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Trump: I'm Not Doing Fox's Debate
So earlier Trump polled his supporters whether he should do the debate.
He put this video on Instagram.
So then, FoxNews had to fire back, because of course they did.
Let me point this out: For all this talk about Trump not being strong enough to stand up to criticism, it sure seems the Foxies don't think Megyn Kelly can stand up to some minor, none-too-withering criticism either.
I'm a fan of Kelly's -- one of the few shows I watch on Fox (the others, The Five and Red Eye) -- but Fox's (and the entire conservative media echo chamber's) constant white-knighting on behalf of the damsel (not so much) in distress makes her look not as tough as usually sold.
Anyway, they shot out this snarky, "wise-guy" (in Trump's words) press release:
We learned from a secret back channel that the Ayatollah and Putin both intend to treat Donald Trump unfairly when they meet with him if he becomes president � a nefarious source tells us that Trump has his own secret plan to replace the Cabinet with his Twitter followers to see if he should even go to those meetings.
So in other words, a representative and spokesman for Fox goes out and makes the exact case against Trump that all the Rubio supporters and Establishment people are making against him, that he's thin-skinned and if he can't stand up to Megyn Kelly, how can he stand up to world dictators?
Now, if you don't like Trump, you might very well agree with that sentiment.
But, dig this: A media organization is really not supposed to act as a house organ for a particular faction of a political party.
Whether you agree with it or not, a media organization is supposed to have no particular opinion on the sentiment.
At least they're not supposed to broadcast it.
At the very least.
So then Trump said he probably wouldn't be doing the debate, after that "wise-guy" press release, and now says he won't do it.
(Assuming I have the timing of those last two statements correct; otherwise, he said he wouldn't do it, then said he probably wouldn't do it.)
Now confirmed:
Trump camp manager @CLewandowski_ confirms to WaPo that Trump is �definitely not� participating in Fox New debate. �His word is his bond."
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) January 26, 2016
Eh, let me parrot back the establishment critics' favorite anti-Trump charge back to them.
They've taken it as a mantra, in attacking Trump's supporters, "You hate it when Obama does it, but you love it from Trump."
Well to them I'd say:
You hate it when MSNBC does it, but you love it from Fox.
As long as Fox is going after the candidate you want to knock out, so that millions more people can see Marco Rubio appear overpolished and underwhelming at a debate.
By the way: I think this is a very risky move on Trump's part. He's letting these guys have free shots at him all night long.
It's also a risky move for Fox. Fox may think it's King Shit of F*** Mountain, but a lot of us have been pretty down on Fox for a long, long time.
Every fighter looks invincible until he gets knocked the f*** out.
Personally, with them playing games and not having the front-runner in the debate, I'll be hard pressed to gin up the interest to watch another one of these things.
I'll just watch Cruz's clips the next day.
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Tag: Erika T. Lin
Shakespeare, Spectacle, and the Whedonesque; or, “Much Ado About Nothing”
“Wooing, wedding, and repenting is as a Scotch jig,
a measure, and a cinque-pace: the first suit is hot
and hasty like a Scotch jig—and full as
fantastical; the wedding, mannerly modest, as a
measure, full of state and ancientry; and then comes
repentance and with his bad legs falls into the
cinque-pace faster and faster, till he sink into his grave.”
– Beatrice, Much Ado About Nothing, II.i.60-6
Many years ago in Chicago I went to a theatre company’s trunk show, a kind of fundraiser-cum-preview of the new material they were working on that season. It took place in the foyer of one of those massive old midwestern theatres, whose two-winged grand staircases are now only rattled by tweens on their way to a concert. Over the staircase the troupe had hired a pair of acrobats to do the kind of ring and rope work that we see in the masque scene of Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing. I had seen such rope-dancers before, not only at theatrical events like that done by Strange Tree Group or Redmoon Theatre, but also the very occasional swank holiday party. To me they signify the kind of experimental entertainment, the “extartheatricals” Erika T. Lin calls them, that is cutting edge in that it is finding a new popular audience again (like puppetry, as I mentioned in my last post). With their inclusion in Whedon’s adaptation, I found myself contemplating the sensation incurred by these kinds of theatrical feats, very much of the present and avant-garde, yet somehow essential and universal.
In her book Shakespeare and the Materiality of Performance (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), Lin notes that in early modern usage, rope-dancing, those “balancing acts performed on a tight or slack rope,” was a form more common to playgoers than scripted drama (107). While “Shakespeare and his contemporaries are best known today for their scripted drama, records of payment…suggest that both representational theatre and spectacular physical displays were offered by the same performers at the same events and to the same audiences” (107). Whether or not Whedon knew this fact in particular, or has a nose for aesthetic tone, his incorporation of the rope dancers and the crooner at the piano inculcates the kind of theatre-going experience Shakespeare imagined for this play. To give these elements more weight beyond the spectacular, I think she makes two other points worth mentioning:
The pair of rope-dancers work above the mingling crowd. The attendees, performers themselves in masks, stop to appreciate the performance integrated into the party lights, even interact with the performers, and then move on.
Double Space: “Spectacles of this sort existed in a kind of double space: even as they operated within a given play’s fictional narrative, they also served as legitimate entertainments in their own right. Jean Alter refers to these complementary aspects of of theatre as its ‘referential’ and ‘performant’ functions: theatre as semiotic system, employing both mimetic and non mimetic forms of representation, and theatre as spectacular show, akin to sports or the circus” (109). In short, we are asked to be simultaneously engaged in the awe of the feat as well as cogitating on the content of the play’s text.
Show, Please, Delight: “Delight is linked to physical nourishment and activity [in the Renaissance]: to the eating of sweetmeats, the sports of hunting and hawking. It is also connected specifically with presentational spectacles, with ‘triumphs’ and ‘shews’…Distinguishing the seeing of ‘showes’ from the hearing of verse, early modern writers underscore the notion that the popularity of displays of physical skill onstage lay in the pleasures they offered to the eye” (113). In other words, to behold with the eye engaged both the physical response of awe and the cognitive process of taking in.
Claudio gets exceedingly drunk as he watches Don Pedro court in his stead. He becomes increasingly paranoid in his stupor, and the acrobats replicate his worst fears.
There are two specific episodes in the film that I think draw out this doubled cognitive process, of being in awe and delight at a theatrical feat that then triggers more complex cognitive processes. The first is the masque, of course, both celebrating the victorious return of the soldiers and giving Don Pedro (Reed Diamond) an opportunity to court Hero (Jillian Morgese) in Claudio’s (Fran Kranz) stead. Some critics have suggested that Whedon’s pressure on alcohol as the source of much of the confusion in the film flattens the agency of the characters. (Note the now rather ubiquitous promotional image of Claudio in goggles—*cough* beer goggles *cough*—holding a martini glass in a pool.) I actually like the implication of misprision (Shakespeare’s word) being at first caused by the party atmosphere, but also that the condition of masking and male competition are equally culpable social norms that induce Claudio’s jealousy. This is conveyed not through dialogue, but editing of non-verbal cues. We listen to the song “Sigh No More” while we get a number of shots, entirely without dialogue, of Claudio anxiously watching Don Pedro between taking shots. We then see Don Pedro lean in and Hero smile and giggle: obviously he has won her, the champion and military man that he is, for Claudio. But then the film immediately cuts back to the rope-dancers executing a complex move wherein they balance one atop the other, a positioning mildly suggestive. Whedon implies here that the thought that Don Pedro has won Hero for himself is in Claudio’s mind long before the villainous Don John expresses it to him. In this way Claudio is rendered more complex, more human and susceptible to the vicissitude of emotion rather than a man merely and easily manipulated by next voice that whispers in his ear.
Even to the last, Claudio struggles to perceive beyond the mask.
The second episode is that of the funeral-wedding, where again we get a song lofting over a presentational scene that does more of the meaning-making than the text. The women are all again masked, this time in white lace funeral shrouds they will also adorn at the wedding ceremony. Hero and Beatrice (Amy Acker) watch from above as Claudio leads the funeral procession, the weight of his choices and the power of his hateful words seemingly coming to roost by his “confirm’d countenance.” Hero sadly smiles, as if in hope for her wedding day. At the wedding itself the women remain enshrouded; for, “a woman masked, like a covered dish, gives a man curiosity and appetite” (III.i, The Country Wife, William Wycherley). If we are convinced by the previous interlude scene that Claudio is repentant—as in the epigram Beatrice suggests is part of that which renders the course of love less than smooth—then we can find something satisfying and recuperative about his union to Hero. In her taking on the mask and feigning death, we can also find some agency for Hero: she has learned to accept that identity is itself inherently performative, and finally participates in the actual masking that is courtship.
I think in the playtext this is hard to see, and I often prefer adaptations like that of ShakespeaRe-Told and Funk It Up About Nothin’ that provide a Hero that rejects Claudio and resists repentance. While Claudio clearly has a character arc, in her resistance Hero can have as clear an arc, too. (I also prefer productions that stress Beatrice and Benedict (Alexis Denisof) over Hero and Claudio, but found the reversal here refreshing.) This is the only aspect of the film I would have changed, and was a change I actually expected out of Whedon. It has been nearly a year since the film began making the festival rounds and causing a stir, and I have hesitated writing about it precisely because the film portends to have everything I love: the cheek and style of Whedon, the language of Shakespeare, and the gritty piquancy you get when one makes a film in twelve days, in one’s home, using your best friends. (And what friend of Nathan Fillion wouldn’t want to seem him take on Dogberry.) Because the film encompasses the spectrum of tastes I so enjoy, I felt it would be impossible to get any kind of distance from it to say something substantive. Yet now I think it is precisely this quality, that Whedon’s work really does encapsulate an inherent sensibility of Generation X—those late-20s-/early-30s-somethings reared onThe Fresh Prince, Phish, Buffy, and Pearl Jam, who watch in horror at the political apathy of their younger Millennials—whose balance of camp, sophistication, quality, and bite make his films worth watching.
CITATION: Much Ado About Nothing. Film. Adapted and directed by Joss Whedon. Written by William Shakespeare. 14 June 2013. LA: Bellwether Pictures, 2012.
As of this posting this film is streaming both via Amazon Prime Instant and Netflix. See the US trailer below:
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Pastor Paul Blair tells Dr. John Diamond: Most Christians that run for office don’t have biblical worldviews – Brighteon.TV
Most Christians that run for office don’t have a biblical worldview, according to Pastor Paul Blair of the Fairview Baptist Church.
“Our good friend, George Barna, has done some very in-depth research where he doesn’t just ask questions, but he actually takes professing Christians and gives them an exam where they answer these questions and then they can determine what their biblical worldview score really is. Now he did an in-depth study back in 2004 and found that among Bible-believing Christians only nine percent of those surveyed had a biblical worldview,” Blair told Dr. John Diamond during the May 9 episode of “America Unhinged” on Brighteon.TV.
“And they redid that test a year ago and found that only six percent of those surveyed had a biblical worldview. So these are people that can answer the questions and say, ‘Yes, I’ve trusted Jesus as my Savior and Lord,’ but only six percent of them have a biblical worldview when it comes to economics, civil government and other things.”
The senior pastor of Fairview Baptist Church in Edmond, Oklahoma said that the Christian church has faltered in making disciples and teaching believers to observe all of the Lord Jesus’ teachings.
“We have adopted a form of gnostic Christianity in America. And our pastors are guilty of this because this is what they’re taught in seminary. We have Sunday morning Christians. We go to church on Sunday morning and we’re Christians on Sunday morning but we don’t let Christianity spill over into the rest of our week,” said Blair, a former draft pick of the Chicago Bears in the National Football League.
Blair, who established the Liberty Church of Orlando in 2019, said that Christian believers are supposed to be making disciples and should be Christ’s followers in their families and business practices.
The well-known speaker and president of Reclaiming American for Christ noted that American Christians are the only Christians that haven’t been persecuted for their faith in its 2,000 years of history.
“We have been the most prosperous and enjoyed both civil liberty and religious liberty. And because we’re not smart enough here in America and because we’ve never been taught true history, we don’t see how our faith enters the web and dissects with history. We don’t understand what happens when biblical principles are applied versus when they’re not applied. And we’re [at] risk of losing this for our next generation,” Blair said.
Pastors not talking about government in church
Blair, who is also the founder of the Liberty Pastors Network and Liberty Pastor Training Camps, took note that pastors agreed it was okay to preach or talk about any relevant topics in church except the government, because it involves politics and the idea of separation of church and state. He said this was inconsistent and insane because God established the government.
He pointed out that pastors are supposed to be experts on all things about God and the Bible, noting that pastors were considered political experts in the past.
Diamond agreed, saying that most American states were started by a pastor or a congregation. He also cited that every institution of higher learning that existed in the early colonies was a Christian institution. (Related: Theologians: Patriot movement must also be a Christian revival movement – Brighteon.TV.)
“So if you got out of your one-room schoolhouse where the Bible was taught and you went into an institution of higher learning, it didn’t matter what your occupation was. You were taught, you were given a biblical worldview, whether you are a doctor, a journalist, a politician, a school teacher, it didn’t matter. And that’s why we had such unity in the early colonies because we all had the Bible as the Rock that the Republic was built on,” the veteran theologian added.
Watch the full May 9 episode of “America Unhinged” below and catch new episodes from Monday to Saturday at 8-9 a.m. on Brighteon.TV.
Pastor Matthew Trewhella says cowardice among Christians is a huge problem – Brighteon.TV.
Pastor Brandon Burden: The Church has to reengage back into culture – Brighteon.TV.
Rev. Marty Grisham tells Dr. John Diamond: We need to pull down strongholds of the enemy – Brighteon.TV.
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Australia: Monday, September 26, 2005
New Zealand: Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Written by Christopher Lee
Directed by Ian Watson
Helen is excited that Natalie has agreed to come on board as the Baa Bar's new chef. She's decided it'll be good to have another woman around the place because women make friends with one another. She buys a load of new professional kitchen equipment to help Natalie settle in.
But it's not all plain sailing. Jack finally puts a roof on Suite One, Helen's bedroom, and with the sudden arrival of a low ceiling above her at night, Helen can't sleep. During the day she's short tempered and headachy and not connecting with Natalie in any way at all. Natalie has very definite plans about how she wants to run the restaurant — and doesn't have time to make friends.
Meanwhile, Matt accompanies Jess out to the Aboriginal community of Jay Creek, where they find themselves treating a man who has been diagnosed by a traditional Ngankari doctor with having water snakes in his stomach. Matt is convinced the man has a stomach ulcer and is in need of drugs, but Jess convinces him to go along with the traditional way of doing things. Matt is sceptical and even more unsure when he meets Jess's traditional auntie, Rosalie, who is almost blind from severe glaucoma yet is the taxi driver for the local people. Matt's going through severe culture shock.
He and Jess discuss the fact his relationship with Ellie is getting complicated — Jess is happy hers with Darren is still so simple and happy.
Toby and Michael meet two cute backpackers but can't decide who teams up with who. It's a dilemma, till they finally hear from Jack. Give up the struggle, he tells them, the girls will decide. That's the way it works in life.
Out at Jay Creek a stranger turns up. This is Darren, Jess's boyfriend, who, out working on a mining site, heard she was in the area and drove all night to be with her. Matt meets Darren and they bond. However, Darren wants Jess to come back with him and she refuses — she can't drop everything just like that. They have their first fight and Darren leaves. Matt and Jess agree getting past the 'complicated stage' takes courage. Rosalie faces her own fears and agrees to come back with them for her eye operation — so long as she gets to drive.
Natalie finally confides in Helen she is actually terrified of the home town crowd, that's why she's been so distracted. Helen tells her she has faith in her and is excited to have someone around who cares about their work.
