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Big Creek & Southern Railroad
Signals & CTC
HK's Last Ride
Last Ride of a Legend...
Published: 28 December 2015 | Written by Super User | Hits: 13579
SAYING FAREWELL TO A LONG-TIME FRIEND...
The Big Creek & Southern has no greater friend than Harold K. Vollrath. As a founding member of the railroad his influence and numerous contributions of equipment, funds, and sage wisdom is without compare. K has relocated to Texas to be near his daughter and grandchildren.
On Tuesday, May 6, 2014 the BC&S crew gathered for an afternoon of fellowship and for K's Last Ride on the railroad. Many well-wishers either dropped by or sent their regards and regrets. Mr. Vollrath was one of the four original founding members of the Big Creek & Southern railroad which include Pat McCarthy, Harold Vollrath, Doyle Herley and Dave Huff. Of these four, only Mr. Vollrath and Pat are still active with the railroad.
From BC&S president, Pat McCarthy: "K and I have traveled many miles together. We used to go on our 'flings' to lots of railroads. I've always enjoyed his railroad stories. He is a true railroader through and through. We went to California and the west coast many times, running on all the railroads out there. In 2000 we did a flying trip to Riverside, California, to pick up his passenger car in Tehachapi and to run on the railroad out there - 5000 miles in 7 days! We've also been to Texas many times together. Mr. Vollrath has always been an interested and loyal member and has made many contributions to the success of the railroad."
Harold Vollrath now resides in Texas near his daughter and grandchildren. We hope that we will still see him from time to time at our operating events here on the BC&S. As a parting gift, Mr. Vollrath has donated his ten-wheeler (pictured above) and his passenger car to the Big Creek & Southern where it will become a treasured part of our history.
From everyone at the Big Creek & Southern, here's to our dear friend, mentor, and colleague! Thanks for the memories!!!
Pictured: (L to R) Pat McCarthy, Harold Vollrath, Jerry Salsbury, Bob Miller (standing), Dale Perry, Barbara Walz, and Jacques. Photo by Jim Duncan (not pictured).
Pat and Harold - a last handshake before saying goodbye.
Mr. Vollrath shares stories and recollections of the BC&S and his work with the Kansas City Southern Railroad with the gang.
Mr. Vollrath riding past the interlocking tower that has been named in his honor.
HK is the telegraph call for our interlocking tower which houses our dispatcher and CTC machine.
It was a beautiful day for a last ride on the BC&S for Harold Vollrath. Pat McCarthy mans the throttle.
Riding along with Pat and K is Bob Miller.
(Below) Backing into the carbarn yard to tie it up at the end of the afternoon Pat, Barbara and Jacques are riding along for the final time with Mr. Vollrath.
THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES AND THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS OF TIME, RESOURCES,
AND WISDOM FROM OUR DEAR FRIEND, HAROLD K. VOLLRATH. YOU ARE MISSED!
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THE SONS OF TUIRENN
adapted by Brian Lieske
No one remembers exactly what the cause of the blood feud between the Sons of Tuirenn and the sons of Cainte was. But it really matters not, whatever the cause it came to pass one day that Cian was parted from his two brothers as he crossed a plain. Off in the distance, he spied the three sons of Tuirenn: Brian, Iucharba, and Iuchar.
"I fear no man, and were my brothers here we would shortly settle this dispute once and for all. But they are three and I am one and there are times that discretion is the better part of valor." So saying, he drew forth his druidical wand and transformed himself into a pig that he might hide amongst the other pigs rooting along the plain.
"Brothers," Brian said, "was there are not a warrior walking across the plain moment ago?"
"Aye, brother. I believe there was," Iucharba replied.
"I too have seen him, but he has vanished," Iuchar added.
"He has not vanished. What else to you see?"
His brothers looked more carefully across the open field and replied, "A herd of pigs. Nuada's pigs that no man dare disturb."
"If the warrior has transformed himself, we'll never be able to find him."
Brian shook his head and admonished his brothers, "Unworthy sons of our father would you be if you cannot find transformed warrior amongst a herd of pigs." So saying, he drew forth his druidical wand and tapped his brothers, transforming them into hounds.
They charge across the plain, Brian in close pursuit. Cain broke from the herd of pigs as the hounds approached. Seeing the enchanted pig for what it was, Brian hurled his spear and pierced the druidical pig through the trunk of its chest.
"It is an ill thing you have done, to wound me thus when you knew I was a warrior. I am Cain, son of Cainte; I ask for quarter."
The transformed Iuchar and Iucharba growled and snapped at the mortally wounded pig. Brian drew forth his druidical wand again and returned his brothers to their human shape. He replied, "There is a blood feud between us. If life were to return seven times to you, seven times what I strike you down."
"Then will you grant a warrior's final request?"
"Name it," the Sons of Tuirenn replied.
"Allow me to pass in my human shape."
"That suits me well," Brian replied, "for it is more to my liking to strike down a warrior as an equal them to slay a pig."
His human form returned, Cain asked again, "Will you grant me quarter now as warrior to warrior?"
"Never."
"You are fools, Sons of Tuirenn. Had you slain me as a pig the eric price would have been that of a pig, but I am noble of the Tuatha de Danaan and the eric you shall pay will be greater than any before in history. Your own weapons will cry out at the horror of your act and recount the deed to Lugh, my son."
"Then we shall not use our weapons. The stones of the earth shall finish our work." The Sons of Tuirenn grasped the stones from the earth and hurled them at Cain until the life was driven from him.
They dug a deep hole in the earth to receive the body, but the soil rejected this fratricide for it is said the Tuatha de Danaan were all brothers. Six times, they tried to bury Cain and six times the earth rejected him. The seventh time, they mounted the stones they had cast at Cain atop his burial mound and the earth received the body.
"Now we travel on to the battle." The Sons of Tuirenn left the small mound in the midst of the plain and travel on to the forces of the Tuatha de Danaan were preparing to attack the Fomori.
Lugh discovers the body and names the eric price
The brothers perform the tasks.
Forgetfulness overtakes them and they return without the last item.
The brothers fight on the hill and die.
Here ends the Frist Sorrow of Storytelling, the sad fate of the Sons of Tuirenn.
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Update on the Fight Against Corruption
Posted on November 1, 2013 by Stan Jester | 8 Comments
Pat Reid and Tony Pope
The jury was selected this week, and in opening statements yesterday, the defense attorneys for Reid and Pope said the defendants will testify about the racketeering and theft charges against them. Pat Reid was vice president of Tony Pope’s construction company which had millions in contracts to DeKalb Schools. According to the AJC, “These two defendants, along with others, manipulated the DeKalb School District and took money they were not entitled to,” Chief Assistant District Attorney Kellie Hill told jurors in her opening statement. ” While [Reid and Pope] were married, they were partners. They were partners in life and they were partners in business.”
Three weeks ago Crawford Lewis pleaded guilty to obstruction. Facing 65 years in prison, Lewis traded his testimony in the Reid/Pope case for a maximum 12 months in jail. In 1977 Lewis was hired as a physical education teacher and later promoted to principal at Montgomery ES. In 1997 he moved to the central office and was named superintendent in 2004.
CEO Burrell Ellis
DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis was indicted back in June by a grand jury on 15 counts that accused him of trying to pressure county contractors for campaign contributions, among other allegations. Paul Champion, listed as an un-indicted co-conspirator in nine of the 15 criminal counts, broke his silence yesterday on WSB-TV. He is speaking out for the first time about his role in the case, his testimony before the Special Grand Jury and allegations that a county official asked him to pay a kickback. Walton is expected to be a key witness against Ellis.
Ellis’ indictment claims that all the dirty work was done “at the offices of R.L. Brown”. R.L. Brown and Associates is an architectural firm that contracts to school districts. Robert L. Brown and Brad Bryant were appointed liaisons to the Governor for the appointment of the new DeKalb board members. Prior to selecting the new DeKalb Board, R.L. Brown was a board member at Grady where his architectural firm received millions of dollars in contracts for a major expansion of Grady Hospital.
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8 responses to “Update on the Fight Against Corruption”
waitaminit 1 | November 2, 2013 at 10:50 PM |
..and yet RL Brown goes untouched, nearly unmentioned.
Stan Jester | November 4, 2013 at 10:09 AM |
I’m perplexed as well why Robert Brown selecting the new board didn’t raise more eyebrows. DSW and Dunwoody Talk wrote about it. Robert Brown wasn’t exactly germane to this post, but I mention it as an aside whenever possible.
At Nancy’s Coffee With Friends, Dunwoody Rep Tom Taylor said, “I was disappointed, when the Governor removed the DeKalb Schools board, out of 23 members of the DeKalb Delegation, only 6 of us stood with him and supported that. Which means the other folks were satisfied with the status quo, which was failing. That’s unacceptable.”
I understand most people have lives and don’t follow these things closely. But, those 17 members of the DeKalb Delegation know. It’s hard to be part of a county where a majority accepts the old board as well as R.L. Brown.
Rep Taylor–what’s unacceptable are people who know better over simplifying a complex issue (the constittuionality of replacing locally elected officials) for political gain. It’s also not terribly courageous to do this (nor enlightening) considering the tenor and amount of publicity (misinformation) over the issue–and resultant mob behavior.
If I was a legislator:
(1) I’dpay much more attention to the intricacies of the power bases of people like RL Brown–and the reasons the press ignores them if I was a leader down at the state house.
(2) I’d question the premise of any issue that generates an overwhelming plurality that calls for public official’s heads on a spike. I’d use a 75% figure to measure whether a more judicious leadership is needed (don’t support or foment mob behavior).
(3)I’d tread very carefully changing (threatening) the state Constitution, not making individual circumstances the basis of an amendment–such as what is happening in DeKalb and Fulton on many fronts.
Note: Now that SACS has been used as the rationale of potential public officials’ removals, the law will now be changed due to the questions being raised about the state’s reliance on the agency. (That’s what hapens with bad law with expedient motives–change after change after change). This of course follows criticism nationally over the agency’s attention on school boards and policy, rather than individual school performance.
Stan Jester | November 4, 2013 at 12:23 PM |
Why do you say the law will be changed? To what?
OCGA 20-2-73, relating to suspension and removal of local school board members, doesn’t rely specifically on SACS. DeKalb Schools could be accredited by GAC who relies more on outputs than inputs.
waitaminit 1 | November 4, 2013 at 3:39 PM |
Thanks for the reminder Stan. That’s reasonable, but perhaps should even consider other organizations. To your question, the law would not necessarily have to be changed (my unfortunate assertion), but certainly should be considered for results only. But the most significant changes would be to eliminate reference to accreditation agencies altogether–and not even ALLOW the unilateral (and arbitrary) removal by the Governor. The furthest the law would impose that a recall potetion be initiated by the public. Really man, the usurpation of Home Rule cannot stand–the precedent is scary.
Stan Jester | November 4, 2013 at 4:05 PM |
I think Georgia should accredit their own schools using benchmarks that are clearly delineated, objective and based on results for students. Virgina’s DOE, for instance, accredits its own schools.
“School accreditation ratings reflect student achievement on Standards of Learning Assessments and other tests in English, history/social science, mathematics and science. Ratings are based on the achievement of students on tests taken during the previous academic year and may also reflect a three-year average of achievement.”
The punishment for not meeting these standards should be a state take over or withholding of state funds. Agreed, it’s scary that an elected official could be removed without due process or recall election.
Cherylpaulmiller | December 7, 2013 at 6:45 PM |
Stan, why is Brad Bryant mentioned in the txt about RL Brown? We’re they business partners? I wonder how Taylor and others justify statements that they stood in support of the Governor’s actions and yet are working toward a separate school system for Dunwoody. the report clearly said that the divisions in the county are what need to be fixed. All the politicians are doing now is trying to create larger, more severe divisions. We are not out of hot water, yet. Thurmond cannot do everything alone.
Stan Jester | December 7, 2013 at 9:14 PM |
Hi Cheryl.
Why are Brad Bryant and RL Brown mentioned in the same sentence? They were appointed as the liaisons to the Governor for the appointment of the new DeKalb board members.
