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Worst Fears
Katherine Whittamore reviews Fay Weldon's novel "Worst Fears".
Check out this article! https://www.salon.com/1996/06/12/sneakpeeks_91/
Katherine Whittamore
June 12, 1996 11:00PM (UTC)
Worst fear, alright -- being stuck with Fay Weldon's new book this summer. By all means, use "Worst Fears" to shade your eyes, or anchor your towel, but don't read the thing. Kelp is more alive and affirming. The jacket copy claims Weldon's 21st novel is "an irresistible blend of compassionate wisdom and deliciously nasty wit," but actually it's sheer sourness spiked with fall-flat, jokesy prose. Proof: "The quick and the dead. She was quick and Ned was dead." More proof: "She felt empowered, as would a witch who had just stolen the clippings from her enemy's toenails."
What is it with Weldon? Tart-talking modernity can't fill 21 novels, and why bother to use a (dead-white-male) thesaurus to enliven one's prose when, after all, you can spoon such profundities as: "She lived in a beautiful house, in a beautiful place. She was a widow." Besides that original adjective, there's always the f-and c-words to throw around. Weldon is salty, but it's the only spice in her rack, and that makes for a shriveled reading experience.
"Worst Fears" relates the story of Alexandra, an actress sometimes considered "a successor to Vanessa Redgrave," who is forced to confront her own worst fear -- that she's being cheated on by her husband, Ned. Weldon could have served this story up in the manner of a British Nora Ephron, or perhaps a femme David Lodge, but instead we're offered vapid characters, a little authorial moralizing and a soup of cliches. For instance, every character has affairs (Weldon leads us down the herpes trail several times). Promiscuity may be culturally indicative, as in a Schnitzler play, or juicy, as in "Melrose Place," but in "Worst Fears" it's just wearying: "Where she had seen him-and-her," writes Weldon, "Ned had seen him-and-her-her-her." Get us out of here-here-here.
It's hard to care much about cardboard Alexandra since she dumps her four-year-old son with her mother throughout, and seems to judge most people by their weight. In case you can still muster some sympathy for her -- after all, Ned dies during a tryst (real surprise) -- Weldon will have none of it. As one character mouths: "Actresses are not like real women at all. Make-believe females, with no centre, no soul, no capacity for real emotion." Unfortunately, you can say something similar about this novel.
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While Apple has single-handedly brought legal digital music downloads to the masses with the iTunes Store, plenty of rivals have tried to get in on the act. None have come closer than Spotify, and while its monthly subscription-based, music “rental” service may not be suited to some, it has enjoyed a great deal of success across much of Europe, recently earning it a launch throughout America.
Sensing Spotify has struck gold, Sony is now launching its own iteration which, accompanied by a brand new app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users, has all the credentials one would expect from a freemium music service.
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Ernest Scheller Jr. poses with business major Hannah Todd in front of his namesake College.
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Ramblin’ Wreck driver Hannah Todd (BSBA 2018) made a special appearance at Scheller College of Business to welcome none other than the College's namesake – Ernest Scheller Jr. (IM 1952, HON Ph.D. 2013).
For the second time this year, Mr. Scheller visited the Georgia Tech campus, first stopping at Scheller College for its Fall 2018 Advisory Board Meeting just ahead of Tech’s Homecoming Weekend kickoff. The meeting was opened by Chairman David Rowland as he recognized the newest members of the Board.
Ernest J. Scheller Jr. poses with members of the Scheller College Advisory Board
The morning concluded with a Board photo in front of the Scheller College of Business building, where Mr. Scheller was welcomed by Todd and the Ramblin’ Wreck.
Ernest Scheller Jr. and Hannah Todd
“It’s such an honor to meet you,” Todd greeted. “It’s always good to be home,” Scheller replied, as he donned a gifted ‘GT’ hat from the Scheller College administration team.
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The excitement for Scheller and Todd did not end on Friday.
Mr. Scheller’s weekend concluded by taking in Saturday’s Homecoming game where he was to see Todd once again – as she was crowned 2018 Ms. Georgia Tech.
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JTR> Vol.4 No.4, December 2016
Use of Cost Effective Semi-Automated (Mannual/Micro) MGIT System over BACTEC 960 to Perform First Line Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs Sensitivity Testing
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Yogita Mistry*, Sangita Rajdev, Summaiya Mullan00
Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College, Surat, India.
Introduction: Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) that is the tuberculosis that is resistant to at least 2 of the first line anti-tuberculosis drugs is fatal infectious disease. Cases of MDR-TB are now increasing with 30,000 cases of MDR-TB reported in 2013 by national TB programme. Rapid diagnosis of MDR-TB is extremely important for rapid treatment of patient and to prevent spread of MDR-TB to other. BACTEC 960 system helps in rapid diagnosis but purchase of expensive instrument for the same is the limitation. However, the same purpose can be solved by use of semi-automated MGIT system. Aims and Objectives: Aim of this study is to do drug sensitivity testing of the first line anti-tuberculosis drugs with the use of semi-automated MGIT systems. 350 newly registered and suspected cases of tuberculosis in tertiary care hospital were included. Samples were processed for digestion and decontamination and inoculated in MGIT tubes and also on LJ medium. Reading was taken using semi-automated MGIT system. Positive tubes were confirmed by rapid test for M. tuberculosis and then drug sensitivity was performed. Result: Out of 350 samples, 62% were sputum; 33% were pleural fluid and rest 5% were lymph node, Ascetic fluid, CSF, pus. Average day of positivity by MGIT was 13 - 20 days as compared to 25 - 37 days by solid medium, which was statistically significant with p value < 0.01. MDR cases were 2% out of 350 samples. Conclusion: Manual MGIT System is a simple, efficient, safe to use diagnostic system. It does not require any expensive/special instrumentation other than the UV lamp for detection of fluorescence. The rapidity by which mycobacteria are detected is the most important advantage of the Manual MGIT. In areas with limited resources where purchase of expensive instruments such as the MGIT960 is out of scope, the use of manual MGIT for rapid susceptibility testing for MDR-TB could be a possibility.
Semi-Automated MGIT System, MDR-TB, First-Line Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs
Tuberculosis is wide-spread and in many cases fatal infectious disease. India is the country with the highest burden of tuberculosis. Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, which is resistant to Isoniazid and Rifampicin that are 2 first line anti-TB drugs, is increasing in many countries. Among TB patients reported by National TB programme in 2013, there were an estimated 300,000 cases of MDR-TB [1] . More than half of cases were in India, China and Russian federation. If these cases are not treated properly, they can spread resistant to other peoples and also develop resistant to other drugs like fluroquinolones and injectable amino glycosides, defined as extensive drug resistant. So for better management of drug resistant cases, early detection of resistant is extremely important so that effective treatment can be prescribed rapidly.
Drug resistant can be detected using gene-Xpert, Line probe assay, solid culture and liquid culture. Gen-Xpert detects give results within 2 hours and it can be performed directly from sample but it detects only resistant to Rifampicin [2] . Line probe assay detects the resistant gene for Isoniazid and Rifampicin and gives results within 24 - 48 hours but it can be used only on high grade smear positive sputum samples or for positive cultures only and is costly [3] . Drug sensitivity by solid medium can detect resistant for all first line drugs and is cost-effective but it takes longer time to obtain growth of mycobacteria and to perform drug sensitivity testing. MGIT tube which contains modified middle brook 7H9 broth in a tube with a fluorescence at the bottom of tube, emits its fluorescences when oxygen is consumed by an organism. These fluorescences can be detected by BACTEC MGIT 960 system [4] [5] [6] . However, purchase of expensive instrument such as MGIT 960 system is out of scope in countries like India. Semi-automated MGIT system which is based on the same principle and which does not need expensive instrument can be used for the same purpose. This study was performed to know the drug sensitivity of the first line drugs using semi-automated MGIT system.
2. Material & Methods
This study was a cross-sectional study, which was started after ethical clearance for the same. 350 newly registered and suspected cases of tuberculosis in tertiary care hospital were included in the study. Patients with major diseases like HIV, malignancy, patients on immunosuppressive therapy, immune compromised patients were excluded. Also patients with present or past history of anti-tuberculosis treatment were excluded. Samples were collected after giving brief information and after taking written consent. For pulmonary tuberculosis, sputum sample was collected along with oral instructions for proper sample collection like collection of sample in open air, before brushing, with simple mouth gargling, taking inhalation for 2 - 3 times to obtain cough deeply from chest and spitting into container directly. For indoor patients with suspected of extra pulmonary tuberculosis, representative samples like pleural fluid, ascetic fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, pus, lymph node, tissue biopsy were collected by treating physician. For all samples, decontamination and concentration was done using 4% NAOH-2.9% tri sodium citrate (Petroff’s method). Smear microscopy was done using ZN stain for all samples both before and after processing of samples. All processed samples were inoculated in liquid medium-MGIT tubes and also in solid medium-LJ medium to compare the growth. MGIT tubes with 7 ml of middle brook 7H9 medium was used into which 0.8 ml of PANTA was added to prevent contamination and to enhance growth and 0.5 ml of processed sample was added. Tubes were then incubated at 37˚C for 42 days. Reading was taken daily in first 3 weeks and then once a week for next 3 weeks using manual MGIT system. Tubes with granular turbidity or positive by semi-auto- mated reader were inoculated on brain heart infusion broth to check for contamination and also smear is prepared for ZN stain and gram stain to check for acid fast bacilli and contamination respectively. If acid fast bacilli are seen by ZN stain and no contamination is there, then it was confirm by rapid test to differentiate M. Tb and NTM. If contamination is present, re-decontamination was done. Tubes which were negative after 42 days were declared negative. For LJ culture, 0.1 - 0.2 ml of processed sample was inoculated and incubated at 37˚C for 6 - 8 weeks.
Drug sensitivity testing was done using 1% proportional methods. Drugs are available as SIRE kit. Drugs were diluted with sterile distilled water to obtain the critical concentration of 1.0 µg/ml for Streptomycin, 0.1 µg/ml for Isoniazid, 1.0 µg/ml of Rifampicin and 5.0 µg/ml of Ethambutol. For Pyrazinamide, separate PZA medium tube containing 7 ml of broth was used. MGIT tubes positive for M. tuberculosis were labeled as day-0 on the day of its positive reading by reader, which were incubated for 1 more day before performing DST. If DST was done on day 1 or 2 old tubes, undiluted broth from positive tubes was taken for inoculation. For day 3, 4, 5 tubes, dilution of 1:5 is done using 4.0 ml of sterile saline and it is used as inoculum. Because tubes with day 6 or older are not used for DST and subculture from which inoculum was taken. Foronesample5 MGIT tubes were labelled, one for GC (growth control without drug) and other 4were for Isoniazid, Rifampicin, Ethambutol, and Streptomycin. Then0.8 ml of SIRE supplement was added in all tubes and 0.1ml of reconstituted drugs were added in respective tubes as per labeled for drug. Then 500 µl of inoculums was added. A growth control tube (GC) was kept after doing 1:100 dilution. These whole set was incubated at 37˚C till growth control tube show growth. Because Pyrazinamide drug sensitivity test inoculums was diluted as1:10 instead of 1:100 dilution for growth control tube and special Pyrazinamide MGIT tubes and supplements were used. Reading of drug sensitivity was done using semi-automated MGIT reader daily. When growth in GC tube will be present readings will be taken on that day for drug tubes. If growth is present in drug containing tube then it will suggest resistance to that drug and if no growth in drug containing tube suggests susceptibility to that drug.
Out of 350 samples, 62% were sputum; 33% were pleural fluid and rest 5% were lymph node, ascetic fluid, pus, pericardiac fluid, CSF samples. Male to female ratio of 350 samples was 2.7:1. Suspected cases were maximum in age group of 21 - 40. Out of 350 samples 59 samples (17%) were positive, out of which 48 (73%) were Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and 11 (19%) were Non tuberculosis mycobacteria (NTM). All 48 samples were positive by MGIT medium and 46 were positive by LJ medium. Average day of positivity by MGIT liquid culture method was 13 - 20 days while by LJ culture method it was 25 - 37 days. When results of ZN Microscopy of samples were compared with the day of getting a positive culture by solid and liquid culture method, it shows that as the smear grades increases, no. of days to get culture positivity decreases as shown in Table 1, which is statistically significant for MGIT liquid culture with p value less than 0.01 by using chi square test.
As in Table 2 and Table 3 MDR (multi drug resistant) isolates that are resistant to Isoniazid and Rifampicinis 2% (1isolate).
The aim of this study was to do antibiotic sensitivity test of first line anti-tuberculosis drugs in all newly registered suspected patients of tuberculosis in tertiary care Hospital with the use of liquid medium MGIT (Mycobacterial growth indicator tube) using the manual MGIT reader. In present study all samples were cultured in MGIT liquid me-
Table 1. Comparison of grading of smear and its relation to culture positivity.
Table 2. Number of isolates showing resistant.
Table 3. Number of isolates with different types of resistant pattern to first line anti-tuberculo- sis drugs with detected by Mannual MGIT system.
dium to obtain the rapid culture positivity of sample and in Lowenstein Jenson (LJ) medium for differentiation of M. tuberculosis complex from Non tuberculosis mycobacteria. In MGIT tubes on average, cultures were positive between 12 - 20 days, while in LJ medium were between positive 25 - 37 days which suggest that liquid culture are rapid to isolate the bacilli in comparison to solid culture. In a comparative study on 500 samples using the MGIT (960), L-J and direct smear, S. Rishi, Sinhaand Malhotra, in India, the reported recovery rate of mycobacteria was 98.06% for the MGIT from pulmonary and extrapulmonary samples in comparison to the L-J medium that showed are recovery rate of 63.95% [4] . Another study done in India using the MGIT960, by C Rodrigues et al. in 2009 also reported a 99.0% recovery rate with MGIT and 67.0% by L-J [5] . This study also demonstrated that rate of culture positivity was also depended on bacterial load/smear grading. In samples with microscopy result of 3+, MGIT required an average of 13 days and for negative samples it require average of 20 days which was statistically significant (p < 0.001). However a study done by Somoskvi et al. shows that MGIT required 12.6 days for smear positive sample and 15.8 days for smear negative results [6] . The study by Pfyffer et al. report had shown an average of 9.9 days for culture positivity [7] . Based on result of present study, detection and final identification of most cultures was rapid and reliable when manual MGIT liquid medium is used, which can helps in accurate diagnosis and administration of appropriate therapy to patients specially smear negative patients, although chances of culture contamination are more with liquid medium than solid/L-J method (5.5% - 15%). To prevent contamination, all sterile precaution should be taken like sterile work like adding PANTA- OADC supplement should be done before other processing are done, use individual falcan tubes for sample for adding NAOH-sodium citrate or phosphate buffer saline, cleaning of tubes outer surface before any processing in the tubes, using freshly prepared reagents, by following proper decontamination processing steps, using proper disinfectant for surface disinfectant of biosafety cabinet, using clean and autoclaved glass wares. For effective treatment and prevention of drug resistance, it depend sup on the prompt availability of drug sensitivity results. Among the various diagnostic systems available for detection of drug resistance, the manual MGIT is rapid and sensitive and is validated by many previous study [8] [9] [10] [11] . DST for first line drugs has been thoroughly studied for them annual MGIT. Drug sensitivity testing of first line anti- tuberculosis drug was performed using liquid culture MGIT, results of which were available between 8 - 10 days after keeping drug sensitivity. Out of 48 samples 4 strains had shown resistance, of which one strain had shown resistant to Isoniazid and Rifampicin, one strain had shown resistant to Isoniazid and Streptomycin, one with resistant to Streptomycin al one and Isoniazid alone. In our study mono resistance in Isoniazid, Ethambutol and Streptomycin was 2.08% and no Rifampicin mono resistance was detected. Surveys done by the WHO [12] showed that the levels of primary resistance to INH ranged from 0% - 16.8% and for streptomycin 0.1% - 23.5%. Higher rates of resistance are reported from Kenya, India and Haiti while low levels were reported from England, Melbourne. Acquired drug resistance was higher than those of the primary resistance. For INH acquired resistance ranged from 4 - 53.3%, streptomycin 0 - 19.4%, rifampicin from 0 - 14.5% and ethambull 0 - 13.7%. Initial resistance to rifampicin ranged from 0 - 3% and the rate of ethambul resistance was 0 - 4.2% globally [13] . In India the initial drug resistance to INH is 18% - 20%, 4.8% - 14% for streptomycin. In the early 1990s, retrospective study done at New Delhi showed a high level of primary drug resistance to isoniazid (18.5%) and a low level of rifampicin resistance [14] . Data from India on acquired resistance to the antituberculosis drugs showed that any resistance to INH was in between 47.7% - 87.1%; for rifampicin it was 28.3 - 80.6. Prevalence of MDR-TB isolates among new cases in India [15] is shown in Table 4.
Table 4. Prevalence of MDR_TB among new cases of pulmonary TB in India.
Manual MGIT System is a simple, efficient, safe to use diagnostic system. It does not require any expensive/special instrumentation other than the UV lamp for detection of fluorescence. The rapidity by which mycobacteria are detected is the most important advantage of the Manual MGIT. The time to detection of mycobacteria was 12 days and 21 days for the positive smear and negative smear specimen respectively. In areas with limited resources where purchase of expensive instruments such as the MGIT960 is out of scope, the use of manual MGIT for rapid susceptibility testing for MDR-TB could be a possibility. Susceptibility test results are obtained within a week of detection of mycobacteria. This would allow the early reporting of results to the clinicians thus helping in the rapid adjustment of the initial treatment of the patients. This would benefit not only the individual patients but the community as a whole in controlling the disease and its transmission in the society.
5. Limitation
Although liquid culture is rapid, it is not possible to see colony morphology and colony characteristic by using liquid culture. If mixed growth of M. tuberculosis with non-tu- berculous mycobacteria occurs, it is not possible to isolate by using liquid culture.
Mistry, Y. , Rajdev, S. and Mullan, S. (2016) Use of Cost Effective Semi-Automated (Mannual/Micro) MGIT System over BACTEC 960 to Perform First Line Anti-Tuberculosis Drugs Sensitivity Testing. Journal of Tuberculosis Research, 4, 227-234. doi: 10.4236/jtr.2016.44025.
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Fishing fleet caught red-handed in a dawn raid by Sea Shepherd and East Timor National Police
Tuesday, Sep 12, 2017
A joint operation conducted at dawn on September 9th with Sea Shepherd's M/V Ocean Warrior and the East Timor National Police (PNTL - Policia Nacionale Timor-Leste) results in the capture of the Hong Long Fisheries / Pingtan Marine Enterprises fleet at anchor off the coast of Com, East Timor.
Sea Shepherd crew document masses of dead sharks in the hold. Photo Jake Parker / Sea Shepherd.
At the request of the PNTL, Sea Shepherd’s patrol vessel M/Y Ocean Warrior and its small fast boat delivered armed police to board the vessels, along with drones to document the operation. Once the vessels were secured by the PNTL, Sea Shepherd crew members assisted in documenting the catch onboard, confirming suspicions that the fleet were targeting sharks as opposed to broad scale fishing.
After hunting for the fleet of fifteen vessels for the past two weeks, the Ocean Warrior found them 150km south of East Timor, fishing with anchored gill nets set to target bottom dwelling species such as sharks. Sea Shepherd documented the vessels retrieving their nets and the catch appeared to be 95% sharks, as well as lots of broken coral.
Gary Stokes and PNTL Officer in the vessel's freezer with a leopard shark. Photo Jackson Oliver/ Sea Shepherd.
Ties to the Vessel Arrested in Galapagos Last Month
The same fleet were documented in East Timor in February offloading massive quantities of sharks to a mothership, the Fu Yuan Yu Leng 999. Though there was a public outcry, little to no action was taken. The Fu Yuan Yu Leng 999 made international headlines last month when it was detained inside the Galapagos National Park with 300 tons of sharks which it had received from four longliners belonging to Hong Long Fisheries and Pingtan Marine Enterprises. The crew of the Fu Yuan Yu Leng 999 are now in an Ecuadorian jail and the ship impounded, scheduled to be sold off.
The company who owns the Fu Yuan Yu Leng 999, Hong Long Fisheries, also owns the 15 vessels operating in East Timor, although Pingtan Marine Enterprises, listed on the US Nasdaq, have announced to their shareholders that they also own the 15 vessels and licenses operating in East Timor. The fishing companies have a complex, intertwined relationship, both based in Fuzhou, China and owned by the Zhou families. Pingtan was kicked out of Indonesia by Fisheries Minister Susi Prudjiastuti in 2014, and so far have not been allowed to return.
The M/V Ocean Warrior with the Fu Yuan Yu fleet off the coast of East Timor. Photo Jake Parker/ Sea Shepherd.
Sea Shepherd’s East Timor Campaign
With public calls from people in East Timor claiming they have no way of knowing what the fleet are up to out of sight of land, Sea Shepherd decided to send the Ocean Warrior on a reconnaissance mission to gather and document evidence. This evidence was handed over to the authorities and people of East Timor in hopes that they may be able to cancel future licenses that are being seriously abused.
During the September 9th inspections, an entire catalogue of images and documentation has been formed and shared with PNTL and other authorities. Campaign Leader and Sea Shepherd Global’s Director for Asia, Gary Stokes, also met today with East Timor’s former Prime Minister/President and Noble Peace Winner, Dr. José Ramos-Horta: “Unscrupulous foreign commercial fishing activities must be stopped in Timor Leste,” said Dr. Ramos-Horta. “We must protect our natural resources, it is an outrage.”
At this moment, the Ocean Warrior is currently monitoring the fleet that are now at anchor near Vemasse on the north coast awaiting refueling. Sea Shepherd fears that the fleet will be allowed to escape again due to high-level deals being struck to release them by corrupt officials. “Sadly the good work of the PNTL and Sea Shepherd will be in vain and these poachers will dodge justice once more,” says Gary Stokes.
Dr. Jose Ramos-Horta and Sea Shepherd Asia Director Gary Stokes. Photo Sea Shepherd.
“Unscrupulous foreign commercial fishing activities must be stopped in Timor Leste. We must protect our natural resources, it is an outrage.”
East Timor’s former Prime Minister/President and Noble Peace Winner, Dr. José Ramos-Horta
Driftnet Violations and Poaching Vessels
Sea Shepherd also found a second fleet of three vessels owned by Hong Dong Pelagic Fisheries fishing illegally in the same area. Although they had a license granted by East Timor, they were found deploying more than 2x10km of driftnet from each vessel, significantly bigger than the 2.5km maximum allowance set by international law. Sea Shepherd will be filling a full report of its findings to the flag state of these vessels as well as Interpol, CITES, IOTC and other relevant authorities.
Last year one of Sea Shepherd’s vessels came across six illegal drift netters in the Indian Ocean and requested China’s assistance in bringing these privately-owned poaching operations to justice. China, who takes IUU fishing very seriously, opened an investigation immediately and recalled the vessels for inspection. “They found three of the six to have been illegally fishing, prosecuted the company, and cancelled the captains’ licenses,” says Gary Stokes. “We hope that China will take the same stern action with these illegal vessels.”
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Gold Mirror, at 50, remains a constant in a changing city
Food // Restaurants
Jonathan Kauffman Oct. 31, 2018 Updated: Oct. 31, 2018 1:15 p.m.
1of6A full house at Gold Mirror on Taraval Street in S.F. The old-school Italian restaurant is celebrating 50 years in business.Photo: Yalonda M. James / The Chronicle
2of6Conor Costello, 2, has a chat with Connor Patterson at Gold Mirror on Taraval in S.F. Conor’s parents, Michael and Vikki Costello, were there celebrating their ninth wedding anniversary.Photo: Yalonda M. James / The Chronicle
3of6Co-founder Josephine Di Grande (left) converses with Sheila and George Birmingham at Gold Mirror on Taraval in S.F. The Birminghams have been dining at the restaurant for 45 years.Photo: Yalonda M. James / The Chronicle
4of6Co-founder Josephine Di Grande with her sons and co-owners Roberto Di Grande (left) and Domenico Di Grande at Gold Mirror on Taraval Street in S.F.Photo: Yalonda M. James / The Chronicle
5of6Gold Mirror, celebrating its 50th anniversary, is located on Taraval Street in S.F.Photo: Yalonda M. James / The Chronicle
6of6Vikki Costello and her 2-year-old son, Conor, at Gold Mirror in S.F. Vikki and husband Michael Costello were celebrating their ninth wedding anniversary.Photo: Yalonda M. James / The Chronicle
Maureen Hurley has been coming to Gold Mirror on Taraval since she was 8. She can point across the dining room at her cousin, Sheila Birmingham, a twice-a-week regular who has lived across the street from owner Josephine Di Grande for more than four decades. The Italian restaurant has become the place where Hurley’s Irish Catholic family comes together for confirmation parties and graduations. Her kids have brought dates here, attended by waiters who have received a discreet call beforehand with a credit card number.
Three months before the Gold Mirror’s 50th anniversary, only San Francisco itself seems to have changed. The back wall is still painted to mimic the facade of a stone-walled villa, its center an arched wooden doorway flanked by red lanterns, barricaded windows (well, “windows”) and an inset statue. The iron chandeliers would not look out of place in a Medieval Times outpost. Over the mirrored bar, where red lights frame the liquor collection, is a cutout of a 17 century carriage with a photo of a toque-carrying chef — founder Giuseppe Di Grande — at its center.
On Friday and Saturday nights, the waiters thread with the agility of toreadors through herds of diners who have come to the Gold Mirror, night after night, decade after decade. You’re welcome to have Che Fico and Flour + Water, they argue. Here, new San Franciscans, is where the rest of us belong.
When Giuseppe Di Grande, now 78, moved to San Francisco from Augusta, Sicily, at the age of 15, America didn’t present him with college scholarships or career counselors. “It was either work in the shipyards or work in a restaurant,” son Roberto says. The Sicilian newcomer learned how to cook then-chic Northern Italian cuisine at Orsi’s, where he encountered a couple of partners who joined him in buying an old cocktail lounge in the Irish-dominated Parkside neighborhood, which they redecorated and opened, keeping the same name. (For a look at the original gold mirror, check out the NSFW painting next to the bathroom.)
Co-founder Josephine Di Grande chats with a customer at Gold Mirror on Taraval Street in S.F.
Photo: Yalonda M. James / The Chronicle
Giuseppe returned to Sicily to marry Josephine in 1973, and she moved to San Francisco and bore four children in quick succession. When they were little, she says, she was afraid to leave the house, even to chase after the kids, until one of their grammar-school teachers gave her English lessons. She had to dispense with all timidity after 1984, when Giuseppe bought out his partners, purchased the building, and made Josephine his business partner.
From then on, Giuseppe oversaw the kitchen by himself, starting at 8 in the morning and finishing 16 hours later — no days off, not even Christmas or Thanksgiving — while Josephine ran the dining room, coming home after service to keep the books. All four children, naturally, grew up in the restaurant. (We were conceived in the kitchen, Roberto says, and his mother cackles.) “Better bring your kids here in the night or else they’d be in the street,” the couple decided.
“I started working when I was 10 years old,” Domenico says. “By the age of 12, I could bake, I could butcher meat. At 15, I was already 6 feet tall and looked like I was 18. I was working the pantry.” Two of their siblings moved on, but Dom, now 42, and Roberto, 39, returned to the restaurant after college, taking over a decade ago as Giuseppe stepped away.
The brothers shop at farmers’ markets and spend more time choosing their wines. They’ve started importing products directly from Sicily. These days they close on Christmas and Thanksgiving, too, and add specials to the menu that Giuseppe might never have imagined customers would want. Yet they still make the crepes for the veal cannelloni the way their father taught them and still fold their own prosciutto tortellini — Roberto likes to set up an iPad in the kitchen and watch episodes of “Rescue Me” while he knocks out batches.
Co-owner Roberto Di Grande, son of founders Giuseppe and Josephine Di Grande, works in the kitchen at Gold Mirror on Taraval Street in S.F.
Domenico and Roberto have hired a young Italian cook to ease the pressure on their three-cook line, but also to give them the space to think: How can they bottle up what makes the Gold Mirror so special? Their front of house manager, Emily Patterson, and her husband, Connor, who owns a restaurant group on the East Coast, have joined them to look for a second location.
There’s only so much the younger Di Grandes want to change, or can: This is a place where regulars request a dish that has been off the menu for 20 years — Chicken Romana, Veal di Parma — and the brothers can pull together the ingredients to re-create it.
“Since the early 1980s, the neighborhood has changed 10 times over,” Dom says. It has become more Chinese and less Irish. The homeowners with families have moved away and now rent their old houses to young couples who work in tech. Each new wave makes its way to the Mirror. And then they come back.
Sunday night, the families still come in — it’s not unusual to have more than 10 parties of 10 in one night. On Friday and Saturday nights, the vibe is more akin to a party. Regulars arrive early to stand at the bar, migrate to a table after a drink or two, and return to the bar after their meal. They walk back into the kitchen to say hello to Dom and Roberto.
There’s something about Italian restaurants — the old-school kind, not the ones where you have to chase a reservation — that engenders a ferocious loyalty. As good as the Mirror’s calamari steak or the chicken piccata are, according to the regulars, the dishes feel homey, generous, unpretentious. So does the atmosphere, stone faux finishes and all. “Italians, we are warm-hearted,” says Josephine, now 71, who recently resumed spending a few shifts a week in the dining room. “You have pain, but you smile all the time.”
“When we come here, the hostess is the same, the waitstaff gets to know you,” says Shane Brentham, a once-a-week regular for a decade. “They don’t treat you like customers.”
Gold Mirror, on Taraval Street in S.F., is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
Maureen Hurley says she runs into everyone she knows at the Mirror. Even more common is to start chatting with someone at the bar. “We know we have something in common, and we don’t know what it is,” she says. They run through all the possible points of connection: neighborhood, high school, parish, children. “Then we find it.”
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To be a regular, regulars explain, means slipping in after a long workday and claiming the same spot at the bar. It means greeting Dean, the bartender, who reaches for the ingredients to make your perfect rye manhattan. It means the waiters write “for Amy” on your steak order, and Dom and Roberto know to cook the beef extra rare. It means cracking wise with the staff, the way you do with your co-workers or friends, or even texting with the waiters off-duty.
“It’s open and inviting. No one is standoffish,” say Julianne Hunt and Mike Dunne, who have come here for 50 years. They still spend an hour at the bar, charming customers in their 20s, before taking their customary seats, where they can surveil the entire dining room as they eat. “This is the best restaurant in San Francisco.”
Gold Mirror: 800 Taraval St., San Francisco, (415_ 564-0401, https://goldmirrorrestaurant.com. Open for lunch Monday-Friday and dinner 7 days a week.
Jonathan Kauffman is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: jkauffman@sfchronicle.com. Twitter/Instagram: @jonkauffman
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Jonathan Kauffman has been writing about food for The Chronicle since the spring of 2014. He focuses on the intersection of food and culture — whether that be profiling chefs, tracking new trends in nonwestern cuisines, or examining the impact of technology on the way we eat.
After cooking for a number of years in Minnesota and San Francisco, Kauffman left the kitchen to become a journalist. He reviewed restaurants for 11 years in the Bay Area and Seattle (East Bay Express, Seattle Weekly, SF Weekly) before abandoning criticism in order to tell the stories behind the food. His first book, “Hippie Food: How Back-to-the-Landers, Longhairs and Revolutionaries Changed the Way We Eat,” was published in 2018.
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The Balboa Park Activity Center is a multi-purpose gymnasium built to accommodate badminton, table tennis, volleyball and other events, including regional, state and national tournaments. The Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair and a variety of tournaments for people with disabilities are also held at the Balboa Park Activity Center. Basketball is available at the Municipal Gymnasium in Balboa Park.
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Every Thursday, from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m., each class is limited to eight students. Sign up at Balboa Park Activity Center front counter. Ages 18 years and older, beginner friendly. Restorative poses help relieve the effects of chronic stress. Each restorative sequence is designed to move the spine in all directions. Restorative Yoga alternately stimulates and soothes the organs. The Wellness Program will provide weekly nutritional Quick Tips, Recipes and Active Tips. Once a month a Certified Nutritionist will visit the class to provide Healthy Tips and Handouts. Please bring a towel and water!!
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16 Week Women’s four person volleyball league. Next season available for registration will start in June 2018. Call for more details as for information may change. Spots are limited.
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This class is designed for the beginner to the advanced player who needs one-on-one instruction. Registrants MUST BE SAN DIEGO TABLE TENNIS MEMBERS. This is a 1-hour class. Classes are offered Monday - Friday, except for Wednesdays, and weekends too. Please contact the instructor, Katthong Pisa, to schedule the day and time at 619-560-7646.
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Commentary: Chinese scientist’s gene-edited babies have opened Pandora’s box. Brace yourselves.
Chinese scientist He Jiankui talks about his pioneering gene editing at a conference in Hong Kong.
By Chris Reed
Sunday’s bombshell reports by MIT Technology Review and the Associated Press — that renowned Chinese scientist He Jiankui said he had used the CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing tool to create the world’s first two genetically modified human babies — led to headlines around the world.
Coverage of his claim was imbued with the sense that humankind had begun a scary new adventure that could transform life as we know it. As The New York Times reported ...
If human embryos can be routinely edited, many scientists, ethicists and policymakers fear a slippery slope to a future in which babies are genetically engineered for traits — like athletic or intellectual prowess — that have nothing to do with preventing devastating medical conditions. ...
The birth of the first genetically tailored humans would be a stunning medical achievement, for both He and China. But it will prove controversial, too. Where some see a new form of medicine that eliminates genetic disease, others see a slippery slope to enhancements, designer babies and a new form of eugenics.
He’s experiment was broadly condemned by ethicists and scientists, including San Diego visionary Eric Topol. The Chinese government questioned the legality of He’s actions, and it’s only a matter of time until religious leaders weigh in intensely, condemning the arrogance and hubris of scientists playing God. In 2017, Pope Francis urged scientists not to use gene-editing tools on human embryos.
Now that it’s happened, it’s time for us all to realize that Pandora’s box can’t be closed. The CRISPR tool is so inexpensive and so powerful that experimentation is going to be frequent and far-reaching. Consider the story of David Ishee, a Mississippi man with a GED degree who was so upset with dogs’ high susceptibility to genetic diseases that he did something about it. As the Singularity Hub website reported last year:
You’d think that to tweak the genome of an animal, some serious training and education would be necessary — maybe a post-graduate biology degree or several years working in the lab of a large genetics company.
But in a prime example of both the democratization and demonetization of technology, Ishee taught himself to do genetic engineering right in his own backyard shed, using a kit and some DNA he ordered online. ...
That experimentation could just as easily be done by our next-door neighbor as by a government agency. It’s an idea that will take some getting used to.
Pandora’s box won’t remain open just because of CRISPR’s widespread availability. Instead, human genetic engineering is likely to become common for several reasons.
The first: All the fathers in the couples whose embryos He modified have contracted HIV, which carries a huge stigma in China. They were trying to protect their children from ever suffering their fate. This line of thinking will be the norm for any parents anywhere who know or have reason to think their children could be susceptible to the long list of genetic diseases. (HIV is not one.) There is no impulse more powerful than helping your children, born or yet to be born.
The second: Imagine the immense resentment when it is reported — as it surely will be someday — that super-rich people are having genetically engineered children that are genetic all-stars. The 1 percenters already have a profound ability to make their children’s lives’ better; now they get to have a giant new advantage?
This angle makes it’s easy to imagine a Democratic presidential candidate running in 2028 or 2032 on a platform that made couples’ access to genetic modification for their unborn children a government-provided entitlement.
Is this a recipe for neonatal Nazism that will warp humanity in profoundly unpredictable ways? Maybe.
But there’s a straightforward way the worst fears could be finessed, if not fully addressed. The government-provided genetic modification would have as an ironclad rule that all modified embryos or artificially created fertilized ovum could only make the best boy or girl that two individuals can combine to create — minus the DNA associated with genetic illnesses. A “Best Possible Baby” program would keep intact familial hereditary lines while sharply improving quality of life and reducing the cost of health care. The promise of “Best Possible Baby” is so huge that it could overwhelm religious, philosophical and ethical objections — especially if the mega-rich are already taking advantage of the technology.
Yet these religious, philosophical and ethical objections are valid. If human genetic engineering were to become a government-provided entitlement, even if early results were hugely promising, it is close to certain that many couples simply wouldn’t trust the government to play a direct role in their reproduction. Given their historical treatment, Native Americans and African-Americans would seem certain to worry. Conservatives, libertarians and political outsiders who see government as klutzy or sinister or both would be disinclined to sign up.
The result would be a “genetics gap,” with “Best Possible Baby” offspring having vast health advantages over the conventionally conceived. Our society and our world is divided enough as it is without a giant new source of division. It doesn’t require much imagination to think genetically modified kids would taunt those who weren’t as “feebs” and in turn be taunted as “beasts.”
But as big a reason to worry about the onset of human genetic engineering is how it would intersect with the profit motive and what philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche called “the will to power.”
At least some corporations and armies will be amoral enough to want to use the technology to create slave laborers and warriors. At least some tycoons and dictators will be depraved enough to want to have sex slaves created with the DNA of the planet’s most attractive humans. And it is the safest bet of all that the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) — which is already one of the world’s largest funders of advanced genetic research — has also started thinking about the vast national-security advantages of having genetically crafted geniuses working with artificial intelligence programs to preserve or expand U.S. authority around the world.
And as the Atlantic Council international affairs think tank reported in 2017, China has its own versions of DARPA — and there are many reasons to think that the nation bent on surpassing the U.S. as the world’s dominant superpower is already trying to develop “sinister military applications” of the CRISPR gene editing tool:
There is so much gene-editing research being conducted in China it is difficult to pinpoint the primary sources. It is also not easy to discern whether the research in China has civilian, military or defense applications. The secretive Academy of Military Medical Sciences and the Third Military Medical University are the most likely defense labs. These DARPA-like institutions handle medical studies for the People’s Liberation Army and both are feverishly pumping out CRISPR research.
It’s no coincidence that a Chinese scientist broke the taboo on genetically modified babies — even if He seems to have done it on his own initiative and with nominal governmental disapproval. Beijing may say the right things about observing international norms, but its ruthlessness is unmistakable. President Xi Jinping has imposed systematic religious persecution — including sending 1 million Muslim Uyghurs to remote “re-education” camps, according to the United Nations — and ordered the torture of human-rights lawyers and dissidents. Anything goes.
But will these potential dystopias get in the way of “Best Possible Baby”-type programs in affluent nations? I don’t think so. The intensity of most parents’ desire to help their children is impossible to exaggerate. If parents can help their kids in a profound way, they will. Humanity is going to bite the second apple with about as much introspection as Adam and Eve bit the first.
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Press Release - Office of the Prime Minister - October 11, 2012 - The Prime Minister of Belize, the Hon. Dean Barrow, has offered his congratulations and thanks to the thousands of Belizeans from the Cayo District and across the country who participated in the San Ignacio/Santa Elena peaceful protest against crime. The Prime Minister views this latest mass action against the greatest scourge in our country, as a continuation of the same Cayo spirit and resolve that he highlighted in his Independence Day Address.
The Prime Minister also acknowledges that it remains Government’s primary responsibility to safeguard citizens in Cayo and all of Belize. He therefore reiterates the commitments he made in his meeting with the leaders of the Solidarity Movement for Justice and Peace. Accordingly, the Government of Belize will:
1. Immediately provide additional resources (including vehicles) to the Cayo Formation of the Belize Police Department;
2. Implement a sexual offenders registry and monitoring system;
3. Operationalize immediately after the official handover of the technology and equipment by the Canadian Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs this Friday, the Integrated Ballistics Identification System
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4. Ensure, together with the Magistracy and Judiciary, the proper enforcement of the laws governing denial of bail in cases of sexual and other serious offences;
5. Fast-track the efforts with the Government of the United States to finalize arrangements for an expert in DNA Science to be attached to Belize’s National Forensic Science Service to mentor our local analysts as well as to act as a professional witness for cases having to do with forensic evidence.
6. Strengthen the Police Prosecution branch and institute greater coordination between the Police and the Office of the Director of the Public Prosecution to ensure more effectiveness in the investigation and preparation of cases for prosecution.
In ending, the Prime Minister reassures the Cayo communities and the entire Nation that the war on crime will not slacken but be heightened by increased human and material resource allocation.
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Smart As, the Vita brain-teaser game, will hit on October 30 for $29.99, Sony has announced.
The Vita's brain-training game, Smart As, will launch on October 30, Sony announced today. The game features puzzles centering around logic, arithmetic, language, and observation, perfect for revealing all of your cognitive weaknesses just in time for the holidays.
According to the PlayStation.Blog, it will cost $29.99, and you'll be able to get a free trial of the game with a Daily Training session on the PlayStation Store.
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How to watch Maryland vs. Ohio State: Game time, live stream, TV coverage
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How to watch Maryland vs. Ohio State.
No. 1 Ohio State (5–0, 1–0 Big Ten) will host Maryland (2–3, 0–1 Big Ten) in a Big Ten East matchup on Saturday.
Ohio State is coming off a major scare last week, as the Buckeyes barely edged out a solid Indiana team 34–27 on the road. Quarterback Cardale Jones finished the game 18-for-27 with 245 yards, a touchdown and an interception, while running back Ezekiel Elliott led the way for the Buckeyes, as he carried the ball 23 times for 274 yards and three touchdowns. Elliott has rushed for 729 yards so far this season, averaging 7.3 yards per carry.
Maryland is hoping to rebound after being blown out in consecutive games. Last week, the Terrapins were embarrassed by Michigan at home when they failed to score in a 28–0 loss. Maryland was nearly shut out by West Virginia in its previous game, falling 45–6. Three different quarterbacks have taken snaps for the Terrapins this year, with Caleb Rowe getting the majority. He has 12 interceptions this season, and has completed just 40 of 91 passes for 428 yards and four touchdowns.
Details for Saturday’s game are below:
Kickoff: Noon ET
Live Stream: The game can be live streamed here.
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Provincial electric utility BC Hydro released its 20-year plan a few months ago, and The Tyee has a useful critique. BC’s energy use is somewhat more efficient than the Northwest states’. But there’s plenty of room for progress.