Natalie's opening night is a smash, enjoyed by Michael and Toby and their dates, by Ellie and Hugh, who dine together and by the people of The Alice. Jack solves Helen's insomnia by sticking fluorescent stars all over the roof of her caravan — bringing the night sky inside. She surprises him with a lawn sale piece of kitsch and both of them find it difficult to keep denying the obvious attraction between them — but they manage somehow to do just that.
Note: On September 28, the Nine Network announced The Alice would not be renewed for a second series
Kyas Sherriff as Natalie Anderson
Kick Gurry as Darren
Christine Anu as Valerie
Ethelanne Gundy as Rosalie
Steve Dodd as Frank
Hayley Carr as Margarethe
Leah Pappin as Helga
Nash Edderton as Matt Stunt Double
Gillian Statham as Rosalie Stunt Double
Sheree Swords as Jess Stunt Double
Rustle as Rusty the Dog
"As Good As It Gets" performed by Olivia Eden
"The Lie" performed by Days Like Stars
"Bo Bo RRawa" performed by Letter Stick Band
"Roll On Home" performed by The Pigram Brothers
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The Two Faces of Tahir Ul-Qadri
The Danish report below shows the two faces of Pakistani Imam Tahir Ul-Qadri, one for at home (in Urdu), and the other for when he goes out visiting among the kuffar (in English). Needless to say, the two faces say completely different things.
Watch the imam’s calm, benevolent English-language face utter all the soothing bromides that his Western listeners long to hear. Why, he’s just like Imam Rauf!
But the Urdu-speaking firebrand — that’s another matter entirely.
Many thanks to Michael Laudahn for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling:
P.S. I think that’s Urdu he’s speaking. If I’m wrong, please let me know.
00:00 This video makes it clear who Tahir Ul-Qadri really is. We watch what he says in Denmark. But first, the law around which all this centres.
00:08 The [Pakistani] blasphemy law, § 295C: Use of derogatory remarks, etc, in respect of the Holy Prophet:
00:12 Whoever by words, either spoken or written, directly or indirectly, defiles the sacred name
00:16 of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), shall be punished with death, or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable to a fine.
02:53 Now what he says to his followers. Is it true that he didn't have a hand in Pakistan's present blasphemy law? Is it true that the law is not applicable to non-Moslems?
02:58 I would like to lift the veil,
03:02 that this blasphemy law,
03:06 article 295C,
03:10 the law which came into existence in this country,
03:14 I would like to present to the public whose efforts have led to this law?
03:18 It was I who had this law made!
03:22 I would like to permit myself to
03:26 shed light on a number of things.
03:30 For some of our members, followers, who are members of Minhaj Ul Quran's council,
03:34 some teachers and students who
03:38 don't know what happened 25 to 26 years ago,
03:42 what took place in Pakistan
03:46 do not have a deep insight into this subject.
03:50 Especially the young ones. I am talking about a subject which took place 25 to 26 years ago.
03:58 The older ones will know this subject.
04:02 To blame us for blasphemy against the Prophet
04:10 is the greatest lie of this century!
04:18 My point of view was, and I managed to get this made into law,
04:23 that whoever commits blasphemy against the Prophet,
04:31 Moslem or non-Moslem, man or woman,
04:35 Jew, Christian, Hindu or whomsoever,
04:39 no matter who of them commits blasphemy, their punishment will be death!
04:43 My other point of view was that whoever apostasises from Islam
04:51 may well repent, but blasphemy against the Prophet
04:55 will not imply any possibility for repentance or forgiveness, rather, he must be executed immediately!
04:59 I am fighting a one-man fight to shut out all possibilities to commit blasphemy
05:11 And those who open their mouths,
05:15 Moslem, Jew, Christian, believer, infidel, man or woman,
05:19 will be executed like a dog!
05:23 This way, it [the law] came to be in 1985,
05:27 when I had finished my 18-hour long reasoning.
05:31 That time, it was general Zia ul-Haq who ruled, and there was a general assembly.
05:35 Time passed, 1986, 1987, and it continued like that.
05:39 Some people met with general Zia ul-Haq
05:43 who were members of the general assembly, in order to inform the general on the decision which now had been made,
05:47 after my detailed reasoning.
05:51 The [presumably sharia] court is not far from publishing the decision.
05:55 If the court manages to get this done, the general will not be acknowledged for it,
05:59 and as the general will have to accept the Hudood law,
06:03 so the general can pass the blasphemy law, together with the hudood law.
06:07 This way, it will become a parliamentary law.
06:11 Then the general will get the honour, and the people will see that he serves his religion.
06:15 So instead of the court publishing the decision,
06:19 the general can do it, on behalf of parliament.
06:24 Then, the general instructed the court to send him all the documents and the decision regarding the blasphemy law.
06:28 After having received it, he published it
06:32 as a parliamentary act.
06:36 This way, the law was passed by parliament.
06:40 What I wish to tell you is that the blasphemy law,
06:48 was only and entirely created by Allah through this servant and brother (me)!
06:56 Nobody else has contributed to it!
ChristianInfidel says:
What a fantastic example of lying to infidels. It's remarkable how well he seems to understand the modern liberal Western mindset. He covers the bases so well.
If I were to show only the English section to my politically correct Christian "bridge-building" friends, they'd see it as yet another example of all the wonderful Muslim clerics working to correct misunderstandings among their fellow Muslims of Islam's glorious true message.
It is indeed urdu that he's speaking.
Some words are arabic, but that's to be expected in Pakistan (or to give it it's correct name, mohammedan occupied India.)
Muslims lie, it's what they do. Oh, and loot rape murder and commit paedophilia.
There is a problem of Understanding,Dr Tahir ul Qadri is saying that there are the Two Laws of the Blasphemy ,
1:Sustaintive Law.
2:Procedural Law.
Where the Dr Tahir ul Qadri is saying they do not have a hind in making the law is the procedural law,where the procedure cause the lower community to easily victimized in to these law without any prove.The Christian Girl without any sufficient prove she easily victimized but the Justice in Pakistan is very mature and Competitive ,they released her easily and provide her the safety and promise to arranged the daily needs of the girls.
Dr Tahir ul Qadri where he is saying he made a Law is Sustaintive law which are present in the Holly Bible and in Holly Quran.The Teaching is opened see and learn what is the written about the Blasphemy law.
That's is the credit of the Dr Tahir Ul Qadri which are you targeted the Islamic Imam and Especially the Representative of the Christian Community of the Pakistan
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Villa Stéphanie at Brenners Park-Hotel, Germany
A gold-dust practitioner dealing with complex conditions
By Adrianne Pielou
Yes, Villa Stéphanie is beautiful, its bedrooms and bathrooms large and graceful. Yes, it’s a pleasure that those delicious healthy breakfasts are served in the room and that guests fall asleep with the balcony doors open to the sounds of the Oos river and wind rustling through the trees of Lichtentaler Allee park. Yes, it’s a bonus that direct flights from London take less than an hour-and-a-half to Baden-Baden’s old airport, and that soon after checking in you could be receiving an excellent Sisley facial, pain-relieving shiatsu, body analysis or hammam treatment.
The villa is also linked by corridor to grand Brenners Park-Hotel, one of the best stays in Germany. At the Friedrichsbad thermal baths, dating back to the 19th century, all that’s needed is €27 – no swimsuit – for three hours in a traditional tepidarium and frigidarium with a lot of jaunty naked Germans. Energising hikes can be undertaken in the woods above the town, which also has delicious cafés and elegant pedestrianised shopping streets. So, yes, all that provides a great deal of fun.
But, above all, the prime reason that this spot has become recognised as one of the world’s top medi-spas is Dr Harry König, who runs his medical practice from an adjoining building. Dr König is a star. What distinguishes him and has earned him such an intensely loyal following is that he is one of the few doctors practising integrative medicine, using state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment, writing up prescriptions for patients and referring them to specialists if that seems the best course, but who also takes a primarily naturopathic view of health and the prevention of illness. That’s precious. His German-speaking day patients come from all over the country, but the people sitting in his white-on-white waiting room are just as likely to be from China, Russia or India.
Many first-time visitors book in for just a few nights then prolong their stay when they realise the implications of discovering a doctor who treats the whole of them rather than just their dodgy breathing or painful knee. ‘Few people now get to see a generalist,’ says Dr König. ‘It’s all specialists who naturally focus only on their area of expertise. For me, it is essential to view the whole person, because very often what presents as the problem is actually the result of something going on elsewhere in the body.’ He regrets that many turn to naturopathy only when they’ve exhausted all that mainstream medicine has to offer, as it is so effective in maintaining wellbeing and so powerful as a preventive measure. And it’s never too late.
INSIDER TIP: Dr König’s name is one to remember if you want to pre-empt ill-health. But – whisper it – you don’t have to stay here to consult him. Just head to his Haus Julius practice, where he has a large international patient list.
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Unfortunate Finish for Abbate at Thunderhill
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Michele Abbate Qualified P3 out of 14 TA2 cars at Thunderhill
The 3rd round of the Trans Am West Coast Championship series took place on May 16th at Thunderhill Raceway. Coming off some tough luck at Laguna the Grr Racing team was looking to make a strong come back for the event, and her pace proved to be at the top of the charts.
After qualifying on Saturday Abbate put down her personal best lap time of a 1:49.2 earning her the 3rd place position on the grid. “I am so proud of our efforts and Anthony has put so much work into this car and it is really showing. Together we have worked hard to improve and it feels so good to be starting on the 2nd row for the race”, she shared.
Several competitors in the TA2 category were forced to make modifications to their vehicles due to the strict sound limits of the Northern California track. The Grr Racing team came equipped with a fully custom turn out exhaust which was worth the investment. “It was a really big commitment have this exhaust made, but, we have been here the last two years and it has been a serious issue for many teams” Crew Chief Anthony Philleo shared.
Turn 1 as the green flag drops for TA2, Abbate holds the 3rd position
Sunday’s 100 mile feature event packed some exciting action from the drop of the green flag. Abbate maintained her 3rd place position for 12 laps of the race, showing great pace and catching the 2nd place car. Unfortunately, as she entered turn 3 she spun into the grass on the outside of the corner. She got the car fired up quickly, but she was high sided on a birm, leaving her immobile. Due to the heat of the engine a fire out broke around her in the dead grass surrounding her car. She exited the vehicle and tried pushing the car but it was wedged too tightly on the birm. Several laps later, the fire and safety crew towed her off the birm directly to the back paddock.
Abbate got right back on track and did her best to pick up where she left off. She ran extremely consistent lap times and worked her way through the entire field, passing every car at least once. She made up 1.5 laps and was running some of the fastest, most consistent lap times of anyone in the field.
“It is a bummer, but I have learned so much today,” Michele stated,
“it is gut wrenching to miss out on this awesome opportunity we had lined out for us, but, that’s racing, and I have so much to take away from this weekend. I am learning more and more everytime I hit the track in my TA2 car and it was so cool to have the pace to be up front. Our time will come”.
The next round of the Trans Am West Coast Championship series is a month away and will be at The Ridge in Shelton, WA June 13-15. Catch all the action then and stay tuned for some exciting announcements from the Grr Racing team! Don’t forget to download the official Grr Racing App for android devices!
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Le Domaine de la Boursiere is a brand new housing development in the Cote d’Azur. It comprises a complex of sophisticated 3-4 bedroom villas with large gardens in lots of more than 1500 sqm. Each villa has the space and the option of installing its own private swimming pool in order to fully enjoy the Cote d’Azur sunshine.
The architect designed these individual homes to provide a sense of intimacy with nature through light, space, and sunshine. Furnished with all the modern conveniences, these homes tucked away in well-preserved nature have been designed to combine authenticity and quality of life.
All of the villas offer the following exterior features:
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• 40 x 40cm tiles laid diagonally
The complex is in Bagnols-en-Forêt, a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in South Eastern France. Bagnols-en-Foret is a peaceful village nestled in the foothills of the Esterel Mountains; surrounded by beautiful countryside and described as a haven of greenery scattered with majestic trees. The village has a great view out over the valleys and hills to the south and west, and on the top of the hill there is an open park where you can have a fantastic, panoramic view out across the countryside. Situated between the upper Var department and the coast, Le Domaine de la Boursiere is an ideal spot for those wanting to combine the pleasures of the seaside and experience the real Provencal village with its windy little streets and ancient chapels dotted around. While the Med invites you for a swim just 20 minutes away, the nearby city of Cannes tempts you with its shops, casinos and restaurants.
Local activities include: Hiking, judo, football clubs, Tai chi, tennis, yoga. Market day is every Wednesday and Saturday morning in the town hall square.
• By car- Just off the D4 between Frejus and Fayence,
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• By plane- Nice International Airport (1 hr), or Cannes (40 mins)
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Broadcast Dialogue – The Podcast: Zane Schwartz, CEO & Editor-in-Chief of the Investigative Journalism Foundation
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The current reality is that it’s harder than ever to do investigative journalism amidst a broken freedom of information system and tight resources, in the shadow of bigger-than-ever crisis PR machines.
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www.whyville.net Sep 26, 2004 Weekly Issue
Monkey459
Crazy Dreams
All of us have had those really weird dreams, like the one when you're somehow at school naked or you can't find your classroom, right? But have you ever actually thought about the zaniness that SOME people think up? I've asked random people about their craziest dreams... for your enjoyment.
My question to everyone was: What was the weirdest dream you've ever had?
Nspotlite: I was under a card table and pigs were all around me trying to eat me.
M1zBHaved: In second grade, and there was this boy, I don't remember his first name, but his last name was Waters, and anyway he liked me and I liked him. The dream was that we got married in the school gym, and then we were like on this school bus on our way to a field trip that was our "honeymoon."
babybrat8: Um, I don't really have one... I had this dream of a house, two nights in a row. Three story house. I want that house.
Monkey459: (yes, that's me) When I was little, I used to have this dream like every other night where my family and I lived in a two-room cottage. I would come out of the bedroom to get a drink and then all of a sudden, I'd hear this huge scraping noise and I'd turn around to see the Coca-Cola polar bears (two of them) rowing through the wooden floor of my living room area in a canoe. Even weirder, they had my mom and dad's bed (with my mom and dad in it, still fast asleep) in the back of the canoe. Then they rowed out the door.
Please write your wackiest dreams in the BBS. They're fun to read. ;)
This is Monkey459, signing off.
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Editor's Note: When I was about seven, I dreamed about this building in my hometown -- it was big and blocky, and set off from the main road by a long driveway and a grassy lawn. I dreamed that it was a mall (actually it's an insurance company) where my grandmother, mother, sister and I were shopping at. We walked by this guy selling peanuts at a stand with a high-seas sailing look to it, complete with a big sailor's wheel (like what you use to pilot a big wooden sailing ship). The sleeping me was watching it all like it was on the TV -- so when the eartquake happened, it was like the whole screen slanted really sharply, and everybody went sliding off the screen! The scene then cut to the outside of the building, which suddenly grew airplane wings out the sides and started to fly up into the air! (If you've ever seen a Monty Python animation, it was like that, even though I'd never seen Monty Python at that age.) Scene change again, and you see that I'm at that sailing wheel, and it's clear I'm piloting the flying building! And that's it. The weirdest part of it all, this dream absolutely terrified me; I have never been so scared by any dream since. Bizarre, huh?
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Author: Michelle Andreani
The Way Back To You~ Book Breview
07 Jun, 2016 by Heather in katherine tegen books, YA book reviews, YA contemporary Leave a comment
I received this book for free from HarperTeen in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
The Way Back to You
by Michelle Andreani, Mindi Scott
Published by Katherine Tegen on May 3, 2016
Source: HarperTeen
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For fans of Jenny Han and Morgan Matson, a witty, poignant novel about second chances, letting go, and the unbreakable bonds of friendship.
