, by extension, not doing that badly.
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Suarez clips teammate Almirola for pole at Kentucky
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Daniel Suarez saved the best for last in Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series qualifying on Friday at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta, Ky.
The 27-year-old driver from Monterrey, Mexico, was the last to run a qualifying lap at the 1.5-mile track, and he used the opportunity to knock Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Aric Almirola off the provisional pole for Saturday’s Quaker State 400.
Suarez covered the distance in 29.254 seconds (184.590 mph) to beat out Almirola (183.799 mph) for the top starting spot by .126 seconds.
“The car’s been very fast the entire day,” said Suarez, who earned his first Busch Pole Award of the season and the second of his career. “We had probably the fastest car in last practice and the fastest car in qualifying, so I’m very proud of my guys, Ford Performance, Haas Automation — everyone who makes this program possible.
Suarez, the 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion, hasn’t won in the Cup series. He would become the first Mexican driver to earn a victory in NASCAR’s premier series.
“I really want to win so bad,” Suarez said. “I haven’t been in Victory Lane for a while. The last time I was in Victory Lane was in Brazil, and it was in a go-kart race. I have been looking forward to bring a trophy home for a while.
“We have very fast cars. Now it’s up to me to make it happen (Saturday) night.”
Three-time Kentucky winner Brad Keselowski went out early, and his speed (183.443 mph) stood up for the third starting spot, as Ford drivers swept the top three spots on the grid and five of the top seven. Kurt Busch (183.355 mph) was fourth in the fastest Chevrolet, and two-time defending race winner Martin Truex Jr. (182.587 mph) qualified eighth in the quickest Toyota.
“I think that’s our best qualifying effort on a mile-and-a-half (track) this year, so that’s something to be proud of there,” Keselowski said. “I didn’t quite have the speed to get to the pole. I’d have liked to have had a later draw. I think there might have been a bit of speed there, but I don’t know if I could have got… Daniel was a tenth (of a second) and a half … I might have been able to get a half a tenth or tenth.
“All in all, a decent run for our Discount Tire Ford Mustang, and happy for (engine builder) Doug Yates and all the Ford guys to have all three of our cars up front with the Fords, but we’ll see what we have (Saturday).”
Kevin Harvick qualified fifth, followed by Daniel Hemric, Clint Bowyer and Truex. Austin Dillon was ninth, and two-time Kentucky winner Kyle Busch claimed the 10th starting spot.
Keselowski, Truex and Kyle Busch are the only former Kentucky winners in the 36-driver field. Front-row starters have won the last three Cup races at the 1.5-mile track, a good omen for Suarez and Almirola.
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1. (41) Daniel Suarez, Ford, 184.590 mph.
2. (10) Aric Almirola, Ford, 183.799 mph.
3. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 183.443 mph.
4. (1) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 183.355 mph.
5. (4) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 183.312 mph.
6. (8) Daniel Hemric #, Chevrolet, 182.890 mph.
7. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 182.834 mph.
8. (19) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 182.587 mph.
9. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 182.556 mph.
10. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 182.426 mph.
11. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 182.309 mph.
12. (24) William Byron, Chevrolet, 182.278 mph.
13. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 182.149 mph.
14. (21) Paul Menard, Ford, 182.020 mph.
15. (12) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 181.996 mph.
16. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 181.904 mph.
17. (34) Michael McDowell, Ford, 181.500 mph.
18. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 181.433 mph.
19. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 181.354 mph.
20. (9) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 181.336 mph.
21. (20) Erik Jones, Toyota, 181.080 mph.
22. (88) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 180.759 mph.
23. (6) Ryan Newman, Ford, 180.681 mph.
24. (95) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 180.517 mph.
25. (38) David Ragan, Ford, 180.313 mph.
26. (37) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, 180.276 mph.
27. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 180.090 mph.
28. (43) Bubba Wallace, Chevrolet, 179.952 mph.
29. (32) Corey LaJoie, Ford, 179.916 mph.
30. (47) Ryan Preece #, Chevrolet, 179.862 mph.
31. (36) Matt Tifft #, Ford, 178.974 mph.
32. (51) Bayley Currey(i), Ford, 177.708 mph.
33. (15) Ross Chastain(i), Chevrolet, 177.509 mph.
34. (00) Landon Cassill(i), Chevrolet, 176.858 mph.
35. (52) BJ McLeod(i), Chevrolet, 174.396 mph.
36. (77) Quin Houff, Chevrolet, 174.020 mph.
–By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service. Special to Field Level Media
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barge, California, condition and performance, congestion, contract talks, exporters, Gardner, ILWU, labor, Marine Terminals, PMA, POLA, POLB, port congestion, Portland OR, Reichert, retailers, Risch, shippers, slowdown, Taft-Hartley, Thune
Port Performance Under the Microscope
In Congress, Labor, Legislation, Ports on September 1, 2015 at 5:07 pm
I last wrote of how Washington policy makers and agencies grew more interested in the port sector and how ports, small and large, benefited by that attention. So let’s consider some recent and largely unwelcome attention.
The messy, prolonged West Coast contract talks and negotiating tactics that resulted in a dysfunctioning supply chain at the waterfront elicited a strong and prolonged backlash from the importers, exporters and others whose own operations depend on reasonably well-functioning ports. (“After all, shippers crave certainty, and they crave reliability,” the recently released Pacific Maritime Association annual report acknowledges.) Not that the shippers were taken by surprise. With the 2002, ten-day shutdown of the ports fresh in mind, they expected the worse and were diverting some cargo to gateways of other coasts (or countries) months into the talks.
You are familiar with the recent history. The talks between the PMA and International Longshore and Warehouse Union started in May 2014. A year later the ILWU rank and file gave the new contract its final approval. In between is where it got interesting and “port congestion” came to be reported in main stream media. Management pointed to the intentional shorting of the workforce by union leadership. The union countered saying the terminals brought the problem on themselves by not being prepared for big ships with more cargo. In any event, port congestion was amplified at the largest Pacific gateways.
Export apples were not making it overseas markets in time. Retailers decried the slow flow of their freight from ship to gate and finally to shelves. But first the ship had to get to berth. By February, when the tentative agreement was reached, there were over 30 ships waiting at anchor off Los Angeles and Long Beach. POLA executive director Gene Seroka told the Wall Street Journal that he expected “it will be about three months before we return to a sense of normalcy.”
Over the nine months that the negotiations were underway the cargo interests were active and vocal. A coalition of companies and trade associations formed and periodically met with and issued joint letters to policy makers. They asked for intervention or at least for official Washington to pressure negotiators to make it quick. Their major complaint over time was that President Obama was just, in the White House’s word, “monitoring,” not acting. Members of Congress eventually expressed their concern about the effect of the prolonged talks.
Meanwhile the Port of Portland had its own particular low productivity problem where a continuing multi-year dispute, if anything, wasn’t helped by the prolonged contract talks. By February, a frustrated Hanjin Shipping announced it would end service there, leaving Portland and its ICTSI terminal operator in search of a willing container line.
Leading up to and long after the conclusion of the contract talks the shipper community lobbied for “a tool that will help provide certainty to future negotiations.” Letters seeking legislation to provide that tool typically would carry over one hundred organizations’ names. Some bills eventually were introduced. But from the perspective of most ports, the bill represents more problems than potential solutions.
Congressional advocates for the cargo interests have taken two approaches in their legislation. The first to emerge was the “Port Performance Act” (S.1298) by Senator John Thune (R-SD). He chairs the Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee that eventually approved the measure. Noting that the port sector had yet to be plumbed for the sort of “condition and performance” data that Congress and transportation planners say are needed to better evaluate the national freight system, Thune’s bill prescribes the annual collection of monthly terminal operations data. It’s the sort of data that terminal operators keep for themselves to improve terminal functions and that port authorities are reluctant to have out there to be used by the competition. In the version that ultimately was approved as a provision in the Senate’s surface transportation bill is the requirement for data on vessel, train and truck time in port, lifts per hour, and cargo dwell time. Those and other metrics are required to be used for the annual reports to USDOT.
What is not in the Senate-passed bill is a provision, original to S.1298, that would require monthly reports of port performance data to USDOT and Congress during collective bargaining periods when contracts have expired. Organized labor and ports don’t like the bill and the unions lobbied especially hard to have that particular provision excised.
The other type of bill that was introduced—first in the Senate and more recently in the House—would amend labor law. Whereas Thune’s Port Performance Act is premised in part on the idea that data would be useful in documenting when port cargo operations and cargo interests suffer during contract negotiations, the other legislation is to provide a means to engage the government and the courts in bringing closure to prolonged negotiations i.e., a market for that data.
