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Error code: DatasetGenerationError
Exception: ArrowInvalid
Message: JSON parse error: Missing a closing quotation mark in string. in row 33
Traceback: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 153, in _generate_tables
df = pd.read_json(f, dtype_backend="pyarrow")
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 815, in read_json
return json_reader.read()
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1025, in read
obj = self._get_object_parser(self.data)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1051, in _get_object_parser
obj = FrameParser(json, **kwargs).parse()
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1187, in parse
self._parse()
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas/io/json/_json.py", line 1403, in _parse
ujson_loads(json, precise_float=self.precise_float), dtype=None
ValueError: Trailing data
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1997, in _prepare_split_single
for _, table in generator:
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 156, in _generate_tables
raise e
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/json/json.py", line 130, in _generate_tables
pa_table = paj.read_json(
File "pyarrow/_json.pyx", line 308, in pyarrow._json.read_json
File "pyarrow/error.pxi", line 154, in pyarrow.lib.pyarrow_internal_check_status
File "pyarrow/error.pxi", line 91, in pyarrow.lib.check_status
pyarrow.lib.ArrowInvalid: JSON parse error: Missing a closing quotation mark in string. in row 33
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1529, in compute_config_parquet_and_info_response
parquet_operations = convert_to_parquet(builder)
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1154, in convert_to_parquet
builder.download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1029, in download_and_prepare
self._download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1124, in _download_and_prepare
self._prepare_split(split_generator, **prepare_split_kwargs)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1884, in _prepare_split
for job_id, done, content in self._prepare_split_single(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 2040, in _prepare_split_single
raise DatasetGenerationError("An error occurred while generating the dataset") from e
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Home » live shows • review » Concert Review: Styx (September 3, 2011)
Posted in live shows, review By Bill Kopp On September 12, 2011
Concert Review: Styx (September 3, 2011)
I’m shaking my head slowly, with a wry smile. Why? Because I just returned from a few hours of time travel, courtesy of Styx.
I missed the opportunity to see the band on their recent tandem-tour with Yes. The two bands alternated spots on the bill throughout that string of dates, and on the night I attended the show (in a suburb of Atlanta), Yes went first. I had a backstage pass to meet Chris Squire and his bandmates, and subsequently spent nearly all of Styx’s set backstage. When I finally came back out, I only caught part of one song. But I immediately thought, “Hey, they don’t actually suck at all. And I don’t see or hear that annoying guy, either.”
I should explain. Way back in 1983 I was (I guess) trying to get on the good side of a particular girl, so I agreed to accompany her to a concert featuring her Very Favorite Band. I owned the vinyl LPs Equinox (the 1975 release featuring “Lorelei,” my favorite Styx song) and 1977’s The Grand Illusion. I didn’t particularly care for the albums that followed; plus, in those days, if you wanted to hear that music all you had to do was turn on the radio. It was always playing, in between Fleetwood Mac, Steve Miller Band, Boston, Aerosmith and REO fuckin’ Speedwagon. (Of those, I was only interested in Boston.)
Anyway. I was mildly annoyed when Styx released 1981’s Paradise Theater with laser etching on the vinyl: hey, they stole the idea from Split Enz’s True Colours. And the latter was worth listening to, besides! But nothing prepared me for Kilroy Was Here. Man, that was one sucky record. Featuring a robot on the cover (and as a central character in this – oh dear –concept album), Kilroy was the very exemplar of bloated, lame corporate rock circa the early 80s. That this character recalled the chrome phallus “Twiki” from the unintentionally campy (and equally lame) TV series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century made it even more laughable. And that song…”Mr. Roboto” was so awful, it still seemed horrible when compared to Queen’s Flash Gordon soundtrack, by far the most dreadful thing those guys ever did.
Any of those lovely cultural touchstones could serve as Exhibit A in the “80s music totally sucked” argument. And while I would strongly disagree with that point of view, there’s no getting around the execrable nature of some of the early 80s pomp-rock. And Kilroy Was Here is damn near the best (worst) example.
Anyway, I found myself at the concert. Since it was held in Atlanta’s Omni (“Don’t look for it; it’s not there any more” – Marty DiBergi), a venue known for sports rather than acoustics, one couldn’t expect much in the way of sonic clarity. And honestly, all I really remember about the show was the hubristic nature of the film they showed us before the music started. Projected onto large screens (that was, I’ll admit, pretty cutting-edge for the era), this film depicted Our Heroes (the band, natch) battling evildoers of some sort. Lots of running around and shouting, and lots of bad acting and writing. I sat there, cringing yet transfixed at the oh-so-very-wrongness of it all.
Then the music started. It was okay, I guess, but the gloppy/soppy ballads — courtesy of Dennis DeYoung – did not impress me. DDY was too earnest by half; his over-emotive demeanor may have been welcome before a crowd of Barry Manilow concertgoers, but in the context of a rock show, it was some lame stuff.
Any-anyway, that ’83 Styx show has gone down in my personal history as the Worst Concert I Ever Attended. Silly, stupid, easily mocked. It wrapped up in one gruesome package — even then – all of the worst excesses of arena-rock. Ever since, whenever I’ve seen a bad show, Styx ’83 is the baseline to which I compare it. And in general, the more recent show comes out looking better.
That was the baggage I brought to a Styx concert in early September 2011. One might well ask: why would I even go? Fair question. Well, I had to admit that the brief bit I saw of them a couple months earlier suggested a lameness-free show, and I was encouraged by two bits of pre-show information. One, Dennis DeYoung isn’t in the band any more. Two, they don’t play “Mr. Roboto” or “Babe” any more. Hey, I thought, this could actually be pretty good.
Indeed it was. Onstage before a near-sellout crowd on the grounds of the Biltmore Estate in Asheville NC (you couldn’t ask for a lovelier outdoor venue), the 2011 version of Styx took the audience back in time for an hour and a half or so.
Ah, yes: back in time to a legendary era when men with guitars roamed and ruled the Earth. Heroic men striking heroic poses, holding their mighty axes high, fighting the evils of non-rock. That was the Styx of 2011, conjuring the Styx of, say, 1977-79. I have to admit that I have never seen as many Rock Poses™ on one stage as I witnessed that night. Lead guitarist Tommy Shaw – who turned 58 on 9/11/11, though from five yards away he looks twenty years younger — remains a rock action figure for the 21st century. Grimacing, smiling, waving his guitar above his head, slinging it between his knees…count on him for all of the guitar hero poses you recall from the 70s.
But here’s the thing: he comes by it honestly. It’s one thing to act like a hotshot guitarist; it’s quite another to actually be able to pull it off. Shaw does. Throughout the mostly-hits song list, the arrangements were structured so that Shaw often got more than one solo per song. And while in print that might sound excessive, onstage it wasn’t. Relatively brief solos, delivered in varying styles, meant that the songs always moved forward. Styx managed the tricky feat of serving up loads of guitar solos without ever moving into guitar-wankery territory.
Guitarist James Young — an original member (Shaw joined Styx in 1976) – cut a more understated presence onstage, but his playing was equally on fire. Both seemed to be having a grand time. As I have since learned, neither Shaw nor Young much cared for the direction Dennis DeYoung had taken Styx, so with the latter long gone, Styx was back to bringing the rock.
Still, while a genuinely exciting onstage attraction, the ambition of Styx’s studio work has historically outpaced the group’s abilities. Yes, they all play quite well (individually and collectively, this is one tight band), but many of their songs –especially the hits — hew pretty closely to a formula. That formula is quite simple in concept: start slowly, quietly, with an emphasis on piano or organ plus a single vocal. Build the intensity and volume, and then have the guitars explode into the mix for the Big Finish. What might seem fresh the first few times becomes a bit rote on the twelfth time it’s done. And while most of the lyrics aim for lofty heights, “set an open course for a virgin sea” is, well, not poetry.
But that’s really just critical carping. The aforementioned guitar heroics and the mock-epic songs: those are what people paid (a lot) to see. And within that context, Styx returned high value for the money. And the crowd ate it up. It was a bit strange for me, as a veteran concertgoer, to be surrounded by thousands of people most of whom (I can only assume) attend maybe one concert a year. Even in the concert’s middle section, when they slowed things waaay down and did some deep album cuts I didn’t recognize, I could turn around and see most of the crowd mouthing the lyrics along with Tommy Shaw (or, more often on the ballads, keyboard player Lawrence Gowan; he ably handles the DeYoung vocal parts, but delivers them without the Broadway ‘tude). The guy next to me was literally shaking with excitement during some songs. I almost wanted to put a friendly arm around his shoulders and tell him, “Calm down, dude. It’s only Styx.”
The set list was pretty well balanced between hits (for the punters) and lesser-known tracks (for the hardcore fans like my shaking buddy). The energy did flag during those keyboard-heavy album cuts, but those gave people a chance to drop another $10 on eight ounces of wine. Toward the end of the show, a nattily dressed older gentleman with a bass guitar joined the band for a few numbers; he was identified as Chuck Panozzo, the band’s original bassist. That was nice.
Honestly, in 2011 it’s a rare event – not to mention a good deal of fun – to see a rock band put on The Show. Not, thank goodness, to get up there and act out the songs, but simply to crank ‘em out, to sing ‘em like they mean ‘em, and to smile and connect with the crowd in as genuine a way as is possible. The show ended with a big display of fireworks, but since the crowd had just enjoyed an evening’s worth of high-energy musical time travel, the fireworks paled — just a little – in comparison. Had I stuck to my preconceived notions about Styx – notions from nearly thirty years ago – the loss would have been mine. This was a great show.
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Regulatory, Telecom & Media News – CMPA, CAB, FRIENDS among petitioners calling for CBC licence renewal to be set aside
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The Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA), the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB), and CBC watchdog, FRIENDS, are among the organizations that have submitted petitions to the Minister of Canadian Heritage asking him to set aside, or refer back, the CRTC’s CBC licence renewal decision. Submitted on Friday, the CMPA petition asserts the organization’s “deep concerns” about the elimination of a licence condition requiring the CBC to work with independent media producers in the production of Canadian programming. While the CMPA told Broadcast Dialogue it’s not aware of any conversations with the CBC suggesting the public broadcaster is considering a shift away from working with independent producers, its petition asserts that “deregulated framework will establish an unnecessary precedent that other private broadcasters will follow, creating the potential for an exponential impact from this Decision.” Petitions from FRIENDS and CAB both continue to ring alarm bells around Tandem, CBC’s controversial branded content initiative. FRIENDS’ petition also calls out the CRTC for what it says is inadequate protection of local journalism and Canadian programming through its failure to impose baseline expenditure requirements. Read more here.
OneSoccer parent company Timeless Inc. has filed an application with the CRTC, alleging Rogers Cable is in breach of Broadcasting Distribution Regulations by refusing to carry the dedicated Canadian soccer channel. The channel is currently carried by TELUS and available via Fubo TV, as well as direct-to-consumer. Timeless argues Rogers will not carry OneSoccer because “It is reasonable to presume that Sportsnet would not want a competitor on Rogers Cable, which would divert audiences and ad dollars from Sportsnet, and may also inflate future broadcast rights fees, due to increased competition,” according to its application. Timeless also noted that Sportsnet approached OneSoccer last fall, offering to carry its broadcast of Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches and agreeing to split revenue as long as there was no OneSoccer branding on the programming. Timeless says OneSoccer agreed to the arrangement to demonstrate to Canadian BDUs how popular Canadian soccer programming could be for Canadian audiences.
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) has filed a request with the CRTC asking for the disclosure of additional information from Rogers in relation to the company’s July 8 nationwide outage. PIAC asserts that Rogers’ response excessively redacted critical information necessary to fully understand what occurred during the outage and how Rogers plans to mitigate future risks, according to a copy of the submission obtained by Cartt.ca. PIAC wants Rogers to disclose a detailed timeline of the outage and recovery, arguing that affected customers need to be able to “corroborate and understand how they were impacted by the outage, and to seek clarification and compensation accordingly.”
BCE has reported results for the second quarter of 2022. Operating revenue increased 2.9% over Q2 2021 to $5,861 million, due to a 3.8% increase in service revenue driven by strong wireless, residential internet and media growth. Adjusted net earnings were up 5.3% to $791 million, delivering a 4.8% increase in adjusted EPS to $0.87. Total wireless operating revenue increased 5.5% to $2,246 million, with Bell adding 110,761 total net new postpaid and prepaid mobile phone subscribers, 139.5% higher than Q2 2021. Media operating revenue increased 8.7% to $821 million compared to Q2 2021, driven by the return of the F1 Canadian Grand Prix, continued digital media growth, advertising increases across Bell Media’s specialty TV sports and news services, stronger radio and out of home advertiser demand as COVID recovery continues, and higher subscriber revenue from Crave. Digital revenue grew 55%, the result of strong Crave direct-to-consumer growth and continued scaling of Bell’s strategic audience management (SAM) TV media sales tool.
Quebecor has reported consolidated financial results for the second quarter of 2022, consolidated with those of its Quebecor Media subsidiary. Q2 revenues amounted to $1.12 billion, a $16.0 million (1.4%) decrease year-over-year. Revenues decreased in Telecommunications ($15.8 million or 1.7% of segment revenues) and in Media ($10.1 million or 5.1%), while revenue increased in Sports and Entertainment ($11.5 million or 34.3%). Videotron increased its revenues from mobile services and equipment by $27.0 million (11.4%) in Q2, with subscriber connections to mobile telephony service increasing by 34,600 (2.1%). TVA Group results were significantly affected by lower profitability in the Broadcasting segment in the second quarter, due mainly to increased content investments at TVA Network, particularly in reality and variety programming. Net income attributable to shareholders was $157.4 million ($0.66 per basic share) in Q2, compared with $123.5 million ($0.50 per basic share) in the same period of 2021, an increase of $0.16 per basic share.
TELUS has released its unaudited results for the second quarter of 2022. Consolidated operating revenues and other income increased by 7.1% over the same period a year ago to $4.4 billion. Growth was driven by higher service revenues in TELUS technology solutions (TTech) and Digitally-led customer experiences – TELUS International (DLCX). Compared to the same period last year, consolidated EBITDA increased by 9.8% to approximately $1.6 billion and Adjusted EBITDA increased by 8.9% to more than $1.6 billion. In the second quarter, TELUS recorded 247,000 net customer additions, up 24,000 over the same period last year, and inclusive of 93,000 mobile phones and 92,000 connected devices, in addition to 34,000 internet, 20,000 security and 15,000 TV customer connections. That was partly offset by residential voice losses of 7,000.
Barbara Frum
Barbara Frum, Director X, and The Tragically Hip are among the newly-announced Canada’s Walk of Fame inductees. Frum, who passed away from complications of chronic leukemia in 1992 at age 54, is being recognized in the “Legend” category as one of Canada’s most respected and influential journalists, best known for her work on CBC programs including As It Happens – which she hosted for a decade starting in 1971 – and groundbreaking TV newsmagazine, The Journal. Director X (aka Julien Christian Lutz) has been behind music videos for Drake, Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar and Kanye West. His latest project – set to air on Global next year – is forthcoming scripted series Robyn Hood, a modern-day reimagining of the classic tale. The Tragically Hip are being honoured for their philanthropy and activism for social and environmental causes. They were previously inducted in 2002 under the Arts & Entertainment pillar. In addition to being celebrated with sidewalk stars in Toronto’s Entertainment District, the inductees will be honoured at an in-person gala Dec. 3 which will be broadcast at a later date on CTV.
Sarah El-Shaarawi
Sarah El-Shaarawi has won the 2022 Dalton Camp Award for her essay The Similarities Between Red and Yellow, a reflection on the importance of freedom of the press. The annual $10,000 prize for the best essay on the subject of media and democracy in Canada – presented by FRIENDS (formerly FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting) – honours the memory of the late Dalton Camp, a journalist, politician, and commentator on Canadian public affairs. The winner of this year’s Dalton Camp Award for Best Student Journalist essay is Kevin Seeram, a graduate of McMaster University. In his essay The Memeification of Modern Politics: From TikTok to Deepfakes, Seeram reflects on how social media platforms are shaping the current generations’ political engagement.
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Shanghai Express
Inspired by recent viewings of Josef von Sternberg's 'Morocco' (1930) and 'Blonde Venus' (1932), I recycle here a few thoughts chicken-scratched about his masterpiece 'Shanghai Express' a couple years ago. —
The Chinese Civil War serves as the backdrop for this 1932 von Sternberg agent-thriller, but it’s the titular express train bound for Shanghai that will represent the main stage; viewed from more than seventy years in the future, the parallax is still dizzying. A sensual and threatening interplay between light, shadow, and layer upon layer of gauze circumfixes as ever the great director’s gaze, the focal object of which is none other than the incomparable Marlene Dietrich. Here she plays Shanghai Lily, a notorious Euro-vamp whose past relations with fellow passenger Captain Harvey (Clive Brook) inform the love affair at the center of the film. Based on the reactions of the train’s global assemblage of men, it becomes apparent that Lily’s reputation has already traversed the span between the rail-line’s endpoints or wider, stranger zones, like a nocturnal phantasy stalking a host in Murnau, Feuillade, or early Lang. But the myth soon settles into flesh-and-blood reality as Lily’s traveling companions realize she has no intention of playing spittoon for crass ejaculation. Done up in raven-feather boa, a haze of tobacco smoke, and an exotic veil that transforms her face into a duotone Domino-mask, Lily puts all preconceptions at bay once she commandeers the negotiations to free Captain Harvey from the clutches of a seditious guerrilla squadron — even if the officer’s freedom comes at the cost of giving herself over to an undersexed rebel leader.