Six months ago, Ashlyn Montiel died in a bike accident. Her best friend, Cloudy, is keeping it together, at least on the outside. Cloudy’s insides are a different story: tangled, confused, heartbroken.
Kyle is falling apart, and everyone can tell. Ashlyn was his girlfriend, and when she died, a part of him went with her. Maybe the only part he cares about anymore.
As the two people who loved Ashlyn best, Cloudy and Kyle should be able to lean on each other. But after a terrible mistake last year, they’re barely speaking. So when Cloudy discovers that Ashlyn’s organs were donated after her death and the Montiel family has been in touch with three of the recipients, she does something a little bit crazy and a lot out of character: she steals the letters and convinces Kyle to go on a winter break road trip with her, from Oregon to California to Arizona to Nevada. Maybe if they see the recipients—the people whose lives were saved by Ashlyn’s death—the world will open up again.
Or maybe it will be a huge mistake.
Cover– Fits the story perfectly. Draws readers to buy the book
Story– Raw, emotional and sad at times as two teens deal with the death of their best friend. There are questions of life after death, swallowing emotion and loyalty to loved ones.
What I Loved– The road trip element and the changes it brings in both Cloudy and Kyle to get away, serve someone else, and grieve together instead of going at it alone. The emotional moments meeting organ donor recipients.
What I Struggled With– The way the teen died. Some of the story may be triggering for anyone who has experienced the death of a loved one in the recent past. It can be heavy. There is a lot of dialogue about what lies after this life. May call in to question basic beliefs for Christian teens.
Family Relationships-Teens with strong bonds to their siblings and cousin. There is also great conversations going on between father and son. It’s not shiny and happy, but it’s real.
Fun Fact– I know one of the authors Michelle Adreani. She and I have spent fun times in New York City and New Jersey at BEA, conventions. Michelle is amazing inside an out!
Overall- You will cry. It takes a lot for me as a reader to get emotional. Heartwarming feel good ending to a tough subject.
Content-highlight to reveal Drug use, making out, talk of sexual relationships, LGBTQ teen relationship, heavy swearing in first chapters including “F’ word
Hi! I’m Michelle.
I was born in New York City, and have never lived anywhere else. (I should maybe try at some point? What’s your town like? Does it have weird bugs?)
I first learned to drive a car when I was in my twenties, which is totally normal because I’m a New Yorker, I swear! I also have two agoraphobic cats who would not be great at road trips, honestly, but they make up for that with extreme cuteness.
I am a liker of many things. These things include staying in, going out dancing, love stories, beach air, milkshakes, pop songs, and Luna Lovegood.
Mindi Scott lives near Seattle, Washington, USA with her drummer husband in a house with a non-sound-proof basement. Freefall, her first novel, was published by Simon Pulse in 2010. Her second novel, Live Through This, was published (also by Simon Pulse) in 2012. She contributed a chapter to Violent Ends, a collaborative novel written by 17 young adult authors (out in 2015), and co-wrote, along with Michelle Andreani, the 2016 novel The Way Back to You. She is represented by Jim McCarthy of Dystel & Goderich.
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Special issue 4C/2007 vol. 57
EVALUATION OF PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS CONTENT AND ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY OF HERBS
Anna Rusaczonek
Małgorzata Żebrowska
Bożena Waszkiewicz-Robak
Edyta Ślusarczyk
Pol. J. Food Nutr. Sci. 2007;57(Special issue 4C):483–488
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Research material constituted fresh herbs available in retail trade, i.e.: sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.), lemon balm (Melissa officinalis L.), marjoram - oregano (Origanum vulgare L.), rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) and thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.). Both whole herbs and their particular morphological parts (leaf, stalk, stem) were subjected to analyses. Polyphenolic compounds content was determined with the method of Singleton & Rossi and results were presented as GAE/g (Gallic Acid Equivalent). Antioxidant properties of the examined herbs were assayed with the spectrophotometric method with the use of ABTS cation radicals and expressed as TEAC/g (Trolox Equivalent Antioxidant Capacity). Total polyphenolics content and antioxidant capacity were determined with the extraction method using alcohol and water. Alcohol extraction influenced a considerably higher concentration of polyphenolic compounds and higher antioxidant capacity to a more favorable extent than water extraction. Antioxidant capacity of particular herbs and their morphological parts was closely correlated with the content of polyphenolic compounds. The highest concentration of polyphenols and simultaneously the highest antioxidant capacity were observed in herb leaves and whole plants, whilst the lowest – in stems and stalks. Among the examined fresh herbs, rosemary was characterised by the highest concentration of polyphenols, i.e. 35-45% of polyphenol compounds more than oregano and thyme, by about 58% more than lemon balm and about 80% more than sweet basil. When converted into dry matter, a significantly higher concentration of polyphenolic compounds and simultaneously the highest antioxidant capacity were typical of oregano and rosemary and then thyme and lemon balm, whereas the lowest one – of sweet basil.
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Screening Carbon-Boron Frustrated Lewis Pairs for Small-Molecule Activation including N2, O2, CO, CO2, CS2, H2O and CH4: A Computational Study
Dinitrogen (N2) activation is particularly challenging under ambient conditions because of its large highest occupied molecular orbital-lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (HOMO-LUMO) gap (10.8 eV) and high bond dissociation energy (945 kJ mol–1) of the NΞN triple bond, attracting considerable attention from both experimental and theoretical chemists. However, most effort has focused on metallic systems. In contrast, nitrogen activation by frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) has been initiated recently via theoretical calculations.
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Catalytic Mechanisms of Transfer Hydrogenation of Azobenzene with Ammonia Borane by Pincer Bismuth Complex: Crucial Role of C=N Functional Group on the Pincer Ligand
Transfer hydrogenation of azobenzene with ammonia borane mediated by pincer bismuth complex 1 were systematically investigated through density functional theory calculations. An unusual metal-ligand cooperation mechanism was disclosed, in which the saturation/regeneration of the C=N functional group on the pincer ligand plays an essential role. The reaction is initiated by the hydrogenation of the C=N bond (saturation) with ammonia borane to afford 3CN, which is the rate-determining step with Gibbs energy barrier (ΔG≠) and Gibbs reaction energy (ΔG) of 25.6 and -7.3 kcal/mol, respectively.
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Predicting Small Molecule Activation including Catalytic Hydrogenation of Dinitrogen Promoted by a Dual Lewis Acid
For decades, N2 activation and functionalization have required the use of transition metal complexes. Thus, it is one of the most challenging projects to activate the abundant dinitrogen through metal-free systems under mild conditions. Here, we demonstrate a proof-of-concept study on the catalytic hydrogenation of dinitrogen (with an activation energy as low as 15.3 kcal mol -1 ) initiated by a dual Lewis acid (DLA) via density functional theory (DFT) calculations.
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Theoretical Study on Reaction Mechanisms of Dinitrogen Activation and Coupling by Carbene-Stabilized Borylenes in Comparison with Intramolecular C-H Bond Activation
Dinitrogen (N2) activation is particularly challenging due to the significantly strong N≡N bond, let alone the catenation of two N2 molecules. Recent experimental study shows that cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbene (CAAC)-stabilized borylenes are able to tackle N2 activation and coupling below room temperature. Here we carry out density functional theory calculations to explore the corresponding reaction mechanisms. The results indicate that the reaction barrier for the dinitrogen activation by the first borylene is slightly higher than that by the second borylene.
Read more about Theoretical Study on Reaction Mechanisms of Dinitrogen Activation and Coupling by Carbene-Stabilized Borylenes in Comparison with Intramolecular C-H Bond Activation
Predicting Dinitrogen Coupling with a Series of Small Molecules Catalyzed by a Pincer Complex
Due to consumption of more than 2% of the world's annual energy supply by Haber–Bosch process and the strongest triple bond (N≡N) in nature, directly coupling N 2 with small molecules is particularly important and challenging, let alone in a catalytic fashion. Here we first demonstrate that a NNN-type pincer phosphorus complex could act as a catalyst to couple dinitrogen with a series of small molecules including carbon dioxide, formaldehyde, N-ethylidenemethylamine, and acetonitrile in the presence of diborane(4) under a mild condition by theoretical calculations.
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Predicting Dinitrogen Activation via Transition Metal Involved [4 + 2] Cycloaddition Reaction
As the strongest triple bond in nature, the N≡N triple bond activation has always been a challenging project in chemistry. On the other hand, since the award of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1950, Diels‐Alder reaction has served as a powerful and widely applied tool in the synthesis of natural products and new materials. However, the application of Diels‐Alder reaction to dinitrogen activation remains less developed.
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Adaptive σ‐Aromaticity in an Unsaturated Three-Membered Ring
Based on Hückel’s and Baird’s rules, species are aromatic either in the lowest singlet state (S0) or the lowest triplet state (T1) only. Thus, species with adaptive aromaticity (with aromaticity in both the S0 and T1 states) is particularly rare. On the other hand, σ-aromaticity in the T1 state has been underdeveloped, let alone adaptive σ-aromaticity. Herein, via various aromaticity indices including NICS, ACID and EDDB, we demonstrate adaptive s-aromaticity in an unsaturated three-membered ring, which is a traditional area dominated by π-aromaticity.
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Achieving Adaptive Aromaticity in Cyclo[10]carbon by Screening Cyclo[n]carbon (n = 8‐24)
Discovery of species with adaptive aromaticity (being aromatic in both the lowest singlet and triplet states) is particularly challenging as cyclic species are generally aromatic either in the ground state or in the excited state only according to Hückel’s and Baird’s rules.
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Aromaticity‐promoted CO2 Capture by P/N‐Based Frustrated Lewis Pairs: A Theoretical Study
Carbon dioxide (CO2, a common combustion pollutant) releasing continuously into the atmosphere is primarily responsible for the rising atmospheric temperature. Therefore, CO2 sequestration has been an indispensable area of research for the past several decades. On the other hand, the concept of aromaticity is often employed in designing chemical reactions and metal‐free frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) have proved ideal reagents to achieve CO2 reduction. However, considering FLP and aromaticity together is less developed in CO2 capture.
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Predicting an Antiaromatic Benzene Ring in the Ground State Caused by Hyperconjugation
Benzene, the prototype of aromatics, has six equivalent C‐C bonds (1.397 Å), which are intermediate between a C‐C double bond and a C‐C single bond. For over 80 years, chemists have spent much effort on freezing a localized structure to obtain a distorted bond‐length alternating benzene ring in the ground state, leading to various localized trisannelated benzene rings. However, most of the central benzene rings are still aromatic or nonaromatic. Here we report an antiaromatic benzene ring caused by hyperconjugation.
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Ode to Eric…
Jayn Pettingill | September 17th, 2022
Woke up this morning to the news of the passing of the great Eric Jackson, the ‘Dean of Boston Jazz Radio’.
I am devastated and heartbroken. A swirl of emotions and memories overcome me.
Eric was my mentor, my colleague, my friend.
We knew each other at WGBH in Boston in the 80’s, when he was the host of “Eric in the Evening”, a nightly 5-hour sojourn through the music of jazz and improvisational music, and I was a broadcast engineer.
I was a fan of Eric’s dulcet tones, his infectious laugh and his eclectic open-minded awesome mind-blowing programming.
Eric not only taught me how to be a music announcer, he taught me that “jazz” could include the likes of Aretha and Ray Charles and many other artists who were previously relegated to the “Soul/R&B” box.
He gave me permission to bring all of myself to my music programming.
And when he asked me to fill in for him on “Eric in the Evening” on numerous occasions, I was gobsmacked, honored and privileged.
Eric came to visit me in California in 2006. On the night of December 1st, I told him to meet me at Anna’s Jazz Island in Berkeley because I wanted to turn him on to my favorite vocalist, Kenny Washington. Eric and his wife were late because they went to the North Berkeley BART station instead of the Downtown Berkeley BART station. The only reason he forgave me was the fact that Kenny was so extraordinary.
Eric had an open heart and open ears. He was a mensch.
He gave of himself, his music and his experience and talent freely.
His passion and exuberance were infectious.
We shared roots and stories that were based in our home state of New Jersey…Eric from Camden, me from Newark.
We had many boisterous fun conversations with our friend, Camden native and poet extraordinaire, Kate Rushin.
I will take Eric with me wherever I go.
And every time I program a set of music or segue between two unsuspecting artists, I will hear his voice and feel his inspiration and support.
And of course every time I hear the strains of Horace Silver’s composition “Peace” performed by pianist Tommy Flanagan, Eric’s theme song for over 40 years, I will think of him, shed a tear, smile a smile, and bow to his genius and kindness.
All praises due to Eric Jackson…one of a kind and unique!
Heartfelt condolences to his family, friends and many listeners.
Melanie Berzon
*Pix are from August 8, 2015, when Eric and I hung out at the San Jose Jazz Festival. KCSM was broadcasting live and Eric came to participate in a panel.
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3 Responses to “Ode to Eric…”
Jackie ryan says:
Oh no! I can’t believe this! This is a shock. I met Eric years ago in Boston. He was such a sweet gentle soul. Beautiful tribute to him, Melanie. So sad. So sorry for your loss of this wonderful soul in your life.
Jackie Ryan
John Spallone says:
This is devastating news! Having regularly listened to Eric in the Evening while living in Boston, over 40 years ago, and having been able to stream WGBH for the past 15 or so years, his insights into the music, and his mix of classic and new jazz (weighted mostly toward the new) have been touchstones in my life. Yes, I will also be grateful to Eric Jackson, for as long as I live. Farewell, Brother Eric.
Suzette Ciancio says:
“Eric in the Evening” was the soundtrack to so many of my evenings for so many years. His voice, his knowledge of music and jazz, the music itself is forever ingrained in my head and heart. I temporarily stopped my donations to WGBH when they took his show off the daily evening programming. Rest in peace and music Eric Jackson. You memory will always be a blessing.
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CC Przygonski joins Al-Attiyah and Al-Rajhi to tackle Qatar event with Overdrive Racing
2020 Manateq Qatar Cross-Country Rally
PRZYGONSKI JOINS Al-ATTIYAH AND Al-RAJHI TO TACKLE QATAR CROSS-COUNTRY RALLY WITH OVERDRIVE RACING
· OT3 by Overdrive T3 entries for Kees Koolen and Fedor Vorobyev
LUSAIL (QATAR) – Tuesday, February 18: Jakub ‘Kuba’ Przygonski, the winner of the 2018 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies, has reached an agreement with Overdrive Racing and will drive a Toyota Hilux alongside Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah and Yazeed Al-Rajhi at next week’s Manateq Qatar Cross-Country Rally.
The Polish former motorcycle enduro racer switched to rallying on four-wheels after a successful career with the Orlen Team on a KTM and victory at the Qatar event in 2018 was a spring board for his FIA World Cup success. Przygonski finished third in the Lusail-based event in 2019.
He and German navigator Timo Gottschalk have been one of the leading pairings at the Dakar and on rounds of the FIA World Cup in recent seasons and Przygonski is relishing the challenge of racing with a V8-engined Toyota for the first time.
With his switch to a Hilux, Overdrive Racing has a formidable line up of three T1 Toyotas set to tackle the opening round of the FIA World Cup, which will run over five days and around 1,430 competitive kilometres in a route of 2,200km across the length and breadth of the State of Qatar.
Al-Attiyah has been a dominant force in cross-country rallying in recent years, but the Qatari narrowly missed out on a fourth Dakar Rally victory last month and will be keen to make a good start to his FIA World Cup campaign after falling short to eventual winner Stéphane Peterhansel in 2019.
The Qatari has won his home event on seven occasions, beginning with a win on the candidate rally in 2011 and following up that success with victories in 2012, 2014-2017 and last year. Two of those wins came with his regular French navigator Matthieu Baumel.