Freshman Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) introduced his “Protecting Orderly and Responsible Transit of Shipments (PORTS) Act” (S.1519) to amend the Taft-Hartley Act to make slowdowns an unfair labor practice and empower governors to initiate boards of inquiry and seek court injunctions. (The House version was introduced in July by Dave Reichert (R-WA) and others.)
Senator James Risch (R-ID) takes a somewhat similar approach to the Gardner bill, with added inspiration from the Portland terminal operator who wants parties responsible for slowdowns to be penalized. Risch’s “Preventing Labor Union Slowdowns (PLUS) Act” (S.1360) makes slowdowns an unfair labor practice, defines slowdowns, declares US policy as one to “eliminate the causes and mitigate the effects” of port disruptions, and prescribes penalties for violators including decertification of labor organizations.
So what are the prospects for these bills in this Republican-led Congress? Amendments to labor law are sought by Republicans and opposed by Democrats. While the former has solid majorities in both chambers, the latter is in a position to slow and stop bills in the Senate where 60 votes routinely are needed to assure passage of just about any bill of substance. We may see hearings on the PORTS and PLUS Act legislation, and we definitely will see GAO reports—already requested—on the economic consequences of the West Coast talks. But between the Senate rules and the Democrat in the White House (see Secretary Perez comments), those bills will have trouble becoming law, perhaps even getting floor time in Congress.
Thune’s Port Performance Act is quite another matter. The diluted version of the bill passed the Senate, tucked away in the 1024-page, appropriately labeled DRIVE Act (H.R.22). It is the Senate’s version of a must-pass highway and transit bill. Key House legislators have yet to weigh in on the issue of port performance metrics and data collection, much less produce their own 6-year transportation infrastructure bill. Some action on the larger bill is inevitable, perhaps to the point of becoming law.
When the House side takes up the question, cargo interests will again point to the West Coast experience and seek restoration of frequent data reporting during contract talks. Port interests will explain why the Thune language is generally impractical and unwelcome. Labor will ask the House transportation leaders to flatly oppose the entire Port Performance section that is in the Senate passed bill.
More to come on this matter of the performance and condition of ports, and how and whether to measure it. Pbea
barge, congestion, freight, LaHood, marine highways, Oakland, Ports, rail, taxes, TIGER grants, USDOT
What TIGER Tells Us
In Marine Highway, Surface Transportation Policy on February 23, 2010 at 12:39 pm
No, not that Tiger.
The eagerly awaited TIGER grants were announced last week. An experiment in government. Against their better judgment members of the House and Senate gave $1.5 billion to the Administration and left it to the discretion of USDOT program managers, modal administrators, the Secretary (and perhaps the White House, just in case) to decide what projects were worthy. (Egads! The bureaucrats!)
The multimodal discretionary grants program—later assigned a name and acronym at USDOT—was created a year ago in the cauldron in which Congress cooked up the economic recovery package. The context was job creation in a failing economy. But the genius of TIGER’s tenacious sponsors—most visibly Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)—was that it also was a good time to try something different. Politics would always be lurking in the background (if not in the foreground) when doling out tax revenue for public works but this was not a time for the earmarking norm.
Also lurking was the thought: if this works it could set the example for a change in transportation policy.
Lisa Caruso of the National Journal asks in her transportation “experts” blog if TIGER should be replicated in the surface transportation authorization bill. Can it serve as a model for the revised policy and programs that many of us look for in the bill?
So far the respondents (scroll thru the page) generally agree there is benefit in the approach. What’s not to like? Livable community folks liked the selection of street car and pedestrian path projects. Goods movement was given a strong boost with around $300 million going to rail projects. And it was good to see that at least one of the promising marine highway initiatives was granted $30 million. (The first of many one hopes.) That award illustrates how TIGER–and Secretary Ray LaHood–was open to more than the usual road, transit and bike path projects.
By and large, very good projects were selected. But the question posed by Caruso is whether TIGER represents a policy approach worth continuing.
Some of the respondents think TIGER is a good starting point but that it is important to change the underlying policy. In particular Steve Heminger notes it is not enough to create a grants program that is mode neutral. An improved Federal policy and program should have a clearer, focused national perspective e.g., goods movement and metropolitan mobility. It is a view I share.
Bob Poole raises an important policy question worth debating by suggesting an underlying weakness of a multimodal approach if a highway tax is the sole source of support.
One person’s response I would be interested to see is that of Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA). In January 2009 the chair of EPW, which is to produce highway and other portions of the next authorization bill, flatly opposed the multimodal discretionary grants provision in the draft Senate stimulus bill, even as Heminger and other Californians welcomed the idea of a mode-neutral program and projects judged on their merits. Boxer and others in the transportation leadership of Capitol Hill will decide whether the TIGER approach is just a brief detour from projects as usual. Pbea
asia, barge, Canada, congestion, goods movement, MARAD, marine highways
The Grass is Greener — Pt. 2
In Efficiency, Intermodal, Marine Highway on January 19, 2010 at 10:05 pm
Envy is a perfectly serviceable starting point for developing national transportation policy. Our new high-speed rail program is an apt example. It’s a Euro-inspired, greenish gleam in a candidate’s eye made billion-dollar real by our new president and the stimulus package. While we wait for our first bullet-ride to Disney World or Albany let’s consider what the national transportation policies of other countries are accomplishing. We continue this series with another look to the north and Canada’s North American gateway strategy. This time…investment in short sea.
This item caught the eye.
Government of Canada takes action to facilitate shortsea shipping
OTTAWA — The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today announced completion of the Southern Railway of British Columbia (SRY) rail barge ramp, a shortsea shipping project at the marine rail terminal on Annacis Island in Delta. This project was made possible by $4.6 million in federal funding under the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative. (release: January 15, 2010)
Turns out the Canadian gateway strategy isn’t just attracting international containers to ease them on down to the U.S. by rail. The plans for the Pacific gateway include using the marine highway as an “optimizing” element for goods movement. “Better use of our waterways through shortsea shipping can help alleviate congestion, facilitate trade, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and increase overall transportation efficiency.”
After a call for proposals five projects were selected for the plan totaling over CN$20 million, to be matched by the private sector grantees:
Fraser River Shuttle;
Deltaport Shortsea Berth;
Vanterm Shortsea Berth;
Mountain View Apex Container Terminal; and
Southern Railway of B.C. Rail Barge Ramp.
These projects in the Vancouver, B.C. region “call for the development of specialized facilities such as docks, ramps, and fixed-crane infrastructure that would facilitate shortsea shipping of a variety of cargos (including containers, railcars, and break-bulk cargos) that ultimately either originate from or are destined for Asia.” (release: September 5, 2008)
This marine highway element of the Asia-Pacific Gateway strategy is designed to increase efficiency and reduce environmental impacts of goods movement. It is intermodal. It ties marine to rail and road. “The Annacis Island marine rail terminal will provide industries in coastal B.C. and Vancouver Island with rail connections to four major railways: Canadian Pacific, Canadian National, Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe.” Obviously, an equal opportunity connector.
It may be a fair to say that the above grants planned to boost short sea shipping in Canada’s largest port region are roughly comparable to the marine highway grants program recently authorized by the U.S. Congress. The Canadian grants support pieces of a strategic plan; the U.S. grants will support projects that meet certain market and public benefit criteria and are in designated “corridors.” The Canadian grants support capital requirements, which the U.S. version is likely to do. On the other hand, the above grants go to projects of companies, such as terminal operators. While most marine highway projects in the U.S. are assumed to be private sector initiatives the grants likely would go to sponsoring public agencies.
One googling leads to another. I’ll close with a video from The Sustainable Region TV program of Vancouver, a place known for its clear skies (and a looming Olympics). Pbea
barge, California, marine highways, shippers, USDOT
Transformational Transportation, Part 2
In Green Transportation on July 31, 2009 at 11:21 pm
Persons famliar with Secretary LaHood’s meeting with public and port officials in Oakland tell me that folks might be surprised to know which California official was most enthusiastic about the prospects for Bay Area marine highway service. Among those at the meeting were two California cabinet members (Food & Agriculture and Business, Transportation & Housing) and the director of Caltrans.
