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10 Facts about Tamworth Castle
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Facts about Tamworth Castle give the interesting information about the Grade I listed building in England. Have you ever visited Tamworth Castle before? You will be impressed with the beauty of this Norman castle. You just have to go to the town of Tamworth in Staffordshire. When you are at the castle, you can spot the amazing look of River Tame and River Anker. During the Anglo Saxon period, it was occupied by Mercian kings. During the Viking invasion, the castle was neglected. Check other nice facts about Tamworth Castle below:
Facts about Tamworth Castle 1: preservation
The Normans refortified Tamworth Castle. In the future years, it was expanded. This mottle-and bailey castle is considered as one of the best examples of a preserved castle in England.
Facts about Tamworth Castle 2: Æthelflæd
Æthelflæd was the Lady of the Mercians who restored the Tamworth Castle in 913. The earthen burh was used to fortify the town. In 943, the Danish attacked the town. However, the protection only did a little help.
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Facts about Tamworth Castle 3: Robert Despenser
Robert Despenser was the steward of William the Conqueror. The latter granted the castle for Despenser. The Norman motte and bayle castle was established in the land in 1080s.
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Facts about Tamworth Castle 4: the castle during the Jacobean period
During the Jacobean period, Tamworth Castle had a number of additions. The interior had been dominated by the preferred design of the Ferrers family.
Facts about Tamworth Castle 5: the exterior feature
The herringbone pattern is spotted on the base of the gate tower and causeway. It still survives until this present day.
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Facts about Tamworth Castle 6: the original entry
The original entry for Tamworth Castle to reach the ground was from the gateway.
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Facts about Tamworth Castle 7: the defense
Tamworth Castle was created as a residence. However, it was constructed according to the situation of warfare during the medieval time by adding defense.
Facts about Tamworth Castle 8: in the English civil war
On 25 June 1643, the Parliamentary forces captured the Tamworth Castle during the English Civil War. It only took two days for them to get the castle. Then the forces garrisoned the castle. Waldyve Willington was the military governor who commanded his 10 officers and 77 soldiers to complete the garrison squad in July 1645.
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Facts about Tamworth Castle 9: Tamworth Corporation
Tamworth Corporation was considered as the present owner of Tamworth Castle. It became the owner of the castle after purchasing the castle by auction in 1891. Then the castle was turned into a tourist attraction. The castle ground is landscaped. The public facilities were established around the castle to make the visitors more comfortable.
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Facts about Tamworth Castle 10: the Castle Pleasure Ground
From the Castle Pleasure Grounds, the visitors can view the beauty of riverbank and flower terraces.
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How to optimize your TV for 'Game of Thrones' so you don't miss any details of the huge final season
Ben Gilbert
The Night King isn't too worried about your TV, but you should be!
The final season of " Game of Thrones" is nearly over.
The latest season is the darkest one yet — intentionally so, as a reflection of the arrival of winter.
If you're having trouble viewing the show, there are a few simple things you can do to prepare your television for the best possible viewing experience.
After eight seasons of buildup, some of the most-anticipated moments in "Game of Thrones" are finally happening.
The show's final season features some of the series' most massive battles, sometimes set in the dead of night.
The show has a proclivity for nighttime scenes lit only by fire, and the third episode of the final season was one of the darkest in its history. But rather than struggling through the darkness, we've got a handful of TV tips to make your viewing experience a bit more easy to see:
1. The obvious stuff first: Turn down your ambient lighting (or turn it all the way off if possible).
There's a good reason that all the lights are off when you go to the movie theater: Because it makes the movie easier to see!
The same logic applies here.
Rather than keeping the kitchen light on so you're able to easily grab snacks, maybe just bring the snacks to the table and shut off your lights for the duration of the episode.
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2. Turn up the brightness on your screen (to an acceptable level).
It's not just you: "Game of Thrones" has gotten intentionally darker as the seasons have progressed.
"In season seven, of course, winter is here," Robert McLachlan, a cinematographer, told INSIDER in 2017. "In the past, we had the shutters open out of necessity for the day interior [scenes] in Winterfell or Castle Black or Eastwatch, so that some daylight could make its way in. That was your primary lighting source. There was this rule there that nobody in this world would burn candles in the daytime because they're a luxury item, they're far too expensive."
By season eight, the show is at peak darkness — a reflection of the show's world, where winter has arrived. This is especially true during the massive battle on episode three, "The Long Night."
One simple solution: Turn up the brightness setting on your television. If nothing else, this will help with details in especially dark scenes.
Beware, of course, of going too crazy with the brightness — you risk completely washing out the image, and that's no good for anyone.
3. Turn down the contrast setting on your TV.
Turning up your brightness will only get you so far — it's contrast, which controls the disparity between white levels and black levels, that will help get you closer to something balanced. After turning up the brightness, head over to the contrast setting and turn it down.
Ideally, a balance of the two will help to make the entire scene brighter without getting too washed-out.
4. Test it with a previous episode before the show starts — preferably an episode from the current season.
The only way to find out how it's all going to look is to test your tweaked settings against the show itself. But instead of trying to fiddle around with settings while the battle plays out, you should load up the second episode of season eight and use it as a measuring stick.
Maybe use a few especially dimly lit moments of Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen talking in the Winterfell crypt, and contrast it with a brighter moment to see how washed-out the details are.
5. If all else fails, your TV likely has setting templates for different types of viewing — give them a shot!
Many TVs have a variety of preset viewing modes — Night Mode or Game Mode or Sports Mode — that do a bunch of the fine-tuning for you.
Sometimes they work out great, and sometimes they're less great — they're worth giving a shot regardless. If nothing else, these different modes aim to quickly demonstrate the spectrum of picture settings on your TV.
They are also, frankly, much easier than tweaking individual settings and trying to balance each. Unfortunately, that ease of use comes a lack of customization — it's a trade-off — but many TVs allow finer tuning after selecting a preset.
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Developers' sales in Feb signal pick-up in momentum, say analysts
977 new private homes and 329 EC units sold in February
Thu, Mar 16, 2017 - 5:50 AM
Lynette Khoo
Developers' sales momentum had picked up this year, even before the recent easing of the property cooling measures; sales figures for February bear this out and March figures are projected to be even more sterling.
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A total 977 new private homes and 329 executive condominiums (ECs) were sold by developers last month - respectively 2.6 times and 1.8 times more than the numbers sold in January.
Compared to a year ago, the number of private homes sold in February was nearly 3.2 times greater; that of ECs was 2.5 times higher.
The sales data were collated by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) through a survey of developers.
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Many property observers said that the fact that some 79 per cent of the new private homes sold in February came from previously launched projects reflects a broad-based recovery in demand.
JLL national director of research and consultancy Ong Teck Hui said: "The recent easing of the seller's stamp duty (SSD) and the total debt servicing ratio (TDSR) would be a favourable enhancement on a market that is already on a buying uptrend."
Edmund Tie & Company head of South-east Asia research Lee Nai Jia was just as sanguine. He expects the easing of the SSD from March 11 to encourage more buyers on the sidelines to enter the market.
"We anticipate sales momentum to continue, with highly anticipated projects such as Seaside Residences to headline sales in the coming months."
The top selling project in February was The Clement Canopy by UOL Group and Singapore Land.
The 505-unit development in Clementi, the first project to be launched this year, moved 207 units at a median pricing of S$1,343 per square foot (psf).
ERA Realty key executive officer Eugene Lim noted that its launch in February cast buyers' attention on the Clementi/West Coast area, and this benefited EL Development's Parc Riviera, which was priced lower on a per square foot basis.
Parc Riviera, located in West Coast Road, emerged runner-up in February, selling 200 units at a median S$1,281 psf.
Agents said that commissions to agencies for this project now hover at 4 to 5 per cent, up from 2.5 to 3 per cent at the start.
There was also strong pick-up in sales in the Sol Acres EC project by MCL Land, which sold 82 units in February at a median S$782 psf, and at The Santorini by MCC Land, which moved 51 units at a median pricing of S$1,041 psf in February.
Three in every four private residential units sold were in the suburban region or Outside Central Region last month, in tandem with the higher proportion of new launches in the region, URA data shows.
CBRE research head for Singapore and South-east Asia Desmond Sim noted that "quantum play" continues to drive sales; he does not expect this to change, even with the recent tweaks in the property measures.
"The changes in the SSD were targeted predominantly at taxes on disposal. Taxes surrounding acquisition have not changed and will continue to remain a barrier, filtering out owner-occupiers from speculators or investors," he said.
The government has reduced the holding period for SSD to three years from four, and cut the tax rate under each tier by four percentage points for residential properties bought from March 11.
In addition, the TDSR no longer applies to mortgage equity withdrawal loans with loan-to-value ratios of 50 per cent and below.
The sales figures reported by developers for new launches this month are already setting the stage for a stronger month.
CEL Development said it sold another 23 units at 720-unit Grandeur Park Residences in Tanah Merah last weekend, following the news on the cooling measures. This takes its total sales this month to 462. About 60 per cent of units in the project are one- and two-bedders.
Qingjian Realty also moved nearly 170 of the total 497 units in EC project iNz Residence on booking day this month.
Dr Lee noted that buyers of these projects were banking on cheap financing. Both DBS Bank and UOB offered a zero per cent spread under their fixed-deposit home-loan rate packages with no lock-in period, and a one-time free conversion for a limited period; this was soon followed by OCBC's new "step-down mortgage board rate" package, which pegs the interest rate to the bank's variable internal rate or board rate - also for a limited period.
ERA's Mr Lim projects new private home sales for this month to range from 1,100 to 1,300 units; OrangeTee expects the month's sales figures to exceed 1,300 units. PropNex Realty chief executive Ismail Gafoor's estimate for March is even more upbeat, at more than 1,500 units.
Since the start of this year, developers have continued to move units in delicensed projects. These are completed projects that have received Certificate of Statutory Completion and individual strata titles issued to buyers, and are hence not included in the monthly compilation of licensed developers' new home sales. PropNex data indicates that, in the first 71 days of this year, about 50 units at The Peak @ Cairnhill II and 30 units at OUE Twin Peaks were sold.
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11 Signs You Could Really Use Some Alone Time & How To Get It
By Carolyn Steber
When was the last time you really, truly took some time for yourself? If you're like so many people on this busy planet of ours, then I bet it's been ages. With your packed schedule, stressful job, and one million social obligations, I'm sure there's a decided lack of "me" time.
It might not feel like that big of a deal. It may even feel necessary, or like an unavoidable sign of the times. But trust me when I say that never taking time for yourself can become quite the problem. "Alone time is important for so many reasons," says Dr. Michele Barton, in an email to Bustle. "Checking in regularly is a logical approach to maintaining and regulating our behavior. When we are out and about dealing with family, friends, jobs, traffic, and other stresses, we cannot put all the focus on ourselves."
This can lead to high levels of stress, burn out — even irritability and crankiness beyond measure. When it gets to that point, it's time to cuddle up at home with no one but yourself. "We need to love ourselves, we need to care for ourselves, as much, if not more than for others," Barton says. "It might sound funny but sometimes we deserve 100 percent of our own attention, too." Read on for some signs that you've gotta slow down, and pay more attention to yourself.
1. Moodiness Is Your New MO
We all have moments when we "just can't deal," but keep an eye out for signs of emotional dysregulation — angry outbursts, aggression, etc. This can be a sign that you need to check in with yourself, Barton tells me. "One of my clients eloquently states 'I pull myself aside' and work out what my emotions are trying to tell me before reacting," she says. Doing so might be just the break you need.
2. Feelings Of Frustration Abound
While it's totally OK to feel frustrated, it's not OK if it's a near-constant thing. For example, you shouldn't lose your cool when hitting traffic, or blow up at your partner when they ask a simple question. "This is sure sign that you are craving to not be around people, even if they are your loved ones," said life coach Hailey Yatros on ThoughtCatalog.com.
3. Nothing Feels Fun
If your plans turn from something you want to do, to something you have to do, consider that a sign you need time to yourself. "If you sense that things aren’t as enjoyable as they once were, it may be time to slow down," noted health writer Suzanne Kane on PsychCentral.com. After taking a day or two to do only what you want to do, joining back up with society will feel much more enjoyable.
4. You Are Way Too Stressed
Stress may feel unavoidable these days, but it should never feel out of control. "Like a clock that’s wound too tight, if you don’t do something to release some of this tension, nothing good can result," Kane said. If things feel to this point, then by all means, step away. Take time to relax 'til you feel better.
5. Everything Is Exhausting
If you're like me, then you're pretty much always tired. But there's a big difference between feeling a bit sleepy, and feeling inexplicably exhausted. "When you get plenty of sleep, yet you still feel tired, there’s more at work here than you know," said Kane. It could be that a packed schedule, and ceaseless responsibilities, has worn you into the ground.
6. You Live For Canceled Plans
Deep down, all of us love a cancelled plan. It means staying home, drinking some wine, and lounging in sweatpants. (A perfect evening, if you ask me.) But take note if you secretly hope all your plans will be cancelled. Or worse, if you start to be the one bailing. "If you're the queen of cancellations, this is a surefire sign you are overbooked (you're tired, or your schedule is just too tight)," said health writer M. Lin on HuffingtonPost.com. Pairing back on your social obligations will make going out more fun, instead of something that feels like a chore.
7. Your Irritability Has Reached Scary Proportions
Are you snapping at everyone? If so, your short-tempered ways could mean you need to excuse yourself from the world for a while. Chill in another room, take a nap, or go for a walk until your emotions feel a tad more under control.
8. Nothing About Your Day Is Spontaneous
While it's considered admirable to have a perfectly appointed (read: fully-packed) schedule, hear me when I say it's not good if there is zero wiggle room, or any space for error. As Lin said, "If your schedule is starting to feel more like your boss than your assistant, it's a warning sign that you're overbooked." And that's not good.
9. You're Always Eating On-The-Go
I'm the queen of snacking in my car, but I also make time for real, adult meals. (Like, at a table.) If you never have time for such stationary things, it's a huge indicator that you are likely too busy. "Savoring a meal at a leisurely pace is one of life's greatest pleasures, and we lose connection with our food and bodies if we eat with lots of distractions," Lin said. Make sure you find time to give yourself this simple treat.
10. Life Is On Fast Forward
If you're constantly thinking it's Tuesday when it's actually Friday, it could be that your life is moving too fast. And that's usually due to a busy schedule that doesn't allow you to stop and smell the proverbial roses. As Kane said, "Where’s your sense of pacing? No one can keep going at top speed and produce quality work." In other words, it's doing no one any good to speed through life, so give yourself permission to step away, and slow down.
11. Your Body Is Breaking Down
If you make life about everyone else, it often is at the expense of your own needs. Sleep, eating healthy foods, exercising — you name it, it moves to the bottom of your list. Is that the case for you? Then take a cue from your body and retreat for a while.
Even if it's just for a short amount of time, having some "me" time is not only relaxing, but entirely necessary.
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Cellulitis is a bacterial infection of the skin and tissues beneath the skin and may first appear as a red, swollen area that feels hot and tender to the touch. It is usually painful and in most cases, the skin on the lower legs is affected, although the infection can occur anywhere on your body or face. Cellulitis is treated with oral or intravenous antibiotics and is not contagious.
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A chalazion is a small, usually painless, lump or swelling that appears on your eyelid caused by a blockage in one of the tiny meibomian glands of the upper and lower eyelids. A chalazion is not a tumor or growth and does not cause permanent changes in vision. It generally goes away without treatment but can be treated with home remedies and medications in severe cases.
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Chapped lips occur when the skin on the lips becomes very dry due to the lack of humidity in the air during the winter. Common symptoms are dryness, redness, cracking, flaking, and tender or sore lips. Factors inside and outside your body can dry out your lips, so it is advised to stay hydrated, use a humidifier indoors.
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Dyshidrotic eczema, or Dyshidrosis, is a skin condition in which blisters develop on the soles of your feet and/or the palms of your hands due to unknown causes. Experts believe that the condition may be related to seasonal allergies, such as hay fever, so blisters may erupt more frequently during the spring allergy season.
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Eczema is a reaction pattern that the skin produces in a number of diseases that makes the skin inflamed, itchy, red, cracked, and rough. The word eczema is also used specifically to refer to atopic dermatitis, the most common type of eczema. Certain foods such as nuts and dairy as well as environmental factors like smoke and pollen can trigger symptoms.
Fifth Disease
Fifth disease is viral illness caused by parvovirus B19, that most kids recover from quickly and without complications. It's also known as "slapped cheek disease" as it results in a red rash on the arms, legs, and cheeks. Initial symptoms of fifth disease are headache, fatigue, nausea and low-grade fever.
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Impetigo is a bacterial skin infection caused by Staphylococcus (staph) and Streptococcus (strep) bacteria. It is one of the most common skin infections in children and cause red sores that change to blisters that eventually break open. Impetigo is treated with antibiotic ointment or cream for mild impetigo, and for cases of more serious impetigo, a doctor may also prescribe antibiotic pills.
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Irritated skin is skin that's red, raw, itchy, or covered in rashes. You may feel itching sensations around the affected area. Apart from conditions like rosacea, most skin irritations are caused due to environment or by use of wrong products. Use of moisturizers, taking a cool bath are some basic treatment options.
Jock itch (Tinea Cruris) is a fungal infection caused by a group of fungi called dermatophytes that affect the skin of your genitals, inner thighs and buttocks. It is most common in men and adolescent boys, although it may also be seen in females. Common symptoms are redness, burning or a persistent itching sensation in the affected area.
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A lipoma is a knob of fatty tissue under your skin. They're the most common tumor to form beneath your skin, with about 1 person in 1,000 getting one at some point. A Lipoma isn't cancer and are rarely harmful, but a dermatologist can remove them if they bother you. They typically appear on the neck, shoulders, back, abdomen, arms and thigh.
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A pilonidal cyst is an abnormal pocket in the skin that usually contains hair and skin debris that forms at the top of the crease of the buttocks above the sacrum. It looks like a large pimple at the bottom of your tailbone and is more common in men than in women. Treatment for pilonidal cysts involves incision and drainage (I&D) or surgery.
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A razor burn can be defined as a skin irritation that happens soon after an area has been shaved. It is characterized by a burning sensation, red rash, itchiness and small red bumps. Shaving after shower, shaving in the direction of the hair growth and using a lubricant can help in preventing razor burn from occurring. Razor burns are temporary and go away with time.
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Ringworm is a common fungal infection of the skin caused by the fungi dermatophytes and unlike the name suggests is not due to a worm. It is contagious and can cause a scaly, crusted rash that may appear as round, red patches on the skin. Medications and lifestyle adjustments are recommended to treat ringworm.
Rosacea is a common, acne-like inflammatory skin disease of adults that begins with a tendency to blush or flush more easily than other people. It commonly affects the central third of the face, especially the nose, and its intensity varies over time. Some of the symptoms of Rosacea include redness of the face, tiny red pimples and eye problems.
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We LOVE to read the books whenever possible before we see the movie adaptation (by ourselves or with our parents)
Here’s a list of children’s books that were made into films…
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judy Barrett. Illustrated by Ron Barrett
Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Doahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake
Matilda by Roald Doahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Doahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Doahl. Illustrated by Quentin Blake
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsberg
Polar Express by Chris Van Allsberg
Xathura by Chris Van Allsberg
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Colorado’s population tops 5.6 million,…
Colorado’s population tops 5.6 million, according to Census figures
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PUBLISHED: March 22, 2018 at 1:24 pm | UPDATED: April 24, 2019 at 10:10 am
Colorado’s population topped 5.6 million in 2017, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Thursday. The state added 77,049 residents, growing 1.4 percent from 2016, for a total population of 5,607,154.
El Paso County gained the most residents in that time period – 12,526, or 1.8 percent – but Denver County has the largest population at 704,621, gaining 9,844 residents (an increase of 1.4 percent from 2016).
In percentage gains, Crowley County, east of Pueblo, led the way with growth from 2016 at 10.6 percent – second-fastest in the country – adding 556 residents for a total population of 5,810. Most of that growth was due to prisoners transferring to the Crowley correctional facility from the Kit Carson facility, according to the Colorado State Demography Office.
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Conversely, Kit Carson County, on Interstate 70 east of Denver, lost 6.2 percent of its population, the second-highest percentage loss in the country. The 470 residents it lost led Colorado counties in lost population.
Weld County led the way for growth in larger counties, growing by 3.5 percent to 304,633, adding 10,390 residents. Weld County also is the Greeley Metropolitan Area, which ranked third in the country for percentage growth among metropolitan areas.
Among larger counties, Douglas County was the second-fastest growing, adding 7,577 residents (2.3 percent) for a total population of 335,299.
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First Ever Black Hole Photo Looks Like Soundgarden “Superunknown” Black Hole Sun Album Cover
By raul on April 10, 2019 in Soundgarden
April 10, 2019 – PRESS RELEASE
In April 2017, scientists used a global network of telescopes to see and capture the first-ever picture of a black hole, according to an announcement by researchers at the National Science Foundation Wednesday morning. They captured an image of the supermassive black hole and its shadow at the center of a galaxy known as M87.
Here is the image…
Does it look a familiar??? Eerily the image looks surprisingly familiar to the album cover for the Soundgarden “Superunknown” album released on March 8, 1994 and coincidently featuring the song BLACK HOLE SUN.
Coincidence????
In 2017, photographer Kevin Westenberg posted on his official instagram account the original photo that was used and modified for the cover of Soundgarden’s 1994 album Superunknown.
I’m fortunate that during my career I have worked with many of my art director heroes. There have been many discussions concerning visual philosophy and theory as to what makes something work, and why the opposite holds true. In some ways this cover was just one glorious accident. There was no real plan on the day of the album shoot for SUPERUNKNOWN. Most times with every musician, no matter which style of music I was working around the world, there would rarely be a plan. During those jobbing years where there were crazy budgets and infinite patience on the part of all involved, a level of trust was earned. Looking back I suppose my level of trust in the business at this stage was fairly high. To the point where I would think of the atmosphere to create and the technical ability needed to achieve the vision and then we just go for it with the blessings of all the moneymen. The level of consultation and planning was also minimal, as you never wanted to let them see you sweat. It was all about the end result and as my confidence during all those prime years was never an issue, there were also never any moments where I took my foot off the throttle. I pushed myself to the point of exhaustion constantly. If there were no nerves before a big shoot like this one with SOUNDGARDEN, then you’re walking dead. Forget it. I knew the stakes were high for this band that I loved so much. The absolute need to perform was there throughout. Also, as someone who was born in Seattle but had by then immigrated to the UK, it was even more important. Maximum creative pressure is never a bad thing. This here is the full frame used for the album cover for SUPERUNKNOWN. While constructing the idea, I never expected this to somehow ever equate with the fantastic range of musical ideas created on the album. There’s always an added bit of luck and happenstance thrown in as well. Side note; I was always disappointed that Matt was cut out of the cover by the crop. Not my choice. Also, where did the name ‘Screaming Elf’ ever come from? Definitely not my choice! Good Times. Photo: Kevin Westenberg. #kevinwestenberg #realfilmrealwestenberg #soundgarden
A post shared by Kevin Westenberg Photography (@kevinwestenberg) on May 25, 2017 at 3:06pm PDT
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Read the latest news from the Center for Community Health. The links below take you to articles where you can learn more about the department and our faculty's latest achievements. Our success stories show our programs and partnerships in action, making real, positive health changes in our communities.
CCH Welcomes Amanda Venables as new Senior Program Administrator
The Center for Community Health (CCH) is delighted to welcome Amanda Venables, MPH as the new Senior Program Administrator supporting the Practice Based Research Program (PBRP) within CCH and the Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics (GIM).
Amanda joins us from TASC, a Chicago-based Illinois non-profit that works at the intersection of behavioral health and justice. She previously worked at GIM as a Research Project Manager under Mary McDermott, MD.
Amanda can be reached at amanda.venables@northwestern.edu with any questions.
CCH Welcomes New Co-Directors Namratha Kandula and Darius Tandon
CCH is very excited to welcome Dr. Namratha (Nammi) Kandula and Dr. Darius Tandon as our Center's new Co-Directors.
Dr. Kandula is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Preventive Medicine at the Feinberg School, who has spent her career dedicated to improving health in communities affected by social inequality. For more than 15 years, her ongoing research has made fundamental contributions to how immigration, culture, and socioeconomic contexts shape cardiovascular health disparities and how to incorporate these factors into the design of effective interventions that reduce disparities. Nammi is a genuine expert in community engagement, with a marvelous vision for leading CCH by aligning faculty and community partners in cross-disciplinary research that informs community practice and policy to maximize community impact.
Dr. Tandon is an Associate Professor of Medical Social Sciences and has served as CCH’s Associate Director since arriving at Feinberg from Johns Hopkins University in 2013. Darius trained as a community psychologist, and his active research focuses on the development and scalable implementation of policies and programs that prevent the onset and worsening of depression among adolescents and among perinatal women in home visitation and early childhood programs. Darius already has considerable expertise working within CCH to develop resources and services for the NUCATS Institute that enhance community-academic partnerships, community engaged scholarship, patient engagement in research, and community dissemination and implementation. He also is a member of the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s (PCORI) PCOR Translation Center, which focuses on approaches and strategies to effectively disseminate research to community and clinical stakeholder groups.
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Chicago Dept. of Public Health Coordinator of Research & Evaluation position! Applications due Aug 11
Accepting applications for a new Chicago Department of Public Health Coordinator of Research and Evaluation position! Apply online. Deadline: August 11.
This position is jointly funded by the Clinical & Translational Science Award institutes at Northwestern University, University of Chicago, and University of Illinois-Chicago and will be working in collaboration with the Chicago Consortium for Community Engagement (C3). This is an exciting role to support community-academic research collaborations to address health equity.
This link will take you to the City of Chicago Job Listings. You can find the position by entering 'research' into the search box. All applications must be made online.Click here for the position's job announcement and here for more information about C3.
NCATS Day- Perspective from CCH Patient Advocacy Partner
On June 30, 2017, the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at the National Institutes of Health held its inaugural NCATS Day: Partnering with Patients for Smarter Science to collectively discuss ways for improved patient inclusion in NCATS' translational science activities. The Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute is supported by funding from NCATS and was pleased to have staff from CCH and the Center for Clinical Research (CCR) participate. CCH also supported the attendance and participation of one of our patient advocacy partners,
Candace Henley, Founder and Chief Surviving Officer of The Blue Hat Foundation, a faith-based, colorectal cancer organization whose mission is to educate, raise awareness, and provide resources to the medically underserved.
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2017 ARCC Community-Engaged Research Partnership Award Winner: Pastors4PCOR (P4P): Engaging faith-based communities in health research
This award acknowledges the efforts of the Pastors4PCOR (Patient Centered Outcomes Research) (P4P): Engaging faith-based communities in health research, a collaborative partnership of 12 churches serving underrepresented populations in Chicago and South Suburban areas and their congregants, community health advocates, health system providers, and academic health researchers. To learn more click here.
ARCC Research Findings: Community Perspectives on Supporting Clinical Research
CCH’s Alliance for Research in Chicagoland Communities conducted focus groups with organizational staff representing community-based, faith-based and patient advocacy organizations to learn more about how community organizations view partnering with research institutions for the purpose of educating community members about clinical research participation and/or giving input on the design and conduct of clinical research. CCH is working with NUCATS’ Center for Clinical Research to consider how these findings may inform efforts to improve diverse community participation in clinical research and health outcomes for diverse communities.
Click here to access a summary of the findings.
CCH Director Ron Ackermann's Diabetes Prevention Program recognized in The New York Times
On March 30, 2016, The New York Times ran a story highlighting the unsung role of CCH Director Ron Ackermann and colleague's many years of research in informing recent national policy changes in diabetes prevention. The article describes how work done at an Indianapolis Y.M.C.A. by Dr. Ackermann and David Marrero led to the highly successful Diabetes Prevention Program. This story comes after the Obama administration announced that they plan to endorse Medicare coverage for Diabetes Prevention Programs. This counseling for people with prediabetes is the first preventative service to become eligible for expansion into the Medicare program under the Affordable Care Act. The article can be read here.
CRC Screening at Heartland
Heartland Health Outreach (HHO) provides healthcare services to a largely low-income, minority, and immigrant population in urban Chicago; where high levels of poverty, lack of health insurance, limited English proficiency, and racial/ethnic diversity have all contributed to disparities in preventive care. Funded by a 2009 PBR seed grant, the investigator team of Choucair, Jean-Jacques, Ryan, and Gatta found that mailing information and fecal occult blood test kits directly to HHO’s patients increased their screening rates for colorectal cancer. Study findings contributed to the receipt of both a) Dr. Jean-Jacques' early career K award, and b) a P-01 award from AHRQ for "Research Center of Excellence in Clinical Preventive Services" (P.I. David Baker, MD MPH).
Promoting Physical Activity with MAFS
A recent survey found very high rates of sedentary and overweight/obese among South Asian women in Chicago; and little evidence of successful physical activity interventions existed for them. Funded by an ARCC seed grant, the community-academic research team of Metropolitan Asian Family Services and NU faculty member Dr. Namratha Kandula studied the awareness and drivers of exercise and physical activity among this largely immigrant population, along with culturally relevant interventions. The team leveraged lessons and data from this pilot study to secure an NIH-funded R-21 award for translating a culturally-salient heart disease prevention program into the South Asian community.
Humboldt Park Community-Initiated Research Project Documents Children’s Asthma Issues and Leads to Funded Interventions
Suspecting that a larger number of children in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood suffered from asthma then previously reported, the Greater Humboldt Park Community of Wellness (GHPCOW) sought to investigate this issue. ARCC brokered a partnership between GHPCOW and several academic researchers, and awarded them a seed grant to conduct a survey in two local Chicago Public Schools. Study results revealed exceptionally high asthma prevalence rates: at 25 percent, they were more than twice the national average. The research team leveraged these findings to secure $6,225,000 over five years from multiple sources to further study the problem in Humboldt Park, and to develop community-based interventions.
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Everything You Need to Know From Yesterday’s Nintendo Direct
So much goodness...
William Murphy April 13, 2017 News
Well holy CRAP was that a lot of news. Late yesterday afternoon, Nintendo hosted a pre-E3 Nintendo Direct to focus on their upcoming first party games ARMS and Splatoon 2. Not only did we get those release dates (June 16th for ARMS, July 21st for Splatoon 2) but we also found out so much more about a ton of upcoming titles this Summer for the Nintendo Switch and 3DS.
Minecraft is landing on the Switch in May, Battle Chasers: Night War is a timed exclusive for the Switch this summer, Ultra Street Fighter 2 is launching in May, Disgaea 5 Complete is coming out on May 23rd, Sonic Forces and Sonic Mania are both launching this year (the former this Winter), and perhaps best of all for houses like mine? The standalone dock for sale is coming back on May 19th, so I can have one docked to my PC for streams, and one docked to my TV at all times.
There’s a whole lot more to go over, including three new Link amiibo, Pikmin and Monster Hunter Stories on the 3DS, so let’s get to it.
Without further ado, here’s everything you need to know from yesterday’s Nintendo Direct livestream…
Nintendo Switch Release Schedule Updates
ARMS: One of the biggest features in the upcoming fighting game is the ability to equip two types of customizable ARMS per fighter. These ARMS range from standard gloved ARMS to curved weapons like boomerangs. Each ARM has a special attribute like fire, ice or electricity that activates when delivering a charge punch. As players fight through the game, they will earn in-game currency that can be used to play the ARM Getter, a fun mode in which they can get new ARMS for their fighters. The fast-paced game can be played in 1-v-1 matches or even 2-v-2* for more entertainingly chaotic battles. During the Nintendo Direct presentation, a new character was also revealed: the super-fast, ramen-armed Min Min. ARMS launches exclusively for Nintendo Switch on June 16. In addition, special Neon Yellow Joy-Con controllers and Joy-Con Straps will be released separately on the same day alongside a Joy-Con AA Battery Pack accessory.
Splatoon 2: Salmon Run, a new four-player co-op mode*, is coming to the Splatoon 2 game. By teaming up with friends, players can take a part-time job battling the new Salmonid species, which the Squid Research Lab reports might even be more lethal than the Octarians! When players fall in co-op mode, teammates can revive them by inking them on the battlefield. Splatoon 2 launches exclusively for Nintendo Switch on July 21. In addition, three freshly designed individual amiibo figures for the game – a new Inkling Girl, Inkling Boy and Inkling Squid – will launch on the same day and grant special limited gear in game. By tapping these amiibo (as well as previously released Splatoon series amiibo), the figure’s character will appear in the game and befriend players. Befriend an amiibo character and it will remember favorite weapons, gear, outfits and option settings. This comes in handy when waging Turf War at a friend’s house.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: When the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe game launches on April 28, it will do so with more characters, karts and tracks unlocked from the start than any other game in Mario Kart history. Both traditional racing and the newly redesigned battle modes can be played in Local Wireless mode with up to eight players, and in Online** or LAN mode with up to 12 players***. For fans who want to show off their driving skills, Nintendo will be hosting two Mario Kart 8 Deluxe online tournaments in game. More details about these tournaments will be revealed in the future.
Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers: Fans waiting to play this enhanced version of one of the most celebrated fighting games of all time won’t have to wait much longer! The Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers game launches for Nintendo Switch on May 26 and includes all of the classic characters and two new fighters: Evil Ryu and Violent Ken. Additionally, a “Way of the Hado” mode lets players throw HADOKENS with first-person motion controls, while an exciting two-player co-op mode* gives players and a friend one health bar for intense two player vs. CPU matches.
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition: One of the most popular creation games of all time is coming to the Nintendo Switch console. The fan-favorite Super Mario Mash-Up pack along with new multiplayer play and control options will be included in Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition when it launches in Nintendo eShop on May 11 and in stores at a later date.
Sonic Mania and Sonic Forces: Nintendo Switch is getting two new Sonic games in 2017. Sonic Forces is a modern 3D take on Sonic games and follows the blue hedgehog hero as he uses his stylish high-speed moves to bring down the nefarious Eggman. Sonic and a mysterious new ally will rise up when Sonic Forces launches for Nintendo Switch this winter. Sonic Mania launches this summer and features retro 2D graphics and a host of new stages, as well as some classic stages from previous games in the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
Project Mekuru (name not final): Players that like multiplayer action games are in for a treat when Project Mekuru launches exclusively in Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch this summer. The frantic and fun game finds up to four players battling locally* or online** to flip panels and blow up opponents.
Disgaea 5 Complete: This tactical RPG franchise is beloved by many, and the definitive version of the fifth game, Disgaea 5 Complete, is coming to Nintendo Switch on May 23. Perfect for portable play, this epic RPG will launch with both standard and limited-edition versions. A free demo for the game will launch in Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch soon.
NEOGEO Masterpieces: Starting April 13, more NEOGEO classic games like Samurai Showdown IV will be available to purchase in Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch. Some future NEOGEO games coming to the system include Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters ’99.
Puyo Puyo Tetris: Two classic puzzle games face off in Puyo Puyo Tetris. The four-player* puzzle mashup game is only a little more than a week away, launching on Nintendo Switch on April 25. For people who want to try before they buy, a free demo for the game is now available.
Monopoly for Nintendo Switch: One of the most famous board games ever is coming to Nintendo Switch. Up to six players can experience the classic game with HD Rumble features and optional shorter sessions when Monopoly for Nintendo Switch launches this fall.
Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition: The gorgeous, award-winning platformer is coming to Nintendo Switch later this year. On Nintendo Switch, an exclusive Kung Foot experience offers a Solo Mode and tournaments for up to eight players*.
THQ Nordic Games: The diesel-punk shoot-’em-up game Sine Mora EX, co-developed by acclaimed studio Grasshopper Manufacture, launches on Nintendo Switch this summer with local co-op and versus* modes. Also coming to Nintendo Switch from THQ Nordic Games is Battle Chasers: Nightwar, an RPG inspired by console classics and based on the Battle Chasers comic book series. Battle Chasers: Nightwar launches with timed exclusivity on Nintendo Switch in late summer.
PAYDAY 2: In this four-player co-op game shooter RPG, players band together to rise to the top of the criminal world for bigger jobs and better paydays. PAYDAY 2 launches for Nintendo Switch this winter.
NAMCO MUSEUM: Some of the most popular games of all time are coming to Nintendo Switch as part of the NAMCO MUSEUM package. Classic games, including PAC-MAN, GALAGA and SPLATTERHOUSE, as well as multiplayer gems like ROLLING THUNDER, SKYKID and TANK FORCE, can now be played at home or on the go. Players can stop and resume gameplay at any time, and Special Challenge Modes offer ways to test players’ skills. NAMCO MUSEUM launches for Nintendo Switch this summer.
Fate/EXTELLA: The Umbral Star: Featuring playable characters from multiple Fate productions across three distinct narrative perspectives, Fate/EXTELLA: The Umbral Star delivers the series’ most legendary showdown yet. The Nintendo Switch version will come loaded with 35 previously released paid DLC costumes, along with an exclusive new Unshackled Bride outfit. The high-octane action game will launch for Nintendo Switch in North America on July 25.
Nintendo Switch Standalone Dock: The Nintendo Switch standalone dock accessory will be available for purchase starting on May 19. Additional docks are perfect for traveling without having to unplug the main Nintendo Switch setup, as well as switching between TVs in the same house without transporting cords.
Nintendo 3DS Release Schedule Updates
Hey! PIKMIN: The first Pikmin game for Nintendo 3DS finds Captain Olimar embarking on an adventure through lush worlds with his trusted Pikmin by his side. In a new type of Pikmin game, players are tasked with throwing all types of different Pikmin using the touch screen to solve puzzles, overcome challenges and defeat enemies through side-scrolling levels. The Hey! PIKMIN game launches exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems on July 28. A new Pikmin amiibo figure will also launch separately on the same day.
Kirby’s 25th Anniversary: To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the adorable Kirby franchise, three new Kirby games are coming to Nintendo 3DS.
Exclusive to Nintendo eShop, Team Kirby Clash Deluxe features four Kirby characters with different powers (Sword Hero, Hammer Lord, Beam Mage or Doctor Healmore) who battle giant enemies together. The free-to-start game launches … today!
In Kirby’s Blowout Blast, players move freely through more than 25 action-packed 3D stages, inhaling enemies and powering up along the way. The game launches exclusively in Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS this summer.