The plan calls for modest expansion in wind-power and other clean, renewables. But it also glances yearningly at coal and another mega-dam. The plan is far too cautious about renewables, according to Mark Jaccard, a professor at Simon Fraser University who is among BC’s most knowledgeable and innovative thinkers on energy issues.
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Usually, BC Hydro is one of Cascadia’s greener utilities, especially where energy efficiency is concerned. But market forces are currently pushing some US utilities into competition. Con.WEB carried a report on the current plans of the Northwest’s larget privately owned utility, Puget Sound Energy, to acquire new power generating capacity. New Washington state wind farms make up the largest share of their intended purchases. A number of other sources make up the remainder, including some power from existing hydro and coal plants. Con.WEB reports
Natural-gas fired proposals, however, didn’t make the cut. “While natural gas is an efficient, clean-burning fuel for power generation, the currently high cost of natural gas, its price volatility, and the credit requirements to buy and hedge natural gas made such resources less attractive at this time,” [PSE official Eric] Markell said in the news release.
Also missing were new coal-fired plants, which, “while economically attractive, face significant siting, permitting, and transmission challenges—with no obvious near-term solutions,” said PSE’s release. Markell told Con.WEB the utility is “very carefully monitoring” potential new coal developments, but these are longer-range resource prospects. “It’s not possible to permit and site, construct and put into service a new coal plant much before the end of the decade,” he said.
Imagine how a stiff tax on pollution, offset with a reduction in sales or payroll taxes, would accelerate this trend toward clean, renewable energy.
Thanks to Karen Pazucha & Laurence Morandi for supporting a sustainable Northwest.
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Home » News » Sigma Designs Unveils Second Generation Breakthrough G.hn Chipset for Premium Networked Performance Over Any Home Wires
Sigma Designs Unveils Second Generation Breakthrough G.hn Chipset for Premium Networked Performance Over Any Home Wires
LAS VEGAS, NV and MILPITAS, CA–(Marketwire – Jan 7, 2013) – CES — Sigma Designs® (NASDAQ: SIGM), a leading provider of system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for home entertainment, connectivity and converging multimedia delivery, today announced its new breakthrough CG5200 family of G.hn chipsets. The CG5200 family which includes the CG5210, CG5220 and CG5230 provides optimized functionality, performance and cost structure for a variety of market needs and enables superior networked entertainment performance and throughput for seamless, high-quality distribution of Triple Play and IPTV over all three household wires: power line, coax and phone line.
G.hn technology offers a single standard for connecting networked devices over any existing wired infrastructure (power-line, coax and phone-line). Sigma Designs’ CG5200 family ensures unprecedented levels of G.hn consistency and reliability, making it the ideal solution for embedding into G.hn-enabled consumer electronics devices, gateways and set-top boxes for whole-home networking of multiple HD and 3DTV video streams. The chipsets are optimized for multimedia distribution and IPTV applications to deliver multiple streams of HDTV video content, 3DTV video traffic, audio content, VoIP, data, gaming and other applications that are highly QoS-sensitive. This 2nd generation G.hn family of chipsets draws on the broad experience and learning accumulated from multiple lab and field trials executed with operators and OEMs.
“Complying with the latest G.hn MIMO standard, the CG5200 family of G.hn chipsets is a major step forward for consumers, manufacturers and service providers,” said Gabi Hilevitz, Sigma Designs’ vice president and general manager Home Connectivity business unit. “End users will now be able to enjoy a superior experience regardless of which connection method they choose to employ. The CG5200 series is also a major win for manufacturers, who can now offer single product with unmatched performance over any wired system at an optimized cost meeting specific application and market requirements. By using G.hn, service providers can enjoy substantial economies in the costs of support and installation services through this technology’s intrinsic remote management capabilities.”
Devices that use the CG5200 will deliver to end-users the highest Quality of Experience (QoE) due to the chipset’s network level and device level QoS. Salient features and benefits include:
More throughput than any legacy technology; supports up to 1 Gbps physical layer (PHY) bit rate for multimedia and data distribution over a single medium, and up to 3 Gbps by simultaneously using all three wires inside the home;
Unparalleled performance and reliability over power line; An optimized MIMO (multiple inputs, multiple outputs) feature uses all three wires in the power outlet — phase, neutral, and ground — to enable the highest level of guaranteed delivery of IPTV traffic;
Smooth migration from HPNA 3.1 to G.hn over coax and phone line; With the new CG5200 family, there’s no need for double inventory, the same product can auto configure (or remotely be managed) to work as G.hn or HPNA 3.1.
The CG5200 is sampling today to selected OEM and ODM customers, and will be in volume production in Q2 of 2013. Sigma Designs will demonstrate the G.hn CG5200 at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show, January 8 – 11, at the Las Vegas Hotel Suite #2921. Sigma Designs’ G.hn CG5200 will also be showcased in the HomeGrid Forum’s Booth, # 21906 (South Hall 1, Ground Level).
For more information on Sigma Designs, visit www.sigmadesigns.com.
About Sigma Designs
Sigma Designs, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIGM) is a world leader in connected media platforms. The company designs and builds the essential semiconductor technologies that serve as the foundation for the world’s leading IPTV set-top boxes, DTV, connected media players, residential gateways, home control systems and more. For more information about Sigma Designs, please visit www.sigmadesigns.com.
Sigma Designs, Secure Media Processor, and the Sigma Designs logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Sigma Designs, Inc. and its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks mentioned herein are believed to be trademarks of their respective owners.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements about the anticipated features and benefits of Sigma’s products and solutions. Actual results may vary materially due to a number of factors including, but not limited to, general economic conditions, including the rate of adoption of G.hn technologies in general and Sigma’s CG5200 media processors, Sigma’s ability to deploy and achieve market acceptance for Sigma’s products in its target markets, the ability of its SoCs to compete with other technologies or products in these markets as well as other risks that are detailed from time to time in Sigma’s SEC reports, including its quarterly report on Form 10-Q as filed December 6, 2012. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Sigma undertakes no obligation to publicly release or otherwise disclose the result of any revision to these forward-looking statements that may be made as a result of events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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September 8, 2017 / 10:56 AM / in 2 years
Vietnam prosecutes former c.bank exec for "lack of responsibility"
HANOI, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Vietnam police said on Friday they had charged a former central bank deputy governor with “lack of responsibility”, as the country extends its corruption crackdown in the banking and energy sectors.
Vietnam’s scandal-hit energy firm PetroVietnam and the banking sector are at the heart of a sweeping high-level corruption crackdown in the communist state that has already led to the dismissal of a politburo member and a vice trade minister.
The Ministry of Public Security said in an online statement it had prosecuted Dang Thanh Binh, 63, a former State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) deputy governor, with “lack of responsibility that leads to serious consequences”.
The accusation came as police investigate a SBV’s monitoring team at Construction Bank, which saw its former chairman receive a 30-year jail sentence for illegally withdrawing around $400 million.
The loss-making Construction Bank was taken over by the central bank at no cost in 2015.
Police said they had also implemented measures to ban Binh from leaving his home. They did not elaborate.
Earlier this month, the Government Inspectorate found faults in SBV including poor supervision of credit organisations and inefficiency in preventing corruption, while last month a banking executive was arrested for alleged fraud.
Reporting by Mai Nguyen; Editing by Nick Macfie
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Proroguing Parliament and the Trampling of Tradition
Houses of Parliament at dusk. Photo by yrstruly on Flickr (CC licence)
Lost in the noise, this tweet from Labour Stephen Doughty MP:
https://twitter.com/SDoughtyMP/status/1072550760314007552
Events have over-taken this prospect. The Chair of the 1922 Committee received the required 48 letters on Tuesday, and so on Wednesday Theresa May had to weather a confidence motion from Conservative MPs. The opposition parties are keeping their powder dry on a confidence motion of their own. There is now no vote to avoid by proroguing parliament.
Nevertheless, the very thought of such manoeuvring should give us pause for thought. In the case of this Government and this embattled Prime Minister, the tactic would have surely backfired. While proroguing parliament is procedurally allowed, the British public would have considered it somehow ‘cheating’ and taken a dim view. Meanwhile, Members of the House of Commons would have been angry at having been denied the opportunity to censure the Government before Christmas, and would have returned in the New Year smarting for a confrontation. Continue reading “Proroguing Parliament and the Trampling of Tradition”
Posted on October 29, 2018 April 5, 2019
The Awkward Squad and the Horseshoe Nail
Darkness. Brazil elects a proud fascist. A gunman murders eleven people at a Pittsburgh synagogue. The EU is becoming unsafe: authoritarians are on the rise in Italy, Hungary, and Poland; Journalists have been murdered in Malta and Bulgaria. All around the world, politicians, the press and the people are asking themselves how and why things have declined so quickly and catastrophically.
Continue reading “The Awkward Squad and the Horseshoe Nail”
When the Myth of American Democracy Explodes
Listening to Carol Anderson talk about her book One Person, No Vote on the Ezra Klein Show podcast; about voter ID laws and other measures that actively prevent black people from voting; about gerrymandering and electoral college distortions that allow the party that loses the vote to win the election…
Watching Brett Kavanaugh testify to the US Senate Judiciary committee; where he refused to answer or evaded questions; where he perjured himself; and where his white male colleagues apologised to him for having his honour questioned…
… I found myself thinking that American democracy is on the decline. That it may even be irreparably damaged.
But then I thought again about what I had witnessed, and what people like Carol Anderson are complaining about. It is not that American democracy is dying, but that the absence of a proper democracy is and always has been entrenched. Continue reading “When the Myth of American Democracy Explodes”
Discussing InfoWars and Free Speech on the BBC Victoria Derbyshire Programme
Here's @robertsharp59 for English PEN on the BBC, attempting some nuance on the #infowarsban pic.twitter.com/ryhWAl0SSg
— English PEN (@englishpen) August 8, 2018
The propaganda website InfoWars has been banned from Facebook, the Apple iTunes podcasting platform, and Spotify. Most people have welcomed the fact that these technology companies have finally acted to enforce their own terms and conditions, though others (including, obviously, InfoWars itself) says that this is an infringement of free speech.
I was invited onto the BBC Victoria Derbyshire TV programme today to discuss the issue, alongside Karin Robinson from Democrats Abroad; and Neil Heslin, whose son was murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School, and who has been taunted and harassed by the InfoWars website and its supporters. Continue reading “Discussing InfoWars and Free Speech on the BBC Victoria Derbyshire Programme”
Posted on July 19, 2018 April 5, 2019
Anger, Contempt, and Constructive Disagreement
Free speech is supposed to be facilitate human progress. In its ideal form, it enables debate and causes us to iterate better political policies, better cultural outputs and a better society.
In reality, the marketplace of ideas, if it exists at all, is corrupt and monopolised by those with money and power.
One aspect of freedom of expression I think about a lot is the way in which disagreements happen. I’ve expressed dismay at how some free speech advocates seem remarkably uninterested in listening to other points of view, and only really care about their own right to offend. And I’ve noted how many spats seem to disintegrate into a competition over who can first reach a place of unassailable piety. Continue reading “Anger, Contempt, and Constructive Disagreement”
Posted on May 18, 2018 April 5, 2019
Someone called the police
In the United States, there is growing discussion on social media about the phenomenon of white people calling the police when they see a black person doing something entirely normal, or when they perceive a black person not showing enough ‘respect’.
When Yale student Lolade Siyonbola fell asleep in the library while writing an essay, someone called the police. When Tenessee real-estate developer inspected a house in Memphis, someone called the police. When Oakland resident Onsayo Abram set up a barbeque in the park, someone called the police.
Today I saw a variation on the theme: someone threatening to call the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) when he became annoyed by two women working at a cafe speaking Spanish to each other.
Many people have made the point that this is linked to President Donald J. Trump’s unpleasant rhetoric about ethnic minorities (and indeed, everything). He has set a terrible example which incubates racists attitudes and brings out the worst in people. Others say that this kind of racism was always present in the society and it is only thanks to social media that we know these incidents are systemic, not isolated (it is almost a decade since professor Henry Louis Gates Jnr was arrested for breaking into his own home).
But these incidents also illustrate something about civil rights that I had not understood until I started working for English PEN, and which I don’t think many other people appreciate, which is that ambiguous laws can erode our civil liberties. Continue reading “Someone called the police”
Name-alikeys, Revisited
A long time ago I wrote a post about other people named Robert Sharp. This was prompted by the fact that some guy wearing my name was running for Congress in the USA.
Nothing provokes as much introspection as your own personal homonym achieving something.
For some reason I didn’t link to the pop culture reference point for this, Are You Dave Gorman?
Since then I have created a Twitter list of other Robert Sharps, which I tautologically consider to be a form of narcissistic worldliness. Astonishingly the list contains not one but two professional wrestlers.
I have actually met Rob Sharp and the world did not explode, and I have also chatted on social media with Robert Sharp.
However, a recent Google search threw up a few faces of which I had not been aware. Here they are, in alphabetical order—click on the photographs to read more about each of them. Continue reading “Name-alikeys, Revisited”
Yeah But The Other Side Started It
Terrible, terrible scenes on the border between Gaza and Israel. The IDF have massacred 52 protesters.
Meanwhile, social media is full of people seeking to justify and excuse this violence. The main line being parroted seems to be that Hamas provoked the attacks, because dead Palestinians are politically useful.
There may be some within the Hamas leadership who think like that, but that does not excuse or mitigate the violence by Israel, a country that is supposed to be a democracy, that is supposed to respect human rights.
What we need to remember in these situations is that blame is not zero sum. It can be possible for Hamas to have malign motives in staging the protest and putting people in danger. That does not remove moral culpability from the Israeli soldiers who pulled the trigger; nor the Israeli politicians who endorse their actions; nor the American politicians who in turn protect those Israeli politicians from accountability. Continue reading “Yeah But The Other Side Started It”
I Told You So! When Media and Tech Companies Fail To Self-Regulate, Governments Step In
Following the revelations about the harvesting of personal data by Cambridge Analytica and the ongoing worries about abuse and threats on social media, the UK House of Lords Select Committee on Communications last week began a new inquiry entitled ‘Is It Time To Regulate The Internet?’. At the witness sessions so far, peers have opened by asking each expert to comment on whether they favour self-regulation, co-regulation, or state-regulation.
The instinct to regulate is not limited to the U.K. Late last year senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said:
You’ve created these platforms, and now they’re being misused, and you have to be the ones to do something about it… Or we will.
.@SenFeinstein: You've created these platforms & now they are being misused and you have to be the ones to do something about it or we will. pic.twitter.com/ASgi1o2A9M
— CSPAN (@cspan) November 1, 2017
With the reader’s indulgence, these developments remind me of a point I made a few years ago at ORGcon2013, when I was speaking on a panel alongside Facebook VP for Public Policy EMEA, Richard Allan:
If we as the liberal free speech advocates don’t come up with alternative ways of solving things like the brutal hate speech against women, the hideous environment for comments that we see online, then other people are going to fix it for us. And they’re going to fix it in a draconian, leglislative way. So if we want to stop that happening, we need to come up with alternative ways of making people be nicer!
An audio recording of these remarks is on SoundCloud.
Its clear that neither Facebook, nor anyone in the technically minded audience at ORGCon, managed to solve the problem I raised. And lo! The legislators have arrived.
Big Little Lies, Of Its Time In Three Different Ways
Big Little Lies is an HBO TV show, based on the Liane Moriarty novel of the same name. It stars Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon, and follows the woven lives of several families living in Monterrey, California.
It was first broadcast in the spring of 2017. Following huge recognition the Golden Globe Awards in January, I decided it was time for me to watch the box set.
Each family has a child attending the local Elementary School, and there’s a murder at a school fundraising gala. A death is announced in the very first scene of the very first episode, but neither the victim, the killer or their motive are revealed until the finale.
The show strikes me as being very much Of Its Time, an emblematic cultural artefact of Western culture at the end of the 2010s. I think it does this three different ways.
Continue reading “Big Little Lies, Of Its Time In Three Different Ways”
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Report | Dale 3-1 Scunthorpe United
Rochdale made it seven points from three games under Brian Barry-Murphy with a 3-1 win over Scunthorpe United.
Aaron Wilbraham had put Dale ahead after 14 minutes, but Jordan Hallam equalised three minutes later for the visitors.
Kgosi Ntlhe netted his second in three games to restore the lead after the break, before Wilbraham doubled his tally nine minutes later, as Dale recorded a well-deserved victory.
There were three changes to the side from the draw with Oxford United ten days previously, with Ethan Ebanks-Landell, Matty Done and Aaron Wilbraham all returning to the starting eleven.
The visitors created the first chances of the game, with Funso Ojo turned a right-wing cross wide of the far post, before James Perch volleyed over from three-yards out when he should have scored.
Dale grew into the game and Wilbraham saw a header from a Ryan McLaughlin cross held by Scunthorpe goalkeeper Jak Alnwick, before the Dale striker broke the deadlock in the 14th minute.
Done pressure Rory McArdle into a poor header back to his own goalkeeper and picked up on the loose ball to square for Wilbraham, who took a touch before firing a composed into the bottom corner.
However, the visitors were level within three minutes, when Joe Bunney’s loose pass to Jim McNulty was latched on to by Hallam, who finished clinically from just inside the area.
Perch curled an effort narrowly over from outside the area before Ebanks-Landell produced a fine last-ditch tackle to deny Hallam, who was one-on-one.
The defender had a header well held at the other end after Ollie Rathbone turned a corner back into a dangerous area, whilst he then fired wide from 20-yards.
Ian Henderson and Wilbraham sent headers off target either side of the half-time interval, but inside the opening six minutes of the second period Dale restored their lead.
A corner was cleared as far as Rathbone, who saw a shot from the edge of the area deflected into the path of Ntlhe, who swept home from the edge of the six-yard box.
And on the stroke of the hour, the lead was doubled, when Wilbraham headed home McLaughlin’s cross at the back post from close range for his second of the game.
Andy Lonergan prevented the visitors from halving the deficit almost immediately, parrying Harrison McGahey’s cross before getting up quickly to save Kyle Wooton’s shot with his legs.
Done saw a low effort save after a lung-busting run forward, before sending another effort over from 20-yards.
Henderson had the ball in the back of the net, dispatching home from Rathbone’s through ball, but he was flagged offside.
Man of the Match Wilbraham was replaced late on to a standing ovation, and Dale held on to the two-goal cushion to move to within a point of safety.
Rochdale vs Scunthorpe United on 23 Mar 19
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Is feminism aimed mainly at White women?
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It seems that the vast majority of feminists are white women. That's not to say women of other races are never feminists but it seems a lot rarer. The whole agenda of feminism is to make white women believe that they have more in common with say black women or Indian women than they have with white men.
However, only white women think like this, no black or Indian woman would seriously believe they had more in common with a white woman than men of their own race. It seems to me that for the most part only white women buy into this raceless feminist agenda, non-white women may claim to be feminist when it suits them (usually for the purposes of getting preferential treatment over whites) but most of them don't believe it like white women do.
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Coldstar
Location: In the Socialist Republic of Canuckistan wherein the betrayal of our white race is in full swing.
Re: Is feminism aimed mainly at White women?
Exclude light skinned, white looking Jewesses, and the feminist movement is not at all White.
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JEWMERICA
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Phoenix1933
Location: 4th Reich, Berlin
Yes of course feminism is targeted at white women. The jews invented feminism and their war is on the white race. The brown countries and asian countries still have patriarchies and high birth rates. Any non-white women in America who get caught up in feminism are just incidental. Feminism is designed to cut down the birth rates of the white race.
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Originally Posted by Matematik
It seems that the vast majority of feminists are white women. That's not to say women of other races are never feminists but it seems a lot rarer.
Feminism is a lot more popular among black women and Jewish women than white women. Israel has a much higher concentration of Jewish men in prison on false charges of domestic abuse, etc., than any country in the West. It gets reported in Israeli publications every so often.
With black women, I believe their natural social structure (tribal societies throughout western Africa), has it so that marriage isn't a common occurrence, and even when it is, men have more than one wife, and/or they tend to avoid family domestic living arrangements. So African women are more independent from men on an emotional level. If you combine this characteristic with gibs from the government (welfar and social programs), you get an entire population of women who "don't need no man."
I grew up in a heavily black area, I've seen this phenomenon with my own two eyes. Black women are terrible feminists. If you think white feminists are bad (and they are bad, don't get me wrong)... trust me, just check out some Hotep channels on YouTube if you don't believe me. Black women will eventually take feminism to levels never seen before. I'm not being funny, either.
The whole agenda of feminism is to make white women believe that they have more in common with say black women or Indian women than they have with white men.
Yes, that is very true.
However, only white women think like this, no black or Indian woman would seriously believe they had more in common with a white woman than men of their own race.
Yes, and that is why feminism is such a joke on white women, ultimately.
Linda Sarsour makes a big issue about the oppression of women, or whatever her shtick is, but she would NEVER come out against the sexual assaults on white women by Muslim men in Cologne - ever, ever, ever. She will never do that. But she'll tell white women how awful their men are all the live-long day. And it's not even true, white men top the list of fellas who are GOOD to their women! Western civilization was not built by men born of anguished mothers!
Feminism is a cruel joke on all women, but it's cruelest on white women (and our men).
It seems to me that for the most part only white women buy into this raceless feminist agenda, non-white women may claim to be feminist when it suits them (usually for the purposes of getting preferential treatment over whites) but most of them don't believe it like white women do.
Yes, but that's because we've been systematically deracinated - men, too. White people are deracinated. White feminists are behaving the way deracinated feminists behave, that's all. It's nothing inherent in white women. If you deracinated black women, they'd align themselves with other women before they aligned themselves with their men, too.
This, among many other reasons, is why I've spent a couple of years trying to convince white people that they are a race. We need our identity. I'm pretty confident that once we find that again, most of our problems will get solved in due time.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/PDQZAjtKRMQ/
A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, "You are mad; you are not like us. - Saint Anthony the Great
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Florida Attorney
Yes, and basically for the reasons you mentioned.
Naturally, the vast majority of people identify themselves by RACE first and foremost. (Whether they admit to this or not.)
Feminism tends to drive a wedge between White men and White woman by having the woman identify with GENDER over RACE.
That said, let me be clear: I believe that men and woman should have completely equal rights under law. However, feminism goes well beyond that with its anti-male agenda.
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Originally Posted by Roo
Your entire post is great as always, Roo.
I'm not allowed to give you any more rep right now.
Hellas Moderator
I mean, how many Chinese feminist women are out there in demonstrations in China?
Of course feminism targets white females, first and foremost.
“Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you.” Pericles, 495-429 BCE.
“Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.” Heraclitus, 535-475 BC.
"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." Plato, 428 - 348 BC.
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King Edward I
Interesting post Roo. Especially with your point about Arab Muslim feminists.
One thing I'll say is that people want to have an identity and celebrate it, and thus since white women are the only women who can't identify with their race while remaining socially acceptable, they instead strongly identify as women and become feminists. In a similar way white men would have a stronger draw to identifying with the homosexual community.
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Originally Posted by Florida Attorney
Thanks, and don't worry about it.
Originally Posted by King Edward I
One thing I'll say is that people want to have an identity and celebrate it, and thus since white women are the only women who can't identify with their race while remaining socially acceptable, they instead strongly identify as women and become feminists.
That's easily the most profound analysis of the feminist question as it pertains to white women that I've ever heard. And I wouldn't be surprised if it was 100% accurate.
Because it is very different from black feminism on a very fundamental level. Black feminists are completely unshakable in their faith, whereas I'm finding that white women are much easier to turn around. I think there is a strong biological component to black feminism - whether that component resides in women or their men...? That's not immediately apparent to me.
Its also fundamentally different for Jews, having been people without a country for so long. Jewish feminists can't do enough to punish their men. It just gets more and more extreme - which, of course, is what they push on everyone else, only not as many white women buy it as Jewish women.
It varies greatly by ethnicity, for sure. And yeah, I really think you're onto something when you say it's a way for white women to find meaning in themselves in a way that's socially acceptable especially to other whites they live among. Because I get a very strong impression from white feminists that they don't find a lot of solidarity with their "sisters" of color, especially the black ones, and that's probably due entirely to the fact that they understand that they are demonized for their skin color.
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WilliamE
I guess I really don't get this whole feminism thing? What's it even all about I don't understand it or even the me too movement
I would think most whites and decent people believe rape and sexual harassment of women is wrong although does anyone believe these non whites are going to change, I guarantee rapes, sexual harassment, etc will go up mark my words in more non whites are let in the county
Just look at Europe
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Punjab University PU Admission 2019 in Bachelor & Master Programs
Home » ADMISSIONS » Punjab University PU Admission 2019 in Bachelor & Master Programs
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Punjab University PU Admission 2019 in B.Sc (Hons), BS, BBIT, B.Com, B.B.A, LLB (5 Years), MA, M.Sc, M.PA, MBA, M.Com, M.L.S, M.I.O.M, M.B.S.M and LLB (3 Years)
Punjab university has invited applications for admission in B.Sc (Hons), BS, BBIT, B.Com, B.B.A, LLB (5 Years), MA, M.Sc, M.P.A, MBA, M.Com, M.L.S, M.I.O.M, M.B.S.M and LLB (3 Years) in session 2019. These are morning & self-supporting (Afternoon/Replica/Evening) programs. University of The Punjab is the oldest and one of the best universities in Pakistan. Students of Punjab University are known as Pioneers. They have really contributed a lot in the progress of country.
1-Admission application forms for all above mentioned programs will be available from respective Departments/Institutes/Centers/Colleges on 00-09-2019. Contact detail of all Departments/Institutes/Centers/Colleges have been given in the newspaper ad.
2-Last date for submission of dully filled forms is 00-09-2019.
3-Forms will also be available from designated branches of Habib Bank Limited. The list of designated branches of HBL has been given below.
1-Qualifying the Pre-Admission entrance test is necessary for admission against merit as well as reserved seats only in those Departments/Institutes/Centers/Colleges who have adopted the entrance test.
2-Two marks will be deducted from percent academic marks for each late session to a maximum of immediate last 2 sessions only.
3-Candidate must have got at least second division in his/her last exams.
4-Age limit for BS and equivalent degrees is 24 years, while for MA/M.Sc or equivalent degrees is 26 years.
5-For admission in BS or equivalent programs candidate must have passed FA/F.Sc or equivalent exam with minimum 2nd division, whereas for admission in MA/M.Sc candidate must hold BA/B.Sc (14 years of education) or equivalent qualification.
6-Age limit is 28 for admission is Master program in College of Arts & Design.
7-Fifty percent seats in MA/M.Sc have been reserved for graduates of Punjab University while rest of fifty percent seats will be filled on open merit basis.
8-Merit Formula for all BS and MA/M.Sc programs will be as follows. Seventy percent weight-age will be given to academic record, while 30 percent to entry test marks. For College of Arts & Design this ration will be fifty, fifty percents.
9-Students are directed to attach their all testimonials with application form. Incomplete and late applications will be rejected.
10-Above mentioned age limit will not be applicable on students who are seeking admission in self supporting (Evening) programs.
11-Scholarships from Punjab Educational Endowment Fund (PEEF) are available to the deserving and meritorious students of Punjab university.
12-Jehlum and Gujranwala campus will also follow the same schedule. Programs offered in these campuses and their contact details have been given in ad.
13- Details about reserved, sports and self supporting seats are available in the newspaper ad cutting on this page.
Punjab University Contact Details
Professor Dr Liaqat Ali Chairman, Admission Committee
Lahore Campus Phone Number- 99230259
Gujranwala Campus Contact Number- 055-9201225-6
Jehlum Campus Phone Number- 0544-448770
Details about Punjab University PU admission in Bachelor & Master programs 2019 is available in the newspaper ad cutting below this post. Stay in touch with your well wisher website and its facebook page for latest admission alerts.
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Woody Harrelson On If He’s Playing Garris Shrike In ‘Han Solo’ Movie
Posted on Sunday, January 22nd, 2017 by Peter Sciretta
A few weeks ago it was revealed that Woody Harrelson would be joining the cast of Phil Lord and Chris Miller‘s Star Wars standalone movie focusing on the origin story of Han Solo. At the time we had a few guesses as to who the Oscar-nominated actor might be playing, and now Woody has seemingly confirmed that he will be playing Garris Shrike in the second Star Wars Story…. or did he? Let’s hear what he said after the jump.
While doing press for his upcoming film Wilson at the Sundance Film Festival, Woody Harrelson was asked if he would be playing Garris Shrike in the Han Solo movie. The actor reluctantly confirmed the widespread fan speculation, saying “yeah, I am.” It seems as if he was confused by the question and may have just been answering if he will be playing Han’s mentor. Watch the video above to decide for yourself. After the initial news outlets had picked up the story, Lucasfilm Story Group member filed the following tweets:
I'll let others sort it out, but ask yourself – what question was he answering? #cryptictweets.
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) January 23, 2017
@LucasSiegel It's Darth Vegas all over again. These guys don't know these names.
So Pablo suggests that Harrelson was not responding the question about his character’s name, but instead just confirming what we already knew: that he would be playing Han Solo’s mentor in the new film. Harrelson has previously said that “I’m a mentor to Han, but I’m also a bit of a criminal. I don’t think I should say much more than that because the Force is not allowing me.”
As I explained in my speculative piece last week, Shrike was essentially Han Solo’s entry point into a world of crime.
Garris first appeared in A.C. Crispin’s novel The Paradise Snare, (check out that beautiful Drew Struzan cover art above). The character was a bounty hunter-turned smuggler who raised the orphaned Han Solo as part of a group of children he used in confidence tricks and thefts, based aboard the decommissioned troopship Trader’s Luck in orbit over Corellia. Shrike rescued the young Han Solo from the streets, raised him, trained him, and “beat him profusely when aggravated.”
The Han Solo movie will take place nearly a decade before the events of A New Hope, which fits the timeline of the novel. In the book, Solo had a confrontation with Shrike and fled the criminal’s ship. Shrike tracked Solo down years later after the massive bounty on the smuggler. If they stick to the Legends storyline, Harrelson will not only be a mentor for Solo but an antagonist.
The yet-to-be-titled Han Solo film will hit theaters in 2018 (initially set for a Summer release date, now rumored for a December release). The second Star Wars anthology film stars Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo, as well as Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian and Emilia Clarke in an unknown role.
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Nonpayment of pension: What is the death toll in Nigeria? (1)
Pension benefits are as certain as death because the retirees’ livelihood and dignity of life depend on the steady monthly flow of the pension benefits.
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Pension in the United States is generally guaranteed! Most people are participating in a defined benefit plan. In this plan, one’s retirement benefit is based on the person’s years of credible service, age, and the average of the person’s highest three or five years of salaries. Nevertheless, some employers have defined contribution plans for their employees in which the employees and employers contribute a specific amount or percentage of the salary per pay period or as defined.
Generally speaking, retirement is not imposed on people. It is pertinent to note that people may choose to work longer after being eligible for retirement based on a combination of age and years of service. Some people work five to ten years longer after being due for retirement. Many educators who are eligible for retirement, have not chosen to retire yet for several reasons. In some cases, I have met some teachers who came back to teach full time after two or more years of their retirement. In other cases, many retired educators are teaching as substitute teachers thereby earning additional income.
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But regardless of the pension plan, in the United States, retirement is a risible stage in one’s life and people take years to plan for it. As people approach retirement, they look forward with ambivalence to the day they will voluntarily retire after toiling for decades in the workforce. The ambivalence stems from the fact that life in retirement is unknown relative to the routine schedule one had during employment. One may not know what to do with the excess time on hand. Thus, some people have gone back to work after retirement. However, the uncertainty has never been about receiving the defined pension benefits.
In fact, the pension benefits are as certain as death because the retirees’ livelihood and dignity of life depend on the steady monthly flow of the pension benefits. The significance of ensuring that payments of benefits to pensioners is enormous. Both at the micro and macro levels, the steady flow of pension benefits is seemingly salient. Therefore, any potential failure in the pension system is quickly corrected. The pension plans are designed not to fail. However, if the systems falter, there are mechanisms in place to remedy the situation.
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For instance, Texas State government intervened to remedy the Dallas pension problems. The Dallas Morning News recently reported with a caption, “Government to the rescue in Texas? That rarity could solve Dallas’ failing police pension,” explaining the willingness of the state government to work out plans that will ultimately bail out the failing pension funds of the Dallas police and firemen. It said, “Leaders in Dallas and Austin have worked out a compromise plan to fix the Dallas Police and Fire Pension. The fund has a hole of roughly $3.7 billion, which has created a financial crisis that threatens the retirement of thousands of workers and the future of the city.”
The action is being taken to ensure that the pension benefits are available to the police and firemen in Dallas when they retire. The federal and state governments, as well as municipalities, take great measures to ensure that retirees are not left in the cold. Secondly, spending resulting from the pension benefits significantly impacts the economy.
The pensioners use their benefits to pay for goods and services. The expenditures from the retirees help sustain employment in various sectors. A recent report by the National Institute on Retirement Security, “Pensionomics 2016: Measuring the Economic Impact of Defined Benefit Pension Expenditures,” found that that economic gains associated with expenditures of pensioners based on their pension benefit are sizable with “large multiplier effects.”
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Without a doubt, it is the interest of the government to promote a condition where retirees live out their lives in dignity and not in poverty. Thus, there other government programs that assist retirees who meet certain income threshold.
So, besides the traditional pension benefits, retirees in America enjoy the social safety net, which is a collection of benefits and services provided by the federal, state, other institutions. The intent of the social safety net is to prevent individuals from falling below a certain poverty level.
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Also, some retirees may receive Social Security and Medicare benefits in addition to their pension benefits. While Social Security is a government program that provides monetary benefit to individuals with no income or certain level of income, Medicare, which is generally for those who are 65 years or older, is a federal government health insurance program. Medicaid is yet another joint federal and state health program that helps low-income people for the payment of custodial care and long-term medical care expenses.
Decency requires every country to protect its most vulnerable individuals such as children and the aged. Nigeria should protect these groups of individuals. In the second part of this piece, I will discuss the pension issues in Nigeria and their human and economic consequences.
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Video contractors sometimes disparage the field of aural engineering by saying that a particular application or product is merely audio. But many audio
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May 1, 2002 12:00 PM,
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Video contractors sometimes disparage the field of aural engineering by saying that a particular application or product is “merely audio.” But many audio principles can be applied to video, particularly when one is searching for greater dynamic range. Audio is about more than dynamic range or total harmonic distortion (THD), however. It’s also about power and getting more of it for less. Class D audio systems have come into their own as a practical choice for getting more audio power from a small system — or more audio power from a small battery.
AMPLIFIER CLASSES
There are five basic classes of amplifier: A, B, AB, C and D. The Class A amplifier is the traditional, fully linear amplifier with active circuit elements biased into their linear operating regions. That means that the region must have enough voltage range to encompass the entire dynamic excursion (amplitude) of an incoming signal to reproduce it without clipping or compressing at either extreme. For this reason, the amplifier’s output power supply voltage must equal roughly 200 percent of the maximum output signal swing expected. Signal amplitudes reaching the nonlinear region become distorted. This method of operation is pure but inefficient. Class A amplifiers rarely exceed 20 percent efficiency in terms of power consumed (converted to heat) versus power delivered to the load.
Class B amplifiers are somewhat more efficient because they use two drive elements operating in a push-pull configuration. On the positive excursion of the signal, the upper element supplies power to the load while the lower is turned off. During negative signal excursions, the opposite occurs. That increases operating efficiency, but the amp suffers from the nonlinear switching of the driver elements between on and off. This switching error creates a condition known as crossover distortion.
Class AB amplifiers remedy crossover distortion to a great extent by combining the best features of both A and B amplifiers. The push-pull drivers are carefully biased just above the fully off states so that the transition between drivers is smoother. Each driver is never completely off, which alleviates most of the crossover distortion, but at the expense of efficiency. A temperature-compensated bias network in close proximity to the output devices is needed. An AB amplifier is still more efficient than a Class A amplifier (as high as 65 percent efficiency); however, amplifier efficiency ratings are usually derived from application of steady-state sine wave tones having a low crest factor (ratio of peak signal to RMS signal). When taking the crest factor of real signals into account, the efficiency of both Class A and AB amplifiers drops to 20 percent at best.
Class C amplifiers, biased at or below cutoff, are commonly used for certain types of RF transmission, but are rare in audio applications.
D DOES NOT MEAN DIGITALClass D amplifiers are not digital in the truest sense. That is, they are not driven directly by coherent binary data. However, they do behave as digital components in that the output drivers operate either in the fully on region or fully off region. Think of Class D amps as being similar to a switch-mode power supply, but with audio signals modulating the switching action.A switch-mode power supply uses pulse-width modulation (PWM) to control the on/off duty cycle of the power switching transistor or transistors providing power to a load. The efficiency is high because little voltage drop occurs across the switch transistor during conduction. That means very low power dissipation in the switch while virtually all the power is transferred to the load. During the off period, there is essentially zero current flow. The quality and speed of metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) devices has led to compact, efficient, high-frequency power supplies. Switch-mode power supplies are more efficient at high frequencies. At higher operating frequencies, components may become smaller, and the power supply becomes very compact for the power delivered. In addition, the output filter components may be much smaller. Today, switching frequencies above 1 MHz are not uncommon. However, switch-mode supplies generate considerable noise.What does that have to do with audio? Audio signals can be used to modulate a PWM system to create a high-power audio amplifier at nominal voltages using small components. Class D audio uses a fixed, high-frequency carrier having pulses that vary in width based on signal amplitude. Class D amplifiers reach efficiencies as high as 90 percent. That is a great benefit in portable applications that rely on battery power. Class D amplifiers can extend battery life in portable gear by two to three times or more.Equipment using Class D systems save significant operating power. For equipment having a limited power budget or voltage range, Class D can get the job done without redesigning power supplies for more signal headroom. If that sounds like a system fraught with poor performance, then you’d be surprised at the quality. Here’s a closer look at how it works.INSIDE CLASS D AMPLIFIERSClass d systems usually compare the incoming audio signal amplitude with a triangle waveform operating at the intended switching frequency. The comparator circuit switches its output to high or low based on the incoming audio’s threshold against the reference amplitude and frequency of the triangular wave. As the audio signal rises above the comparator threshold, the comparator switches on and remains on as long as the audio signal exceeds the reference level. That creates a wide, positive pulse width. Conversely, while the audio signal is below the comparator’s reference level, the negative portion of the output-pulse duty cycle is wider (see Figure 1).Some describe this conversion method as a 1-bit A/D converter. A big advantage this conversion method has is linearity: The relationship of audio amplitude to the variable width pulses in this system is perfectly linear. The fixed-frequency pulse train becomes a carrier for the audio.The outputs of the comparator connect to gate drive circuitry for the MOSFET output transistors. Typically, the comparator has complementary outputs and drives two sets of stacked transistor switches. This configuration, along with the point of connection for the loudspeaker, describes an output drive topology known as an H configuration or a bridge-tied load (see Figure 2).Most Class D designs use a Butterworth filter scheme for simplicity and low cost. The output filter is essential for lowpass filtering and integrating the carrier’s varying pulse-duty cycle into the original audio content while attenuating the switching carrier frequency. Selection of filter component values is essential to maximizing efficiency.Dynamic range is attained by selection of the carrier switching frequency. A factor of at least a dozen times the upper audio cutoff frequency is recommended. That means that the minimum switching frequency will be about 250 KHz. At rest (no signal), the duty cycle of the switching frequency is 50 percent, or evenly divided between on and off. Interestingly, the at-rest state is the most stressful for a Class D design. Positive-going signal peaks drive the duty cycle one direction, and negative-going peaks drive it the opposite direction. Thus, the higher the switching frequency, the more bits of resolution are available for signal reproduction.QUALITY AND EFFICIENCYClass d amplifiers have been criticized as delivering lower quality than Class AB systems used with lower performance applications such as P.A. systems. Through recent advances in power semiconductor devices and the need for better efficiency under battery power, Class D amps have recently seen a resurgence of interest. It is now possible to develop a Class D design that rivals most AB amplifiers.For example, look at the frequency responses in Figure 3. The top graph shows the bandpass response of a signal at 25 watts into 8 ohms. The bottom two graphs compare the signal-to-noise performance of a Class AB amplifier (15 W into 8 ohms) and a Class D amplifier (25 W into 8 ohms). Note that the performances are close and that the Class D design pumps 67 percent more power into the same load.Figure 4 shows THD performance for a Class D amplifier. It is good enough to be competitive with Class AB. It’s also interesting to note that, at full output power, the Class D output switch transistor heatsink is just warm to the touch. Its power supply voltages are one half the level needed by the Class AB device.
CLASS D ADVANTAGESThe biggest gain is in efficiency. Improved efficiency translates into lower system cost, lower operating temperatures, lower power supply voltages and lower power consumption. In addition, Class D building blocks are readily available along with significant design support for rapid implementation into new product designs. Although real operating efficiency in Class AB amplifiers struggles at about 20 percent, Class D systems attain 75 percent efficiency without significant effort. Even higher efficiencies are possible depending on the details of the design. Higher power amplifiers (more than 100W) actually attain higher efficiencies than their low-power relatives.
IS THERE A CATCH?Competing with Class AB designs in the name of efficiency does carry a few caveats. Of three critical design features, the output filter rates number one. The output filter reconstructs the original audio signal and attenuates the switching carrier frequency. It also sets the amplifier’s — 3 dB bandwidth. In designing the output filter, it is important to select filter topology and component values such that the switching frequency is sufficiently attenuated while the audio band is not significantly affected. Some residual carrier is always present after the filter, though. The newcomer to Class D will not see a quiet, no-signal condition at the speaker terminals. Some of the efficiency loss in Class D is the result of the output filter design.Because of high frequency operation, power supply decoupling is important. The switching carrier must be removed from all supply voltages to prevent it from degrading circuit operation. Finally, good high frequency circuit board layout technique is essential for minimizing generation of electromagnetic interfereance. As power level increases, switching currents traveling in high impedance board traces will generate significant electrical noise.
A BRAVE NEW CLASSAdvances in the electronic art are more interdisciplinary than ever before. Class D audio applications require a wide breadth of design knowledge and technique; maintaining audio signal purity is the ultimate goal. Class D audio systems are rapidly approaching the expectations of the audiophile and winning the praises of experts in energy efficiency, too.