The Eco Transport project has been in development for a few years. The business plan is to reduce the need for truck moves into Oakland by deploying barges to move containers between Oakland and the Ports of Stockton, initially, and Sacramento. The company notes that such an operation also will make unnecessary a great many empty container moves and the associated costs of fuel and exhaust. Export containers could be loaded heavier in Stockton because they would not have to meet road weight restrictions. And carbon counters are sure to like the shrinking of the significant carbon footprint of trucks carrying imports into the central region, and California exports to Northern California’s principal international gateway. Indeed the company has done its due diligence to substantiate the environmental benefits of their new marine highway service. And the result has been the endorsement of regional and State air quality agencies.
So which official at the meeting revealed great eagerness and anticipation about the green barge service? It was Food and Agriculture Secretary A.G. Kawamura. He and the growers/shippers of the Central Valley are enthusiastic about the prospects for barges carrying goods to Oakland and then on to a ship for the export market. And when a shipper is looking forward to taking its goods to the water that’s a very encouraging sign.
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Wet and messy fighting
Perhaps, one of the most popular forms of female entertaining wrestling is mud wrestling in or wrestling in various liquid and semi-viscous substances, such as water, oil, mud, shaving foam, custard pudding, chocolate sauce, squirty cream, non-dairy creamer, jelly, etc. There is another popular form of wrestling in substances – coleslaw wrestling. Although coleslaw girl wrestlers remind a delicious dish with coleslaw garnish , the competitions are very real.
Wrestling in substances usually involves women who typically wear minimal clothing with the overall intention of presenting a titillating spectacle. Nevertheless, sometimes, wrestling matches in substances (especially, mud wrestling) are quite competitive.
As a matter of fact, wrestling in substances is far from being a modern entertainment. It would be adequate to list just two old traditional wrestling forms: Turkish oil wrestling Yagli Gures and Indian mud wrestling Kusti.
The very first and the most popular form of wrestling in substance is mud wrestling. In fact, this is the Western version of ancient Indian wrestling “Kusti” (for followers of Hinduism and Zoroastrism mud is kind of sacred substance). Mud wrestling first became popular in the United States in the 1980’s, and later spread worldwide. The legendary Pro Wrestling promoter Paul Boesch is credited with the invention of mud wrestling being a modification of the ancient sport of kusti. Although originally performed in bars, nightclubs, and strip clubs, mud wrestling is now a mainstream to the point where organizations have staged mud wrestling events everywhere – from parks to stadiums – for fun, competitions and charity.
There is another athletic prototype of this “combative” form – Yagli Gures, the Turkish national sport, commonly known as oil wrestling. In fact, there is usually very liitle athletic and competitive element in female wrestling in substance. However, if it exists (see for example, the videoclip “oil wrestling” below) it pretty resembles the Turkish oil wrestling. The main peculiarity of such a contest is that an opponent slips away, so special wrestling techniques are required.
Most often qualifying competitors have significant physical endowments or sex appeal. Venues for competition are usually social in nature with spectators comprised mostly of inebriated males. However, in many cases, wrestling in substances is a fling and both sides have great fun – participants and spectators.
Wrestling in substance is somehow related to the so-called “wet and messy fetish” (WAM) – a form of sexual fetishism that has a person getting aroused by substances applied on the body. It also could occur when seeing someone else getting wet and/or messy or just wet clothes, or any combination of the above. The fetish inspired the “wet T-shirt contests”, a form of beauty contest in which the participating women wear a white or light-colored T-shirt without a bra, while being sprayed with water to make their clothing semi-transparent and slinky.
Some advantages of such styles can be noticed. First, shining wet bodies look even more attractive. Then, lubrication reduces frictions of contestants’ bodies. Besides, the mud wrestling helps to hide nudity a bit.
Mud or oil wrestling matches are often held in restaurants, in clubs or outdoor. A special “ring” is installed which usually constitutes a small pool or a tub where some substance is placed. Another way – to anoint contestants’ bodies with oil before a match. Sometimes even boxing matches take place in substances (like the animation below represents). Whole WEB sites are dedicated to mud / oil wrestling, , for instance “KGB”.
One more popular form of wrestling in liquid substances is various contests in water. A lot of forms exist here. For instance, wrestling in sumo-like style on a small raft installed in the middle of a swimming pool where losers fall (sometimes even the both contestants). Another case is a “horse battle” in a reservoir where girls are struggling “horseback” sitting on the shoulders of their partners (of either sex) and trying to take their opponents down into the water. Even underwater wrestling exists (with aqualungs and even without them). Female battle in reservoir is a popular subject in movies. On a DWW festival two girls engaged in impressive wrestling match in a small pond. In our opinion the shot of the match is one of the best among photographs devoted to women and sports.
It’s easy to wrestle being in water, it’s an excellent shock absorber, and it makes wrestling more soft and pleasant. To complete the picture we can also consider wrestling in sand, which is a popular fun; represented in movies as well. Such a wrestling match is described in the story “Bout under the moon” on this site.
Such matches usually go half in jest and they always have some element of confusion, which contributes additional flavor to female wrestling matches.
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Riveting Health Facts That Will Blow Your Mind
Though we may not see it with the physical eye, the body is ever-changing. From adapting to new strains of diseases to being able to withstand different elements and conditions, our bodies are forces of nature. Looking back through history, we can see how the body has developed and changed overtime thanks to differences in the environment. While we know exactly how certain parts of the body have transformed and adapted, there are many aspects that we have yet to discover. While we wait for even more details to be uncovered, take a look at the following 25 facts about the body that haven been proven to be true, but are widely unknown.
Sleep Rather than Eat, But We’d Like You to Do Both
You will die faster from sleep deprivation than from starvation. So, rest up and eat well.
Some Babies are Ahead of the Game
One in every 2,000 babies is born with at least one tooth. Some come out with several!
We’re More Like Snakes than We Know
On average, we each shed about 48 lbs of dead skin in our lifetimes.
Men are the Mutated Ones
One in twenty people have an extra rib, most of which are usually men.
If You Feel Taller in the Morning, It’s Because You Are
You are one centimeter taller in the morning than you are at night due to your cartilage compressing throughout the day.
The Headless Horseman Could be Real
After it has been decapitated, the human head remains conscious for about 15 to 20 seconds.
Unlock Your Phone with Your Tongue
Just like with our fingers, everyone’s tongue has it’s own unique print, too.
Super Sonic Sneezes
Sneezes can reach speeds up to 100 mph, while coughs have been recorded around 60 mph.
Destructive Stomach Acid could Cause Problems
The acid in your stomach can reach strengths strong enough to dissolve razor blades.
Watch Out, You’re Heart Might Actually Burst
With the amount of pressure in your heart, it can squirt blood up to 30 feet in the air.
Identical Twins Have Nothing for Themselves
Everyone has their own unique smell except for identical twins who smell, well, identical.
Brain Dead? More Like Pain Dead
Even though the brain processes pain signals, it does not actually feel any pain.
It’s (Almost) All in the Feet
Our feet have 52 bones in them. That’s about one quarter of all human bones.
You Might Be Funny, But No Tickles Here
It’s impossible to tickle yourself, no matter how hard you try.
The World is Blind
Two out of three people don’t have perfect eyesight.
Protect Your Teeth at All Costs
Teeth are the only body parts that aren’t capable of repairing themselves.
Body Heat is a Real and Powerful Thing
In 30 minutes, the body gives off enough heat to bring half a gallon of water to a boil.
Speak Up in the Summer
Our hearing decreases when we overheat.
No Wonder We Buy So Many Fragrances
The nose can remember up to 50,000 different smells and scents.
Now This One is Shocking
Our brains work off of 10 watts of power.
Humans are Cry Babies
We are the only animals that produce tears for emotional reasons.
Don’t Punch This
The jawbone is the hardest bone in the body.
Greet People with Kisses
More germs are spread through handshakes than through kissing.
Don’t Drool Over It
Humans produce enough saliva in their lifetime to fill up two swimming pools.
We Nailed It
Our bodies contain enough iron to make a 3 inch long nail.
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November 2016 DCYF Newsletter
Exhibitor Registration Now Open for the 2017 Summer Resource Fair
Exhibitor registration is now open for the 2017 San Francisco Summer Resource Fair, which will take place on Saturday, March 11 from 10am to 2pm at the County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park. The Summer Resource Fair attracts over 2,000 families and 200 exhibitors every year, and is a wonderful opportunity to advertise summer programs, classes, camps, and activities directly to children, youth, and families. There is no charge to be an exhibitor at the Summer Resource Fair, and any organization that serves children, youth, and families is welcome to register. If you have questions about the Summer Resource Fair, please contact Emily Davis: 415.554.8991 or Emily.Davis@dcyf.org.