Last but certainly not least, a new multiplayer* action game in the Kirby series is coming to Nintendo 3DS this holiday season. More information will be revealed about this game in the future.
Miitopia: Fans have never played an RPG quite like Miitopia. By casting Mii characters in roles across the world of Miitopia, players set off on an adventure to battle enemies, hunt for treasure and open up new areas of the map. The turn-based battles are straight out of an RPG, but allies have a mind of their own. The relationships they build affect their performance in battle. This Nintendo 3DS RPG launches later this year.
Ever Oasis: Grow and expand the world’s last oasis in Ever Oasis, a new action-adventure RPG from Koichi Ishii, the creator of the Mana series. The Ever Oasis game launches exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems on June 23. More information about the game will be revealed in the future.
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia DLC: The new Fire Emblem game might take the series back to its roots, but one modern enhancement will help expand the adventure. The downloadable content launching for Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia will be a combination of free and paid, and provides players with new maps, dungeons and challenges. More information about this DLC, including launch timing and the optional season pass, will be revealed in the future.
BYE-BYE BOXBOY!: The epic trilogy that has taken the world of geometry by storm comes to its dramatic conclusion with the BYE-BYE BOXBOY! game, the third entry in the highly acclaimed BOXBOY! series. By rescuing new Qbabies, main character Qbby will receive one of four powers – Boxrocket, Bombox, Warpbox and Remotebox – that can help the boxy hero overcome obstacles in a new way. Tapping any of the Kirby series amiibo figures like Kirby, King Dedede, Meta Knight or Waddle Dee will permanently unlock a new colorful costume for Qbby based on that character. BYE-BYE BOXBOY! is now available exclusively in Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS and at http://boxboy.nintendo.com/. A free demo for all three games in this series from HAL Laboratory, Inc. is also available in Nintendo eShop.
Monster Hunter Stories: Prepare to embark on an RPG adventure unlike anything the Monster Hunter series has ever known. In Monster Hunter Stories, become a rider and bond with monsters to raise their potential and unleash powerful combos. Players can fly, swim and crash into new areas of the map; discover eggs to collect and hatch; and participate in turn-based battles with a party of up to five monsters. Monster Hunter Stories launches for Nintendo 3DS this fall.
Yo-Kai Watch 2: Whether players missed it the first time or want to fall in love again, the definitive version of YO-KAI WATCH 2 is here! The YO-KAI WATCH 2: Psychic Specters game delivers the same full YO-KAI WATCH 2 experience, but adds new Yo-kai to befriend, exclusive quests and the ability to hop on the Hexpress to a new resort area. Players can even befriend Wicked and Boss Yo-kai from previous games, learn about the origin of the mysterious feline Yo-kai, Darknyan, and experience a revamped Blasters co-op mode to beat powerful new bosses. YO-KAI WATCH 2: Psychic Specters launches for Nintendo 3DS this fall.
NIS America Games: NIS America is bringing two great games to Nintendo 3DS this summer. The Culdcept series is celebrating its 20th anniversary, so it’s the perfect time to launch Culdcept Revolt! The card-meets-board game launches in a standard and limited edition on Aug. 29. With RPG Maker Fes, players of all skill levels can create their own RPGs. A free download called RPG Maker Player will be available in Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS. RPG Maker Player will let anyone play fan-created RPGs even if they don’t own RPG Maker Fes. RPG Maker Fes launches for Nintendo 3DS on June 27.
New amiibo Release Updates
New amiibo Approaching!: The final Super Smash Bros. amiibo figures are on the way! Two versions of Cloud, Corrin and Bayonetta amiibo figures will hit store shelves on July 21.
The Legend of Zelda amiibo: Three new amiibo figures based on Link from The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword will be released on June 23.
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Eldorado Resorts acquires stake in William Hill US
William Hill has agreed a partnership with US casino operator Eldorado Resorts to serve as its exclusive partner for digital and land based sports betting and online gaming.
The partnership sees Eldorado receive a 20 per cent stake in William Hill US and a share of profits attributable to its licences, as well as $50m in shares of William Hill plc., equating to approximately 1.6 per cent of its market capitalisation, subject to a three to five year lock-up.
The 25-year agreement gives the partners immediate access to 13 US states and will see the launch of William Hill sportsbooks at five properties in three states within the coming weeks. They are The Tropicana in Atlantic City, New Jersey; The Mountaineer Casino Racetrack and Resort in West Virginia and three casinos in Mississippi - The Lady Luck Casino in Vicksburg, Isle of Capri in Lula and Tropicana Casino in Greenville.
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The bridge spanning the rambla conforms to Spanish Health and Safety norms. Dodgy! No need to cross it.
El puente que atraviesa la rambla se ajusta a las normas españolas de salud y seguridad. ¡Astuto! No hay necesidad de cruzarlo.
This part of the railway journey was difficult, through rugged terrain and required three engines to get the heavy iron ore wagons (17 trucks = 600 tons) up the 1 in 50 inclines towards Huercal Overa.
The Great Southern of Spain Railway Ltd (GSSR) was a railway company situated mostly in the Province of Almería. It was built by a British Company in the 1880s but although the line survived for 100 years, British interest ceased with the seizing of the line in 1936 (The start of the Spanish Civil War).
Its original purpose was to link Murcia with Granada, but a lack of money and an underestimation of the terrain to be crossed meant that the final project only linked the three towns of Lorca, Águilas (Murcia) and Baza (Granada). The remaining sections of the line were eventually constructed by other companies. Although the termini were in other provinces the major part of the line went through the scenic Almanzora Valley in Almería.
Passenger traffic was never great and to start with it was very small indeed, particularly along the Almanzora valley - after all there was nowhere much to go except between Baza and Águilas! It was goods traffic that really supported the line and in the beginning even that relied on primitive iron mines with most of the ore being shifted by hand. The 1897 timetable shows just one passenger train a day on this section.
There was some income from a reasonable trade in agriculture, esparto and marble, plus some passenger traffic.
A major difficulty that dogged the railway for all of its steam powered life was that the water for the boilers presented a serious problem. It was not only the lack of it but also its quality, because it contained huge amounts of impurities such as calcium, selenium and magnesium. It was so bad that it was said that the boilers were not so much water heaters as limestone makers!
The problem was truly immense when operations started there could be as many as 8 out of the 25 boilers under repair.
The line was at least working and even making a small profit, and from the beginning of the 20th century, things began to pick up with modern iron mining encouraged in the Sierra de los Filabres and a pier built at Aguilas (El Hornillo) to load it on to ships for export.
Unbeknown to the company, these were actually golden days for the railway because looming on the horizon was the First World War when the price of coal rose tenfold to a staggering £21 per ton by 1918.
Bad times came yet again in 1921 when there was a general mining crisis over the whole of Spain due to a combination of strikes, wage demands and a general falling off of demand.
The gloom was unrelenting when the global stock market crash affected trade and in Spain the political situation was deteriorating rapidly. The Civil War arrived and delivered the final blow, when the British company were relieved of their assets.
After the war Franco created RENFE, the state railway. Steam continued until the 1960s when diesel took over and the Steam engines were scrapped.
In 1985 the Almanzora section was closed for ever.
Not quite the end!
Although the management had no railway, they continued to meet annually, writing letters to Spain demanding compensation. Somewhat surprisingly, in 1951 they actually got some! The sum of £144,434 was sent. This was divided up among the remaining debenture holders and the board and the GSSR was then finally wound up.
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UK: Cannabis factories surge in disused buildings
LONDON — Thousands of cannabis factories were uncovered by police last year, in locations varying from farms to disused cinemas, a report revealed Tuesday.
Police detected more than 6,800 cannabis farms and factories in the UK in the last 12 months -- more than double the number found in 2007-2008, the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) said.
Acpos's report on the commercial cultivation of cannabis found a growing variety of locations being used for the activity, from industrial buildings to former pubs, cinemas, nightclubs, printworks and banks.
More than 1.3 million plants with an estimated value of £150 million were recovered over the last year.
Acpo's lead on cannabis, Commander Allan Gibson of the Metropolitan Police, put the increase in detection down to greater enforcement and public awareness.
"Between 2004 and 2007, 800 cannabis factories a year were being uncovered by the police," Gibson said. "That rose to over 3,000 a year in 2007-08 and over 6,800 in 2009-10.
"This increase is attributed to a number of factors, including an increased focus on law enforcement."
He said publicity around cannabis since its reclassification in 2008 has also led to more people reporting unusual signs of habitation in buildings.
Blacked-out windows, condensation, strange smells and people coming and going at all hours are possible signs of a factory, police advise.
Cannabis growers are often involved in other crimes, ranging from counterfeiting currency and money laundering, to firearms, prostitution, and people trafficking, Acpo found.
The face of cannabis growing is also changing, the report said, with more white British offenders than ever before, the majority of them aged between 18 and 35.
The largest factory found was in an industrial unit in Haddenham, Cambridgeshire where more than 7,600 plants were recovered with an estimated value of £2.5 million.
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Brodie Ross named Head of Acting
Brodie Ross, who had been covering the role on an interim basis, announced as Head of Acting.
Guildhall School is delighted to announce that Brodie Ross has been named Head of Acting.
Brodie Ross has been covering the Head of Acting role on an interim basis for the last 10 months, and is a distinguished actor whose career includes performances in the West End, at Shakespeare’s Globe, the RSC, Almeida Theatre, Manchester Royal Exchange and Sheffield Theatres.
Orla O’Loughlin, Vice-Principal & Director of Drama, said: “I’m delighted that we’ve appointed Brodie to this role. During his time as Interim Head of Acting he has already driven a number of key initiatives, particularly in the areas of widening participation and representation.
Brodie’s extensive industry contacts and excellent working knowledge of both stage and screen will ensure a dynamic connection between the Acting programme and the rapidly evolving creative industries; and I am confident that he will drive progress further forward within the Acting programme, whilst also working hard to preserve and champion the unique ethos that sits at the heart of our world-renowned actor training.”
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In 1916, the State of Florida began to open a stretch of roadway along the Atlantic Ocean coastline, as a more scenic alternative to Route 1, now called the Federal Highway. The road eventually became known as State Road A1A. To address high winds along the route, Australian Pines were planted along both sides of A1A, from Jacksonville to Miami. The Town of Gulf Stream is the only remaining stretch where the Australian Pine Canopy still remains. It has since been designated as an historic and scenic highway, allowing the Town to protect and cultivate new plants to maintain and expand a stand of more than 300 pines… Read more about the town
Facts About Gulf Stream
1,001 residents – 2018 year estimate
The median age in Gulf Stream is 58.2 years. The population is nearly split between males and females, with only two more men than women at the 2010 U.S. Census.
Gulf Stream School, which was founded in 1938, offers private, quality education to up to 250 students from pre-Kindergarten to the 8th Grade.
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According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the Town has 525 housing units and 361 households. Eighty-eight percent of the occupied housing units are owner-occupied.
In 2011, the Town annexed 16.6 acres of land which added 102 additional dwelling units into the community.
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The Town consists of 537 acres of residential, public and preserved lands. There are no properties zoned for commercial or industrial uses. Only 9.3 acres of the Town are vacant and available for development.
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Town residents can now view and pay their monthly water bill at this link: https://gulfstream.secure.munibilling.com.
When setting up your online account, each resident will need to use the personalized code printed on your utility bill.
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All workers hired to perform services for your property (employees and deliveries not included) must be registered to do work in the Town. If you are hiring a contractor (for example, to do lawn work or make improvements to your home) please ask them to register at Town Hall if they are not currently on file. Occupational registration is designed to ensure workers are properly licensed and insured, which enhances the safety of the community. Requirements Attached
All work requiring a permit must be submitted on a City of Delray Beach application. You can get those applications on their website here. We require all permit applications to include four (4) sets of all plans, product approvals, and attachments.
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Macron and Merkel try to resurrect Serbia-Kosovo talks at Balkan summit
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron are hosting bitter foes Serbia and Kosovo for talks. File photo/ AFP
European leaders will try to bring bitter foes Serbia and Kosovo back to the negotiating table at a regional summit in Berlin on Monday, hoping to reboot a dialogue over one of the Balkans’ thorniest disputes.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron are hosting the neighbours, whose relationship has taken a turn for the worse in recent months, alongside other Western Balkans leaders and EU members Croatia and Slovenia.
The gathering will centre on the “stability of the region, with a particular focus on finding a way to relaunch the dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo,” the French presidency said in a briefing ahead of the summit.
The Macron-Merkel initiative comes after EU-led talks between Serbia and Kosovo ground to a halt last year.
The nub of the dispute is Belgrade’s denial of the independence of Kosovo, a former province that broke away in a bloody 1998-99 war.
The Brussels-led dialogue collapsed several months after talk of possible border changes between the neighbours, as a way to reach an accord, triggered a stinging backlash last summer.
Critics warned that redrawing the map would be a risky business in the fragile Balkans, a region still recovering from its 1990s wars.
Then came a series of diplomatic clashes between Pristina and Belgrade that deepened their hostility, in particular Kosovo’s decision to levy a 100-percent tariff on Serbian goods in November.
A stalemate has ensued. Kosovo’s Prime Minister says he will keep the tax until Belgrade shows openness to recognising independence, while Serbia says it will not talk until the tariff is removed.
Downplaying expectations for a major breakthrough on Monday, German government spokeswoman Ulrike Demmer said the summit is “primarily about an exchange of views.”
“How far we can get during the meeting is something that I cannot foretell,” she added.
The French presidency also assured that the summit was not an effort to replace the European Commission-led process, whose future is uncertain as EU elections loom, but only to “promote exchanges”.
Sceptical on border changes
As for whether the land-swap proposal would be discussed Monday, Demmer said Germany remains “sceptical about border changes as part of a solution, in so far as they could pose risks for the region.”
While the exact details of the plan have never been laid out, local media and analysts assume the land swap would see Kosovo’s Serb-dominated north traded for a southern valley in Serbia that is mainly ethnic-Albanian, like the rest of Kosovo.
Washington and some EU officials appeared open to discussing such a deal, but Germany has been one of the clearest critics of any border changes, which many worry would further segregate the region along ethnic lines.
Ahead of the Berlin summit, both Serbia and Kosovo took a cautious line.
“At this moment, I don’t understand how and what to talk with Pristina about,” Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said last week during a visit to Beijing.
But he added that he has “always respected” Merkel and Macron and that was “sure they are smarter than me and will figure out something.”
In Kosovo, President Hashim Thaci said the summit “might open up opportunities, but it might be disappointing as well.”
While Thaci is in favour of revoking the tariff, his Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj has been intransigent despite heavy EU and US pressure.
“No tax will be revoked either at this summit or at any other summit,” Haradinaj reiterated last week.
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Tag: philosophy
Submitted by silencio on Tue, 07/09/2013 - 19:29.
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Kenneth Earl Wilber II, The Integral Philosopher
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Wilber was born in 1949 in Oklahoma City. In 1967 he enrolled as a pre-med student at Duke University. He became inspired, like many of his generation, by Eastern literature, particularly the Tao Te Ching. He left Duke and enrolled in the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, completing a bachelor's degree in chemistry and biology and a master's degree in biochemistry.
In 1973 Wilber completed his first book, The Spectrum of Consciousness, in which he sought to integrate knowledge from disparate fields. After rejections by more than twenty publishers it was finally accepted in 1977 by Quest Books, and he spent a year giving lectures and workshops before going back to writing. He also helped to launch the journal ReVision in 1978.
In 1982 New Science Library published his anthology The Holographic Paradigm and other Paradoxes a collection of essays and interviews, including one by David Bohm. The essays, including one of his own, looked at how holography and the holographic paradigm relate to the fields of consciousness, mysticism and science.
In 1983 Wilber married Terry "Treya" Killam who was shortly thereafter diagnosed with breast cancer. From 1984 until 1987, Wilber gave up most of his writing to care for her. Treya died in January 1989; their joint experience was recorded in the 1991 book Grace and Grit.
Subsequently, Wilber wrote Sex, Ecology, Spirituality (SES) (1995), the first volume of his Kosmos Trilogy. A Brief History of Everything (1996) was the popularised summary of SES in interview format. The Eye of Spirit (1997) was a compilation of articles he had written for the journal ReVision on the relationship between science and religion. Throughout 1997, he had kept journals of his personal experiences, which were published in 1999 as One Taste, a term for unitary consciousness. Over the next two years his publisher, Shambhala Publications, released eight re-edited volumes of his Collected Works. In 1999, he finished Integral Psychology and wrote A Theory of Everything (2000). In A Theory of Everything Wilber attempts to bridge business, politics, science and spirituality and show how they integrate with theories of developmental psychology, such as Spiral Dynamics. His novel, Boomeritis (2002), attempts to expose what he perceives as the egotism of the Baby Boom Generation.
In 1987 Wilber moved to Boulder, Colorado, where he worked on his Kosmos trilogy and oversaw the work of the Integral Institute. Wilber now lives in Denver, Colorado and works with Marc Gafni at the Center for World Spirituality, which he co-founded. Wilber has stated that he has a debilitating illness called RNase Enzyme Deficiency Disease.
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A Brief History of Everything
by Ken Wilber
A Brief History of Everything is an altogether friendly and accessible account of men and women's place in a universe of sex, soul, and spirit, written by an author of whom New York Times reporter Tony Schwartz says: "No one has described the path to wisdom better than Ken Wilber."
Wilber examines the course of evolution as the unfolding manifestation of Spirit, from matter to life to mind, including the higher stages of spiritual development where Spirit becomes conscious of itself. In each of these domains, there are recurring patterns, and by looking closely at them, we can learn much about the predicament of our world—and the direction we must take if "global transformation" is to become a reality.
Wilber offers a series of striking and original views on many topics of current interest and controversy, including the gender wars, modern liberation movements, multiculturalism, ecology and environmental ethics, and the conflict between this-worldly and otherworldly approaches to spirituality. The result is an extraordinary and exhilarating ride through the Kosmos in the company of one of the great thinkers of our time.
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Submitted by prathu86 on Tue, 06/09/2009 - 03:16.
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Kedar Joshi is a philosopher and author of works called "Superultramodern Science and Philosophy". The works mainly include The NSTP (Non - Spatial Thinking Process) Theory and "The UQV (Ultimate Questioner's Vanity) Theory".
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Submitted by Mastercvvyoga on Thu, 07/30/2009 - 04:49.
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God is a philosophical black hole – the point where reason breaks down.
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The world is truly beautiful solely in the eyes of a true philosopher.
The world is a garden of philosophy. God is its gardener; Man is the visitor. And any tree that does not bear fruits of philosophy either does not belong to that garden or is yet to be grown.
Pain and suffering, like everything else about life, is a Darwinian device which functions to improve the sufferer's survival.
Submitted by balvinkumar on Thu, 10/15/2009 - 06:39.
The presence of so much of pain and suffering in our life pose a major philosophical and scientific problem.
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The universe is a philosophical abyss.
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Submitted by Omkaradatta on Mon, 09/07/2009 - 07:17.
In our endless attempts to be more than we really are, we are less than we really are.
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Of the 3 public relations schools in Saint Paul, the largest public relations school, by student population, is Northwestern College. In 2010, approximately 11 students graduated from the Public Relations program at Northwestern College.
In 2010, 12 students graduated with a public relations degree in Saint Paul. In 2009 tuition at public relations schools in Saint Paul was $14,582 per year, on average.
You should also anticipate spending about $1,243 for public relations related books and supplies every year. And if you live on campus, you will face an additional expense of $7,426 per year, on average, for room and board at Saint Paul-based public relations schools. Students who live at home can cut this cost down to approximately $16,335.
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Lomachenko vs. Sosa Fight Recap
OXON HILL, Md. - On Friday afternoon, Vasyl Lomachenko offered the hope that Jason Sosa would charge toward him and fight aggressively on Saturday night. “If he does, it will make things more simple for me,” said the peerless Ukrainian, imagining a scenario in which his American opponent would simply plow forward and be eaten up by a fusillade of counter punches. In the event, Sosa did not fight with the face-first aggression that Lomachenko claimed to seek. He showed plenty of heart and determination, and had his corner not pulled him from the contest, he would surely have continued tilting at pugilistic windmills until the very end. But he barely took a step forward throughout the nine one-sided rounds that unfolded in front of a heavily pro-Lomachenko crowd of 2,828 at the new MGM National Harbor; Lomachenko simply wouldn’t let him.
From the very start, Lomachenko (8-1, 5 KOs) was the one advancing, stalking toward Sosa, putting his opponent on the back foot, feinting a move to the right and then the left, testing Sosa’s reactions and filing the information away for imminent use. In the early rounds, Sosa (20-2-4, 15 KOs) looked confident if not entirely comfortable, but rapidly saw for himself the skills and speed that had caused even as accomplished and impressive an opponent as Nicholas Walters to quit in Lomachenko’s last outing. Attempting to combat the Ukrainian is like trying to catch a ghost, as he darts in and out and shifts weight and position effortlessly, controlling the distance and varying it from instant to instant while never leaving himself off balance or out of position.
The elite boxers are able to launch a combination, shift position, fire off another combination, and move again – all, ideally, while avoiding incoming artillery. Lomachenko glides effortlessly from one point to the next in the middle of a combination, and yet so supreme is his balance and poise that he is in perfect position at the beginning, the end and even the middle of his movement. And as the minutes and then the rounds tick by, he dials in his punches with ever greater accuracy and authority, a flurry of tip-taps to the head suddenly giving away to a digging southpaw left to the body and then a hard left to the head. So it was against Sosa, who stood valiantly and defiantly, doing what he could to launch and land punches, even as Lomachenko steered him into punches of his own. One moment Lomachenko was there, one moment he wasn’t, and in either case Sosa’s brave efforts to hit him were almost entirely in vain.
By the end, Sosa had landed just 68 punches of 286 thrown. In contrast, Lomachenko had scored with 204 of 351 power punches – fully 58 percent – and 275 of 696 total blows. As his dominance became all-encompassing, he mocked Sosa by miming the yielding of a matador’s cape, or by doubling over in mock sympathy after landing a left to the body that had Sosa gasping for air. In the eighth, a pair of ripping body shots brought Sosa to a standstill and prompted Lomachenko to unleash an onslaught that, at the end of the round, caused Sosa’s trainer Raul Rivas to warn him that he had one more round to avoid his pulling the plug. Sosa vowed to knock Lomachenko out, but despite his best efforts, it was he who has taking the unanswered blows at round’s end, after which Rivas followed through on his promise.
“I came into the ring to do my job, and I think everyone saw what they wanted to,” said Lomachenko afterward. Having already departed the featherweight division in search of a challenge, the junior lightweight said that he would “go home, get some sleep and then put out offers to the other champions at 130 pounds.” If they didn’t respond, then he would seek out new challenges at lightweight. Wherever he goes, and in whatever weight division he boxes, it is hard to see many if any being even remotely competitive. Lomachenko is just that good.
In a sensational performance that definitively announced his arrival as a major player in the light-heavyweight division, Oleksandr Gvozdyk (13-0, 11 KOs) annihilated Yunieski Gonzalez, dropping him twice in the third round until the Cuban’s corner stepped in to halt the bout at 2:55 of the frame.
Gonzalez (18-3, 14 KOs) was never in the contest, unable to cope with Gvozdyk’s blisteringly fast combinations or catch up with the Ukrainian’s swift footwork. The more the slugger sought to close the distance, the more he walked into Gvozdyk’s buzzsaw, and a rapidfire combination bloodied Gonzalez’s nose and dropped him to one knee in the third. Gonzalez continued to try to press forward, but he was merely walking into punches and barely able to throw any back. The end was clearly in sight and it came when another short right dropped Gonzalez face-first. It was to the Cuban’s immense credit that he protested when his corner stepped onto the ring apron and caught the attention of referee Harvey Dock, but the stoppage was merciful and wise. Gonzalez had lost twice before, but once – against Jean Pascal – he was widely considered to have been robbed, and a subsequent loss to Vyacheslav Shabransky was a majority decision. Nobody had come close to dominating him, but Gvozdyk did so with ease, and a world title shot must now be just around the corner.
In the opening bout, cruiserweight Michael Hunter survived a furious twelfth round shellacking from Aleksandr Usyk, making it to the final bell even as referee Bill Clancy looked carefully and contemplated stepping in and calling a halt to the contest. As a result, he became only the second professional opponent to extend Usyk the full distance, even as he became the Ukrainian’s 12th victim and suffered his own first pro defeat.
Hunter (12-1, 8 KOs) started brightly, moving constantly from left to right and back again and peppering Usyk with fast combinations that landed effectively to body and head. But Usyk is a self-described slow starter, who prefers to spend a few rounds analyzing his foe before determining what adjustments need to be made, and that’s what he did against the man from Las Vegas. After falling behind through the first three rounds, Usyk (12-0, 10 KOs) began digging to his opponent’s body and deploying his southpaw right hook to limit Hunter’s movement.
The American’s hands continued to work overtime, but his feet became progressively more leaden, allowing Usyk to land with increasing effectiveness. A series of digging left hands to the body knocked much of the remaining fight out of Hunter in the tenth, but the son of former heavyweight contender Mike “The Bounty” Hunter refused to yield, even when a thudding left hand prompted the two-minute onslaught to close the bout, punctuated only when Clancy ruled that only the ropes had saved Hunter from a knockdown and administered a count. At the end, the result was a formality, all three ringside judges seeing Usyk as the winner by a score of 117-110.
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Police blotter: Duo holds, punches man's estranged wife
Three people - including a woman who said her estranged husband kept her from leaving her house - were arrested Thursday.
Kenneth Scott Blake, 22, of 289 Corn Mill Road, Mayo, late Wednesday night was charged with criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature, kidnapping and second-degree lynching.
Blake is accused of taking away keys and a cell phone from Jessica M. Blake, 23, of 129 Conner St., after she went to pick up children's clothing from the residence. Jessica Blake told authorities Kenneth Blake held her while Keytona Dawn Ray, 22, of 3314 Clifton-Glendale Road, punched her. Ray was charged with second-degree lynching.
Jessica Blake said Kenneth Blake then hit her, threw her to the ground and kicked her. She said he hid her keys, and she locked herself in a bedroom. Jessica Blake said when Kenneth Blake woke up on Jan. 28 he gave the keys back to her.
Jessica Blake also was charged with criminal domestic violence in relation to the incident.
First-degree burglary, assault and battery
Nicholas J. Brannon, 24, of 14 Burnett St., Inman, on Thursday was charged with first-degree burglary, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and simple assault.
Brannon is accused of entering a Grant Circle apartment through the back window while armed with a knife about 2:45 a.m. on Jan. 23.
A male and female victim said Brannon told the man to leave, and the man went to call authorities. The woman said Brannon threw her on the bed and threatened her with the knife before leaving.
Violation of sex offender registry
Jorel Febo Maldonado, 37, on Thursday was charged with violation of the sex offender registry law.
Maldonado, who has a March 2004 conviction for promoting prostitution of a minor, is accused of moving and failing to notify authorities within 10 days as required by law.
Police are investigating an armed robbery that a 44-year-old man said occurred about 6:40 p.m. Wednesday near 275 S. Church St.
The victim said a man he knew as Li'l Mike called him over to a vehicle and pulled a gun.
The victim said he and the suspect began wrestling, and the gun fell on the ground. The victim said the suspect later pulled a knife, and the two grappled until a female pulled the suspect away.
First-degree burglary, and pointing and presenting a firearm
Jamarcus D. Anderson, 19, of 114 Morrow St., Greer, on Thursday was charged with first-degree burglary, and pointing and presenting a firearm.
Anderson is accused of entering a Biblebrook Drive apartment and pointing a shotgun at a female on Jan. 14.
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Arsenal: Arsene Wenger praises \'outstanding\' David Ospina amid keeper transfer speculation
By Eduardo Fernandez-Abascal
May 21, 2015 17:15 BST
David Ospina has started 17 Premier League games this season Getty
Arsene Wenger has lavished praise on David Ospina despite reports claiming Arsenal are monitoring Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech, with the French manager expected to sign a new number one during the summer transfer window.
The Colombia international moved to the Emirates Stadium in summer 2014 from Ligue 1 side Nice for around £3m ($4.7m) after an impressive World Cup with Colombia.
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And even though an injury earlier in the season hampered his adaptation to the Premier League, the 26-year-old keeper became the Gunners' number one after Wojciech Szczesny reportedly smoked in the showers following the New Year's Day loss at Southampton.
Ospina has since started 17 Premier League games, conceding only 10 goals while securing eight clean sheets in the process.
But a number of pundits and former club players, including Arsenal legend Thierry Henry, have urged Wenger to sign a world-class keeper this summer in order to compete with Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United for the title next season.
Reports have since linked Real Madrid number one Iker Casillas and Petr Cech, who is out of favour at Chelsea, with a summer move to the Emirates Stadium.
But Wenger has insisted on a number of occasions that he is not planning to sign another 'keeper, while after the 0-0 draw against Sunderland on 20 May, he took the opportunity to praise Ospina.
"Ospina has been absolutely great since he played and he has shown that again. In one against ones he has shown that he is outstanding," Wenger said.
Meanwhile, the manager has expressed his frustration after his side failed to score against the Black Cats, an occurrence for what is the third consecutive home game, despite dominating much of the match.
"It is frustrating because we had 75% possession and 28 shots on goal but we couldn't score," he told Arsenal Player. "We didn't really look like scoring and we lacked a bit of sharpness, change of pace, speed in our movement and Sunderland did the rest.
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While Devils Postpile Formation is the reason you come to Devils Postpile National Monument, you shouldn’t leave without seeing Rainbow Falls, an attractive 101-foot single drop waterfall that leaps over volcanic cliffs and flashes frequent rainbows. Luckily for hikers, both attractions can be seen on the very same trek. Devils Postpile Formation is less than half a mile from the park’s main trailhead, along the route to Rainbow Falls. Hiking to Rainbow Falls and back is 5.1 miles round trip or more with 325 feet of elevation change. If you add a trail over the top of Devils Postpile to the itinerary, the hike jumps to 5.25 mile round trip with 435 feet of elevation change, and there are other possible extensions as well.
Devils Postpile National Monument is located near Mammoth Lakes in the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains and preserves 800 acres that are surrounded by national forest. Begin from the end of the road into the monument where you’ll find a ranger station, a campground, and a trailhead. Set out along the trail, which hugs the edge of a forest bordering Soda Springs Meadow, a grassy area along the winding waters of the Middle Fork of San Joaquin River. The lovely meadow is backed by pine forests on all sides.
Looking out over Soda Springs Meadow from Devils Postpile Trail
Come to a split after a quarter mile on the dirt trail. A trail to Minaret Falls parts to the right, crosses the river, and immediately passes a path to Soda Springs, where cold water bubbles to the surface along the river. Stay to the left at the junction with the trail to Minaret Falls and proceed toward Devils Postpile and Rainbow Falls. Walk along a bluff above the river. In another tenth of a mile, you’ll reach a junction with the Loop Trail to the Top of Devils Postpile, which ascends to the left. Straight ahead, enjoy the first view of Devils Postpile, a profile of the cliffs.
If you want to hike the loop over the top of Devils Postpile, you can turn left at this junction, saving the head-on views of Devils Postpile for the hike back. Otherwise, proceed to the right down stone steps or a ramp and approach viewing areas below Devils Postpile. The formation has 60-foot cliffs made up of vertical basalt columns that were formed within a pool of cooling lava and exposed by subsequent glacial flows. An amphitheater-like collection of stumps below Devils Postpile makes good seating for admiring the cliffs.
Devils Postpile
Past the stumps, the trail turns sharply uphill and approaches the other end of the trail across the top of Devils Postpile. At 0.6 miles from the start (or 0.75 miles from the start via the upper route), pass the southern junction between the two trails and continue south following signs for Rainbow Falls.
In another 0.15 miles, you will pass a sign as you leave Devils Postpile National Monument. When you get to Rainbow Falls, you will pop back in the rectangle-shaped monument, but much of the trail passes through neighboring Inyo National Forest. Look to your left as you exit the monument to see basalt cliffs that aren’t quite as photogenic as the Devils Postpile Formation. Shortly after exiting the monument, stay to the right past a trail on the left that connects to Reds Meadow. There are a few junctions along this route with trails connecting to Reds Meadow, which is an alternate starting point for hikers.
The trail ahead is sandy and mostly downhill, passing through a pine forest. As the trail progresses toward Rainbow Falls, it never strays too far from the river. At 1.3 miles from the start (via the lower trail past Devils Postpile), the trail passes cliffs above the river. If you step off trail here, you can look up and down the river from the ledge. A tenth of a mile farther, reach a junction and stay straight toward Rainbow Falls, crossing Pacific Crest Trail, which is also John Muir Trail in this area.
Rainbow Falls Trail
Views of the surrounding valley and ridges expand as you go. Walk past snags that were left behind by the Rainbow Fire, which scorched this area in 1992. New growth along the trail is sparser than the forest to the north, allowing you to look a long way down the valley. A panel along the trail explains that the fire, which was started by lightning, expanded and changed the area:
Strong winds, drought, and heavy surface fuels propelled the fire through 8,000 acres of dense forest. In response, a new community of plants and animals has moved in. Sun-loving ferns, herbs and berries are food for a variety of animals, big and small. In turn, some of these animals become food for others. As the forest slowly regrows, a diverse mix of plants and animals are taking advantage of a productive, yet temporary gap in the forest.
As you get closer to the waterfall, you’ll come to a string of junction. At 2.1 miles from the Devils Postpile Trailhead and 0.45 miles before the waterfall, come to a merger with a trail that approaches the waterfall from Rainbow Falls Trailhead at the end of Minaret Summit Road (shuttle stop 9). This is an alternate route to or from the waterfall for a shorter hike that skips the Devils Postpile Formation. Bear right to continue toward the waterfall. In another 0.05 miles, the trail crosses Boundary Creek near a sign for Ansel Adams Wilderness. Enter the wilderness and proceed toward the waterfall.
Turn right again at the 2.4-mile mark. Fish Creek Trail continues to the left. The route to Rainbow Falls is well marked, so bear right and head back into Devils Postpile National Monument. In another 0.05 miles, bear right past a horse trail. From here, steps lead down to the river, where you’ll find an overlook alongside Rainbow Falls.
The brink of Rainbow Falls
At just over 2.5 miles from the start, you’ll reach the first of two overlooks for Rainbow Falls. Stand on a stone patio and watch the beautiful rainbow-flashing waterfall drop just over a hundred feet down volcanic cliffs. The waterfall makes a single-drop plunge into a pool of turquoise water below. Despite its devilish address, Rainbow Falls looks like a little piece of paradise. The waterfall delivers on its name, with colorful rainbows appearing in its mist, particularly on sunny days at midday. A sign warns of the dangers of swimming below the waterfall, but you may still see people in the river, squealing with fun.
Rainbow Falls gets its single-drop shape from the rock it flows over, as the park guide explains:
Glaciers widened the canyons but did not create Rainbow Falls. The two layers of volcanic rock you see in the cliffs are similar but with an important difference. They are composed of the same lava but they cooled at different ranges. On top is the harder, more erosion-resistant rock. Below is the softer, less erosion-resistant rock. Water cascading over the falls wears away the lower, softer rock faster, undercutting the stronger rock and creating an alcove beneath it. As the stronger rock loses support, it caves in and breaks apart into boulders and rock debris at the bottom of the falls.
Erosion will cause the waterfall to move slowly upstream over time. The layer of rock just below the river is volcanic andesite – tough stuff that erodes slowly. The lower rock is volcanic rhyodacite, which erodes a little faster. As this rock falls away, it undercuts the upper layer, causing it to collapse.
Past this first overlook, the trail continues to a second overlook on the rim of the river gorge. Beyond that, steps lead down to the base of the waterfall. Another trail continues half a mile downstream to Lower Falls. Hiking back from the overlooks makes for a hike that’s 5.1 miles round trip. If you take the Loop Trail to Top of Devils Postpile, that will extend the hike slightly to 5.25 miles round trip.
To get to the trailhead: Take Route 395 to Route 203 and drive 3.6 miles to Mammoth Lakes. Turn right onto Minaret Road toward Mammoth Mountain. Reach the ski resort after another 4 miles. Those who are visiting the park for the day (not staying overnight at the campground) should park here and take the shuttle to Devils Postpile National Monument (fees apply). If you choose to drive to the monument, go another 1.4 miles past the ski resort to Minaret Vista Entrance Station where a 10 dollar fee is charged for each vehicle entering in the valley below. Drive 6.7 miles toward Reds Meadow. Turn right, following signs for Devils Postpile National Monument and drive the final 0.3 miles to Devils Postpile. You will come to a loop with parking at the end of the road. The ranger station is straight ahead, the campground is on the right, and the trail into Devils Postpile is to the left. The shuttle will drop hikers off outside the ranger station next to the trailhead.
Trailhead address: Minaret Summit Road, Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
Trailhead coordinates: 37.6299, -119.0847 (37° 37′ 47.63″N 119° 05′ 04.91″W)
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Minaret Falls
This 3-mile hike from Devils Postpile National Monument connects with Pacific Crest Trail to reach the base of a waterfall that tumbles and slides down a rocky slope.
Shadow Lake
This 8.5-mile hike crosses a picturesque canyon and passes a plunging cascade to visit a mountain lake in the Ansel Adams Wilderness of Inyo National Forest near Mammoth Lakes.
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This hike of around 15 miles round trip ventures above Shadow Lake along a creek to a beautiful lake below Mount Ritter and Banner Peak in the Ansel Adams Wilderness of Inyo National Forest near Mammoth Lakes. Ediza Lake is an excellent destination for backpackers.
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This beautiful lake along John Muir Trail is 8.55 miles from the trailhead at Agnew Meadows, making it an ideal lake to visit on a backpacking loop.
This exceptional lake is a true gem of the Sierra and is 8.75 miles from the trailhead at Agnew Meadows via High Trail, a section of Pacific Crest Trail, making it a great destination for an overnight trek.
Ediza Lake - Thousand Island Lake Loop
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Devils Postpile National Monument Campground
This 21-site first-come first-serve campground provides camping in a pine forest next the Middle Fork San Joaquin River near the trailhead for Devils Postpile National Monument.
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I visited Rainbow Falls for the first time this year in June on my way home from Yosemite. It was definitively worth the stop. I definitely recommend hitting the natural the hot springs outside Mammoth as well if you’re in the area. https://twitter.com/AdventureSoCal/status/568709830568845312/photo/1
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When Carol Lufburrow began dining at a little vegetarian restaurant 15 years ago, she loved almost everything about it.
