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Estuarine Biology Gallery
Hippocampus Haven
Yes! Seahorses are native to the Chesapeake Bay. Among preferred habitats of these delightful animals are the once extensive beds of submerged grasses in higher salinity bay waters. Come peer between blades of eel grass and turtle grass to find our seahorses and their close cousins the pipefish. The abandoned pier piling is coated in barnacles and sea grapes, a perfect place for butterflyfish to graze.
Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) provides a critical habitat for other animals as well. Molting blue crab ("peelers") shelter here to avoid predation in their softened state; bay scallops sit quietly, filtering the waters - only when disturbed by potential predators do they gallop away, propelled by the clamping together of their two shells; whole schools of juvenile fish seek respite, waiting for a day when they can swim freely in the open waters as larger predators themselves.
Only a select few of these species are on exhibit at any time, though all are representative of Hippocampus Haven habitats.
Lined seahorse
Habitat: The lined seahorse occurs at depths from 2-230 feet (.5-70 m) and is often observed clinging to aquatic vegetation including mangroves, seagrasses, sponges, corals, and floating sargassum. Those that reside with sargassum often have protuberances and fleshy tabs that aid in camouflage. This seahorse is also found associated with man-made structures. Adults may be associated with vegetation or swimming freely in the midwater while newborn and juvenile lined seahorses tend to swim close to the surface of the water. During the winter months, this species moves into deeper waters.
Key characteristics for distinction: The large and hardy lined seahorse is deep-chested and robust. Instead of scales, this seahorse has skin that is stretched tightly over a bony armor that is arranged as a series of rings. At the end of the tubular snouth is a small, toothless mouth. The gills are tufted and lobe-like with gill openings restricted to the upper border of the operculum. The pelvic and anal fins are absent, the dorsal fin is spineless, and the tail is prehensile. The coronet is variable and low and appears as a triangular wedge or ridge-like with sharp edges or spines. The first, third, fifth, seventh and eleventh trunk rings are enlarged which distinguishes it from other species of seahorses that typically have enlarged first, fourth, seventh, and eleventh trunk rings.
Coloration: The basic color of the lined seahorse varies from gray, orange, brown, yellow and red to black while brown specimens tend to be paler on their front side. The body often has a characteristic pattern of white lines following the neck contour from which this fish gets its common name of "lined seahorse". Small white dots are located on the tail along with darker or paler saddles across the back.
Feeding habits/specializations: Seahorses lack teeth however they do have a long snout to accommodate their diet of small shrimp, very small fish, plants, and plankton which they swallow whole. Seahorses are slow-moving so rather than chasing down prey, they use their elongated snout as a pipette to suck in small crustaceans including shrimp. Other prey items include amphipods, copepods, polychaetes, and gastropods.
Reproduction: Seahorses are sexually dimorphic, with the presence of a brood pouch at the base of the abdomen of males the most obvious structural difference. Males also have proportionally longer tails than do the females. Mating with a single partner for an entire season or lifetime. The courtship behaviors are complex with partners displaying changes in color becoming pale to whitish. The male inflates his pouch prior to pursing the female, signaling his readiness to mate. The female then transfers between 250-650 eggs to the brood pouch of the male which he then promptly seals and fertilizes the eggs. The brood pouch protects the developing embryos and provides them with oxygen through a capillary network. Development in the brood pouch is 20-21 days followed by hatching. The hatched embryos are carried within the pouch until they can actively swim. The father seahorse holds fast to an object with his tail, then bends backward and forward rapidly, opening the pouch to let a young seahorse out. These motions are repeated until the pouch is emptied.
Maximum length (in inches or feet): 7.5 in
Predators: Although lined seahorses are well-camouflaged among aquatic vegetation, mobility is limited making this species somewhat vulnerable to predation. Larger fishes prey on adults and juveniles including dolphinfish, tuna, and sharks. In captive situations, parental males have been documented as cannibalizing small numbers of their own young.
Importance to humans: Seahorses are not targeted in fisheries in the western Atlantic Ocean, however they are a targeted fish in other regions where they are commonly traded for ornamental display, aquarium fishes, and traditional Chinese medicine. It is also commonly taken as bycatch in the shrimp trawl and other fisheries off of Florida, Mexico, Central America, and South America. It is also susceptible to habitat degradation due to coastal development and marine pollution.
Conservation status: The lined seahorse is listed by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List as "Vulnerable" due primarily to indirect evidence that numbers are continuing to decline which has raised concern.
Fun fact: Seahorses mate with a single partner for an entire season or a lifetime.
Sources: flmnh.ufl.edu
Northern pipefish
Syngnathus fuscus
Habitat: Marine; freshwater; brackish. Inhabits seagrass beds in bays and estuaries, but also enters fresh water. Resident in estuaries during spring through fall, migrates into near shore continental shelf waters during winter. Found in waters of 4-17 °C.
Key characteristics for distinction: Long, thin body covered with rings of bony plates, long snout, brown fan-shaped tail.
Coloration: vary in color from pale tan to brown with mottled tannish and brown markings.
Feeding habits/specializations: Eats mostly tiny crustaceans; may also feed on fish eggs, very small juvenile fish and other small aquatic animals.
Reproduction: Spawn between April-October with a peak in May-June. The female lays her eggs into the male’s brood pouch where they are fertilized. The male incubates the eggs for approximately two weeks before they hatch. He then released a cloud of tiny, fully-formed pipefish from his pouch into the water.
Maximum length (in inches or feet): 13 in
Predators: Believed to have few predators due to their ability to camouflage themselves within grass beds. Pipefish imitate blades of grass by aligning themselves vertically within grass beds and swaying softly. Maybe preyed upon by bass, gars, perch, drums and weakfish.
Importance to humans: aquarium use
Conservation status: not evaluated
Fun fact: Northern pipefish also known as common pipefish.
Sources: fishbase.org, chesapeakebay.net
Dusky pipefish
Syngnathus floridae
Habitat: Marine; reef-associated. Usually in association with seagrass beds and drift algae.
Key characteristics for distinction: Long, thin body covered with rings of bony plates. Long snout. Brownish, fan-shaped tail fin.
Coloration: vary in color from whitish to brownish, with tan to nearly black markings
Feeding habits/specializations: prey mostly on small crustaceans such as shrimps, amphipods and crabs
Reproduction: Ovoviviparous. The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail. Unlike most seahorses, pipefishes of the genus Syngnathus incubate eggs in an inverted pouch. Fertilization occurs after the female transfers the eggs, and incubation lasts until embryos develop into juveniles. Studies suggest that reproduction peaks in late spring and early summer.
Predators: Little information exists about predators of the chain pipefish, but the ability of the species to camouflage itself between seagrass blades and among clumps of algae reduces predation. Still, individuals are likely preyed upon by other fishes and birds.
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This combination of file photo shows minister Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam, in Tehran, Iran, on Nov. 8, 2018, left, and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones in Washington on Sept. 5, 2018, right. Facebook has banned Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones and others from its platform and from Instagram saying they violated its ban against hate and violence. The company said Thursday it has also banned extreme right-wing figures Paul Nehlen, Milo Yiannopoulos, Paul Joseph Watson, Laura Loomer and the conservative conspiracy site Infowars. Jones was already banned from Facebook but not from Instagram. (AP Photo)
Facebook bans ‘dangerous individuals’ cited for hate speech
Facebook has banned Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, Paul Joseph Watson and Laura Loomer, among others
After years of pressure to crack down on hate and bigotry, Facebook has banned Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones and other extremists, saying they violated its ban on “dangerous individuals.”
The company also removed right-wing personalities Paul Nehlen, Milo Yiannopoulos, Paul Joseph Watson and Laura Loomer, along with Jones’ site, Infowars, which often posts conspiracy theories. The latest bans apply to both Facebook’s main service and to Instagram and extend to fan pages and other related accounts.
Decried as censorship by several of those who got the axe, the move signals a renewed effort by the social media giant to remove people and groups promoting objectionable material such as hate, racism and anti-Semitism.
Removing some of the best-known figures of the U.S. political extreme takes away an important virtual megaphone that Facebook has provided the likes of Jones, Yiannopoulos and others over the years. But it does not address what might be done with lesser known figures and those who stay on the margins of what Facebook’s policies allow.
READ MORE: ‘Infowars’ host Jones says his on-air persona not a ‘trick’
Critics praised the move but said there is more to be done on both Facebook and Instagram.
“We know that there are still white supremacists and other extremist figures who are actively using both platforms to spread their hatred and bigotry,” said Keegan Hankes, senior research analyst for the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups in the U.S.
Dipayan Ghosh, a former Facebook executive and an internet policy expert at Harvard, said the ban isn’t as big a step as Facebook appears to be painting it — it’s just enforcing its existing policy.
“There will always be more purveyors of hate speech that try to come on these platforms,” he said. “Will advocates have to push year after year just to get (a handful of) individuals off? At this rate it seems likely. And this doesn’t address the problem of what happens at the margins.”
Facebook has previously suspended Jones from its flagship service temporarily; this suspension is permanent and includes Instagram. Twitter has also banned Loomer, Jones and Yiannopoulos, though Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam long known for provocative comments widely considered anti-Semitic, still had an account Thursday. So did Watson, who rose to popularity as editor-at-large at Infowars and has nearly a million followers on the site.
Facebook said the newly banned accounts violated its policy against dangerous individuals and organizations. The company says it has always banned people or groups that proclaim a violent or hateful mission or are engaged in acts of hate or violence, regardless of political ideology.
It added that when it bans someone under this policy, the company also prohibits anyone else from praising or supporting them.
In this case, though, the company said people can speak positively about the six banned individuals as long as what they’re saying otherwise complies with Facebook policies.
For years, social media companies have been under pressure from civil rights groups and other activists to clamp down on hate speech on their services. Following the deadly white nationalist protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017, Google, Facebook and PayPal began banishing extremist groups and individuals who identified as or supported white supremacists.
A year later, widespread bans of Jones and Infowars reflected a more aggressive enforcement of policies against hate speech. But Facebook instituted only a 30-day suspension (though Twitter banned him permanently).
It is not clear what events led to Thursday’s announcement. In a statement, Facebook merely said, “The process for evaluating potential violators is extensive and it is what led us to our decision to remove these accounts today.”
READ MORE: Facebook extends ban on hate speech to ‘white nationalists’
Last month, it extended its ban on hate speech to prohibit the promotion and support of white nationalism and white separatism. It had previously allowed such material even though it has long banned white supremacists.
Asked to comment on the bans, Yiannopoulos emailed only “You’re next.”
Jones reacted angrily Thursday during a live stream of his show on his Infowars website.
“They didn’t just ban me. They just defamed us. Why did Zuckerberg even do this?” Jones said, referring to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Jones called himself a victim of “racketeering” by “cartels.”
“There’s a new world now, man, where they’re banning everybody and then they tell Congress nobody is getting banned,” he said.
Watson, meanwhile, tweeted that he was not given a reason and that he “broke none of their rules.”
“Hopefully, other prominent conservatives will speak out about me being banned, knowing that they are next if we don’t pressure the Trump administration to take action,” he wrote.
Farrakhan, Nehlen and Loomer did not immediately return messages for comment.
Harvard’s Ghosh said kicking off individuals with big followings, such as Jones, goes against Facebook’s commercial interest.
“As soon as they kick Alex Jones or Laura Loomer off their platform, it immediately ticks of a huge number of people,” he said.
Associated Press Writers Tali Arbel in New York and Michael Kunzelman in Silver Spring, Maryland, contributed to this story.
Barbara Ortutay, The Associated Press
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Caritas aids Burundi refugees fleeing to neighbouring countries
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As the political situation worsens in Burundi, the flood of refugees to neighbouring countries keeps coming
Milan Expo 2015 celebrates Caritas Day
13/05/2015 Advocacy, Agriculture, Climate Change, Food, Food waste, Malnutrition, News, Press Release by Laura Sheahen
On 19 May, the global Catholic humanitarian network will be the focus of 'Caritas Day' at the Expo World's Fair in Milan, Italy.
These women are brave’: Caritas women prizewinners honored
9/03/2015 Advocacy, Argentina, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Development, Emergencies, Emergencies in Syria, Lebanon, Middle East & North Africa, Poverty Elimination, SDG, Syria by Laura Sheahen
Three courageous women received the "Women, Sowers of Development" prize on International Women's Day (March 8th). The prize, given by Caritas Internationalis and Voices of Faith, honors women whose hard work has transformed their communities, lifting them out of severe poverty.
Syrian refugee women in Lebanon win international prize
5/03/2015 Advocacy, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Syria, Lebanon, Middle East & North Africa, Migration, Refugees, Syria by Laura Sheahen
Reem and a small group of community leaders set up a women’s workshop in Shatila to teach embroidery, computers, and English. Called “Basmeh and Zeitooneh”, they are one of the winners of a “Women, Sowers of Development” prize awarded by Caritas Internationalis and Voices of Faith.
Caritas to honor “Women, Sowers of Development” at award ceremony on 8 March
23/02/2015 Advocacy, Africa, Agriculture, Asia, Climate Change, Europe, Food, Latin America, Malnutrition, Middle East & North Africa, News, North America, Oceania, Press Release by Laura Sheahen
On 8 March 2015, International Women’s Day, Caritas Internationalis and the Fidel Goetz Foundation will award two 10,000 euro prizes to honor women who have been “sowers of development,” working to end hunger in their communities.
Brutal year ends in Ebola-hit West Africa
23/12/2014 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in West Africa - Ebola, Guinea, Health, Liberia, Sierra Leone by Laura Sheahen
When the worst outbreak of Ebola in history struck West Africa, Caritas swung into action. Much has been done to contain the outbreak and care for communities affected, but more action is needed in 2015.
Caritas and Church groups aid Ebola orphans in West Africa
10/12/2014 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in West Africa - Ebola, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Togo by Laura Sheahen
Children whose parents have died; children who have recovered from the virus themselves; children whose families and sense of security have been shattered by the emotional and economic toll of the disease—huge numbers of children in West Africa have been affected by Ebola over the past terrifying months.
Ebola-hit West Africa faces food shortages
24/09/2014 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in West Africa - Ebola, Health, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone by Laura Sheahen
As Ebola spreads through West Africa, even healthy people are suffering from the disease’s economic fallout. Markets are sometimes closed and travel is restricted.
Church networks battle Ebola
Using the expertise gained through years of tackling HIV, Caritas and Catholic Church staff are combating Ebola as the deadly virus spreads in Africa.
Caritas on the front lines of Africa’s Ebola crisis
31/07/2014 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in West Africa - Ebola, Guinea, Health, Sierra Leone by Laura Sheahen
Caritas on the front lines of Africa’s Ebola crisis. Caritas reaches out to people who are particularly at risk: “restaurant workers, taxi drivers, hotel staff, markets, places where people gather,” said Edward John-Bull of Caritas Sierra Leone.
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Why the Samsung Galaxy S4 is the best for gaming!
Posted on 2016-07-01 by Sean Williamson
According to many experts in the gaming and mobile phone industry, the primary reason that Samsung Galaxy S4 is best for gaming is because it is deemed the smartest smart-phone on Planet Earth. This newly launched phone is rumored to be capable of leaving iPhone 5 in a great cloud of dust.
Galaxy S4 is heralded for its screen configuration featuring much improved background color and HD effects. This phone is the first in the world to have Super AMOLED capability. While the screen may not be as bright when playing in direct sunlight, Galaxy S4 is still glove compliant.Capability of being able to revert to swipe and scroll mode enables gamers to snack and play simultaneously. According to S4 fans, state-of-the-art quad to eight core processor speed and the larger screen give Galaxy S4 an immediate advantage over iPhone 5.
Although still undergoing various phases of evaluation, Group Play is anticipated to be a big drawing card for the Galaxy S4 because it enables gamers to play without the need for WiFi or close proximity to a cellphone signal transmitter. Group Play is predicted to be a popular feature among social network site fans since they will be able to play with friends or enter a chat room to benefit from gamer expertise while playing a game.
Some gamers feel that the overall larger screen could pose a challenge relative to effective one-hand usage. Galaxy S4’s removable back casing provides easy access to battery issues that might occur during a game. Another feature is the improvement associated with audio issues. These innovative improvements are the result of changes in speaker placement. In addition to much improved sound quality, Galaxy S4 has an easy to use screen slider control designed to achieve optimal screen appearance.
During a recent media interview, Galaxy Mobile spokesperson Glenn Roland praised the entire Galaxy S4 team for their dedication to improving gaming platforms and relative linkage. This phone’s extensive, ever-growing game library includes Electronic Arts games. In his remarks, Roland also stated that high-volume sales during its initial two-week launch are already encouraging more game developers to create and target more games designed to function with Galaxy S4’s Arcade Game Controller that conveniently clips to the phone casing.
Glenn Roland closed his remarks with the promise to continue the Samsung mission to make more games available to more people and to guaranteed customers a rewarding gaming experience.
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Rank Group become the gaming operator of UK
This is the new business civility of bingo club and clubhouse administrator Rank Group as the firm set its sights in turning into UK's greatest multi-channel gaming administrator after a fizzled offer to assume control over Britain's biggest sportsbook William Hill. The Telegraph reported that Rank, proprietor of Mecca Bingo and Grosvenor Casinos, is concentrating on overhauling its online poker and gambling club recreations, dispatching another bingo brand, making a VIP microsite for Mecca Bingo, and propelling a Spanish blackjack and bingo site, Enracha.es.
"[We are] setting up the building squares to change its business," as indicated by Rank Chief Executive Henry Birch, which was cited by the news report. Early this month, Rank united with internet betting firm 888 Holdings in assuming control William Hill for £3.2 billion (US$4.22 billion). Slope spurned the consortium's underlying £3.16bn money and shares proposition, saying it generously underestimated the business.
Slope thumbed down an updated offer a week ago and said it saw no legitimacy in connecting with the consortium. With Hill's last dismissal, Rank has kissed farewell to its fantasy of making another betting organization, BidCo, which plans to cradle them from the effects of higher assessments and more tightly controls in the business.
In the interim, Birch said he was satisfied with the strong arrangement of consequence of its entire year income in spite of being marginally behind business sector desires. Rank's income ascended by 2 percent to £753 million (US$992.53 million) in the twelve months to June 30, only somewhat beneath investigators' forecast of a £757 million (US$997.8 million) income. Its general deals expanded 1.1 percent to £708.5 million (US$ 933.21 million) in the year to June 30, while its online business developed by 11 percent to £96.7 million (US$127.46 million).
The firm then posted a three percent expansion in the like-for-like deals, which avoid the impact of club openings, terminations, movements, and ended operations over its system of 154 clubhouse and wagering shops. Statutory pre-charge benefit grew 15 percent, to £85.5 million (US$112.7 million), yet balanced benefit, a usually utilized figure as a part of the gaming business, expanded just 4 percent to £77.4 million (US$ 102.02 million), barely short of desires of £78 million (US$ 102.81 million).
"Rank stays in a solid monetary position, has market-driving brands and has an unmistakable system for long haul development. The board keeps on looking to the future with certainty," Birch said.
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PayPal now an option in Apple's online stores
By Alexa D'Angelo
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PayPal's San Jose headquarters. (Jeff Chiu / Associated Press)
Apple will allow PayPal payments in its digital stores, offering customers another check-out option on iTunes, iBooks, Apple Music and the App Store.
The partnership, rolled out Tuesday in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Mexico, Australia and parts of Europe, lets users choose the San Jose-based secure payment service — a platform that many online shoppers are comfortable with, said Brendan Miller, a payments expert and analyst at Forrester.
"PayPal is by far the most used digital payment method besides debit and credit cards," Miller said. "That alone will mean more transactions for Apple from customers who might have been leery of using their payment information online. This translates to less carts left abandoned in checkout."
Miller said he talks to retailers who see 20% or more of their online transactions go through PayPal. More than 40% of U.S. adults online have used PayPal in the last three months to pay for a product or service, according to data from Forrester.
PayPal will also integrate with Siri and bring PayPal's One Touch feature to Apple ID accounts, allowing for purchases with fewer clicks, PayPal said in a statement.
Customers with an Apple ID will be able to select "PayPal" as a preferred payment method — once selected it will become the default payment method and all future purchases will be charged to the PayPal account. This includes one-time purchases as well as monthly fees such as Apple Music subscriptions and iCloud storage, PayPal said in a statement.
Apple has its own wallet feature, Apple Pay. Miller said he doesn't foresee a competition between the two transaction methods, but rather a partnership.
"It's not a win-lose battle," Miller said. "I think we'll see a lot more partnerships in this space."
Moshe Katri, managing director and analyst covering payments at Wedbush, said PayPal's model that appeals to both merchants and consumers is what is driving its growth and leading to partnerships.
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"This means that Apple isn't out to destroy PayPal with their [Apple Pay] feature," Katri said. "Apple doesn't care what people are using to pay — they are agnostic in that sense — all they want to do is sell."
Shares of PayPal closed up 3.27% at $56.55 Wednesday.
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Fire captain tells rescuers: 'My guy is still up there. My guy is still up there'
By By Dawn Rhodes and Ryan Haggerty
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Thomas Ryan Jr., left, president of Chicago Firefighters Union Local 2, and Fire Commissioner Robert Hoff, center, give an update of injured firefighters. (Abel Uribe, Chicago Tribune)
As a badly burned Chicago fire captain was being helped from a blazingWestEnglewood attic Thursday night, he realized another firefighter was still in danger.
"My guy is still up there! My guy is still up there!" yelled Capt. Thomas Ruane, prompting other firefighters to charge up the stairs, Deputy District Chief Bob McKee said Friday.
On entering the smoke-filled attic, firefighters heard the piercing shriek of an alarm on firefighter Gerald Carter's breathing equipment, an indication he had been motionless for at least 15 seconds. Following the alarm's sound, another firefighter found Carter and rushed him out of the house, McKee said.
Department officials said the rescuers' quick reactions to the rapidly worsening conditions likely saved Ruane and Carter from more severe injuries.
"It's a matter of seconds before we would have had a different outcome," Fire Commissioner Robert Hoff said Friday outside Loyola University Medical Center, where the two firefighters assigned to Engine 54 were being treated for burns.
Ruane, 52, was burned on his ears and the back of his neck, and Carter, 31, was burned on his left hand and forehead.
Hoff said fire investigators were still investigating the cause of the blaze at the 1½-story house in the 7000 block of South Justine Street. The fire started in the basement and spread through the walls to the attic, he said.
Eight residents of the house were displaced, officials said.
After firefighters had chopped holes in the roof to release smoke and toxic gas, they tried to extinguish flames in the attic, unaware of the flames hidden behind the walls, Hoff said. Without warning, the fire "lit up" the attic and trapped Ruane and Carter, he said.
Kevin Abdullah, 49, the firefighter who helped Ruane out of the house, was treated for exhaustion at Mount Sinai Hospital and released Thursday night, fire officials said. A fourth firefighter, Sean Finn, 44, was also treated at Loyola for a burn to his neck but was released early Friday, officials said.
Firefighters assigned to the same South Side firehouse as Carter and Ruane described Carter as a smart, aggressive firefighter and said Ruane is a valuable mentor and leader.
Carter joined the department about two and a half years ago, while Ruane has been a firefighter for about 30 years, officials said.
"We're just thankful they're going to be OK," Lt. John Leonard said while standing with about a dozen other firefighters in front of the firehouse at West 71st Street and South Parnell Avenue. "We're praying for them."
Ruane is from the Mount Greenwood neighborhood, where neighbors were anxious for news about his condition.
"He's a great neighbor," said Gerry Droba, a retired Chicago police officer who lives next door on a block that's home to several police officers and firefighters. "If everybody had a neighbor like him, nobody would move."
Ruane has four children, the youngest of whom just graduated from high school, Droba said. He also owns a heating and air conditioning business and serves as the neighborhood's handyman, going out of his way to help people work on their homes, Droba said.
"He's just a good guy, a good soul," said Droba, who said Ruane didn't hesitate to replace the furnace and air conditioner in his home as well as work on the chimney and plumbing. "He's just a hard worker and a family man. You couldn't ask for anybody better."
Droba's daughter called him around 2 a.m. to tell him that their neighbor had been injured. He said he and his wife have been talking to other neighbors and friends since then to learn more about his condition.
"All our kids grew up together," Droba said. "Everyone likes him."
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Abdullah is well known in his apartment building in the Washington Park neighborhood, where he's the only resident who will venture onto the roof to make repairs or point out problems to contractors, said a neighbor, Toni Mitchell.
"He's always concerned about others," said Mitchell, who was shocked to learn he had been injured in the fire and said she would call him today to check on him. "He's super helpful. He goes out of his way to help all the time."
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Troy Mayor Comes Out as Anti-Gay, Again
Janice Daniels, the tea party mayor of Troy, Michigan, recently said something bad about homosexual people at a student forum on bullying and suicide. But what was it, exactly?
Was it that she was going to throw her "I Love New York" bag in the garbage because gays could finally get married there?
Nope – she let that fashion news drop last June.
Did she deem gay people “whimsical”?
Actually, no: Daniels used that term to refer to her own city's charter, which she refused to swear an oath to in November.
The mayor seems to think she knows the answer. As she told the Detroit Free Press:
"What I said was, there's a higher incidence of (overall) disease in the homosexual community," Daniels said. She said she taped the meeting and had reviewed her statements after the meeting. She declined to play the tape for the Free Press.
But Daniels' memory has failed her. That isn't what she said, at all!
A couple weeks and a Freedom of Information Act request later, we now know the truth of what transpired in that bullying forum. Daniels did not say, as alleged by one student, that she wanted to invite a “panel of psychologists who would testify that homosexuality is a mental disease.”
She said that the gay lifestyle is “dangerous.”
This important clarification, unearthed by good reporting from the Free Press and Troy Patch, is a sort of Pyrrhic victory for Daniels. She got caught saying something nasty about the gays, but it wasn't that they were mentally ill. (Although is it really better to be "dangerous" than mentally ill? Discuss!) The fact that her accuser garbled the statement makes the student look like an exaggerator, knocking down by a few BTUs the Internet Hate Blowtorch aimed in Daniels' direction.
But that's just a theory. Judging from her slash-and-burned Facebook page, the anti-Daniels crowd isn't turning down the heat anytime soon. Here is an honest-to-god comment chain on one of the mayor's less-offensive status updates – that is some real bile right there:
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John Metcalfe was CityLab’s Bay Area bureau chief, covering climate change and the science of cities.
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Rihanna Announces North American 'LOUD' Tour
Rihanna has gone on tour to promote just about every one of her project's and now the pop princess will do it again for her latest effort. Ri Ri will embark on her fifth concert tour kicking off in North America for her new LOUD album starting on June 4. The seven-stop tour will begin in Baltimore, MD at the 1st Mariner Arena with more dates said to be added. Tickets go on sale on Valentine’s Day, February 14 through Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com.
Rihanna will hit the stage alongside Drake this Sunday at the 53rd Annual GRAMMY's and will also perform at the 2011 NBA All-Star Game halftime show on February 20 in Los Angeles, CA. She just loves the stage.
LOUD North American tour dates:
June 4: Baltimore, MD - 1st Mariner Arena
June 7: Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
June 28: Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center
June 30: Oakland, CA - Arco Arena
July 19: Philadelphia - Wells Fargo Center
July 21: East Rutherford, NJ - Izod Center
July 23: Uniondaie, NY - Nassau Coliseum
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"Portal 2" Writer Is A Filthy Tease
By Peter Rubin, Richie Procopio
A lengthy interview Video Games Daily did yesterday with Valve writer Chet Faliszek reveals some juicy nuggets about the highly anticipated action-puzzle-shooter game Portal 2. Fans of the series might argue that there's no way to top the original 2007 game, and to even try to do so would be foolish. When asked about that specifically, Faliszek responded:
“We respected the story we started with, and ran with that, so you kind of get some payoffs there if you’ve played Portal 1. And we expanded the world out a lot…. In Portal 1 you saw the testing labs and behind the scenes, and in Portal 2 there are all these different areas you can go to, you can see all these different sides of Aperture Science, and learn all this stuff about that’s going on there, about GLaDOS, and [hesitates] other things going on there… it’s so hard to talk about!"
Argh, aborted spoilers! Valve is also looking to make the puzzles in Portal 2 more complex, but not necessarily more difficult. As Faliszek said, “we try to make sure that...if you’ve figured the puzzle out, you can solve it. You don’t have this dexterity problem that you’re not going to be able to do it.”
Good god, April 21 can't come soon enough. Actually, we might just spend the next two and a half months in some kind of barbiturate haze just in the hopes of getting there faster. Anybody got a scrip? [via Video Games Daily]
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Polyspecific Intravenous Immunoglobulin Plus Clindamycin for Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome
APR 01, 2019 | J. DREW ZIMMER, PHARMD, BCPS *
Streptococcal toxic shock syndrome (STSS) is a life-threatening disease caused by β-hemolytic streptococci, with group A Streptococcus being the most common pathogen.1 Mortality rates vary but are estimated to be between 30% and 60%.2-4 For STSS skin infections, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) recommends combination therapy of penicillin and clindamycin5 along with surgical intervention.
Clindamycin is recommended because of its ability to suppress streptococcal toxin and cytokine production. Additionally, clindamycin has demonstrated efficacy in animal models6 and observational studies.7,8 Penicillin is also recommended because of potential resistance of group A Streptococcus to clindamycin. Although macrolide resistance is low in the United States, other countries have seen increased resistance rates to macrolides. Macrolides and clindamycin are not chemically related, but they share a similar mechanism of action, and many of these macrolide-resistant strains are also resistant to clindamycin.
Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) has been suggested as adjunctive therapy to neutralize antibodies produced in response to streptococcal virulence factors9 and to inhibit the production of proinflammatory cytokines.10 However, controversy exists regarding the use of IVIG as adjunctive therapy, as IDSA guidelines do not recommend its routine use5 because of conflicting mortality benefit results and inconsistent use of clindamycin in the studies. Further, the lone prospective study of IVIG in STSS was terminated early because of slow enrollment.
A recent review and meta-analysis evaluated the mortality rate in studies evaluating adjunctive IVIG for patients treated with clindamycin for STSS.11 Previous studies had been complicated by the inherent risk of bias, the variable inclusion criteria, and the inconsistent use of clindamycin. Therefore, to combat bias, the authors used a Cochrane collaboration risk assessment tool.12 A meta-analysis was performed using a random-effects model and assessed heterogeneity using the Ι2 statistic, with the primary measure being the risk ratio (RR) for death at 30 days.
Five studies (1 randomized and 4 nonrandomized) met inclusion criteria from 1992 to 2009. One study was in children only, 1 study included children and adults, and the other 3 studies were in adults only. The primary outcome in each study was mortality at either 28 or 30 days. One hundred and sixty-five patients with STSS treated with clindamycin were included; among these, 70 patients also received IVIG. The overall mortality rate was 26.1%, ranging from 14.3% to 40.5% in individual studies. In the individual studies, IVIG administration was associated with lower mortality rates but was not statistically significant. However, in the pooled analysis, adjunctive IVIG administration in combination with clindamycin therapy was associated with a reduction in mortality from 33.7% to 15.7% (RR, 0.46; 95% CI, 0.26-0.83; P = .01), with negligible heterogeneity (I2 = 0%).
Although this was a meta-analysis, a limitation of the study still includes the small sample size, which may lack exact precision. Another limitation is that differences in baseline characteristics between groups may lead to confounding, with the authors acknowledging that the reduction in mortality rates associated with IVIG use could be due to confounding. A third limitation is that there was limited information on concomitant antibiotics, optimal dosing of IVIG, and length of therapy.
Without a large randomized, controlled trial, this study provides valuable insight and suggests advantageous effects of adjunctive IVIG in the treatment of STSS with clindamycin. Additionally, given that the condition is relatively rare and the previous valiant effort to enroll in a randomized, controlled trial proved futile, an international STSS registry, similar to the data collected by the ARDS Network, may help to provide more data and strengthen the recommendations (Table).
Zimmer is a clinical pharmacist/Antimicrobial Stewardship Coordinator at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Missouri. He is also an adjunct Professor in Pharmacology at ATSU-Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. Drew enjoys fly-fishing, hunting, the St. Louis Cardinals and all things ID. You can find him on Twitter @zimrx17.
* Zimmer is a member of the Society of Infectious Disease Pharmacists
1. Stevens DL. Streptococcal toxic-shock syndrome: spectrum of disease, pathogenesis, and new concepts in treatment. Emerg Infect Dis. 1995;1(3):69-78. doi: 10.3201/eid0103.950301.
2. Lamagni TL, Neal S, Keshishian C, et al. Predictors of death after severe Streptococcus pyogenes infection. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009;15(8):1304-1307. doi: 10.3201/eid1508.090264.
3. O’Loughlin RE, Roberson A, Cieslak PR, et al; Active Bacterial Core Surveillance Team. The epidemiology of invasive group A streptococcal infection and potential vaccine implications: United States, 2000-2004. Clin Infect Dis. 2007;45(7):853-862. doi: 10.1086/521264.
4. Hasegawa T, Hashikawa SN, Nakamura T, Torii K, Ohta M. Factors determining prognosis in streptococcal toxic shock-like syndrome: results of a nationwide investigation in Japan. Microbes Infect. 2004;6(12):1073-1077. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2004.06.001.
5. Stevens DL, Bisno AL, Chambers HF, et al. Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections: 2014 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis. 2014;59(2):147-159. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu296.
6. Andreoni F, Zurcher C, Tarnutzer A, et al. Clindamycin affects group A Streptococcus virulence factors and improves clinical outcome. J Infect Dis. 2017;215(2):269-277. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiw229.
7. Mulla ZD, Leaverton PE, Wiersma ST. Invasive group A streptococcal infections in Florida [erratum in
South Med J. 2003;96(11):1164]. South Med J. 2003;96(10):968-973. doi: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000051060.95210.9A.
8. Zimbelman J, Palmer A, Todd J. Improved outcome of clindamycin compared with beta-lactam antibiotic treatment for invasive Streptococcus pyogenes infection. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1999;18(12):1096-1100.
9. Shah SS, Hall M, Srivastava R, et al. Intravenous immunoglobulin in children with streptococcal toxic shock syndrome. Clin Infect Dis. 2009;49(9):1369-1376. doi: 10.1086/606048.
10. Norby-Teglund A, Kaul R, Low DE, et al. Plasma from patients with severe invasive group A streptococcal infections treated with normal polyspecific IgG inhibits streptococcal superantigen-induced T cell proliferation and cytokine production. J Immunol. 1996;156(8):3057-3064.
11. Parks, T, Wilson C, Curtis N, et al. Polyspecific intravenous immunoglobulin in clindamycin-treated patients with streptococcal toxic shock syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Infect Dis. 2018;67(9):1434-1436. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy401.
12. Higgins, JPT. Table 8.5.a: The Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing risk of bias. In: Higgins, JPT, Green, S, ed. Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. Version 5.1.0. John Wiley & Sons; 2011. www.handbook-5-1.cochrane.org/chapter_8/table_8_5_a_the_cochrane_collaborations_tool_for_assessing.htm.
13. Kaul R, McGreer A, Norrby-Teglund A, et al; The Canadian Streptococcal Study Group. Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy for streptococcal toxic shock syndrome—a comparative observational study. Clin Infect Dis. 1999;28(4):800-807. doi: 10.1086/515199.
14. Adalat S, Dawson T, Hackett SJ, Clark JE; British Paediatric Surveillance Unit. Toxic shock syndrome surveillance in UK children. Arch Dis Child. 2014;99(12):1078-1082. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-304741.
15. Carapetis JR, Jacoby P, Carville K, Ang SJ, Curtis N, Andrews R. Effectiveness of clindamycin and intravenous immunoglobulin, and risk of disease in contacts, in invasive group A streptococcal infections. Clin Infect Dis. 2014;59(3):358-365. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu304.
16. Linner A, Darenberg J, Sjolin J, et al. Clinical efficacy of polyspecific intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in patients with streptococcal toxic shock syndrome: a comparative observational study. Clin Infect Dis. 2014;59(6):851-857. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu449.
17. Darenberg J, Ihendyane N, Sjolin J, et al; StreptIg Study Group. Intravenous immunoglobulin G therapy in streptococcal toxic shock syndrome: a European randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2003;37(3):333-340. doi: 10.1086/376630.
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Youth engagement is a critical component in creating a supportive environment for social and emotional wellness and academic growth for students. This page serves as a resource for schools seeking to develop and maintain a successful youth engagement effort. Youth engagement is a powerful approach to improving policies, programs and practices related to youth.
What does youth engagement mean?
Meaningful youth engagement occurs when young people are involved in responsible, challenging actions to create positive social change. This means involving youth in planning and in making decisions that affect themselves and others.
Youth engagement happens in youth-adult partnerships that are structured so that both groups contribute, teach, and learn from each other.
National Resource Center for Youth Development – Youth Engagement Toolkit
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Best Practices User Guide: Youth Engagement
Engaging Youth as Partners in Creating Healthy, Safe, and Welcoming Schools
A Sincere Compliment: The Story of the West High Bros Club
You may have seen some national press on Jeremiah Anthony, a high school student who has single handedly sparked a school culture change movement in his high school by starting the West High Bros. WHB started with just Jeremiah who decided he would randomly tweet sincere compliments to students he went to school with, his friends at first and then all kinds of students for all kinds of random things. Soon other students wanted to do that with him and the “bros club” was formed. It has grown so markedly that now students look for things in school to tweet positively about. It’s a great example of how powerful students can be as change agents and drivers of school culture change. Watch the video and share with others, particularly students who might be interested in starting this at your school.
The following sites provide educators, parents and community members with a diverse collection of information and resources that will guide them in effectively partnering with youth.
Engage Youth! Colorado’s Guide to Building Effective Youth-Adult Partnerships
Getting Youth to the Table Tips
Youth-Adult Partnerships Resource Catalog
What Kids Can Do
Free Child Project
Creating Youth Advisory Councils
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J Sheekey Fish
Author(s): Allan Jenkins
In the heart of London's Covent Garden, J Sheekey has been offering the finest fish, oysters, shellfish and other fruits de mer since the 1890s. Josef Sheekey was a market stall holder given permission by Lord Salisbury to serve fish and seafood in his 1896 property development in St Martin's Court, on the proviso that he supply meals to Salisbury's after-theatre dinner parties. Over a century later, the restaurant retains its late-Victorian charm and buzzes with fashionable folk and famous faces. The menu takes in prime fish such as Dover and lemon sole, brill and salmon, with seasonal specials such as Esk sea trout with lovage and girolles, roast lobster with sweetbreads and salt baked bass. Old favourites include lobster thermidor and the legendary Sheekey fish pie. "J Sheekey Fish" immortalises recipes from this renowned kitchen. Sheekey Executive Chef Tim Hughes has teamed up with legendary cookery editor Allan Jenkins to create the cookery book event of 2012.
For the first time the world's most applauded fish restaurant, J Sheekey, shares its culinary secrets including shellfish, starters, main courses, salads, deserts and drinks.
My favourite dishes from one of my favourite fish restaurants Rick Stein J Sheekey is a lovely fish restaurant: the service is second to none, and if I want to have a great night, that's where I'll go Angela Hartnett A pearl. If you're looking for a slice of the high life, at very reasonable cost, seek out this beautiful (intimate and Deco-ish) annex to Theatreland's old-school fish favourite, where divine oysters head up a sophisticated light-bites menu Hardens 2011 Sheekey's is a slick show and still one of the hottest tickets in town Time Out 2011 Today the freshness and availability of all J Sheekey restaurant ingredients mean that they have no restaurant set menu, wonderful fresh selection of dishes of the day, and no sittings, make Sheekeys one of London's finest. Best London Restauarants 2010
Allan Jenkins is editor of Observer Food Monthly and previously editor of the Observer magazine, food and drink editor on the Independent newspaper. He once lived in an experimental eco-community on Anglesey, growing organic food on the edge of the Irish sea. Tim Hughes has worked with Gordon Ramsay, Marco Pierre White and many other Michelin-starred Chefs. Tim took on his first Head Chef role aged twenty-four, later becoming Sous Chef at Le Caprice, working under Mark Hix. In following years Tim opened The Canteen in Chelsea Harbour and then became chef at J. Sheekey. He is now Executive Chef at Caprice Holdings.
Publisher : Cornerstone
Imprint : Preface Publishing
Publication date : September 2012
Author : Allan Jenkins
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The Book of Schmaltz: Love Song to a Forgotten Fat
Author(s): Michael Ruhlman
Professional Cookery | Preserving | Offal
For culinary expert Michael Ruhlman, the ultimate goal in cooking is flavour and for certain dishes nothing introduces it half as well as schmaltz. A staple ingredient in traditional Jewish cuisine, schmaltz (or rendered chicken fat), is at risk of disappearing from use due to modern dietary trends and misperceptions about this versatile and flavor-packed ingredient. THE BOOK OF SCHMALTZ acts as a primer on schmaltz, taking a fresh look at traditional dishes like kugel, kishke and kreplach and also venturing into contemporary recipes that take advantage of the versatility of this marvelous fat. Potatoes cooked with schmaltz take on a crispness and satisfying flavour that vegetable oil can't produce. Meats and starches have a depth and complexity that set them apart from the same dishes prepared with olive oil or butter. What's more, schmaltz provides a unique link to the past that ought to be preserved. 'Schmaltz is like a thread that runs through a great tapestry,' says Ruhlman's neighbour, Lois, whose cooking inspired his own journey into the world of schmaltz. 'It's a secret handshake among Jews who love to cook and eat.'
The definitive book on schmaltz - a staple in Jewish cuisine and a 'thread in a great tapestry,' by one of America's most respected culinary writers.
"It's about time that schmaltz got its due. And from, no less, a great food writer who isn't Jewish. Michael Ruhlman understands, as too many Jews don't, that Yiddish cooking is a worthy cuisine, deserving of attention and respect - not to mention the carefully composed recipes and gorgeous photographs you'll find in this book."----Arthur Schwartz, author of "Jewish Home Cooking: Yiddish Recipes Revisited"
Michael Ruhlman started writing about the lives of chefs twenty hers ago and he soon found an interest in becoming a trained cook himself. His innovative and successful food reference books include Ratio, The Elements of Cooking, Ruhlman's Twenty and Charcuterie. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio with his wife, photographer Donna Turner Ruhlman.
Publisher : Little, Brown & Company
Imprint : Little, Brown & Company
Illustrations : Colour photographs throughout
Author : Michael Ruhlman
Dewey classification : 641.5676
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Sep 6 Backing the bid to build affordable houses
I support the bid by South Cambs District Council to take up a government offer for councils to borrow so they can build 149 affordable homes.
When we went into opposition in May, I said that we would support sensible policies – and this is one of them. Over the years I have been a councillor I've seen how social rent houses, as well as shared ownership, create possibilities for families that otherwise could not afford to live here - even if they went to the village school 20 years ago. I mean people who are teaching assistants, care workers, BT engineers, all worthwhile jobs but not paying enough to be able to afford a house in our villages. This pic is of affordable houses in Whittlesford that we secured would be run by our own housing charity, the Nicholas Swallow, which has been going since the 15th century.