DCYF Grantees Only: Applications Now Open for Opportunity Fund Grants
DCYF is pleased to announce the launch of our new Opportunity Fund. The Opportunity Fund will address unexpected, unbudgeted CBO needs that arise during the course of a normal funding cycle. The Opportunity Fund is only available to current DCYF grantees.
Click Read More below for more details about the Opportunity Fund, and to access the application. Applications are due by December 1 at 5pm.
Next Service Provider Working Group Meeting: November 21
The next meeting of the Children & Youth Fund Oversight & Advisory Committee's Service Provider Working Group (SPWG) will take place on Monday, November 21 from 3:30pm to 5pm in the Community Room at the Boys & Girls Club Columbia Park Clubhouse (450 Guerrero). The SPWG is open to any organization in San Francisco that serves children, youth, and families. Click "Learn More" below for more info about the SPWG.
Black to the Future Collaborative to Release First Publication
Earlier this year DCYF announced a grant of $3.1 million for a City-supported, community-driven collaborative tasked with increasing access to services for African American families in the areas of family support and advocacy, education, health and wellness, workforce development, and violence prevention. Led by longtime DCYF grantee Young Community Developers, the Black to the Future Collaborative, which now includes over a dozen community-based member organizations, has assessed recommendations for improving the lives of African American people in San Francisco, and will provide a platform to develop strategies for implementation. On Tuesday, November 22, the Black to the Future Collaborative will launch their inaugural publication at 1300 on Fillmore from 6pm to 8pm. Please join us! In the mean time, click Read More below to read the newly released Black to the Future brochure.
Next Oversight & Advisory Committee Meeting: Monday, December 12
The next meeting of the Children and Youth Fund Oversight & Advisory Committee will take place on Monday, December 12 at 6pm in the DCYF office, 1390 Market Street, Suite 900. All OAC meetings are open to the public.
DCYF and Support for Families of Children with Disabilities to Host Focus Group
Join DCYF and Support for Families of Children with Disabilities for a group discussion about how DCYF can better support children, youth, and families with special needs. Participants will receive free dinner, childcare, and a $25 gift card.
When: Tuesday, November 29th, 5-7pm
Where: Support for Families of Children with Disabilities, 1663 Mission Street
Space is limited and registration is required! To register by phone call (415) 920-5040, or email info@supportforfamilies.org
Four DCYF Grantees Celebrating Monumental Anniversaries in November
DCYF would like to wish a very happy anniversary to all of our grantees celebrating service anniversaries this month:
10 years for Mo' MAGIC
30 years for Central American Resource Center (CARECEN)
30 years for Aim High
40 years for Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC)
Congratulations to all of you, and we look forward to many more years of partnership and service for children, youth, and families in San Francisco!
DCYF and SFKids Release 2016 Holiday Guides
DCYF has released our 2016 DCYF Holiday Guide and the SFkids San Francisco Holiday Guide 2016. A huge shout out to DCYF Administrative Assistant Anthony Tek for creating the guides! Please share these with your networks!
Young Adult Court Hosts First Ever Graduation Ceremony
On November 15 San Francisco Collaborative Courts hosted the first ever Youth Adult Court graduation ceremony. Of the six youth in the first graduating class, f our had their charges fully dismissed and their records sealed, and the other two youth - who could have gone to state prison - will have their charges changed to misdemeanors that have the potential to be expunged. Youth Adult Court is an innovative partnership that brings together the Superior Court, District Attorney, Public Defender, Department of Public Health, Adult Probation Department, the SF Police Department and the Felton Institute to serve youth ages 18-25 who have committed misdemeanor or felony crimes. DCYF funds the Felton Institute to provide trauma-informed intensive case management and therapeutic assessments, with special emphasis on job readiness, housing, educational support, and parenting. Click Read More below for more information about Youth Adult Court. Congratulations to the new graduates!
Bay Area Video Coalition Wins National Arts & Humanities Youth Program Award
In 2016 twelve community-based organizations from across the country were chosen to receive the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, the highest honor in the United States for programs that effectively develop young people’s learning and life skills by engaging them in the arts or humanities. Our grantee Bay Area Video Coalition's Next Gen program received this prestigious award, and attended a ceremony hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House on November 15! That's BAVC student Nicole Rivera in the photo getting a big hug from First Lady Michelle Obama at the award ceremony. Huge congratulations to BAVC!
Youth from Young Women's Freedom Center Speak at White House Forum on Women and Girls
More DCYF grantee White House news: the Young Women's Freedom Center (YWFC) was invited by the White House Council on Women and Girls and the National Crittenton Foundation to speak on the topic "Young Women Leading the Way: Breaking Barriers for Girls and by Girls" on November 15. YWFC participant and Life Learning Academy graduate Leina Lefiti represented YWFC on the panel. Thank you and cheers to Leina for representing San Francisco so well!
MyPath Participants Discuss Youth Banking at US Department of the Treasury
On November 2 and 3 youth from DCYF grantee MyPath met with Jack Lew, Secretary of the US Department of the Treasury, and representatives from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to discuss the importance of youth banking. MyPath helps cities and nonprofits “bake” banking, saving and credit-building tools and information directly into their existing youth employment programs to build local economic pathways. MyPath's model starts at the beginning of a young person's financial lives and sets the foundation for upward economic mobility, ultimately transforming their income into financial and personal growth.
DCYF Office Closed on November 24 and 25
The DCYF office will be closed on Thursday, November 24 and Friday, November 25 in observance of Thanksgiving. We hope you and yours have a wonderful holiday!
Looking for funds for your program? V isit the Grants, RFPs, and Other Funding Opportunities for Youth Programs page on the DCYF website.
Many of our grantees and partners are looking for new staff. Visit the Employment Opportunities page on the DCYF website for a comprehensive list. If you are a DCYF grantee or partner and have a position you would like to post send it to Emily Davis .
YMCA of San Francisco Hosting Beach Clean-Up on November 19
RSVP for Youth Art Exchange's 6th Annual Youth Arts Summit, December 2-3
First Exposures to Host Annual Help Portrait Day on December 3
Get Your Tickets for Help is on the Way for the Holidays XV Holiday Gala Benefiting Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center and Larkin Street Youth Services
uAspire, SF Achievers, and 100% College Prep to Host Black Family FAFSA Frenzy Day on December 10
Sunset Media Wave Releases Youth-Produced Post-Election Newsletter
Take the SF Department of Public Health's Survey on "Vision Zero" Initiative to End Traffic Deaths by 2024
Read Mayor Lee's Post-Election Open Letter to the People of San Francisco
SF Rec & Park Department to Host 87th Annual Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony on December 1
Mayor Lee and SF Juvenile Probation Department Open New 'Merit Center' Inside Juvenile Hall
Partnership for Children & Youth Expanded Learning Symposium Presenter Proposals Due November 28
Northern California Grantmakers to Host "Post-Election Special: What Did We Learn from This? What's Next?" on November 30
Register Now for the Annual How Kids Learn Conference on December 7
Museum of Craft & Design Offering Free and Low Cost Arts Programs for Kids and Adults
Take a Teen-Led Architecture Tour of the Contemporary Jewish Museum
Level Playing Field Institute Accepting Applications for Summer Math and Science Honors Academy
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DCYF and First 5 San Francisco's Annual Halloween Party
Halloween is always a festive affair at DCYF and First 5 San Francisco, and this year was no exception! We got together for a potluck, games, and a costume contest. So much fun!
Mission Science Workshop 25th Anniversary Celebration
On October 27 DCYF grantee Mission Science Workshop celebrated their 25th anniversary at City Hall. Third graders from Cesar Chavez Elementary constructed Gracie the Grey Whale at the base of the City Hall steps! Mayor Lee's office had a special surprise in store: October 27 is now officially Mission Science Workshop Day in San Francisco! Big congratulations and happy anniversary!
DCYF After School Snack Program Gets New Fridge
During the 2016-2017 school year the DCYF office is serving as an After School Snack Program pick up site, and on November 14 we received a new fridge for the snacks. Pictured here is DCYF's IT Manager Shawn Ewing, who was tasked with getting it up and going. The fridge is in need of a name and we're open to suggestions...!
Mayor Lee's Post-Election Unity Gathering at City Hall
DCYF Director Maria Su joined Mayor Lee, elected officials, and City department heads at a Unity Gathering in the City Hall Rotunda on November 14. Following President-Elect Trump's promise to to “cancel” executive orders issued by President Obama that excuse DREAM Act beneficiaries and their families from deportation, build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico, and deport “the more than 2 million criminal illegal immigrants from the country," Mayor Lee tweeted this on November 10: "Being a sanctuary city is in our DNA. San Francisco will never be anything other than a sanctuary city."