Steve Somers is vice president of engineering at Extron Electronics. He has more than 30 years’ experience in the video industry, including broadcast and computer monitor development and color television design support. Contact him atssomers@extron.com.
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Faith in Kyle Walker
August 21, 2015 by Jack Pettiford
Two games without a win and still no striker to back-up Harry Kane. The storm is in full flow now. Since Mame Biram Diouf managed to glance the ball past Hugo Lloris on Saturday, there has been little respite from the torrent of abuse, disappointment, blame and attempted explanation. With the debate raging over Daniel Levy, our transfer strategy and the tactics of Mauricio Pochettino, it is understandable when any other points of interest get lost among the debris.
If you can take your eyes off of the circus surrounding the club’s failings so far, you may have noticed the understated but solid start to the campaign by Kyle Walker. Two adjectives that are not normally associated with Walker or his style of play, but it seems he has taken a slightly new approach for the new season, focusing on defending first, before pursuing his more acclaimed attacking play.
The England international recognises this himself, noting in a recent interview that Pochettino ‘puts a lot of trust in us [full-backs] to get forward but we’ve got to get back as well’.
Walker’s side have started off the season frustratingly; unfortunately, it wouldn’t be Spurs if they hadn’t. The defeat to Manchester United was unlucky and undeserved and the draw to Stoke was infuriating given the comfortable position Pochettino’s side were in until the 78th minute.
The opening day loss of course, came courtesy of Walker’s unfortunate own goal. Attempting to get back and cover, the Sheffield-born right-back stabbed his toe at the ball to divert it from Wayne Rooney’s path to safety; instead it found the corner of the deputising Michel Vorm’s net.
His inconsistent form over the last few years has made Walker an easy target and the own goal provided the perfect stick to beat him with for those that believe Spurs are wasting their time with the 25 year-old. Of course, the less reactionary, and in fairness the majority, of fans rightly blamed the lazy pass from Nabil Bentaleb rather than Walker.
From commentators and fans alike, Walker was praised for his overall performance on the opening day and without the one unlucky moment of error, his most vocal detractors would have had little to shout about. Walker showed maturity and discipline, two other adjectives too often alien to his play, keeping Ashley Young subdued on the same ground that the same opponent had embarrassed him on less than five months before.
His performance against Stoke is perhaps harder to judge. This time, Walker was faced with Marko Arnautovic. The Austrian was possibly Stoke’s most lively player and was involved throughout the game. However, Walker didn’t really allow him to do anything of note. Arnautovic drew an early foul and booking from his opposing defender, but very rarely got the beating of him from that point on. Walker could have done better to stop Stephen Ireland’s cross for the visitors’ equaliser, but both of Tottenham’s centre-halves are just as much to blame, allowing Diouf a free header for the third time in the match.
On the whole, Walker has probably been Tottenham’s early stand-out performer, albeit in a very average start for the club. It bodes well for what could’ve been a potentially tricky season for him personally. The arrival of Kieran Trippier brought some much-needed competition for the right-back spot, something Walker hasn’t really had since he was first breaking into the team under Harry Redknapp.
His first full season was almost a spotless success. He exploded onto the scene, a bright, young, electrically fast talent that capped off a wonderful season with a spectacular winner against Arsenal at White Hart Lane and the PFA Young Player of the Year award. Spurs fans rejoiced, finally a quality right-back, a first since Stephen Carr almost a whole decade before.
Yet, his second season as the established starter in the position for Tottenham proved the harsh reality of being a young defender in the Premier League. After missing out on Euro 2012 through injury, Walker struggled throughout, with high profile mistakes often costing Spurs points and leading to a huge downfall in his stock and reputation.
In the following season, amongst the madness of Andre Villas-Boas’ last weeks and Tim Sherwood’s reign, Walker managed to return to some form, perhaps not as spectacular as before but certainly with much more solidity. Another downturn last season though led to a loss of faith from many.
The unreliable form of the former Sheffield United defender is why many had visions of the end for Walker in this pre-season, believing Trippier will soon become first choice. We are often too quick to label players, leading to them forming a stigma and becoming a scapegoat. Danny Rose is the prime example and it has taken him a whole season, but he has shaken the cloud that once hung over him to become a loved and essential member of the team.
Walker has made a promising start to doing the same. If he can use Trippier in the same way that Rose used the arrival of Ben Davies for motivation, we may once again see what talent Tottenham’s number 2 possesses.
Walker’s shining talent has always been his pace, but his strongest asset has also become a curse for him. People assume because he is quick, he is a poor defender, constantly being caught out of position.
Walker is far from the smartest defender that Tottenham have ever had, but he knows his speed is a tool for him, not something that makes him lazy, but something he can use to his advantage. He is aware that he can give himself more room than most defenders because he trusts his legs to make up the yards and recover when he needs to. Good defending involves using what you are good at to the best of your ability and Walker does this shamelessly.
The individual errors must be eradicated and Walker needs to show he can find the right balance between defence and attack consistently, but we should not confuse his use of his strongest asset with downright stupidity. He has shown before that he most certainly knows how to defend.
As fun as it is to have a shiny new signing, there is no need to rush Trippier into the team when we have a talented defender already who will hopefully prosper from ‘the Davies effect’. Like Rose, Walker won our hearts as a boy with a goal we all dream of scoring. This season, he has the chance to prove himself as a player and a man.
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Roku has decided to go public. Despite not being profitable yet, it is the most successful streaming hardware company in the market - rivaling Google, Amazon, and Apple.
Business Tech September 2, 2017
Insider Leaks Possible SpaceX IPO With Early Access For Tesla Shareholders, But Space Firm Is Quick To Deny Report
SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell spoke about circulating rumors saying Elon Musk’s space firm is preparing for IPO. What are the chances of SpaceX ever going public soon?
Business Tech May 4, 2017
Snap IPO Opens The Door To More Filings: Identity Management Provider Okta Files $100M IPO
The recent Snap IPO has breathed new life into the technology IPO scene and things are starting to pick up. Identity management firm Okta has now filed an IPO seeking to raise $100 million.
Business Tech March 14, 2017
Airbnb Raises $1 Billion In Funding Round, Still No Plans For IPO
Airbnb has raised $1 billion in a recent funding round, with the company also reportedly enjoying profitability in Q2 2016. Airbnb, however, still has no plans to go public.
California High School Makes $24 Million By Investing In Snap IPO
Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, California, poured an early investment of $15,000 for Snap Inc., the maker of Snapchat. Today the investment in Snap's IPO is worth $24 million.
Business Tech March 5, 2017
Snap Inc. Officially Files $3 Billion IPO, Says It May Never Achieve Or Maintain Profitability
Snapchat’s parent company, Snap Inc., has officially filed for an initial public offering, hoping to raise $3 billion. Its losses, however, are painting a bleak prospect.
Business Tech February 3, 2017
Snap IPO: Why Everyone Is Eagerly Waiting For Snap To Go Public [Analysis]
Snap, Inc. could go public as early as March if plans to file for an initial public offering push through late next week, sources say. But how well can the Snap IPO succeed, considering how quickly Silicon Valley fads fizzle out?
Tech IPO Expected To Pick Up In 2017: Snap, Uber, AirBnb And More
Market analysts predict that Snap Inc. will open the floodgates for the tech IPOs once it goes public in March next year. Companies such as Uber and Spotify are expected to jump on the bandwagon afterwards.
Business Tech December 30, 2016
Snapchat Goes Public: Snap Inc Files For Secret IPO At Potential $25 Billion Valuation
Snapchat parent company, Snap Inc., has apparently filed for a secret IPO with SEC. The company is seeking to raise $4 billion, which would give it a valuation between $25 and $35 billion.
Business Tech November 15, 2016
Snapchat Reportedly Preparing For $25 Billion IPO: Big Push Back Against Facebook Looming And Here's What To Know
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Business Tech October 7, 2016
Snapchat Going Public? Parent Company Reportedly Planning March IPO At $25 Billion Valuation
Snap Inc. is reportedly planning to go public in late March 2017, at a valuation of $25 billion or more. Should this IPO occur, it would mark the biggest company to go public on the U.S. exchange since 2014.
Telefónica Reportedly Considering IPO To Sell Minority Stake In O2 UK Unit
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Spotify To Go Public With IPO Planned For 2017
Spotify is reportedly planning to take the company public and will issue an IPO sometime this year. It has been bleeding funds for years and has yet to turn a profit, and some observers consider an equity offering a tough sell for the music streaming service.
Business Tech July 21, 2016
Messaging App Line To Raise Up To $1.14B In What Could Be The Biggest Tech IPO This Year
Japanese messaging app Line is expected to raise as much as $1.14 billion in what could be the biggest IPO in the tech industry so far this year. The company is set for a dual listing in Tokyo and New York this week.
CBS Radio Files For IPO Amid Fierce Rivalry From Digital Media
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Business Tech July 9, 2016
Web And Mobile Applications Maker Twilio Raises $150 Million In IPO
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Spotify Seeks $500 Million In Additional Funding With Potential IPO
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Biggest Tech IPOs Of 2015 And Biggest Tech IPOs To Expect In 2016
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Slack Preparing For IPO: When Will It Go Public?
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Business November 25, 2015
Tinder, OKCupid, Match.com Owner Match Group Looks To Raise $466 Million From IPO
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The Biggest IPO Of 2015 Is A Japanese Post Office: How Did It Raise $11.9B?
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Business November 5, 2015
Ferrari Prices Shares For IPO At Top End Of Expected Range: $52 Each, Raising $893M
Ferrari share price of IPO will be at the top price range. The company's share will start trading on New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) beginning Oct.22.
Tinder, OKCupid And Match.com Parent Match Group Files For IPO, Seeking At Least $100M
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Apps/Software October 17, 2015
Square Files For IPO: Can Jack Dorsey Manage Two Public Companies At Once?
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Ferrari Files For IPO, Valuation At Near $10B: What Does It Mean For The Prancing Horse?
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Report: Ferrari's Possible $1B IPO Could Launch Oct. 2
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Fitbit Aims To Raise $358 Million In IPO
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Snapchat With 100 Million Daily Users, 2 Billion Videos A Day: Ripe For IPO?
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Fitbit Aims To Raise $100 Million In IPO: War With Apple Looming?
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GoDaddy Pegs IPO Pricing At $20 A Share
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Etsy Files For IPO: Handmade Crafts Online Marketplace Wants To Raise At Least $100 Million
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Shares of Storage Firm Box Soar in Wall Street Debut
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Post-IPO, Alibaba valued at over $230 billion: Jack Ma and Yahoo hit jackpot
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Money September 23, 2014
Alibaba floats at $68 per share, raising $21.8 billion: The tech world is celebrating
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Why Alibaba's IPO could be a game-changer for the startup realm
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Alibaba wants to raise $24.3 billion in upcoming IPO
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Inbound marketing firm HubSpot files for $100 million IPO
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Andrei Arshavin's agent denies Manchester City interest
Andrei Arshavin's agent Dennis Latcher has denied reports suggesting that Manchester City have made a late bid for the Russian striker.
Up in the air: Andrei Arshavin's agent has said he has heard nothing from Manchester City and that any deal with Arsenal will take time Photo: PA
By Telegraph staff
3:00PM GMT 20 Jan 2009
Mark Hughes was said to be planning to hijack Arsenal's attempts to bring the 27-year-old to the Premier League after his efforts to sign Kaka from AC Milan collapsed. But Latcher insists he had heard nothing from the club.
"City? I wouldn't know," he said. "I can say that I have not had any contact with Manchester City and I don't know if Zenit have been in touch with them."
Arshavin has been the topic of transfer speculation ever since he said he wanted to leave Zenit St Petersburg. The possibility of him becoming available prompted an abundance of European clubs to show an interest, but by his own admission he wanted a move to Manchester United or Arsenal.
Interest appeared to go stale after Zenit announced their valuation of £20 million, with Arsenal now the only club in talks with Dick Advocaat, the Zenit St Petersburg manager.
"I have had two meetings with Juventus and Inter [Milan], but nothing happened in the end," Latcher said.
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"At the moment I cannot say anything until things begin to evolve. I don't think things will happen all at once.
"Zenit have already refused Arsenal's offer so we are still having to wait."
Arsene Wenger had his initial bid of £8 million turned down and is understood to have increased it to £15m. Negotiations are said to be ongoing, and Arsenal executives are due in St Petersburg to talk in more detail.
Meanwhile, City have said they will make one last attempt to bring Blackburn's Roque Santa Cruz to the club. According to the Mirror, Hughes is preparing a straight-cash deal for the Paraguayan as opposed to previous offers which have been based on staged payments. This arrangement would leave Sam Allardyce with enough disposable cash to find an immediate replacement.
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Vorkosigan
Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga
Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: Diplomatic Immunity, Chapters 11 and 12
Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer
Mon Aug 27, 2018 3:00pm 76 comments 2 Favorites [+]
At the end of chapter 10, Bel Thorne went missing. This is an alarming turn of events. We know that Bel is highly trained, and has saved Miles’s life several times. Bel wouldn’t hesitate to step into the line of fire for Miles again, and in fact laid on Miles’s head when they were shot at by an unknown party with a riveter. Diplomatic Immunity has several characters whose abduction I think would not present much of a struggle for a trained operative. Bel is not one of them.
In short, this is very bad news.
You know what else is short? Time. Miles has four days to wrap this up if he’s going to be present at the birth of his first two children. And he would like to be. Ekaterin takes his concerns with wifely stoicism—she says they will discuss this in four days.
Miles sets aside his concerns about little Aral Alexander and Helen Natalia to focus on Bel, who is one of a host of missing persons Miles needs station security to locate as urgently as possible. Passengers Firka and Dubauer are also on the lam this morning. Chief Venn is inclined to assign Bel the lowest possible priority—he asks if Bel could have stayed the night with a friend, and implies that Bel might have been sleeping with Garnet Five—until Garnet Five arrives at Security Post One. She reports that she met Bel last night and the two of them saw Firka and tried to follow him. Firka knocked them out with an unknown aerosol, and Garnet Five woke up in a recycle bin. Bel was nowhere to be found. This raises the urgency of the search for Firka and the search for Bel while handily defusing the slur on Garnet Five’s reputation. Also, Firka seems curiously well-equipped.
One of the nifty things about mysteries is what they reveal about the ordinary workings of their settings. To understand how and why a victim was murdered or a crime was committed, you need to know how things are supposed to work, what’s ordinary and what’s out of the ordinary. So of course, I’m riveted by the recycle bin. This seems similar to the sort of dumpsters you see in alleys and behind businesses on Earth, which makes sense because dumpsters are one of those things that works well enough to be left alone—I can imagine improvements, but I can also imagine significant drawbacks to those improvements from the perspective of a person who has been knocked out with gas and stuffed in one. BUT BUT BUT this is Graf Station, and only part of it has gravity. How are people disposing of waste in the other parts? What are zero-gravity space dumpsters like? How are they handling this on the International Space Station? None of these questions are relevant to the plot, but there are days when I wish that, after crashing and burning in the Imperial Military Academy entrance examinations, Miles had pursued a career in public works so I could know the answers to all of these questions. Perhaps there is fanfic on that.
Miles attempts a fast penta interrogation and fails because Firka will not stop talking. Sometimes a person really needs to tell a story, and this is that person. His real name is Gupta. He has gills. He was created on Jackson’s Whole to be a genetically modified stage hand for a group of genetically modified underwater dancers. The troop was disbanded when the House that created it was taken over by House Ryoval a few years before Baron Ryoval was assassinated (by Mark, in case you had forgotten). Gupta, who goes by Guppy, found work transporting cargo, and was part of the crew of the ship that smuggled Dubauer to Komarr, and he’s the only survivor. Everyone else died of a disease that somehow produced a ton of heat and melted them. It’s like a nightmare horror story version of Ebola. It’s spread by direct contact, and I assume it’s a virus.
I like Miles as a former mercenary commander, intelligence agent, and high-powered space detective, but my brain is generating whole squads of alternative Mileses tonight. If he didn’t want to go into public works (and it would have been a huge benefit to the Vorkosigan’s District if he had, at least once they stopped letting 17-year-old Miles drive the snowplow) he could have considered public health. Miles likes to know more than everyone else, and to tell people what to do; I think he would have been good at the investigation side of public health, if perhaps a little tactless on the recommendations front. I have many questions about health facilities and public health issues on Graf Station. Miles is somewhat more focused on tracking Dubauer.
Guppy weathered his illness in his personal water tank, and is now seeking revenge. He bought passage on one of the ships in the Komarran convoy in order to stay close to Dubauer. He reported his concerns about Dubauer to Solian just before Solian disappeared, and synthesized Solian’s blood to keep Barrayaran security focused on searching for him. I think he’s very tired. By the time the Quaddies bring a dose of fast penta to the interrogation room, Guppy has debriefed himself more thoroughly than Miles ever could.
Bel Thorne is still missing.
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Cee Lo Green Apologizes, Explains His Gay Tweet
June 19, 2011 by Steve Pep
Late last week singer Cee Lo Green sent a tweet to Andrea Swensson, a female writer from City Pages in Minneapolis who published a negative review of his recent show in that city and whom apparently Green initially assumed was male.
The tweet to Swensson: "I respect your criticism but be fair! People enjoyed last night!I'm guessing ur gay?and my masculinity offended u?well f—k U!"
Swensson herself calls the tweet "just plain weird."
Green has since deleted the message from his Twitter account and has apologized via a subsequent tweet which has also been deleted:
“Apologies gay community! What was homophobic about that? I said I was guessing he [was] gay which is fine but its nice to [know] what u think of me. Nakia and Vicki ‘Team Cee Lo’ are proudly gay and are [my] greatest assets! I'm no bigot or homophobic. [It’s] all a very big misunderstanding.”
Green has given Us Magazine a lengthy explanation about the entire incident:
"She was very critical of me. At the time I didn't even know what gender the person was. I was being a little outspoken that night, a little outrageous," he tells Us. "I always expect people to assume that everything I do is part of my character and sense of humor. I assumed that whoever it was would assume it was all in good fun. It wasn't taken so well, apparently."
"I most certainly am not harboring any sort of negative feeling toward the gay community. I don't have an opinion on people with different religious, sexual or political preferences," he explains. "I'm one of the most liberal artists that I think you will ever meet, and I pride myself on that. Two of the remaining members that I have on my team on The Voice are proud and outspokenly gay. We just did a team performance of 'Everyday People,' and I picked that song for us to do specifically to highlight how we can get along even though we’re so different."
Though he regrets his choice of words, Green tells Us he shouldn't "have to apologize for speaking my mind or defending my performance."
"If I could take it all back, I would. I was not being serious," he says. "I just wanted to defend our performance. It was only our third show with a whole new crew and we were all really proud about the progress that we had made."
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Pippa Middleton Has a New Nephew
And no, it's not Prince Louis.
By Temi Adebowale
Karwai TangGetty Images
While Kate Middleton is going to be an aunt for the first time when her little sister Pippa gives birth later this year, Pippa is already a seasoned pro when it comes to nieces and nephews. She's an aunt to Kate's three kids, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis, and as Digital Spy reports, Pippa is now an aunt four times over with the arrival of her new nephew.
Pippa's brother-in-law Spencer Matthews just welcomed his first child with wife Vogue Williams, and the couple announced the news on Instagram. "This morning at 3:55am, we welcomed our son into a quiet London hospital... He is beautiful and healthy. We feel truly blessed," they both captioned their photos.
This morning at 3:55am, we welcomed our son into a quiet London hospital... He is beautiful and healthy. We feel truly blessed. Couldn’t be more proud of @voguewilliams ❤️
A post shared by SPENCER (@spencermatthews) on Sep 5, 2018 at 3:08am PDT
This morning at 3:55am, we welcomed our son into a quiet London hospital... He is beautiful and healthy. We feel truly blessed @spencermatthews
A post shared by voguewilliams (@voguewilliams) on Sep 5, 2018 at 3:05am PDT
Spencer, the younger brother of Pippa's husband James Matthews, is most known for being a part of the cast of the English TV series Made of Chelsea, and he also appeared on The Bachelor UK.
The couple first announced that they were expecting in March with a spread in Hello!, and Spencer said he "considered myself the luckiest man in the world when we got the baby news."
So... I’m going to be a father! Couldn’t be happier to be sharing these times with the love of my life @voguewilliams . We feel truly blessed ❤️ @hellomaguk
A post shared by SPENCER (@spencermatthews) on Mar 18, 2018 at 4:31am PDT
In June, Spencer and Vogue got married at Glen Affric, the Matthews' family estate in Scotland, and while it wasn't reported if Kate and Pippa attended the nuptials, their brother James Middleton, who is friends with the couple, gave a reading at the private ceremony.
The couple didn't release any photos from their wedding, but they did confirm the news of their child with some adorable photos on their respective Instagram pages. See the sweet snaps below:
My BEAUTIFUL wife.... Always happy and fills me with absolute joy.
A post shared by SPENCER (@spencermatthews) on Jun 29, 2018 at 9:27am PDT
That’s my husband
A post shared by voguewilliams (@voguewilliams) on Jun 22, 2018 at 4:59am PDT
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Kindergarten Collection Teacher's Guide
First Grade Collection - Classroom Library (360 books)
To the Rescue!
In the tub
Author: Dr. Judith Nadell & Eliza A. Comodromos
SKU/ISBN: 978-1-59194-237-5
Reading level: 2
Comprehensive Teacher's Guide Summary: This comprehensive Teacher's Guide includes everything needed to help students really connect with the books in The King School Series, Kindergarten Collection. For each book, the Guide offers detailed lessons and two reproducible worksheets: a Story Check and a Hands-on Activity. Both worksheets gauge student's comprehension, with the Hands-on Activity offering students a rich opportunity for some story-based fun.
Key Features of the Kindergarten Collection
Exceptionally appealing characters.
Every book in the Kindergarten Collection is about the King School Kids, spirited students in Mrs. Hall’s class at the King School. Mirroring the diversity of today’s classroom, the King School Kids represent various ethnicities and come from a variety of family structures. Your students will have no trouble finding King School Kids with whom they can identify. Once they read just one book about their favorite characters, they will clamor for more.
Engaging leveled stories.
Your students will be “hooked” by these vibrantly illustrated stories based on young children’s interests, concerns, and experiences: learning to read, playing with friends, getting ready for school, enjoying family gatherings, and much more. Besides being charming, these stories have been written to fit carefully defined leveling criteria, which are compatible with several widely used reading systems (see “Leveling Criteria” tab). From one level to the next, the books advance in difficulty, making the Kindergarten Collection ideal for the very earliest readers.
Ideal for differentiated instruction.
Because the leveled books in the Kindergarten Collection progress in difficulty, every student can be matched with just the right book—not too hard, not too easy. Five separate titles at each of the two levels give students practice reading at one level before moving to the next. This upward spiral of achievement fosters confidence. The more confident students feel, the more they want to read. The more they read, the better readers they become.
Colorful illustrations and a student-friendly format.
Brimming with humor and warmth, the illustrations do more than grab students’ attention. Great care has been taken to make sure the illustrations support students’ understanding of the text. Throughout, illustrations cue the text, helping students figure out unfamiliar words. Font size, text placement, text spacing, and line breaks have also been carefully designed to foster students’ reading skills.
Lively, compact stories.
Experiencing the sheer pleasure of well-plotted stories is an important step in making kindergartners eager to learn to read. Even the most basic books in the Kindergarten Collection have compelling narratives that drive the stories forward and keep students reading to see how things work out. Though varying in complexity, all books in the Series are 16 pages long, with at least 8 of those pages being fully illustrated. This compact length means that even brand-new readers have the satisfaction—and fun—of reading a book, from start to finish, in just one sitting.
Unbeatable price.
Continuing its long-standing commitment to publishing quality books at affordable prices, Townsend Press is pleased to offer a 6-pack of each title in the Kindergarten Collection for $12.00—just $2 per book. A Complete Set (10 copies--1 copy of all 10 titles) is just $20.00, and a Classroom Library (60 copies--6 copies of all 10 titles) can be purchased for only $120.00!
Leveling / Correlations
Leveling Correlations and Criteria for The King School Series,
Kindergarten Collection (Levels 1–2)
The graphic at left below indicates the close correlation between levels in The King School Series and grade / developmental levels. Because the Series’ levels have been designed to match developmental levels, you’ll find it easy to integrate the King School Series books into your reading program.
The graphic at right includes details about the leveling criteria of the King School Series, Kindergarten Collection. Each carefully-leveled book features: word counts that advance incrementally; high-frequency words; a clear, child-friendly font; consistent text placement; and line breaks that encourage reading in meaningful word groups. This material will help you match students with books at exactly the right level.
About the Series Creator
Click the links below to download PDF versions of two books in The King School Series. The books represent the two reading levels within the Collection. An annotated version of each book, complete with commentary highlighting the book’s key features, is also available by clicking below.
Sample 1: Kindergarten / Very Early Emergent Book (Level 1): We Read
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Sample 2: Kindergarten / Very Early Emergent Book (Level 2): Hot and Cold
Kindergarten Common Core State Standards Fulfilled
by the King School Series Teacher’s Guide (Levels 1–2)
As you strive to meet Common Core State Standards in your classroom, you will find a key ally in the King School Series and its Teacher’s Guide (TG). Offering a well-rounded treatment of the stories, our materials prompt students to use a variety of cognitive, verbal, reading, and writing skills along the way. Every story and its corresponding TG supplements cover most, if not all, of the standards listed below. The Instructional Sequence, which is further customized in every story’s Lesson Plan in the TG, references the below codes to demonstrate where and how the King School Series fulfills specific standards [1].
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Davis, Scadden Join AudioSource
Portland, Ore. — AudioSource has named industry veteran Lawrence R. Davis III sales and marketing VP, while finance and business development specialist John A. Scadden has been named chief financial officer.
AudioSource president and CEO Tom O’Mara, commenting on the appointments, said in a statement, “As we prepare for a string of product releases and overall retail expansion, AudioSource is ready with two of the top professionals in their respective fields. We’re lucky to have them on board.”
Davis brings more than 30 years of front-line experience in the consumer audio market to his new role at AudioSource. Prior to his current position, he held the same title at Atlantic Technology.
Earlier positions included stints with such venerated consumer electronics companies as Monster Cable, Artison and Bang & Olufsen America. Davis will divide his time between AudioSource headquarters, here, and his home in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Scadden, who was appointed to the position of CFO, has a “long and successful career supporting startups and turnarounds, international expansions and facilitating mergers and acquisitions,” according to the company. He will be based at the company’s headquarters.
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Degrees presented at Grace CollegeWINONA LAKE, Ind. -- Three area students were among those earning degrees from Grace College on May 5.Joshua B. Gale, son of Tom and Christy Gale of Orrville, graduated with a bachelor of science degree in Biblical studies and youth ministries.Julieanne J. Linton, daughter of Eugene and Michelle Linton of Wooster, graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree in secondary English education. She was a member Alpha Chi national honor society, Chi Alpha Sigma chapter of the National College Athlete's Honor Society, and was awarded the English Department Award for 2007. She also was selected as an outstanding student and included in the 2007 edition of Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.Juliane K. Schlegel, daughter of Kurt and Pamela Schlegel of Shreve, graduated cum laude with a bachelor of science degree in counseling and sociology.Malone College announces dean's listCANTON -- Area students on the spring dean's list at Malone College include:Ross Cochrell of Burbank; Jane Coleman of Creston; Jennifer Smith of Doylestown; Kristi Beun, Jacoby Gessel, Bryan Gray, Linda Miller, Cassandra Ray, Amber Yoder, all of Apple Creek; Katherine Bullach, Zachary Geiser, Anthony Stoll, Courtney Jo Wenger, all of Dalton; Elizabeth Mullet of Dundee; Stacey Miller of Holmesville; Tessa Rohrer of Marshallville; Conrad Keim, Katrina Kratzer, Caitlin Troyer, all of Millersburg; Carrie Hartzler, Joy Zuercher of Orrville; Lyle Nussbaum of Shreve; Crystal Miller of Sugarcreek; Daniel Daugherty, Lindsay Goldstein, Andrew Heller, Marcus Rogers, Matthew Troyer, all of Wooster; Carinna Baldner of Jeromesville; Brian Allerding, Jillian Morgan, both of Loudonville.Trustee Scholarships awardedALLIANCE -- Brittany Baughman, daughter of James and Kathryn Baughman of West Salem, earned a Trustee Scholarship to attend Mount Union College. A 2007 graduate of Cloverleaf High School, she was a member of National Honor Society, Impact, Academic Challenge, Envirothon and Ohio Math League. She was also a member of the softball and basketball teams. The scholarship is based on academic achievement and is renewable.Danielle Lutz, daughter of Mike Lutz of Massillon and Mary and Jeff Chapman of Doylestown, also received a Trustee Scholarship. She is a 2007 graduate of Chippewa High School and was a WCAL Scholar Athlete, a member of varsity soccer, basketball and track teams, a member of the Leo Club, student mentor, member of S.A.D.D., a teacher and office assistant and a volunteer for the Barberton hospital. She plans to pursue a degree in biochemistry.Two awarded degreesGREENVILLE, S.C. -- Furman University awarded 626 undergraduate and 21 master's degrees during graduation exercises June 2. Among those earning degrees were Kimberly B. Campbell, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John Campbell of Wooster, and Paul D. Cebul, son of Dr. and Mrs. Frank Cebul, also of Wooster.Joins Collegiate ScholarsAKRON -- Blake A. Doty of Wooster has accepted membership into the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. He will be honored during an induction convocation this fall at The University of Akron. Doty is a Waynedale High School graduate and is the son of Brian and Tammy Polen of Wooster and Todd and Michelle Doty of Nashville. He is currently on the dean's list at Wayne College, where he is majoring in nursing. He is on the varsity golf team at Wayne College and is the 2007-08 recipient of the Amici Italiani Award.Three are recognized at Mount VernonMOUNT VERNON -- Danielle C. Brown was one of more than 250 students recognized for her accomplishments during the annual Awards Convocation at Mount Vernon Nazarene University.Brown received the Financial Executive Institute Academic Honors Award. A junior majoring in accounting, she is the daughter of Cindi White of Wooster.Lucas G. Barton received the Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities designation. A senior majoring in biology, he is the son of Mark and Kristina Barton of Wooster.Christopher S. Mast received the business departmental assistantship. A first-time freshman majoring in accounting, he is the son of Donald and Cheryl Mast of Smithville.BGSU spring semester dean's listBOWLING GREEN -- Bowling Green State University spring semester dean's list includes: Pamela Campbell of Creston; Jennifer Benedict of Doylestown; Rachel Tisher, Nathan Weaver and Eric Young of Rittman; Marci Cancic of Apple Creek; Karli Meehan of Killbuck; Ryan Kassinger of Lakeville; Adrianne Edmunds, Kelley Mohr and Kyle Yoder of Millersburg; Jessica Kesling, Amber Rinehart and Andrew Tannehill of Orrville; Megan Small and Kris Veverka of Shreve; Rachel King of Smithville; Jessica Goodright, Adam Hostettler, Jessica Myers and Katy Senn of Wooster.North Central releases dean's listMANSFIELD -- North Central State spring quarter: Glenmont -- Lee Dial; Jeromesville -- Thomas Becht, Krysta Bowles, Stacey Harper, Alyssa McClure, James Uhler; Killbuck -- Talia Ruttencutter; Loudonville -- Serena Fenton, Christine Lowe, Isaac Todd, Jenna Wilson; Millersburg -- Jacob Conrad; Shreve -- James Larson; West Salem -- Stephanie Berry Estep, Andrew Cortese, Amanda Herrmann; Wooster -- Austin Barnthouse, Adriane Braun, Kathryn Evans, Brian Musselman, Jason Nester, Amber Shields, Elizabeth Sidle.Three earn degreesSPRINGFIELD -- Area students earning degrees May 12 at Wittenberg University included: Allison S. Helmuth of Orrville, bachelor of arts degree in philosophy and English, cum laude; Kristen L. Jackwood of Wooster, bachelor of arts degree in art; Jacqulyn C. Witmer of Wooster, bachelor of arts degree in biology.Area students named to dean's listsArea students named to the dean's lists at their respective schools include:NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. -- Westminster College: Adam Rady of Seville and Amanda Ratlif of Wooster.SPRINGFIELD -- Wittenberg University: Esther R. Mast.BUCKHANNON, W.Va. -- West Virginia Wesleyan College: Carlee Gault of Sterling. Earns B.A. degreeLAMONI, Iowa -- Ricki Gerber of Sterling earned a bachelor of arts degree from Graceland University during 2007 commencement ceremonies. Earns Heritage AwardALLIANCE -- Courtnie Vires has earned a Heritage Award to attend Mount Union College. The daughter of Jim and Theresa Vires of Doylestown, she is a 2007 graduate of Chippewa High School. She was a member of the Leo Club, Students Against Destructive Decisions, marching band, choir and the cross-country team. She plans on pursuing a degree in psychology. This award is based on a review of the academic credentials including curriculum, GPA, ACT/SAT scores and class rank. This award is renewable for four years as long as the recipient is a full-time traditional student at Mount Union.Receives achievement awardWOOSTER -- Sarah Hofstetter will be attending The College of Wooster next fall. She was accepted on early decision and was awarded an Academic Achievement Award for $10,000. She also received the John D. Reinheimer scholarship in memory of her grandfather, John D. Reinheimer, as well as a scholarship from the Holmes County Education Foundation in memory of Roger Sauerbrey. She is the daughter of Gary and Sally Hofstetter of Lakeville.Receives OSU scholarshipCOLUMBUS -- Sean Pattison of Wooster is one of 108 high school students from across the state who has been awarded an Ohio State University Land Grant Opportunity Scholarship, which provides a full scholarship to high-ability students. The Land Grant Opportunity Scholarships program, in its third year, provides full scholarships, worth up to $19,700 per year, to at least one student from virtually every county in Ohio. The scholarship may be renewed for up to 12 quarters as long as a student attends school full time and maintains a 3.2 GPA. Scholarship recipients are class leaders with multiple talents, ranked near the top of their high school class. Inducted into Alpha Lambda DeltaCARLISLE, Pa. -- Jordan E. McCord, a student at Dickinson College, was recently inducted into the national Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society. A graduate of Wooster High School, she is the daughter of John and Laura McCord of Wooster.
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TV: Why ’Game of Thrones’ Cersei Lannister doesn’t deserve your singular hate
Hunter Ingram More Content Now
May 13, 2019 at 10:07 AM May 13, 2019 at 10:07 AM
[SPOILER ALERT: This post contains major spoilers from “The Bells,” the fifth episode of the final season of HBO’s “Game of Thrones.” Do not read any further if you haven’t seen the episode. You have been warned.]
In her final moments, I shed a tear for Cersei Lannister.
The baddest, blondest mother of “Game of Thrones” met her inevitable fate in Sunday’s penultimate episode of the HBO drama, and she did so in the only place she could find some semblance of peace - the arms of her twin brother/paramour, Jaime.
As her kingdom crumbled around the once mighty Lannisters, Cersei tearfully plead for mercy and an out-of-reach future for their unborn child that the Kingslayer couldn’t deliver. It was a monumental moment for the future of the Seven Kingdoms that tees up next week’s series finale, and one that was all but destined to happen as the show entered its endgame.
But it was also emotionally resonate and rather sad, even for two figures first introduced to us as a conniving pair of incestuous opportunists who got caught in the act and pushed a little boy out a tower window to protect their secret.
Since then, that fateful push has been trumped again and again by one terrible deed after another, a ever-steepening moral bankruptcy neither Lannister denied. But in their final moments, I felt sympathy for the siblings - especially Cersei (played by the outstanding Lena Heady).
For so many viewers, this season has seemingly been a waiting game until Cersei Lannister got what was coming to her.
I am not here to defend - and cannot defend - her actions because they are indefensible. If the moral code of Westeros (or any world for that matter) is that bad people deserve to die, then Cersei certainly fits that bill. But she wouldn’t be alone on Westeros’ guillotine and many viewers seem to have forgotten that - or are willing to turn a blind eye to the crimes of others.
A few hours before Sunday’s episode, Vanity Fair writer and “Game of Thrones” expert Joanna Robinson tweeted, “When people root hard for Cersei’s death I feel like they’re watching a different show than the one I’m watching.”
I have never retweeted faster. It’s a bell I’ve been ringing to anyone who will listen for weeks - and it’s rarely met with anything but fire and fury.
By the tenor of the conversation, it would seem dragonfire was too good for Cersei. She needed to die painfully, publicly and pitiless.
But answer me this: How has Cersei’s pursuit for the power she believed she was owed any different than Daenerys’ scorched earth strategy or any other person on this show?
As the mother of the world’s worst teenager (remember Joffrey?) and a sinister presence from the first moment she stepped into Winterfell with a side eye for every Stark in the land, we were told Cersei was where we should direct our hate. As the show progressed, we saw her shed her hesitations to ruthlessness in the fight to hold onto the throne. But we also learned why the steely woman put up her walls and then fortified them no matter how steep the cost.
I won’t drudge up the darkness of Cersei’s life and what led her to Kings Landing, but Heady brilliantly sold every nuanced ounce of the anguish, villainy, pain and resilience it took to keep her standing.
She was a fiercely protective mother who watched all of her children be ripped away from her. If anyone knows the cold touch of darkness, it’s her.
And yet, it was Cersei’s head that so many wanted on a spike when “Game of Thrones” comes to an end next week.
No one can excuse her deplorable acts, but Cersei has not been given the same benefit of willful forgiveness we, the audience, have bestowed upon so many of her fellow characters.
Arya has murdered people and we still root for her to check names off her naughty list. Tyrion killed his girlfriend and even Jaime was given a fleeting shot at redemption with Brienne in Winterfell.
Up until this week, most viewers had forgiven Daenerys for everything and everyone she has torched in her warpath to the Iron Throne. But as Cersei’s story as the big bad in the castle came to an end on Sunday, Daenerys blew past the point of forgiveness as she laid waste to the innocent people of Kings Landing - an act of genocide that far outweighs anything Cersei ever did.
As we entered into this week’s battle, “Game of Thrones” had already laid the groundwork for a final story of two mad queens locking horns while the men on the sidelines tried to figure out how to deal with them. It’s an unfortunate endpoint for a show that has evidently never learned its lesson in how to treat its female characters.
But as the audience, we can give these women the rightful discourse and treatment they deserve, starting with a willingness to think more deeply about who Cersi was and why we cast such unwavering villainy on her.
We owe it to her to understand the duality of Cersei as both a ruthless and stubborn queen with a deadly grip on her power, and a resourceful and heartbroken woman who learned that no one is going to protect you from the darkness of life but you.
Hunter Ingram can be reached at Hunter.Ingram@StarNewsOnline.com. Hunter is a member of the Television Critics Association.
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The Hidden Door
January 24, 2017 - 10:07am
The Hidden Door/Pollyanna and Dot won Downtown window decorating contest
posted by Howard B. Owens in The Hidden Door, Pollyanna and Dot, batavia, business, news.
With the transition in leadership of the Business Improvement District, there was no announcement of the annual window decorating contest for Christmas and Beth Kemp, the new director, stopped by my office yesterday to note that the winner was The Hidden Door/Pollyanna and Dot, 202 E. Main St., Batavia.
Sponsored Post: OMG, Becky... Look at their Spring sale. It is so big!
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Follow us on Facebook to stay up to date with current specials and sales. Follow The Hidden Door. Follow Pollyanna & Dot. Two chic stores in one, 202 E. Main St. in Downtown Batavia.
Sponsored Post: Shop local this Mother's Day with The Hidden Door & Pollyanna & Dot!
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New business owners team up to bring new retail experience to Downtown Batavia
posted by Howard B. Owens in Pollyanna & Dot, The Hidden Door, batavia, business, news, downtown.
Batavia's newest retail store promises to offer local shoppers unique items for the home, as gifts or perhaps, something special for yourself.
The business, at 202 E. Main St. (Masonic Temple, next to Charles Men's Shop), is really two stores in one and the result of a cooperative agreement between Leanna DiRisio and Ashley Bateman.
The Hidden Door is DiRisio's business and offers rustic, old-timey items that will add tasteful flare to home decor, and Pollyanna & Dot is Bateman's business and offers primarily new dresses in vintage styles.
"We thought this would be a great start for a new business," DiRisio said. "It's kind of like an incubator and if maybe we both grow a little bigger we can go out on our own."
Bateman said Mary Valle (Valle's Jewelry) brought DiRisio and Batemen together and suggested they find a way to partner to pursue their shared dream of owning their own retail shops.
The two aspiring entrepreneurs met, but weren't initially sure it would work out, but as time went on and they thought about it more, the idea started to make more sense.
Both have young children and by working together they can coordinate times to keep the shop open and take care of their kids and other family needs.
"For me, it's always been something that I've wanted to do and I just figured with the changes going on my life, that if I don't do it now, I would never do it," said DiRisio, who praised a six-week entrepreneur-training program set up by the Batavia Development Corp. at Genesee Community College for giving her the confidence to move forward.
Batemen also thought this was the time to act rather than wait.
"There's a renaissance here that's happening and if we don't do it now, somebody else will, so we wanted to get here first," Bateman said.
The grand opening celebration for Pollyanna & Dot and The Hidden Door is from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday.
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Ford Patents Trunk Conveyor Belts to Load Groceries Into Your Giant SUV
Your Costco runs will never be the same.
By Eric BrandtDecember 6, 2018
For Ford SUVs that are 12 yards long, two lanes wide, 65 tons of American pride, there might be a new innovation in grocery loading on the way. According to some new patent filings from Ford that were unearthed by Fox News, the Blue Oval has dreamed up a conveyor belt system for loading stuff into the cargo area of your SUV. Since SUVs are getting bigger all the time, with the really big ones approximately the size of a high school gymnasium on the inside when the seats are folded, it can be hard to load and unload stuff when you’re standing all the way back at the hatch opening.
That’s where these clever conveyor belts come in. They appear to be built into the back of the third-row seats making it easy to put down a bag of groceries and let the conveyor belt bring it to the far reaches of the cargo hold. When it’s time to unload, the belts do the same thing, but in reverse.
Sure, the Toyota 4Runner might have that trick sliding cargo tray in the back, but who can be bothered to manually pull that out and push it in? Today’s SUV driver wants the truck to do the work with the push of a button.