I view Rep. Taylor’s support of the Governor’s actions and his support of independent school districts as completely consistent with one another. Given the implications in the accreditation issue, he recognized that measures needed to be taken to protect the children of the district and supported the intervention by the Governor. By supporting HR 486, Rep. Taylor is addressing the fundamental causes of problems in the district. Until these fundamental issues are addressed, DeKalb is likely to continue to produce poor results academically and fiscally. There is ample evidence that small districts work better for children and are less expensive to run on a per pupil basis than the larger districts. Children from disadvantaged backgrounds tend to perform better in smaller districts than their peers in larger districts. The cityhood movements are also evidence that DeKalb has a variety of communities that prefer self-determination rather than have the county government provide services to them. The cityhood movement and HR 486 are telling us that communities want more control over the services and schools for which they pay. These realities aren’t changing, and are not going to, no matter who sits in the superintendent’s chair. Keep in mind, HR 486 also has sponsors from Fulton and Gwinnett.
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Category: Michael Coleman
COLEMAN’S JADOTVILLE MEDALS MOTION PASSED BY COUNCIL
A motion from Defence Forces veteran Cllr Michael Coleman advocating that the heroism and bravery of the Irish Forces at Jadotville be properly recognised has been passed by Kildare County Council.
You can read the Leinster Leader article here
COLEMAN TABLES MOTIONS FOR CELBRIDGE MD MEETING
Cllr Michael Colernan has put two motions down for the coming Celbridge/Leixlip Municipal District (MD) Meeting on Friday 15th March
The First Motion is as follows :
1. That Main Street Celbridge be made a poster free zone from Castletown Gates to the Grotto. Supporting the request of Celbridge Tidy Towns.
The Second Motion is as follows :
2. That the Council sends a letter to all household bin providers in the MD in relation to the damage that bin lorries are causing to kerbs and surrounding green areas. Below is a link to a Kildarenow article regarding the damage being caused by bin lorries.
You can read more about the issue of damage allegedly being done by bin lorries here
O’ROURKE WELCOMES APPOINTMENT OF CELBRIDGE COMMUNITY GARDA
Frank O’Rourke TD and Cllr Michael Coleman have welcomed the confirmation that a permanent Community Garda will be appointed to Celbridge Garda Station within the next two months.
Frank commented, “I’m pleased that the Garda resources are strengthening in Celbridge. This was a commitment both myself and Cllr Michael Coleman got when we met Garda management last year. This is further positive news for Celbridge and I will continue to keep a focus on having further resources allocated to Celbridge and Kildare. Last year, I raised the relatively low level of Garda numbers in Celbridge and in Kildare generally, and called on the Department of Justice to fairly distribute Garda resources. Kildare has one of the lowest level of Garda numbers in the country. The numbers are now improving incrementally In Kildare, and we need further additional resources allocated to the different locations in Kildare.”
“I do want to acknowledge that we have made some progress in terms of Garda numbers in the last 2 years in Celbridge, but we must make further progress and bring Kildare in line with the national average. I want to thank the Gardí for the continued commitment on this important issue. I will continue to press the Minister for additional Garda resources.”, concluded Deputy O’Rourke.
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CANCELED – 8th Annual Scott W. Nixon Lecture: Plastic Waste Inputs from Land into the Ocean
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Jenna Jambeck, PhD
Professor, College of Engineering
University of GeorgiaLecture will be livestreamed: https://ci.uri.edu/
The Annual Scott W. Nixon hosted by the URI Coastal Institute will feature guest speaker Dr. Jenna Jambeck. Dr. Jambeck is a Professor in Environmental Engineering at University of Georgia (UGA), Director of the Center for Circular Materials Management in the New Materials Institute, a National Geographic Fellow. She has been conducting research on solid waste issues for over 23 years with related projects on marine debris for 19. She also specializes in global waste management issues and plastic contamination. Her work on plastic waste inputs into the ocean has been recognized by the global community and translated into policy discussions by the Global Ocean Commission, in testimony to U.S. Congress, in G7 and G20 Declarations, and the United Nations Environment program. She conducts public environmental diplomacy as an International Informational Speaker for the US Department of State. This has included multiple global programs of speaking events, meetings, presentations to governmental bodies, and media outreach in thirteen economies including Chile, Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, South Africa, Vietnam, Jordan, Israel, South Korea, India, and China. She has won awards for her teaching and research in the College of Engineering and the UGA Creative Research Medal, as well as a Public Service and Outreach Fellowship. In 2014 she sailed across the Atlantic Ocean with 13 other women in eXXpedition to sample land and open ocean plastic and encourage women to enter STEM disciplines. She is co-developer of the mobile app Marine Debris Tracker, a tool that continues to facilitate a growing global citizen science initiative. The app and citizen science program has documented the location of over two million litter and marine debris items removed from our environment throughout the world. Follow her work on Twitter @JambeckResearch, @DebrisTracker.
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Glacial–interglacial cycles in the south-central and southeastern Pyrenees since ~180 ka (NE Spain–Andorra–S France)
Valenti Turu, Jose Luís Peña-Monné, Pedro P. Cunha, Guy Jalut, Jan-Pieter Buylaert, Andrew S. Murray, David Bridgland, Mads Faurschou-Knudsen, Marc Oliva, Rosa M. Carrasco, Xavier Ros, Laia Turu-Font, Josep Ventura Roca
Journal: Quaternary Research , First View
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 January 2023, pp. 1-28
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This study uses luminescence and 14C accelerator mass spectrometry procedures to date relevant glaciofluvial and glacial deposits from the south-central and southeastern Pyrenees (Andorra–France–Spain). We distinguish two types of end-moraine complexes: (1) those in which at least a far-flung moraine exists beyond a frequently nested end-moraine complex (the most common) and (2) those in which a close-nested end moraine encompasses at least two glacial cycles. Both types formed within six distinctive glacial intervals: (1) A penultimate glacial cycle during Marine Oxygen Isotope Stage (MIS) 6 and older glaciofluvial terraces occurred beyond the range of the luminescence dating method. (2) An early glacial advance in MIS 5d (~97 −15/+19 ka) was followed by glacial retreat during MIS 5c (< 91 ± 9 ka). (3) The last maximum ice extent (LMIE) was in early MIS 4 (~74 ± 4.5 ka). (4) Unexpectedly, glaciers thinned during the second half of MIS 3 (~39 −6/+11 ka). (5) During the MIS 3–2 transition, glaciers subsequently fluctuated behind the LMIE limits. (6) The global last glacial maximum (LGM) started as early as ~26.6 ± 0.365 ka b2k, and the corresponding end moraines were built behind the LMIE limits or merged with it, forming close-nested moraines.
Patient and parent-reported outcomes in paediatric ventricular assist device support: a multi-center ACTION learning network feasibility and pilot experience
Melissa K. Cousino, Lindsay J. May, Lauren Smyth, Melissa McQueen, Katherine Thompson, Tiffany Hunter, Courtney Ventresco, Katrina Fields, Jenna Murray, Desiree S. Machado, Muhammad Shezad, Farhan Zafar, David N. Rosenthal, Angela Lorts, Elizabeth D. Blume
Journal: Cardiology in the Young , First View
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2023, pp. 1-9
Patient- and proxy-reported outcomes (PROs) are an important indicator of healthcare quality and can be used to inform treatment. Despite the widescale use of PROs in adult cardiology, they are underutilised in paediatric cardiac care. This study describes a six-center feasibility and pilot experience implementing PROs in the paediatric and young adult ventricular assist device population.
The Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network (ACTION) is a collaborative learning network comprised of 55 centres focused on improving clinical outcomes and the patient/family experience for children with heart failure and those supported by ventricular assist devices. The development of ACTION’s PRO programme via engagement with patient and parent stakeholders is described. Pilot feasibility, patient/parent and clinician feedback, and initial PRO findings of patients and families receiving paediatric ventricular assist support across six centres are detailed.
Thirty of the thirty-five eligible patients (85.7%) were enrolled in the PRO programme during the pilot study period. Clinicians and participating patients/parents reported positive experiences with the PRO pilot programme. The most common symptoms reported by patients/parents in the first month post-implant period included limitations in activities, dressing change distress, and post-operative pain. Poor sleep, dressing change distress, sadness, and fatigue were the most common symptoms endorsed >30 days post-implant. Parental sadness and worry were notable throughout the entirety of the post-implant experience.
This multi-center ACTION learning network-based PRO programme demonstrated initial success in this six-center pilot study experience and yields important next steps for larger-scale PRO collection, research, and clinical intervention.
Taking Lambs to the Slaughter: Marketing Channels, Journey Structures and Possible Consequences for Welfare
K C Murray, D H Davies, S L Cullinane, J C Eddison, J A Kirk
Journal: Animal Welfare / Volume 9 / Issue 2 / May 2000
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 January 2023, pp. 111-122
Consumers now demand evidence of welfare assurance at all stages of animal production, marketing, transport and slaughter. In response, retailers have increasingly adopted preferred supply chain relationships which preclude sourcing animals via livestock auction markets. One of the criteria dictating this action is a perceived improvement in animal welfare resulting from direct transport from farm to abattoir.
A survey of complete journey structures of 18 393 slaughterweight lambs from farm to abattoir was conducted between April and July 1997. Journeys were characterized in terms of distances travelled, duration and the number of discrete components within a whole journey which comprised: transport; trans-shipping (when animals were transferred from one vehicle to another); multiple pickups from a number of farms; and holding at either assembly points, lairages or auction markets. The results identified that journeys in the livestock distribution system are diverse and range in complexity, irrespective of marketing channel. Journey complexity was found to be positively related to distance travelled.
The study demonstrates that discussions concerning welfare of livestock in transit should consider the journey structure and not just the marketing channel per se. Furthermore, it also shows that changes taking place in the infrastructure of the marketing and meat processing sectors may result in a reduction in animal welfare.
Ten new insights in climate science 2022
Maria A. Martin, Emmanuel A. Boakye, Emily Boyd, Wendy Broadgate, Mercedes Bustamante, Josep G. Canadell, Edward R. Carr, Eric K. Chu, Helen Cleugh, Szilvia Csevár, Marwa Daoudy, Ariane de Bremond, Meghnath Dhimal, Kristie L. Ebi, Clea Edwards, Sabine Fuss, Martin P. Girardin, Bruce Glavovic, Sophie Hebden, Marina Hirota, Huang-Hsiung Hsu, Saleemul Huq, Karin Ingold, Ola M. Johannessen, Yasuko Kameyama, Nilushi Kumarasinghe, Gaby S. Langendijk, Tabea Lissner, Shuaib Lwasa, Catherine Machalaba, Aaron Maltais, Manu V. Mathai, Cheikh Mbow, Karen E. McNamara, Aditi Mukherji, Virginia Murray, Jaroslav Mysiak, Chukwumerije Okereke, Daniel Ospina, Friederike Otto, Anjal Prakash, Juan M. Pulhin, Emmanuel Raju, Aaron Redman, Kanta K. Rigaud, Johan Rockström, Joyashree Roy, E. Lisa F. Schipper, Peter Schlosser, Karsten A. Schulz, Kim Schumacher, Luana Schwarz, Murray Scown, Barbora Šedová, Tasneem A. Siddiqui, Chandni Singh, Giles B. Sioen, Detlef Stammer, Norman J. Steinert, Sunhee Suk, Rowan Sutton, Lisa Thalheimer, Maarten van Aalst, Kees van der Geest, Zhirong Jerry Zhao
Journal: Global Sustainability / Volume 5 / 2022
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 November 2022, e20
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We summarize what we assess as the past year's most important findings within climate change research: limits to adaptation, vulnerability hotspots, new threats coming from the climate–health nexus, climate (im)mobility and security, sustainable practices for land use and finance, losses and damages, inclusive societal climate decisions and ways to overcome structural barriers to accelerate mitigation and limit global warming to below 2°C.
We synthesize 10 topics within climate research where there have been significant advances or emerging scientific consensus since January 2021. The selection of these insights was based on input from an international open call with broad disciplinary scope. Findings concern: (1) new aspects of soft and hard limits to adaptation; (2) the emergence of regional vulnerability hotspots from climate impacts and human vulnerability; (3) new threats on the climate–health horizon – some involving plants and animals; (4) climate (im)mobility and the need for anticipatory action; (5) security and climate; (6) sustainable land management as a prerequisite to land-based solutions; (7) sustainable finance practices in the private sector and the need for political guidance; (8) the urgent planetary imperative for addressing losses and damages; (9) inclusive societal choices for climate-resilient development and (10) how to overcome barriers to accelerate mitigation and limit global warming to below 2°C.