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WASHINGTON: Inhaled anaesthetics widely used for surgery-particularly the anaesthetic desflurane – are a major contributor to global warming, according to a new study.
Dr. Susan M. Ryan of University of California and computer scientist Claus J. Nielsen of University of Oslo said that sevoflurane, isoflurane, and desflurane are recognized greenhouse gases.
Using desflurane for one hour is equivalent to 235 to 470 miles of driving.
The anaesthetics “usually are vented out of the building as medical waste gases and remain in the atmosphere for a long time,” the researchers write.
Ryan and Nielsen suggest some “simple, knowledge-based decisions” that anaesthesiologists can follow to minimize their environmental impact unless there are medical reasons to use it and avoiding unnecessarily high anaesthetic flow rates, especially with desflurane.
The study is published in the July issue of Anaesthesia & Analgesia.
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Kadaiyampatti village families’ plight
Unproductive land:Indiscriminate discharge of effluents has severely affected the agricultural activities of families in Kadaiyampatti near Bhavani. — PHOTO:M. GOVARTHAN
ERODE: The families depending on the income from agriculture in Kadaiyampatti village, near Bhavani, are slowly quitting their profession as the textile processing units in the area are poisoning their lands by discharging chemical effluents.
Huge amount of untreated effluents are being let into the cultivable land, vacant space and water carrying channels. “The effluents got stagnated on the land and percolated deep into the ground, poisoning the soil and the ground water,” people in the village point out.
The agricultural productivity has come down drastically. The soil has become unproductive.
“There is a sharp fall in the crop yield. Agriculture is no longer fetching good income for us. Already a significant number of people in the village have quit farming and started selling their lands,” K.R.Palanisamy, a farmer in the village says.
What is more bothering is that the textile processing units are buying these lands and letting out effluents into them.
“All the nearby lands are affected due to this practice,” farmers said.
“The entire environment in the village is polluted. Children and women fall ill very often. A significant number of people have already moved to Bhavani and Erode,” farmers point out. Farmers, who made repeated representations to the authorities concerned earlier, have now stopped complaining.
“There is no point in complaining as officials at the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board and the district administration remain mute spectators. They know that we are suffering at the hands of textile processing units. We have complained umpteen times to the Collector at the grievances redressal meeting. But still no fruitful steps have been taken up to shutdown these units,” farmers lament.
“It seems the authorities want to see all of us quit farming and give way for the textile processing units to pollute the environment more,” villagers charge.
Officials, when contacted, maintained that they were taking action against the textile processing units, which were violating the rules.
“If authorities’ shutdown a unit, the machineries are shifted to another building to start a new unit and continue to pollute the environment.
The Central and State governments should bring in an effective solution to this issue and protect the agriculture,” farmers demand.
S. Ramesh – From THE HINDU
Filed under WATER Tagged with agriculture, chemicals, erode, land, poisoned, Textile processing units, untreated effluents
Tirupur: The forest officials seized 40 kg of sandalwood, tiger teeth and claws, horns and antlers of deer and antelope from Mavadappu settlement in the Upper Aliyar area in the district on Friday evening. Five persons, including a trader from Kerala and a Siddha practitioner from Pollachi have been arrested.
District Forest Officer K. Rajkumar told TheHindu that on a tip-off, a special task force team apprehended the trader from Mannarkad in Kerala while he was loading sandalwood in his car. Three tribals who supplied the material were also arrested. A search of the car also resulted in the seizure of the tiger parts.
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AMBUR: A proposal to construct check dams in three catchment areas in Ambur has been sent to the Directorate of Municipal Administration (DMA), Chennai.
The check dams will help in increasing groundwater level and tackle the water shortage problem in Ambur.
According to officials of the Ambur Municipality, they have proposed to construct the check dams at the catchment areas of Vannaanthurai, Aanaimedu and Nadhiseelapuram, which are also water pumping stations. Besides increasing water level by the drought season, the dams would help farmers in the surrounding areas get increased water supply for irrigation.
“The proposal has been sent to the DMA. The municipality has sent a proposal worth Rs. 6.25 crore to take up works for developing water supply at Vannaanthurai, Aanaimedu, Nadhiseelapuram, Naickeneri and Kamanuthatu,,” said municipal chairman V. Nazeer Ahmad. Meanwhile, the municipality is taking up works to construct a small retaining wall at the head work at Aanaimedu. Tenders for the works have been floated.
Drought period
“The retaining wall will save surface water coming from mountains.
A two to three-metre-high wall will save water and help in increasing water supply in three to four months before the drought period,” he added. Similarly, retaining walls would be constructed at the head works at Vannaanthurai and Nadhiseelapuram, the tenders for which would be floated soon.
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“Discover Kerala” initiative for UAE nationals
DUBAI: A Malayalee association is organising a unique initiative to lead a delegation from UAE to Kerala for exploring the art, culture and traditions of the south Indian state.
The initiative “Discover Kerala”, which has been taken up by the World Malayalee Council (WMC) in association with Kerala Tourism Ministry, will enable a group of 20 UAE nationals to visit “God’s own country” by the year-end.
“Through the first-of-its-kind initiative, WMC aims to familiarise the chosen delegates, including government officials and prominent community members, with Kerala’s tourism potentials, especially backwater tourism and eco-tourism, and the art forms, culture and traditions of the state,” WMC publicity and media convener Sajan Veloor said.
“We are also trying to let them understand the potentials of Ayurvedic treatment methods,” Veloor said, adding, this will be the first time that a group of Emiratis are visiting Kerala on an official trip.
“Officials of the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing have already expressed their interest in such an initiative. On the other hand, we have secured the support from the Kerala Tourism Ministry. Our members from the business community are sponsoring the Emirati delegation, by bearing all expenses for their travel and stay,” he said.
The initiative has been announced as part of the 17th anniversary celebrations of WMC which were held in Dubai on Friday. The association has also decided to sponsor the education of 1,000 students from villages in Kerala for a year and would also support an awareness campaign against pollution of rivers in the state.
Filed under ECOTOURISM Tagged with kerala, tourism, UAE
Do Kerala needs eco-tourism ?
While the houseboat industry has brought a welcome source of income for the Kerala backwaters, their uncontrolled proliferation is having a dramatic impact on the fragile coastal ecosystem. Prasanam, a boatman who takes tourists through the Alappuzha backwaters on a traditional ‘kettuvallam’, explains why eco-tourism, already in some areas of Kerala, should spread throughout the region
Boatman Prasanam (left) in his traditional kettuvallam. Photograph: Lily Philipose
I have lived in Alappuzha since the day I was born. There was practically no tourism here till about the 1990s, when things started to change quickly. The backwaters became the hot spot for Kerala tourism. As boatmen we had used our thatched-roof wooden “kettuvallams” [literally meaning “stitched boat,” a traditional country boat made with wooden planks, stitched together with coir ropes, steered only with a punting pole] to transport rice. Then we realised we could make much more money by taking people to tourist resorts and spice farms.
On the whole, the tourist industry has helped boatmen. But I worry about the condition of the backwaters. Neither the tour operators or the government are paying much attention to its worsening quality.
The backwaters suffer from pollution because water hyacinths are growing so rapidly that they have taken over the waterways in some parts. The clusters of these mauve flowers make for scenic photographs but in actuality the hyacinths are choking the water.
Boatmen see how fast these plants grow from week to week, and how they disrupt the natural water flow. Once they cover the surface of the water, they block off the sunlight, and the fish and native plants below become starved of oxygen. When the plants decompose they add to the pollution and soon mosquitoes start breeding. That is the reason why there have been malaria outbreaks in some of the backwater areas.
There is a simple and natural way to get rid of the water hyacinths without using any chemicals, and many boatmen know how. If we channel the sea water to enter the backwaters for a few months, the salt kills the hyacinths and keeps the water clean and weed-free for a long time. If only people in authority would listen to us, they could easily improve the situation.
An even more serious pollution is created by the houseboat industry. The tourists come mostly for the backwater tours, so the boatmen have begun to build bigger and fancier boats. Look along the shores and you can see how many wooden hulls are being constructed this very moment.
There are about 2,000 houseboat “kettuvallams” today, and some of them are floating palaces. All have living/dining rooms, kitchens, bathrooms and verandas. The kitchens use kerosene stoves for cooking, and there is a generator for electricity and an outboard motor that runs on diesel. The luxurious versions even have two storeys, air-conditioned bedrooms, conference rooms, flat screens and whirlpools.