Commencing at the moment of Lily’s escape, the film’s third act bucks the dictates of conventional Hollywood structure as it shifts attention to the reunited lovers reconciling their feelings with the unwavering individuality presupposed by their respective hard-line personae. The delicacy of the emotions at play is illustrated by a striking sequence wherein von Sternberg cross-cuts repeatedly between close-ups of a uniformly lit Captain Harvey, pensive and biting his lip, and a rebuffed Shanghai Lily, face luminous as she trembles and smokes in an otherwise pitch dark train compartment.
Also notable for its refusal to adhere to the hyperbolic Asian stereotypes rampant at the time of release (the only “cauc-Asian” actor turns out in the film to be of mixed pedigree, while the rape of could-be dragon-lady Hui Fei [Anna May Wong] unleashes a real emotional agency, and spurs her to a kind of languorous vengeance), 'Shanghai Express' establishes the fascination with the Orient that von Sternberg would go on to pursue in 'The Shanghai Gesture' (1941), 'Macao' (finished off by Nicholas Ray in 1952), and his great final masterpiece 'The Saga of Anatahan' (1954).
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Marvel Reviews
New Mutants #10
By Jeremy Matcho
By Ed Brisson, Flaviano and Carlos Lopez
The New Mutants are back on the shelf, and we’re picking up right where we left off. Several mutants are trapped in a nightmare manifestation while some more heroes come to help. To add to the tension and turmoil, this is all taking place in a country that hates mutants and refuses to accept Krakoan sovereignty. This is a tough position to be in for any mutant, especially the younger ones, but Danielle Moonstar is a very capable leader and she has a good crew working with her.
Ed Brisson has been around the Marvel universe long enough to get a good grasp on many prominent characters. Anytime his name is attached to a book, that’s essentially a seal of quality. A big kudos should go out to Brubaker for making logical use of Wildside. This is a character that I have never cared for, but Brubaker actually make me like and take an interest in him this issue. Brubaker writes him cocky and reluctant to work with the new mutants, and it works really well for the character and story. Brubaker also highlights how good of a leader Danielle Moonstar is becoming. She’s been pretty underrated for a while, but he allows her to come up with a decent plan on how to help her friends. There is also the political angle being played out in this issue too. The government of Carnelia is blaming mutants for something they had nothing to do with. Even as they risk their lives to try and help, they are still blamed by leaders of Carnelia.
The pencils this issue are handled by Flaviano with colors by Carlos Lopez. The first couple of pages of this book are kind of eerie. Seeing heroes we like having tubes in their mouths and bleeding from their eyes is a creepy image to see. This is a superb job by Flaviano and Lopez for their work to make the page look unsettling. Flaviano and Lopez shine as well in the nightmare mindscape of this mutant. As Armor and her team go through to get to their target, the imagery is vivid. Things like a weird looking frog, or a creature with long fingers and a tube running in his mouth can be seen in here. The colors by Lopez really show off in this section. Vibrant pinks and cold blues are used all throughout this page and it pays off really well.
New Mutants #10 is another solid issue in this series. Ed Brisson continues to write these likable characters with genuine care and concern. The pencils and colors go from a normal color palette to trippy in this issue. New Mutants #10 continues to allow these characters to grow and become superstars in waiting.
New Mutants #10 is another solid issue in this series [and] continues to allow these characters to grow and become superstars in waiting.
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About The Author Jeremy Matcho
Jeremy Matcho is an employee of Amcom/ Xerox. He was born on the hard streets in Guam, and once met George Wendt at a local Jamesway department store. He was first exposed to comics at the tender age of 9, picking up X-Men #1. His favorite character then, and to this day is Cyclops. While he has been a Marvel fan for 20 years, DC is steadily becoming heavy competition. He also is the proud owner of a 2002 ford escort.
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Items tagged with 'flu'
The flu is "widespread"
posted Jan 5, 2015
The deeper the orange, the higher level of flu activity figured by Google Flu Trends.
Apparently on the list of New Year's resolutions for influenza: Be more active.
Public health surveillance reports are pointing to the flu being on the upswing in this area over the last week or two. The latest report from the state Department of Health (week ending December 27) has the flu pegged as "widespread" in the state, with 54 counties reporting cases. And Google Flu Trends has detected a similar upswing in the state, based on more recent data. (Flu Trends is also seeing an upswing for the Albany area in its experimental metro monitoring.)
In early December the CDC was projecting that this could be a potentially "severe" flu season, in part because one of the main flu virus variants in circulation appears to have changed enough to blunt the effectiveness of this year's flu shot. (The shot changes year to year in an attempt to provide protection against the strains forecasted to be in circulation -- sometimes the forecast misses, sometimes the virus changes. The flu is kind of like weather in that sense.)
So... while it would have been better to get a flu shot a month or so ago, it's not too late. And even if the jab is offering less-than-expected protection, it's still better than going without. It's become increasingly easy to get a flu shot -- many of the chain pharmacies now offer them in store, and many health plans cover them.
And, of course, there's also covering your mouth when you cough (elbow!) and staying home (if possible) when you're sick. But you knew that.
image: Google Flu Trends
tags: flu, health
Yep, it's flu season
A quick flu update: Influenza activity appears to have taken a sharp upswing over the past few weeks in this area. The graph above is from Google Flu Trends' experimental cities reporting for Albany (methodology). The state Department of Health's latest flu surveillance report -- which is now almost a week old -- also indicated a recent rise in activity. It also reported that flu had been reported in all but just a few of the state's counties during the previous week.
This morning, a group of Capital Region hospitals announced they're putting in place stricter visitation guidelines in response to the uptick in flu activity. (Press release is post jump.) The group of hospitals includes Albany Med, St. Peter's Health Partners, Ellis, and Saratoga Hospital. This isn't really uncommon -- they've made the same move in a few other recent years.
While flu activity does appear to have made a jump in recent weeks, it doesn't appear to have reached the same sort of level of activity seen during the peak of last season, which was relatively high. Even so, it could still be worth getting a flu shot (find one). And at the very least, a little more attention toward washing your hands and covering your mouth when you cough (elbow!) isn't a bad idea.
It's a dry cold: An interesting -- and potentially relevant, given the recent bout of very cold, and thus low humidity, weather -- bit of flu nerding: There's research that points to the flu becoming more active following periods of low humidity. [NIH]
graph: Google Flu Trends
tags: flu
To do: Get a flu shot
Something to think about doing soon: getting a flu shot.
The latest influenza surveillance report (a week old) for New York State has the flu now designated as "widespread" in the state. That is, there have been lab-confirmed reports of flu in many counties around the state -- 34 plus New York City. The Capital Region core counties are part of that group.
This year's flu season is yet cranking like last season, which saw a big surge in cases around the end of December and beginning of January. But the number of cases in the official state health department report is trending upward a bit statewide, and Google Flu Trends is reporting a similar upward trend for the state and the Albany area.
So, it's still not a bad time to get a flu shot. It takes the body a week or two ramp up its immune response to the jab. Here's the CDC's page with info about the flu vaccine, including a flu shot finder. Finding a place to get the vaccine is a lot easier now than it was just a few years ago -- many pharmacies now offer right in the store (and your health plan might even cover it).
map: NYS DOH, retrieve 2013-12-20
Shoo, flu, shoo
The Google Flu Trends graph for the Albany area through January 29.
There are indications the tide has turned for the flu season. The number of positive lab tests and emergency room visits are both down sharply in the state Department of Health flu surveillance report posted today (for the week ending January 26). And Google Flu Trends is also showing a recent decline in activity for both the state and the Albany area.
That's not to say the flu wave has completely passed us by. DOH reports the flu is still "widespread" in the state, with lab-confirmed reports in 53 counties. And Google Flu is still reporting "high" activity. It's just that things appear to be calming down in what's been the most severe flu season since 2009-2010.
And, of course, there's other stuff in circulation beyond the flu. There's that cold that so many people seem to have right now. And there's also the norovirus, the current media favorite for scaring the crap out of people.
In other news: wash your hands.
Capital Region hospitals tightening visitation guidelines because of flu
Hospitals around the region announced temporary visitation guidelines Friday because of widespread flu activity. From the joint press release:
Patient units of Albany Medical Center; Ellis Medicine acute care hospitals including Bellevue Woman's Center and Ellis Hospital; Glens Falls Hospital; St. Peter's Health Partners acute care hospitals including Albany Memorial Hospital, Samaritan Hospital, St. Mary's Hospital (Troy), St. Peter's Hospital, and Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital; and Saratoga Hospital will request that visits be restricted by:
+ children 12 and under (who are more likely to have and transmit respiratory infections);
+ any visitor with respiratory symptoms (fever, sore throat, cough, shortness of breath) a rash or diarrhea; and,
+ only two visitors will be permitted in a patient's room at one time.
The hospitals are also urging all visitors to use hand-washing stations before entering and upon leaving a patient's room. Hand sanitizers are available at many hospital entrances and at many other locations throughout these hospitals, including the doorways of many patient rooms.
Full release post jump.
As if the flu wasn't bad enough this year, the dreaded norovirus also seems to be in circulation. Headline no one wants to read: "Is it the flu or norovirus? How to tell the difference". Followed closely by: "Want to avoid spewmageddon? Here's a simple guide" [Boston Globe] [Guardian]
We'll say it again: If you're sick, please stay home if possible. Please cough into your elbow. And please wash your hands.
Earlier: Someone finally sticks it to Andrew Cuomo. (It being a flu shot -- and you should think about getting one, too.)
tags: Capital Region, flu, health
Someone finally sticks it to Andrew Cuomo
And it turns out that person was Dr. Nirav Shah, the state's health commissioner. He jabbed the governor with a flu shot Thursday.
The best line probably came from Jimmy Vielkind on Twitter: "I think this entire thing was an excuse for Andrew Cuomo to have a picture of his biceps in the newspapers."
As mentioned, this is turning out to be a rather active year for the flu. The recent wave prompted Boston to declare a public health emergency this week -- the city was robocalling people urging them to get flu shots. [AOA] [Google Flu Trends] [AP/ABC] [Boston Globe]
While it would have been better to get the jab a few weeks back (or earlier), it's still not a bad idea to roll up your sleeve for one. They're super easy to find this season -- you can walk into pretty much any Walgreen's/CVS/Rite Aid and get one at the pharmacy. It costs about $30 for the regular flu shot (it might be covered by your health plan). Sure, it takes a week or two for your body to build up immunity from the shot, but the flu could continue to be active for months.
And while you might think, "Eh, I'm relatively young and healthy, I'll be fine" -- that may be true, but if you pick up the virus you could end up spreading it to people who are not so young and/or healthy. There have been multiple studies indicating that vaccinating young people -- kids, especially -- ends up being a good way of protecting seniors from the flu.
Also: getting the flu -- the real flu, not just a cold -- sucks.
Here's a bunch of info about flu shots from the CDC (there are a few options, including a version that doesn't involve getting stuck with a needle). The health agency recently reported that this season's shot (it changes each year) is a pretty good match for what's been circulating.
In other news: We'll say it again, cover your mouth when you cough. Wash your hands.
photo: Cuomo admin Flickr
tags: Andrew Cuomo, flu, health
From Google Flu Trends.
The flu is now "widespread" in New York State, the state Department of Health reports. What's that mean? There have been lab-confirmed reports in more than half the counties in the state (48, to be exact). For the latest report, that includes Albany, Saratoga, and Rensselaer counties.
The DOH bases its reports on samples sent to the Wadsworth Lab here in Albany for testing, as well as surveillance reports from healthcare providers about the number of people coming in with influenza-like illnesses.
But many people who get the flu don't end up going to a healthcare provider. So to get a sense of the picture that includes those people, we can look to Google Flu Trends, which uses search data to monitor flu activity (and there's research it actually works pretty well). Google Flu is reporting a recent upswing in flu activity into the "high" level in New York State.
Somewhat oddly, Google Flu reports the Albany area still has relatively low levels of flu activity. But nearby cities -- including Syracuse (corroborated by the DOH report) and New York City -- are at high levels. That could mean the wave has yet to arrive -- or maybe we'll get lucky. (The flu can be hard to predict -- it's kind of like the weather.)
Bottom line: It's still worth it to get a flu shot. The season lasts into the early spring. And it takes a few days post-jab for your body's immune response to get with the program. Unlike in some years past, flu shots are plentiful and easy to get. They're available at many pharmacies now.
graphs: Google Flu Trends
tags: flu, health, New York State
Flu season fizzle?
The dark blue line is the current season.
Now that spring is here, we're nearing the end of the traditional flu season.* And much like this past winter, this flu season has been something less than formidable (thankfully).
The graph above is Google Flu Trends track of flu-related search data for the Albany area this season, compared to previous seasons. (Google says the city specific tracking is still experimental -- here's the graph for New York State.) The state Department of Health's reports also point to a mild season around the state -- visits to sentinel providers are down a lot compared to last season, the number of hospitalized patients for flu is way down, and the percent of emergency room visits for flu has been more or less flat for the season.
But... Interestingly, there's been a recent uptick in the number of positive flu tests -- the week of March 24 had the highest number of positive reports all season. And the number of hospitalized patients is on the upswing. Let's hope that doesn't continue to develop.
On tracking bugs: More than flu this season, we noticed (anecdotally, online and off, whatever that's worth (not a whole lot)) many more people complaining of The Cold That Just Won't Quit (early winter) and the Stomach Bug from Hell (over the last month). It'd be great if someone could develop a way to glean this kind of stuff from Twitter and Facebook, and then provide reports. "Hello, we've noticed a recent increase in the number of your friends reporting being sick..."
* If you talk with flu researchers, they'll tell you the "flu season" is often neither typical nor traditional. For example, in 2008-2009, some of the highest activity months in New York State were May and June. The flu is the like weather -- you can make reasonable guesses based on patterns, but you never really know until it happens.
tags: Capital Region, flu, health, nerding out
Slow start for the flu -- and then there's whatever the other thing is
The results for Albany from Google Flu Trends' experimental cities model. The dark blue is this year, the light blue lines are previous years.
We've been noticing what seems like a lot of coughing and sickness going around recently, so we had a look at Google Flu Trends to get a sense of how this year's flu season is shaping up.
And the answer so far: it's been slow (here's New York State's graph, which based on a model that's been tested against previous years). The state Department of Health's official reports, which lag about a week, also are reporting a slow start.
The takeaway here: there's still time to get a flu shot. And the sooner the better, since it takes your body some time to build resistance based on the vaccine. Compared to some of the seasons in the past decade that were marked by shortages and crushes at doctors offices, flu shots have become almost ridiculously easy to get. Most of the major pharmacies are now offering them.
Flu experts will tell you there's no such thing as a "typical" flu season -- the pattern of these things is just something we don't really have a good handle on. So just because things have started out slowly doesn't really mean much. Things could change quickly. Or not.
That other sickness
While the flu doesn't appear to really be kicking yet this year, something else does seem to be going around (anecdotally). We've noticed a handful of people who've come down with a cough that just won't quit. Mrs. Greg finally broke down and went to the doctor recently after about three weeks of it, a few better days, and then a relapse. The doctor told her he's been seeing a bunch of people with the same pattern: cold and cough for weeks, better for a few days, then a relapse before getting better again.
Just a reminder that the microbes own this world -- we're just living here.
There's still time for a flu shot
Flu activity in New York State as tracked by Google Flu Trends over the last handful of season. The dark blue line is the current year. That big early spike was 2009.
The feverish state one of the editors was in yesterday had us thinking about the flu. So we checked out Google Flu Trends to see how this season is shaping up so far.
Flu experts will tell you there's no such thing as a "normal" flu season, but we don't appear to be off to anything you might consider a weird start. As you can see from Google's graph above, last year's flu season included a big early season spike.
Google's formula is based on search activity, not actual reported lab or doctors' office data. It appears to do a good job, though. (Both the New York State Department of Health and the federal Centers of Disease Control track the official data.) It would be interesting to see Twitter and Facebook updates folded in somehow.
Google is also now experimenting with data for metro areas -- here's Albany. Last year's data indicated Albany experienced an "intense" flu wave in early November.
All this is to say, if you haven't gotten a flu shot, there's still time to do so. Here's a flu shot finder.
Earlier on AOA: RPI's "beer pong" flu: a highly transmissible story
tags: Capital Region, flu, health, nerding out, New York State
The "intense" flu wave
Much calmer now.
Google Flu Trends is now breaking out data for a bunch metro areas in the United States -- including the Capital Region. So we pulled the numbers for last flu season and the current one.
The graph above charts flu activity as measured by the Google Flu algorithm. The system characterized that late October peak as "intense" activity.
Google's formula is based on search activity, not actual reported lab or doctors' office data (it appears to do a pretty good job). The New York State Department of Health does track those reports -- and its data roughly match Google's.