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Prospective associations of emotion reactivity and risk behaviors with suicide attempts in US Army soldiers
James A. Naifeh, Robert J. Ursano, Murray B. Stein, Holly B. Herberman Mash, Pablo A. Aliaga, Carol S. Fullerton, Hieu M. Dinh, Tzu-Cheg Kao, Nancy A. Sampson, Ronald C. Kessler
Journal: Psychological Medicine , First View
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 November 2022, pp. 1-8
Emotion reactivity and risk behaviors (ERRB) are transdiagnostic dimensions associated with suicide attempt (SA). ERRB patterns may identify individuals at increased risk of future SAs.
A representative sample of US Army soldiers entering basic combat training (n = 21 772) was surveyed and followed via administrative records for their first 48 months of service. Latent profile analysis of baseline survey items assessing ERRB dimensions, including emotion reactivity, impulsivity, and risk-taking behaviors, identified distinct response patterns (classes). SAs were identified using administrative medical records. A discrete-time survival framework was used to examine associations of ERRB classes with subsequent SA during the first 48 months of service, adjusting for time in service, socio-demographic and service-related variables, and mental health diagnosis (MH-Dx). We examined whether associations of ERRB classes with SA differed by year of service and for soldiers with and without a MH-Dx.
Of 21 772 respondents (86.2% male, 61.8% White non-Hispanic), 253 made a SA. Four ERRB classes were identified: ‘Indirect Harming’ (8.9% of soldiers), ‘Impulsive’ (19.3%), ‘Risk-Taking’ (16.3%), and ‘Low ERRB’ (55.6%). Compared to Low ERRB, Impulsive [OR 1.8 (95% CI 1.3–2.4)] and Risk-Taking [OR 1.6 (95% CI 1.1–2.2)] had higher odds of SA after adjusting for covariates. The ERRB class and MH-Dx interaction was non-significant. Within each class, SA risk varied across service time.
SA risk within the four identified ERRB classes varied across service time. Impulsive and Risk-Taking soldiers had increased risk of future SA. MH-Dx did not modify these associations, which may therefore help identify risk in those not yet receiving mental healthcare.
Genetic and psychosocial stressors have independent effects on the level of subclinical psychosis: findings from the multinational EU-GEI study
Editor's Highlights
B. Pignon, H. Peyre, A. Ayrolles, J. B. Kirkbride, S. Jamain, A. Ferchiou, J. R. Richard, G. Baudin, S. Tosato, H. Jongsma, L. de Haan, I. Tarricone, M. Bernardo, E. Velthorst, M. Braca, C. Arango, M. Arrojo, J. Bobes, C. M. Del-Ben, M. Di Forti, C. Gayer-Anderson, P. B. Jones, C. La Cascia, A. Lasalvia, P. R. Menezes, D. Quattrone, J. Sanjuán, J. P. Selten, A. Tortelli, P. M. Llorca, J. van Os, B. P. F. Rutten, R. M. Murray, C. Morgan, M. Leboyer, A. Szöke, F. Schürhoff
Journal: Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences / Volume 31 / 2022
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 September 2022, e68
Gene x environment (G×E) interactions, i.e. genetic modulation of the sensitivity to environmental factors and/or environmental control of the gene expression, have not been reliably established regarding aetiology of psychotic disorders. Moreover, recent studies have shown associations between the polygenic risk scores for schizophrenia (PRS-SZ) and some risk factors of psychotic disorders, challenging the traditional gene v. environment dichotomy. In the present article, we studied the role of GxE interaction between psychosocial stressors (childhood trauma, stressful life-events, self-reported discrimination experiences and low social capital) and the PRS-SZ on subclinical psychosis in a population-based sample.
Data were drawn from the EUropean network of national schizophrenia networks studying Gene-Environment Interactions (EU-GEI) study, in which subjects without psychotic disorders were included in six countries. The sample was restricted to European descendant subjects (n = 706). Subclinical dimensions of psychosis (positive, negative, and depressive) were measured by the Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences (CAPE) scale. Associations between the PRS-SZ and the psychosocial stressors were tested. For each dimension, the interactions between genes and environment were assessed using linear models and comparing explained variances of ‘Genetic’ models (solely fitted with PRS-SZ), ‘Environmental’ models (solely fitted with each environmental stressor), ‘Independent’ models (with PRS-SZ and each environmental factor), and ‘Interaction’ models (Independent models plus an interaction term between the PRS-SZ and each environmental factor). Likelihood ration tests (LRT) compared the fit of the different models.
There were no genes-environment associations. PRS-SZ was associated with positive dimensions (β = 0.092, R2 = 7.50%), and most psychosocial stressors were associated with all three subclinical psychotic dimensions (except social capital and positive dimension). Concerning the positive dimension, Independent models fitted better than Environmental and Genetic models. No significant GxE interaction was observed for any dimension.
This study in subjects without psychotic disorders suggests that (i) the aetiological continuum hypothesis could concern particularly the positive dimension of subclinical psychosis, (ii) genetic and environmental factors have independent effects on the level of this positive dimension, (iii) and that interactions between genetic and individual environmental factors could not be identified in this sample.
Associations of negative affective biases and depressive symptoms in a community-based sample
Laura de Nooij, Mark J. Adams, Emma L. Hawkins, Liana Romaniuk, Marcus R. Munafò, Ian S. Penton-Voak, Rebecca Elliott, Amy R. Bland, Gordon D. Waiter, Anca-Larisa Sandu, Tina Habota, J. Douglas Steele, Alison D. Murray, Archie Campbell, David J. Porteous, Generation Scotland, Andrew M. McIntosh, Heather C. Whalley
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 September 2022, pp. 1-10
Major depressive disorder (MDD) was previously associated with negative affective biases. Evidence from larger population-based studies, however, is lacking, including whether biases normalise with remission. We investigated associations between affective bias measures and depressive symptom severity across a large community-based sample, followed by examining differences between remitted individuals and controls.
Participants from Generation Scotland (N = 1109) completed the: (i) Bristol Emotion Recognition Task (BERT), (ii) Face Affective Go/No-go (FAGN), and (iii) Cambridge Gambling Task (CGT). Individuals were classified as MDD-current (n = 43), MDD-remitted (n = 282), or controls (n = 784). Analyses included using affective bias summary measures (primary analyses), followed by detailed emotion/condition analyses of BERT and FAGN (secondary analyses).
For summary measures, the only significant finding was an association between greater symptoms and lower risk adjustment for CGT across the sample (individuals with greater symptoms were less likely to bet more, despite increasingly favourable conditions). This was no longer significant when controlling for non-affective cognition. No differences were found for remitted-MDD v. controls. Detailed analysis of BERT and FAGN indicated subtle negative biases across multiple measures of affective cognition with increasing symptom severity, that were independent of non-effective cognition [e.g. greater tendency to rate faces as angry (BERT), and lower accuracy for happy/neutral conditions (FAGN)]. Results for remitted-MDD were inconsistent.
This suggests the presence of subtle negative affective biases at the level of emotion/condition in association with depressive symptoms across the sample, over and above those accounted for by non-affective cognition, with no evidence for affective biases in remitted individuals.
The management of depression: the evidence speaks for itself
Gin S. Malhi, Erica Bell, Darryl Bassett, Philip Boyce, Richard Bryant, Malcolm Hopwood, Bill Lyndon, Roger Mulder, Richard Porter, Ajeet B. Singh, Greg Murray
Journal: The British Journal of Psychiatry , FirstView
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 September 2022, pp. 1-3
Comparing the recommendations of two recently published national clinical practice guidelines for depression, this editorial highlights the concordance of advice concerning the selection and sequencing of therapies. Lifestyle and psychological interventions feature prominently and there is broad agreement regarding medication choice and optimisation strategies. The guidelines are therefore a useful resource.
Vascular risk factors affect different brain regions in people with Alzheimer’s disease
S. Tripathi, A. Murray, C. Wischik, B. Schelter
Journal: European Psychiatry / Volume 65 / Issue S1 / June 2022
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 September 2022, pp. S334-S335
Vascular risk factors including hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidaemia promote diverse pathological mechanisms in the brain leading to cerebral hypoperfusion and ultimately cognitive decline in people. Medial temporal, medial frontal and anterior cingulate atrophy has been closely associated with diabetes and medial temporal lobe atrophy is associated with hypertension in people with Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
To assess if hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidaemia have differential effects on different brain locations using brain imaging in people with AD.
The current study is based on [18F] fluorodeoxyglucose- positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) data of 970 participants from two large Phase III multi-centre clinical trials of a novel tau aggregation inhibitor drug Leuco-Methylthioninium (LMTX)meeting research criteria for mild to moderate AD. Vascular risk factor data including hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidaemia were collected and quantification of FDG PET hypo-metabolism was done by calculating Standardized Uptake Value Ratio(SUVR).
Hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidaemia were found to have differential effects on brain locations in people with AD. When people with hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidaemia were compared to those without, mean SUVR was increased significantly in both left and right parietal and occipital lobes and decreased in left and right anterior cingulate gyri in hypertensives. SUVR was significantly higher in both left and right temporal lobes in diabetics andlower in both left and right anterior cingulate gyri in people with dyslipidaemia.
Vascular risk factors including hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidaemia have differential effects on different brain regions, measured using SUVR analysis of FDG-PET.
The FDG-PET data was taken from participants of two large phase III clinical trials sponsored by TauRx Therapeutics (Singapore). TauRx Therapeutics has contributed towards my studentship during my PhD but the data related to drug used in the clinical tria
Chapter 4 - Thalamocortical Circuitry Matters
from Section 2: - Anatomy
By S. Murray Sherman
Edited by Michael M. Halassa, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Book: The Thalamus
Print publication: 01 September 2022, pp 71-90
Once thought to be a simple relay, the thalamus is now seen as a more dynamic player in overall cortical functioning. Several relatively recent observations created led to this new understanding: (1) Glutamatergic inputs can be classified as drivers (e.g., main conveyors of information) or modulators. Most inputs in the thalamus and cortex are modulators, and identifying the driver subset has provided insights into thalamocortical circuit functioning. (2) Much of the modulator input to the thalamus relates to control of the response mode of relay cells–tonic or burst. Which mode operates at any time affects the significance of the message conveyed to the cortex. (3) We now appreciate that most of thalamus, called higher order (e.g., pulvinar and medial dorsal nucleus), serves as a central relay in a transthalamic corticocortical information route organized in parallel with direct connections. First-order nuclei (e.g., lateral geniculate and ventral posterior nuclei) instead relay peripheral information to the cortex. Thus, the thalamus not only provides a behaviorally relevant, dynamic control over the nature of the information relayed, but it also plays a key role in basic corticocortical communication. These findings are reviewed, along with speculations regarding the functional significance of transthalamic pathways.
GASKAP-HI Pilot Survey Science III: An unbiased view of cold gas in the Small Magellanic Cloud
James Dempsey, N. M. McClure-Griffiths, Claire Murray, John M. Dickey, Nickolas M. Pingel, Katherine Jameson, Helga Dénes, Jacco Th. van Loon, D. Leahy, Min-Young Lee, S. Stanimirović, Shari Breen, Frances Buckland-Willis, Steven J. Gibson, Hiroshi Imai, Callum Lynn, C. D. Tremblay
Journal: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia / Volume 39 / 2022
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2022, e034
We present the first unbiased survey of neutral hydrogen absorption in the Small Magellanic Cloud. The survey utilises pilot neutral hydrogen observations with the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder telescope as part of the Galactic Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder neutral hydrogen project whose dataset has been processed with the Galactic Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder-HI absorption pipeline, also described here. This dataset provides absorption spectra towards 229 continuum sources, a 275% increase in the number of continuum sources previously published in the Small Magellanic Cloud region, as well as an improvement in the quality of absorption spectra over previous surveys of the Small Magellanic Cloud. Our unbiased view, combined with the closely matched beam size between emission and absorption, reveals a lower cold gas faction (11%) than the 2019 ATCA survey of the Small Magellanic Cloud and is more representative of the Small Magellanic Cloud as a whole. We also find that the optical depth varies greatly between the Small Magellanic Cloud’s bar and wing regions. In the bar we find that the optical depth is generally low (correction factor to the optically thin column density assumption of $\mathcal{R}_{\mathrm{HI}} \sim 1.04$ ) but increases linearly with column density. In the wing however, there is a wide scatter in optical depth despite a tighter range of column densities.