I’m all for attracting visitors to enjoy this natural beauty. Many of us have well-paid jobs because of the stream of visitors. Besides, I enjoy taking tourists on my boat, and many of them stay in touch with me from all over the world. I’ve kept all their letters and cards in this book, and I read them from time to time. I have a beautiful card from a young couple from France who were here on their honeymoon.
But I have chosen to ply the simple traditional version of the “kettuvallam” with no outboard motor and no overnight accommodation. I tell tourists who choose this kind of boat that they leave smaller footprints on the natural environment.
The tourism board is simply ignoring the environmental effect of the increasingly numerous and luxurious houseboats. The diesel from the outboard motors and the kerosene from the stoves leak into the water, and sometimes we can actually taste the kerosene in the “karimeen” [also known as pearlspot fish] that the fishermen catch here. The cooking water from the kitchens and shower and bathwater also end up as pollutants.
Remember, the backwaters are not only here for the tourists. There are village people who live on the shores, and they use the polluted water for their cooking, cleaning and washing. The tour operators of the fancy houseboats make good money, but the people in the villages whose waters get polluted don’t see any of the profits.
We know Kerala does not have many other industries that will bring us money to live well. So, yes, we want development and economic opportunity. Yes, we want to open up to tourism. But we need the kind of tourism that will not destroy the natural beauty of the backwaters that makes Kerala so attractive for travellers and for the people who have lived here all their lives.
• Prasanam was talking to Guardian Weekly reader Lily Philipose. – From Guardian UK
Filed under ECOTOURISM Tagged with ECOTOURISM, kerala
Monsoon sets in over Kerala
A low pressure over central Arabian Sea may play spoilsport
NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday announced the arrival of the southwest monsoon in Kerala. It, however, expressed caution over the further progress of the monsoon in view of a low pressure area over the central Arabian Sea.
In a press release, the IMD said the system could advance over coastal and south interior Karnataka and Goa over the next two days. But its later movement would depend on how the low pressure area developed.
According to senior IMD officials, current indications are that the low pressure area may gradually intensify into a cyclonic storm and move initially in a north-westerly direction for the next 48 hours and then re-curve north-eastwards towards Gujarat and the adjoining Pakistan coast.
Speaking to The Hindu, India Meteorological Department Director-General Ajit Tyagi confirmed that the rainfall in the coming days was expected to remain confined to the west coast along the windward side of the Western Ghats, as the winds may not be able to reach up to the top of the mountains and flow over to the leeward side.
Next spell
Consequently, the interior areas of the southern peninsula may not get much rain now. They may have to wait for the next spell, which is expected around June 10, when the positive phase of the phenomenon called Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) is expected to reach the Indian Ocean.
The MJO, which refers to an inter-annual fluctuation of atmosphere pressure over the Indian and western Pacific oceans, comes in the form of alternating cyclonic and anti-cyclonic regions that enhance and suppress rainfall, respectively, and that flows eastward along the Equator.
The MJO influences monsoonal circulation and rainfall by adding moisture during its cyclonic or wet phase. The cyclonic phase is now in the offing for the Indian Ocean region. The phenomenon is named after American atmospheric scientists Roland Madden and Paul Julian.
The arrival of monsoon over Kerala is almost in line with the prediction made by IMD two weeks ago. On May 14, the Department forecast that the system would set in over the State on May 30 with a model error of plus or minus four days.
Kerala is the entry point for monsoon into the Indian mainland. The normal date for the onset over the State is June 1.
By P. Sunderarajan From THE HINDU
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WWF-India meet in Kerala on responsible wood trade and forest certification
WWF- India in association with the Malabar Chamber of Commerce hosted the global multi stakeholder meet on responsible wood trade and forest certification here on Thursday.
The conference is aimed at understanding the various approaches for responsible wood trade.
The conference saw the participation of SME’s across India, international experts on wood trade and certification, wood processors, forest and plantation managers, farm forestry/agro forestry growers, timber traders, paper and pulp companies, retailers dealing with wood and non-wood forest products, NGOs, certification bodies, financial institutions, builders, architects and relevant government agencies.
Business to business meetings were also conducted amongst the companies committed to promote responsible wood trade and credible forest certification.
WWF-India is a partner in implementing the project “Sustainable and Responsible Trade Promoted to Wood Processing SMEs through Forest and Trade Networks in China, India and Vietnam” with the support of the European Commission.
A major objective of this project in India is to build capacity among SMEs in wood processing sectors of Kerala, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh towards providing certified sustainable forest products to national and international markets. By Juhan Samuel (ANI)
From Sify
Filed under WWF Tagged with kerala, WWF
Thenmala India’s first approved eco tourism destination
Thenmala located in the southern most corner of India in the state of kerala most oftenly punchmarked as “Gods Own Country” and this beautiful small state is visited and admired by a lot of tourist form all corners of the globe,and this state was among the must see destination according to Geographic Traveller. Talking about the destination it is situated in Kollam dist of Kerala and forms a part of Agasthaya Biosphere Reserve flanked by Shenduranay wild life Sanctuary where a boating facility is availabe for the tourist.
Kallada bridge
Taking about the genesis the word THEN in malayalam {the local dialect in kerala} means honey and MALA means mountain which all together gives the meaning as honey combed mountains, and it has been told that the money extracted from this mountains and valleys are of good quality and carry high medicinal value.On the other hand Thenmala is also rich in forest product which is a livlihood for the locla people.Shendurany as we use to call because of a particular tree which is called Chenkurany which is available there.
The present Eco Tourism destination Thenmala has three important zones such as Cultural zone, Adventure zone and Leisure zone most of the tourist are youth and nature lovers cultural zone provides the tourist with dancing fountain show,lazer show and doucmentary showand nature related information.The adventure zones gives the youth some challenging activities like Jummering,River crossing,Trekking,Jungle camp etcThe leisure zone is for the grown up where they can just relax and have a brisk walk through the canopy and can have a glimpse of the biosphere the elderly find pleasure in boating in the Shendurany river, battery vehicles are operated inside the sanctuary to protect the flora fauna.
Recently three important new measures has been taken by making a new form of forest called the Nakshatravanam {star forest} where a specific trees according to once own zodiac sign is being planted and protected for the tourist to have a glimpse.A deer rehabilitation center is also operated there and Asia’s first butter fly park is situated there in Thenmala making home for more than 500 species of butterfly. The Thenmala eco tourism project is being highly benefiting locla people staying in and around thenmala thus fulfilling the aim of eco tourism.
From EcoPortal
Kerala: Eco-tourism project work to begin soon
Third phase to include butterfly and children’s parks
The Forest Department will launch work on the third phase of the multi-crore eco-tourism project at the Elephant Camp at Konni soon, P. Pukazhenthi, Divisional Forest Officer, has said.
Talking to The Hindu here on Wednesday, Mr. Pukazhenthi said tender proceedings of the proposed butterfly park and children’s park at the Elephant Camp was under way.
Elephants tethered at the modern elephant shelters at the Elephant Camp of the Forest department, Konni. Photo: Leju Kamal
The eco-tourism centre has been developed jointly by the departments of forest and tourism at the nine-acre Elephant Camp in January, 2007, making it a base station facilitating various eco-tourism activities in the region.
The camp houses modern elephant shelters, elephant kraal, a photo gallery, mini-theatre, biogas plant, retiring rooms for mahouts and shops that sell forest produce. The DFO said the third phase of the project was aimed at setting up new entertainment facilities, besides improving the existing ones.
He said the nine-decade-old Forest Inspection Bungalow at Naduvathumoozhy would be converted into a guest house-cum-heritage interpretation centre.
Mr. Pukazhenthi said the proposed butterfly park would be a home to hundreds of colourful butterflies, including some rare species. Depletion of green cover owing to fast pace of development had been posing threat to butterfly population even in rural areas.
The DFO said the proposed eco-friendly park would be enclosed in a polycarbonate dome suitably designed for weather control and to educate the visitors about how various systems of nature worked, using this insect as a model.
Tree-top huts
He said tree-top huts had also been planned as part of the third phase. Elephant safari is a major tourist attraction at the camp. An elephant at the camp costs Rs.100. The sojourn on the elephant is a thrilling experience and it offers a unique opportunity to appreciate and enjoy nature. Though the camp houses five elephants, the department has been conducting elephant ride only on a 23-year-old female elephant ‘Anuradha’.
Mr. Pukazhenthi said rock climbing and river rafting would also be introduced in the third phase of development. Vana Samrakshana Samithi workers had been appointed as guides to take tourists for jungle treks as well as various other eco-tourism activities, he said.