But the coffee mugs weren’t her cup of tea. What they needed, she thought, was a little refinement in the form of delicate china cups.
Quietly, she began leaving a cup and saucer as a sort of tip after each meal, a habit that earned her the nickname “Teacup Bandit.”
Today, Royal Oak’s Inn Season restaurant has a china cabinet-size collection of mismatched cups, thanks to Lufburrow, who drives from Grosse Pointe Woods at least four times a week to dine at the intimate café.
Lufburrow, a U.S. Army Tank and Auto Command retiree, regards the gifts as a way to help her favorite dining spot.
To maintain her giving ways, she scouts estate and rummage sales for pieces that attract her, always scrutinizing the inventory for rarities, such as teacups used at the 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
“Generally, when I go to an estate sale, if I know they’ll have a lot of teacups, I’ll just buy them all; that way, each time I go into the restaurant I can end with a teacup,” she says.
Affection for the Inn Season is her only motive for her purchases. “If the restaurant closed,” she says, “I’d be selling a whole lot of teacups.”
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Pvr to acquire dlf's dt cinemas
May 20, 2015 / 4 min read
Leading multiplex chain, PVR Cinemas is all geared up to acquire DT Cinemas, the wholly-owned subsidiary of DLF which owns theatre screens in and around Delhi. The negotiation is in advanced stages and is likely to value the company at about Rs 500 crore.
This would be PVR's second attempt to acquire DT Cinemas after 2009, when it entered into definitive agreement with the DLF Group. That deal called off due some legal issues.
"DLF Group and PVR Cinemas have agreed to broad terms of the transactions. The acquirer and seller are likely to approach the competition commission of India (CCI) for inprinciple approval as PVR Cinemas is the market leader," a person familiar with the development told ET.
India currently has 1,700 multiplex screens with PVR leading the market with 454 screens while the second-ranked Inox owns 361 screens.
DT Cinemas currently operates 29 screens in National Capital Region of Delhi and Chandigarh. It will ramp up its operations to 39 screens by 2016. It is one of the significant players in the Delhi and NCR with 18 screens in Delhi, eight in Gurgaon and another three in Chandigarh.
A DLF spokesperson declined to comment. "We do not wish to comment on market speculations", said the spokesperson. PVR did not reply to the queries sent by ET.
Under the agreement, DLF will lease the real estate to PVR on long term contract of 10-15 years. "Typically, the lease rental will be 15-20% of the gross revenues from these premises including the exhibition and food business," said the official quoted above.
Burdened with debt of aboutRs 20,500 crore, DLF is continuously exiting from the non core businesses. The company is also looking at divestment of some of some projects or to bring in strategic investors. "The company is looking at bringing down the debt of development business through tactical divestments or JV's with strategic or financial investors of certain projects. Current value of deals in pipeline, at various stages of negotiations exceeds Rs 3,000 crore," said the person.
Movie exhibition space is in the midst of consolidation phase. Last year, the sector witnessed five transactions, clearly indicating the players' intent to capture bigger market share of box office receipts of in India'sRs 9,200 crore movie industry. The move is also aimed to increase their bargaining power with film producers and distributors.
In December, after months of negotiations, Carnival backed by a Mumbai based agro-trading company acquired Anil Ambani's Big Cinemas for an enterprise valuation of a little over Rs 710 crore inclusive of its debt, a move that will further enhance consolidation.
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Getting Around in Myanmar
Although traveling around Burma was challenging in the past, in recent years, the Burmese government has implemented many actions to develop the country’s infrastructure. Many roads are becoming quite modern, and several highways (mostly toll) and bridges have been built, making more destinations accessible. However, be aware that there are certain prohibited regions where the government conflicts with ethnic minority groups. Check the list of the areas to avoid on the Ministry of Tourism website at www.myanmartourism.org.
Burmese roads have improved, but it still takes long time to travel, and the railways are in a very bad shape. This makes flying by far the most comfortable option for travelling long distances. Please note that many airlines engage in the unfortunate practice of dual pricing, with foreigners paying significantly more than Burmese nationals do.
State owned and appallingly run Myanmar National Airlines “UB” (not to be confused with Myanmar Airways International “MAI”) is known for its poor safety record. Even locals prefer to avoid it whenever possible. However, UB has a number of convenient flights, such as late evening flights from Bagan to Mandalay, and is known to fly even when there are only a few passengers. There are also private-owned airlines serving main domestic routes in Myanmar such as Air Bagan “W9”, Asian Wings and Air Mandalay “6T”.
Myanmar has an extensive but ancient rail network. Trains are slow, noisy, often delayed, have frequent electrical blackouts, and toilets are in abysmal sanitary condition; many are simply holes in the floor that empty out directly onto the ground beneath the train. Fewer still have toilet seats. Never assume that air-conditioners, fans, or the electrical supply itself will be operational, even if the train authorities promise so.
Still, a journey on a train is a great way to see the country and meet people. The rail journey from Mandalay, up switchbacks and hairpin bends to Pyin U Lwin, and then across the mountains and the famous bridge at Gokteik, is one of the greatest railway journeys of the world. Trains in lower Myanmar (Yangon – Pathein and Yangon – Mawlymaing) are little communities of their own with hawkers selling everything imaginable. Sleepers are available on many overnight express trains, although, in the high season, you may want to reserve a few days in advance.
Buses of all types, from small to big, atrocious to luxurious, run the roads of Myanmar. Since the ban on importing vehicles was lifted in 2012, the quality of coach transport has improved drastically. High quality Swedish Scania coaches regularly run the Mandalay-Yangon route while less impressive vehicles corner the other routes. Burmese movies and music are usually played all night throughout the journey, so bring earplugs if you want to sleep. Economy seats in Scania coaches are adequately comfortable, but upgrading to upper class is recommended.
Old Toyota pickup trucks run everywhere in Myanmar, inexpensively transporting the Burmese population from one place to another. The rear of the truck is converted into a canvas covered sitting area with three benches, one on each side and one running along the center of the truck (some smaller trucks have only two rows), and the running board is lowered and fixed into place, providing room for six or more people to stand on (standing occupants will have to hold on to the truck frame). Pickups are ubiquitous in Myanmar and every town has a hub. Tourists who go off the beaten track will find them indispensable because they are often the only alternative to an expensive taxi or private car.
Car / Taxi
You can hire a private car and driver at reasonable rates to tour independently. The licensed guides at Schwedagon Paya in Yangon can arrange to have a driver with a car meet you at your hotel. All taxis (and by extension, all vehicles for transport of people and goods) have red/white license plates, while private vehicles have a black/white one. Tourist agency owned cars have a blue/white license plate.
Motorbike and Bicycle
In Yangon, riding motorcycles and bicycles is illegal. Mandalay’s streets, on the other hand, are filled with both.
Myanmar has a large river ferry network, both largely run by the government, although there are now some private ferry services. The trip from Mandalay to Bagan takes the better part of a day, and several days from Bagan to Yangon. Ferry services from Mandalay to Bagan are shut down, except for the slow ferry (available only on certain days in the week), during the months of April, May and June when the water level in the river is too low.
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Grandpa was right. Aluminum foil and antennas do mix.
Welcome, dear readers: To another Wednesday edition of your exclusive Innovate LI newsletter, coming to you on this Ides of November. Before we highlight another busy week in Long Island socioeconomics, a gentle reminder to send your congratulations, corrections and questions to editor@innovateli.com. We love hearing from you.
It’s Nov. 15 out there: On which we remember late greats including German-British Astronomer William Herschel (born 1738, discovered Uranus and a bunch of moons), American artist Georgia O’Keefe (born 1887, founded “American modernism”) and Judge Joseph Wapner (born 1917, presided over “The People’s Court”), among others.
And who can forget: Today is also the anniversary of the Battle of the Winwaed, a 655 AD throw-down fought in present-day Yorkshire, in which Penda of Mercia was defeated by Oswiu of Bernicia. If you were a fan of Anglo-Saxon paganism, light a candle.
Flash forward 1,362 years: Back in the 21st Century, CleanCapital – an innovative New York City-based online marketplace for clean-energy investing – announced Tuesday that it has closed its Series A round with 50 different investors anteing up roughly $3.7 million.
The impressive round is an important (if redundant) validation of a national solar market that’s grown by an average rate of 72 percent for each of the past five years, according to the independent U.S. Energy Information Administration. That spiraling growth creates “a sizeable opportunity to provide investors with access to new types of alternative investments,” notes Ryan Feit, CEO of SeedInvest, one of CleanCapital’s most prominent stakehorses.
The new investments will accelerate the understanding of new technologies and scale-up operations at CleanCapital, which is designed to help family offices, investment funds and other accredited investors buy into secure and diversified clean-energy projects.
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Brain gain: A five-year, $4.2 million-plus National Institutes of Health grant has plugged a prominent researcher at Mineola’s NYU Winthrop Hospital into the world’s most ambitious diabetes study.
All’s Northwell: A first-ever vascular/endovascular honor, a critical accreditation renewal for Cohen Children’s and a new national post for an esteemed urologist highlight a pretty big week for Northwell Health.
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ISFH-CalTeC is “designated test centre” for the confirmation of solar cell world records
The Solar Cells Laboratory of the Calibration and Test Center (CalTeC) at the Institute for Solar Energy Research (ISFH) is now on the list of “designated test centres” that confirm solar cell efficiency world-records for the “Solar cell efficiency tables”. These efficiency tables are one of the most important references for the technological development of solar cells.
The Solar Cells Laboratory of the Calibration and Test Center (CalTeC) at the Institute for Solar Energy Research (ISFH) has been added to the list of “designated test centres” that confirm solar cell efficiency world records for the “Solar cell efficiency tables”.
Contacting of a solar cell for calibrated measurements of the current-voltage characteristic at the ISFH-CalTeC.
Foto: Ulf Salzmann/ISFH
The efficiency tables published in the international journal “Progress in Photovoltaics” (Wiley) list the currently highest independently confirmed efficiencies for solar cells and modules every six months.
The “Solar cell efficiency tables” are one of the most important references for the technological development of solar cells. The 51st edition, published on December 14, 2017, lists seven so-called “designated test centres”, including ISFH-CalTeC.
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These test centres have the required measuring accuracy and international comparability for the determination of solar cell efficiency world records.
The inclusion of the ISFH-CalTeC Solar Cells Laboratory in the list of recognized test centres follows the successful accreditation for the calibration of solar cells according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 by the German Accreditation Body (DAkkS) in 2016.
The accreditation covers the measurement of the spectral responsivity (SR) and the determination of the characteristic solar cell parameters (Isc, Voc, FF and η) of the current-voltage curve (IV-curve) of solar cells under standard test conditions as defined in the IEC60904 standards.
By default, all parameters are specified with their accompanied uncertainty. For traceability to SI units, references that are regularly calibrated at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) in Brunswick, the national metrology institute in Germany, are used for all measurements.
The calibration service of the ISFH CalTeC focuses on the measurement of wafer-based silicon solar cells from laboratory scale up to industrial formats.
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pip.2978/epdf
https://www.dakks.de/as/ast/d/D-K-18657-01-00.pdf
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Cluff Natural Resources Plc ('Cluff' or 'the Company')
Farm out of licences P2252 and P2437 to Shell U.K. Limited
Cluff Natural Resources Plc, the AIM quoted natural resources investing company with a high impact exploration and appraisal portfolio focused on the Southern and Central North Sea, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding, conditional farm out agreement ("the Farm Out Agreement") and a three month exclusive option ("the Option") with Shell U.K. Limited ("Shell") in relation to the Company's Southern North Sea Licences P2252 and P2437 respectively.
Commenting, Cluff's Chief Executive Graham Swindells said:
"We are delighted to be able to announce the farm-out of Licence P2252 and the terms of an option to farm out Licence P2437 with a partner of this standing. This partnership is a clear endorsement of the quality of the licences in our portfolio and demonstrates the Cluff technical team's ability to identify and transform overlooked or less understood opportunities.
We are particularly excited at the prospect of embarking on our partnership with Shell with both parties sharing a commitment to further development in the Southern North Sea.
Most importantly, we now have direct visibility over the route to future drilling activity, and the potential to create further significant value for shareholders.
We look forward to building our partnership with Shell and successfully developing these prospects."
· Under the terms of the Farm Out Agreement, Shell will acquire a 70 per cent. working interest in Licence P2252, and be appointed as the licence operator, in return for paying 100 per cent. of the costs of an agreed forward work programme to the earlier of 31 December 2020 or the date on which a well investment decision is made.
· Cluff will retain a 30 per cent. non-operated interest in Licence P2252.
· The agreed work programme for P2252 includes the shooting of not less than 400km2 of new broadband 3D seismic data over the Pensacola prospect in the summer of 2019, subsequent processing of new and existing seismic data and sub-surface studies required to support a well investment decision before the end of 2020.
· All costs in relation to P2252 following the well investment decision (or 31 December 2020, if earlier) will be satisfied by each party in proportion to their working interests.
· Completion of the farm out is conditional on the entering into of a Joint Operating Agreement and the obtaining of regulatory consent from the Oil & Gas Authority, subject to a six month backstop.
· P2252 contains the Pensacola prospect which is estimated to contain unaudited mean GIIP of 566 BCF (equivalent to approximately 100 mmboe).
· The Company has granted Shell the Option to acquire a 50 per cent. working interest by 30 April 2019. If the option is exercised the Company will retain a 50 per cent. working interest and operatorship until a well investment decision is made with Shell paying the costs to date. The consideration receivable by the Company is a total of USD$600,000 which is comprised of an initial payment and a further payment upon completion.
· If a decision is taken to drill an exploration well on P2437, Shell will pay a share in the proportion of 1.5:1 of the cost of an exploration well and the well test subject to an aggregate cap of USD$25,000,000. Shell would therefore pay 75% of costs up to a total of USD$25,000,000. Any cost over-runs associated with the well above this level are to be satisfied by each party in proportion to their working interest.
· If the Option is exercised completion will be conditional upon agreeing a Joint Operating Agreement and receiving consent from the Oil & Gas Authority.
· P2437 contains the Selene prospect which is estimated to contain unaudited mean GIIP of 509 BCF (equivalent to approximately 90 mmboe) and is located adjacent to Shell operated infrastructure associated with the Barque gas field.
Licence P2252 was awarded to the Company in the UK's 28th Licensing Round. It contains the Pensacola prospect which is estimated to contain unaudited mean GIIP of 566 BCF (equivalent to approximately 100 mmboe).
Licence P2437 was awarded to the Company in the UK's 30th Licensing Round. It contains the Selene prospect which is estimated to contain unaudited mean GIIP of 509 BCF (equivalent to approximately 90 mmboe) and is located adjacent to Shell operated infrastructure associated with the Barque gas field which exports gas into the Bacton Gas Terminal.
Update on other licenses
The Company operates five further licences in the UK Continental Shelf that were granted in the UK's 30th Offshore Licence round and has commenced an intensive period of technical work including reprocessing of legacy 2D seismic and sub-surface studies to mature a number of highly prospective leads in both the Central and Southern North Sea.
In relation to Licence P2248, the Company is no longer in non-exclusive negotiations with its preferred bidder, as the bidder has been unable to demonstrate the necessary financial capacity to fund the forward work programme within the necessary timeframe. The Company continues to pursue options for funding a well on this license with other potential partners. If the Company runs out of time and a farm out is not agreed and announced by 28 February 2019 the Company will relinquish the licence and seek to re-licence it in the UK's 32nd Offshore Licence round.
The 32nd Offshore Licencing Round is due to commence during mid-2019 and the Company has identified a number of potential opportunities that are complementary to the existing portfolio and, if applications are successful, could provide a number of additional future drilling opportunities.
The Company will provide updates on each of these assets and opportunities in due course.
**ENDS**
For further information please contact the following:
Algy Cluff / Graham Swindells / Andrew Nunn
Allenby Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser & Broker)
David Hart / Alex Brearley / Asha Chotai (Corporate Finance)
Gneiss Energy (Adviser)
Jon Fitzpatrick/Paul Weidman
Camarco Ltd
Tel: +44 (0) 20 37574983
Billy Clegg/James Crothers / Owen Roberts (Financial PR)
Cluff Natural Resources is a natural resources investing company listed on the AIM market on the London Stock Exchange (CLNR.L) primarily focussed on the Southern North Sea gas basin, with a high impact portfolio of operated, high working interest exploration and appraisal assets.
The Company has 100% of Licences P2248 and P2252 in the North Sea gas basin with a significant P50 prospective resource base of 2.4 TCF across 11 prospects with chances of success ranging from 9 to 49%.
The Company was awarded a further six licences in the Southern and Central North Sea by the UK Oil and Gas Authority in the UK's 30th Offshore Licencing Round. These licences contain oil as well as gas prospects and are estimated to contain an additional 1.9 TCF of P50 prospective resource, taking the Company's total resource base to 4.3 TCF. These licences took effect from 1 October 2018.
Cluff Natural Resources is focused on extracting much needed gas from the North Sea to supply the UK's energy mix which is currently heavily reliant on foreign supply. The Company is focussed on securing partners and funding to embark on a drilling campaign on the proven fairways of the Southern North Sea basin.
The Company has a strong institutional investor base and a portfolio which offers a unique opportunity of high quality, low risk and low-cost drilling prospects with potentially high impact results in an area where recent exploration has targeted both mature and new plays and has resulted in large discoveries.
Andrew Nunn, a Chartered Geologist and Chief Operating Officer of CLNR, is a "Qualified Person" in accordance with the Guidance Note for Mining, Oil and Gas Companies, June 2009, of the London Stock Exchange. Andrew has reviewed and approved the information contained within this announcement.
BCF: Billion Cubic Feet
TCF: Trillion Cubic Feet
GIIP: Gas initially in place
Mmboe: Million barrels of oil equivalent
Prospective resources: Are estimated volumes associated with undiscovered accumulations. These represent quantities of petroleum which are estimated, as of a given date, to be potentially recoverable from oil and gas deposits identified on the basis of indirect evidence but which have not yet been drilled.
P50 resource: Reflects a volume estimate that, assuming the accumulation is developed, there is a 50% probability that the quantities actually recovered will equal or exceed the estimate. This is therefore a median or best case estimate of resource.
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#eyesUP: Telling unfinished stories with Travelers Insurance
A dream was shattered because of one bad decision behind the wheel.
Author: Alicia Lewis
Published: 3:59 AM CST December 4, 2018
Updated: 9:23 AM CST December 10, 2018
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. - We've shared countless stories from families who have lost loved ones due to distracted drivers.
One story we've told you was of Phil LaVallee, a Monticello student who was hit by a distracted driver while he was going on his daily run back in 2013.
Now Phil's parents, Amy and Greg, are partnering with Travelers Insurance to share "Phil's Unfinished Story." It's the story of what could have been if the woman who hit Phil decided to not look at her cell phone on that fateful day.
"Every time you talk about his story you relive that day its just a pain that's always there." Amy LaVallee said.
When we first sat down with the LaVallees, they shared the heartbreaking story of their son Phil.
Phil was on scholarship running at South Dakota State. He was home training in 2013, not knowing his mid-day run on County Road 19 would be his last.
"His dream was to go to the 2016 Olympics in Rio and run…and I honestly think he would have done it...he was so hardworking and determined. I believe he could have made it." Amy LaVallee said.
"He was on his daily run and a woman crossed over the center line ..... it was distracted driving." The LaVallees said.
Greg and Amy have partnered with Travelers Insurance on its "Unfinished Stories Distracted Driving Campaign." In Phil's story, the woman driving decided to focus on the road and Phil makes it to Rio -just like he dreamed he would.
"Phil's Unfinished Story" is a glimpse of a life that was taken too soon. It's a part of a grim reality - the reality of countless heartbreaking deaths due to distracted driving on our roads.
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Kedrion Biopharma Expands Immunoglobulin Therapies Portfolio
Fort Lee, New Jersey January 19, 2016
Kedrion Biopharma Expands Immunoglobulin Therapies Portfolio, Gains Commercial Rights in the U.S. to BIVIGAM®, a Recently Approved IGIV Brand
• Kedrion Biopharma Inc., established in the U.S. market in 2011, is an emerging player in the rare disease arena
• The Company aims to build business rapidly through ongoing organic growth of its brand portfolio and strategic partnerships with other industry leaders
• Gaining rights to commercialize BIVIGAM® [Immune Globulin Intravenous (Human), 10% Liquid], is the newest partnership that Kedrion Biopharma has finalized in the U.S.; Kedrion Biopharma acquired RhoGAM® Ultra-Filtered PLUS [Rho(D) Immune Globulin (Human)] (300 μg) in 2012 and owns rights globally
• The BIVIGAM license will be retained by Biotest Pharmaceuticals Corporation
In a move to expand on its growing presence within the United States, Kedrion Biopharma today announced it has gained exclusive rights to commercialize another immunoglobulin (IG) brand—BIVIGAM, a 10 percent liquid licensed by Germany-based Biotest Pharmaceuticals Corporation (ETR:BIO). Kedrion Biopharma Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of Kedrion Biopharma, a world leader in the development and manufacture of therapeutic plasma proteins, headquartered in Lucca, Italy.
BIVIGAM, the most recent entrant into the U.S. immunoglobulin market, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in December, 2012 for the treatment of primary humoral immunodeficiency (PI). Kedrion Biopharma will re-launch BIVIGAM in the U.S. in January, 2016.
The addition of BIVIGAM to the Kedrion Biopharma portfolio expands the company’s immunoglobulin portfolio in the United States. Given the well-established and robust network of distributors associated with Kedrion Biopharma, patients who require BIVIGAM will now have improved access to this brand.
“The number of people being treated for primary immunodeficiency, or PI, continues to rise year after year, thanks to recent and important advances in the awareness and diagnosis of this rare and serious disorder,” said Paolo Marcucci, President and Chief Executive Officer of Kedrion Biopharma. “We also know that PI tends to affect different individuals in various ways. For this reason, it is important for patients and their caregivers to have multiple treatment options from which to choose. We are delighted to now have the opportunity to bring BIVIGAM to patients with PI, while also becoming more deeply engaged every day with the rare disease communities in the United States. This is an exciting time for Kedrion Biopharma.”
Analysts forecast the global market for immunoglobulin will grow at an estimated compound annual growth rate of 6.9 percent, to $5.8 billion by 2019. The United States accounts for the largest share, with 71.4 percent. Following a high number of product approvals between 2003 and late 2012, the United States market witnessed a growth rate of 5.7 percent, from $1.8 billion in 2006 to $2.6 billion in 2012, and is estimated to reach $4 billion by 2019.
About Kedrion Biopharma
Kedrion Biopharma is an international company that collects and fractionates blood plasma to produce and distribute plasma-derived therapeutic products for use in treating and preventing serious diseases, disorders and conditions such as hemophilia, immune system deficiencies and Rh sensitization. Kedrion Biopharma Inc, the US subsidiary of Kedrion Biopharma, is headquartered in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Kedrion Biopharma launched US operations in 2011, but the company’s international roots stretch back several decades in the production of blood and plasma-derived products. Kedrion Biopharma places a high value on the welfare of those who benefit from its products, as well as on the people and the communities it serves.
Additional information about Kedrion Biopharma can be found at www.kedrion.com and www.kedrion.us.
About Biotest
Biotest is a global company that supplies plasma protein products and biotherapeutic drugs. Our products are primarily used in the therapeutic areas of clinical immunology, haematology and intensive care medicine. Within our areas of specialization, we start from pre-clinical and clinical development to manufacturing and global marketing. Biotest manufactures medicinal preparations derived from human blood plasma using advanced biotechnological processes. Biotest develops and markets these immunoglobulin preparations, coagulation factors and albumins, which are used in the treatment of immune systems disorders and haematopoietic diseases. In addition, Biotest also investigates several monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, and cancers of the blood, including multiple myeloma. Additional information about Biotest can be found at www.biotest.com and www.biotest.de.
Kedrion Biopharma Immunoglobulin Portfolio: Expanded to Include Four Brands
The partnership announced today brings the total number of immunoglobulin (IG) therapies in the Kedrion Biopharma portfolio to four. The Company already owns the rights to market GammakedTM, [Immune globulin injection (human), 10% caprylate/chromatography purified], a sucrose-free IG therapy indicated for the treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), primary immunodeficiency (PI) and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). The Company also markets RhoGAM® Ultra-Filtered PLUS [Rho (D) Immune Globulin (Human)] (300 µg) and MICRhoGAM® Ultra-Filtered PLUS [Rho (D) Immune Globulin (Human)] (50 µg).
About Primary Immunodeficiency
Primary immunodeficiency diseases (PI) are a group of more than 250 rare, chronic disorders in which part of the body’s immune system is missing or functions improperly. These diseases, which are not contagious, are caused by hereditary or genetic defects, and, although some disorders present at birth or in early childhood, the disorders can affect anyone, regardless of age or gender. Some affect a single part of the immune system; others may affect one or more components of the system.
And while the diseases may differ, they all share one common feature: each disease results from a defect in one of the functions of the body’s normal immune system. Because one of the most important functions of the normal immune system is to protect us against infection, patients with PI commonly have an increased susceptibility to infection.
About BIVIGAM
Warning: Thrombosis may occur with immune globulin intravenous (IGIV) products, including BIVIGAM. Risk factors may include: advanced age, prolonged immobilization, hypercoagulable conditions, a history of venous or arterial thrombosis, the use of estrogens, indwelling vascular catheters, hyperviscosity and cardiovascular risk factors. Renal dysfunction, acute renal failure, osmotic nephrosis, and death may occur with the administration of Immune Globulin Intravenous (Human) (IGIV) products in predisposed patients. Renal dysfunction and acute renal failure occur more commonly in patients receiving IGIV products containing sucrose. BIVIGAM does not contain sucrose. For patients at risk of thrombosis, renal dysfunction, or renal failure, administer BIVIGAM at the minimum dose recommended and infusion rate practicable. Ensure adequate hydration in patients before administrations. Monitor for signs and symptoms of thrombosis and assess blood viscosity in patients at risk for hyperviscosity. See full Prescribing Information for complete boxed warning.
BIVIGAM [Immune Globulin Intravenous (Human), 10% Liquid] is indicated for the treatment of primary humoral immunodeficiency (PI). This includes, but is not limited to, the humoral immune defect in common variable immunodeficiency (CVID), X-linked agammaglobulinemia, congenital agammaglobulinemia, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, and severe combined immunodeficiencies.
BIVIGAM is contraindicated in patients who have had an anaphylactic or severe systemic reaction to the administration of human immune globulin and in IgA-deficient patients with antibodies to IgA and history of hypersensitivity.
Hyperproteinemia, increased serum viscosity, and hyponatremia or pseudohyponatremia can occur in patients receiving IGIV therapy.
Aseptic meningitis syndrome (AMS) has been reported with IGIV treatments; AMS may occur more frequently in association with high doses (2 g/kg) and/or rapid infusion of IGIV.
As hemolysis can develop subsequent to treatment with IGIV products, monitor patients for hemolysis and hemolytic anemia.
Monitor patients for pulmonary adverse reactions (transfusion-related acute lung injury [TRALI]). If TRALI is suspected, test the product and patient for antineutrophil antibodies.
Because BIVIGAM is made from human blood, it may carry a risk of transmitting infectious agents, e.g., viruses, and theoretically, the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) agent.
Serious adverse reactions observed in clinical trial subjects receiving BIVIGAM were vomiting and dehydration in one subject. The most common adverse reactions to BIVIGAM (reported in ≥ 5% of clinical study subject) were headache, fatigue, infusion site reaction, nausea, sinusitis, blood pressure increase, diarrhea, dizziness, and lethargy.
For more information about BIVIGAM please see full Prescribing Information.
About GAMMAKED
Warning: Thrombosis may occur with immune globulin products, including GAMMAKED. Risk factors may include: advanced age, prolonged immobilization, hypercoagulable conditions, history of venous or arterial thrombosis, use of estrogens, indwelling vascular catheters, hyperviscosity, and cardiovascular risk factors. Thrombosis may occur in the absence of known risk factors. For patients at risk of thrombosis, administer GAMMAKED at the minimum dose and infusion rate practicable. Ensure adequate hydration in patients before administration. Monitor for signs and symptoms of thrombosis and assess blood viscosity in patients at risk for hyperviscosity. Renal dysfunction, acute renal failure, osmotic nephrosis and death may occur with immune globulin intravenous (IGIV) products in predisposed patients. Renal dysfunction and acute renal failure occur more commonly in patients receiving IGIV products containing sucrose. GAMMAKED does not contain sucrose. For patients at risk of renal dysfunction or failure, administer GAMMAKED at the minimum concentration available and the minimum infusion rate practicable. See full Prescribing Information for complete boxed warning.
GAMMAKED is a 10% liquid immune globulin injection (human) indicated for the treatment of Primary Humoral Immunodeficiency (PI), Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP).
GAMMAKED is contraindicated in individuals with acute severe hypersensitivity reactions to Immune Globulin (Human). GAMMAKED is also contraindicated in IgA deficient patients with antibodies against IgA and history of hypersensitivity.
IgA deficient patients with antibodies against IgA are at greater risk of developing severe hypersensitivity and anaphylactic reactions. Have epinephrine available immediately to treat any acute severe hypersensitivity reactions.
Monitor renal function, including blood urea nitrogen, serum creatinine, and urine output in patients at risk of developing acute renal failure.
Hyperproteinemia, increased serum viscosity, and hyponatremia may occur in patients receiving IGIV therapy.
Thrombotic events have been reported in association with IGIV. Patients at risk for thrombotic events may include those with a history of atherosclerosis, multiple cardiovascular risk factors, advanced age, impaired cardiac output, coagulation disorders, prolonged periods of immobilization and/or known or suspected hyperviscosity.
Aseptic Meningitis Syndrome (AMS) has been reported with GAMMAKED and other IGIV treatments, especially with high doses or rapid infusion. There have been reports of noncardiogenic pulmonary edema [Transfusion-Related Acute Lung Injury (TRALI)], hemolytic anemia, and aseptic meningitis in patients administered IGIV.
The high dose regimen (1g/kg x 1-2 days) is not recommended for individuals with expanded fluid volumes or where fluid volume may be a concern.
GAMMAKED is made from human plasma. Because this product is made from human plasma, it may carry a risk of transmitting infectious agents, e.g., viruses, and, theoretically, the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) agent.
GAMMAKED is not approved for subcutaneous use in ITP patients. Due to a potential risk of hematoma formation, do not administer GAMMAKED subcutaneously in patients with ITP.
Serious adverse reactions which occurred in the clinical trials were an exacerbation of autoimmune pure red cell aplasia in one subject and pulmonary embolism in one subject with a history of PE.
The most common adverse reactions observed in ≥5% patients were:
PI: Intravenous: Headache, cough, injection site reaction, nausea, pharyngitis and urticaria.
Subcutaneous: Infusion site reactions, headache, fatigue, arthralgia and pyrexia.
ITP: Headache, vomiting, fever, nausea, back pain and rash.
CIDP: Headache, fever, chills, hypertension, rash, nausea and asthenia.
For more information about GAMMAKED please see full Prescribing Information.
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Pulse #3, New ideas to challenge daily mobility
For the first time in France, public transport, parking services and a bike-sharing scheme have been included in one, comprehensive transport contract. The decision of Dijon’s public transport authority to renew its confidence in Keolis is proof of the Group’s expertise across every aspect of the mobility chain.
Keolis Canada offers a large range of transport services in Quebec, distinguishing itself through its comprehensive management of the Orléans Express intercity transport network. It is the only Keolis subsidiary to be responsible for services covering the full length of its passenger offer and to have complete responsibility for any associated risks.
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Thanks to its "Thinking like a passenger" approach and extensive expertise in automated metros, Keolis was awarded the operating contract for the London Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in late 2014. The Group’s innovative action plan was instrumental in achieving and maintaining an outstanding level of operational performance and customer satisfaction since it began running the network.
Keolife was designed and implemented to structure the Group’s strategy of continuous improvement. Based on proven fundamentals, Keolife provides a shared framework for all Keolis’ subsidiaries to improve their performance for the benefit of passengers and public transport authorities alike.
Keolife: our continuous improvement approach
Deployed in each of Keolis’ 300 subsidiaries – irrespective of transport mode, size or country of implementation – the KeoLife continuous improvement programme is built around seven workstreams. Each workstream is divided into several focus areas, with a set of shared standards and KPIs defined by the Group’s business areas. Self-assessment tools enable each subsidiary to gauge how well it’s doing and identify its strengths and avenues for improvement, in line with its performance and the local business environment. KeoLife provides the framework for each subsidiary to structure its approach, build specific action plans and track its own progress.
The Konformité programme
In 2013, we added a business ethics component to KeoLife. Known as Konformité, this programme covers three fields of action: strict adherence to free and fair competition, prevention of corruption and fraud and protection of personal data. Whether dealing with customers, suppliers and service providers or all stakeholders, the programme uses simple and practical terms to describe right and wrong types of behaviour, both according to the law and by the Group's ethical business standards.
In 2017, we reinforced our system to fight corruption with a dedicated code of conduct and a professional whistleblowing system.
A collaborative approach that reflects our ‘One Keolis’ vision
Reflecting our One Keolis vision, KeoLife builds on a collaborative approach that encourages all subsidiaries to share best practices and draw inspiration from each other’s successful experiences to develop their own action plans. For example, the visualisation room, initially created by Yarra Trams in Australia, was adopted in 2015 by our Nottingham subsidiary (UK) and has since been duplicated by several subsidiaries, such as in Angers, Valence and Boston.
As proof of its success, the KeoLife programme, launched in 2013, is now an integral part of how we operate. Keolis UK uses the seven Keolife workstreams to structure its reporting, and many other subsidiaries use it as a performance tool which they share with their public transport authority.
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Baby born at Chick-fil-A receives free meals for life, job offer
Updated: 11:23 AM CDT Jul 20, 2018
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A baby girl who was born at a Texas Chick-fil-A location Tuesday will get free meals for life from the fast-food chain and has a guaranteed job when she's old enough.This little nugget, Gracelyn Griffin, couldn't wait for her parents to get to the hospital.Falon and Robert Griffin were on their way there when they stopped at a closed Chick-fil-A location to use the bathroom."I didn't know I was going to have a baby in there! I was going to the restroom," Falon Griffin told KSAT.A store manager helped the couple and called 911, but Gracelyn was born before emergency personnel arrived. Mom and baby were healthy at the hospital as of Thursday.
San Antonio, TEXAS —
A baby girl who was born at a Texas Chick-fil-A location Tuesday will get free meals for life from the fast-food chain and has a guaranteed job when she's old enough.
This little nugget, Gracelyn Griffin, couldn't wait for her parents to get to the hospital.
Chick-fil-A threw this man a 100th birthday party and gave him free meals for life
Falon and Robert Griffin were on their way there when they stopped at a closed Chick-fil-A location to use the bathroom.
"I didn't know I was going to have a baby in there! I was going to the restroom," Falon Griffin told KSAT.
A store manager helped the couple and called 911, but Gracelyn was born before emergency personnel arrived. Mom and baby were healthy at the hospital as of Thursday.
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Home » Bulldogs make it 5 straight with win over Oberlin
Bulldogs make it 5 straight with win over Oberlin
Special To The Daily News
OBERLIN – The Jennings Bulldogs ran their winning streak to five straight earlier in the week with an impressive 12-6 victory over Oberlin.
The Bulldogs (6-4) belted out eight hits on the evening, including three for extra bases.
Kolby Britt led the charge with two knocks and two RBI. Payton Mitchell and Kye Cary each had one hit and two RBI. Mitchell’s hit was a double.
Kole Myers tripled and drove in one run, Kamron Richard and Luke Benoit each singled and had one RBI and Nick Zeman rounded out the offense with a single.
Ian Mullen started the game on the mound for the Bulldogs and surrendered five runs on six hits and four walks. He struck out three in three innings.
Zeman pitched the final four innings, allowing one run on one hit and one walk. He struck out six over the final four innings.
The Bulldogs return to action today when they travel to Fairview for a 5 p.m. contest.
Fairview will then turn around and play Jennings at home Friday at 5:30 p.m., weather permitting
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Getting the Most Out of an Interim Position
August 2 2018 • by Maryse Boyce
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You have accepted an interim position, for example replacing someone on maternity leave. This is often the opportunity to show what you are capable of to a potential employer… who won’t let you go! How to get the most out of an interim position.
“You have to view an interim position as a probation,” insists Caroline Boyce, director of talent acquisition at American Iron & Metal. “If you leave with the idea that your position is temporary and you are just passing through, you will not get the most out of it.”
The prevailing attitude is therefore one of engagement. “An interim position is the beginning of a process to make you indispensable,” continues Caroline Boyce. “If you are pleasant, create relationships with your colleagues, are interested in the company and have its interests at hears, even if it’s temporary… there are permanent employees that never get to that point!”
So its a great way to stand out and pave the way for a permanent position. It was by filling in as a 3-month replacement that Mrs. Boyce began her career in human resources management more than ten years ago.
Marie-Pier Lauzon can testify to that. Engaged to complete the maternity leave of the coordinator at Culture Cible, a Montreal cultural media cooperative, when the first temp had just left, she was offered a position at the end of her contract.
“Up until a month before the coordinator returned, there was no position available for her,” says Marc-André Mongrain, president of Culture Cible. “It was really due to the candidate’s quality that we thought we had to find a way to keep her.” The staff therefore reshaped the division of tasks within the cooperative in order to take her on permanently.
For Mrs. Lauzon, the interim contract let her add concrete experience to her resume in a field that she was interested in, but for which she had not studied. “I thought I had 6 months to learn as much as I could,” she recalls. “I really invested myself in this.” It was this motivation that made the difference in her career.
However, all interim contracts do not lead to permanent positions. The main thing, whatever the outcome, is “to finish your contract,” emphasizes Caroline Boyce. “So you come out with the feeling of a job completed and a good reference, which will help you find either a permanent position or another interim post.”