Even though the current flu activity level is characterized as "low," it's still probably not a bad idea to get a flu shot. Influenza is hard to predict. This season could be over early -- or there might be another peak ahead. There's plenty of vaccine now available -- and a bunch of opportunities to get the jab.
via @NMessier and TC
Chart data from Google Flu Trends
tags: Capital Region, flu, nerding out
If you've been waiting on an H1N1 shot...
Wait no longer. The state apparently now has a glut of H1N1 flu shots. There are a bunch of public clinics scheduled. And it's still probably a good idea.
Here's a list of public clinics around the Capital Region...
Education groups sue over state aid, Schumer apologizes to flight attendant, police say stolen Timberlands kicked off chase, Albany councilman calls for cancellation of "Jersey Shore"
A coalition of education groups -- headed by NYSUT -- filed suit against David Paterson yesterday in attempt to eliminate the delay in education aid payments. The coalition argues that Paterson has overstepped his authority -- and the uncertainty created the action is making budgeting difficult. Paterson accused the coalition of trying to be "extra special" interest groups. [TU] [NYT] [Fox23] [Daily Politics]
Saratoga Springs' finance commissioner says the city may have to borrow money to cover the gap created by delayed state aid payments. [Saratogian]
Democrats in the Rensselaer County legislature says three incoming Republicans should not be allowed to serve in both the county legislature and their town boards. One of the incoming Republicans called the practice "totally legal." [TU] [Troy Record]
Richard Daines, New York's health commissioner, got an H1N1 shot during a photo opp yesterday. Even though flu activity in the state is decling, Daines called the flu a "tricky virus" and urged people to still get vaccinated. [CapNews9] [TU] [Fox23]
Chuck Schumer apologized yesterday for calling a flight attendant a "bitch" after she told him to stop talking on his mobile phone. Kirsten Gillibrand was sitting next to him on the plane (and apparently did end her call) and Republicans are now criticizing her for not publicly condemning Schumer's actions. [NYDN] [Politico] [NYT] [Daily Politics]
tags: Albany, Bethlehem, Chuck Schumer, East Greenbush, flu, Kirsten Gillibrand, Rensselaer County, Sage, Saratoga, Schenectady, Spa State Park, state budget, Troy
A lull in flu season?
The last seven flu seasons in New York State
First updated Tuesday at 11:55 pm and then again Wednesday morning
The chart above depicts flu activity in New York State over the last seven flu seasons as measured by Google Flu. As you can see, this year's season got off to an unusually early start.
So, we're in the clear? Maybe.
It appears that the H1N1 wave has passed through the area. But if you dig through the surveillance reports from the CDC, you'll notice that almost all the samples that have been sub-typed are H1N1. This is the case both for New York's region and the nation as a whole.
What's that mean? Well, it could (emphasis on the could) mean that the "regular" flu season -- with its "typical" after-December peak -- is still ahead of us. (Or it might not -- the flu season in the southern hemisphere this year appeared to be mostly H1N1.)
http://www.flu.gov/widgets/vaccinelocator.html So if you've been thinking about getting a flu shot, it's still probably a good idea.* That's true for the H1N1 jab, too (it's been so long since a flu virus similar to H1N1 has bounced around that most people don't have built-up immunity to it).
The feds have put together a flu shot locator for both seasonal and H1N1 shots (the box on the right). Albany County is giving free H1N1 shots through the end of the year by appointment (447-4505 to register). And also try your doctor for seasonal flu shots.
Update Wednesday morning
Saratoga County says it will start giving H1N1 shots to people not in priority groups starting January 1. [Saratogian]
Also: it looks some of the re-called doses of H1N1 vax did make it to the Capital Region. Schenectady County says 73 kids got the less-potent shots at its clinics. And Albany County says it got 200 doses, but didn't distribute them.
The shots, which were intended for kids, were recalled because tests indicated their potency had declined. [NYT]
* We are not doctors. Talk to your doctor.
chart data: Google Flu
tags: flu, nerding out, New York State
Pension system for new state workers adjusted, NYRA aims to stop horse slaughter, another bank robbery, Albany Institute scraping financially, dog rescued with help of plumbing camera
David Paterson signed legislation that creates a new tier -- "Tier V" -- for the state employee pension system raises the retirement age and requires workers to contribute more. It's being touted as the biggest change to the pension system in 25 years. Paterson says the change will save New York State $35 billion over the next 30 years. [TU] [Fox23] [Paterson op-ed in TU]
The federal officials who handled the investigation and prosecution of Joe Bruno say they will continue to focus on ethics violations at the state capitol. [TU]
The state is no longer limiting distribution of the H1N1 flu vaccine to people in priority groups. Albany County has scheduled times next week for residents to get the jab. [AP/TU] [Albany County]
According to court documents obtained by the TU, the three teens accused of murdering Richard Bailey allegedly gave police detailed -- and different -- accounts of the night of the murder. [TU]
NYRA announced yesterday that any horse owner who sells their horses to slaughter -- "either knowingly or for lack of due diligence" -- will have their stalls revoked at Saratoga and the other NYRA tracks. [Saratogian] [CapNews9] [Post-Star]
tags: Albany, flu, GE, Guilderland, New York State, Saratoga County, state workers, Troy
Another round of flu shot clinics
posted Dec 2, 2009
Albany County and, for the first time, Rensselaer County have free H1N1 flu shot clinics coming up. Both counties are only offering the shots to residents in priority groups. Pre-registration is required.
Details after jump.
tags: Albany County, flu, Rensselaer County
More H1N1 flu shot clinics
Jab.
Update: The Albany County clinic is now full.
Both Albany County and Schenectady County have free H1N1 flu shot clinics coming up. Both counties' clinics are only open to county residents.
Nov 22 | 10 am - 4:30 pm | TU Center
Nov 24 | 3:30 pm - 7 pm | Berne Knox Westerlo Elementary School
The clinic is open to people in the following priority groups: pregnant women,
people over age 4 who live with or provide care for infants younger than 6 months of age, health care and emergency medical personnel, people aged 4-24 years and people aged 25 to 64 years who have medical conditions that put them at higher risk for influenza-related complications.
The county says it doesn't have pediatric vaccine available for kids 6 months to 47 months.
Nov 20 and 23 - Schenectady County offices at 107 Nott Terrace in Schenectady.
The clinics will be open to the same priority groups as Albany County, plus children 6 months to pre-k.
You'll need an appointment -- call 386-2824.
Also: If you can't make it to one of the clinics -- or you live in Saratoga County or Rensselaer County -- give your doctor's office a call. New vaccine shipments have apparently been gradually arriving.
Rensselaer County's web site says it does not plan to hold H1N1 flu shot clinics.
photo: James Gathany / CDC
tags: Albany County, flu, kids, Schenectady County
H1N1 shot clinic Sunday at TU Center
An electron micrograph of H1N1 virions. The image has been colorized.
The Albany County Department of Health is holding a free H1N1 flu shot clinic at the TU Center this Sunday. Apparently there will be about 4,500 doses available.
The health department's web site stresses that you must register in advance -- and it's currently registering Albany County residents in the following priority groups:
Persons who live with or provide care for infants under 6 months old
Children 6 months - 4 years old
Health-care and emergency medical services personnel who have direct contact with patients or infectious materials
Children and adolescents 5-18 years old who have medical conditions that put them at higher risk for influenza-related complications
You can register online (be sure to follow the link for the appropriate priority group) -- or by calling 447-4505 from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm (Arielle says she registered her toddler this way this morning).
Turnout at other H1N1 vaccine clinics around the Capital Region has been strong, so it's probably a good idea to register sooner rather than later.
Saratoga County: Saratoga County Public Health has an H1N1 flu shot clinic for priority scheduled for tomorrow in Saratoga Springs. It's by appointment only, though. And when we checked this morning (after a three dials to get through), it was full. The person handling the calls said the county is hoping it will receive more doses next week.
image: Cynthia Goldsmith / CDC
tags: Albany County, flu, kids, Saratoga County
First witnesses in Bruno trial, doctors flooded with requests for flu shot, public info meetings on post office closures, Thriller dance cancelled for lack of space
Here's a rundown of notable election results from yesterday. In some of the highest profile races: Jerry Jennings cruised to victory in the Albany mayoral election, Paula Mahan beat Mike Hoblock for Colonie supervisor, Republicans swept the contested seats on the Saratoga Springs city council, Republicans Bob Mirch and Neil Kelleher were both bounced from the Rensselaer County legislature. [AOA] [TU] [TU] [Saratogian] [Troy Record]
The new optical scan voting machines seemed to work out OK yesterday. [TU]
The first witnesses in the Joe Bruno trial took the stand yesterday. The head of an Albany investment firm testified that his consulting payments to Bruno increased after the senator became majority leader -- and that Bruno was responsible for bringing in $400,000 in revenue from labor unions. A former Bruno staff attorney testified that he "was not involved" in Bruno's business ventures, but did say he provided legal advice about agreements between Bruno and clients. [CapNews9] [Fox23] [TU]
Local doctors' offices say they've been deluged with patients calling for the H1N1 vaccine. [TU]
tags: Albany, Colonie, flu, Joe Bruno, Price Chopper, Saratoga
Human skull fragments in Saratoga County, flu hitting some schools, school board hears Whalen appeal, Rensselaer stations Amtrak's 10th busiest
State police say fragments of a human skull were found in a wooded area in Greenfield (map). They say it appears the skull belonged to a child 10-12 years old. The state police lab will be testing the fragments for DNA. [TU] [Fox23] [Saratogian] [CapNews9]
The Empire Center reports that 1.5 million New Yorkers have moved out of the state since 2000. The one area to show a population gain: the Capital Region. [Empire Center] [CapNews9] [Post-Star]
A spokesman for the state Office of Court Administration says judges are leaving the bench because "they can't make ends meet" on their $136,700 salary. The state's judiciary has been pushing for a pay raise for years. [TU]
Albany police say four men, armed with guns, invaded a house on Washington Ave yesterday (map). Police say the it appears the house was targeted. They say the robbers used zip-ties to tie up seven people in the house. [Fox23] [CapNews9] [TU]
Some Capital Region schools are reporting higher than usual rates of absenteeism because of the flu. Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons cancelled classes yesterday because so many students were sick. [TU] [WTEN]
tags: Albany, Amtrak, Clifton Park, Colonie, David Paterson, flu, New York State, Rensselaer County, Saratoga, Saratoga County, Schenectady, Troy
Even statues fear the flu
She didn't get a flu shot, either.
Both Peter and Eileen sent us pics of the statue on the memorial in Washington Park yesterday afternoon. As you can see in the photo above, the statue is wearing a mask. Emailed Eileen:
Spotted this sight on a walk through Washington Park today ... [and] ask you and your readers - why?
Is it a reference to the silencing of the statue? Or does she have swine flu? Or something I haven't thought of yet?
Our first thought upon the seeing the pic was that the mask was a flu reference. Peter had the same thought.
Anyone have the scoop?
By the way: it doesn't look like getting the mask on that statue was a quick hit. It probably involved a bit of climbing -- see the other photo from Eileen (after the jump).
(Thanks, Eileen and Peter!)
tags: flu, Washington Park, weird
Thomas found guilty, guilty plea in 40 year old murder, home sales falling through, upstate teaching jobs in high demand, busy beavers causing trouble
A jury found Adrian Thomas guilty of second-degree murder in the case of his infant son's death. The jury reached the decision Friday afternoon after 25 hours of deliberation. Thomas' stepmother says the verdict was influenced by race -- eleven of the jurors were white and one was African-American. Sentencing is scheduled for November 12. Thomas' attorneys say they will appeal. [Troy Record] [TU] [WTEN] [Fox23] [WNYT] [CBS6]
Nelson Costello, the man accused of killing David Bacon 40 years ago in Waterford, pleaded guilty to manslaughter Friday. Recordings of phone conversations between Costello and witness apparently helped prompt the plea. Costello's attorney says his client is remorseful and "almost wants to be punished." Costello has apparently agreed to help officials find Bacon's body in Virginia. [TU] [Saratogian] [WTEN] [WNYT]
There's been yet another report of an attempted abduction, this time in Albany (map). [Fox23] [WNYT]
Archaelogists have found the skeleton of an infant at the former grave site turned up during the Delaware Ave reconstruction in Albany. The remains will be re-buried at a cemetery in Glenmont. [CapNews9] [TU]
David Paterson has scheduled a special session of the legislature for November 10 to address the budget gap. He also wants a joint session on November 9. [NYO] [CapNews9]
tags: Albany, Andrew Cuomo, Colonie, David Paterson, flu, Rensselaer County, Rudy Giuliani, Saratoga County, Schenectady, Troy
Official warns that state won't be able to pay bills, flu shot shortage, Troy will get money for homelessness after all, airlift wing headed for Antarctica
The state budget director says the state may not have enough cash to cover all its scheduled payments in mid-December. David Paterson and the legislative leaders met yesterday about covering the $3 billion budget gap, though it doesn't sound like they made much progress. Paterson said that the state is facing an economy that he believes will be "the worst we will see in our lifetime." [TU] [Daily Politics] [WTEN]
There was another mugging in downtown Troy. The TPD says its planning more community meetings about crime after a tip from the one this week lead to a drug bust. [Troy Record] [Fox23]
A judge has denied Save the Pine Bush's request for a restraining order that would have prevented the Albany landfill expanding from proceeding. [TU]
Public clinics and doctors' offices say they're having a tough time getting enough doses of seasonal flu vaccine. Saratoga County had to cancel its upcoming flu shot clinics because it couldn't get sufficient supplies. There have been flu shot shortages all around the US because of increased demand and the need to concurrently manufacture the vax for H1N1. [TU] [Post-Star] [NYT]
tags: Albany, Albany landfill, Chuck Schumer, flu, Kirsten Gillibrand, Saratoga County, Schenectady, Troy
The flu was here. Just now.
Just in case you weren't already headed for the sink.
This sign -- which was posted in a bathroom in a state office building in downtown Albany -- made its way to us recently. The somewhat-ominous tone of the message caught our attention. You know, it's almost like it's saying: The Flu! It was here right before you! Lookout!
You might not think it would be necessary to remind people to wash their hands in a bathroom. Alas, that's not the case. A observational survey a few years back reported that 75 percent -- and only 66 percent of men -- washed their hands after using a public restroom. Other studies have reported even lower rates.
There's some evidence that signs like this one do get more people to wash up. A study published in the American Journal of Public Health by researchers in London reported that people were more likely to use soap and water when signs put their actions in some sort of social context -- especially if people got the impression that others were watching.
By the way: Google Flu trends reports that flu activity in New York State is already high and still rising. So, uh... wash your hands.
If you need some encouragement, there's a rather enthusiastic handwashing dance from Japan embedded after the jump.
(Thanks, Anonymous)
tags: flu, nerding out
RPI's "beer pong" flu: a highly transmissible story
The story was mentioned on SNL's Weekend Update this past weekend.
The media are pretty much defenseless against stories like the recent "RPI beer pong flu" story. No journalistic immune system can withstand a story that combines such topicality, weirdness, a health scare and drunk college students. And once stories like this find a host, they're pretty much guaranteed to spread -- often mutating along the way.
The RPI story was no exception. It's spread all over the media world during the last week and a a half. Given that we're pretty sure we know the index case, we thought it'd be interesting/fun to do some media epidemiology.
tags: flu, media, nerding out, RPI
Court halts mandatory flu shots for health workers, stabbing in Glenmont, small pumpkin crop, Paterson-Schwarzenegger friendship
A state Supreme Court judge has issued a temporary halt to the state-mandated flu shots for health care workers. A handful of lawsuits, including one filed by three Albany Med nurses, argue that state Department of Health overstepped its authority in requiring the vaccinations. The state health department says it's "confident that the regulation will be upheld." [NYT] [TU] [AP/Troy Record] [WTEN]
Neil Breslin and a group of other state senators are calling for Hiram Monserrate, recently convicted of misdemeanor assault, to quit -- or get kicked out of the Senate. Breslin said that Monserrate's exit is a necessary step toward the state Senate earning back the public's trust. [TU] [AP/Troy Record]
Shop owners and residents near Hackett Middle School in Albany say students have been causing a bunch of problems right after school as they walk through the neighborhood (map). [TU]
Investors with an Albany investment company currently under federal investigation say they raised red flags about the operation more than two years ago. [TU]
tags: Albany, Bethlehem, David Paterson, flu, Lark Street, Neil Breslin, New York State, Price Chopper, Rensselaer County
Nurses say they're suing over flu shot requirement, couple accused of abandoning dogs, car registration stickers not sticking, cities try to solve crow problem, fish pedicure ban proposed
Four Albany Med nurses are filing a lawsuit against the state health commissioner over the state's flu shot requirement for health care workers. The nurses say the requirement is a violation of their civil liberties. One of them says they "don't believe in" the vaccine. The nurses could be suspended -- and later fired -- if they don't get the shot. Their attorney says they'll quit if the state doesn't drop the requirement. [TU] [CapNews9] [WNYT] [WTEN] [Troy Record]
An East Greenbush woman says the incident in which a teenager was allegedly thrown onto a bonfire last week is just part of a string of ongoing violence between two rival groups in the town. The mother of the burned teen says the alleged attack was racially motivated. [WTEN] [WTEN]
State police have arrested two people in Rensselaer County for allegedly abandoning their dogs with no food or water in a house. Police accuse the couple of moving to a new house -- and leaving the dogs behind. The dogs were found -- hungry and thirsty -- last week after a neighbor noticed them. Police say the couple had moved out weeks before. Shelter workers say it looks like the dogs will be OK. [Fox23] [CapNews9] [CBS6] [Troy Record] [WNYT]
Two Delmar women are pushing for a Bethlehem town law that would require cat owners to keep their pets in doors. The women say their neighborhood as become overrun with cat poop -- "You can't even walk around the circle without the scent of cat urine and feces knocking you down," says one of them. [TU] [Spotlight]
tags: Albany County, animals, Cohoes, Delmar, East Greenbush, flu, Green Island, New York State, Rensselaer County, Saratoga, Troy
Losers get H1N1. Maybe the winners, too.