I pressed the government to allow South Cambridgeshire to borrow so we could build more council houses. The reply I had in April from Dominic Raab, the Housing Minister at the time, was encouraging. We pitched not only was there the need to provide affordable houses for our residents, but we had an excellent track record of delivery. He asked us if we were a local authority ready to start building new homes – we said we had already started!
In the last four years – 2014-18 – South Cambs District Council built 74 new council homes, in villages including Swavesey, Foxton, Gamlingay, Great Abington and Waterbeach.
The Council is currently on site with developer partners building 33 new build homes, and a further 36 new homes will start on site by the end of the year – all work begun under the Conservative administration.
So this bid to the government from the new administration to enable a further 149 affordable houses is a welcome continuation of our work. There are risks, and borrowing £17m isn’t to be taken lightly, so I expect South Cambs to exercise due diligence in working with house builders. We will not know till the autumn if the bid is successful or not.
Oct 15 Decorative Duxford and triumphant Thriplow - local winners in garden competion
Sep 5 Protecting green space from trespassers
Feb 8 Housing White Paper signals a fresh approach - but hurry up!
May 21 At last - a five year land supply comes to the aid of our villages
Sep 3 Two cheers for the Local Plan
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Actors Needed For Roles In Film To Be Shot In Hartford
By By SUSAN DUNNE
"Hasta Manana" will be shot on Park Street. (Jack McConnell)
A short film will be shot starting at the end of January on Park Street in Hartford, and the production team is holding a casting call on Tuesday, Jan. 6, from 4 to 8 p.m. at Billings Forge Studio, 140 Russ St.
The writer and director of "Hasta Manana" is Pedro Bermudez, a Hartford native who works at the Hartford Public Library's You Media Center and is an adjunct film professor at the University of Hartford. Bermudez is a graduate of the American Film Institute.
The movie is about a Puerto Rican youth, his grandfather and their rooster.
No acting experience is necessary. The actors will be paid. The casting will be done by the same agency that cast the Jennifer Lopez-Marc Anthony musical "El Cantante" and America Ferrara's breakout movie "Real Women Have Curves."
The casting call will be looking for these types of actors:
Javier: Puerto Rican boy, fluent in Spanish, 11 to 16 years old.
Bonito: Puerto Rican man, 35 to 45 years old, thin build, quick talker, warm persona
Lucy: Puerto Rican woman, 45 to 65 years old, fluent in Spanish, gregarious, can be a bit heavyset
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1 Hispanic man, bearded, older than 55, to play homeless man
1 Puerto Rican woman, extroverted, older than 60, to play "dancing woman"
2 young teens, 15 to 18 years old, "rough around the edges"
10 random people, men women and children, to be extras
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Washed away: How the Great Flood of 1913 devastated Indiana
Heavy winds, reports of cyclones and then things got worse
Washed away: How the Great Flood of 1913 devastated Indiana Heavy winds, reports of cyclones and then things got worse Check out this story on courierpress.com: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/history/retroindy/2019/03/22/washed-away-how-great-flood-1913-devastated-indiana/3245606002/
Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star Published 11:29 a.m. CT March 22, 2019 | Updated 11:46 a.m. CT March 22, 2019
It was known as "the great disaster of modern times." Dawn Mitchell/IndyStar, Wochit
Cold and ice made the Westside a misty no-man's land after the 1913 flood. (Photo: IndyStar file)
The rain that began on Easter Sunday in 1913 triggered one of the worst floods in Indiana history.
That March, the weather became unsettled, and then it went wild.
The Star reported on March 22 that a windstorm swept through Indianapolis, ripping off roofs. A brick chimney collapsed and fell through the roof at Holy Angels Catholic Church at 28th Street and Northwestern Avenue.
March 24 brought reports of a cyclone hitting Terre Haute. Seven fatalities were reported. Widespread damage was reported between Terre Haute and Greencastle.
Then things got worse.
"Four Die in State Floods; City Danger Grows," was the headline in The Star the morning of March 25. White River stood 23 inches above the "danger line." Eleven inches of rain had fallen on the city since March 22, and the river was rising 4 inches an hour. The ground, still frozen or saturated from the spring thaw, made the landscape ripe for flooding.
During the early evening of March 25, an earthen levee gave way.
"When the earth dikes across the bottoms began to break on Monday and the river to overflow, no one anticipated any great trouble," a committee charged with providing relief would write later.
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The rain continued to fall and neighborhood after neighborhood was threatened. People were urged to flee.
But before hundreds had realized the situation, the last walls of defense were broken through, and 4 to 10 feet of muddy water swept over 4 square miles within and near the city.
"There were nearly four thousand families, mostly earnest working people of modest means, living in that district," the relief committee noted.
In the years leading up to the 1913 flood, the city's population had grown immensely. In 1880, it stood at 75,000; by 1910, it had topped 233,000.
At the time, there was no Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the American Red Cross wasn't set up for such an emergency. Indianapolis Mayor Samuel L. Shank created the General Relief Committee for Flood Sufferers. The stations were opened in available buildings and distributed donated clothing, food and supplies.
Residents received "relief cards" that indicated the size of their household, employment and other basic information, and they were allotted supplies accordingly.
Looking southwest from Lafayette, the train bridge after the 1913 flood. (Photo: J&C Archives)
Across Indiana
More than 180 bridges across Indiana were destroyed and railroad travel, the primary source of transportation at the time, was impossible. Food supplies quickly dwindled, resulting in near famine in some areas.
The flooding affected Fort Wayne, Lafayette, Terre Haute and most locations along White River, the East Fork of the White, Wabash and Whitewater rivers.
Rainfall for the five-day period beginning March 23 ranged from 2 inches in Northwest Indiana to more than 11 inches in the Richmond/east-central Indiana area.
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The crest of the flood passed through the northern reaches of the rivers March 25-26, the central parts March 26-27 and the southern courses March 27-28.
According to the United States Weather Bureau, the flooding that resulted "cost the lives of scores of people, rendered many thousands homeless, and destroyed property beyond estimate. . . . The enormous losses over such an extended area are unprecedented in the history of this portion of the United States, and it must follow that an occurrence so unusual must have been produced by extraordinary weather conditions."
March 25, 1913 Indianapolis Star (Photo: Star Archives)
While some homes were salvaged, many homes and businesses were beyond repair. And the immediate cleanup was brutal. As the floodwaters receded, the temperatures plummeted from the 60s to the 20s. And it snowed, which was itself a blessing as it inhibited the growth of mold in homes and buildings.
The cold, however, couldn't stop the spread of typhoid, which claimed even more lives in the flood's fallout.
Flooding left the Wabash River nearly seven miles wide. It averaged 5 to 7 feet deep between Vincennes and Lawrenceville, Illinois. While there was no official county, the death toll in Indiana is estimated between 100 to 200.
In the aftermath of the flood, Indiana established a flood control commission.
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Eden Hazard insists he will stay at Chelsea for 'a couple of years'... and targets retaining Premier League title
Eden Hazard enjoyed fine season to help Chelsea reclaim Premier League crown
No side has retained the Premier League title since Manchester United in 2009
The midfielder is under contract at Stamford Bridge until 2020
Real Madrid interested in signing Belgian star if they can sell James Rodriguez
By Dan Ripley for MailOnline
Published: 10:45 EDT, 2 June 2017 | Updated: 11:24 EDT, 2 June 2017
Eden Hazard has stated he is ready to snub any potential summer move for him in the transfer window by committing his immediate future to Chelsea.
The Blues playmaker enjoyed a stellar season to help the Blues reclaim the Premier League crown, with his form attracting interest from Europe's leading clubs.
But the Belgian admits he sees no reason to leave Stamford Bridge, where his contract is due to expire in 2020.
Eden Hazard has admitted he wants to stay at Chelsea for at least two more years
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Hazard told The Straits Times: 'I’m good here. I’m at one of the best clubs in the world and I think I’m going to stay for a couple of years. I’m very happy.
'You can see on the pitch that I’m happy.
'Next season, we will have the Champions League to play but we want to keep the Premier League trophy in Chelsea.
'It’s going to be hard but we know [people] expect a lot from Chelsea now.'
Hazard wants to stay at Chelsea and help defend the club's Premier League title
Manchester United were the last team to retain the English top flight back in 2009
Hazard's return to his best after struggling in the 2015-16 season was rewarded on Sunday when he was named the club's Player of the Year.
The Blues are keen to extends Hazard's current deal in the hope of fending off attention for the 26-year-old services from Real Madrid.
Madrid president Florentino Perez has targeted Hazard providing he can offload Colombian James Rodriguez.
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7-footer Alex Olah a big key for Northwestern
Chris Sweda, Chicago Tribune
"He's a huge key to our success," Northwestern basketball coach Chris Collins said of center Alex Olah. "When Alex plays well, we usually play pretty well. He's the anchor, not only on offense, but on defense."
"He's a huge key to our success," Northwestern basketball coach Chris Collins said of center Alex Olah. "When Alex plays well, we usually play pretty well. He's the anchor, not only on offense, but on defense." (Chris Sweda, Chicago Tribune)
Fred MitchellContact ReporterChicago Tribune
Northwestern wants 270-pound Alex Olah to throw his weight around in Big Ten play
Northwestern has an abundance of interchangeable parts along the perimeter entering its Big Ten home opener Sunday against Wisconsin.
But the center of attention for the physically challenging conference season is 7-foot, 270-pound Alex Olah, who will face the Badgers' preseason Big Ten player of the year Frank Kaminsky.
The Wildcats upset the Badgers, 65-56, at the Kohl Center last season as Drew Crawford scored 30 points and Kaminsky was held to eight.
"He's a huge key to our success," Wildcats coach Chris Collins said. "When Alex plays well, we usually play pretty well. He's the anchor, not only on offense, but on defense. He has got to protect the basket for us and be a presence on the boards. And we have to establish him offensively."
Northwestern (10-4) opened its Big Ten season Tuesday afternoon at Rutgers with a 51-47 triumph.The Wildcats finished 6-12 in conference play last season and they need to improve on that number if they want to entertain NCAA tournament hopes.
Northwestern guard Tre Demps predicts "Welsh-Ryan is going to be rocking" when the Wildcats host Wisconsin Sunday night.
Olah showed flashes of brilliance throughout the nonconference schedule, especially against Georgia Tech and Butler. But his lack of consistent offensive aggressiveness was reflected in his last two games, during which he was held without a field goal. He did manage to garner six rebounds and dish seven assists against Northern Kentucky, and five rebounds and two blocked shots at Rutgers. He has blocked 26 shots in the first 14 games.
"Coming into every game, a big focal point for us is trying to find ways to get him going and get him producing early on," said Collins, who also can look for inside help from 6-10 Jeremiah Kreisberg, 6-8 Gavin Skelly and 6-7 Nathan Taphorn.
Northwestern basketball coach Chris Collins says he wants to see "more purple than red" when fans show up for Sunday's game against Wisconsin.
On his best days, Olah fancies himself trying to emulate sharp-shooting 7-1, 265-pound Memphis Grizzlies center Marc Gasol, who is averaging 20.2 points and 8.2 rebounds this season. Olah has hit 7 of 17 three-point attempts (.412).
"For a while I was focusing on Kevin Love. He can shoot, of course. He can rebound, he can post up. He can do pretty much anything," Olah said. "But lately, I asked (assistant) Coach (Brian) James and he said: 'You really should watch Marc Gasol.' I started watching tape on him and I really like the way he plays."
Olah, a junior from Timisoara, Romania, who played at Traders Point (Ind.) Academy, has been working on building his confidence as well as his physical stamina and mechanics.
"You can't really think about, 'Oh, I missed a shot.' Every (confident) player has to think, 'Oh, I missed a shot, I know I am going to make the next two,' " Olah said. "Seeing the ball going through the hoop … even if it is just a free throw or a layup, it's always good. It makes you feel better about yourself."
"There have been a couple games this year where he has gotten off to tough starts and he has turned it around within the game," Collins said. "That would have never happened last year. I mean, last year if he missed a couple shots early, or if he got a shot blocked early … he had a tendency to lose confidence. Now I am seeing a growth where he might miss a couple early or not go well and come back in the second half and give us a dominant performance. I am noticing a lot of growth and maturity on that end. Hopefully he can continue to do that."
While Collins will be counting on guards Tre Demps, JerShon Cobb and Bryant McIntosh for much of the scoring, he knows Olah will have to step up his game for easier buckets around the basket in Big Ten play.
"The coaches trust me a lot, and they have told me I am a big part of this program right now," Olah said. "I have to be a leader on and off the court. The way I can do that is by talking and playing good in games and practice. It is something I want to do. I want to be good for this team and I want to win. The players trust me. It has been hard, but I had a great offseason. I hope I can continue to be as consistent."
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Vancouver’s Next Drag Superstar 2016 enters final stretch
Ilona owns the semi-finals, who will win the title?
By Layla Cameron Feb 22, 2016, 6:56 PM EST
Teayana’s well-choreographed Mulan routine, complete with a slow-motion fight scene, received positive feedback from the judges, but she doesn’t think she’ll win the competition. Credit: Layla Cameron
The semi-finals proved to be Ilona’s night to shine at Vancouver’s Next Drag Superstar competition, Feb 18, 2016.
Ilona impressed the judges with her craft, having not only created her own elaborate props and costumes, but also those of her backup performers.
(Ilona also showed her sense of humour in the second half of the show when she dressed up as guest judge Trixie Mattel./Layla Cameron photos)
The theme of the night seems to have worked in her favour as Ilona, who brought anime character Homura to life on stage, says she got into drag after dabbling in costume play (cosplay). Though Homura wasn’t necessarily well known to most of the audience, the strength of Ilona’s performance made character recognition less than essential.
Now, Ilona says she’s ready to go big for the finals on Thursday, Feb 25.
“I’ve been keeping it pretty simmered down for the first two rounds,” she says. “But the stuff I have up my sleeve is going to blow everyone away.”
Ilona says she thinks she has a good shot at winning the title. Teayana agrees: Ilona’s got her vote.
Blending drag and cosplay, Teayana and Coco Klein put on their own impressive performances.
(Coco Klein as Mia Wallace; she even aced Pulp Fiction’s iconic dance moves.)
Coco’s intensity suited her take on Mia Wallace from Pulp Fiction. Teayana’s well-choreographed Mulan routine received positive feedback from the judges, but she doesn’t think she’ll win the competition:
Adam Zapple strayed from traditional drag with one of the strongest cosplay performances of the night as the Swedish Chef. Zapple performed a skit rather than a song, and had the audience and judges howling with laughter.
(Adam Zapple channels the Swedish Chef on stage.)
While unconventional, Zapple’s use of prosthetics was quite impressive.
“I feel like I’ll be in the top,” Zapple says. “But honestly, amongst these guys, I think anything can happen.”
(Adam Zapple gets into character as the Swedish Chef.)
The second half of the show got a bit awkward and tense as contestants were asked to poke fun at each other and at the judges. Drag king Owen refused to participate, objecting to some racist and fatphobic slurs.
After being encouraged to leave the stage, Owen was later eliminated, along with Shay Dior.
Also in the bottom four, Glitteris and Eva Scarlett battled it out, with Eva finally securing the last spot to move forward to the finals on Feb 25.
Special guest judge Trixie Mattel, from RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 7, will help crown the competition’s winner this Thursday at Celebrities Nightclub on Davie Street.
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By Killian Bell • 2:00 pm, July 16, 2019
It also lets you ditch your old wallet.
Photo: Adel Neal/Cult of Mac
When you spend upwards of $1,000 on a smartphone, you shouldn’t rely on a $3 case to keep it safe. You should protect your investment by lavishing it in luxurious leather that keeps (almost) every inch of it suitably covered up.
That’s what I did with the gorgeous Ullu Pocket Wallet.
Handcrafted from Italian calf leather, this case carries your iPhone and credit cards in a compact, stylish package that won’t weigh you down. It protects your handset from scratches, scuffs, and dirt without getting in your way.
It’s also on sale right now — and you should get your own.
India might steal iPhone production from China
By Ed Hardy • 3:32 pm, July 11, 2019
Foxconn will make all three of these 2018 iPhone models in India for the first time.
Apple is reportedly significantly increasing iPhone production in India. Rather than just making low-end handsets, the latest top-tier models will be manufactured and sold there.
These will be less expensive than imported units and might improve Apple’s sales in this huge potential market.
Purported iPhone 11 logic board signals big changes
By Killian Bell • 5:28 am, July 8, 2019
iPhone 11 could look very different on the inside.
Photo: iFixit
We already have a pretty good idea what the next-generation iPhone lineup will look like on the outside. And thanks to a new leak, we can take a sneak peek at its insides, too.
These images are of a logic board purportedly destined for the iPhone 11 — and they signal some big changes.
Apple paid Samsung $683 million for missing OLED display targets
By Luke Dormehl • 2:09 am, July 5, 2019
Samsung makes the displays for the iPhone XS and XS Max.
Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac
Apple paid Samsung 800 billion won ($683 million) during the second quarter of the year. The payments covered the cost of display panels after Apple missed a sales target both companies had agreed on.
The cash influx represents a rare bright spot during a three-month period in which Samsung’s profits are forecast to plunge an overall 56%.
iOS 13 uses ARKit to solve one of the biggest FaceTime complaints
The eye-line problem is finally fixed. If you own an iPhone XS or XS Max, that is!
There’s something weirdly off-putting about the eye-contact problem with video calling services like FaceTime and Skype.
It happens because users must choose either to look directly at the camera lens, and miss what’s happening on screen, or look at the screen and appear to be staring at the listener’s neck.
That’s not ideal for a tool that’s meant to make it seem like you’re having a face-to-face conversation. Fortunately, Apple fixes this shortcoming in iOS 13.
This is what the 2020 iPhones might look like
By Buster Hein • 9:39 am, June 19, 2019
Concept of the 2020 iPhones based on early rumors.
Photo: Ben Geskin
The 2019 iPhone lineup hasn’t even been revealed yet but we might already know what next year’s iPhones will look like too.
Recent rumors have claimed that Apple will come out with new screen sizes for the 2020 iPhone lineup. The biggest iPhone will get a bit bigger while the smallest will get a little bit smaller. To see how that would look, Ben Geskin created a mockup of the upcoming devices, and they look fantastic.
Check out the size comparison with the current iPhones:
2020 iPhone XS Max will get bigger display
Bigger and better for your eyes.
Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac
Some iPhones might get even bigger in 2020.
Apple reportedly plans to release two phones with 5G in 2020, one of which will pack a 6.7-inch OLED screen, according to one of the most reliable Apple analysts.
iPhone XS resale value makes Galaxy S10 look pathetic
By Ed Hardy • 11:45 am, June 11, 2019
Almost a year later, used iPhone XS and XR units are still worth most of what what paid for them.
The 2018 iPhone models drew criticism for their high prices, but new data shows that they have held their value. The same can not be said for Samsung’s rival flagship phone.
The Galaxy S10 line lost more resale value in the first month than the iPhone XS and XR did in the 9 months after their release, according to a phone resale company.
Apple shows how to disrupt portrait photos in new video
By Buster Hein • 1:02 pm, June 10, 2019
Learn how to give your portrait photos some pop.
Apple serves up a master crash course on how to take better Portrait Mode photos in its latest ad, courtesy of photographer Christopher Anderson.
A lot of times Apple’s tutorial type of videos are pretty generic, but Anderson actually has a lot of cool tips on how to add more intrigue to your photos. He plays around using objects, creative backgrounds and striking light juxtapositions to shoot some of the coolest iPhone photos you’ll see.
It’s best to watch this on your iPhone:
iOS 13 brings multi-cam capture to latest iPhones and iPads
By Killian Bell • 9:40 am, June 7, 2019
You’ll be able to record with front- and rear-facing cameras for the first time.
iOS 13 and iPadOS will give recent iPhone and iPad users the ability to capture images and videos with their front- and rear-facing cameras simultaneously.
Apple says it is also possible to take advantage of multiple microphones to “shape” the sound that is captured. It encourages developers to leverage the new capabilities to bring picture-in-picture and spacial audio to their apps.
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Top 5 Energy Drinks: Convenient Pick-Me-Ups or Health Hazards?
Pick-me-ups or health hazards?
By Sara Schwartz
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Energy drinks, like Red Bull and Monster, have become as ubiquitous on the beverage aisles as Coke and Pepsi. Could our increasingly hectic lifestyles have led to this need for eye-popping amounts of caffeine and sugar? And do they really help us, as they claim?
Weighing the Pros and Cons
Ever wonder if energy drinks are worth the hefty calorie count for the boost they provide? We asked Samantha Cassetty, M.S., R.D., Nutrition Director of the Good Housekeeping Research Institute, to weigh in on the pros and cons of these lab-engineered arbiters of the energy upturn. And just to keep things fair, we also talked to Marisa Rosenbaum, a workaholic college junior and energy drink enthusiast.
Click to the next slide to find out what they had to say about the top five best-selling energy drinks.
Courtesy of Red Bull
110 calories (8.3-ounce can)
76 mg caffeine
Flavors: Regular and sugar-free
Claims: Improves performance; increases concentration and reaction speed; increases endurance; stimulates metabolism
Marisa Rosenbaum: "It kind of tastes like carbonated cough syrup, but definitely does the trick. Just swig the small can down and you immediately feel awake again. I prefer the sugar-free because it's only 10 calories. The downside is you feel your heart beating a little faster and it can be hard to sit still."
Samantha Cassetty: "[Energy] drinks are laced with caffeine, which has been proven to help people stay more alert. The problem is that many of these drinks are also loaded with added sugar and, therefore, calories! Plus, too much caffeine can increase your heart rate and blood pressure, especially if you suffer from anxiety or hypertension."
Courtesy of Monster Beverage Co.
200 calories (16-ounce can)
Flavors: Original, Lo-Carb, Assault, Khaos, M-80, Mixxd, Heavy Metal, and Java
Claims: Energy supplement; delivers twice the buzz of a regular energy drink; smooth flavor, easy to drink
Marisa: "Monster gives you a major kick! It has ginseng in it and this thing called taurine, which kind of sound like good stuff. I usually stay away from Monster because the can is too big and I get sick of sipping so much energy drink in one sitting."
Samantha: "Taurine is an amino acid that's plentiful in the human brain. There's little evidence to support the claim that it helps raise energy levels. And earlier this year, Cornell researchers reported that their study of taurine indicated it would actually have a sedative effect on the brain. I haven't seen any solid data suggesting that ginseng will help, either."
Courtesy of Glaceau
VitaminEnergy
Flavors: Dragonfruit, Tropical Citrus, Fruit Punch
Claims: No artificial colors, sweeteners, or flavors; B and C vitamins for metabolic energy; natural caffeine for immediate energy; ribose for sustained energy
Marisa: "The makers of VitaminWater make this energy drink. Because it tastes like carbonated VitaminWater, I find it delicious. It has vitamins and energy, so it makes me feel a little less guilty for drinking energy drinks."
Samantha: "Many energy drinks and vitamin complexes tout B vitamins as a way to fight fatigue, but there's little evidence to support the fact that these vitamins work. On the other hand, a deficiency of certain B vitamins (folate, B12) could lead to anemia, and that could cause poor energy levels.
"Marisa would be better off getting her nutrients from food. A snack consisting of a fortified whole-grain cereal (which most are), some fresh or frozen strawberries, and fat-free milk would provide the same vitamins. But it would also provide essential minerals, fiber, and protein. This type of snack will provide energy and help control Marisa's appetite so she can focus on her studies."
Courtesy of Rockstar, Inc.
Flavors: Original, Sugar Free, Zero Carbs, Juiced, Juiced Guava, Juiced Pomegranate, and Punched
Claims: High-performance energy for your mind and body; bold citrus taste enhanced with a unique blend of energizing elements including D-Ribose, L-Carnitine, and Taurine
Marisa: "Rockstar just tastes better. I love the mango flavor. It almost feels like you're drinking a really good soda instead of an energy drink. However, I don't think the energy boost I get is as strong as I get from other energy drinks."
Samantha: "Despite the fact that this beverage contains a significant level of caffeine, Marisa doesn't even notice the jolt, so I'd suggest trying an alternative method to overcome a slump.
"I think people tend to believe that energy drinks are healthy or offer unique benefits, but there are plenty of healthier ways to get over an afternoon slump. A cup of coffee, for instance, contains potent antioxidants, and if you drink it with milk, it also supplies a little calcium and protein (even more if you're drinking a latte). Exercise is another proven way to fight fatigue. Even a quick walk will help."
Courtesy of the Coca-Cola Company
Enviga
5 calories (12-ounce can)
Flavors: Green Tea, Peach, and Berry
Claims: Helps maintain a healthy balance; boosts metabolism, burns calories; provides calcium and antioxidants
Marisa: "This one is by far my favorite. A lot of my girlfriends live by this stuff too. It's only five calories a can and it comes in delicious flavors. Supposedly if you drink like three a day, it burns calories. I like it because it speeds up my metabolism and gives me a moderate amount of energy without making me feel restless. I have been told (could be a total myth) that it's not that bad for you when compared with other energizing drinks."
Samantha: "It's true that caffeine can help you burn more calories, but the impact is minor. There isn't sufficient evidence showing that this metabolic boost translates to weight loss. On the other hand, exercise can boost your energy and help with weight control.
"Many experts recommend keeping daily caffeine intake to about 300 mg per day. You could easily exceed this if you're tossing back a couple of energy drinks every day. Consuming energy drinks is a personal choice. I wouldn't recommend them, but if you choose to drink them, I'd suggest sticking to one per day to keep calories and caffeine in check. Also, if taken too close to bedtime, caffeine can keep you from falling asleep, so the strategy backfires. Getting enough sleep is a proven way to boost energy!"
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For those who are wondering, what now? How do I compensate for my exhausting lifestyle? Cassetty had some words of wisdom. "If you need a burst of energy, a snack could help," she advised.
"Aim for a mix of protein and carbs, like plain low-fat yogurt with fresh fruit and a touch of honey or a mini whole-wheat bagel with a tablespoon of peanut butter. Also keep in mind that some studies link a lack of sleep to weight gain, so don't substitute snacking for getting enough rest."
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Colorado Senate OKs mail-ballot voting, as GOP…
Colorado Senate OKs mail-ballot voting, as GOP maintains fraud concern
By Kurtis Lee | klee@denverpost.com and Joey Bunch | jbunch@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
The Colorado Senate passed a bill Thursday that would provide a ballot by mail to every state voter, allow vote centers for those who choose not to use the mail ballot and — controversially — allow people to register and vote on Election Day.
The bill passed 20-15 with the full support of Democrats and no Republican votes. The bill passed the House on a party-line vote last month.
Before it can go to Gov. John Hickenlooper for a signature to become the new way elections are held in Colorado, the bill must return to the House for approval because of “technical” amendments added in the Senate.
While legislators in both parties liked the convenience of more by-mail voting, Election Day registration was the grist for the oratory mill.
Sen. Kevin Lundberg, R-Berthoud, said the bill, called the “Voter Access and Modernized Elections Act” by supporters, should instead be called the “Same Day Voter Fraud Act.”
Though the bill’s supporters say the bill doesn’t change how people register to vote now, Republicans said cheaters could get a ballot with nothing more than a utility bill, which could be forged.
Rich Coolidge, spokesman for Secretary of State Scott Gessler, the state’s top elections official, explained the concern.
“If I don’t have a Colorado driver’s license or don’t know the last four digits of my (Social Security number), I can show up on Election Day with only a utility bill and get registered and vote a normal ballot,” he wrote in an e-mail while the debate was unfolding.
“Yes, this is the vulnerability of our current system, but at least county officials have at least 29 days to review that data and the political parties and campaigns also have that information from the voter file. An election judge registering that voter same day is the only safeguard.”
The Colorado County Clerks Association, made up of Republicans and Democrats, issued a “fact sheet” Thursday, noting Denver had registered 487 voters without a driver’s license or Social Security number since 2008.
There are 354,519 registered voters in Denver.
Boulder had 123 out of 197,382 registrations, according to the association.
As county clerks have said in statehouse committee hearings, the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Angela Giron, D-Pueblo, said Thursday the GOP’s arguments are inflated.
She said 11 other states have passed same-day registration, and in Colorado only 16 voter-fraud cases have been filed in a decade from among roughly 12 million ballots cast.
“It’s a technical bill that was written by the county clerks,” she said. “They’re the ones who know, and they’re the ones who are going to be held accountable every day when people come in to register and vote in county elections. I trust that.”
Sen. Mike Johnston, D-Denver, said the standard record checks for voter registration haven’t changed. Technology, however, allows those checks to occur instantly, so the 29-day registration deadline is an anachronism.
Joey Bunch: 303-954-1174, jbunch@denverpost.com or twitter.com/joeybunch
Kurtis Lee
A native of Colorado, Kurtis Lee was a politics reporter for The Denver Post from February 2011 until July 2014. He graduated cum laude from Temple University in 2009 with a degree in journalism and political science. He previously worked as an online writer in Washington, D.C., for the PBS NewsHour.
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Joey Bunch
Joey Bunch was a reporter for 12 years at The Denver Post before leaving to join The Gazette in Colorado Springs. For various newspapers he has covered the environment, water issues, politics, civil rights, sports and the casino industry. He likes stories more than reports.
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Daily recap of Tigers' minor leagues (Updated: July 16)
The Detroit News provides a daily look at all the action on the farm in the Tigers' system.
Daily recap of Tigers' minor leagues (Updated: July 16) The Detroit News provides a daily look at all the action on the farm in the Tigers' system. Check out this story on detroitnews.com: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2019/04/08/daily-recap-tigers-minor-leagues-updated-april-7/3405353002/
Detroit News staff and wires Published 5:32 p.m. ET April 8, 2019 | Updated 8:13 p.m. ET July 17, 2019
Tigers prospects, clockwise from top, Matt Manning, Casey Mize, Alex Faedo and Franklin Perez. (Photo: The Detroit News)
Welcome to your one-stop-shopping center for all the latest results from the Detroit Tigers' minor leagues.
The News provides daily updates on the Toledo Mud Hens, Erie SeaWolves, Lakeland Flying Tigers and West Michigan Whitecaps, among others, as well as relevant news and notes.
Also, be sure to check out The News' weekly minor-league reports.
Climbing quickly, Tarik Skubal pitching like a top prospect for Tigers
Triple-A Toledo
Toledo, Ohio — Kean Wong hit a run-scoring single in the third inning, leading the Durham Bulls to a 7-1 win over the Toledo Mud Hens on Tuesday (BOX SCORE).
The single by Wong scored Michael Perez to give the Bulls a 2-0 lead.
After Durham added a run in the fifth when Jake Cronenworth scored on an error, the Mud Hens cut into the deficit in the fifth inning when JaCoby Jones hit an RBI single, scoring Pete Kozma.
The Bulls later added two runs in both the sixth and seventh innings. In the sixth, Mac James and Perez hit RBI singles, while Jesus Sanchez hit an RBI double in the seventh.
Cronenworth doubled and singled three times, scoring two runs for Durham.
Ricardo Pinto (6-3) got the win in relief while Toledo starter Gregory Soto (0-3) took the loss in the International League game.
Double-A Erie
Erie, Pa. — Daniel Pinero hit a three-run home run in the first inning, leading the Erie SeaWolves to a 6-2 win over the Akron RubberDucks on Wednesday (BOX SCORE).
The SeaWolves swept the three-game series with the win.
The home run by Pinero scored Jose Azocar and Frank Schwindel to give the SeaWolves a 3-0 lead.
Akron answered in the next half-inning when Li-Jen Chu hit a two-run home run to cut the deficit to one.
The SeaWolves later added two runs in the third and one in the sixth. In the third, Schwindel hit an RBI single and then scored on a double by Pinero, while Kody Eaves hit a sacrifice fly, scoring Schwindel in the sixth.
Erie right-hander Kyle Funkhouser (1-1) picked up the win after allowing two runs on six hits over 5.2 innings. Opposing starter Sam Hentges (1-9) took the loss in the Eastern League game after giving up six runs and seven hits over six innings.
Erie improved to 10-2 against Akron this season.
Single-A Lakeland
Clearwater, Fla. — Brock Deatherage homered and doubled, scoring two runs as the Lakeland Flying Tigers defeated the Dunedin Blue Jays, 8-4, in the first game of a doubleheader on Tuesday (BOX SCORE).
Brady Policelli homered and singled with two RBIs for Lakeland.
Trailing 1-0 in the first, Dunedin took the lead when Demi Orimoloye hit a two-run double.
After tying the game in the second, the Flying Tigers took the lead for good with three runs in the fourth inning. Policelli hit a solo home run en route to the three-run lead.
The Flying Tigers later tacked on three runs in the fifth when Cole Peterson scored on a double and Deatherage scored on an error and Policelli hit a sacrifice fly to secure the victory.
Max Green (3-1) got the win with a scoreless inning in relief while Dunedin starter Nick Allgeyer (6-4) took the loss in the Florida State League game.
Orimoloye doubled and singled, driving in two runs for the Blue Jays.
Clearwater, Fla. — Billy Lescher, Mark Ecker and Angel De Jesus combined for a shutout as the Lakeland Flying Tigers beat the Dunedin Blue Jays, 2-0, in the second game of a doubleheader on Tuesday (BOX SCORE).
Ecker (4-0) picked up the win after he struck out three while allowing one hit over three scoreless innings. Josh Winckowski (2-2) went six innings, allowing one run and eight hits while striking out five in the Florida State League game.
Lakeland scored its runs when Kody Clemens scored on a passed ball in the fourth inning and Cole Peterson hit an RBI single in the seventh.
The Blue Jays were held off the scoreboard for the ninth time this season, while the Flying Tigers’ staff recorded their ninth shutout of the year.
Single-A West Michigan
The Whitecaps were off on Tuesday. Here's Monday's recap.
Comstock Park, Mich. — Joey Rose, Dominic Fletcher and Keshawn Lynch each had three hits, as the Kane County Cougars beat the West Michigan Whitecaps, 9-1, on Monday (BOX SCORE).
Rose doubled and singled twice, scoring two runs. Fletcher homered, doubled and singled, driving in three runs and scoring a pair.
West Michigan cut the deficit to 2-1 in the fifth after Christopher Proctor hit an RBI single, bringing home Jack Kenley.
The Cougars added to their lead with five runs in the seventh inning, including an RBI single by Lynch.
Kane County right-hander Matt Tabor (4-2) picked up a quality start and the win after allowing one run on just four hits over six innings. Opposing starter Brad Bass (1-2) took the tough loss in the Midwest League game after giving up two runs and eight hits over 5.2 innings.
Single-A Connecticut
The Tigers were off on Tuesday and rained out on Wednesday. Here's Monday's recap.
Norwich, Conn. — Riley Greene hit a two-run single in the second inning, and Ryan Kreidler had two hits and scored two runs as the Connecticut Tigers topped the Tri-City ValleyCats, 14-10, on Monday (BOX SCORE).
The single by Greene came in the midst of a seven-run inning and tied the game at 3. Later in the inning, Connecticut took the lead when Kreidler scored on an error and then scored on three more plays, including RBI singles by Kona Quiggle and Jordan Verdon.
The Tigers later added five runs in the third and one in the fifth and eighth to secure the victory.
Kory Behenna (2-1) got the win with 2.2 innings of scoreless, one-hit relief while Derek West (0-1) took the loss in the New York-Penn League game.
Connecticut took advantage of some erratic Tri-City pitching, drawing a season-high 12 walks in its victory.
In the losing effort, the ValleyCats hit a season-high four home runs. Zach Biermann homered and singled twice, driving in three runs and scoring a pair for the ValleyCats.
Rookie-level GCL Tigers West
Lakeland, Fla. — Starlin Paulino scored when Leonel Hernandez was hit with a pitch in the seventh inning, leading the GCL Yankees East to a 3-2 win over the GCL Tigers West on Wednesday (BOX SCORE).
Paulino scored on the play after he reached base on a walk and advanced to third following singles by Raymundo Moreno and Alexander Vargas.
In the bottom of the first, GCL Tigers West scored on a double by Cole Zabowski that brought home Clark Brinkman. In the following at-bat, Jared Mang hit an RBI double, scoring Zabowski to give the GCL Tigers West a 2-0 lead.
GCL Yankees East answered in the fifth inning when Moreno hit an RBI double and then scored on a single by Hemmanuel Rosario.
Zach Greene (1-0) got the win with 1.1 innings of scoreless relief while Sam Kessler (1-1) took the loss in the Gulf Coast League game.
Rookie-level GCL Tigers East
Clearwater, Fla. — Edgar Made, Rixon Wingrove and Keaton Greenwalt each had three hits, as the GCL Phillies West beat the GCL Tigers East, 14-5, on Wednesday (BOX SCORE).
Made singled three times, scoring three runs while also driving in three. Wingrove tripled, doubled and singled, driving home six runs and scoring a couple.
GCL Phillies West had a pair of big innings in the blowout victory, scoring five runs in both the third and seventh innings.
In the third, Wingrove drove in three runs and Juan Carlos Smith drove in two, while Luis Rojas scored on a single and Bruce Wang scored when a runner was thrown out and Andrick Nava scored on a double and Made scored on an error in the seventh.
Josh Hendrickson (1-0) got the win in relief while GCL Tigers East starter Alejandro Chavez (0-3) took the loss in the Gulf Coast League game.
Martin Olivas homered and singled, driving in two runs for the GCL Tigers East.
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Gault & Millau’s Mise en Place Industry Forum: Striving for Excellence
Mise en Place is an international Gault & Millau initiative that occurs globally in over 22 countries. Their events offer a platform to engage, educate, and support the Australian restaurant industry.
Striving for Excellence Forum- Melbourne
Victoria boasts some of the most exciting, talented chefs of today’s culinary industry, but without an exceptional Front of House team to complete the connection between the chef and the diner a restaurant’s full potential might never be reached.
How do restaurants keep their quality of service consistent as well as help the industry grow and evolve?
By working with each other instead of against each other.
Working as a community has many benefits, Danilo Mancini of Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, Gareth Burnett from Amaru, Christoph Schrottenbaum of Vue de Monde, Merryn Campbell of Igni and Kevin Mc Steen from Attica discuss them together:
Cooperative vs Competitive
One may think that people or businesses that work on their own are more driven to do their best but they can become frustrated and even apathetic if they fall too far behind the rest of their peers. In our community we encourage working together on larger projects or the analysis of a problem so as to maximise learning.
By immersing yourself in a community, you also give yourself a chance to learn from the overall group, share ideas and mine the wisdom of several people. In hospitality this is the best way to stay up to date and ensure that standards of service do not slip with time.
Making contacts is a useful skill. A community does favours for each other and helps everyone grow their businesses by recommending one another. This network builds trust and confidence in each person of the group. Willingly displaying positive actions for each other raises a whole group to a place of success and accomplishment.
There are countless examples of businesses that thrive early on, but isolate themselves and stagnate creatively as a result. Being in close proximity to the diversity of ideas that a community creates means that you’re constantly challenging yourself to think creatively which helps adapt and evolve.
When resources like staff and knowledge are shared within a community this creates a standardised level of excellence of service within an industry. This in turn will give everyone’s guests a flawless experience which is what hospitality is really about.
Last but not least, a community of like-minded people provides a support network. Even if they are at different stages of their journey, they will understand you and be able to give you the support and motivation you need to continue to uphold standards.
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Is it time for Instagram to consider scheduled posting?
May 20, 2016 by Daniela Bowker Leave a Comment
The words ‘Instagram’ and ‘schedule’ are not exactly natural bedfellows. The notion of carefully curating and managing posts on a platform that espouses the spontaneity of a Polaroid-like image in a digital format is somewhat conflicted.
However, while Instagram might be regarded as the web’s largest repository of cats drinking coffee on fixed wheel bicycles, it’s also an integral component of many companies’ and professional photographers’ social media marketing strategies. As a consequence, a great many photos shared there aren’t smartphone-snapped-shots conveying a sense of the here-and-now; they are carefully selected images that conform to a prescribed narrative or aesthetic.
I am not sure what it says about how I use Instagram, but a scan of my feed reveals that most of the photos posted by the people and brands that I follow weren’t shot on a smartphone. Over the past 24 hours there were a few ‘I’m here right now and sharing this moment,’ photos, but most of what I saw was far more considered and manicured. There were long-exposure landscapes, studio portraits, as well as shares from brands, and some behind-the-scenes glimpses of photographers at work, to give you a feeling.
It might not have been how Instagram’s founders envisioned the platform would evolve, but Instagram is a powerful marketing tool, whether that’s for professional photographers to showcase their capabilities and present themselves to the world via another channel, or for brands to use delicious imagery for promotional purposes. Every UK supermarket from Lidl to Waitrose and via the Co-Op has an Instagram feed. Manchester United, Lancashire Cricket Club, and Sale Sharks Rugby Union club all have an Instagram presence. Media organisations, lifestyle brands, and retailers: they’re all there.
This movement away from spontaneous sharing among friends toward considered curation with a professional overtone brings with it a need for better organisation and feed management. Spontaneity isn’t necessarily to be shunned, but scheduling does become an imperative. Whether it is to ensure that a brand maintains regular communication with its followers or to take life easier for the team handling social media marketing, it’s the sort of control that isn’t just useful, but vital.
However, Instagram does not support this functionality, and furthermore, it guards its API very closely, meaning that the digital cottage industry that has sprung up in the environs of other social platforms has been somewhat limited by Instagram’s closed shop. Finding a means to post to Instagram without being in the app is very tricky. If, like me, you rely on Buffer to manage your social media presence, you will have noticed that there is no Buffer-Instagram integration.
Primarily, Instagram-scheduling platforms have relied on allowing users to prepare their posts and reminding them to share them, not on actually posting them. That’s the case with the very popular Later, which used to be known as Latergramme. You install the app on your phone and prepare your photos for posting. When the scheduled time comes, you press a button to confirm the post.
Whether this is a philosophical position or a business decision on Instagram’s part is open to debate. Certainly, in keeping its API close to its chest it is protecting its own brand. But the constant encouragement to come to the app in order to post helps to foster the community that drives it; you’re going to see at least one image from someone you follow every time that you go to share an image. It also helps to maintain the sense of immediacy from which Instagram developed and get eyeballs on any advertisements that are pumped into users’ feeds. I’m inclined to say that preventing automated posting is the result of the combination of philosophy, economics, and brand protection.
There are, however, some companies working on novel means of actually posting images to Instagram on a schedule, rather than just sending a reminder. Quite a few of these rely on a hive of mobile phones or tablets posting your images at designated times. But they come with their own stumbling blocks, namingly that you are required to hand over your Instagram password to them. When I checked out Autogrammer, I got as far as logging in to its platform, but stopped when it wanted my Instagram password. It might be stored in 128-bit encryption, but I still wasn’t convinced. This approach feels like the worst of both worlds for Instagram users.