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Karen Bao plays Scriabin Sonata in G sharp minor, Opus 19
Mayumi Tsuchida performs the Schumann Fantasy in C Major, Opus 17, first movement
Serene Han performs Chopin Etude in C major, opus 10 no.1
Serene Han performs Chopin Etude in C Major, Op.10 #1
Leyla Kabuli performs Black Earth by Fazil Say
Leyla Kabuli, age 16, performs a moving tribute for Syrian Refugees, on "From the Top"
Christine Kim performs Chopin Nocturne in B major, Opus 62 #1
Christine performing in Sol Joseph Hall at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Hilda Huang performs the Italian Concerto BWV 971 by Bach
Recorded live at Noontime Concerts, San Francisco, May 18, 2013.
Catherine Xu performs Prokofiev Sonata No. 6 Opus 82
Catherine Xu, age 16, performs the Vivace movement of the Prokofiev Sonata No. 6 in…
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Matthew performs at the 2011 Marin Music Chest Winners Concert at San Domenico School.
Hilda Huang performs Brahms Piano Trio in B Major
Hilda performs at YoungArts Week 2013 in Miami Florida, with violinist Kelly Talim and cellist…
Katarina Lee performs Liszt’s Rigoletto Paraphrase
Katarina performs at the 2013 Marin Music Chest Winners Concert, San Domenico School.
Alice Zhu performs Beethoven Piano Trio, Opus 11
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Louis Durra performs “Exactly Like You” by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields
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Carlos Avila performs the Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableau, Opus 39 #1
Carlos performs at the 2011 Montreal International Piano Competition.
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Tristan at 2012 Music@Menlo Festival with violinists Alyssa Wang, Timothy Le; Emily Liu viola, and…
Phoebe Wu performs Variations in Bb minor, opus 3, by Karol Szymanowski
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Tanya Gabrielian performs the Handel-Liszt Chaconne and Sarabande from “Almira’
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Andrea Lim performs the Kapustin Concert Etude No. 6
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Rieko Tsuchida – Ravel ‘Ondine’
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Badgers announce start times and TV information for most 2018-'19 men's hoops games
UW opens the regular season at 7 p.m. on Nov. 6 against visiting Coppin State. The Big Ten opener is set for 7 p.m. Nov. 30 at Iowa.
Badgers announce start times and TV information for most 2018-'19 men's hoops games UW opens the regular season at 7 p.m. on Nov. 6 against visiting Coppin State. The Big Ten opener is set for 7 p.m. Nov. 30 at Iowa. Check out this story on jsonline.com: https://jsonl.in/2M4MWp2
Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 3:53 p.m. CT Sept. 6, 2018 | Updated 11:44 p.m. CT Sept. 6, 2018
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MADISON -- Start times and TV information for the majority of Wisconsin's men's basketball games in 2018-'19 were revealed Thursday.
SCHEDULE UPDATE:@BigTenNetwork has announced times and TV info for 2018-19, which means we're another step closer to hoops
Check our updated schedule 👇
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— Wisconsin Basketball (@BadgerMBB) September 6, 2018
The Big Ten announced tip times and TV information for all of the league's teams on Thursday.
UW opens the season against visiting Coppin State, at 7 p.m. on Nov. 6. UW opens Big Ten play against host Iowa, at 7 p.m. on Nov. 30.
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Angry residents vow to block controversial new link road in Kildare Town adding 1km to some school runs
Hundreds of residents in Kildare town have vowed to fight a proposed new local Link Road which will cut off vehicles from a current direct access route to the town centre as well as to schools and shops.
A public meeting was held recently on the Kildare Town Northern Link and South Green Area Access Improvement Scheme.
Under an emerging preferred route, residents in the large Loughminane residential area will see Green Road access to the town centre cut off to vehicles, and a link road will be built which involves a estimated 1km detour from the Carmelite graveyard through two fields to the R445 Monasterevin Road.
See the proposed Route here:
A public information event involving staff from the Kildare Co Council's Roads, Transportation & Public Safety Department and from AECOM Consulting Engineers took place at Kildare Education Centre last week.
One resident said: “We welcome the improvement of existing roads and junctions but this preferred route will be a major inconvenience.
“Many vehicles use the existing Green Road route every day to access schools, shops, filling stations and the town centre area.
“This proposed route will also add more distance and more time for every day journeys by families including school runs.
“The last thing people want is to sit in traffic for longer periods, especially if they already commute long distances to work.”
Residents are being urged to send objections to the route to the council and to lobby their local councillors and TDs.
Kildare County Council said that a Northern Link for Kildare Town has been identified under a number of roads objectives in the Kildare Town Local Area Plan (LAP) 2012-2018 “to provide access to the motorway and railway station without the need to travel through the town centre”.
The proposed Kildare Town Northern Link aims to meet this objective by improving the road infrastructure between R415 Station Road and R445 Monasterevin Road via a route to the north-west of the Town Centre.
A Council spokesperson said: “The Northern Link will bring a number of benefits to Kildare Town and its inhabitants including reduced journey times, improved road cross-section with appropriate pedestrian and cyclist facilities, and reduced traffic congestion in the Town Centre, which will facilitate both wider public realm improvements and the protection of the heritage and character of the Town Centre.
“The proposed South Green Area Access Improvement Scheme will provide improved connectivity between the South Green Area, north of the Dublin-Cork/Galway railway line, and Kildare Town.”
The Kildare Town Local Area Plan 2012-2018 has identified that lands in the South Green Area “will facilitate the appropriate development of a sustainable new neighbourhood in the town over a 15–20 year period”.
“The LAP has also identified the need to improve the road infrastructure between the South Green Area and the Town Centre including the need to develop high quality pedestrian and cyclist linkages.
“The proposed scheme will provide the necessary improvements to road infrastructure to accommodate the growth and development potential in the South Green Area over the coming years including the replacement of South Green Road Railway Bridge.”
Consultants said the preferred route will reduce car congestion and enhance the attractiveness of Kildare Town centre.
Kildare County Council said would acquire any lands necessary through the Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) process.
See more information here:
A copy of the emerging preferred route may be inspected until July 10 at Kildare Town Library and Kildare Co Council’s offices in Naas.
A copy of the emerging preferred route will also be available to view on KCC’s website www.kildare.ie/countycouncil.
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Red Day
Keller Williams Preferred Properties of Upper Marlboro
Email240-737-5000
Patricia Long
Interim Team Leader/Broker
Office 240-737-5000 ext. 5002
Email patricialong@kw.com
Pat is a native Washingtonian, and a long time resident of Fort Washington, MD located in Prince George’s County. She is the broker/owner of Keller Williams Preferred Properties located in Largo, Maryland. Pat has 28 years of real estate experience, and is licensed in Maryland, DC, and VA. She began her career as a real estate agent in 1991 with ERA Nyman Realty and has successfully managed offices for Coldwell Banker Stevens and Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. Pat has won numerous sales and leadership awards, including the Prince George’s County Association of Realtors (PGCAR) Distinguished Sales Club, and Keller Williams Realty International “Black Belt Recruiter”. February 2019, Pat was inducted into the prestigious Keller Williams Realty International Team Leader Hall of Fame.
Under Pat’s leadership, in June 2004, Keller Williams Preferred Properties, opened its doors with twenty-eight (28) agents in Largo, Maryland. Today, she leads the day-to-day operations of the 500+ brokerage, and is the key to the brokerage’s success. Keller Williams Preferred Properties has closed over $3 billion dollars in sales volume, and profit shared more than $3 million dollars with its associates. Recently, Keller Williams Preferred Properties listed nationally in Real Trends 500 Rankings, in five categories: Closed Transaction Sides, Closed Sales Volume, Closed Units, Top Movers by Transaction Percentage, and Top Movers by Sales Volume Percentage. The Washington Business Journal named Keller Williams Preferred Properties as one of the top 20 largest residential real estate companies in Greater DC ranked by Metro-area sales volume in 2018. Keller Williams Preferred Properties is #30 in profit of 800+ Keller Williams’ brokerages nationwide. Keller Williams Preferred Properties is the undisputed number one brokerage in Prince George’s County in closed sales volume, and closed units (source, Broker Metrics and MLS Data 1/1/2018-12/31/2018).
Pat holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Speech Pathology from Howard University, is a member of Mt. Ennon Baptist Church, an avid reader, and is a Blue Ribbon Prince George’s County Fair award winner for her “Almost Famous” chocolate chip cookies. She enjoys time at home with her husband of thirty five years Clinton Long, and visiting her artist daughter Lindsay Long, (a proud graduate of Suitland High School) at her home in Brooklyn, New York.
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GISRUK 2012
Pre-Conference Workshop
Stan Openshaw
Special Session in Celebration of Stan Openshaw’s Work
A special session is being arranged at GISRUK 2012 to celebrate the work and career of Stan Openshaw. Sadly Stan was retired from his post as a professor of human geography at the University of Leeds back in the year 2000 following a severe stroke. No event has yet been held in celebration of the brilliant and remarkable contributions Stan made to geography. Stan turned 65 in August and although wheel chair bound and still unable to talk much, he is very keen to come to GISRUK for something of a celebration in the hope of also meeting up with friends. The plan is that Stan will join the conference on the Friday, peruse the posters and enjoy the atmosphere of GISRUK, assist in some of the prize giving, and be present for the special session in his honour. Details of this special session are yet to be worked out, but if you are interested in contributing ideas or something of a presentation, please contact Andy Turner (a.g.d.turner@leeds.ac.uk) at the University of Leeds in the first instance.
Stan spent about 25 years based at Newcastle University before moving to Leeds in 1992. A pioneer of the GIS revolution, Stan pushed the development and application of geo-technology to address problems facing society. He was inspirational to many researchers and students and the legacy of his work continues to inspire newcomers to GIS research related fields. Stan was a brilliant communicator and few would forget his presentation style that was energetic and involved something of a bombardment of visual snapshots that were always thought provoking and questioning. A bibliography of Stan’s work and details of projects he was involved with are being linked from his CCG web page and from his Wikipedia biography page. We hope that some of Stan’s contemporaries and students will join us for the day so that we can reminisce, develop a collection of personal messages for Stan, perhaps clarify some of the history and also consider the work Stan contributed to and its and our future
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Asus Transformer Book T300 Chi (Full-HD 2015) Review
By Sam Rutherford | April 28, 2015
Better battery life than QHD model; Elegant aluminum design; Runs cooler; Detachable Bluetooth keyboard
Slower CPU ; Poor audio; No full-size USB port
The $699 Transformer Book T300 Chi is the better version of Asus' two tablet-laptop hybrids, but its battery life is still a little underwhelming.
Each of the growing number of 2-in-1 Windows hybrids has one big question to answer: Can it replace your laptop while offering the convenience of a tablet? Asus' T300 Chi offers a traditional laptop experience, featuring a 12.5-inch screen, a solid keyboard and a sleek aluminum clamshell design, but when you tug hard on the screen, it transforms into a Core M-powered tablet. Competitors like the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 and Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 13 start with a tablet design and tack on functionality with keyboard add-ons, but they also offer compelling experiences. So how does this $699 Transformer Book stack up against other Windows 2-in-1s, not to mention its more expensive $899 QHD sibling?
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The T300 Chi's gorgeous aluminum body makes it look like it costs well over $700. From top to bottom, the Transformer Book features a matte sapphire-blue anodized finish accented by a shiny Asus logo in the middle of the lid and a thin, silver ribbon along the edge.
Inside, the 12.5-inch tablet attaches to its keyboard dock using magnets strong enough to keep the parts attached no matter how you hold them. It's a much stronger connection than the one between the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 and its Type Cover, but without the need for the physical latch seen on more rugged (and bulky) 2-in-1s.
The bottom returns to a smooth sea of blue. If you're looking for fans, be warned that there aren't any. The T300 Chi's use of Intel's Core M processor means there's no need for anything more than passive cooling.
Measuring 12.5 x 7.5 x 0.4-0.6-inches and weighing 3.2 pounds when combined with its keyboard, the T300 Chi weighs the same as the Lenovo Tablet 2 13 with its keyboard, but it's heavier than the Surface Pro 3 with its Type Cover (2.4 pounds).
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Alone, the tablet measures just 0.3 inches thick and weighs just 1.6 pounds, which is thinner and lighter than the Surface Pro 3 (0.36 inches and 1.7 pounds) and the Lenovo Tablet 2 13 (0.31 to 0.9 inches and 2.27 pounds) without their keyboards.
The T300 Chi's detachable Bluetooth keyboard features a power switch on the top left, a micro-USB port on the left side, a spacious keyboard and a small but usable touchpad.
The keyboard has a highly tactile actuation force of 63 grams, with a modest 1.3 millimeters of travel, which allowed me to hit 83 words per minute on my first run-through of the 10fastfingers.com typing test.
The touchpad measures 3.5 x 1.75 inches, which means it isn't as large as the pad on the Yoga Tablet 2 13 (3.75 x 2 inches), but it's a tiny bit bigger than the one on the Surface Pro 3's Type Cover (3.5 x 1.7 inches).
While I'd like a little more room to move around, gestures such as two-finger scrolling and pinch-to-zoom were quick and responsive. As with the quad-HD version, the touchpad also takes a second to wake up after a period of inactivity.
The full-HD T300 Chi features a 12.5-inch 1920 x 1080-pixel display that isn't quite as bright as the quad-HD model but has more neutral color balance. That means that when I watched the trailer for the upcoming James Bond movie Spectre, I didn't run into the overly saturated yellows I saw on the quad-HD model, and instead could concentrate on the preview without any distractions.
When measured with a light meter, the screen produced 330 nits of brightness. That's a little short of the quad-HD model's 366 nits and the tablet average of 341 nits, but ahead of the Surface Pro 3 (298) and the Lenovo Tablet 2 13 (324).
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Sadly, the full-HD model's color range covered only 70 percent of the sRGB spectrum, which is worse than the quad-HD model (115 percent), the Surface Pro 3 (97 percent) and the Lenovo Tablet 2 13 (78 percent).
The display also supports Asus' $40 Active Stylus Pen.
I like that Asus outfitted the T300 Chi with stereo SonicMaster speakers, but the quality of the audio they produce is less than stellar.
Even after I tried all the preset listening modes in the Audio Wizard software, Empire of the Sun's "DNA" still sounded tinny and shallow, as if it were being played over an intercom system.
On the Laptop Mag Heat Test (15 minutes of streaming HD video from Hulu), the hottest spot on the full-HD T300 Chi (back right of tablet) reached only 91 degrees Fahrenheit. That's well within our 95-degree comfort threshold and in stark contrast to the quad-HD model, which reached 101 degrees on the same test.
Unfortunately, like its quad-HD sibling, the full-HD T300 Chi lacks a full-size USB port. That omission makes it difficult to recommend the Transformer Book as a true laptop replacement. Instead, the tablet has a micro-USB port and a micro-HDMI port on the right side, and a microSD card reader on the back.
In front, the T300 Chi features an HD webcam that takes photos at 1280 x 720p. Pictures often came out a little dark and grainy, and in a selfie taken in our well-lit office, the camera turned the walls from white to beige and failed to capture much of the detail in my hair.
The full-HD T300 Chi has an 800-MHz Intel Core M 5Y10 CPU, 4GB of RAM and a 128GB solid-state drive, which means the main difference between this version and the quad-HD model is the full-HD version's slower CPU (800 MHz vs. 1.2 GHz on the quad-HD model) and smaller amount of RAM (4GB vs. 8GB). In everyday use, there was almost no difference between the two models when I browsed the Web with six tabs open in Chrome, but when I streamed a 1080p video from YouTube while installing a game, I noticed a couple of instances of lag and slowness.
When we ran Geekbench 3 to evaluate overall system performance, the full-HD T300 Chi scored 4,319. As expected, that's about 30 percent slower than the quad-HD T300 Chi (5,759). When compared to other tablets, the full-HD T300 Chi finished behind the Intel Core i5-powered Surface Pro 3 (5,665) but ahead of the Intel Atom-powered Lenovo Tablet 2 13 (3,564) and the category average of 2,404.
It took the full-HD T300 Chi 7 minutes and 5 seconds to use OpenOffice to match 20,000 names and addresses. That's faster than the lethargic Lenovo Tablet 2 13 (21:00) and the category average of 14:23, but slower than the quad-HD T300 Chi and the Surface Pro 3 (both took 4:43).
The full-HD T300 Chi's 128GB SSD is the same as the one found on the quad-HD model, resulting in nearly identical transfer rates. The full-HD model duplicated 4.97GB of mixed media files in 2 minutes, for a rate of 42.2 MBps, versus the quad-HD's rate of 41.7 MBps. The Surface Pro 3 was more than three times as fast (145.4 MBps), while the Lenovo Tablet 2 13 finished slightly behind, at 39.5 MBps.
Although the full-HD T300 Chi features a slightly less powerful CPU than the $899 quad-HD model, it has the same Intel HD 5300 Graphics and a lower-resolution (1920 x 1080p) display. This means overall graphics power ends up being about the same, and when I played Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft at medium settings and native resolution, I couldn't discern a difference in performance between the full-HD and quad-HD models.
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Benchmarks from 3DMark's Fire Strike graphics test showed similar results, with the full-HD model scoring 527, versus the quad-HD model's 535. Both versions of the T300 Chi also scored higher than the Surface Pro 3 (459) and the tablet average of 298.
In World of Warcraft at 1366 x 768p and auto settings, the T300 Chi had an average frame rate of 36 frames per second, which is lower than the Surface Pro 3 (41 fps) but much higher than the Tablet 2 13 (6 fps).
The biggest weakness of the quad-HD T300 Chi was its poor battery life. On the Laptop Mag Battery Test (continuous Web surfing at 100 nits of screen brightness), the 2560 x 1440p model lasted just 5 hours and 31 minutes on a charge. The 1920 x 1080p full-HD version ups its runtime by an hour and a half to 6:57, but that's still far short of the 8:21 tablet average. The Microsoft Surface Pro 3 and the Lenovo Tablet 2 13 also lasted longer than the full-HD version of the T300 Chi, at 7:27 and 10:36, respectively.
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The only alternative to this $699 model is an $899 version featuring a higher-res 2560 x 1440p quad-HD display, a faster Intel Core M-5Y71 CPU, 8GB of RAM and the same 128GB SSD (see our full review here).
Software and Warranty
The T300 Chi comes with a relatively clean installation of Windows 8.1. There are a few preloaded apps, such as Netflix, iHeart Radio and Flipboard, as well as some Asus utilities, such as PhotoDirector, Live Update and Chi keyboard power monitor. The most important app is Asus WebStorage, which gives you access to the free 500GB of cloud storage that comes with the system.
The T300 Chi comes with a standard one-year warranty, but if you want an extended warranty, you'll have to get it from the retailer (Best Buy, Amazon, Microsoft Store, etc.) instead of Asus itself.
The choice between the two T300 models is easy. It's nice that the $899 model has a 2560 x 1440p quad-HD screen, but it costs $200 more than the base model and has just 5.5 hours of battery life. The $699 T300 Chi has a slower CPU, but it's still fast enough for typical use and retains all of the other features that make the new Transformer Books so great: a lovely aluminum chassis, a bright touch screen and a full-size detachable keyboard. The $699 model even runs cooler and lasts 1.5 hours longer on a charge.
The base model of the T300 Chi offers a significant performance advantage and a much better keyboard than you'll find on other 2-in-1s like the Lenovo Tablet 2 13. The Surface Pro 3 is faster, but it's also way more expensive -- $999 for the cheapest Core i5 model and a Type Cover keyboard. A similarly specced non-Pro Surface 3 with a Type Cover costs only a touch more, at $730, but it still lacks the traditional keyboard found on the Asus. While it's not quite a laptop killer -- and it's pricier than the average tablet -- the $699 T300 Chi is a good choice for someone who wants the best of both worlds.
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My Favorite Room: Natalie Morales welcomes you into her kitchen — and doesn’t fret about the mess
“I’m not one of those people where everything has to be perfect and in its place. I think that’s when you really feel like it’s a comfortable house,” Morales says.
(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
By Arielle Paul
Faced with a cross-country move to Los Angeles two years ago, news anchor Natalie Morales immediately fell in love with her Brentwood home, just from looking at the online photos.
“When I saw this kitchen, the tiles and the giant island, I was sold right away on this house,” Morales, 45, said.
Since moving into the 6,500-square-foot home, the spacious, sky-toned kitchen has become the stage for her culinary self-discovery.
Morales, best known as the West Coast anchor of NBC’s “Today” show and host of entertainment show “Access,” has turned to her new California-inspired kitchen as a place to relax, polish her favorite recipes and write.
“I love to cook. I’m one of those people who loves to let everything go, let my cares fall away and work on perfecting cooking,” she said. “It’s my place to find myself.”
Her love of cooking inspired her first cookbook, “At Home With Natalie,” which will be released April 17.
“My kitchen is a kitchen I use.... I’m not one of those people where everything has to be perfect,” says the “Today” news anchor and “Access Hollywood” host.
Morales’ cookbook is due out soon.
She describes her aesthetic style as “California, very comforting and welcoming.”
Morales had help from an interior designer.
Morales “grew up learning to cook through osmosis,” at her mother’s side.
What are some of your favorite design elements in your new kitchen?
The fact that it’s very open and blends into the great room — that’s something I’ve always dreamed of. I love the double stove-top, and the double refrigerator is pretty incredible. I never thought I was going to fill them up, but inevitably they’re both overflowing with leftovers.
How would you describe your aesthetic style?
California, very comforting and welcoming. My kitchen is a kitchen I use. It’s always dirty at the end of the day; there are always plates everywhere, and I’m not one of those people where everything has to be perfect and in its place. I think that’s when you really feel like it’s a comfortable house. Nothing is too precious; everything is replaceable.
Did you decorate yourself?
I had help from Tim Clarke, an interior designer from Santa Monica. He’s really great with the California design aesthetic and worked within our budget.
You’ve moved quite a bit in your life. What are some of your favorite kitchen items that have followed you from house to house?
My pots and pans and knives — every cook’s staples. The cookbooks that I’ve collected over the years, some of which I’ve found on my travels. I have some from Spain and some by friends, like Giada [De Laurentiis]. In some ways I feel like I have my friends in my kitchen with me.
How have your family heritage and traditions influenced you and your kitchen?
I’m Puerto Rican and Brazilian, so there is a lot of Latin influence coming from a big family where gatherings always involve food as the centerpiece. Overall, I grew up learning to cook through osmosis, watching my mother in the kitchen and always being by her side helping her.
What are some of your favorite meals or dishes to prepare in here?
Slow-cooker ropa vieja (which literally means “old clothes”), Moroccan turkey chili, tortilla española, empanadas and flan straight from my mom. What I love about cooking Latin food is it has a lot of really flavorful spices and ingredients that are really fresh. The only thing is sometimes it can be very heavy or fattening, so I try to find ways to make it a little bit leaner and lighter.
What is one of your fondest memories in here so far?
Hosting a Christmas party recently with some of my colleagues from the “Today” show. We had a blast. Everything was open, music was playing, lots of wine flowing, and the food was great. It was nice to share the house with other people after being welcomed by everyone when we moved here.
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Keanu Reeves and director Jeffrey Nachmanoff test the patience of hardcore science fiction fans and casual moviegoers alike in a film that answers the question, “Is it possible for a theatrically released feature film in the year 2019 A.D. to have worse CGI than the Sharknado series?” Click here for my review of Replicas (released January 11, 2019).
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Gryphon Editions Classics of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
The following are books published by Gryphon Editions in the Classics of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Library. Included in the Classics of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science are books about psychology, psychiatry and the treatment of mental diseases.
Each book in this series is bound in full genuine leather.
Note: Some titles may now be discontinued!
Text Book of Psychiatry by Eugen Bleuler - 1988
The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton - 1988
Mental Maladies : A Treatise on Insanity by Etienne Esquirol - 1988
The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud - 1988
The Principles of Psychology by William James - 2 volumes - 1988
Lectures on Clinical Psychiatry by Emil Kraepelin - 1988
A Treatise on Insanity by Phillippe Pinel - 1988
Medical Inquiries and Observations, on the Diseases of the Mind by Benjamin Rush - 1988
Bodily Changes in Pain, Hunger, Fear and Rage: an Account of Recent Researches Into the Function of Emotional Excitement by Walter B Cannon - 1989
The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals With Photographic and Other Illustrations by Charles Darwin - 1989
Mental Pathology and Therapeutics by Wilhelm Griesinger - 1989
Observations on Madness and Melancholy by John Haslam - 1989
The Psychology of Dementia Praecox by C. G. Jung (Carl Gustav Jung) - 1989
A Treatise on the Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity by Isaac Ray - 1989
Dementia Praecox and Paraphrenia / Manic-Depressive Insanity and Paranoia by Emil Kraepelin - 1989
Psychology from the Standpoint of a Behaviorist by John B Watson - 1989
Studies in Hysteria by Josef Breuer; Sigmund Freud; A. A. Brill - 1990
The Treatment of the Insane without Mechanical Restraints by John Conolly - 1990
Sexual Inversion by Havelock Ellis - 1990
Malleus Maleficarum (The Witches' Hammer or The Hammer of Witches) by Heinrich Kramer - 1990
Physique and Character : An Investigation of the Nature of Constitution and of the Theory of Temperament by Ernst Kretschmer - 1990
Speech and Brain-mechanisms by Wilder Penfield and Lamar Roberts - 1990
Psycho Diagnostics : A Diagnostics Test Based on Perception. Including Rorschach's Paper 'the Application of the Form Interpretation Test by Hermann Rorschach - 1990
The Integrative Action of the Nervous System by Charles Scott Sherrington - 1990
A treatise on madness by William Battie - 1991
A practical treatise on nervous exhaustion (neurasthenia) : its symptoms, nature, sequences, treatment by George Miller Beard - 1991
Conditioned Reflexes and Psychiatry by Ivan Petrovich Pavlov - 2 volumes - 1991
Insanity in ancient and Modern Life, with Chapters on Prevention by Daniel Hack Tuke - 1991
Text Book of Insanity Based on Clinical Observations for Practitioners and Students of Medicine by R von Krafft-Ebing and Charles Gilbert Chaddock - 1992
Suggestive Therapeutics : A Treatise on the Nature and Uses of Hypnotism by H Bernheim; Christian A Herter - 1992
The Varieties of Religious Experience : A Study in Human Nature by William James - 1992
The Physiology and Pathology of the Mind by Henry Maudsley - 1992
The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases by Alexander Morison - 1992
The Dissociation of a Personality : A Biographical Study in Abnormal Psychology by Morton Prince - 1992
Science and Human Behavior by B. F. Skinner - 1992
Animal Magnetism by Alfred Binet and Charles Fere - 1993
A Manual of Psychological Medicine by John Charles Bucknill and Daniel Hack Tuke - 1993
The Major Symptoms of Hysteria by Pierre Janet - 1993
Psychology of the Unconscious by C. G. Jung - 1993
Man A Machine by Julien Offray de la Mattrie - 1993
Clinical Psychopathology by Kurt Schneider - 1993
A Text Book of Psychology by Edward Bradford Titchener - 1993
Psychopathia Sexualis With Special Reference To Contrary Sexual Instinct; A Medico-legal Study by R. von Krafft-Ebing - 1993
Neurpynology: Or The Rationale of Nervous Sleep Considered in Relation with Animal Magnetism by James Braid - 1994
Commentaries on the Causes, Forms, Symptoms, and Treatment, Moral and Medical, of Insanity by George Man Burrows - 1994
The Hygiene of Nerves and Mind in Health and Disease by August Forel - 1994
The Inheritance of Mental Diseases by Abraham Myerson - 1994
Idiocy : And Its Treatment By the Physiological Method by Edward Sequin - 1994
Elements of Folk Psychology by Wilhelm Wundt - 1994
The Practice and Theory of Individual Psychology by Alfred Adler - 2005
Hallucinations: Or, the Rational History of Apparitions, Visions, Dreams, Ecstasy, Magnetism, and Somnambulism by A. Brierre de Bosimont - 1995
A Treatise of Melancholy by Timothie Bright - 1995
What asylums were, are, and ought to be by W. A. F. Browne - 1995
The English Maladay: Or, A Treatise of Nervous Diseases of all Kinds by George Cheyne - 1995
Psychopathology of Everyday Life by Sigmund Freud - 1995
A treatise on insanity and other disorders affecting the mind by James Cowles Prichard - 1995
The Principles of Medical Psychology Being the Outlines of a Course of Lectures by Baron Ernst von Feuchtersleben - 1995
A Mind that Found itself : An Autobiography by Clifford Wittingham Beers - 1996
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In this book, we meet Katz's family, beginning with those who don't live with him on Bedlam Farm: his wife, Paula, who spends most days back in New Jersey where she works, teaches, and edits her husband's writing; and his grown daughter in Brooklyn. Despite the miles between husband and wife, they maintain a strong bond through phone calls, e-mails, and weekends together – truly a modern farm-family arrangement. We also meet the folks who help Bedlam Farm run: the "Farm Goddess" Annie, carpenter Anthony, and assorted neighbors and veterinarians.
The real stars are the animals: the dogs, cats, chickens, donkeys, steer, cow, and sheep of Bedlam Farm. Katz relays each animal's story – from "Perfect Pearl," his Labrador ambassador, to "Izzy," a border collie he rescues from neglect and works into a contented herding dog.
We watch as the bonds between man and animal grow stronger or loosen. We flinch as Katz yells at his animals and then searches his soul (and reflects on his childhood) in the chapter "Anger Management," in which he concludes that "Anger does not work. It's not effective, not with people or with dogs." We sweat as Katz trudges through his daily routine – what he calls "the grounding and comforting rituals of chores and animal care" amid the hot, humid "dog days" of summer. We see his work as a labor of love for animals that we, too, come to adore.
Katz takes us past the toil and drudgery; the constant demands of animals; the uncontrollable outside forces; and the inconveniences of mud, bugs, and manure and shows us the beauty and rhythm of an American dream that is fulfilled not by conquering those tough elements, but by appreciating them.
"Was this a perfect life?" he looks back to reflect. "What made it so appealing was the mix, the sense of crisis and mystery always around the corner, the challenge and responsibility for these affectionate but dependent creatures, the fulfillment of knowing that they are properly cared for, at least for now. The most perfect thing about my life was that it wasn't. It couldn't ever be, and that was what made the perfect parts perfect."
It's a new twist on the American dream, to be sure. When I watch my husband slog yet another pail of water to the goats and drag yet another chicken pen along the thick grass in the morning, I will have a fuller understanding of what those chores do for him, and by extension, for our family. And I have Katz to thank for that.
Elizabeth Brown lives near Hillsborough, N.C., with chickens, goats, a border collie, a husband and three children.
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Harold Baker, an air traffic controller at the Columbus Metropolitan Airport, said he can see the haze over Columbus but visibility has not been a problem. Baker said current visibility is about 7 miles, standard for hot and hazy days in the summer.
Cherrise Boone, public relations information specialist with the Environmental Protection Division's air branch, said today started out as an "orange" day, meaning the air quality is unhealthy for sensitive groups like the elderly, children and those with respiratory problems.
"On a day like today, pretty much nobody needs to be outside," Boone said.
For people who must go outside today, Boone said they should be careful.
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Guests forced to flee Luton Hoo fire
L13-069 Luton Hoo in the snow and fog.'Sally-anne Stewart'JR 4'22.1.13 ENGPNL00120130122104409
Hotel guests had to be evacuated after fire broke out at Luton Hoo yesterday.
Firefighters from Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service fought a fire in the main lobby chimney of Luton Hoo last night after 35 guests were evacuated from the hotel building.
Fire Control received a call from Luton Hoo at 17.05 yesterday evening) about a fire in the main chimney in the lobby of the hotel. The fire caused smoke to fill the lobby and reception area and smoke and burning ash to billow out of the top of the chimney stack.
When Firefighters from Stopsley Community Fire Station arrived they found smoke and ash issuing from the chimney and falling into the large hearth in the lobby. They immediately called for another fire engine from Luton Community Fire Station to support them and for the Luton Aerial Platform to assist in fighting the fire.
After assessing the seriousness of the fire and the possibility it might spread to other parts of the building Firefighters began by rolling up carpets and moving furniture to minimise damage to these from their firefighting. Two Firefighters from Stopsley got to work in the hearth and began pulling out ash and debris. They then began fighting the fire from below using chimney rods and were soon caked in ash and soot.When the Aerial Platform arrived at 17.37 two Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus were moved into position above the chimney where they could use a fire hose to begin to fight the fire from above.
By 18.45 Firefighters were making steady progress in containing the fire and it was extinguished by 19.04. Once out they monitored the roof and used thermal imaging cameras to search through the whole of the building to ensure there were no embers that could have caused further fires. After 15 minutes of monitoring the fireplace and chimney the fire was declared out and crews made ready to leave.
The fire started accidentally and there were no casualties.
Watch Commander Anthony Doherty said: “Fortunately chimneys are built to get hot and we assessed that the fire would not spread from the chimney itself into the building. Unfortunately the chimney shaft was not straight but had two major kinks in it and did not have an access points. However once the Aerial Platform arrived we could begin fighting the fire from above as well below and used it to keep an eye on the roof to ensure no embers would ignite other parts of the building.
“I’d like to thank our crews who worked hard to get the fire under control and then put it out without causing any major harm to the rest of the building and its fixtures and fittings. They took care to ensure there was no risk to the rest of the building or the interiors.
“I’d also like to thank all the staff at Luton Hoo who worked with us to enable us to fight the fire effectively. They gave us all the help we required and were very supportive of our efforts.”
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Console Corner: Agony review
Agony offers a haunting, atmospheric but flawed experience
Damien Lucas
Published: 12:21 Thursday 31 May 2018
Out: Now
On: PS4, XB1 & PC
Agony and ecstasy, it’s one hell of an experience.
Have you ever wondered what hell would be like?
If you believe there is a heaven and hell and you’ve ever wondered what it might look like - and don’t want to chance your arm that you will find out when you pop your clogs - then Agony paints a pretty vivid picture.
The first-person, survival horror sees gamers go on a journey as a tormented soul within the depths of hell without any memories about your past.
The special ability to control people on your path, and possess demons, gives you the tools and wherewithal to survive.
Developed by MadMinds Studio for PS4, XBox and PC, Agony use the Unreal Engine 4 and is a Kickstarter game with an 18+ certificate game due to its extreme violence.
Bugs and crashes are too frequent but patches are already on the way in a bid to fix much of that. If this was a VR title we would be possibly be looking at a landmark game in video game history.
Damien Lucas, gaming columnist
Tasked with meeting the Red Goddess, one of the creators of Hell, in an effort to escape and return to the land of the living you must possess both other Martyrs and, later in the game, lesser and higher demons, giving them access to special abilities.
Using mechanics such as crouching and holding your breath you can avoid demons and must solve puzzles in order to unlock new areas. Hidden statues and paintings can also be collected along your journey.
It is easy to see why Agony had such a big take-up on Kickstarter because the premise of the game is brilliantly unique.
The anticipation has been building for some time and the graphics, gore and sound do not disappoint delivering an atmospheric and haunting experience which I feel begs for VR.
Some of the demons will give you nightmares and Agony screams originality.
The crowning achievement in Agony is the way it leaves your nerves frayed.
If you didn’t need your hands on the control pad you’d probably find yourself chewing your fingernails with knots in your stomach because there is a very real sense of danger and impending doom throughout.
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Frustratingly, though, Agony is far from perfect. The gameplay mechanics are clunky at times.
There are a host of annoyances the major one being the ridiculously restrictive timer during your time as a demon which sucks the fun out of the game in many ways.
Bugs and crashes are too frequent but patches are already on the way in a bid to fix much of that.
If this was a VR title we would be possibly be looking at a landmark game in video game history.
And perhaps that’s where its future lies because there are too many good aspects to Agony to consign it to video game hell despite its flaws.
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Android App Developers Get '5G Mode'
Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies
Hunting season for 5G's killer app is officially open.
Qualcomm said it will expose 5G download speed data to Android app developers through the new Android Q operating system. The move will let Android app developers know exactly how fast a connection users have, which could potentially allow those developers to build services or entire applications specific to 5G networks.
"All this goes back to the search for the killer application for 5G," explained Ignacio Contreras, director of 5G product marketing for Qualcomm.
Specifically, Qualcomm is inserting an algorithm into its new X55 modem for 5G networks that will be able to estimate the average download connection speed available to the device. That information will be transmitted from the modem into Google's new Android Q operating system, where it can be accessed by Android app developers in the "Connectivity Manager" element of the operating system.
Francesco Grilli, Qualcomm's VP of product management, explained that such information could allow developers to create a "5G mode" for their apps -- for example, they could stream video at a higher resolution or offer a two-player option in a video game when 5G speeds are available.
Grilli said Qualcomm outlined the new 5G application programming interface (API) during a session at Google's recent developer conference, where Google took the wraps off of Android Q, the latest version of Google's market-leading smartphone operating system, to be released later this year. Grilli said attendees at the three-hour session discussed multiple potential applications for the API. For example, one developer from South Korea said 5G could support a restaurant-review service where the reviewer could make a video presentation about the restaurant, and then subsequent visitors to the restaurant could view an augmented reality version of the video, overlaid on top of the actual location. Grilli said such services can't be powered by today's LTE networks.
Qualcomm's new 5G API for Android is one of the first clear bridges between the 5G industry and the wider community of smartphone app developers. That's critical, considering 5G proponents continue to argue that, like 4G networks did during the past decade, 5G will enable all kinds of new and innovative services that have never been seen before. Although various 5G players have been working to rally developers and startups around the 5G opportunity -- Verizon for example is offering $1 million to fund new 5G-powered technological developments -- Qualcomm's new API represents a broadly accessible link between everyday app developers and 5G.
However, there are plenty of caveats regulating the new 5G API for Android Q. Most importantly, Qualcomm's Grilli explained that the algorithm that collects and transmits download connection speed information from the company's modem into Android won't tell developers whether a 5G connection is available, only what the average connection speed is. Grilli said 5G connections will be much faster than 4G connections, but developers won't be able to tell exactly what kind of network technology the phone is accessing. Grilli said Qualcomm already provides LTE download speed information to Android through its modems, and is now adding 5G speed information through the new algorithm.
Moreover, Grilli said download speed is just one bit information that Qualcomm hopes to eventually pass on to Android developers. He said in the future the company could also tell developers what kind of latency is available or what kind of uplink speed is available.
Such information could also be made available to iOS developers when Apple releases a 5G iPhone, though Apple is the only company that could make that happen.