RPI sent out a campus update this afternoon about H1N1. From the email, which was posted by RPInsider (emphasis added):
Our caseload is still low, but it is steadily growing. It is important to note that we have linked several of the cases to specific social events on campus, such as football games and weekend parties. Please, especially during such events, remember to continue to wash your hands, avoid close contact with others, and NEVER share cups or utensils. Remember, you can get the flu from someone who does not yet appear to be ill.
Unfortunately, some of our current cases were apparently contracted during a weekend drinking game. Do not share drinks. Alcohol does not kill the virus or prevent its spread from person to person. While it might seem fun over the weekend, it will not be enjoyable when you and your friends are sick and missing class or midterm examinations.
Keep that in mind before your next beer pong match.
tags: flu, RPI
Jurors watch video of father's admission, teacher alleges assessment test cheating, reported indictment in alleged plot against former DA, bank moves to foreclose on Cannon Building
Jurors in the trial of Adrian Thomas, the Troy man accused of causing the death of his infant son, watched video of his interrogation yesterday in which he demonstrated how he threw his son down on a bed. The demonstration came after hours of interrogation and a good cop/bad cop routine by Troy police detectives. Thomas' defense is arguing the admission was coerced. [WTEN][TU] [Troy Record]
NYRA has extended next year's Saratoga racing season by four days -- for a total of 40 days. The extended season will include a Grade 1 stakes race that was previously held at Belmont. Saratoga business owners seemed pretty happy about the longer season. [TU] [Post-Star] [Saratogian]
Downtown Saratoga business owners aren't so happy about the proposed plan for paid parking. [Saratogian]
One of the teachers who alleges that she was being secretly videotaped at an Albany charter school has accused the school of letting students cheat on assessment tests. The executive director of the Brighter Choice foundation, which backs the school, says they're looking into the "serious allegations." [Troy Record] [CapNews9]
Albany police say a 19-year-old was stabbed in the Grand Street neighborhood yesterday afternoon (map). The man was reportedly in critical condition last night. Police say it appears the stabbing was part of a street fight. Neighbors held a peace vigil near the scene of the crime yesterday evening. [CBS6] [CapNews9] [Fox23] [TU]
tags: Albany, Albany police, Capital Region, flu, Rensselaer County, Saratoga, The Track, Troy
Flu season is here. Already.
Flu activity in New York State is already at "high" levels, according to Google Flu Trends. That's a good month or two before it usually hits that mark. And Google's algorithm has the national level pegged even higher right now.
The CDC reports that New York's flu activity level is "regional" -- that's the second-highest level. Many parts of the country are already at "widespread."
It could be simple coincidence, but amid all the talk about the flu we noticed on a recent trip to the Colonie Target that the hand sanitizer section been pretty well picked over (photo on the right). And as Matt noticed, people are putting the stuff out there.
The American Lung Association maintains a listing of local flu shot clinics -- the Capital Region has a bunch scheduled. It might be easier to score a shot at a clinic than your doctor's office -- WNYT reported that some local practices are saying their shipments have been slow to arrive.
And if you're looking for an H1N1 shot -- that could be harder to come by. The Capital Region received its first shipments of that vax yesterday.
Update Thursday at 1:30 pm: the ASP reports that two cases of H1N1 have popped up at UAlbany this week. RPI and Sage have already reported cases this school year.
tags: Capital Region, flu, New York State
Paterson order state agencies to cut back, proposed Saratoga budget includes paid parking, natural gas prices down, teachers say they were secretly videotaped
David Paterson has ordered state agencies to cut their non-personnel expenses (travel, equipment, office supplies) by about 11 percent -- a move that his administration says will save the state $500 million. Paterson has been projecting that the state will face a $3 billion budget gap this year. He's been criticized for not setting an overarching lists of cuts -- but the governor says he's letting the legislature "participate in formulating that menu." [NYS DoB] [NYT] [AP/Troy Record] [TU]
The witness lists for both the prosecution and defense in the Joe Bruno trial include more than 100 names (with a lot of overlap). The lists include current state senators, current and former state officials, legislative staffers and two journalists. [Troy Record] [TU] [NYT]
The budget proposed by Saratoga Springs' finance commissioner includes a 7.8 percent tax increase, 50 job cuts and a plan for paid parking on city streets and lots. [Saratoga Springs] [Fox23] [TU] [Saratogian]
The first batch of H1N1 vaccine arrived in the Capital Region yesterday. Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga and Schenectady counties have all received limited quantities (in the hundreds of doses). Albany Med received 1000 doses. The focus on flu this year has apparently prompted a lot of interest in flu shots -- and local doctors' offices report that they they're having trouble getting shipments of the regular seasonal flu vaccine. [Daily Gazette $] [Fox23] [Saratogian] [Schenectady County] [CapNews9] [WTEN] [WNYT]
tags: Albany, David Paterson, flu, Joe Bruno, National Grid, New York State, Schenectady, state budget, state workers, Troy
School board member party photos draw interest from police, DMV fees going up, Albany FreeNet expanding, cutbacks come to David Paterson's face
posted Sep 1, 2009
The Schenectady County DA says police will be looking into photos (originally posted on Facebook) that show a Schenectady school board member and his wife -- who's a teacher -- drinking from a Jagermeister luge and doing a keg stand at their son's high school graduation party. [TU] [WTEN] [Daily Gazette $]
DMV fees go up today -- the cost of renewing a driver's license is going up $14.50. Next year, car registrations will require a new license plate ($25) -- and keeping the same license number will cost an extra $20. Jim Tedisco called the higher fees a tax increase. Rensselaer County's clerk said the state legislature is treating the DMV like "a cash cow." [TU] [Saratogian] [WNYT] [CapNews9]
David Paterson and other state officials were at a middle school in Albany yesterday to raise awareness about prep for flu season. Officials say the recently emerged H1N1 flu is likely to flare up in schools. Local school districts and colleges say they're getting the word out about preventive measures to parents and students. [CapNews9] [Fox23] [TU]
A state comptroller's report indicates that county sales tax receipts in the Capital Region are down more than six percent this year. In Saratoga County, which the report indicates is down 12 percent, officials said the numbers seemed off the mark. [NYS Comptroller] [Saratogian]
tags: Capital Region, David Paterson, flu, HVCC, New York State, Saratoga, Saratoga County, Schenectady
Senate drama staggers forward, calls for Tuffey to be fired, APD starts rewards for tips program, it's DMB weekend in Saratoga
The state Senate -- or, at least, part of it -- went into session yesterday... for about 20 minutes. Hiram Monserrate -- one of the Democratic switchers -- walked out, bring the session to a halt. Monserrate said he's trying to bring more Democrats into the coalition -- but other suspect he's playing both sides in an attempt to the score the best deal. [TU] [NYT] [NYDN] [NYP]
Another hold up in the Senate yesterday: Democrats locked the cabinet that holds the bills.
Most of the action yesterday was in court, where Democrats tried to challenge the overthrow. The didn't win much -- and they'll be back in court today. However, they did get an order blocking Pedro Espada, who's (maybe?) the new Senate president pro tem, from becoming acting governor were something to happen to David Paterson. Apparently some are concerned that Espada could issue pardons if Paterson traveled out of state -- even a pardon to... himself. [AP/Daily Gazette] [Daily Politics] [TU]
Espada is apparently trying to pull other Democrats into the coalition by pushing for a vote on the same-sex marriage bill. [Daily Politics]
The big issue in the background of this whole struggle: redistricting. [Newsday]
Now that Albany police chief James Tuffey is back at work in an administrative role, Shawn Morris and Corey Ellis -- both mayoral candidates -- are calling for him to be fired. Tuffey said he's not going anywhere. Jerry Jennings says he still supports Tuffey: "I run this city. They don't run this city. I made this decision, I'll stand by it." [TU] [Fox23]
tags: Albany, Albany police, Clifton Park, flu, Malta, New York State, politics, Saratoga, SPAC, Troy
Earth gently relieving its stress, Paterson calls for calorie counts on menus, Golisano says state bailed on us, Pink Palace sold, guy wins car with hold-in-one
Today is school budget and school board voting day. [CapNews9]
A geologist at the State Museum says the recent string of small earthquakes in Berne is a good thing because stresses in the earth are being released gently. [AOA] [TU]
Police are continuing to investigate the former doctor who's accused of torching Saratoga Winners for the insurance money. Among the points of interest: alleged paycheck irregularities at his staffing firm and a burned-down hair salon. [TU]
Republican Mary Ann McGinn -- an attorney with an MBA -- says she's running for Albany City Treasurer. The current -- and embattled -- treasurer, Democrat Betty Barnette, is also facing a primary challenge. [TU]
Sixteen schools in New York City have now been closed because of the recent flare up of the emerging H1N1 flu. Public officials aren't sure if the school closings actually help, though. The state health department is trying to get a centralized system together to track student illnesses -- the hope being such a system would help officials identify an outbreak earlier. [NYT] [NYT] [AP/CapNews9]
David Paterson has proposed state legislation that would require chain restaurants to post calorie information on their menus. The rule might even apply to places such as Stewart's. [TU] [Troy Record]
tags: Albany, Ballston Spa, flu, New York State, Saratoga, Schenectady, Skidmore
Police say Saratoga Winners fire was arson, earthquake near Berne, two men Cheney'd while hunting turkey, time capsule found
Colonie police say the owner of Saratoga Winners set the club on fire so he could collect the insurance money. The owner is a former gynecologist -- his medical license was revoked 2006. [Troy Record] [TU]
The USGS reports there was a magnitude 3 earthquake near Berne last night -- people report that it woke them up. [USGS] [CBS6]
Stillwater says water usage in the town is down 2 million gallons (no time frame given)-- perhaps out of concern about PCB contamination from the Hudson seeping into the town's wells. [CapNews9]
One of the highest-profile potential primary challengers to Kirsten Gillibrand says he won't run for the Senate. Steve Israel, a Congressman from Long Island, says President Obama asked him to not challenge Gillibrand. [TU] [NYT]
A man in New York City died last night from complications related to the emerging H1N1 influenza -- New York's State's first reported death from the virus. NYC has closed 10 schools in an effort to keep a lid on another flu flare up. [NYT]
tags: Albany, Colonie, economy, flu, Kirsten Gillibrand, Saratoga, Schenectady, St Peter's
Here's your diploma and congratulatory wave
The no-shake graduation is spreading.
First, it was Sage -- and now RPI has succumbed.
From "A Message to Rensselaer Commencement Participants and Guests" by RPI VP William Walker:
In light of the continued national presence of the H1N1 influenza virus, we will adopt a slightly modified process as we distribute diplomas at the Rensselaer Commencement ceremony on May 16. In keeping with our tradition, graduates will be invited to the stage to receive their diplomas and be recognized for their achievements, but we will not engage in the customary handshakes that typically accompany the presentation of the diploma.
While recent reports on the status of the virus from the Centers for Disease Control are encouraging, we believe that the circumstances warrant an abundance of caution to protect the health of all who participate in the ceremony.
The message goes on to urge people who are feeling ill to not attend the ceremony.
Three schools in NYC were closed this week after another flare up of the emerging H1N1 flu.
(Thanks, D!)
tags: flu, RPI, Sage
Same-sex marriage vote today in Assembly, two confirmed cases of H1N1 in Capital Region, Saratoga Springs facing big budget gap, Rachael Ray back at her alma mater
The state Assembly is expected to pass a bill today that would make same-sex marriage legal in New York (no vote is scheduled in the Senate). One of the leading advocates of the bill in the Assembly is Daniel O'Donnell, the first openly gay person to serve in the Assembly -- he's also Rosie's brother. [NYDN] [TU] [NYT]
Former state health commissioner -- and US Surgeon General -- Antonia Novella was arraigned this morning in Albany County court on charges she defrauded the state by taking advantage of her state staffers. [TU]
There are now two confirmed cases of the emerging H1N1 influenza in the greater Capital Region. Officials are saying very little about the case in Saratoga County -- they do say that it's a 12-year-old. The other case is in a Washington County student -- Cambridge Central School officials say they've been disinfecting high traffic areas of the school every night. There have now been 196 confirmed cases of the new strain of H1N1 in New York State -- 38 of them outside NYC. [Post-Star] [Fox23] [NYS DoH]
The Schenectady County DA says investigators have matched DNA from a fork used by Steven Raucci to DNA found on a cigarette used as part of an explosive device. The former Schenectady school district employee was arraigned yesterday -- he's under indictment for 26 felony counts that include terrorism and arson. Raucci's attorney said yesterday that prosecutors have put together "a case full of exaggerations." [TU] [Daily Gazette]
tags: Albany, CDTA, flu, New York State, Saratoga, SCCC, Schenectady
Officials expect H1N1 flu in every county eventually, first local stimulus project starts, mixed-use development planned for downtown Albany, Dr. Z gets stiffed, the weekend in chase and taser
There were 96 confirmed probable cases of the emerging H1N1 influenza in New York State as of Saturday night, according to the state department of health. Seventeen of the those cases were outside NYC -- and the state health commissioner says they expect that the virus will pop up in every county at some point. Three suspected cases from Schenectady and Albany counties have tested negative -- a suspected case in Saratoga County has gone for testing. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the virus is now "circulating all over" the country. [NYS DoH] [NYT] [Daily Gazette] [Saratogian] [NYT]
The Capital Region's first stimulus-funded project -- the reconstruction of Delaware Ave in Albany -- starts today (map). [TU]
The final tally for spending in the Tedisco-Murphy special election: $3.6 million -- $2.05 million by Murphy and $1.55 million by Tedisco. [TU]
Scott Murphy opened an office in Saratoga Springs Friday (it was Kirsten Gillibrand's old office). Murphy mentioned KG at least six times during his public comments. Apparently the biggest complaint at Murphy's first "Congress on Your Corner" event: Murphy supporters were blocking the nearby drive-up mailbox. [Post-Star] [Saratogian]
A state commission is looking into whether the ghost parking tickets given to some state officials in Albany violated a ban on gifts. [TU]
tags: Albany, David Paterson, flu, Harry Tutunjian, Joe Bruno, NY20 special election, Saratoga, Schenectady, Scott Murphy, Troy, Tulip Fest
Suspected case of H1N1 tests negative, Salt filming continues, acre of garbage revealed, cop crashes through storefront window, bakeries call for cupcake exemption
One of the local suspected cases of the emerging H1N1 influenza has already tested negative. Samples from as many as six suspected cases in the region are still being tested. [TU]
Andrew Cuomo says his office is widening its investigation of kickbacks and other fishy stuff going on with the state pension fund. Andrew Cuomo says "a national network of actors" was involved in defrauding the fund. A handful of people with connections to former state comptroller Alan Hevesi, who ran the fund, have already been indicted. Allegations of wrongdoing at the fund stretch back to at least 2002. [TU] [NYT] [Daily Politics]
A group of politically-appointed attorneys that allegedly maneuvered their way into protected jobs at the state Department of Taxation and Finance have been told by civil service that they need to explain why their jobs shouldn't be revoked. [TU]
The state recently settled a civil rights lawsuit filed by a Schenectady man who said he was fired from his job as a photographer for the state Senate in 2003. The man, who's white, alleged that he had been fired by then-Senate minority leader David Paterson's staff because he wasn't an African-American. [NY Post]
Albany Common Councilwoman Barbara Smith says she wants to know whether it was just a coincidence that a former Albany cop was picked for child porn shortly before he was scheduled to testify about the ghost ticket scandal. [TU]
Filming for Salt continues today through Monday in downtown Albany. Traffic was reportedly all tied up downtown yesterday after filming started again. [TU] [@rmadeo]
tags: Albany, Albany County, Andrew Cuomo, Colonie, David Paterson, flu, Saratoga, state budget, Troy
Officials urge calm on emerging flu, CDTA consolidating routes, Albany getting grant for anti-violence program, old Saratoga Winners destroyed, no Shakespeare in the Park this year
New York State has now had 54 confirmed cases of the emerging H1N1 flu -- including three cases outside NYC. Samples from five suspected cases in the greater Capital Region (two each in Schenectady and Washington counties, one in Albany County) have been sent for testing -- officials say they're not sure when results will be back on those samples. David Paterson reiterated his call for people to stay calm and said the state is prepping for a worst-case scenario. [TU] [Saratogian] [Daily Gazette]
Albany city treasurer Betty Barnette now says she will release copies of dismissed parking tickets to the Common Council -- if the council agrees to not share the info with anyone else. Barnette had initially balked at the council's request, which is part of the ghost ticket investigation, citing HIPAA -- even though the medical privacy law doesn't apply to her office. [TU]
CDTA ridership was up 11 percent to record levels during the fiscal year that ended in March. The transit org says it's still short on money, though, and will be changing, consolidating and eliminating routes to save money. [TU] [Daily Gazette]
Police used a state police helicopter, a K-9 unit and a lockdown of schools yesterday during a manhunt in Schenectady. Police were looking for a man they suspect has information about the fatal shooting outside a club this past weekend. They didn't get him. [TU] [Daily Gazette]
tags: Albany, CDTA, flu, Saratoga, Schenectady, St Rose, UAlbany
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28 Oct. to 1 Nov. 2008 - Guayaquil in Ecuador.