Since these are simply patent filings, this in no way confirms that technology like this is actually coming to production Ford or Lincoln SUVs. It’s also not fully thought out yet; for example, how would this system prevent a grocery pile-up against the back of the second-row seats? "We submit patents on new inventions as a normal course of business but they aren’t necessarily an indication of new business or product plans," said a Ford representative in an email to The Drive.
It’s also fair to wonder what something like this would add to the cost of an already expensive full-size SUV, but we’re living in the age of the $100,000 Lincoln Navigator, so really, anything can happen.
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04 Nov 2016 17:04 How Badly Do Manchester United Want It?
How Badly Do Manchester United Want It?
Stephen Howson November 4th, 2016
Five defeats in Mourinho's opening seventeen games was not what anyone expected to be seeing from Manchester United. Genuine world-class talent had arrived to great expense in the summer to build on what was not the worst squad in the world. He directly addressed issues that had been evident during the reign of Louis Van Gaal and set to impose a bigger, angrier, more powerful Manchester United as we look to see ourselves back to the top of the table where we belong.
We started the season okay, picked up wins, Zlatan was finding the net and although there was a clear hangover in gameplay from LVG, we were doing well. The City game, half time in the City game, was a bit of a watershed moment. Ander Herrera came out in as a deep midfielder, charged with providing the spark and aggression in United's soft belly and has done so, so well, there's calls for him to be the next permanent club captain. It also signified a move from 4231 to a more fluid 433 formation, which although hasn't been a permanent move, it has seen our play evolve. Mourinho is learning. About the players, about the club, about who is willing to stand and fight and who is not. He has shown tactical fluidity in his approach in different games. Respecting the opposition and knowing, or almost knowing how we will take the three-points. But it is not there yet.
The reason it is not there yet, is the players. They are either not as good as Jose, or us, as fans, believe them to be. Possible. Or, more likely, the players are not putting in 100%. Some are. Which is always the case. But some are not. Some haven't had the opportunity, but I think that will come. Jose is not scared to drop the big names, as he shown with Wayne Rooney. If the time comes when another big name, big money striker needs to sit out, then he will do. Jose basically told us in the press conference following last night's defeat that the players are not performing to the standards he/we/they expect.
Jose reacts to the performance against Fenerbahce last night.
Full vid: https://t.co/RhiGJkpxBs #MUFC pic.twitter.com/O1xysngKVl
— Full Time DEVILS (@FullTimeDEVILS) November 4, 2016
We can still make a dent in this division. But we have to put a run together and we have to start this weekend. Get behind the lads. Take it one game at a time. The teams around us will drop points. We are good enough, more than good enough. But the players have to start performing and we have to get those points on the board.
Up the reds!
Manchester United, Jose Mourinho, Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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Confederate flag - definition of Confederate flag by The Free Dictionary
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Confederate+flag
Noun 1. Confederate flag - the first flag of the Confederate States of America
flag - emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
<a href="https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Confederate+flag">Confederate flag</a>
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His stall also featured the controversial Confederate flag across a table.
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3) In resolving the question of how best to deal with the Confederate Flag, the United States can look to the successes Germany has had in banning Nazi symbols as well as the continued backlash of Japan's continued use of the Rising Sun Flag.
Hate or civic pride? The speech of symbols in the United States, Germany and Japan
WASHINGTON -- Washington National Cathedral will replace depictions of the Confederate flag in its stained-glass windows with plain glass, according to the cathedral board.
Summary: The display of a Confederate flag is clearly something that can be argued as insensitive to African Americans and others.
Does wearing a Gadsden Flag insignia make for a hostile workplace?
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Our Bureau Kochi | Updated on July 02, 2019 Published on July 02, 2019
The United Planters Association of South India (UPASI) has opposed the tyre industry’s demand for zero import duty on natural rubber, saying that any attempt to disturb the import duty structure will be counter-productive in augmenting domestic production
There should not be any tweaking with the import duty on natural rubber, currently at 25 per cent or ₹30 whichever is lower, said AE Joseph, President, UPASI .
Reacting to reports of tyre manufacturers seeking zero duty on natural rubber imports, he said any such move to reduce the import duty would be detrimental to the interest of 13.1 lakh growers and 4.93 lakh workers dependent on this agro industry. Importantly, it is a question of livelihood of rubber growers and the workers vis-à-vis the profit margins of a few in the consuming sector. There was a drastic decline in the production from the level of 9.13 lakh tonnes in 2012-13 to 5.62 lakh tonnes in 2015-16. From these levels, the production increased to 6.48 lakhs tonnes in 2018-19 and it is anticipated to further improve to 7.50 lakh tonnes in 2019-20. There is a need to increase production further and efforts towards this should be given priority, he added.
Natural rubber [dry form] was the only plantation commodity wherein the bound rate was fixed at a very low level of 25 per cent. The base duty of dry forms of rubber in the base year [1986] under WTO framework was 85 per cent (above the threshold- level of 40 per cent) and hence should have been bound at 40 per cent, he said.
The fixation of lower bound rates for the dominant dry forms of rubber thus was not only regressive, but also an explicit violation of the standard norms fixed by the Government. That be as it may, there is no reason whatsoever to reduce the import duty especially given the surge in imports during last few years, with each year reporting new highs, Joseph said, Natural rubber imports in 2008-09 was 77,762 tonnes which had increased manifold and reached 5,82,351 tonnes in 2018-19.
According to UPASI, the increased imports and thereby un-remunerative prices resulted in producers not tapping, leading to drop in production. The situation, if allowed to continue, will make India fully dependent on foreign countries for this strategic raw material, it said, adding that it is absolutely essential to levy safeguard duty on natural rubber to protect the livelihood of small producers and maintain the country’s natural rubber production capacity intact, thereby reducing the foreign exchange outgo. The foreign exchange outgo during 2018-19 was ₹6,127.7 crore
Telangana faces deficit as paddy, cotton, maize sowing takes a hit
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Boeing shares rise sharply as second quarter profit takes off
The stock has soared 37 per cent this year
Visitors take pictures of a model of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner during Japan Aerospace 2016 air show in Tokyo. Reuters
Boeing posted second-quarter profit and cash growth that beat analysts' estimates on Wednesday, even though sales were less than expected, sending shares up sharply.
The world's biggest plane maker is cutting costs by streamlining production of new 737 MAX models and finishing development of other new planes. Rising profitability of its 787 Dreamliner contributed about US$530 million in cash in the quarter.
Boeing shares jumped nearly 4 per cent at $220.65 in premarket trading. The stock has soared 37 per cent this year.
Analysts focused on Boeing's abundant cash from operations, which at nearly $5 billion in the quarter was about double estimates of about $2.5bn.
"Monster cash flow," said analyst Robert Stallard at Vertical Research. The results were "about as close to perfect as it gets from Boeing," he added.
Military aircraft sales fell 4 per cent to $6.8bn, but profit jumped 50 per cent and margins widened 4.6 percentage points.
The extra cash allowed Boeing to add $1.5bn to its operating cash flow forecast for the year, raising it to about $12.25bn. Boeing will increase share buybacks this year by $3.5bn, to about $10bn. And it will make $3.5bn in additional pension contributions this year to reduce future costs.
Boeing said it will cut full-year capital expenditure by $300m, but that was expected since the company has made most of the big investments in its 777X wing factory and the 737 MAX and 787-10 programsme, said the analyst Richard Aboulafia at Teal Group.
The company lifted its full-year forecast for core earnings, which exclude some pension costs, by 75 cents to between $11.10 and $11.30 a share, its second upward revision this year.
Boeing swung to a profit of $1.76bn, or $2.89 per share, in the second quarter, from a loss of $234m, or 37 cents per share, a year earlier.
Last year's results included more than $2bn in charges related to the 787, 747 and KC-46 tanker aircraft programmes.
Core earnings, which excluded some pension and other costs, were $2.55 per share in the quarter.
Revenue fell 8.1 per cent to $22.74bn.
* Reuters
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Gracia bemused by Deeney dismissal as Watford slip to Arsenal defeat
Watford manager Javi Gracia did not agree with the red card for Troy Deeney
Watford manager Javi Gracia was left scratching his head as to why referee Craig Pawson sent Troy Deeney off in the 1-0 defeat to Arsenal.
The Hornets captain saw red in the 11th minute at Vicarage Road after challenging Lucas Torreira off the ball, completing a horrible two minutes for the hosts, who had just conceded after a shocking error from Ben Foster allowed Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to score.
Foster dawdled with the ball after a back pass from Daryl Janmaat, allowing Aubameyang to close him down and deflect the goalkeeper’s clearance into the back of the net.
Arsenal moved back into the top four (John Walton/PA)
That proved enough for the Gunners, who moved back into the Premier League top four after a first away clean sheet this season.
Pawson’s decision was made with assistance from the linesman and replays showed Deeney’s forearm making contact with the Spaniard’s face.
Nevertheless, Gracia was left surprised to see the official brandish the red card.
“I don’t agree, but I respect the referee’s decision,” Gracia said. “It is maybe a yellow card, but red card? I don’t understand why the referee did it.
“I prefer not to speak only about that. He (Deeney) hasn’t got to explain anything to me, I could see the play and I could see the contact with his arm but never with his elbow.
Deeney (second left) was accused of using an elbow (John Walton/PA)
“What can I say? I don’t understand the decision but we respect it. We tried to look for the resolution.
“There is a contact but it is not with his elbow, it is with his arm or hand, I don’t know which part exactly.
“I never saw an aggressive movement. I don’t understand why the referee took that decision.”
Despite the fact they played with a man less for almost 80 minutes Watford put on a fine display and were unlucky not to take at least a point.
Arsenal have kept their first away clean sheet in the #PL this season – at the 16th time of asking pic.twitter.com/70IOq6y0Un
— Premier League (@premierleague) April 15, 2019
They hit the woodwork twice, through Craig Cathcart and Adam Masina, while Gunners goalkeeper Bernd Leno made a number of decent saves.
“We have competed really well with 10 players and today my players don’t deserve to only speak about the result,” Gracia added.
“It’s true they got the points but for us, my opinion, we had a good performances, because with 10 players we created some chances and dominated the game. For me, this is good news.”
Doesn't matter how you do it – 3 big away points are ours! Onto Thursday now!❤ #YaGunnersYa #M1Ö #COYG @premierleague @Arsenal pic.twitter.com/3TbG8y1fXm
— Mesut Özil (@MesutOzil1088) April 15, 2019
Arsenal manager Unai Emery adopted a stance his predecessor Arsene Wenger was famous for, claiming not to see Deeney’s red card, nor did he divulge what Deeney said to him on his way back to the dressing room.
Emery said: “He said something to me, I can’t say, because I don’t know. I answered him, I don’t know.
“I didn’t see and I respect the decision from the referee. It is clear it helped us, with this decision because to play with one less player for them was more difficult.
“But our goal gave us the advantage and helped us to take more control of the game.
Arsenal manager Unai Emery claimed not to see Troy Deeney’s challenge (Mike Egerton/PA)
“But we didn’t do all we wanted to do. But we can be happy with the result because coming here is tough.
“The result gave us the opportunity to continue on our way and be consistent in the table.
“The three points is the most important today but we worked at being consistent in our structure, in defending the long ball and set-pieces because they are a very strong team doing that.
“With the ball I wanted to do better, we didn’t do that but in some moments we had chances for the second goal but we couldn’t take them.”
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PowerShell daddy on Windows Server 2012 R2: Cloudy cloud cloud
Control the whole stack and cloud's just an 'OS problem'
By Tim Anderson 3 Jun 2013 at 15:05
TechEd “We don’t spend much time on our virtualisation competitors any more. We’ve moved beyond that,” said Jeffrey Snover, Windows Server and System Center Lead Architect, at a press preview of Windows Server 2012 R2.
“How many of you ever paid for a sorting library? Memory managers? TCP stacks? Now you just get it in the operating system. That is the inevitable progression of our industry. So it will be with virtualisation. Virtualisation was always a stepping stone to something, and that was the cloud,” Snover - who co-designed PowerShell - continues, mixing metaphors with abandon.
Despite these remarks, Microsoft’s Hyper-V virtualisation platform is considerably improved in the Server 2012 R2 release, just announced at TechEd in New Orleans. The most intriguing new feature is called a Generation 2 VM (Virtual Machine), offered alongside standard VMs.
Why bother emulating legacy devices, when you can optimise the operating system to run on a VM? “Windows as an operating system now has deep knowledge of what it means to be on a VM. A Generation 2 VM does away with all the pretence of trying to look like a physical computer,” said program manager Ben Armstrong.
A Generation 2 VM boots with UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) off network adapters or virtual SCSI drives, and has no emulated devices. Currently only 64-bit Windows Server 2012 or Windows 8 is supported. Other new features in Hyper-V include a doubling in the speed of live migrations thanks to data compression, support for live migration over SMB, and online resizing of virtual hard drives in VHDX format. You can also do live VM cloning, the idea being that you can export a snapshot of a running VM to troubleshoot a problem offline.
Another neat feature is Remote Live Monitoring, which lets you capture network traffic to a specific VM for analysis from outside the VM. Hyper-V Replica, for continuous availability of VMs, now allows you to choose the replication interval, from 30 seconds up to 15 minutes.
A Generation 2 VM. Note the absence of legacy items like COM ports or PCI to ISA bridge. (click to enlarge)
In Hyper-V networking, Microsoft is combining two existing features. RSS (Receive-Side Scaling) does concurrent processing of packets from multiple network adapters, and VMQ (Virtual Machine Queue) transfers data directly from the adapter to the VM. Now vRSS combines the two.
There are also enhancements to NIC teaming, which combines multiple network adapters into one high-bandwidth and resilient unit, for improved dynamic load balancing. Data deduplication, a feature introduced in Server 2012, is now supported for live VHDs (Virtual Hard Drives). In the context of a VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure), there is substantial potential saving in storage, up to 89 per cent according to Microsoft, though there is a trade-off in increased memory and CPU usage.
Linux is getting enhanced support too, with live migration, live backup, dynamic memory support, and dynamic resize of virtual hard drives, provided of course you have the Hyper-V Linux Integration Services in the kernel.
Hyper-V is the plumbing, but Microsoft’s goal is cloud trinity: three clouds but one cloud. The three are the Azure public cloud, the System Center private cloud, and the hosted cloud from service providers. The one cloud is that all will use the same technology and management tools.
Windows Azure Pack brings Azure to data centres
Jeffrey Snover, now lead architect for both Windows Server and System Center
That may be the goal, but System Center’s App Controller and Virtual Machine Manager are very different from the Windows Azure cloud management tools. How will Microsoft unify the two?
The answer is that Microsoft is bringing Azure’s technology to enterprise data centres, initially via an add-on called the Windows Azure Pack. This was initially released on the quiet in January, as Windows Azure Services, and was only available to hosting companies. The upgraded add-on brings the Azure REST API and web management portal to private clouds with Hyper-V and System Center.
Users will be able to create web sites that scale from multi-tenant to multiple load-balanced VMs, select from a gallery of images to create VMs of various specifications, create SQL Server databases, use a Service Bus for reliable application messaging, and integrate with Active Directory for identity management.
The existence of two different models of cloud, in Azure and in System Center, has long been a puzzle to Microsoft watchers. Convergence is long overdue, so the move is significant.
One of the enablers is that Snover is now lead architect across both Windows Server and System Center, which should ensure a coherent strategy. Snover says that Microsoft treats cloud as an “operating system problem”, emphasising the ability to control the whole stack, in differentiation from competitors like VMWare or Amazon.
The downside is that System Center admins now have the prospect of yet another new management interface which overlaps with existing functionality. A glance at the installation procedure for the existing Windows Azure Services shows another problem, that deploying this stuff is not trivial and dumps the complexity of cloud management onto on-premise administrators. Get it all working though, and the end-user experience will be good, as will the flexibility of scaling out to a public cloud when needed.
Puppet-like configuration comes to PowerShell
Automation is key to operational efficiency, and Microsoft has also announced a new feature of PowerShell, its scripting and automation platform, which gives the ability to define and then implement the configuration of Windows Server.
Called Desired State Configuration (DSC), this uses a declarative syntax to express the state of operating system features. Once defined, you can then apply that configuration to target machines. It is idempotent, meaning that you can apply it repeatedly to fix configuration drift.
PowerShell DSC has the potential to bring to Windows Server configuration management already enjoyed on Linux via systems such as Puppet and Chef. The snag is that it is early days. PowerShell DSC depends on providers being built for each feature, and currently only a dozen or so exist.
Snover (one of the original authors of PowerShell) explained that Windows is API based, whereas Linux and Unix are file based, which makes it harder to automate configuration and makes this approach necessary. In future, could developers in Visual Studio specify the configuration of target servers as part of their application solution, and automatically deploy it to a private or public cloud with VMs created and configured as needed? “We like that idea, but nothing to announce,” said a Microsoft spokesman.
Microsoft’s cloud focus
The common theme of Windows Server 2012 R2, along with what is coming to System Center 2012 R2, is the focus on virtualisation and cloud. There are what look like solid improvements in Hyper-V, much needed convergence between Azure and System Center, and the beginnings of improved automation with the potential to integrate development and operations on Microsoft’s platform. Microsoft’s direction is clear.
The aim is to unify public and private clouds, enabling common management and seamless interoperability. Questions remain though. If the goal is to use common cloud tools, why not use the open source OpenStack rather than Windows Server?
And are Windows Platform administrators ready for major changes to System Center so soon after the 2012 release? The amount of new features in Server 2012 R2, just one year later, is impressive, but businesses may be reluctant to go at Microsoft’s speed. ®
Now you can have a twist of 2019 in your 2012: Microsoft goes back to the future with Edge on Windows 7/8
It looks like your OS goes out of support in seven months. Would you like a new browser?
You should really get an Android or iPhone, says Microsoft: No more app updates for Windows Phone 8.x holdouts
Don't forget to swing by the nearest recycling bin
Microsoft pulls the plug on Windows 7, 8.1 support forums
Have you tried turning it off and.. err… off again?
Microsoft takes another whack at killing off Windows Phone 8.x
Still using it after last year's OS axe? No apps for you then
Still not on Windows 10? Fine, sighs Microsoft, here are its antivirus tools for Windows 7, 8.1
Redmond extends ATP to older builds, adds third-party links
The difference between October and May? About 16GB, says Microsoft: Windows 10 1903 will need 32GB of space
Storage requirements embiggened in Redmond's upcoming OS emission
Are you a Windows 1 in 10 (1809)? Or a mighty 80 percenter (1803)?
April still on top as Microsoft's difficult October update slowly trickles onto PCs
Microsoft ends OEM sales of Windows 7 Pro and Windows 8.1
When the nagware stops working, there's another way to get you upgrading
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Monday 8/12
On July 12, Washington, DC’s Gauche will release A People’s History of Gauche, a collective catharsis of anger, frustration, and trauma through creativity. Jason P Barnett, Adrienne CN Berry, Mary Jane Regalado, Pearie Sol, and Daniele Yandel find their agency and joy through creating and performing music together in 36 minutes of groove-filled power punk.
Gauche welcome us into their orbit today with the green screen-friendly music video for “Running.” Watch it again and again on [Stereogum] before pre-ordering A People’s History of Gauche in the Merge store on CD, LP, or limited-edition pink marbled Peak Vinyl, which comes with a flexi of the previously released “Conspiracy Theories.”
Watch & share the music video for Gauche’s “Running” now
Recorded with Austin Brown (Parquet Courts) and Robert Szmurlo in Brooklyn and with Jonah Takagi (Ex Hex) in DC, A People’s History of Gauche marks the first time the band worked with people outside of their ranks, resulting in a fuller sound that boasts more intricate instrumentation. From the very first line of album opener “Flash”—“Light’s supposed to show the way, not over-expose it”—Gauche are here to compel us to dance while singing along about society’s universal struggles.
Gauche open for Bikini Kill at a sold-out Kings Theatre in Brooklyn on June 5 but will bring their craft to people across North America this summer, including MRG30 here in North Carolina. Tickets for all headlining shows go on sale this Friday at 10am local time, so grab a few for your friends and get ready to dance!
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Traumatic Brain Injury Levels – the Glasgow Coma Scale
When first responders show up at an accident scene, they have to act quickly to assess injuries. This is particularly important when a victim has suffered a serious head injury. Traumatic brain injury levels are assessed using the Glasgow Coma Scale.
These assessments form the basis of emergency room treatment. The classification you receive may be important in a subsequent personal injury lawsuit.
The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is the most common scoring system used to evaluate a brain injury. Medical professionals use the Glasgow Coma Scale to work out the level of consciousness of a traumatic brain injury sufferer.
The test is simple. First responders and other medical professionals have used it for decades since its inception in 1974. The GCS is routinely used by trained staff at accident scenes, at emergency departments and intensive care units, and at sporting events when an athlete suffers a concussion.
Medical professionals use the Glasgow Coma Scale to give a score to the patient. The lower the number assigned to the patient, the more serious the injury.
Brain injuries can be extremely complicated. The Glasgow Coma Scale gives an indication of the level of extreme brain injuries. However, it’s a less effective tool for concussions and more subtle head injuries. If you have suffered a brain injury please consult our experienced Virginia brain injury team.
What Does the Glasgow Coma Scale Measure?
The GCS measures the following functions and provides a score. A score of 1 indicates no function.
Eye Opening
· 4 = spontaneous
· 3 = to sound
· 2 = to pressure
· 1 = none
· NT = not testable
Verbal Response
· 5 = orientated
· 4 = confused
· 3 = words, but not coherent
· 2 = sounds, but no words
Motor Response
· 6 = obeys command
· 5 = localizing
· 4 = normal flexion
· 3 = abnormal flexion
· 2 = extension
The overall GCS score is a sum of all of the three tests. Medical providers use the scale to rate the best verbal response, the optimum eye opening response, and the best motor response the patient makes.
How to Use the Glasgow Coma Scale
A patient's Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) is highlighted on a coma scale chart. It notes the improvement or worsening of a patient's condition.
The scale provides a quick and easy reference point to doctors, nurses and other professionals. They can also see at a glance whether the patient’s condition is improving or deteriorating.
How Are Brain Injuries Classified Using the Glasgow Coma Scale?
Every brain injury is different, but generally, brain injury is classified as:
· Severe: Glasgow Coma Scale 8 or less
· Moderate: GCS 9-12
· Mild: GCS 13-15
Mild brain injuries are not necessarily insignificant. They can lead to temporary or permanent neurological symptoms. They are also tricky to diagnose. Commonly-used neuroimaging tests like CT scans or MRIs do not always show evidence of damage, Brainline notes.
Moderate and severe brain injuries typically cause long-term problems in thinking skills known as cognition, physical skills or emotional and behavioral issues.
The long-term care needs and medical bills associated with a moderate or a serious brain injury may be astronomical. You should always take these injuries seriously and talk to a trial lawyer who has litigated these cases at the highest level.
How Accurate is the Glasgow Coma Scale?
Many factors other than a brain injury affect a patient’s level of consciousness or responsiveness. The patient may be drunk or under the influence of drugs. These factors can cause an inaccurate GCS score.
The GCS test is not used on younger children because they lack reliable language skills. Medical professionals use the Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale, which is a modification of the system used on adults. It utilizes eye, verbal, and motor responses and considers the values separately.
As with the GCS, pediatric brain injuries are classified by their severity. The Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale uses the same scoring levels as adults. A score of 8 or lower reflects the most severe brain injuries, 9-12 reflects a moderate injury and 13-15 indicates a mild TBI. Moderate and severe injuries in children often result in significant long-term impairments that can affect them for the rest of their lives.
Talk to a Virginia Brain Injury Lawyer after a TBI
Not all attorneys handle brain injury cases. It takes considerable resources and knowledge. At the Smith Law Center and the Brain Injury Law Center, we have helped people with brain injuries for decades.
Attorney Stephen Smith is a brain injury lawyer with an international reputation. Stephen and his team have secured multi-million dollar results across the country. Call us at 757.244.7000.
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Three new Sheffield tram-train routes proposed by MP, and this is where they would run
Sheffield pubs in the 1980s
Remembering the pubs in Sheffield in the 1980s
By Jane Salt
Monday, 24 June, 2019, 11:32
Roger Howill, licensee of the Frog & Parrot, Division Street, celebrating the launch of his new "Roger & Out" special beer in June 1985
Send your retro photographs for publication in to The Star by emailing news@thestar.co.uk.
Inside the Sicey Hotel, Sheffield, in 1981
The Underground pub, Charles Street, Sheffield, 1983
Vera Jenkins (centre) landlady of the Nursery Tavern, Ecclesall Road, Sheffield, celebrates her 82nd birthday in 1986
The White Hart, Worksop Road, Attercliffe with Brown Bayley Steels to the right, 1981
The Royal Lancers, Penistone Road, Sheffield, 1984
Pulling the first pints at the official re-opening of the Arbourthorne Hotel by Sheffield Wednesday and United players - left to right, Mel Sterland, Gary Shelton (SW), Josie and Terry Fisher (landlady and landlord), Charlie Williamson (SW) and Russell Black (SU), 1984
The Cocked Hat Pub at Attercliffe in 1981
The snug-cum-smoke room at the Alexandra Hotel, Exchange Street, Sheffield, 1984
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OUR KIDS FACE ARMAGEDDON
Prince Charles warns of ‘Armageddon’ as he surveys Hurricane Maria’s wreckage in Dominica
In the wake Hurricane Maria's devastation of Dominica, the outspoken Royal tells Sun photographer Arthur Edwards he believes it's extraordinary people can’t 'read the tea leaves' and understand just what mankind is facing
From Arthur Edwards, Royal Photographer in Dominica
24 Nov 2017, 2:24
Updated: 25 Nov 2017, 5:21
PRINCE Charles has described the devastation left by Hurricane Maria as “looking like Armageddon had struck” after he visited communities in Dominica ravaged by the 250mph winds.
But the royal praised the “courage and resilience” of the residents of the Caribbean isle, which has been hit by hurricanes five times in recent years.
Prince Charles talks to Sun Royal Photographer, Arthur Edwards, about the devastation Hurricane Maria wreaked on DominicaCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
He visited what remains of the home Sarah Charles and 12 members of her family cowered in as Maria struck in September. Winds ripped off the tin roof and the house was flooded as a nearby river burst its banks.
Nine people from the village of Pointe Michel were killed, but 36-year-old Sarah was able to flee to safety.
Visibly moved by the visit, Charles said: “It looked like Armageddon had struck. But what I can never get over — and it fills me with immense admiration — is the way people are so courageous and so resilient. The way they somehow manage to keep going in spite of the fact that it’s so difficult to get the electricity supply to most people because of huge damage to the overhead cables. The water supply systems are fragile but somehow people keep going.”
The British Government has just given an additional £12million to help Dominica’s 70,000 inhabitants.
Charles surveys ruined houses and overturned cars in the village of PichelinCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
Ninety per cent of the homes on the island lost their roof in the hurricane two months ago. The winds were so powerful that trees were stripped bare.
The Prince added: “Everything was stripped of leaves. It had never been heard of before.
“They are coming back, that’s something. But there’s a huge task, obviously, for these poor island communities to do. They are suffering more and more from the accumulating effects of climate change.”
For years the Prince of Wales has been warning of the threat posed to the world by Man. He remains surprised that some do not believe it is happening.
For years the Prince has been warning of the threat posed to the world by ManCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
Winds in Dominica become powerful as Hurricane Maria approaches
He said: “I think it’s worse than extraordinary that by now people can’t read the tea leaves and understand just what people are facing.
“Some people seem to think it’s somehow a threat to undermine capitalism if you mention climate change. It isn’t.
“The whole point is to achieve a circular approach which enables us to work with nature. At the moment we are still fighting a battle against nature. You can’t do that.
“The difficulty about all this is that if we don’t do more, rapidly, then there will be ever increasing conflict over scarce resources because of the effects of climate change, drought, everything else.
Ninety per cent of the homes on Dominca lost their roof in the hurricane two months agoCredit: PA:Press Association
“It will be increasingly impossible for people to manage and then they will have to move in mass migration. It’s already happening.
“We have to remember there are so many people around the world in other parts who are suffering hugely from the accumulating effects of putting all this CO2 into the atmosphere from all kinds of pollution — from coal-fired power stations to cars, and goodness knows what.
“All I have tried to do over the years is, along with others, draw attention to the fact that there is not a convenient series of holes in the atmosphere from which all this stuff can escape.
“So we are heating up everything and the more you warm it up the more you warm the oceans as well.”
Here are the simple ways we can all help, according to Prince CharlesSea temperatures in the Caribbean rose this summer to a record 87.8F (31C). The prince believes this will spark even more hurricanes.
He added: “The hotter the temperature rises, the hotter the oceans become and as they know only too well in the Caribbean, it causes mammoth storms to develop.
“Last year saw a 50 per cent increase in deforestation — still — despite everybody’s efforts. So what are we doing? We are removing literally the lungs of the world and the capacity for the rainforest to absorb some of this carbon.”
The Prince has spent years touring the globe to see the rainforests first hand — and has appealed to the presidents of Brazil and Indonesia to help preserve them.
Charles said: 'It looked like Armageddon had struck' the islandCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
Infrared satellite imagery shows Hurricane Maria making landfall in Dominica as a category 4 hurricane
He admits that for most of the time, he did not think the world was listening. But he said: “People are saying you have to now live with these consequences.”
Dominica’s prime minister Roosevelt Skerrit, who met the Prince on the island, recently spoke to world leaders at the UN Convention on Climate Change in Bonn, Germany.
Charles said: “He really did lay it down on the line — how the Caribbean islands and that whole region is literally on the front line.
Charles praised the 'courage and resilience' of the residents of the Caribbean isle, which has been hit by hurricanes five times in recent yearsCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
“They are in an earthquake zone, they have hurricanes to contend with, tropical storms and all the devastation this causes.
“We have to rapidly find a way of de-carbonising our economies. There are endless opportunities if we do so. It’s not the end of the world, but it will be if we don’t.
Charles’s campaigning to protect the planet has become even more urgent in recent years after he became a grandfather.
And after heavily pregnant Sarah spoke to him about how she and her family fled the wrath of Hurricane Maria, he said: “If we don’t think about our children and our children’s children, there will be no proper future for them.
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“If people think they can just leave it to the next generation, I’m afraid it’s already happening now.
“The trouble is everything that we have been putting into the atmosphere for so long has sometimes a delayed reaction, so we are going to go on seeing this increasing impact from the global warming.
“If we lose the ice caps, particularly in the Arctic — which is increasingly beginning to happen — then you start to create a feedback which means that you can’t actually do anything about it. This is what terrifies me. I don’t understand why people will not recognise it.”
Aerial footage shows the devastation on Dominica following Hurricane Maria
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‘I HOPE THE WORLD ACCEPTS ME’
Football’s first ever transgender referee takes to the pitch – and says some will be shocked when she runs on
Lucy Clark, formerly known as Nick, today revealed how she hoped "the world would accept me for the person I am
By Corey Charlton
Updated: 19 Aug 2018, 19:59
FOOTBALL'S only transgender referee today takes to the pitch for her first time officiating under her new identity.
Lucy Clark, formerly known as Nick, says she hopes "the world would accept me for the person I am".
Lucy Clark, 46, is the world's first transgender footballerCredit: Facebook
The parent of three, who has been happily married for several decades, told The Mirror she hopes to inspire others.
The 46-year-old, who works as a black cab driver and lives in Surrey, said: "I have kept this secret hidden away most of my life. Now is the time to be me.
"I can appreciate people will be a bit shocked when I run on to the pitch.
"But I’m the same person. I will just look a bit different. It’ll be nice not to live in two different worlds and be me."
She is set to referee her first game under her new identity todayCredit: Twitter
Lucy, formerly known as Nick, is happily marriedCredit: Twitter
Lucy when she was Nick
Lucy is married to Avril, who has stuck by her since she first told her the truth some 18 years ago.
She told the paper she had doubts about her true identify when she was a child aged seven and described how she yearned to be at a girls' school with her sister.
However, it was her love of football that rescued her and she immersed herself in the game.
She told The Mirror that she was steeling herself for any taunts or abuse she might receive during future games.
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"Players I can deal with. I can just give red or yellow cards to them. It’s the fans – that’s where the issues could come."
A statement from the Football Association read: "The FA fully supports Lucy and anyone else who wants to participate in football in their preferred gender.
"Football is For All and in 2014 The FA announced a policy, as well as an information guide distributed to all clubs, to encourage trans people to participate in football."
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How ‘Silicon Valley’ Helps Explain MoviePass
Movie theater subscription outfit follows well-worn tech strategy
Sean Burch | March 28, 2018 @ 11:36 AM Last Updated: March 28, 2018 @ 12:16 PM
Operating at a loss is a trick as old as Silicon Valley itself. And last weekend’s Season 5 premiere of HBO’s “Silicon Valley” highlights the strategy in hilarious fashion, when Richard (Thomas Middleditch) cleverly exploits a competitor’s own business plan to take him down.
TheWrap noticed the latest “Silicon Valley” storyline also sheds light on the game plan of a very real, up-and-coming company: MoviePass, the much talked about subscription-based movie ticketing service.
If you didn’t catch the episode, here’s how it went down: Richard wants to hire a team of engineers for the revamped edition of Pied Piper. But the plan hits a roadblock when a rival founder, Duncan, lures them away to his pizza delivery startup, Sliceline. (Duncan insists it’s a pun because “it rhymes with Priceline.”) A foiled Richard is rejuvenated, though, when Jian-Yang discovers they’re paying a grip of cash to order from Domino’s, re-box the pizza, and then send it to Sliceline users.
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Emboldened, Richard decides to squash his competition. While meeting up with Duncan for drinks, Richard starts buying a whole mess of pizzas from Sliceline. At a $5 loss per order, Sliceline is taking a “bath,” as Richard puts it. Duncan insists this is only an issue until their engineering team figures out how to route orders more efficiently… unless Richard forces them to burn through their entire runway of funding before that can happen.
This Machiavellian twist brings us back to MoviePass. At $9.95 a month — and $6.95 a month if you sign up for its year-long special offer right now — the offer seems almost too good to be true. Subscribers that hit just one movie a month would already be saving money (at most theaters). Like Sliceline, MoviePass is losing money with each new user it brings on right now.
But it’s a scaling game for the company, just like it is for Silicon Valley startups. The movie ticketing service went from one million to two million subscribers earlier this year — and is set to pass the three million threshold soon. Ultimately, the plan is to have 10 million customers by Christmas 2019.
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At that point, you’re bringing in a healthy monthly recurring revenue. And with its network growing bigger, it gives MoviePass more opportunities to monetize. You’re already seeing this, with advertiser deals and MoviePass funneling its money back into co-financing releases. The bigger it gets, it’ll be able to push theaters for a better cut. It’ll also make it easier, once customers are onboard, to ultimately raise prices (think Netflix).
Another key to getting subscribers on board: data. It’s a touchy subject in the wake of Facebook’s recent issues, but Chief Executive Mitch Lowe told TheWrap earlier this week the company will earn money by selling user data to studios, exhibitors and other businesses.
We’ve seen this strategy before with several tech giants. Uber is losing billions each quarter acquiring fresh riders. Amazon might be the most famous example, operating at a loss for years. The Seattle-based giant now posts profits quarter-after-quarter. Now, during the “opening credits” period of its business, MoviePass is following a similar strategy — and we’ll find out soon enough if it will be flop or a blockbuster.
Jeremy Fuster and Trey Williams contributed to this story.
6 Tech Giants Shaking Up News, From Jeff Bezos to Laurene Powell Jobs (Photos)
Tech leaders are increasingly intertwined with the news business. While some want to support old properties, one set out to destroy a new one. Here they are.
Jeff Bezos – Washington Post
The Amazon founder purchased the Washington Post in 2013 for $250 million in cash. President Trump has called the paper the “Amazon Washington Post.”
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Chris Hughes - The New Republic
The Facebook co-founder purchased The New Republic in 2012, becoming executive chairman and publisher. However, he sold the venerable political magazine to Win McCormack in 2016, saying he "underestimated the difficulty of transitioning an old and traditional institution into a digital media company in today’s quickly evolving climate."
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Pierre Omidyar - The Intercept
The eBay founder is a well-known philanthropist who created First Look Media, a journalism venture behind The Intercept. Inspired by Edward Snowden's leaks. Omidyar teamed up with journalists Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Scahill and Laura Poitras to launch the website “dedicated to the kind of reporting those disclosures required: fearless, adversarial journalism.”
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The PayPal co-founder doesn’t own a news organization, but he makes this list because he essentially ended one -- Gawker -- proving once again the power of an angry billionaire. Thiel secretly bankrolled Hulk Hogan’s sex-tape lawsuit against Gawker Media because he was upset that the website once outed him as gay. Hogan won the defamation lawsuit against the site that sent its parent company into bankruptcy, and Gawker.com is no longer operating.
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Mark Zuckerberg – Facebook
OK, so Facebook isn’t technically a news organization… yet. However, the company is preparing to launch its much-anticipated lineup of original content later this summer, and there are also signs that it's on the verge of becoming an even bigger media platform.
Campbell Brown, Head of News Partnerships at Facebook, confirmed last week it’s developing a subscription service for publishers willing to post articles directly to Facebook Instant Articles, rather than their native websites.
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Tech is increasingly intertwined with news, for better or worse
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July 21, 2013 12:25 pm at 12:25 pm in reply to: Aruch Hashulchan #1061513
pixelate
The Aruch Hashulchan paskens that you can turn on a light on Yom Tov. Nobody agrees to that.
July 20, 2013 9:43 pm at 9:43 pm in reply to: YWN Coffee Room Nightly D’Var Torah #1125291
Wow, very nice!
Who is the Degel Machaneh Ephrayim?
July 18, 2013 12:06 am at 12:06 am in reply to: Avraham, are we the children that you dreamed of? #1133822
thank you, 45
Does anyone have the lyrics to this song?
July 16, 2013 11:53 pm at 11:53 pm in reply to: WAaaaTERRRRRrr #966224
Sometimes things need to be taken away from us for us to truly enjoy it.
July 16, 2013 8:26 pm at 8:26 pm in reply to: For those who don't smoke #965965
We burn our toast a little, and use those ashes.
July 15, 2013 7:35 pm at 7:35 pm in reply to: But I wear crocs the whole year! #965606
There was a text going around a few years ago:
Q:What do Bein Hazmanim and Tisha Be’av have in common?
A: You wear crocks, You don’t learn a word, and You put Tefillin on in the noon
July 15, 2013 7:30 pm at 7:30 pm in reply to: Chasan Shas #967177
yitzchokm-
Really? Is this correct? I thought the main problem was the change of the tzuras hadaf, and that nowadays everyone toned down, and it is acceptable now.
Also, is the new colorful Koren Shas also Shteinzaltz?
July 15, 2013 7:08 pm at 7:08 pm in reply to: SUC! #965646
I would like join in the SUC Membership
July 15, 2013 3:35 pm at 3:35 pm in reply to: Slavery in the Torah? #966614
strawberry-
Your professor is terribly misguided, and hardly a student of American History. Abraham Lincoln, an ardent reader of the bible an adherer of religious scruples, felt guided by none other than the bible for the civil war.
I urge you to read this article on the subject, by Britain’s outgoing chief rabbi:
http://www.ou.org/torah/article/the_slow_end_of_slavery
If you find that it may help some classmates in their faith, you can anonymously post this essay on the bulletin board, or in your classroom.
July 15, 2013 9:11 am at 9:11 am in reply to: Question about Torah and Evolution #966246
But the question is, presuming Noach’s Teiva landed somewhere in the Asian continent after the flood. How did the buffalo cross the Atlantic, or the kangaroo cross the Indian ocean?
July 14, 2013 10:22 pm at 10:22 pm in reply to: Which is better: a bad chavrusa or no chavrusa? #966319
jewishfeminist- Aha! so I was right.
July 14, 2013 8:57 pm at 8:57 pm in reply to: Which is better: a bad chavrusa or no chavrusa? #966314
shmuelgold-
a) Jewishfeminist’s husband is wont to chime in occasionally
b) I think those questions posted are very relevant, even in your particular answer.
Is it a particularly difficult Mesechta, or is it an interesting one that you are Chazering. What setting is it in. How often. All these identifying questions are very apropos in true advice on the matter.
July 14, 2013 5:58 pm at 5:58 pm in reply to: Pacing during davening #965677
curiosity, I just got your title and subtitle! very clever!
July 14, 2013 11:06 am at 11:06 am in reply to: Zimmerman is Off #965710
Prior to the verdict, Al and Jesse called for piece.
July 14, 2013 11:01 am at 11:01 am in reply to: Where can I get my car reprinted in Brooklyn? #965369
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/its-the-9-days-not-purim-mods
July 14, 2013 8:17 am at 8:17 am in reply to: Pacing during davening #965672
curiosity, I just know that animosity of your fellow prayer-mate is not conducive to prayer. But I guess you were just calling it a ‘disease’ to bring out a point.
July 13, 2013 7:07 pm at 7:07 pm in reply to: Techeiles 🔵❎🐌☑️🐟 #1057760
I don’t think Talmud Yerushalmi has any baring in halacha. It is not orderly, unfinished, and not authoritative.
Why is there such a thing as chassan shas and not chassan Tur or Shulchan Aruch, or chumash, etc..?
Curiosity, clearly the guy was a very rude person.
Also, pixelate, there is a difference between out loud and OUT LOUD!
Ok, but officially, your supposed to Daven P’sukei Dezimra “OUT LOUD”. (Though no one does.)
And no, the plural nusach of davening and your personal decibal level really have nothing to do with each other.
That wasn’t the point I was trying to make; I was trying to say that it is unity that brings our prayers together. Both his rudeness and your complaining equally detracts from The Tzibbur’s tefilah.
borninthebronx, Thank you for sharing that gem.
jewishfeminist02- Rabbi Miller didn’t say something without thinking deeply into the matter beforehand. I presume if you study human psychology and motions you can find the underlying reason for pacing. Google ‘why people pace’
1) I don’t see anything inherently wrong with pacing during davening- it is usually done in shteibel-type places. Also, to Daven Shmonah Esrei in a place where people could walk right through is not Lechatchillah.