“This is always an important rally for me and a pleasure to compete at home and to see international competitors coming to Qatar,” said Al-Attiyah. “We narrowly missed out on another Dakar Rally win, but Matthieu and I returned to action last week and we won the Oman International Rally. We are looking forward to keeping up that momentum with another win in Qatar.”
Yazeed Al-Rajhi finished runner-up to Al-Attiyah in Qatar last season and arrives in Doha fresh from finishing fourth in January’s Dakar Rally and from a recent outing at the Ha’il International Rally. He teams up with Ulster navigator Michael Orr, with whom he claimed four victories on rounds of the FIA Middle East Rally Championship. The pair used the recent Ha’il event to test various components and settings after a wheel failure had cost them a potential win on the second day.
Jean-Marc Fortin, CEO of Overdrive Racing, said: “We are delighted to welcome Kuba and Timo to the team and look forward to working with them. We have seen in recent seasons what a determined competitor he can be and know that he will add strength in depth to the Toyota challenge in the 2020 FIA World Cup.”
Overdrive Racing teamed up with Red Bull at the end of 2019 to launch the new OT3 by Overdrive, a prototype T3 vehicle that the Belgian car preparations company hopes will challenge at the top of the leader board in the up-and-coming open and modified all-terrain class.
The car was tested in Morocco in the autumn and driven by five-time Dakar champion Cyril Despres and several rookies at the Dakar Rally, as part of a new Red Bull Off-Road programme.
Two cars have been entered in the Manateq Qatar Cross-Country Rally with Dutch businessman Kees Koolen driving one for the first time and the other being prepared for the Russian driver Fedor Vorobyev, the 2019 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas champion. He finished eighth overall and second in T3 in Qatar last season in a Can-Am and again teams up with fellow Russian Kirill Shubin for his debut in an OT3.
Historic Souq Waqif in downtown Doha will host the ceremonial start on February 22nd and the prize giving ceremony on February 27th after five demanding days of timed action through the Qatar deserts, where the emphasis will be as much on precise navigation as outright speed and performance.
Jean-Marc Fortin (E-mail: jmf@overdriveracing.be), Overdrive S.A., rue de L’Enterprise 1, 4530 Villers-le-Bouillet, Belgium, Tel: + 32 475 762 391. www.overdriveracing.be, Facebook: Overdrive Racing, Twitter: @OverdriveToyota
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Tales of Producer Discusses Xillia 2 & International Releases
By David Fernandes / July 18th, 2012
In a recent interview at Comic-Con event in San Diego this past weekend, Tales of series producer Hideo Baba stated in an interview with Famitsu that Tales of Xillia 2 is in its final phases
“With all the major elements in the game”. That even while he was at all these events, he reassures everyone that, “While the time difference makes things difficult, he receives reports from his staff daily, and gives back instructions.”
The rest of Famitsu’s interview was mostly about Namco Bandai’s international plans for the series.
Hideo Baba while on a Europe tour, visiting Europe, England, Germany, Italy, Spain and France, showed off a presentation of Tales of Graces f (Which will be released in the PAL region this August) all the while ending it off with the announcement of the localization of Tales of Xillia for Western regions. He was very delighted with the response of the news where the crowd at this year’s Japan Expo in Paris, erupted in joy, at the same time the internet exploding with all the buzz.
Then to top it all off, he also stated that if sales for Tales of Xillia are good, the chances of the West seeing its sequel will be even greater. While it’s great that he would couple that with the already amazing announcement of Tales of Xillia, it is no surprise since Hideo Baba has stated once again that he would love to see more of the ‘Tales of’ games to leave Japan, “To increase the opportunity to bring the games to overseas fans.”
So while no plans are set for the sequel to leave Japan, he finishes it off with a last statement:
“Since they’re releasing Xillia, fans would be disappointed if they did not release the sequel, so they would like to release Xillia 2 if at all possible.”
Tales of Graces F for the PS3 available today from Amazon
About David Fernandes
(Community Manager) David is an assistant admin and community manager at oprainfall. He joined the Operation Rainfall Campaign at the beginning, and became one of the staff as the first wave of new volunteers were needed back in mid June. He is an avid video game collector, and lover of most game genres. David spends much of his time in a futile effort in clearing out his ever growing video game backlog.
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Print, The Bloody Massacre Perpetrated in King Street on March 5th, 1770, By a Party of the 29th Regt.
Engraver and Publisher: Paul Revere; After Work by: Henry Pelham
America, New England, Massachusetts, Boston
Black and white line engraving with period hand color
The upper margin reads, "The BLOODY MASSACRE perpetrated in King Street BOSTON on March 5th 1770 by a party of the 29th REG.T."
Immediately below the printed image is a small box which reads, "Engraved, Printed & Sold by PAUL REVERE BOSTON." Beneath the image is the text,
"Unhappy Boston! see thy Sons deplore,/
Thy hallow'd Walks besmear'd with guiltless Gore./
While faithless P--n and his savage Bands,/
With murdrous Rancour stretch their bloody Hands;/
Like fierce Barbarians grinning o'er their Prey,/
Approve the Carnage and enjoy the Day./
If scalding drops from Rage Anguish wrung/
If Speechless Sorrows lab'ring for a Tongue,/
Or if a weeping World can ought appease/
The plaintive Ghosts of Victims such as these:/
The patriot's copious Tears for each are shed,/
A glorious Tribute which embalms the Dead./
But know Fate summons to that awful Goal./
Where JUSTICE strips the Murd'rer of his Soul:/
Should venal C--ts the scandal of the Land,/
Snatch the relentless Villian from her Hand,/
Keen Execrations on this Plate inscrib'd,/
Shall reach a JUDGE who never can be brib'd./
The unhappy Sufferers were Mess.s SAM.L GRAY, SAM.L MAVERICK, JAM.S CALDWELL, CRISPUS ATTUCKS & PAT.K CARR/ Killed. Six wounded; two of them (CHRIST.R MONK & JOHN CLARK) Mortally"
The print depicts the bloody skirmish between the British troops stationed in Boston, and the citizens. The Boston State House with clock-tower is in the background. In the center is the public square, framed by buildings on both sides. Lined up in front of these buildings on the right is a row of British soldiers in red coats, black boots and black hats. Each has his gun outstretched with the bayonets pointing at the patriots gathered along the left of the print. Billowing smoke around the British soldiers suggests the shots that have been fired. In the foreground four wounded civilians, one lying on the ground with blood coming from his side.
"The Bloody Massacre" reflects a patriot perspective on this important event in American history. However, much about the famous engraving's interpretation is less than historically accurate. It depicts seven British soldiers instead of the actual eight, and does not show Crispus Attucks, the African American who was the first to be killed in the incident. The Boston Customs House directly behind the soldiers has been renamed "Butcher's Hall." The soldier's are shown lined up in military formation, but in reality the scene was a moment of confusion, high emotion, and disorganization. They also seem to be firing their weapons, apparently without provocation, into an orderly, unarmed crowd of citizens. The crowd that night was, in fact, quite vocal, unruly, and armed with sticks and other makeshift weapons. Finally, Captain Preston is shown raising his hand giving the command to fire, but he could not have done so, as he was standing in front of the guns, between his men and the crowd of protesters.
The details in Paul Revere's depiction of the Boston Massacre were intended to raise American colonist's fear and concerns. The image served as a very effective propaganda piece that helped turn colonist's opinions against the British and Parliament's policies in the American colonies.
( Source: www.history.org/history/teaching/enewsletter/volume8/sept09/primsource.cfm written by Margret Atkinson, Bill Neer, and Jodi Norman.)
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Afmedjournal.com
Knowledge and Inventory
Reproductive health, simply defined as a
Management of Misoprostol for
complete state of physical, mental and social Reproductive Health Services
well-being and not merely the absence of Amongst Community
disease or disorder of the reproductive process, constitutes a measure of the social and Pharmacists in Anambra and
economic well-being of any nation.1,2 Of the Delta States of Nigeria
various components of reproductive health, *Adinma ED1, Adinma JIB2
unsafe motherhood represented by maternal
Background: Misoprostol, a prostaglandin
infringement of the reproductive rights of analogue used in the management of a wide women and its address has over several years range of reproductive health disorders is safe, posed an intractable challenge to several inexpensive and easily administered. countries of the developing world.3 In Nigeria for Objective: To investigate the knowledge of
instance, the yearly maternal deaths of 59,000 misoprostol amongst Community Pharmacists women which constitute approximately 10% of from Anambra and Delta States, Nigeria, with the overall global maternal mortality statistics respect to its indications, contraindications, and have remained a great embarrassment to the side effects; and also evaluate their stocking and federal government and its benefactors alike. Two of the five major direct medical causes of Method: Cross-sectional, questionnaire based
maternal mortality viz obstetrics haemorrhage survey of 22 Community Pharmacists from and abortion, occupy prominent positions for the Anambra and Delta States, Nigeria. role they play in the causation of maternal Result: There were nine participants from
Anambra and 13 from Delta State. The majority were of urban location, 77.8% in Anambra and instance, is known to account for as high as 25- 76.9% in Delta State. There is significantly 30% of maternal deaths, while abortion and its higher knowledge of misoprostol, 88.9% and 100% respectively for Anambra and Delta complications have been implicated as the cause States, compared with current stocking and of maternal deaths to the magnitude of as high dispensing of the drug, 22.2% apiece, and as 50% in some countries.4,5 Reducing the 30.8% apiece respectively for the two States. burden of maternal mortality in resource poor Only two of the 6 listed indications for countries of developing world requires a wide misoprostol were recognized, each by one introduction of the application of simple, participant from Anambra State; while five were economical, yet safe and effective management recognized, each also, by one participant methods, of which misoprostol ranks high. from Delta State. No respondent from Delta Misoprostol is a synthetic prostaglandin E State recognized abortion treatment as an analogue originally developed and 1 approved globally for the prevention of peptic ulcer. The Only 40% respondents in Anambra State tablet which has no known adverse interaction recognized the contraindications, and 80%, of with other drugs is inexpensive and usually the side effects of misoprostol, while 80% and stable at room temperature and has long shelf 70% respondents in Delta State recognized the life.6, 7 The drug is effective in the treatment of contraindications and side effects respectively. early pregnancy failure, induction of second Conclusion: There is gap in knowledge and
trimester abortion, ripening of the cervix and inventory management of misoprostol for induction of labour.8-11 It is also used for the reproductive health problems' management treatment of post partum haemorrhage. Its use amongst Community Pharmacists. There is for obstetrics and gynecological indications is need for sensitization and advocacy program on however off label in most countries.
the use of Misoprostol for these health has over the years, been marketed in Nigeria as Key Words: Knowledge, Inventory
Cytotec for the treatment of peptic ulcer and has Management, Misoprostol, Pharmacists, Nigeria. only recently been approved for use by the Nigerian National Agency for Food and Drug Afrimedic Journal 2011;2(1):13-18
Administration and Control (NAFDAC) for the treatment of post partum haemorrhage. In Nigeria, the provision of maternal healthcare demographic characteristics of the respondents services is not restricted to skilled practitioners for the two States studied. There were nine alone, that is doctors and nurse-midwives, but participants in the Anambra State meeting, also to a wide range of practitioners, orthodox consisting of eight males and one female, while Delta State had 13 participants comprising nine pharmacists are an important group of maternal males and four females. The majority of the healthcare providers for the part they play, not respondents had practiced pharmacy for 21 years and above 7 (77.8%) in Anambra State reproductive healthcare medications but also in and 6 (46.2%) in Delta State and most of them routine consultations and treatment of some were based in urban location, 7 (77.8%) in reproductive health problems. This study investigates the knowledge of misoprostol The distribution by knowledge, usage, and amongst community pharmacists from Anambra availability of misoprostol/cytotec as shown in and Delta States of Nigeria, with respect to its Table II indicates that 8 (88.9%) and 13 indications, contraindications, and side effects. (100%) respectively of the participants in It also evaluates their stocking and dispensing pattern of the drug for the management of misoprostol. Only 2 (22.2%) pharmacists in reproductive health problems. Information Anambra State and 4 (30.8 %) in Delta State obtained from this study will determine whether have treated 5-10 patients with misoprostol over the 3 months preceding this study. Knowledge sensitization of health practitioners to an of misoprostol therefore is statistically increased use of this vital drug for reproductive significantly high compared with use, ever stocked, current stocking, and dispensing of the drug by the community pharmacists for both This is a Cross-sectional, questionnaire-based Anambra and Delta States. P <0.05 for each of survey of 22 Community Pharmacists attending a lunch meeting at two locations Nnewi in Table III shows the distribution by knowledge of indications, contraindications, as well as the side respectively of South-east and South-south effects of misoprostol. Of the 6 indications for Nigeria. The survey was carried out on 18th misoprostol listed in the questionnaire, only 2 June 2009 and 2nd September 2009 at Nnewi (post partum hemorrhage and abortion) were and Asaba respectively. The questionnaire recognized, each by one of the 9 respondents from Anambra State; and 5 were recognized, respondents with respect to their bio-social again each by only 1 of the 13 Community characteristics sex, duration and location of Pharmacists from Delta State. No respondent practice, and number of clients receiving from Anambra State recognized the treatment of misoprostol within three months preceding the peptic ulcer as an indication for the use of study; respondents' knowledge , usage , and misoprostol. Similarly, no community pharmacist availability of misoprostol/cytotec; and their from Delta State recognized the treatment of knowledge of indications, contraindications, and abortion as an indication for the use of side effects of misoprostol/cytotec. Data misoprostol. Of the 5 contraindications to the obtained were analyzed using Statistical Package use of misoprostol and 10 side effects of the for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 15.0, and drug listed in the questionnaire, only 2 displayed in Tables. Statistical comparison of (40.0 %) of the contraindications and as high as variables was made where necessary using Chi- 8 (80 %) of the side effects were recognized by respondents in Anambra State while 4 (80 %) recognized by respondents in Delta State. Afrimedic Journal 2011;2(1):13-18
Afrimedic Journal 2011;2(1):13-18
incomplete abortion and other reproductive health related problems.13-15 The reproductive management of Misoprostol for reproductive healthcare practitioners are therefore expected health services was undertaken for a total of 22 to have considerably clear knowledge and usage pharmacists practicing in two States of Nigeria. of this life saving drug. This unfortunately is not Most of these Pharmacists practice in urban the case amongst the community pharmacists centres and had done so for more than 20 participating in this study evident from the very years, they are therefore expected to have built high number of pharmacists, 7 (53.8%)-11 up a reasonably large clientele. The findings (84.6%) and 5 (55.6%)-7 (77.8%) respectively from the questionnaire studies were interesting. from Delta and Anambra States that failed to In spite of a considerably high knowledge of respond to the knowledge of the indications, misoprostol amongst the pharmacists, only a contraindications, and side effects of the drug. paltry 2 (22.2 %) and 4 (30.8 %) from Anambra Of the 6 indications for misoprostol listed in the and Delta States respectively were currently questionnaire, only 2 (post partum hemorrhage stocking misoprostol, and in fact had prescribed and abortion) were recognized, each by one of the drug for as few as only 5-10 patients over the 3 months preceding the study. The poor Similarly, 5 of the 6indications listed were stocking and prescription of misoprostol by recognized, again each by only 1 of the 13 community pharmacists may indicate an unclear community pharmacists from Delta State. It is Reports from studies conducted both in Africa and Europe have highlighted the undoubtful efficacy of misoprostol in the treatment of Afrimedic Journal 2011;2(1):13-18
to put in place, a sensitization and advocacy Anambra State recognized the treatment of program on the use of misoprostol for the peptic ulcer as an indication for the use of management of reproductive health problems, misoprostol even though the drug has been not just for community pharmacists, but also for approved for that purpose in Nigeria for a long all other cadres of health professionals involved time. In addition, none of the community in women's health management in the country. pharmacists from Delta State recognized the This advocacy and sensitization program efforts treatment of abortion as an indication for the can be enriched through the development of use of misoprostol. These are important findings misoprostol treatment and dosage protocol and when combined with the similar scenario presented to the responses to the knowledge of America.18 In the words of Weeks et al “If we side effects and contraindications to the use of can develop practical training programs and misoprostol, attest unequivocally to the lack of treatment protocols for use in rural areas, then clear information on this very important drug the use of misoprostol could potentially lead to a major reduction in abortion-related maternal healthcare professionals. The reason for this morbidity and mortality”. 13 This statement is no may not be far-fetched and can be considered in less applicable to abortion management as it is the light of the fact that it is only recently that to other similarly important practical obstetric misoprostol had been approved for use in problems such as post partum hemorrhage. reproductive health management treatment of REFERENCES
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2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria
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Baby broker appears in court
Submitted by Kerry on Wed, 2011-06-01 13:04.