Minas Tenis Clube
6 - Facundo Luis Sucatzky
Facundo Luis SUCATZKY (ARG)
DOB: 9 Apr.1972
Place of birth: Santa Fe (ARG)
Height: 176cm/5'9"
Current club: (ARG)
Main Statistics
Points per Game 7.4
Rebounds per Game 3.2
Assists per Game 5.8
2pts
Rbds
M/A
5 156 13/30 43.3 5/8 62.5 8/22 36.4 3/4 75 6 10 16 29 10 10 3 0 37
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vs BRA 35 1/2 50 0/7 0 0/0 0 1 2 3 4 1 4 2 0 2
vs ECU 25 0/0 0 2/4 50 0/0 0 1 2 3 4 1 1 0 0 6
vs CHI 35 2/2 100 0/3 0 0/0 0 1 2 3 9 3 2 1 0 4
vs ARG 28 0/2 0 2/3 66.7 1/2 50 2 3 5 6 2 3 0 0 7
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2011 South American League for Men's Clubs 6.6 1.3 4.4
2009 FIBA Americas League for Men's Clubs 9 4.3 5
2009 South American League for Men's Clubs 7 1.8 7
2009 South American League for Men's Clubs 8.3 4 10
2008 FIBA Americas League for Men's Clubs 8 3.8 10.8
2008 South American Championship for Men's Champion Clubs 7.4 3.2 5.8
2007 FIBA Americas League for Men's Clubs 12.6 4.2 9.6
2007 South American Championship for Men's Champion Clubs 15.8 3.8 11.6
2004 South American League for Men 15 2.5 4.5
1991 World Championship for Junior Men 2.3 0 0
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29 Oct. 2008 vs BRA 53-67
30 Oct. 2008 vs ECU 83-60
31 Oct. 2008 vs CHI 80-72
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Israeli authorities refuse to compensate torched Church of Tabgha
Haaretz newspaper has affirmed that the Israeli authorities refused to compensate for the damage which extremist Jewish settlers had caused last June to the Palestinian Church of the Multiplication at Tabgha near the Sea of Galilee.
The Israeli authorities even refuses to repair the extensive material damage which the Church has sustained in the settlers' arson attack, the newspaper added.
Haaretz newspaper quoted Father Nicodemus Schnabel, spokesman for the Benedictine Order in the 1948 occupied lands, as saying that the Israeli property tax authority had informed the Church leaders that it would not pay any compensation for the fire damage at the pretext that it was an anti-Christian hate crime and not a terror attack.
VIDEO: Dr. Tibi's Response to Racist Anti-Christian Statement by Gopstein
archive photo: Dr. Ahmad Tibi
This video is from a speech made by Arab Member of Knesset, Dr. Ahmad Tibi, head of the Arab Movement for Change, who denounced recent racist statements of the leader of the right-wing group, Lehava, who called for the expulsion of non-Jews from Israel, and described the Christians as “bloodsucking vampires”.
Translated to English from Arabic by Saed Bannoura:
“Members of Knesset, approximately two hours ago, my comrades Ayman Odeh, Osama Sa’adi and myself, visited the village of Beitello, northeast of Ramallah, where at night, a terrorist of the Price Tag Israeli group broke a window of a Palestinian home, about one after midnight, and hurled gas bombs into the building, where Hussein Najjar, his wife and child were sleeping.
“The question is how come gangs of Price Tag groups feel free to attack, to write racist graffiti such as ‘greetings from the detainees of Zion’. Why do they feel they can freely move around, invade Palestinian towns, and carry out ugly crimes, to kill and to burn entire Palestinian families?”
“I link all of this to what am reading and seeing today regarding Benzi Gopstein, the horrible things he said against the Christians, against the Muslims”, Tibi said. “He said the Christians are bloodsucking vampires that must be expelled.
“Expelled from where? From their Homeland? From their land? From their homes?”
Tibi went on to say, “Isn’t it enough you expelled the Christians from Eqreth and Birim village, as well as so many other towns? And, then, you attack Muslims too. What we are talking about, here, is the highlight of the Israeli racism.
“If those statements of Gopstein were said in German, they would have appeared much more difficult and racist, and even more realistic,” Dr. Tibi said. “Therefore, I am here telling him, you get out of here, you racist, disciple vile small, but very dangerous, person.
“The Christians aren’t just from here, they are the indigenous to this land, they are the owners, and nobody is doing them a favor by allowing them to stay, the same way Um al-Fahm inhabitants are indigenous, all Muslims and Christians in this land are the natives, the indigenous.”
“The Jews who believe in coexistence and tolerance must rebel against people like this vile person, and all of what he represents. They must stand against incitement and violence, and here I repeated what Imad Shafe’ey said: ‘Shun the vile ignorant, as everything he says is what he really is’
“And, to Gopstein and his followers, I say this: the soles of our Christian brothers’ shoes are worth more than you and everyone who stands with you. The Christians in this country are the natives of the land.”
Leader of Right-Wing Israeli Group Calls Christians "Blood-Sucking Vampires"
Benzi Gopstein
The leader of the right-wing group Lehava, which calls for the expulsion of non-Jews from Israel, has issued a statement that Christians, like Muslims, should be violently removed from the Holy Land.
Benzi Gopstein, in his statement, called for a ban on Christmas in the Holy Land, and said that the Christian Church is the deadly enemy of the Jewish people, and has been for hundreds of years.
In the article, published on a Haredi website in Israel, stated, “Christmas has no place in the Holy Land. Let us remove the vampires before they once again drink our blood.”
This is not the first time that Gopstein has engaged in incitement and threatening speech. But so far, the Israeli Prosecutors office has declined to pursue any charges of incitement against the extremist leader.
He was briefly arrested last year after the 'Hand in Hand' peace school in Jerusalem was burned by members of his group, but was soon released by the Israeli police.
His Facebook page at the time was full of posts showing doctored photos of Palestinian legislators hanging from nooses, and numerous racist slanders.
Two weeks ago in Jerusalem, 'Lehava' held a protest outside of the YMCA in Jerusalem, shouting at Palestinian Christian children and families as they were entering and leaving the annual Christmas-tree decoration party.
The group frequently protests against 'mixed marriages' between Jews and people of other religions.
In November, Gopstein was invited to speak before the Israeli Knesset, where he was cheered by right-wing legislators.
Right-wing Israeli group protests Christmas tree event in Jerusalem
The right-wing Jewish group 'Lehava' held a protest outside of the YMCA in Jerusalem, shouting at Palestinian Christian children and families as they were entering and leaving the annual Christmas-tree decoration party.
Lehava is a group that calls for the expulsion of the indigenous Palestinian population from their homes in what is now Israel, in Jerusalem and in the West Bank. At a protest last year outside of a business that had some Palestinian employees, the group chanted “Stop hiring Arabs,” “stop dating our women” and “employing Arabs equals Assimilation.”
The group, whose name in Hebrew stands for the "Organization for the Prevention of Assimilation in the Holy Land", has also disrupted weddings between Palestinians and Israeli Jews, and handed out fliers saying they are trying to "save the daughters of Israel" by preventing them from dating or marrying Arab men.
A 2011 investigation by the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz found that around half of the annual budget of the controversial Lehava organization was funded directly by the Israeli government.
The leader of the group, Benzi Gopstein, was reportedly present at the YMCA protest on Friday. Gopstein is on the record voicing support for Pinhas Aburamed, an Israeli man who murdered a Palestinian who he thought was trying to flirt with a Jewish girl. Gopstein said that Aburamed is a hero and should receive a medal.
The event that the right-wing Jewish Lehava group chose to protest was a family event described on the YMCA's website as "A festive evening in the YMCA lobby decorating the Christmas tree, singing carols and enjoying holiday treats."
The protesters shouted anti-Palestinian and anti-Christian slogans at the children who came to decorate the Christmas tree, including, “The Arabs won’t defeat us with knifes, and the Christians won’t buy us with presents,” and “Jews want a hanukkiah [menorah], not a fir tree", according to Israel National News.
Around 1% of the population of Israel, the West Bank and Gaza is Christian. The percentage had been higher before the Israeli military occupation and theft of Palestinian land began. The emigration of Palestinian Christians to other countries increased significantly after the Oslo Accords were signed in 1993 and Israeli settlement expansion increased exponentially.
Many Palestinian Christians in Bethlehem, Jerusalem and Nazareth can trace their ancestry back to early Christians who have remained continuously on the land where Christians believe that Jesus was born, died and resurrected.
Diliani: Israelis demand expelling Christians out of their lands
Secretary General of the National Christian Coalition in the Holy Lands Dmitri Diliani said the extremist Jewish Lahava Organization demands expelling of Palestinian Christians out of their lands all over Palestine.
He pointed out that these calls were launched in a demonstration organized by Lahava Organization in protest against activities of the Young Men Christian Association (YMCA) in the western side of Occupied Jerusalem for celebrating Christmas.
In a press statement on Monday, Diliani charged Israeli government with responsibility in full for such calls and its subsequences of crimes. He stressed that the Christians are part of the history and civilization of the Palestinian people.
Diliani called on the international community to intervene to oblige Israel to ban the terrorist Lahava Organization.
Egyptian church declines invitation to pop in Occupied Jerusalem
The Orthodox Church in Egypt on Monday turned down an invitation by the Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to visit Jerusalem as long as it is occupied.
Spokesperson for the church Paul Halim said, in a statement posted on his Facebook page, he firmly refuses to visit Jerusalem as long as it is occupied by Israel.
Halim’s statement was released following a visit paid by the PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to the Pope of the Egyptian Church Tawadros II in eastern Cairo.
Tawadros voiced his hope that the diplomatic endeavors would lead to a radical solution for the Palestinian cause, promising to visit Jerusalem by then.
Abbas said any projected stopover by the Egyptian Church in Occupied Jerusalem would give a push to the Palestinian people and boost their determination.
The Orthodox Church, however, said visits to Occupied Jerusalem amount to acts of normalization.
Several parties have often turned down Abbas’s invitation to visit Occupied Jerusalem in line with their refusal of any act of normalization with the Israeli occupation.
Palestinian Pastor lashes out at Jordanian Sheikh, calling him "coward"
By Khalid Amayreh
Fr. Manuel Musallam, Pastor of the only Catholic Church in Gaza, has lambasted a Jordanian Sheikh who reportedly called the stabbing of Israeli soldiers and settlers by Palestinians "a savage and barbarian act."
"Your eminence, I am Palestinian and a man of religion like you; I completely reject what you said. Arabs and Muslims wouldn't have left us alone in the field of Jihad and resistance to defend Palestine, had it not been for the fact that the voices of true patriotic speakers fainted, whereas the voices of defeatist elements like you got louder and louder."
In an earlier Friday sermon, a government-appointed Jordanian cleric named Umar Talha lashed out at Palestinians who stab Israeli settlers and soldiers, calling such attacks "barbarian and savage."
"Your attitude is markedly incompatible with those of free men and women who took to the streets in solidarity with Palestine and Aqsa Mosque.
Palestinians have been carrying out widespread protests over increasingly daring and highly provocative efforts by government-backed Messianic Jewish fanatics to gain a foothold at the Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third holiest site.
As many as 36 Palestinians and 8 Israelis have been killed in two weeks of sporadic violence, also sparked off by the collapse of a peace process that would have given millions of Palestinians, languishing under a decades-old harsh occupation by Israel, a hope for freedom and independence.
"I would have forgiven you had you not crossed all the red lines by hurling abuse at our freedom fighters and shamelessly calling them 'savages.'
Disgrace be on you."
"We are the masters of the Arabs, desert-dwellers as well as city-dwellers alike."
Musallam went on:
But it is not strange at all that cowards like you would consider the brutal occupation of Palestine by Zionist gangs and the expulsion and extirpation of its native people an expression of civility and enlightenment whereas the noble resistance to Zionist savagery and barbarianism is viewed as an expression of savagery and barbarianism."
Musallam went on wondering if the Jordanian cleric thought that the tight blockade being imposed on Gaza for the ninth consecutive year, which causes indescribable suffering and agony to Gaza’s children, men and women, represented true civilization.
He added, “Is the hermetic closure of al-Quds (East Jerusalem) in the face of Muslims and Christians, its annexation to Israel and obliteration of its Arab-Islamic identity an expression of civility?"
Musallam's remarks were reported on Saturday, 17 October, in the Jordanian newspaper As-Sabeel.
Bishop Attalla Hanna: We are victims of Israel
Bishop Attalla Hanna, the Orthodox Archbishop of Sebastia, expressed his refusal of Israeli policy of collective punishment, saying that Palestinians are victims of the Israeli occupation.
Hanna said he was shocked at the Israeli measures aiming at tightening the noose on the people of Jerusalem under the pretext of security.
Bishop Hanna along with clerics visited the districts of the Old City of Jerusalem which are under Israeli curfew. The forces attempted to disrupt Bishop Hanna’s access to some of Jerusalem's neighborhoods.
The Bishop condemned the Israeli policy of disinformation and incitement against Palestinians.
Hanna: Israel’s terrorism against Palestinians worse than Apartheid
Archbishop Atallah Hanna said Muslims and Christians are united in the face of Israel’s notorious apartheid policies against the Palestinian people.
Hanna said during a solidarity visit to the holy al-Aqsa Mosque: “Today we are facing a new apartheid—a kind of oppressive politics rejected by all Palestinians alike, be them Muslims or Christians.”
He spoke out against what he dubbed a “preplanned terrorism” perpetrated by the Israeli occupation forces and vandals against the Palestinian people.
Hanna referred to cold-blooded murder and field executions as the most atrocious cases in point.
Hanna, along with a delegation of Christian clergy, also popped in Jerusalem hospitals to keep tabs on the health condition of the wounded Palestinians, wishing them a swift recovery.
According to the Archbishop, the tour carried out by Jerusalem’s mayor while holding a machinegun and inciting murder of Arabs is “a criminal act.”
He called for immediately ceasing racism against and attacks on the peaceful Muslim congregation at the holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
“Such racist policies are no less atrocious and perilous than South Africa’s ill-famed apartheid,” Archbishop Hanna said.
He hailed all Palestinians for standing firm against Israel’s ongoing terrorism and aggression on Islamic and Christian holy sites.
Priests Call on Abbas to Address Cremisan Issue at UN
Delivered by Fr. Ibrahim Shomali:
Thank you, Mr. President,
The CCIA of the World Council of Churches would like to express its deep concern on the building of the Israeli annexation and separation wall in the Cremisan valley, near Bethlehem, in occupied Palestine.
As a priest of the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem, and having been myself following the Cremisan case for many years, I’m here to alert the international community to the latest developments in the Cremisan area in Beit Jala, upper Bethlehem, which we consider almost as the last nail in Bethlehem’s coffin, condemning Palestinian Christians to being out of place in their own country.
In the last 6 weeks, Israeli forces have been uprooting hundreds of olive trees in the area, one of the last green areas in Bethlehem, very crucial for the survival of thousands of people. I call on you to remember the situation of Christians in Palestine, the birthplace of Christianity. Are you going to allow Bethlehem to die?
Mr. President, Israel is attempting to change the Palestinian identity of our occupied country. So far, the international community has failed to take any concrete actions to stop this and, furthermore, the countries that consider Israel as a “Jewish State”, are complicit in fuelling extremism; the most recent example is the silence of the international community on Israel’s continued attacks against religious sites, in particular the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound in Occupied East Jerusalem. What we need in our region are democratic states with equal rights for all their citizens and not exclusive Jewish or Muslim states.
I call upon all of you to take meaningful action in order to stop the Israeli strangulation of Bethlehem. The Wall in Cremisan must be stopped. But most importantly, a just and lasting peace must be achieved by respecting the rules and principles of international law.
Therefore, Mr. President, we call upon:
1. The Government of Israel:
a. to immediately stop building the Wall in Cremisan.
b. to dismantle the sections already constructed on all occupied territory as recommended by the ICJ; and
c. to immediately cease confiscating Palestinian land for settlement construction,
2. The Human Rights Council and the international community to take effective measures to make sure the government of Israel is held accountable for the grave violations of international law, including forced displacement of population.
Palestinian Christians threaten to close churches
Palestinian Christians within the Green Line threatened to close their churches in protest at Israeli racist policies against them, most recently was reducing the state subsidies allocated for the Christian schools.
Wadie Abu Nassar, an adviser to the conference of bishops in the Holy Land, told Quds Press that the Israeli authorities continue to manipulate in reaching a permanent solution for the budget constraints and lack of funding experienced by Palestinian Christian schools in Israel.