By Radhakrishnan Kuttoor From THE HINDU
Kerala: Eco tourism project for Kadalundi
A Rs.42-lakh scheme sanctioned as part of a tourism project covering mangrove vegetations.
Kozhikode: The Kadalundi panchayat is gearing up to implement a Rs.42-lakh eco tourism development scheme that has been sanctioned as part of a tourism project covering mangrove vegetations fund in the region between Vallikkunnu panchayat in Malappuram and Kumbla in Kasaragod district.
The fund for the project has been sanctioned by the Central government. The panchayat committee scheduled to meet on March 17 is expected to chalk out a plan of action to implement the project. Provision has been made in the project to set up facilities like walkways to enable visitors to observe mangroves at close range and to put up protective barriers for the vegetation.
The project also has provision for toilets, a boat jetty, and a fishing point.
The Kadalundi panchayat committee had already given its green signal to the project at a meeting which was presided over by panchayat president O Bhaktavalsalan.
Anil Marath, chairman of Kadalundi Community Reserve, said the mangrove project would be useful to students to understand nature better
The project will complement another Rs.58.66-lakh scheme that has been sanctioned for neighbouring Vallikkunnu panchayat in Malappuram district Tour packages are proposed to attract visitors to these sites.
Only eco-friendly materials would be used for construction.
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Coimbatore: Corporation puts up rainwater harvesting structure
Will end stagnation on road and inundation of nearby houses: Mayor
COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore Corporation has put up a rainwater harvesting structure measuring around 200 sq.ft. at Chinthamani Nagar of Ward 62, with the twin objective of recharging the aquifer and also solving a 20-year problem of water stagnation.
Twin objective:Mayor R. Venkatachalam explains the features of a rainwater harvesting structure built by the Coimbatore Corporation at Chinthamani Nagar in ward no:62 . — Photo: K. Ananthan.
The civic body has used a reserved site, north of NSR Road, to put up the structure 15 ft below the road level. “The structure runs another 15 ft deep. Siruthuli (a public initiative for water resources conservation) has sunk a 280-ft deep bore well,” Mayor R. Venkatachalam said on Monday.
Ward councillor R. Gayathri said: “Once operational, the new structure will solve the problem of stagnation of rain water at this spot. A faulty gradient from the main road and another from a street led to rain water flowing towards the site and stagnating in front of a few houses,” she explained.
The councillor said people residing in a house near the reserved site used to move out of the place during heavy rain as water entered the compound.
Pointing at a channel at the entrance of the site, the Mayor said rain water would flow through this into the rainwater harvesting structure. The Rs.7-lakh project also consisted of landscaping around the core water harvesting structure.
The area for landscaping was being prepared on all four sides of the harvest pit. Pipes had been provided here also to take the rain water seeping into the soil to the harvest spot. Slopes had been formed further down the landscape section so that rain water could flow to the harvest area. The outer ring of the facility was being provided with a walkers’ track measuring four feet wide. A barricade and a gate would separate the track from the landscape and the harvest structure.
A private party would take up maintenance of the landscaped area and the track and also the task of providing security. “The public can use only the walkers’ track,” the Mayor said.
The barricades would have boards with slogans that called upon the public to shun plastic bags and save rain water.
“There will be an advice to the people that they should pay Property Tax and drinking water charges promptly as only this revenue will help the Corporation provide various facilities, including good rain water harvesting structures,” Mr. Venkatachalam said.
The Mayor explained that the harvest structure could absorb 6,000 cubic ft of water. “We want to complete the work before the South West Monsoon turns vigorous,” he said.
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Madurai: Water flow into Vaigai increases
Collector asks people living on the banks of the river to move to safer places
MADURAI: Collector N. Mathivanan has appealed to the public, who lived along the river banks, to move to safer places following rise in water flow into the Vaigai since Saturday night.
Continuous rain had resulted in rise in storage levels in Vaigai and Periyar dams. As a precautionary measure, Public Works Department officials discharged 3,000 cusecs from the Vaigai reservoir into the river, while 1,800 cusecs of water was released for irrigation into the Periyar Main Canal and provided another 80 cusecs for drinking water purpose.
great: The Vaigai is brimming with water thanks to heavy rain in catchment areas. — file Photo
According to a press release, Mr. Mathivanan held a review meeting with PWD engineers and revenue officials on the need for effective management of people and movement of materials to the needy in the wake of continuous rain. Utilising the rain, it was decided to ensure that all tanks in the district were filled. Apart from the RDO Usilampatti and Madurai, all tahsildars in the district have been instructed to get in touch with the PWD officials and coordinate in handling the situation. The corporation authorities made announcements through mobile public address system on the banks of the Vaigai on Sunday cautioning the people to move away to safer places. The cattle belonging to them should also be removed from the river side.
The sea-weeds on the river were removed on a war-footing after Union Minister M.K. Alagiri inspected the causeways adjoining the Arapalayam-Simakkal-Sellur areas two days ago.
With continuous rain, the flow into the Vaigai dam is likely to increase, which means, the discharge into the river would rise further in the next 24 hours, officials said.
Mr. Mathivanan visited Vaigai dam on Sunday for an on-the-spot inspection, an official said.
Filed under WATER Tagged with good inflow, heavy flow, rain water, river, vaigai dam
Tuticorin: In deep waters
Spoilsport: Rainwater stagnating in salt pans causing fall in production in Tuticorin. — Photo: N. Rajesh
Filed under WATER Tagged with rain water, rainfall, tuticorin
Tirunelveli: Cadets take out rally for rainwater harvesting
They stress on need for creating the facility in every house
TIRUNELVELI: Over 300 NCC cadets of various schools here took out an awareness rally in Palayamkottai on Sunday to create awareness of rainwater harvesting.
After Mayor A.L. Subramanian flagged off the rally at VOC Ground, the processionists traversed Punithavathiyar Street, Palayamkottai Head Post Office Road, St. John’s College Road and South Bazaar before reaching the starting point.
The rallyists were holding placards pressing the need for creating rainwater harvesting structure in every house, business establishment, public places and private properties.
WATER IS PRECIOUS: NCC cadets taking out a rally at Palayamkottai on Sunday to create awarness of rainwater harvesting. (Right) A view of the rally in Tuticorin. — Photos: A_Shaikmohideen and N. Rajesh
Army and naval cadets of various schools took out a rally here. L.S.T. Betz Fernandez, ex- Cadet Captain, Naval Wing, NCC, flagged off the rally near Our Lady of Snows Shrine Basilica on Beach Road. The rally wound through the thoroughfares of V.E. Road, W.G.C. Road. F. Benny Morais, Troop Commander, 3 (TN) Naval Unit NCC, St. La Salle Higher Secondary School, led the rally. Subsequently, the models of rain water harvesting equipment were exhibited at a private hotel near the shrine.
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Bangalore: Saving water in small measures
BANGALORE: Bangalore is taking small steps to meet water shortage. With rainwater harvesting becoming mandatory, a few more small measures are being taken. Three ground level reservoirs (GLR) were inaugurated on Wednesday. This was part of 10 GLRs planned in the city by 2010 to meet the water needs of 1.5 lakh families.
BWSSB in-charge minister Katta Subramanya Naidu inaugurated a GLR in Nagarbhavi with 5 million litres (ML) capacity at Rs 324 lakh, in Dasarahalli with 9 ML at Rs 395.25 lakh and in Srigandha Kaval with 7.5 ML at Rs 431.60 lakh.
The remaining seven GLRs will be built in Govindarajapuram (9 ML), Annapurneshwarinagar (5 ML), Nandini Layout (9 ML), Byatrayanpura (9 ML), K R Puram (9 ML), Mahadevpura (9 ML) and R T Nagar (5 ML).
Naidu said the GLRs will support water supply once the Cauvery 4th stage, 2nd phase is ready. The price of non-potable water may dip by Rs 6. Currently, it costs Rs 18 per kilo litre. Fielding stations for non-potable water will also come up at 20 places.
From TIMESOFINDIA
Filed under WATER Tagged with bangalore, bwssb, rain water, reservoir level, save water
Karnataka: Bangalore-Making rain water harvesting mandatory
BANGALORE: The city recorded above-average rainfall in September. Yet, much of the water went down the drain or flooded low-lying areas. It’s been the same story almost every year. Rain water harvesting could have made such a big difference.
The November 1 ultimatum to start on mandatory rain water harvesting for new buildings is not the first. Building bye laws of 2004 had also made it mandatory but they weren’t implemented. The big question is: What’s taking a simple concept so many amendments, regulations and deadlines to implement? Till date, less than 3,000 houses in the city harvest rain water.