The final cost of an international adoption
Reviewing Jedd Medefind's response to "The Evangelical Adoption Crusade"
Adoption fraud
7 women arrested for selling babies
Children trapped between supply and demand
Zoe's Ark: Charity or child trafficking?
Adoption from Africa: Concern over 'dramatic rise'
Barriers to adopting a baby in Andhra Pradesh
Ethiopian Adoptee Wins Legal Case to Revoke Adoption
Economic distress drives parents to desperate measures
By Kamini Padayachee
June 1, 2011/ ioL News
The former owner of a Durban North children’s shelter will be charged with several counts of child trafficking and fraud.
This was heard in the Durban Magistrate’s Court yesterday when Hester Elizabeth van Schalkwyk made a brief appearance.
Van Schalkwyk, 60, was arrested in February this year for allegedly carrying out an illegal adoption at her shelter, the Survivors Children’s Sanctuary.
In court yesterday, prosecutor Val Melis said 30 additional counts would be added to the charge sheet.
“These charges include 17 counts of contravening several sections of the Children’s Act, child trafficking, attempted child trafficking and six counts of fraud.”
Melis also said the State had discovered that Van Schalkwyk had misled the court during her bail application in March, when she said she had only two previous convictions.
“We have found through a search on the police system that she has six previous convictions. At this stage we are not taking any further action. But we do intend charging her with failing to disclose her previous convictions to the court,” said Melis.
Van Schalkwyk had previously said she had one previous conviction of facilitating an illegal adoption and another of fraud.
Melis said the case would have to be transferred to the regional court because of the seriousness of the counts that had been added.
“The State asks for a final adjournment for investigations to be completed and for the case to be transferred to the regional court.”
Van Schalkwyk’s arrest came after Carte Blanche aired two programmes on its investigation into her alleged illegal activities.
Despite reports of the home being shut down in 2008 by child welfare authorities, she allegedly continued running an unregistered establishment for abandoned or orphaned children.
In the Carte Blanche programmes, couples claimed that Van Schalkwyk had promised them children to adopt from the home but said they did not have to speak to social workers.
The couples also alleged that two children were promised to several families, but the children’s mother had not consented to the adoption.
After her arrest, the children’s home was shut down by the provincial social welfare department and the children were placed in the care of a non-profit organisation, Just 4 Us Children.
The case was adjourned to July 28 and Van Schalkwyk was ordered to stay away from State witnesses and children who had lived at the shelter.
She is out on bail of R5 000
baby brokers
children's homes
illegal adoption
South African exports and PAP interests
I noticed, according to PPL's country stats, S. Africa exported a total of 12 children in 2000, a total of 276 children in 2009, but only a total of 3 exports were reported so far, in 2010.
As countries increase their exporting "children in-care" and "international adoption" numbers, and more and more illegal activity (child trafficking, baby brokers, illegal adoptions done without parental consent) gets reported in the local/international news, do foreign PAPs put 1+1 together and calculate the risks involved with an international adoption plan with a country that has sky-rocketing child-export numbers?
I mean, Africa itself is not exactly the most 'ethical' destination spot for an ICA plan... and yet it's becoming increasingly popular among the 'desperate to save an orphan' crowd. How do foreigners with a desire to adopt an orphan in-care explain/justify their final choice in terms of which sending country they will use?
Doesn't the baby-broker + child-trafficking through maternity/children's homes factor disturb educated prospective adopters enough to NOT participate (condone) such practices?
There are some things in Adoptionland I simply do not understand....
People will rally and organize and refuse to wear fur or animal skin because there is unethical treatment of animals within the clothing industry... and yet we see nothing when it comes to the unethical treatment of human beings within the adoption industry. Why are these unethical adoption programs not boycotted, as well?
More on the Baby Broker (who wanted more)
Submitted by Kerry on Thu, 2013-05-02 14:27.
It seems for some, the baby-selling market just isn't big enough to earn a good profit.
New news reports reveal a new-scheme has been duping people with a dream and available cash:
An alleged baby broker who was expected to appear in the Durban Regional Court on Thursday on charges of facilitating illegal adoptions, faces new fraud allegations involving the sale of non-existent wildlife.
Hester Elizabeth van Schalkwyk’s latest brush with the law was highlighted on Sunday by M-Net’s Carte Blanche - the same show that in 2011 exposed her alleged running of Survivors Sanctuary, an illegal children’s shelter in Durban.
Ed Hern, the owner of the Rhino and Lion Reserve near Johannesburg, told Carte Blanche that he was approached by a woman, Elichia Driescher (believed to be Van Schalkwyk’s alias) who represented herself as the chief executive officer of a company. He said she referred to herself as a “wild animal whisperer” and offered to sell him a baby rhino for R80 000
[From: A twist in the ‘baby broker’ case , May 2, 2013 ]
According to the same news article, the victim of this particular fraud did get his deposit money back, but he insists " She must go to jail for ever and ever.”
It will be interesting to see which activity brings the harsher of punishments: the illegal selling of children, or the fraudulent selling of exotic animals.
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Double digital success for apeal
APEAL - The Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging
APEAL, the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging, is celebrating the success of both its website and its latest social media campaign.
The APEAL website, www.apeal.org, won the award for best association website at the International and European Association Awards in Berlin, seeing off competition from a wide range of entrants.
In a sector filled with text heavy, information-led websites, the jury appreciated how the www.apeal.org clearly outlines the benefits of steel for packaging, especially in terms of sustainability, in an accessible and easy to understand way.
The site is rich in infographics, clearly outlined key messages and provides visitors with an overview of the benefits of steel for packaging.
It is also a home for blogs, reports and other materials that provide more substantive insight into the association’s aims, objectives and positions on a range of issues and an ideal reference point for anyone with an interest in steel for packaging.
APEAL Secretary General, Alexander Mohr, said: “One of our key aims at APEAL is to be the key reference point for anyone interested in steel for packaging. Having an effective and easy-to-use website is vital”.
“As a result, we were thrilled to win the award; it’s a real boost for APEAL and the team who have worked so hard to make the website a success”.
The second ‘digital’ success story concerns APEAL’s “30 days, 30 facts about steel” social media campaign.
The light, bitesize campaign saw APEAL publish one key fact about steel for packaging each day throughout April helping to give followers an insight into the qualities which make steel a unique packaging material.
It proved very popular, creating a roughly 800% increase in the number of interactions ordinarily received each month, along with a 90% increase in profile visits and around a 250% increase in post impressions.
“To run a campaign which has struck a chord with our audience is very rewarding” commented Mohr, “It was also a great way to mark 30 years of APEAL as the reference for steel for packaging.”
APEAL’s 30th anniversary activity is continuing throughout the year. The association is now working on the second stage of the campaign, commissioning articles by a number of leading experts in the fields of food, packaging and sustainability and looking at the next 30 years of steel for packaging.
The articles will be released later this year.
Pelican Communications
joe.robinson@pelicomms.co.uk
APEAL:
Patricia Mobbs
E-mail: p.mobbs@apeal.be
www.apeal.org
www.steelforpackaging.org
About APEAL
APEAL, the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging, is a federation of the four major producers of steel for packaging (ArcelorMittal, Tata Steel Packaging, thyssenkrupp Rasselstein GmbH, U.S. Steel Košice). In total these four companies employ over 200,000 workers in Europe. Founded in 1986, APEAL represents today about 95% of the total European production of steel for packaging.
About Steel for Packaging
Steel is a unique packaging material, combining exceptional performance capabilities with unrivalled environmental credentials. Strong, formable and long-lasting, steel offers numerous benefits for the safe packaging of a wide variety of products.
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Owo Foro Adobe
Owo Foro Adobe is a mixed-media, publishing, and performance collaborative founded by Timothy Prolific Edwaujonte.
Owo Foro Adobe is an Adinkra symbol that originates amongst the Akan people of what is now Ghana. It is transliterated as the snake climbing around the raffia tree. Because of its thorns, the raffia tree is a very dangerous challenge to the snake. Its ability to climb it is a model of creativity and persistence.
OFA imprints include the youth-empowering Owo Foro Adobe Design Group, and Rebel Waters (run by Cétáh Treadwell).
Books by Timothy Prolific Edwaujonte (formerly Veit Jones)
Ofrenda para las ancestras reconciles the complicated interlocking identities that compose Edwaujonte’s bloodline — African, Indigenous, and European. This offering explores the price of discovering one’s heritage, set against the composite backdrops of genealogy, gentrification, systemic racism, and spiritual awakening. It is a journey of healing expressed through prayer, blues poetry, eulogy, ethnography, resistance, and ancestral reverence.
Musaic | 40 Days, 40 Nights
Musaic is the story of a writer who falls in love with his muse, and the emotional carnage on both sides that occurs as a result.
40 Days, 40 Nights finds that same writer navigating depression and attempting to write his way out.
Prolific is a collection of the early work of Timothy Prolific Veit Jones. It is a coming of age book of poetry written by Jones when he was a young adult, and has been re-released with a specific focus of engaging young adults whose interests in social justice, romance, literature, spirituality, and education converge.
Books by other authors
One Mic: A Lyrics on Lockdown Anthology 2004-2008, Edited by Danielle Laura, Lauren Billie, and Ella Turenne
One Mic features the poetry and artwork of students from the Lyrics on Lockdown classes at Rikers Island Academy, New York University, Columbia University, and Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, as well as lesson plans from workshops conceived and facilitated by NYU students.
“I plotted to eliminate, erase, rid, burn, and kill her (my brown skin color). I used to hate myself… It took me a very long time to learn to love me.” Khmer Girl narrates Peuo Tuy’s unique life struggles in her own poetic story-telling style. She will touch your heart taking you on a journey from the depths of her struggles to the joys of acceptance. Khmer Girl is a captivating story detailing Peuo Tuy’s struggles navigating life as a dark-skinned Asian girl to womanhood. She is a survivor of the Cambodian genocide whose family was annexed to the United States.
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Displaying items by tag: The Man from Hong Kong BD
KLSC reveals more Man with No Name 4Ks, plus Hitchcock Vol. 2, Shinkai from GKids, Police Around the World & more!
We’re working on new disc reviews here at The Bits at the moment, and we have a few recently-posted ones to catch you all up on today...
I’ve posted my thoughts on Lana Wachowski’s The Matrix Resurrections in 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros.
Stephen has turned in his review of a Region B Blu-ray double-feature title from All the Anime: Makoto Shinkai’s The Place Promised in Our Early Days and Voices of a Distant Star. Hold that thought for a moment.
Tim has checked in with a look at Christophe Gans’ Silent Hill and Brian Trenchard-Smith’s The Man from Hong Kong on region-free Blu-ray from our friends at Umbrella Entertainment.
And Dennis has offered his take on David Butler’s Lullaby of Broadway (1951) on Blu-ray from The Warner Archive Collection.
I’m also working on a review of Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story on 4K Ultra HD from 20th Century Studios, and I’ve just gotten my hands on Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather Trilogy in 4K from Paramount. So be sure to watch for those reviews to get posted over the weekend and early next week. Rest assured, the rest of the team has more new reviews on tap for the coming week as well. [Read on here...]
4K Ultra HD Release List
Dennis Seuling
Star Wars: Obi Wan Kenobi
The Man with No Name 4K
The Matrix Resurrections 4K review
Voices of a Distant Star BD review
The Place Promised in Our Early Days BD review
Silent Hill BD
The Man from Hong Kong BD
Lullaby of Broadway BD
The Warner Archive Collection
All the Anime
Lullaby of Broadway BD review
West Side Story 4K
The Godfather Trilogy 4K
A Fistful of Dollars 4K
For a Few Dollars More 4K
Once Upon a Time in the West 4K
The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection: Volume 2 4K
Saboteur 4K
Shadow of a Doubt 4K
Marnie 4K
The Trouble with Harry 4K
Family Plot 4K
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Children Who Chase Lost Voices BD
Darby O'Gill and the Little People BD
The Gnome Mobile BD
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Wednesday, 16 December 2020 21:17
BREAKING: Roku & HBO Max reach a deal, plus Criterion’s March slate, BD & 4K news, new Twilight titles, Empire at 40 & more
Good evening, everyone! Sorry for the lack of news updates this week, but we’ve been incredibly busy here at The Bits over the past several days. We’ve been doing some important server updates and software patching, but more importantly for you guys we’ve been working hard on new Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD reviews. So we have a few of those for you this evening...
First, I posted my review of Christopher Nolan’s TENET in 4K Ultra HD from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on Monday. It’s an ambitious film with stunning image quality and a characteristically Nolan-frustrating surround sound mix. You’ll find all the details here.
And just today, I posted my thoughts on Well Go USA’s brand new Ip Man: The Complete Collection box set, featuring all four films in the series—Ip Man, Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster, Ip Man 3, and Ip Man 4: The Finale—in 4K Ultra HD with remastered image quality and new Dolby Atmos sound mixes. It’s also worth a look, especially if you’re a fan of Donnie Yen.
Meanwhile, Tim has reviewed Sean Cunningham’s DeepStar Six (1989) on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics.
And Dennis has turned in his looks at Robert Aldrich’s Attack! (1956) and Frank Perry’s Ladybug Ladybug (1963), also on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber Studio Classics. [Read on here...]
Criterion's March 2021 slate
Twilight Time
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back at 40
TENET 4K review
Ip Man: The Complete Collection 4K review
DeepStar Six BD review
Attack! BD review
Ladybug Ladybug BD review
World of Wong Karwai BD
Touki Bouki BD
Céline and Julie Go Boating BD
Secrets & Lies BD
Defending Your Life BD
The Ten Commandments 4K
Snatch 4K
Last Action Hero 4K
Day of the Beast 4K
Severin Films
Perdita Durango 4K
Venom BD
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E-Cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use Associated Lung Injury (EVALI) with Acute Respiratory Failure
E-Cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use Associated Lung Injury (EVALI) with Acute Respiratory Failure in Three Adolescent Patients: a Clinical Timeline, Treatment, and Product Analysis
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E-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (EVALI) has become a recent concern among public health officials. Factors that contribute to the concern include an increasing number of cases over time, the severity of the illness, and an unknown understanding of the pathophysiology and etiology of the illness.
We cared for three adolescent patients with acute respiratory failure secondary to EVALI. All three patients were treated with high-dose steroids in addition to antimicrobials, which resulted in clinical improvement and resolution of their respiratory failure. Pulmonary function testing was performed on these previously healthy patients both acutely and subacutely. Additionally, we report the results from the laboratory analysis of one vaping device fluid which revealed previously unpublished components within these products.
EVALI is a recent public health concern without a known etiology which can cause life-threatening lung injury in patients without prior lung pathology. We hope these cases will highlight the importance of return precautions in adolescents with vague respiratory symptoms and provide a cautionary tale to providers while they counsel patients regarding the use of these products.