No company is under any compulsion to provide anything, whether that’s an Android version of its app or a particular brand of frozen chips. But there does come a point when listening to the needs of your users and recognising that the product or service that you provide has perhaps diverged from your original intention can reap dividends. Instagram might have started life as a Foursquare-like check-in app, but it has grown into something far larger and removed from that, with a much wider appeal. Is it then time for Instagram to consider offering a paid-for account that permits scheduling and provides analytics as a part of its corporate offering? It’s another means to monetise the app, and does it in a way that would appease brands without turning them, or other users, away from the platform. Let the evolution continue.
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Dodge Nitro Forum > Dodge Nitro News & Polls > Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep News > Claim: Republican-owned Chrysler dealerships
Claim: Republican-owned Chrysler dealerships
Fact Check: Digging finds no vendetta against Chrysler dealers
Source URL: Fact Check: Digging finds no vendetta against Chrysler dealers | jacksonville.com
Many Times-Union readers want to know:
Is it true, as this e-mail says, that President Barack Obama targeted Republican-owned Chrysler dealerships for closure? The e-mail says that of the 789 dealerships closed by the federal government, 788 had donated money exclusively to Republican candidates and causes.
This claim doesn't make Nixon's Watergate or Clinton's Monica Lewinsky scandals pale in comparison as the heavily forwarded e-mail says it should. That's because the evidence shows that the closings were not politically motivated at all.
Various groups, including Fox News, looked at the allegations and found nothing to them.
The e-mail originated from a May 27, 2009, opinion piece from the Washington Examiner, according to Snopes.com, a well-respected fact-finding website that confirms or debunks rumors and urban legends. The Examiner is a conservative free-distribution newspaper in the Washington, D.C., area.
A bankrupt Chrysler announced on Feb. 11, 2008, that it would be "reducing the number of unprofitable dealers operating in close proximity to one another." The list of closings came out in May 2009.
In the heat of the presidential campaign, the Examiner piece ignited Internet bloggers who continued to write that the Obama administration was responsible for the list and targeted the dealerships who donated to Republicans. The administration denied that, saying that Chrysler alone was responsible for selecting the dealerships. Chrysler said it selected the dealerships based on market share, sales volume and location.
The e-mail also says that Steven Rattner, who was picked by the administration to head the White House's Auto Task Force, is married to Maureen White, a former Democratic National Committee finance chairwoman, and thus had "access to campaign donation records" to produce the list.
Actually, all that information is available for anyone to see at the Federal Election Commission's website, Federal Election Commission Home Page, or through the public online database (tinyurl.com/5lkyzc) maintained by the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan organization that tracks political money and lobbying influence.
Inclination to the GOP
Analysts who looked closely at the campaign data found this, which might help explain the allegations: Car dealers are overwhelmingly likely to be Republicans and thus donate to Republican causes.
The National Auto Dealers Association members have given 69 percent of their donations from 1990 to 2006 to Republicans, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. In the recent election cycle, contributions went to Republicans at about a 3 to 1 margin. Among all auto dealers, experts say, the percentage is likely to tilt even more toward the GOP, Snopes.com reports.
Looking at Federal Election Commission campaign finance disclosure reports bears this out. Snopes.com and FactCheck.org point to research by FiveThirtyEight.com conducted in May 2009 that shows those who list their occupation as "auto dealer" brings up $761,742 from 546 people to Republicans and $88,870 from 72 people to Democrats. A search for "car dealer" brings up $171,328 from 141 people to Republicans and $44,175 from 42 people to Democrats. Combining those donations with those who list occupations as "automotive dealers" and "automobile dealers," a total of $1,221,447 or 88 percent was given to Republican candidates, while $161,480 or 12 percent was given to Democratic candidates.
FactCheck.org replicated FiveThirtyEight.com's searches of the campaign disclosure data and came up with the same results. FiveThirtyEight.com, named for the number of electors in the Electoral College, is a nonpartisan website that analyzes polling data.
The Center for Responsive Politics looked specifically for itemized contributions that mentioned "Chrysler," the company's other brands and its corporate parents "Daimler" and "Cerberus." Of the 2008 presidential candidates, Republican John McCain of Arizona is the top recipient of such campaign cash, with $26,200, compared to Obama's $2,700. As the CRP pointed out, "That's not a lot of money to extrapolate grand theories from."
A survey of Chrysler dealership closings in Macomb County, Mich., also found no partisanship, Snopes.com reports: "In Macomb County, three dealerships were closed in the Chrysler bankruptcy process and seven were saved. The FEC records show no noticeable difference in the political leanings of the owners of the 10 businesses. The FEC records show a consistent pattern. The surviving dealers donated to Republican Michael Bouchard's 2006 Senate campaign, the National Republican Congressional Committee, the Republican National Committee the Michigan Republican Party, [Republican Sen. Spence] Abraham and [GOP Rep. Candice] Miller."
Fox News also looked at the closure data, as reported by Snopes.com and FactCheck.org, a nonpartisan fact-finding project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. "Among the dealerships set to close, 12 percent of a random 50 selected for review donated to Republicans and 8 percent to Democrats," Fox News stated. "Of the dealerships remaining open, 14 percent of a random 50 selected donated to Republicans and 10 percent to Democrats. In both samples, the average size of donations was similar for both parties."
No favoritism for McClarty
Finally, FactCheck.org clarifies the e-mail's contention that eight competitors of former Clinton White House chief of staff Mack McLarty, who co-owns some Southern dealerships, were being eliminated, giving McLarty et al. a local monopoly.
McLarty co-owns 12 Chrysler dealerships with his partners. The McLarty shops did escape closure as Chrysler shuttered about a quarter of its 3,200 dealerships. Kathy Graham, a Chrysler spokeswoman, told FactCheck.org that 132 other owners or groups of owners of multiple dealerships did not have to close any of their stores, so McLarty's situation is "not unique."
She also said that Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana and Alabama, where the McLarty partnership owns two, one, one and one store respectively, there are still 120 Chrysler dealerships, making the McLarty partnership "hardly a monopoly."
The bottom line: The Chrysler dealerships that were closed included more Republican contributors because a great many car dealers overall are Republicans.
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12 June 2015 By Tara Hounslea
Ted Baker saw group revenue increase by 24.2% for the 18-week period to June 6, with retail sales up by 18.9% and wholesale sales up by 41.2%.
The lifestyle brand opened its first street-level store in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay and a store for its licensed products called Ted Baker & Moore in Spitalfields, east London during the period. It added concessions in the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, North America, China and Japan.
Online sales increased 49.5%, reflecting growth in the UK and a strong performance from the US site, which moved to a new platform in July last year. There was an “encouraging” contribution from its Canadian site, which opened at the end of 2014.
Wholesale sales are strong in both the UK and North America, with the latter in particular benefitting from a strong start to the season and changes to buying patterns, which brought forward some orders. Ted Baker expects full-year wholesale growth of 18%.
Both retail and wholesale gross margins were in line with expectations, broadly in line with last year.
Licensed stores opened in Azerbaijan, Dubai, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Taiwan during the 18-week period.
Founder and chief executive Ray Kelvin said: “The Ted Baker brand continues to perform very well and we have delivered further progress across our global markets and distribution channels.We are pleased with the performance of our spring/summer collections both in the UK and internationally, which is a testament to our skilled and passionate team.”
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Ted Baker in 'great shape', insists director
11 June 2019Isabella Fish
Today’s profit warning from Ted Baker is a sign of tough market conditions rather than shortcomings at the business, its commercial director has told Drapers.
Ted Baker warns on profits amid 'extremely difficult' trading
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Profits take a hit at Ted Baker
21 March 2019Harriet Brown
British brand and retailer Ted Baker announced a 14.3% drop in profit before tax and exceptional items to £63m for the year to 26 January 2019, blaming discounting, consumer uncertainties and high-street challenges.
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Anonymous13 June 2015 1:15 pm
Ted Baker in many ways are an expensive version of Next. It doesn't challenge the customer too hard and gives them what they want, almost a crime these days. It's easy to see why they continue to be successful.
Note to retailers - boring = sales = profits
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Mutualisms are interspecific relationships beneficial to both organisms involved. While these relationships have been described as mathematically unstable, a diverse array of cross-kingdom partnerships has existed throughout evolutionary history. Soil mutualists have great impact on above- and belowground community dynamics across a wide range of ecosystems. Organisms in soil collaborate with a wide variety of plants to perform nutrient acquisition services in exchange for plant-derived carbohydrates. While the relationships were originally perceived as bacteria in symbiotic relationships for N acquisition and fungi involved with P acquisition, more recent studies have indicated that fungi are actually involved in the acquisition of almost any limiting nutrient in soil, depending on partnering species (Allen, 1991; Smith and Read, 1997).
Mycorrhiza, the relationship between a plant root and fungus, is one of the most important soil mutualisms. It may be one of the oldest relationships participated in by plants (Brundrett, 2002; Stubblefield and Taylor, 1988). There is evidence that this relationship evolved and was lost multiple times in different divisions in the Kingdom Fungi and in different groups of plants. Mycorrhizal fungi have the ability to acquire nutrients directly from decomposing litter (Leake and Read, 1997) and from live animals such as springtails (Klironomos and Hart, 2001). They can also influence plant-water relations (Allen, 1991) and reduce attack on roots by pathogenic fungi (Gange et al., 1994; Azcon-Aguilar and Barea, 1992). Each of these relationships alters the aboveground community directly by changing rates of reproduction and death of participant species and indirectly by altering competition among plant species.
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Is This the Final Tomb Stone on De Loecker's Markups?
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But everyone knew this already. They only work in very special cases of imperfectly competitive markets, e.g. where each firm faces the exact same downward sloping demand curve, e.g. the monopolistic competition models used by the macro literature.
How does other people using an unrealistic assumption make the use of an unrealistic assumption any better?
(also, demand heterogeneity is not the only issue Jamandreu points out: "The problem becomes more acute if there are adjustment costs of any variable input (e.g. labor) because they constitute a non-ignorable part of the input prices and the own marginal cost")
I didn't say that it does. It's just well known that these methods rule out any unobserved differences in demand across firms (or unobserved differences in anything else for that matter (except productivity of course)).
Ah, my mistake in misunderstanding your point. It's still troubling that these methods are used to make big claims (like the mark-up paper) when they are based of off assumptions that are completely unrealistic.
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Was just looking into this by De Loecker: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.3982/ECTA7617
It's a seminal paper. What kind of garbage is this though? There's no way this method is going to provide robust productivity estimates that don't differ a ton based on assumptions.
^So, as proof of my conjecture, the productivity estimates he gets in the final version are only 50% of his estimates in the initial working paper version, and that's controlling for author fixed effects.
See: https://www.nber.org/papers/w13155
"I find that when correcting for unobserved prices and demand shocks, the estimated productivity gains from relaxing protection are only half (from 8 to only 4 percent) of those obtained with standard techniques."
"More specifically, abolishing all quota protections increases firm‐level productivity by only 2 percent as opposed to 8 percent when relying on standard measures of productivity."
But going to 2 to 4 percent is already a fairly sizeable difference when we're talking about productivity. You're telling me the estimates couldn't differ by even more than that if you changed other assumptions?
Jamandreu paper is about JDL method, not about his recent work on markups. Discussion on this thread show how clueless people are
Jan, please stop being bully.
I will footnote1 you! -JDL
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We believe in Equality and Diversity to Educate and Nurture – so much so that we’ve even made these words, which make up our name, into little characters.
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Hate Crime Video Released
Today, we are launching our latest film, Hate Crime.
We were commissioned by the Sheffield City Council as part of the Equality and Fairness Grant to produce a film raising awareness about Hate Crime. We filmed a series of interviews with a variety of representatives and members of the Equality Hub Network.
Hate crimes are often not reported and this video aims to inform the importance of reporting hate crimes and how to report a hate crime.
Please share this video to help raise awareness.
Conversations That Matter launch
Today, we are launching our latest film, Conversations That Matter.
This film was funded by the Sheffield City Council and focuses on the contributions of the LGBT community with the specific aim to demonstrate what there is for LGBT women in Sheffield and what still needs to be tackled. We spoke with several organisations including, LGBT@50+, WHAT, LGBT Committee at Sheffield’s Student Union and Rachel Sanchez the Development Officer from Sheffield City Council.
Please check it out and let us know what you think.
International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
Sunday the 17th of May was International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, a day that commemorates the day in 1990 on which the World Health Organisation declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder. The event in Sheffield was held in the Peace Gardens where approximately 200 people attended. There were speeches from Steve Slack – Sexual Health Sheffield, Nikki Bond – Labour Councillor, Adam Hood – Head of Sheffield Pride, Nell Stockton – Trans Activist and Director with LGBT Sheffield and young people from Sheena Amos Youth Trust (SAYiT). Then the one-minute of noise, which was captured on camera by LGBT Sheffield.
Activities then followed, which included the E.D.E.N Action! films being screened on a loop in the Museum Sheffield activity room.
E.D.E.N was part of the planning group for Sheffield’s 2015 event celebrating the 10-year anniversary. We worked alongside Sexual Health Sheffield, Sheffield City Council, Museums Sheffield, LGBT Sheffield, Sheffield Pride and SAYiT.
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It has been a very exciting journey since founding E.D.E.N Film Productions in 2013.
We have recently completed our latest project, E.D.E.N Action! which involved training 10 unemployed members of the LGBT community with filmmaking skills. They used these filmmaking skills to create three fantastic films; these can be viewed at Our Projects page.
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Building digital resilience in Latin America
EFF will be at the Internet Freedom Festival participating on a panel called "Building digital resilience in Latin America." The panelists will discuss the current political climate in Latin America and the emerging digital threats to political and social activists in the region. The topics will be presented through cross-country...
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Don't Repeat FOSTA's Mistakes
Some of the most fruitful conversations we can have are about nuanced, sensitive, and political topics, and no matter who or where we are, the Internet has given us the space to do that. Across the world, an unrestricted Internet connection allows us to gather in online communities to talk...
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Court Denies EFF Effort to Obtain Classified Significant Surveillance Court Opinions
A federal court’s ruling earlier this week has blunted a key provision of the surveillance reform law that required the government to be more transparent about legal decisions made by the United States secret surveillance court. After Edward Snowden revealed the government’s ongoing mass collection of Americans’ telephone phone...
Press Release | March 27, 2019
Hearing Friday in Jewel NSA Spying Lawsuit: EFF Asks Court to Let Case Proceed to Determine Constitutionality of Mass Surveillance
Oakland, California—On Friday, March 29, at 9:00 am, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will tell a federal court that its clients should be allowed to proceed with their case challenging the constitutionality of NSA spying. The government’s latest attempts to prevent the court from evaluating the legality of surveilling millions...
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Texas: Don’t Let the Legislature Gut Your State’s Free Speech Laws
A bill is moving forward in the Texas Legislature that would make it easier to bring baseless lawsuits against Internet users in the state who review businesses, speak anonymously, or otherwise exercise their First Amendment rights. If you’re a Texan, we need you to contact your lawmakers and speak up...
EFF Backs Redditor in Fight to Stay Anonymous
San Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is representing an anonymous Reddit commenter who is facing an abusive copyright claim from the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, a group that publishes doctrines for Jehovah’s Witnesses. Today, EFF filed a motion to quash the attempt by Watchtower to unmask the online...
In Re DMCA Section 512(h) Subpoena to Reddit, Inc.
In this case, we are representing an anonymous Reddit commenter who is facing an abusive copyright claim from the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, the supervising body and publisher for the Jehovah’s Witness religious organization. We have filed a motion to quash a subpoena Watch Tower has obtained and...
Encrypting the Internet: Obstacles to TLS Deployment
Have you ever had problems with TLS? Like, you’re trying to view a web page but your browser is giving you a security warning instead? Or maybe you’ve been on the other end, invoking ancient shell scripts beyond your comprehension in a last-ditch attempt to renew your Let’s Encrypt certificate...
Closing the Gap: How ESNI and Encrypted DNS Will Help End Internet Surveillance
Join us at the Internet Freedom Festival for a talk about encrypting DNS and SNI. This session is for activists who have heard about the controversy about Mozilla using Cloudflare for encrypted DNS, but aren't sure what it's about or if they should be worried or not. It's also for...
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Real Net Neutrality Protections Passed Their First Vote
The Save the Internet Act (H.R. 1644) has survived its first vote, 18-11. This is a victory for everyone who wants strong, real net neutrality protections. It is, as is so often the case in the net neutrality battle, a win for the majority of Americans who support these...
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EU’s Parliament Signs Off on Disastrous Internet Law: What Happens Next?
In a stunning rejection of the will of five million online petitioners, and over 100,000 protestors this weekend, the European Parliament has abandoned common-sense and the advice of academics, technologists, and UN human rights experts, and approved the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive in its entirety...
EFF, Coalition Urge Supreme Court to Maintain Public Access to Government’s Use of Privately Developed Technology
Some of the most controversial technologies government agencies use to surveil the public or automate decisions about them are developed or overseen by private parties. Whether it’s automated license plate readers (ALPRs), cell-site simulators, or algorithmic tools used by federal courts and other agencies to make decisions about people’s life...
Why Are Creators Paying for TikTok’s Mistake?
TikTok is an app that makes it easy for people to make short lip-synching videos, which unsurprisingly makes it a goldmine of creativity and memes. TikTok recently got in hot water with the Federal Trade Commission because it failed to comply with Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). COPPA requires...
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To Search Through Millions of License Plates, Police Should Get a Warrant
Earlier this week, EFF filed a brief in one of the first cases to consider whether the use of automated license plate reader (ALPR) technology implicates the Fourth Amendment. Our amicus brief, filed in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in United States v. Yang, argues that when...
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The U.S. Desperately Needs a “Fiber for All” Plan
We have a real, coming broadband access crisis in the United States. Data from the government and independent analysis show that we are falling behind the world. This crisis comes from the fact that fiber-to-the-home deployment, the alternative to your gigabit cable monopoly (if you even have that...
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Easy Domains Supports dotEng
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Easy Domains Supports the Push for dotEng
Following the success of the dotScot campaign in providing an independent identity to Scottish businesses, Easy Domains have joined the campaign to push for a dotEng extension that will allow companies based in England to have an equally unique presence on the web.
The dotScot Campaign
Supported by internationally recognised Scottish natives such as actor Sir Sean Connery, First Minister Alex Salmond and entrepreneur Sir Tom Farmer, the campaign begun by the not-for-profit organisation Dot Scot Registry (DSR) has successfully pushed for the extension '.scot' to become an official extension to web addresses.
The new dotScot web addresses will be available in 2014 and are expected to provide a significant boost to the large number of Scottish based businesses and organisations that have previously been included within the '.co.uk' domain identity.
Uniquely Scottish businesses, organisations, government offices, tourist attractions, football teams and traditional Scottish dance societies who conduct affairs worldwide were impressed with the The International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) decision in October 2013 to allow the go-ahead for the '.scot' extension.
The dotScot result will offer a unique branding tool for businesses who want to associate themselves with their Scottish roots and improve the ability of Scotland based businesses to become more widely recognised in the international marketplace.
Above all, the Scottish brand can focus on becoming recognised throughout the world as a leading country in digital technology and provide a platform for the future of Scottish online independence for the next generation.
The dotEng Campaign
Having gained a significant amount of media attention during 2008, the dotEng campaign seemed to have made little impact since. Easy Domains, along with the continued support by individuals that are adding their signature to the online petition, hope that the dotEng movement can once again increase momentum and find similar success to that of the dotScot result.
Easy Domains have shown their support for the dotEng Campaign today by signing the petition and by actively encouraging our customers to get involved. Our aim is to reinvigorate the enthusiasm created by the dotEng campaign and to show ICANN that the people of England are as patriotic and keen to see the benefits of a domain name specific to their own identity as the Scottish are.
Support dotEng
If you share our belief that England has a heritage and an individualism that it can be proud of, you may also want to support the campaign for an independent internet presence.
The English culture is famously inclusive and diverse in its range of people from all backgrounds which make it unique within the world market. We want our global identity to reflect our complex and forward thinking society whilst retaining that patriotism that makes us proud to be a company that originated from England.
If you feel as though your business or organisation would benefit from a domain address that shows your English origin, perhaps you will consider signing the petition to finally get our own unique dotEng extension.
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Oilseeds From Supply Management to Longer-Term Problems
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Oilseeds: From Supply Management to Longer-Term Problems D P Sharma NEVER before has the setting for any con- vention of oilseeds and oil trade and industry for kharif crops been known to have been so very propitious as that for the 30th convention held at Indore on November 8. With all the oilseeds producing areas in the country, barring-a few isolated pockets, hav ing witnessed good-to-ideal weather conditions, the record number of registered delegates (over 750), fully representative of the entire oilseeds sector of the economy, exuded robust optimism not only about the kharif output but also about the rabi crop prospects.
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Blocking Cotton Exports
Blocking Cotton Exports? D P Sharma TALKING to a cross-section of knowledgeable persons in the cotton trade about the likely size of the 1992-93 crop
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Flood of Rights Issues
Vol. 27, Issue No. 43-44, 24 Oct, 1992
spurred long-dormant British labour into activity once again. After the defeat of the 1984-85 strike it is for the first time that the working class has shown signs of regaining confidence. The issue has provided a focus for protest on a wide range of issues connected with the dismal economic situation brought on by Conservative policies. For instance, the Sunday march launched the Campaign for Jobs and Recovery under the Trade Union Congress initiative. While this campaign is yet to take off, a National Miners
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Edible Oils No Imports for a Change
Edible Oils: No Imports for a Change? D P Sharma CROP reports from all the important oilseeds growing areas in the country hold out the bright prospect of kharif production fulfilling the most optimistic expectations. Perhaps never before has the farming community been known to have experienced such ideal weather conditions as this time, the somewhat late and poor start of the monsoon notwithstanding. There is near unanimity among knowledgeable persons in the trade and industry that kharif oilseeds production is now certain to set a new record, leaving the previous best crop out-turn way behind. Because of the highly satisfactory subsoil moisture rabi crop prospects are considered reassuring.
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Appeasing Textile Lobby
Appeasing Textile Lobby D P Sharma THE supply-demand estimates for the 1992-93 cotton season (September-August) arrived at the Cotton Advisory Board's meeting on October 9 are no more than a subtle attempt on the part of the Textile Commissioner, the presiding deity, at reconciling the differing crop estimates put up by the members representing diverse interests with the views expressed by the representative of the powerful mill lobby receiving, as usual, special consideration which is perhaps why the CAB estimates are generally on the lower side.
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Waiting for Bullish Fuel
some new space to fighters for human rights to carry on their struggle which is, hi the last analysis, the real check. SRI LANKA No End in Sight PRESIDENT Premadasa's imminent visit to India in his capacity as the SAARC chairperson, his first in the four years since he took office as president, comes at a time when neither country is keen on engaging in in-depth talks on bilateral issues. For the Narasimha Rao government the less that is said about the LTTE the better and for Premadasa such a move carries a political risk in that it may be construed as a softening of his cultivated stand against foreign interference, especially India's, in Sri Lanka's internal affairs. Moreover, the increasing state repression in Sri Lanka has brought several voices of protest which in turn have generated a fresh debate on the relevance of foreign interference in regard to highlighting human rights violations in the country, While the government and the state- owned media have, not surprisingly, condemned it, several human rights organisations in the country have been critical of the increasing powers being vested with the military and the police. This is being done on the pretext that the situation in the country, both in the north-east and in the south, demands such measures. In fact the human rights task force appointed by the government itself has criticised the emergency laws which allow for long detentions, etc The civil rights movement in Sri Lanka has pointed out that the government has not even bothered to publish information about the emergency regulations which are periodically being made after August 1989 when the first 19 regulations were notified.
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Edible Oils Need for Fresh Thinking
Edible Oils: Need for Fresh Thinking D P Sharma REPORTS from all the major oilseeds producing areas in the country received till September 11 indicate good-to-ideal weather conditions for the healthy progress of the crops. If weather remains favourable till the harvest time and the withdrawal of the monsoon is slow as forecast by the meteorological department one could hopefully look forward to record kharif oilseeds production of well over 100 lakh tonnes
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More Operational Freedom for CCI
More Operational Freedom for CCI D P Sharma THE Cotton Corporation of India can take justifiable pride in having liquidated during 1991-92 the entire accumulated loss which stood at Rs 122.12 crore at the end of August 1988 and start the current year (1992-93) with the modest surplus of Rs 0.93 crore. Not many years ago, the corporation had to be extricated from the financial debris it had got buried under through a massive salvage operation
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Rally Likely to be Extended
Vol. 27, Issue No. 35, 29 Aug, 1992
Rally Likely to be Extended D P Sharma THE stock market scene has undergone a profound change over the past few weeks. The market which presented a picture of unrelieved gloom seeking new lows week after week till the end of the first week of August has staged an impressive recovery. From a low of 2529.6 on August 6 the BSE sensitive index rose to a high of 3053.1 on August 24 and the National index moved up from 1152.1 to 1345.2. In a matter of just 11 trading sessions, the sensitive index registered a rise of 20.7 per cent, retracing 26 per cent of the decline from its all-time high of 4546.3 (April 2). The national index rose by 16.8 per cent, retracing 21.7 per cent of the preceding fall. (For details see the accompanying table.) It is worth noting that the current rally has carried the BSE indices back to the levels where they stood at the end of May In other words, the market has retraced the entire decline since the beginning of June till August 6. If the extent of recoupment of ground lost during the fall from the April high looks rather modest it is because the preceding decline had been so steep
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Record Kharif Oilseeds Crop in Offing
Record Kharif Oilseeds Crop in Offing D P Sharma BOUNTIFUL rains after about the middle of July covering all the oilseeds growing areas in the country have completely transformed the edible oils scenario. The worrifome prospect of a possible setback in kharif oilseeds output because of late and poor rainfall at the commencement of the sowing season followed by a prolonged dry spell has given way to the reassuring prospect of bumper crops which, taken together, could set a new record if the weather obliges the farming community during September with two timely rains and sunshine in between.
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COTTON-Mill Lobby Scuttles Cotton Exports
COTTON Mill Lobby Scuttles Cotton Exports D P Sharma THE cotton crop prospects have undergone a profound change following copious rains in all the cotton growing areas in the country since about the beginning of the second week of July. Initial anxiety emanating from late and indifferent start -of the monsoon has given way to optimism tinged with caution stemming from the unpredictable nature of the weather during the crucial weeks ahead. Since cotton fetched higher prices this season than during 1990-91 till about the middle of July and prices ruled substantially above the support prices there is no reason why the area under cotton should be less than in 1991-92 except in some isolated tracts in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh where sowings were hampered by adverse weather conditions. However, since cotton is cultivated mainly under rain-fed conditions and there has been no significant breakthrough in dry farming, the final crop out-turn and the quality of cotton continue to depend on the pattern of rainfall distribution.
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Troubled Times for Stock Markets
Vol. 27, Issue No. 31-32, 01 Aug, 1992
Troubled Times for Stock Markets D P Sharma THE stock market continues to present a picture or utter despondency which contrasts sharply with the mood of reckless optimism that prevailed till the end of March. The boom which had carried the BSE sensitive index to a high of 4546.3 on April 2
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Mobile phones – from luggables to pocket phones
Nils Rydbeck (Manager, Ericsson Mobile Telephone Laboratory in Lund) and Flemming Örneholm (Manager, Mobile Telephone Operations), among members of the HotLine mobile telephone family.
Ericsson's very first mobile phone was designed in 1956. It weighed 40 kilos and was about the size of a suitcase. When mounted in a car, it cost almost as much as the car. Because the entire network for which it was designed could not serve more than about 100 subscribers, it could hardly be called a best seller.
Up until 1987, Ericsson's mobile telephones, or more accurately, mobile terminals, eventually became at least portable, but hardly small enough to carry in a pocket. During those more than 30 years, however, there were more than a few changes with respect to both weight and format. The HotLine Combi, with its orange keys and black case, would set the style for several years.
The first real handheld mobile phone was the HotLine Pocket, introduced in 1987. Nils Rydbeck, head of R&D at the Ericsson Mobile Telephone Laboratory in Lund, really built it as a design project. He and his colleagues wanted to see if they could fit all the necessary components into a casing of a certain size. Made for the Nordic NMT 900 system the HotLine Pocket was based on a previous model for police radios.
Initial plans called for the production of just 300 units, after all it was just an experiment. But Panasonic, which lacked its own phone for the Nordic market, discovered the HotLine Pocket and ordered 10,000 units, which were named by Panasonic. This was the first time in Panasonic's history that the company purchased a product designed and manufactured by another company.
By 1989, the time had come for the next HotLine model. The NH 72 was more compact and lighter than the HotLine Pocket. This was because its predecessor was made from existing components, while the NH 72 was based on a completely new design.
With the NH 72 Ericsson also introduced a new way of designating their mobile phones, N for NMT and H for Handheld. This system was used in most standards, for instance GH (GSM, Handheld), DH (TDMA, Handheld) and AH (AMPS, Handheld), up until 1999 when it was replaced by the A, R, T-system.
The launch of the NH 72 was a classic moment in Ericsson's marketing history, but the phone is also remembered for another reason. Originally developed for the NMT 900 system, which was analog, it was given a second life in digital form with the model designation GH 172. When the GSM standard was introduced in Germany in 1992, Mannesmann needed inexpensive mobile phones quickly. The answer was the GH172, of which 30,000 units were delivered up until the end of 1992.
One year after the NH 72 Ericsson introduced a less expensive phone on the market, the NH 51. From the beginning of the 1990s, however, the number of models launched increased and Ericsson began to manufacture mobile phones for both analog and digital standards. GH 174, NH 97, GH 197, GH 198 and NH 237 are all models from the early 1990s.
Author: Pontus Staunstrup
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One of the first handheld mobile phones manufactured by Ericsson for the NMT standard, NH 72, enjoyed a second life as the first mobile phone built for the GSM standard, GH 172.
Left to right: HotLine Combi and NH 72.
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The Route to Kanchenjunga
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Kanchenjunga
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Last week, in our exploration of the highest summits of the Himalayas, we ended our Route to Everest at the Red Hat Tibetan Tengboche monastery.
Having now been to world’s 6th, 4th, and highest mountain of all – Cho Oyu, Lhotse, and Everest – this week, we continue on to the giants of Makalu – the world’s 5th at 8,485m/27,838ft – and Kanchenjunga – 3rd highest on earth at 8,585m/28,168ft.
We return from Tengboche to the Lukla Airport where we arrived from Kathmandu (Nepal’s capital) the previous day to refuel our helicopters onward to Everest. Lukla is the staging place for treks and climbs to Everest, so everyone flies in here, even though it’s built on a slanted ledge on a mountainside and is considered “the world’s most dangerous airport.”
This is of no concern to us as we safely land and take-off by helicopter! After spending the night at the comfortable Everest Summit Lodge, we lift off for Makalu in the early morning light. Let’s orient ourselves. The yellow line is the trekking route to Everest Base Camp.
Even though it’s only 12 miles between the summits of Everest and Makalu, the normal heli flight path would be far to the south below the high mountains, then over the Shipton Pass (above the word “PARK”), then up the Baruntse Valley to Makalu B.C. With our ultra-high altitude AS 350 B3 Eurocopters, however, we have pioneered a route virtually directly from the Everest-Lhotse massif to Makalu.
Following the trekking route, we overfly Tengboche (spelled Thyangboche in the map and in the bottom of the photo below) back towards Ama Dablam and the Lhotse-Nuptse Wall.
Getting nearer, we get a close-up view of the summit of Everest peeking over the Nuptse Wall, and the entire gigantic south face of Lhotse summit to base.
We fly around Ama Dablam…
And with one last glorious look at Everest and Lhotse…
We turn right past Ama Dablam and head straight for Makalu. We fly over massive glaciers and high passes when, suddenly, there it is, The Great Black – Makalu in Sanskrit as the abode of the Black God of Hindus, Shiva.
Closer and closer until we skirt Makalu’s gigantic South Face.
To land at Makalu Base Camp.
To be here is to truly feel the majesty of our Earth, which we take the time to celebrate.
Now we head for the far east of Nepal to find the remotest and, thus, least climbed and trekked of the Himalayan giants. Cho Oyu, Everest, Lhotse, and Makalu are all on Nepal’s border with Tibet. Kanchenjunga stands athwart Nepal’s border with the former Tibetan kingdom of Sikkim, militarily invaded and incorporated into India in 1975.
The world’s 3rd highest mountain is named “Five Treasures of Snow” – Kanchenjunga in Tibetan – for its five main peaks, four of which are over 8,000 meters (26,247ft).
To get there, we fly down the Baruntse Valley – so spectacular it was called the “Valley of Eternity” by Sir Edmund Hillary – over the Shipton Pass (named after Hillary’s climbing partner, the famed Eric Shipton), and straight for the Five Treasures. We refuel at a Sherpa village in the valley.
The Shipton Pass
As we approach the Kanchenjunga Massif, its enormity becomes apparent – for it has 16 peaks over 23,000 feet and 170 glaciers.
As our helicopters are capable of flying at 7,000 meters, or 23,000 feet, we can see what no one else sees – the entire ridgeline of Kanchenjunga over 8,000 meters high, with its four peaks of (right to left) Kanchenjunga South, Central, Main, and Yalung Kang.
There are two approaches to climb the principal summit, Kanchenjunga Main – via the North Face with the base camp at Pangpema and the Southwest Face with the base camp at Ramche.
We go to both. First up the Kanchenjunga Glacier to Pangpema for the magnificent North Face.
Kanchenjunga Main North Face
The photo above can only be taken by our ultra-high altitude helicopters. There are only a handful of human beings who have ever seen this sight.
We then circle the massif around to the south to enter Kanchenjunga’s inner sanctum, with the sentinels of Jannu on the left and the Kabru Towers on the right.
It is here we witness Kanchenjunga Main soaring above us.
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We celebrate an extraordinary day at the Ramche Base Camp.
We now fly all the way back to Kathmandu, to celebrate the day again at the bar of our home base in Nepal, the legendary Yak & Yeti.
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Analysis: The metabolic legacy of environmental injustice
We need to address the disproportionate exposures of African Americans and Latinos to diabetes-promoting chemicals
Robert M. Sargis and Daniel Ruiz
The impacts of racism and segregation continue to reverberate in the health of communities of color—and one of the starkest disparities is in diabetes rates.
Strikingly, a growing body of research suggests that toxics may be partly to blame.
Diabetes is a global health crisis—more than 30 million individuals suffer from the disease in the U.S., and it is projected to afflict 642 million individuals worldwide by the year 2040.
Diabetes is a metabolic disease principally defined by elevated blood glucose levels. The consequences of prolonged elevations in blood sugar are devastating. Diabetes is the leading cause of adult blindness, kidney failure, and non-traumatic amputations in the U.S.
Furthermore, it is a potent contributor to cardiovascular disease, the leading killer among those with the disease. Diabetes is also an important contributor to healthcare costs, with estimates suggesting that 20 percent of all U.S. healthcare dollars are spent on those with the condition.
While a lack of physical activity and excess calorie consumption are known contributors, these factors alone fail to fully explain the scope of the epidemic. Thus, attention has turned to other factors that promote the development of high blood sugars. Over the course of the last decade, an expansive body of human, animal, and cellular evidence has implicated environmental toxics as potential contributors to diabetes risk.
These metabolism-disrupting chemicals are a subclass of endocrine-disrupting chemicals that include a diverse array of organic and inorganic pollutants to which many humans are potentially exposed and thus represent an underappreciated threat to metabolic health. These pollutants are commonly found in plastics, medical devices, personal care and other consumer products, contaminated foods and beverages, and as components of air pollution.
In a recent study we explored the prospective links between five classes of environmental toxics and incident diabetes. Supported by a host of animal and cellular data, we concluded that there was ample evidence to suggest that these five classes of pollutants (chemical constituents of air pollution, polychlorinated biphenyls, organochlorine pesticides, bisphenol A, and phthalates) were prospectively linked to diabetes risk.
Further examination of the published scientific literature suggested that there was evidence that African Americans and/or Latinos/Hispanics were exposed to higher levels of these diabetes-associated chemicals. Coupled together these data indicate that chemicals in the ambient environment likely represent novel risk factors that contribute to diabetes disparities.
Burgeoning animal and cellular data suggest that a number of toxics have the capacity to impair the production and/or action of insulin, the hormone principally responsible for lowering blood sugars. How the constellation of chemicals to which humans are exposed may interact with one another and with traditional diabetes risk factors to alter blood glucose levels is less understood. Moreover, how exposures to these toxics during critical windows of development influence an individual's sensitivity to later life metabolic stressors is just beginning to emerge. While further work is certainly needed, a picture is emerging in which toxics and poor environmental quality contribute to diabetes risk.
Recognizing the connection between chemical exposures and metabolic disease is critical for addressing the burden of diabetes within vulnerable communities and society at large. Moreover, these data linking environmental toxics with unequal disease risk underscore the importance of community organizing efforts directed at improving the environmental quality of affected low-income neighborhoods of color.
Public policy that backs these efforts along with individualized interventions in the clinic to reduce exposures may help address the disproportionate burden of diabetes among vulnerable groups.
We need to figure out ways to reduce exposure to these ubiquitous toxics. While improved labeling to clarify product contents would be an important first step, blunting uneven exposures will require additional efforts, especially since more affordable products are likely contributing to higher exposures and places selling these products are concentrated in poorer neighborhoods.
In addition to helping individuals make choices that reduce their exposures, evidence linking air pollution to diabetes risk and disparities unequivocally argues for continuing efforts to improve air quality in low-income neighborhoods of color.
Ultimately, adequately addressing the disproportionate exposures of African Americans and Latinos/Hispanics to diabetes-promoting chemicals, as well as other diabetes risk factors, will require a reckoning with the sociological forces that continue to contribute to environmental inequality.
It is morally imperative for us to honestly acknowledge these injustices and actively work to ensure that every community has access to an equally healthy environment if we are ever to erase the metabolic legacy of environmental injustice.
Robert M. Sargis, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at the University of Illinois at Chicago; Daniel Ruiz is a graduate student for the Committee of Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition at the University of Chicago.
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Orangutan populations have decreased in fragmented forest areas near palm oil plantations, but they have remained fairly stable in protected forests, giving conservationists some hope for the species' future amid continued decline, according to a new study.
<p>Orangutans are found in only two places in the world: Sumatra, an Indonesian island, and Borneo, which is divided between Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei. Borneo is home to 105,000 <a href="https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/bornean-orangutan-critically-endangered/" target="_blank">critically endangered</a> orangutans. The Bornean orangutan population has decreased by more than half since 1999 due to deforestation, logging, and hunting. (The other two species, on Sumatra, <a href="https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/orangutan" target="_blank">are also critically endangered.</a>) Palm oil plantations in these areas range from small fields with rows of plants owned by independent farmers to larger pieces of land that are state-owned or run by the private sector.</p> <p>Sabah is unique in that almost half of its land is a permanent forest reserve. Conserving orangutans may be more of a challenge in other parts of the island, including Sabah's unprotected forests. Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) also has an <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-36594-8" target="_blank">economic development plan in place</a> to build new roads and railways that could impact many forested areas. </p><p>Researchers say that conservation efforts need to be improved while keeping in mind the agricultural and economic development of the island. </p>
Forest protection works
<p>Donna Simon, senior program officer at WWF-Malaysia and lead author of the new study, grew up on a palm oil plantation in Sabah. "I had zero knowledge about biodiversity," she told EHN. This changed when she went to college and became interested in conservation biology.</p> <p>Growing up, Simon never saw an orangutan in the wild, only in a rehabilitation center. Orangutans can be hard to spot in the wild, since they are elusive and live in trees. "We don't look for the animals. We just look for the nests," Marc Ancrenaz, co-director of the Kinabatangan Orangutan Conservation Project and scientific director of the nonprofit organization Hutan, and a co-author of the study, told EHN. </p> <p>Orangutan nests look like overgrown bird nests made of broken branches, and the team searched for them by helicopter, which allowed them "to cover large areas and areas that are inaccessible by foot in a shorter amount of time," said Simon.</p> <p>The researchers estimated Sabah's orangutan population at 10,300 individuals, about 1,000 less than what was estimated in <a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.0030003" target="_blank">a 2002 study led by Ancrenaz</a>. They expect populations in the central uplands of Sabah to remain stable as long as forests continue to be protected. </p> <p>Meanwhile, in the eastern regions of Sabah where the most agricultural activity has occurred, populations are expected to keep decreasing. </p> <p>Orangutans are making some use of agricultural land. While they can't survive on plantations – they need at least some forested area – they have been known to enter plantations and eat growing palm plants. </p> <p>"We've realized that the orangutan is much more resilient and adaptable than what people thought previously, that the species can adjust and adapt and survive pretty well in very degraded forests," said Ancrenaz. </p> <p>This is relatively good news, but Bornean orangutans are still decreasing in non-protected forests. By 2025, <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/02/16/100-000-orangutans-killed-last-16-years-making-extinction-highly-likely/344697002/" target="_blank">their current numbers could decline by half</a>, to 47,000.</p>
Accepting coexistence
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<p>What can people do to help conservation efforts? Social media campaigns can make it seem like boycotting palm oil will stop deforestation and save the orangutans. But the situation is more complicated. Palm oil production is just one contributor to population decline, in addition to logging, producing other crops, and hunting.</p> <p>In addition, many people depend on palm oil production for their livelihood, and reducing palm oil production could have negative effects on Bornean locals.</p> <p>"There is a significant number of Indonesians and Malaysians who rely on palm oil as a means of making a living, and they'd be the first ones to be adversely affected," Liana Chua, an anthropologist at Brunel University London who was not involved with the study told EHN. </p> <p>To complicate things further, <a href="https://www.iucn.org/resources/issues-briefs/palm-oil-and-biodiversity" target="_blank">palm oil produces more oil per acre</a> than other crops. "Like it or not, palm oil is the most efficient oil crop that we have," Cassie Freund, a graduate student at Wake Forest University who has participated in wildlife education visits to schools in Kalimantan told EHN. "Switching to any other crop would require more deforestation."</p> <p>Conservationists and policymakers must work together to develop solutions that will satisfy the most people. One way to do this is to advocate for the use of <a href="https://rspo.org/certification" target="_blank">certified sustainable palm oil</a>, said Freund. "That's not a perfect solution, but it's better than a big boycott would be," she said. </p> <p>On the individual level, social media can help spread awareness about conservation issues, but "there's so much oversimplification out there," said Chua. "There's often this sense when you go around rural Borneo and Sumatra that you have these white people coming in and throwing loads of money and [supplies] at these animals… while the actual people of the forest like themselves are being neglected," she added.</p> <p>Ancrenaz believes that, ideally, Borneo's landscape would have palm oil plantations surrounded by corridors of natural forests. "If we diversified a little bit of the landscape, I think we'd give orangutans a chance," he said. "The future for these species will depend on how people are able to accept coexistence."</p>
Corals in American Samoa region that survived a 2015 bleaching event. (Credit: Stephen Palumbi)
Madeleine Turner
When Steve Palumbi and a group of scientists arrived in American Samoa in 2017, they saw a grim scene. Acropora hyacinthus, a charismatic coral shaped like large plates, was dying out.