Mental Health Services Utilization by the Population That Suffered Water Supply Interruption Following Mariana Dam Failure (Brazil)
Marcelo F. Dell’Aringa, Gabriel E. Correa-Oliveira, Francesco Della Corte, Luca Ragazzoni, Elaine S. Miranda, Ives Hubloue, Virginia Murray, Francesco Barone-Adesi
Journal: Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , First View
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 June 2022, pp. 1-6
Disasters may have major impacts to mental health and to the utilization of mental health services (MHS). Moreover, these effects may be worsened by the preclusion of access to basic services following the event. The aim of this study is to evaluate the utilization of public MHS by the population that suffered water supply interruption following the Mariana Dam Failure in Brazil, 2015.
We conducted an Interrupted Time Series analyzing secondary health data from the municipalities that faced water supply interruption, comparing it to data from the other municipalities of Minas Gerais state.
We found a higher immediate (RR: 1.78; 95% CI: 1.25–2.53) and gradual (RR: 1.05; 95% CI: 1.03–1.06) change in the rate of mental health visits (MHV) in the affected population following the event, whereas there was an immediate fall (RR: 0.41; 95% CI: 0.29–0.59) followed by a higher gradual increase (RR: 1.04; 95% CI: 1.02–1.06) in the rate of hospital admissions (HA) in the affected population.
The results suggest that there was an increase in the utilization of public MHS by the population that suffered water supply interruption following the disaster.
Laxatives are Associated with Poorer Polysomnography-derived Sleep Quality
Yakdehikandage S. Costa, Brian J. Murray, Mark I. Boulos
Journal: Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , First View
To characterize 1) the relationship between laxative use and objective sleep metrics, and 2) the relationship between laxative use and self-reported insomnia symptoms in a convenience sample of middle-aged/elderly patients who completed in-laboratory polysomnography.
We cross-sectionally analyzed first-night diagnostic in-laboratory polysomnography data for 2946 patients over the age of 40 (mean age 60.5 years; 48.3% male). Laxative use and medical comorbidities were obtained through self-reported questionnaires. Patient insomnia symptoms were based on self-report. Associations between laxative use and objective sleep continuity were analyzed using multivariable linear regression models. Associations between laxative use and insomnia were assessed using multivariable logistic regression models.
After adjusting for age, sex, body mass index, total recording time, and relevant comorbidities, laxative users had a 7.1% lower sleep efficiency (p < 0.001), 25.5-minute higher wake after sleep onset (p < 0.001), and a 29.4-minute lower total sleep time (p < 0.001) than patients not using laxatives. Laxative users were found to be at greater odds of reporting insomnia symptoms (OR = 1.7, p = 0.024) than patients not using laxatives.
Laxative use is associated with impairments in objective sleep continuity. Patients using laxatives were also at greater odds of reporting insomnia symptoms.
Multi-modal assessment of reward functioning in adolescent anhedonia
Laura Murray, Elana S. Israel, Emma G. Balkind, Brianna Pastro, Nathaniel Lovell-Smith, Scott E. Lukas, Erika E. Forbes, Diego A. Pizzagalli, Christian A. Webb
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 June 2022, pp. 1-10
Anhedonia is a core symptom of depression that predicts worse treatment outcomes. Dysfunction in neural reward circuits is thought to contribute to anhedonia. However, whether laboratory-based assessments of anhedonia and reward-related neural function translate to adolescents' subjective affective experiences in real-world contexts remains unclear.
We recruited a sample of adolescents (n = 82; ages 12–18; mean = 15.83) who varied in anhedonia and measured the relationships among clinician-rated and self-reported anhedonia, behaviorally assessed reward learning ability, neural response to monetary reward and loss (as assessed with functional magnetic resonance imaging), and repeated ecological momentary assessment (EMA) of positive affect (PA) and negative affect (NA) in daily life.
Anhedonia was associated with lower mean PA and higher mean NA across the 5-day EMA period. Anhedonia was not related to impaired behavioral reward learning, but low PA was associated with reduced nucleus accumbens response during reward anticipation and reduced medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) response during reward outcome. Greater mean NA was associated with increased mPFC response to loss outcome.
Traditional laboratory-based measures of anhedonia were associated with lower subjective PA and higher subjective NA in youths' daily lives. Lower subjective PA and higher subjective NA were associated with decreased reward-related striatal functioning. Higher NA was also related to increased mPFC activity to loss. Collectively, these findings demonstrate that laboratory-based measures of anhedonia translate to real-world contexts and that subjective ratings of PA and NA may be associated with neural response to reward and loss.
Epidemiology and genomics of a slow outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus aureus (MRSA) in a neonatal intensive care unit: Successful chronic decolonization of MRSA-positive healthcare personnel
Kathleen A. Quan, Mohamad R. A. Sater, Cherry Uy, Robin Clifton-Koeppel, Linda L. Dickey, William Wilson, Pat Patton, Wayne Chang, Pamela Samuelson, Georgia K. Lagoudas, Teri Allen, Lenny Merchant, Rick Gannotta, Cassiana E. Bittencourt, J. C. Soto, Kaye D. Evans, Paul C. Blainey, John Murray, Dawn Shelton, Helen S. Lee, Matthew Zahn, Julia Wolfe, Keith Madey, Jennifer Yim, Shruti K. Gohil, Yonatan H. Grad, Susan S. Huang
Journal: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , First View
To describe the genomic analysis and epidemiologic response related to a slow and prolonged methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) outbreak.
Prospective observational study.
Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
We conducted an epidemiologic investigation of a NICU MRSA outbreak involving serial baby and staff screening to identify opportunities for decolonization. Whole-genome sequencing was performed on MRSA isolates.
A NICU with excellent hand hygiene compliance and longstanding minimal healthcare-associated infections experienced an MRSA outbreak involving 15 babies and 6 healthcare personnel (HCP). In total, 12 cases occurred slowly over a 1-year period (mean, 30.7 days apart) followed by 3 additional cases 7 months later. Multiple progressive infection prevention interventions were implemented, including contact precautions and cohorting of MRSA-positive babies, hand hygiene observers, enhanced environmental cleaning, screening of babies and staff, and decolonization of carriers. Only decolonization of HCP found to be persistent carriers of MRSA was successful in stopping transmission and ending the outbreak. Genomic analyses identified bidirectional transmission between babies and HCP during the outbreak.
In comparison to fast outbreaks, outbreaks that are “slow and sustained” may be more common to units with strong existing infection prevention practices such that a series of breaches have to align to result in a case. We identified a slow outbreak that persisted among staff and babies and was only stopped by identifying and decolonizing persistent MRSA carriage among staff. A repeated decolonization regimen was successful in allowing previously persistent carriers to safely continue work duties.
241 Utilizing real-world evidence to increase efficiency of randomized controlled trials with application to repurposed therapeutics for COVID-19
JCTS 2022 Abstract Collection
Lillian M F Haine, Thomas A Murray, Joseph S Koopmeiners
Journal: Journal of Clinical and Translational Science / Volume 6 / Issue s1 / April 2022
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 April 2022, p. 39
OBJECTIVES/GOALS: We aim to extend a novel statistical method called the Semi-Supervised Mixture Multisource Exchangeability Model (SS-MIX-MEM) and to implement the SS-MIX-MEM approach to supplement ALPS-COVID data with N3C data to achieve analyses with greater precision and actionable conclusions. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: We will apply the SS-MIX-MEM to supplement the Angiotensin receptor blocker-based Lung Protective Strategy for COVID-19 (ALPS-COVID) RCTs with the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) database. ALPS-COVID includes both an inpatient and outpatient trial, which investigate losartan as a treatment for COVID-19. The outpatient trial sought to randomize 580 individuals but only enrolled 117, whereas the inpatient trial met its enrollment target and randomized 205 individuals. The N3C database has 3,237,344 COVID-19 cases alongside demographics, lab values, and more. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: In simulation studies, the proposed SS-MIX-MEM approach effectively leveraged a subgroup of supplemental real world data for RCT analyses, improving trial efficiency by increasing precision of treatment effect estimates, decreasing necessary sample size, and introducing minimal bias. In an influenza trial real world data application, the SS-MIX-MEM approach was able to effectively provide insight into treatment effect heterogeneity found in an RCT analogous to incorporating around 80 individuals into a subgroup analysis. We anticipate that leveraging external real world data in a re-analysis of the ALPS-COVID RCTs could provide new insights into losartan, a readily available, potentially beneficial therapeutic for COVID-19. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE: The high blood pressure drug, losartan, is readily available, has an established safety profile, and might be effective as a treatment for COVID-19. Given that we have very few effective treatment options and are still in the midst of a global pandemic, patients with COVID-19 would greatly benefit from a repurposed, readily available treatment.
A mixed-methods evaluation on the efficacy and perceptions of needleless connector disinfectants
Scott C. Roberts, Curtis A. Hendrix II, Lauren M. Edwards, Richard S. Feinn, Richard A. Martinello, Thomas S. Murray
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 April 2022, pp. 1-4
Optimizing needleless connector hub disinfection practice is a key strategy in central-line–associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) prevention. In this mixed-methods evaluation, 3 products with varying scrub times were tested for experimental disinfection followed by a qualitative nursing assessment of each.
Needleless connectors were inoculated with varying concentrations of Staphylococcus epidermidis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Staphylococcus aureus followed by disinfection with a 70% isopropyl alcohol (IPA) wipe (a 15-second scrub time and a 15-second dry time), a 70% IPA cap (a 10-second scrub time and a 5-second dry time), or a 3.15% chlorhexidine gluconate with 70% IPA (CHG/IPA) wipe (a 5-second scrub time and a 5-second dry time). Cultures of needleless connectors were obtained after disinfection to quantify bacterial reduction. This was followed by surveying a convenience sample of nursing staff with intensive care unit assignments at an academic tertiary hospital on use of each product.
All products reduced overall bacterial burden when compared to sterile water controls, however the IPA and CHG/IPA wipes were superior to the IPA caps when product efficacy was compared. Nursing staff noted improved compliance with CHG/IPA wipes compared with the IPA wipes and the IPA caps, with many preferring the lesser scrub and dry times required for disinfection.
Achieving adequate bacterial disinfection of needleless connectors while maximizing healthcare staff compliance with scrub and dry times may be best achieved with a combination CHG/IPA wipe.
Deep ancestry of collapsing networks of nomadic hunter–gatherers in Borneo
J. Stephen Lansing, Guy S. Jacobs, Sean S. Downey, Peter K. Norquest, Murray P. Cox, Steven L. Kuhn, John H. Miller, Safarina G. Malik, Herawati Sudoyo, Pradiptajati Kusuma
Journal: Evolutionary Human Sciences / Volume 4 / 2022
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 February 2022, e9
Theories of early cooperation in human society often draw from a small sample of ethnographic studies of surviving populations of hunter–gatherers, most of which are now sedentary. Borneo hunter–gatherers (Punan, Penan) have seldom figured in comparative research because of a decades-old controversy about whether they are the descendants of farmers who adopted a hunting and gathering way of life. In 2018 we began an ethnographic study of a group of still-nomadic hunter–gatherers who call themselves Punan Batu (Cave Punan). Our genetic analysis clearly indicates that they are very unlikely to be the descendants of neighbouring agriculturalists. They also preserve a song language that is unrelated to other languages of Borneo. Dispersed travelling groups of Punan Batu with fluid membership use message sticks to stay in contact, co-operate and share resources as they journey between rock shelters and forest camps. Message sticks were once widespread among nomadic Punan in Borneo, but have largely disappeared in sedentary Punan villages. Thus the small community of Punan Batu offers a rare glimpse of a hunting and gathering way of life that was once widespread in the forests of Borneo, where prosocial behaviour extended beyond the face-to-face community, facilitating successful collective adaptation to the diverse resources of Borneo's forests.
Antisocial behavior is associated with reduced frontoparietal activity to loss in a population-based sample of adolescents
Laura Murray, Nestor L. Lopez-Duran, Colter Mitchell, Christopher S. Monk, Luke W. Hyde
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 February 2022, pp. 1-9
Adolescent antisocial behavior (AB) is a public health concern due to the high financial and social costs of AB on victims and perpetrators. Neural systems involved in reward and loss processing are thought to contribute to AB. However, investigations into these processes are limited: few have considered anticipatory and consummatory components of reward, response to loss, nor whether associations with AB may vary by level of callous-unemotional (CU) traits.