E-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (EVALI) has become a recent alarming public health concern [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]. Factors that contribute to the concern include an increasing number of cases over time, the severity of the illness, and an unknown understanding of the pathophysiology and etiology of the illness. Although a single etiology and the mechanism of toxicity are not known, patients tend to have a similar clinical course, starting with initial malaise and vague gastrointestinal symptoms, with a subsequent development of cough, dyspnea, and fevers. The patients can develop radiographic findings of bilateral pulmonary opacities [9], and they can progress to respiratory failure in severe cases. Herein, we report three recent cases of EVALI, all of whom initially reported to an outpatient clinic and were diagnosed with pneumonia, before progressive deterioration required admission to our Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). None of the three patients had prior lung pathology. They were treated with high-dose steroids, had pulmonary function testing at the day of discharge, and quantitative analysis was completed on one of the products. All three patients and their parents provided verbal and written consent for this report; this case series was deemed exempt by our Institutional Review Board.
A 15-year-old male with no significant past medical history (no prior pulmonary diagnoses and no daily medications) presented with a five-day history of cough progressing to respiratory failure. Due to increasing dyspnea, fevers, and self-resolving diarrhea, he presented to an urgent care clinic where he was found to be hypoxemic with an oxygen saturation (SpO2) of 86% on room air. He was subsequently taken to a local emergency department (ED) and admitted to the hospital due to hypoxemia, fever (39.1 °C), tachycardia (132/min), and tachypnea (22/min). He received acetaminophen, nebulized albuterol and ipratropium, and supplemental oxygen. Over the following day, his support was escalated to high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) due to worsening respiratory distress. He was transferred to our PICU after receiving ceftriaxone and azithromycin for a working diagnosis of pneumonia.
On admission to our PICU he was tachycardic (110/min), normotensive (103/84 mmHg), and afebrile. His respiratory rate was 13/min with Spo2 95% on HFNC 0.5 FiO2 (20L/min). A chest x-ray (CXR) revealed bilateral opacities which had worsened since time of admission (Fig. 1). Further history revealed he was using a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) oil vaporizer (“vape”) almost daily for one year. He used multiple products from multiple sources over this time period. Five days prior to admission, he inhaled from a vape pen and immediately felt a “burning in his lungs” which he had not experienced before.
Radiographic images of the patients’ lungs early in the course of admission. Top row illustrates the chest x-ray which corresponds to the chest CT images shown in the second row.
A chest CT (computed tomography) was obtained on day 3 of hospitalization, and results showed diffuse central ground glass opacities with air bronchograms most notable in bilateral lower lobes (Fig. 1). His respiratory failure continued to progress, and he was intubated on day 6 of hospitalization (Table 1). He had a negative infectious workup including respiratory pathogen panel (influenza A [includes H1N1/2009]; influenza B; parainfluenza 1, 2, 3, and 4; respiratory syncytial virus A and B; adenovirus; human metapneumovirus; human rhinovirus/enterovirus; coronavirus; Chlamydia pneumoniae; and Mycoplasma pneumoniae), Histoplasma urine antigen and Legionella urine antigen, urinalysis, urine culture, respiratory culture, and blood cultures. A hypersensitivity pneumonitis panel (antibodies directed at Aspergillus fumigatus #1, A. fumigatus #2, A. fumigatus #3, A. fumigatus #6, A. flavus, Aureobasidium pullulans, pigeon serum, Micropolyspora faeni, Thermoactinomyces vulgaris #1, T. candidus, Saccharomonospora viridis, Phoma betae [fungi/mold, IgE], pork [food, IgE], beef [food, IgE], and Animal Feather Mix [IgE]) was also negative. The patient was started on methylprednisolone 30 mg (0.5 mg/kg) IV every 12 hours on the day of intubation (day 5 of admission). His respiratory status improved, and he was extubated on day 16 of hospitalization. He was discharged with a prednisone taper, and outpatient pulmonology evaluation revealed nearly normal pulmonary function testing (PFTs; Table 2).
Table 1 Timeline of relevant vital signs and laboratory results. Vital signs were documented at 07:00 each day. Day 0, Day of methylprednisolone treatment initiation.
HR, Heart rate (beats/min); RR, Respiratory rate (breaths/min)
Mode of support (RA, room air; NC, nasal cannula; HFNC, high flow nasal cannula; MV, mechanical ventilation)
FIO2, Fraction of inspired oxygen; SpO2, Peripheral oxygen saturation from pulse oximeter
S/F ratio, Saturation/FiO2 Ratio; P/F ratio, PaO2/FiO2 ratio
OI, Oxygenation index; OI = (FiO2 x PAW)/PaO2
CRP, C-reactive protein (mg/dL)
Table 2 Pulmonary function testing (PFT) for all three cases. All three cases had PFT performed on day of discharge from hospital. Post- bronchodilator challenge not performed for Case 2 or 3. Follow-up PFT not performed for Case 3.
A 16-year-old male with no significant past medical history (no prior pulmonary diagnoses and no daily medications) presented with cough and dyspnea. He reported a headache 6 days prior to admission, for which he used a THC oil vaporizer. He had been vaping multiple products from multiple sources daily for almost 5 months to relieve anxiety. He had an episode of vomiting, fever (38.9 °C), and decreased appetite. He was evaluated by his primary care physician (PCP) after he developed worsening cough, chest tightness, and dyspnea, and was empirically started on azithromycin for clinical pneumonia. His symptoms progressed, and he presented to a local ED 3 days after PCP evaluation where he was found to be afebrile, tachypneic (39/min) with SpO2 94% on room air. CXR and chest CT both showed diffuse bilateral parenchymal and retrocardiac ground-glass airspace disease (Fig. 1). In addition to supplemental oxygen, he received ceftriaxone and 80 mg (2 mg/kg) methylprednisolone intravenously. He was transferred to our ED, where he was found to have progressive tachypnea and hypoxemia that required escalation to HFNC, and admission to our PICU.
His respiratory status continued to deteriorate, and he was intubated on day 2 of hospitalization (Table 1). Methylprednisolone (80 mg every 12 hours) and antibiotics (7 days of ceftriaxone and vancomycin) were continued. He had a negative respiratory pathogen panel (same as patient 1), urinalysis, urine culture, respiratory culture, and blood cultures. His clinical status and CXR findings improved, and he was extubated on day 8 of hospitalization. He was discharged on hospital day 12 with steroid taper. PFTs were relatively normal (Table 2).
A 17-year-old male with no past medical history was admitted to our PICU for progressive respiratory distress. The patient reported vaping daily, using a variety of products and devices, for almost 2 years with the majority of his use being with a THC oil vaporizer. Eight days prior to admission, he reported taking numerous extra puffs from his THC vape device and immediately felt unwell. He described a slight burning of his lungs, followed by 2 days of vomiting. As these symptoms improved, he developed a cough and dyspnea. He was evaluated by his PCP and started on azithromycin for bronchitis. His symptoms progressed, and he reported to a local ED where he was subsequently admitted for pneumonia. His respiratory status worsened despite treatment with ceftazidime, and he was transferred to our PICU on continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on day 1 of admission at the local hospital.
Upon arrival, he was afebrile, tachypneic (37/min) with SpO2 96% on HFNC 1.0 FiO2 (20 L/min), and tachycardic (104/min). A CXR obtained immediately after transfer showed diffuse ground-glass lung opacities more prominent in bilateral lower lobes (Fig. 1). His support was escalated to 30 L/min HFNC within 12 hours of admission. He was started on intravenous methylprednisolone 80 mg (0.6 mg/kg) every 12 hours on the day of admission and prior to transfer. His clinical status significantly improved over the next 48 hours along with improvement in CXR findings, and he did not require intubation. His respiratory support was weaned to room air by day 3 of hospitalization. He had a negative respiratory pathogen panel (same as patient 1) and respiratory culture, and his antibiotics were discontinued on day 4. He was discharged home on hospital day 4 with oral steroid taper. PFTs were relatively normal (Table 2).
Laboratory Analysis of Vaping Device
Patient 1 presented their used THC-vaping product for analysis. The testing was limited due to the quantity of remaining product. As such, we prioritized the analysis to pesticides while also evaluating for the vitamin E which had been found in recent cases [10]. Using previously validated methods at the Iowa State Hygienic Laboratory, bifenazate (13 ppm), boscalid (0.14 ppm), and tebuconazole (0.73 ppm) were detected quantitatively (via liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry [LC-MS/MS]), and cannabinoids and vitamin E acetate were detected qualitatively (via gas chromatography-mass spectrometry). We will defer discussion of aflatoxin and cannabinoids as these are not known to cause acute tissue damage and their effects are well described. Furthermore, we will defer the complex discussion on vitamin E acetate because it was discussed in other publications and is under investigation by the United States Food and Drug Administration [8, 10]. The following pesticides were not detected at the level of quantification (LOQ) of 0.065 ppm via LC-MS/MS: acetamiprid, aldicarb, azoxystrobin, carbaryl, carbofuran, chlorantraniliprole, fipronil, flonicamid, imidacloprid, metalaxyl, methiocarb, methomyl, thiacloprid, and thiamethoxam. Myclobutanil was not detected at the LOQ of 0.13 ppm.
The recent epidemic of EVALI has become a public health concern. This manuscript is the first to provide a detailed report of the clinical course of adolescent patients with EVALI, their PFT results, and laboratory analysis of a vaping product. We believe the descriptions and analyses provided are helpful for healthcare providers, including medical toxicologists, and public health officials.
We present this case series as a representative presentation of the case series reported by Layden et al. [2], and the radiographic findings described by Henry et al. [9]. All three of our patients are considered a “confirmed case” as defined by Layden et al.; and all three were treated with glucocorticoids because an infectious source was not found [2]. We were unable to find in the published literature an EVALI case series in previously healthy adolescents with associated PFTs and product analysis. We were able to provide an in-depth and relevant description of the cases in this report because our team consisted of multiple specialists, and it was involved throughout the evolving clinical timelines for these patients.
Our patients were all healthy adolescents without a prior history of known lung pathology, which demonstrates the progressive nature of this EVALI in healthy patients. We attempted to illustrate the progression of disease from the time of presentation to our institution to discharge using objective measures listed in Table 1. As oxygen saturation/fraction of inspired oxygen (S/F ratio) has been shown to correlate with partial pressure arterial oxygen/fraction of inspired oxygen (PaO2/FIO2) in the evaluation for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), we present the S/F ratio (Table 1, Fig. 2) to illustrate the level of pulmonary injury in these patients [11]. We also found an improvement of the S/F ratio (illustrated in Fig. 2) after initiation of high-dose methylprednisolone; though, it is impossible to prove that this improvement was not due to natural disease course.
Oxygen saturation/FiO2 (S/F) ratio trend across hospitalization. Trends illustrate time to improvement improved with earlier commencement of corticosteroids. Red-dotted line represents cut off for diagnosis for ARDS. Day 0, Day of methylprednisolone treatment initiation. Saturations were documented at 07:00 each day.
Discussion on Pesticide Components
There were three unfamiliar pesticides found on laboratory analysis which we believe are worth discussion: bifenazate, boscalid, and tebuconazole. Bifenazate is a carbazate miticide with a low likelihood of acute toxicity by any route of exposure [12]. The mechanism of action is still under investigation, but it appears it specifically inhibits the mitochondria of mites [13]. Boscalid is a commonly used fungicide that is considered nontoxic to terrestrial animals [12]; though, a basic science investigation suggested it can contribute to neurodevelopmental toxicity via oxidative stress [14].
Tebuconazole is an antifungal agent which might be relevant to the above cases. During the registered use of this product, it does not behave as a pulmonary toxicant. When heated to over 150 °C, tebuconazole decomposes to hydrogen chloride and multiple nitrogen oxide products (including nitrogen dioxide) [15,16,17,18]. Hydrogen chloride in this setting can produce chlorine gas which should not have delayed pulmonary effects but may explain a fleeting “burning” sensation our patient described; though, the product fluid was found to have a lower concentration than is considered a harmful hydrogen chloride concentration in the occupational setting. Nitrogen dioxide is a classic pulmonary toxicant known to produce delayed pulmonary effects including non-cardiac pulmonary edema and ARDS. In acute exposure, it is known to cause fever, anorexia, and lipid peroxidation seen on bronchoalveolar lavage [17]. This can contribute to lipoid pneumonia which has been reported by others [1]. Another nitrogen oxide is nitric oxide which plays an important role in gastrointestinal motility and dysmotility [19]. We propose that pyrolysis and inhalation of tebuconazole might have contributed to the initial burning sensation from chlorine gas, early gastrointestinal symptoms from nitric oxide, and delayed ARDS from nitrogen dioxide. The contribution of tebuconazole to EVALI remains to be determined through further work.
The above analysis should not be considered exhaustive due to the volume of sample which limited the number of possible analyses. Some states require regular testing for tebuconazole, and forbid the presence of tebuconazole, in regulated THC products [20, 21]. However, the manufacture source of the product we tested is unconfirmed. We provide these results as empiric data from a singular case and recognize that additional coordinated investigation into these products and the associated illnesses are needed to determine an etiology.
At this point, no one can definitively state whether EVALI will cause chronic, or delayed, lung pathology. All three patients had PFTs performed acutely, and two had repeat PFTs 1–2 months after injury. These results did not reveal clinically significant pathology in our three EVALI cases. Though we cannot speculate what may happen in the future, we hope the youth and prior healthy state of our patients is protective against delayed pulmonary effects.
Importantly, all three of our patients were regular users of THC-vaping devices and initially presented to an outpatient clinic. At each visit, influenza testing was negative, and the patient was given a prescription for antibiotics. It is unclear if these patients were asked about risk behaviors, specifically vaping, during those encounters. It is also unknown if these patients were evaluated in the presence of their caregivers or alone. Given the popularity among adolescents and adults for these products, along with the increasing incidence of EVALI, we feel it is imperative for all providers to consider vaping as part of the differential diagnosis for any patient who presents with malaise, cough, and dyspnea, particularly if gastrointestinal symptomatology and hypoxemia is also associated with acute illness.
We hope this case series increases the awareness of healthcare providers to the initial clinical presentation, uncommon radiographic findings of the chest, and clinical course of patients with EVALI who survive to discharge from the hospital. We also hope this report can be used as a cautionary tale for providers while they (a) counsel their patients regarding these products, and (b) evaluate adolescents with vague respiratory symptoms more carefully until further understanding of their illnesses can be ascertained.
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Meteorology and Climatology
An assessment of spatiotemporal distribution of drought in Transcarpathian region during the nearest perspective until 2050
I. G. Semenova
Keywords: drought, climate scenario, drought index
The paper describes the features of spatiotemporal distribution of drought at long-time periods in Transcarpathian region under the projected temperature and precipitation regime in the period of 2020-2050. Analysis of temperature and moisture conditions was produced using the CORDEX climate modeling data for climate scenarios of RCP4.5 and RCP8.5. It is shown that an increase of mean annual air temperature at the stations will occur mainly due to increasing of winter temperatures in both scenarios. The average annual precipitation sum will increase insignificantly, but will be observed the opposite trends in winter and summer precipitation. Evaluation of spatial and temporal distribution of drought using drought index SPEI showed that expected a general increase of the regional aridity during the studied period. Weak droughts will be prevail in both scenarios with amount about 7-11 cases per 31 years. At the same time, under the relatively mild scenario RCP4.5 the droughts are predicted more intensive, and under both scenarios the total number of moderate and severe droughts increases on time scales more than one year. The time course of dry and wet periods almost the opposite between scenarios, but in both scenarios is expected an increase of duration and intensity of drought episodes after mid of 2030s.