2) I don’t know who people follow nowadays, but the Mishna Berura says that you’re supposed to Daven especially aloud. (except for the Shmonah Esrei, which just you are supposed to hear)
Try to find a Shul that is more grounded, like with pews- you may find yourself more concentration there.
3) Also, let us not forget that we daven most of Tefilla in the plural, so your Tefilos are more accepted that way, together.
Cellphones are a completely seperate story.
July 11, 2013 8:57 am at 8:57 am in reply to: Cats, Katz, and all other feline friends #1063652
July 11, 2013 8:54 am at 8:54 am in reply to: Molested Children #1074978
This thread breaks my heart. ^ all of it.
July 10, 2013 12:45 am at 12:45 am in reply to: Being in an elevator alone with a woman #964736
Was the elevator made by Willy Wonka?
July 10, 2013 12:31 am at 12:31 am in reply to: Cats, Katz, and all other feline friends #1063647
Voted ^ up there in
craziest posts ever.
July 9, 2013 10:11 pm at 10:11 pm in reply to: Appropriate outdoor activities for the Nine Days #965022
lolol
July 9, 2013 10:09 pm at 10:09 pm in reply to: Lyrics for "Beshoh Sh'melech Hamoshiach Boh"? #965004
The lyrics are from Medrish Rabba.
July 9, 2013 1:47 pm at 1:47 pm in reply to: Lyrics for "Beshoh Sh'melech Hamoshiach Boh"? #964999
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July 9, 2013 1:26 pm at 1:26 pm in reply to: Mashiach > 6000 #1011394
Sam2- The Rambam has a letter explaining the need for deadlines
If you are referring to Igeres Teiman, he does not explain the ‘need for deadlines’.
July 9, 2013 11:05 am at 11:05 am in reply to: Has anyone ever died of sitting too long on the Internet? #964575
Shopping, I think it means sitting continually for 6 hours straight.
July 9, 2013 11:01 am at 11:01 am in reply to: Mashiach > 6000 #1011389
It is one of the most fascinating Shiurim I’ve heard.
July 8, 2013 6:34 pm at 6:34 pm in reply to: The long awaited Bais Hamikdosh #3! #964463
Sam2,
Perhaps you’re right.
wriresoul, I think Gefen was refering to Will there be Wi-fi?
July 8, 2013 5:32 pm at 5:32 pm in reply to: Where did the Jewish food "Kneidel" come from? #964592
I know this is true in regards to gefilte fish, where much flour was added at expense of the fish, due to the extreme povery.
nebach, at the expense of the fish.
It is not a joke, malnutrition and extreme poverty was rampant in pre-war Europe.
WolfishMusings-
From whence do you know this? The Rambam makes the point that nothing will change except for our subjugation by the nations. Presumably that means that there will continue to be rich and poor amongst us.
You’re wrong in this respect; the Rambam says both (very last piece in Yad)
WIY- Abie has a comedy song called Matzoballs lecture. Its cute.
What is the name of the CD?
The first Beis Hamikdash was built by Shlomo Hamelech (King Soloman), the wisest of men. Meaning, his intellect far surpassed the inventions of the industrial revolution, the cyber revolution, and whatever revolutions contemporary scientist can only speculate of.
Possibly, the Beit Hamikdash was replete with inventions beyond our times.
It is interesting to note the famous Ben Yehoyada in Gittin, that Shlomo Hamelech used to speed down the streets of Yerushalayim in a coal-powered car, and everyone suspected he was being carried by Sheidim.
The Midrash and Meforshim say that at the foot of King Shlomo’s thrown, there was a golden lion that would spring to life to guard the thrown from anyone other than Shlomo trying to ascend, and that birds would carry a Sefer Torah to him.
Perhaps the power of Kedusha will circumvent the need for electric in the Beis Hamikdosh.
Although, the pulley and irrigation systems in the Beis Hamikdash were not nearly as sophisticated as modern-day technology.
There are some that speculate that it is man’s purpose to live in harmony with nature, and avoid any technology that interferes with the cycle of nature- (an idea defied in today’s sedentary world).
Perhaps this ides is supported by the Jewish custom not to burry in a casket, but rather upon the earth, to encourage decomposition and land enrichment. The drainage through irrigation under the Beis Hamikdash, as well, works in harmony with this biological cycle.
As far as the manual, relatively unsophisticated, pulley-system, there were clear and open miracles that took place in the Beis Hamikdash on a daily basis. So there was definitely an intended extent of miracles and automatically-run things, and the beginning of requisite human effort in the Beis Hamikdosh.
-I am curious to hear the views of Sam2, rebdoniel, and WIY on this.
July 7, 2013 6:28 pm at 6:28 pm in reply to: America #964337
E-O-M, Thank gd for this country and time that we live in.
July 7, 2013 6:24 pm at 6:24 pm in reply to: Jealousy #964505
Shopping, writersoul- you guys should hook up somehow.
My guess is because in Europe, where poverty was omnipresent, instead of a peice of chiken, matzoballs were added for the filling factor.
I know this is true in reguards to gefilte fish, where much flour was added at expense of the fish, due to the extreme povery.
(BTW, why is this inspired by Abie Rotenberg?)
July 7, 2013 6:18 pm at 6:18 pm in reply to: MisheNichnas Av Mema'atim Besimcha #964966
Sam2 – since when does Mima’atim mean eliminating completely.
Also, my shul says hallel
July 7, 2013 3:22 pm at 3:22 pm in reply to: The Draft and Mattos-Masei #966920
Another one:
Moshe says to Gad ad Re’uven: You want to stay here while your brothers are in battle?
July 7, 2013 3:15 pm at 3:15 pm in reply to: My Zeidy is so Jewish… #1102032
That he wrote his whole will to Tzedaka.
That he gives everyone a lot of Mitzvos.
That he uses a protractor when he puts on Tefillin
That he learns Torah very loud in middle of the night.
That he smiles at Galachim.
That he licks his lips before kissing the Sefer Torah
That he doesn’t shower in the three weeks.
That he pours the Havdalla wine over his head and into his pockets.
That he wears two ties to Shabbos Mincha
That he says Asher Yatzar every couple of minutes
That he tastes all the food Lekavod Erev Shabbos
That he eats Milchigs on July 4
That he doesn’t tie his shoes on Shabbos
That he wears smaller suspenders on Yom Kippur
That he swears in Yiddish
I like this ^ thread, shopping. Great Jewish takeoff idea!
July 7, 2013 2:42 pm at 2:42 pm in reply to: Mikva #1008566
I don’t understand this ^ whole thread.- Why does a messy mik mean they can’t charge you to use it?
It cost money to build, right?
July 7, 2013 2:13 pm at 2:13 pm in reply to: If someone said that they'd give you a car… #1105518
Biology- Ford was anti-Semitic, but some German car companies actually labored Jews under the Nazis.
Most people cannot bring themselves to drive a car boasting the logo of a company who tortured their brothers.
That is why in “compensation”, Israel is given German cars at a discount. Ford is a different story.- He was just an anti-Semite
(I’m sure like many others at that time).
(Because FDR was an anti-Semite, I can’t use dimes?)
Ironically, one of the higher-ups in Ford is a Jew, and may some day become the next CEO of Ford motors (Henry’s turning in his grave)
July 5, 2013 2:20 pm at 2:20 pm in reply to: About The Skin You're In #964246
all your stuff.
July 5, 2013 2:14 pm at 2:14 pm in reply to: Role Reversal #963958
Rav Aurbach z”l (Iforgot his first name, but he was a famouse posek in Yerushalayim,) was once on a bus in Israel, and an immodestly-dressed women sat next to him.
So, not to cause a chillul hashem or embarras her, he stayed on the bus, got out by the next stop and boarded another bus.
July 5, 2013 1:44 pm at 1:44 pm in reply to: Jokes #1202370
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Steven Gerrard’s departure isn’t the only bad news for Liverpool’s academy
Losing an inspirational figure around the academy isn’t the only negative for Liverpool after Steven Gerrard moved to be Glasgow Rangers manager.
Having an iconic player such as Gerrard around the Reds’ Kirkby academy base has been inspirational for players and staff alike. Losing him will be a big loss.
Gerrard’s presence in his 15 months at Liverpool’s academy has been positive; notably evidenced by the sight of Curtis Jones, a player Gerrard has particularly worked with and mentored since last summer, celebrating as part of the first-team squad in Rome on Wednesday.
But Gerrard is not the only loss, as the former Liverpool captain is will take the current Under-18s assistant coach, Tom Culshaw, and fitness coach Jordan Milsom, with him north of the border.
Former U23s manager Michael Beale, who only returned to Kirkby as head of coaching for the foundation phase in September, has been drafted in as part of Rangers’ backroom staff too.
They will also be joined by another former Liverpool player, Gary McAllister – who will be Gerrard’s assistant manager.
McAllister has been working as a club ambassador since Brendan Rodgers’ departure from the club two and a half years ago.
Culshaw – who was a youth player at the Reds’ academy alongside Jamie Redknapp, Robbie Fowler, and Steve McManaman before being released just as Gerrard was making his first steps into first-team football – has been part of the academy coaching setup since 2011.
Milsom has been at the club since 2010 and moved to Melwood to work with the first-team in 2017 before returning to academy level last summer to work alongside Gerrard.
Losing four members of staff from the academy is far from ideal for Liverpool, especially after Pepijn Lijnders’ departure in January when the highly-rated and likeable Dutch coach took up the manager job at NEC.
Arguably it will be Gerrard’s presence that will have the biggest impact on the players; after all, who wouldn’t be excited to be coached by a player of his calibre, but it’s the loss of two long-serving coaches that could leave the biggest hole longer term.
It means there will need to be another reshuffle at the academy this summer, with a host of appointments required, and it will be interesting to see if Lijnders is replaced.
Lijnders’ role as first-team development coach was seen as the vital bridge between Kirkby and Melwood, particularly with the geographical distance between the two sites.
Prior to his departure, Lijnders took up a very prominent role at Melwood and also in the first-team’s pre-match preparations. Since then, fitness coach Andreas Kornmayer has played an increased role and oversees matchday preparation.
With first-team assistant Zeljko Buvac’s future also subject to uncertainy, it all makes for a crucial time for Liverpool’s coaching staff this summer.
As Gerrard heads to Glasgow seeking the competitive environment he so thrived in as a player, he leaves Liverpool’s academy looking for replacements.
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by Leia Gomzi September 25, 2018, 9:19 pm in From The Editors, Technology
Apple Releases macOS 10.14 Mojave – BEST NEW FEATURES
Apple’s new macOS 10.14 Mojave is getting some brilliant new features, as well as upgrades to existing ones
Apple on Monday released its latest-gen macOS platform, the macOS 10.14 Mojave, and it packs plenty of great new features to boost the overall user experience.
Apple says macOS Mojave’s new inclusions are “inspired by its most powerful users, but designed for everyone”
Let’s take a look at some of the coolest additions and upgrades you can expect to see on this free software update for mac computers.
Dark Mode is a great new addition that allows you to focus on your work by putting your content dead center of the screen, while distractions like toolbars and menus and other unnecessary stuff fade into the background.
In addition to being work-friendly, Dark Mode gives your desktop a more contemporary look.
Also, when you’re using your mac in lowlight environments, turning on Dark Mode would be the right thing to do, as it’s a lot easier on the eyes.
Here’s how you turn on/off Dark Mode: Apple Menu -> System Preferences -> General -> Dark Mode
Dynamic Desktop
While the Dynamic Desktop feature does not really have a practical application, it is a very attractive feature all the same.
It offers you a time shifting feature that adjusts your desktop image to match the time of day, regardless of where you may be.
For example, the default picture, which is that of the Mojave Desert on the new macOS, will be at its peak brightness in the afternoon, with well-lit sand dunes and a bright blue sky, gradually changing with the advancing hours.
And, as day turns to night, the sky takes on a darker hue; the shadows get deeper and more pronounced; it looks exactly the way it would if you visited the place at that exact time.
To turn on Dynamic Desktop follow this sequence: Apple Menu -> System Preferences -> Desktop & Screen Saver -> Desktop.
Desktops that are dynamic are indicated with an icon in the top left of the thumbnail, and when you select one, the description lets you know if it’s a Dynamic Desktop.
Stacks, again, is a fantastic new feature coming to the macOS platform, without which you would, probably, not be able to enjoy your Dynamic Desktop to the fullest, especially if you keep your desktop cluttered with a lot of files and stuff.
This de-cluttering tool, if you will, cleans up your desktop with a single click of the mouse by arranging your files into relevant groups.
All you need to do to activate the feature is right click on your desktop and select the “Use Stacks” option and it will automatically organize your files into the corresponding Stack, including Documents, Images, PDF Docs, Spread Sheets, Screen Shots, and Other.
To view the files contained in a particular Stack, simply click on the Stack to reveal its contents; and, when you do that, a down arrow appears on the Stack to indicate it is being viewed.
Finder is also getting a huge update in this latest version of macOS, making it more powerful than ever before, what with super-useful features like “Quick Action” and “Gallery View.”
Gallery View provides you an alternative way of scrolling through big previews of your files, allowing you easy identification of whatever it is that you’re looking for.
It’s fast, easy, and works particularly well with images, certain documents, and so forth.
Quick Action in the Preview pane is also a great time saver and boosts productivity by allowing you the flexibility to work on files from within the Finder itself, whether it’s rotating pictures, creating PDFs, or editing video and audio files, and more.
Quick Work
Quick Work also gets some handy new features like, for example, pressing the spacebar will give you a nice big preview of the file, plus it allows you to perform actions specific to the file you are viewing.
Audio and video editing, cropping or rotating an image, making a PDF, etc. have all been made available at your fingertips.
The revamped App Store for Mac is a huge improvement, with the left side of the store showing the tabs menu that includes tabs like Discover, Create Work, Play, and so on.
Clicking on an app will give you video previews, images, and reviews, all of them centered on this gorgeous new user interface (UI).
The rich editorial content on the new App Store is designed to speed up app search, something that was lacking in the previous version of the macOS.
Screen Capture Interface
Screen Capture Interface is another feature that deserves a mention.
It provides handy options like capturing the entire screen, a selected window, or even a selected portion of a screen, along with screen recording options, such as Record Entire Screen, or Record Selected Portion of the screen.
Screen Capture Interface can be opened with an easy to remember keyboard command, which is: Shift + Command + 5.
Continuity Camera
When you shoot a picture or scan the image of a document using your iPhone, the Continuity Camera feature automatically puts it on your mac.
macOS Mojave is getting iOS apps
Last, but not least, the macOS 10.14 Mojave is getting some of the more popular iOS apps in the form of full-blown mac apps.
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4 dead as French forces storm kosher supermarket, kill gunman; Charlie Hebdo terrorist brothers also killed
Islamist killers shock France with terror wave; four victims in Paris store believed to be Jews; Hollande condemns ‘appalling anti-Semitic act’; some too scared to go to Shabbat prayers
By Ricky Ben-David and TOI staff 9 January 2015, 4:52 pm 52 Edit
Women give out white roses near the Capitole building in Toulouse, southern France, where on the facade is projected the words "Toulouse est Charlie" (Toulouse is Charlie), on January 9, 2015 (Photo credit: Remy Gabalda/AFP)
Members of the French police special forces evacuate the hostages after launching the assault at a kosher grocery store in Porte de Vincennes, eastern Paris, on January 9, 2015. (Photo credit: AFP/ THOMAS SAMSON)
A woman lays flowers near a kosher grocery store in Porte de Vincennes, eastern Paris, on January 10, 2015 (photo credit: AFP/ KENZO TRIBOUILLARD)
Hostages (bottom right) flee the Hyper Cacher supermarket as French security forces storm the building, January 9, 2014. (YouTube screenshot)
Hayat Boumeddiene, left, and Amedy Coulibaly, right, who are suspected of killing a policewoman in Montrouge on January 8, 2015. (Photo credit: AFP/FRENCH POLICE)
French police special forces evacuate local residents on January 9, 2015 in Saint-Mande, near Porte de Vincennes, eastern Paris, after at least one person was injured when a gunman opened fire at a kosher grocery store on January 9, 2015 and took at least five people hostage, sources told AFP. The attacker was suspected of being the same gunman who killed a policewoman in a shooting in Montrouge in southern Paris on January 8. (photo credit: AFP/ Martin Bureau)
A photo taken on January 9, 2015 shows members of the French police forces taking position by the kosher grocery store in Saint-Mande, near Porte de Vincennes, eastern Paris, where a gunman opened fire at the kosher grocery store and took at least five people hostage, sources told AFP. (Photo credit: AFP / ERIC FEFERBERG)
French police special forces evacuate residents in Porte de Vincennes, eastern Paris, after a gunman opened fire at a kosher grocery store, January 9, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/Martin Bureau)
A policeman carries flowers brought by people in front of a kosher grocery store in Porte de Vincennes, eastern Paris, on January 10, 2015 (photo credit: AFP / KENZO TRIBOUILLARD)
This photo provided by the Paris Police Prefecture Thursday, January 8, 2015, shows the suspects Cherif Kouachi, left, and Said Kouachi. (photo credit: AP/Prefecture de Police de Paris)
France is reeling from a terrorist onslaught, with two fatal incidents in Paris on Friday, and at least four innocent people killed. Two days after two gunmen killed 12 in an assault at the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, the two suspects were shot dead by French security forces on Friday afternoon and the hostage they were holding was freed. Security forces simultaneously stormed the kosher supermarket where another gunmen was holding hostages, killing him. Four of the hostages he was holding were killed, and four more badly hurt. His wife-accomplice was said to have escaped. The terrorists involved had been coordinating their activities. The Times of Israel liveblogged developments through Friday and into Saturday. Saturday’s liveblog is here.
At least 6 hostages in kosher market
France is battling an Islamist terror onslaught.
An armed man has taken at least 6 people hostage at a kosher grocery store, among them women and children.
Kelly Peretz, an Israeli woman, has just told Army Radio that relatives of hers, a mother and her child, are among the hostages.
French lawmaker Meyer Habib told Army Radio Friday that the hostages include “a family with kids, there shopping for Shabbat.”
Army Radio reported that the gunman told police he will not free the hostages unless the Charlie Hebdo attackers, who are holding one person hostage in eastern Paris in standoff with French police, are allowed to go free.
Police confirmed Friday afternoon that the gunman at the kosher market is the same man who killed a policewoman south of Paris on Thursday, and is linked to the assailants who stormed satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, killing 12 people. He was named as Amedy Coulibaly, 32. Authorities are looking into suspicions that he took part in the Charlie Hebdo attack.
Coulibaly was seen with Charlie Hebdo suspect Cherif Kouachi in 2010 during an investigation into an attempted prison break in France, police said. He was convicted for his role and was well-known to anti-terrorist police.
Coulibaly is believed to have had a female accomplice in the shooting of the policewoman, according to the authorities, who identified her as Hayat Boumeddiene, 26. They were both described as “armed and dangerous.”
France Info radio reported that the shooter at the kosher market has two AK-47 rifles, and fired for around 20 seconds before taking five hostages. He then phoned police to make contact.
An eyewitness at the kosher market told Le Monde that “people were shopping when a man entered and started firing everywhere.” The witness, who did not identify himself, said he was able to escape but heard more bursts of gunfire behind him. He said he only saw one gunman but a person waiting for him outside in the car told him several assailants were involved.
More on this story here.
Charlie Hebdo suspects hold hostage
The two brothers suspected of slaughtering 12 people in an Islamist attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo are holding one person hostage and are cornered by police northeast of the capital.
Cherif and Said Kouachi, two of three suspects in the deadly Paris attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices that killed 12 people on Wednesday January 7, 2015. (Screenshot/French police)
French Jewish MP: There’s utter panic here
French Jewish MP Meyer Hebib tells Army Radio that France is in the grip of “utter panic.”
He says “the first priority is to save the lives of the poor people being held hostage” in the Paris grocery.
French MP Meyer Habib (photo credit: screen capture Meyer Habib/YouTube)
Later, it will be time “to draw conclusions” from France’s failure to deal with the jihadist terror threat. The country was “unprepared for this kind of terror wave,” he says. “I warned them time and again… I tried to warn them. They didn’t want to listen,” he says of the French authorities.
“We are a blind people,” he says of the French. “Everyone wants to talk about peace… but we’re facing animals who want to kill. I have no problem with Muslims,” he says. “I have a problem with the jihadists. Unfortunately all the jihadists are Muslims. They want to destroy France’s infrastructure, destroy our values.”
Netanyahu offers assistance, urges West to unite against radical Islam
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu implores the West to stand firm and fight back against radical Islam.
Netanyahu convened an emergency consultation with top officials, and offered intelligence and other assistance to France.
The panel, which included Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Mossad chief Tamir Pardo, among others, was advised to continue providing the French authorities with as much intelligence as possible and to refresh safety guidelines at the Israeli embassy in Paris and Jewish institutions throughout the country.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference held in Jerusalem, December 17, 2014. (Emil Salman/POOL/FLASH90)
“The terrorists have shown that they have the will to crush us, but they don’t have the capacity,” Netanyahu tweets on the Prime Minister of Israel’s Twitter account. “Now we must show that we have the will to defeat them and crush them. It must be followed by a broad based assault on the forces of radical Islam throughout the world. This is everybody’s battle.”
“We grieve with our French brothers & sisters. We reaffirm our commitment to work together to defeat the enemies of the democratic values,” concludes Netanyahu.
The prime minister sent a condolence letter to French President Francois Hollande Thursday, expressing empathy over a deadly terror attack at the Paris offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
Conflicting reports on fatalities at grocery; synagogues and stores in area evacuated
There are conflicting reports about fatalities at the grocery store, Hypercacher Alimentation Générale. Several media outlets have been reporting two fatalities. Others say there are no confirmed deaths. Conflicting reports suggest five, six or more hostages being held.
Reports of another incident near the Eiffel Tower are now being discounted.
It is increasingly clear that Amedy Coulibaly, the gunman at the grocery, is linked to the brothers who killed 12 at Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, and that he is refusing to free his hostages so long as the brothers are surrounded by police.
Army Radio is reporting synagogues and stores in the area of the market are being closed down and evacuated.
This is the latest AP summary:
Terrorists linked to each other seized hostages at two locations around Paris on Friday, facing off against hundreds of French security forces as the city shut down a famed Jewish neighborhood and scrambled to protect residents and tourists from further attacks.
France has been high alert for more attacks since the country’s worst terror attack in decades — the massacre Wednesday in Paris at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo that left 12 people dead.
The two sets of hostage-takers apparently know each other, said a police official who was not authorized to discuss the rapidly developing situations with the media.
The Paris mayor’s office immediately announced the closure of all shops along Rosiers Street in the city’s famed Marais neighborhood in the heart of the tourist district. Hours before the Jewish Sabbath, the street is usually crowded with shoppers — French Jews and tourists alike. The street is also only a kilometer (.06 miles) away from Charlie Hebdo’s offices.
Two brothers linked to al-Qaida grabbed a hostage early Friday and were cornered by police inside a printing house in Dammartin-en-Goele, northeast of Paris. They are believed responsible for the attack that decimated Charlie Hebdo’s staff and left two police officers dead.
In addition, the police official said a gunman holding at least five hostages Friday inside a kosher grocery store in eastern Paris is believed responsible for the roadside killing of a Paris policewoman on Thursday. Authorities released a photo of him and a female accomplice but were unclear about her whereabouts.
At the store near the Porte de Vincennes neighborhood, the gunman burst in with gunfire just a few hours before the Jewish Sabbath began, declaring “You know who I am,” the official recounted.
Police SWAT squads descended on the area and France’s top security official rushed from to the scene, as he did the day before when the policewoman was killed. The attack came before sundown when the store would have been crowded with shoppers.
Paris police had released a photo of Amedy Coulibaly and a second suspect, a woman named Hayet Boumddiene, who the official said is the market gunman’s accomplice. Police said 100 students were under lockdown in schools nearby and the highway ringing Paris was closed.
Hours before and 40 kilometers (25 miles) away, a convoy of police trucks, helicopters and ambulances streamed toward Dammartin-en-Goele, a small industrial town near Charles de Gaulle airport, to seize the Charlie Hebdo suspects, who had hijacked a car in a nearby town after more than two days on the run.
“They said they want to die as martyrs,” Yves Albarello, a local lawmaker who said he was inside the command post, told French television station i-Tele.
‘Many more than 6 hostages held’
From Paris, an Army Radio reporter at the scene of the Hypercacher Alimentation Générale says the number of hostages being held is “far higher” than the figure of six hitherto reported.
He says French police have sought to prevent this higher figure being reported.
He adds that most of those being held are local Jews who were doing their shopping just prior to Shabbat.
Gunman to kill hostages if police storm brothers
A police official says the gunman holding at least five hostages in a kosher market in eastern Paris has threatened to kill them if police launch an assault on the cornered brothers suspected in the newspaper massacre earlier this week, AP confirms.
The official describes the events as “clearly linked.”
The official says several people were wounded when the gunman opened fire in the market Friday afternoon and were able to flee and get medical care.
It is not clear whether the woman listed as the gunman’s accomplice in a police bulletin is inside with him.
Hezbollah chief: Extremists harm Islam more than cartoons
The leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah group says Islamic extremists have insulted Islam and the Prophet Muhammad more than those who published satirical cartoons mocking the religion.
Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah did not directly mention the Paris attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo that left 12 people dead, and the subsequent hostage crises, but he said Islamic extremists who behead and slaughter people — a reference to the IS group’s rampages in Iraq and Syria — have done more harm to Islam than anyone else in history, AP reports.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a speech in Beirut, November 3, 2014. (screen capture: YouTube/Imam Mahdi)
Nasrallah spoke Friday via video link to supporters gathered in southern Beirut.
Nasrallah’s Shiite group is fighting in Syria alongside President Bashar Assad.
His remarks are in stark contrast to those of Sunni terrorists from the IS group and al-Qaida who have called for attacks on Western countries.
‘Eight-month-old baby among hostages’
An eight-month-old baby is among those being held in the Paris grocery, Israel’s Army Radio says.
It adds that increasing numbers of armed French security forces are surrounding the area.
The station’s correspondent at the scene says media have been asked to stop filming there, because the French authorities know that the gunman, Amedy Coulibaly, is watching TV reports from inside and that this is helping him control the situation.
This combination of images released on January 9, 2015 by the French police shows Hayat Boumeddiene, left, and Amedy Coulibaly, right, suspected of killing a policewoman in Montrouge on January 8, 2015. Coulibaly is also suspected to have taken 6 people hostage at a kosher grocery store on January 9, 2015. He is linked to two brothers who massacred 12 people at satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday. (Photo credit: AFP/FRENCH POLICE)
Gunfire, explosions heard in shop where Kouachi brothers holed up
A series of gunshots and explosions are heard in Dammartin-en-Goele, north-east of Paris, where the Kouachi brothers have been holding at least one person hostage since after 9:00 am local time.
French forces said storming building where Charlie Hebdo suspects holed up
French special forces are said to be storming a building where Said and Cherif Kouachi are holding at least one person hostage northeast of Paris, AFP reports.
The standoff between the brothers and police had been going on since after 9:00 am local time.
Smoke rises from a building in Dammartin-en-Goele, north-east of Paris, where two brothers suspected of slaughtering 12 people in an Islamist attack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo held one person hostage as police cornered the gunmen on January 9, 2015. (Photo credit: AFP/ JOEL SAGET)
Said and Cherif Kouachi killed by French forces
Said and Cherif Kouachi, the brothers who killed 12 people at the Charlie Hebdo magazine on Wednesday, have been killed by French security forces, Israel’s Army Radio reports.
Gunfire near kosher market in Paris, people running away
Gunshots and explosions are heard at the kosher supermarket in Paris where a gunman is holding at least 6 people hostage.
People are seen running away from the site.
Three explosions as commandos launch assault on Paris Jewish supermarket
At least three explosions heard as French special forces storm the kosher supermarket where six people are being held hostage by a gunman linked to the Charlie Hebdo suspects, AFP reports.
Hostage situation at kosher market over; several hostages freed
The hostage crisis at the Kosher supermarket in Paris is said to be over and some of the six people who are held there by a gunman are freed.
The assailant is injured after police storm the store.
Charlie Hebdo terrorist brothers dead, hostage freed
A French police official confirms the two suspects in the Charlie Hebdo massacre have been killed.
The hostage they were holding has been freed, the police also say.
The two brothers, Said and Cherif Kouachi, killed 12 people in an assault on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine on Wednesday, and a massive manhunt had been mounted to catch them.
They were holed up in a building in the Dammartin-en-Goele, north-east of Paris.
Gunman at kosher market killed in police assault
The gunman at the kosher grocery store in Paris is said to have been killed in a police assault to free the hostages, according to Le Monde.
‘Charlie Hebdo suspects came out firing on security forces’
The Kouachi brothers, suspected in the Charlie Hebdo attack that killed 12 people, came out of the printing shop north-east of Paris where they were holding one hostage, guns blazing, a source tells AFP.
French commandos killed the two as they stormed the shop.
At least 4 hostages dead at kosher market in Paris
At least four hostages at the Kosher supermarket siege in northeastern Paris are dead, a police source tells Reuters.
Five dead, including gunman, at Paris market
A security source tells AFP that five people are dead, including the gunman, at the kosher market in Paris.
It is not yet clear how many hostages were in the market when Amely Coulibaly stormed in and started firing this afternoon. Some reports say at least 6, others as many as 16.
Wanted female suspect escapes from Paris kosher market
The female suspect wanted by French police for involvement in the killing of a policewoman on Thursday is said to have escaped from the kosher market where gunman Amely Coulibaly held at least 6 people hostage.
CNN reports that she fled in the confusion when hostages ran out after commandos stormed the store. Coulibaly was killed in the assault.
4 hostages dead, 4 critically injured in kosher market attack
Four hostages at the kosher market attack in Paris are dead and four are critically injured, a security source tells Sky News.
French President Francois Hollande to address nation after sieges end
French President Francois Hollande will address the nation at 8:00 pm local time, after two sieges in and around Paris end with 4 hostages and 3 gunmen dead.
French Jewish lawmaker says 1 of dead hostages a dear friend
French Jewish lawmaker Meyer Habib tells Army Radio that one of the four hostages killed at the kosher market in Paris was his best friend.
Netanyahu holds urgent call after French sieges end
Prime Minister Netanyahu holds an urgent conference call with senior officials and members of the security echelon to discuss the attacks in and around Paris in which four hostages are dead and four are critically injured at a kosher market.
Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman, director-general of the Foreign Ministry Nissim Ben-Chetrit, Mossad Chief Tamir Pardo and National Security Adviser Yossi Cohen participated in the call, Army Radio reports.
Hostage crisis at jewelry store in Monpellier, believed a botched robbery
A hostage crisis is underway in the French city of Montpellier, after an armed man enters the store this evening.
It is believed the incident is a robbery gone bad and is not connected to the earlier sieges in and around Paris.
Footage of police assault at kosher market in Paris
‘2 market victims died as siege began, 2 in police shootout with gunman’
Two of the kosher store victims in Paris were killed when the gunman initially took control of the market and the other two died in the police assault in which he was killed, according to Army Radio’s correspondent in Paris.
Two policeman are among four critically injured in the attack.
Anti-Semitism is at core of Islamic extremism, says ADL
The Anti-Defamation League’s Abraham H. Foxman issues a statement on the ideology behind the terrorism in France:
“The attacks on Charlie Hebdo and on a kosher store are linked by the perpetrators’ ideology, not just their acquaintance. Islamic extremism is a common enemy of Jews and democratic states. That message needs to be heard and internalized by governments and mainstream society.
“Anti-Semitism is at the core of Islamic extremist ideology, interwoven with its hatred of basic democratic freedoms, and continues to motivate adherents around the world. The packaging of anti-Semitic narratives has radicalized followers and influenced numerous international and domestic extremists with tragic results.”
Foxman adds: “The tragic loss of so many innocent lives in the past three days in Paris must lead to a more effective and comprehensive strategy by all democratic leaders to counter Islamic extremism. This strategy must ensure that heinous acts of terrorism will not succeed in curtailing the exercise of such basic democratic freedoms to proudly and openly practice one’s religion or express one’s opinions.”
Police hunt for suspected female accomplice of kosher market gunman
French police are on the hunt for Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, who is suspected of taking part in the siege on the kosher grocery store in Paris. She is said to have escaped in the confusion as hostages ran out following the police assault on the store.
She is suspected of being involved in the killing of a policewoman in Montrouge on Thursday.
Hayat Boumeddiene , 26, is wanted by French police for her suspected involvement in siege at kosher market in Paris on January 9, 2015 and the killing of a policewoman in Montrouge on January 8. (Photo credit: AFP/French Police)
Hollande confirms to Netanyahu: 4 hostages dead; 15 freed
Prime Minister Netanyahu just spoke to French President Hollande.
Hollande confirms to him that four hostages are dead, and says 15 were freed from the siege at the Paris kosher grocery store. Several of them are said to be in critical condition.
Netanyahu offers any assistance Israel can provide. He calls for the international community to unite in the fight against Islamist terror. He says Islamic extremism has to be tackled, too, at its sources of funding, and also that its incitement efforts needs to be tackled and thwarted.
Netanyahu also asks Hollande to maintain heightened security arrangements at Jewish institutions.
Israeli ambassador to France: Security bolstered in Jewish areas
Israeli ambassador to France Yossi Gal tells Channel 10 that security was bolstered in Jewish neighborhoods, Jewish businesses and at the Israeli embassy over the past few days after the deadly Charlie Hebdo attack that killed 12.
Earlier, Jewish stores were told to shut down as the hostage crisis was unfolding at the kosher market at Porte-de-Vincennes in Paris.
Some French Jews ‘too scared to go to synagogue tonight’
On Army Radio, Shlomo Malka, a French Jewish official, says some synagogues are not holding services in Paris tonight.
“Not all the synagogues are closed,” he says, but some are.
Many Jews are too scared to go to Sabbath prayers tonight, he adds.
That “says something” about the mood of French Jews. “There’s a huge amount of fear,” he adds.
Police reportedly stormed market as gunman started praying
Police launched the assault at the kosher market as the gunman was praying, believing he would be distracted, the Telegraph reports.
A phone that was not hung up properly allowed police to listen in to Amedy Coulibaly and once he started praying they decided to move in, the paper says.
Paris fatalities very likely Jews, says deputy Israeli envoy
The four fatalities in the Paris kosher grocery assault are “very likely” Jews, Israel’s deputy envoy to France, Tzvi Tal, tells Channel 2.
He says he has no other information to offer at this stage on the identities of the victims.
Earlier, Meyer Habib, a French Jewish MP, told Army Radio that one of the fatalities was “my best friend,” and that he personally knew two of the others.
Man hid in refrigerator during market siege, passed information to police
A French national tells Channel 10 that his brother-in-law, who was one of the hostages at the kosher market, hid in a refrigerator along with two others and called his wife who then contacted authorities.
Haim Quatorze tells the news channel that the man was able to convey critical information to the police which helped plan the assault that killed the gunman.
French channel interviews Kouachi brothers, market gunman during sieges
French news channel BFMTV says it interviewed the Kouachi brothers and Amedy Coulibaly during the two separate sieges today in and around Paris.
Cherif Kouachi, one of the killers in the Charlie Hebdo massacre, confirmed to the news channel that he was his brother carried out the attack on behalf of al-Qaeda in Yemen. “We are the defenders of the prophet [Muhammad],” he reportedly said.
The channel says its reporter spoke to Kouachi by accident, calling the printing business where the brothers were holed up with a hostage, hoping to speak to a witness.
Coulibaly, the channel says, contacted them shortly after taking control of the grocery store to say that he was coordinating with the Kouachi brothers.
“They [did] Charlie Hebdo, I [did] the police,” he reportedly said. Coulibaly killed a policewoman in Montrouge on Thursday, police say.
UN chief relieved terrorists killed, urges dialogue to resolve differences
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he’s relieved that the French terrorists have been killed and is urging all people around the world “to enhance the level of tolerance and respect for the belief and religions and tradition of others.”
The UN chief said all differences of views on religion and other issues can be resolved through dialogue.
But he says the tragedy in Paris was not about religion.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. (photo credit: AFP/Khaled Desouki)
“This is a purely unacceptable terrorist attack, criminality,” Ban says. “This kind of criminality must be brought to justice in the name of humanity.”
The secretary-general speaks after signing a condolence book at France’s UN Mission.
“I am confident that even in these dark times France will continue to show the way of liberty and tolerance,” Ban wrote in French.
US Jewish leaders urge Europe to use all resources to ‘end the scourge’ of terror
America’s Jewish leaders urge France and the rest of Europe to decisively root out terror.
Conference of Presidents leaders Robert G. Sugarman and Malcolm Hoenlein send their condolences to the leaders and members of the French Jewish community, in particular, to the families of the hostages reportedly killed at the kosher supermarket.
“We call upon the government of France as well as other European governments to act decisively and comprehensively to root out those who had any involvement or provided support for the escalating terrorist attacks,” they say.
“There must be a total commitment to bring to bear all the resources, both public and private, to end the scourge that has taken so many lives and hurt many more. The urgency to confront the Islamist extremist infrastructure is underscored by the presence of the many hundreds of young French fighters in Syria who are being trained to kill and carry out barbaric acts. All civilized nations should be joining together to create a solid wall of opposition that will honestly and forthrightly confront the root of the terrorism and extremism,” say Sugarman and Hoenlein.
Kosher market gunman says he was a member of Islamic State
Amedy Coulibaly, a gunman killed by police Friday after seizing a Jewish supermarket in Paris, told BFMTV station he had “coordinated” with the Charlie Hebdo killers and was a member of the Islamic State group.
Cherif Kouachi, one of the brothers who carried out the Wednesday magazine massacre before taking a person hostage on Friday, meanwhile told BFMTV they had been financed by al-Qaeda in Yemen. They were also both killed in a police assault.
Hollande: Siege of kosher market ‘appalling anti-Semitic act’
During an address to the French nation this evening, French President Francois Hollande says the hostage crisis at the kosher grocery store in Paris was an “appalling anti-Semitic act.”
“Those who committed these acts have nothing to do with the Muslim religion,” he said.
15 hostages were rescued from kosher market, Israeli official
An Israeli official confirms to AP that 15 hostages were freed from the kosher supermarket in Paris.
Earlier, President Hollande also told Prime Minister Netanyahu 15 hostages were freed. Reports indicate at least four of them are in serious condition, however.
‘Iranian president’ condemns Paris attacks
A Twitter account believed to belong to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani condemns “extremism and terrorism everywhere,” including Paris and the US.
We condemn violence, extremism & terrorism everywhere: whether in Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq or in Paris or in the United States. #WAVE
— Hassan Rouhani (@HassanRouhani) January 9, 2015
Obama: We stand with people of France
US President Barack Obama rallies to the support of France after the bloody end to hostage sieges in Paris, vowing to offer all assistance to combat the threat of militant Islamists.
“I want the the people of France to know that the United States stands with you today, stands with you tomorrow,” Obama says at a speaking engagement in Tennessee, describing France as America’s “oldest ally.”
“We fight alongside you to uphold values that we share,” he said.
Netanyahu asks France to keep high security at Jewish sites
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asks France to maintain tight security on Jewish sites after a series of terror attacks that included hostages being killed at a kosher store in Paris.
“Prime Minister Netanyahu asked the president of France to keep up the increased security on Jewish institutions even after things return to normal,” Israeli government sources tell AFP following the telephone conversation between Netanyahu and Francois Hollande.
European leaders to show solidarity at Paris attacks rally
European leaders will make an extraordinary show of support for France by joining a mass rally in Paris this weekend as a wave of global support continues following the bloody end to the Charlie Hebdo attacks’ sieges.
British Prime Minister David Cameron and Spanish Prime Minister Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, whose countries have suffered major terror attacks in the past decade, were among the first to say they would attend a huge rally in Paris on Sunday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said they would also come.
European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said they would attend the Paris rally as well, accompanied by the EU’s foreign affairs supremo Federica Mogherini.
Britain’s Prince Harry meanwhile signed a book of condolence in London.
French imams rail against ‘crazies who have seized our religion’
French imams condemn the violence committed in the name of Islam during Friday prayers as the country reels from the double hostage dramas that followed the massacre at Charlie Hebdo magazine on Wednesday
The same message — distancing the country’s five million Muslims from the jihadists responsible for the attacks — was relayed at more than 2,300 mosques across France.
“We denounce the odious crimes committed by the terrorists, whose criminal action endangers our willingness to live together,” says the rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, Dalil Boubakeur.
He also appeals to “all the Muslims of France” to take part in demonstrations planned for Sunday to pay homage to the 12 victims of the attack on Charlie Hebdo, the bloodiest in France in more than half a century.
Muslim theologian Tareq Oubrou, an imam in Bordeaux, in the southwest, said Muslims were furious that their religion had been “confiscated by crazies… and uneducated, unbalanced people”.
Al-Qaeda in Yemen urges local and international jihad
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, suspected of having ties to the attackers in Paris, is the most active of the terror network’s branches in trying to strike in the West.
There are indications that the group inspired, financed or directly plotted the attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. If so, it would be the Yemen-based branch’s first successful strike outside its home territory.
That would be a triumph for its trademark double-strategy: Waging jihad in Yemen to build its strength to strike abroad.
The group, the product of a merger between the terror group’s Yemeni and Saudi branches, is blamed for a string of unsuccessful bomb plots against American targets.
Bill Roggio, editor of the Long War Journal, which chronicles militant activities, says Yemen’s branch of al-Qaeda has managed to seize territory inside Yemen, provide training and support for extremist groups operating in Syria, Iraq and other regions, and promote “lone wolf” attacks in the West.
“They are active in the heart of the Middle East. They threaten the Yemeni government and they are directing their activities externally as well,” he says. “And they are serving to train and support in other theaters.”
In this Tuesday, April 23, 2013 file photo, a suspected Yemeni al-Qaeda militant, center, holds an Islamist banner as he stands behind bars during a court hearing in state security court in Sanaa, Yemen. Arabic on flag reads, “There is no God but Allah and Mohammed is the messenger of God.” (Photo credit: AP /Hani Mohammed)
Heart-breaking new footage of police assault on kosher store
France2 posts a heart-breaking amateur video [warning: graphic] of the police assault on the kosher supermarket in Paris, which brought the siege to an end.