Another caveat to Qualcomm's 5G API efforts in Android is that compatible devices will likely be few and far between, at least initially. Qualcomm just announced its X55 modem in February, which means that phones using the chip won't hit the market until the end of this year at the earliest. Qualcomm's X55 modem is an update to the company's first 5G modem, the X50, released in 2016.
Moreover, Qualcomm's API won't work on 5G devices running chips from other providers like Samsung.
According to a recent report from the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA), there are around 48 announced 5G devices from 26 different vendors, with the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G as perhaps the most noteworthy.
Other information currently available to Android developers in the Connection Manager portion of the OS is whether users are on a metered data plan -- such information is obviously critical for developers to know so they can avoid transmitting excessive amounts of data.
— Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, Light Reading | @mikeddano
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Another free expansion for WW1 FPS Verdun!
Posted: 13 December, 2018 | Author: Mike Hergaarden |
ALKMAAR, THE NETHERLANDS – December 13, 2018 – Blackmill Games and M2H have released another free expansion for their WW1 shooter Verdun. Players can now join a new 64 player game mode with bot support, a new map set on the St. Mihiel Salient, the Senegalese Tirailleurs squad with four new weapons and more.
Watch the expansion trailer here:
Players can get Verdun from Steam, and also PlayStation®4 and Xbox One where the expansion is expected next year.
New 64 player Frontlines game mode
Verdun has seen free updates since it was released in 2015, and the tradition continues today with a massive free update bringing a new 64 player game mode featuring full bot support. The ‘Frontlines 64’ is the classic Frontlines mode intensified with more players and bot support. With 64 players, you can expect huge battles and crowded trenches as the Entente forces and Central Powers wrestle back and forth. Bots will fill servers to guarantee epic ‘over the top’ charges, and leave as players join until battles are fully human. They are also available for private matches, where players will be able to choose their own bot numbers and adjust their skill.
Senegalese Tirailleurs and St. Mihiel map
A new squad and new map have been added to Verdun! The Senegalese Tirailleurs are a French Assault squad, equipped with four new weapons, including the petard grenade and machete for close combat.
St. Mihiel is a network of trenches in a shelled out forest, inspired both by the fighting at the Saint-Mihiel Salient where the US First Army inflicted heavy casualties on the German Fifth Army in September 1918, and also by combat at Bois-le-Prêtre in the early years of the war. While many trees have been reduced to stumps by shellfire, some of the forest still stands and in places the trees offer the best cover between the gentle slopes and mounds of dirt.
More gameplay improvements and new UI coming up
A range of gameplay changes are part of the update, including less lethal barbed wire, an enhanced spawn overview map, and a map voting system. Players who are very keen to try out the new UI will be able to do so via a public ‘open testing’ branch on Steam. The official release will be early next year.
At the request of the community there is also a new Verdun Supporter Edition Upgrade available on the Steam store, which offers fans a way to support the WW1 Game Series. Supporters will receive bonus material including the Verdun soundtrack, a scoreboard star icon and more!
The expansion, as well as previous updates are expected to be released in one big update for the Xbox One and PlayStation®4 versions of the game as well in 2019.
Three years of free updates!
This new mode and many other changes in the update follow recent surprises like the Scottish troops and ANZAC squad earlier this year. We have always been lucky to have a vocal community with a lot of feedback, and much of the new content and changes in this update are the direct result of community feedback. The same is true for our Eastern Front game Tannenberg, which will leave Early Access for a full release on February 13th of next year.
And that’s not all the news we have planned for Verdun before the end of the year – Christmas is almost here, after all!
WW1 Game Series
Starting out on the Western Front with the release of the first authentic WW1 FPS Verdun back in April 2015, and expanding to the Eastern Front with Tannenberg – releasing on February 13th, 2019 – the WW1 Game Series throws players into intense warfare inspired by the chaos and fury of iconic battles from the First World War. With over a million copies of Verdun sold, this novel and underserved setting has proven popular with the gaming community!
Players choose from a variety of historically accurate squads and weapons, with more available to unlock through playing the game, before diving into the mud and blood splattered battlefields of dynamic multiplayer trench warfare.
Every game is built on a base of thorough research and receives extensive post-release support bringing new content and challenges for our players. The games in the series are linked, but each one is standalone and provides a different experience, reflecting the nature of the fighting in the many-sided theaters of the war.
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Digital Tools for Book Clubs and Choice Reading
By Angie Johnson
| Jul 05, 2019
My school is one of many whose ELA departments have moved from a focus on whole-class novels to independent reading and reading partnerships (both pairs and clubs). These combine the essential elements of choice, volume, engagement, and quality talk, which professor of education Richard Allington asserts are foundational to quality literacy education. What follows are a few digital tools for helping teachers and students from upper elementary through high school support choice and shared reading.
Choosing a book
Rudine Sims Bishop talks of books as windows into the lives of those who are different from us, and mirrors reflecting characters whose experiences are like our own. Readers need both. OurStory is a site designed specifically by We Need Diverse Books to help students locate books about diverse experiences and by authors from marginalized communities. Rather than searching by title or keyword, users take a brief quiz to narrow their preferences by level (from toddlers to YA), genre, identity and experience type, and story elements. The suggestions generated include an overview of each book, the specific diversity elements found in it, links to reviews, and a “More Like This” button to find similar titles. For a modest fee, additional resources like study guides and book bundles are also available
OurStory’s list of tailored book suggestions show what makes a book diverse. Green indicates categories the user specifically chose and red indicates categories the user did not choose but are present in the book.
A few other sites for choosing books include YourNextRead by Goodreads, where students type in a favorite title to find other books like it; Epic Reads, which searches by author, genre, and subject and posts video trailers; and Yalsa’s Teen Book Finder, a mobile app for compiling and keeping digital book lists.
Tracking student reading and organizing clubs
A newer tool for tracking student reading across a school is Loose Canon. For guest visitors, the site is a solid tool for browsing a well-curated collection, but it’s really set up to encourage schoolwide, face-to-face discussions about books. Teachers can create reading “assignments” within a school pool that are accessible to anyone in it, which facilitates both in-class and extracurricular book clubs. Within assignments teachers can narrow students’ choices to a set of books, and users see everyone’s choices, allowing students to self-sort into book clubs. The site tracks a student’s current assignments and books previously read, so teachers have quick access to each student’s reading resume. After a three-month trial, the cost for schoolwide groups depends on size, while a single teacher account is free for up to 60 students. I believe it’s a promising new tool for creating a culture of reading within, across, and outside classes.
Below is a photo of an individual assignment in Loose Canon, showing a sortable list of students who have chosen books for that assignment.
Discussing and sharing books
The award-winning Book Club for Kids is a personal favorite for upper elementary and middle level readers. It hosts a weekly podcast of students discussing their favorite books with public radio journalist Kitty Felde. The shows include celebrity guests reading passages aloud and author responses to the students’ questions. There’s so much to explore here: tips for creating lifelong readers, QR codes for books, recommendation lists from kids and adults. What’s more, kids can even call in their own book recommendations. The site is wonderful for book browsing, but I also share it as a model for book club discussions and student-created podcasts and offer it as an opportunity for kids to share their own voices about the books they love.
Angie Johnson is a teacher librarian, instructional coach, and eighth grade English language arts teacher at Lakeshore Middle School in Stevensville, MI. She earned a PhD in educational psychology and educational technology from Michigan State University. You can find her on Twitter @angkjohns.
This article is part of a series from the International Literacy Association Technology in Literacy Education Special Interest Group (TILE-SIG).
Digital Introductions for Building Classroom Communities
Using Webjets to Elevate Students’ Technology Use in Literature Circles
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Archeology • Weird
Medieval Villagers ‘Mutilated Corpses To Stop Rise Of Living Dead’
By Sheralli Sharma
The strength of the vampire is that people will not believe in him.
Garrett Fort
Villagers in medieval Yorkshire were so afraid of the dead that they chopped, smashed, decapitated and burned corpses to make sure they stayed in their graves, a new study has found.
Vampires Or The ‘Living Dead’
Ten butchered skeletons excavated from a pit near the abandoned village of Wharram Percy, north Yorkshire, are thought to offer the first concrete evidence that medieval people hacked apart corpses to stop them returning as the undead.
Writers from the 11th century onwards have long described restless corpses, or “revenants,” whose bad deeds while alive meant they would be restless in their graves. It was feared their evil natures or Satan would give them the power to crawl out of their graves, spread disease and attack the living.
Wharram Percy in Yorkshire. Gernot Keller, London (www.gernot-keller.com) (Image Source)
Beheading them, breaking their bones and setting them on fire was seen as a way to stop their return.
What Did The Scientists Find In The Research?
Until now, no human remains disposed of in this way had ever been found. Scientists from Historic England and the University of Southampton are thought to have the “first archaeological evidence of the practice” in the UK.
The archaeologists studied 137 fragments of broken human bones, including the remains of adults, teenagers and children excavated more than half a century ago, and dated back to the period between the 11th and 14th century.
They concluded the most plausible explanation for the burn marks and cuts found on skulls and bones were deliberate mutilation after death. Ruling out gruesome possibilities including cannibalism in times of famine or the massacre of outsiders, scientists believe the intention was to keep the dead from walking.
Simon Mays, human skeletal biologist at Historic England, told the Daily Mail:
“The idea that the Wharram Percy bones are the remains of corpses burnt and dismembered to stop them walking from their graves seems to fit the evidence best.
“If we are right, then this is the first good archaeological evidence we have for this practice. It shows us a dark side of medieval beliefs and provides a graphic reminder of how different the medieval view of the world was from our own.
“The world was a threatening place to medieval people and not having a scientific understanding they struggled to come to terms with many things we take for granted,” he added.
He said it was puzzling that skeletons of children and women were found in the pit, as writings about revenants only mentioned male corpses coming back to life.
He added that given the beheadings and burnings took place over hundreds of years, “it is strange we have not found it elsewhere.”
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Runners may have superior brain connectivity, study finds
Published Friday 30 December 2016 Published Fri 30 Dec 2016
By Hannah Nichols
If your New Year's resolution is to become more active, you might want to consider running as your go-to activity. New research by the University of Arizona reveals that MRI scans of endurance runners' brains show greater functional connectivity when compared with the brains of less active individuals.
Endurance runners display greater connections between different brain regions than more sedentary people.
Previous research has shown that training for a long time in activities that require accurate fine motor control - such as learning to play a musical instrument - alter the structure of brain areas that are connected with motor function.
These fine motor activities also appear to cause changes in cortical areas that are involved in sensory, spatial, and attentional processes.
Additionally, people who are skilled in activities that require high levels of hand-eye coordination - such as golf, gymnastics, and racquet sports - also experience altered brain structure and function.
The University of Arizona (UA) researchers note that up until now, there have been few studies that have explored the effects that repetitive athletic activities requiring little motor control precision - including long-distance running - can have on the brain.
To further investigate, UA running expert David Raichlen, an associate professor of anthropology, co-designed a study with UA psychology professor Gene Alexander - who studies brain aging and Alzheimer's disease as a member of the UA's Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute.
Brain changes associated with endurance running examined
"These activities that people consider repetitive actually involve many complex cognitive functions - like planning and decision-making - that may have effects on the brain," says Raichlen.
Raichlen, Alexander, and collaborators aimed to examine the changes in the brain associated with endurance running - a sport that involves repetitive rather than complex fine motor skills. The results of the research were published in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.
The team conducted the study by comparing the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scans of adult male cross country runners, alongside adult males who have not engaged in regular physical activity for at least a year. The participants were aged between 18-25 years and had similar body mass index and education levels.
The MRI scans captured the processes that occur in the brains of participants while they were awake and not engaging in any specific tasks.
Overall, the results showed that compared with the more sedentary individuals, the runners displayed greater connections between different regions in several areas of the brain. One of these areas, the frontal cortex, is important for cognitive functions, including the ability to switch attention between tasks, planning, and decision-making.
The new research sheds light on how exercise can affect the brain, particularly in young adults. However, further research is needed to work out if the physical differences in brain connectivity can contribute to differences in cognitive functioning.
Being active as a young adult could protect against aging, disease
"One of the things that drove this collaboration was that there has been a recent proliferation of studies, over the last 15 years, that have shown that physical activity and exercise can have a beneficial impact on the brain, but most of that work has been in older adults," says Raichlen.
"This question of what's occurring in the brain at younger ages hasn't really been explored in much depth, and it's important," Raichlen continues. "Not only are we interested in what's going on in the brains of young adults, but we know that there are things that you do across your lifespan that can impact what happens as you age, so it's important to understand what's happening in the brain at these younger ages."
"One of the key questions that these results raise is whether what we're seeing in young adults - in terms of the connectivity differences - imparts some benefit later in life. The areas of the brain where we saw more connectivity in runners are also the areas that are impacted as we age, so it really raises the question of whether being active as a young adult could be potentially beneficial and perhaps afford some resilience against the effects of aging and disease."
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Alexander notes that, as individuals age, functional brain connectivity seems to change - particularly in people who have Alzheimer's or other neurodegenerative diseases. Learning about the brains of young adults could potentially help with the prevention of the cognitive decline that occurs with age, he concludes.
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« Stubby's Stretch Run | Star Power »
Redbirds vs. Grizzlies for PCL Championship
Posted By Frank Murtaugh on Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 9:24 AM
Memphis will spend the next week rooting hard against the Grizzlies.
After a pair of heart-stopping comeback wins last weekend, the Memphis Redbirds advanced to the Pacific Coast League (PCL) championship series for a second straight season where they'll defend their title against the Triple-A affiliate of the world champion Houston Astros, the Fresno Grizzlies. Battling Mother Nature in both Oklahoma City (where they split the first two games of the best-of-five semifinal series) and Memphis, the Redbirds beat a hot Dodger team in four games, the last two in walk-off fashion.
In Game 3 Friday night, Alex Mejia, Lane Thomas, and Max Schrock delivered consecutive RBI singles in the bottom of the ninth inning to erase a 4-2 Oklahoma City lead and give Memphis a 2-1 series advantage. But that comeback served merely as prelude to Sunday's epic Game 4.
Courtesy Memphis Redbirds
The Redbirds tied Sunday's game at a run apiece in the bottom of the seventh inning on a sacrifice fly by Tommy Edman. (The game had been scheduled for seven innings, as Game 5 would have followed had the Dodgers won.) Oklahoma City took a two-run lead in the top of the 10th inning on a home run by Henry Ramos. But the Redbirds rallied again, this time tying the score at 3 on a two-out, two-strike single by Alex Mejia. Then, things got a little weird.
Thomas reached second after drilling the ball off the Dodgers' first baseman, putting Redbirds at second and third. Oklahoma City manager Bill Haselman then seemed to corner Redbirds manager Stubby Clapp by walking Schrock. Out of position players on his bench, Clapp was forced to let relief pitcher Giovanny Gallegos bat with the winning run 90 feet away. Gallegos had exactly one at-bat in his seven-year professional career.
Gallegos clubbed the baseball over the leftfielder's head for a series-clinching walkoff victory. Such is Redbirds baseball in what can now be called the Stubby Clapp era. Pieces of a good team are removed. Others arrive, suit up, and impact victories.
The 2018 Redbirds, for a time, had the finest outfield in the minor leagues: Tyler O'Neill, Oscar Mercado, and Adolis Garcia. Mercado was traded in late July and O'Neill and Garcia are now helping the St. Louis Cardinals fight for a big-league playoff spot.
In April, Memphis had what appeared to be an electric rotation of starting pitchers: Jack Flaherty, Austin Gomber, John Gant, Daniel Poncedeleon, and Dakota Hudson. Hudson won 13 games for the Redbirds and earned PCL Pitcher of the Year honors. But all five men are now pitching for the Cardinals, leaving the likes of Jake Woodford, former Cardinal Tyler Lyons, and Kevin Herget to take turns in the PCL playoffs.
And take their turns they will, now three games from back-to-back championships for a man — already a back-to-back PCL Manager of the Year — who may be on to new ventures next spring. When the Toronto Blue Jays announced last week that manager John Gibbons will not return in 2019, Clapp's name instantly became an offseason talking point. (Clapp is a native of Windsor, Ontario.) Would a major-league team hire a manager with no experience in such a role on the game's highest level? Check out the managers' offices at Yankee Stadium and Fenway Park as the Yankees and Red Sox prepare for this year's postseason.
For at least three more games, though, Stubby Clapp will command the Memphis Redbirds. (The championship series opens Tuesday night in Fresno, with Games 3 through 5 scheduled for AutoZone Park, starting Friday night.) You can bet against the Redbirds at your wallet's peril. Clapp has emphasized "never say die" for two seasons now as a Triple-A manager. When relief pitchers are drilling series-winning hits to the wall, perhaps it's time we all believe in the mantra.
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Apple and Stanford launch Apple Watch heart study
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Apple and Stanford Medicine are launching a research study that uses the Apple Watch to identify irregular heart rhythms.
Stanford will use the data collected from the study to examine how heart rate sensors and similar technologies can inform precision health.
Apple has been rumored lately to be inching into healthcare, with some speculating the company will use the iPhone as a new electronic health record platform. In August, the company met with Aetna to discuss either giving Apple Watches to Aetna members or discounting the device for them. The insurer already makes Apple Watches available to its 50,000 employees for its corporate wellness program.
This new heart study is the first of its kind, according to Apple, but not the first to use the Apple Watch to gather data. More than 500 researchers have used the company's ResearchKit and CareKit platforms for studies involving more than 3 million people.
To participate in this new study, anyone over 22 years old with an Apple Watch Series 1 or later, regardless of geographic location, can download the Apple Heart Study app, which uses the watch's heart-rate sensor to measure heart rate. If the sensors record a rhythm that looks like atrial fibrillation, the app will send the user a notification. The user will also get a free consultation with a doctor. Those consultations will be provided by American Well on its telehealth platform.
"This study is the first to bring connected care to clinical research, moving the cycle from the hospital to the home through a combination of wearables, analytics, telehealth and consumer devices," said Dr. Ido Schoenberg, chairman and CEO of American Well.
The Apple Watch led the pack of wearables in heart rate accuracy, according to a 2017 study published in the Journal of Personalized Medicine. The Apple Watch had the lowest margin of error for measuring heart rate compared to the six other wearables the researchers looked at, including the Fitbit Surge and Samsung Gear S2.
Apple may also benefit from other companies' work with its devices. Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration approved the first Apple Watch accessory to be considered a medical device. AliveCor's KardiaBand EKG reader, a band for the Apple Watch, has a fingertip EKG sensor. Apple itself has said it's not interested in getting the Apple Watch itself FDA-approved, since that might slow development.
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BALLET STAR LORENA BARICALLA SUPPORTS THE YOUNG DANCERS AND BALLET SCHOOLS
Lorena Baricalla
The 2019 Event of the International Ballet Exams of the “Méthode Russe de Monte-Carlo de Lorena Baricalla” (“Lorena Baricalla Monte-Carlo Russian Method”) took place in Monaco on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 April in the prestigious Espace Léo Ferré, in the presence of leading figures from the world of dance, art and culture.
This 4th Edition has been created in association with the Association Monegasque Inspiration Enfance A.M.I.E of Monaco and has been produced by PromoArt Montecarlo Production, which was also the Main Sponsor of the event.
The “Méthode Russe de Monte-Carlo de Lorena Baricalla” – “The Lorena Baricalla Monte Carlo Russian Method”, is the result of the artistic and pedagogic experience of the international ballet star and choreographer Lorena Baricalla. It follows the Russian tradition which developed in Monte Carlo in the early 1900s, with the creation of Diaghilev’s Russian Ballets.
Monaco born, Lorena Baricalla received her diploma with top marks at the “Princess Grace” Academy in Monte Carlo with Russian Master Marika Besobrasova. She danced the leading roles at the Monte Carlo Ballet – from “The Prodigal Son” by Balanchine, to “Marco Spada” with Rudolf Nureyev – and from there has made an international career spanning 35 countries around the world. Parallel to her career as a performer, produced by PromoArt Montecarlo Production, Lorena Baricalla has created the “Method” to support young dancers and ballet schools.
“The Method” does not simply represent a selection of Ballet’s rules. It is first and foremost a vision.
The innovative idea distinguishing the “Method” is that of having created a “Global Academy” furnishing to the Affiliated Schools an Academic Training Programme based on international criteria.
The “Method” can carry the pupil to a professional level or to a top quality amateur level.
It is a unique evaluation system which allows for the pupil’s positioning in the international panorama of ballet according to 14 levels of study.
Moreover the “Method” is based on a body-mind-soul Full Development Training of the athlete-artist, useful to the emotional balance and the well-being of each one.
As a moment of comparison and interaction among the pupils coming from different countries and cities, the Event of the Exams has an educational and pedagogic goal and it aims at conveying to the young dancers the values of art, of culture and of dance – the symbol of stamina and discipline – through positive examples.
A selection of numerous candidates from the currently Affiliated Schools to the Method in France, Monaco and Italy have participated at the 2019 Exams.
Created less than 3 years ago the “Method” is spreading out and the last Affiliated School is based in New Caledonia.
Master Classes with ballet star Lorena Baricalla and the young dancers have taken place on the first day (13 April) while the second day (14 April) has been dedicated to the International Exams of the “Method” followed by a short show with all the participants. The ballet classes on Saturday and Sunday have been accompanied live at the piano by Imelda Cartwright, pianist at the Monte-Carlo Ballet.
The Jury of the “Method” is always composed of ballet stars: this year with prima ballerina Lorena Baricalla there was Daniel Agesilas, principal dancer at the Russillo Ballet, her partner in the “Taming of the Shrew” created by Joseph Russillo at the Monte-Carlo Ballet. Agesilas has also directed for 12 year the Conservatoire National de la Danse in Paris. We also had the attendance of the Scala of Milan’s principal dancer Anna Razzi, who also directed the San Carlo Theatre Ballet School in Naples for 15years.
Only Juries of Stars has always been the choice: in 2016 with Lorena Baricalla we had Marco Pierin, principal dancer at the Scala of Milan and Randy Diamond, principal dancer at the Stuttgart Ballet. Both have been her dancing partners. In 2017 Eric Vu An, principal dancer at the Paris Opera, who was her partner at the Monte-Carlo Ballet in “Scheherazade”, and prima ballerina Luciana Savignano of the Scala of Milan.
In 2018 she has been joined on the Jury by principal dancer Jozef Varga, who is performing at the Het National Ballet and who danced in the past in the choreographies of Lorena Baricalla for the shows produced by PromoArt Monte-Carlo; and the principal dancer and choreographer Toni Candeloro, guest in international companies such as the Cuba Ballet and a specialist of Ballet Russes repertoire.
The 2019 Event has been supported by Azimut Yacht France as Gold Supporting Partner and by the Benefactor Partners BMP Study & Consulting Lugano of Gabriele Moleti and the fashion brand Nordic Angel by Marketa Hakkinen. It also benefited of the support of Fil Rouge BMG Prod.
Benefactor Sponsors were the Associazione Musicale Pergolesi of Adriana Costa in Vallecrosia (Italy), Boss Security Monaco and Bio Style Milano of Patrizia Ravelli.
Emotion packed moments filled the presentation of the scholarships for the Summer Workshop that have been granted to deserving young dancers of the Affiliated Schools by: MC Construction of Luciano Garzelli, MBRart Monaco of Rebecca Ballestra, the Escale Musicale Restaurant Live Music in Menton of Martial Benhamou and Jean-Pierre Torres, the Real Estate Agency Grand Palais in Menton of Sébastien Loffredo, the Hotel de Londres in Menton and by PromoArt Montecarlo Production.
We had the attendance of Daniel Boeri, President of the Culture Commission of Monaco and His Excellency Cristiano Gallo, Italian Ambassador in the Principality of Monaco.
An Honorary Committee has attended, made up of international artists and well-known figures: with Alexandra Myasnikova, President of the Association Monegasque Inspiration Enfance A.M.I.E. of Monaco and Sebastian Von Bulow, Vice-President, we had the fashion designer Raquel Balencia, brand Milano based who dressed Lorena Baricalla in this occasion ; Rebecca Ballestra, visual artist, founder of MBRART Monaco and of the « Festival for the Earth Project », who is engaged in the creation of projects for the social transformation ; Flavia Cannata, Fashion Art Ceo, founder of Always Support Talent and Co-founder of Carredor Monaco ; from the construction sector Luciano Garzelli represented by his son Stefano, Ceo of MC Construction ; from the music world the agent Martial Benhamou of BMG Prod. ; from the real estate and tourism sectors of Menton, France : Sébastien Loffredo, owner of the Real Estate Agency Grand Palais and Nicole Claisse, Director of the Hotel de Londres ; and the pianist of the Monte-Carlo Ballett Imelda Cartwright.
In addition, on the Saturday, the young dancers have taken part in “Meetings with the Artists” that have been organized with the pianist Imelda Cartwright on how to accompany ballet and Saverio Chiappalone about Photography and Art.
Alexandra Myasnikova, President of the Association A.M.I.E Monaco talked about “Learning the Compassion – help to the other children».
Moreover the 2-days have bene animated by Pacy, the Mascotte of the Association. Pacy also filled the stage with colored balloons for the grande finale with all the children and young people. A moment of joy sharing the passion for dance!
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The Upcoming Video Game Discussion Topic
By Original Saku, August 27, 2014 in Entertainment
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This news isn't that new, but did anyone check out P.T. the teaser for the new Silent Hills game? I was just watching some gamplay footage on Youtube but it's already dark outside and, not gonna lie, I almost peed my pants a little.
It looks amazing and I have this love/ hate relationship with horror games so I kinda can't wait.. ?
I played it last week, it is insanely creepy and very good at the scare factor! I was pretty much on the edge of my seat the whole time haha.
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The story is set in a land of the gods known as Alfheim. The once proud race of dragons are ruined, and their souls are crystallized and scattered across the world. One day, a dragon named Yuuma Irvan is discovered, and dragon slayers from the imperial army and church set out to find him.
A girl saves the dragon from the dragon slayers, and they gather the Dragonars. The Dragonar warriors play musical instruments called Armonics that resonate with the dragon's soul.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-09-07/ps3-shining-resonance-rpg-opening-streamed/.78458
Hope this game makes it to the US.
Also, Sai, Ar Nosurge for the PS3 is going to be released on Sept. 23.
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Square Enix Would “Love To” Bring Dragon Quest X To The West
Speaking with Dragon Quest executive producer Yuu Miyake and mobile producer Noriyoshi Fujimoto at PAX, Siliconera enquired about the prospects of Dragon Quest X, the first MMORPG in the series, being brought over to the West. Were Square Enix interested in bringing the game over at all?
“We’d love to do it!” Miyake and Fujimoto exclaimed. “Love to.”
“In terms of this being an MMO, again, we have to consider the operation and logistics of how to make that feasible,” Miyake elaborated. “We also have to think about it from a business standpoint. With Final Fantasy XI and XIV, it’s a global-scale endeavor. In terms of Dragon Quest, the way it’s perceived in the different countries is very, very different. How it’s perceived in Japan is different than how it’s perceived in the United States.”
“In addition, we’d have to build a new data center for pretty much every location, and we need to make sure that makes sense as a business. We want to be able to operate in the different regions. Again, we would love to do it, but we’re still trying to work out the details and figure out what would work best [were we to bring it abroad].”
Dragon Quest X is also the first internally-developed Dragon Quest game at Square Enix. Previous games in the series have been worked on by various studios, including ArtePiazza and Level 5, but Square Enix chose to develop the MMO themselves. We asked Miyake why that was.
“In Japan, you have your outside developers who understand Dragon Quest and know what’s appropriate for a certain platform, so we worked with partners that knew what they were doing as well as what Dragon Quest was, and in that way it was a great partnership,” he replied.
“With Dragon Quest X, because it’s an MMO, the team thought, ‘Okay, what company in Japan knows MMOs the best? Wait, that’s us! We’re running Final Fantasy XI, so, why not do it with an internal team?’ So, the concept isn’t about working with an outside company versus an inside company, it’s more like who works on a specific title and platform the best. We’re all kind of the same if you look at it from that perspective.”
Read more at http://www.siliconera.com/2014/09/04/square-enix-love-bring-dragon-quest-x-west/#SB13amXoVhErXw4O.99
well at least they are considering it... I doubt it will happen tho. Hell I would be happy if we could get some fan translation patch of the game similar to Phantasy Star Online... but sadly DQ isn't that popular here...
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Yeah, those horror games that require you to think and do shit instead of just running around like a crazy person are creepy...
And finally a nice chunk of goodness in this new Bayonetta 2 trailer
ughhh... so good. Though I'm still salty at Platinum for betraying us and only releasing this game on what is virtually a dead console up to this point. I might have to buy a WiiU for this tbh, The first Bayonetta ranks in my top ten games of the last console generation.
Ikr. Are there even any other good WiiU exclusive titels out there? Even though being a Bayonetta fan and supporting Nintendo (because, didn't Sega drop them or something?) should kinda go hand in hand, I srsly don't need a WiiU...
not really... the only good exclusives for WiiU are first party titles so... yeah.
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Look at all these new games and consoles I can't afford. I'm not that excited for a lot of titles at the moment because I can't afford a next-gen console at the moment (and I'll probably just wait for a price drop and a new PS4 model).
I pre-ordered Dragon Age: Inquisition for $5 (thank you, countless episodes of extreme couponing) and I'm probably getting Kingdom Hearts 2.5HD Re:Mix for Christmas as a gift. I'll only be able to buy the new Pokemon a few months later probably. That's basically all I'm excited about. I disliked Black Flag so much that I'm not even considering getting AC Rogue XD
yeah I'm not too hyped about rogue myself... but Unity is a different story, I will definitely be grabbing it day one. Also Black Flag wasn't that bad from a gameplay perspective! Just people were pissed that it didn't really have anything to do with assassin's... and even then the story was not that bad. Although definitely gotta say it's the worst creed story wise, but at least Edward isn't as bad a protagonist as Connor
Speaking of Unity here is some gamrplay of Unity's co-op heist missions
Not gonna lie that does look pretty fun... I'm gonna have to find some people to play co-op with when this drops
here's a trailer showing off Call of Duty Advance Warfare's new Exo abilities in multiplayer
This game has me feeling very optimistic... this might just be the Call of Duty that pulls me back in...
and finally a new Bethesda Underground video for The Evil Within
Black Flag lacked what I expected from an AC game, both gameplay-wise as story-wise. While AC3 had the same problem when it came to gameplay (not much opportunities to explore as in AC2, ACB and ACR), I preferred AC3 for having a story I could enjoy more. Connor is actually my favourite assassin next to Ezio, because despite the world he lives in and the cruel fate he's been dealt with, he never ever stops showing kindness and in my opinion that's what makes Connor so brave and such an interesting character. Tis' unfortunate he came after Ezio (which left many Ezio fanboys in true rage because Ezio as a character was way more extroverted and charasmatic than the silent Connor. Basically I understand preferences but I'm sick of people hating Connor because "HE'S NOT EZIO BOO"). I didn't find Edward very likeable for some reason. He lacked character, in my opinion.
I don't have a next-gen console yet so I can't get Unity (though I probably wouldn't on the day of release if I did, Black Flag killed my entire interest in the series LOL).
WHAT I'M ACTUALLY REALLY HYPED ABOUT THOUGH:
I love how far they've come since Origins. I'm so glad Leliana, Alistair, Sten and Morrigan are returning, I missed them so much ;w;
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I have high hopes for inquisition as well, but after the horrible disappointment that was DA2 I will most definitely be talking a wait and see approach for the game... Bioware has to earn my trust back after that travesty but I will give them the benefit of the doubt when it comes to the fact they only spent a year and a half in development for DA2 and were pretty much rushed out the door by EA. If you look at it from that perspective DA2 is actually quite a feat and could be considered decent when keeping in mind what they were able to accomplish with that very short development cycle... I mean come on, even Call of duty has longer cycles than that (2 years) EA are a bunch of scumbags xD I full well expect Inquisition to be really good since they've had ample time to develop it, but I do have worries about it so therefore I will wait to hear some stuff
I just came across this official trailer for Fatal Frame V while I was browsing youtube, It's coming out in japan later this month.
Man this looks really good. This is probably something I would buy a WiiU for, but of course you know this would actually have to released here for me to buy it... come on Nintendo this is the kinda third party games we want. We don't want ports of games that can be played on other better consoles, we want games built from the ground up for your console intended for your hardware and most importantly we want these games to be from third party developers because there is just so much mario and zelda that one can take before it starts getting old.
Looks to be an action-RPG type of game. According to Tabata, it will definitely be localized.
http://www.destructoid.com/final-fantasy-agito-announced-for-playstation-vita-281300.phtml
Also, three more party members and Tomahawk class for Bravely Second confirmed.
http://www.destructoid.com/bravely-second-is-shaping-up-quite-nicely-281272.phtml
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnDxg2afpCE
New Final Fantasy XV trailer. No release date yet, though Type-0 HD will come with a code that will let you play the FFXV demo. Type-0 HD is set for March 2015 in Japan. Also, Tetsuya Nomura is leaving the Final Fantasy XV team as lead director. He's doing this so he can work on other important titles such as Kingdom Hearts III.
Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/09/18/tgs-2014-final-fantasy-xv-director-leaves-project-focusing-on-kingdom-hearts-iii
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There's so many things wrong with this sentence. Type-0 HD coming out before XV? Nomura leaving XV? What is happening to this game and why is it taking Square Enix so long to finish? Their resources are not in the right places.
I read that XV is taking too much of Nomura's time which means he can't put his full attention on Kingdom Hearts III, where he is apparently more needed according to Square. That I understand, KH is Nomura's baby. Perhaps they have a schedule for KH3 to have it out before a certain year, while with XV it's like "we've been working on this for 8 years already, if we have to make people wait 2 more it's not going to be that dramatic". Though note that FFXV only REALLY hit development in 2011. The game was first announced 5 years before it actually went into development, think about that. That was Square's first mistake. Had they first announced it say, the second year of development, most of this wank wouldn't be happening.
honestly I'm glad he's going to work on KHIII because to be real I'm hype for FFXV and all but I've been waiting for Kingdom Hearts III a lot longer than XV and tbh if I had to say which game I'm more looking forward to it would be KH. Also Zess you do realize Type-0 is a game that has been fully released on psp almost 4 years ago right? A large part of it had already been localized as well before they even announced this port... I would be surprised if it wasn't coming out before XV to be real.
okay on to other bigger and better things, like say this new awesome amazing spectacular Bloodborne trailer!
Like holy shit wow! I need this in my life like right now xD and a release date for February is great, i really didn't expect it to come out so soon.
and then there's capcom's new monster hunter/Dark Souls hybrid thingy called Deep Down
I gotta say it's looking pretty sweet but I'm not totally convinced on it yet.
Okay now I'm fucking excited. This is exactly what the ps4 needed a deep grind heavy SRPG for me to sink hundreds of hours into even though we probably want see this localized anytime soon (probably a year or so after it releases in Japan) I'm still really excited about it.
Tales of Zestiria is coming to the West six months after the Japanese release.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-09-18/ign-tales-of-zestiria-to-get-western-release-6-months-after-japanese-release/.78918
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I'M FUCKING CRYING FFXV IS ONLY DONE FOR ABOUT 50-60% AND THEY SAID "IT'S STILL GOING TO TAKE A WHILE".
8 YEARS AND THEY'RE ONLY HALFWAY (though it only hit actual development in 2011 bUT STILL)
In a new interview with GameInformer, director Hajime Tabata has stated that about 50 to 60 percent of the game is complete. “We kind of started from the beginning of the game, so the first part is more complete than the others.”
When asked about a possible release date, Tabata said, “During the “Versus era,” we weren’t able to reveal any information on release timing because that was a project in which we had to overcome so many different problems that arose. Unfortunately, while we were trying to work through the issues, the timing never matched. But about two years ago, when I officially joined the project, we did a pretty major directional change when we decided not to go with the previous generation. I also had to talk with Nomura-san about the direction FF XV is going to take. Unfortunately, it’s still going to take a while, but I’m hoping people will reset their timers from when I joined the team and restart the count from there.”
At least they're being honest instead of Square's usual "please look forward to it" and "we can't release any info on the release date yet". At least judging from this we can basically deduce that this game isn't coming out until at least late 2016. What I can understand from this is that they basically worked on this for PS3 up until 2 years ago and only then decided to make it next-gen, meaning the PS4 title has only been in development for 2 years. I do find it odd they're already releasing a demo of a game that's only halfway done so soon though. It'd be odd to release the demo, then release the actual game two years later.
Update: Speaking with Kotaku, Tabata clarified: this is 50-60% during the two years Tabata has joined the project. There shouldn’t be much of a wait after the demo is out, at least not years and years.
Basically already deduced that, but it's a good thing to hear.
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I could really care less at this point. There's plenty of other games out there that will avert my attention away from FF15.
I agree with flame. But yeah it will most likely come out later next year with a big release date and Gameplay reveal at E3.
Legend of Legacy for the 3DS confirmed.
English subtitles, possible localization hmm...?
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So I just saw that Final Fantasy Type-O is being made into HD for XBOX ONE and PS4 release...
including North America and Europe
Yes! And if you pre-order it from amazon you get the demo for Final Fantasy XV
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Did anyone pick up the new Smash Bros.? I'm thinking of starting an MH friendly online this weekend if enough people are interested.
I'd love to participate but I'm having connection troubles with my 3DS.
On that note, I LOVE THIS GAME!!!
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Valverde returns to Tigers with 1-2-3 save
Jose Valverde returned to Detroit with a save and Victor Martinez drove in a pair of runs to help the Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 7-5 Wednesday night.
DETROIT (AP) ? Jose Valverde returned to Detroit with a save and Victor Martinez drove in a pair of runs to help the Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 7-5 Wednesday night.
Max Scherzer (2-0) got the win, allowing five runs in five innings, with three Tigers relievers finishing the game. Valverde, called up earlier in the day, returned to the Tigers with a perfect ninth inning. Valverde lost the closing role during the postseason and wasn't offered a contract, but signed a minor-league deal earlier this month and returned to Detroit after a short minor-league stint.
Wade Davis (2-1) gave up seven runs ? but only three earned ? in 3 2-3 innings. Davis allowed eight hits and four walks while only getting 11 outs.
The Tigers took the lead on Omar Infante's RBI single in the second, but Kansas City responded with four runs in the third. Salvador Perez and Chris Getz started the inning with singles, and Alex Gordon tied the game with a double. Alcides Escobar and Billy Butler made it 3-1 with RBI singles, giving the Royals five straight hits, and Eric Hosmer drove in the fourth run with a long sacrifice fly.