A population-based community sample of 128 predominantly low-income youth (mean age = 15.9 years; 42% male) completed a monetary incentive delay task during fMRI. A multi-informant, multi-method latent variable approach was used to test associations between AB and neural response to reward and loss anticipation and outcome and whether CU traits moderated these associations.
AB was not associated with neural response to reward but was associated with reduced frontoparietal activity during loss outcomes. This association was moderated by CU traits such that individuals with higher levels of AB and CU traits had the largest reductions in frontoparietal activity. Co-occurring AB and CU traits were also associated with increased precuneus response during loss anticipation.
Findings indicate that AB is associated with reduced activity in brain regions involved in cognitive control, attention, and behavior modification during negative outcomes. Moreover, these reductions are most pronounced in youth with co-occurring CU traits. These findings have implications for understanding why adolescents involved in AB continue these behaviors despite severe negative consequences (e.g. incarceration).
GASKAP-HI pilot survey science I: ASKAP zoom observations of Hi emission in the Small Magellanic Cloud
N. M. Pingel, J. Dempsey, N. M. McClure-Griffiths, J. M. Dickey, K. E. Jameson, H. Arce, G. Anglada, J. Bland-Hawthorn, S. L. Breen, F. Buckland-Willis, S. E. Clark, J. R. Dawson, H. Dénes, E. M. Di Teodoro, B.-Q. For, Tyler J. Foster, J. F. Gómez, H. Imai, G. Joncas, C.-G. Kim, M.-Y. Lee, C. Lynn, D. Leahy, Y. K. Ma, A. Marchal, D. McConnell, M.-A. Miville-Deschènes, V. A. Moss, C. E. Murray, D. Nidever, J. Peek, S. Stanimirović, L. Staveley-Smith, T. Tepper-Garcia, C. D. Tremblay, L. Uscanga, J. Th. van Loon, E. Vázquez-Semadeni, J. R. Allison, C. S. Anderson, Lewis Ball, M. Bell, D. C.-J. Bock, J. Bunton, F. R. Cooray, T. Cornwell, B. S. Koribalski, N. Gupta, D. B. Hayman, L. Harvey-Smith, K. Lee-Waddell, A. Ng, C. J. Phillips, M. Voronkov, T. Westmeier, M. T. Whiting
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 February 2022, e005
We present the most sensitive and detailed view of the neutral hydrogen ( ${\rm H\small I}$ ) emission associated with the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), through the combination of data from the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) and Parkes (Murriyang), as part of the Galactic Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (GASKAP) pilot survey. These GASKAP-HI pilot observations, for the first time, reveal ${\rm H\small I}$ in the SMC on similar physical scales as other important tracers of the interstellar medium, such as molecular gas and dust. The resultant image cube possesses an rms noise level of 1.1 K ( $1.6\,\mathrm{mJy\ beam}^{-1}$ ) $\mathrm{per}\ 0.98\,\mathrm{km\ s}^{-1}$ spectral channel with an angular resolution of $30^{\prime\prime}$ ( ${\sim}10\,\mathrm{pc}$ ). We discuss the calibration scheme and the custom imaging pipeline that utilises a joint deconvolution approach, efficiently distributed across a computing cluster, to accurately recover the emission extending across the entire ${\sim}25\,\mathrm{deg}^2$ field-of-view. We provide an overview of the data products and characterise several aspects including the noise properties as a function of angular resolution and the represented spatial scales by deriving the global transfer function over the full spectral range. A preliminary spatial power spectrum analysis on individual spectral channels reveals that the power law nature of the density distribution extends down to scales of 10 pc. We highlight the scientific potential of these data by comparing the properties of an outflowing high-velocity cloud with previous ASKAP+Parkes ${\rm H\small I}$ test observations.
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Title spotlight - "Writing Fantasy Heroes: Powerful Advice from the Pros" edited by Jason M. Waltz
Sometimes, it is easy to forget that the publishing industry is a business and like any business it is very difficult to survive without a profit. This particular and important side of publishing becomes more poignant in the case of small presses. The independent small publishing houses are doing a tremendous job in promoting wonderful and original fiction, but without a profit they would have a nigh-on-impossible chance of surviving. Unless the owner of such a small press is in Forbes top 500 billionaires, in which case profit might not be the prime concern. One of the small houses I was sad to see having an extremely tough time is Rogue Blades Entertainment. The three anthologies of short fiction published by Rogue Blades Entertainment, “Return of the Sword”, “Rage of the Behemoth” and “Demons”, brought back to life and to a new dimension the sword-and-sorcery sub-genre. The adventurous and catchy stories of heroics published by Rogue Blades Entertainment offered not only action filled tales, but also character driven fiction. Unfortunately, the publishing house didn’t do well on the market and although Rogue Blades Entertainment didn’t die it entered in a stagnant stage.
However, after three years of standing still Rogue Blades Entertainment released a new title, a non-fiction volume edited by Jason M. Waltz, “Writing Fantasy Heroes: Powerful Advice from the Pros”. When it comes to fantasy I am fascinated by world-building and story, but as a reader the most important elements for me in a book, indifferent of genre, are the characters. And if a book has powerful, well-constructed characters I can more easily overcome certain shortcomings of the respective volume. “Writing Fantasy Heroes: Powerful Advice from the Pros” can come in handy for the aspiring writers, but it is also an opportunity for the readers to take a glimpse in the backstage of the character creation. Sword and sorcery is not renowned for the emphasis on the characters, but done right it can show a side that can enhance the appeal of this sub-genre. With a foreword by Steven Erikson, this non-fiction collection gathers some important names of fantasy fiction, such as Cecilia Holland, Glen Cook, Ian C. Esslemont, Brandon Sanderson, Paul Kearney, Ari Marmell, C.L. Werner or Howard Andrew Jones, in an attempt to throw a light on the technique and process of creating fantasy heroes and heroics.
Where are your heroes? Are they trapped inside the stories in your head, eager to burst free? Are you ready to share them, to brag of them, to tell of their deeds and battles, their daring and sacrifice? Are you a storyteller ready to write the tales of your own heroes?
Fantasy heroes endure. They are embedded in our cultural fabric, dwarfing other literary figures and the mere men and women of history. Achilles and Odysseus, Gilgamesh and Beowulf. King Arthur and Robin Hood, Macbeth and Sherlock Holmes, Conan and Luke Skywalker. They dominate our legends, and tower over popular culture.
The stories we tell each other begin and end with fantasy heroes, and the 21st Century is as thoroughly captivated with them as ever. From Batman to Gandalf, Harry Potter to Tyrion Lannister, the heroes of fantasy speak to—and for—whole generations.
But what makes a fantasy hero? How do the best writers create them, and bring them to life on the page? In WRITING FANTASY HEROES some of the most successful fantasy writers of our time—including Steven Erikson, Brandon Sanderson, Janet Morris, Cecelia Holland, Orson Scott Card, and Glen Cook—pull back the curtain to reveal the secrets of creating heroes that live and breathe, and steal readers' hearts.
Whether you're an aspiring writer or simply a reader who loves great fantasy and strong characters, this book is for you.
“Foreword” by Steven Erikson
“The Hero in Your Blood” by Janet Morris and Chris Morris
“The Heroic Will” by Cecilia Holland
“Taking a Stab at Writing Sword and Sorcery” by Ian C. Esslemont
“Writing Cinematic Fight Scenes” by Brandon Sanderson
“Watching from the Sidelines” by Cat Rambo
“Man Up: Making Your Hero an Adult” by Alex Bledsoe
“Two Sought Adventure” by Howard Andrew Jones
“Monsters – Giving the Devils their Due” by C.L. Werner
“NPCs are People Too” by Jennifer Brozek
“Tropes of the Trade” by Ari Marmell
“So You Want to Fight a War” by Paul Kearney
“Shit Happens in the Creation of Story” by Glen Cook
“The Reluctant Hero” by Orson Scott Card
“Afterword” by Jason M. Waltz
I am happy to see Rogue Blades Entertainment coming out of hibernation, making a tremendous effort with a non-fiction collection, but with an interesting subject and a wonderful cover artwork. My hope is that Rogue Blades Entertainment would not enter in hiatus again, would bring us new titles in the future, at least at the level of its previous ones, and eventually thrive.
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An Interview with Hofinet's Director: Marja Hoek-Smit on Housing Markets in Developing and Emerging Countries
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In the interview below, Marja C Hoek-Smit—Director of the International Housing Finance Program at the Wharton School and Director of HOFINET—the Housing Finance Information Portal—talks about her work, about housing markets in emerging and developing economies, and about some of the challenges, and success stories. In doing so, she provides a global picture of the housing market in emerging and developing economies—a region where much remains to be known.
Hites Ahir: Please tell us about your work.
Marja C Hoek-Smit: The broad focus of my work is first on improving the efficiency and reach of urban housing markets in developing and emerging market countries, both real-side markets and housing finance markets. Second, an increasingly important part of what I do is to find the best way to subsidize those who cannot afford to pay for available housing or need a subsidy to access housing finance. In many emerging market countries 60 to 75 percent of the urban population cannot access formal housing markets for a variety of reasons.
Housing is important from an economic, social and political perspective, and, in countries with substantial mortgage markets, the housing sector is critical from a financial stability perspective. Yet, housing has for the past decades not received the attention it deserves, and housing conditions in some developing countries have deteriorated despite economic growth. International agencies have mostly focused on upgrading slum areas. Poor housing is too often just seen as a poverty or low-income problem relative to “unavoidable” house-price trends, a perception that leads to very blunt policies for the improvement of housing conditions, in particular in the type of subsidies applied to housing. For example, in many countries subsidizing interest rates on mortgage loans provided through state housing finance institutions, remains the preferred way to address the “affordability” problem, even though such subsidies are known to be unnecessarily costly, limit the expansion of the private housing finance system and are inequitable. Reasons for high and increasing house-prices are often not analyzed in any detail, nor are reasons for housing finance markets to remain small and mortgage interest rates high relative to the risk-free rate. Yet answers to these questions are critical in the design of the right policy instruments aimed at making these systems more efficient.
Housing markets are complex and depend on well-functioning finance- and land-markets, and on facilitative legal and regulatory systems and administrative procedures in these supply markets. The analysis of housing markets therefore requires many different types of skills. In many countries housing policy is still seen as the domain of planners and architects, and it is difficult to incorporate economic and financial sector aspects of housing in policy analysis.
My consulting work is focused on assisting governments in bringing the different strands of housing market analysis together- on the demand and supply side- and in developing comprehensive housing policies for different segments of the housing market. For the broad middle income market that means addressing the constraints facing private developers in supplying housing for this population segment, and working with the financial sector to assist the expansion of mortgage markets. Relatively small demand-side subsidies may be needed to improve access for households at the margin. For the market segment where low-incomes and poverty make it impossible for market actors to deliver housing, support needs to be much more comprehensive and may focus primarily on the supply of rental housing or alternative home-ownership strategies.
The second pillar of my work is education. My academic and executive teaching is similarly focused on the housing sector in this broader context. Jointly with my colleagues from the Wharton School, I established an executive education program with a focus on housing markets, and housing finance sector analysis, and the related public policies, for senior public and private sector professionals from developing and emerging market countries. The International Housing Finance Program (IHFP) of the Wharton Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center has consistently offered courses both at Wharton and in emerging market countries over the past 30 years and has developed a joint housing finance program for Sub-Saharan African countries with Cape Town University.
More recently a third component has been added to this mix, the development of global data systems for the housing finance sector. Because of the dearth of comparable data on housing markets and housing finance systems globally, the IHFP established a standardized and longitudinal data collection effort – the Housing Finance Information Network. We research and work with many countries’ housing finance institutions to collect such data for more than 140 countries and make it available on a public web-portal -- HOFINET.http://hofinet.org
Hites Ahir: What are the key problems and challenges that the housing sector faces in emerging market economies?
Marja C Hoek-Smit: On the demand side, low incomes relative to house prices, the informality of incomes (often as high as 60 percent of the labor force), high inequality (increased over the past years particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa and SE Asia), high indebtedness, and related low propensity to save, are major constraints on the demand side, exacerbated by a lack of access to finance.