47 Christian schools across Israel which cater for 33,000 Arab students have staged a protest strike rejecting the Israeli racist policy against them, where they had been allocated less than a third of state subsidies for equivalent Jewish schools.
Israel had earlier decided to reduce the state subsidies allocated for the Christian schools from 57 per cent to only 29 per cent of the schools’ needs, while continued to cover 100 per cent of Jewish schools’ costs, Abu Nassar said.
Israel’s racist policy does not only target Christian schools, but it also affects Muslims as 70 per cent of most of these schools’ students are Muslims, he pointed out.
The strike, Abu Nassar continued, affected 33,000 students for the fourth consecutive week amid total disregard on the part of the Israeli government.
He revealed that more escalatory steps would be taken in the coming days including closing churches in order to internationalize the Christian schools crisis.
Heads of Churches in Jerusalem Condemn Recent Attacks on Al Aqsa
The Heads of Churches in Jerusalem, on Monday, have released statement expressing serious concerns regarding recent violent development on Haram al Sharif (Al Aqsa Mosque).
“We condemn all threats of change to the historical (Status Quo) situation in the Al-Aqsa Mosque (Haram Asharif) and its courtyard, all buildings, and in the city of Jerusalem. Any threat to its continuity and integrity could easily lead to unpredictable consequences which would be most unwelcome in the present delicate political climate,” statement said, according to the PNN.
The statement continued by saying that Muslims have the right to free access to and worship within the Al Aqsa Mosque.
“There is a great importance of the custody of the Hashemite kingdom on Al Aqsa Mosque and the holy places in Jerusalem and the Holy Land. We believe that all Holy Sites need constant watchful protection so that reasonable access to them can be maintained according to the prevailing Status Quo of all three Abrahamic faiths.”
The Heads of Churches finally renewed calls that the existing agreed Status Quo governing these sites needs to be fully respected for the sake of the whole community.
Archbishop Hanna: We are united in face of Israeli attacks
Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Sebastia Atallah Hanna visited Wednesday morning the Jerusalemite youths who were injured over the past three days while trying to prevent Israeli settlers and forces’ break-ins into al-Aqsa mosque.
During a press conference held shortly after his visit to Makassed Hospital, Archbishop Hanna denounced Israeli escalated attacks on al-Aqsa Mosque and sit-inners.
He stressed the urgent need for a real action in defense of al-Aqsa Mosque and holy sites in the occupied city of Jerusalem.
Christians in occupied Jerusalem express total rejection of the Israeli escalation in the city against Muslims’ holy shrines, he said.
Israel’s escalation, according to him, could only strengthen "our steadfastness, determination, and rejection to its unfair practices".
"We, as Christians, share the same pain and sorrow as our Muslim brothers in occupied Jerusalem", he continued. “Al-Aqsa Mosque is the main issue for all the Palestinian people, Christians and Muslims.”
He concluded by hailing the heroic steadfastness of those who sacrificed their lives in defense of al-Aqsa Mosque.
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Stranger Abducts 10 Year-old In West Springfield:
AMBER ALERT ISSUED CANCELLED DUE TO MURDER
Authorities in Springfield are looking for a man who abducted a little girl in west Springfield late Tuesday (02-18-14) afternoon.
A witness to the abduction on the 3200 block of West Lombard [which is near Grand and West Bypass] says a man called 10 year-old Hailey Owens about 4:48 p.m. to his truck to ask directions to a street before he grabbed her and threw in his truck.
Hailey's mom told investigators that she has no idea who the man is.
Hailey, who lives on Page Street, was walking to a friend's house on Lombard when she was snatched from the street in broad daylight.
Authorities need your help in locating the person who was driving what is believed to be an early 2000's gold or tan Ford Ranger pickup truck that was last seen headed south on Golden Avenue. The truck bears Missouri plate IYF 454 or IYS 454. The suspect could be a 45 year-old man with gray hair and an unshaven face.
Hailey is 10, 5-foot-2, skinny, with sandy blonde hair and pierced ears. She was last seen wearing blue jean shorts and purple sandals.
If you know where Hailey is or who may have abducted her call 9-1-1.
UPDATE 02-18-14:
A suspect was taken into custody and booked on suspicion of kidnapping after police located the vehicle at a residence in south Springfield, but the search for Hailey continues.
Police have set up a command post at National and Bennett and 30-40 officers have begun an extensive search that will continue throughout the night, or until she is found.
Police say if they haven't located her by 6:30 a.m. they will hold a news conference.
UPDATE 02-29-14 @ 6:45 a.m.:
Craig Michael Wood
A reporter who was at Hailey Owens' home said they witnessed police come to the house and notify the family that a body had been found.
Craig Michael Wood, 45, has been booked on suspicion of first-degree murder and kindapping.
Springfield Police Chief Paul Willliams said in a news conference that cops, acting on a tip, found Williams inside the truck about 8:30 p.m. at1538 East Stanford. Wood allegedly told cops that there was a crime scene inside that residence when he was apprehended.
About 40 police officers honed in on that crime scene where Williams said "they found evidence of a crime that had been committed."
Not long after Hailey went missing authorities swarmed an area in Ash Grove looking for Wood, who according to public records, has a residence there as well.
Online court records in Missouri show that Wood pled guilty to a drug charge in Greene County in 1990. He was placed on probation and ordered to complete drug counseling.
Wood, has been employed by the Springfield school district since 1998. An online search at Pleasant View Middle School reveals that Wood worked as an athletic coach and paraprofessional for In School Suspension.
An official statement from the school district says, "His employment has been suspended until this matter is resolved."
Investigators have covered the front of the house Wood was found at with a tarp and a pickup truck parked in the driveway was towed away for forensic testing.
The FBI and Highway Patrol are assisting city police in the investigation.
Another update from police is schedule for 11:00 a. m.
UPDATE 02-19-14 @ 10:30 a.m.:
Family members have confirmed to KMBC that Hailey's remains had been recovered.
UPDATE 02-19-14 11:45 a.m.:
Springfield police chief Paul Williams says the suspect in the kidnapping and murder of a 10 year-old girl won't speak to them.
Craig Michael Wood, 45, asked for a lawyer while he was being questioned about his involvement in Hailey Owens' murder.
courtesy KY3
Wood allegedly told investigators that the little girl was dead inside his residence at 1538 East Stanford after he was apprehended. Authorities searched the property of another residence near Ash Grove associated with Wood as well, but centered their investigation on the Springfield property after there was no movement at the Ash Grove property.
An amber alert was issued for Hailey at around 7:00 p.m.--about two hours after witnesses reported a man driving a Gold Ford Ranger had snatched the little girl from Lombard Street on the city's west side.
Williams says those witnesses did everything right and their information regarding the license plate of the suspect vehicle was instrumental in capturing Wood.
At an 11:00 a.m. news conference, Williams said authorities arrested Wood about 8:30 p.m. as he returned home, presumably from a nearby Laundromat that was also being processed as a crime scene.
FBI agents, police and crime scene tape surrounded the Dutch Maid Laundry near the Missouri State campus early this morning. An attendant says authorities concentrated on two dryers and a washer that Wood allegedly used. Those investigators were seen carrying bags and boxes of potential evidence out of the business before releasing the crime scene about 10:30 a.m.
Wood's arrest has stunned colleagues and parents at Pleasant View Middle School. He has been employed by the Springfield school district for the last 15 years. He began his career with the Springfield school district as a substitute teacher in 1998 and was hired as a full time football coach and paraproffessional (In School Suspension teacher) in 2006.
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piasabird said...
Lot's of things coming out in the Oklahoma news reports indicating they think the suspect is headed there. Hopefully, that means they know who this guy is. Prayers for the family and Hailey.
Greenbean said...
Why, why, why . . .
That poor child and her poor family. A ten year old child should be able to walk down the street to her friend's house in broad daylight safely. To her family, please know that this was the result of a sick, sick person. Mental illness hurt your baby. This is not mom and dad's fault. This is the fault of the perp. RIP sweet baby.
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Achy Breaky Art
Being something of an minor league art cannibal, I've been observing the recent controversy created when a local Miami artist acted on impulse (or in a premeditated fashion, depending on who you believe) and broke elements of an expensive art installation to protest the museum's perceived lack of community outreach, once again exposing a typical gallery game to light where the well-known are used (and abused) and the unknown are ignored for the sake of commerce. Plus ca change...
An irony abounds here, however - for the artist whose work hit the tiles has himself made a name by indulging at times in forms of vandalism for the sake of a greater point - in his case, to protest the masses' uncaring attitude toward their own cultural history. A fair point, and yet...
The fact that this same artist now decries such highbrow hooliganism holds the irony, and the comparison used to justify his revisionism ('You cannot stand in front of a classical painting and kill somebody and say that you are inspired by the artist') makes as little sense as a purely destructive act committed in and of itself. Who is 'killing somebody' here, in the interests of metaphoric comparison?
Further to that, actual murder has allegedly inspired art, as art has been the inspiration for murder...which thus dooms the comparison to irrelevance, in any case.
It's likely that the art was overvalued for insurance purposes, as the artist acknowledged - and my opinion is that it is overvalued for artistic purposes also, as dipping an ancient relic in high-visibility paint provides a point (to me) abstract at best and nebulous at the worst, much like another artist who took the mundane and made it more...mundane.
'Fuck off', indeed.
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NEED AN EXCUSE TO SLEEP IN?
Don't we all want to improve our reaction time, vigor, fatigue and mood? If it's good enough for basketball players then it's good enough for you and me!
Study Is The First To Document How Sleep Extension Affects The Performance Of Actively Competing Athletes
A study in the July 1 issue of the journal SLEEP shows that sleep extension is beneficial to athletic performance, reaction time, vigor, fatigue and mood in collegiate basketball players. The study is the first to document sleep extension and the athletic performance of actively competing athletes.
Results of objective measurements show that the mean total sleep time per night during sleep extension was 110.9 minutes longer than at baseline. Indices of athletic performance specific to basketball were measured after every practice to assess changes in performance. Speed during 282-foot sprints improved significantly from 16.2 seconds at baseline to 15.5 seconds after sleep extension, and shooting accuracy increased significantly by nine percent on both free throws and three-point field goals. Subjects also reported improved overall ratings of physical and mental well-being during practices and games.
"Following multiple weeks of sleep extension, elite athletes demonstrated improvements in specific indicators of basketball athletic performance including higher shooting percentages and faster sprint times," said lead author Cheri D. Mah, MS, researcher at the Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic and Research Laboratory in Stanford, Calif. "Subjects also demonstrated faster reaction time, decreased levels of daytime sleepiness, and mood improvements."
The study involved 11 healthy students on the Stanford University men's varsity basketball team and was conducted during two basketball seasons from 2005 to 2008. Participants had a mean age of 19 years and an average height of about six feet and four inches. Eight of the players were guards, two were forwards and one was a center.
Total sleep time was measured objectively by actigraphy. The players maintained their habitual sleep-wake schedule for a baseline period of two to four weeks during the NCAA basketball season, sleeping for an average of less than seven hours per night. The following period of sleep extension lasted five to seven weeks, during which the participants obtained as much nocturnal sleep as possible with a minimum goal of 10 hours in bed per night. Objective mean total sleep time during sleep extension was nearly 8.5 hours per night.
Participants shot 10 free throws from 15 feet, making an average of 7.9 shots at baseline and 8.8 shots at the end of the sleep extension period. They also attempted 15 three-point field goals, making an average of 10.2 shots at baseline and 11.6 shots after sleep extension. The timed sprint involved running from baseline to half-court and back to baseline, then the full 94-foot length of the court and back to baseline. Reaction time, levels of daytime sleepiness, and mood were monitored using the Psychomotor Vigilance Task, Epworth Sleepiness Scale and Profile of Mood States.
Mah said that she was especially intrigued to find that sleep extension was associated with improvements in diverse basketball skills.
"It was interesting to note that sleep extension significantly improved different measures of physical performance in basketball from shooting percentages to sprinting times," she said.
According to Mah, an athlete's nightly sleep requirement should be considered integral to attaining peak performance in all levels of sports. She offered these tips to help athletes improve their performance by maximizing their sleep:
Prioritize sleep as a part of your regular training regimen.
Extend nightly sleep for several weeks to reduce your sleep debt before competition.
Maintain a low sleep debt by obtaining a sufficient amount of nightly sleep (seven to nine hours for adults, nine or more hours for teens and young adults).
Keep a regular sleep-wake schedule, going to bed and waking up at the same times every day.
Take brief 20-30 minute naps to obtain additional sleep during the day, especially if drowsy.
Mah presented preliminary results from this study at SLEEP 2007, the 21st annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, in Minneapolis, Minn. The results are consistent with similar research she has performed at Stanford involving men and women who compete in other sports such as football, tennis, and swimming.
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Report Overview
With eyes firmly set on 2023, our Foresight report is taking a comprehensive look into the challenges and opportunities the world will face this year. The post-pandemic recovery proved short-lived as shocks in 2022 re-opened economic wounds that had only partially healed. The world is entering 2023 in an environment of galloping inflation, looming recession, and elevated geopolitical uncertainty. Existing challenges and new crises are tipping the world into yet another big slowdown with a third of the global economy is poised to contract amid shrinking real incomes and rising prices. For many 2023 will feel like a recession. The soaring inflation, tightening rates, and Europe’s energy crisis are some of the culprits for the impending recession that will be a key topic in many of our Foresight stories. Yet, not all is doom and gloom. COVID-19 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which hurt global growth so much, have once again highlighted the need for greater energy diversification, enabling governments and companies around the world to accelerate their efforts towards a net-zero economy. Throughout history, conflicts and crises have often supported energy transitions and we believe today’s decarbonisation policies are putting in motion innovation and investments that will fuel growth and bring us closer to a more sustainable future.
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A third of the global economy is poised to contract amid shrinking real incomes and rising prices. Central banks are in the spotlight with their credibility at stake, while the labour market spares the world from an outright meltdown by (still) staying resilient.
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COVID-19 has ushered in an era for greater need for timely data to understand the economy and its various segments. Alternative data is helping economists and analysts gauge the local and global economy.
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The strong US dollar and the aggressive rate hikes by the Fed are putting pressure on emerging economies in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving them increasingly exposed to capital outflows.The strong US dollar and the aggressive rate hikes by the Fed are putting pressure on emerging economies in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving them increasingly exposed to capital outflows.
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China’s carbon neutral targets are undoubtedly bold, but it remains to be seen whether Beijing can deliver.
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The rising cost of gas and electricity is stressing household energy bills, threatening businesses' productivity and testing government policy.The rising cost of gas and electricity is stressing household energy bills, threatening businesses' productivity and testing government policy.
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Gritty, Soul-Bearing Four Seasons Story Begins in Memphis Next Week!
As a preview to JERSEY BOYS’ opening in Memphis next week, GoMemphis.com’s Christopher Blank has a terrific interview with original Four Seasons’ member Bob Gaudio and JB national tour’s “Frankie Valli,” Joseph Leo Bwarie.
It’s no surprise that a few years ago, when it seemed as though every major artist was having their catalogs turned into Broadway shows — Elvis, ABBA, The Beach Boys, John Lennon among them — the two men who controlled The Four Seasons’ canon, lead singer Frankie Valli and songwriter/keyboardist/vocalist Bob Gaudio, were interested.
Unlike those other efforts, which have come to be known as “jukebox musicals,” this one didn’t rely on a story that critics could trash as derivative or cheesy. It was their story, warts and all, as soul-baring as could be depicted in a two-hour show.
“When Frankie and I were in opening night at La Jolla (2004), we both looked at each other at halftime — or intermission — and said, ‘My God, imagine if this gets to Broadway,’ ” said Gaudio during a recent visit to Memphis, his first since he was a teenager. “La Jolla was Beach Boys territory, the worst place you could open a show about The Four Seasons. But they extended it from six weeks to four months. Then we thought, OK, well, if it goes to New York and the critics don’t destroy us, at least we’ll have the bridge and tunnel crowd. The reviews were terrific. Then we won the Tony.”
“It’s an odd feeling watching it,” Gaudio said. “Once the story of our lives became theatricalized, we kind of became fans of what we were seeing. Back then, we were criminals! Well, some of us, at least.”
Read the full interview, along with some fascinating stories behind some of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons’ biggest hits on GoMemphis.com.
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Great photo of Frankie and Bob together! Go Memphis!
Comment by Chiara — January 22, 2010 @ 10:44 pm
Frankie & Bobby,
The Jersey Boys is the “BEST” its so true your not only seeing a play but also a concert both rolled into one,so many feel the same way its a show you want to keep seeing over & over again. Its done well & so real except for 5% of it. Ha! Ha!
Great shot/dad is smiling right down on you with Love.
Best Wishes to the Boys in Memphis…..
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Comment by Patti-Massi-Candeliere — January 22, 2010 @ 11:54 pm
I hope that Memphis embraces “Jersey Boys” as much as we did in Chicago. As a lifelong 4 Seasons fan “Jersey Boys” it was a great reprise of good memories of the best group of all time. To Frankie and Bob, thanks for the great music. My kids, and now grandkids, have grown up with the music. My 23 year old daughter, who once had her hand kissed by Frankie during “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You” at a concert in Merrillville, IN when she was just 7 still is a great fan. And most recently at the last Chicago concert Frankie kissed my grand daughter’s hand at the end of the concert and she now is another “Frankie follower”. Great memories for them as well. Bob, what great music! And to Patti, I wish your father was here to enjoy the adjulation of the fans. What a talent! I’ve been fortunate to get the autographs from Frankie, Bob and Tommy and wish I could’ve had the opprotunity to meet your dad. It’s something that a real 4 Seasons’ fan has missed. Memphis, please take advantage of this great show, you’ll be sorry if you miss it!