As the camera zooms in on the entrance to the store, where police were waiting to storm in, what appears to be a man’s body is seen laying on the floor. Security forces then swoop in and are met with gunfire, forcing them to pull back momentarily.
An explosion can be seen inside the store, after which the forces move in in full force. Hostages are seen pushing past them, looking frightened and shocked.
Two policemen carry a body outside and set it on the sidewalk as the rest move in. The camera then focuses on a policeman seen dragging what appears to be an injured colleague away from the store.
‘Market gunman phoned others from siege to urge attacks’
A security source says the gunman who was shot dead by Paris police after taking hostages at a kosher supermarket phoned other people from the scene, urging them to stage further attacks.
Amedy Coulibaly, 32, was killed in the climax of the siege, in which four hostages died.
His 26-year-old wife Hayat Boumeddiene, who escaped the grocery store among the freed hostages, is still being sought by police.
AFP contributed to this report.
Gunman killed 4 people when he entered store, prosecutor says
A Paris prosecutor says the gunman killed four people when he entered the kosher grocery in Paris today.
Earlier reports had indicated two people were killed in the initial shoot-out at the store, but it was not clear when the two other victims died. Several more people were injured in the attack.
Gunman Amedy Couliably was eventually shot dead by French security forces. His wife-accomplice fled the scene and is on the run.
Kouachi brothers and grocery gunmen spoke ‘500 times by phone’
The Paris prosecutor, Francois Molins, also says Coulibaly and his wife, Hayat Boumeddiene, spoke more than 500 times to the Kouachi brothers over the phone.
He also says that an employee at the printing works where the Kouachi brothers were holed up in Dammartin-en-Goele, was hiding on the second floor underneath a sink. The brothers did not realize there was another person hiding in the building, Molins tells a news conference.
Al-Qaeda member in Yemen says group directed Paris attack
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula directed the attack against the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris “as revenge for the honor” of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, a member of the group tells the Associated Press.
At least one of the two brothers involved in the attack travelled to Yemen in 2011 and either received training from or fought alongside the group, according to US and Yemeni officials. A US intelligence assessment described to the AP shows that Said Kouachi was trained in preparation to return home and carry out an attack.
If confirmed, the attack would be the first time al-Qaeda’s branch in Yemen has successfully carried out an operation in the West after at least two earlier attempts.
French PM: Attack a ‘clear failing’ of intelligence
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls says the heavy death toll over three days of violence shows there was a “clear failing” of intelligence.
“When 17 people die, it means there were cracks,” he says.
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls leaves the Elysee palace in Paris on June 3, 2014, after the weekly cabinet meeting. (photo credit: AFP Photo/Alain Jocard)
Top al-Qaeda cleric threatens France with more attacks
A top sharia official from Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) threatens France with fresh attacks following those at the Charlie Hebdo magazine and at a Jewish supermarket, SITE monitoring group says.
“It is better for you to stop your aggression against the Muslims, so perhaps you will live safely. If you refuse but to wage war, then wait for the glad tiding,” Harith al-Nadhari is quoted as saying in a video.
Kosher store terrorist said he ‘was targeting Jews’
Amedy Coulibaly, the terrorist who stormed a Paris kosher grocery and killed four hostages inside, said he chose the store because “he was targeting Jews,” French BFM-TV reporter Sarah-Lou Cohen says.
Cohen says Coulibaly called the news station in the afternoon.
“He claimed to be part of the Islamic State very clearly,” she says. “He said he had instructions from the caliphate.
“He explained also why he did this: to defend oppressed Muslims, he said, notably in Palestine…and finally he explained his target, why this kosher store — because he was targeting Jews.”
US issues worldwide terror alert for travelers
The US is issuing a worldwide travel alert to its citizens, following recent terror attacks in France, Australia and Canada.
More on US worldwide travel warning
The State Department’s global travel warning says attacks against Americans are becoming increasingly prevalent. It also cites an increased risk of reprisals against US and Western targets for the US-led intervention against Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq.
The warning also mentions last month’s hostage standoff at a Sydney cafe and the October killing of a soldier near Canada’s parliament.
Canadian PM says he’ll work closely with France against terror
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and French President Francois Hollande pledge to work more closely to stamp out the threat of terrorism.
In a telephone conversation, “the two leaders condemned the attacks and spoke of the importance of cooperating to counter the scourge of extremism and terrorism,” Harper’s office says in a statement.
Harper also offered condolences and “indicated that Canada stands in solidarity with France as it mourns this senseless loss of life and reiterated that Canada and its allies will not be intimidated by those who threaten peace, freedom, including freedom of the press, and democracy.”
IS said to also take responsibility for Paris attacks
After al-Qaeda, an Islamic State preacher has reportedly also taken responsibility for the terrorist attacks in France over the past few days, according to the UK’s Channel 4 News.
The TV station quotes Arabic and Kurdish sources in Iraq who claim Sheikh Abu Saad Ansari, in his daily radio statement, said: “We started our operations with France today, and tomorrow it will be in Britain and America and other countries. Our response to the coalition will be decisive.”
Kerry honors victims at US French embassy
US Secretary of State John Kerry honors the victims in France and congratulates French security forces at the French embassy in Washington.
Kerry signs a book of condolences, also signed by President Barack Obama on Thursday with the words “Vive la France!”
Australian PM: We grieve with France
Australia grieves with France over the attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, Prime Minister Tony Abbott says, adding he has discussed the evolving international terror threat with President Francois Hollande.
Abbott and Hollande spoke on the telephone on Friday, the Prime Minister’s office says in a statement, adding the French leader had updated him on the situation as it was unfolding and other recent attacks.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (photo credit: AFP/Ness Kerton)
“The prime minister stated on behalf of the government and people of Australia how deeply our nation grieves for all the victims of the recent terror attack in Paris,” the statement says.
“He praised the leadership of the president at this difficult time. The two leaders discussed the evolving nature of the international terrorist threat and the fact that this is a common problem that our world faces.”
Washington Wizards forward wears ‘Charlie’ shirt at warmups
Washington Wizards forward Kevin Seraphin wore a black T-shirt with the phrase written in white in all caps before Friday night’s game against the Chicago Bulls.
“Je Suis Charlie” — “I Am Charlie” in English — has become a worldwide slogan to show solidarity with Charlie Hebdo, a Paris weekly newspaper where 12 people were killed Wednesday in a terrorist attack.
Seraphin was born in French Guiana and has represented France in international competitions.
Kouachi brothers were armed with RPG, machine guns
Paris chief prosecutor Francois Molins has given more details on the weaponry found with the bodies of the Kouachi brothers and Amedy Coulibaly.
The Kouachi brothers were in possession of an M82 rocket propelled grenade launcher, as well as two machine guns and automatic handguns, the Telegraph reports. On one body police found a booby-trapped grenade.
Coulibaly had been armed with an AK-47 assault rifle and a pistol.
Man surrenders after taking hostages in south of France
A gunman who took two women hostage in a jewellery store in the southern French city of Montpellier on Friday has given himself up, officials say, adding the incident has no link to the Islamist violence around Paris.
After around seven hours of negotiations, the man surrendered to police, sources say. “This man entered the jewellery store but there was no attempted robbery and his motive is not known,” prosecutor Christophe Barret told reporters.
He had earlier told AFP that the incident was an armed robbery, insisting “it has nothing to do with what is happening in Paris.”
‘JeSuisCharlie’ hashtag one of most popular in Twitter history
The Twitter hashtag #JeSuisCharlie, expressing solidarity with the victims of the France terror attacks over the past few days, has quickly become one of the most tweeted in the social network’s history, occurring at its height around 6,500 times an hour, the Telegraph reports.
#JeSuisCharlie has become one of most popular hashtags in Twitter history http://t.co/BV97yhwMJd pic.twitter.com/EfruWfX9b3
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) January 9, 2015
Australian police detain 2 in terror probe
Two men have been arrested after counter-terrorism raids in Sydney, Australian officials say, following long-running investigations into those backing fighters involved in conflicts such as in Syria and Iraq.
Officers arrested one man on Friday following raids at four properties in Sydney’s southwest that police say were “part of a long-running investigation and not as a result of any specific terrorism threat.”
The 33-year-old was arrested and charged with acquiring and possessing ammunition illegally, police say.
French Jews ponder their future amid increasing hate
As morning rises on the Sabbath, and with numerous synagogues and other Jewish institutions throughout France under heavy security, many French Jews say they feel in more danger than ever in their homeland in the face of burgeoning anti-Semitism.
“It is impossible to live like this,” Daniel Corcos, a Jewish Parisian who frequents the kosher shop targeted by terrorists on Friday tells the Wall Street Journal.
“The Jew isn’t safe in France,” he says. “You go to buy food, and you’re dead.”
He adds: “If you think a lot of Jews left France last year, this year the number is going to be five times higher.”
The Grand Synagogue in Lyon, France. (photo credit: CC-BY Anne Varak, Flickr)
A man identified as T. Meyer tells WSJ he was not surprised by the attacks.
“There are too many crazy people, and I don’t think this will stop. I don’t have much hope that France will take the required forceful measures of finding and kicking out the extremists. France isn’t strong enough to (do) something like that.”
Sacha Reingewirtz, the president of the French Jewish Student Union, tells USA Today France had become unsafe for anyone outwardly identifying as Jewish.
“What the government is doing to protect us is not enough. I refuse to have Jews here living behind walls in fear of their lives,” he says. “We need more than a security plan but an educational plan to fight against stereotypes.”
The BBC’s Katie Razzall also reports on the climate of fear in the Jewish community, noting that many were unwilling to be interviewed on camera, fearing for their safety.
“From conversations we’ve had it’s clear that around the Sabbath tables tonight they’re asking whether France is still a place they can call home,” she says.
Young man hid from Kouachi brothers, helped police with texts
A brave 26-year-old graphic designer named Lilian helped provide police with information from inside a printing business in which the terrorist Kouachi brothers were holed up on Friday, AFP reports.
Lilian hid “under a sink in the canteen” upstairs, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins told reporters. Though the young man was terrified, a source said he overcame his fear and began communicating with police outside via text messages, sending them “tactical elements such as his location inside the premises.”
He could hear the suspects talking, which both helped reassure him and gave him more information to send to the forces poised outside, the source said.
–via AFP
Le Figaro: Jewish community’s fear ‘palpable’
French newspaper Le Figaro reports on the “palpable” fear in the Jewish community following Friday’s attack at a kosher grocery store — only the latest in a string of anti-Semitic attacks in recent years.
Moshe Lewin, an advisor to France’s Chief Rabbi Haim Korsia, tells Le Figaro French that authorities owe the Jewish community explanations on the measures being taken to guarantee its security.
“If the means being used are not sufficient, the efforts of the chief rabbi to convince French Jews not to leave the country will be in vain,” he notes.
One young rabbi who refused to be identified tells the paper he does not know whether he will reopen his synagogue.
“It’s not even panic, it’s worse,” he says. “The people of the community do not dare leave their homes.”
“We are shocked,” says Parisian rabbi Chaim Schneour Niesenbaum. “All the values of the West are under attack.”
However, Niesenbaum insists that the community will not allow the terrorists a victory. “We will not change our lifestyles,” he says.
French leaders to hold emergency meeting this morning
Key members of the French government will meet this morning following the terror attacks of recent days, the Associated Press reports.
The leaders will decide on new measures aimed at thwarting a repeat of the attacks in Paris.
German anti-Islamic rallies may get boost from terror attacks
Germany’s new anti-Islamic PEGIDA movement plans to rally again on Monday, when analysts expect its ranks to swell by thousands following this week’s bloody jihadist violence in France.
Leaders of the so-called “Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident” are asking marchers to wear black armbands and observe a minute’s silence for “the victims of terrorism in Paris.”
Many observers of the rise of the far-right populist movement in the eastern city of Dresden now expect it to seek to make political capital from the massacre at the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and its bloody aftermath.
Fears over the events probably “will buoy currents of the vague xenophobia that exist in this country”, Everhard Holtmann of Halle-Wittenberg University tells the Handelsblatt business daily. “The Islamophobia syndrome, on the crest of which PEGIDA rides, could in fact gain strength.”
Jewish Chronicle editor on the Jewish ‘exodus’ from France
Editor of the UK’s Jewish Chronicle Stephen Pollard describes the “exodus” of French Jews in an article for the Telegraph, saying that 10,000 had previously been expected to emigrate to Israel this year — a number he expects to rise significantly in light of this weeks events.
“Every French Jew I know has either already left or is working out how to leave,” he notes. “When it comes to home grown anti-Semitism, France leads the world.”
Sports stars worldwide honor Paris massacre victims
From Paris to Perth, Melbourne to Montpellier, sports stars, coaches and fans unite in tribute to the victims of this week’s bloodshed in the French capital.
At the Stade Jean-Bouin in Paris’s plush western outskirts, players of the Stade Francais and Castres rugby teams sport T-shirts bearing the slogan “Je Suis Charlie,” the global rallying call of protests which have spread since Wednesday’s attacks on the headquarters of the satirical weekly.
Fans inside the 20,000 capacity arena join the teams in a minute’s silence before a mighty rendition of La Marseillaise is belted out.
Meanwhile, at Montpellier in southern France, spectators at the top-flight soccer match between the home side and league leaders Marseille also observe a minute’s silence before the national anthem.
In the US, the Washington Wizards’ French center Kevin Seraphin dons a “Je Suis Charlie” shirt as his NBA team warms up for a game against Chicago.
Washington Wizards center Kevin Seraphin, from France, wears a ‘Je Suis Charlie’ T-shirt during warmups for an NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls, Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, in Washington (photo credit: AP/Alex Brandon)
Thousands of kilometers away in sweltering Australia, French tennis star Alize Cornet honors her compatriots during her win over Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska at the Hopman Cup in Perth.
Cornet comes onto the court with “Je Suis Charlie” on a handwritten note on her bag, having tweeted the same message just hours after the attack on Wednesday.
-AFP
French leaders hold meeting over attacks
French President Francois Hollande holds a meeting with top officials at the Elysee palace in Paris to discuss terror attacks that occurred in the country over the past week, the Telegraph reports.
The officials are also discussing ways to secure the nation against further attacks.
Euro leaders to attend Sunday rally in France
Several European leaders are set to attend a Sunday rally in Paris to commemorate the victims of this week’s terrorist attacks in France, according to the Telegraph.
Among the leaders are British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Police question family of supermarket gunmen’s wife-accomplice
Police are still searching for Hayat Boumeddiene, who is suspected of aiding Amedy Coulibaly in carrying out the attack on a Kosher supermarket in Paris.
Investigators are questioning Boumeddiene’s family members, according to sources speaking to the Telegraph.
Boumeddiene married Coulibaly in a religious ceremony.
But they have not had the civil wedding required to make it official in France.
Her mugshot was released by police along with that of Coulibaly in connection with Thursday’s shooting of a policewoman.
Boumeddiene is described by police as “armed and dangerous”.
Imam recalls how he ‘lost’ Paris terrorist
An imam from a Paris suburb says he was acquainted with Cherif Kouachi, one of the terrorists behind the killing of 12 people Wednesday at the offices of the weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo.
“Cherif was a very good guy but I lost him two or three years ago,” Mehdi Bouzid says during an interview with BBC Radio 4.
“I played football with him. I spoke with him the first time he wanted to go to Iraq, to tell him it is not a solution, you don’t know for whom you are fighting.”
Bouzid says he is shocked over the the attack, but urges French citizens to attempt and understand Muslim sensitivities.
“I never suspected he could make this thing. When we saw the pictures I recognized the way he walks in the video, I recognized his voice,” Bouzid continues.
“I don’t justify any attacks, but when you look at their past, when you don’t have any identity, when you don’t belong, you can take some very, very ugly act,” he says. “When you know that something hurts me, you have to respect me, and Charlie Hebdo don’t respect that.”
Bouzid argues that “when you have a Muslim name it is very difficult to find a job, to make your prayer, to wear your veil.”
He says “it’s a challenge for France. They have to think about this, because we are here, I was born here, I have my family here, I dream in French, I am French.”
“I am not alarmist,” he continues. “But maybe in a few weeks, in a few months, we will notice that there will be some bad things in France.”
Liberman to reevaluate security measures at embassies
Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman will hold a phone conversation tonight with security officials as well as Israeli diplomats in Paris, in the wake of the past week’s deadly attacks in France, the NRG news site reports.
The conversation will center around the security measures required in order to ensure the safety of Israeli embassies and Israeli representatives around the world.
Meeting of top French officials comes to an end
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve is giving a press conference outside the Elysee palace in Paris, following an emergency meeting with other officials in the morning.
President Francois Hollande called the meeting to discuss terror attacks that occurred in the country over the past week.
The officials also reportedly discussed ways to secure the nation against further attacks.
‘Our country is not the only one dealing with terror’
“We are determined to proceed in a way to protect the peace and to discover who was involved with these criminal acts,” French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve says at a press conference.
“Our country is not the only one to be confronted by the risk of terrorism in the European Union.”
He says France will “establish a ‘defense zone’ which will allow us to deploy a responsive reaction force,” and adds that the country’s plans “are always being adapted.”
Cazeneuve adds all measures have been taken to secure Sunday’s planned rally, which will be attended, among others, by British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
French police reportedly searching trains to UK
French police officers are searching EuroStar trains from France to Britain, the Telegraph reports. The officers are heavily armed.
‘The octopus arms of Islamism will strike Europe’
Israeli Deputy Minister Ofir Akunis says that the EU decision to take Hamas off its terrorist organization list last month signaled to extremists across Europe that they could carry out deadly attacks such as the ones witnessed in France.
Ofir Akunis (photo credit: CC-BY-SA Shay Hayak/Wikipedia)
“Anyone can see that the octopus arms of Islamism will strike at Europe,” he tells Army Radio.
Akunis is a Knesset member from Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Likud party, and a former Netanyahu aide.
88,000 cops spread out across Paris
Eighty-eight thousand police officers are searching throughout Paris for Hayat Boumeddiene, the wife-accomplice of Amedy Coulibaly, who killed four hostages at the kosher market.
Security officials say Boumeddiene is likely armed, and is most probably planning to carry out another attack, Channel 10 News reports.
Lapid urges French Jews to move to Israel
Former finance minister Yair Lapid calls on French Jews to immigrate to Israel.
Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid, January 1, 2015. (Ben Kelmer/FLASH90)
“Terrorism and racism must be dealt with firmly and without compromise; this realization is now reaching the Europeans,” Lapid says during an event in Beersheba.
“European Jewry should understand that there is only one home for Jews and that is the State of Israel”
Far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen jabs at Charlie Hebdo
Former National Front party leader and far-right French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen says he feels for the victims of the deadly terror attack on Paris newspaper Charlie Hebdo, but he refuses to use the slogan “Je Suis Charlie,” or I am Charlie.
“I feel for the death of the twelve French compatriots,” Le Pen says.
Jean-Marie Le Pen in May 2011. (Photo credit: Jean-Marie Le Pen image via Shuttershock)
“[But] I will not defend the spirit of Charlie [Hebdo], which is an anarcho-Trotskyist [publication].”
Charlie Hebdo is considered to be associated with the left-wing in France.
Turkish PM to join Charlie rally in Paris Sunday
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will on Sunday travel to Paris to take part in the rally in support of France following the massacre at satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, the official Anatolia news agency reports.
“Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will tomorrow in Paris join the march in solidarity with the French people,” Anatolia says. Davutoglu will join other world leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron.
Tens of thousands rally across France after attacks
Tens of thousands of people are rallying across France in solidarity with the victims of this past week’s attacks in Paris, AFP reports.
Charlie Hebdo ‘survivor’s issue’ to sell outside France
The “survivors’ issue” of Charlie Hebdo will also be sold outside France next week because of the massive world attention for the satirical weekly following the massacre of its top staff — a turnaround for a publication that just a week ago was on the brink of folding.
The remaining employees of the publication are putting out the special edition next Wednesday, which they say will have one million copies printed instead of the usual 60,000.
In this Sept.19, 2012 file photo, Stephane Charbonnier also known as Charb , the publishing director of the satyric weekly Charlie Hebdo, displays the front page of the newspaper as he poses for photographers in Paris. Masked gunmen shouting “Allahu akbar!” stormed the Paris offices of the newspaper on Jan.7, 2015, killing 12 people including Charb, before escaping. It was France’s deadliest terror attack in at least two decades. (photo credit: AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
The French company MLP that Charlie Hebdo is using to distribute its much-awaited issue has done deals with several other press distribution groups, notably Naville in Switzerland and SGEL in Spain, to sell the edition, industry sources say. Negotiations are going on with companies in other countries, such as Canada.
Many other countries that have never seen Charlie Hebdo — a comic-heavy newspaper that delights in breaking taboos and testing the boundaries of taste — are also calling for copies to come their way.
All of the companies involved in getting next week’s newspaper to the public promise to do so for free, and all money from sales of the issue are to go to the families of the 12 people murdered in the attack on Charlie Hebdo’s offices on Wednesday by two Islamist gunmen.
500 extra soldiers to be deployed in greater Paris
France will deploy some 500 extra military personnel in the greater Paris region, the defense ministry says.
“We will this morning announce a reinforcement of 500 additional military personnel, in two waves in Ile de France,” the ministry says, referring to Paris and the immediate surrounding areas.
Charlie cartoonist says he ‘vomits’ on new friends
A prominent Dutch cartoonist at Charlie Hebdo heaps scorn on the French satirical weekly’s “new friends” since the massacre at its Paris offices on Wednesday.
“We have a lot of new friends, like the pope, Queen Elizabeth and (Russian President Vladimir) Putin. It really makes me laugh,” Bernard Holtrop, whose pen name is Willem, tells the Dutch center-left daily Volkskrant in an interview published Saturday.
France’s far-right National Front leader “Marine Le Pen is delighted when the Islamists start shooting all over the place,” Willem, 73, a longtime Paris resident who also draws for the French leftist daily Liberation, adds.
“We vomit on all these people who suddenly say they are our friends.”
Commenting on the global outpouring of support for the weekly, Willem scoffs: “They’ve never seen Charlie Hebdo.”
“A few years ago, thousands of people took to the streets in Pakistan to demonstrate against Charlie Hebdo. They didn’t know what it was. Now it’s the opposite, but if people are protesting to defend freedom of speech, naturally that’s a good thing.”
Willem was on a train between northwestern Lorient and Paris when he learned of Wednesday’s attack by two Islamist gunmen as the paper was holding its weekly editorial meeting.
“I never come to the editorial meetings because I don’t like them. I guess that saved my life,” he says.
Willem stresses that Charlie Hebdo must continue to publish. “Otherwise, (the Islamists) have won.”
French newspaper Le Parisien reports that the Disneyland Paris theme park was partially evacuated for security reasons.
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Suspects in Charlie Hebdo massacre take hostage northeast of Paris
Two brothers tell police they ‘want to die as martyrs’ in standoff at printing house; France mobilizes 88,000 troops to fight terror wave
By Richard Carter 9 January 2015, 10:50 am 11 Edit
French gendarmes patrol in Dammartin-en-Goele where a hostage-taking was underway after police hunting the Islamist brothers who killed 12 people earlier this week exchanged fire with two men during a car chase, on January 9, 2015. (photo credit:AFP PHOTO / JOEL SAGET)
French soldiers sit in a helicopter flying over Dammartin-en-Goele where a hostage-taking was underway after police hunting the Islamist brothers who killed 12 people earlier this week exchanged fire with two men during a car chase, on January 9, 2015. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO / JOEL SAGET)
A helicopter flies over Dammartin-en-Goele, where shots were fired and at least one hostage was taken in the same area where police were hunting for the two brothers accused of slaughtering 12 people in an Islamist assault, on January 9, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/Dominique Faget)
Armed police officers patrol in the village of Fleury, northeast of Paris, hunting down the two heavily armed brothers suspected in Wednesday's massacre at Charlie Hebdo newspaper, January 8, 2015. (photo credit: AP/Michel Spingler)
PARIS (AFP) — Two brothers suspected of slaughtering 12 people in an Islamist attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on held one person hostage Friday as police cornered the gunmen northeast of the capital.
In addition, a shooting was reported in eastern Paris Friday afternoon.
The hostage-taking followed a pursuit along the National 2 highway, ending in the small town of Dammartin-en-Goele, around 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) from Charles de Gaulle international airport.
The suspects were holed up in a small printing business named CTD, a source close to the investigation said.
Prior to the standoff, the suspects had hijacked a Peugeot 206 in Montagny-Sainte-Felicite from a woman who said she recognized them as the wanted men, a police source said.
The standoff was close to the same area where special police forces had been combing the countryside for the brothers.
Friday’s drama unfolded almost 48 hours into a massive manhunt launched after the brothers burst into the office of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and gunned down staff members and two policemen, saying they were taking revenge for the magazine’s publication of cartoons offensive to many Muslims.
The frantic search for the pair suspected of committing the worst atrocity on French soil in more than half a century came as it emerged they had been on a US terror watch list “for years.”
And as fears spread in the wake of the attack, the head of Britain’s domestic spy agency MI5 warned that Islamist militants were planning other “mass casualty attacks against the West” and that intelligence services may be powerless to stop them.
Wednesday’s bloodbath at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris has sparked a global chorus of outrage, with impromptu and poignant rallies around the world in support of press freedom under the banner “jesuischarlie” (“I am Charlie”).
US President Barack Obama was the latest to sign a book of condolence in Washington with the message “Vive la France!” as thousands gathered in Paris on a day of national mourning Thursday, and the Eiffel Tower dimmed its lights to honor the dead.
And as a politically divided and crisis-hit France sought to pull together in the wake of the tragedy, the head of the country’s Muslim community — the largest in Europe — urged imams to condemn terrorism at Friday prayers.
In a highly unusual step, President Francois Hollande was due to meet far-right leader Marine Le Pen at the Elysee Palace later Friday, as France geared up for a “Republican march” on Sunday expected to draw hundreds of thousands.
‘Dressed like RoboCops’
French authorities raised the security alert to the highest possible level in the region of Picardy, to the northeast of Paris, as forces tightened their noose on the brothers, Cherif Kouachi, 32 and Said, 34.
Around 24 hours into the manhunt, the brothers were identified after holding up a gas station 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Paris.
Helicopters buzzed overhead during the night and paramilitary forces were preparing to step up their house-to-house searches.
As heavily armed crack units swarmed through the normally tranquil countryside villages, residents voiced their nervousness.
“I don’t understand: The police are dressed like RoboCops in the streets, but they let us move about freely. What if we came face-to-face with them, what do we do?” asked one woman, who gave her name as Carole.
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve announced that a total of 88,000 security forces were mobilized across the country and that an international meeting on terrorism would take place in Paris on Sunday.
Nine people had already been detained as part of the operation, Cazeneuve said.
And in an uneasy French capital, isolated incidents on Thursday ratcheted the tension higher, and the shooter of a policewoman, apparently unrelated to the Charlie Hebdo attacks, was still on the run.
Hollande convened key ministers for a third emergency meeting at the Elysee Palace.
‘Stupidity will not win’
Meanwhile, questions mounted as to how a pair well known for jihadist views could have slipped through the net and attacked Charlie Hebdo, apparently in revenge for the weekly’s repeated publication of cartoons mocking the Prophet Mohammad.
Cherif Kouachi was a known jihadist convicted in 2008 for involvement in a network sending fighters to Iraq.
Said, his brother, has been “formally identified” as the main attacker in Wednesday’s bloodbath. Both brothers were born in Paris to Algerian parents.
A senior US administration official told AFP that one of the brothers was believed to have trained with al-Qaeda in Yemen, while another source said that the pair had been on a US terror watch list “for years.”
The brothers were both flagged in a US database as terror suspects, and were also on the no-fly list, meaning they were barred from flying into the United States, the officials said.
The Islamic State group’s radio praised them as “heroes” and Somalia’s Shebab militants, al-Qaeda’s main affiliate in Africa, praised the massacre as a “heroic” act.
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“By chance, I threw myself behind the table and he didn’t see me… a few seconds, and everyone was on the ground,” said journalist Laurent Leger.
Refusing to be cowed, the controversial magazine plans a print run of one million copies — instead of its usual 60,000 — as journalists from all over the French media landscape piled in to help out the decimated staff.
“It’s very hard. We are all suffering, with grief, with fear, but we will do it anyway because stupidity will not win,” said columnist Patrick Pelloux.
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The Bookish Life of Nina Hill (Paperback)
On hand as of Jul 16 9:01pm
“What a joyous, charming, funny and beautiful celebration of books and the people who love them. There is so much detail in both the wonderful, wide-ranging cast of characters and in the setting. Quirky in the very best sense of the word. I will certainly return to the world of Nina Hill again and again.”
— Leah Koch, The Ripped Bodice, Culver City, CA
“Abbi Waxman is both irreverent and thoughtful.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Giffin
“Meet our bookish millennial heroine—a modern-day Elizabeth Bennet, if you will… Waxman’s wit and wry humor stand out. She is funny and imaginative, and “Bookish” lands a step above run-of-the-mill romantic comedy fare.”—The Washington Post
The author of Other People’s Houses and The Garden of Small Beginnings delivers a quirky and charming novel chronicling the life of confirmed introvert Nina Hill as she does her best to fly under everyone's radar.
Meet Nina Hill: A young woman supremely confident in her own...shell.
The only child of a single mother, Nina has her life just as she wants it: a job in a bookstore, a kick-butt trivia team, a world-class planner and a cat named Phil. If she sometimes suspects there might be more to life than reading, she just shrugs and picks up a new book.
When the father Nina never knew existed suddenly dies, leaving behind innumerable sisters, brothers, nieces, and nephews, Nina is horrified. They all live close by! They're all—or mostly all—excited to meet her! She'll have to Speak. To. Strangers. It's a disaster! And as if that wasn't enough, Tom, her trivia nemesis, has turned out to be cute, funny, and deeply interested in getting to know her. Doesn't he realize what a terrible idea that is?
Nina considers her options.
1. Completely change her name and appearance. (Too drastic, plus she likes her hair.)
2. Flee to a deserted island. (Hard pass, see: coffee).
3. Hide in a corner of her apartment and rock back and forth. (Already doing it.)
It's time for Nina to come out of her comfortable shell, but she isn't convinced real life could ever live up to fiction. It's going to take a brand-new family, a persistent suitor, and the combined effects of ice cream and trivia to make her turn her own fresh page.
Abbi Waxman, the author of Other People's Houses and The Garden of Small Beginnings, is a chocolate-loving, dog-loving woman who lives in Los Angeles and lies down as much as possible. She worked in advertising for many years, which is how she learned to write fiction. She has three daughters, three dogs, three cats, and one very patient husband.
Praise for The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
“Move over on the settee, Jane Austen. You’ve met your modern-day match in Abbi Waxman. Bitingly funny, relatable and intelligent, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill is a must for anyone who loves to read.”—Kristan Higgins, New York Times bestselling author of Good Luck With That
“It's a shame The Bookish Life of Nina Hill only lasts 350 pages, because I wanted to be friends with Nina for far longer.”—Refinery29
“I hope you're in the mood to be downright delighted, because that's the state you'll find yourself in after reading The Bookish Life of Nina Hill.”—PopSugar
“The Bookish Life of Nina Hill will put a smile on your face the entire time you’re reading it. It’s a light, fun summer read with a cast of colorful and lovable characters that you wish were real and that you had on your trivia team. This book is the perfect beach read or pick-me-up for a cloudy day.”—Hypable
“In this love letter to book nerds, Waxman introduces the extraordinary introvert Nina Hill…. With witty dialogue and a running sarcastic inner monologue, Waxman brings Nina to vibrant life as she upends her introverted routine and becomes part of the family. Fans of Jojo Moyes will love this.”—Publishers Weekly
“Waxman has created a thoroughly engaging character in this bookish, contemplative, set-in-her ways woman. Be prepared to chuckle.”—Kirkus Review (starred review)
“Book nerds will feel strong kinship with the engaging, introverted Nina Hill, who works in a bookstore, plays pub trivia, and loves office supplies… Readers will be captivated by Nina’s droll sense of humor.”—Booklist (starred review)
“Full of pop culture references (bonus points for readers who catch the Men at Work one), and the handwritten planner entries are reminiscent of those in Bridget Jones’s diary….Will appeal to chick lit fans who enjoy copious rapid-fire dialog.”—Library Journal
“...charming and relatable for any introvert who would rather pass time with fictional characters than people, but will rise to the occasion with the right support.”—BookTrib
“Book lovers will absolutely relate to the central character in Abbi Waxman's third novel.”—O, The Oprah Magazine
“If you relate to staying in and JOMO (joy of missing out), you’ll relate to Nina.”—Betches
“[F]ast, light, and fun.”—Modern Mrs. Darcy
Praise for Abbi Waxman
“Brilliant. Simply brilliant. The Garden of Small Beginnings is funny, poignant, and startling in its emotional intensity and in its ability to make the reader laugh and cry on the same page . . . I loved this book!”—Karen White, New York Times bestselling author of the Tradd Street Novels
“[A]summer beach read with meat. . . Waxman develops and explores the characters and their relationship in depth.”—The Washington Post
“This is my favorite kind of book—hilarious, sad, joyful. Beautifully written. Fun. I dare you not to enjoy it.”—Julia Claiborne Johnson, author of Be Frank With Me
“What a treat!! Abbi Waxman is one of the wittiest voices in the world today. The Garden of Small Beginnings is a beautiful book full of humor, heart, and deep insight.”—Molly Shannon, actress
“Funny and poignant. Guaranteed to make you laugh and cry. May make you want to play in dirt and grow a new life of your own.”—Wendy Wax, USA Today bestselling author of Best Beach Ever
“Meet your new favorite writer.”—The Daily Beast
“Waxman’s skill at characterization . . . lifts this novel far above being just another ‘widow finds love’ story. Clearly an observer, Waxman has mastered the fine art of dialogue as well. Characters ring true right down to Lilian’s two daughters, who often steal the show.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Waxman takes readers from tears to laughter in this depiction of one woman’s attempt to hold it all together for everyone else only to learn it’s OK to put herself first.”—Booklist
“Kudos to debut author Waxman for creating an endearing and realistic cast of main and supporting characters (including the children). Her narrative and dialog are drenched with spring showers of witty and irreverent humor.”—Library Journal (starred review)
“The Garden of Small Beginnings is a quirky, funny, and deeply thoughtful book.”—HelloGiggles
“Waxman’s voice is witty, emotional, and often profound.”—InStyle (UK)
“This novel is filled with characters you’ll love and wish you lived next door to in real life.”—Bustle
“It’s impossible not to fall in love with Lilian, a young widow who is still trying to come to terms with the death of her husband four years later . . . If you are thinking to yourself, ‘Forget it, I’m not reading a gardening book,’ don’t worry . . . THIS IS NOT A GARDENING BOOK! It is, however, a feel-good, hate-to-put-it-down kind of book!”—Chick Lit Central
Publication Date: July 9th, 2019
Fiction / Humorous
Kobo eBook (July 9th, 2019): $9.99
Library Binding, Large Print (November 6th, 2019): $30.99
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Think twice before you sell your gold jewelry
Oct. 6, 2010, 11:45 AM UTC
By Janice LiebermanJaniceLiebermanTODAY consumer correspondentmailto:Janice.Lieberman@nbcuni.com; todaycontributors@feedback.msnbc.com
In these tough financial times, the price of gold is hitting all-time highs. It is at these economic crossroads that people often sell their little-used valuable jewelry to help pay the bills.
TODAY wondered what would happen if we asked someone to take gold jewelry of the same value — 21 grams of 14-karat gold — to a number of different buyers to find out what they would offer for it. The results varied dramatically.
The ads are everywhere. And the offers are so appealing, promising lots of cash for your unwanted jewelry. It's no surprise that selling your gold is very tempting.
It was for Patricia Count.
“I needed some extra cash,” Count says. But now she's infuriated. “I can’t believe that I even did this, that I even fell for this scam — that’s what I considered it to be.”
The saga began when Count saw an ad on TV and packed up the gold jewelry she never wore. “I came up with two necklaces, a pair of earrings and three gold charms.”
She mailed it in, hoping for at least $100. “I got the check back in the mail. It was for $26 and change.”
Count was frustrated and confused. In reality, she had no clue of the gold’s real value. Did she get low-balled, or was it a fair price?
According to gem expert Donald A. Palmieri: “Most people do not know what their gold is worth.”
TODAY wondered what would happen if we took gold of the same weight and karat and mailed it in to a variety of companies. How much money would we receive in the initial offer?
The results and the vast disparity are shocking. Palmieri lent us gold packages of the same value. He used a high-tech device to measure just over 21 grams of 14-karat gold.
“The gold that we lent you is worth about $450,” he says.
Wide price range
TODAY tested 10 different companies. After mailing in our gold, we waited to see what offer came back. Since the gold market fluctuates every day, we based our analysis on the day that the offer was dated.
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Our best offer was from sellyourgold.com — $393.36. That’s about 90 percent of the value on the gold market. Meanwhile, we got approximately 87 percent of value from goldpawnshop.com.
But from there, the offers began to fall — 81 percent ... 55 ... 54... 52 ... 33. Then they plummeted — 18 percent, or $76.89, from the well-known Cash4Gold company. And 13 percent from brokengold.com, a company that claims to pay “top dollar” and “10 percent more than the competition.” (Brokengold.com declined our request for an interview. Cash4Gold said it is a “great option” for consumers and will return items to unsatisfied customers.)
But the bottom of the barrel — the very lowest — came from hardgoldcash.com. The company claims on its website “we are about giving you the best price for your gold.” Their offer? $38.25. That’s a measly 8 percent of the gold’s real market value.
We repeatedly contacted the Montana-based company’s phone number listed on its website but only got the sound of a fax machine.
Angry consumers
Reporter Janice Lieberman: “Are there places out here that are really taking advantage of the consumer?”
Donald A. Palmieri: “There’s no question. Many consumers are angry, and the gripes have spiked.”
Alison Southwick of the Better Business Bureau: “In the past year, complaints to the Better Business Bureau about gold-buying companies have tripled.”
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New York congressman Anthony Weiner is taking on the operators. He is working on tough new legislation. Lieberman asked him: “Do you believe that people are underpaid for what they have?”
“I think that too many of these operators function in this area that we just don’t have enough information to be smart consumers,” Weiner replied. “So, I think we have to have extra protections.”
While many people are in fact pleased with the extra cash they get by selling gold, experts believe you should figure out the rough value before trying to sell. Potential sellers should also seek out an appraiser and try multiple buyers.
Gem expert Palmieri: “I always recommend that the first place you should go is a local jeweler that you know. If you don’t know any local jewelers, you should go to several in your area.”
So TODAY gave that a shot too. With a hidden camera, we shopped our gold around in person to several local buyers. The amounts we were offered exceeded most of the mail-in offers.
The prices? $310. $310. $300. $250. So in our case, shopping around locally made sense.
As for Patricia Count, she knows the mistake she made and it’s one she won’t make again. “Shop around and see how much the gold is worth — before you send it in,” she says.
A few important tips to keep in mind:
If you mail in gold and aren’t happy with the check, immediately request your gold be returned. YOU JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE TO DECLINE THE PAYMENT WITHIN THE DESIGNATED TIME WINDOW.
Most local jewelers or companies will negotiate — often more than once. So haggle until you get a price that you consider acceptable.
If you have problems, file a complaint with the Better Business Bureau or your state attorney general.
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One Eyed Jacks
615 Toulouse St., New Orleans, LA 70130, United States | (504) 569-8361
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Value, Live music
Away from the parade of jazz venues is a place for alternative touring bands to play that's also a wonderful drinking establishment in its own right. Funk, indie, and rock compete with upscale burlesque shows on the bill, all encased in a matador-themed (from a previous incarnation), plush interior. The front bar is a casual affair and plays its own music or has DJs, while the back venue space hosts the shows. If you're lucky, the tiny upstairs room will be open and you can feel like a VIP. Fans of music from the 1980s won't want to miss the regular Thursday night dance party.
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LUDHIANA INDEX
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Murder of Beant’s kin: vital clues found, says SSP
Ludhiana, October 13
Police investigations into last night’s murder of a woman relative of late Chief Minister Beant Singh suggests that robbery seemed to be the main motive but other theories like the involvement of some person known to the family have not been completely ruled out.
At least four assailants had killed a septuagenarian woman with sharp-edged weapons and had seriously injured two other women relatives in Jagjit Nagar near Thrike village at about 11 pm last night.
The deceased woman was identified as Jaswant Kaur (72), maternal aunt of late Chief Minister’s wife. Gurdeep Kaur (60) and Amandeep Kaur (30) were injured seriously in the attack. Both injured women gained consciousness late in the afternoon and provided some clues to the police.
There was no confirmation whether the assailants actually took some jewellery or cash or had ransacked the place to make it appear as a robbery attempt. The police has ruled out the possibility of a terrorist attack. Some neighbours have told the police that they had seen a motorcycle and a scooter parked outside the house.
In what could be an important clue, sources revealed to Ludhiana Tribune that a relative, Mohinder Singh, had sold some prime property in Bhai Randhir Singh Nagar last week. One of the assailants had allegedly demanded Rs 30 lakh from the victims after entering the house.
Mohinder Singh had, incidentally, gone to Uttar Pradesh, where he owns farms. He had left at 6 pm yesterday only. He has been called back by the police and was expected to reach here by evening.
It seemed the deceased woman, Jaswant Kaur, had recognised one of the assailants and she was apparently killed because of this.
The police, however, did not find any other motive behind her murder. She used to move with the help of a walker and was in no position to fight the robbers.
Most of the family members of the deceased had gone to Rajgarh in Rajasthan to attend the marriage of a relative.
SP (Detective) Gurpreet Singh, who lives near the colony, and SHO Sardar Police Station, Inspector Sandeep Sharma, told Ludhiana Tribune that the assailants had used sharp-edged weapons and were at least four in number.
The assailants has stabbed the deceased in the neck and had slit the wrists of the injured with a long and thin knife. The three women were found in different parts of the house.
The police believed that the assailants did not use any force to enter the house. It seems that one of the women had answered the doorbell and had let them in.
Jatinder Bajwa, son of the deceased who in working as a manager with a immigration firm-British Consultancy, was the first to know about the crime.