Most low-lying areas in the city that constitute 20% of the total area don’t prefer RWH as they fear floods. Interestingly, there is good response to ground water recharging but not to rain water harvesting, explain BWSSB officials. And, space constraints and lack of awareness deters others. Curiously, a few people feel that RWH could result in excess stock of water.
The recent amendment of the BWSSB Act that’s made rain water harvesting mandatory for new and bigger old buildings could bring about a change. Provided, citizens understand the law, get the system installed and also trained in handling it.
The outlines and specifications of the structure is available in the revised law currently posted on the BWSSB website. However, Avinash Krishnamurthy, a member of the Rainwater Club, feels people need professional help to design a system complying with the law. They also need trained plumbers and masons as well as money to invest in the structure. Some plumbers and masons well versed in this are listed on the BWSSB website. However, the number of houses needing these services will be huge once implementation starts. More plumbers need to be trained at a mass level. There also has to be a strong campaign to get people excited about the policy.
WHY MAKE IT MANDATORY?
Currently, the city’s water demand is around 1500 MLD. The supply from Cauvery, Hesaraghatta and TG Halli is around 900 MLD. The Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal has also given a physical limit to how much Bangalore can access from Cauvery. On the other hand, rain water if captured can generate water equivalent to 3000 MLD, almost double the current demand. It can also reduce the massive problem of flooding in Bangalore to a great extent, say experts.
WALLET FACTOR
Depending on design, orientation and catchment area of the house, you could pay between Rs 8,000 and Rs 75,000 to set up the system.
WHO HAS TO COMPLY?
Every owner or occupier who has constructed a building on a 2,400 sqft site and above for residential / non-residential/ government / commercial and any other purposes has to provide rain water harvesting structures within nine months from date of commencement of the amendment Act 2009. The area specified for new buildings is 1,200 sqft.
REWARDING RWH
If you don’t have an RWH unit, your water and sanitary connections could be cut. However, there are rewards for installing one. After an assessment by the BWSSB in January 2010, five houses will be selected and rewarded Rs 10,000 each.
A recent public meeting in R T Nagar on RWH was quite helpful. We got most of our doubts cleared. Many of us plan to get into harvesting soon. More such awareness campaigns must be held. People wanting to go ahead should be guided.
T Vidyadhar, president, tri-ward federation of RWA
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Former Child Star Haley Joel Osment Airport Meltdown!
Posted By Jon Nickel-D'Andrea on Feb 5, 2018 | 2 comments
Chalk this one up to a case of DYKWIA (DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM!?)
You know him from the movie The Sixth Sense, but you would have thought one of those senses was “common sense,” but apparently not.
Today Haley Joel Osment had a full-on meltdown at the Las Vegas airport, and it was pretty epic.
Haley Joel Osment, from the Today Show
Sunday night as he tried to board an American Airlines flight he was told that the flight was full, and he lashed out hard at the gate agents at Las Vegas’ Mccarran Airport. He missed that flight and was put on a standby flight for the next morning. When he arrived the next morning and was told that flight was full, he started getting violent.
According to a report from American Airlines and The Daily News, he yelled at gate agents but left before the police could arrive to calm him down. He then returned later saying “I will destroy you!”
“A passenger on the evening of Sunday, Feb. 4, missed their flight at Las Vegas. As a courtesy, they were placed on standby for another flight this morning from Las Vegas. Due to the passenger’s behavior toward our team members this morning, law enforcement was summoned to the gate. The passenger was upset we would not confirm him on a flight, after he missed his flight the previous evening.”
Don’t miss your flight, dude
I mean seriously… it’s Sunday night in Las Vegas, AND it’s Super Bowl Sunday. You don’t think that the flights are going to be leaving full? Get to the airport early, chill out in the lounge and relax. Take a load off… but don’t get angry at the gate agent… because they don’t give a flying well, you know what.
The Moral of the Story Is…
It’s called standby for a reason, cause ya know, you missed a flight, and well, they put you on the next one on STANDBY. If you wanted to get out, then you should have 1) Got there on time or 2) Used some celebrity money to get a paid ticket. You’ve got a spokesperson which to me means that you can afford a new ticket.
Sorry dude, better luck next time.
Apparently when he said DYKWIA, no one did 🙁
Maybe he should have learned how to use a rewards credit card to get some miles to fly for free next time... click below for yours!
Author: Jon Nickel-D'Andrea
Billy Bob Thorton should beat the crap out of him like in the Entourage movie
Kalboz
His performance in “A.I. Artificial Intelligence” was incredible and very moving – wishing him the best of luck!
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Issue/Problem Statement
Knowledge of the size of Nova Scotia's deer herd together with condition, reproduction, age/sex ratios and mortality factors, are used in assessing herd status and recommending hunting regulations. As deer are very difficult to inventory directly, a method of indirectly estimating numbers has been developed which is based on a count of deer pellet piles deposited throughout the winter period.
The number of moose on mainland Nova Scotia are very low and have continued to decline since 1981 when all hunting of moose on the mainland was discontinued. Their low numbers and scattered distribution, as well as infrequent periods of appropriate early winter weather required to do proper aerial surveys, have resulted in an inability to monitor their status. Consequently, a decision was made in year 2000 to transfer staff effort every third year, from the deer P.G.I. program to conducting a moose P.G.I. in areas of mainland Nova Scotia where it is logical to strive to maintain a viable moose population. In the remaining areas of the province, deer P.G.I. counts are maintained to provide some trend information in these years.
Moose P.G.I.s were completed in spring 2000 and 2003, with the intent of repeating the same sample plots in 2006, 2009,etc., for the purpose of monitoring trend in abundance and distribution. This program is not intended to be used for estimating density or numbers of moose but only to gain some insight into overall abundance (ie increasing, stable, decreasing).
To estimate the size of Nova Scotia's over-wintering deer herd in two of three years and to monitor relative abundance and distribution of moose on mainland Nova Scotia in every 3rd year.
In spring, after the snow melts and prior to green-up, DNR staff throughout the province survey some 460 (2 m wide, 1 km long) randomly selected transects. The number of deer/moose pellet piles observed are recorded. These numbers are used to calculate deer density and ultimately estimate herd size. Every third year a number of these "deer" transects on mainland Nova Scotia, are dropped and replaced with "moose" transects. These moose transects have been located within areas known to be inhabited by at least some number of moose. All remaining "deer" transects continue to be completed in these years. Both deer and moose pellet piles are counted on all lines.
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Project Dates and Duration
Depending on snow melt and green-up, field work completed within April and May, annually.
In Spring, 1999, overwinter herd size estimate was 71,085. This represents an increase of 6% as compared to Spring, 1998(67,069), and a 66% increase over Spring 1995.
In Spring of 1986 herd size was estimated at an all time high of 119,224. The 1986 herd size is felt to have exceeded range capacity. Currently, herd size objective is 80,000 deer provincially, as estimated by the P.G.I. survey.
Results of the Pellet Group Inventory (PGI) indicate Nova Scotia's deer density peaked in 1986 at a provincial average of 2.74 deer/km². Overwintering deer density estimates were lower each year thereafter until the spring of 1995 when the average density of deer in the province had dropped to just below one deer per square kilometre.
The 1996 PGI results indicated a slight increase in provincial deer density and herd size continued to grow annually through the spring of 1999. However, the overwintering deer density estimate between 1999 and 2000 dropped by 11% and has continued to decline every year since. The spring 2003 overwintering deer density estimate is 0.93 deer/km².
Deer densities experienced in the mid 1980's are believed to have exceeded the biological carrying capacity for deer in Nova Scotia. The current overwintering deer density objective, as estimated by the PGI, is 1.80 deer/km2, or roughly 80,000 deer province wide."
White-Tailed Deer Densities and Corresponding Population Estimates Calculated From the Pellet Group Inventory, 1983 - 2003
Average Density (Deer/km2)
Population Estimate
1983 1.84 82682
1985 2.43 107857
Internal and available to public upon request.
Management Recommendations
Complete the full Deer P.G.I. program survey 2 of 3 years on schedule 2001, 2002, ---, 2004, 2005, ---, 2007, etc.
In areas of mainland Nova Scotia where it is feasible and logical to maintain a viable population of moose, transfer same effort to completion of designated moose transects, every third year. (i.e. years 2000,2003,2006, etc.) During years of emphasis on moose, complete remaining original (since 1983) deer transects to maintain trend information and the ability to detect major deer population changes, should that occur.
Final Report: Annual - June
Completion Date: Ongoing annually
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