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Time series for a coral in Samoa bleaching then recovering. (Credit: Megan Morikawa)
<p>Despite their appearance, corals are not plants (or rocks!). Instead, they are many tiny animals living together as a colony. Corals also maintain a symbiotic relationship with certain species of photosynthetic algae. In exchange for a safe place to live, the algae produce food for the coral.</p> <p>But events like El Niño put corals under dire stress. In a last ditch effort to survive, a stressed coral will eject its algae, causing the coral to bleach bone white. Corals sometimes recover after bleaching. Other times they do not. Turf algae, not the symbiotic kind, rapidly covers a dead coral's skeleton. </p> <p>"The coral turns from tan to white, to gooey," Palumbi said. </p> <p>The Palumbi lab and collaborator Luke Thomas, a researcher at the University of Western Australia, detailed the loss of <em>Acropora hyacinthus</em> last month in the journal of Molecular Ecology. They measured bleaching and deaths in both <em>A. hyacinthus</em> and another closely related species, <em>Acropora gemmifera</em>, which looks like spiraling stalks of Romanesco broccoli. </p> <p>Both species made full recoveries in the wake of the 2015 El Niño. But two years later, the results were different: as <em>A. gemmifera </em>made another strong come back, most of the <em>A. hyacinthus</em> died out.</p> <p>While previous work lumped the two corals together, "I think this paper shows that genus levels of generalizations are not appropriate," Thomas told EHN. "There are species within these thermally sensitive groups that are pretty tough." </p> <p>Both species belong to the genus <em>Acropora</em>, the largest group of corals and one that is known to be especially sensitive to heat. </p> <p>"Normally people consider the <em>Acropora</em> to be the first to go...because they're so widespread and abundant, it's a bit of a worry," Thomas said. But, "even within a thermally sensitive group, some can recover." </p> <p>In another study published last February in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Palumbi and then-PhD student Morikawa uncovered possible shortcuts for identifying corals that can take the heat. </p> <p>First, they measured heat resistance in four species of coral (including <em>A. hyacinthus</em> and <em>A. gemmifera)</em>, sampling from two distinct pools: one pool heated up and fluctuated temperatures more often, the other stayed milder. In 2014, they extracted fragments from the corals and planted them on another reef less than two miles away. </p> <p>As the 2015 and 2016 El Niño toasted waters in the Pacific, the researchers monitored the new corals. Thanks to previous work, they knew that corals adjusted to warm waters over time. But they wanted to know how much of acclimatization was inherited and how much was only temporary. </p> <p>Did tough parents make tough offspring, even when that offspring relocated to a kinder environment?</p> <p>What they found was promising. Compared to their parents, the corals lost some of their heat resilience after moving to the new reef. But they didn't lose all of it. Two main factors determined how the corals fared. Parents from the first pool, the one with the more variable temperatures, produced more robust offspring. And if a coral harbored certain species of symbiotic algae, it was also more likely to withstand heat. </p> <p>Both indicators, algae and origin of the parent, applied to corals in all four species. It implies that similar proxies could reveal hardy corals in other reefs. But what does this mean for coral reef restoration? </p>
"Who you choose matters"
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A close up of coral with pale tentacles after bleaching. (Credit: Stephen Palumbi)
<p>Across the world, reef managers are selecting corals to grow and replant on destroyed reefs. An array of institutions in the U.S., including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Coral Restoration Foundation, manage coral nurseries off Florida and in the Caribbean. Groups like the Reef Restoration Foundation, who work on the Great Barrier Reef, run similar projects abroad. After growing in a nursery, corals can be replanted on degraded reefs.</p> <p>But, as Morikawa says, "who you choose matters." </p> <p>Normally, as rising temperatures wipe out some individuals, the reef is automatically left with heat-tolerant survivors. But when it comes to rebuilding reefs, it would be helpful to identify hardy corals beforehand. </p> <p>"We don't really have any sort of biomarker, some sort of dipstick test or a genetic assay that would tell you this coral is more tolerant than the other," Carly Kenkel, a coral reef researcher at the University of Southern California, who is not involved with the research at Ofu, told EHN. "In the absence of that, picking a diversity of [heat] tolerances is probably your best bet." </p> <p>Some research shows that selecting six to 12 individuals from a given species is "enough to saturate genetic diversity," Morikawa said. But choosing the wrong individuals to start with, she said, can hinder the success of a restoration project down the line. Variety in the gene pool is important—it increases the chances of corals being able to adapt to changes in the future. </p> <p>If other reefs are like the one at Ofu, reef managers may be able to develop tools to predict the climate winners ahead of time. One idea is to extract corals and put them in a stress tank in order to measure their heat tolerance. Taking it a step further, it might be possible to identify winners by measuring the microclimates of existing reefs. Corals that live in fluctuating temperatures, Morikawa said, "have also been selected to survive in higher temperatures." </p> <p>"To be successful, such predictive tools should work across species, be simple, inexpensive, rapid and deployable in remote locations," she said. </p> <p>Chris Langdon, a coral reef researcher at the University of Miami who is not involved with the research at Ofu, said identifying heat-tolerance in local corals "is one of the more feasible approaches," compared to genetic engineering or transplanting corals from far-off reefs. </p> <p>He notes that this research focuses on rising temperatures, which is only one threat to corals. Another threat is acidification: as seawater absorbs carbon dioxide, the ocean becomes more acidic and calcium carbonate, <a href="https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/co2/story/What+is+Ocean+Acidification%25253F" target="_blank">the mineral that corals use to build their skeletons</a>, becomes less available. </p> <p>The next step in the research is to see if similar indicators actually apply in other places. Recently, the researchers at Ofu have dispersed to other reefs around the world. The Palumbi lab moved to Palau, an archipelago in Micronesia, and began monitoring 30 patches of reefs two years ago. </p> <p>"We have our first maps of heat-tolerant corals in Palau," Palumbi said.</p> <p>Meanwhile, Megan Morikawa now works as the Director of Sustainability at Iberostar Group, a hotel and resorts chain that recently invested in a new coral lab and underwater nursery in the Dominican Republic. The lab is equipped with a control system to recreate bleaching events, to help answer similar questions that researchers had in Ofu. </p><p>Thomas, the researcher at the University of Western Australia, works at Rowley Shoals, a reef off the northwestern Australian coast. No matter the outcome, Thomas said, "tackling this from a unified front, comparing methods and approaches and results, is the right way." <br></p>
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Rising ocean temperatures, a consequence of climate change, are known for bleaching and killing corals. But a study, published today in Marine Biology, reveals another overlooked culprit: excess nitrogen.
<p>Brian LaPointe, the new study's lead author, wondered about nutrient runoff—which comes from sewage, fertilizers and topsoil— when he moved to Florida in the early '80s. The state population was increasing, and he speculated that more nutrients would be washing into the ocean as a result. Too much runoff causes algae blooms, which choke out sunlight and deplete oxygen for other species.</p><p>"We thought we should start a water monitoring program," LaPointe told EHN.</p><p>Timing was important. When they began the study in 1984, water quality in the Keys was still "relatively good," LaPointe said.</p><p>But starting in 1980, Florida invested in a plan to move freshwater from the north down to the Everglades, which are adjacent to the Florida Keys. Proponents thought Florida Bay needed more freshwater in order to prevent algae blooms.</p><p>"In fact, it was just the opposite: it was feeding the blooms," LaPointe said. As freshwater flowed into Florida Bay, thousands of tons of nitrogen came with it. Between 1984 and 2014, LaPointe and other researchers documented three time periods when excess nitrogen triggered coral bleaching, disease and death.</p><p>In 1984, corals covered one third of the Looe Key Sanctuary Preservation Area. By 2008, they only covered 6 percent. The researchers saw a pattern: more corals died between 1985 to 1987, then again from 1996 to 1999, after heavy rains and when Florida implemented projects to move freshwater to the Everglades.</p><p>"We warned resource managers about the perils of sending water south, knowing it was going to increase nitrogen loading and algae blooms," LaPointe said. "But we didn't have all the information in detail about how the corals would get stressed."</p>
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A dying brain coral in Looe Key in the lower Florida Keys pictured in March 2016. (Credit: Brian Lapointe)
<p>Corals normally thrive in low-nutrient waters. Excess nitrogen can throw an ecosystem out of whack. But it isn't the sheer amount of nitrogen that disrupts corals: it's actually the ratio of nitrogen to phosphorus. When that ratio increases, it starves corals of phosphorus.</p><p>In a lab setting, researchers have played with the ratio, demonstrating that it can make corals deficient in phosphorus. "But our study put it in an ecological context, showing how this story has played out three times in a row," LaPointe said.</p><p>LaPointe also sees nutrient enrichment affecting corals on other reefs. At the Bonaire coral reefs in the Caribbean Netherlands, nearby hotels previously used septic tanks. Those reefs are finally beginning to recover, only after the island switched to a new wastewater treatment plant in 2011.</p><p>"It's one of the first examples in the Caribbean where by improving the water quality, they have turned a dying reef into a recovering reef," LaPointe said. "We need more examples of that."</p><p>LaPointe sees these results as promising: Unlike the daunting task of curbing carbon emissions, communities can reduce nitrogen runoff at a local scale.</p><p>"There's something we can do about this, and we're already doing something about it in the Florida Keys," LaPointe said. Improvements include updating sewer systems with better waste treatment. Using less fertilizer and treating stormwater could also help.</p><p>"But it's going to take time. It took decades for this reef to die off. It's not going to come back overnight."</p>
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Wednesday's announcement of 33-year-old Koch's exit came 11 days after Jean-Francois Palus from controlling shareholder PPR (PP.PA) took over as chairman of the supervisory board from former CEO Jochen Zeitz who had headed Puma for 18 years.
Puma, 82.4 percent controlled by the French luxury goods group, said Koch would work with new chairman Palus, also PPR group managing director, until he left.
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"This is the closing chapter on Zeitz's legacy. They are starting all over," said one sector analyst who wished to remain anonymous, adding the move was not a surprise following PPR's criticism of the marketing strategy.
Puma shares were down 0.3 percent at 0930 GMT.
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Differential functioning of mini-mental test items according to disease
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, M.V. Perea, V. Ladera
Departamento de Psicología Básica, Psicobiología y Metodología, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
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Table 1. Difficulty, estimation error and adjustment indicators of the items.
Table 2. Differential item functioning: comparison, contrast, item, label and group prejudiced.
Comparing the height of males and females would be impossible if the measuring device did not have the same properties for both populations. In a similar way, the cognitive level of diverse groups of patients should not be compared if the test has different measurement properties for these groups. Lack of Differential Item Functioning (DIF) is a condition for measurement invariance between populations.
The most internationally used screening test for dementia, the MMSE (or Mini-mental State Examination), has been analysed using an advanced psychometric technique, the Rasch Model. The objective was to determine the invariance of mini-mental measurements from diverse groups: Parkinson's disease patients, Alzheimer's type dementia and normal subjects. The hypothesis was that the scores would not show DIF against any of these groups. The total sample was composed of 400 subjects.
Significant differences between groups were found. However, the quantitative comparison only makes sense if no evidence against measurement invariance was found: given the kind of items showing DIF against Parkinson's disease patients, the MMSE seems to underestimate the cognitive level of these patients.
Despite the extended use of this test, 11 items out of 30 show DIF and consequently score comparisons between groups are not justified.
Mini-mental State Examination
Alzheimer's type dementia
Sería imposible comparar la estatura de los varones y las mujeres si el metro no tuviese las mismas propiedades en ambas poblaciones. De forma similar, no se debería comparar el deterioro cognitivo de sujetos con distintas patologías si el test empleado no tuviese las mismas propiedades métricas en los grupos analizados. La ausencia de funcionamiento diferencial de los ítems (DIF) es una condición de la invarianza métrica entre poblaciones.
Material y métodos
Este artículo analiza el test de cribado de la demencia más utilizado internacionalmente, el Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE), mediante un modelo psicométrico avanzado, el modelo de Rasch, con el objetivo de poner a prueba la invarianza de las medidas obtenidas en distintos grupos: pacientes con enfermedad de Parkinson, pacientes con demencia tipo Alzheimer y sujetos normales. Para ello, se ha contrastado la hipótesis de que el MMSE no muestra DIF contra ninguno de estos grupos en una muestra total de 400 sujetos.
Los resultados del análisis indican que existen diferencias significativas entre los grupos; sin embargo, la comparación cuantitativa sólo tiene sentido si no existe evidencia en contra de la invarianza métrica: dado el tipo de ítems que muestran DIF contra el grupo de pacientes con enfermedad de Parkinson, cabe pensar que el MMSE podría estar sobreestimando el nivel de deterioro cognitivo de estos pacientes.
Pese a lo extendido del uso del MMSE, el funcionamiento de 11 de sus 30 ítems no es igual para los distintos grupos por lo que la comparación de las puntuaciones no estaría justificada.
Prueba de cribado
Test Mini-mental
Psicometría
Funcionamiento diferencial de los ítems
Demencia tipo Alzheimer
The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is the most common internationally used screening test for dementia. The 30 test items are classified into 6 cognitive domains: temporal orientation, spatial orientation, registration of information, attention and calculation, memory and language. The original version1 has been adapted to different countries and translated into different languages, including Spanish,2 Portuguese,3 Japanese,4 Chinese,5 Turkish,6 Italian7 and Hebrew.8
Screening tests are used in different populations. An essential condition of the metric equivalence of the scores in a test of different groups is the absence of differential item functioning (DIF). An item presents a DIF associated to membership of a group when subjects with the same value in the variable are being measured, but from different groups, have a different probability of solving the item correctly. The first procedures to detect DIF were applied to scores obtained through classical theory tests (CTT).9 Although CTT has been the main psychometric technique used in analysing test scores, its limitations have led to other alternative techniques being proposed, of which the most parsimonious is the Rasch10 model. This, given good adjustment, allows measuring people and items jointly in the same latent variable with interval properties. It is important to note that this model does not require representative samples. The reason is that one of its properties – specific objectivity – guarantees that, given sufficient adjustment of the data to the model, the item parameters are independent from the subject sample and the subject parameters, from the item sample. It is necessary to have a sufficient number of subjects at all levels of the latent variable.
The Rasch model, statistically included in the item response theory (IRT), allows us to easily test the invariance of the measurements that a test provides in different groups, as well as having the other properties that make its use particularly recommendable.11,12 The Rasch model is especially easy to apply in its most basic version, when it deals with analysing dichotomous data such as the responses to the 30 items in the MMSE; that is, when there is only one correct answer and the data can be binary-coded (1/0). In these cases, we can model the probability that the subject n will give a correct response to item i, pni, with the following formula:
βn, subject level n in the latent variable; βn, value of item n in the latent variable.
The adjustment of the data obtained in applying the test to the Rasch model is calculated through statistics based on the residues Infit and Outfit, whose distribution is similar to χ2. With regard to DIF, its existence is tested by calculating the standardised difference between the item difficulty parameter estimators in each group, controlling possible differences between groups in the latent variable and using the Bonferroni correction.13 We usually recommend removing items with DIF due to their lack of general validity, especially when test scores will be used to take important decisions.14 However, depending on the measurement objectives, they could also serve as a source of hypotheses about the cause of the observed difference.
The aim of this paper was to analyse MMSE through the Rasch model so as to test the invariance of the measurements obtained by the MMSE in different groups: patients with Parkinson's disease, patients with an Alzheimer-type dementia and normal subjects. To do so, we subjected to contrast the hypothesis that MMSE does not show DIF against some of the groups.
The MMSE2 was carried out through individual interviews with 400 Spanish subjects living in the Castilla y León region, using Spanish as their native language; 121 had Parkinson's disease (PD group), 110 Alzheimer-type dementia (ATD group) and 169 were normal subjects (N group). The range of levels in the construct obtained by these three groups is very wide and guarantees that the estimation error did not vary significantly through the latent variable. On the other hand, we must remember that the property of specific objectivity allows us to obtain estimators in non-representative sample parameters. The PD group was composed of 59 females and 62 males diagnosed with PD without dementia. The PD was diagnosed by a neurologist on the basis of akinesia associated with one of the other 2 main signs (tremor, rigidity) and response capacity to treatment with levodopa. All the patients complied with the criteria in the UK Parkinson's Disease Society Brain Bank for the diagnosis of idiopathic PD.15
The ATD group was composed of 62 females and 48 males diagnosed with ATD, according to the NINCDS-ADRDA16 criteria, confirmed by specialists. The severity level of dementia according to clinical dementia rating (CDR)17 was slight in 59 cases, moderate in 42 and severe in 9. Subjects with a known history or with a suspicion of transient cerebral ischemia, alcoholism, head injury or diseases such as cancer, thyroid dysfunction and depression were excluded. As for the comparison group (N), this comprised 90 females and 79 males with ages varying from 15 to 65 years old and with no type of neurological, psychopathological and/or neuropsychological disorders in their clinical history. There were 77 subjects with a perfect score (X=30), who were excluded from the initial sample, as the model could not estimate their parameters and they did not provide information for the analysis. Of these, 75 were normal subjects and 2 were diagnosed with PD.
To start with, the adjustment of the data to the model seemed sufficient: only 1 item and 10% of subjects are severely out of step; from these, only 1 belonged to the ATD group, 5 to the PD group and the rest were normal subjects. The internal consistency of Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.93 and the reliability (estimated following the Rasch model) was 0.86, an acceptable level. The reliability of the items was very high at 0.99, in terms of the model.
The parameter estimates of item difficulty can be seen in Table 1, next to the error and misfit indicators Infit and Outfit. We must point out that the only item severely out of step, number 25 (order 1), had a discrimination of 0.17. This separated it from the rest of the items, whose discrimination varied between 0.37 for the items 28 (clock) and 29 (repetition-phrase) and 0.77 from item 10 (flat). It is also noteworthy that the Outfit indicator detected dependence between several items, for example, those that formed part of the calculation function, through exceedingly low values that signal a deterministic pattern in the responses. As for the order of item difficulty, this can easily be seen in Fig. 1, where subjects and items are scaled together along the latent variable (zero in the scale conventionally corresponds to the mean difficulty of the items). At the top of this chart, we find the last 3 calculation items followed by the 3 memory ones, which are the hardest. At the bottom, starting with the easiest, we can see the so-called visual-type items “clock” and “pen”, a registration item “pencil”, a spatial orientation item “city”, and the two remaining registration items. As expected, the items related to the so-called visual types point to the lower extreme of the variable, while the memory and calculation items point to the upper part.
Difficulty, estimation error and adjustment indicators of the items.
Item Difficulty Error Infit Outfit Label
1 −0.07 0.16 0.85 0.61 Temporal orientation: year
2 −0.18 0.16 1.01 1.24 Temporal orientation: season
3 0.95 0.14 0.83 1.08 Temporal orientation: day–month
4 −0.02 0.16 0.85 0.78 Temporal orientation: day–week
5 −0.34 0.17 0.91 0.51 Temporal orientation: month
6 −0.31 0.17 0.90 1.47 Spatial orientation: region
7 −0.34 0.17 0.74 0.93 Spatial orientation: province
8 −1.65 0.21 0.89 0.35 Spatial orientation: city
9 −0.82 0.18 0.85 0.34 Spatial orientation: building
10 0.17 0.15 0.54 0.37 Spatial orientation: flat
11 −2.18 0.25 1.02 0.29 Entry: pencil
12 −1.52 0.21 0.69 0.23 Entry: orange
13 −1.52 0.21 0.69 0.24 Entry: shoe
14 0.10 0.16 1.26 1.59 Calculation: 93
19 1.60 0.13 1.35 1.60 Memory: pencil
20 2.05 0.13 1.31 1.44 Memory: orange
21 2.13 0.13 1.06 1.01 Memory: shoe
22 −2.44 0.27 0.75 0.17 Visual denomination: pen
23 −2.75 0.29 0.91 0.33 Visual denomination: clock
24 −0.66 0.17 1.45 1.89 Phrase repetition
25 −0.10 0.16 1.82 5.10 Verbal comprehension: order1
26 −0.63 0.17 1.10 1.27 Verbal comprehension: order 2
28 −1.02 0.19 1.02 0.93 Written comprehension: read-perform
29 −0.31 0.17 0.98 0.68 Writing-sentence
30 0.83 0.14 1.32 1.25 Drawing
Map of the variable: people and items jointly scaled. Each “#” represents 6 subjects; each “.”, from 1 to 5 subjects.
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The means comparison between the 3 groups in the Rasch scores indicates there are great and significant differences between the 3 groups, F(2.397)=654.41, P>.001, whose means are, from highest to lowest, as follows: 3.56 (N), 2.20 (PD) and −0.37 (ATD).
The joint scaling of the subjects and items (Fig. 1) and the comparisons between the groups based on this scale were taken from the total sample, which implies starting from the supposition that measurement is invariable in the 3 groups. If it were not so, then neither the Rasch measurements nor the sum of the points normally used (and that is the sufficient statistic from which subject and item scores were estimated), would properly reflect the aptitude of the groups. This led to our aim to test the invariance of the measurements obtained through MMSE in patients with Parkinson's disease, patients with Alzheimer-type type dementia and normal subjects.
The results of the DIF analysis indicate that there are various items that work differentially in one or more groups. Fig. 2 shows the indicators of difficulty estimated separately for each group, controlling the differences between groups in the latent variable. Let us take the item of spatial orientation “flat”, an item with a DIF against the ATD group: it is not that there is a difference between groups in the latent variable, which there is, it is that the quantitative comparison can only be made legitimately if you have previously rejected the DIF hypothesis between groups. That is, the item must have the same difficulty for people at the same level in the construct, whatever group they belong to. If on the contrary, the difficulty of this item for the ATD group is greater than for the other 2 groups (as seen in Fig. 2), the quantitative comparison between them would be compromised.
Item difficulty estimators for each group monitoring the level of the latent variable. The values 1, 2, and 3 correspond to N, PD and ATD, respectively.
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Table 2 summarises the results of the DIF analysis, starting with the 5 comparisons that prejudice the ATD group in 4 items, of which 3 are of spatial orientation and only 1 in calculation (in this, the comparison is with the N group and not the PD one). Below we can see the items with DIF against the PD group, 5 items and a total of 6 comparisons: (1) calculation item, the repetition of a sentence and the drawing are harder for patients with PD than those with ATD, even when they have the same level of latent variable; (2) calculation items and the drawing are harder for patients with PD than for normal subjects with the same level of latent variable. Finally, 6 comparisons focused on 4 items show DIF compared with subjects in the normal group, although 1 is severely out of step and has a low discrimination index. All the differences indicated are statistically significant after the Bonferroni correction, which corrects the level of ( to take into account the number of comparisons undertaken, which were 90 (30 items×3 groups) in this study. In total, 17 of the 90 comparisons shed statistically significant results, which affect 11 items. There is also a clear pattern in the type of items that prejudice each of the groups with a pathology: the spatial orientation items prejudice the ATD group more, while the calculation items and drawing ones prejudice the PD group more.
Differential item functioning: comparison, contrast, item, label and group prejudiced.
Comparison t Item Label Difficult
PD-ATD −4.26 6 Spatial orientation: region ATD
PD-ATD −4.09 7 Spatial orientation: province ATD
PD-ATD −6.01 10 Spatial orientation: flat ATD
N-ATD −3.62 10 Spatial orientation: flat ATD
N-ATD −3.69 17 Calculation: 72 ATD
PD-ATD 6.25 15 Calculation: 86 PD
PD-ATD 4.46 24 Phrase repetition PD
PD-ATD 5.98 30 Drawing PD
N-PD −4.06 17 Calculation: 72 PD
N-PD −4.76 30 Drawing PD
N-ATD 3.94 14 Calculation: 93 N
N-ATD 3.87 19 Memory: pencil N
N-ATD 8.56 25 Verbal comprehension: order 1 N
N-PD 4.76 6 Spatial orientation: region N
N-PD 6.09 19 Memory: pencil N
N-PD 7.29 25 Verbal comprehension: order 1 N
P<.00055 in all comparisons (α/no. of comparisons).
Compared to CTT, all IRT models allow us to quantify the level of the items and the people in the same measurement. The results of this study show that MMSE items vary greatly as indicators of cognitive deterioration, with the items that are the hardest being calculation and memory, and the easiest registration and visual denomination. That is, an incorrect response to the latter indicates a greater degree of deterioration than in the first ones. The people studied likewise presented a high variability, with there being large significant differences between the normal, PD and ATD subjects. Although the diagnostic interest of this data seems unquestionable, we must take into account not only the differences between the items, but between the groups of people as well, which could be distorted by differential item functioning. Screening tests are used to classify people in “pathological” categories according to the score comparison of the person with empirically determined cut-off points. In the MMSE case, the classification procedure would only have a generalised validity if the people with the same score had the same level of cognitive deterioration independently of to which of the groups affected by the different pathologies they belong. That is, the MMSE should work in a similar way (have the same metric properties) in the different groups of subjects. If not, the measurements of the different groups would not be comparable. This would be the case of comparing of the height of males and females, which would be impossible if the measuring tape did not have the same properties (it would function differentially) for both populations.
One of the most common procedures to analyse metric invariance of an instrument among populations is that used in this study: that of differential item functioning (DIF) between normal patients and those with ATD and PD. The results indicate that 11 of the 30 MMSE items present some type of DIF, which means that a certain score in the test may not be the indicator of the same level of cognitive deterioration in subjects with ATD and PD. Quantitative comparison is only appropriate if there is no evidence of metric invariance. Given the type of items that show DIF when comparing the PD group (repetition of a sentence, verbal expression of calculations and drawing), we must think of factors that limit the execution of these specific items, which do not indicate just cognitive deterioration. A plausible alternative explanation could be apathy, which has come to be recognised as one of the most relevant symptoms of differential diagnosis.18 If this is so, MMSE could be over-estimating the cognitive deterioration level of these patients, which means it would not be the best instrument for the screening of dementia in patients with Parkinson's disease or in people where it is suspected. Despite what has been written about MMSE, the functioning of 11 of its 30 items is not the same for the different groups, which is why the comparison of the scores in the different groups would not be justified.
Although using other tests based on CTT for the screening of dementia in patients with PD has been proposed,19 this solution makes the comparison between scores even more difficult. The most satisfactory psychometric solution is to use a test with a generalised validity, where there are no items that can prejudice the subjects of a group for reasons other than that of a latent variable. The Rasch model is the proper tool to build and validate a test with these characteristics.
This project has been funded by the Junta de Castilla y León (Ref.: SA057A08).
The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
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Unpacking the productivity puzzle: New research highlights the challenges for UK businesses
A consortium of researchers has carried out an in-depth investigation into major business sectors in the UK, looking at ‘the productivity puzzle’.
The recent poor productivity performance of the UK economy has become a major concern for economists and policy-makers. Existing data on productivity differs from sector to sector, presenting a challenge to those trying to unpick the causes of the recent downturn.
The Institute for Employment Studies, SQW economic development consultancy, the Institute for Employment Research at the University of Warwick, and Cambridge Econometrics examined the creative, retail, manufacturing and food manufacturing sectors, plus digitisation and leadership and management as cross-sector issues for concern.
The consortium has published a set of reports on these topics, which unpack the characteristics of productivity for each sector, outlining the major challenges, looking to the future, identifying priorities for change and how employers and government can help.
The four sector studies explored published research and data for existing knowledge on the factors impacting productivity in each specific sector.
The two cross-cutting reports investigated what we know of the role of management and leadership and digitisation as factors affecting UK productivity across sectors.
Penny Tamkin, director of employer research and consultancy at the Institute for Employment Studies, commented:
‘Each of the reports provides a deep dive into the collated evidence on productivity and what the future might hold to provide the evidence to support those attempting to bring about a step change in our performance.’
Michael Frearson, director at SQW economic development consultancy, said:
‘The set of six reports complements parallel work undertaken by the Productivity Leadership Group chaired by Sir Charlie Mayfield, announced in the Government’s July 2015 Productivity Plan. The reports offer solutions for implementation by business leaders in key sectors of the economy, to strengthen business performance and foster growth.’
New datasets created during this project indicate that the productivity of the UK’s creative industries varies considerably by sub-sector, but compares well overall with European countries. However, the sector’s productivity has been broadly flat since 2000, despite its highly qualified workforce, and has declined relative to the UK economy as a whole. This suggests that the sector is still challenged by the transformation of its business models by digital and internet technologies; by the predominance of micro-businesses; and by the inherent difficulties of managing the creative process in any standardised way.
Defined by relatively low value-added but high-volume production and levels of international trading, food and drink manufacturing will depend on critical skills of strategic management, engineering and food technology to maintain competitive levels of productivity.
Labour productivity is higher in manufacturing than the UK average across all sectors but productivity fell markedly during the recession, and has struggled to recover to pre-recession levels. Reduced investment in R&D and issues regarding management and leadership, STEM and ICT skills are increasingly inhibitors to productivity growth.
The changing face of retail has shifted the productivity agenda in the sector with increasing emphasis on digital skills for online sales and for using ‘big data’ to target activity alongside the need to build a reliable and seamless logistics and supply-chain operation.
The adoption of basic digital technology is now nearly ubiquitous, but the adoption of more advanced applications is more variable – with larger businesses tending to lead the way. SMEs are particularly disadvantaged in using fast-moving technologies, citing lack of time and lack of priority. Meanwhile there are wider challenges of raising digital skills.
There is now considerable evidence that management and leadership are linked to firm-level productivity and that the UK is mid-level in terms of measures of management and leadership capability. Improving management skills is inhibited by lack of understanding of what good practice looks like and inability to accurately self-assess organisational management and leadership capability. This suggests greater attention needs to be placed on benchmarking practices and in networking with other firms.
Notes for the Editor
In 2015, the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) commissioned a consortium of research organisations to prepare a series of papers investigating the current productivity challenges for UK businesses. The consortium, led by the Institute for Employment Studies and SQW, also included the Institute for Employment Research at the University of Warwick, and Cambridge Econometrics. The consortium was commissioned to prepare a series of strategic labour market intelligence reports on the challenges and opportunities for increasing productivity in four sectors and two cross-cutting themes.
The research consortium has now published six reports:
Understanding the future of productivity in the creative industries, Brighton R, Gibbon C, Brown S, SQW
Productivity in the Retail Sector: Challenges and Opportunities, Cox A, Hay G, Hogarth T, Brown G, Institute for Employment Studies
The future of productivity in manufacturing, Green A, Hogarth T, Kispeter E, Owen D, Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick
The future of productivity in food and drink manufacturing, Hogarth T, Kispeter E, Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick
State of Digitisation in UK Business, Mack-Smith D, Lewis J, Bradshaw M, SQW
The Relationship between UK Management and Leadership and Productivity, Tamkin P, Hicks B, Institute for Employment Studies
About Penny Tamkin
Penny Tamkin is director of employer research and consultancy at the Institute for Employment Studies. Penny has over 20 years’ experience of what helps people perform better at work and the contribution of management and leadership, human capital and learning and development. She has published and spoken widely on these subjects, conducted research and evaluation studies and worked with UK policy-makers and organisations of all sizes to develop new thinking, understanding and practice.
About Michal Frearson
Michael Frearson is a director at SQW where he leads on skills policy research, analysis and evaluation. He has 20 years' experience working with schools, further and higher education and work-based learning, mostly in public policy and professional practice research, development, training and evaluation roles.
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Soiled ground threatens Fort Nelson rec centre
Photo: This is an artist’s rendering of what the new recreation centre would look like, if the town received funding.
Some dirty soil is posing problems for developers of the new Fort Nelson Rec Centre.
When workers were digging the foundation for the new building, they found evidence of contamination, and didn’t know what it was.
So, samples were sent out for analysis.
The results indicated that a part of the land was contaminated with hydrocarbons. Northern Rockies Regional Municipality Chief Administrative Officer Randy Mclean says this could have been caused by diesel fuel.
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Mclean says the contamination wasn’t found when the recreation centre was first constructed 35 years ago, because there weren’t as many environmental regulations in place.
On April 9th, 2007, the building collapsed as a result of heavy snow and ice buildup. Earlier this year, the town announced that a new complex would be built on the same property. The town had applied for a $10 million dollar grant under the Build Canada Grant Program.
That funding is set to be announced at the end of this month.
Mclean says the recreation centre is already facing a lot of competition for the grant, and says the contamination announcement could jeopardize that funding.
But, Mclean reiterates the contamination isn’t severe, and it can legally be dumped at the municipal landfill. Right now, the contaminated soil has been gathered into one pile on-site, and is covered with a tarp.
The town is waiting to hear back from the Ministry of Environment on whether the soil can be shipped to the local landfill.
Mclean says if the grant is denied, officials are going back to the drawing board, to develop a revised plan on what the building will look like.
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Acting Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy David Friedman speaks at the opening of a hydrogen fueling technology demonstration station in Washington, D.C. | Photos by Mike Mueller/The Hannon Group
The greatest innovations in the world can only have so much impact on a laboratory bench. It’s crucial to bring new ideas out into the world to demonstrate their power. Henry Ford famously said that if he had simply asked his customers what they wanted, “they would have said a faster horse.” It wasn’t until Americans saw firsthand what automobiles could do that they began to demand them and change the face of transportation forever.
Today, a new generation of transportation pioneers is hard at work reshaping transportation through the development of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, or FCEVs. The benefits of the technology are clear. They can fuel in just minutes for a more than 300 mile driving range. You never need to change the oil. And, other than water, they offer completely zero emissions from the tailpipe with no compromise in performance. Because a fuel cell can be more than twice as efficient as an internal combustion engine, you can get much farther on a tank of hydrogen than with a tank of gasoline. (And the journey will be much quieter along the way!)
The technology has made enormous strides over the past several years, with the cost of hydrogen fuel cells dropping by 50% since 2006 with the help of research and development efforts backed by our office and our collaborations with industry partners. That’s why nearly every major automaker is now actively pursuing the development of FCEVs.
But we still have a long way to go in addressing the fundamental challenge of building out a robust national infrastructure to enable the growth of this technology. A critical step in advancing deployment and access to FCEVs involves educating stakeholders – from potential customers and first responders to station owners and permitting officials – on the benefits of hydrogen power as a fuel. That’s why the Department of Energy (DOE) is proud to partner with the Department of Interior’s National Park Service on launching a new technology demonstration hydrogen refueling station in our nation’s capital, where we can highlight the benefits of the technology firsthand throughout the region.
I was proud to attend the official opening of the station today, along with a range of dignitaries and partners from the National Park Service and industry, including several key automakers. This collaboration will showcase cutting-edge hydrogen generation technology and provide opportunities to demonstrate FCEVs at federal agencies and throughout the surrounding region. The station is supported by Proton OnSite – an innovative company based in Connecticut that manufactures hydrogen generators and other gas products – and their corporate partners SunHydro and Air Products. The station incorporates DOE-funded electrolysis technology advancements.
As part of a $1.4 million DOE-funded award made to Proton OnSite in 2012, this station will produce roughly 30 kilograms of hydrogen per day – for some perspective, that can fuel roughly six cars per day for an approximate 300-mile driving range each.
Several automakers who are key partners in our H2USA partnership also plan to provide FCEVs that may be used for demonstrations and for use by federal agencies, to help us truly set an example for the power of hydrogen.
My hope is that the opening of this facility is just one milestone on the path to a more sustainable future – one in which the opening of a new hydrogen station is just another ordinary day.
To learn more, visit the homepage of our Fuel Cell Technologies Office.
Fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) can fuel in just minutes for a more than 300 mile driving range, they never need an oil change, and they emit only water from the tailpipe – no harmful carbon emissions.
The cost of hydrogen fuel cells have dropped by 50% since 2006, and now nearly every major automaker is actively pursuing the development of FCEVs.
This new station in Washington, D.C., will showcase cutting-edge hydrogen generation technology and provide opportunities to demonstrate FCEVs at federal agencies and throughout the surrounding region.
The station incorporates DOE-funded electrolysis technology advancements, and will produce roughly 30 kilograms of hydrogen per day – enough to fuel roughly six cars per day for an approximate 300-mile driving range each.
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Albacom relaunches coatings division after £250k investment
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L-R: Jim McBride, Manufacturing Supervisor of Electronics and Microwave divisions, Jim Davidson, CEO of Albacom and Ronnie McKenzie, Surface Engineering & Machining Supervisor.
Dundee-based technology firm Albacom has relaunched its protective coatings division following an investment of £250,000.
Albacom said the division’s resurrection had created four new jobs and would help the company find more work in the oil and gas sector.
The business said it had invested heavily in manufacturing, repair and maintenance technology to support the service.
Albacom CEO Jim Davidson said: “Diversification is key to Albacom’s growth strategy and this divisional expansion is crucial for us to build upon our capabilities in the oil and gas market.
“Work is already underway with our first major oil and gas service company and we’re excited to further develop the services we can offer in this area.”
Albacom also said it had enjoyed significant growth in the past year, with the launch of the company’s new lifting services and motor rewinding divisions and a further defence sector contract win in India.
Its headcount went up to 23 from 17 over the last 12 months to help meet demand.
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Birdsong – cast announced for 2014 tour
Greg Jameson December 11, 2013
Peter Duncan, George Banks and Carolin Stoltz will be heading the cast of the 2014 national tour of Rachel Wagstaff’s stage play Birdsong, adapted from the novel by Sebastian Faulks.
Peter Duncan was an actor long before he became best-known as a Blue Peter presenter in the 1980s. He had roles in cult TV classic Survivors, as well as a brief appearance alongside Timothy Dalton in the 1980 movie Flash Gordon. Recent theatre credits include Denry Machin in The Card (for which he received an Olivier nomination for Best Actor in a Musical). Peter will play the role of Jack Firebrace.
George Banks, whose previous theatre credits include the tour of The History Boys and Hobson’s Choice at the Sheffield Crucible, and Carolin Stoltz, known for her roles in Emmerdale and The Inbetweeners Movie, will play the romantic leads.
Also in the cast will be Jonny Clarke (Bart McQueen in Hollyoaks), Selma Brook (Brigitte Rousselot in The Tudors), Malcolm James, James Staddon, Simon Lloyd and Lucy Grattan.
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Julián Castro talks reparations at SXSW, takes jab at Bernie Sanders on CNN
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Jeremy Wallace March 10, 2019 Updated: March 11, 2019 7:07 a.m.
Julián Castro talks reparations at SXSW, takes jab at...
1of34(on right) Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Julian Castro, chats with moderator Lydia Polgreen, the editor of HuffPost during a Conversation About America's Future session during SXSW on March 10, 2019 in Austin, Texas.Photo: Thao Nguyen
3of34A SXSW fest goer takes a photo on his cell phone of former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Julian Castro, which he chats with moderator Lydia Polgreen, the editor of HuffPost during a Conversation About America's Future session during SXSW on March 10, 2019 in Austin, Texas.Photo: Thao Nguyen
5of34(on right) Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Julian Castro, chats with moderator Lydia Polgreen, the editor of HuffPost during a Conversation About America's Future session during SXSW on March 10, 2019 in Austin, Texas.Photo: Thao Nguyen, Contributor
6of34Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Julian Castro, chats with moderator Lydia Polgreen, the editor of HuffPost during a Conversation About America's Future session during SXSW on March 10, 2019 in Austin, Texas.Photo: Thao Nguyen, Contributor
10of34(on right) Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Julian Castro, chats with moderator Lydia Polgreen, the editor of HuffPost during a Conversation About America's Future session during SXSW on March 10, 2019 in Austin, Texas.Photo: Thao Nguyen, Contributor
13of34A SXSW fest goer takes a photo on his cell phone of former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Julian Castro, which he chats with moderator Lydia Polgreen, the editor of HuffPost during a Conversation About America's Future session during SXSW on March 10, 2019 in Austin, Texas.Photo: Thao Nguyen, Contributor
15of34Click through the slideshow to see the 2020 Democratic and Republican presidential candidates:Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto
16of34Former Vice President Joe Biden Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. announced in late April that he would seek the Democratic nomination.Photo: MADDIE MCGARVEY /NYT
17of34Beto O'Rourke
O'Rourke formally announced March 14, 2019, that he'll seek the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, ending months of intense speculation over whether he'd try to translate his newfound political celebrity into a White House bid.Photo: Elizabeth Conley, Staff photographer
18of34These Democrats have officially declared they are running for president in 2020 New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker
Booker declared his bid for the presidency in 2020 on Feb. 1st with a sweeping call to unite a deeply polarized nation around a "common purpose.Photo: Charlie Neibergall, Associated Press
19of34South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg
Buttigieg has touted his work to improve his city of 100,000 residents as he's prepared for a jump from local politics to a presidential campaign.Photo: Nam Y. Huh, Associated Press
20of34Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro
The former Obama administration official and former mayor of San Antonio formally announced his candidacy on Jan. 12.Photo: Edward A. Ornelas, Getty Images
21of34Maryland Rep. John Delaney
Delaney was the first major candidate in the race, declaring his intentions to seek the presidency back in July 2017.Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc.
22of34Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard
Gabbard told CNN's Van Jones she will run for president in 2020, but has yet to make a formal announcement.Photo: Marco Garcia, AP
23of34New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
The senator announced she is forming a presidential exploratory committee during a Jan. 15 appearance on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."Photo: Drew Angerer, Getty Images
24of34Mike Gravel
According to Rolling Stone, three teenagers convinced the 88-year-old former Democratic senator from Alaska (1969-1981) to run, launching a meme campaign.Photo: Charles Dharapak/AP/REX/Shutterstock
25of34California Sen. Kamala Harris
Harris, a former district attorney and California attorney general, is serving in her first time in the Senate.Photo: Zach Gibson / Getty Images
26of34Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar
The Minnesota Democrat declared her candidacy during a February snowstorm in Minneapolis.Photo: Anthony Souffle, Associated Press
27of34Wayne Messam
The mayor of Miramar, Fla., announced his candidacy on March 28, 2019. Photo: Brynn Anderson, AP
28of34Bernie Sanders
Sanders, whose insurgent 2016 presidential campaign reshaped Democratic politics, announced Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019 that he is running for president in 2020.Photo: Mark Abramson, Bloomberg
29of34Rep. Eric Swalwell
The California Democrat announced his bid on April 8, with policy ideas including a national mandatory buyback of military-style assault rifles, except for law enforcement and gun clubs.Photo: Courtesy of CBS
30of34Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren
Warren announced the formation of a presidential exploratory committee on the final day of 2018, and made an official announcement in February.
Photo: Liz Hafalia / The Chronicle
31of34Marianne Williamson
Williamson of Houston, Texas, is a self described teacher, writer and speaker.Photo: Araya Diaz
32of34Andrew Yang
The entrepreneur wants to establish a basic income of $1,000 per month for all Americans. He filed to run for office on Nov. 6, 2017.
Photo: Venture for America
33of34These Republicans have officially declared they are running for president in 2020President Donald Trump.Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais /Associated Press
34of34William Weld Ex-Massachusetts Republican governor.
Photo: STEPHAN SAVOIA, STF / Associated Press
If elected president, 2020 Democratic contender Julián Castro said he would create a commission to explore the possibility of reparations for slavery.