The Tigers added two more in their half of the third on Martinez's RBI double and Jhonny Peralta's run-scoring single. Martinez tried to score from second on Peralta's double, and was beaten so badly by Jeff Francoeur's throw from right that he just veered off toward the dugout and was called out for leaving the basepath.
Detroit took control in the fourth when Infante scored on a Mike Moustakas error and Miguel Cabrera followed with a tie-breaking sacrifice fly. Martinez added an RBI single, chasing Davis, but Luis Mendoza walked the next two batters to force in a seventh run.
The Royals loaded the bases with no one out in the fifth, but only scored once, and couldn't get anything after putting two runners on in the seventh.
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Pacific Grove state of the city: Mayor notes…
Pacific Grove state of the city: Mayor notes accomplishments, need for more revenue
A construction worker tosses debris from a window into a Dumpster below the Holman Building in Pacific Grove on Tuesday. The development at the historic building was something Pacific Grove Mayor Bill Kampe noted in his state of the city address. - David Royal — Monterey Herald
Pedestrians and vehicles pass the Holman Building in Pacific Grove on Tuesday. - David Royal — Monterey Herald
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PUBLISHED: February 23, 2016 at 12:00 am | UPDATED: September 11, 2018 at 12:00 am
Pacific Grove >> With one of the finest shorelines in the state, the lowest crime rate on the Monterey Peninsula and a historical downtown with development and architectural significance, Pacific Grove remains an unrivaled place to live.
Those were the qualities cited by Mayor Bill Kampe as he began his state of the city address Tuesday night at the Community Center, reminding the some 150 in attendance just why “American’s Last Hometown” was so named.
That was before he addressed topics paramount to the city’s future and progress. Those ranged from development projects, like the Holman Building and Project Bella, to issues that have taken center stage at recent City Council meetings, like short-term rentals and the city’s water supply.
But first, Kampe noted his admiration for where he lives and the people who make it what it is.
“My wife and I still wake up each morning and think how wonderful it is to live in this amazing community,” Kampe said. “It continues to be this special place because so many work so hard to make it this way.”
Early on, Kampe addressed the recruitment status of important positions within the city by introducing Interim City Manager Ben Harvey and briefly noting the city’s current search for a permanent police chief. He credited Interim Chief Steve Belcher for the job he’s doing. Belcher took the post after Seaside Police Chief Vicki Myers, who served as police chief for both Pacific Grove and Seaside since 2012, completed her stead in December.
“It’s important to have someone there that knows all the corners of the city,” Kampe said when asked why it was important to hire a full-time chief.
He also noted positive steps the city has taken, like approving the release of donations from its stewardship fund for the Library Renewal Project and the approval of more sidewalk seating and dining.
But it was “priority” issues that Kampe focused on most. Those included Project Bella, short-term rentals and the city’s financial sustainability.
Last week, the City Council unanimously approved a reimbursement agreement with Domaine Hospitality Partners, the developer behind the proposed Project Bella. The agreement is crucial because it will cover costs for the preparation and management of an environmental impact report, which is essential for the luxury hotel to move forward.
“You will hear about Measure X, an April 19 ballot measure that will allow hotel usage on the site,” said Kampe. “Your vote will determine whether a project such as Bella can move forward at the site. Please keep in mind the vote is about zoning, and it is a prerequisite for any hotel development there.”
Kampe then mentioned the short-term rentals issue, describing the topic as one of the most divisive for the city. The City Council voted to continue to allow them in December after 4 1/2 hours of public comment and debate.
“It is tempting to believe that (short-term rentals) could simply go away, and it would be a relief,” said Kampe. “The truth is that even communities that boast of their ban are full of them. I believe for now the stronger course is effective regulation.”
While Kampe provided an update on infrastructure projects — sewer maintenance, local water, Central Avenue traffic and the looming Holman Highway roundabout — he spoke about the city’s financial sustainability at length. The city added $5.5 million to its general fund balance over the past five years — taking the total to $8.2 million — which Kampe attributed to reductions in staff and cost trimming.
Recently, city officials addressed how much money to keep in reserves and how much to put toward the $2.2 million in deferred expenses.
“Our recent audit gave very high marks to Pacific Grove,” said Kampe, noting selective fee increases for city services and a strong increase in the transient occupancy tax as major factors.
But he also said city staff is “stretched too thin” and that “very hard to explain benefit plans” are creating challenges for recruitment and retention.
“Taken together, current deferred spending plus looming cost increases tell us we need increased revenue,” said Kampe. “We now need to ask if we, as a community, are prepared to support essential and desired services that make our city such a privileged place to live.”
Kampe referred to Carmel, which has three times the revenue per capita, and Monterey, with double the revenue per capita, as references to just how well the city has managed with its limited finances.
Yet, despite the city’s current and future challenges, Kampe still had plenty of good things to say about his city of choice.
“We make it possible for good people to do good work for the future of this city,” said Kampe, referencing the city staff and employees. “With your continued support, we’ll continue to make Pacific Grove a beautiful place to live.”
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Nathan Eovaldi Bio
Fullname: Nathan Edward Eovaldi
Nickname: Evo
Born: 2/13/1990 in Houston, TX
Draft: 2008, Los Angeles Dodgers, 11th rd.
High School: Alvin, TX
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Nathan Edward Eovaldi
Full name is Nathan Edward Eovaldi ... Last name is pronounced "ee-VAHL-dee." ... Signed by Chris Smith (Dodgers) ... Is married with 2 children ... Graduated in 2008 from Alvin (TX) High School ... Underwent Tommy John surgery as a junior on 5/27/07, performed by Dr. David Lintner ... Recovered in time to pitch as a senior ... Grew up in Alvin, TX, the same hometown as Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan ... Both pitchers attended Alvin High School, but they did not meet until 2016, when the Yankees visited the Astros.
In 22 appearances (21 starts) between TB and BOS, went 6-7 with a 3.81 ERA (47 ER/111.0 IP), a 1.13 WHIP, 101 SO, and only 20 BB ... Returned to the majors after missing all of 2017 recovering from Tommy John surgery performed in 2016 ... Among AL pitchers with 20+ starts, held the 4th-lowest BB/9.0 IP ratio (1.62) and 5th-highest SO/BB ratio (5.05) ... Made 6 scoreless starts of 6.0+ innings ... In 5 of his starts, threw 6.0+ innings and allowed 0 runs and 3 or fewer hits, tied with Corey Kluber and Justin Verlander for the most such starts in the AL ... Led the majors with 4 starts in which he threw 6.0+ scoreless innings and allowed 2 hits or fewer ... Also led MLB with 3 starts in which he recorded 6.0+ scoreless innings and surrendered 1 or 0 hits ... Allowed 0 HR to his final 194 right-handed hitters faced, including the postseason ... From 9/1 through the end of the World Series, left-handed hitters were 4-for-53 (.075) against him ... Including the postseason, made 4 starts against the Yankees as a member of the Red Sox ... In those games, posted a 0.39 ERA and held batters to a .367 OPS (23.0 IP, 1 ER, 11-for-77, 0 HR, 18 SO, 3 BB) ... Made his season debut on 5/30 at OAK, his 1st ML appearance since 8/10/16 ... Threw 6.0 scoreless, hitless innings in a 6-0 Rays win ... Allowed only 1 hit and 0 runs on 6/26 vs. WSH (6.0 IP) and again on 7/8 at NYM (7.0 IP) ... Made his final start with the Rays on 7/20 vs. MIA and allowed 1 run in 6.0 IP ... After being acquired on 7/25 from TB, went 3-3 with a 3.33 ERA (20 ER/54.0 IP) over 12 appearances (11 starts) with the Red Sox in his debut with the club ... Between the 2 clubs, held a career-best 19.0-inning scoreless streak from 7/20-8/10 ... Earned the win in each of his first 2 starts with BOS, combining to toss 15.0 consecutive scoreless innings ... Became the 1st pitcher to begin a Red Sox career with a 15.0-inning scoreless streak-all as a starter- since Vaughn Eshelman in 1995 (18.0 IP) ... Was the 3rd Red Sox pitcher in the last 100 seasons to hold his opponent scoreless in each of his first 2 starts with the club ... Joined Dave "Boo" Ferris in 1945 (4/29- 5/6) and Vaughn Eshelman in 1995 (5/2-7) ... Tossed 7.0 scoreless innings in his Red Sox debut on 7/29 vs. MIN (4 H, 5 SO) ... Threw just 82 pitches ... Prior to Eovaldi, the last Red Sox pitcher with 0 BB over 7.0+ scoreless IP in his team debut was King Brady on 10/5/1908 vs. the New York Highlanders ... Logged a career-high-tying 8.0 scoreless IP in his 2nd start with the club on 8/4 vs. NYY (3 H, BB, 4 SO) ... Faced the minimum number of batters through 5.0 IP ... Threw 3.1 scoreless innings on 9/3 at ATL on 2 days rest ... Issued 4 BB, snapping a career-long streak of 22 consecutive starts with 2 BB or fewer ... Was the 3rd-longest active streak in the majors entering play ... Allowed 2 R over 3.2 relief IP on 9/11 vs. TOR ... Was his 1st relief appearance since 7/19/16 with NYY at BOS ... Held NYY to 2 hits over 6.0 scoreless innings on 9/18 at Yankee Stadium ... Became the 1st Red Sox with consecutive scoreless starts vs. NYY since Josh Beckett in 2011 (2, 4/10-5/14) ... Limited NYY to 3 hits on 8/4 and 2 hits on 9/18.. ... Became the 1st Red Sox with consecutive scoreless starts with 3 hits or fewer allowed vs. NYY since Smoky Joe Wood in 1911 ... Struck out a career-high-tying 10 batters over 5.0 IP on 9/24 vs. BAL (4 H, R) ... Marked his 1st game with 10+ SO since 5/5/14 with MIA vs. NYM ... Limited NYY to 1 hit and 1 unearned run over 2.0 IP during his final start on 9/29 at Fenway, striking out 4 ... POSTSEASON: In his postseason debut, won both of his starts and made 4 relief appearances, posting a 1.61 ERA (4 ER/22.1 IP) with 16 SO and 3 BB ... Started and won Game 3 of the ALDS at Yankee Stadium (7.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 5 SO) ... Became the 7th Red Sox pitcher to throw 7.0+ innings, issue 0 BB, and give up 1 or 0 runs in a postseason game, and only the 4th Sox pitcher to do so in the Live Ball Era (most recent: Jon Lester, 2013 World Series-G5 at STL) ... Also became the 20th pitcher in MLB history to throw 7.0+ innings, issue 0 BB, and allow 1 or 0 runs in a postseason debut (last: Jake Arrieta in 2005), the 3rd Sox pitcher to do so (also Dutch Leonard and Rube Foster in 1915) ... Became the 8th pitcher to throw 7.0+ innings, issue 0 BB, and allow 1 or 0 runs in a postseason game on the road against NYY (last: BAL's Miguel Gonzalez, 2012 ALDS-G3) ... Started and won Game 3 of the ALCS at Minute Maid Park (6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 4 SO) ... Became the 4th pitcher to throw 6.0+ innings and allow 2 runs or fewer in each of his first 2 career postseason outings, both for BOS ... The others are Dutch Leonard (1915-16), Babe Ruth (1916-18), and Jim Lonborg (1967) ... Threw 1.1 scoreless innings in the Sox' pennant-clinching win over HOU in Game 5 of the ALCS ... Recorded a perfect 8th inning in Game 1 of the World Series and again in Game 2 ... In Game 3 of the World Series at Dodger Stadium, started the 12th inning and pitched the remainder of the game for BOS ... Allowed 1 run from the 12th-17th innings before allowing a walk-off HR to Max Muncy in the 18th ... Became the 43rd pitcher to throw 6.0+ innings of relief in a postseason game (35th in a World Series game) ... The only other Red Sox to throw 6.0+ innings of relief in a playoff game are Pedro Martinez (6.0, 1999 ALDS-G5), Charley Hall (8.0, 1912 WS-G7), Ray Collins (7.0, 1912 WS-G6), and Cy Young (7.0, 1903 WS-G3).
Spent the entire season rehabbing from a second Tommy John surgery…is attempting to become the 32nd player to pitch in the majors after two Tommy John surgeries, and only the 12th pitcher to start a major league game after doing so…could become the third to pitch for the Rays after two Tommy John surgeries, following Al Reyes and Lance Carter, and the first to start a game for the Rays.... On Sep 9, returned to strike out a pair in a scoreless inning of a rehab start…threw 10 pitches (9 strikes) in Game 4 of the Southern League Finals for Double-A Montgomery... Also made a relief app in the postseason for Triple-A Durham, pitching a scoreless inning in Game 2 of the Governors' Cup against Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre (Yankees).
Made 24 apps (21 starts) for the Yankees…moved to the bullpen after going 6-6 with a 5.54 ERA (91-IP, 56-ER) in 16 starts through July 1…returned to the rotation on July 19 and went 2-2 with a 3.46 ERA (26-IP, 10-ER) in 5 starts before his season-ending injury. According to FanGraphs, averaged 97.1 mph on his fastball, 2nd hardest in the majors (min. 100 IP) to NYM Noah Syndergaard (98.0)…according to PITCHf/x, threw 36 pitches of at least 100 mph…topped out at 101.4 mph. Won 5 straight starts from May 7-29 and 6 straight decisions from April 25-May 29. Went 5-0 with a 3.25 ERA (36-IP, 13-ER) over 6 starts in May, tied for the AL lead in wins. Had at least 7 SO in 7 consecutive starts from Aug 19, 2015-April 20, 2016, tied for the longest streak in Yankees history with CC Sabathia (2011, 2009), Mike Mussina (2003) and Ron Guidry (1978). Yielded 4 ER or more in 6 straight starts from June 3-July 1 before moving to the bullpen…made 3 apps in relief, his first action out of the bullpen since his rookie season in 2011. On April 25 at TEX, had the longest no-hit bid of his career before allowing a leadoff, 7th-inning single to Nomar Mazara. On May 18 at ARI, yielded a leadoff double to start the game before retiring his final 18 BF…was the first Yankees pitcher to go at least 6 IP and allow 1 baserunner or fewer since Mike Mussina lost his perfect game after 26 BF on Sep 2, 2001 at BOS. On July 10 at CLE, went 4.1 IP out of the bullpen to tie for the longest relief app by a Yankee in 2016…didn't allow a run in the 11-7 win. Placed on the 15-day DL on Aug 12 (retroactive to Aug 11) with a right elbow tendon injury…was the second straight year his season was cut short by a right elbow injury.
Went 14-3 with a 4.20 ERA (154.1IP, 72ER) in 27 starts in his first season with the Yankees before he was shut down for the season following his 9/5 start with right elbow inflammation…set a career high in wins, nearly doubling his career win total entering the year (went 15-35 from 2011-14)…the Yankees went 18-9 in his 27 starts...Finished tied for eighth in the AL in wins…recorded a career-high 3.1 WAR (FanGraphs), 12th among AL pitchers…his 3.42 FIP was ninth-best in the AL (min. 150.0IP)…posted a 3.81 xFIP...His .824 winning percentage led the AL and ranked second in the Majors (min. 15 decisions) to Los Angeles-NL's Zack Greinke (.864, 19-3)…he and Greinke were the only two pitchers who made at least 25 starts in 2015 and took three losses or fewer…posted the fourth-highest winning pct. among Yankees pitchers with at least 15 decisions in a season in the expansion era (since 1969), behind Ron Guidry-1978 (25-3, .893), Ron Davis-1979 (14-2, .875) and Roger Clemens-2001 (20-3, .870)...Posted a career-long nine-game winning streak and 13-start unbeaten streak from 6/20-8/30…marked the longest winning streak in the AL and tied for the second-longest in the Majors in 2015…had a 3.32 ERA (78.2IP, 29ER) during the streak…marked the longest single-season winning streak by a Yankee since Ivan Nova won 12 straight decisions from 6/10-9/20/11…his 13-start streak of non-losing starts was the longest in the AL in 2015 and tied for the second-longest in the Majors behind San Diego's James Shields (14 starts)…was the longest by a Yankee since Nova's 20-start unbeaten streak from 6/10/11-4/27/12...Went 5-1 with a 3.22 ERA (78.1IP, 28ER) in 13 home starts…was unbeaten in his first 12 home starts before taking a loss in his final start of the year on 9/5 vs. Tampa Bay…his 12-start home unbeaten streak was tied for the secondlongest in the Majors behind Houston's Dallas Keuchel (18 straight), and the second-longest season-opening streak in the Majors (Keuchel-18)…was the longest home unbeaten streak by a Yankee since CC Sabathia (21 straight) from 7/18/09-9/2/10 and the longest to begin a season since Sabathia's first 14 starts of 2010...Went 9-2 with a 5.21 ERA (76.0IP, 44ER) in 14 road starts…was tied for second in the AL and tied for fifth in the Majors in road wins…marked the most road wins by a Yankee since CC Sabathia (11) in 2011…set a career high by winning his final seven road starts beg. 6/26, going 7-0 with a 4.24 ERA (40.1IP, 19ER) during the streak…marked the longest streak of consecutive winning road starts in the Majors since Kansas City's James Shields (seven straight) from 7/26-9/27/13…was tied for the fifth-longest such streak by a Yankees pitcher since 1914 and the longest since Sabathia (seven straight) from 5/8-7/16/11…opponents batted .327 (103-for-315) against him on the road, fifth-highest average in the Majors...Opponents batted .285 (175-for-615), eighth-highest in the Majors (min. 600AB)…his .339 opponents' BABIP was the second-highest in the AL (min. 600AB), behind only Drew Hutchison (.343)…held opponents to a .244 (78-for-320) BA over his final 14 starts after they batted .329 (97-for-295) in his first 13 starts...Allowed just 10HR in 154.1IP…his 0.58 HR per 9.0IP ratio was the lowest in the AL and eighth-lowest in the Majors (min. 150.0IP)…was the third-lowest HR per 9.0IP ratio by a Yankees pitcher since 1998 (Chien-Ming Wang: 0.41 in 2007 and 0.50 in 2006)…permitted 3HR in 108.2IP over his final 19 starts beginning 5/25…did not allow a HR over a career-high eight consecutive starts from 6/16-7/26, tied for the fourth-longest homerless starts streak in the Majors in 2015…marked the longest homerless streak by a Yankees pitcher since Hiroki Kuroda (eight straight) from 7/7-8/17/13...His 7.17 run support average (154.1IP, 123RS) was the second-highest in the Majors (min. 150.0IP), this after he had the lowest RSA in the Majors in 2014 (2.70)…departed with the lead in 21 of his 27 starts…received at least 13R of support in three starts…Houston's Dallas Keuchel (twice) was the only other pitcher who received 13R more than once in 2015…was the second Yankees pitcher since 1974 to receive at least 13R in three-or-more starts in a season, joining David Wells, who had four such starts in 2002...Won 7-of-9 day starts, tied for third-most day wins in the AL...Per Fangraphs' PITCHf/x data, his fastball averaged 96.7 mph, the Major's second-highest velocity (min. 150.0IP) behind the Mets' Noah Syndergaard (97.1 mph)...Per MLB Statcast, excluding Aroldis Chapman, threw the Majors' six fastest pitches (and nine of the top 12), ranging from 101.6 to 102.4 mph...Opponents were 3-for-4 on SB attempts in 2015, one more SB than he had allowed in 2013 and 2014 combined…had a career-high streak of 33 consecutive starts without a SB snapped with Jose Altuve's SB on 6/26 at Houston (dating back to 2014)…was tied for fourth in the AL with four pickoffs...Won all seven starts vs. AL Central opponents, defeating all five clubs while going 7-0 with a 3.13 ERA (46.0IP, 16ER)…since the division was created in 1994, only three other pitchers (all Yankees) have won every start vs. the AL Central in a season while making at least seven starts: Chien-Ming Wang (8-0 in 2007), CC Sabathia (7-0 in 2012) and Roger Clemens (7-0 in 2001)...Made 16 starts following a Yankees loss (team record: 11-5)...Recorded a season-high 9K in his second start of the season on 4/15 at Baltimore…made his 6/20 start vs. Detroit on three days' rest…was the first Yankees pitcher to make a start on three days' rest following a start since Mike Mussina on 5/24/08 vs. Seattle…threw a season-high 8.0IP on 7/26 at Minnesota (8H, 2ER, 1BB, 5K) and 8/24 vs. Houston (4H, 0R, 3BB, 7K)…made his 100th career start on 7/31 at Chicago-AL...Went 1-1 with a 1.93 ERA (18.2IP, 4ER, 3BB, 20K) in five games (four starts) in spring training.
Went 6-14 with a 4.37 ERA (199.2IP,97ER) in 33 starts with Miami, establishing career highs in games started, innings pitchedand strikeouts (142)... Had a run support average of 2.70, the lowest such mark in the Majors among pitchers with atleast 20 starts…had 11 starts withzero runs of support…only Ryan Vogelsong (12) had more in the Majors... Allowed 1BB-or-less in 22 of his33 starts, trailing only JordanZimmermann (25) and Bartolo Colon (24) for most such startsamong NL pitchers... Struck out a career-high 10 batterson 5/5 vs. the Mets (7.0IP)... Lost a career-high eight straightdecisions from 8/13-9/27.
Started season on disabled list with right shoulder inflammation, and after coming off DL on June 18, posted 4-6 record and career-best 3.39 ERA (106.1 IP/40 ER) in 18 starts for Miami. Made five rehab starts between Single-A Jupiter and Double-A Jacksonville, going a combined 1-1 with a 4.36 ERA (20.2/10). Made first start with Miami on June 18 at Arizona, allowing two runs on three hits over 6.0 innings. Tossed at least 6.0 innings in nine of first 10 starts, going 2-2 with a 2.82 ERA (60.2/19) in that span. Held opponents to two-or-fewer earned runs in 13 of his 18 starts. Allowed career-high 11 runs, nine of which were earned, on August 16 vs. San Francisco. Allowed 12 hits in 3.0-inning outing. Despite taking five consecutive losses over an eight-start span from July 20 - August 27, held opponents to three-or-fewer runs six times, garnering just six total runs of support from offense (1.17 RSA). Over career, has lowest run support average among all Major League starters (min. 45 starts since 2011) at 2.83. Josh Johnson ranks second at 3.35. Tossed career-high 8.0 innings on September 1 at Atlanta, holding Braves scoreless on seven hits. Fared considerably better on road, going 2-2 with 2.80 ERA (54.2/17) in nine starts, compared to a 2-4 mark and 4.01 ERA (51.2/23) in nine starts at Marlins Park. Drove in first career run with a first-inning RBI single against Washington on July 12 at Marlins Park. Tied career high with eight strikeouts on August 10 at Atlanta.
Began season in Dodgers' organization prior to coming to Miami in July 25 tradethat sent INF Hanley Ramirez to Los Angeles. Made nine appearances (eight starts) with Double-A Chattanooga prior to beingrecalled by Dodgers on May 29. With Lookouts, allowed more than one run in just three of eight starts, including fourruns in consecutive starts on May 2 at Huntsville and May 8 vs. Montgomery. Struck out nine in a 6.0-inning outing on April 14 at Jacksonville. Allowed two runsand five hits while walking just one. Made season debut with Dodgers against Milwaukee on May 29, allowing two runson four hits with one walk and five strikeouts in 7.0 innings. Opened campaign with season-long five-game losing streak, covering seven startsfrom May 29-June 30, which was matched later in year. Five of seven outings werequality starts, but only received three runs of support overall during skid (41.0 IP). Was receiving 1.44 runs of support per 9.0 innings at time of trade from Los Angelesto Miami, lowest mark in Majors by more than a full run (Edinson Volquez was secondat 2.59). Mark improved to 2.87 by end of season, but was still lowest in Majorsfor a pitcher making at least 22 starts. Earned win in first start with Marlins on July 28 vs. San Diego. Held Padres to onerun on five hits, while walking two and striking out five over 5.1 innings of work. Startwrapped up best month of season, finishing July with a 2-1 mark and a 2.61 ERA(20.2/6) in four starts. Set new career high with eight strikeouts on September 25 at Atlanta. Totaled 20strikeouts over final three starts, his most ever compiled over three consecutivestarts. In that same span, posted a 2.25 ERA (20.0/5). Set a career high with six walks on August 8 at Mets, but still managed to hold Mets scoreless over 5.0 innings. In five careerstarts in which he has issued four-or-more walks, has a 2-1 record and 1.23 ERA (29.1/4), and his teams are 4-1.
Saw his first big league action in 2011, going 1-2 with a 3.63 ERA (14 ER/34.2 IP) in 10 games (six starts) with Los Angeles...the Dodgers went 7-3 in games that he appeared in...Set a career high with 137.2 combined innings pitched this season with Los Angeles and Double-A Chattanooga...Made six starts before being moved to the bullpen following his Sept. 3 start at Atlanta...went 1-2 with a 3.09 ERA (11 ER/32.0 IP) and limited opponents to a .225 batting average as a member of the rotation...Had his contract purchased from Double-A Chattanooga on Aug. 6 and made his big league debut that night at Arizona, picking up the win in the Dodgers' 5-3 victory...also notched the first hit of his career in his debut, singling in his first at-bat off Joe Saunders...Started his big league career by pitching at least 5.0 innings, allowing two or fewer runs and less than five hits in each of his first four starts...according to Stats, LLC, only three others since 1946 have opened their careers in similar fashion with four or more starts by that criteria: Matt Cain (6 GS, Aug. 29-Sept. 25, 2005), Felix Hernandez (4 GS, Aug. 4-20, 2005) and Dave Morehead (4 GS, April 13-May 12, 1963)...Appeared out of the bullpen for the first time on Sept. 12, 2011 with a scoreless inning against the D-backs...allowed three runs over 2.2 innings in four relief outings...Opened the season with Double-A Chattanooga and at the time of his promotion, was 6-5 and ranked second in the league a 2.63 ERA and a .203 opponents' batting average in 20 games (19 starts)...Selected as a Southern League midseason and postseason All-Star...also honored with the May Dodger Pride Award for Chattanooga, going 2-2 with a 2.70 ERA in five starts in the month...At Double-A, limited left-handed hitters to a .188 batting average, while right-handers hit just .215...averaged just under a strikeout per inning pitched with 99 strikeouts in 103.0 frames.
Represented the 66ers on the California League Midseason All-Star Team...Won the May Dodger Pride Award for Inland Empire, going 1-2 with a 2.97 ERA (12 ER/36.1 IP) in six starts, including his five-hit complete game shutout on May 31 at Lancaster (Astros)...Allowed just three home runs in 98.1 combined innings...Entered the season rated as the Dodgers' No. 13 prospect by Baseball America.
Registered a 1.48 ERA (11 ER/67.0 IP) over his final 16 games (nine starts) after May 21 with Single-A Great Lakes...Posted a 2.32 ERA (8 ER/31.0 IP) in 10 relief appearances...Made one postseason appearance, allowing an unearned run in 1.0 inning in Game 3 of Great Lakes' first-round series against Western Michigan.
Struck out nine in 8.0 innings with the GCL Dodgers in his pro debut...Made the jump to Rookie-advanced Ogden for the final week of the season, and made one appearance, working 2.2 scoreless innings vs. Orem.
2019 Stats 0 0 6.00 4 4 0 21.0 16 1.52
Status: Injured 60-Day
Next BOS Game: 7-18 vs TOR
Last 7 Games 0 0 6.00 4 4 0 21.0 21 14 11 16 1.52
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4/3 @ OAK 0 0 0 5.0 4 3 4 3
4/11 vs TOR 0 0 0 5.0 6 5 4 4
4/17 @ NYY 0 0 0 6.0 3 0 1 6
2019 Games by Position: SP (4)
Statcast Averages
Avg Pitch Speed (mph)
Avg Spin Rate (rpm)
Avg Exit Velocity (mph)
2019 Red Sox AL 151 Four-seam FB 97.1 2,161 92.3
MLB Avg - - - Four-seam FB 93.3 2,284 88.8
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World Series Championship
2018 Boston Red Sox AL
SOU Mid-Season All-Star
2011 Chattanooga Lookouts SOU
SOU Post-Season All-Star
CAL Mid-Season All-Star
2010 Inland Empire 66ers CAL
2014 14 4th in NL
2012 7 5th in NL
2012 13 5th in
2014 107 4th in NL
2014 223 1st in NL
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2014 199.2 15th in NL
2015 14 8th in AL
June 25, 2019 Boston Red Sox transferred RHP Nathan Eovaldi from the 10-day injured list to the 60-day injured list. Loose body in the right elbow.
April 20, 2019 Boston Red Sox placed RHP Nathan Eovaldi on the 10-day injured list retroactive to April 18, 2019. Loose body in the right elbow.
December 6, 2018 Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Nathan Eovaldi.
October 29, 2018 RHP Nathan Eovaldi elected free agency.
July 25, 2018 Tampa Bay Rays traded RHP Nathan Eovaldi to Boston Red Sox for LHP Jalen Beeks.
May 30, 2018 Tampa Bay Rays activated RHP Nathan Eovaldi from the 60-day disabled list.
May 23, 2018 Tampa Bay Rays sent RHP Nathan Eovaldi on a rehab assignment to Durham Bulls.
May 23, 2018 Tampa Bay Rays transferred RHP Nathan Eovaldi from the 10-day disabled list to the 60-day disabled list. Loose bodies in right elbow.
May 4, 2018 Tampa Bay Rays sent RHP Nathan Eovaldi on a rehab assignment to Charlotte Stone Crabs.
March 28, 2018 Tampa Bay Rays placed RHP Nathan Eovaldi on the 10-day disabled list. Loose bodies in right elbow.
November 2, 2017 Tampa Bay Rays activated RHP Nathan Eovaldi from the 60-day disabled list.
September 13, 2017 Tampa Bay Rays sent RHP Nathan Eovaldi on a rehab assignment to Durham Bulls.
September 9, 2017 Tampa Bay Rays sent RHP Nathan Eovaldi on a rehab assignment to Montgomery Biscuits.
March 10, 2017 Tampa Bay Rays placed RHP Nathan Eovaldi on the 60-day disabled list retroactive to March 8, 2017. Recovering from August 2016 Tommy John Surgery
February 14, 2017 Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Nathan Eovaldi.
November 23, 2016 New York Yankees released RHP Nathan Eovaldi.
November 18, 2016 New York Yankees designated RHP Nathan Eovaldi for assignment.
November 4, 2016 New York Yankees activated RHP Nathan Eovaldi from the 60-day disabled list.
September 15, 2016 New York Yankees transferred RHP Nathan Eovaldi from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day disabled list. Right elbow tendon injury.
August 12, 2016 New York Yankees placed RHP Nathan Eovaldi on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to August 11, 2016. Right elbow tendon injury.
October 7, 2015 New York Yankees activated RHP Nathan Eovaldi.
October 6, 2015 New York Yankees reassigned RHP Nathan Eovaldi to the minor leagues.
December 19, 2014 Miami Marlins traded RHP Nathan Eovaldi, RF Garrett Jones and RHP Domingo German to New York Yankees for RHP David Phelps and 3B Martin Prado.
June 18, 2014 Miami Marlins activated RHP Nathan Eovaldi from the paternity list.
June 15, 2014 Miami Marlins placed RHP Nathan Eovaldi on the paternity list.
June 18, 2013 Miami Marlins activated RHP Nathan Eovaldi from the 60-day disabled list.
June 4, 2013 Miami Marlins sent RHP Nathan Eovaldi on a rehab assignment to Jacksonville Suns.
May 25, 2013 Miami Marlins sent RHP Nathan Eovaldi on a rehab assignment to Jupiter Hammerheads.
April 18, 2013 Miami Marlins transferred RHP Nathan Eovaldi from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day disabled list. Right shoulder inflammation.
March 31, 2013 Miami Marlins placed RHP Nathan Eovaldi on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 24, 2013. Mild right shoulder inflammation.
July 27, 2012 Miami Marlins activated RHP Nathan Eovaldi.
July 25, 2012 Miami Marlins traded LHP Randy Choate and SS Hanley Ramirez to Los Angeles Dodgers for RHP Nathan Eovaldi and RHP Scott McGough.
May 29, 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers recalled Nathan Eovaldi from Chattanooga Lookouts.
April 30, 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers optioned Nathan Eovaldi to Chattanooga Lookouts.
April 27, 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers recalled Nathan Eovaldi from Chattanooga Lookouts.
April 4, 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers optioned Nathan Eovaldi to Chattanooga Lookouts.
August 6, 2011 Los Angeles Dodgers selected the contract of Nathan Eovaldi from Chattanooga Lookouts.
April 5, 2011 Nathan Eovaldi assigned to Chattanooga Lookouts from Rancho Cucamonga Quakes.
February 28, 2011 RHP Nathan Eovaldi assigned to Los Angeles Dodgers.
September 23, 2010 Inland Empire 66ers activated RHP Nathan Eovaldi from the 7-day disabled list.
September 1, 2010 sent RHP Nathan Eovaldi on a rehab assignment to Ogden Raptors.
August 20, 2010 sent RHP Nathan Eovaldi on a rehab assignment to AZL Dodgers.
July 21, 2010 Inland Empire 66ers placed RHP Nathan Eovaldi on the 7-day disabled list. left oblique strain
March 22, 2010 RHP Nathan Eovaldi assigned to Inland Empire 66ers from Great Lakes Loons.
June 25, 2009 Nathan Eovaldi assigned to Great Lakes Loons from Ogden Raptors.
June 23, 2009 RHP Nathan Eovaldi roster status changed by Ogden Raptors.
June 21, 2009 RHP Nathan Eovaldi assigned to Ogden Raptors from Great Lakes Loons.
April 8, 2009 Nathan Eovaldi assigned to Great Lakes Loons from Ogden Raptors.
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Chapter 19 SERGEANT CRISP
Corporal Cameron By Ralph Connor Characters: 16033
The horror of the day followed Cameron through the night and awoke with him next morning. Every time his eyes found the Indian his teeth came together in a grinding rage as he repeated his vow, "Some day I shall bring you to justice. So help me God!"
Against Raven somehow he could not maintain the same heat of rage. That he was a party to the murder of the Stonies there was little reason to doubt, but as all next day they lay in the sunny glade resting the ponies, or went loping easily along the winding trails making ever towards the Southwest, the trader's cheerful face, his endless tales, and his invincible good humour stole from Cameron's heart, in spite of his firm resolve, the fierceness of his wrath. But the resolve was none the less resolute that one day he would bring this man to justice.
As they journeyed on, the woods became more open and the trees larger. Mid-day found them resting by a little lake, from which a stream flowed into the upper reaches of the Columbia River.
"We shall make the Crow's Nest trail by to-morrow night," said Raven, "where we shall part; not to your very great sorrow, I fancy, either."
The evening before Cameron would have said, "No, but to my great joy," and it vexed him that he could not bring himself to say so to-day with any great show of sincerity. There was a charm about this man that he could not resist.
"And yet," continued Raven, allowing his eyes to rest dreamily upon the lake, "in other circumstances I might have found in you an excellent friend, and a most rare and valuable find that is."
"That it is!" agreed Cameron, thinking of his old football captain, "but one cannot make friends with a-"
"It is an ugly word, I know," said Raven. "But, after all, what is a bunch of furs more or less to those Indians?"
"Furs?" exclaimed Cameron in horror. "What are the lives of these men?"
"Oh," replied Raven carelessly, "these Indians are always getting killed one way or another. It is all in the day's work with them. They pick each other off without query or qualm. Besides, Little Thunder has a grudge of very old standing against the Stonies, whom he heartily despises, and he doubtless enjoys considerable satisfaction from the thought that he has partially paid it. It will be his turn next, like as not, for they won't let this thing sleep. Or perhaps mine!" he added after a pause. "The man is doubtless on the trail at this present minute who will finally get me."
"Then why expose yourself to such a fate?" said Cameron. "Surely in this country a man can live an honest life and prosper."
"Honest life? I doubt it! What is an honest life? Does any Indian trader lead an honest life? Do the Hudson Bay traders, or I. G. Baker's people, or any of them do the honest thing by the Indian they trade with? In the long run it is a question of the police. What escapes the police is honest. The crime, after all, is in getting caught."
"Oh, that is too old!" said Cameron. "You know you are talking rot."
"Quite right! It is rot," assented Raven. "The whole business is rot. 'Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher.' Oh, I know the Book, you see. I was not born a-a-an outlaw." The grey-brown eyes had in them a wistful look. "Bah!" he exclaimed, springing to his feet and shaking himself. "The sight of your Edinburgh face and the sound of your Edinburgh speech and your old country ways and manners have got on my recollection works, and I believe that accounts for you being alive to-day, old man."
He whistled to his horse. Nighthawk came trotting and whinneying to him.
"I have one friend in the world, old boy," he said, throwing his arm over the black, glossy neck and searching his pocket for a biscuit. "And even you," he added bitterly, "I fear do not love me for naught."
Saddling his horse, he mounted and calling Little Thunder to him said:
"Take the bunch on as far as the Big Canyon and wait there for me. I am going back a bit. It is better to be sure than sorry. Cameron, your best route lies with us. Your twenty-four hours' parole is already up. To-morrow, perhaps to-night, I shall put you on the Macleod trail. You are a free man, but don't try to make any breaks when I am gone. My friend here is extremely prompt with his weapons. Farewell! Get a move on, Little Thunder! Cameron will bring up the rear."
He added some further words in the Indian tongue, his voice taking a stern tone. Little Thunder grunted a surly and unwilling acquiescence, and, waving his hand to Cameron, the trader wheeled his horse up the trail.
In spite of himself Cameron could not forbear a feeling of pity and admiration as he watched the lithe, upright figure swaying up the trail, his every movement in unison with that of the beautiful demon he bestrode. But with all his pity and admiration he was none the less resolved that he would do what in him lay to bring these two to justice.
"This ugly devil at least shall swing!" he said to himself as he turned his eyes upon Little Thunder getting his pack ponies out upon the trail. This accomplished, the Indian, pointing onward, said gruffly,
"You go in front-me back."
"Not much!" cried Cameron. "You heard the orders from your chief. You go in front. I bring up the rear. I do not know the trail."
"Huh! Trail good," grunted Little Thunder, the red-rimmed eyes gleaming malevolently. "You go front-me back." He waved his hand impatiently toward the trail. Following the direction of his hand, Cameron's eyes fell upon the stock of his own rifle protruding from a pack upon one of the ponies. For a moment the protruding stock held his eyes fascinated.