On the supply-side, constraints in real-supply-systems are frequently a more difficult problem to solve and lead to high prices relative to construction costs. Rapid urbanization at increasingly lower levels of per capita income strain governments’ capacity to provide services and infrastructure, including transportation systems, for formal housing expansion, increasing land scarcity. Unrealistically high standards and zoning/planning restrictions, as well as inefficiencies of the permitting process drive up housing costs and make it impossible for developers to cater to lower middle, and middle income groups.
Difficulties in safely expanding housing finance systems, are often a more binding constraint on the supply-side and include: i) poor systems to understand and deal with credit risk, ii) high transaction costs associated with lower-income and non-salaried customers, iii) stress on funding sources, iv) lack of mechanisms to deal with asset-liability mismatches when capital market funding is limited, and, iv) in some emerging market economies, the dominance of government housing finance systems benefitting from implicit subsidies and the related reluctance of private lenders to enter the market, ultimately limiting the overall scale of mortgage availability. In addition, Basel III regulations and solvency and liquidity requirements make it more difficult for the banking sector to expand longer term mortgage lending and the banking sector is the core provider of mortgage loans in most emerging market countries.
Hites Ahir: Which regions face the biggest challenges and why?
Marja C Hoek-Smit: Low-income countries that are urbanizing rapidly, starting from a low urban base, face the most complex urban housing problems, i.e., countries in Sub-Sahara Africa, and South and SE Asia. On the other end of the spectrum are the highly urbanized middle income countries of Latin America with dominant state supported and subsidized housing finance systems, such as Mexico and Brazil, which have created policy-induced volatility in the housing- and construction markets and stress in the housing finance systems. While these policies were successful in addressing high income inequality, they created locational inequalities and housing risks for households and government. Mexico has started a process of comprehensive policy reform both on the real-supply side and in the housing finance system.
Hites Ahir: What are some of the successful approaches to expand affordable housing?
Marja C Hoek-Smit: From the above discussion it follows that there is not one right approach or set of policies that address the housing affordability problems across emerging market countries and that policies must differ according to the specific demand and supply constraints in each market. In general, countries that have invested in a comprehensive housing market analysis, differentiated by type of urban area, and have put in place a medium/long-term agenda for reforms of land-policies, and land registration systems, planning regulations, housing finance sector and subsidy policies, have done better compared to countries with similar demographics and income levels that have not addressed these issues. Several countries are in the process of implementing such comprehensive approach to housing reforms, e.g., Mexico, South Africa, Egypt, India, and, although in an early phase, Indonesia. I focus here on two countries that have gone through such reforms in the past.
Thailand is a country that reformed its housing finance system and its urban development policies in the 1980s and 1990s, and was able to gradually expand the formal supply of middle and lower-middle income housing with minimum subsides. Community-based upgrading and resettlement policies were effective in further decreasing its sizable urban slum population by the early 2000s. Political instability and budget cuts for housing during the recent decade, however, are serving to jeopardize these achievements.
Chile is a country that has implemented a successful housing sector reform program that has been fine-tuned over many years. Like Thailand, it reformed its government housing finance system in the 1980s. It introduced demand-side subsidies linked to market-rate loans for the middle income segment. Its private housing finance system expanded and so did the private housing market. Gradually, Chile was able to decrease the proportion of the population that cannot access market provided housing, but with increasing subsidy levels. It adjusted its approach to support housing for the lowest-income group many times, and, currently, supports the supply of housing for the poor with very high supply-side subsidies channeled through NGOs. The recent economic down-turn has put pressure on the subsidy budget, however. This cloud may have a silver lining. It may entice Chile’s housing ministry to analyze whether its liberal housing subsidy system may in fact have price effects that it should address.
Outstanding issues in both countries are the lack of development of a private rental sector.
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Could she not just be random SHIELD/CIA agent #5?
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Quote from: MindofShadow on October 21, 2016, 05:12:55 am
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She's either QDJ or Shuri. I don't think we'd have an announcement for SHIELD/CIA agent #5.
Quote from: The Wakandan on October 21, 2016, 05:15:58 am
Shuri makes more sense... i dont see how you put QDJ in a movie that is already going to be very busy due to her very complicated back story.
But, I don't know her acting skills... but this would seem like a very underwhelming casting choice for Shuri
Her acting seems to be on point. Whatever the role is, she and several others had to audition for it, so she must have some skills.
I'm also not sure on how QDJ would fit this story, but if I had to guess what role she would play, it would be that first, then Shuri.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BL0qLf3DMcx/
From Letitia's agent, who is also John Boyega's agent.
Barring a severe case of misinformation, looks like she'll be Shuri.
I figured as much. Shuri makes more sense then QDJ in the current form. Maybe for the 2nd ovie she can make an appearance but Shuri is a bigger supporting character
No doubt. If it would be if anyone I would think it would be Shuri. Her picture just struck me as looking like QDJ.
Quote from: Ture on October 21, 2016, 01:30:58 pm
Indeed, I immediately thought QDJ at first.
The IG post from her agent isn't a 100% confirmation, but I seriously doubt he would use a post that has Shuri's picture randomly like that.
Unless he's trying to misdirect people...which is kinda silly, as he could've simply posted something that didn't have a specific character that wasn't casted yet.
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New Look At Wakanda From Captain America: Civil War VFX Video
Jay Jayson- 11/13/2016
Imagine Engine, a Vancouver-based visual effects studio, was hired by Marvel Studios to create that stunning establishing shot of Wakanda. Their artists were given just five weeks to make a photorealistic Wakandan jungle, featuring mist and fog wafting through a vast canyon, "sheer cliffs, rock pinnacles, waterfalls, a thick jungle canopy and a monumental panther statue."
The panther statue was sculpted (computer-generated) to appear as though it was made of vibranium, the fictional and nearly-indestructible material used in Black Panther’s superhero-suit and Captain America’s shield.
“If you go too polished and too refined for a sculpture it diminishes its scale,” explained Image Engine visual effects supervisor Robin Hackl. “Our lead lookdev artist Adrien Flanquart was responsible for a huge component of this shot. He established the shading characteristics and the scale of the cracks and displacements of the panther, illustrating that this sculpture was in fact 500 feet tall, not just 40 feet tall.”
Check out Imagine Engine's VFX breakdown of Wakanda in the video below.
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Black female production designer, dreaming up the sets and visuals for the upcoming Marvel flick Black Panther.
Hannah Beachler grew up in Centerville, Ohio the daughter of an interior decorator mother, living in a house built from the ground up by her architect father. So she knew from a young age that she was destined for an aesthetically-driven career, eventually believing she would land in the world of fashion. But she had no idea that one day she'd end up as Hollywood's only high-level black female production designer, dreaming up the sets and visuals for movies like Creed, Beyoncé's Lemonade music video, and the upcoming Marvel flick Black Panther.
Back at work with her Fruitvale Station and Creed colleague Coogler, Beachler has been working day-and-night for months on the sets for the comic book-inspired Black Panther, which will hit theaters in 2018. "My son told me, 'Mom, you better not mess this one up!" Beachler says. "He’s like, ‘I’ll never speak to you again if you embarrass me in front of all of my friends!' No pressure at all."
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Inspirational Quotes by Alexandre Dumas pere (French Novelist, Playwright)
Alexandre Dumas (1802–70,) fully Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was a prolific French author of plays, popular romances, historical dramas, and adventure novels. He is known as Dumas the elder or Dumas père to distinguish him from his son Alexandre Dumas fils, who was also a distinguished French dramatist and novelist.
Born of colonial African French ancestry in Villers-Cotterêts, France, Dumas obtained only a limited education. In 1822, he traveled to Paris, where he met the actor François-Joseph Talma, who inspired Dumas to seek success in the theater.
At the age of 27, Dumas became famous for his play Henri III et sa cour (1829, ‘Henry III and his Court.’) Performed at the Théâtre-Français, it revolutionized historical drama. He did the same for domestic tragedy with Antony (1831) and scored a tremendous success with Richard Darlington (1831.)
The best known of Dumas’s works are Les Trois Mousquetaires (1844, The Three Musketeers,) Vingt ans après (1845, Twenty Years After,) Le Comte de Monte Cristo (1844–45; The Count of Monte Cristo,) Dix ans plus tard ou le Vicomte de Bragelonne (1848–50; Ten Years Later,) and La Tulipe noire (1850, The Black Tulip.)
Dumas was a prodigious worker, and his output was vast—he wrote plays, novels, serialized stories, and short stories. He wrote non-stop, mostly because he had substantial debts to repay and a constant stream of affairs and children to provide for. His works have been translated into more than a hundred languages. Over 50 movies have been made—from The Count of Monty Cristo and over 60 from The Three Musketeers.
Dumas’s last unfinished novel, The Knight of Sainte-Hermine, was published in 2005—it became a runaway bestseller. The Dumas scholar Claude Schopp put it together and wrote a conclusion from Dumas’s notes. Schopp also wrote the biography Alexandre Dumas: Genius of Life (1988.)
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All falsehood is a mask; and however well made the mask may be, with a little attention we may always succeed in distinguishing it from the true face.
All for one and one for all.
In Paris today, millions of pounds of bread are sold daily, made during the previous night by those strange, half-naked beings one glimpses through cellar windows, whose wild-seeming cries floating out of those depths always makes a painful impression. In the morning, one sees these pale men, still white with flour, carrying a loaf under one arm, going off to rest and gather new strength to renew their hard and useful labor when night comes again. I have always highly esteemed the brave and humble workers who labor all night to produce those soft but crusty loaves that look more like cake than bread.
Private misfortunes must never induce us to neglect public affairs.
All human wisdom is contained in these words: Wait and hope!
All human wisdom is summed up in two words—wait and hope.
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All for one, one for all, that is our device.
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Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.
There is nothing more galling to angry people than the coolness of those on whom they wish to vent their spleen.
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Learn ever to separate the king and the principle of royalty. The king is but man; royalty is the spirit of God. When you are in doubt as to which you should serve, forsake the material appearance for the invisible principle, for this is everything.
Infatuated, half through conceit, half through love of my art, I achieve the impossible working as no one else ever works.
Topics: Effort
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.
Topics: Youth, Doubt, Self-Discovery, Confidence, Failure, Uncertainty
Oh, the good times when we were so unhappy.
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A young girl must not be taken to the theatre, let us say it once for all. It is not only the drama which is immoral, but the place.
Topics: Actors
Sleeping on a plank has one advantage — it encourages early rising.
Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit.
The way to check slander is to despise it; attempt to overtake and refute it, and it will outrun you.
Topics: Slander
I needed some real danger and some mortal risk to run, to tranquilize me.
Topics: Danger
There is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret.
Topics: Gossip
The custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow — so arbitrary are these transient laws.
Topics: Fashion, Custom
Friendship consists in forgetting what one gives, and remembering what one receives.
Topics: Friendship
There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life.
Business, that’s easily defined; it’s other people’s money.
Topics: Business
We enjoy thoroughly only the pleasure that we give.
Topics: Pleasure
Truth is very liable to be left-handed in history.
Topics: History
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery French Novelist, Aviator
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Alfred de Musset French Poet, Playwright
Emile Zola French Novelist
Alexandre Dumas fils French Dramatist, Novelist
Edgar Quinet French Intellectual
Paul Claudel French Author, Dramatist
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For me my FOTO experience and my Penn State experience are one in the same. What I mean by that is that if you asked me to describe my four years at PSU without mentioning FOTO I literally could not do that. FOTO gave me something that I didn't even know I was looking for -- a family. FOTO introduced me to some of the greatest people I've ever met and helped me make friendships that I know will last forever.
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I joined FOTO my junior year and spent 2 years on the Executive Board, it was the best decision I’ve made. I instantly knew I was going to stay because of the one hot girl on the Executive Board. However, the more I got involved the more I fell in love with FOTO and THON. I met the 3 best THON families out there and made lifelong friends. Oh yea and that hot girl on the Executive Board, she’s now my wife and we are having a FOTO baby. My FOTO experience has given me a family and some of the best years of my life.
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Go to as many FOTO events as you can and MEET OUR FAMILIES. You get out of FOTO what you put in. The more you come around, the more people you'll become close with and the more chances you'll have to make an impact with THON and our families. Apply to be an officer, go to a bake sale (or all of them), visit our families, take every opportunity that is offered! Also have you seen how cute our kids are?
My FOTO experience has been everything to me. It’s given me some of my best friends as well as three of the greatest, strongest and most beautiful heroes. FOTO has helped me grow as a person and see the very best that life has to offer. This organization and these people can become your family if you really let it and want it to. It really is something great and special to be a part of, so try it out and see if FOTO changes your life, just like it changed mine.