During a stop Sunday at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Castro did not commit to paying reparations but said it should be part of a topic of conversation for a commission or task force that could explore that and other issues surrounding the nation’s history with slavery.
“I’ve long believed the country should consider reparations because of the atrocity of slavery,” said Castro, a former San Antonio mayor who was President Barack Obama’s Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. “I also believe that we’re never going to fully heal as a country from the racial divide until we’ve addressed the tremendous wrong that was done with slavery.”
Castro, 44, said he’s not about to proclaim what reparations would look like, saying the country needs more than just a politician making a pronouncement.
“The process is going to be just as important as the result,” Castro told hundreds of people at the Moody Theater in Austin, where 10 current and potential presidential candidates took turns addressing the annual festival in a question-and-answer format with various moderators.
Castro’s comments came hours after he was on CNN earlier in the day, questioning why U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, a rival for the Democratic Party’s nomination, was not more supportive of the possibility of reparations. On ABC’s The View last week, Sanders said there were better ways to address the issue than “just writing out a check.”
“To my mind, that may or may not be the best way to address it,” Castro said on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Jake Tapper in response to Sanders’ comments. “However, it’s interesting to me that when it comes to Medicare for all, health care, you know, the response there has been we need to write a big check, that when it comes to tuition-free or debt-free college, the answer has been we need to write a big check.”
Castro’s jabs at Sanders come at a time when early polling in Iowa shows Sanders as the clear front-runner among candidates who have already declared to run for the White House.
According to a new Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll of likely Democratic caucus-goers, 27 percent said Joe Biden, who is not in the race, is their first choice for president. The polls showed 25 percent picked Sanders as their first choice. No other candidate in the race topped 10 percent.
Castro was in 8th place and the first choice of just 1 percent. Fellow Texas Democrat Beto O’Rourke, who has not announced yet if he is running, was the first choice of 5 percent of Iowa caucus-goers in the poll of 401 likely Democratic caucus-goers that was conducted March 3 through March 6.
The Iowa caucuses are the first step in the presidential nomination process. Those caucuses are set for Feb. 3, 2020.
Castro said he’s not sweating being relatively far behind in early polling, and thinks he’s making progress in Iowa and the other early states.
“No question I have plenty of work to do in these early states,” Castro said in an interview after speaking at SXSW. “But I’m going to do the work. One of the ways you can measure candidates is through the amount of traction that they get when they get in front of people. And I can tell I’m going to gain good traction as I get in front of people.”
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If You Agree With UKIP’s Policies, Are You Racist?
Bruce Newsome • Apr 29, 2015
To dismiss UKIP as racist is to mischaracterize not just the party, but Britons as a whole.
The titular question was asked of Fair Observer, so Fair Observer asked me, at which point I realized how little the public knows about the real policies offered by the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), other than cheap accusations of “racism.”
Google reports that the two most common searches related to UKIP include: “Are UKIP racist?” and “Why should I not vote for UKIP?” Yet Britons use Google to search for UKIP’s policies more than any other British party’s.
Clearly, people in Britain are not being informed adequately by the traditional news media. UKIP complains about bias at the BBC and Channel 4 — the Office of Communication (OFCOM) is investigating the latter.
Meanwhile, other parties are guilty of prejudicial reductionism of UKIP to “racism,” as epitomized by a recent talk from the Labour Party’s Chuka Umunna, the shadow business secretary, about “a virus of racism which runs through that party.”
Many new political parties have emerged in recent decades, of which only UKIP can be described as right of center with representatives in parliament. The other party that matches this description — the Conservative Party — was the most popular in the last national election in 2010, but it is still regarded as unfashionable in popular culture, while all the other political parties in Parliament are left of center. Many “anti-fascist” groups have united against UKIP by, ironically, interfering in the democratic process — sometimes violently — leaving UKIP to ask police for help to protect its right of assembly.
UKIP’s claim to go where the major parties fear to tread has substance and must help to explain its rapid gains in popularity over recent years with increasingly disaffected voters. Policy Chief Suzanne Evans markets UKIP as a more ambitious party: “Ours is an amazing country, but it could be better still.”
Political Influence
UKIP is politically important: It has two Members of Parliament (MPs), three of the House of Lords, 23 of the European Parliament (making it the largest British party there), and more than 45,000 registered members.
UKIP already has political influence. It takes credit for the Conservative Party’s risky pledge for a referendum on membership of the European Union (EU). UKIP could attract enough votes to deny victory to the Tories on May 7, and it is being touted as a potential coalition partner with the Conservatives.
To ignore UKIP’s policies is to ignore an influential and potentially majoritarian part of British politics.
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The UKIP manifesto’s explicit appeal is majoritarian. The party’s leader, Nigel Farage, writes that UKIP was born from “a feeling that successive governments were no longer representing the will of the people.” He differentiates UKIP from the other parties’ “arbitrary, over-ambitious targets and pledges to some special interest group here or there.”
He expresses its core principle as “believing in our country.” UKIP’s other main principles seem to be legalism, sovereignty and fiscal responsibility.
Fiscal Policies and Employment
UKIP cannot be stereotyped as fiscally conservative. While promising more fiscal responsibility than most other parties, it would invest more in health, education, housing and defense.
UKIP also cannot be stereotyped as pro-business. While it would cut business rates for small businesses, it would restore corporation tax and tax sovereignty for all companies with any operations in Britain. It would abolish inheritance tax, but raise the personal allowance. It would return billions of pounds per year by abolishing the European part of value-added tax and Britain’s contributions to the EU.
UKIP’s manifesto states that it “believes the key to creating a successful, dynamic economy and a fair society lies in harnessing the ingenuity, resourcefulness and appetite for hard work of the British people.” UKIP would allow employers to discriminate in favor of Britons. It expects wages to grow with restrictions on immigration.
It also expects employment to grow with its financial and legal support for small businesses and British agriculture and fishing (partly by leaving the European Common Agricultural Policy). Like the Conservative Party, it would not restrict zero-hour contracts, since they “suit many people.”
Entitlements, Health Care, Education and Family
UKIP would invest more in policing benefit fraud, restrict child benefit to two children for new claimants, stop migrants from receiving welfare until five years of residency, and stop payments to parents for children who do not live in Britain — an incredible liberty that almost nobody knew about until the government announced its own outrage in 2009.
While promising more fiscal responsibility, UKIP has joined the irresponsible competition between all the other parties about how much more they would invest in health care and social care. All the parties promise to invest more — they just dispute how much.
Investment is an input — as in the 1970s, Britain has slipped into a simplistic fashion for measuring value only by inputs, not the desirable outputs (more preventative care than reactive care, lower disease rates, lower accident rates, lower malpractice rates). Britons have become dramatically less healthy and more complaint-prone in the last two decades, despite increasing inputs. Moreover, as a recent Parliamentary Committee found, the complaints system is practically unaccountable.
UKIP is the only party to promise to abolish at least some of the disgraced regulators and inspectors (such as the Care Quality Commission) in favor of county health boards, which would have statutory and democratic accountability; the board members would be elected, unlike the current quasi nongovernmental organizations (QUANGOs), which are practically unaccountable to Parliament, and certainly not to the electorate.
Most economic historians agree that Britain’s greatness was built on liberal, secular, meritorious education. British education has declined into publicly-funded but agenda-ridden local management. Publicly-funded but privately-run “faith schools” have been exploited by explicitly conservative religious sects; “free schools” have been taken over by ethnic self-segregationists. Both faith and free schools are threats to social equality and integration. Moreover, even the secular educational institutions remain under the decentralized leadership of complacent levelers, so no child is left behind — and so no child gets ahead.
UKIP promises that the education inspectorate (OFSTED) would look for more real educational value and crack down on anti-social extremism.
Unlike the other manifestos, UKIP’s policy explicitly supports tiered schooling to allow for different merits and technical or vocational foci, including more merit-based selective-entry high schools (“grammar schools”).
In higher education, UKIP promises to waive tuition fees for students of the hard sciences and applied sciences.
UKIP’s commitment to leave the EU has the fiscal benefit of removing Britain’s obligation to pay the same tuition fees and loans to non-British European students, of whom only around 10% ever repay their loans. All foreigners would pay their own way at the same international rates that non-EU residents currently pay.
British family law and social workers, in practice, are sexist, with mothers disproportionately granted child custody and alimony, even if they earn more money than their ex-husbands — or marry again, or frustrate their ex-husbands’ rights of access. A common law of equality for mothers and fathers was tabled only in 2012, after more than 30 years of campaigning, yet the practices remain sexist. (If you are female and subject to Islamic law, then the sexism is against you.)
UKIP promises mothers and fathers equal shares in child residency, and it promises grandparents rights of visitation — an increasingly important issue as more grandparents become the primary child carers, except where a family court rules against them in order to protect the child. It promises to expand nurseries and school-age childcare too.
Law Enforcement and Immigration
Most of the parties are committed to more accountability and to review crimes and criminal sentences in general, but none matches UKIP’s opposition to the sovereignty of European law, which allows UKIP to promise to keep criminals out of Britain and to deport them, without running afoul of the European human rights system.
UKIP commands the issue of immigration, while other parties avoid it with platitudes about the value of diversity, entrepreneurship and cheap labor.
These platitudes ignore the higher social and health costs of immigrants over established residents, in a country already short of housing, education places and hospital beds.
Immigration into Britain is unsustainable and not clearly of net benefit (except to the unskilled service industries). At least 7 million immigrants arrived during the Labour governments of 1997-2010, due to careless acquiescence in practically borderless European expansion, which inevitably puts most of the burden on the states with the most generous public services and compliant borders. Another 2 million have arrived since 2010. In the year to September 2014, 624,000 immigrants arrived, most of them poor and unskilled, while emigration of Britain’s wealthiest and most educated accelerated, for a new record of 298,000 net immigrants in that year — about the population of Swansea or more than the population of a median British city.
UKIP directly confronts this irrational imbalance by promising a five-year moratorium on unskilled immigrants, while introducing a scheme for awarding immigration status to the most valuable immigrants (a “points-based system”), and a renegotiated relationship with the European Union — to the benefit of immigrants from outside the EU.
But like the other manifestos, UKIP’s stupidly fails to offer a policy for reducing emigration of Britain’s most valuable citizens.
The other parties have no credible plan to reduce immigration, because none is committed to renegotiating Britain’s legal obligations to the EU, without which no British government would have any leverage on the vast majority of immigration, as the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition has proven since 2010.
UKIP’s policy on immigration is the strongest of all the British political parties, and it is easiest for critics to dismiss as racist, but then most Britons would be racist, since a growing majority have favored reducing immigration since the 1960s; the majority is now about three-quarters of Britons. Accusations of Islamophobia ignore the majority belief that an increase in the Muslim population would weaken Britain’s national identity.
Most concerns about immigration are far too nuanced to be dismissed as racist. When people complain about immigration, they may not oppose immigration in general, or a particular race or religion, but just the pace of immigration and its unbalanced impact on local demographics. By 2012, 13% of British residents were born outside of Britain, and more than half of Londoners were not “white British.”
Prejudices Are Largely Outside UKIP
I could not find any racism in UKIP’s policies. I did find racism spoken by prior members, but continuing accusations of racism seem to be overplayed by political opponents. In any case, to characterize a party by its outcasts would leave us to condemn the Liberal Democrat Party as “a homophobic, lying, Muslim-bashing, bomb-planting, child-abusing party.”
UKIP’s story tells us more about mainstream political intolerance than about UKIP’s own prejudices.
UKIP is a minor party that has grown to prominence democratically, without the Labour Party’s exploitation of ethnic and religious block voting in the Midlands, the similar hypocrisy of the Respect Party, or the criminally corrupt exploitation of fellow ethnic minorities and Muslims by the “independent” mayor of Tower Hamlets.
UKIP represents majoritarian concerns about immigration, and it promises potentially majoritarian policies in many domains other than immigration. To dismiss UKIP as racist is to mischaracterize not just the party, but Britons as a whole.
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To ensure that you’re getting the proper fuel to support an active, healthy lifestyle you might want to consider adding a multivitamin – one that is specifically formulated to meet a woman’s needs – to your diet.
Know that multivitamins shouldn’t take the place of whole foods and a healthy diet. Fresh produce, lean protein, and fortified grains are chock full of natural enzymes and nutrients that you won’t find in man-made vitamins. But, vitamin supplements can fill in any nutritional gaps you don’t get in your diet. For instance, adult women between the ages of 19 and 50 need 18 milligrams (mg) of iron each day, while men only need about 8 mg, according to dietary guidelines from the National Institute of Medicine. If your diet doesn’t contain iron-rich foods like red meat, fortified grains, or beans, a multivitamin may be a good way to get the recommended daily intake.
Once you’ve decided to add a multivitamin to your diet, you will need to settle on the right brand. According to Keri Gans, RDN, author of The Small Change Diet, women should look for nationally recognized brands or store brands from a trusted retailers. There are hundreds of multivitamin options on the market, so it’s up to consumers to do their research and look for third-party seals or certification when in doubt. There are several third-party certifiers, such as NSF International and USP, that painstakingly review dietary supplements for quality and consistency.
As a disclaimer, multivitamins are not intended to prevent, diagnose, treat, or cure any bodily ailment. Furthermore, if you are taking any prescribed medications, be sure to consult a medical professional before adding a multivitamin to your diet.
Worth noting: Even though multivitamins are important for women at any age, if you are pregnant or trying to become pregnant you may need to replace a multivitamin with prenatal vitamins. Prenatal formulas contain higher doses of vitamins and minerals like choline and folic acid that are important for a growing fetus, and may prevent birth defects or abnormalities. “The American Medical Association recently recommended that choline be included in all prenatal multivitamins, further illustrating its importance in women of childbearing age,” Gans says.
Although it doesn’t matter what time of day you take your multivitamin, it does matter what you take with your multi. Gans recommends taking your multi with a food that has some healthy fat since it helps your body absorb fat soluble vitamins (A, E, D, K) properly. Examples of foods that contain healthy fat would include dairy, eggs, fish, nuts, and avocado.
These are our top six picks for the best multivitamins for women.
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These gender-specific, for-her tablets are formulated with 23 different nutrients to support women’s bodies. Each contains 100 percent of daily value of iron women need, plus a high dose of calcium. Both iron and calcium are important nutrients for women. Nature Made Women’s Mulivitamin is also USP verified, which means that they were reviewed by a third party verifier to ensure quality. There are 300 tablets in each bottle. Take one tablet daily with food.
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Take a look at a map showing the incidence of stroke across the United States, and you'll see a surprisingly dense cluster in one particular area, the southeastern United States. Americans living in this region have a 15-percent higher stroke risk, and the death rate from stroke in these "stroke belt" states is 30 to 40 percent higher than in the rest of the country.
Does this mean that if you live in this area you have to move to escape your stroke risk? No, but it does mean that you should be sure to escape the cultural trap of unhealthy behaviors, like a poor diet and smoking, that can drastically increase your stroke risk.
The Stroke Belt: States Affected
The stroke belt concept is "this big swath of southern and southeastern states where stroke just seems to be more common," says Stephen Page, PhD, rehabilitation researcher and assistant professor in the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department at the University of Cincinnati Academic Medical Center in Ohio.
The specific stroke belt states are North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
The Stroke Belt: Lifestyle Risks
To try to understand why stroke risk is greater in the stroke-belt states than in other areas of the country, researchers are looking at the lifestyle factors that play a role to see how prevalent they are in those states.
Smoking. Dr. Page points out, “Smoking and that whole class of unhealthy behaviors may be more common in those areas. They are tobacco [producing] states, and there are places in the south where smoking is more common, and high blood pressure and diabetes are higher."
Diet and genetics. "Diet and genetics can certainly play a role; genetics can interact with nutrition. Nutrition can actually change the way your genes are expressed,” Page explains. The "southern" diet of fried chicken, fried vegetables, fried potatoes, and fried everything else may contribute to the problem. “Also lifestyle — in many of these states, exercise and healthy behaviors aren't as common," adds Page.
Access to care. This may also be an issue, according to Page. People living in rural areas may not be able to easily get to a doctor for treatment, or doctors may not have the experience, medications, and tests needed to properly diagnose and treat a stroke. These factors could possibly contribute to the increased mortality rate of strokes in the stroke belt states.
"The ‘stroke belt’ has persisted, and it continues to show an increased mortality. Some of it may be ethnic differences, but not all of it," says Ralph L. Sacco, MD, neurologist-in-chief at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Fla., and spokesperson for the American Stroke Association. "It's been a bit of a puzzle."
To help solve the puzzle that has existed for more than 60 years, researchers designed a large nationwide study called REGARDS (REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke).
“The REGARDS study involves African-Americans and whites, and it's trying to help explain the reasons for the stroke belt and the differences [among people being studied]. Is it high blood pressure, is it differences in diet, differences in race?" says Dr. Sacco.
The Stroke Belt: Raising Awareness
In addition to studies to help figure out why the stroke belt exists, a group called the Stroke Belt Consortium, with members from the health-care industry, government, and the academic sector, is working to improve stroke awareness among people who live in the region and spur them to make healthy lifestyle changes.
Living in the stroke belt certainly doesn't mean that you will suffer a stroke, but it does mean you should be very aware of your lifestyle. And even if the reasons behind greater stroke risk in this part of the country aren't understood, the risk factors for stroke are. That means passing up some traditional southern food favorites that are fried and heavily salted, and avoiding tobacco. It also means controlling risk factors for stroke like obesity, high blood pressure, and diabetes.
You can still enjoy southern culture and the beautiful southeast without succumbing to the statistics of the stroke belt, by being aware of your personal risks and staying ahead of them.
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Now, railway passengers can order fresh pizza, thalis via IRCTC's e-catering services
India hidden Oct 19, 2015 13:25:00 IST
Kolkata: The Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has launched a pilot project of a ‘station-based e-catering’ service allowing passengers to order meals as per their choice, which will be delivered at stations from popular private caterers.
In the first phase of the project, all trains passing through 45 specified railway stations, including nine in the east zone, namely Howrah, Sealdah, Guwahati, New Jalpaiguri, Patna, Bhubaneswar, Visakhapatnam, Kharagpur and Mughalsarai have been named.
The other stations under this project are namely, New Delhi, Allahabad, Kanpur Central, Lucknow, Varanasi, Chennai Central, Mumbai Central, Delhi, Bangalore city, Madurai, Amritsar, Thiruvananthapuram Central, Chandigarh, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Jaipur, Bilaspur, Anand Vihar, Hazrat Nizamuddin, Ludhiana, Secunderabad, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Chennai Egmore, Ernakulam, Kozhikode, Thrisur, Yasvantpur, Nagpur, Pune, Agra Cantt, Gwalior, Jhansi, Bhopal, Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara.
“Station-based e-catering will be only for stations and not on moving trains. The service will allow passengers to either order meals online at www.ecatering.irctc.co.in or by calling 0120-2383892-99/ 1800-1034-139 (toll free) or by sending SMS Meal to 139 with details of PNR and seat number and the meals will be delivered at their berth,” IRCTC group General Manager, East Zone Debashis Chandra told PTI.
Besides food from IRCTC-managed food plazas and fast food units, reputed food chains like McDonald’s, KFC, Switz Foods, Only Alibaba, Dominos, Haldiram, Bikanerwala, Nirualas, Sagar Ratna, Pizza Hut which have a wide variety in menu have entered into a tie-up with IRCTC to serve the passengers passing through these stations.
“On receiving the meals, passengers have an option of making payment online or through cash on delivery mode,” Chandra said, adding, the delivery of food would be made through authorised persons.
“We have a dedicated call centre for this entire facility which is functioning from 6 am to 10 pm,” he said.
Talking about cancellation of orders, Chandra said, “They will also have an option to cancel their order two hours before reaching the station where the meals are scheduled to be delivered to them. In cases passengers have made online payment for their order, the amount will be refunded after deducting a cancellation charge.”
On food prices, Chandra said, “Food prices are to be market-driven but we are focused that the food items supplied are hygienically packaged in eco-friendly, bio-degradable take-away packets and usage of plastic for packaging must be minimal if not totally eliminated. In fact, we will conduct regular checks of stations to ensure that meals items are provided to the passengers.”
It was learnt, that alongside e-catering, IRCTC was offering meals from “Jan Ahaar” (budget food), food plazas and fast food units.
This pilot project will be continued till end of March next year after which a review will be conducted on the performance, he said.
Updated Date: Oct 19, 2015 13:25:00 IST
Tags : 45 Specified Railway Stations, Bio-Degradable, Dominos, E-Catering Services, Eco-Friendly, Haldiram, IRCTC, KFC, McDonald's, Only Alibaba, Pilot Project, Private Caterers, Switz Foods
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A Dallas-based couple hosts a three-day wedding affair in the Land of Enchantment.
By: Blake Miller
The bride and groom laugh together.
Mason jars filled with miniature chocolate-chip cookies are favours for the wedding guests.
Small pots of succulents serve as the place settings at the couple’s rehearsal dinner at Rio Chama.
The bride’s bouquet includes peonies shipped from abroad and a gorgeous array of colour.
The couple steal a kiss at their rehearsal.
The vibrant, bold colour palette is on display at the reception.
After Josh Vandenburg proposed to Tyler Lown, the couple knew exactly where they wanted to say “I do.” Though the duo reside in Dallas, Texas, they opted to host their nuptials at Four Seasons Resort Rancho Encantado Santa Fe. “We have a special connection to New Mexico,” explains Tyler, who travels there weekly for work. “Josh spent summers and winters in New Mexico. I first learned to ski at Angel Fire right outside Santa Fe. It’s a magical place. There’s a spirit there that’s so alive and well.”
The Bride and Groom: After moving back to Dallas, where she grew up, Tyler found herself lonely and sad about leaving Los Angeles, her home for several years. “I was reminiscing about my life in LA, and it was Memorial Day, and I was bummed out,” she says. “I was in my apartment having this pity party for myself and I heard voices next door. I gave myself a pep talk and decided to go meet some people. There were three guys out on the balcony and they invited me over, gave me some Champagne, and I immediately started talking to Josh.” A whirlwind romance followed, and two and a half years later, Josh surprised Tyler with a proposal at a playground where she’d played as a child, near her grandmother’s home in east Texas. “It brought back a lot of cool memories from her childhood,” explains Josh of choosing the location. “We took the dogs there, and I took her to a gazebo. It was a perfect fall day, and I got down on my knee and asked her to marry me.”
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The Celebrations: The three-day festivities began on Thursday night, when the couple hosted a casual “Boots and Blazers” rehearsal dinner at Rio Chama steakhouse in Santa Fe for the wedding party as well as close friends and family. Guests dressed for the occasion in blue jeans and cowboy boots. On Friday, Tyler’s grandmother hosted a welcome party at the Coyote Café in downtown Santa Fe. For the casual cocktail hour, out-of-town guests wore colourful Latin-inspired paper flowers in their hair and on their shirts, danced to an all-female mariachi band, and enjoyed chiles rellenos, chicken wings and prickly pear margaritas.
The Bride Wore: Tyler chose a stunning mermaid-style gown with off-the-shoulder sleeves by Monique Lhuillier, while her bridesmaids wore Amsale dresses. Her bouquet was also a show-stopper, consisting of roses, ranunculus and peonies in bright pinks, yellows and oranges. “I didn’t want a really tight and compact and structured bouquet,” explains Tyler of the loose arrangement of flowers with a flowing vine draped down. “I wanted everything to be very organic in the sense of movement.”
The Scene: The couple wed during an Episcopalian ceremony at the Church of Holy Faith in Santa Fe. Afterwards, guests headed to the courtyard at the Four Seasons Resort Rancho Encantado Santa Fe, where they enjoyed a cocktail hour as soft jazz played. The reception was held in the Resort’s Aspen Room, where wedding planner Jessie Baca brought to life the couple’s vision of an organic, earthy and natural wedding that paid homage to Santa Fe’s “enchanting, ethereal, creative spirit,” as Tyler describes it. Chocolate brown table linens contrasted with the bold oranges, reds and greens of Santa Fe’s desert landscape, which were incorporated into elegant floral centrepieces by Marisa Millefiori. After a Southwest-inspired dinner, guests moved to a stunning tent that was so clear, “you could see the stars perfectly,” says Tyler. There, everyone danced the night away to the sounds of Dallas-based band Party Machine, taking an occasional breather from the dance floor to relax around chimeneas stationed throughout the lounge areas.
Special Moment: The massive wooden doors to the church opened and Tyler, backlit by the bright New Mexico sun, walked in on the arm of her father. “Watching the church doors swing wide open and seeing Tyler for the first time was, by far, the best moment!” says Josh.
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The bride’s bouquet boasts an array of loose flowers, including peonies and hydrangeas.
Welcome bag goodies feature the couple’s fun personalized logo.
Colourful paper flower headbands and boutonnières adorn guests’ attire at the rehearsal dinner.
A gift from his father-in-law, Josh’s cufflinks are made with turquoise sourced from New Mexico.
Bright green serves as the perfect backdrop for Tyler’s off-the-shoulder Monique Lhuillier gown.
Stunning René Caovilla heels are the bride’s shoe of choice for her wedding day.
Heart-shaped milagros are placed at each guest's seat at the rehearsal dinner.
Bright pink personalized napkins complement the colour scheme.
Pink, purple and green centrepieces add a punch of colour to the table.
Deep purple calla lilies worn on each groomsman’s lapel tie in with the Southwestern colour palette.
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Tyler’s garter is her “something old”: It was made by her great-grandmother, and worn by the bride’s mother and sister on their wedding days.
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Josh wears a sombrero and Tyler wears a white feather headdress as they are announced at their reception.
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Detroit Radio Station's 'Britney Suicide Watch' Contest Draws Criticism
A Detroit radio station has apologized after a disc jockey advertised a contest to determine when Britney Spears would commit suicide.
"When will Britney end it?" listeners were asked on the Web and the Tuesday night radio show hosted by DJ Big Boy on Channel 955, according to a story in the Detroit News.
"If you can guess the exact day that Britney dies, whether it's from drugs or however she dies, if you're right, we'll give you a thousand bucks," the News quoted DJ Big Boy as saying.
An apology posted on the Web site of Channel 955, a Clear Channel radio station, said the $1,000 cash prize "was always going to be donated to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention."
Click here to read the Detroit News' story.
"Channel 955 wants to take this time to apologize to any member of our audience who may have been offended last night by the content of Big Boy's show," the apology stated. "In no way were we making light of death or suicide.
"The fact is that people across the country are talking about Britney," the apology continued. "And the media, itself, needs to take responsibility for the part they have played in her sad situation."
A Channel 355 Web page advertising the contest, deleted from the site but posted by the Detroit News, shows an image of a crying Spears next to a skull and crossbones with a "Britney Death Poll" headline in a bloody font on a pink background.
The Detroit News reported that fellow Channel 955 DJs Mojo and Spike criticized the stunt and station management on the radio Wednesday. Local suicide prevention experts were also up in arms over the contest.
"A contest like this is dangerous, especially to a very impressionable, depressed teenager," Tammi Landry, the Michigan area director for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, told the News. "It's making suicide an available option for them. The contagion is real."
Landry told the newspaper her organization would only accept the $1,000 "prize money" if the contest was off.
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Fixed Mortgage Rates Down for Second Straight Week
WASHINGTON – Interest rates on U.S. 30- and 15-year mortgages fell for a second straight week, mortgage finance company Freddie Mac (FRE) said Thursday.
U.S. 30-year mortgage rates dipped to an average of 5.68 percent in the week ended Dec. 16 from 5.71 percent a week earlier, while 15-year mortgages declined to an average of 5.11 percent from 5.14 percent last week.
One-year adjustable rate mortgages inched upward to an average of 4.18 percent from 4.15 percent.
A year ago, 30-year mortgage rates averaged 5.88 percent, 15-year mortgages 5.24 percent and the ARM 3.77 percent.
Frank Nothaft, Freddie Mac vice president and chief economist, said despite a Commerce Department (search) report on Thursday that showed a 13.1 percent plunge in U.S. November housing starts, the housing picture was upbeat.
"With December's mortgage rates continuing to dip even further, we expect housing starts will bounce back fairly quickly," said Nothaft.
"There is no doubt now that 2004 will be a record year for single-family construction. That said, because of low mortgage rates, we feel confident that 2005 will not be very far behind this year," he said.
The Federal Reserve (search) on Tuesday pushed U.S. interest rates up by a modest quarter-percentage point and expressed confidence that inflation could be kept at bay by slowly lifting credit costs from rock-bottom levels.
The central bank's policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee (search) unanimously decided to raise the benchmark federal funds rate — which affects borrowing costs throughout the economy — to 2.25 percent from 2 percent. It was the fifth straight increase this year.
Freddie Mac said lenders charged an average of 0.6 percent in fees and points on 30-year mortgages, down from 0.7 percent last week. They charged 0.6 percent on 15-year mortgages and 0.7 percent on the ARM, both unchanged from last week.
Freddie Mac is a mortgage finance company chartered by Congress that buys mortgages from lenders and packages them into securities for investors or holds them in its own portfolio.
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Judge Rebukes Attorney General for Leak of Plea Deal in R.I. Nightclub Fire Case
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The judge overseeing the criminal case against owners of a nightclub where a fire killed 100 people said Thursday the leak of details about their deal to avoid guilty pleas was "despicable" and "unquestionably came from within the attorney general's office."
In a stinging rebuke from the bench, Judge Francis Darigan called the release of Attorney General Patrick Lynch's letter to victims' families unethical, reprehensible and "devoid of any consideration for the victims of this tragedy."
The letter was faxed anonymously to WJAR-TV Wednesday. The Providence Journal also received a copy.
Lynch's letter said he was opposed to the terms of the no contest plea deal, which gave Jeffrey Derderian no jail time and Michael Derderian four years in prison. However, the Derderians' lawyer said Lynch's office proposed the terms to settle the criminal case stemming from the Feb. 20, 2003, fire at The Station in West Warwick.
Darigan said Lynch's office was actively engaged in the early negotiations for the deal, but lawyers for both sides were unable to reach an agreement.
"The attorney general was fully aware of the disposition which the court intended to impose in these cases long before his letter was drafted and surreptitiously given to the media," he said.
The Derderians' lawyer, Kathleen Hagerty, said Lynch's office proposed the terms last month and again this month. She gave The Associated Press a handwritten document dated Sept. 7 that she said was given to her by a prosecutor that lays out nearly identical terms.
The terms are the same except for the type of plea. The note indicates the brothers would enter an "Alford plea" in which a defendant maintains innocence while admitting that enough evidence exists for a conviction. Instead, the brothers will plead no contest, a plea that has the effect of a guilty plea, although guilt is neither admitted nor denied.
Hagerty said she was given the note after she asked for the prosecutor to put the terms in writing.
Darigan said he regrets the "shock, anger, disbelief and sense of betrayal some of the families must feel because of the despicable action taken by the anonymous source within the attorney general's office."
Many family members of those killed were upset that they learned about the pleas on the evening news or from reporters.
Mike Healey, a spokesman for Lynch, did not return telephone messages or an e-mail seeking comment on the note and Darigan's remarks. However, Lynch said he would speak with reporters later Thursday.
The prison term to be imposed on Michael Derderian is the same one received in May by band manager Daniel Biechele, who pleaded guilty earlier this year to 100 counts of involuntary manslaughter. Biechele set off the pyrotechnics that ignited the fatal blaze.
The Derderians and Biechele were each indicted in December 2003 on 200 counts of involuntary manslaughter. The pleas from each of the defendants, the only three indicted, remove the prospect of a criminal trial arising from the fire.
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North Carolina Rep. Walter Jones Calls for Inquiry of Army General Involved in Soldier Scrutiny
WASHINGTON – Republican Rep. Walter Jones has asked the Pentagon to open an investigation of a high-ranking Army official who is at the center of two probes involving possible wrongdoing by U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
Jones, of North Carolina, said he believes Lt. Gen. Frank Kearney has overstepped his authority in the investigations and in turn is hurting troops' morale.
"When men and women are asked to go to war for this country, then in my humble opinion they should be given every benefit of the doubt, and if there are any questions then they should not be handled in the press," Jones said in an interview with FOX News.
Two incidents in particular have caught Jones' attention. One involves a gunfight following a March 4 car bombing of a Marine convoy in Bandikot, Afghanistan, which ended with 19 Afghan civilians reported dead, and an Army colonel apologizing for the incident that he called "a stain on the forces' honor."
The colonel authorized payment of reparations to the victim's families before a military criminal investigation was complete.
Kearney, who at the time was major general in charge of Special Operations in Afghanistan, and has since been given a three-star general rank, ordered the unit pulled out of Afghanistan.
The Marines have since ordered their own investigation, which Kearney is not in charge of, although Kearney's involvement brought criticism for coloring the investigation before its completion. Kearney has said in the past that the hostile environment in Afghanistan meant the unit could no longer operate there and needed to be pulled out of theater immediately.
In a separate incident in October 2006, Kearney demanded reopening an inquiry into two Green Berets who killed an Afghan enemy combatant as Afghan police tried to take him into custody.
Afghan police in Ster Kheyl near the Pakistan border asked the Green Beret unit to help detain a known enemy combatant. The U.S. commander remained on a hill 100 yards from the combatant's home. The Afghan came out, identified himself and after a series of confused hand gestures from the Afghan police, the U.S. commander ordered his sniper to fire, killing the Afghan from 100 feet away, according to military reports.
The Green Berets were cleared of wrongdoing after two investigations. Kearney, however, demanded a third, in which the soldiers were cleared again.
Earlier this month, Jones sent a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates calling for the department's inspector general to look into Kearney's actions.
The father of one of the Marines accused in the March incident points to Kearney as the source of his son's problems.
"We believe there is quite a bit of evidence General Kearney committed lies against our men for his own purposes. I'm asking the American public to demand an investigation of what happened," said Jerry Olson, father of Christian Olson, the Marine executive officer in the unit removed from Afghanistan.
Christian Olson was not present during the shooting, but has been called before the Marine inquiry because of his status in the unit.
Jerry Olson said he believes overzealous scrutiny by Kearney is making the highly-trained Special Forces think twice about their military careers if they might be convicted of murder under increasingly strict rules of engagement.
Mark Waple, a lawyer representing the accused Marines, seconded the point.
"When they're dealing with enemy combatants and having to make the decision when and how to use lethal force, the concern is that that decision has to be made instantaneously, and it can't be debated, and you can't dial a lawyer or dial a JAG (judge advocate general) to determine if the trigger should be pulled," Waple said.
The military declined to allow Kearney to respond to questions in an interview. However, officials provided a statement he gave that said he was satisfied with his handling of the Green Beret incident, which is now complete. In the statement he refers to the investigation by its title in the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
"The Article 32 investigation accomplished my intent. An experienced Special Forces officer provided an independent and thorough review of the facts in this case. The Article 32 investigation resolved the conflicting findings of the two previous investigations and the results demonstrate the effectiveness of the Military Justice system," Kearney said.
FOX News' Jennifer Griffin and Justin Fishel contributed to this report.
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Marker – New Industries (Audiographic Records, 2019) *****
Wednesday, March 06, 2019 ***** 7 comments
By Gustav Lindqvist
Music performed and improvised by-
Andrew Clinkman: guitar (right)
Steve Marquette: guitar (left)
Macie Stewart: keyboard and violin
Phil Sudderberg: drums
Ken Vandermark: reeds
There’s no secret that I really like Marker. I think quotes from my reviews of their first two releases is a good way to set the stage, and to also reveal my general preferences in music, regardless of genre.
“I guess I just love when a simple theme explodes in front of me.” (From review of Roadwork 1/ Roadwork 2/ Homework 2)
“… and secondly is followed by the experience of disaster, of walls tumbling down, of bridges burning of chaos and mayhem, is something I happen to like.” (From review of Wired for sound)
That’s how I start listening to this album. With the curiosity of what Vandermark is up to this time (first album), and with what Marker is really doing with the bag of tools they have built for themselves so far (second triple live album). Of how improvisation within, and certainly outside of, given themes, and even the use of themes as building blocks that are not locked in place in a composition but that can be moved around while investigating how to look at them from different angles using freedom of improvisation to propel the group between said building blocks. This might be especially helpful in a live setting where the group is repeating known parts, and at the same time encouraging each other to do just that – explore how to move around and to ‘be free’ (cliché warning). I’m excited to hear how Marker will take these experiences and discoveries with this new release; which happens to have both studio material, and live versions of new compositions. I would like to refrain from asking myself if they can possibly pull off the same stunt again, but maybe it’s good to give myself a bit of fanboy vaccine before embarking on another Marker listening journey.
It takes attentive detective work to listen to Marker. As said, on this packed double album we get 2 hours and 12 minutes newly composed material with the first disc being studio material recorded on July 15, 2018 and the second disc has live cuts recorded on July 12, 2018. The notes from Markers' Bandcamp page captures one way the listener can experience the new release:
“The combination of both recordings provides listeners an opportunity to hear the compositional strategies of the music truly come into play”
I’m asking myself what I’m thinking of this somewhat academic way of listening to music; that is if one tries to “hear the compositional strategies”. One answer can be that this is just one way of listening to Marker. For me it’s more about being surprised, going back and forth between versions, experiencing a snapshot from the summer of 2018. Marker was on tour and prepared for recording. For me it has been so interesting to first hear the live performances, and then hearing how they chose to record it in studio; of course, juggling around the blocks of composed music.
Now, going a bit deeper into what we’re hearing on this album.
Ray Manzarek. The studio version of L’Argent/Roulette oozes of the late Doors pianist/organist Manzarek funky doom and gloom notes. It’s a 'Riders on the Storm' moment, but with a bit more attitude. Similar to 'Run' on the Johan Lindström Septett's release Music For Empty Halls. But going to the live cut of the same theme presents something completely different. With a more swift tempo Sudderberg's drums goes from funky and cool to a light breeze of swing. It carries the Marker watermark of having a tombola of notes going in circles, round and round – but knowing that the song extends the fifteen-minute mark, it’s just a matter of minutes until things change. Sure enough, it never gets boring. An abrupt stop, then distorted guitars cuts the sky in half. It reminds me of Kiko Dinucci playing on Paul Nilssen-Love’s new album ‘New Japanese Noise’ – and it makes me so happy! I was really hoping to hear Marker incorporating something bold and aggressive, since they have 2 guitars at their disposal, and even though it’s not complete mayhem, it is disruptive and just what Marker should be doing to move forward: keep bringing new ideas, or bricks if you will, and to add more ‘compositional strategies’ to their ideas of how to look at composed vs improvised material.
On this album Stewart also plays the violin which goes hand-in-hand with electric guitars. On Porto/Two or Three/Baal (Live) Stewart, Marquette and Clinkman demonstrates how elegant this becomes when it moves “in front” of Sudderberg's beat. It is an interesting experience to hear Marquette hard-panned to the left channel while Stewart is heard across the soundstage, and Clinkman in the right – first more subtle, but then more clear. I know, this becomes a technical block of this review, but it makes a lot of sense from an experimental perspective. Yes, the music is very enjoyable, but it is also very rewarding to hear how Marker has clearly spent a lot of time making sure it is being presented in a certain way. Pay attention to when Vandermark joins in at 2:15-2:16. Suddenly the entire song comes together. Layer upon layer.
On La Chambre #1/La Chamber #2/Pickpocket #1/Two or Three, Marker uses their composed blocks to balance emotions against one another. A somewhat searching gaze into something far away is met with a bebop beat followed by a cool (did someone say hot?) Vandermark solo. And on the closing live track Alphaville #2/Trance/Pickpocket #1/Alphaville #1 (Live), a sleeping beast comes to life as Marker pull together up, up, up and then erupts! Then the trademark Marker thumping beat to Vandermark’s horn, followed by delicate questions from Stewart as the rest of the band prepares for another wave. Slightly shy of 10 minutes the mood changes to close off the album as this train arrives to its final stop. I’m done. That’s it. Thanks Marker, you’ve just delivered a classic.
New Industries by Marker
Marker is touring Europe and will be performing a two night residency with a host of special guests in Berlin on March 18th and 19th at ACUD MACHT NEU. For more information, please see here.
Christel Kumpen said...
2 day Marker Residency in Antwerp 29 and 30 March 2019
http://soundinmotion.be/events/visitations-i/
Nick Ostrum said...
An excellent review, Gustav.
Captain Hate said...
Thanks for making me aware of this so I can snag it before it sells out. That this site was mentioned on the Bandcamp page is high praise because Ken doesn't have any use for reviews that don't get what he's doing.
Gennaro said...
Great review for an amazing band!
Gustav said...
Thanks for kind comments!
Another great review, Gustav. Your writing on Marker has been really wonderful.
Thanks Lee, that means a lot to me!
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‘Half of RM1bil total surpluses went to affordable housing’
FMT Reporters
GEORGE TOWN: Penang, which has annually boasted of a record budget surplus since the opposition took over the state in 2008, says its accumulated surpluses would have reached more than RM1 billion if half of that had not been spent on building public and affordable housing.
Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said if RM500 million of the RM658 million worth of land sales since 2008 had not gone into the state’s public and affordable housing fund, the accumulated surpluses would have reached RM1.07 billion.
He said it was also clear Penang’s record annual budget surpluses, which had added up to RM574 million over eight years, had not been due to the sale of land, which had mainly gone into the public and affordable housing fund.
He said this put paid to the administration’s political opponents’ claim that Penang’s surpluses were due to land sales.
“The state government has received a total revenue of RM4.9 billion since 2008. Land sales revenue since that year amount to RM658 million, or 13%, of the total state revenue.
“From the RM658 million, the state allocated RM500 million to the public and affordable housing fund to build low-cost, low-medium cost housing priced below RM300,000.
“In other words, since 2008, only RM158 million contributed to the accumulated surpluses of RM574 million,” he said in a statement today.
The surpluses were also spent on state welfare initiatives, Lim said, citing the RM400 million for 1.6 million Penangites and schools; as well as public infrastructure projects.
He said the administration’s CAT (competency, accountability and transparency) motto was the reason Penang could record surpluses while reducing state debts.
Taking a swipe at the federal government, Lim said that with Penang’s annual surpluses, the state could lend Putrajaya the RM50 million it promised but had yet to disburse to Chinese primary schools last year.
“Is the federal government so poor that for the second year running, it cannot even find the RM50 million development funds promised to Chinese primary schools last year?
“Something is very wrong and shameful if the federal government cannot even find RM50 million, or 0.02%, of the entire RM261 billion 2017 Budget,” he said.
It was reported that due to budget cuts, the education ministry could not give the schools the funds promised last year, and was presently working on an alternative solution.
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Official heat warning: Drink cool liquids, stay out of the sun, take it easy
On Sunday, it'll be so hot that we can: a.) fry an egg on a Detroit sidewalk b.) tie a record high for June 17 c.) stay hydrated and out of the sun?