Comment by Stan Burczyk — January 25, 2010 @ 10:45 am
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Quixy Earns Gold Tier Status in PMI Citizen Developer Partner Program
Hyderabad, India, March 24, 2022 – Quixy, the cloud-based no-code Process Automation, and Application Development platform, today announced that it has achieved Gold Tier status in the Project Management Institute (PMI) Citizen Developer™ Partner Program. Gold represents the highest-level partner tier in the program.
The first of its kind, Project Management Institute (PMI) is one of the world’s leading professional association for project management which will now enable millions of young professionals who want to leverage no-code and low-code technology to accelerate and scale software development.
No-Code Low-Code Citizen Development platform vendors must meet stringent PMI requirements to achieve Gold status. These include requirements related to platform capability, the training of vendor staff on PMI Citizen Developer courses, and the review of case studies, customer references, thought leadership, and hosted webinars related to citizen development.
“I would like to personally congratulate Quixy on achieving the Gold tier of the PMI Citizen Developer Partner Program,” said Sam Sibley, Global Head of Citizen Developer at PMI. “Organizations like Quixy are democratizing the adoption of low-code and no-code technology, benefiting Citizen Developer’s across the globe. Quixy has demonstrated their alignment and commitment to the global PMI Citizen Developer standards, and we are delighted to award them with the Powered by PMI stamp of approval.”
As a PMI Gold-tier Partner, Quixy is committed to assisting organizations to accelerate digital transformation and reduce shadow IT. Quixy’s intuitive no-code app-development platform helps non-technical employees become citizen developers by enabling them to convert their ideas to software applications to better track and manage their work without coding while providing IT maintains complete oversight and governance.
“Quixy has been at the forefront of the Citizen Development movement, helping business users with little or no programming skills automate processes and build enterprise-grade applications without writing any code. I am super excited about our association with PMI.” said Vivek Goel, Vice President – Marketing at Quixy. “This is an important step towards our common goal to build an ecosystem that adopts the right standards, guardrails, and best practices to allow the world to unlock the true potential of citizen development.”
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A Woman’s Gift is a Salesman’s Curse: Glengarry Glen Ross
March 4, 2009 Michael W. Ollinger Leave a comment
Mamet has been accused of being anti-feminist at best and misogynist at worst. Yet certainly we can’t say that he wants us to admire the “world of men” in this real estate office, or to agree with the characters’ attitude toward women (or toward anyone outside their white male world).
What are we to make of the influence of women in the play? What of Mrs. Lingk, who ruins Roma’s deal and indirectly brings about Levene’s final fall? What of the “ex” Levene mentions early in the play, the one who “kicked out” of another deal? What of Levene’s “daughter? And what of Harriet Nyborg, even, who serves Levene store-bought crumb cake and, along with her husband, agrees to sign a contract for land she has no intention or means of purchasing?
How are we to deal with the presence/absence of women in Glengarry Glen Ross? How might you construct an interpretation of the play that takes these women into account?
Hotshot salesman Richard Roma’s attempt to sway his client, James Lingk, back into their land deal best explains why playwright David Mamet did not feature female characters on-stage in his play Glengarry Glen Ross. “Prudence…is something women have,” Roma tells James, further adding that their prudence is why men marry them. By contrast, the salesmen at Premeire Properties have no prudence.
Instead, they only want that contract, that new Cadillac, those premium leads, and nothing else. The salesmen lie to their clients by claiming to be out-of-town higher-ups in the company; they besmirch them by calling them racial epithets and “deadbeats.” They connive their coworkers, willing to use the downfall of their fellow man as a stepping-stone further up the corporate ladder. They care only about themselves and no one else. Prudence—and by extension, women—has no place in their lives and only acts as an obstacle.
While a female character on-stage would have perhaps offset the men’s malice toward one another, it would have also detracted from the crux of the play, which is to show the consequences to lacking prudence completely and instead possessing an abundance of avarice.
Both Sheldon Levene’s and Richard Roma’s fates underscore this crucial point. Had Levene been patient, perhaps he would have finally gotten a legitimate contract. Instead, he chose to rob the office and effectively ruin the rest of his life. Perhaps a moment of prudence in the Nyborgs’ kitchen would have provided Levene with the necessary insight not to close the deal (or maybe to lock the Nyborgs into just one unit instead of eight).
Roma’s loss of the Lingk deal reflects a lack of prudence on his part; if he had been up front with the Lingks, he would not have wasted his time on people who would be unable to follow through on the deal. Such unchecked greed and the justification of the means via the ends, ultimately lead to the downfall of these men.
Female characters generally evoke more sympathetic reactions from both other characters on-stage and the audience, so to have included female characters would have unnecessarily complicated Glengarry Glen Ross by introducing another line for the characters to contend, i.e. the differences between the male and female genders.
Mamet’s choice to leave women as characters only mentioned in passing and never depicted on-stage serves
to keep the focus of the play on the struggle between two generations of men, i.e. the old guard and the young cadets, as well as what becomes of the men living in this sort of cutthroat world.
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Blind WoodWorker Can Identify Wood By Smell
Aug 01, 2022Offbeat, The Hero No One KnowsComments Off on Blind WoodWorker Can Identify Wood By Smell
By Simona Kitanovska
A skilled craftsman is wowing customers by carving intricate items and works of art out of lumps of wood despite being blind – using his senses of touch and smell.
Chris Fisher, 52, is the United Kingdom’s only completely blind professional woodturner after taking up the hobby when he lost his sight 14 years ago.
The former engineer was aged just 39 when he started to go blind over a period of four weeks due to a parasitic infection called toxoplasmosis.
Fisher began honing his craft by listening to more than 600 hours of YouTube videos and capitalized upon his other heightened senses to begin creating wooden objects.
Using a lathe and other handheld tools, the horror film fan began by making himself a vampire stake and progressed onto more intricate and colorful pieces.
He became a professional and accredited woodturner in 2018 after mastering the ancient craft which can be traced back thousands of years to around 1,300 B.C.
Fisher now teaches the skill to children with disabilities and has become a Youtube sensation sharing his stunning creations with thousands of followers.
The married dad-of-one says the images form in his mind as he feels his way around despite working with dangerous machinery and razor-sharp blades.
His fingertips are also so sensitive that he can detect the minute difference after wood has been sprayed with fine paint purely by touch.
He also relies on auditory clues to reassure him that the piece of going according to plan and can identify different types of wood solely by their smell.
Fisher, of Hulland Ward, Derbyshire in central England, in the United Kingdom, said he first decided to try his hand at woodturning because he wanted to make a vampire stake as a Halloween prop.
Chris Fisher, of Ashbourne, Derbyshire, Britain’s first completely blind wood turner, July 27 2022. Fisher carves intricate items and works of art out of lumps of wood despite being blind – using his senses of touch and smell. (SWNS/Zenger)
He said: “It all started, strangely enough, because I wanted a stake as I’m a big horror film buff.
“But I didn’t just want to get a piece of wood out of the garden and just whittle a stick or a twig, I wanted something more stylized.
“After getting the lathe and starting it was probably about a month of trials, tribulations and errors and mistakes until I had a vampire stake that I was happy enough to display as a prop.
“That was just the start and it evolved into all the other things that woodturners are synonymous with – goblets, platters, bowls, handmade pens, candlesticks.
“I start shaping pictures in my mind and then I will stop and have a feel. It’s obviously quite stop-start but I learned to persist. Everything is considered action.
“I’m also listening all the time for auditory cues. There’s good and bad sounds and I’m listening to make sure a piece is balanced, safe and running smoothly.
“I can tell by the interaction between the tool and the wood if there is a flaw in the wood or a crack.
“My sense of smell helps me with wood recognition. I can tell whether something is sycamore or oak using my nose.
“Some woods have a hot butter popcorn-like smell while African woods tend to be more medicinal.
“I still have a sense of what the world looks like in my mind’s eye as I could see for nearly 39 years so I still rely on that.
“To work with dangerous machinery you have to make sure everything is perfectly in the right place and never deviate away from that.
“But it’s quite spontaneous, instinctive and free-flowing and hopefully I eventually end up with something that feels pretty cool.
“My goal is to inspire others by demonstrating that anything is possible and to show the world that having a disability isn’t the end, it’s just a new beginning.”
Fisher’s method is based on using his alternative senses which he said became more sensitive not long after becoming blind.
He added: “Your brain really does need the information and input to function.
“It goes from losing your sight, which plays a part in everything you do, to relying on your olfactory sense and your auditory sense and your sense of touch.
“It was very quick, certainly within weeks all my other senses started getting more acute.
“Those senses that you never really have to rely on because you use your eyes so much soon evolve to become finely tuned.
“I can even tell what my wife is thinking based on her breathing rate and if she is wearing eye shadow by the smell.
“It then takes tenacity, practice and self-belief to try and excel in a certain discipline then and I’m still learning now.”
A few examples of the hundreds of items Chris Fisher has made over the years. Fisher carves intricate items and works of art out of lumps of wood despite being blind – using his senses of touch and smell. (SWNS/Zenger)
Woodturning is the art of using a rotary wheel and hand-held tools to carve and shape wood.
Fisher has been professional for four years this August after being encouraged by other pro turners to apply and hopes his success can lead to others giving it a go.
He said: “Hopefully that’s opened the gates for other visually impaired woodturners that might want to go for their professional accreditation.
“I’ve done it, so there’s certainly nothing stopping them. At the minute I’m the one and only but hopefully there will be more in the future.”
Fisher had to undergo a year of rehabilitation to relearn basic life skills after coming to terms with the impact of losing his sight in 2008.
He had to overcome adversity to overcome side effects included anxiety, hallucinations insomnia and muscle spasms.
Fisher said: “I had four years of crippling anxiety so I was chomping at the bit to get my teeth into something creative.
“At the time there was that much going on and that much to process, being told you’re going to be blind for the rest of your life and you need rehabilitation, learning how to make a cup of tea and have a shave safely, there was a lot going on.
“About a year after going blind, I did a cookery course for the blind, but then had panic attacks, hallucinations, and suicidal thoughts.
“It was a delayed reaction to going blind because it happened so quickly.
“It’s turned out to be a great form of therapy, it’s a coping mechanism and even though my workshop is a dangerous place, it’s a safe space for me.
“I find it a sensory, cathartic experience.”
Fisher uses both traditional and modern carbide tools and owns four lathes and became the first blind woodturner to be accepted on to the Register of Professional Turners.
He now travels around the United Kingdom giving public woodturning demonstrations, speaking about his experiences, and sharing his story.
Toxoplasmosis is a disease caused by a parasite that is frequently found in cats. It is often spread by exposure to infected cat feces or consumption of improperly cooked foods containing the parasite. Pregnant women exposed to the disease can pass it to unborn children.
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Donc tu as des bons amis et tu a bien voyagé . C'est formidable .
Captain Kremmen said: ↑
Japanese people often make tense mistakes when trying to speak English.
Inflections are perhaps the most common source of errors when speaking a foreign language. Even among closely related languages, the paradigms have shifted.
In English we customarily use the present progressive in place of the present indicative: I am reading, rather than I read. Germans never say Ich bin lesend. We use the indicative where the progressive might actually be more logical: I usually read fantasy and science fiction, not mysteries and romances.
Germans usually use the present perfect where we would use the past indicative: Ich habe in Deutschland in 1973 gefahrt not Ich fahrte in... We would simply say, "I traveled in Germany in 1973." (Or "travelled" if you're British.
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French, because of its Frankish (a Germanic tribe) substratum, also uses the present perfect, J'ai mangée le déjeuner, "I have eaten breakfast," not Je mangeais le..." Spanish uses the preterit: Yo comé el desayuno.
It's very difficult to get tenses right in a second language because they are not especially logical in any inflected language.
On my computer today I got a message which clearly signalled to me a Japanese origin: "Communications have been disrupted." But when you think about it, that's right isn't it? Why is it wrong?
I don't understand what you think is wrong with it. Perhaps you think it should be "Communications has been..."? In this case "communications" is the name of a department or a function, and is used as the abbreviated form of a compound noun: "(The) communications (protocol or service) has been disrupted."
We do this more often with foreign words. "Data" is plural but you'll never hear it used that way in America.
Some posts I haven't responded to yet, not wanting to derail this thread:
S.A.M. said: ↑
wrf to language, I think [example 1.] . . . . counts as a massacre. As for numbers, I think [example 2.] . . . . counts as a massacre. What is your cutoff on numbers for a massacre?
I accept your grasp of the spirit of the word so I'm not going to quibble over the cutoff point. My apologies.
hypewaders said: ↑
N'avait pas fait connaître, combiens Américains ont été tués sur 9-11. 3000 sont souvent cité- mais l'ensemble était plus petit. Tous les 2700 (ou moins) victimes n'étaient pas mêmes Américains.
Sure, but I'm speaking in round numbers. They will be remembered as "three thousand," not "two thousand seven hundred of whom many were foreign businesspeople, students, diplomats and tourists."
Puis que vous êtes posé un question au sujet des méthodes de mise à mort: Il est habituellement qualifié de «massacre», quand les militaires en uniforme abattagent des civils, comme à Wounded Knee ou en Gaza. Dans les cases du terrorisme actuél, la coutume est de mettre l'accent sur «terroriste» parce que c'est comme enseignent que la violence officiele est plus noble que la variété privé. Si vous êtes tué par une personne en uniforme, vous pouvez vous détendre avec votre mort sanctionné officiellement, une petite perte.
On this board and a couple of others, I have provided a very precise definition of the word "terrorism," which I believe represents a consensus of the various definitions floating around, with the exception of official government definitions which are often biased:
Violence of military or near-military force and scope, directed specifically against civilians and civilian targets, in the hope of extorting a civilian population into supporting a political or military cause that is so unpopular among them that there is no other way to win their support.
Note that the civilian vs. governmental status of the perpetrator is unimportant, only that of the victims. Thus the attack against the USS Cole, even though perpetrated by non-state actors, may have been insurrection, uprising, guerrilla warfare, or many things, but it was not terrorism because the personnel and equipment targeted were military. Thus the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were terrorism, even though perpetrated by a military force, because the targets were not chosen for their military value, but for extortion of the civilian population to stop supporting the war effort.
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I don't think it is actually incorrect, it just jars.
I think a better way of stating it would be "communication has been disrupted"
Communication as an ongoing process, which has been disrupted.
Captain Kremmen, Aug 21, 2009
przyk squishy Valued Senior Member
French, because of its Frankish (a Germanic tribe) substratum, also uses the present perfect, J'ai mangée le déjeuner, "I have eaten breakfast,"
As it happens you picked a grammatically correct example that could still stand out to a native speaker. A French speaker would be more likely to have taken breakfast: J'ai pris mon déjeuner, or simply to have "breakfasted": J'ai déjeuné.
J'ai mangé le déjeuné isn't incorrect, but somehow sounds like it's coming verbatim from a highschool French textbook.
Je mangeais le..."
would translate to "I was eating the ... [when suddenly ...]" (ie. past progressive).
przyk, Aug 22, 2009
Je trouve la grammaire française trés difficile . Il y'a beaucoup de règles à suivre .
Valentine_A Registered Member
La grammaire finnoise peut ëtre plus difficile – il y a encore plus de règles de grammaire à apprendre.
Valentine_A, Aug 22, 2009
Valentine_A said: ↑
Bonjour et salut .
Malheureusement je ne sais pas la langue Finnoise .
J'ai visité le Danemark où presque tout le monde parle du bon Anglais .
Je souhaite visiter tous les pays de la région Scandinavienne un jour .
I think a better way of stating it would be "communication has been disrupted." Communication as an ongoing process, which has been disrupted.
Communication, like thought, love and memory, is one of those nouns that can either be a mass/commodity noun or not. We do talk about receiving a communication.
If someone ran into my office and yelled, "communication is down!" I would probably ask, "Which? Incoming, outgoing? TV, radio, phone, the PA system, the mailroom, fax, e-mail, the owls from Hogwarts?"
przyk said: ↑
As it happens you picked a grammatically correct example that could still stand out to a native speaker.
I think I started this thread by pointing out that I barely know any French.
I thought mangeais was the preterit, not the imperfect. What's the preterit? In the third person it's mangea, right?
I know - I meant to be informative rather than critical: living languages differ in their idioms as well as their grammar. I'm pretty sure I've heard somewhere that people's speech in general mostly consists of memorised prefabricated phase fragments, and that we actually do very little spontaneous inventing when it comes to using language.
It looks like it. I'm a near-native French speaker and I needed all the power of Google and Wikipedia to tell me a) what a "preterit" is (I'm no linguist) and b) that there actually is such a thing (called passé simple) in French. Even then it was a while before I found examples that seemed at least a little familiar to me. According to the French Wikipedia's page on passé simple, it's used for describing successions of events like in the example passage they give. Half the article consists of a section on its decline in use and its near-disappearance from spoken French.