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Everyone in FOTO is dedicated to helping to raise money and to be there for our families. I was immediately impressed by the effort almost every person put forth, and that made me want to match that effort. As a naturally shy person, I was hesitant to get out of my comfort zone when I came to Penn State––but as soon I joined FOTO, I felt as if I had been accepted into a family. It is full of people who want to make the world a better place.
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Throughout my time at Penn State, FOTO was always home. I knew early on that this organization was unique in its ability to foster such genuine, authentic relationships with each other and with our three perfect THON families. FOTO means that I am able, even as an alumni, to be a part of something bigger than myself. It's a forever thing!!!!!
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My favorite FOTO memories are always at THON when they show all of the THON children that have survived cancer. It’s so cool to see how a lot of them end up dreaming of attending Penn State, and many of them actually even do it! These kids end up wanting to become cancer research doctors, surgeons, police officers, or just anything that they can do to help others. That’s what makes THON and FOTO so great. When we change the lives of the children and families, they go on to do the same for someone else. It truly shows that what we are doing is making a real, positive change on the world.
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September 2, 2008 / Rafe / 9 Comments
Time magazine reports on Sarah Palin’s tenure as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska:
Stein says that as mayor, Palin continued to inject religious beliefs into her policy at times. “She asked the library how she could go about banning books,” he says, because some voters thought they had inappropriate language in them. “The librarian was aghast.” The librarian, Mary Ellen Baker, couldn’t be reached for comment, but news reports from the time show that Palin had threatened to fire her for not giving “full support” to the mayor.
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” What if this whole Palin debacle was planned by Karl Rove, so that the VP pick chosen after Palin withdraws receives less public criticism?”
As I learn more about her, I’m not becoming a Sarah Palin fan, but to only provide that quote is not really balanced… maybe you could provide the next paragraph in the article as well?
The next paragraph moves onto another topic:
St. George, however, points out that Palin couldn’t have seen everything through an Evangelical lens. She did, he says, notably resist calls to restrict operating hours for the bars in town. And even if faith did play an unusually large role in her decision-making as mayor, it may have only reflected the continued rise of Evangelicalism in the valley, a growth that continues to this day.
For what it’s worth, I don’t think that your theory holds, Cameron. This pick has amped up the energy of McCain’s evangelical base, and if he picks anyone who excites them less than Palin does, they’ll be angry.
Can you imagine the furor that would ensue if Obama had picked someone who belonged to a party that advocates secession of their state from the Union?
Or, say, if his spouse belonged to a party that advocated … ah, heck, I can’t even pretend to be surprised at the double standard.
Can you imagine the uproar if McCain picked someone who had belonged to a labor union or whose husband was an active member of a union?
Or imagine if Obama (who wants change) picked someone who had been in the Senate for 36 years! Oh ya, a ton of change there.
The fact is, both VP picks suck. I wonder who Bob Barr will pick? There is hope yet for a decent VP!
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I think we have the wacko Christian fundies to thank for Palin. From what I read, they threatened to challenge at the convention all of McCain’s preferred running mates due to their stances on abortion (specifically, Ridge and Lieberman).
So, it looks like the Christian right tied McCain’s hands to a large degree. He had to use his choice of running mate to keep the right-wing base from staying home on voting day, not choose someone who would pick up more centrist voters.
The right-wing Christians made their bed, I hope they are prepared to sleep in it when McCain/Palin lose.
Oh, and in response to Cam…
I agree with Rafe. I think we liberals tend to underestimate the degree to which the ‘social issues’ voters are excited about Palin.
Peggy McGilligan
Ms. Sarah Palin reportedly sought to ban the works of Mark Twain. The librarian couldn’t be reached for comment. Sounds like the work of the widow Douglas, or maybe even that of scoundrel Huck Finn. Now Ms. Douglas and Mr. Finn were known troublemakers. I’m certain the nefarious pair’s history of skullduggery and collusion was unworthy of Mr. Twain’s pen. (Don’t be fooled, Twain published before Palin’s tenure as governor.) Still and all, I’d like to hear the allegation from Ms. Mary Ellen the librarian firsthand. That is, if she hasn’t mysteriously disappeared. For my own self, I can’t say enough about Sarah Palin. I liken her detractors to skaters who go down hard. Anyway, here’s a clip from Jan & Dean. Bet you can’t watch just once: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX7X4FovYRA&NR=1 And, how ‘bout them Dems: lost in space, or true tales from the Office of the Pork-master General: http://theseedsof9-11.com
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16 Banned Bollywood Movies Worth Watching
The Indian film industry has mostly steered clear of social and political matters for the…
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After assisting director Prakash Jha on films like Gangaajal and Rajneeti, LSR alum Alankrita Shrivastava…
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A mid-size town in Middle India. Four feisty women dare to dream. To break the…
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From Milind Dhaimade, who gave us the delightful Tu Hai Mera Sunday (one of this…
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2017 was a washout year for big-budget, star-studded Bollywood films. Luckily for us, it brought…
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The 17th Annual New York Indian Film Festival finally concluded on May 7. The week-long…
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A Surging Latino Vote -- Nov. 21, 1996
Latino Media Groups Want To Register 1 Million New Voters -- April 16, 1996
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U.S. Failed To Do Thousands Of Background Checks
Immigration agency failed to do criminal background checks on up to 180,000 immigrants last year
WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, Feb. 25) -- Two Republican House members say the Immigration and Naturalization Service may have failed to conduct criminal background checks on nearly 180,000 of the one million immigrants who became U.S. citizens last year.
An audit of INS records from last year found that the agency has no record of requesting the checks on about 66,000 applicants for citizenship. In another 113,000 cases, the INS requested background checks, but those were not completed by the FBI because fingerprint cards were incompletely filled out or were smudged.
"In its unprecedented push to rush through a million new citizens, potential voters all, the INS may have allowed dangerous criminals onto our streets, all the while denying it was doing exactly that," said Rep. Dennis Hastert of Illinois, who chairs the Government Reform and Oversight panel that is looking into the matter
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), who heads up the House Judiciary Committee's immigration subcommittee, said, "It's worse than I expected. This is a complete outrage and a travesty of what should be a completely honest, straightforward and nonpolitical process."
Smith's and Hastert's panels are planning a hearing March 5 to investigate the matter.
Of those on whom the INS did complete background checks, 18 percent were rejected, suggesting that thousands of people may have been naturalized who would have been weeded out with a background check. The INS has vowed to rescind the citizenship of anyone who received it improperly, a process the agency usually undertakes only a handful of times a year.
The actual numbers of those admitted without background checks may turn out to be somewhat lower once a more detailed audit is done, says the INS, but, as Justice spokeswoman Carole Florman told The Associated Press, "The Justice Department is assuming until shown otherwise that those people were not checked."
The INS denies it had political goals in naturalizing so many people in an election year. The agency says its goal of naturalizing one million people during 1996 -- a rate much higher than usual -- was established to reduce its two-year backlog, agency officials say. The INS managed to whittle the backlog down to six months.
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Notations From the Grid (Weekly Edition): On the Scene in California
California Governor Newsome just announced its' May Revised Budget Numbers based on a large Budget Surplus. We present this courtesy to the team at EdSource & the Governors' Office on what some of the proposals entail:
Newsom's $2 billion college savings plan
& Chris Edley on his new role
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to spark the higher education aspirations of all families by establishing a $500 college savings account for all current low-income public school students at a cost of $2 billion, and for subsequent incoming 1st graders. The proposal was a surprise piece of his $20 billion, 5-year "transformational" package for preK-12 schools in the May state budget revision that he presented this week.
College savings accounts are not a new concept but they've never been done on this scale. We discuss the merits and specifics with two leaders of Oakland Promise, an organization that has an extensive college savings plan and college readiness programs in place.
Also, we speak with former UC Berkeley Law School Dean Christopher Edley, Jr. about why he wants to lead Berkeley's Graduate School of Education for the next two years. Edley, a long-time advocate for equitable education, will become the school's interim dean in July, replacing Dean Prudence Carter who is stepping down.
John Fensterwald and Louis Freedberg are the co-hosts. Our guests are:
Mia Bonta, CEO, Oakland Promise
Amanda Feinstein, director, Brilliant Baby, Oakland Promise
Christopher Edley, law professor and incoming dean, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education
Broadband gets a major boost in California budget revision
By Sydney Johnson & John Fensterwald, EdSource
The funding was announced Friday alongside a sweeping set of proposals for K-12 education in California as part of the annual May budget proposal.
Gov. Newsom to make major investments in higher education
By Ashley A. Smith & Larry Gordon, EdSource
The May revision includes $48.7 billion for the state's higher education systems, including restoring funding cuts made last year.
Newsom proposes major funding increase for student mental health services
By Carolyn Jones, EdSource
The proposed funding would more than double Newsom's January proposal and provide mental health services for all Californians under age 26.
Police training at California public colleges gets a shakeup following George Floyd murder
By Thomas Peele, EdSource
California's community colleges and state university system are deeply involved in training and educating police officers and are making changes a year after George Floyd was murdered.
CalOSBA’s monthly newsletter features the most recent announcements from the State of California, along with resources available for all small businesses across our diverse communities.
Governor Gavin Newsom Announced May 2021 as Small Business Month!
On Thursday, May 6, 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom issued a Proclamation declaring May 2021 as Small Business Month! CalOSBA Director Tara Lynn Gray says, “I am pleased with today’s proclamation by Governor Newsom. Simply put, he gets it. Small businesses are critical to the growth of our economy and he has prioritized their recovery by providing significant aid during the pandemic with cash grants, following that up with tax relief to the tune of $6.2 billion, and license renewal fee waivers for up to two years. Those actions demonstrate not only leadership but a commitment to create a climate that fosters resilience and opportunity within our state.”
The proclamation reads,” In order for our economy to continue on the path to recovery and maintain global leadership, we must ensure that Californians can pursue their dream to start, manage and grow businesses in our state."
You can read the full proclamation by clicking here.
Multiple Trainings Are Available to Celebrate Small Business Month!
California supports a network of small business technical assistance centers that provide no-cost or low-cost trainings to help businesses get funded, enter new markets, strengthen operations, build resiliency, and more.
To celebrate #SmallBusinessMonth, the technical assistance centers are providing multiple training's to help small business owners, startups, and entrepreneurs start, manage, and grow.
Some webinar topics include:
Angel Investment 101 for Start-Ups with Tech Entrepreneur Tim Berry
Your New Business Plan
Rev Up Your Revenue! Building a Sales & Marketing Strategy to Grow
ASK the SBDC - get information as it relates to funding information during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Webinar: How to Write Product Descriptions for Your Ecommerce Site that Wins You Customers
To see the full list of webinar training's available, click here.
Notifications for Round 6 of the California Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Started May 7th
Round 6, the final round of the California Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant, ended on May 4th at 5:00 pm PST. Notifications began on May 7th.
Applicants should monitor their emails for communication from Lendistry.
If Selected, and after additional verification requirements are provided, businesses will begin receiving grantee agreements via DocuSign. Once the grant agreement has been executed, ACH transfers will begin one week afterwards. The Selection process to the day of ACH transfer takes approximately 45 days.
Applicants are chosen based on the program’s priority criteria and not on a first-come, first-serve basis.
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is Accepting Applications until May 31, 2021 (or until remaining funds are exhausted)
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is a loan designed to provide a direct incentive for small businesses to keep their workers on payroll. Borrowers may be eligible for PPP loan forgiveness.
The U.S. SBA is currently offering PPP loans originated only by participating community financial institutions including Certified Development Companies (CDCs), SBA Microlenders, Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), and Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs) until May 31, 2021 or until remaining funds are exhausted. Please note that not all community financial institutions are participating in PPP.
You can find an eligible lender that’s participating in PPP or identify a loan by clicking here.
The U.S. SBA Restaurant Revitalization Fund is Open and Accepting Application
The Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) program provides emergency assistance for eligible restaurants, bars, and other qualifying businesses impacted by COVID-19.
This program will provide restaurants with funding equal to their pandemic-related revenue loss up to $10 million per business and no more than $5 million per physical location. Recipients are not required to repay the funding as long as funds are used for eligible uses no later than March 11, 2023.