"Huh!" said the Indian, noting Cameron's glance, and slipping off his pony. In an instant both men were racing for the pack and approaching each other at a sharp angle. Arrived at striking distance, the Indian leaped at Cameron, with his knife, as was his wont, ready to strike.
The appearance of the Indian springing at him seemed to set some of the grey matter in Cameron's brain moving along old tracks. Like a flash he dropped to his knees in an old football tackle, caught the Indian by the legs and tossed him high over his shoulders, then, springing to his feet, he jerked the rifle free from the pack and stood waiting for Little Thunder's attack.
But the Indian lay without sound or motion. Cameron used his opportunity to look for his cartridge belt, which, after a few minutes' anxious search, he discovered in the pack. He buckled the belt about him, made sure his Winchester held a shell, and stood waiting.
That he should be waiting thus with the deliberate purpose of shooting down a fellow human being filled him with a sense of unreality. But the events of the last forty-eight hours had created an entirely new environment, and with extraordinary facility his mind had adjusted itself to this environment, and though two days before he would have shrunk in horror from the possibility of taking a human life, he knew as he stood there that at the first sign of attack he should shoot the Indian down like a wild beast.
Slowly Little Thunder raised himself to a sitting posture and looked about in dazed surprise. As his mind regained its normal condition there deepened in his eyes a look of cunning hatred. With difficulty he rose to his feet and stood facing Cameron. Cameron waited quietly, watching his every move.
"You go in front!" at length commanded Cameron. "And no nonsense, mind you," he added, tapping his rifle, "or I shoot quick."
The Indian might not have understood all Cameron's words, but he was in no doubt as to his meaning. It was characteristic of his race that he should know when he was beaten and stoically accept defeat for the time being. Without further word or look he led off his pack ponies, while Cameron took his place at the rear.
But progress was slow. Little Thunder was either incapable of rapid motion or sullenly indifferent to any necessity for it. Besides, there was no demoniacal dyna
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mic forcing the beasts on from the rear. They had not been more than three hours on the trail when Cameron heard behind him the thundering of hoofs. Glancing over his shoulder, he saw coming down upon him Raven, riding as if pursued by a thousand demons. The condition of his horse showed that the race had been long and hard; his black satin skin was dripping as if he had come through a river, his eyes were bloodshot and starting from his head, his mouth was wide open and from it in large clots the foam had fallen upon his neck and chest.
Past Cameron and down upon Little Thunder Raven rushed like a whirlwind, yelling with wild oaths the while,
"Get on! Get on! What are you loafing about here for?"
A few vehement directions to the Indian and he came thundering back upon Cameron.
"What have you been doing?" he cried with an oath. "Why are you not miles on? Get on! Move! Move!! Move!!!" At every yell he hurled his frenzied broncho upon the ponies which brought up the rear, and in a few minutes had the whole cavalcade madly careering down the sloping trail. Wilder and wilder grew the pace. Turning a sharp corner round a jutting rock a pack pony stumbled and went crashing fifty feet to the rock below. "On! On!" yelled Raven, emptying his gun into the struggling animal as he passed. More and more difficult became the road until at length it was impossible to keep up the pace.
"We cannot make it! We cannot make it!" muttered Raven with bitter oaths. "Oh, the cursed fools! Another two miles would do it!"
At length they came to a spot where the trail touched a level bench.
"Halt!" yelled the trader, as he galloped to the head of the column. A few minutes he spent in rapid and fierce consultation with Little Thunder and then came raging back. "We are going to get this bunch down into the valley there," he shouted, pointing to the thick timber at the bottom. "I do not expect your help, but I ask you to remain where you are for the present. And let me assure you this is no moment for trifling."
With extraordinary skill and rapidity Little Thunder managed to lead first the pack ponies and then the others, one by one, at intervals, off the trail as they went onward, taking infinite pains to cover their tracks at the various points of departure. While this was being done the trader stood shouting directions and giving assistance with a fury of energy that seemed to communicate itself to the very beasts. But the work was one of great difficulty and took many minutes to accomplish.
"Half an hour more, just half an hour! Fifteen minutes!" he kept muttering. "Just a short fifteen minutes and all would be well."
As the last pony disappeared into the woods Raven turned to Cameron and with a smile said quietly,
"There, that's done. Now you are free. Here we part. This is your trail. It will take you to Macleod. I am sorry, however, that owing to a change in circumstances for which I am not responsible I must ask you for that rifle." With the swiftness of a flash of light he whipped his gun into Cameron's face. "Don't move!" he said, still smiling. "This gun of mine never fails. Quick, don't look round. Yes, those hoof beats are our friends the police. Quick! It is your life or mine. I'd hate to kill you, Cameron. I give you one chance more."
There was no help for it, and Cameron, with his heart filled with futile fury, surrendered his rifle.
"Now ride in front of me a little way. They have just seen us, but they don't know that we are aware of their presence. Ride! Ride! A little faster!" Nighthawk rushed upon Cameron's lagging pony. "There, that's better."
A shout fell upon their ears.
"Go right along!" said Raven quietly. "Only a few minutes longer, then we part. I have greatly enjoyed your company."
Another shout.
"Aha!" said Raven, glancing round. "It is, I verily believe it is my old friend Sergeant Crisp. Only two of them, by Jove! If we had only known we need not have hurried."
Another shout, followed by a bullet that sang over their heads.
"Ah, this is interesting-too interesting by half! Well, here goes for you, sergeant!" He wheeled as he spoke. Turning swiftly in his saddle, Cameron saw him raise his rifle.
"Hold up, you devil!" he shouted, throwing his pony across the black broncho's track.
The rifle rang out, the police horse staggered, swayed, and pitched to the earth, bringing his rider down with him.
"Ah, Cameron, that was awkward of you," said Raven gently. "However, it is perhaps as well. Goodbye, old man. Tell the sergeant not to follow. Trails hereabout are dangerous and good police sergeants are scarce. Again farewell." He swung his broncho off the trail and, waving his hand, with a smile, disappeared into the thick underbrush.
"Hold up your hands!" shouted the police officer, who had struggled upright and was now swaying on his feet and covering Cameron with his carbine.
"Hurry! Hurry!" cried Cameron, springing from his pony and waving his hands wildly in the air. "Come on. You'll get him yet."
"Stand where you are and hold up your hands!" cried the sergeant.
Cameron obeyed, shouting meanwhile wrathfully, "Oh, come on, you bally fool! You are losing him. Come on, I tell you!"
"Keep your hands up or I shoot!" cried the sergeant sternly.
"All right," said Cameron, holding his hands high, "but for God's sake hurry up!" He ran towards the sergeant as he spoke, with his hands still above his head.
"Halt!" shouted the sergeant, as Cameron came near. "Constable Burke, arrest that man!"
"Oh, come, get it over," cried Cameron in a fury of passion. "Arrest me, of course, but if you want to catch that chap you'll have to hurry. He cannot be far away."
"Ah, indeed, my man," said the sergeant pleasantly. "He is not far away?"
"No, he's a murderer and a thief and you can catch him if you hurry."
"Ah! Very good, very good! Constable Burke, tie this man up to your saddle and we'll take a look round. How many might there be in your gang?" enquired the sergeant. "Tell the truth now. It will be the better for you."
"One," said Cameron impatiently. "A chap calling himself Raven."
"Raven, eh?" exclaimed Sergeant Crisp with a new interest. "Raven, by Jove!"
"Yes, and an Indian. Little Thunder he called him."
"Little Thunder! Jove, what a find!" exclaimed the sergeant.
"Yes," continued Cameron eagerly. "Raven is just ahead in the woods there alone and the Indian is further back with a bunch of ponies down in the river bottom."
"Oh, indeed! Very interesting! And so Raven is all alone in the scrub there, waiting doubtless to give himself up," said sergeant Crisp with fine sarcasm. "Well, we are not yet on to your game, young man, but we will not just play up to that lead yet a while."
In vain Cameron raged and pleaded and stormed and swore, telling his story in incoherent snatches, to the intense amusement of Sergeant Crisp and his companion. At length Cameron desisted, swallowing his rage as best he could.
"Now then, we shall move on. The pass is not more than an hour away. We will put this young man in safe keeping and return for Mr. Raven and his interesting friend." For a moment he stood looking down upon his horse. "Poor old chap!" he said. "We have gone many a mile together on Her Majesty's errands. If I have done my duty as faithfully as you have done yours I need not fear my record. Take his saddle and bridle off, Burke. We've got one of the gang. Some day we shall come up with Mr. Raven himself."
"Yes," said Cameron with passionate bitterness. "And that might be to-day if you had only listened to me. Why, man," he shouted with reviving rage, "we three could take him even yet!"
"Ah!" said Sergeant Crisp, "so we could."
"You had him in your hands to-day," said Cameron, "but like a fool you let him go. But some day, so help me God, I shall bring these murderers to justice."
"Ah!" said Sergeant Crisp again. "Good! Very good indeed! Now, my man, march!"
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Local breweries and others from as far away as California brought samples
Craft Beer Fest draws crowd Local breweries and others from as far away as California brought samples Check out this story on news-leader.com: http://sgfnow.co/1bGUhZt
Guillermo Hernandez Martinez, GHERNANDEZ@NEWS-LEADER.COM Published 8:08 p.m. CT May 9, 2015 | Updated 8:28 p.m. CT May 9, 2015
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Scott Higgins, Shea Higgins and Autumn Rodden, from left, share a laugh after trying a beer sample during Brown Derby’s 7th annual Craft Beer Festival. Scott and his daughter, Shea, have come to the last four editions of the festival. Guillermo Hernandez Martinez/News-Leader
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Craft beer from all around the country was available for sampling Saturday during Brown Derby's 7th annual Craft Beer Festival at the Brown Derby International Wine Center in South Glenstone Avenue. Attendees enjoyed sampling craft beer brewed as far away as California and Colorado, as well as from some local breweries. "It's really cool to have such a wide variety (of breweries) come to Springfield," said Nick Balla, a Springfield resident who attended the festival.
Among the local breweries present were Springfield Brewing Company, Mother's Brewing Company and White River Brewing Company. "(The festival) is the starting pistol for the summer," said White River's brewery representative Elonzo L. King III. The company brought over 1,000 samples of its beer selection to the festival, which is one of its biggest events of the year. That selection included beers not sold in stores but available only at the brewery's tap room, "like we're bringing the tap room to them," said King.
Attendees at the event could sample over 100 beers during the festival, which started just after noon for VIP ticket holders. "The selection is great," said Springfield resident Jon Pitts. "It's just good vibes!"
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KP unveils Rs505 bln budget
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s provincial cabinet met on Tuesday, with Chief Minister Pervez Khattak in chair, to approve the annual budget having a total outlay of Rs505 billion for fiscal year 2016-17.
“No new tax has been proposed in the budget,” special assistant to chief minister on information Mushtaq Ghani said while giving details of the budget.
In the new budget, he continued, a special fund of Rs200 million has also been earmarked for the welfare of transgender community of the province for the first time in the budget history of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Presenting the annual budget for fiscal year 2016-17 at the floor of KP Assembly, Provincial Minister for Finance Muzaffar Syed advocate said Rs10 billion for 64 ongoing and Rs2.42 billion for eight new projects have been earmarked in the budget.
In his budget speech the finance minister stated that the province is expected to obtain Rs380 billion from the federal tax assignments, Rs293 billion as one per cent of divisible pool for war on terror, Rs35 billion as straight transfer, Rs17 billion as net hydel profit, Rs18 billion as arrears of net hydel profit and Rs15 billion million as incentive on surplus cash balance.
The finance minister further said 160 new primary schools and 100 new secondary schools would be constructed in the province whereas 100 religious seminaries would be converted into primary schools.
The KP government has decided to allocate Rs33 billion for the local governments during the next fiscal, Syed said, adding that the province will generate Rs15 billion from its own resources under sales tax on services sector.
The minister said KP will generate Rs3.5 billion from its own power generation in the coming fiscal.
Salary, pension increase by 10 pc
While revealing the salary package for government employees Syed announced the merger of 10 per cent interim allowance of 2013-14 into the basic running pay of the provincial government employees. He further announced a 10 per cent increase in salaries of the government employees.
The provincial finance minister also announce a 10 per cent increase in the pension of retired employees and 25 per cent increase in the pension for the employees having more than 85 years age. The rise in salaries, pension and allowance would cost Rs14.20 billion to provincial exchequer.
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Slavoj Žižek on the Charlie Hebdo massacre: Are the worst really full of passionate intensity?
How fragile the belief of an Islamist must be if he feels threatened by a stupid caricature in a weekly satirical newspaper, says the Slovenian philosopher.
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Katt Williams Returns to Nick Cannon's 'Wild 'N Out'
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NEW YORK, September 27, 2018 (Newswire.com) - Emmy-award winner and world-renowned comedic powerhouse Katt Williams returns to Nick Cannon’s "Wild 'N Out." After a decade, the iconic comedian will share the same stage for two special engagements on the "Wild ‘N Out" Live tour in early November.
During Seasons 1-4, "Wild ‘N Out" viewers were entertained by Williams’ pimpish comedic antics on television and will have the chances the comedic legend to see reunites with the "Wild 'N Out" gang on November 2, 2018, in St. Louis at Enterprise Center and again on November 3, 2018 in San Diego at Viejas Arena.
This high-energy improv tour features MTV’s incredible gang of improvisers: Nick Cannon, Rip Micheals, DC Young Fly, Hitman Holla, Conceited, Justina Valentine, Iamzoie, Charlie Clips, Emmanuel Hudson, Chico Bean, DJ D-Wrek along with musical performances from chart-topping superstars plus so much more.
Audiences will be wowed as one of the original cast members exchanges jokes and jabs with the new generation of "Wild ‘N Out" comedians. Fans can expect many surprises from the most respected and longest running sketched hip-hop comedy improv show. The "Wild ‘N Out" Live promises to be an unforgettable night of laughs from today’s most talented entertainers by boldly bringing television wildest cast to the stage in the viewers’ hometowns.
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Meet The People Battling For Better Access To HIV-Fighting PrEP Drugs
By Cody LaGrow
The pill that prevents the contraction of HIV comes with plenty of barriers. Meet two people knocking them down in Chicago.
Truvada is also known as PrEP. PrEP stands for pre-exposure prophylaxis, and when taken daily, it's up to 99 percent effective at preventing the contraction of HIV.
PrEP has been used in HIV prevention since 2012. Since gay and bisexual men account for 83 percent of the estimated new HIV diagnoses among males 13 and older, it's changed the game for the LGBTQ community.
But these little blue pills come with several barriers, like price. Without insurance or financial assistance, Truvada can cost upward of $1,700 for a one-month supply. It's a price that can easily discourage an at-risk person, until you meet someone like Owen Davis, who is a PrEP navigator at Chicago House and Social Service Agency. It's an organization that serves individuals and families who are disenfranchised by HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ marginalization, poverty, homelessness and/or gender nonconformity.
Newsy's Cody LaGrow sat down with Davis, who says his role is to be like a client's best friend but with better information.
NEWSY'S CODY LAGROW: Why is PrEP so important to you?
OWEN DAVIS: We know condoms work really well if you use them like you're supposed to. We know that abstinence is cute, I mean. But we also know we've had these things for a large amount of time, and we know that HIV is a present epidemic. Anything we have in the arsenal to use in the fight against HIV, we should use. And if it's someone who has a number of barriers to where they can't think about PrEP, I would address those first.
LAGROW: Gilead, the drug's manufacturer, does offer a copay card that covers up to $3,600. But, if you're uninsured or underinsured, that may not be enough. How do you address that?
DAVIS: There are other foundations besides the Gilead copay card that can help you pay for your copays. So it's just a process, but it's a process that I'll be there with you.
LAGROW: But what if it's not about the money for someone? Why would they be afraid to discuss PrEP with their doctor?
DAVIS: There's a lot of slut-shaming attached to PrEP. That bothers me so much.
LAGROW: You said you're sex positive here?
DAVIS: We're super sex positive. We don't care what you're doing; we just want to help you do it in a safe way.
For Davis' clients, he may take them to Howard Brown Health Center to meet someone like Kristin Keglovitz Baker. She is the chief operating officer and a physician's assistant and helps get PrEP in the hands of thousands of patients.
LAGROW: Has PrEP made the conversation about sex better between patient and doctor?
KRISTIN KEGLOVITZ BAKER: The value of PrEP isn't always in writing the prescription. Sometimes there's a great conversation that happens about prevention and sexual health and people really feeling empowered to sort of take on their own prevention story and message.
LAGROW: How does Howard Brown knock down barriers and help its clients?
KEGLOVITZ BAKER: We have case managers who can help with a lot of the navigation of the health care system — insurance, copay, we have a pharmacy right on site at all of our locations where we'll able to get through those sort of barriers to treatment and get access.
LAGROW: What do you see for the future of PrEP?
KEGLOVITZ BAKER: I think Truvada, which is approved for PrEP now, will go generic in the next couple of years. That's going to be a game-changer in terms of affordability. I do think it's something that I hope we will be talking to people at a much younger age so they at least know what's in the toolbox.
Critics of Truvada say the drug promotes unsafe practices and can be linked with a rise in sexually transmitted diseases like gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis. PrEP doesn't protect you from STDs.
LAGROW: What do you say to the critics who link PrEP with a rise in STDs?
KEGLOVITZ BAKER: Those are all treatable diseases. And although we don't want patients to necessarily have higher rising rates in the US of those three, they are things I can easily manage and treat and cure. And I think that if I can still have benefit to preventing new HIV infections, which is chronic and doesn't have a cure, we still have benefit.
For Davis, he sees firsthand the impact this drug has on his clients.
LAGROW: Do your clients feel like they took control of their sex lives again?
DAVIS: They trust sex again. Honestly. They trust sex again. It's like they get this brand-new feeling: "I am in control. I have it. I know what I'm doing."
LAGROW: Where would you like to see the future of PrEP go?
DAVIS: I just want better access. I want cheaper access. I want easier access. I want more positive access.
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Glasgow Nurse Invited to Her Majesty's Garden Party for Charity Work
A Glasgow nurse has been honoured for his work with military veterans after being invited to Her Majesties Garden Party.
Cameron Harris is a staff nurse at Leverndale Hospital but also does volunteering work providing social and welfare help to vulnerable military veterans.
Cameron wanted to extend his volunteer role with the charity into his NHS work and as
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) has signed up to the Armed Forces Covenant that no military veteran will be disadvantaged by their service in the armed forces, he established an education and information network for NHSGGC staff which raised awareness of what help was available for Veterans and their families.
He presented to a range of staff groups including nurses, GPs, psychiatrists and psychologists on the need to ask veterans the question ‘Have You Served in Armed Forces’. By identifying a veteran’s status NHSGGC staff could then direct them to the multitude of help available.
Cameron has already presented to around 700 staff and had positive feedback from all the staff groups.
He said: “The aim of my work is to uphold the Armed Forces Covenant that no Veteran will be disadvantaged by their service in the Armed Forces and presenting to NHSGGC staff with information that helps them signpost veterans towards appropriate support will hopefully have a positive effect on their health and wellbeing.
“This work is very important to me and I was honoured to have been invited to Her Majesty’s Garden Party last week with my wife for my charity work. It was a great experience seeing Her Majesty, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward, Princess Anne and the First Minister. Nicola Sturgeon."
For further information either telephone 0141 201 4429 or email [email protected]
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APC clears Lawan, others to consult PDP colleagues
Mon, 15 Apr 2019
All Progressives Congress (APC) National Assembly members yesterday got the nod to negotiate with the opposition in their bid for principal positions in the Ninth Assembly.It is democratic to do so, the party said in a statement signed by National Publicity Secretary Lanre Issa-Onilu, who stressed that the party has nothing against its members seeking cooperation with other legislators as it is confident that they will not betray the party.There has been reports of Senate Leader Ahmad Lawan, who
Govt, World Bank discuss $1b power sector loan
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Revealed: 23 Nigerians on death row
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Electricity cable, transformer theft to attract 10-year jail term
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Long fuel queues amid IMFs call for subsidy removal
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Palm Sunday: Clerics counsel Christians on love, unity
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Falana, Jukuns raise alarm over unreported killings in Taraba
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Why Buhari won Nassarawa, by Al-Makura
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I will build on Al-Makuras achievements
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North now under threats of bandits Northern elders
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EstherWhyte bags Teen Actor of the year
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Kizz Daniel, Chidinma star in romantic comedy, Love Me
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Itll be disrespectful for me to do Shaku Shaku songs -Jaywon
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HIP TV drags Heritage Bank to Court
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MC Galaxy, Duncan Mighty for Star concert in Uyo
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NNPC, Seplat shop for N253b to develop gas project
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FBN Holdings posts N59.7b full-year profit
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Changan Motors unveils CS75 SUV
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Insurance firms capital base may rise to N15b
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IFC, Actis, others to manage over $350b assets
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Stamp duty charge is fraudulent, says NECA
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LCCI: NNPCs downstream oil sector monopoly stultifies growth
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SAHCO to list shares on Stock Exchange
Following the completion of its initial public offering (IPO), Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO) Plc, will this week list its shares on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). SAHCO will be the second ground handling company to be listed at the stock market, after Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (Nahco) Plc.SAHCO had floated an IPO of 406.074 million ordinary shares of 50 kobo each at N4.65 per share. The IPO was an offer for sale, implying that the net proceeds of the IPO would go to the e
CCNN posts N5.7b net profit
Cement Company of Northern Nigeria (CCNN) Plc grew its net profit by 77 per cent to N5.7 billion in 2018.In its first report since the merger with Kalambaina Cement Company, CCNN turnover rose by 62 per cent to N31.7 billion. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ( EBITDA) rose by 86 per cent to N7.9 billion.The top-line growth was due largely to increased domestic sales and exports. Overall, CCNN produced 0.76 million metric tonnes of cement and sold over 0.74 million m
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Pop superstar Lady Gaga made a grand entrance at New York's annual Met Gala wearing a voluminous bright pink dress that she shed on the red carpet to reveal three other outfits layered underneath, including a bra and underwear, her interpretation of the evening's theme, Camp: Notes on Fashion. The invitation-only event, famed for its A-list celebrities and haute couture gowns, is a benefit for New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and also marks the opening of the Costume Institute's annual fashion exhibit. Gaga shed her blazing pink Brandon Maxwell gown on the red carpet to reveal a strapless black gown by the designer. Next came a figure-hugging hot pink gown. Her final reveal before a makeup touch-up on the carpet was a black bra, panties and sky-high platform boots. Roar singer Katy Perry came dressed as a chandelier, even wearing one on her head. "I like to be of the light and obviously be the light, she said about her 40-pound costume by Moschino. Anna Wintour, the American Vogue editor-in-chief who hosts fashion's biggest night each year, was one of the first up the red-carpet-turned-pink for the evening wearing a shimmering Chanel gown topped by a cape of pink feathers that was tipped in black, a nod to the night's mascot, a flamingo. Camp, a theme that embraces humour, exaggeration and liberal interpretation, was inspired by writer Susan Sontag's 1964 essay Notes on 'Camp'. Trends on the pink carpet included gold lame and sequins, feathers, neon, and oversized sleeves, skirts and trains. Performer Billy Porter, dressed in head-to-toe gold, summoned ancient Egypt when he was carried into the gala on a litter by six shirtless men. The night's fashion also referenced camp icons including a glittery high-collared cape by designer Christian Siriano intended to pay tribute to the late Vegas showman Liberace. Singer Celine Dion wore a feathered headpiece and full-length fringe by Oscar de la Renta that was reminiscent of a Cher costume. Kris Jenner, mother and manager of reality stars Kim and Khloe Kardashian, told reporters on the red carpet she was channeling singer David Bowie in a coat with wings made of tulle over a blue Tommy Hilfiger jumpsuit. The frontman of British brand One Direction and gala co-host Harry Styles arrived wearing a black Gucci ensemble with mesh detail on the top and painted black fingernails. Tennis star Serena Williams stayed true to her brand, pairing Nike sneakers with a custom neon yellow dress from Italian fashion house Versace. Others with the sought-after invitation to dinner for 550 included NFL star quarterback Tom Brady and his supermodel wife Gisele Bundchen, singer and actress Jennifer Lopez and comedian Chris Rock, and the billionaire CEO of Amazon.com Jeff Bezos. Australian Associated Press
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Gaga turns heads at camp-themed Met Gala
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Lady Gaga made a vibrant entrance in a fuchsia gown to the Mat Gala fundraiser in New York.
Pop superstar Lady Gaga made a grand entrance at New York's annual Met Gala wearing a voluminous bright pink dress that she shed on the red carpet to reveal three other outfits layered underneath, including a bra and underwear, her interpretation of the evening's theme, Camp: Notes on Fashion.
The invitation-only event, famed for its A-list celebrities and haute couture gowns, is a benefit for New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and also marks the opening of the Costume Institute's annual fashion exhibit.
Gaga shed her blazing pink Brandon Maxwell gown on the red carpet to reveal a strapless black gown by the designer. Next came a figure-hugging hot pink gown. Her final reveal before a makeup touch-up on the carpet was a black bra, panties and sky-high platform boots.
Roar singer Katy Perry came dressed as a chandelier, even wearing one on her head. "I like to be of the light and obviously be the light, she said about her 40-pound costume by Moschino.
Anna Wintour, the American Vogue editor-in-chief who hosts fashion's biggest night each year, was one of the first up the red-carpet-turned-pink for the evening wearing a shimmering Chanel gown topped by a cape of pink feathers that was tipped in black, a nod to the night's mascot, a flamingo.
Camp, a theme that embraces humour, exaggeration and liberal interpretation, was inspired by writer Susan Sontag's 1964 essay Notes on 'Camp'. Trends on the pink carpet included gold lame and sequins, feathers, neon, and oversized sleeves, skirts and trains.
Performer Billy Porter, dressed in head-to-toe gold, summoned ancient Egypt when he was carried into the gala on a litter by six shirtless men.
The night's fashion also referenced camp icons including a glittery high-collared cape by designer Christian Siriano intended to pay tribute to the late Vegas showman Liberace.
Singer Celine Dion wore a feathered headpiece and full-length fringe by Oscar de la Renta that was reminiscent of a Cher costume.
Kris Jenner, mother and manager of reality stars Kim and Khloe Kardashian, told reporters on the red carpet she was channeling singer David Bowie in a coat with wings made of tulle over a blue Tommy Hilfiger jumpsuit.
The frontman of British brand One Direction and gala co-host Harry Styles arrived wearing a black Gucci ensemble with mesh detail on the top and painted black fingernails.
Tennis star Serena Williams stayed true to her brand, pairing Nike sneakers with a custom neon yellow dress from Italian fashion house Versace.
Others with the sought-after invitation to dinner for 550 included NFL star quarterback Tom Brady and his supermodel wife Gisele Bundchen, singer and actress Jennifer Lopez and comedian Chris Rock, and the billionaire CEO of Amazon.com Jeff Bezos.
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Protesters demanding 'count every vote' arrested in Georgia as governor's race remains unsettled
Democrat Stacey Abrams and Republican Brian Kemp are still battling for the state's governorship a week after Election Day.
Sen. Nikema Williams (D-Atlanta) is arrested by capitol police during a protest over election ballot counts in the rotunda of the state capitol building on Nov. 13, 2018, in Atlanta.John Bazemore / AP
Nov. 13, 2018, 10:09 PM UTC / Updated Nov. 13, 2018, 11:31 PM UTC
By Allan Smith
Multiple people, including Democratic state Sen. Nikema Williams, were arrested Tuesday during a protest at Georgia's Capitol building in Atlanta, where chants of "count every vote" broke out among demonstrators, law enforcement said.
Protesters were calling for the uncounted ballots from last week's midterm election to be tallied as the gubernatorial race between Republican Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams remains too close to call. Kemp holds a lead over Abrams of less than 58,000 votes as of Tuesday.
Protesters arrested at Georgia state Capitol
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Georgia State Patrol told NBC News Tuesday that 15 protesters were arrested for unlawfully disrupting "orderly conduct of official business." State patrol said protesters were taken to the Fulton County Jail.
Police later announced that Williams was additionally charged with misdemeanor obstruction of justice.
Williams told The Washington Post that she was arrested "because I refused to leave the floor of this building where I'm a state senator," adding the protest was peaceful.
A man is arrested by Georgia state troopers during a protest over election ballot counts in the rotunda of the state Capitol building Ton Nov. 13, 2018, in Atlanta. Several protesters, including a state senator, have been arrested during a demonstration at the Georgia state Capitol calling for tallying of uncounted ballots from last week's election.John Bazemore / AP
As the contest between Abrams and Kemp continues a week after Election Day, Georgia officials continue to tally uncounted ballots in the race. Earlier Tuesday, a federal judge ordered Georgia to guard against the improper rejection of provisional ballots and to wait until Friday to certify the state's election results.
Abrams hopes to narrow Kemp's lead to force a mandatory recount or a runoff — the higher of the two hurdles.
State law requires a candidate to have more than 50 percent of the vote in order to win outright, and Kemp currently has 50.3 percent of the overall vote.
Abrams has not conceded the race, despite pressure from Kemp, who has declared victory.
Allan Smith is a political reporter for NBC News.
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Trick them.
Make them shake their heads and lose their minds.
It may not be the only way to beat Bill Belichick and Tom Brady. But over the years it’s been one proven way.
I said this to people within the Dolphins organization this week. You know their answer? You’d expect it to be something akin to, “Stay in your lane handling verbs and adjectives, geek, and let us handle the football.”
I didn’t get that response.
The responses I got were:
“Yes, I know.”
“We have some things.”
That suggests stuff. Actually, it does more than suggest. That speaks to the fact the Dolphins are aware that to beat the Patriots on Sunday, they have to come to the game armed with the unforeseen ...
...Surprises.
...Gadgets.
...That which is not predictable.
The Dolphins must bring these plays and the plays have to work.
There may be no other way.
So why do I say this?
Well, consider the last time the Dolphins won a game at Gillette. It was Sept. 21, 2008. That day the Dolphins unveiled the Wildcat offense.
And the enduring picture locked in my memory is of a frantic and borderline rattled Bill Belichick snatching a white board off the bench, kneeling inside a circle of defensive players, and trying to draw an explanation of what the Dolphins were doing and how to defend it.
Miami Dolphins coach Adam Gase understands that going to Gillette Stadium to play the Patriots is loud and dangerous.
Then I remember those Patriots players going back on the field and continuing to play as if confused.
That’s what it takes to knock the crown off king New England’s head -- even if only temporarily.
The Patriots are familiar with trick plays becoming game-defining plays. Remember last year’s Super Bowl?
The Patriots lost that game, not because they didn’t play well, but because the Eagles did things to that defense. And the culmination of things Eagles coach Doug Pederson and quarterback Nick Foles did was call “Philly Special.”
You know the play. Fourth down and goal. Direct snap to running back Corey Clement, who flips to tight end Trey Burton, who passes to Foles.
Touchdown.
The truth is the Patriots have lost three Super Bowls because, in some form or fashion, the opposition delivered some trick or crazy play. The Giants beat New England in Super Bowl XLII when David Tyree made the utterly wild helmet catch. No, not a trick play, but a wild play for sure.
The Giants also had the ridiculous and other-worldly sideline levitation catch by Mario Manningham that helped win Super Bowl XLVI.
So, yeah, do crazy things and you can beat the Patriots.
And that’s fine because the Miami Dolphins are a crazy-thing-doing franchise.
There are NFL teams that have a reputation for doing the unorthodox to win games. The Seattle Seahawks the past five or six years gained that reputation with their place holder touchdown passes and throwback receiver TDs to Russell Wilson.
But your Miami Dolphins have done unexpected and unorthodox perhaps better than anyone.
How about the Hook and Lateral against San Diego in January of 1982? Don Strock passes to Duriel Harris who laterals to Tony Nathan for a touchdown as the first half runs out in the game.
How about the Fake Spike or Clock Play? Dolphins at Jets on Nov. 27, 1994.
Dolphins at the 8 yard line, trailing 24-21 with 38 seconds to play and one time out. Quarterback Dan Marino yells, “clock, clock, clock,” tricking the defense into thinking he was going to spike the football to stop the clock. Instead he took the snap and threw to Mark Ingram Sr. in the corner of the end zone as most of the Jets defense, which expected him to spike it, simply watched.
And, yes, the Dolphins are also the Wildcat franchise.
So, with respect to the rest of the NFL, the Dolphins have been the NFL’s trickiest franchise.
They certainly were last week.
The 52-yard receiver to receiver touchdown pass that Albert Wilson delivered to Jakeem Grant was epic. It will go down in team lore.
And the thing about it is now the Dolphins have other teams, including the Patriots, thinking about whether they might try it again. Or if they might try some variation of it next game.
That’s fun.
Fun for the fans to watch. Fun for the players to execute. Fun for the coach to call.
“I’m all for it,” Gase said. “Any time everybody gets excited about a play call, I’m for it. The worst is when the quarterback goes in and says it to where he doesn’t believe it’s going to work. That’s when you get a little nervous.
“Those guys, I know when they like a play, because they’ll start saying stuff when we’re doing it in the walk through or in practice or when we watch film together where somebody will chirp out and wonder if I’m really going to call it. I just keep my ears open. If I feel like guys really like something, we’ll get to it.”
So a little perspective?
A trick play might be in order for the Dolphins next game, or in the next 13 games, because it helps them win. But that trick play last week was the difference between a team flying around and feeling great about itself the final seven minutes of the game ... and a team not necessarily playing great.
The Dolphins scored 28 points against Oakland and that is the high water mark for the season so far. Tannehill said Wednesday the offense is “on the right track.” But amid all the fanfare of a 3-0 record and celebration of Tannehill’s accomplishments under Gase after 16 games, please remember that it took two improbable plays -- the receiver to receiver TD and an electric end around -- to feel good about last week.
Without those two plays, the Dolphins are spending this week mostly addressing misfires.
“Obviously penalties hurt us,” Tannehill said. “Penalties hurt us big time. I think we had four drives that were basically stopped by penalties. We had a third down going in the red zone where we got a pass interference call, which was tough. We started off a drive with a pass interference call and we had two holding calls on top of that. Really, four times we were stopped by penalties.
“I think we had only 11 drives and scored on four others. We did some good things, but we have to eliminate those penalties, whether it’s technique or the way we’re doing things. We have to find a way to eliminate these penalties, be efficient on first and second down and be in manageable third-down situations.”
One more thing: Trick plays, unexpected plays, all that is unorthodox, is available to both teams in a game. And the Patriots like to use trickery, too. Over the years, they’ve tried their share, as they did last year in the same Super Bowl the Eagles tried Philly Special. Remember the Patriots tried their own pass to a then 40-year-old Tom Brady.
So the Dolphins must be ready to give.
But also be prepared to receive.
“They do a good job of playing their game, but also throwing in something you haven’t seen before or that you’re not really prepared for,” Tannehill said.
“I think that over the years, just know that there’s going to be things that you haven’t seen before,” Gase said. “There’s going to be something to take away what you do well and how are you going to adjust to it? Every time we’ve played them, it’s been different. That’s just kind of the way it is.”
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Binge-watching sessions are a must, if only to brush up on your Westeros vocabs and history.
The question now, however, is which screen you should be binge-watching from. Thanks to HBO GO, there are more options to choose from, aside from the scheduled season marathons on TV. With the app now available on free trial for SKY subscribers, it's all too easy to download the app and stream GOT episodes even when on the go.
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Tom Johnson | September 14, 2015
While plentiful supplies are helping to drive down costs to consumers, smarter management and storage are also contributing to lower prices
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Richard Mroz, president of the state's Board of Public Utilities
Consumers will pay less for natural gas this winter, since the state has approved new rates for utilities beginning next month.
The decline in the price of the fuel continues a trend in which costs have dropped dramatically in recent years, largely because of ample supplies of cheaper gas found in the Marcellus Shale formation in neighboring Pennsylvania and other states.
In approving the new rates on Friday, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities officials also credited policies adopted by the state that encourage gas companies to more effectively manage supplies and storage and pass on savings to customers.
“The reductions reflect changes in the prevailing market,’’ said Jerry May, director of the BPU’s Division of Energy, referring to what he called the “boatloads of supplies in neighboring states. “It’s more than just market forces making this happen.’’
For residential customers, the saving range from $52.52 a year for those served by Public Service Electric & Gas to $152.71 annually for those served by South Jersey Gas. The yearly savings for customers at New Jersey Natural Gas will amount to $140.20, and $84.20 at Elizabethtown Gas.
“Lower wholesale gas prices, coupled with effective gas-supply portfolio management, are the primary drivers of this reduction in rates,’’ said Jeffrey DuBois, president of South Jersey Gas.
“It is a significant reduction,’’ said BPU President Richard Mroz, noting the drop also reflects a decline in a special rate in a program designed to help customers conserve how much fuel they use. It also comes despite the BPU allowing South Jersey Gas to recover $36 million in investments in making its system more resilient, he said.
“All and all, today is a good day for the ratepayers of New Jersey,’’ said BPU Commissioner Joseph Fiordaliso.
The latest reductions reflect a trend that has been going on for some time. At South Jersey Gas, annual residential customer bills are on average nearly 30 percent lower than they were 10 years ago, DuBois said. At PSE&G, residential gas bills have decreased by 47 percent since 2009, according to Brooke Houston, a spokesman for the company.
“Natural gas prices have dropped significantly, and we are pleased to pass on our cost savings to our customers,’’ Houston said.
The state’s gas utilities do not make any profit on the gas they purchase for customers, instead earning money on the fuel delivered to homes and businesses. The utilities originally filed for the new rates in late May and early June.
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The full list of Emmy winners as ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, ‘Black Mirror’ and ‘Big Little Lies’ win big
Nick Reilly Sep 18, 2017 7:38 am BST
Charlie Brooker accepts the Emmy for Black Mirror Credit: Getty
Here's all the winners...
The Handmaid’s Tale, Black Mirror, and Big Little Lies were among the main winners at the Emmys last night, after scooping a total of six prizes.
The award for Outstanding Drama series was awarded to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ after the dystopian sci-fi drama drew huge acclaim from critics. The best director award also went to helmer Reed Morano, while Elisabeth Moss picked up the Best Actress award and Ann Dowd triumphed in the Best Supporting Actress Category.