He told the police that he had left the house in the evening in order to attend some social and business obligations. He returned around midnight and was shocked to find the doors open and the gory scene inside.
SSP Narinderpal Singh also reached the site immediately. He expressed confidence that the police would nab the assailants soon.
He claimed that some important clues been found. A team of fingerprint experts and a dog squad also helped the investigators, sources said.
Meanwhile, body of the deceased woman has been kept in mortuary on the request of her relatives.
The police sources said the family wanted to wait for their relatives to return from Rajasthan and were also waiting for the arrival of some other relatives settled abroad.
The police was also gearing up for the visit of several VIPs in the house. Late Chief Minister’s daughter and Minister for Social Security Gurkanwal Kaur and his eldest son and Congress MLA Tej Prakash Singh among others were likely to visit the house as well as the DMC hospital where the injured are admitted.
Cracker from Ravana’s effigy injures boy
According to Dr Wander, the following precautions should be taken to avoid accidents:
The crackers should be burst away from the eyes, as these are the most vulnerable parts of one’s body.
Hands should also be protected as these sustain maximum burn injuries.
Use of rockets should be avoided or these should be kept at appropriate angle in the bottle.
The elderly and heart patients should stay away from high decibel crackers, as this could cause problems to them.
In case of injury, the patient should be immediately rushed to hospital.
Dashera celebrations turned sour for a Mandi Ahmedgarh-based family here last evening when their 11-year-old son was seriously injured after a fire cracker burst on his chest after the effigy of Ravana was set on fire.
The class VI student, Harvinder Singh, sustained severe burn injuries on his right lung. Fortunately, his heart was not involved. The injury was so grave that his pumping heart was visible in the body cavity.
According to his parents, Harvinder had left the house in the evening for Gandhi School, where Dasehra celebrations were under way. At around 5:30 pm, the effigy of Ravana was set ablaze by the organisers. Accidentally, a burning rocket hit Harvinder on his chest and blasted there only. The impact of the blast was so much that it resulted in an open chest hole.
Bleeding profusely, he was rushed to Sood Nursing Home at Mandi Ahmedgarh, from where he was referred to Hero DMC Heart Institute (HDHI), Ludhiana. Dr Sunil Dawka, who performed surgery on Harvinder, said they had never received such a case of fire cracker injury.
He said the boy was fortunate that his lung had not leaked due to burns, otherwise he would not have reached the hospital alive. His lung had a big blood patch and we had to insert two chest tubes to drain it. We performed surgery on him and now his condition is improving, said Dr Dawka.
Dr Gurpreet Singh Wander, Director, HDHI said this was a very peculiar case in itself. ‘‘Otherwise during Divali days we get patients with eye and hand burns. We could never think that a fire cracker would hit somebody in chest also. We can only say that he was lucky that his heart did not sustain burns and that he was brought to the hospital in time, ’’ said Dr Wander.
His father, Mr Hardeep Singh, said they did not know how he sustained the injuries, but he was told by Harvinder’s friends that he was standing near the Ravana when a rocket hit him and he started crying and bleeding profusely.
Working as a labourer in Mandi Ahmedgarh, Mr Hardeep Singh said the festival had left him debt-ridden. ‘‘I had not even dreamt in my wildest dreams that my son would be injured on a festival day. Otherwise, I would have never let him go.
I am a poor man and affording this treatment is out of bounds for me, ’’ he said.
Dr Gurpreet Singh Wander said that Harvinder’s case had come as a warning for children and their parents to keep away from fire crackers.
He said the accident could have cost him his life. He advised the parents to ask their children to believe in peaceful Divali, and if they went to burst crackers, this should be done under adult supervision.
Residents get more ransom letters
Even as a number of city residents are still receiving letters for ransom after the arrest of an accused, the police has found that the accused was working on another plot of terrorising, harassing or blackmailing police and civil officers besides judges.
The police has learnt that apart from making ransom calls to industrialists, accused Tarandeep Singh had also written letters to the CBI against several judges and law enforcing officers, seeking high-level inquiry against them.
The police has in its possession one such letter sent to the CBI in which the accused had levelled corruption charges against a judge of Ferozepore.
The accused had allegedly posted several letters in the last two or three days, which a number of residents received today. They approached the police fearing there might be some other persons who are running the racket.
The police tried to pacify the residents after going through the letters which were same as those sent by Tarandeep. The police has requested the residents to remain calm and approach it if they receive more such letters.
One of the recipients of the letter, Paramjit Singh Juneja, has received a letter in which the accused again posed as wanted terrorist of the Khalistan Commando Force Paramjit Singh Panjwar and sought a ransom of $50 lakh. This was incidentally the highest amount sought by the accused.
Meanwhile, a city court today sent Tarandeep to judicial custody.
Most offices in dark about Right to Information Act
Kanchan Vasdev
Except the office of Deputy Commissioner, all other offices involved in public dealing in the city remained in the dark about the Right to Information Act (RTI) that came into force from today.
In the absence of any guidelines issued by the state government, the officials of such offices said they were waiting for the directions before going ahead with the implementation.
Surprisingly, while the Act was given assent by the President of India on June 15, many local offices were not prepared to bring it into force from today. Officials showed their ignorance about the Act, while many were surprised to get a query regarding the same, asking whether their offices would also come under the purview of the RTI.
As one official put it, “When the Information Commissioner was appointed yesterday, how do you expect us to work on day one only? This happens in government officials. Nothing gets a kickstart here.”
It was Deputy Commissioner Anurag Verma only, who appointed Public Information Officer (PIO) and Additional Public Information Officer (APIO) in the morning only.
He said the offices of Additional Deputy Commissioner and General Assistant to Deputy Commissioner would be used as public information offices and these officers would be given the additional charge of the PIOs.
“We do not need to do anything more. Anybody can come and ask for any information from the office and he would be provided it,” he said.
The Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) would do something in this direction only after receiving proper guidelines from the state government, said Wing Commander Paramjit Singh Sibia (retd), Chairman of LIT. He said he had no information about what was to be done in this direction. “It will take some days when we would actually be in a position to know what are we supposed to do,” he said, adding that he would provide whatever the government would ask from him.
A Ludhiana Tribune team conducted a survey of a number of public offices today. None of the office had put anything on notice boards providing information to the public about the Act nor were any offices having designation plates of the PIOs. The officials were taken for a surprise when they were asked about the arrangements.
Additional District Transport Officer B.S. Rana said there would not be any change in their working as one of the three transport officers was always present in the office. “We provide information within a few days to whosoever wants it. If our clerk is on some official duty, it is delayed for a day. Otherwise for us, the Act was into practice before it came into existence,” he said.
The Public Works Department, Punjab State Electricity Board, Police Department, Education Department, Registrar office and many other offices had not appointed any PIOs.
Govt has fulfilled poll promises, says Dawer
Parliamentary Secretary Power, Housing and Urban Development Surinder Dawer today exhorted the youth Congress activists to highlight the achievements of the government besides getting the problems of the people redressed by the administration.
He was addressing a special meeting of youth workers organised by Mr Dimple Rana, President, DYC at the Circuit House. He asserted that the government had fulfilled all promises made to the people in its election manifesto and a fast development programme had also been launched in the state.
Reiterating his resolve to ameliorate the lot of the Scheduled Castes, Backward Classes and economically weaker sections of the society, Mr Dawer said the state government had created a Dedicated Social Security Fund of Rs 450 crore to ensure regular and timely pension/financial assistance to 10,07, 386 beneficiaries, including the aged, widows, orphans and the physically challenged.
He said out of the backlog of pensions of nine months, arrears of six months to the tune of Rs 57 crore had been paid to the beneficiaries under various schemes and the remaining arrears of three months would be paid to them by next month. After this all eligible beneficiaries under different categories would get their pensions regularly.
The state government had also decided to implement the 85th Constitutional amendment as a fulfillment of the poll promise. The Parliamentary Secretary said fulfilling the aspirations of the Scheduled Castes, the state government had decided to allow 200 units per month of free domestic electricity to all those SC families with electricity connected load of 300 watts or less.
Mr Dawer said the government was giving a subsidy of Rs 50 crore per year on this count to the PSEB. He said 5 marla residential plots had also been allotted to Dalits out of village common land. So far, as many as 26,059 such plots have been allotted to SC houseless families and 80,000 additional residential plots would be given to dalits by 2007.
The government had also earmarked Rs 886 crore for special component plan for the year 2005-06. Apart from this the state government was already in the mode of implementing the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act to provide gainful employment to the unemployed people in the rural areas, he added.
Mr. Dawer informed that on the agriculture front, the state government had allowed free power to all farmers in the state with effect from September 1, 2005, and would give additional subsidy of Rs 439 crore to the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB). The state government had also ensured hassle free procurement of eight crops in succession in the mandis of the Punjab. The state government had impressed upon the Union Government to bring more crops under the Minimum Support Price (MSP) scheme rather than dismantling the MSP.
During the past three years, PSEB had released 78,482 tubewell connections besides 47,000 temporary connections. As many as 80,000 new tubewell connections would be released during the next two years, he informed.
Mayor Nahar Singh Gill said development works of more than Rs 200 crore were in progress in the city and Municipal Corporation was going to provide drinking water facilities in all areas in the city.
He said with the awareness of adoption of Ludhiana city under Urban Renewal Development by Dr Manmohan Singh with major funding by Centre Ludhiana city would emerge as a preferred destination for industry, textile, hosiery and traders in the country.
Mr. Dimple Rana informed that Youth Congress workers would launch a grassroot programme to educate the people about the policies and development of the government and would distribute the pamphlets highlighting the achievements of the government among the people.
Notification creates anomalous situation
Our Correspondent
The notification issued by the Punjab Finance Department in August, 2000, allowed the benefit of “notional pay” to pre-96 retirees while rationalising their family pensions.
However, a recent notification issued by the department for rationalising pensions and family pensions of pre-96 retirees is silent on the benefit of notional pay. This has resulted in an anomalous situation, according to a press note issued by the Government Pensioners Association (Regd).
Pre-96 retirees fail to understand how their pensions will be rationalised without the benefit of “notional pay” when their family pensions have already been rationalised with the benefit of “notional pay” according to the previous notification and as per orders issued by the Accountant-General, Punjab.
The Punjab Cabinet, at its meeting on July 27, provided Rs 40.58 crore for the payment of arrears to pre-96 retirees for the period of 1-1-1996 to 31-3-2005 on account of rationalisation of pensions. However, the finance department’s recent notification, without the word" notional pay” has virtually nullified the Cabinet decision.
Bairagi Mandal jatha leaves for Nanded
More than 25 functionaries of the All-India Bairagi Mahan Mandal, led by its president Mr Krishan Kumar Bawa, left for Nanded in Maharashtra today to participate in the 335th birth anniversary celebrations of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur from October 14 to 16.
In a warm send off to the jatha at the railway station here, Mr Surinder Davar, Parliamentary Secretary, Housing, Urban Development and Power, Punjab, and Mr Malkiat Singh Dakha, MLA, lauded the initiative taken by the Bairagi Mahan Mandal to perpetuate the memory of the saint soldier Baba Banda Singh Bahadur, who valiantly fought the tyranny of Mughal rulers.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr Bawa, who is also the chairman of the Punjab Housefed, said the bhog of akhand path to mark the birth anniversary of Banda Bahadur, would be performed at Gurudwara Hazoor Sahib in Nanded on October 16. The mahan mandal would also organise a felicitation function on this occasion in which several distinguished persons would be honoured for their contribution in their respective fields.
Among those who left for Nanded with Mr Bawa included Mr Hari Das Bawa, Bawa Ravinder Nandi, Mr Bhagwan Das Bawa, Mr Jiwan Das Bawa, Mr Pradeep Bawa, Mr Balwant Singh, Mr Amarjit Singh Dhillon, Mr Joginder Singh, Mr Surjit Singh Albela, Dr Krishan Baldev, Mr Kewal Singh Bangi, Vaid Swaran Das, Mr Nand Bawa, Mr Tarlochan Bawa, Ms Rajni Bawa, Mr Kartar Bawa, Mahant Gian Das, Mr Surjit Singh, Mr Bhajan Singh and Mr Mohan Das.
World Food Day celebrations in Kakrala Kalan
Samrala , October 13
The Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Samrala, is going to celebrate World Food Day on October 14 at Kakrala Kalan village, 10 km from here. This information was given by Dr Ranjit Singh, in charge of the kendra, here today. This will be the first such programme to be organised in the city.
The aim of celebrating the day is to make the farmers aware of the importance of nutritious food, Mr Ranjeet Singh added.
Mr Kewal Krishan Sharma said a training programme would be organised on the occasion to the train the farmers and farm women to prepare nutritious food.
Experts from Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Samrala, and from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, will take part in the training camp.
A nutrition quiz will also be organised for farmers and farm women. The winners of the quiz will be honoured by the experts.
The local MLA, Mr Amrik Singh Dhillon, appealed to the residents of the area to actively participate in the programme.
Crafts bazaar inaugurated
Kaarigiri Crafts Bazaar has brought a host of aesthetically designed handicraft items from all over India to the city. The bazaar, with 50 artisans giving live demo of their skills, was inaugurated here today. The bazaar will be on till October 23 at Nehru Sidhant Kender.
The artisans showcasing their skills at the bazaar are all certified for excellence in their respective fields by the Government of India. The exhibition showcases lovely and unique pottery from Khurja, beautiful terracota items, hand embroidered suits, handloom kurtas and pyjamas, and costume jewellery.
Furniture made out of bamboo and leather bags, belts, wallets were other attractions at the bazaar.
The organiser of the exhibition, Mr Iqbal Singh, said at a press conference held at Nehru Sidhant Kender that India is well known for its traditional crafts but due to rampant commercialisation the artists and artisans are not getting due recognition in spite of the government efforts to offer new schemes for their upliftment. A large part of their earning is grabbed by the commission agents. So in order to keep the middlemen out, the government has formed Akhil Bhartiya Dartkar Samitis. These samitis organise exhibitions of several artisans under one roof so that they can directly sell their products to art lovers.
SBI capital begins operations in city
SBI Capital Markets Limited has entered into retail equity broking services. The company has begun operations here and in Chandigarh for in retail and institutional clients.
The Ludhiana centre would operate from the State Bank of India, Civil Lines branch, the bank informed today.
“Opening of the retail equity broking centres is part of the company’s drive to cater to the economic growth occuring through investors participation in equity markets, the company, said Mr Inderjit Gupta, MD, SBI Caps.
He said the company plans to increase the number of broking centres to 30 by the end of this year.
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Driver costs now higher than fuel costs, says ATRI
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American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI)
ARLINGTON, Va. – The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) says due to lower fuel prices, the trucking industry’s operational costs declined in 2015.
Releasing the findings from the 2016 update to ‘An Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking, the ATRI said the average marginal cost per mile in 2015 was US$1.59, a 6% decrease from the US$1.70 in 2014.
“ATRI’s ‘ops cost’ research is an excellent barometer of the state of the nation’s economy, as it documented the softening in 2015 but also indicates that costs will be on the rise in 2016,” said Bob Costello, chief economist for the American Trucking Associations and a member of the ATRI Research Advisory Committee.
In addition to lower fuel prices, the decline in marginal cost per mile was attributed to a softening in the US economy late 2015. And, for the first time, driver costs represent a higher percentage of overall costs than fuel.
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Huawei may have already admitted defeat for the Mate 30
Adam Speight, June 18, 2019 9:34 am BST
Huawei is preparing for a massive decrease in its international phone shipments – potentially expecting up to a 40-60% drop. The expected fall in international shipments comes ahead of the Huawei Mate 30 launch – coming later this year.
2019 has been a tumultuous time for Huawei and some internal estimates are hitting its finances may be headed for a big hit. The company is preparing to ship 40 to 60 million fewer smartphones internationally.
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According to Bloomberg, Huawei is preparing for the drop in international phone shipments in light of the company’s placement on the US entity list – preventing Huawei from doing business with United States companies.
In response to the estimates, Huawei is considering pulling the sales of an upcoming phone from its sub-brand Honor. The Honor 20 is set to be released in the UK and France on June 21. The launch is being monitored by executives and shipments could be cut off if sales are poor.
However – contrary to Bloomberg’s report – an Honor spokesperson told TechRadar, Honor “is not considering pulling back the Honor 20 series in global markets” but – in fact – will be “aggressively promoting” the new phone.
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A drop in 40 to 60 million in international smartphones would be a significant hit to Huawei’s business. In 2018, the company shipped 206 million phones in total.
Founder of Huawei Ren Zhengfei confirmed the company had already experienced a 40% drop in phone shipments abroad – with a company spokesperson stating the figure only referred to a drop which occurred over the past month. Ren also stated the US sanctions could cost the company $30 billion in revenue over the next two years.
The previous development in Huawei’s US ban-related woes involved the company’s manoeuvring to release an Android alternative – in response to Google’s cutting of ties with the Chinese-owned smartphone brand.
Huawei began patenting the Hongmeng OS outside of China on May 14 – shortly after the US ban was put into place. Global patenting signals a key step for Huawei in moving towards the release of its own mobile operating system.
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Doctor Who - The Stolen Earth / Journey's End
Right. It's about to get SPOILERY around here. So if you haven't seen the final two episodes of Doctor Who season 4 and you plan to, you might wanna skip this one. Go look at the Throwing Muses and Belly videos I posted yesterday, for instance.
Right... the two part finale, "The Stolen Earth" and "Journey's End." Because De wanted to hear some of my thoughts, here they are. I'm gonna bullet point 'em, though, because it's early and I haven't been visited by the Coffee Fairy yet.
Okay, so Daleks. They're quintessential Doctor Who, easily as much a landmark of the show as the TARDIS, and because of the whole Time War thing, they're inexorably linked with the Doctor and all the big events of this iteration of the series I know that, I get it, I love them. But I think we need a moratorium on them for a bit, don't you? Even if they just steer clear of them for the upcoming specials... it's long enough until Season 5 Proper that I might not be so sick of them by then.
The return of Davros, though, was a great touch, as was continuing his life of ups-and-downs in the eyes of the Dalek empire (he's never in power for long, but he never stays out of power for long, either).
And his "reunion" with Sarah Jane was nicely chilling, and another great example of working in old series continuity without leaving the new fans wondering what the hell everyone's talking about. They've met before, neither of them enjoyed the experience... that's all you need to know.
I also enjoyed the use of Sarah Jane as the voice of metacommentary on the greater Who universe - chiding Captain Jack for all the violence connected to Torchwood, yelling at Mr. Smith to stop with the anthem playing and get on with the analysis, stuff like that. Fun jokes if you watch all three shows, but again, nothing that people unfamiliar with them are going to be annoyed by, either. Meta is best when used sparingly... a lesson the producers of American shows should brush up on.
And related to that, I appreciated that the scenes with Torchwood and Sarah Jane & Luke both played like scenes from their respective shows without having to make any significant tonal changes while still retaining some of the unique elements that differentiate them. Well-played.
And I suppose Erin would want me to mention that she was happy to get another Ianto fix.
Okay, so Rose Tyler. Rose, Rose, Rose. I was hoping a couple years on her own would bring back the Season One Rose we all loved. Nope. Just as clingy and selfish as before, though I'm happy they didn't play the Intense Jealousy Over Later Companions card with her. It looked like they were gonna when she first saw Martha in The Stolen Earth, but I did enjoy her reaction to Martha's gambit with the UnpronouncableGermanName Key ("Ooooh, she's good!"). But I mean, come on, she gets returned to her own universe again - with an entire Doctor completely to herself, no less - and she's still gotta complain? Silly, selfish Rose. Go away forever again.
Cloned Doctor was stupid. Glad they quickly sent him packing.
Silly Plot Theory We Had Which Was Proven Wrong #1 - We wondered if silly, selfish Rose, being both silly and selfish, might have made some sort of alliance with the Daleks in order to get back to the regular universe just to be reunited with the Doctor, essentially selling out the rest of the creation just to get her dude back. Boy, would that have pissed off a good chunk of fandom!
Erin and I both liked Donna Noble from the start. The idea of a companion amazed by the wonders and terrors of the Doctor's world, but isn't all swoony over him and is willing to take the wind out of sails whenever it's necessary - or funny - was a welcome change for the new series. And watching her transform not a little unlike a time traveling Eliza Doolittle was one of the real joys of the season. So her ultimate fate was particularly heartbreaking, I thought, and I almost wonder if she would have been better off dying physically instead of metaphorically. That was particularly driven home by her grandfather Wilf, who had watched her become the person he always thought she could be, only to have it all taken away. Just a crushing performance at the end by that man there.
Silly Plot Theory We Had Which Was Proven Wrong #2 - Donna's importance, and the fact that the Doctor clearly had to meet her, would end up being due to her somehow being another Time Lord hidden in human form. And given the season's recurring theme of the Doctor's family, and Donna's own relationship with her grandfather, I was kinda hoping she'd turn out to be the Doctor's granddaughter, Susan.
In short, it had a few moments of weirdness, but on the whole, a good ending to what was, for my money, the best overall season so far. There were no hugely stand-outtingly excellent episodes like "Blink," "The Girl in the Fireplace," or "The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances" this seasons, but neither Erin nor myself thought there were any real "Daleks in Manhattan" style clunkers, either. Even the not-as-great episodes were still quite good in some way, shape, or form, we thought. And how often can you say that?
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The Daleks seriously do need to go away. I've actually believed that since the second part of The Daleks Take Manhattan (how awesome would it have been if that was the real title?) when, instead of doing something interesting by creating a new, evil race of human/daleks, the prototype human/dalek realized "killing is wrong." Oh, good. Now we can all go back to boring old Daleks again.
This season has been a serious mixed bag. "Midnight" and "Turn Left" were among the best the show has ever done, imho, and Catherine Tate was awesome, but as a whole, the show seemed reluctant to take risks. The finale was like eating an entire bowl of cookie dough - tasty, but unsatisfying and probably bad for you. And, yeah, Rose is seriously selfish - back in "Doomsday", all that popping between parallel worlds was destroying the cosmic ozone layer or whatever, but now it's perfectly okay for Rose to do whatever she wants in the hopes of a pan-dimensional booty call with the Doctor. ::sigh::
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Brad Paisley Salutes Great Women, Guitarists, Puns | Village Voice
Brad Paisley Salutes Great Women, Guitarists, Puns
by Edd Hurt
Voice Choice
Wait, is that Bill Frisell or Pat Metheny sitting in with Brad Paisley on “Kim,” one of 11 instrumentals on the Nashville guitarist’s marathon, 16-track, guest-picker-rich Play? No, but its darkness relative to the other stuff here (blues shuffle, surf pastiche, Les Paul tribute, B.B. King duet) is startling, even if the tune turns out to be about his wife. Judging from “Kim” and the closing track—”Waitin’ on a Woman,” reprised from Paisley’s Time Well Wasted and featuring Andy Griffith doing a codgerly variation on his role in Adrienne Shelly’s film Waitress—Paisley needs her to clean up the model-airplane glue he leaves stuck to the kitchen table, meticulously stack his antique horseshoes in the backyard, make important cell-phone calls while he fine-tunes the car’s GPS system, whatever. It’ll bring a knowing smile to any guy who has managed to snag a cool wife or girlfriend, because Brad clearly knows about relationships: He thanks record-label exec Joe Galante for being “such a wonderful creative business partner” and letting him cut all these instrumentals.
A great picker, Paisley possesses an essentially comic guitar style not without its subtleties. “Huckleberry Jam” features a lick that goes “ha-ha-ha-ha-ha,” while “Turf’s Up” beats the hell out of Laika & the Cosmonauts, right down to the judiciously employed Farfisa. “Departure” should provide a suitable interlude for you (or your wife) to roll a joint in the truck while you try to make it home from Home Depot before the football game starts. “Playing With Fire” splits the difference between blues and Southern rock, and quotes Van Morrison’s “Moondance.” Come to think of it, why didn’t some creative business partner in Joe Galante’s employ think to invite Morrison himself to sing on the track? As his great “Alcohol” demonstrated, Paisley does well with food and beverages, so one imagines Morrison and a couple of Music Row tunesmiths could have easily contrived a lyric about Nashville’s incredible variety of fried okra—something bluesy and vital along those lines.
“Cluster Pluck” gives Paisley and several hundred chicken-pickers on the order of James Burton and Albert Lee a chance to strut their stuff. Also appearing is Little Jimmy Dickens, who doesn’t play hot guitar but always goes out in public with a big, blonde girlfriend at least three times his height, giving ordinary guys a lot of hope. The vocal tracks are good, but the licks are the thing, with Paisley and Keith Urban stretching out on the power-pop anthem “Start a Band.” Even the icky sentiments of Paisley and Steve Wariner’s encomium to Chet Atkins, “More Than Just This Song,” make sense in this context: “Mr. Guitar came into my life/And let me live this dream,” they sing, and it’s just the kind of deep sentiment that music always expresses better than words.
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eSports Player Review - shox
Name: Richard “shox” Papillon
Game: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Tournament Winnings: $379,786.80 from 132 Tournaments
Richard “shox” Papillon is one of the most iconic French Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players and is the leader of G2 eSports. Probably it is hard to find a true eSports fan who hasn’t watched his inspirational speech before the group final match against Ninjas in Pyjamas. If you somehow missed it, we will add it below. Do not miss it again. It is worth it!
eSports Discipline
Richard is formerly a Counter-Strike Source player. He transferred into the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive game almost immediately and because of that, he already has great experience with it. Moreover, shox is famous for his mad pistol skills, great rifle accuracy, and even decent AWP reflexes. Looking at the statistics, it is clear that shox’s favorite weapon is the AK-47, since he has more than 8,000 kills with it. Next on the list with the almost same amount of kills are the M4A1 and AWP.
His percentage of headshots is near 50%, which is quite good. Besides that, Richard is holding a 0.77 Kill/Round ratio, which means that he is killing an enemy player in 77 of 100 rounds.
All of this plus his charismatic character and leadership qualities make him one of the best players in the world.
Results and Earnings
With $379,786.80 from 132 Tournaments, shox is holding #5 in the country ranking and #161 in the world if we are speaking about money earned by tournament prize funds.
2016 is surely the most successful year to date, with $127,109.11 in the shox account. However, 2017 has the potential to surpass it, since so far the player has earned a massive $110,500.00.
2017 Best Winnings
1st ESL Pro League S5 – Finals $45,000.00
1st DreamHack Masters Malmö 2017 $20,000.00
1st DreamHack Tours 2017 $10,000.00
1st Esports Championship Series Season 1 – Finals $50,000.00
1st ESL Pro League S3 Finals $18,000.00
1st SL i-League StarSeries Season 2 $10,000.00
2015 Total Winnings
$61,583.38 from 27 Tournaments
eSports Career of Richard “shox” Papillon
Shox started playing Counter-Strike back in the days of 1.5, and then slowly moved on to each subsequent version of the game, ending up in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
His eSports history dates back to 2008, when he played for a team called Creative. In March 2009, shox joined VeryGames for the first time. Even though he was already established as a player, the organization by itself had some problems and decided to release the talented player after just several months.
After a short period in Counter-Strike 1.6 in 2010, Richard went back to Source, forming Team 3DMAX with another famous player, Adil “ScreaM” Benrlitom. Having such a talented player didn’t matter much and shox left the organization to join VeryGames for the second time.
The following period was pretty successful for the player since he was on the top of the world for six months. In the end of November, shox was removed from the squad due to internal problems.
He would go back to team up with ScreaM in Tt Dragons at the beginning of 2012, and they would together switch to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive when the new game came out.
Since the transfer, Richard became one of the most successful players in the world. His leadership is the basis of the success for the French super team, G2 eSports.
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Known as “The Game of Kings,” tennis is one of the most popular recreational sports in the country, and Bucks County has more than 300 courts to host tournaments large and small. The county’s many parks and dedicated tennis centers are available to help make your next tournament a success. Here are a few of the facilities best equipped to handle your tournament needs.
• Located along the shores of Lake Luxembourg, Core Creek Park has eight clay tennis courts along Woodbourne Road on the park's eastern edge. Core Creek Park's excellent tennis facilities were recently recognized by the United States Tennis Association's 2013 Facility Awards Program.
• Working to grow the sport in the county, the Bucks County Tennis Association works with the USTA to bring sanctioned tournaments and events to Bucks County. The Tennis Association serves as a community resource and helps promote the game within the county.
• Frosty Hollow Tennis Center is one of the premier tennis facilities in Bucks County. Its ten clay courts, six with lights, sit on 95 acres of park land in Levittown. Players can also take advantage of the Center’s practice court. Frosty Hollow offers ample parking and is handicap accessible.
• The Sportsplex, a 100,000 square-foot climate-controlled indoor sports facility in Feasterville, PA, recently retrofitted 22,000 square feet of their space to install three full-sized indoor tennis courts. With 16 outdoor tennis courts, eight of which are clay, that brings the total number of tennis courts to 19.
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• Doylestown is home to War Memorial Park, conveniently set within walking distance of the downtown shopping district. The park is located just off of State Street on the western edge of town and has six courts, restrooms and parking for more than 100 cars.
• Set between Newtown and Doylestown, the Northampton Township Recreation Center Complex is home to four lighted courts. Ample parking is available and there are restrooms on site.
• In Doylestown Township, Central Park has five state-of-the-art courts, each with coin operated lighting available. The facility has plenty of parking and sits just south of the Route 202 and 611 intersections.
• With four lighted courts and parking for more than 100 cars, Lower Makefield Community Park is an excellent fit for any tennis tournament. The park is conveniently located just minutes from Interstate 95 and the Newtown Bypass.
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All Innerleithen marriage certificates supplied are certified copies or extract copies for England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Purchase a Replacement Marriage Certificate, suitable for both legal and family history uses. Sometimes also known as Wedding Certificate, these documents are essential to prove a change of name when married. If you have lost your marriage certificate, or need one for family history purposes, this replacement copy will help you.
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You will receive a Innerleithen Marriage Certificate. These are officially known as Certified or Extract Copies, as they are issued based on the original that was stored when the marriage originally took place. This does not mean you will receive a photocopy! You will get a newly printed certificate, as good as the original. The only difference is that the date of issue will be different.
What a Innerleithen marriage certificate contains?
A replacement marriage certificate, probably offers the best boost to genealogy research of any document. Not only does it tell you the exact date of the marriage and the full names of the couple, it also includes their ages (however, it might just say "full," meaning of age; around 75% of marriages certificates just list "full" until the early 1850s. If it says "minor" or "under age" that means between the ages of 12 and 20 for a girl and 14-20 for a boy, at least until 1929, when the lower age limit for marriage became 16, giving you a fair amount of exact information for your family tree.
It's possible that the names weren't spelt correctly. When illiteracy was more common neither the bride nor groom might have been able to check the spelling of their names, and if the spelling is wrong, the index will be wrong, an absolute nightmare in genealogy, and one that causes endless problems when looking into a family tree.
Replacement Marriage Certificates from Innerleithen
All Innerleithen marriage certificates we supply are fully certified or extract copies which are suitable for all official purposes. Some reasons for obtaining a certificate include an application for Adoption, applying for an academic course, applying for a passport or a driver's licence. One of the most common reasons is that the original certificate was lost or mislaid.
Original marriage certificates do not require a signed release or similar for the order to be processed. Nor does further documentation (e.g. driver's licence or passport) have to produced. Generally, there will be no special needs for the order to be completed, beyond the initial supplying of information and payment.
There is no choice between non certified and certified - all certificates issued are certified. All certificates issued are issued with an official seal, some certificates have a raised seal or a stamped seal.
Details on a Innerleithen marriage certificate
The marriage certificate also gives their addresses at the time of marriage, their fathers' forenames and surnames (or "deceased" where applicable), as well as their fathers' professions. Underneath there's information on where the marriage took place, the names of the witnesses and who officiated, who will often be relatives, giving more information to the overall family history.
Where you have the precise ages of the bride and groom, it now becomes much easier to go back and find their replacement birth certificates. If there's an indication of a previous marriage, you have an entirely new trail to explore for the family tree!
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If you are using the Innerleithen marriage certificate to get a British Passport, regardless of where you reside, you can use the Innerleithen marriage certificate without any legalisation process.
For overseas clients, that need to validate the authenticity of the certificate as having been produced in the UK, we also offer an apostille/legalisation service, whereby an apostille is attached to the reverse of the certificate. We always recommend checking with whoever you are presenting the certificate to, to identify if the apostille stamp is needed.
The Apostille Certificate is normally requested by foreign authorities and organisations so that the certificate can be used for official purposes outside of the UK. This means that the documents have to be legalised correctly before you travel and often within a specific time period.
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Lafora disease in the Indian population: EPM2A and NHLRC1 gene mutations and their impact on subcellular localization of laforin and malin.
Singh S., Satishchandra P., Shankar S.K., Ganesh S.
Lafora disease (LD) is a fatal form of teenage-onset autosomal recessive progressive myoclonus epilepsy. LD is more common among geographic isolates and in populations with a higher rate of consanguinity. Mutations in two genes, EPM2A encoding laforin phosphatase, and NHLRC1 encoding malin ubiquitin ligase, have been shown to cause the LD. We describe here a systematic analysis of the EPM2A and the NHLRC1 gene sequences in 20 LD families from the Indian population. We identified 12 distinct mutations in 15 LD families. The identified novel mutations include 4 missense mutations (K140N, L310W, N148Y, and E210 K) and a deletion of exon 3 for EPM2A, and 4 missense mutations (S22R, L279P, L279P, and L126P) and a single base-pair insertional mutation (612insT) for NHLRC1. The EPM2A gene is known to encode two laforin isoforms having distinct carboxyl termini; a major isoform localized in the cytoplasm, and a minor isoform that targeted the nucleus. We show here that the effect of the EPM2A gene mutation L310W was limited to the cytoplasmic isoform of laforin, and altered its subcellular localization. We have also analyzed the impact of NHLRC1 mutations on the subcellular localization of malin. Of the 6 distinct mutants tested, three targeted the nucleus, one formed perinuclear aggregates, and two did not show any significant difference in the subcellular localization as compared to the wild-type malin. Our results suggest that the altered subcellular localization of mutant proteins of the EPM2A and NHLRC1 genes could be one of the molecular bases of the LD phenotype.
Hum. Mutat. 29:E1-12(2008) [PubMed] [Europe PMC]
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Nomenclature for Alkyl Halides, Alcohols, Alkenes, and Alkynes
Before taking a closer look at the characteristics and reactions of organic molecules with various functional groups, it helps to review nomenclature for a few more important types of molecules.
Alkyl halide
Functional class (nomenclature)
Substitutive (nomenclature)
Hydroxyl (functional group)
Alkene
Alkyne
Cycloalkene
Cycloalkyne
Recognize molecules containing several common functional groups (alkyl halides, alcohols, alkenes, and alkynes)
Apply the IUPAC rules of nomenclature to these compounds
Alkyl Halides: Nomenclature
Although hydrogen sits atop lithium in the first column (group) of the periodic table, it is in many ways similar to the halogens (fluorine, chlorine, and so on) in its behavior and characteristics: for instance, it is one electron short of a full valence shell and typically exists as H2, just like the halogens (F2, Cl2, and so on). Thus, carbon compounds that include halogens are, conceptually at least, similar to those that just include hydrogen (alkanes, for example). An alkyl group connected to a halogen is called an alkyl halide, a simple example of which is shown below.
Alkyl groups are often represented using the shorthand 'R' and halogens using the shorthand 'X,' so that the molecule above (a form of butane) would be drawn as follows, where the R represents a butyl group and X represents the chlorine atom in this particular case.
R-X
In general, this shorthand represents any alkyl group R bound to a halogen X.
IUPAC nomenclature for alkyl halides follows the general pattern presented for alkanes, but it diverges slightly into two different but equally systematic approaches. The functional class approach divides the molecule neatly in two: an alkyl group and a halide, which are expressed as two separate words (unlike the procedure we have used thus far). The carbon to which the halogen is bound is designated as position 1, and the longest carbon chain from that position is then used as the base of the alkyl group. Because the halogen is assumed to be at position 1, no number is required in the name (although numbers may be required for substituent groups in the overall alkyl group). All the typical IUPAC rules apply to the alkyl group. Thus, our example molecule above would be named butyl chloride.
Practice Problem: Use functional class nomenclature to identify the molecule below.
Solution: According to the functional class approach, the carbon to which the halogen is attached is located at position 1. Identify the longest chain from that carbon as the base of the alkyl group and number it accordingly.
Use the IUPAC rules to name the substituent groups (shown in red below), then write the complete name of the molecule.
The molecule is thus 1-ethyl-2-methylbutyl iodide.
Although the functional class approach to nomenclature is used by some organic chemists, we will rely mainly on substitutive nomenclature, since it more closely parallels the IUPAC rules for alkanes. In this approach, halides are treated like other functional groups (and alkyl groups) on the longest carbon chain in the molecule. The chain should be numbered, however, so that the halogen is at the lowest-number position; the alphabetical order of alkyl groups is a secondary consideration. The halide functional group is named by replacing -ine in the element name with -o. Thus, our example molecule has a slightly different (but equally descriptive) name in this approach:
The names 1-chlorobutane and butyl chloride refer to the same molecule, and you should be aware of both naming styles.
Practice Problem: Use the substitutive approach to name the molecule shown below.
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Solution: In this case, we must find the longest carbon chain regardless of the position of the halogen. Our numbering scheme, however, should place the halogen at the lowest-number position.
The molecule is thus 3-iodo-4-methylhexane. This same molecule can also be called 1-ethyl-2-methylbutyl iodide.
Alcohols: Nomenclature
Another functional group is the hydroxyl group, or OH, which, when bound to an alkyl group, forms an alcohol. The rules for naming organic molecules with hydroxyl groups are similar to those for naming alkyl halides, except that the hydroxyl functional group takes precedence over halogens when numbering the carbons, just as halogens take precedence over alkyl groups. An alcohol is named by ending the name of the carbon chain with -ol instead of -ane, and it is preceded by a number that identifies the position of the hydroxyl group. This is the substitutive nomenclature; the functional class nomenclature follows that for alkyl halides, but the second word is alcohol rather than a halide name. Thus, for instance, we name the molecule below as follows:
Updated IUPAC rules specify that the substitutive name move the number of the location for the hydroxyl group to just before the -ol suffix, however. Thus, although you may encounter substitutive names for alcohols such as the one given above, you may more likely encounter the name 4-methylpentan-2-ol. This latter approach is often a necessity for complex molecules with many different functional groups.
Practice Problem: Identify the following molecule using IUPAC rules.
Solution: Find and number the longest carbon chain such that the alcohol group is included and is located at the lowest position number. Also, be sure to maximize the number of substitutive alkyl groups. Then name the molecule according to IUPAC rules.
Alkenes: Nomenclature
An alkene is a hydrocarbon characterized by a double bond between two constituent carbon atoms. Obviously, the name alkene is very close to alkane, and for good reason. Consider, for instance, ethane (an alkane having two carbon atoms) versus ethene (an alkene having two carbon atoms):
Note that alkenes are named by replacing the -ane ending of an alkane with -ene. The position of the double bond is not ambiguous in the case of ethene (commonly called ethylene) and propene (commonly called propylene), but for longer carbon chains, the position of the double bond is important. To name an alkene according to IUPAC rules, find the longest carbon chain that includes the double bond, number it so that the positions of the carbons containing the double bond are minimized, then write the name following the usual pattern. When numbering the double bond, use the position number for the first carbon (i.e., the lower of the two numbers) in the double bond. Thus, for instance, we would name the molecule below as follows:
Practice Problem: Identify the following molecule.
Solution: First, identify the longest carbon chain that includes the double bond, then number the chain appropriately, making note of the substituent alkyl groups. Write the name of the molecule.
Alkynes: Nomenclature
Alkynes are similar to alkenes, except they involve a triple bond between two carbons rather than a double bond. For alkyne nomenclature, the -ene (or -ane) suffix is replaced by -yne. The simplest alkyne, C2H2, goes by the name ethyne or its common name, acetylene. The same rules of alkene nomenclature apply to alkynes. If a double bond and triple bond both appear in the same molecule, the two are treated equally for the purpose of numbering the longest carbon chain. Below are two illustrative examples of alkyne nomenclature. Note in the molecule on the right, the double bond wins in the case of a tie for the numbering scheme.
Solution: Number the longest carbon chain containing both multiple bonds, in this case giving preference to the double bond. Write the correct IUPAC name.
For carbon rings, the rules for double bonds (cycloalkenes) and triple bonds (cycloalkynes) are parallel with those for cycloalkanes.
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John Gant has evolved into something very good
May 21, 2019 Publicist Baseball 0
There is a new weapon in the Cardinals bullpen.
The bullpen for the Cardinals this year has been a somewhat steady combination of pleasant surprises and disappointing performances. Jordan Hicks has taken a step forward this year, while Andrew Miller has failed to wow in his debut season with his new team. John Brebbia and Giovanny Gallegos look to be solid contributors. But Luke Gregerson and Dominic Leone have failed to help. Meanwhile, Carlos Martinez looks promising so far.
All in all, the Cardinals bullpen is treading water. It’s not noticeably bad, but it isn’t exactly what you want from a contending team. As things stand, the group currently ranks…
15th in ERA
19th in FIP
22nd in fWAR
Purposely not mentioned yet is John Gant: a former right-handed starter previously tossed around in the Mets and Braves organizations. After an underwhelming debut season where he split time as a starter and a reliever with the Braves, he was shipped to St. Louis in a deal that sent Jaime Garcia to Atlanta. The Cardinals sent him back to Triple-A, where he looked like nothing more than starter depth. After a brief look with the Cardinals in 2017, he pitched most of the 2018 season in the big leagues, playing a versatile role out of the rotation and the bullpen. But once again, he underwhelmed (7.8 percent K-BB-rate, 3.47 ERA, 4.07 FIP).
To start 2019, in Spring Training, Gant received what looked to be his last opportunity as a starter. A 10:5 K:BB ratio in 18 2⁄3 innings was enough to send him to the bullpen though, where he has remained all season long. And at this current moment, he looks like the Cardinals best reliever.
Gant has been all-around terrific this year. Just with once glance looking at his Baseball Savant page, you’ll notice this.