Eligible entities who have experienced pandemic-related revenue loss include:
Food stands, food trucks, food carts
Bars, saloons, lounges, taverns
Snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars
The U.S. SBA Reopened the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant for Applications
The Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program was established by the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act, and amended by the American Rescue Plan Act. The program includes over $16 billion in grants to shuttered venues, to be administered by SBA’s Office of Disaster Assistance.
Eligible applicants may qualify for grants equal to 45% of their gross earned revenue, with the maximum amount available for a single grant award of $10 million. $2 billion is reserved for eligible applications with up to 50 full-time employees.
Eligible entities include:
Live venue operators or promoters
Theatrical producers
Live performing arts organization operators
Museum operators
Motion picture theater operators (including owners)
Talent representatives
For more information on the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant, click here.
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Konami reveals new Castlevania for iOS
Alejandro Chavez
Get your whips ready, because a new entry in the Castlevania series is coming this year… to the App Store.
Konami has announced Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls as an upcoming mobile game which promises “familiar solo play” and “exhilarating” multiplayer battle with up to 4 people. As per today’s announcement, Grimoire of Souls will offer players a new Castlevania story, as well as the ability to fight alongside other players in real-time, a boss rush mode, and 4v4 player-versus-player matches.
The new game will introduce newcomers Aruma Genta – an anti-social government agent of a secretive organization – and a researcher named Lucy. Veteran characters such as Simon Belmont, Maria Renard, Charlotte Aulin, Shanoa, and Alucard will also return.
Konami joins the ranks of Epic Games, Nintendo, and PUBG, all companies who have brought their franchises to mobile with varying levels of success. Konami itself has had trouble branching IPs out in new directions, the last attempts being the Metal Gear Pachinko machine and the critically-panned Metal Gear spinoff Metal Gear Survive.
While Konami expects the game to release this year, there is no solid release date. Japanese fans can sign up for the beta here.
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James Gunn Officially Kills the Snyderverse!
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Another Possible Murder in Cameroon of Gay Man
Posted on March 26, 2014 March 26, 2014 by Melanie Nathan
First the brutal murder of Henry Mbah, and now his love of five years, Elevis Atabong, 24, dies under suspicious circumstances.
By Melanie Nathan, March 26, 2014.
In 2013 we reported the story of a mob murder of a gay man in Cameroon, soon after the murder of well known activist Eric Lembembe. The murder of Henry Mbah occurred in Muyunge, a village in the Muyuka subdivision in the South West Region of Cameroon. Now we are recieving unconfirmed reports from sources of the death of his partner, Elvis Atabong.
The Brutal murder of Henry Mbah, 35 and the aftermath experienced by his lover Elvis Atabong, 24 , is reported here on OBLOGDEE, where, inter alia, we noted:-
“It was Elevis’s birthday and Henry went to visit him. Henry did not know that Hellen was following him. Expecting to catch him with another woman she was shocked to find Henry embracing Elvis and she screamed out. People, startled by the screams started to arrive outside the room, and before long a crowd formed, dragging Henry out. They started to beat him and pelted him with stones. By the time the police arrived on the scene, Henry was already dead.”
“A courageous Elvis (Elevis), is apparently refusing to deviate from the truth, and is sticking by his story, that in fact he is Henry’s lover. He wants justice for Henry. And he wants the responsible murderers arrested for the crime. And so the police have continued to detain Elvis, who through his admission, will be subject to five years in prison, if he admits or there is evidence that he is gay.”
Elvis was in detention in Muyunge and after controversy released.
He returned to law school in Sierre Leone. A source reports that Elvis returned home to Cameroon possibly lured to get more money for school:
Our source advises:
He came back from Sierra Leone were was in the law school. He came back home to look for money. He went out last night with some friends at about 10pm and he came crying that his stomach was in extreme pain. He was rushed to the hospital by his mom and he died on the way.”
Last night complained of severe stomach pains. He was rushed to hospital and died. Sources believe he was poisoned.
The story is developing.
READ ORIGINAL REPORT OF MURDER OF HENRY MBAH https://oblogdeeoblogda.me/2013/07/24/breaking-mob-murders-gay-man-in-cameroon/
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Posted in Advocacy & Activism, Africa, Cameroon, EVENTS, Law, LGBT, Memorial, NEWS, Sierra Leone, WORLDTagged Cameroon, Elevis, Elvis Atabong, Gay, Henry Mbah, Murder, Muyuka, Muyunge
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Exclusive Radio Broadcast of NASL Soccer Bowl 14 On SoFloRadio.com Scorpions vs. Strikers
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CARLOS SCHWARZ
Carlos was born and raised in Mexico where he spent a music-filled childhood coming from both his musically-trained parents. His father’s side of the family, originally from Germany, brought a lot of traditional accordion training to his life, few years later, Carlos decided to start professional training for piano.
Carlos’s early interest in composition and arrangement was widely open by various studies in jazz piano and modern harmony with a renowned TV composer, after entering the world of incidental music combined with various influences from New age artists, Carlos started composing a very distinctive style of music creating a subtle blend of New Age with a touch of Celtic and Electronic music.
After relocating to Canada, he began pursuing a musical career as a composer and has been honoured by several industry awards including a nomination for best New Age artist at the Hollywood Music and Media Awards 2012 and a top 3 finalist for the Roland Synth Contest 2010.
His latest album, Sea to Sky, is an album created with great passion that compiles all his musical journey throughout his life. This music will evoke a feeling of serenity with empowerment within you. Every song uniqueness will take you to different places. As the album name suggests, something as grandiose as nature is intended to be reflected with every note in this music.
Many different instruments are always present in his recordings, piano, Carlos’s main instrument, and strings form a very important part of his arrangements, ethnic instruments from the Middle East and Asia are also used and various female voices add a unique Celtic taste to his songs.
What the critics are saying:
"Sea to Sky shows a great deal of talent and potential for Carlos Schwarz. When the various cultural sounds blend together that well, the effect is sublime" READ FULL REVIEW
Nominated for the Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2012 New Age/Ambient category.
Top 3 finalist at the Roland Synth Contest 2010.
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4-H haunted barn
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The 4-H club had a haunted barn for the town of Laramie to go visit on Oct 25-26 at 6p.m.
Makayla Renisen, is a senior at the Laramie High school, enrolled in 4-H.
“We have done the haunted barn for 4 or so years and we are always changing it up each year,” Renisen said.
Renisen’s mom is the boss of the hunted barn and she is always coming up with new ideas and themes that make the barn fun. There are kids in masks, makeup, and props and some with chain saws and fake knives.
“We also have fog machines and strobe lights as well as glow sticks and black lights. In the back behind all the tarp walls we had a dirt bike so when kids went back there, we would start the dirt bike to scare them,” Renisen said.
In the room there was also snacks and candy as well as coffee, apple cider, and hot chocolate.
“We have two nights of the hunted barn and the first night always kind of slow, but the second night the whole room was filled with people,” Renisen said. “We had bunch of people helping us with the barn Colten Elliot, Tanner Rodgers, Rylie Heggie, David Parker, Calli Parker, Jack Bullock, Riley Miller, Luna Olvenson, and the Doug Johnsons kids.”
The hunted barn went from 6-8:30.
“I have really enjoyed doing the hunted barn each year and I am always exited for the few years to come,” said by Renisen.
Every year they are always trying to make it fun for the kids and parents. The materials used for the hunted barn were panels tarps cloth and more.
The people that are the jr. leaders, host the hunted barn. Jr. leaders are a bunch of 4-h kids that help with people’s projects throughout the summer.
It takes a bunch of time to get ready in the barn, they must set everything up and then have it inspected by the fire marshal, so it is safe for the kids and family’s that want to go through the barn.
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The studio is equipped with a new SSL Matrix Console, replacing our fully loaded large-frame AMEK "big" that has served us so well over the past 15 years. The Matrix fully integrates every aspect of the studio, and has truly become the heart of the studio, as it makes it possible for all of our analog and digital gear to talk with each other for the first time, also saving every single setting of every detail of tracking, mixing, and mastering.
Coupled with our array of WEISS processing, Shadow Hills, Neve, Avedis, SSL, Avalon, and API preamps and processors, tons of top quality plug-ins inside our Mac Pro HD3 Accel system including the SONNEX Elite collection...there's nothing we can't handle.
And, we will NEVER give up analog! - The industry workhorse, an analog MCI JH-24 2" 24-track, which has been with Keith on every album he's produced is always ready for hours of non-stop tracking, and is optimized and integrated into our new setup. We also have our ATR-102 1/2" stereo tape machine, which is complete with Mark Spitz upgrades and refurbishing.
Mastering Capabilities
Our mastering capabilities are world class, minus the high price tag. Keith's not only has he made some of the most critically-acclaimed sounding records, his knowledge of every detail and nuance of sound and the equipment at his fingertips allow him to stand toe to toe with with best mastering engineers around. More on mastering is HERE.
Living/Lounge Space
The Playground is a different approach to studio design, providing an extremely comfortable and fun place to record without the high cost that's usually attached to it. Keith built the studio in a two-story brick house just outside of the heart of downtown Chicago; the beautiful lakefront is only two miles away.
There are four separate beds in four separate rooms, one of them is a sleeping loft. There is a full size kitchen, two bathrooms, and a large living room/dining area. During the summer, there's a barbeque on the roof and a spectacular view of Chicago's Skyline. Catering and Maid Service is available at an additional fee.
Recording Rooms / More Living Space
The Playground has several unique rooms, from very "live" to completely "dead," allowing for a virtually limitless range of sounds. Also, there is plenty of room to stretch out....there is no office, just an "at home" environment that belongs only to the band.
The studio comes alive at night and with all the lighting options, the vibe can change from elegant and professional, to dreamlike spaces...whatever makes the band most comfortable. And the main recording space is also host to Dapple & Stone Gallery, which focuses on outsider art, so feel free to apply for gallery space!
MICS: The studio has an ample array of all the mics you'd expect to find in a world class studio, as well as some unexpected ones and favorites of Keith. Microtek Geffels, Earthworks, Cole Ribbon and others are some of the more eclectic mics, and the Earthworks mics when coupled with the WEISS ADC 2 A/D converter has to be heard to be believed; there is nothing more true, crystal clear, and colorless than that combination...great for some things, and completely disconcerting for others!
DRUMS: The studio has a complete Bonham-style old Ludwig kit complete with thick steel chrome covering each drum shell. I have slowly assembled this kit from years of experimenting...it has a 24" kick drum, a super fat Drum Workshop snare, New Beat hi hats, an old Formula 2001 24" ride, and several great studio cymbals to choose from. Also, there's an old Gretsch 1956 jazz kit and a Pearl Export Kit for your middle of the road rock sound.
BASSES: There are two bass rigs, one of them a David Eden rig, with a Fender Jazz Bass at your disposal. For a rounder sound, there's a Mesa Boogie Bass Cabinet with (2) 15" speakers in it. There is also a Joe Meek VC1 specifically for bass tracking only...it's the best bass preamp I've ever recorded with.
GUITARS: There are several of my favorite guitars at the studio, including a Gibson Les Paul, a Fender Telecaster, a Gibson ES-330, a Martin acoustic, two Harmony Rockets (AWESOME FEEDBACK MACHINES!), a Fernandez fretless bass, an Aria classical guitar, and a few others.
AMPS: As far as amps, there's my Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier rig, a JCM 800, a HIWATT for the fattest guitar sounds ever (listen to Hum's "Stars"), a Traynor 2 x 12" combo amp, a Matchless (Vox), a Marshall 1960 Lead Cabinet, and a few others as well.
PEDALS: Pedals, ahh, pedals...there is more than an ample supply of unique and interesting pedals, many of which are different kinds of distortion. (I'm VERY fussy with distortion sounds...there are just SO MANY to choose from!)
KEYBOARDS: There is an ever-growing list of keyboards at the studio, including a Baldwin Piano, a vintage Wurlitzer (Fender Rhodes) electric piano, a Moog Rogue, and more. And that's not including every keyboard plug-in available for Pro Tools.
MUSICIANS: There is also a large number of talented musicians who I use on a regular basis such as horn players, violinists, cellists, a string quartet led by Susan Voelz, a B3 Player (not including myself), a great horn arranger, and an AMAZING gospel singer...to name a few.
To get more info, please feel free to e-mail Keith at [email protected]
Call him at: (312) 455-8265
Or call his manager Sandy Roberton at World's End (323) 965-1540
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