HBO series Big Little Lies also triumphed in the limited series categories, with Nicole Kidman picking up the Best Actress award, along with a Best Supporting actress win for Laura Dern. It also won in the best supporting actor category (Alexander Skarsgard), best director (Jean-Marc Vallee) and best limited series.
Black Mirror, meanwhile, led the charge on a big night for British talent, with romantic time-travel episode San Jupinero bagging the awards for Outstanding TV Movie and Outstanding Writing for a TV Movie.
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Accepting the award, creator Charlie Brooker described the episode as “a story about love, and love will defeat hate, it will win.”
Riz Ahmed was also among the British winners, taking home the trophy for best lead actor in a limited series or movie for his appearance in The Night Of.
He dedicated the award to ‘The late, great, James Gandolfini’.
Donald Glover also made history by becoming the first ever African American to win Best Directing for his work on acclaimed comedy series Veep.
You can see some of the main winners below. The whole list is here.
Outstanding Drama Series (winners highlighted in bold italics)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Viola Davis (How to Get Away With Murder)
Claire Foy (The Crown)
Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Keri Russell (The Americans)
Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld)
Robin Wright (House of Cards)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us)
Anthony Hopkins (Westworld)
Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)
Matthew Rhys (The Americans)
Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan)
Kevin Spacey (House of Cards)
Milo Ventimiglia (This Is Us)
Outstanding Limited Series or Movie
Outstanding TV Movie
Black Mirror: San Junipero
Dolly Parton’s Christmas Of Many Colors: Circle Of Love
Sherlock: The Lying Detective
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie
Carrie Coon (Fargo)
Felicity Huffman (American Crime)
Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies)
Jessica Lange (Feud: Bette and Joan)
Susan Sarandon (Feud: Bette and Joan)
Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Riz Ahmed (The Night Of)
Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock)
Robert De Niro (The Wizard of Lies)
Ewan McGregor (Fargo)
Geoffrey Rush (Genius)
John Turturro (The Night Of)
Outstanding Comedy Series
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Pamela Adlon (Better Things)
Jane Fonda (Grace and Frankie)
Allison Janney (Mom)
Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep)
Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish)
Lily Tomlin (Grace and Frankie)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson (Black-ish)
Aziz Ansari (Master of None)
Zach Galifianakis (Baskets)
Donald Glover (Atlanta)
William H. Macy (Shameless)
Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent)
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series or TV Movie
David E. Kelley, Big Little Lies
Charlie Brooker, Black Mirror: San Junipero
Noah Hawley, Fargo – “The Law of Vacant Places”
Ryan Murphy, Feud: Bette and Joan – “And the Winner Is…”
Jaffe Cohen, Michael Zam, and Ryan Murphy, Feud: Bette and Joan – “Pilot”
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Stephen Glover (Atlanta)
Aziz Ansari and Lena Waithe (Master of None)
Alec Berg (Silicon Valley)
Billy Kimball (Veep)
David Mandel (Veep)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black)
Ann Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Chrissy Metz (This Is Us)
Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things)
Samira Wiley (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Thandie Newton (Westworld)
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie
Alexander Skarsgard (Big Little Lies)
Alfred Molina (Feud: Bette and Joan)
David Thewlis (Fargo)
Bill Camp (The Night Of)
Stanley Tucci (Feud: Bette and Joan)
Michael K. Williams (The Night Of)
Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series or TV Movie
Jean-Marc Vallée, Big Little Lies
Ron Howard, Genius – “Einstein: Chapter One”
James Marsh, The Night Of – “The Art of War”
Steven Zaillian, The Night Of – “The Beach”
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
John Lithgow (The Crown)
Jonathan Banks (Better Call Saul)
Mandy Patinkin (Homeland)
Michael Kelly (House of Cards)
David Harbour (Stranger Things)
Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us)
Jeffrey Wright (Westworld)
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live)
Vanessa Beyer (Saturday Night Live)
Leslie Jones (Saturday Night Live)
Anna Chlumsky (Veep)
Judith Light (Transparent)
Katheryn Hahn (Transparent)
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin (Saturday Night Live)
Louie Anderson (Baskets)
Ty Burrell (Modern Family)
Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Tony Hale (Veep)
Matt Walsh (Veep)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie
Judy Davis, Feud
Laura Dern, Big Little Lies
Jackie Hoffman, Feud
Regina King, American Crime
Michelle Pfeiffer, The Wizard of Lies
Shailene Woodley, Big Little Lies
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg, The Americans – “The Soviet Division”
Gordon Smith, Better Call Saul – “Chicanery”
Peter Morgan, The Crown – “Assassins”
Bruce Miller, The Handmaid’s Tale – “Offred”
The Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things – “Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers”
Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan, Westworld – The Bicameral Mind”
Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
Billy on the Street
Tracey Ullman’s Show
Oustanding Directing for a Drama series
Vince Gilligan, Better Call Saul – “Witness”
Stephen Daldry, The Crown – “Hyde Park Corner”
Reed Morano, The Handmaid’s Tale – “Offred”
Kate Dennis, The Handmaid’s Tale – “The Bridge”
Lesli Linka Glatter, Homeland – “America First”
Jonathan Nolan, Westworld – “The Bicameral Mind”
Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series
Donald Glover, Atlanta – “B.A.N.”
Jamie Babbit, Silicon Valley – “Intellectual Property”
Morgan Sackett, Veep – “Blurb”
David Mandel, Veep – “Groundbreaking”
Dale Stern, Veep – “Justice”
Directing for a Variety Series
Derek Waters & Jeremy Konner – Drunk History
Andy Fisher – Jimmy Kimmel Live
Paul Pennolino – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Jim Hoskinson – The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Don Roy King – Saturday Night Live
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@John95, yeah, I definitely see why a lot of folks hate April Fools Rule and Fool's paradise (and you give good reasons to why the latter isn't a good episode) and even I can admit they are not some of the better episodes, but I think they are decent, especially April Fools Rule since it doesn't go too far and has Luan sort of get some comeuppance in the end so I'd say it's an perfectly okay episode and a good way of playing up Luan being a prankaholic.
Fool's Paradise, however, I think is disappointing as it's just a really dark variation of the first one and doesn't really do anything new (and it goes overboard with moments like Lynn Sr. selling out the family and Luan giving Lana an allergic reaction, drenching Lucy in bleach and having a monkey attack Lynn) and the ending feels unneccessarily mean for the sake of being mean; I actually would have preferred it if Luan went to a real camp and the rest of the family being struck by a series of unlucky prank-like incidents or an unrelated prankster (which I actually thought it was gonna be like) but I don't remember hating it since it had an interesting main setting and some good gags.
But yeah, if they make a third one I hope they reinvent the concept by doing something fresh and unexpected.
Last edited by CousinMerl; 09-14-2017 at 05:59 AM.
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Fool's Paradise just rehashes the first episode except they make it worse. It's also kinda predictable as well in terms of it's setup. I'd honestly go as far as to consider it the worst episode along with The Sound of Silence. The only actual thing I liked about the episode was the sign for the "Motel" being Buttz Motel.
They could reinvent the concept by simply doing what you mentioned earlier by having Luan pull off a prank that goes awry and her feeling bad about it.
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I can't see what's so awful about the episode Sound Of Silence. It's a good episode about Lincoln being selfish and rudely trying to ignore the sisters by drowning out their voices and blindly replying to them, acting all smug and such, and they decide to teach him a lesson (he lives in a literal loud house where there's no real privacy and shutting them out is not right).
It's not an episode about him not being in the wrong but still suffering as he was acting douchey and dishonest so he kinda deserved it even though it was elaborate, but hey, they are wacky kids who does things like this. Sure, he could have been honest and told them that they were bothering him (and if if he really wanted some privacy he could have just locked the door) but then there would have been no plot.
In fact, I think this is one of the better uses of disproportionate retribution as a source of humor I've seen in cartoons.
And I hate the episode because it felt like whoever wrote it didn't think it through all the way because it came across as a Broken/Clueless/Family Unfriendly Aesop with Lincoln being punished for wanting some peace and quiet because you shouldn't be allowed to have an upper hand in a household of 11 siblings.
Somebody on-staff should've caught onto how bad it was instantly thrown it out.
Throwing it out altogether would have been excessive. I think a simple rewrite could have fixed it for those who didn't like it.
That too, my overall point being that somebody should've checked it over as it kinda felt like a first draft.
Another episode that they should've looked over and possibly revise before going into production besides No Such Luck was Brawl in the Family. I don't outright hate it like a lot of others do, but it's "Aesop" did rub me the wrong way regarding how easily corruptible it was.
To me, the issue with Brawl In The Family was that it didn't make sense and technically shouldn't exist as it stands; Lincoln not knowing about the sister fight protocol at all while all his five younger sisters did was really wierd, almost bizarre. I wonder what the writer was thinking.
Originally Posted by John95
I think the same about No Such Luck, the 'On A Clear Day I Can't See My Sister' of the series (albeit with in a no way happy ending); It really takes a huge dump on the heart and spirit of the series. How Savino could approve of it is beyond me (and I hope they have taken the overwhelmingly negative response of the episode to heart so that they won't produce another one like it).
On another note, I wonder what they have in store for the third season (I'm looking forward to that musical episode that was teased in the SDCC interview; will be interesting).
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@CousinMerl, I was with that episode at first, but could no longer try and take it with a straight face once the parents started believing the superstition because boy talk about OOC! But as I said before, I did laugh at Rita's quick "We sold all your furniture!" if only for the timing of that line as well as how you can hardly hear it plus me going "What furniture?!"
I've heard a rumor that supposedly starting next season we'll get episodes where Lincoln doesn't even appear at all which would be the next logical step after about a season and a half of every second or third episode sidelining him for someone else (usually one of his sisters). Speaking of which, I'm still surprised with how early the show started doing that (House Music). If they were gonna start doing that, I wasn't expecting them to do so until the second season.
I'd be open to more episodes with the parents as the leads (also, I'd really like to see if they updated the intro by adding them to the bit where Lincoln is running through the hall), some travel episodes (if possible) and more episodes focused on secondary characters that the viewers know very little about (such as Lincolns homeroom teacher); I'd also like to see the town get expanded with more places and characters.
Furthermore, I'd be interested in seeing more episodes that tackle slightly more serious subject matters and issues and doesn't completely shy away from getting a little more real and slightly darker (without losing the humor, warping the characters into unlikeable shits and going all "very special episode" like, but I'm pretty sure they would handle it properly).
I myself am still waiting for the day when they decide to bring Carol Pingrey back and make her a rival for Lori and not just simply for a one-off gag.
Additionally, dunno if you ever saw it but there was an image from last year that appeared to be from an episode of Lincoln with Christina with Ronnie Anne outside looking angrily at them. I'm pretty disappointed that said episode will more than likely never happen now.
EDIT: The fact that it's confirmed that Sam will return in a future episode seems to hint that they'll be discussing Luna's bisexuality again.
I've seen that image you mentioned and I'm sure it's a fan made fake (official-looking as it is). Christina was more or less ditched as a character early on and I doubt Lincoln would cheat on Ronnie like that, but them becoming friends and the latter feeling threatened could have been an interesting plot. Speaking of Carol, I think they namedropped her in an later episode so it seems they haven't forgotten about her, maybe due to her surprising popularity for a minor character).
And yes, I too heard that Sam will return (I even saw a storyboard pic which I think is official) and I like that, not only for story progression but also for more continuity which is positive.
Speaking of something else, I caught a link to this (which is apparently the first of a continuing thing they they are gonna do; could be fun).
@CousinMerl, Speaking of Ronnie Anne, what is your opinion on the Santiagos moving away? I liked that they did something to change the status quo, but I still question whether this was the right way to do so (especially since Clyde still his tiring obsession with Lori, which they could've gotten rid of in Change of Heart).
That storyboard image you're talking about came from Savino's Instagram.
There's six of those episodes of the podcast already with the rest being on iTunes or Podbay.
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They released images of the sisters dressed in their SMOOCH gear the day before the episode aired and that got me hyped a little.
I thought they kinda dragged things out a little too long in terms of the parents not instantly telling Lincoln that they didn't have any extra money to spare, but it was a fun episode overall.
Well, I think it was an interesting choice of having Ronnie Annes family move away to change it all a bit (and the episode itself was really good). I miss them appearing more regularily (and I would have liked to see more of RA who was in surprisingly few episodes), however I like that we're seeing them from time to time & I hope there will be more episodes with them appearing in the flesh (and coming to visit) instead of just over video chat.
It's interesting you mentioned the Clyde thing since I thought about that the other day. I think they should have changed the status quo there and dropped his Lori infatuation with the nosebleeds and fainting since it feels like such a tired joke with little to no variation (the weakest running gag on the show). Going by the fan opinions it seems like Clyde is the least popular character and I think that dropping that joke would have make him more likeable to those who doesn't like him.
About two months ago I saw an image on The Loud House's FB page of most of the actors of the Santiago/Casagrande family together (minus Sonia Manzano) which seems to hint that we'll be getting another episode with them sometime next year.
Around the same time that Change of Heart aired that FB group that I'm a part of had somebody asking who they'd remove from the show if they could only pick one character. Almost everyone said Clyde, as did I. I'll admit that I laughed at the gag the very first time it happened, but mostly because it completely caught me off-guard. Now, it's just trite and tired. And it's pretty easy to see why he tends to be the last popular character because not only is the gag tiring, but episodes that are about him with the sisters either sidelined or not even appearing at all tend to be among the show's weakest. Back Out There in particular was painfully boring.
I can't really agree that all episodes with Clyde and the sisters sidelined or not appearing are the weakest; sure, I like it the most when at least one sister is involved in the plot, but I still generall like the Clyde episodes and he can be an amusing character. Back Out There was decent episode much because I like how all of Lincoln's friends got involved and an episode like The Old And The Restless (which featured no sisters and no Clyde) was fairly good, mostly because I Grampa Loud is a fun character, however adding a sister like Leni to that episode could have made it better so I agree that sister-related episodes are usually the best (maybe especially the ensemble ones).
The Old and the Restless was alright, and admittedly there are a few non-sisters episodes that I do enjoy like Dance, Dance, Resolution, Out of the Picture, Shell Shock and Pets Peeved. And while I didn't really care for ARGGH! You For Real?, I did enjoy the ways that it poked fun at the shows that ARGGH! are based on in terms of how transparently fake and staged they are.
Friend or Faux?
I follow Lisa's VA Lara Jill Miller on FB (I even messaged her a drawing I did for her birthday which she then reposted on her page the following day) and she made a post saying that she was excited for this episode. And after seeing it, I can see why. This episode presents a more humane side to Lisa that hasn't really been shown yet especially in the two other episodes where she was the main focus. Let's hope that No Laughing Matter can do the same for Luan tomorrow.
This episode also takes the cake for shortest amount of screentime from Lincoln thus far, his appearance here is nothing more than a cameo that's roughly ten seconds.
No Laughing Matter
Eh, it was alright. Kinda dull but easily the best of the four Luan episodes we've gotten so far by a mile. This one felt more like an Author's Saving Throw episode than Fool's Paradise which some people misinterpret that episode as for reasons that escape me.
I was thinking of what you said about Luan being one of the lesser liked characters (and you really don't seem to like her either) but I don't think she's that impopular. She gets a lot of fan art and she gets talked about quite a bit (with not much negativity) so a lot of fans seem to like her at least outside the April fools episodes.
However Lisa is one that seems to not be very popular so it's good that she gets an episode like that to give her some character development and making her more likeable & accessible to fans who doesn't like the character too much.
I gotta say that she is one of those characters that took a little while to grow on me. She is pretty funny and I like how one of the youngest siblings a junior genius who has wierd hobbies, but sometimes I feel that she breaks the relatively down-to-earth style of the show a bit too much by being portrayed as a mad scientist who builds stuff like rayguns, killbots and time traveling machines. I think she works the best when they don't take her genius too far and sometimes just the simple stuff with her are the funniest (such as her being a fan of rap).
I actually don't dislike Luan even though she is my least favorite of the sisters (and I don't really dislike any of them honestly), so I apologize if my wording made it seem like I didn't like her. It's just I haven't cared for any of the episodes centered on her thus far.
Regarding Lisa, she falls under the category of characters I like that others don't as she proves to be one of the lesser popular sisters. That said, one of the aspects of her character that I feel like they need to lay off of a little is how she does things to her siblings (or even parents) without their consent or knowledge. While I'll admit that her reactions to denying doing those things can still be a little funny, Job Insecurity was the point where I felt like that they should either drop that or at least dial back on how often that pops up.
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The least liked sister judging by the fans seem to be Lola, though, and that's something I deeply disagree with as I find her to be one of the overall funniest characters on the series.
She can be rather mean, selfish and criminal in her actions and behaviour but knows she can be a pain, outright acknowledges it & apologizes for it sometimes & has a heart under that harsh and mean exterior and I like that about the character (there are characters who behave similarily but doesn't get much hate, such as Bender in Futurama and Grunkle Stan in Gravity Falls, and I like them as well; there is something I tend to like about this kind of character who can be a really cartoonish jerk and generally just thinks of themselves but does have a heart, real emotions & cares about those who are close to them). I'd say that she's one of the most threedimensional Loud siblings alongside Lincoln and Lori (it still feels like Luan is the least threedimensional one even though I like the character).
Regarding favorites, which Loud sister is your favorite of them? For me it's a toss up between Lucy, Leni and Lola, but if I had to choose right now I think I'd have to say Lucy.
My favorite is Luna, and it's pretty much been that way ever since I saw the original pilot (which I didn't see until a month before the show aired proper, so I joined the show's bandwagon pretty late).
I didn't watch anything of the show until five months after the premiere so you beat me when it comes to that.
So what do you think about Lola personally? Seems like you forgot to comment on what I wrote about her as I'd like to hear your opionion on one of the least popular (and in my opinion overhated and underrated) characters.
What was the first episode you saw? The first one for me was Tale of Two Tables/The Sweet Spot because Nick released those two (and later Hand-Me-Downer/Sleuth or Consequences) on their website a month before the show began as a first look. Afterwards, I saw every episode up through April Fool's Rules (excluding House Music and Cover Girls due to me not being aware that they were airing) as they aired on TV before our cable was disconnected.
Oops. Yeah, I like Lola. I didn't think I would when I first began watching the series but overtime she grew on me. Same goes for Lori. As for Lola being very hated, I guess maybe I don't browse through the interwebs that much (I mostly limit my activities to a selected number of sites) because I don't see much hate for her (or maybe not much anymore). An example being that she's not even classified as a Scrappy on TVTropes while Lynn and Lisa are.
The first couple episodes I saw was actually the first ones aired, namely 'Left In The Dark' & 'Get The Message'. They were (and I think still are) streaming on Nick.com's The Loud House section and I figured it was a good way to introduce myself to the show as well as a good starting point (still trying to remember if I saw the pilot short 'Bathroom Break' just before that or after, but I think it's the latter).
Two questions both for you and for others as well; what's your favorite of the secondary characters (who's not a member of the Loud family) and what kind of episodes would you like to see in the future?
I think my favorite supporting character is Bobby (I like how they avoided the 'big sister's jerk boyfriend' cliché); it's too bad he's not around very much now that his family moved away, but it's good that he pops up occasionally. As for episodes, right now I'd mainly like to see some flashback episodes where not all of the sisters were born (the natural choice for a first such episode would obviously be about the birth of Lincoln).
Yeah, those two were definitely better episodes for getting introduced to the series than A Tale of Two Tables/The Sweet Spot. Honestly, I dunno why they didn't just pick two to put on their website before the series aired since they are the first two episodes.
Favorite supporting characters: Ronnie Anne, Scoots (though one could argue she's more of a minor character) and Mr. Grouse
Episodes I'd like to see in the future (besides ones with reappearances by Sam and the Santiagos/Casagrandes since those two actually will happen):
* Carol Pingrey coming back and being used as a rival for Lori.
* More episodes focusing more on the humane aspects of Lisa, Lynn and Luan
* Episodes that don't feature Lincoln at all (which as I said earlier we could allegedly get next season)
* Flashback episodes like you mentioned. The Whole Picture made me curious to see what the younger versions of the rest of the sisters were like.
* That subversion of the April Fools episodes that you mentioned, though maybe without the 'someone gets injured' element.
By the way, have you seen the promo for Trick or Treachery (which airs fittingly enough on Oct. 13th)?
I saw the promo for the Halloween episode (which seems to have been retitled 'Tricked') and it looks really interesting; I wonder if it will be about the family as a group or focusing on certain character(s) and if it's the latter, I'm hoping for some good Lucy stuff. Do you have any hopes for it?
I'd also like to see a couple of travel episodes which could open up some fun possibilities (if the Simpsons can get their hands on plane tickets the Loud family can as well) and episodes about two or three of the sisters teaming up/cooperating and play off one another (which would be a good way to have those of them who rarely directly interact with each other do just that; with there being a possibility of episodes without Lincoln the next season I think there is a bigger reason for them to look into that).
About the 'No Laughing Matter' episode thing where I said someone could possibly get injured due to one of Luan's pranks to start the plot (and which you're confusing with my suggestion of an subverted April Fools episode), I strongly feel it wouldn't have belonged in the show; it was something I just threw out when it came to my mind).
Surprised there isn't any new episodes this week because I'm sure I saw two weeks of new Loud House being announced a week back; must've been false.
Oh, and I forgot to give my thoughts on the latest new episodes:
Yes Man - Good episode. It went a little bit too long with Lincoln frantically trying to make his parents give the money for the SMOOCH concert by channeling his sisters but I liked it overall and the ending with the song was kinda silly but nice and sweet.
Friend Or Faux - Very good episode about Lisa and the best one about her so far. I liked how it was all about her and her new friend and outside Lily she never directly interacted with any of her siblings & that the reset button wasn't hit in the end.
No Laughing Matter - I really liked this one, maybe my favorite of these. The plot about Luan giving up comedy after her siblings complain about her going overboard with pranks and them deciding to get the classic Luan back was nice & it had a good ending where Luan learnt a lesson (and it definitely felt like it was an apology to those who hated the April Fools episodes).
Clearly must've been fake, they normally only do one week of episode per month.
Yeah, they should've just told Lincoln from the start that they didn't have any extra money to spare him. But had that been the case, the episode would've only been five minutes long.
Yep, that's what I said before about No Laughing Matter feeling more like a legit Author's Saving Throw regarding Luan than Fool's Paradise, even if I thought this one was a little dull.
Finished listening to the last of the first batch of Listen Out Loud podcasts recently; there was some really good and fun stuff in those so I do look forward to more of them (they were kind of like episodes without visuals and really liked that you get to know more of the show and characters in them so they do build upon the show's lore which is nice). I overally like the amount of supplementary video and audio material they give us such as these which are neat and surprisingly elaborate (usually a show doesn't get this gold treatment).
What did you think of them?
I actually haven't listened to any of them yet so I'll have to get back to you on that one.
However, there will be three more episodes next month after Tricked! which are No Spoilers (Oct. 16th), Read Aloud (Oct. 17th) and Not a Loud (Oct. 18th).
Of the three episodes, No Spoilers is the only one with a synopsis so far:
Knowing Leni’s history of spoiling surprises, the kids decide not to tell her about their Mom’s upcoming party, but keeping Leni away is no easy task.
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Brog
by MARY ROBINSON
… Here is the track:
The ruts of cartwheels filled with water, the dark
Brogs of broom.
The poem ‘Across the Estuary’ was published in Rock Face in 1948, reprinted in Selected Poems in 1966 (without the second section) and printed in full in Collected Poems in 1994 (page 166). A helpful footnote explains:
In the days when the estuaries of Morecambe Bay and South Cumberland were crossed regularly by travellers on foot and by coach the guides marked the track by planting branches of broom in the sands. This was called ‘brogging the sands’.
The poet is thinking back to the days before rapid road transport, before the railway. The ruts are ‘ruts of cartwheels’, a reminder of the description in Wednesday Early Closing (p47) of the reluctance of Norman Nicholson’s grandmother to come to Millom:
[She] crossed from Askam-in-Furness by horse and cart over the estuary of the Duddon at low tide, following the old cross-sands route. When she saw what Millom looked like … she told the carter to turn the horse’s head round and go back. But the tide had turned and she had to stay.
‘Brog’ can be used as a noun or a verb. The short vowel and the hard-sounding consonants suggest a no-nonsense, practical word – as definitions of the word prove. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) defines ‘brog’ as a pointed tool or a stick. It is a word shared with Gaelic where it means a sharp-pointed instrument, and with Scots where it means to pierce. One of the OED’s definitions of ‘brog’ as a noun is ‘a short stick, especially one to stick in the ground, e.g., those stuck in the Sands of North Lancashire to indicate the crossing’; and as a verb, ‘to insert pointed sticks [into the ground]’.
The OED gives two Lancashire dialect examples from 1870 (Barber Hutton Folk):
We’d gitten by t’last brog, an’ off t’sand.
After obtaining a safe ford, the guides … mark out the track by inserting branches of trees. This is called ‘broggin’ t’ channel’.
Joseph Wright’s English Dialect Dictionary of 1898 gives a similar definition of the noun ‘brog’: ‘A branch of a tree, a broken bough, a short stick; especially the branches that are inserted on the sands to mark out the track.’
This usage is described as ‘fairly common’ and Wright cites an example of ‘branches of furze, called brogs’ from Waugh Rambles in the Lake Country 1861. The earliest example given by Wright is from Morris Siege of Broughton 1661:
If ye sa a brog on t’sand ye would think it was t’French.
Obviously on a state of high alert! (My thanks to Antoinette Fawcett for pointing me in the direction of Wright’s English Dialect Dictionaryon-line.)
The Duddon estuary, looking north from Millom. Photo: CHARLIE LAMBERT
I crossed the Sands from Kent’s Bank to Silverdale one early evening in May 1995. Cedric Robinson, the Queen’s Guide (who received the MBE in 1999), had brogged the Sands, not with broom but with small branches of laurel. We started to cross as the tide receded, the aim being to be furthest from land at the lowest state of the tide. I thought of the poem ‘Across the Estuary’. We were crossing ‘the threshold of the sea’. There were showers of rain and dark lowering clouds over the fells:
The worlds of field and farm, the woods and the embankment
Are blurred away.
When we reached the two river channels Cedric instructed us to link arms to withstand the force of the current. The water came up to the top of my legs –
Thigh-deep in fresh water
I waded the channel
Before the ebb turned.
Fortunately I had left some dry clothes at Silverdale! I remember seeing a small group of red deer crossing over the Sands and hearing ‘shelducks jangle’. The crossing gave me an insight into the poem and into the experience of previous travellers, like Norman Nicholson’s grandmother. I had been in safe hands with Cedric’s intimate knowledge and experience of the Sands. But in the poem, in the confusion of mist and shifting sand, the traveller loses sight of any safe brogged track. The poem ends with the incoming tide and the chilling last line:
There is no sign of traveller on the flat waters.
Hard not to think of the tragic deaths of the Morecambe Bay Chinese cockle-pickers, cut off by the tide with no brogs to lead them back, in 2004:
It is not then but now
That tightens like mist about me.
Just as the landscape/sandscape is blurred by ‘the fog’ that ‘floats in with the tide, so the poet blurs the boundaries between describing an actual crossing and using the crossing as a metaphor for inner experience – losing his way in life, being unsure of the future:
The past slides
Like sand beneath my feet
The inevasible choice of wrong and less wrong
Is forgotten or deferred.
Even the cormorants ‘curl black question-marks’ above the sea.
Norman Nicholson’s use of the word ‘brog’ is exact – no other word will do. It is emphatic, placed at the beginning of the line – ‘Brogs of broom’, a phrase that is both alliterative and precise. But notice that adjective at the end of the preceding line – they are
… dark
Brogs of broom.
The word “dark” will be repeated three lines later when
… the broom
Skulks back into the dark
setting the tone for the unfolding of the rest of the poem.
Before the county boundary changes of 1974, the Cartmel and Furness peninsulas and parts of the southern Lake District were in Lancashire; hence some of the references above. Millom was in what was then Cumberland. All are now part of Cumbria.
Nicholson’s grandmother was not the first to regret an estuary crossing. In the eighteenth century John Wesley, Whitehaven-bound on a preaching tour, traversed Morecambe Bay and the Duddon and Esk estuaries (calling the former ‘the Millam-Sand’). His tetchy Journalentry for 12 May 1759 is amusing to read. Wesley informs us he has -
… taken my leave of the sand road. I believe it is ten measured miles shorter than the other [i.e. over land – Ed.]: but there are four sands to pass, so far from each other, that it is scarce possible to pass them all in a day: especially as you have all the way to do with a generation of liars, who detain all strangers as long as they can, either for their own gain or their neighbours’. I can advise no stranger to go this way: he may go round by Kendal and Keswick often in less time, always with less expense, and far less trial of his patience.
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Darth Nater // Feature Friday
Written by: Kayla Lee
Darth Nater
Album: A Century Ago
Label: Unsigned
Buffalo based singer-songwriter Nate Noworyta has been releasing music under the clever name Darth Nater for the past seven years, with his most recent release having come out at the end of March. A Century Ago, aptly titled due to entire album revolving around events that happened (you guessed it) a century ago, is an indie folk fueled trip through time that proves to be a guide of the most detail oriented sorts.
In a world driven by technology and futuristic mindsets, A Century Ago is a refreshing offering cultivated from history itself. Presented as a mostly first hand recollection rather than regurgitated facts, each song breathes life back into its subjects which have otherwise been forgotten.
With characters pulled from professional baseball (Smokey Joe Wood), the silver screen (Charlie Chaplin), and the past political climate (Jeannette Rankin), in addition to historical events including the great fire of Thessaloniki, the story telling aspect of Noworyta's lyricism is detailed and precise.
The addition of flute, clarinet, and trumpet provide a lighthearted air to the album, meanwhile Noworyta's vocals are truly the driving force. However, digging up stories of the past isn't always all fun and games. "Love Field" has a stark element to it with the lines "I know it ends but it's infinite to me / Closest thing to forever that I'll ever see" revealing the fragility of mortality.
Who's to say that 100 years from now, there won't be an album written about the current affairs of 2018? Now that would be something.
Photo: Nicole Cooke of Type & Resolution
Q: How did A Century Ago get dreamt into existence -- what inspired you to write about events from 100 years ago?
A: There was a two year period (2016-2018) where I forced myself to write a minimum of one song every week. During this time I started developing different song series -- a sort of framework or pattern that I could write in instead of starting completely from scratch.
One series was all songs centered around animal metaphors, which eventually became my last record People Are Animals. Another series followed the adventures of a rogue pirate named Camilla Cadence (which I have not and may never finish). It's hard to pinpoint the exact moment I came up with the century ago idea, but I do remember that the name came first. I was drawn to the simplicity of it. You can read the album title and instantly understand the concept.
Q: Each song has its own personality so to speak. Which song taught you the most while learning about the events that it's based around?
A: Bere Ferrers. 100%. I put in the most amount of research on that one and it was a story I'd never heard even the slightest bit about. The more I read about the train accident, the more it felt like the whole thing was simultaneously preventable and inevitable. These soldiers were in a foreign country, on their way to the most devastating war the world had yet to see, and fell victim to this gruesome, freak accident. It's a lot easier to reflect on devastating historical events when there's someone or something to blame.
Q: What artists would you love to share the stage with, and why?
A: Johnny Marr of The Smiths has been my favorite guitarist for a long time. His riffs are absolutely brilliant but also understated. I also admire his disinterest in the showboating that has become almost expected of lead guitarists.
Q: You've been playing shows mainly in the Buffalo area, so do you have any plans to tour in the near future?
A: I'd love to tour eventually. My heart definitely lies more in writing and producing than performing live but nothing beats a great crowd!
Q: What local spots are a must see for people visiting the area to catch a show at?
A: Nietzsche's (as in Friedrich) is a Buffalo landmark in terms of live music. Mohawk Place is fantastic as well. Sugar City is a great all-ages venue for DIY shows.
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New Yorker mag's 'satire' cover draws Team Obama's ire
By STEPHANIE GASKELL
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Barack Obama's campaign lashed out Sunday at the editors of The New Yorker magazine for a cartoon cover that depicts the Democratic candidate and his wife as fist-bumping terrorists.
The magazine's editor described the cartoon, called "The Politics of Fear," as satire. The Obama campaign called it "tasteless and offensive."
The Illinois senator is depicted in traditional Muslim garb in the Barry Blitt illustration set in the Oval Office.
His wife, Michelle, is in fatigues, sporting an Angela Davis-style sky-high Afro, an AK-47 slung over her shoulder.
A portrait of terror kingpin Osama Bin Laden hangs above the fireplace, in which an American flag is set ablaze.
"The New Yorker may think, as one of their staff explained to us, that their cover is a satirical lampoon of the caricature Sen. Obama's right-wing critics have tried to create. But most readers will see it as tasteless and offensive. And we agree," Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton said.
New Yorker editor David Remnick seemed shocked by the backlash.
"Our cover ... combines a number of fantastical images about the Obamas and shows them for the obvious distortions they are," he said in a statement.
"The burning flag, the nationalist-radical and Islamic outfits, the fist-bump, the portrait on the wall - all of them echo one attack or another. Satire is part of what we do, and it is meant to bring things out into the open, to hold up a mirror to the absurd. And that's the spirit of this cover," Remnick said.
The magazine does not explain the cover. Inside are lengthy stories that look at how Chicago politics shaped the candidate and at allegations that he flip-flops on major issues.
Obama brushed off the brouhaha. "I have no response to that," he told reporters when asked about the cover, but his supporters are infuriated.
The McCain campaign joined in piling on The New Yorker. "We completely agree with the Obama campaign that it's tasteless and offensive," said campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds.
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The Visit Summary
The Visit is 1.5 Hours long, including an intermission of None
8 Shows per week
Previews Began: March 26, 2015
Show Opened: April 23, 2015
Show Closed: June 14, 2015
The Visit is a musical written and created by John Kander and Fred Ebb (Cabaret, Chicago, The Scottsboro Boys). These writers have many Tony accolades to their credit including Cabaret, Chicago and Kiss of the Spider Woman. The book was written by Terrence McNally (It’s Only a Play, Love! Valour! Compassion!). The show is based on a satirical play by Friedrich Durrenmatt (originally entitled Der Besuch der alten Dame) and was adapted for the stage by Maurice Valency.
The Visit on Broadway Background
Chita Rivera (Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Rink) has been developing the role of Claire Zachanassian for many years, and now is her chance to finally debut the role on Broadway. This latest incarnation is a revised, one-act version of the musical, which had a tryout run this past summer at the Williamstown Theatre Festival to rave reviews.
The plot is based upon the oft-widowed character Claire Zachanassian (played by Rivera). Zachanassian is the richest woman in the world but returns to the town of her birth, which has now become derelict and forlorn. The locals that still inhabit the town hope that her return will save them from a dismal existence, but with her arrival comes with a high price to pay. Many years earlier Anton Shell (played by Roger Rees) scorned Zachanassian and now the chickens have come home to roost for Shell.
Kander and Ebb's The Visit is directed by Tony winner John Doyle with choreography by Tony winner Graciela Daniele.
What’s The Visit Like?
Starring Chita Rivera alongside Roger Rees (The Addams Family, Peter and the Starcatcher), The Visit is based off of Friedrich Durrenmatt’s 1956 satirical play. Rivera plays Claire Zachanassian, one of the world’s richest women, who returns to her hometown which is facing a lot of poverty. Claire is a many time widow, who brings her bad luck back to her hometown; although residents are hoping that her wealth will help them. Rees plays Anton Schnell, a man who scorned Claire many years ago, and soon it becomes clear that Claire has returned precisely to exact revenge on Anton. The plot twists and turns until the two eventually come to terms.
Is The Visit Good for Kids?
The show is appropriate for children over the age of 10. Children under the age of 4 are not permitted in the theatre.
Seats: 943
Entrance: 45th Street between 6th and 7th avenue
Lyceum Theatre Seating Chart
Cast Members
Roger Rees
Rick Holmes
Matthew Deming
Tom Nelis
Michelle Veintimilla
Tom Kirdahy
Tom Smedes
Hugh Hayes
Judith Ann Abrams
Graciela Daniele
Ann Hould-Ward
Scott Pask
Japhy Weideman
Orchestrations
Larry Hochman
Music Direction + Arrangements
David Loud
Dan Moses Schreier
Fred Ebb
Terrence McNally
John Kander
Richards Climan
Bruce Klinger at Hudson Theatrical Associates
Technical Supervisor
Hudson Theatrical Associates
James Calleri at Calleri Casting
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Production Stage Manager
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Google phone news
More Google Pixel 2 details emerge, Pixel 2 XL to sport 5.99-inch OLED display
Max Langridge | 26 June 2017
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More details surrounding the Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL have leaked to XDA-Developers by a "source familiar with the matter that spent time with at least one of the phones". The details suggest the two devices, currently codenamed Taimen and Walleye, will come with 5.99-inch and 4.97-inch screens.
Google Pixel 2: What's the story so far?
This confirms that Taimen will be the larger of the two devices, something that was alluded to a couple of weeks ago, when it was suggested Google will only be releasing two devices, not three. It was rumoured that LG would be responsible for making the Taimen phone, while HTC would handle the Walleye.
XDA-Developers has since learned that the Taimen will come with a 1440p OLED panel provided by LG Display, which could explain the reference to LG in the Android Issue Tracker. It's highly likely that HTC will once again manufacture the Pixel 2 and 2 XL after S2 and M2 codenames were found in the HTC U11's system files.
XDA's source says the Taimen/Pixel 2 XL will have a 5.99-inch display and much smaller bezels than on the previous Pixel XL, meaning it could have a similar form-factor than its predecessor. Being a flagship device it will almost certainly run on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, and should come with 4GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage.
The two-tone glass and metal finish on the rear panel is expected to make a return, but XDA says the glass section at the top won't house the fingerprint scanner anymore. However it doesn't say where it will be moved to.
The Walleye device meanwhile will be the smaller device, with a 4.97-inch full HD display. Design-wise it's not expected to shift too much from last year's Pixel, so will sport similar-sized bezels. It too will get the Snapdragon 835 processor with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage.
XDA is confident of its source's credibility, and features such as the Snapdragon 835 processor are a given, so we have some faith in these rumours. But as with any rumour, it should be taken with a pinch of salt for now.
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