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Semenova, I. G. (2016). An assessment of spatiotemporal distribution of drought in Transcarpathian region during the nearest perspective until 2050. Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Journal, (18), 29-39. https://doi.org/10.31481/uhmj.18.2016.04
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There have been (at least) nine artists called Virgo:
1) Virgo is an alias for the Chicago House artist Marshall Jefferson, also including Adonis Smith and Vince Lawrence as collaborators.
2) Another chicago house artist named Virgo (aka Virgo Four) included Eric Lewis and Merwyn Sanders as members. Among their releases was an album "Virgo", leading to further confusion.
3) Virgo was born in Germany, 2001. Virgo is the result of the union: Andre Matos (Ex-Viper, Ex-Angra, Ex-Shaman) one of the bests singers in the Metal scene, and Sascha Paeth, one of the most important producers in the Power/Symphonic Metal scene.
4) Mr. Virgo is a UK garage and hiphop artist from Nottingham.
5) A Danish band called Virgo, who is mostly known for their track "Bubbles", which is on the cd "Youandmeversustime" and the Danish radio channel P3's cd "P3 - Det man hører er man selv"
6) Virgo was a pretty unknown german band that made 4 LP's between 1975 and 1979. They played a very good and innovative jazz/jazzrock/fusion.
7) Virgo was a seiyuu group comprised of Niiyama Shiho, Tange Sakura, Kasahara Rumi, Yanase Natsumi, and Nagashima Yuko. These were the five main voice actresses from the anime and game series Ojousama Sousamou, also known as Debutante Detective Corps.
8) A Hungarian band from Budapest.
9) A Dutch band, fronted by Ana Criado (http://www.last.fm/music/Ana+Criado) - who split up in 2007 because Ana Criado was looking for her solo career to flourish: source: http://www.haagsepopserver.nl/popserver/popserver/artiestenbios.jsp?id=8225
10) A video-game producer, music composer and DJ from Miami, whose nickname is @futurevirgo.
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ADJ Ricochet
Fitted with a powerful LED source and boasting a variable beam angle, rapid dual-mirror movement and a choice between 10 colors and 29 pattern macros, the flexible, feature-packed Ricochet from ADJ takes simulated laser effects to the next level…
Launched by ADJ at DJ Expo 2015 in August, the Ricochet is a brand new 20W hybrid LED scanner/beam effect that utilizes precision stepper motors, dual mirrors and an array of color/pattern options to let users create pure lighting excitement in the form of beams, cones and wave-style effects. Affordable and compact too, it’s the ideal laser/beam effect for club and bar owners, mobile entertainers, event organizers, touring bands, roller rinks and bowling alleys.
Combining a powerful 20W LumiEngin LED and a variable beam angle, the Ricochet is capable of both a single super-tight beam (at 4-degrees) and a wide, flat laser-like effect (at 120-degrees). Thanks to the unit’s precision stepper motors and dual mirrors, these effects flicker and flit about rapidly to create an intense club-style atmosphere, while 29 pattern macros allow users to project distinct patterns on the floor, walls and ceiling. The Ricochet is also fitted with a color wheel that offers a choice of 10 hues – including the options to split them for a varied dual-color effect – allowing users to generate beams and patterns in a range of eye-catching colors.
This creativity and freedom of choice is heightened by the Ricochet’s six built-in show modes, which give users the flexibility to produce an array of stimulating lightshows. The patterns produced by the Ricochet can also be rotated, allowing extra movement, while zoom allows different-sized patterns to be projected onto the dance-floor! The effects can also be strobed, while the brightness and intensity can be easily controlled using the 0-100% electronic dimming.
These show modes can be triggered using ADJ’s separately sold UC-IR remote or the new Airstream IR controller for iOS devices (iPad or iPhone). Users also have access to Sound Active mode – for simple but effective effects in-time to music – and 12/15-channel DMX modes – for more in-depth control.
In 12-channel mode, users hold command over a large amount of features, including pan/tilt movement and shaking; color selection, including color changes and rotation; built-in macro pattern selection; pattern rotation and zoom; strobing; master dimmer; and special functions such as blackout and resets. Meanwhile, the 15-channel mode enables users to select pattern zero X and pattern zero Y, as well as control the pattern spin from 0-270-degrees.
From the Ricochet’s rear control panel, users can also utilize the pan and tilt inversion, allowing them to create a mesmerizing mirrored lightshow when using multiple Ricochet units side by side. This is helped by its IEC in/out connections, which allow users to daisy-chain the power for up to 16 units at 120V (or 30 at 230V) for a more expansive lightshow that utilizes the hypnotic laser-like effects of multiple Ricochets.
“The Ricochet is the ideal way for our customers to create a laser-style lightshow without the excessive cost or the need for inconvenient health and safety precautions, like a variance in the United States,” explains Alfred Gonzales, National Sales Manager for ADJ USA. “By utilizing its powerful light source, range of colors and rapid precision motors, a long list of users from club owners, to event producers to DJs can generate unbelievable laser-like effects and concise beams for a varied lightshow that will catch the eyes of their audiences without blowing their budget.”
For many users, including touring bands, mobile entertainers and event organizers, being able to easily move, setup and transport the Ricochet is a vital requirement. With this in mind, ADJ has ensured that the unit is lightweight, weighing 11 lbs. (5kg), and compact, measuring 11.25 x 9.75x 9.75in (285 x 250 x 248mm). This means that mobile users can take the Ricochets impactful beams and simulated laser effects out on the road, bringing pure lighting excitement to the venues they visit, the parties they perform at and the dance-floors that their guests inhabit!
Affordable, flexible and a step forward in the realms of simulated laser lighting effects, the Ricochet is a wise addition to any lighting setup, combining dense beams, rotating patterns and powerful laser-like effects for a lightshow that looks big-budget but doesn’t break the bank!
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American Chestnut Restoration in MA – MassWildlife
By Karen Henderson on June 21, 2016 No Comment
WTV recorded the June 9, 2016 presentation at MassWildlife: American Chestnut Restoration in Massachusetts. Watch the full presentation here. Most people are unaware of the enormous ecological disaster that the loss of the American Chestnut tree represents. Blightresistant American Chestnut seedlings, painstakingly developed and now planted adjacent to MassWildlife’s Field Headquarters, are a major step toward reintroduction of the species into the wild. Lois Breault-Melican from the American Chestnut Foundation discussed the history and future of this important tree. Participants had an opportunity to view a large seedling farm adjacent to the Mass Wildlife Building in Westborough where blight resistant chestnuts are being nurtured.
MassWildlife is celebrating 150 years of conservation in 2016 with a monthly speaker series. Be inspired, hone your skills as a naturalist, and try something new! Hear from our biologists and our partners as they discuss current conservation issues and programs. Learn how you can contribute to projects that rely on public input and observations. All talks take place at 7:00 P.M. at MassWildlife Field Headquarters, 1 Rabbit Hill Road, Westborough, unless otherwise noted. For more information, visit: www.Mass.gov/dfw/conservation-connections
Below is the schedule for upcoming presentations/events:
July 21: Into the Night: Exploring Moths and Other Nocturnal Insects. Discover a world of beautiful colors and patterns and extraordinary diversity when you learn simple techniques to observe moths from MassWildlife’s Invertebrate Zoologist Michael Nelson. From luring techniques and rearing methods to identification tips, novice and experienced naturalists alike will learn something new. After the lecture, attendees will have a chance to view live moths at a luring station (light and sheet) outside the building. Talk begins at 8:00 P.M.
August 4: Prescribed Fire: Maintaining and Restoring Wildlife Habitat throughout MA. Did you know that many rare plants and animals in Massachusetts rely on periodic fire to thrive? Join Tim Simmons and Caren Caljouw, both part of MassWildlife’s prescribed fire team, to learn how these special fire-adapted communities are being restored on public lands like Inland Barrens in central Massachusetts and Sandplain Grasslands on the Cape. Also, find out how members of the public are helping catalogue these fire-adapted habitats.
August: MassWildlife Habitat Showcase Walks in Hardwick, Falmouth, Montague, Windsor, and Newbury. Walks will take place at various dates during August, check Mass.gov/dfw/Conservation-Connections for updates.
September 18: Sandwich Fish Hatchery Tour. Did you know that the Sandwich fish hatchery annually produces about 75,000 trout that are stocked into Massachusetts water bodies? The Sandwich facility is the oldest of MassWildlife’s five fish hatcheries. Join us for a tour of the rearing facilities and raceways and see Brook, Rainbow, Brown, and Tiger Trout in different stages of growth. Check Mass.gov/dfw/conservationconnections for tour times and details.
September 22: MassWildlife Hatchery History. Shortly after its founding 150 years ago, MassWildlife began rearing and stocking fish. In fact, Massachusetts was the first state in the country to initiate a fish culture program. Today more than 500,000 trout are produced by the Division’s five fish hatcheries for anglers across the Commonwealth to enjoy. Join Ken Simmons, MassWildlife’s Chief of Hatcheries, for a fascinating look at the history of the agency’s longest running program. Also, historical photos and other artifacts from the hatchery and stocking program will be on display.
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the Receiption at Armanian convent with his Excellency Mr. Rami Hamdallah
A reception at the Armenian convent was held on Monday 24-12-2018 with the participation of the municipal council members and the local institutions in the city.
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Media Release: Local hero’s triumph at awards
A kIND-hearted Stirling resident has been recognised for his fundraising efforts within the community at a unique awards ceremony.
Colin Logan, who has embarked on a challenging fundraising initiative for leading cancer charity CLIC Sargent, was honoured a ‘People to be Proud of’ award, run by Hull-based food company, William Jackson Food Group (WJFG).
The awards, which are in their tenth year, recognise and celebrate the activities or achievements of staff, which have brought significant benefit to the wider community.
Colin’s fundraising extravaganza, was via ’70 Wild Miles’ Event, raising much-needed cash for the charity after Colin’s nephew, Bruce Logan, was diagnosed with leukaemia 18 months ago.
On 5th June, Colin undertook cycling 47 gruelling miles from Glencoe down to Loch Etive, and then canoed a further ten miles along the sea loch before the final 13-mile run back up to Glencoe.
In between the hours, he plans on committing to the fundraising project, Colin’s day job is business sales manager at frozen foods firm Aunt Bessie’s, which is owned by WJFG, along with Jackson’s Bakery, Parripak and Hazeldene.
Colin, who was delighted to collect his award at a dedicated WJFG event, held at the Beverley Racecourse in Yorkshire on Friday night, said: “I’m really pleased to have been given this award.
“Cancer is something that unfortunately affects so many of our lives and this is my way of trying to give something back to such an important charity, which has provided my family with a lot of support over the past 18 months. I have great appreciation for the many people who have generously helped to raise my cash goal of £2,000 and are still donating.”
“Bruce is now a third of the way through his three year plus programme of chemotherapy treatment and thankfully he is responding well to this. We’d like to thank all staff at CLIC Sargent for their support to date and hope we can present them with a chunky cheque in due course!”
Colin, who was nominated for the award by colleague Ian Hunt, received a commemorative certificate together with £300 and an invitation to Friday night’s Beverley Races, which was sponsored by the WJFG, as acknowledgement of his achievement.
Nicholas Oughtred, chair of WJFG, who presented Colin with his award, said:
“The People to be Proud of awards recognise and celebrate the activities or achievements of colleagues who have brought significant benefit to the wider community. These awards reflect the good that they have done and our pride in them as individuals. They are indeed ‘people to be proud of’.
“We are really proud of Colin’s fundraising efforts and his achievement in the ’70 Wild Miles’ challenge. Aunt Bessie’s will of course be contributing to his fund and we encourage as many of our staff as possible to donate to such a worthy cause.”
Colin has worked for Aunt Bessie’s for over two years and currently lives with family in Gargunnock.
To donate to Colin’s 70 Wild Miles challenge, log on to www.justgiving.com/Colin-Logan0
For more information on WJFG, log on to www.wjs.co.uk.
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The Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace, 1851
Knowles’ company in Malaunay
The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations in 1851 was the first universal exhibition. It took place from May 1 to October 15, 1851 in London. The official opening of the exhibition took place in Hyde Park, in the Crystal Palace, a huge building glass (400 tons) and metal (4,000 tons), designed for the occasion by landscape designer Joseph Paxton (1801 1865). An area of 7.5 ha, about 14 000 exhibitors from half over forty foreign countries, half of the British Empire, were divided into four sections that were taken during the post World Fairs: raw materials, machines, manufactures, works of art. It was later expanded and moved to the top of Sydenham Hill, south London in 1854, when Queen Victoria inaugurated for the second time.Just like in 1866, when a fire destroyed the north transept, the Palace blazed within hours November 30, 1936, visible 10 miles away. The Crystal Palace Foundation was established in 1979 to defend and respect the memory of this place, a symbol of a glorious period in English history. A Chinese conglomerate Zhongrong, established in 1992 in Shanghai by the current billionaire president Ni Zhaoxing, proposed a project of construction of an exact replica of the Victorian Crystal Palace by the end of 2018.
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La Great Exhibition au Crystal Palace, 1851, Add. MS 35255 © The British Library Board
Crystal Palace. Lithographie par George Baxter
Crystal Palace. Lithographie par T. Picken, d’après une peinture de Philip Brannan
Crystal Palace in its original location; the South-Eastern corner of Hyde Park
Crystal Palace. Coloured lithograph by Augustus Butler © Science & Society Picture Library/Getty ImagesThe Crystal Palace
The Great Exhibition 1851. Lithograh by Ackerman
Première esquisse du Crystal Palace par Joseph Baxton, juin 1850
La reine Victoria inaugure la Great Exhibition au Crystal Palace à Hyde Park, Londres en 1851. Lithographie couleurs par Louis Haghe © Victoria & Albert Museum
Expositions Etrangères
Crystal Palace. Transept intérieur par Joseph Nash, 1854. British Library
Vue intérieure du Crystal Palace, 1851 © Victoria & Albert Museum
Crystal Palace. Visite de l’empereur et de l’impératrice des Français: Napoléon III et Eugénie avec la reine Victoria et le prince Albert. Estampe, 1855 © BNF
Crystal Palace. Opening by Queen Victoria, 10 June 1854. Watercolour by Joseph Nash
Crystal Palace à Sydenham, 1870 © Crystal Palace Museum
Crystal Palace à Sydenham. Vue générale du Temple de l’eau, 1854. Photographie par Philip Henry Delamotte
Crystal Palace in Sydenham. De la Terrasse italienne. Carte postale
Ruines du côté nord après l’incendie de 1866 © Crystal Palace Museum
Destruction du Crystal Palace après l’incendie de 1866 © Crystal Palace Museum
Crystal Palace en feu. 30 novembre 1936 © London Illustrated News
Terribles séquelles du Crystal Palace après l’incendie de 1936 © London Illustrated News
Nef – Fontaine d’Osler et la Grande Horloge
Transept central – Coin nord-ouest
Salle de Pompéi – L’Atrium et Impluvium
Salle de Pompéi – Détail décoratif de l’Atrium
Salle égyptienne – Temple de Ramsès II, Abu Simbel
Salle égyptienne – Détail du Philae Portico
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Former Abarth executive Joe Wells and Alfredo Gulla of Alfredo's Foreign Car / Fiat of Larchmont pose with the dealer franchise agreement they signed 45 years ago.
Forty five years ago, a young auto executive walked into a New York auto show room and signed the dealer principal to a new car franchise...
That executive was Joe Wells, the franchise was Abarth, and the dealer was Alfredo Gulla of Alfredo's Foreign Car, Larchmont, New York. Recently, the encounter was repeated, only the roles were reversed, this time Joe Wells was buying an Abarth and Alfredo Gulla was doing the selling. These two men contributed to the success of Abarth and Fiat during the company's heydays; Joe Wells, the general manager of Abarth Sales Corp, and Alfredo Gulla, consistently the nation's top Fiat dealer.