Official heat warning: Drink cool liquids, stay out of the sun, take it easy On Sunday, it'll be so hot that we can: a.) fry an egg on a Detroit sidewalk b.) tie a record high for June 17 c.) stay hydrated and out of the sun? Check out this story on Freep.com: https://on.freep.com/2JSBbls
Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press Published 10:11 p.m. ET June 16, 2018 | Updated 11:43 a.m. ET June 17, 2018
In September 2017, Boston White of Detroit runs through the water being sprayed at a splash pad along the River Walk in downtown Detroit.(Photo: Ryan Garza, Detroit Free Press)Buy Photo
Metro Detroiters, brace for a heat wave — because scorching temperatures as high as 96 degrees are predicted for Sunday across most of southeast Michigan.
The heat, coupled with muggy relative humidity of more than 50%, could bring us a heat index of more than 100 — a level that can be hazardous to health, according to the National Weather Service. It's a dangerous level for elderly people without air conditioning, those who undertake strenuous outdoor exertion and anyone who fails to drink enough cool liquids while in the heat, the Weather Service said Saturday.
Also vulnerable are children and animals. "Never leave kids or pets unattended" in vehicles, says a Weather Service advisory.
More: Escape the heat advisory at Detroit cooling centers
The agency's map of southeast Michigan for Sunday cloaks most of the region in deep red under the ominous headline: "Heat Advisory is in Effect." And if the two-day forecast holds, another warning could be issued for Monday, although that day's high in metro Detroit is to be slightly cooler at 94 degrees.
A heat advisory is in effect from 10am to Midnight on Sunday. #MIwxpic.twitter.com/IIwAlpsMN6
— NWS Detroit (@NWSDetroit) June 16, 2018
"That's still hot," said Jordan Dale, staff meteorologist at the Weather Service's regional station in White Lake Township, northwest of Detroit in Oakland County. That's right where it could get hotter than, well, technically speaking, a well-digger's rear end in Texas.
That's because the worst heat will descend inland, peaking on Sunday afternoon in the counties of Oakland, Washtenaw, Genesee and Saginaw. Areas bordering the Great Lakes and the Detroit River will stay slightly cooler, Dale said.
Blistering heat this weekend: How to stay cool
It's been nearly a century since Detroit was that cold on Dec. 27
The heat and humidity will cook Michigan from around Bay City all the way south through Detroit to the Ohio state line. Yet, the region still won't likely tie the record high of 99 recorded for both Sunday's and Monday's dates — June 17 and 18. The records were set in the same heat wave of 1994, according to the Weather Service.
This weekend's heat wave is expected to taper off Monday night when thunderstorms are predicted for metro Detroit. That will chill things considerably, bringing down Tuesday's high to just 78 degrees in Detroit.
Contact blaitner@freepress.com
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Lawsuit #1 – On September 5, 2012, Broward Bulldog — now Florida Bulldog — filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit in federal court in Fort Lauderdale against the Department of Justice and the FBI. The 25-page FOIA complaint seeks records of an FBI investigation involving a Saudi family, former residents of Sarasota, who may have provided aid or assistance to the 9/11 hijackers. U.S. District Judge William J. Zloch, Fort Lauderdale, presiding.
Lawsuit #2 – On June 15, 2016, the Bulldog again sued the FBI and Justice Department – this time seeking records about the FBI 9/11 Review Commission. Those records include the commission’s efforts to discredit an April 2002 FBI report released under the Freedom of Information Act that corroborated earlier reporting about the Saudi family’s quick exit from their Sarasota home two weeks before the attacks and their apparent ties to the 9/11 hijackers. The Bulldog and the FBI appealed a 2017 ruling by Miami U.S. District Judge Cecilia Altonaga. A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in July and is expected to rule soon.
Mandatory Declassification Review – Florida Bulldog Editor Dan Christensen and 9/11 authors Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan are also pursuing what’s known as a Mandatory Declassification Review of 28 pages that were censored from the report to the nation by Congress’s Joint Inquiry into the terrorist attacks. Those pages involve “specific sources of foreign support” for the hijackers while they were in the U.S. The matter, filed in 2013, is before the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel. CASE CLOSED JANUARY 2017. Key documents from the Mandatory Declassification Review and FOIA cases are below.
FOIA LAWSUIT #2 (9/11 Review Commission):
***NEW***
7/19/18 – Oral arguments before three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals (70 minutes) Listen or download. Scroll to 3rd case…Broward Bulldog Inc. v U.S. Department of Justice et al.
5/31/18 – Memorandum to counsel re oral argument
5/31/18 – Notice of Special Hearing
2/9/18 – Defendant’s reply brief
1/12/18 – Plaintiffs’ reply and cross-answer brief
11/29/17 – Justice Department answer brief and initial brief on cross appeal
10/23/17 – Amicus brief of Media in Support of Plaintiffs Amicus brief of Media in Support of Plaintiffs
10/16/17 – Initial Appeal Brief by Broward Bulldog Inc. doing business as Florida Bulldog
6/29/17 – Judge Altonaga’s final order
6/2/17 – Joint Status Report Regarding the Conclusion of this Case
6/2/17 – Motion for Reconsideration of Court’s Order Denying Defendants’s Motion for Summary Judgement
6/2/17 – Exhibit 1 to Motion for Reconsideration
5/16/17 – Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Motions for Summary Judgment
3/28/17 – Plaintiffs Opposition to Motion for Summary Judgment on Count 1
3/14/17 – Defendants Motion for Summary Judgment on Count I
2/27/17 – Order Granting in Part and Denying in Part Motion for Partial Summary Judgment
1/19/17 – Defendants’ Reply to Response to Motion for Summary Judgment on Counts 2 and 3
1/13/17 – Plaintiffs Memo in Opposition to Defendants Motion for Summary Judgment on Counts 2 and 3 Hearing set for Feb. 7, 8 a.m. before Miami U.S. District Court Judge Cecilia Altonaga
1/13/17 – Declaration of Dan Christensen Exhibits removed due to large file
1/13/17 – Declaration of Terry Strada
**New** – 12/31/16 – Defendants Motion for Summary Judgment on Counts 2 and 3
12/31/16 – DE-27-1 Second Declaration of David M. Hardy
12/20/16 – Government Motion to Continue Trial denied
8/10/16 – Order Cancelling Mediation
8/3/16 – Scheduling Order
7/25/16 – Answer and Affirmative Defenses
6/15/16 — Complaint
FOIA LAWSUIT #1 (FBI’s Sarasota investigation):
12/31/18 — FBI Response to Request for Status Conference
12/17/18 – Plaintiff’s 2nd Request for Status Conference
Exhibits – Senate Joint Resolution 69 (Khashoggi)
Senate Joint Resolution 54 (Yemen War)
Congressional Record of 12-13-2018 (re SJR 69 & 54)
8/17/18 – FBI’s Notice of 90 Days Expiring
5/8/18 – Plaintiffs’ Notification of 90 Days Expiring
2/1/18 – Reply to FBI response to motion to modify protective order
1/25/18 – Government’s opposition to motion to modify protective order
1/11/18 – Plaintiffs motion to modify protective order to allow discovery
1/11/18 – FDLE memo re interview of Wissam Taysir Hammoud re Abdulaziz al-Hijji
1/11/18 – FBI memo re interview of Wissam Taysir Hammoud re Abdulaziz al-Hijji
1/11/18 – Memorandum in opposition to FBI’s renewed motion for summary judgment
1/11/18 – Declaration of Thomas R. Julin
1/11/18 – Plaintiffs response to FBI’s statement of uncontroverted material facts
11/27/17 – FBI’s statement of uncontroverted material facts
11/27/17 – Appendix for numbered redactions
11/27/17 – Index explaining location of responsive documents
11/27/17 – Universe of documents
11/27/17 – Fifth declaration of David M. Hardy
11/27/17 – FBI’s renewed motion for summary judgment
10/16/17 – Order setting summary judgment briefing schedule
3/31/17 – Order on Interim Motion for Attorneys Fees
8/8/16 – Defense Notice of Declassification
5/31/16 – Interim motion for attorney fees
3/22/16 – Paperless order by Judge William J. Zloch denying 4/24/15 motion for status conference and to depose FBI agent
5/11/15 – FBI response to request to depose FBI agent
4/24/15 — Request to depose FBI agent
7/1/14 —Document release #4. 11 pages.
6/6/14 — Fourth Hardy Declaration Document Release #3. 31 pages.
5/9/14 — Third Hardy Declaration Document Release #2. 4 pages.
5/1/14 — Defendants Notice of In Camera Filing-boxes
4/18/14 — Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration and Defendants Notice of In Camera Filing
4/17/14 — Government’s Motion for Reconsideration and Second Hardy Declaration
4/6/14 — Further Order on Motion to Compel
4/4/14 Order Compelling Better Search
3/26/14 — Newspapers’ amicus brief
3/20/14 — Order granting leave to file amicus brief
10/9/13 — Government motion opposing the filing of an Amicus brief by The Miami Herald
9/27/13 — Miami Herald Motion for Leave to File Amicus Curiae Brief
9/13/13– Sarasota Herald Tribune Motion to Intervene
8/15/13 — Our Reply to Government’s Response to Motion to Compel
8/7/13 — Government’s Response to Motion to Compel
7/19/13 — Our Motion to Compel Additional Search
7/12/13 — Order from Pretrial Conference
6/28/13 — Order Denying Defendants Motion to Dismiss Complaint
6/19/13 — Defendants Motion for Protective Order
6/26/13 — Joint Pretrial Stipulation
7/6/13 — Plaintiffs Opposition to Motion for Protective Order
6/10/13 — Government’s Reply to Memorandum in Opposition
5/31/13 — Our Memorandum in Opposition to Summary Judgment
5/13/14 — The Government’s Motion for Summary Judgment Government Exhibits
3/29/13 — FBI Document Release — #1. 35 pages.
12/13/12 — The Government’s Reply to our Memorandum in Opposition to Dismissal
12/3/12 — Our Response in Opposition to the Motion to Dismiss the Complaint
11/19/12 — The Government’s Motion to Dismiss
9/5/12 Our FOIA complaint
MANDATORY DECLASSIFICATION REVIEW (28 pages and underlying documents):
1/13/17 — ISCAP Release of the 28 Pages Part1 With asserted reasons for each redaction ISCAP Release of the 28 PagesPart2 ISCAP Release of the 28 PagesPart3
7/15/16 – 28pages released by President Obama. ISCAP proceedings continue regarding underlying FBI, CIA documents
10/1/14 — Letter to ISCAP from Members of Congress
7/15/14 — Letter from John P. Fitzpatrick regarding ISCAP Appeal
7/10/14 — Appeal to Interagency Classification Appeals Panel (ISCAP) regarding the 28 pages
7/3/14 — Letter from David M. Hardy (FBI) Denying Request for a Mandatory Declassification Review
3/17/14 — Review Committee will hear appeal
2/13/14 — Request for Declassification Review Committee Determination
12/3/13 — H. Res. 428 -Congressmen urge Obama to declassify 28 pages from censored 9/11 report
10/2/13 — 9/11 Families press release
6/26/13 — DOJ Response to Request for Mandatory Declassification Review
6/20/13 — 9/11 Families Letter to President Obama
6/10/13 — Request to White House to release 28 censored page from Congress’s report on 9/11
6/10/13 — Request to Department of Justice for Mandatory Declassification Review of the 28 pages
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Jackson Rip Holmes / January 10, 2013
Dear Broward Bulldog:
I SUPPORT YOUR HEROICALLY PATRIOTIC EFFORTS 100%.
I support your HEROIC efforts to get the truth as to what appears to have been Saudi Government, and Saudi Royal Family, logistical and financial support for the 9/11/2001 hijackers.
These records need to be made public, both via your Freedom of Information Act Request and litigation, and through the US Government declassifying the US Congressional Joint Inquiry into the 9/11/2001 Attack, the chapter on foreign support for the hijackers, which in my opinion was wrongfully classified by the Bush Administration.
Obviously, if one assumes the Saudi Government helped bring about the 9/11/2001 attack, our country is not presently safe from their repeating such an attack on our U.S. Homeland.
Sincerely, and I SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS 100%,
Jackson Rip Holmes
915 Palermo Avenue, 106
E. holmesrip2@aol.com
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Douglas Martin / June 6, 2013
To all those at the Broward Bulldog; keep up your rentless efforts to obtain the FBI records pertaining to the 9/11 terrorists and the Saudi family that abrutly left prior to the attacks.The FBI is obviously stonewalling and using subtrefuge in order to prevent this information from reaching the publuc domain.Continue your bulldogged relentless pursuit of the truth. Your dogged determination to report the apparent obfuscation by the FBI is raising awareness and support from those who demand to know the connection and to hold our law enforcement officials accountable to disclose all the relevent information regarding 9/11.
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Sean Kelley-Joyce / June 11, 2013
The same Sean Joyce you have had problems with is not only the cousin of Jill Kelley whome he used to disrupt CIA and NATO, his other cousins are the ones who designed and planned the 2001 september 11th incidents, using a cover as an insurance fraud sting against chris dodd, lieberman, and dov zakheim, and using fly-by-wire control systems provided by another of Joyce’s cousins from a military air wing, and even more important: the nato and norad overrides and other technical support including flight control and authorities were provided by another cousin of Sean Joyce who runs the correlating machines that handle all the norad radar targeting identification and emergency flight control, conveniently all of whome place back door access interfaces into ALL of the conventional weapons, flight control systems, military weapons, and of course, back door and wiretap nsa and fbi wiretap systems.
That’s a big cartel, eh?
Donald Sheldono / July 15, 2013
While I am not one who believes that 911 was/is a US government conspiracy I do believe that we need to completely investigate and know everything there is to know about who was involved including but not limited to Saudi’s living here in the US at the time.
Keep up the effort. You will succeed and I salute your effort on this matter
Donald Sheldon,
Chairman Libertarian Party of Broward County Florida
Josh Caleb Mayorga / July 1, 2015
Wow you guys are my heroes. Great to see someone actively seeking truth about who was involved on that horrible day. Keep up the good work!
Jim Hogue / October 7, 2016
Wow. I’m impressed. I invite anyone connected with this effort to be a guest on my radio program. http://www.wgdr.org House at Pooh Corner.
I have a few articles up at Baltimore Chronicle.
Jim Hogue
Jane Clark / June 8, 2017
The Bulldog should be praised for their efforts and resilience in continuing these long FOIA lawsuits and I am so appreciative of their efforts! If you can contribute to this online newspaper, you should immediately as where do you find a newspaper like this that does these so important matters and posts the materials, letters, responses, and FOIA documents online for you all free??? If you follow their lead, you can file any FOIA action just by their example!! My hero is this newspaper!
adam / September 5, 2018
i wish you would release the gate records for Prestancia, or the phone records for the house,
so that we can see for ourselves
Dan Christensen (Author) / September 5, 2018
Adam – We do not have the gate or phone records. The FBI has stated in court that it never obtained those records, which is contrary to what our sources have told us.
ilkay kowalke / September 11, 2018
In the name of all German People we will say thank you for the patriots of the USA and the fighters for the truth keep up the great work.cant never forget this horrible day.i wish you could reales the gate or phone record’s,which is never obtained.pleas can you try to get them please.thank you Dan Christensen you are one of my heroes.
Mike / June 20, 2019
Has there been any update to the outstanding cases in 2019?
Dan Christensen (Author) / June 23, 2019
Not so far, Mike. Developments, when they come, will be reported.
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Teso Kyere Finger Millet Varieties
Soroti
Cereals and flours
Finger millet is a traditional food in Uganda, particularly in the northeast of the country. It arrived over 200 years ago from the lake islands of Ethiopia, brought by the ancestors of the Teso people, now the country’s second-largest ethnic group. The civil war in northern Uganda, which lasted for 20 years and ended in 2006, caused serious damage to agriculture and threatened the survival of native millet varieties. Another problem is the introduction of new millet varieties that are faster-growing, cannot tolerate long periods of drought, and do not maintain a constant yield when replanted. Around Kyere, a town in the eastern district of Serere, four traditional millet varieties have survived: emoru, emiroit, engweny and ebega, each with its own characteristics.
Depending on the variety, the small spikes are either separated or joined in a single inflorescence, and the grains are either dark yellow or brown. Tall-stalked ebega and engweny are excellent for making atap (similar to polenta) and a porridge called akuma. Emiroit, which is drought-resistant, and emoru are the varieties best suited to making beer (ajon).
In January, during the dry season, the farmers prepare the land and, when the first rains arrive, they plant the millet, intercropped with corn and sorghum. Three to six weeks later the ground is weeded by hand. When the millet is ripe (in July and August), it is harvested by cutting the stalks with a knife. The spikes are stored whole or left in the sun to dry, and then placed in bags and beaten with a traditional tool (called an adaet or aicomet ) to separate the grains. These are then ground with a stone (the traditional method) or at processing centers to obtain millet flour.
The grains and the flour can be stored for over a year if kept in a cool, dry granary. Moisture and insects will affect the millet’s shelf life and flavor.
Rich in methionine, an amino acid that many staple foods in the area lack, millet is an essential part of the local diet. It is also an important source of income for women, who process it into various fermented and non-fermented beverages. The harvest is a time of great celebration in every house: For the Itesots (from the Teso ethnic group) the fresh millet cannot be sampled until the new harvest has been celebrated by preparing roasted goat and drinking ajon.
In the eastern Ugandan district of Serere, 85% of producers grow millet, but just 20% continue to sow the traditional varieties, which have been replaced by high-yielding varieties promoted by regional research institutes and foreign companies. Some producers from the Teso ethnic group have decided to take action to preserve the traditional millet. Women and men, joined in an association, work together and share all the activities (sowing, weeding, harvesting, drying, threshing, processing, and selling). Only the women do the winnowing, as they are the only ones patient enough to carefully clean the tiny millet grains using an eritei (a flat, round basket).
Launched in October 2016, the Presidium promotes the traditional varieties among both farmers and consumers, adds value to the products at a local level and in nearby towns, and works to improve cleaning and processing techniques.
Kyere town in the Teso ethnic area, Kyere sub-county, Serere district, Eastern region
The Presidium involves 30 producers (12 women and 18 men), members of the association of producers and agricultural processors of Eastern Uganda.
Producers’ Coordinators
Onyaiti B.A.G.
Oile Charles
tel. +256 7744660723
charlesoile@yahoo.com
John Wanyu
j.wanyu@slowfood.it
Region Soroti
Categories Cereals and flours
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Celebrity Chef Gastropub Craze
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Over the past decade we’ve seen well-known chefs trade in the fancy white tablecloths for more laid back atmospheres and relaxed restaurants. But that doesn’t mean the food is downgraded just because they left the dress code at the door. In fact, many star chefs are digging deeper into the gastropub realm, which is exactly what it sounds like: gastronomy in a pub setting. Our Forbes Travel Guide editors looked into this new craze and got the inside scoop on the latest celebrity chef trend.
Planning a trip to London to check out some new gastropubs? Find out the best places to stay from Forbes Travel Guide’s first-ever London Star Award winners.
Pints at Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill in Vegas, photo courtesy Caesars Palace
At first glance, The Eagle is just another of London’s many innocuous neighborhood pubs on busy Farringdon Road in the city’s less frequented Clerkenwell neighborhood. At second glance, it’s a landmark restaurant responsible for igniting the gastropub trend. Why? It is believed that the term “gastropub” was actually coined to describe the innovative food at The Eagle when the owners took over in 1991. It may be the first, but hardly the last.
Today there’s no strict definition of gastropub, but since half the name is “pub,” it should definitely have a pub-like environment. The Eagle upgraded classic English dishes like “roast of the day” with the best possible ingredients and culinary techniques, but also broke new ground by featuring a Mediterranean-influenced menu with bowls of olives, pastas, eggplant and an unusual signature dish for a British pub: a Portuguese steak sandwich with a spicy dressing of onion, garlic, chili, herbs and seasoning, sautéed in red wine and olive oil, on a crusty roll.
P.U.B., photo courtesy MGM Resorts International
The Eagle’s newfound gastropub concept broke traditional rules and begged for creative imitation, and more than a decade later, a bevy of celebrity chefs bored with upgrading classic American steakhouses are trying their hand at gastropubs. The most notable early success has been Forbes Travel Guide Tastemaker Todd English, who opened P.U.B. (Public Urban Bar) four years ago in Las Vegas. There are a lot of celebrity chefs in Sin City, tons of bars and even plenty of pubs, but English, the James Beard Award-winning chef behind Olives and many other well-received eateries, immediately carved out a niche and attracted both visitors and locals—something that’s very hard to do in Las Vegas, especially on the Strip. His formula is simple: a comfortable, fun atmosphere; reasonable prices; tons of beers; two happy hours each day; and food that’s more interesting and better than it should be in this setting.
P.U.B.’s chili is made from braised prime rib. There are Chinese-style duck buns; chicken Parm sliders; an all-beef, foot-long, artisanal kosher hot dog on brioche roll; three styles of fries; and a fancy grilled cheese with Brie and craft bacon. There’s a full (and very good) raw bar. Plus, English hits the traditional points as well: bubble and squeak, bangers and mash, shepherd’s pie and a full “carvery,” with meats from prime rib to crispy duck legs to brisket. The beer menu includes nearly 50 draught beers from all over the world, a wide selection of bottled Trappist beers, large format beer bottles, beer flights, hard ciders and even mead. P.U.B.—which sits next to the lobby of Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star ARIA Resort & Casino—has been popular round the clock since CityCenter opened.
Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill in Vegas, photo courtesy Caesars Palace
Vegas recently attracted another celebrity chef, Gordon Ramsay, who knows a thing or two about pubs. In December he opened Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill in Caesars Palace with one entire wall built out of beer kegs. Ramsay tweaks convention by operating two restaurants under one roof: the more casual pub, with elevated English classics—think Irish stew made from beef cheeks and creamed spinach blended with beet greens—and the grill, with meat-centric entrées such as a lamb T-bone and whole Cornish game hen cooked in the traditional Italian “al mattone” style, under a brick.
Just down the Strip at MGM Grand, Michael Mina of Aqua and Stripsteak fame is preparing to open his “American gastropub” 1842 Pub in June, which will feature craft beer, sausage, seafood and burgers, and includes an indoor wood-fired grill, rare outside of Argentina. Mina may be the latest celebrity chef on the Vegas gastropub bandwagon, but he already has one under his belt in Baltimore: Wit & Wisdom at the Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore. Wit & Wisdom might well be a preview of 1842, describing itself as a “modern American tavern” that “redefines the ordinary tavern and elevates it,” with a focus on the area’s abundant seafood (a lot of oysters and crab cakes), plus gourmet comfort fare like roasted bone marrow, Maine lobster pot pie, and macaroni and cheese made with smoked gouda and goat chèvre.
Wit & Wisdom, photo courtesy Four Seasons
Boston is home to the newest kid on the block thanks to Forbes Travel Guide Tastemaker Ming Tsai, who opened his Blue Dragon in the city’s waterfront district in February. Tsai describes it as an Asian gastropub, and it was an immediate smash hit, with very reasonable prices, a broad selection of beer and draught wine, and delicious food. Tsai’s twist is to incorporate Asian ingredients in traditional pub dishes and vice versa, not to create fusion but to bring out bold new flavors. For example, his Indonesian curried lamb shepherd’s pie is the best shepherd’s pie we’ve ever had, including everything we’ve tried in the British Isles. Likewise for his Asian sloppy Joe—it’s a braised pork and beef blend in a sauce that includes hoisin and sambal and tastes like the Manwich fondly recalled from youth, only much, much better. Late night, the eatery sells these as sliders at the bar for a dollar a pop. —Larry Olmsted
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Home Film Film Reviews Not So Minny Laughs
Not So Minny Laughs
The whole time I was watching New in Town, I was wondering why Renée Zellweger didn’t fit her role. In this throwaway comedy she plays Lucy, a Miami-based executive for a food conglomerate who’s sent to Minnesota just before Thanksgiving to close down a plant that provides most of the jobs for a small town. The film gives the star many chances to do physical comedy, which she turns out to be really good at.
She’s been called on before to perform some occasional slapstick (in Down With Love and the Bridget Jones movies), but we’ve never seen her use her gymnastics and dance skills for comic purposes as much as we do in this movie, which has her welcomed to Minnesota by a blast of wind, taking a drunken fall over a porch railing, and frantically trying to unzip herself from some heavy overalls so she can pee. Danish director Jonas Elmer assists her by delicately framing the gags for maximum effect. Most of the film’s low-wattage entertainment value comes from seeing this side of Zellweger’s talent used to full effect.
And yet she’s still wrong for the part. Lucy’s supposed to be a hyper-organized Type A person who lapses into business jargon when she tries to talk to factory workers. This calls for a lead actress who can be dry and starchy, and Zellweger doesn’t fit the bill. Her voice is too soft, and her sense of fun is too close to the surface. If the filmmakers had imagined Lucy as someone who’s not a take-charge all-business person but is trying to fit into that mold because her job requires it of her, Zellweger could have made out all right.
The casting isn’t the only problem here. The chemistry goes missing in the romantic subplot between Lucy and the heartthrob of a local union rep (Harry Connick Jr.). The episode in which Lucy makes over the guy’s teenage daughter (Ferron Guerreiro) prior to her first date seems shoehorned in from a different film, and there’s a confusing bit when Lucy tries and fails to enlist the help of the fired plant foreman (J.K. Simmons), only to have him mysteriously change his mind in the very next scene. It feels like a lot of connective tissue got left on the cutting-room floor.
The movie also undercuts itself. The script constantly pokes fun at these working-class Minnesotans, with their broad accents and silly local customs, yet it then hectors us city folk in the audience that these are real people with real problems. The presence of Simmons practically forces us to compare this movie to Juno, and Jason Reitman’s comedy created much more believable working-class Minnesota characters, stylized dialogue and all. For all the potential of its “tropical fish plunged into ice water” setup, New in Town is just old shtick and not particularly inspired shtick at that.
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Home Global News African Diaspora News is it worth getting your man, if you jeopardise your mission?
is it worth getting your man, if you jeopardise your mission?
Source: Kerstin Carlson, Associate Professor International Law, University of Southern Denmark / The Conversation
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has been trying without success to take custody of Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir for more than a decade. In April, al-Bashir was removed from power, and in June he appeared before a Sudanese court on corruption charges.
Following al-Bashir’s fall, the ICC has reinvigorated its call for his extradition. This is fraught with danger, however, because it requires that the ICC cooperate with the men who have taken charge in Sudan, who are themselves deeply implicated in the very acts that al-Bashir is accused of. Such cooperation risks damaging the ICC’s reputation and legitimising a criminal regime.
Ten years ago the ICC indicted Sudan’s president Omar al-Bashir, together with four others, for the genocide in Darfur. But neither Sudan – nor any other state – would turn him over. In 2014, the ICC suspended its investigations in Darfur because neither Sudan nor the UN Security Council were co-operating. It was the Security Council that had referred the situation in Darfur to the court in 2005.
Even though the ICC has stopped its investigations in Darfur, the case against al-Bashir continued to trigger several political imbroglios for the court. Pressure on South Africa to arrest the visiting al-Bashir in 2015 led to the country’s near exit from the Court. The ICC ultimately determined not to punish South Africa’s non-cooperation.
Earlier this year the ICC Appeals Chamber issued its latest decision on questions involving noncooperation regarding al-Bashir, this time against against Jordan. Again the court articulated its right to try state sovereigns while determining not to sanction the uncooperative member state.
Thus before al-Bashir’s fall from power, his indictment had developed into a lose-lose situation for the Court and its proponents. On the one hand, the situation that prompted the indictment – the genocide in Darfur – was ongoing and unaddressed by the court. On the other hand, any action the ICC could take against al-Bashir was politically costly, continuing to weaken an institution already under threat.
Late last year protesters began assembling in cities across Sudan, calling for al-Bashir’s resignation. Some were killed, others beaten and arrested. Nevertheless the Sudanese authorities also showed restraint, and stories of soldiers protecting protesters against security forces made international headlines.
In April, amid much celebration, al-Bashir was removed from power by a military council.
But the euphoria was short lived. In the two months since his removal, demonstrations have intensified, seeking to pressure the military council which deposed him to relinquish power. This interim government is nominally led by Lt General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, an unknown figure with experience fighting in Yemen and with ties to the Rapid Support Force, the paramilitary group responsible for ongoing atrocities in Darfur. But, real power is said to lie with his second in command, Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo (known as Hemeti whose forces now control Khartoum.
On June 3 Hemeti’s fighters killed more than 100 protesters and raped and sexually abused dozens of people. As Alaa Salah, the woman pictured in the iconic, April 2019 photo of peaceable Sudanese protests, told The New York Times,
For years Hemeti killed and burned in Darfur. Now Darfur has come to Khartoum.
Hemeti has contested the numbers but not the aim of the violence, saying,
We will not allow chaos and we will not go back on our convictions. There is no way back. We must impose the respect of the country by law.
For Sudan, for now, that seems to be the law of the armed and not the rule of law.
The question of prosecution
In May, prosecutors in Sudan announced that al-Bashir would be tried for corruption, financing terror, and for protest deaths. This answered concerns that a comfortable retirement was being planned for him.
But, conspicuously absent from the listed crimes are atrocities committed in Darfur and elsewhere – in other words the charges the ICC has laid against al-Bashir and four others. This means that local prosecutions will not address the international criminal law violations al-Bashir is accused of.
Against this backdrop, the ICC has now renewed calls for al-Bashir’s arrest. Speaking to the UN Security Council on 19 June 2019, the ICC prosecutor urged:
now is the time to act. Now is the time for the people of Sudan to choose law over impunity and ensure that the ICC suspects in the Darfur situation finally face justice in a court of law.
Her request is the immediate handover of al-Bashir and the four associates named in the 2009 arrest warrant.
But what would ICC prosecution of al-Bashir and his four associates mean, at this point?
In the present situation, the prosecutor’s articulation of “fighting impunity” rings hollow. This is because cooperation with the Sudanese government to try al-Bashir would mean cooperating with – even possibly legitimising – those who themselves have been implicated in genocide. This is a problem the ICC has faced, and failed, before.
Moreover, focusing resources on obtaining a post-power al-Bashir in the midst of ongoing atrocities by the governing authorities may strengthen a developing critique that the ICC is not objective and neutral, but rather political, pursuing foremost those who are not strong. The ICC’s recent determination not to move forward with investigations of US conduct in Afghanistan has bolstered this view.
The ICC asserts that it is “building a more just world”. But action that legitimises or strengthens authoritarian rule or criminal regimes does not serve that aim.
At this juncture, the ICC needs to ask itself a cost-benefit question: would the benefit of trying a defunct dictator who is already facing a future in jail override the detriment of legitimising a genocidal ruling authority? Is it worth getting your man, if you jeopardise your mission?
The content of this article does not necessarily reflect the views or opinion of Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com).
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Liberty Primary Steel Signs Contracts for >A$600m, Signalling Major Steps in Transforming GFG’s Whyalla Operations
Monday 10th December 2018
Liberty Primary Steel – part of Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance – today announced significant steps towards the transformation of the Alliance’s iconic Whyalla operations, signing contracts worth more than A$600m, representing a significant portion of the overall transformation cost.
In a major move forward, two contracts have been signed today for the design of equipment and construction with contracting partners:
Danieli, for a new, world-leading, state-of-the-art rail and structural heavy section mill
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Mr Gupta said these components would play a key role in securing Whyalla’s long-term future.
“This transformation will vastly improve the operational, financial and environmental performance of the operations, paving the way for Whyalla to become an enticing, global hub for innovative industry,” Mr Gupta said
“Today’s announcement signifies a major milestone in the Whyalla Transformation Program that will establish our operations as a viable and sustainable facility, producing 1.8 million tonnes of high-quality, high-end steel per year.”
“This now firmly cements GFG’s commitment to Whyalla’s development, and the start of a brighter and more prosperous journey that this city truly deserves.”
Mr Gupta said these particular components – which will now be designed, constructed and commissioned over the next three years – would increase production; reduce costs; and introduce a new product range, opening up new markets and customers.
He said these investments would be financed through a combination of funding sources – including GFG’s own resources and vendor finance – and will likely require support from the South Australian and Federal Governments.
“It’s fantastic that both Federal and State governments and opposition are here with us today to celebrate this momentous occasion – this great industrial endeavour has universal and bipartisan support,” Mr Gupta said.
“Naturally all stakeholders will need to be confident that the transformation will underpin the long-term, sustainable future of the operations. This is the very objective of the program, so I am confident it will win widespread support.”
Mr Gupta said GFG Alliance had already invested almost A$40 million in feasibility studies, and was well progressed in other areas of the transformation, including new Steelmaking equipment and on-site power generation.
City of Whyalla Mayor, Clare McLaughlin, said this was yet another fantastic announcement for the community.
“Most importantly for Whyalla, this project will create thousands of additional construction jobs and several hundred ongoing, with GFG committing to prioritising local skills,” Ms McLaughlin said.
“We will also see world-class skills from across the globe coming to Whyalla, so it will be fantastic exposure for our great city.”
“We are continuing to work with GFG on a number of community developments to ensure the city can grow and transform in unison with their operations.”
Further information contact:
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In November and December of 2013, Target Corporation suffered one of the largest cyber breaches to date. The breach that occurred during the busy holiday shopping season resulted in personal and credit card information of approximately 110 million Target customers being compromised. The case describes the details of the breach, circumstances that lead to it, consequences for customers and for Target, and the company's response. Additionally, the case discusses the role of management and the board of directors in cyber security at Target. Target's board of directors was subject to intense criticism by shareholders and governance experts such as the leading proxy advisor Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Lastly, the case discusses the critique and defense of the board's role and is designed to allow for a discussion of the causes and consequences of the cyber breach and accountability of directors in cyber security.
Keywords: Safety; Credit Cards; Customer Relationship Management; Online Technology; Governing and Advisory Boards; Crisis Management; Retail Industry;
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A Nonprofit Board in Transition at Farrington Nature Linc
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Uber in 2017: One Bumpy Ride
Suraj Srinivasan, Jay W. Lorsch and Quinn Pitcher
Uber Technologies Inc., the popular ride-hailing company, entered 2017 having doubled its bookings in 2016 and achieving a valuation of nearly $70 billion, making it the largest venture capital-backed company in the world. Co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick embodied the company, with a hard-charging attitude embedded in the company’s workplace culture that allowed it to successfully take on the entrenched taxi industry. Uber looked to enjoy another year of global growth in 2017, until lawsuits and a cascading series of scandals surrounding that same workplace culture led a group of powerful investors to seek Kalanick’s resignation to protect their investment. This case presents an overview of the growth of Uber, the impact of Kalanick, and the role that Uber’s board of directors had in shaping the company’s growth. It centers on the factors leading to Uber board members and investors to call for Kalanick’s resignation, focusing on how board oversight can help shape company culture and how entrepreneurial boards deal with founder CEOs. It then deals with the events that happened in the aftermath of Kalanick's resignation, including the appointment of Dara Khosrowshahi as CEO and the changes, the lawsuit brought against Kalanick by venture capital firm Benchmark Capital, and the governance changes proposed at the end of September 2017.
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06/21/2019 03:38 pm ET Updated Jun 21, 2019
Here's Why Impeachment Polling Is All Over The Place
Is support for impeachment at 27% or 50%? Depends on how you ask.
By Ariel Edwards-Levy
Democratic support for impeachment is continuing to grow both on the campaign trail and in Congress. At least 11 of the Democratic presidential candidates and at least 70 members of the House of Representatives have publicly supported the idea, which still faces continued reluctance from senior Democratic leaders including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
What the rest of America thinks about impeachment remains a more complicated question. A wave of new surveys tell often contradictory stories about the popularity of impeachment.
But a few clear findings do emerge: First, public opposition to impeachment generally outweighs support, to at least a modest degree. Second, support for impeachment shows no signs of ebbing. And third, it has the backing of most Democrats ― although many would still rather that presidential hopefuls spend their time talking about issues like health care.
How You Ask About Impeachment Matters
The problem with nailing down public opinion on impeachment isn’t a shortage of polling; it’s that the results are all over the place. In a review of seven of the polls taken this month, support for impeachment ranges from 27% in an NBC/Wall Street Journal survey, to 50% in a Fox News poll.
Both those results come from well-regarded national surveys taken by a bipartisan team of pollsters, and using similar methodology. There are a few differences: Fox polled registered voters, while the NBC/WSJ poll was of all adults; Fox’s question also came immediately following a question about whether or not the Trump campaign coordinated with the Russian government in 2016. Possibly the biggest difference, however, has to do with the answer choices respondents were given.
Here’s how Fox phrased the question:
Fox News poll
And here’s how NBC/WSJ put it:
Neither approach is more clearly correct. But the differences demonstrate how malleable opinions on the questions are, especially since people don’t necessarily have a clear idea of what impeachment entails. When the choice is framed as immediate impeachment on one side, nothing on the other, and further investigation in between, a significant share of people will go with the middle option; when “impeachment” is the middle option between “impeachment and removal” and nothing, it may look more appealing.
There are plenty of other variations to the ways outlets ask about impeachment, from whether they mention Congress to whether or not they give respondents an explicit option to say that they aren’t really sure, all of which probably adds to the variability in responses.
Chart created using Datawrapper.
Is Support For Impeachment Growing?
Polling also varies considerably on whether support for impeachment is growing or not. (Notably there’s nothing to suggest support for Trump’s impeachment is measurably shrinking.)
The NBC/WSJ poll noted a 10-point rise in support from the past month for immediately beginning impeachment, due almost entirely to an 18-point jump in support among Democrats. Politico/Morning Consult polling found an 8-point increase among Democrats between April and June. A tracking poll from the Democratic pollster Civiqs also found a more modest uptick within the past month among both Democrats and independents, although the change was well within the bounds of past surveys and may already be wearing down.
“While there hasn’t been a huge surge in support for impeachment over the past few months, we have seen a steady drumbeat across a number of data points that show impeachment is gaining even more support among Democrats,” noted Morning Consult’s vice president, Tyler Sinclair.
Others, however, suggest less change. HuffPost/YouGov polls taken in late May and in mid-June found similar levels of support for impeachment both times (between 38% and 41%), with opposition remaining consistent at 42%.
And a new Monmouth University survey found that views on impeachment had remained within the same 6-point range since the summer of 2017, making it just one of a plethora of metrics for gauging opinions of Trump to show very little substantive change.
“We asked ten different trend questions about Donald Trump and nothing has really moved. We could have just done a cut and paste with the numbers from any other poll and got pretty much the same result on each of these questions,” Patrick Murray, Monmouth’s polling director, noted in the survey’s release.
Democrats Want Impeachment, But It’s Not Their Top Focus
If Americans’ overall opinions on impeachment aren’t entirely clear, Democrats’ positions are far less hazy. Across eight polls taken since the beginning of June, between 62% and 85% of Democrats expressed support for impeachment.
Roughly 6 in 10 of those Democrats who back impeachment in the HuffPost/YouGov poll say it’s very important to them that Democratic House members work to impeach Trump.
Democrats also have a somewhat inflated idea of party leaders’ support for impeachment: a majority think that most House Democrats support impeachment (it’s currently closer to about one-third of the Democratic caucus). Only 19%, however, believe the proposal has near-universal support.
Some Democrats are willing to pursue that goal regardless of political consideration. When the progressive activist group Indivisible asked its members and others on their email list for their thoughts on impeachment, the responses they got “largely centered on moral arguments,” the group reported, with common sentiments including the idea that “It is the morally right thing to do to impeach him, even if it costs Democrats politically.”
Other proponents argue that pursuing impeachment would actually help Democrats politically.
“[P]olling can change,” wrote Adam Jentleson, the former deputy chief of staff to former Senate majority leader Harry Reid, citing Richard Nixon’s falling ratings throughout the impeachment process. “The void that House Democrats are ceding to Trump is the space between now and election day. Filling that space with easy messages like health care is not a viable option. And a good rule of thumb of politics is that if you have the power to do something that hurts your opponent, you should do it.”
For now, at least, most Democrats would still rather hear about health care.
In another recent HuffPost/YouGov survey, conducted June 18-19, only 18% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents said impeachment was among their top three issues for next year’s primary, making it a distant also-ran to health care, as well as topics like the environment and gun control. They were about equally as likely to say presidential candidates should spend less time talking about impeachment (21%) as they were to say the candidates should give the issue more time (23%).
And in a CBS/YouGov poll of early primary states, Democratic voters said more than two-to-one that they’d prefer to hear their candidates spend more time talking about trying to defeat Trump, rather than on impeaching him.
Ariel Edwards-Levy
Reporter and Polling Editor, HuffPost
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Architectural metaphors of knowledge: The Mundaneum designs of Maurice Heymans, Paul Otlet, and Le Corbusier
Van Acker, Wouter (Johns Hopkins University Press and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2012)
The author discusses the architectural plans of the Mundaneum made in the 1930s by the Belgian modernist architect Maurice Heymans in the footsteps of Le Corbusier and in collaboration with Paul Otlet. The Mundaneum was ...
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Video game obsession -- is it a new psychiatric disorder?
Dennis Robaugh
Jun 22, 2007 at 12:01 AM Jun 22, 2007 at 10:00 PM
AMA to vote on whether the plunge into excessive play should have its own classification of mental illness.
NOTE: AMA delegates could vote on the proposal as early as Monday.
When Atari’s Space Invaders first came out in 1978, I spent so much time playing that video game a blister formed on my thumb.
The sound effects embedded themselves so deeply in my mind, I could hear them in my sleep.
But my fascination proved fleeting.
I discovered girls. Video games evolved without me.
Almost three decades later, so many people are now so hopelessly plugged into their video games, their obsessive play may spawn a new psychiatric disorder.
A group of doctors within the American Medical Association is suggesting excessive video game play be classified as a unique mental condition. Doing so would raise its profile, codify the affliction in the American Psychiatric Association manual and allow doctors to bill insurance companies for treatment.
What are the perilous signs of this malady?
Kids hiding in their rooms.
Skipping meals and showers.
Hostility and poor schoolwork.
Sounds a bit like adolescence. Maybe that’s a disease, too.
Nine out of 10 kids today play video games. And the AMA says about 5 million — about 15 percent — are so obsessed with these virtual worlds created by gamers that their compulsive play could be an addiction.
If someone is hooked on drugs, booze or cigarettes, chemical changes take place in the brain when the substance enters the body. Some doctors who’ve researched video game compulsions say the energy of video games can have the same effect on the brain of a fervent player — just like compulsive gambling.
But should this defect in impulse control be a disease all its own?
In Amsterdam, there’s a detox center for game-playing kids. Smith & Jones Addiction Consultants created the program because they saw more people — mostly males under 30 — succumbing to their computer-game obsession and ruining their lives, according to WebMD.
They try to disconnect the gamers from their video worlds in the same way doctors try to reconnect morbidly obese food addicts and bone-thin bulimics with healthy eating.
Web sites, such as On-Line Gamers Anonymous, are attracting worried parents and gamers who’ve come to a startling epiphany.
Gamers Anonymous has adopted its own 12 Steps, among them:
Admit to a powerlessness over online gaming; admit life has become unmanageable. (Does that mean you’re not Harry Potter? That thing you ate wasn’t a Bertie Botts booger-flavored bean?)
Believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. (At what level of play do you find this Power? Is he a Level 12 wizard?)
Make a list of all persons harmed, and make amends to them all. (Does this include the dozens of pimps, prostitutes, gangbangers and pedestrians you offed in Grand Theft Auto 3?)
Decide to turn your will and your life over to the care of God. (You hit life’s reset button.)
As tempting as it may be to poke fun at this modern-day malady and claim the head shrinkers are exaggerating the problem, a significant body of research already suggests violent video games subconsciously feed aggressive and antisocial behavior.
Video games do affect the mind.
The key question is, should the good doctors create an entirely new category of mental disorder for this particular addiction? If they do, what does it say for personal responsibility? Does it let off the hook those parents who plug in a GameCube or an Xbox and forget about their child?
Ours is an addiction-laden culture. People can become hooked on anything, whether it’s a substance or an activity — television, sweets, liquor, plastic surgery, sex.
Video games are just as intense as any of these. Some are so involved they seem like an entirely different world. And children are falling in. Parents are turning to doctors for aid. We shouldn’t dismiss what these games have wrought.
But obsessive video gaming already seems to fit any number of diagnoses that speak to the underlying frailties that enslave kids and young adults to these games.
A new name isn’t needed for a new version of an old problem.
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'Breaking Bad': Walter White's 5 Most Evil Acts (Poll)
Heisenberg has been wreaking havoc for five seasons -- and this is him at his worst.
Warning: Spoilers ahead for those not caught up on Breaking Bad.
Breaking Bad has just two episodes left, and while there's plenty of time for Walter White (Bryan Cranston) to continue to break bad, it's as good a time as any to look back at his misdeeds over the past five seasons.
We predict Walt's most despicable acts are behind him. He is poised to seek revenge on the Aryan gang – and it's hard to imagine he'll do anything worse than leaving Jesse (Aaron Paul) to be tortured and murdered at their hands.
Below find The Hollywood Reporter's list of Walt's greatest misdeeds, and be sure to vote in our poll and share what you think deserves the No. 1 spot.
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5. Killing Mike
Mike (Jonathan Banks) is spot-on in his assessment of Walt when he blames him for ruining what they had with Gus: "You, and your pride and your ego! You just had to be the man! If you’d known your place, we’d all be fine right now!" It's that ego that makes Walt kill Mike for refusing to give up the names of his men in prison. Mike is certainly not innocent, but his death served no purpose. Walt didn't gain anything from it other than satisfying a momentary urge to lash out in anger.
4. Poisoning Brock
Walt risked killing a little boy in order to save his own skin. And while he may be correct when he tells Jesse in season five that he knew exactly how much to give Brock, the kid was hospitalized and nearly died.
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3. Letting Jane Die
Jane's (Krysten Ritter) death is among the most important in the series, and was a huge milestone for Walt on his Heisenberg journey. Walt's face is full of regret as he watches, and its easy to imagine him losing a piece of his soul at this moment. If that weren't enough, Jane's death ultimately leads to the demise of hundreds others in a plane crash.
2. Killing 10 Prisoners
Walt has his biggest Scarface moment when he orchestrates the murder of 10 men who would potentially give him up to the DEA. While we may not have much sympathy for these guys, the scene is horrifying to watch, and it's pretty messed up how little Walt cares about ending so many lives.
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1. Giving Jesse to the Aryans
One of the most disturbing scenes of the series comes in "Ozymandias," when Walt hands over Jesse – who has at times been like a son to him -- to Uncle Jack (Michael Bowen) to be tortured and murdered. At one moment, Jesse tells Jack to "wait," and it seems like he's having second thoughts. Not so. Walt twists the knife further by confessing his role in Jane's death.
What's on your list of most evil Walt moments? Sound off in the comments, and take our poll below.
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The city piles up lofty and almost miniature, and makes me think of Jerusalem: without trees, without cover, rising rather bare and proud, remote as if back in history, like a town in a monkish, illuminated missal. Hotels in Cagliari Cagliari, as described by D. H. Lawrence during his visit in 1921, has changed much since then with its bustling, cool and laid back atmosphere. Cagliari is set in a favourable position in the middle of a huge natural harbour boasting 8 Km of white sandy waterfront, called Poetto, enlivened by cafes and lounges and providing well equipped areas and facilities to hundreds of beach and water sport lovers. The waterfront beauty and uniqueness is enhanced by the surrounding Molentargius lagoon and saltpans, residence of thousands, flourishing pink flamingos and water birds nesting and breeding in a safeguarded and protected marine environment.
The city centre develops around and above the harbour area and a steep cobblestone path takes you to the old town called Castello, a medieval district on a rounded hilltop surrounded by a limestone wall. Tiny alleys and long flight steps open into wide terraces overlooking the city and the harbour below, with the imposing gulf right in the background. Hotels in Cagliari Sofas and cafes, music and cocktails are the setting for every night entertainment and enjoyment and a perfect location for tourists to mingle with the friendly, suntanned and fashionable local people. Easy to explore over a week-end, its blend of narrow streets and boulevards are lined up with 14th and 15th century buildings where churches alternate with old cafes and designer's shops. Within a short distance, the Archaeological Museum opens into an unimaginable past of the island with thousands of findings ranging from 6000 BC until 800 A.
D. Obese female statuettes, bronze warriors and animals from the Middle and Late Neolithic, funerary urns, tools, artefacts and vases, from the dominations of Punic and Phoenician, from the Romans and ultimately the Byzantines. Before leaving the city centre, a visit to the fish market of San Benedetto is a true must. Open to the public and the trade every morning except on Sundays, it is a striking place for its colours and its shouting vendors. They loudly sell a huge variety of fish tidily lined up in marble stalls with busy customers bargaining over fine tuna and lobsters. Not unusual to spot some very old woman making and selling fresh pasta right on spot! Cagliari city centre is a convenient starting point to some of the most enchanting beach locations of the area like Santa Margherita di Pula and Chia on the west and Villasimius and Costa Rei on the east, just to name a few.
Places near Cagliari
5 km Monserrato 477
6 km Selargius 491
6 km Quartu Sant'Elena 502
7 km Quartucciu 494
8 km Elmas 451
10 km Sestu 437
10 km Settimo San Pietro 474
12 km Sinnai 486
12 km Maracalagonis 505
13 km Assemini 408
Points of interest near Cagliari
6 km Aeroporto di Cagliari - Elmas (CAG), Mario Mameli 359
0.1 km Chiesa di San Giovanni 384
0.1 km Cattedrale di Santa Maria 385
0.2 km Chiesa di San Giacomo 385
0.3 km Basilica di Santa Croce 386
0.4 km Chiesa di Santa Rosalia 385
0.4 km Chiesa e Cripta del Santo Sepolcro 385
0.1 km Palazzo Regio 385
0.2 km Cripta e Chiostro di San Domenico 385
0.2 km Oratori delle Anime e del Santo Cristo 385
0.3 km Torre dell'Elefante 385
0.3 km Gabinetto delle Stampe Anna Marongiu Pernis 385
0.3 km Bastione di San Remy 385
0.1 km Collezione del Duomo 385
0.3 km Collezione Sarda Luigi Piloni 384
0.4 km Pinacoteca Nazionale 385
0.4 km Centro Comunale d'Arte e Cultura Exmà 385
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The iTavli has the following games:
Modern Backgammon
The Modern Backgammon game is the same with the Backgammon game, but now there is a doubling cube. This cube determines the points that a player will win when the game is over. Initially, the doubling cube is at the center of the board. When a players decides to use it, then that player offers to double its value before rolling the dice (i.e., 1,2,4,8,16,32,64). If the opponent accepts the offer, the value is doubled and it is placed on his/her side. The opponent controls it, and only (s)he can offer to double it again. If a user refuses the request to double the value of the cube, the game is immediately ended, and winner is the opponent.
When a game ends, the winner gets as many points as the cube indicates. If instead, the opponent has not been able to collect a checker, the player gets twice as many points as the cube indicates.
Finally, when the game starts, a player sets the match points, i.e. the winning score, and you keep playing the game until one of the players reaches that score. Note, that because of the cube, a game could end in just one turn.
Please, visit the Rules of Backgammon for instructions on how to play the Backgammon game
Blockgammon
Please, visit the Rules of Blockgammon for instructions on how to play the Blockgammon game
Narde – Fevga
Please, visit the Rules of Narde – Fevga for instructions on how to play the Narde – Fevga game
Russian Narde
Please, visit the Rules of Russian Narde for instructions on how to play the Russian Narde game
Acey Deucey (American)
In the Acey Deucey game, the game is started with no checkers on the board. You enter a checker by placing it on a point in the opponent’s home board according to the rolled dice. Once a checker is inside the board, you may move that checker or enter a new one. Like in the Backgammon game, if a single checker is hit, is removed from the board, and you can not move any other checker until that checker is again inside. If you roll acey-deucey (1-2), you play that roll, you play any double. and then you roll again. If you roll 1-2, but you can not play it or you can not play the doubles, you lose your turn. Winner is the person who manages to move all the checkers in the collecting area, and collect them before his/her opponent does so.
Acey Deucey (European)
The European version has the same rules with the American version, but there are two important changes:
If you roll doubles, you will also play the compliment of that roll, and then you roll again. Compliments are the doubles which sum to 7, e.g. 4-4 and 3-3 or 5-5 and 2-2, etc. If you can not play all the doubles or the compliment of those, you lose your turn.
Once all chips are in the collecting area, you collect only those that are on the point that corresponds to the rolled dice
Gul bara
Gul bara is a simplified version of the Narde game, since it does not have the restrictions on checker movement that the Narde game has. Also, in Gul bara, after the 3rd roll, if a player rolls doubles then those are played in the normal way and then every succeeding doubles is rolled up to and includes 6-6. If the player can not play a double, looses the remainder of his/her turn.
Gioul
In the Gioul game the checkers are positioned and moved like the Blockgammon game, but there are two important changes:
Your checkers may land on open or friendly occupied space. You can not land on a space that even has a single non-friendly checker.
If a player rolls doubles then those are played in the normal way and then every succeeding doubles is rolled up to and includes 6-6. If the player can not play a double, looses the remainder of his/her turn, and the opponent plays those before his/her turn.
Winner of the round is the person who manages to move all the checkers in the collecting area, and collect them before his/her opponent does so.
Moultezim
The Moultezim game is similar to the Narde game, when it comes to the checkers layout and the checkers movement. But in contrast to the Narde game, in the Moultezim game you can not occupy more than four spaces in your opponent\’s base area. You can occupy as many spaces you like in your home base area. Finally, you need to take the first checker to your opponent\’s base area before you can move the other checkers.
Nackgammon
The Nackgammon game has exactly the same rules with the Backgammon game. The only difference is that the checkers are positioned differently.
Tawla 31
In the Tawla 31 game the checkers are moved counter-clockwise like they do in the Narde game. You can not land on a space that even has a single non-friendly checker, and the first checker has to go to the home base area of your opponent before you can move the other checkers.
Winner of the round is the person who manages to move all the checkers in the collecting area, and collect them before his/her opponent does so. That player earns points equal to the sum of the opponent checkers that are not collected. You continue playing this game until one of the players has a score of 31.
The LongGammon game has exactly the same rules with the Backgammon game. The only difference is that the checkers are positioned differently.
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Managed File Transfer Software Market
Managed File Transfer Software Market: Phenomenal Growth Potential
Published By: IndustryARC Published On : 17-Jun-2019
As per the IndustryARC market research report, the managed file transfer software market size was observed at $4.79 billion as of 2018 incrementing at a CAGR of 6.31% during the forecast period 2018-2023. Analyst advocates that the managed file transfer software market size is expected to reach $6.46 billion by 2023. Growing prevalence of enterprise-based business is inducing exponential growth in the managed file transfer software market. Managing, storing, and manipulating digital files in an enterprise is an essential task for streamlining business requirements and operations. Companies shifting from the conventional file management system to the emerging digitalization platforms is proposed as one of the major reasons for the managed file transfer software market growth.
This report gives an in-depth assessment of the Global MFT Software market by type, application, and geography. The major category of the global MFT software based on application includes Banking, Financial Services & Insurance (BFSI), media & entertainment, manufacturing, and retail. The report is titled “
Managed File Transfer Software Market: By Application (Banking, Financial Services & Insurance (BFSI), Media & Entertainment, Retail, Manufacturing, and Others); By Type (System-Centric File Transfer, People-Centric File Transfer, and Extreme File Transfer) & By Geography - Forecast (2018-2023)
Managed File Transfer Software Market: Geographical Analysis & Leading Segments
By geography, North America is the most rewarding region in the global managed file transfer software market. The region harnessed revenues worth $451m till 2017 and is projected to reach $727m by 2023 growing at a CAGR of 8.27% through the forecast period. The United States is the leading country generating worth $344m in 2017. The regional dominance of the country is projected to hold its ground, reaching the market value of $574m by the year 2023 rising at a CAGR of 8.92% during the forecast period. Burgeoning demands from the region due to the persistently growing number of banking customers coupled with increasing cybercrime threats is boosting the managed file transfer software market growth.
Among end-user industries, the banking, financial service and insurance (BFSI) is the most fruitful segment in the global managed file transfer software market. The vertical generated revenues worth $130m in 2017. As per the analysts, the banking, financial service, and insurance are estimated to add $236m to the total managed file transfer software market by the year 2023 incrementing at a CAGR of 10.44% during the forecast period 2018-2023. BFSI is considered as the leading application due to the availability and circulation of highly sensitive data across various digital platforms. A greater emphasis is applied in these transfers as this data is vulnerable to security breaches such as phishing, whaling, and hacking activities.
Managed File Transfer Software Market Trends and Growth Drivers
· Widespread adoption of cloud computing technologies for managing file systems is responsible for the rapid growth in the global managed file transfer software market. Most of the existing and niche enterprises are inclining towards cloud deployment models for storing, manipulating, and transferring files across a standard platform. Hence, constant research and development in cloud computing technologies for achieving efficiency is further subjected to attract significant profits in the global managed file transfer software market.
· Data is being termed as fuel in the 21st century, According to Forbes[1], 2.5 quintillion bytes of data is generated every day. 90% of the total data in the world has been produced in the last two years, this is a result of the Internet. Moreover, the emerging concept of the Internet of Things is one of the primary drivers for data vaults. As per a report from Intel[2], the number of smart IoT enabled devices is estimated to explode from 2 billion devices in 2006 to 200 billion by 2020. The traditional file transfer protocols (FTP) servers are not equipped to handle a data growth this big, thus reliability on self-scalable managed file transfer software is growing exponentially. With such phenomenal growth prospects in terms of software-as-a-service, the adjacent managed file transfer software market is subjected to produce extraordinary profits in the near future.
· Integration of managed file transfer software with Android, Windows, and IOS applications is further attracting customers towards the MFT software. Better security, quality, safety, cost-effectiveness, and sustainability supported by the automation techniques have enhanced the operations and communications at the business-to-business level, encouraging traction in the managed file transfer software market growth.
Managed File Transfer Software Market: Competitive Landscape
Some of the major key players involved in the managed file transfer software market intelligence report that are influencing the competitive landscape are Axway (U.S.), Saison Information Systems Co., Ltd. (Japan), Hightail, Inc. (U.S.), and CA Technologies (U.S.).
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Protest Against DRC Deportations in Solihull
one of noborders | 18.04.2007 18:26 | Migration | Repression | Birmingham
Over 200 people protested on Thursday, 12 April, at Sandford House, the immigration reporting centre in Solihull, near Birmingham, against forced mass-deportations to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Police served a section 14 of the public order act on protesters on the morning of the protest. Section 14 restricted the protest to only 30 people, who were penned-in behind a hedge next to the car park of Sandford House. Organisers were expecting around 400 people to attend the protest.
Protesters escaped the confines of the pen by stepping through a hole in the hedge. They then proceeded to occupy Homer Road where police arrested a person sitting in the road. Another demonstrator went to ask what was happening and got punched in the face by Officer P. Dutton (3792) before also being arrested.
Just as police managed to push people back onto the pavement, another coach load of protesters spilled onto the street shouting "liberez! liberez!" and the road was occupied for another two hours. Police then attempted to confine people in their pen again, but protesters refused to leave and re-ocupied the road once more in an amazing show of solidarity until their friends were released.
Protest Against DRC Deportations in Solihull - video/mp4 77M
Officer P. Dutton (3792)
Officer P. Dutton (3792) punches a demonstrator in the face
Congo is the largest country in Central Africa, bordering nine other nations. It is fabulously rich in minerals but the majority of it's 50 million people have only known poverty, oppression, instability and war. 'The War the World ignores' is a war that still goes on and has killed more people than Adolf Hitler's armies in World War II. It is not a distant 'tribal war' but a war whose trail leads directly to you in the so-called developed world. It leads to your computer, your remote controls, your mobile phone and your diamond necklace if you're rich enough to buy one. Today the country's infrastructure and institutions are in ruins. Ethnic power blocks and foreign manipulators in the guise of multi-national corporations vie for control of its politics and immense resources.
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Excellent video — Oscar Beard
who? — luna
12 British Companies responsible for the plunder of Congo and war profiteering — one of noborders
can't view — bloke
Use vlc or mplayer to view the video if you can't see it in your existing player — open sauce playa
More on Coltan here — Oscar Beard
cool and the congolese rebel groups? — luna
Why don't you research it yourself? — one of noborders
Why did the police limit the demo? — OT
Section 14 was challenged — one of noborders
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Retro Indy
Remember Clancy’s Hamburgers? It's coming to the Bottleworks food hall on Mass Ave.
Clancy’s burgers were so delicious that people in Noblesville still crave them 15 years after the original Clancy’s closed there in 2004.
Remember Clancy’s Hamburgers? It's coming to the Bottleworks food hall on Mass Ave. Clancy’s burgers were so delicious that people in Noblesville still crave them 15 years after the original Clancy’s closed there in 2004. Check out this story on IndyStar.com: https://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/dining/restaurants/2019/07/09/indianapolis-restaurants-clancys-hamburgers-bottleworks-food-hall-mass-ave/1671650001/
Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star Published 6:00 a.m. ET July 9, 2019
Take a pre-renovation tour of the Art Deco-era Coca-Cola Bottling Company plant on Mass Ave in Indianapolis, the future home of the multi-use Bottleworks district. The district will offer places to work, live, eat and entertainment. (August 2017) Jenna Watson/IndyStar
Clancy’s burgers were so delicious that people in Noblesville still crave them 15 years after that original Clancy’s closed there in 2004
The latest restaurant to sign on at budding Bottleworks District food hall on Mass Ave. is an old-school, Noblesville-born burger chain that promoted “100% pure ground beef” when most of America was chasing whatever McDonald’s put between a bun, no questions asked.
Clancy’s Burgers were so delicious that people in Noblesville still crave them 15 years after that original Clancy’s closed in 2004. Some fans consider making the 2½-hour drive to Sidney, Ohio, home of the last surviving Clancy’s.
By spring 2020, they’ll need only travel to downtown Indy for Clancy’s signature Topper, a double burger with American cheese, lettuce and tartar sauce. “Golden brown” fries and “extra-thick” shakes remain obligatory accompaniments after all these years.
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Planning has barely begun on the Bottleworks location, but the Clancy's food stand there will reflect the chain's old menu and design, owners Perry Fogelsong and his son, Blake Fogelsong, said. Clancy’s sported a red and white color scheme, and its mascot, a keystone cop, still shows up at special events like Noblesville’s annual summer street dance.
Clancy’s signature burger is The Topper, a double with American cheese, lettuce and tartar sauce. (Photo: Kevin J. Miyazaki)
The Fogelsongs had already been thinking about reviving Clancy’s when they learned Bottleworks developers wanted an iconic, local brand, a name that would evoke nostalgia at the food hall. If all goes well at Bottleworks, the Fogelsongs said they may consider other locations, perhaps a return to Noblesville.
Also at Bottleworks: All the new restaurants coming to the food hall on Mass Ave.
The chain that started in 1965 grew to 31 units dotting small towns throughout Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. Alas, as McDonald’s expanded into smaller towns and Wendy’s followed, Clancy’s couldn’t compete even with its “pure ground beef” motto. The restaurant was too far ahead of its time.
“Local didn’t really matter,” said Perry Fogelsong, who at age 15 started flipping burgers at the Clancy’s chain his father, Carl Fogelsong, founded.
50 years later / We are still open / Happy Anniversary to Sidney, Ohio 🎉🍻
A post shared by Clancy’s Hamburgers (@clancyshamburgers) on Sep 20, 2016 at 11:24am PDT
In the past couple of years, growing public demand for better-quality ingredients at restaurants convinced McDonald’s in 2018 to swap frozen for fresh burgers. It also persuaded Clancy’s owners to reestablish the brand.
Clancy’s led the fast food pack in other ways, too. It was the first with a double drive-thru in the Midwest. Clancy’s was also early to serve menu variety, items like barbecue and roast beef sandwiches and fried chicken dinners.
No matter the choices, the Clancy’s darling remains the Topper. The Fogelsongs offer the burger at their New American restaurant, Grindstone Charley’s, in Noblesville.
Their Clancy’s Inc. restaurant group also operates Grindstone Charley's locations in Indianapolis, Kokomo and Lafayette and Michaelangelo's Italian Bistro in Noblesville. In early August, the group opens 200-seat Grindstone on the Monon in Westfield.
Follow IndyStar food writer Liz Biro on Twitter: @lizbiro, Instagram: @lizbiro, and on Facebook. Call her at 317-444-6264.
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I saw Rizal die
There is one eyewitness to Rizal’s execution whose observation was told to a journalist in 1949, or 53 years after the event. A man named Hilarion Martinez, then 72 years old, relayed to Alberto Mendoza of the Sunday Times Magazine what he witnessed during Rizal’s execution.
In 1896, a then 20-year old Martinez was a member of the Leales Voluntarios de Manila (Loyal Volunteers of Manila) and was assigned to the drum corps. Martinez and his fellow drum corps members accompanied the condemned man from the time he left Fort Santiago until he reached Bagumbayan. Because of his role in the drum corps, it is said that he occupied a good vantage point from which to observe the execution. Martinez’ complete account is reproduced below:
“It was six o’clock in the morning of December 30, 1896, when we woke up at our quarters at the corner of Sta. Potenciana and Magallanes Streets, in Intramuros, to attend the execution of Jose Rizal, about which we had been briefed the day before. We were in the Leales Voluntarios de Manila, a semi-military organization under the command of Capt. Manuel Leaño. Our immediate officer was a youthful Spanish lieutenant named Juan Pereira. I was twenty years old then, and a member of the drum corps.
“We marched out of Intramuros through the Puerta Real, or where Nozaleda (now General Luna) Street out through the walls on the south, clad in our cañamo uniforms and with our cajas vivas strapped around our waists. We proceeded to what is now Padre Burgos Street, under an overcast sky and a biting December morn.
“Bagumbayan is not the Luneta now. The waters of Manila Bay still reached the other side of Malecon Drive (now Bonifacio Drive) where the new Luneta is located. The Luneta of those days was as far back as the site of the old Bagumbayan police station, near which lush bamboo thickets grew.
“As we rounded the corner of P. Burgos and General Luna Streets, we got a glimpse of the cuadro, a square formation of about ten companies of Filipino and Spanish soldiers. The former occupied the inner portion of the quadrangle, while the latter were at the rear. This formation was strategic because the Filipino soldiers’ position within the cuadro signified that the Spanish authorities wanted Rizal to die in the hands of the Filipino soldiers. If the latter disobeyed the command to fire upon Rizal, the Spanish soldiers positioned at the rear would fire upon them.
“There were civilian spectators, too. The side of the cuadro near the bay was open.
“As we approached the quadrangle, we saw some Spanish military officers earnestly talking in low voices. Rizal was nowhere to be seen – yet. Not having had a glimpse of the man before, I began to wonder what he looked like. I remembered how my mother told me Rizal was so learned, nobody could poison him as he always carried with him his own spoon and fork with which he could detect whether his food was poisoned or not. I heard too, of his fighting for our (Filipino) cause aside from legends that were beginning to be woven around him.
“Soon the small crowd heard the muffle sound of our approaching vivas draped with black cloth during execution ceremonies. A slight commotion broke out at the right end of the cuadro near the bay as some soldiers with fixed bayonets entered followed by a man in black, his arms tied at the elbows from the back, on his head, a derby hat or chistera, on his sides, a Spanish officer and a Jesuit priest.
“When I saw the man, I knew he was Rizal.
“A group of Spanish officers who were standing nearby opened into a semicircular formation or media luna. Then a Spaniard (we would learn later he was Lt. Luis Andrade, one of Rizal’s popular Spanish defenders and sympathizers) affectionately shook the latter’s hand. When Rizal was near the center of the quadrangle, the mayor de la plaza, a colonel, announced at the bandillo: “En el nombre del Rey, el que se levante la voz a favor del reo sera ejecutado.” (In the name of the King, he who raises his voice in favor of the criminal will be executed.)
“A deep silence enshrouded the whole assembly.
“We in the drum corps were about seven paces behind Rizal who then faced the bay. Our commanding officer approached us and told us should Rizal attempt to speak aloud, we should beat our drums hard to drown out his voice. I looked at Rizal. He was of regular build, unshaven, quite pale, perhaps as a result of his confinement but he was visibly composed and serene. A Jesuit approached him, said a prayer and blessed him. Then a colonel approached him too, as our commanding officer ordered us to move two paces backwards, and the firing squad of six Filipinos came forward and took our former position behind Rizal. With visible effort, Rizal raised his right hand which was tied and took off his chistera or derby hat. My heart beat fast, as in all other executions I had witnessed before, I felt tense and nervous. Amidst the silence, Rizal moved his head very slowly up and down, his lips moving as if in prayer.
“Then the commanding officer by means of his saber, signaled the firing squad to aim. Then the saber dropped and there was a simultaneous crack of rifle fire that shattered the stillness of the morning. Jose Rizal wheeled in one last effort and toppled forward with a thud, his face towards the sky and his derby hat thrown ahead. He had fallen in the direction of the bay.
“Many of the reos [condemned criminals] had been caused to kneel and be hoodwinked before they were shot on the head. But Rizal was spared that humiliation.
“Suddenly, as if from nowhere, a small dog appeared and ran in circles around Rizal’s fallen body, barking and whimpering. This incident would much later be the subject of our talk in our quarters. Some of my comrades were quick to conclude that it was a premonition of a coming misfortune.
“Then the capitan militar de la sanidad (medical officer) stepped forward, knelt before the fallen man, and felt his pulse. Looking up, he beckoned to a member of the firing squad to come forward and give the final tiro de gracia, another shot done at close range. I thought I saw a faint haze rise from Rizal’s coat, but it might be a wisp of the morning mist. Seeing the body before me, I felt weak.
“The officers began to show animation again. They fell in formation and marched to the tune of the Spanish national air, the Paso Doble Marcha de Cadiz.
“As was customary in past executions, we filed past the body to view it for the last time. When we were commanded ‘eyes left,’ I did not shut my eyes as I did at the sight of the several reos whose heads were blown off by rifle fire. I wanted to see the face of the man for one last time. Rizal lay dead on the dewy grass. The day had started and I realized that I was gazing on the face of the great Malayan; that I was witnessing history in the making.”
[Source: Alberto Mendoza, “I saw Rizal Die,” Sunday Times Magazine 29 December 1949, pp. 10-11.] |Emil Justimbaste
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Pence abruptly cancels New Hampshire trip
by: ZEKE MILLER and JILL COLVIN, Associated Press
Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a rally on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 in Miami. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence has abruptly canceled a planned trip to New Hampshire, but the White House and his office refuse to say why.
White House spokesman Judd Deere said only that, “Something came up and the VP needed to be in D.C.,” adding: “there is no cause for alarm.”
One senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the situation, said the issue was not national security-related. Another senior administration official said it was not related to any kind of health issue impacting Pence or President Donald Trump.
Pence had been scheduled to visit Manchester, New Hampshire, Tuesday to speak to and hear from patients at the Granite Recovery Center.
Pence’s plane never took off and he returned to the White House to meet with Trump.
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats and Republicans joined in a rare show of unity Wednesday, voting overwhelmingly to repeal an unpopular tax on generous health insurance that's a symbol of former President Barack Obama's signature health care law.
The so-called "Cadillac tax" never went into effect, since lawmakers kept delaying it. Wednesday's 419-6 vote increases chances that the Senate will follow the House, going for full repeal.
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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Attorneys general for North Dakota and Montana asked the Trump administration on Wednesday to overrule a Washington state law that imposed new restrictions on oil trains from the Northern Plains to guard against explosive derailments.
In a legal petition to the U.S. Department of Transportation, Montana Attorney General Tim Fox and North Dakota's Wayne Stenehjem said federal authority over railroads pre-empts the state law.
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The Tale of Ergus
Vivitale 3 stories
Land of Laetras, once peaceful, became corrupted due to evil magic. Our hero has to stop the evil within before it engulfs the whole land and spreads to other lands.
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Land of Laetras was once full of life and mystical beings ranging from curious faeries to devious nagas. One would think it was a never ending forest, for as far as your eye could see it was covered in trees all shapes and sizes intertwined with each other, trying to outgrow one another. Such was the view from the hills surrounding the land which were trying to suppress the growth of the forest from spreading. Hidden between the thick trees were rivers the color of aquamarines and sapphires and the whole land was absolutely brimming with life.
However, throughout the years a new species of creatures had settled in and began destroying all life within. The forest grew thin, the land lost it's green, the rivers and lakes became fully exposed and turned grey, the swamps harboring many creatures disappeared. It's hard to fathom something can easily bring so much destruction, yet it seemed the humans within didn't care for anything else but their comfort.
Land of Laetras, once a forest full of life, was now a desert.
The change was so sudden that not many creatures within survived. Those that did, fled the land. Those that stayed and were thought to bring danger, were hunted down. Along the years hunting of mythical beings became almost a sport, a way of showing bravery and impressing the women. However the land no longer harbored myhical beings; no faeries, no dragons, no trolls, no serpents or griffins.
Although the land no longer held much life, it was adorned with four beautiful cities.
The biggest city and known to many as the capital is Veronthas, it's towers reaching out for the sky and the walls protecting everything within are as high as mountains, adorned with crystals of different color. The walls were made so delicately, most called it a masterpiece and none dared to rob it of its crystals. In truth, the wall was more beautiful than everything behind it. No palace within could outshine the walls beauty and that is what the city of Veronthas was known for most.
The second largest city on the land of Laetras is Vesoilas. Althought compared to Veronthas it looked quite basic, Vesoilas was a special place. It was known best for magic that was learned within, however not many have the chance to learn it or even see it. Next to Vesoilas grew a forest full of blood colored leaves known as Ersa's Haven. Although the wood was useful and said to have magical properties, the trees were rarely cut down and the forest is strictly protected. It were the only place rumored to still be home to magical creatures.
The third city to adorn the land is Glodenhal, a city built within the hills with an opening to the wide sea. It is the city of traders, full of bars and brothels and big squares to set up a small shop for the day. It was the city of wonder, where many came to hear stories of bards and travelers, a place to learn more about the world.
Fourth city is Iranthos, and although its known as the oldest city on the land of Laetras, it was quite small compared to the other three. However many kings and queens gather yearly for a council from the land and much further, for this city is ancient and thought of as holy, where no war may ever break. In the middle of Iranthos is the temple of Rakhannos, the god of peace. The temple is made of white marble, skillfully carved and adorned with diamonds and gold. The very top of it though, has a statue of the god Rakhannos himself made out of obsidian with incredible detail, although not many can see it for it is very high on the temple.
However our story doesn't start in either of these big cities, but in a hamlet called Arval, near Ophios lake which still holds a hint of sapphire within the depths. The land around Ophios was faintly green and there grew a few taller palm trees and some crops, but everything else was covered in sand. Such was life in the land of Laetras now.
The hamlet consisted of 6 main buildings and a few houses all surrounding the square together with smaller farms, which survive the burning heat thanks to a few magical artifacts bought from traveling merchants which come every two moons. The square is fairly small but in the middle of it is a well made of glossy stone and a tile roof. Most of the buildings are very basic with thick adobe walls and tile roofs. Those a bit wealthier have porches and fencing, however everyone struggles the same when solvitus approaches as living in the desert becomes unbearable due to the heat.
Ergus was leaning against the wells cool stones when he heard his grandmother Vela barge out of their house, slowly making her way to her grandson, looking upset. Her gray hair was messily tied up, she was dressed in light cloth covering her sagging chest and linen pants with brown sandals. Even though she was over eighty years old her green eyes still glowed with energy.
"Oi, sit yer ass up!" Vela suddenly called out to him causing peoples heads to turn from within the houses. "Whadya think yer doin'? Solvitus is upon us next moon and 'em cursed merchants still haven't come our way. If 'ey thought to skip us 'cus the travel is too long, we ain't gon' survive solvitus, especially with yer lazying around!" Vela lifted up her fist as if getting ready to hit him.
"Gran, we won't survive even if I help around our small farm. We got nothing without the merchants." Ergus shrugged. "They have to come."
Out of the butchers building walked out the sweaty and bald butcher himself, Gleno. He was in his mid forties, the mans eyebrows were thick, his face covered with a copper beard. The man seemed amused by Ergus' situation.
"Aye, the boy's right, Vela. Each year 'ey keep turnin' up later 'nd later. Either the roads gotten dangerous or we're no longer a good stop for 'em. Ye can't blame 'em, 'ey comin' all the way from Vesoilas."
Ergus's grandmother turned to him, frowning.
"Our artifact's magic is runnin' out. Our crops can no longer handle the heat, they're dyin' faster than growin'. We got no food, nothin'. We both know, Gleno, we can't live off yer cows, we can't afford 'em, ain't got the luxury." She spat to the ground. "I can bet me head the boy I call me rotten son won't return and if he does, it won't be with anythin' useful. Ever since my daughter-in-law passed, his head's full of dreams."
Gleno threw a quick glance at Ergus.
"We can make a deal. I'll keep ye well fed if 'ey won' turn up by full moon. Come with, Vela." He waved for her to come into his shop. Vela stood there for a moment blank faced, her anger all gone. She then nodded and followed him inside.
Ergus frowned. No-one keeps secrets here, yet it seemed there was a need to hide some information. Considering this was about his family, it looked unreasonable to leave him like this.
Something about such actions was making him nervous. Trying to brush it off, he stood up and made way back home. Inside he found his little sister Anla braiding her golden hair in front of a dirty mirror. His sister was thirteen years old. She was wearing a brown short dress, her skin was beautifully tanned. Anla's eyes caught her brothers stare through the mirror. She turned around and smiled.
"Have you seen Nitus yet?" Anla looked excitedly at her brother, waiting for his answer about the boy she fancied. Ergus shook his head.
"No, not yet. I'll bet he's still sleeping. Though I don't know how anyone can still be, after our gran called out to me. Turned everyone's heads around." His lips curled up slightly. Anla returned the smile, but quickly it turned into a pout.
"He's as lazy as you. To think our home will depend on men such as you." Anla sighed and turned her back to Ergus. His brows furrowed.
"Gran's a bad influence on you. You should know better than to say this." He came up behind her and lifted her into the air making her squeal out of surprise.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" she yelped.
Ergus put her down softly and smiled. She turned back to the mirror and they sat in silence until she finished braiding her hair. He watched her fingers move skillfully between the locks of hair. Many had told him Anla was a striking resemblance of their mother, however he barely remembered her.
"Do you think father's coming back? This is the third moon he's been gone..."
He could see how much the thought upsets her, yet he knew he couldn't lie to her.
"I don't believe so. He's never been gone so long, plus he took so much from us. But don't worry, the three of us will do just fine. Solvitus might be harsh this year, but the following arotus should be calm and nice, our seer predicted it."
There were tears swelling up in Anlas eyes, but she quickly brushed them away, turned around and hugged Ergus.
"You're right. these four moons of solvitus will strengthen us and afterwards everything shall be a breeze, with or without the merchants from Vesoilas to aid us."
"You heard?"
"How could I not when it's all our gran speaks about? Plus, Nitus' father seems to be worried as well. I pray daily to Ersa so we would pull through." Anla smiled once more before she let go of her brother.
However as Ergus turned to leave their hut, a feeling of unease awakened within. As if a warning, his head began hurting slightly, but as soon as it all began, it passed.
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Xbox One CPU Speed Boost Adds 150 MHz: Is PlayStation 4 Using Turbo Core?
Patrick Frye
A Xbox One CPU speed boost attempts to compete with the PlayStation 4 by adding 150 MHz at the last minute as the Xbox One mass production begins.
As previously reported by The Inquisitr, the Xbox One GPU boost bumped the clock speed from 800 MHz to 853 MHz.
Microsoft claims the Xbox One is worth $100 over the PlayStation 4 because of the Kinect 2.0 and its overall gaming and entertainment package. The PlayStation 4 uses voice recognition just like the Kinect, but you’ll have to purchase the camera through separate PlayStation 4 bundles.
Previously, Microsoft announced the Xbox One would run an eight core 1.6 GHz processor. The 853 MHz graphics processing unit (GPU) has 768 shader cores and 48 Texture Mapping Units (TMU) inside the Xbox One System On a Chip design. While a PlayStation 4 and Xbox One GPU comparison is difficult to make, overall the PS4 has a faster GPU and higher bandwidth while the Xbox One will be better at low latency rendering operations.
The Xbox One and PlayStation 4 CPU were originally thought to be the same Jaguar CPU design from AMD. Now Microsoft says the Xbox One CPU boost will raise the bar by 150 MHz up to 1.75 GHz:
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Attorneys' Fees Awarded as Part of "Damages Because of Property Damage"
The federal district court for the district of Hawaii found that an arbitrator's award of attorneys' fees was part of the "damages because of property damage" and covered under a CGL policy. Ass'n of Apt. Owners of the Moorings v. Dongbu Ins. Co., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 110283 (Aug. 18, 2016 D. Haw).
The Moorings AOAO was the named insured under the policy issued by Dongbu. Jo-Anne and Brent Braden, owners of a residential unit at the Moorings, filed a demand for arbitration against the AOAO. The Bradens alleged that the AOAO had failed to repair and maintain their lanai roof, which caused water damage to their unit. The arbitrator awarded the Bradens $6,103.49 in special damages, which was the amount they paid to repair their roof and interior damage. The arbitrator also awarded $85,644.30 in attorneys' fees and $8,515.91 in costs to the Bradens.
Dongbu reimbursed the AOAO $6,203,49 in special damages and $8,515.91 in costs, but refused to reimburse for the attorneys' fees award. Dongbu contended that the award of attorneys' fees was not covered under the policy because the fees did not constitute "bodily injury," "property damage," or "personal and advertising injury" as those terms were used in the policy.The AOAO filed suit, seeking a judgment for the $85,644.30 awarded in fees by the arbitrator and prejudgment interest.
The district court found it was undisputed that the AOAO became legally obligated to pay the attorneys fees award when the state court confirmed the award. Further, it was undisputed that the arbitrator found the Bradens suffered property damage due to leaks in their lanai roof. It was also undisputed that Dongbu reimbursed the AOAO pursuant to the policy for special damages and costs awarded by the arbitrator. The sole question was whether the arbitrator's award of attorneys' fees constituted "damages because of . . . [the Bradens'] 'property damage.'"
The court found that (1) the AOAO became legally obligated to pay the attorneys fee award when the state court confirmed the arbitration award and (2) the Bradens' property damage constituted "property damage to which this insurance applies" insofar as Dongbu reimbursed the AOAO for the special damages awarded by the arbitrator. Further, the fees award was restitutive payment to the Bradens and flowed from their property damage. But for their property damage, they would not have pursued arbitration and been awarded fees.
Dongbu did not challenge the request for prejudgment interest, so this was also awarded. Judgment was entered for the AOAO in the amount of $85,644.30 plus prejudgment interest.
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Teacher Absences (DES Circular 32/07)
The purpose of this circular is to set out for school management authorities, principal teachers and all teaching staff the provisions determining arrangements in relation to absences from school and whether the teachers’ absence should be covered by the employment of a Substitute Teacher or a Temporary/Fixed Term Teacher. The issue of the circular is also intended to provide clarity for schools in relation to teacher absences having particular regard to the introduction of the Online Claims System (OLCS) at primary level in April, 2007.
The Online Claims System (OLCS) is designed to enable schools to submit online details of all teacher absences and to make claims for substitute teachers. The data input by schools, once validated, updates the Department’s Payroll and Personnel systems and issues payment directly to the teacher.
It should be noted that with the introduction of this system some absences for unpaid leave which have heretofore required the employment of a temporary/fixed term teacher will now be covered by the employment of a substitute (casual/non-casual) teacher. For example, under present arrangements a teacher on paid maternity leave is replaced by a substitute (casual/non-casual) teacher for the duration of paid maternity leave. When on unpaid maternity leave she is replaced by a temporary/fixed term teacher. Henceforth, the full absence, maternity leave, leave-in-lieu, unpaid maternity leave etc., will be covered by the appointment of a substitute (casual/non-casual) teacher.
A teacher who is employed in a primary school under a contract which obliges him/her to work for a period in excess of 40 days in the school year but less than a full school year is classified as a non-casual substitute teacher. Such a teacher is paid at his/her appropriate annual salary divided by 183 for each day worked. A teacher who is employed on a casual basis for a period of up to 40 days in a school year is classified as a casual substitute teacher and is paid a fixed daily rate which is inclusive of holiday pay.If such a teacher exceeds 40 days employment in a school year they are paid at the non-casual rate for any day in excess of 40 days.
Boards of Management should fulfil existing contractual arrangements with replacement teachers, whether substitute (casual/non-casual) or temporary/fixed term. The revised arrangements should come into effect for contractual arrangements to be entered into from 16 April, 2007 onwards.
The prior approval of the Chairperson of the Board of Management must be granted for all absences. Absence for part of a school day constitutes an absence for a full school day. Teachers are not allowed to absent themselves from school for the purpose of transacting private or personal business such as consultation with a solicitor or bank manager, signing of contracts, attending for interviews etc. Any absence without reasonable cause and the approval of the Board of Management will involve loss of salary
With effect from 16 April, 2007 all teacher absences which were previously recorded on the quarterly return and the substitute claim form will be submitted on-line by the schools involved in Phase 1 of the roll-out of OLCS. Pending the introduction of OLCS to all other primary schools all leave absences must be entered chronologically on the new substitute claim form which will be issued to all schools, even if the absence is not substitutable. It is important to note that absences should not be recorded on the quarterly return after 16 April, 2007.
The Department will meet the cost of supplying a substitute teacher replacing Principal teachers in one teacher schools who are absent for any reason as set out in Section 1 of this circular and with the permission of the Board of Management. Substitute cover will also be provided for Principals in one teacher schools in respect of Extra Personal Leave (EPV) days.