Some highlights/summarised translation of the section (which itself is classified as a stub): apparently this started in the twelfth century following competition with passé composé. In the sixteenth it was used in recitals describing events taking place in a more "distant" past and of limited consequence for the present, and in the seventeenth century there was a "twenty-four hour rule" in the literary world stating that events having taken place more than 24 hours ago must be expressed in passé simple. Nowadays it's essentially disappeared from spoken French apart from certain dialects, and in third person in some traditional turns of phrase (that I don't recognise) and "solemn" speech. They state, as an example, that nowadays most French speakers don't know that the (third person) preterite of coudre (to sow) is cousit (sew), so I guess I don't have to feel too guilty or ignorant over actually needing to look this stuff up.
Now that I think about it, je mangeai (the absence of s makes all the difference) maybe does ring a bell, but you'd only likely use it if you were recounting all your morning activities in succession (where I suppose it sounds slicker than cluttering up your sentences with a load of extra ai's and je suis's - I've always wondered about that in French), and even there I doubt I can have heard it used very often. Otherwise wherever you'd say "I ate" in English, you'd just say j'ai mangé in French.
I guess you learn a new thing or ten every day.
Je mange du pain chaque jour .
Some highlights/summarised translation of the section (which itself is classified as a stub): apparently this started in the twelfth century following competition with passé composé.
The preterit existed in Latin and was passed down to all the Romance languages. E.g. the famous quote, Veni, vidi, vici, "I came, I saw, I conquered." It's commonly used in all the Romance languages except French. As I mentioned, the Franks' preference for the present perfect carried over from their native Germanic language into Old French. There is at least one tense, the pluperfect subjunctive, that has disappeared from all of Latin's successors.
Now that I think about it, je mangeai (the absence of s makes all the difference). . . .
Ah yes. French grammar is much easier to master if you don't bother to learn to read and write.
The present indicative of most verbs comes down to three inflections instead of six, and most nouns and adjectives don't have a plural form.
Otherwise wherever you'd say "I ate" in English, you'd just say j'ai mangé in French.
Virtually identical to Modern German and Yiddish usage. I don't know if that's also the case in Dutch and Frisian, the other surviving Western Germanic languages besides English.
And I must say, if the superimposition of the present perfect over the simple past tense goes back so far that all the Germans on the continent have it, then why didn't the Anglo-Saxon invaders have it, who turned southern Britannia into Angle Land?
This is not good French, I bet.
I can understand every word.
They probably know better than to do that
Parier n'est pas mon genre .
Je suis trés content de mes connaissances .
Je peux communiquer avec les gens en trois langues et couramment .
Donc je ne vois pas de problèmes .
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A bientot!
Pardonnez, je ne sais comment, a compose les characteurs comme accent, aguile, ....
Peut-etre on peut assiste moi? En dessous, je copy-paste d'une dictionaire au internet !?
noodler, Aug 26, 2009
noodler said: ↑
Pardonnez, je ne sais comment, a compose les characteurs comme accent, aguile, .... Peut-etre on peut assiste moi? En dessous, je copy-paste d'une dictionaire au internet !?
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It depends on your browser. In the current release of both Internet Explorer and Safari, under the EDIT menu, there should be a command called SPECIAL CHARACTERS or something similar.
In IE that will give you a table with most of the characters you'll need for both the Roman and Cyrillic alphabets, as well as mathematical symbols, etc. As usual, Macintosh is better, and Safari will give you a long list of sub-menus for every writing system from Arabic to Korean.
If you don't have that, then you're right, your only choice is to copy and paste. Here's the character set for French, you can copy from here:
à â ç é è ê ë î ï ô û ù ü ÿ œ æ
If you goggle how do you write all the french accents on a computer ; you will have a list of options and my favorite the ones with ALT plus some numbers such as é is ALT = 130.....etc .
À = ALT+0192
....etc.
If you are using your language skills to communicate with friends of many nations, it does not matter too much whether your sentences are perfect.
They probably forgive your mistakes as you do theirs.
Honestly, I don't know whether your French is good or not. It's certainly better than mine.
Just that I've found that I can understand non-French people speaking French better than French people speaking French.
On holiday in France, with a little French I can make myself understood, and I think people appreciate it.
I think it is very ignorant to go to another country and expect other people communicate with you totally in English.
Il y'a beaucoup de langues dans le monde qui sont plus utilisées que la langue Française . Plus de gens parlent Espagnol, Russe, Chinois, Arabe, Anglais, Indien.....etc que le Français .
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University of Cambridge > Talks.cam > Cabinet of Natural History > 'The motion of the blood is in fact a sort of living barometer': altitude sickness, poisonous plants and instrumentalised bodies in the Himalaya, 1800–1850
'The motion of the blood is in fact a sort of living barometer': altitude sickness, poisonous plants and instrumentalised bodies in the Himalaya, 1800–1850
Lachlan Fleetwood (Faculty of History)
Monday 16 October 2017, 13:00-14:00
Seminar Room 1, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.
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Motivated by both science and empire, European explorers increasingly ventured into the high Himalaya after 1800, where they encountered the insidious yet little understood effects of altitude sickness. They did not, however, do so alone. Tensions arising from the highly unpredictable distribution of symptoms were exacerbated by the way explorers were dependent on pre-existing networks of expertise and labour, which forced them to measure their minds and bodies against those of their Asian guides and porters. In this talk, I examine altitude physiology in the early nineteenth century, largely overlooked by scholars in favour of the systematic and often institutionally-sponsored scientific studies of the later period. I consider the way travellers presented their bodily debility in relation to their guides in published accounts, their examination of the indigenous explanation for altitude sickness (resulting from the Bis or poisonous miasmas from plants), and their experimental approaches around quantification and the instrumentalisation of bodies. I use these to examine expedition sociability and agency, and bring into focus the practical, everyday aspects of intermediary relationships. Throughout, I situate this story within the context of the constitution of the Himalaya as the northern borderlands of British India. I also show that grappling with the problem of altitude was an intrinsically comparative process for the European actors, drawing on perceived and actual differences with the Alps and the Andes, and argue that this allows us to examine the formulation of what was an inherently global science.
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Activities related to income generation of ILO in three rural districts, the work of Small Business Promotion Project in urban cities and later, Industrial Enterprise Development Institute, home-based workers related efforts of Sabah Nepal, and farmer business school of Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation are some of the areas that have been supported.
Running a project that spanned the six continents and 20 nations to address mountain issues, local Taudaha Wetland Environment and Livelihoods Protection Project, documents and reports for The Mountain Institute and International Union for Conservation of Nature, Spiny Babbler Knowledge Center has contributed to climate and environment related issues.
More than 1000 youth from 14 nations around the world have contributed to Spiny Babbler as volunteers. Research has been carried out in 8 districts of the Nepal Terai on youth violence resulting in individual and consolidated reports in Nepali and English. Fact finding and in-depth research resulted “I Learn to Trust” and “Samjahana Ra Umanga” for Search for Common Ground. “Guidelines on Violence Against Women and Girls” was produced for UNICEF ROSA, The Arts Club that supported creative exploration among young people of 100+ public and private schools. 80+ schools of five districts were involved by the Child to Child project conducted in association with ILO.
Corianthians and 92Y of the US have worked with Spiny Babbler for multiple years to reach out to deliver quality education of young people in Nepal. UNESCO has worked to reach out on cultural education through 3D animated products and this organization ran a club to provide out of the box education to Nepalese children, Nepalese education of children around the world, and an experimental formal school. From selection of issues, preparation of curricula, training of educators, delivery of knowledge, testing-monitoring-evaluation of achievements, Spiny Babbler has led strong education efforts.
Rural and Urban Development
Years of SNV’s experience in development was converted into a comprehensive 250 page book; PASRA’s activities in rural Nepal related to adult education, training, enterprise and income generation, and promotion of democracy was converted into a video documentary; International Alert and its work with Community Score Cards was presented as a report as well as the outcomes it harvested through the SAHAJ program; The Mountain Institute’s documents; urban development led by UDLE, and the work of Lutheran World Federation were researched, organized, converted into sharable formats in the print, web, and video media.
Governance and Taxation
Mayors from 40 municipalities worked with CDSG and their experiences and learning was documented, the NGO Fund Project was supported as it prepared a series of manuals that would help governance, local government taxation policies and processes involving local communities was converted into a 3D animation video, and various other knowledge products were created over the years to promote good governance.
Disaster and Rehabilitation
Floods, earthquakes, disease such as Covid and other forms of disaster related documentation has been prepared. The community radio association of 475 stations prepared and publish a guidelines on how to prepare disaster relief programs. Spiny Babbler Knowledge Center supported Ecpact Luxembourg document its activities related to earthquake rehabilitation.
Road building and maintenance manual was prepared with MRCU for engineers of the Road Department, SWISS and German bridge building across Nepal and their South South cooperation was documented and presented in print form. Habitat for Humanity’s activities with global volunteers in some of Nepal’s remote areas was documented in audio-visual format.
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5 Tech Items Changing the Way We Watch Sports
Posted on March 17, 2017 by John Harris
We’ve all seen and laughed at the commercial where the guy is pretending to pay attention to his girlfriend when he’s actually sneaking a peek at his phone to catch the game. For better or worse, this is a reality these days, as there is almost no way for you to miss watching a sporting event. Technology has not only made missing the big game impossible, but it’s also completely altered the way in which we watch our favorite sporting events. From social media and high def TV to tablets and even drones, read on for more info on five tech items that are changing the way we watch sports. What’s the over/under you’re going to love this? We’ll take the over!
Remember when we thought social media was just a phase? We’ll give you a minute to LOL. Not only is this not a passing fad but it’s also quickly picking up speed in its reach and in its mediums. As with nearly everything in modern day life, this form of media has had a direct effect on the way we watch sports. From watching live events online and interacting with the actual players on Twitter to video highlights on Facebook and following the Instagram feeds of our favorite athletes, social media has made us all even bigger superfans. Head of Sports Broadcast Partnerships at Twitter Andrew Barge has even dubbed Twitter “the world’s largest digital sports bar.” Not only does social media give us access to the actual events, but it also gives us a way to chat about our favorite games/matches for days (or even months!) after they’ve happened. Fast food chain Wendy’s recently upped the madness ante on March Madness by offering an online sports bracket. This is a sports fan’s dream and social media only adds to the hype.
2. Drones
While drones used in an official capacity for sporting events are fairly strictly regulated, there are people using commercial drones to capture incredible footage. They were used in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi to film skiing and snowboarding. According to this article on sUAS News, “Drones have also been used to film Formula One races, the X Games, the AMA Supercross Series, high school football practices, and extreme sports events such as surfing, snowboarding, and skateboarding.” The NFL primarily uses CableCam systems, which is actually the case in point in favor of drones, as these cable-suspended camera systems are limited in the areas they can cover. While the future of drones used in an official capacity for sports coverage is uncertain due to FAA and other regulations, many are pushing for drone use due its ability to catch otherwise impossible angles.
3. High-Def TV
When this came about, it was all the rage. Now it’s more the norm than something to “ooh” and “ahh” over … much to the dismay of some Hollywood actresses who could benefit from—ahem—low definition. High-Def TV, or HDTV, stands for high-definition television. This is a (relatively) new form of TV broadcasting using digital video as opposed to common analog formats. The resolution is also higher, at 720 or 1080 pixels. If you’ve viewed a sporting event on HDTV—particularly if it’s on a high tech television—it’s nearly impossible to go back to watching without high-def. In fact, some have suggested that ticket sales to live sporting events have declined since HDTV has come into play!
4. New Technology While Viewing Sports on TV
There is no guesswork when watching sports these days. With instant replay, the ability to freeze the frame, and all the other “fancy schmancy” ways to re-watch what you’ve just seen, the poor referees and umpires have their work cut out for them. Hell hath no fury like an avid sports fan whose team has been wronged, and so many of these methods of instant gratification allow us to feel like we’re actually part of the game. While instant reply has actually been a part of watching sports for years, there are plenty of new tech items that have changed the way we watch sports in recent years. K-Zone—which allows viewers to see whether a baseball makes it into the strike zone—debuted in 2001. Live streaming hit the sports scene in 2002. Pitch F/X—which allows viewers to know the velocity, spin, release point, and movement of a baseball—came about in 2006. In soccer, FIFA debuted goal-line technology in 2012. Quite simply, this camera-based system assesses whether the ball crossed the goal line, ensuring no mistakes.
5. Podcasts
Like social media, podcasts aren’t exactly about watching your fave sporting events in real time. Instead, the near fever-pitch fervor popular podcasts have caused helps to keep people talking about certain sports even during their off-season. Haven’t tried listening to one (or more!) yet? Immerse yourself into some of the best sports podcasts today.
These five tech items have drastically changed the way we watch sports. What do you think is next?
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India vs England, 1st Test: Kuldeep Yadav is the X-factor in our team: Ajinkya Rahane
India had an intense practice session at Edgbaston after their extra practice session yesterday was washed out owing to heavy rains. Rahane said that they have had ample practice and the rest will come down to mindset.
By Press Trust of India
Updated : July 30, 2018 9:17 PM IST
India‘s attack will have to show patience to take 20 wickets and in the fickle English weather, it could be a virtue for the batsmen as well, vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane said today.
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The five-Test series starts with the first match in Birmingham on Wednesday.
“There is always help for bowlers in England, but that doesn’t mean it is easier for the bowlers. They need to be patient and bowl in the good areas. They have to back their own skills instead of trying to take wickets from both ends” Rahane said.
During a media interaction two days prior to the series opener, the batsman added, “If one bowler can play the support role well then it will lead to wickets. To bowl patiently and on spot is crucial to success.
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“It is a great opportunity for the bowlers to prove that we can take 20 wickets in a Test match consistently, like we had done in South Africa. Nobody expected us to take 20 wickets in all three Test matches.
“At the same time they should not put extra pressure on themselves and they should just look to enjoy the moment. They need to back themselves and believe that our bowling unit is the best in the world.”
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As far as his team’s bowling attack was concerned, Rahane was brimming with optimism, despite the absence of strike bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
“Our pace bowlers are very experienced. Mohammed Shami and Umesh were here in 2014 as well. They’ve been doing so well for us, not only in India but outside as well. In South Africa, we got all 60 wickets (during the Tests) and our fast bowlers bowled really well.
“It is a challenge to bowl in England but I am really confident about them – not only Umesh and Shami but also Ishant, who came here and played some county games.
“We have Jasprit Bumrah as well. We have an attack that can disrupt opponents. But yes, it will be a challenge for them to bowl patiently and bowl in the right areas for a long period of time,” he added.
“In England, patience is the key. It depends on the weather — if it’s sunny it’s good to bat, but if it gets cloudy then definitely it’s good for the bowlers. As a batting unit, I feel that challenging yourself and backing your own game rather than copying someone else is important.
“If you’re set, try to play a big innings. If the weather changes, it’s important for the batsman to hold back, respect the bowler and respect the conditions. If you’re set here, you should really make it count,” he said.
With his team aiming to win their first series in England since 2007, Rahane stressed on the need to have better communication.
“You have to communicate well. In this weather, in these conditions, communication will be very crucial. If someone is really set, batting on 70 or 80, they will have to hold back if the weather changes.
“They will have to respect the conditions and bowlers. From both teams, bowlers are going to bowl well. As a batsman you should respect that. Acceptance will be the key.”
The Indian vice-captain had enjoyed the tour of England in 2014, when he had scored a match-winning hundred on a green top at Lord’s and finished with 299 runs in five Tests with two other half-centuries.
“We were here in 2014 and we know what it takes to play good cricket here. For us, we want to play good cricket rather than think about the result. If you think about the result you put pressure on yourself.
“This time we just want to express ourselves. Guys are in good shape. Personally I enjoy those challenges of playing abroad. You know here in England the ball does a bit, in Australia there’s bounce, and again in New Zealand the ball does a bit.
“My mind is in the present, one match at a time. I’m really looking forward to this series,” he said.
India have a few selection calls to make with Kuldeep Yadav making a strong case during the limited-overs’ leg for inclusion in this Test.
“We are not worried at all as both are really quality batsmen. It just takes one good innings to get into your rhythm. We all back them. Ultimately the coach and the captain will take the decision.
“As far as I’m concerned they both are really quality batsmen and are batting really well in the nets. It just takes one innings,” Rahane said.
“I’m not sure about the combination, he said, talking about Kuldeep.
“He is definitely an x-factor in our team. He bowled really well in the ODIs and T20Is. We will have to see how the wickets will be like tomorrow and day after.
“We don’t have to forget R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja. They’ve been doing really well for us. Ashwin especially with his batting and bowling, he’s been doing really well,” he added.
Last but not the least, there has been a lot of debate about leg spinner Adil Rashid’s call-up to the England squad for this first Test. Rahane said that they fully expected his inclusion.
“No not at all (surprised). He bowled well against us in the ODIs. He’s a very good bowler. Wrist spinners, we all know, they are wicket takers. When we played our practice game, it was like playing in Mumbai or Chennai.
“He’s a quality spinner. We don’t want to take anyone lightly, be it Adil or Moeen Ali or any of their fast bowlers. We want to focus on our game,” Rahane signed off.
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