I had the opportunity to talk to the two men on that day and learn some of the history of Abarth in the US during the mid-1960s.
Fiat Abarth OT 1000 Spider. The OT stands for Omologato Turismo.
In the 1960s, Abarth was an unstoppable force on the race tracks, with world championships in: 1964, '65, '66, and '67, plus numerous world records for speed and endurance and nearly uncountable record of race victories, over 900 in 1967 alone. During this time in the mid 1960s, Abarth Sales Corp was the official importer, taking over street car distribution from Roosevelt Automobile Co. (Franklin D. Roosevelt JR's company). Additionally, Abarth racecars were also imported such as the Abarth 1000 Berlina Corsa; however, Al Cosentino of FAZA fame, and it is believed John Rich of Rich Motors, and others, also had deals importing mainly racecars in somewhat smaller numbers.
Fiat Abarth OT 1000 Coupe
At Abarth Sales Corp, Joe Wells was the man charged with pretty much everything: selling franchises, promoting cars at the auto shows, translating Abarth manuals into English. Wells said "It was a dream job for a young man."
The cars ranged from the OT 1000 Coupes and Spiders, OTS and OTR 1000s, Berlina Corsas, OTAS and other special bodied Abarths. Sometimes Joe would travel the country in Abarths demonstrating the car and its performance to dealers. He recounted tales of driving a Fiat Abarth 1000 Corsa, and other full boat race cars not homologated for street use, on a single Dutch registration slip printed on onionskin paper that could easily be erased and a new VIN hastily written in.
Fiat Abarth 1000 Berlina Corsa. Don't let the humble Fiat 600 origins fool you. These lightweight, purpose built racecars were the product of some of the most renowned racing engineers of all time. The Abarth 1000 Corsa featured the best racing equipment, suspension and brakes; and it was common to see them put a hurting on larger Alfa Romeos and Porsches. Later versions had engines producing 120 SAE HP, weighed in at 1,200 lbs and hit top speeds of 133 MPH.
These trips were often eventful. On one of them from the home office in Newark, NJ to the Chicago Auto Show, Joe was halfway through and noticed someone forgot to put plates on the OT 1000 Spider he was driving. Grabbing a piece of cardboard from a Penzoil box, Joe fashioned a license plate up and continued on his way to Chicago and then back home, without ever being questioned!
The Fiat Abarth OTR 1000 featured a new hemi head and front mounted radiator among other enhancements. The 982cc engine produced over 100 SAE HP at 7,400 rpm, running 12:1 compression and twin dual throat 40 DCOE Weber carburetors. This is about double the HP the standard Fiat 850 Coupe had. Weight is approximately 1,600 lbs.
On another journey, this time to Indianapolis, Joe was driving a red OTR 1000 Coupe and about three quarters of the way through Ohio noticed the Gilmer belt (a special toothed belt used to drive the waterpump and generator) just about to let go. You could imagine finding this special Pirelli made belt would be impossible, and it looked that way to Joe too, however, Joe remembered that Abarth would sometimes use parts from other industries and found the exact Pirelli belt being used for Italian lathes and milling machines at a local supplier!
Here is a great image of an Abarth OTR 1000 engine and Gilmer belt drive
Joe also dealt with Abarth & Co headquarters in Torino, Italy and with Carlo Abarth and Carlo Scagliarini, Abarth's partner. Joe said the factory located at Corsa Marche was spotless, like Enzo Ferrari's factory, the workers wearing uniformed jumpsuits. Carlo Abarth was a man with a keen sense of personal style, impeccably dressed with hair slicked back. Abarth was charming when he need be, but also a driven man, who pushed his crew hard. This paid off as Abarth's cars were considered Giant Killers, winning races and setting records with cars that had engines as little as 479cc.
Fiat Abarth OT 1000 and Fiat 850 differences (link to larger image)
Abarth cars were more than just an engine treatment, but were a balanced package with the transmission, brakes and suspension receiving attention from the engineers. These engineers included Gioachino Colombo, Luciano Fochi, Stefano Iacapone and Mario Colucci, all legends that left their mark in the auto industry.
The 1966 Motor Vehicle Safety Act and subsequent 1968 Clean Air Act standards brought Abarth street car importation to an end in the US in 1968. Trying to get a jump on the upcoming standards, Abarth Sales Corp set up engine testing right away and experimented with ways to meet EPA emission standards. An engine test stand was made up and various configurations were tried, including hanging a Toyota Air Pump onto the engine with a common water faucet being used to adjust the air flowing into the exhaust header. Carburetor jetting was critical but the end results were melted manifolds and exploded mufflers.
A SPICA fuel injection setup was also tried, but abysmal cold start characteristics killed that idea. Finally, the 982cc engine of the Abarth OT 1000 was reduced to 817cc, or just under the 50 cu in threshold for emission standards, but was abandoned due to the lack of performance.
Fiat Abarth OT 1000 Features and Specifications (link to larger image)
Joe actually drove an Abarth OT 1000 at the EPA labs for testing. He recalled being there at the same time GM engineers where there, and the strange juxtaposition of the tiny Abarth Sales Corp and huge GM Corp both at the mercy of a disheveled bureaucratic emission tester with mismatched socks. During the 7 mode driving test cycle, Joe related you had to be so careful and not decelerate during shifting as the fuel mixture would go rich, blowing the test. Exhaust gasses were collected and the lab would send the report back in two weeks' time, the results looking like they were crudely hand calculated.
Fiat Abarth OT 1000 Prices (link to larger image)
The final straw was DOT safety regulations that came into effect in 1968. Fiat SpA wouldn't sell US spec Fiat 850 bodyshells to Abarth & Co. Seems the US Fiat distributor (Fiat Roosevelt Motors) didn't like Abarth Sales Corp selling the Fiat OT 1000 Spider - basically the Fiat 850 Bertone Spider - before the US distributor was able to, and put pressure on Fiat not to sell Abarth the cars. So with no US spec cars and Abarth & Co not interested in meeting US emission standards, Abarth US street car sales ended and Joe Wells moved on to a position at General Motors.
The last Abarth brought into the US by Abarth Sales Corp was an OT 1300. Based on the familiar Fiat 850 Coupe, but with a 1300 cc Fiat 124 motor.
Now, forty years later, Joe Wells, the man who sold so many Abarths during the 1960s, is now the one doing the buying. During our conversation, Joe explained why he bought a new Fiat 500 Abarth.
As Joe explained it, "I've always liked small cars, that's what drew me to Abarth in the first place. Once you drive in Europe and see the plethora of small cars there you never lose interest in that type of car. My history with the company made me always want to get an Abarth, but at the time I left Abarth Sales Corp I had two small boys and many years of expenses raising them. As time went by, and I was in a position to buy a car, I found that the special bodied cars were way too expensive and the coupes and spiders we brought in were nonexistent."
Joe went on to say, "Then I read about the 500 in Europe and at almost the same time Fiats purchase of Chrysler. I had earlier thought about trying to bring in a used 500 or 850. When the Prima Edizione arrived I was very close to buying one, but like some decided to wait for an Abarth rather than modify a stock 500. While I considered an older Fiat or kit car, the many benefits of a new car (air bags, crash protection, air, cruise control, and a warranty to name a few) made it a no brainer. You have the fun and uniqueness of an older Abarth with a reliability new car."
Asked what he likes about the new Fiat 500 Abarth, Joe commented on how he likes that the car honors the Abarth tradition. "Back then, the cars were a complete package: engine, brakes, suspension and the new cars hold true to the Abarth way of doing things. There are the twin intercoolers, the heavy duty trans, the upgraded suspension and larger brakes. It's not just a bigger engine and a badge and a stripe."
Joe Wells, General Manager of Abarth Sales Corp, the US Abarth distributor during the mid-1960s.
When the time came, it was natural that Joe would call Alfredo Gulla and come back to Alfredo's Foreign Car/Fiat of Larchmont, the nation's oldest Fiat dealer and the dealer he signed up all those many years ago. I was privileged to spend some time with the two men, and while we enjoyed stories of the past we also talked about the future and look forward to new Fiat Abarth stories.
Join Alfredo Gulla, family and friends this Thursday, July 12 as they celebrate Alfredo's 50th anniversary of being a Fiat dealer. The above image shows the invitation and details. Visit Fiat of Larchmont's Facebook page here for the latest news.
Please RSVP to FiatofLarchmont@hotmail.com
Posted by Fiat500USA.com at 3:39 AM
Labels: 500 Abarth US, Fiat 500 Abarth, Fiat 500 Abarth Owner, Fiat Dealers, Fiat Studio, Fiat Studios, Fiat USA, US Fiat 500 Abarth
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For the Love of the Game
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the 2017 For the Love of the Game tour to Scotland. It was an epic 5 days that saw the stars align for an amazing tour!
We’ve created a Dropbox folder for everyone to view and upload photos, you’ll be receiving an email with an invitation to the folder. You will also be receiving a survey to give feedback on your experience.
See below for the full tour recap!
Day 1 – Muirfield
Day one began with an early departure courtesy of Robin Paterson’s Fore Golf Travel. We arrived at Muirfield in first-class fashion and were greeted by Muirfield’s Chief Starter, George and his welcoming staff. We had the first two tee times of the day and wasted no time discovering the legendary course and the tall grass that lines the fairways! We even enjoyed a little horizontal rain to give us a taste of what real Scottish golf weather is. The rain cleared but not the wind – which was actually strong enough to blow your ball off the green from a standstill. 18 holes guided by our capable caddies Peter and Ray was followed by lunch in the clubhouse. The centuries of history were evident and a real treat for us to enjoy. Ryan Smith also became one of the few non-members to play a solo round with his own ball as he headed out to finish his 36 holes.
We assembled for dinner at the hotel bar and departed shortly thereafter for the Scotch Malt Whisky Society – an amazing historical setting to kick off the festivities. We enjoyed a full dinner with Whisky pairings for each course!
Day 2 – St. Andrews (or Spa)
Day three had a Happy Birthday theme as Dana turned 29 again and spent the day at the Sheraton Spa with a number of the ladies including Kay Johnson, Sara Jane Cockerill, Hilary Joiner, Wanda Dawson and Darlene Savoie.
The golf crew headed out at 5 am in hopes they would be first in line to grab any unallocated tee times for the Old Course. The strategy was successful and Ryan and Chantal made the first tee times for the second day in a row and headed out at 8:20. Greg Jardine was next and was greeted on the first tee with a shot of Whisky and a “welcome to St. Andrew’s” from the others in his foursome. Karen and Mike were next, followed by Dave Spence and I as we headed out for his 50th birthday round. He celebrated middle age with 2 legendary shots. On #11 into a fierce wind and with the MOAB (mother of all bunker’s), protecting a tight pin placement dropped it 12 inches from the pin and drained the putt for a Birdie. He couldn’t have played the hole any better. His parting shot of the day saw him drain a 40-foot monster putt on 18 to the amazement of the late afternoon crowd. The set-up was perfect, as the shot before his put my approach within 16 inches of the pin in Birdie position. Spence sunk his putt and I dropped in the Birdie putt. The brother’s from different mothers (Paul and Phil Beck) along with Mike Wayman enjoyed an extra couple hours of sleep and enjoyed a great round on the New Course. Overall, a job well done at St. Andrews!
We wanted to make sure we were hydrated after a full day on the course, so we made sure to get through a nice bottle of Glenlivet Founders Reserve on the way back to the hotel.
Dinner was arranged by Craig Joiner at the New Club. The incredible venue had 23 of us seated at a single banquet table in a grand private dining room overlooking Edinburgh Castle. We enjoyed some pre and post dinner drinks in the private dining room and finished off the night with a glorious sing-song.
Day 3 – Game Day!
All roads on the tour lead to game day and the stage had been set for a Grand Finale! With my pocket full of wagers from the previous night, I felt confident that my bets would pay well. Richard Cockerill had NZ winning by more than 40, with a number of people following his lead, and I had NZ by less than 40. Thank you to everyone for the easy layup!!!
We assembled in the hotel lobby and donned customary For the Love of the Game orange toques for the walk to Murrayfield, the Home of Scottish Rugby. Craig joiner planned our path to success with our first stop landing us at Le Du Vin on Randolph Place. After a few bottles of wine and some food, we made our way to the Murrayfield Hotel, along with the other 69,000 people, for our final pre-game libation. Kick off was at 5:15 and the atmosphere did not disappoint. Scottish pride was the theme of the day and their defiance of the Haka with the chants of Scotland was a first. Thank you, again, to Craig Joiner for his assistance in securing fantastic seats for the match.
Some departed, some stayed and some slept. Paul and Gregg, however, met up with some new friends (Good Rat and Bad Rat) who I am sure will be along on future tours.
Tour Analytics
Any discrepancies must be dealt within 30 days of the tour or they stand firm as facts!
Tour Participants: 25
Total Rounds of Golf: 18
Total Lost Balls: Lots!
Total Found Balls: N-1 (you don’t find balls in the Gorse and Heather!)
Total Birdies: Only 2 that matter!
Number of different Whisky’s tasted: At least 15
Most Popular Whisky (by consumption:) McAllans (Fan Favourite)
Most Popular foot tour: May Scott’s Close
Number of Summit’s of Arthur’s Seat: 5 (Craig, Dave, Dana, Ryan and Chantal)
Number of hours of sleep: Not Enough
Tour Roster
*Denotes Rookie Tourist
(#) Denotes number of tours
Paul Beck (3)
Wanda Dawson*
Gregg Jardine*
Darlene Savoie*
Mike Wayman (2)
Tammy Wayman (2)
Phil Beck (3)
Liz Beck (3)
Dave Spence (3)
Dave DeJong*
Chris Mitchell*
Craig Smith (3)
Brian Reimer (3)
Michael Woofter (2)
Karen Woofter (2)
For the Love of the Game Ambassadors
Martin Johnson (Kay)
Ryan Smith (Chantal)
Richard Cockerill (Sara Jane)
Jamie Hamilton
Craig Joiner (Hilary)
Dave Lougheed (Dana)
I would like to extend a personal thank you to Craig Joiner, who as you now know did so much to help put this tour together. He did not lead us astray and continued to help us to have an exceptional experience.
I would also like to acknowledge all the ‘ambassadors’ (Martin, Richard, Jamie and Ryan and their amazingly supportive wives) who joined us on this tour. They are all exceptional athletes, individuals and valued friends who truly played Rugby ‘For the Love of the Game’. Without their presence, the tours would not be the same.
Finally, I would like to once again thank all of you who joined us on this tour as it is your participation and energy that makes each tour a success. The mission of For the Love of the Game is to “inspire athletic excellence through experiences for athletes and their passionate supporters”. We hope this was an exceptional experience for you and look forward to seeing you on a future tour.
Canada Seven’s BC Place Vancouver (8 seats remaining)
Hong Kong Seven’s 5 spots remaining – Please confirm ASAP
For the Love of the Game Gala Dinner at the Calgary Golf and Country Club (200 seats remaining)
Always the invitation and Never the Expectation
Our driving philosophy as we build our community is that there is ‘always the invitation but never the expectation’ to participate. This applies equally to our tours and our request for support and donations.
We appreciate that many of you are already regular supporters of For the Love of the Game and appreciate your continued involvement and support. We also recognize that you have many choices of where to direct your charitable funds and are grateful that you continue to choose to support For the Love of the Game.
If you are not currently a For the Love of the Game First XV or Web Ellis Member and would like to find out more about our membership levels please let me know.
If you know of anyone who would like to join us on the next tour please let them know!
Best Regards, For the Love of the Game,
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