The arrangements for teacher absences have been set out in three sections in this Circular –
Section 1 relates to absences which allow for the employment of a substitute teacher to cover teacher absences such as Sick leave, Family leave, Personal leave & School Business Related Absence
Section 2 relates to absences which allow for the employment of a temporary/fixed term teacher to cover teacher absences on Career Break, Carers Leave, Secondment, and APSO (Agency for Personal Service Overseas) Leave
Section 3 relates to paid leave absences for which no substitute (casual/non-casual) or temporary/fixed term cover is paid by the Department
The terms and conditions applying to teacher absences as outlined in the above Sections can be found in the relevant Department Circulars governing these schemes, e.g., Maternity Leave, Adoptive Leave, Sick Leave etc.. In addition, Appendix A of this circular sets out the provisions governing other brief absences, e.g., illness and bereavement of a family member.
Boards of Management are obliged to recruit and employ fully qualified primary teachers for any vacancy in a school, regardless of the duration of the vacancy. Information regarding recognised qualifications can be obtained from the Primary Administration Section of the Department (Tel: 090 6483735/6483736). Under no circumstances should a Board of Management engage an untrained person and commit to retaining that person for the full duration of a teacher’s absence on career break, maternity leave, parental leave etc.. It should be noted that a post primary qualified teacher is not fully qualified for the purposes of appointment as a primary teacher. The procedures for the appointment of teachers as outlined in the Constitution of Boards and Rules of Procedures for Boards of Management of National Schools must be adhered to at all times.
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Get to know Belinda Murrell, author of 21 books including The Sun Sword Trilogy, The Locket of Dreams, The Ruby Talisman, The Forgotten Pearl, The Ivory Rose, The River Charm, and the new Lulu Bell series.
1. What has been the highlight of the last year for you?
Last year was such a wonderful year for me with lots of highlights. One of the most exciting things was firstly to be shortlisted for the KOALA awards for the third time, and then even more exciting was to go to the award ceremony and discover that my book The Forgotten Pearl was an Honour Book in the Fiction for Older Readers. I was so surprised that I actually screamed out loud, which made everyone laugh!! I love the KOALA awards because they are nominated and voted for by children. It is such a thrill for me that kids love reading my books. I also had five lovely new books that came out last year (my busiest year yet) including my new book for Older readers – The River Charm, plus a new series for younger readers called Lulu Bell.
2. Tell us about your latest book for older readers?
The River Charm is a very special book to me, because it is based on the true life adventures of my great-great-great grandmother, Charlotte Elizabeth Atkinson. Set in Australia, during the 1840s, it is the story of a family who lost everything but fought against almost insurmountable odds to regain their independence and their right to be together as a family. Charlotte was born into a wealthy family at Oldbury, a grand estate in the bush. But after her father dies, her mother is left to raise four young children on her own. A young widow was a tempting target – from murderous convicts, violent bushrangers and worst of all, a cruel new stepfather. Fearing for their lives, the family flees on horseback to a remote hut in the wilderness. The Atkinson family must fight to save everything they hold dear.
3. And Lulu Bell?
I have had so much fun working with very talented illustrator Serena Geddes on the series. Lulu Bell is an eight year old girl, growing up in a vet hospital just like I did as a child. She is the eldest child, so she is creative but practical, sometimes a little bossy, but usually warm and caring and great at solving problems.
The first four books were released last year - Lulu Bell and the Birthday Unicorn,Lulu Bell and the Fairy Penguin,Lulu Bell and the Cubby Fort and Lulu Bell and the Moon Dragon. The series is about family, friends and animal adventures.
I have had such an overwhelming response to the series from kids, teachers, librarians and booksellers so it is all very exciting!
4. How did you get started as a writer?
When I was about eight, I started writing poems, plays, stories and novels in hand illustrated exercise books just because it was fun!! I kept writing all through school and university, then when I left uni I worked as a technical writer, journalist and freelance travel writer, but all the time I had a dream to write books. When my own children were young I started writing books for them, and then one day was brave enough to send a manuscript off to Random House – the first book in The Sun Sword Trilogy. They loved it and I’ve been writing kids books full-time ever since. I’m now working on my twenty-first book!
5. What is a typical day for you?
I try to write every day, unless I am out visiting schools and festivals. I usually get my kids off to school early in the morning, then I walk my dog Asha along the beach to get lots of fresh air and exercise, which helps get my brain working well. Back at my desk I make a coffee, read over what I have written the day before, check my notebook or plan to see where I’m going, then start writing. I write most of the day, until my kids get home from school at about 4.30pm., then I stop work and focus on the family – homework, sport, ballet, cooking and housework. The only time it gets tricky is when I am getting close to a deadline and then I become totally obsessed with the book. At that point dinners get burned and no-one has any clean washing!
6. Where do you write?
I work in my beautiful office, which is lined with hundreds of books, has a fireplace and looks out over my gorgeous garden. My dog Asha keeps me company, sleeping in front of the fire. It is a gorgeous place to work.
7. What advice can you give to young readers and writers?
Here are my top writing tips for aspiring authors:
The important thing is to write lots! Get an exercise book and keep a journal writing down ideas, observations, poems and stories. Writing is like anything – you need to practice lots to get better! Write lots of stories and publish them on the computer – they make nice presents for parents, friends, grandparents.
Don’t forget to read lots too because most good writers read lots and lots of books.
Have fun and write what you love. I mean write stories which are just like the stories you love to read!!
Lastly don’t forget to edit your work. Most writers don’t write fantastic first drafts. That comes from polishing and rewriting your work.
8. What are you working on now?
This year is a huge year for me as I have six new books being released. Firstly I have my new time slip book for older readers, The Sequin Star coming out in May. This book was so much fun to research and write because it is set in a circus during the 1930s. Here is a sneak peek:
After her grandmother falls ill, Claire finds a sequin star in an old jewellery box. Why does Claire’s wealthy grandmother own such a cheap piece? The mystery deepens when the brooch hurtles Claire back in time to 1932.
Claire finds herself stranded in the camp of the Sterling Brothers Circus. Rescued by Princess Rosina, a beautiful trick rider, Claire is allowed to stay – if she promises to work hard. The Great Depression has made life difficult for everyone, but Claire makes friends with Rosina and Jem, and a boy called Kit who comes to the circus night after night to watch Rosina perform.
When Kit is kidnapped, it’s up to Claire, Rosina and Jem to save him. But Claire is starting to wonder just who Kit and Rosina really are. One is escaping poverty and the other is escaping wealth – can the two find happiness together?
As well as that I have five books in my new Lulu Bell series – written for younger kids (6 to 9) years old. Two new books have just been released - Lulu Bell and the Circus Cub and Lulu Bell and the Sea Turtle. I’m now editing two to come out in June - Lulu Bell and the Pyjama Party and Lulu Bell and the Tiger Cub. And if that wasn’t enough I’m in the middle of writing book 9 in the series Lulu Bell and The Christmas Elf. No prizes for guessing when that one comes out!
9. If you were not a children’s author what would you be?
When I was young I wanted to be a vet like my dad, so I could have lots of animals to heal and look after. The only problem was I was really good at English but completely hopeless at maths and chemistry so I became a writer instead – and what a good move that was!
10. What do you love about writing?
Immersing myself in a different place and time. Discovering the stories of my characters. Experiencing the almost magical evolution from the first spark of an idea, to the outline of a story, to a complete book.
I also love the feedback from my readers. One of my greatest joys is getting hundreds of emails and letters from kids, telling me how much they love my books.
11. How much of yourself or people you know is in your books?
I often base my characters on real people, but usually I mix them up. For example in my new Lulu Bell series – Lulu is partly based on me, because when I was eight years old I lived in a vet hospital. Like me, Lulu is creative but practical, caring and warm, but sometimes bossy. She is also a bit like my daughter Emily, a bit of a tom boy and very artistic. Likewise the little brother Gus is cheeky, mischievous and adorable, so he is a mixture of my son Lachie, my nephew Gus and my brother when he was young.
12. What are your favourite children's books set in Australia?
There are so many fantastic Australian children’s books, so it is very hard to choose.
Seven Little Australians by Ethel Turner. One of my all time favourite books!
Snugglepot and Cuddlepie by May Gibbs. I loved this as a young child.
Are We There Yet? by Alison Lester. We travelled all around Australia for 18 months and took this book with us the whole way as an inspiration.
A Mother’s Offering to Her Children – the first children’s book published in Australia back in 1841, and written by my great-great-great-great grandmother Charlotte Waring Atkinson.*
The Silver Brumby by Elyne Mitchell. This was definitely one of my favourites as a child.
* Find out more about this intriguing book on Kate Forsyth's blog - A Mother's Offering: Australia's first children's book (Kate is Belinda's sister sister. What a talented family!)
Belinda Murrell is an internationally published, bestselling children’s author. Her 21 books include The Sun Sword Trilogy, a fantasy-adventure series for boys and girls aged 8 to 12. Her time-slip books - The Locket of Dreams, The Ruby Talisman, The Forgotten Pearl, and The Ivory Rose – have been shortlisted for various awards, including KOALAs (2013, 2012 and 2011), CBCA Notable List and highly commended in the PM’s Literary Awards. Her new book, The River Charm, is based on the thrilling adventures of her ancestors. For younger readers (aged 6 to 9) Belinda has a new Lulu Bell series, about friends, family, animals and adventures growing up in a vet hospital. www.belindamurrell.com.au
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Humor in Laboratory Management (Seriously!)
"If you're not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there" -- Martin Luther
By Wayne Collins | May 31, 2007
Scientists are very serious people engaged in very serious work. Or at least that is the perception of the general public. But those of us who have made our living as scientists know better — it’s just that our sense of humor can be a bit off-beat and can seem eccentric or peculiar to the layperson. While some scientists enjoy inane slapstick comedy (think “The Three Stooges”) or ribald jokes outside of work, humor in the lab tends toward a more subtle variety. For example, technical workers are clever people who may be adept at wordplay (you might say they are punny people), enjoy satirical humor, or appreciate creative ruses. Since humor is part of the lab environment, an inquisitive mind might wonder if it serves any useful business function and if it has a place in the lab management toolbox. Thus, we take a serious look at humor to answer the question “Is there a useful role for humor in laboratory management?”
Understanding humor
We begin by developing a better understanding of our subject — so, first, a few facts and figures. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines humor as “that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous; the mental faculty of discovering, expressing, or appreciating the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous.” While this definition addresses some aspects of what amuses us, our sense of humor is more complex and nuanced than implied in this formal definition; humor is one of those terms that everyone knows intuitively but can’t quite express in words. We also know that humor has individual and cultural components so that it is not something that can be universally shared — what amuses one may offend another. And, both the type and quantity of our humor tends to change over our lifetime. Did you know that the average child laughs or smiles 400 times a day but the number drops to only 15 for the average 35 year old adult? That a hardy laugh releases endorphins into the body to produce an exhilarating effect while burning 3 1⁄2 calories? That laughter increases oxygen intake to invigorate the body and release stress? The bottom line is that whatever your definition of humor, it is good for you and we don’t have enough of it.
It is not surprising that humor has evolved an academic discipline that constructs theories to explain how it works. The leading theories fall into the category of “Superiority Theories” which maintain that humor comes at the expense of human failings, defects, disadvantages, or misfortunes.1 According to this view, all humor is derisive. Other popular theories are “Relief Theories” which maintain that humor comes from venturing outside the constraints of social norms and “Incongruity Theories” relating to mingling of two ideas that are felt to be utterly disparate or degrading something exalted by bringing it into contact with something disreputable.1 There are all sorts of variations on these themes but none account for the inexplicable subtleties of what amuses us — for example, I know a scientist who always laughs at the mere mention of the number “four” (???). Undoubtedly, many more research grants are needed before the academics figure it out.
Benefits of humor
While understanding the basis for humor may be an important intellectual exercise, the more practical issues are around its value in business. Again there have been studies performed by researchers from prestigious universities to answer these questions. In one experiment to determine if humor interferes with work and wastes time,2 participants were asked to complete tasks with “another person” over a networked computer. Actually, the comments were from a preprogrammed computer and differed only in whether they contained humor. The study found that the task time and amount of effort were unaffected by the humor and that the participants receiving the humorous comments rated the “other person” as more likeable, more cooperative, more social, and had a higher satisfaction rating for their work than those who received no humorous comments. A survey of CEOs found that 98 percent preferred job candidates with a sense of humor to those without and that 84 percent thought that employees with a sense of humor do better work.3 Humor is said to facilitate communication, build relationships, reduce stress, and provide perspective when used correctly in the workplace. It can break the tension or emotional anxiety of mistakes, enhance team building, reduce aggression, and generally promote a feeling of well-being and contentment.
In addition to the cultural benefits, humor can also have cognitive effects. It changes one’s mindset from a serious, rational, and objective frame to a more playful and creative one. It can allow teams to break out of cognitive “ruts” and stereotypical thinking to arrive at more creative solutions. One technique used in brainstorming is to ask the participants to suggest their most ridiculous ideas knowing that they will not work. In addition to serving as a fun icebreaker, the ideas often contain new perspectives on the problem that stimulate unexpected, out-ofthe- box solutions that actually will work. Humor facilitates brainstorming and innovative thought and unlocks serendipitous genius.
Show the “Rules of the Lab” (see sidebar) to an accountant, salesman, or member of any other profession that is not familiar with life in the lab and they may miss the point and fail to appreciate the humor. The same material usually evokes at least a chuckle from scientists and lab staff that recognize a small grain of truth in the exaggerations and have personally experienced the frustrations captured in the jokes. Sharing this insider humor in a team can build social bonds to bring the members closer together and build a feeling of affiliation. Some of our professional magazines include this type of insider humor — for example, the occasional humorous twist on chemical nomenclature or molecular structure that we enjoy would be totally incomprehensible to the average person just as accountant humor (an oxymoron?) might be lost on us.
Within psychology, there is a concept known as mirroring where people working closely together tend to synchronize both physiologically and emotionally after about 15 minutes. Thus, managers who bring humor and joy to their job will have it reflected in the attitudes of their staff. Managers with a good sense of humor are more socially popular, approachable, and are people magnets; the gap between management and staff is narrowed and interactions are more relaxed. Adding light humor when giving negative or sanctioning feedback conveys the message that improvement is expected but the misstep will not seriously affect the future relationship. A manager’s ability to “take a joke” also opens an important back door through which peers and subordinates can pass valuable feedback without risk of offending. Humor gives the speaker the right to deny that he meant anything by his comment, and it gives the listener the right to act as if nothing has been conveyed. Thus, this type of humor should never be ignored or taken casually — be aware of any underlying truths or hidden messages that are being conveyed in these jokes.
Humor and management
It is important for the manager to adopt an appropriate level of humor to avoid being regarded as a clown rather than as a leader. First and foremost, the staff needs to trust that the manager has the competence to lead them to their destination and the stability to guide them through stormy issues. Using humor without first establishing this credibility exacerbates a difficult situation and undermines the manager’s ability to lead. Managers wishing to improve their sense of humor should start slowly and trust their intuition — use humor as the icing and not the cake. Risk increases as more humor is injected so the manager must find the degree that matches his/her comfort level. The safest approach is to take yourself lightly and laugh at your own foibles — in moderation.
Just as some businesses have a dress code, it is appropriate to also have a humor code to spell out the limits of propriety. Certain types of humor should not to be tolerated in the workplace under any circumstances. This includes humor that is of a sexual nature, profanity, put-down, racial, religious, or harassing. Likewise, any humor ridiculing an employee or that makes anyone feel that they are not part of the team is unacceptable — humor must be inclusive, not exclusive. Making an assumption that a questionable joke is safe within a homogeneous group or at a gathering outside of work can spell trouble for a manager — you don’t leave your leadership role at the office. And remember, the preface “I hope this doesn’t offend anyone” will not let you off the hook in a work environment.
Practical jokes are not bad per se but have the potential to lead to harmful consequences if allowed to get out-of-hand. First and foremost, they must be totally harmless and pose absolutely no safety risk. I still chuckle when I recall arriving at work early one morning to find my office barricaded with crime scene tape and the outline of a body drawn on the floor. This was a totally harmless prank that the laboratory staff thoroughly enjoyed playing on “the boss.” This type of activity is part of an open collegial culture but boundaries must be set to prevent it from going too far. For example, a quick search of the web finds such lab products as snake-in-a-reagent-jar, grinding centrifuge noises, the spilled experiment gag, and the dribble beaker advertised for sale. These types of jokes can easily backfire and endanger or cause harm to the lab staff; strict rules must prevent this type of humor from entering the lab.
Scientists are serious people in a serious business but we are still entitled to have fun at our work. Humor makes for good business and for good science when used appropriately. It helps to create a relaxed culture where the staff enjoys their jobs and communication flows freely. Creativity and productivity can thrive in this type of open environment. The lab manager is the role model in demonstrating just the right level of humor appropriate for the organization. Good, effective leaders are able to combine communications and persuasion skill with an appropriate touch of humor to get their message across and win support for their ideas. If you have a good sense of humor, bring it to work with you to share with your staff and be prepared to reap an abundance of physical, cultural, and business rewards. There really is a role for humor in laboratory management — seriously!
This article was based upon a presentation given at Pittcon 2007, Chicago, IL.
Monro, D.H. “Theories of Humor,” Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum 3rd Ed., Laurence Behrens and Leonard J. Rosen, eds., Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman and Co.,1988, pp. 349-55.
Morkes, John. “Effects of Humor in Task-Oriented Human- Computer Interaction and Computer-Mediated Communication: A Direct Test of SRCT Theory.” Seminar on People, Computers, and Design, Stanford University, February, 2000. (http://hci.stanford.edu/cs547/abstracts/99-00/000225-morkes.html)
Bannister, Steve. “Making Sense of Humor in the Workplace”, Canadaone (e-zine), October 2006. http://www.canadaone.com/ezine/oct06/humour_at_work.html.
Dr. Wayne Collins is Laboratory Services Consultant, Scientific Instruments Division for Thermo Fisher Scientific 1410 Gillingham, Sugar Land, TX 77478; (713) 272-2282; Wayne.Collins@thermofisher.com
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This picture of Abraham Lake from Hood Doo Creek was taken by Craig Saunders. AEP announced Friday proposed changes to Bighorn Country, including a $40 million investment over five years to the area, plus three new provincial parks. Photo by Craig Saunders
Red Deerians can weigh in on proposed Bighorn Country investment tonight
Telephone town hall takes place 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Red Deer residents and those in the surrounding area will have the chance to weigh in on the proposed Bighorn Country investment Wednesday night.
Environment and Parks Minister Shannon Phillips is holding a telephone town hall for the region from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. She is calling for comments, suggestions and concerns on the proposed management in the areas.
The $40-million investment into Bighorn Country aims to expand, amend or create four parks, four recreation areas and two public land use zones.
These changes aim to support recreation activities such as hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, off-highway vehicle use, horseback riding, ice climbing and cross-country skiing, the government website reads.
The proposal also aims to support industrial activity on public lands east of the Bighorn Backcountry, such as agriculture, coal, forestry, oil and gas.
“For most users, the proposal means little or no change to the activities currently allowed in the area. Trails will not be closed, random camping will still be allowed, industrial development will continue and Indigenous traditional practices will be supported,” the website reads.
Bighorn Country includes public lands from the boundary of Banff National Park eastward towards Drayton Valley. It includes Clearwater County, most of Brazeau County and the current Bighorn Backcountry management area.
To participate in the telephone town hall, dial 1-877-229-8493 and enter code 115500#. Participants can also listen and ask questions online at vekeo.com/youralberta.
The public can also send comments and suggestions via an online survey until Feb. 15th, 2019.
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Mirotic rejects 45 million Jazz to play at Barça
by LALASPORT 6/30/2019 06:03:00 PM
According to Marc Stein (The New York Times), the Utah franchise would have offered the player a contract for three years, but Niko has decided to wear the Blaugrana shirt.
The free agent market of the NBA has not yet started and we already have the first pump of this period. Nikola Mirotic, the former Real Madrid player, has decided to pack and return to Spain, but his fate is not painted white, but, as Shams Charania (The Athletic) tells, will wear the shirt of Barcelona.
The surprise is not only that, but, as pointed out by Marc Stein (The New York Times), the Hispanic-Montenegrin would have rejected an offer for three years and a total of 45 million Utah Jazz , which is very active in the market, to climb a step up its competitive level, now that the West seems a little more accessible. Not only the Mormon franchise was interested in adding to its staff who was MVP of the Endesa League in 2013, but Los Angeles Lakers of Lebron James had also played with great force as a specialist.
The Spanish international (28 years and 2 , 08 meters) is in the best moment of his career basketball. This course, in fact, has averaged 15.2 points and 7.4 rebounds and has reached the Western Conference Finals with Milwaukee Bucks, team that arrived transfer in February from the Pelicans.
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All the character of the new Lamborghini Nitro is now available in a VRT version. The tractor range of the ‘raging bull’ brand gains a new tractor with class-beating technology and design which is now offered with continuously variable transmission. It is a dependable workmate for the open field and general farm duties such as ploughing, secondary tillage, hay-making and working with both front and rear implements.
Dynamic, original styling penned by Giugiaro Design: The black and white colour scheme, aggressive, low profile of the hood and rounded forms of the body emphasise the bold personality of the latest machines by Lamborghini Trattori.
The 3.6 litre four cylinder Deutz Tier 4i engine combines superb performance with fuel economy, producing an impressive 127hp, and 480 Nm of torque over a wide range of engine speeds from 1,600 to 2,000 rpm, and the Common Rail fuel injection system uses dual high pressure injection pumps to minimise fuel consumption. The extraordinary combustion efficiency of these Deutz engines makes it possible to achieve compliance with Tier 4i regulations using only a DOC exhaust after-treatment system.
The new continuously variable transmission also contributes to driver comfort and makes the Nitro 130 VRT a versatile and user friendly tractor to operate. Three modes (automatic, manual and PTO) enable the driver to select the right configuration for the job in hand. Two speed ranges, from 0-23 and from 0-50 Km/h, ensure progressive speed control and completely automatic ratio selection from the field to the road.
A top speed of 50 Km/h or 40 Km/h is achievable even with the engine running at economy speed. The PowerZero function holds the tractor safely in a stationary position without using the brake pedal, and lets the driver set off again using only the accelerator pedal. With an electro-hydraulically operated progressive independent multiplate wet clutch and three selectable speeds (540/540ECO/1,000 rpm), pto operation is also impressive.
These tractors are offered with hydraulic systems which make full use of the potential of the tractor. The package includes single or dual pumps with capacities of 60 or 90 l/min, up to five 10-way rear distributors with Energy Saving function, powerful, precise electronically controlled rear linkage with a load capacity of 6,600 Kg, SDD rapid steering system, front axle suspension and PowerBrake assisted braking system.
Using the 60 ECO option available with mechanical distributors, the hydraulic system is capable of delivering 60 l/min of oil flow at an engine speed of just 1,600 rpm. Boasting an impressive load capacity, the electronic front lift lets the driver operate implements with precision. The rear linkage of the Nitro 130 VRT can lift up to 4,650 Kg, and this capacity can be further increased to 6,600 Kg with the addition of assistor rams. The lift controls are duplicated by two buttons on the rear mudguards.
Working with Lamborghini Trattori means working in style. Developed in collaboration with Giugiaro Design, the cab is a fusion of ergonomics, function and style. With exclusive materials and superior build quality, the interior of the Nitro 130 VRT is inviting and elegant.
The tractor may be equipped with up to eight work lights which can also be switched on and off from a centralised control panel on the A-pillar of the cab. The cab is available with a choice of mechanical or air-sprung suspension and the combined effect of the sprung cab and axle optimises performance on rough terrain and at high speed, reducing the vibration experienced by the driver.
With the Nitro, Lamborghini Trattori has ushered in a new era of tractors with a unique character founded on style and technology. And the Nitro 130 VRT takes this a step even further, with the versatility and performance of a continuously variable transmission.
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In this Oct. 1, 2018, photo, moderator Alex Trebek speaks during a gubernatorial debate between Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and Republican Scott Wagner in Hershey, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Man wins over $110K, breaks single-day record on ‘Jeopardy!’
James Holzhauer of Las Vegas smashed the previous record of $77,000 set in 2010
Apr. 10, 2019 10:06 a.m.
A 34-year-old professional sports gambler from Las Vegas won more than $110,000 on “Jeopardy!” on Tuesday, breaking the record for single-day cash winnings on the trivia television game show.
The show says in a statement that James Holzhauer won $110,914 during the episode. The previous episode record of $77,000 was set by Roger Craig in 2010.
READ MORE: Clash of ‘Jeopardy!’ titans ends with $1 million runaway win
Tuesday’s win was the fourth consecutive victory for Holzhauer, whose winnings total more than $244,000. He will face two new challengers Wednesday.
“Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek revealed in March that he was diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer but said he intends to fight the disease and keep on working.
The episode that aired Tuesday was taped Feb. 11.
PHOTO: Moose on the loose in northern B.C.
Vaccine wars: Social media battle outbreak of bogus claims
Season over for Tier 1 Langley Thunder
Victoria wins best-of-three quarter final
VIDEO: Wet weather kicks off Langley toad migration
New Aldergrove playground opens fully to public – once and for all
Admission to Otter Co-op Outdoor Experience water park no longer necessary for Pacific Park access
PHOTOS: Whippets take a whirl at championships
Aldergrove Regional Park hosts national, regional and local specialty dog shows
Chili cook-off competition heats up
Aldergrove Legion enters yet another team into Sunday event
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Evan Bruno
eabruno@virginia.edu
Evan Bruno is a Ph.D. candidate in the Leadership and Organizational Behavior department of the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. His research focuses on the effects of judgments of courage and cowardice in the workplace. Specifically, he examines what happens when organizational members label a behavior as either courageous or cowardly, and how their perspectives and other contextual factors affect whether they are (de)motivated by the label. More broadly, he is interested in exploring the impact of voice and silence, ethical judgments, managerial rhetoric and perspective in organizations.
M.B.A.
Defining Leadership Moments (SC)
Cale Jaffe, What Have Eco Non-Profits Got Wrong? With Cale Jaffe (The Bad Environmentalist)
Barbara A. Spellman, How Much Should Juries Rely on Expert Testimony? (The Washington Post)
Aditya Bamzai, Indian American Attorney Aditya Bamzai Confirmed to Privacy & Civil Liberties Oversight Board Post (India West)
Saikrishna Prakash, The Clarence Thomas Effect (The Atlantic)
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McConnell to call Senate vote on Democrats' Green New Deal
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the Senate will vote on the Green New Deal, a sweeping plan by Democrats to combat climate change and create thousands of jobs in renewable energy. The plan calls for a New Deal-style mobilization to shift the U.S. economy away from fossil fuels such as oil and coal and replace them with renewable sources such as wind and solar power.
Mitch McConnell, senior US Senator from Kentucky; he is a member of the Republican Party., Photo Date: May 24, 2017 / Photo: Sen. Mitch McConnell / Facebook / (MGN)
McConnell and other Republicans oppose the plan but are hoping to force Senate Democrats — including a crowd of 2020 presidential candidates — to vote on a proposal Republicans say would drive the economy off a cliff and lead to a huge tax increase.
President Donald Trump slammed the plan at a rally Monday in Texas, saying it would "shut down American energy."
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Meet the Composer | Season Two
Help us make five new episodes of a podcast about today's exciting, dynamic and all-around inspiring composers, with host Nadia Sirota.
Q2 Music
Project We Love New York, NY Audio
Hi, I'm Nadia Sirota, host of Meet the Composer (MTC) and a violist (Alarm Will Sound, yMusic). We set out to create something really different with MTC — a look into the minds and creative processes of composers making some of the most innovative, strange and breathtakingly beautiful music today. And we wanted to make these audio portraits feel like a musical experience.
Because you supported our Season One Kickstarter, we were able to bring to life our first five hour-long, fully sound-designed episodes. We couldn't have done it without your help. We're so proud of how Season One turned out and so thrilled that MTC spoke to you.
WHAT YOU DID & SAID.
You listened to Meet the Composer over 200,000 times from over 70 countries, via iTunes, Stitcher, q2music.org, wqxr.org and wnyc.org. Tens of thousands have heard MTC on terrestrial radio in New York (WNYC), Los Angeles and soon Chicago.
We got some great coverage for Season One from Radiolab, BBC, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Vogue plus a wealth of social media comments you can check out here.
Here's what Jad Abumrad of WNYC's Radiolab had to say: "Compelling and beautifully produced. One of the best things I've heard in a long time." :: "Talking about music in a way that's compelling can be hard. And so when people do it well, I just feel like you gotta give them props."
Producer Alex Overington and host Nadia Sirota in the studio.
HERE'S WHERE WE WANT TO GO.
We need your help to raise $20,000 to create our next batch of five episodes about provocative, charismatic, and all-around inspiring composers. Though we're part of the larger Q2 Music family, we have no dedicated budget for Meet the Composer. You'll help cover host and producers' salaries, modest production and promotions needs, and help propel us into another season featuring...
Meredith Monk, Nico Muhly, Kaija Saariaho, Ingram Marshall, Anna Thorvaldsdottir
Meredith Monk :: Living legend Meredith Monk is a composer, vocalist, dancer,choreographer and filmmaker. While all of these descriptors are technically on point, none quite gets to the bones of who she is as an artist. Meredith seamlessly blends these media into arresting performance pieces that feel like rites from another dimension. Through her 50-year career, she has maintained her bright, singular perspective, crafting dozens of surprising, whimsical, profound theatrical works.
Preview a few minutes from our episode on Meredith Monk:
Nico Muhly :: An expert technician, insatiable collaborator and thoroughly joyful musician, Nico Muhly writes for a vivid community of musicians around the world, crafting pieces of all sizes and shapes. Nico’s love of language and syntax finds an analogue in his music, where he delights in cadences' inherent quirks and prods at them until they come out beautifully crooked.
Kaija Saariaho :: An exacting Finnish manipulator of electronic and acoustic sounds, Kaija Saariaho was in the first wave of composers at IRCAM in Paris, working on the bleeding edge of interactive and concrete electronics. Whether writing on the grand scale of an opera or intimate scale of a solo work, Kaija weaves detailed tapestries of sound, honing and re-defining the boundaries of acoustic environments with unexpected textures and color.
Ingram Marshall :: Creator of immersive, expressivist sound worlds, Ingram Marshall’s musical curiosity took him all over the world, from California to Bali, Japan, Sweden and Iceland before he alit, as a pedagogue, back to his homeland in the Northeast US. Ingram superimposes seemingly remembered and misremembered strains with introspective, often electronic landscapes to create music that evokes, nudges and flexes.
Anna Thorvaldsdottir :: Anna Thorvaldsdottir sculpts timbre into large-scale, powerful works. Anna didn’t find composition until she was 19, but once she started writing, she discovered she could not live without it. Taking inspiration from the dangerous, dynamic landscape of her home country, Anna writes bold, toothsome scores with emotionally satisfying forms and sharp, unexpected timbres.
At Meredith Monk's home/studio recording a vocal workshop.
If we blow past our goal we can do even more. We can bring in an additional producer to create five Meet the Composer exclusive bonus tracks of unreleased music—music that can only be recorded and released with your support! We can do more off-site recordings to really bring each story to life; we can even launch a Meet the Composer commissioning fund to bring to life a brand new musical composition, involving you in the process of creation and culminating with a world premiere performance. We can secure the future of Meet the Composer.
LET'S TALK REWARDS!
We have some great gifts lined up this year to thank you. Ringtones of new MTC-exclusive musical pieces from your favorite MTC composers, including Kaija Saariaho, Caroline Shaw, Meredith Monk and John Luther Adams; a Digital Mixtape with music I've recorded live in concert; and our first ever MTC swag: original T-shirts featuring your favorite Season Two composer, plus a limited-edition poster created just for this Kickstarter.
Choose your favorite composer we'd like to feature in Season Two and wear them proudly! Illustrations by Felix Sockwell.
Nab a copy of yMusic's "Balance Problems" and Nadia Sirota's "Baroque" signed by Nadia. (New Amsterdam Records)
Receive a high-quality 13” x 17.5” print of this MTC-inspired watercolor of Meredith Monk by Alex Sopp. "Dive into the minds of today's composers!"
Here's a sample ringtone from Ingram Marshall, excerpted as indicated by the composer from his work Fog Tropes:
And one from Meredith Monk called Eva’s Song:
Nadia Sirota, producer/host and Alexander Overington, producer/sound designer/mixing engineer. Q2 Music staff is managing producer Alex Ambrose and producer Hannis Brown. Video by Kim Nowacki.
Thanks to New Music USA for their flexibility with the use of the "Meet The Composer" name, which became famous through their legacy organization founded by composer John Duffy.
Q2 Music is WQXR's online music station dedicated to contemporary classical composers, innovative ensembles, and vibrant, live webcasts from New York City's leading new-music venues. Q2 Music, a live 24/7 music stream available at q2music.org, includes immersive festivals, insightful commentary from hosts and composers, full-length album streams, and special live events at The Greene Space at WQXR. Q2 Music is also available via the free WQXR app.
It can take many weeks of work to complete just a few minutes of Meet the Composer. We edit each interview within an inch of its life; we work on the sound design until it sings. We agonize over every second of each show so it sounds effortless and inevitable.
We spent over a year grappling with the structure, tone and pacing of Meet the Composer, and though we've found a formula that works, we realize that part of what attracts us and, we think, you as a listener is the sense of play, unpredictability and renewal that we strive to bring to each episode. In a sense, the five initial composers interviews are just the very beginning: we then visit the composers to capture behind-the-scenes moments; we speak with their colleagues and longtime champions for an insider's perspective; we dive behind the words and into the music for what moves us. In this way, each show is completely different, each production schedule reinvented.
What sustains us though is our love of the music and joy in uncovering the stories behind it, and the hope to share with you how beautiful, awesome and inspiring classical music is and has always been.
Pledge US$ 5 or more About US$ 5
You'll receive a set of ringtones from MTC composers, including Meredith Monk, John Luther Adams, Ingram Marshall, Nico Muhly, Marcos Balter, Donnacha Dennehy, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Caroline Shaw and Kaija Saariaho.
Estimated delivery Jul 2015
You'll receive an hour-long digital Mixtape from Nadia Sirota, featuring performances of solo and chamber (yMusic, ACME) from composers including Nico Muhly, Shara Worden, Son Lux and more. [ + ] Ringtones
Get a signed copy of Nadia Sirota's most recent solo CD "Baroque." [ + ] Ringtones and Mixtape
Get a signed copy of yMusic's "Balance Problems." [ + ] Ringtones and Mixtape
EARLY BIRD SPECIAL! Get a MTC Season II T-shirt for cheap! Pick your favorite composer of the five we'd like to feature in Season 2 and we'll send you a custom design with their face on it. [ + ] Ringtones and Mixtape
Get a limited edition MTC Season II T-shirt. Pick your favorite composer of the five we'd like to feature in Season 2 and we'll send you a custom design with their face on it. [ + ] Ringtones and Mixtape
"Dive into the minds of today's composers!" Get a limited edition MTC II poster of Meredith Monk, designed and signed by Alex Sopp. [ + ] Ringtones and Mixtape
"Friend"! Have your name read during the credits of one of the shows as a MTC super backer (language TBD) [ + ] Ringtones and Mixtape and choice of MTC II T-shirt or Poster
"Behind the Mic"! Read the credits on one of our episodes for MTC II! [ + ] Ringtones and Mixtape and your choice of (3) MTC II T-shirts
"VIP"! Take a tour of the station with MTC producers and see how we mix the radio magic! Offer to attend sound check and concert of upcoming Q2 Music Presents in The Greene Space [ + ] Ringtones, Mixtape, Poster and your choice of (3) MTC II T-shirts
MTC'ify a Composer of Your Choosing! We will produce a 5-10 minute MTC-flavored mini just for you [ + ] Ringtones, Mixtape, Poster and your choice of (3) MTC II T-shirts
Pledge US$ 10,000 About US$ 10,000
"Meet the Composer" Live! We bring a live performance with host Nadia Sirota and producers to you (New York City area only, subject to mutual availability.) [ + ] Ringtones, Mixtape, Poster and your choice of (3) MTC II T-shirts
Estimated delivery Sep 2015
Apr 7, 2015 - May 7, 2015 (30 days)
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Citroen C3 Lease
After a new hatchback? If so, the C3 from Citroen is certainly worth a look. It’s pretty pleasing on the eye, and with standard features that include a multi-function trip computer, body coloured bumpers, MP3 connectivity, and ABS – you’re given it all by this car. Call us today to arrange your Citroen C3 contract hire or car leasing option.
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Citroen’s third generation C3 supermini has a much more distinctive style this time round, with quirky looks, a very individual feel and even the option of a clever dash cam camera. Ultimately, there’s nothing really revolutionary on offer but as a complete and highly personalisable package, it’s desirably different.
Small French cars used to ride beautifully, grip tenaciously and flow from corner to corner with relaxed, unflustered motion. It may come as news to some motoring journalists but most supermini drivers don’t routinely want to throw their cars about as if they were on stage from the RAC Rally. What most of them would prefer is a model that rolls the red carpet over the average appallingly surfaced British road. It’s all down to the way that the fairly conventional suspension set-up has been tuned, though the downside of that is inevitably extra body roll through the bends. Stay with it though and you’ll find that there’s actually more grip and traction on offer than you might think.
Beneath the bonnet, the third generation model carries over the engines used in the final versions of its predecessor, the bulk of the range built around an efficient PSA Group 1. 2-litre three cylinder petrol PureTech unit developing either 68 or 82bhp in normally aspirated form or 110bhp if it’s been fitted out with a turbocharger. This pokiest powerplant manages 61. 4mpg on the combined cycle and 103g/km, plus it’s the only unit in the range to be offered with an auto gearbox option. If you can justify the premium for diesel power, two 1. 6-litre BlueHDi units are offered, developing either 75 or 100bhp.
At last, Citroen models are starting to look unique and different once more. In 2014, the brand’s C4 Cactus model started that trend and this third generation C3 continues it with a look that according to its maker is ‘distinctively offbeat’. The styling’s certainly unusual, all fluid curves and muscular flanks, with a stance that’s almost SUV-like. Get a version that’s all colour-kitted out and you’ll really be making quite a supermarket statement.
Time to take a seat inside. We’ve mentioned the ‘ConnectedCAM’ camera that sits behind this rear view mirror, allowing owners of plushly-specified C3 models to share road trip photos and videos directly with friends and family. But there’s much more than that to set this cabin apart. The designer luggage-themed over-stitched door pulls for example, the retro-style instrument dial graphics, the intricately-fashioned chrome-trimmed vents, the door bins with their unusual contrast-coloured interiors, there’s even a ‘reverse Airbump’ theme happening on the doors and the speaker grilles. It all attempts to continue the cheery demeanour established before you got in.
Time to take a seat in the rear. Once you’re inside, it’s quickly evident that this isn’t one of the more spacious superminis in the segment. The room on offer will be fine for kids of course, but adults stuck behind reasonably tall compatriots up-front may well struggle a little when it comes to room for their legs and knees.
But then how often is it really necessary to transport burly adults for any real distance in a supermini? Almost never. For the role that a car like this will typically be asked to play in an average family, what’s provided here will, for most buyers, be probably quite sufficient.
Last but not least, let’s take a look at the boot. Lift the tailgate and after the relative restrictions of the rear seat, it’s something of a surprise to find that the 300-litre space provided is one of the larger cargo bays in the supermini segment.
All of which leaves us…. well where? From an objective point of view, this C3 is one of the best cars in the class. Subjectively, though, you could easily argue that there’s nothing in this segment to touch it. It all depends on how you view the automotive world. We think this C3 makes it a brighter place.
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Middlesbrough dangerman 'could go and play for Man City' former boss warns ahead of Leeds United clash
Leeds are due to make the trip up to the Riverside Stadium on Friday night
Would the Boro wideman be a hit under Pep?
Middlesbrough winger Adama Traore has been given a huge vote of confidence ahead of the visit of Leeds United by the man who brought him to English football - by saying he is good enough for Manchester City.
Former Blackburn and Tottenham midfielder Tim Sherwood was in charge at Aston Villa when the club signed Traore as a 19-year-old from Barcelona in 2015.
While he was unable to establish himself in the first-team at Villa Park, he has now become a key player at Boro following his August 2016 transfer.
And Sherwood has been singing his praises, as Boro prepare to face Leeds in Friday night's Championship clash.
"He could go and play for Manchester City tomorrow," Sherwood told Sky Sports.
Adama Traore was sent off for Boro last time out (Image: Ian Horrocks/Sunderland AFC via Getty Images)
"Not Manchester United as he's not necessarily a Jose Mourinho player, but he could be a Pep Guardiola player and play free and loose. He could probably set the world alight. He has got those qualities. He is eye-catching and he gets people on the edge of their seats.”
These comments come after the 22-year-old saw a four-match ban overturned, meaning he is available to face Leeds at the Riverside Stadium.
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is wary of Huddersfield Town's home atmosphere.
He was originally slapped with the sanction following his red card during Saturday’s Tees-Wear derby at the Stadium of Light against Sunderland.
Referee Tim Robinson dismissed Traore after he was seen to raise his hands towards Sunderland’s Bryan Oviedo, but the club have now successfully appealed the ban.
Sherwood also spoke of how much the winger has improved since he arrived at Villa as a teenager.
"When he first came in, he was obviously new to the level," he continued.
Sherwood signed Traore at Aston Villa
"To be honest, he had been playing in Segunda B in Spain, which is a very poor league. That was his first experience of men's football. To come over and go straight into the Premier League was a big ask. Some of the best players in the world take time to settle.
Middlesbrough vs Leeds United build-up
Boro confirm game is ON
Boro groundstaff hard at work
"It was very difficult in the position we were in to give him a run in the team because he wasn't that well respected. The biggest compliment I can pay him, if it is a compliment, is that the players didn't want to play with him, but nobody wanted to play against him either.
"He wants the ball to himself but he dribbles in the wrong areas at times. He's got to learn because he was turning the ball over where it was easier to pass it. You never knew what you were going to get from him. He was full of power and pace but lacked end product."
Friday's match is due to kick-off at the Riverside Stadium - but there are fears it may have to be postponed due to the bad weather that has hit the country in recent days.
Should the Middlesbrough vs Leeds United game go ahead?
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Thulamela councillor Shady Maluleke and Mr Ricci Davidoff turn the sod during the ceremony to hand over land for development of a mall on Friday.
R169 million mall for Malamulele area
The community of Malamulele in Limpopo Province has received a boost with the construction of a shopping mall that will yield 600 permanent jobs.
A 14 000 m2 site was handed over by Thulamela municipality to the Masingita Group of Companies on Friday, led by well-known property mogul Mike Nkuna. The construction of the mall, known as Malamulele Crossing, will cost about R169-million.
Nkuna said construction would start immediately. “I have built several malls around the country, but I will always relish creating jobs for my people of Malamulele.” He added that during the construction phase, the project will provide about 1 100 jobs. “Because I am from this area, I feel happy to change the lives of my people,” he said.
Cllr Shady Maluleke said that the municipality appreciated and supported the Masingita Group of Companies with the new venture. “This new mall will help government address the challenges of inequality, unemployment and poverty,” said Maluleke.
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