Baseball Savant
The main thing pulling Gant towards this newfound success in the bullpen looks to be a gain in velocity (like most cases). As a starter, Gant usually sat 91-93 miles per hour with his four-seamer. This season, in his first full month as a reliever, he averaged 95.3 miles per hour. This month, he’s been averaging 96.5, and has even touched 98.4. Not surprisingly, this seems to be the main cause of his strikeout surge, as his 29.4 percent strikeout-rate is by far a new career-high for him, surpassing his previous high of 22.1 percent in 2016.
His improvements in those departments aren’t as simple as a move to the bullpen though. Before this season, in his career as a reliever Gant was fairly mediocre. Among 453 relievers with at least 30 innings from 2016-2018, he ranked…
222nd in ERA
346th in FIP
338th in SIERA
273rd in K%
Noticeably, he only averaged 93.3 miles per hour on his four-seamer, even in the shorter stints. Perhaps contributing to his velocity gain has been his altered release point. In 2018, the release point on his four-seamer ranked in the top 32 percent in vertical location and bottom 18 percent in horizontal location. In 2019, it ranks in just the top 51 percent in vertical location and bottom nine percent in horizontal location. Something has clearly changed, as visually represented below.
These adjustments have made Gant’s four-seamer produce better results than any other pitcher in all of baseball.
With John Gant’s combination of performance and versatility out of the Cardinals bullpen (his appearances have ranged anywhere from one to eight batters faced, four to 37 pitches thrown), if he keeps this up, he might end up being one of the more valuable relief weapons in all of baseball.
Patrick Brennan loves to research pitchers and minor leaguers with data. You can find additional work of his at Royals Review and Royals Farm Report. You can also find him on Twitter @paintingcorner.
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Place:Hang West Wapentake, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
Name Hang West Wapentake
Type Hundred
Located in North Riding of Yorkshire, England ( - 1974)
Also located in Yorkshire, England
For a definition of "wapentake", see the article entitled Hundred (county division) in Wikipedia.
Wapentakes, the Old Norse form of the Anglo-Saxon "hundred", are dealt with in Section 1.4, but Sections 1.1 (Hundred courts) and 1.2 (Administrative functions) deal with the concept and purposes of wapentakes along with those of "hundreds" used in English counties further south.
Hang West Wapentake (#2 on the map) was located in southwest corner of the North Riding of Yorkshire. It was bounded by Lancashire on the west, Gilling West on the north, Hang East on the east, and Staincliffe and Ewcross in the West Riding on the south.
List of Ancient Parishes
Ancient Parish Parish Status Subsidiary Places Subsidiary Place Status
Aysgarth parish (ancient) Abbotside Common parochial area
Aysgarth parish (ancient) Askrigg chapelry, civil parish
Aysgarth parish (ancient) Bainbridge township, civil parish
Aysgarth parish (ancient) Bishopdale township, civil parish
Aysgarth parish (ancient) Burton cum Walden township, civil parish
Aysgarth parish (ancient) Carperby cum Thoresby township, civil parish
Aysgarth parish (ancient) Hawes chapelry, civil parish
Aysgarth parish (ancient) High Abbotside township, civil parish
Aysgarth parish (ancient) Low Abbotside township, civil parish
Aysgarth parish (ancient) Newbiggin township, civil parish
Aysgarth parish (ancient) Thorlaby township, civil parish
Aysgarth parish (ancient) Thornton Rust township, civil parish
Catterick parish (ancient) Appleton township, civil parish
Catterick parish (ancient) Bolton upon Swale chapelry, civil parish
Catterick parish (ancient) Brough township, civil parish
Catterick parish (ancient) Colburn township, civil parish
Catterick parish (ancient) Ellerton upon Swale township, civil parish
Catterick parish (ancient) Hipswell chapelry, civil parish
Catterick parish (ancient) Hudswell chapelry, civil parish
Catterick parish (ancient) Killerby township, civil parish
Catterick parish (ancient) Kiplin township, civil parish
Catterick parish (ancient) Scorton township, civil parish
Catterick parish (ancient) Scotton township, civil parish
Catterick parish (ancient) Tunstall township, civil parish
Catterick parish (ancient) Uckerby township, civil parish
Catterick parish (ancient) Whitwell township, civil parish
Coverham parish (ancient) Agglethorpe with Coverham township, civil parish
Coverham parish (ancient) Caldbergh with East Scraeton township, civil parish
Coverham parish (ancient) Carlton Highdale township, civil parish
Coverham parish (ancient) Carlton Town township, civil parish
Coverham parish (ancient) Melmerby township, civil parish
Coverham parish (ancient) West Scrafton township, civil parish
Downholme parish (ancient) Ellerton Abbey township, civil parish
Downholme parish (ancient) Stainton township, civil parish
Downholme parish (ancient) Walburn township, civil parish
Easby parish (ancient) Aske township, civil parish
Easby parish (ancient) Brompton on Swale township, civil parish
Easby parish (ancient) Skeeby township, civil parish
East Witton parish (ancient) East Witton Within township, civil parish
East Witton parish (ancient) East Witton Without township, civil parish
Finghall parish (ancient) Akebar township, civil parish
Finghall parish (ancient) Constable Burton chapelry, civil parish
Finghall parish (ancient) Hutton Hang township, civil parish
Finghall parish (ancient) Newton le Willows township, civil parish
Grinton parish (ancient) Melbecks township, civil parish
Grinton parish (ancient) Muker township, civil parish
Grinton parish (ancient) Reeth township, civil parish
Hauxwell parish (ancient) Barden township, civil parish
Hauxwell parish (ancient) East Hauxwell township, civil parish
Hauxwell parish (ancient) Garriston township, civil parish
Hauxwell parish (ancient) West Hauxwell township, civil parish
Middleham parish (ancient) none
Patrick Brompton parish (ancient) Arrathorne township, civil parish
Patrick Brompton parish (ancient) Newton le Willows township, civil parish
Patrick Brompton parish (ancient) Scotton township, civil parish
Spennithorne parish (ancient) Bellerby township, civil parish
Spennithorne parish (ancient) Harmby township, civil parish
Thornton Steward parish (ancient) none
Wensley parish (ancient) Castle Bolton chapelry, civil parish
Wensley parish (ancient) Leyburn township, civil parish
Wensley parish (ancient) Preston under Soar township, civil parish
Wensley parish (ancient) Redmire chapelry, civil parish
West Witton parish (ancient) none
Original historical documents relating to the North Riding of Yorkshire and North Yorkshire are held at the North Yorkshire County Record Office, Malpas Road, Northallerton, North Yorkshire DL7 8TB
Family history societies covering the area include the Ryedale Family History Group, the Family History Section of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society (based in Leeds), and the Cleveland, North Yorkshire & South Durham Family History Society (for the Cleveland and Teesside area). A more complete list may be found under the Federation of Family History Societies.
A History of the County of Yorkshire from British History Online (Victoria County Histories), published 1914 and 1923 (Volume 1: the western part of the North Riding including Richmond; Volume 2: the eastern part of the North Riding including Scarborough and Whitby).
This is by far the most complete history of the parishes of the county to be found online. The chapters are ordered by the divisions of the county called wapentakes, but each chapter is linked to the volume's content page.
GENUKI has a page on all three ridings of Yorkshire and pages for each of the ecclesiastical parishes in the county. Under each parish there is a list of the settlements within it and brief description of each.
These are based on a gazetteer dated 1835 and there may have been a number of alterations to the parish setup since then. However, it is worthwhile information for the pre civil registration era. GENUKI provides references to other organizations who hold genealogical information for the local area. There is no guarantee that the website has been kept up to date and the submitter is very firm about his copyright. This should not stop anyone from reading the material.
The FamilyTree Wiki has a series of pages similar to those provided by GENUKI which may have been prepared at a later date. The wiki has a link to English Jurisdictions 1851 which gives the registration district and wapentake for each parish, together with statistics from the 1851 census for the area.
A Vision of Britain through Time, Yorkshire North Riding, section "Units and Statistics" leads to analyses of population and organization of the county from about 1800 through 1974. There are pages available for all civil parishes, municipal boroughs and other administrative divisions. Descriptions provided are usually based on a gazetteer of 1870-72.
Map of the North Riding divisions in 1888 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time
Map of North Riding divisions in 1944 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time
The above two maps indicate the boundaries between parishes, etc., but for a more detailed view of a specific area try a map from this selection. The oldest series are very clear at the third magnification offered. Comparing the map details with the GENUKI details for the same area is well worthwhile.
Yorkshire has a large number of family history and genealogical societies. A list of the societies will be found on the Yorkshire, England page.
In March 2018 Ancestry announced that its file entitled "Yorkshire, England: Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1873" has been expanded to include another 94 parishes (across the three ridings) and expected it to be expanded further during the year. The entries are taken from previously printed parish registers.
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Volkswagen has gone on trial to face investors seeking 9.2 billion euros $A14.9 billion in compensation, arguing the German carmaker should have informed shareholders earlier about its diesel pollution scandal. Shareholders representing 1,670 claims are seeking compensation for a slide in Volkswagen's (VW) share price triggered by the scandal, which broke in September 2015 and has cost the firm 27.4 billion euros in penalties and fines so far. Presiding Judge Christian Jaede at the Braunschweig higher regional court will make opening remarks at the trial on Monday setting out the agenda and case priorities for the trial, which will then determine which witnesses may be called. Plaintiffs suing the carmaker said VW failed in its duty to inform shareholders about the financial impact of the scandal, which became public only after the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a "notice of violation" on September 18, 2015. Had institutional investors known about VW's criminal activities they may have sold shares earlier or not made purchases, thereby avoiding losses on their shareholdings, plaintiffs said. VW shares lost up to 37 per cent of their value in the days after authorities exposed illegal levels of pollution emitted from VW diesel cars. VW has admitted systematic emissions cheating, but denies wrongdoing in matters of regulatory disclosure. "This lawsuit is solely and exclusively about whether Volkswagen complied with its disclosure obligations towards shareholders and the capital markets," the carmaker said in a statement. "We are confident that this is the case." Australian Associated Press
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VW investors seek $15b over diesel scandal
Investors are taking Volkswagen to court in Germany, demanding almost $A14.9b in compensation.
Volkswagen has gone on trial to face investors seeking 9.2 billion euros $A14.9 billion in compensation, arguing the German carmaker should have informed shareholders earlier about its diesel pollution scandal.
Shareholders representing 1,670 claims are seeking compensation for a slide in Volkswagen's (VW) share price triggered by the scandal, which broke in September 2015 and has cost the firm 27.4 billion euros in penalties and fines so far.
Presiding Judge Christian Jaede at the Braunschweig higher regional court will make opening remarks at the trial on Monday setting out the agenda and case priorities for the trial, which will then determine which witnesses may be called.
Plaintiffs suing the carmaker said VW failed in its duty to inform shareholders about the financial impact of the scandal, which became public only after the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a "notice of violation" on September 18, 2015.
Had institutional investors known about VW's criminal activities they may have sold shares earlier or not made purchases, thereby avoiding losses on their shareholdings, plaintiffs said.
VW shares lost up to 37 per cent of their value in the days after authorities exposed illegal levels of pollution emitted from VW diesel cars.
VW has admitted systematic emissions cheating, but denies wrongdoing in matters of regulatory disclosure.
"This lawsuit is solely and exclusively about whether Volkswagen complied with its disclosure obligations towards shareholders and the capital markets," the carmaker said in a statement.
"We are confident that this is the case."
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By Cameron Miculka West Hawaii Today cmiculka@westhawaiitoday.com | Sunday, May 12, 2019, 12:05 a.m.
A Special Olympics West Hawaii volunteers gives a Hawaii Island Visitor Industry Charity Walk participant a high-five Saturday during the annual event held at Waikoloa Beach Resort. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)
A woman grabs some much-needed water Saturday during the Hawaii Island Visitor Industry Charity Walk at Waikoloa Beach Resort. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)
Runners and walkers filled the roadway Saturday during the Hawaii Island Visitor Industry Charity Walk at Waikoloa Beach Resort. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)
A woman throws up a shaka along the walk portion of Saturday’s Hawaii Island Visitor Industry Charity Walk at Waikoloa Beach Resort. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)
Keiki on rollerskates also took part in Saturday's Hawaii Island Visitor Industry Charity Walk at Waikoloa Beach Resort. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)
A runner nearing the finish grabs a cup of water from a Special Olympics West Hawaii volunteer Saturday during the Hawaii Island Visitor Industry Charity Walk at Waikoloa Beach Resort. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)
A runner nearing the finish grabs a cup of water from Special Olympics West Hawaii volunteers Saturday during the Hawaii Island Visitor Industry Charity Walk at Waikoloa Beach Resort. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)
More than 2,000 runners and walkers took part in Saturday's Hawaii Island Visitor Industry Charity Walk at Waikoloa Beach Resort. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)
Participants donning Mario and Luigi costumes cruise Saturday during the Hawaii Island Visitor Industry Charity Walk at Waikoloa Beach Resort. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)
More than 2,000 runners and walkers took part in Saturday’s Hawaii Island Visitor Industry Charity Walk at Waikoloa Beach Resort. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)
A volunteer gives a high-five to a runner Saturday during the Hawaii Island Visitor Industry Charity Walk at Waikoloa Beach Resort. (Chelsea Jensen/West Hawaii Today)
WAIKOLOA — Whether they were running, jogging, walking or skating their way around Waikoloa Beach Resort, everyone who took part in Saturday’s Hawaii Island Visitor Industry Charity Walk agreed: this was about community.
“As the largest industry within the state and within the island, we need to make sure that we do our part to support the community that we live and work in,” said Steve Yannarell, Charity Walk chair and general manager at Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort &Spa. “And we are part of the community.”
Saturday’s event marked the 41st occurrence of the largest single fundraiser in the state that takes place on all islands, Yannarell said. All the money raised at each island’s Charity Walk stays on that island and supports nonprofit organizations in the community.
The event, staged by the Hawaii Lodging &Tourism Association, typically draws around 2,000 people on this island for a run/walk throughout Waikoloa Beach Resort starting and ending by Queens’ MarketPlace, followed by a celebration where participants dug into pupus prepared by some of the island’s top restaurants and resorts, offering fare such as sliders, lumpia and tacos.
All the while, the event raises hundreds of thousands of dollars to support organizations doing good work here on the island.
“Each nonprofit has something that they focus on,” said Yannarell. “So it touches a wide range of needs in the community. So we just hope that they’re able to do a little bit more because of the funds that are raised.”
Charity Walks were also planned for Maui, Kauai, Molokai, Lanai and Oahu throughout the month of May.
Last year, Yannarell said, Hawaii Island’s Charity Walk raised $315,000 for 61 charities on the island, and this year organizers set a goal of $325,000.
At the time Yannarell spoke to the crowd toward the end of the event, he said this year’s event had surpassed that goal, totaling $338,000.
He gave special recognition to the top hotels, Mauna Kea Beach Hotel and the Westin Hapuna Beach Resort, which raised almost $41,000, as well as Hilton Grand Vacations, which raised almost $23,000 and Hilton Waikoloa Village, which raised close to $16,000.
And for some of the local nonprofits that will benefit from the Charity Walk, the impact the fundraiser has is huge.
Kien Aveiro with the Alex and Duke DeRego Foundation said this is their fourth year at the event, saying the Charity Walk is one of their biggest fundraisers of the year.
The foundation aims to spread knowledge among youth about first aid, CPR and ocean awareness. The funds they receive through the Charity Walk help them support the Junior Life Guard program as well as purchase rescue tubes for public beaches that aren’t staffed by lifeguards.
In addition to the funds that it raises for the foundation’s efforts, he said, the Charity Walk is also a chance to raise awareness of what the foundation is doing in the community.
“It’s a great thing for the community I think,” Aveiro said of the Charity Walk. “It brings a lot of people together. Also, to get out and walk and exercise is always a good thing.”
The first runner to cross the finish line was Hawaii Preparatory Academy student Kanoa Blake, completing the 3.7-mile run in just over 23 minutes.
Saturday marked the 14-year-old’s first Charity Walk, and he said he believed “100%” that it was important for the community to have events like this.
“Everyone has a lot of fun and it’s a really good thing for this community,” he said after finishing the run. “Especially in Hawaii, because I feel like everyone in Hawaii is really close, and doing this kind of stuff brings everyone really close together, and you get to meet new people.”
And the hotel employees who were taking part in the event were also big supporters of the Charity Walk’s mission for the community and its support of local nonprofits.
“It’s to give back, definitely to give back,” said George Thronas, director of human resources at the Sheraton Kona Resort & Spa. “Because we know it’s a balance of having the tourism industry as well as to support the way of life for a lot of our residents here.”
Taking part in the event or volunteering in any way in the community, he added, is also a big morale booster for staff who are able to see the impact their actions have on the community in which they live and work.
“Outside of doing their daily routine of cleaning a room or whether it be serving a table, they’re actually able to go outside and volunteer,” he said. “Whether it’s helping at a school reading books or helping with a garden it gives them that sense of place that they belong.”
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Dragon Ball GT - Season 1: Episodes 1-34
The Black Star Dragon Ball and Baby Sagas!
After enduring trials that would have crushed any other soul, Goku is now faced with the most important journey of his life. The Dragon Balls have been scattered to the ends of creation! The universe is dense with danger and the Saiyan hero must plunge head first into the peril. If the seven magic relics of Shenron are not gathered within a year's time, Earth will meet with final catastrophe!
Alongside his friends Pan and Trunks, Goku will struggle against the most formidable evils yet, be they savage beast with the power to crumble mountains, false God's intent on sacrificing those who believe, or cruel manipulators of science who seek to strip the good of all power. The countdown to oblivion has begun... and before the clock strikes eternal midnight, the most incredible menace to ever threaten existence will rise!
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A fun sequel to Dragonball Z
Given all the hype surrounding Dragonball Z and fact it's now all available in the UK you might be wondering what's next. Well Manga UK have confirmed the sequel, Dragonball GT (which is comprised of 64 episodes and will be released over 2 box sets) is next on the cards for the UK. While GT has diverged opinion throughout the world of anime, personally I like it. Set some years after the events of DBZ, it sees Goku having to go in search for the Dragonballs after Pilaf (a villain from the original Dragonball series) used the Dragonballs. However the twist here as he used the Black Star Dragonballs and they are gathered across the galaxy as oppose to Earth! So Goku sets out on an adventure with Pan (Gohan's daughter) and Trunks across the galaxy to find said Black Star Dragonballs in order to restore order to what has been done. (There is a lot more to the story than just that, but I don't want to give anything away from those who haven't seen it.) The difference with this show, in the early going at least, is that there's more a feeling of adventure rather than having endless amounts of fighting (which, there's nothing wrong with) but it's a nice change of pace from the climatic battle that was had (in the story, some years earlier) in DBZ. However if you're someone who likes the fighting - and what Dragonball fan doesn't - trust me you still get your great fix of that as well. If you wanting more from the Dragonball universe, GT is the next step and it's great fun!
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Coke CIO rules out outsourcing benefits
Coca-Cola Amatil chief information officer Peter McNamee claims companies which outsource large projects effectively surrender any chance of lowering costs.Citing industry debate over the cost benefits of the practice, McNamee believes outsourcing comes at the expense of improving in-house skills, which might reduce those costs over time.
By Steven Deare | October 27, 2005 -- 02:06 GMT (19:06 PDT) | Topic: CXO
Coca-Cola Amatil chief information officer Peter McNamee claims companies which outsource large projects effectively surrender any chance of lowering costs.
Citing industry debate over the cost benefits of the practice, McNamee believes outsourcing comes at the expense of improving in-house skills, which might reduce those costs over time.
"This whole relationship between the 'keep the business running' costs, and the process improvement costs, is a key issue that you've got to address," McNamee told attendees at the IT Financial Management conference in Sydney.
"I reckon when you outsource you basically set a cost line for a whole function. And the whole reason why the outsourcer is in business is that he doesn't make any money for the first two years of the contract, but then he uses technology, and process improvement internally, to make that profitable transaction. And that's what you've given up," he said.
Process improvement costs could be staff training or projects like server consolidation, which lowered fixed costs and made the business more profitable, according to McNamee.
"So you really have to get onto this bandwagon, which is taking infrastructure and commodity services down constantly ... you've gotta get on the bandwagon of saying today we can use technology to our financial advantage."
Coca-Cola uses a 'process improvement' framework for its technology department, whereby services are constantly evaluated and refined, in order to improve. The company "doesn't believe in outsourcing", according to McNamee, saying "you shouldn't be relying on suppliers to do your major projects".
This year the department halved its contractor numbers and hired around 40 internal staff, according to McNamee. The company has a total technology staff of 300.
Consultants were "too bloody expensive, and they don't know your business well enough", McNamee told ZDNet Australia in a telephone interview.
He offered two examples of how the focus on in-house skills continually lowered costs.
"We paid eight cents two years ago for all local calls. Today we pay four cents per call in Australia. Your telecommunications should be 50 percent today of what they were two years ago. If someone in your IT department's not driving it, you're not building capacity for process improvement."
"So do your PCs cost you 20 to 30 percent less today than they did two years ago? If they're not, someone's not doing their job. You've gotta drive down the cost of infrastructure to create capacity and headroom for process improvement," he said.
However McNamee did not rule out outsourcing on a smaller scale. Hosted services, for instance, could be used to manage infrastructure which wasn't crucial to the core business, and help focus internal resources on competitive functions, he said.
"Whatever happens you've got to have a 'near one core' application. I don't care whether it's SAP or something else. But ... functionality, you don't want to invent. You better have it from some external organisation that's going to innovate.
"I don't want to hear about IT people working on accounts receivable, or debt collection, or audited cash processes. That's not where you differentiate yourself from the market.
"You can build your core competencies around the services layer," he said.
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The Best Rebrands & Logos of 2018
We saw many companies rebrand with fresh logos and assets in 2018. Some made us scratch our heads, but many made us “ooooh and ahhhh.” The following brands all went through logo updates worthy of mentioning. Here are our favorites– the best rebrands and logo refreshes of 2018.
Even though Uber has had some issues recently, their design team is absolutely incredible and they have the best brand guidelines we’ve seen in a long time.
Uber has a case study of the entire breakdown of their logo on their site and I recommend this case study when considering your own brand identity and how you should design for it. While the actual brand is a minor change to a much better typeface, the real identity is in the guidelines and the design system of the brand.
Uber.design goes into details of motion, typography, color, icons, illustration, tone, and photography to give life to this branding. Every step is meticulously thought out, inspired by their user base, and checks every single box on usage and transparency in meaning.
Without competition, the Uber rebrand was the best of 2018 because its design system sets a new standard and shows the talent of the designers over at uber.design.
Source: https://www.uber.design/case-studies/rebrand-2018
Ogilvy is easily one of the largest names in advertisement and design for years. They are a worldwide company that is at the forefront of advertising agencies. (The Ogilvy name was part of several of the best agencies in Denver too!) What made this rebrand so important was that it was a unification that brought together every single agency under Ogilvy into one name. Across 132 offices in 83 countries, every Ogilvy agency adopted the name and logo.
Along with this rebrand came a new website (that we love), a beautiful new logo with beautiful ligatures, new messaging, and a new goal to “Make brands matter.” I highly recommend checking out their new site.
The strategy and identity for the new Ogilvy were done by New York, NY- and San Francisco, CA-based COLLINS. COLLINS is a renowned branding agency that made something special with Ogilvy. See their case study about the brand here. Surprise, COLLINS is so good that they are responsible for a couple brands in this list.
Mailchimp rebranded this year and well… It was BOLD, to say the least (puns).
Besides literally making a bold typeface in their brand, Mailchimp has made some drastic changes to their identity and I would consider it a huge evolution in their design system.
Designed by COLLINS once more, Mailchimp’s new design system focuses on creativity and structure. In their own words “We have a lot of creative people with unique voices under one roof, which can be inspiring — and messy.”
COLLINS worked with the internal Brand Team of Mailchimp to make a system that was “a potent combination of wry humor, modest celebration, and a dash of absurdity.” and “…a new brand system that, in each element, works to maintain a precise balance between the sophisticated and the surreal (bucking reductive, over-simplified design trends), to better chart the company’s unique path and expression.”
We love the new Mailchimp identity and its buck to the helvetica-ization trend currently happening. Instead of simplifying their brand and slapping a gradient on it they went completely surreal and set a trend of their own that we expect to see a lot more in 2019.
Crispin Porter Bogusky
Okay, we’ve got a little love for this local brand because this new identity to CPB really blew us away.
Crispin Porter Bogusky+ is the new arrangement of what used to be Crispin Porter + Bogusky (or CP+B is now CPB+). Regardless, if you work with advertising you know these guys. They’re the ones that take a crazy concept, spin it on its head, and make something truly amazing.
CPB has always been the pink elephant, wild advertising, and really unique concepts. With this rebrand, they pushed to a new direction that “convey a DIY spirit. ‘We wanted something that felt slightly industrial, slightly maker-y,’” (source)
CPB+ has always had a real punk and brutalist feel to them. They hit you with the unexpected at every turn and gave you something to think about. We loved that feeling on their old website and even more with their new site.
‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’
It would be a sin to talk about the Best New Logos of 2018 and not mention Pentagram, so let’s talk about The Crimes of Grindelwald.
A logo from Pentagram is always going to be amazing, I don’t think they’ve ever made a bad logo, but there’s something really special here that I don’t think a lot of people know. The logo itself has a lot of elements of the movie (including the three deathly hallows) but what makes this one of the best logos of 2018 is that Pentagram made an entire typeface dedicated to this branding called Crimes New Roman.
This is one of those times where we all thought it was great, but then Pentagram took it one step further and completely blew us away with a fully custom alphabet that embodies the look and feel of the movies while also hinting at the story.
Read the full story of the logo mark on Pentagram’s website.
Bonus: Firefox
Firefox is a bonus on our list of best brands because it sits in a grey area. The new brand for Firefox hasn’t actually been chosen yet.
Firefox decided that their current branding doesn’t embrace all of the Firefox products in their pipeline, so they got three design studios (Firefox’s in-house user experience (UX) design team, London-based branding studio Hicks Design and San Francisco-based digital studio Ramotion) to build Identity systems centered around the main brand icon. There is a full breakdown on Design Week you can read that shows the work of these studios and the different paths they are looking to do.
This makes the best rebrands list because even though this project started in January 2017 we still have yet to see the final direction. Also, this should be on the horizon of designers and brands because rarely ever do we get to see the branding process of these large agencies.
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Alonzo Miller Woodhull, 1823 - 1894
(The Wave, Rockaway Beach, N. Y., Thursday, April 23, 1970, Section I, Page Six)
(The South Shore Press Newspaper, Shirley, Suffolk County, New York, May 28, 2014)
Josiah Woodhull House
(The North Shore Sun News, New York, November 3, 2010)
Richard Woodhull, husband of Frances Greene. Richard died on February 13, 1834
(The Corrector, Sag Harbor, L.I., N.Y., Saturday, June 7, 1834)
Earl Hopkins Woodhull
(Publication: The Watchman, Date: Sep 1, 1938; Page: 7)
Rollin Young Woodhull
(Publication: Long Islander (Huntington), Date: Feb 27, 1925; Page: 7)
John Biddulph Martin
Spouse: Victoria "Claflin" Woodhull Blood
(Date: Wednesday, November 11, 1891 Paper: Macon Telegraph (Macon, GA) Page: 4)
Rev. Gilbert Tennent Woodhull
Birth: Feb. 18, 1827
(Aberdeen Weekly News, Aberdeen, SD, Friday, July 22, 1887, page 5
Clipping - Mrs. Hattie Woodhull
The Sayville County News
Sayville, N. Y. June 4, 1915
Hedwig Martha "Ambolt" Woodhull
20th Birthday Oct 3, 1940
(The Independent Leader (E R) Carteret Press, Carteret, New Jersey Oct. 1940)
Birth: Oct. 3, 1920
Death: Nov, 26, 2008
Spouse: Charles Crane Woodhull
Parents: August and Martha Ambolt
General Nathaniel Woodhull
(Daily Star, Brooklyn, New York, 1913, Friday, May 24, 1912, page 8)
Abel Corwin Jr.
Death: May 11, 1895
Parents: Abel Corwin & Sally B. "unknown?"
Spouse(s): 1st, Betsy Huchinson; 2nd Catherine E. Ryder; 3rd, Helen M. Woodhull; 4th, Unknown, Abel was 78 years old and she was 40 years old
Gertrude May "Jackson" Woodhull
Birth: Aug. 28, 1889
Death: Aug. 17, 1966
Spouse: Gilbert Elmer H. Woodhull
Parents: Louisa Orissa Woodhull & Andrew
Wallace Jackson
(The Holley Standard, Holley, N.Y., July 17, 1941)
Caleb Smith Woodhull, Mayor
Death: Jul. 16, 1866
Parents: Merritt Smith Woodhull & Mary Davis
Spouse(s): 1st, Lavinia Nostrand; 2nd, Harriet Fardon
(Publication: Long Islander, Huntington. L.I., N.Y., Friday April 20, 1849; Page: 2)
Woodhull Brothers, 1870
Henry Isaac Woodhull and William Sturges Woodhull
Paper: Salt Lake Telegram, Salt Lake City, UT, Monday, September 20,
1920, Page: 9
William Homer Woodhull
(Beach, North Dakota)
Nathaniel Robert Woodhull
Birth: Feb. 4, 1851
Death: Feb. 20, 1887
Parents: Egbert Benson Woodhull and Angeline M. Edwards
Spouse: Emma L. White
(Publication: The Signal, Babylon, L. I., Date: Saturday Morning, June 16, 1883; Page: 3)
Hannah E. Woodhull
Parents: Josiah Woodhull IV & Ann Elizabeth Baker
Joseph Hudson Woodhull
Death: Nov. 23, 1905
Parents: Claudius Woodhull and Sophia Davis Miller
Spouse: Hannah Maria Aldrich
(Publication: South Side Signal, Babylon L.I., N.Y., Date: Saturday Morning, January 26, 1884; Page: 3)
The Victoria Woodhull Clock is the only monument in the country to the first woman to run for United States president, in 1872, when women were not even allowed to vote. Woodhull, whose running mate was Frederick Douglass, the first African American to run for (vice) president, also was the first woman to appear before the House Judiciary Committee, the first to hold a chair on the New York Stock Exchange and the first to translate Karl Marx into English, according to an essay published in the Granville Historical Society’s Historical Times of August 2005. (Granville, Ohio)
Victoria "Claflin" Woodhull
Zophar Miller Woodhull
Eugene Woodhull, b. Nov. 1, 1861
(The Rome Daily Sentinel, Rome, N.Y., Thursday Evening, February 1, 1900)
Spafford Woodhull
Anna Belle Woodhull
(The County Review, Riverhead, Suffolk County, N. Y., Friday, March 7, 1924)
General Nathaniel Woodhull; House, Portrait and Papers Destroyed by house fire.
A few small changes since this letter was written. The exact date the General's house did burn (April 5, 1784), found to be documented in several places, including the Lawrence Estate Journals . What wasn't known heretofore, but long suspected was that there was a portrait of General Woodhull, but that it perished in that fire.
Sells Edwards Woodhull
Parents: Egbert Benson Woodhull & Angeline M. Edwards
Spouse: Mary Brissel
(The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, Sunday,November 1, 1903)
Edward C. Bolton
Lena "Wade" Higgins Woodhull
Birth: Jan. 24, 1847 Canada
Death: Oct. 5, 1908 Michigan
Parents: Nelson Wade & Mary Updyke
Spouse: 2nd, Robert Woodhull
(The Bay City Times, Bay City, Michigan, Monday, October 5, 1908)
Betsey "Woodhull" Coolidge
Birth: 1794 CT
(The Oneida Sachem, Oneida, N. Y., April 5, 1862)
Theodore Woodhull
Birth: 1827; Death: 1853
Parents: Ezra Woodhull & Urania Miller
Spouse: Clarissa "Moger" Woodhull Penny
Note: Captain Theodore Woodhull, commander of the schooner "Maria Jewett"
(New-York Daily Tribune, Wednesday, June 29, 1853)
Richard Woodhull
Death: unknown
Parents: Ebenezer Woodhull and Sarah Talcott
Spouse(s): 1st, Catherine Edick; 2nd, Mary E. Tisdale; 3rd, Charlotte M. Wilson
(The Herkimer Democrat and Little Falls Gazette, July 26, 1876, page 3)
Francis Mandeville Woodhull
Birth: Oct. 13, 1851
Death: disappeared 1888, Declared dead Nov. 20, 1900
Parents: Francis Mandeville Woodhull Sr., and Phoebe Jane Moffat
Spouse: Mary E. Buchanan
(The Evening Gazette, Port Jervis, N. Y., Thursday, November 22, 1900)
Chester Arthur Woodhull
(Paper: The Evening Star (Washington (DC), District of Columbia) Wednesday, August 1, 1900 Page: 12)
Clara "Woodhull" Pickering
Miss Clara, being the eldest, at age 14 or 15 years old when she decided to come before the public, with a strong desire to support her widowed mother and her orphaned brothers and sisters. She made her first appearance on stage at the Richmond theatre on Jan. 2, 1833. Clara went by her theater ‘stage name’ of Woodhull. Miss Woodhull was young and interesting, but not remarkable for any eminent ability. Clara, with her husband, sailed for New Orleans, in the fall of 1837, and soon after her arrival was seized with the yellow fever. Clara died at the age of 19 years of age on Oct. 15, 1937 at New Orleans, Louisiana. Alexander Pickering, some years later, led and unhappy life and it is not known positively where he died. It was probably in Canada.
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Review: WWE Brock Lesnar: Here Comes The Pain (Collector’s Edition) DVD
November 5, 2012 by Joe Israel
I still remember buying Here Comes the Pain when it came out in 2003. At the time, the WWE was making a shift towards higher-end documentaries on their DVD’s, and I really enjoyed it when it first came out. It gave a good overview of Lesnar’s first year in the WWE, and seemed like the best type of documentary we were going to get from the WWE.
In hindsight, this was pretty far from the truth. While it’s by no means painful to sit through, the documentary doesn’t hold up great when looked at next to the releases we’ve gotten recently (especially with the fact that it has to follow the Punk DVD). The DVD features the original documentary from 2003, with the bonus matches on discs 2 and 3 interspersed with a new interview from Lesnar. Disc 1 runs around 1 hour, 10 minutes, and Discs 2 and 3 each run around 3 hours. The DVD is rated TV-14. As has been reported here on WWEDVDNews.com in the past, this is the first DVD to feature the WWF scratch logo unedited, which will hopefully be true from here on out.
“Next Big Thing”: The Documentary & Format
As I mentioned in the intro to this review, the documentary, while entertaining, has not aged particularly well. It serves as a nice trip down memory lane revisiting all of Lesnar’s feuds from his first year in the WWE. The documentary doesn’t really give us anything more substantive than this, though. It begins with a brief look at his childhood, and quickly runs down the timeline of Brock’s career through June of 2003. The format is very simple, but you can see the shift the WWE was making at the time towards more groundbreaking documentaries. Some of the interviews are told out of character, while some interviews (such as those from Michael Hayes) are told from the point of view of Brock Lesnar, the character. This dichotomy becomes a bit confusing. The growing pains of the WWE Home Video department are clear here.
I had forgotten just how prominent feud recap video packages were on these old documentaries. A lot of time on this doc is made up of video packages like the ones you would see recapping a feud before a PPV match. When they are well made, they can be a lot of fun to watch. This isn’t really what we’ve come to expect on DVD’s anymore though. Some videos recapping a feud is great, but interspersing this with interviews from the different superstars and writers involved is what really makes it interesting. These are few and far between here. If you go in with your expectations shifted a bit, you’ll probably enjoy the documentary well enough, but if you expect more, you’re going to be disappointed.
The new interview with Lesnar, which we get a segment of between each match on Discs 2 and 3, is pretty bizarre. First off, I love the fact that there is an interview between every match. This is how all match compilations should be set up from the WWE. Unfortunately, most of the interviews don’t have much to do with the match we are about to watch. There are some connections you can make, but oftentimes it feels like the order of clips was randomly chosen. If you saw the great 5 minute Lesnar sit-down interview promo the WWE ran back in April after Lesnar’s return, you should know what to expect from this interview. What worked great in 5 minutes doesn’t work as well over this many segments, though. They become very repetitive, with Lesnar basically talking about how he is a soulless machine and an ass-kicker in many different ways. Lesnar also isn’t a great interview, and that starts to become apparent here. The most entertaining aspect of the interview was just waiting to see what bizarre statement Lesnar would make next. It’s certainly not worth going out of your way to see.
“F-5!”: The Matches
Brock Lesnar Vs. Leviathan (OVW, 7/28/01) – **
A standard match that feels like it’s taking place in the “training league”. Not bad, but very basic. Fun to see Batista chain wrestling.
OVW Southern Tag Team Championship Match: The Minnesota Stretching Crew Vs. Prototype & Rico Constantino (OVW, 11/10/01) – ** 1/4
Like the other OVW match, a very simple tag team match. Lesnar & Benjamin have pretty good chemistry together; I can’t say that much is true for Rico & Prototype (Cena).
Brock Lesnar Vs. Jeff Hardy (Backlash, 4/21/02) – * 3/4
A glorified squash match. A great finish, which makes Lesnar look like a monster and Heyman look like the diabolical trainer.
King of the Ring Finals: Brock Lesnar Vs. Rob Van Dam (King of the Ring, 6/23/02) – **
For the finals of a major tournament, this match was shockingly short. Not bad while it lasted, but it never shifts out of second gear and the finish comes out of nowhere.
Brock Lesnar & The Undertaker Vs. Rob Van Dam & Ric Flair (Raw, 7/15/02) – ***
A very fun main event-level TV match.
#1 Contender’s Match: Brock Lesnar Vs. Hulk Hogan (SmackDown, 8/8/02) – *** 1/2
I’m not going to pretend that this match is a technical masterpiece, but the booking is so perfect that I needed to give it a high star rating. Hogan was super over with the crowd at this point, and the way Lesnar beats him was excellent. A classic visual to end this episode of SmackDown.
WWE Undisputed Championship Match: Brock Lesnar Vs. The Rock (SummerSlam, 8/25/02) – *** 3/4
This match is very competently put together, but there’s nothing unique about it that elevates it from “very good” to “great”.
Brock Lesnar Vs. Randy Orton (SmackDown, 9/5/02) – * 1/2
Another glorified squash match. The fun part about this match is watching a young Orton take such a beating.
WWE Undisputed Championship Match: Brock Lesnar Vs. The Undertaker (Unforgiven, 9/22/02) – *** 1/2
For a match that ends in a non-finish, its still good while it lasts. Lesnar & Undertaker have great chemistry, and they even make the non-finish work. Unfortunately, on this DVD not all of the post-match is included (they cut out the great moment where Taker throws Lesnar through the Unforgiven logo).
WWE Championship Hell in a Cell Match: Brock Lesnar Vs. The Undertaker (No Mercy, 10/20/02) – **** 3/4
One of the better Hell in a Cell matches of all time. Great use of the cell gimmick without doing any crazy spots on top of the cell. As mentioned above, the chemistry here is fantastic.
Royal Rumble Match (Royal Rumble, 1/19/03) – N/A
This match is joined in progress at Lesnar’s entrance (#29). Despite being a huge fan of the Rumble match, even I have to admit this is one of the weaker installments.
Brock Lesnar Vs. Team Angle (SmackDown, 2/27/03) – ** 1/4
A well put together, but unspectacular, match. A good build for the WrestleMania main event between Lesnar & Angle.
WWE Championship Match: Brock Lesnar Vs. Kurt Angle (WrestleMania XIX, 3/30/03) – **** 1/4
An excellent technical contest that, unfortunately, is remembered more for the botched Shooting Star Press than the great wrestling.
WWE Championship Match: Brock Lesnar Vs. John Cena (Backlash, 4/27/03) – ** 3/4
You can begin to see glimpses here of what Cena will become, but this was his first shot at a high-profile match. A fun match, but nothing memorable.
WWE Championship 60-Minute Ironman Match: Brock Lesnar Vs. Kurt Angle (SmackDown, 9/18/03) – **** 1/2
In a 60-minute match, pacing will either make or break it. The pacing in this one is great, and the match never drags throughout the course of the hour. Lesnar & Angle created many different “stages” for the match to enter, which helps keep it interesting.
Brock Lesnar Vs. Rey Mysterio (SmackDown, 12/11/03) – *** 1/2
The big man vs. little man match has been done many times before, but Lesnar & Mysterio found ways to keep it different in this match. This is the biggest sleeper match on the entire DVD. Also, the match is won by one of my favorite “forgotten finishers” in the WWE, the Brock Lock.
WWE Championship Match: Brock Lesnar Vs. Big Show (SmackDown, 6/12/03) – **
The ending of this match is amazing (and I still kind of hate that it was recreated last year). The rest of the match is fine, but ultimately, it doesn’t matter.
Brock Lesnar Vs. Goldberg (WrestleMania XX, 3/14/04) – DUD
The term “disasterpiece” is sometimes used to describe big-budget, high prestige films that end up being bloated, brilliant failures. This match is wrestling’s equivalent of a “disasterpiece”. As bad as it may be, the spectacle is fascinating, and if you’ve never seen this match, it truly is a must-see for all the wrong reasons.
“The Landscape of the WWE Has Been Drastically Changed”: Closing Thoughts
With most WWE DVD releases, the answers to the questions “Is this a good DVD?” and “Would you recommend someone buy this DVD?” are the same. In this case, though, the answers to those questions are going to be different for an umber of fans. Yes, this is a good DVD with some classic matches, and I had no problems sitting back and enjoying it. However, for a good number of fans, I wouldn’t necessarily recommend buying it.
The main reason this DVD is so good is because of a great collection of bonus matches. Lesnar was great in the ring, and it shows throughout Discs 2 and 3. Most of the great matches are available on other DVD’s, though. If you are missing a good number of these matches from your collection, then I would heartily recommend this DVD. If you followed WWE in 2002 and 2003, you will probably enjoy the nostalgia trip as well. If your main reason to pick up the DVD is for the documentary or new interview, I don’t think there is enough here to justify the purchase. There are a few bonus segments on Disc 1, including Lesnar’s WWE debut and his 2012 return, and I am happy that I have both of these moments on DVD. I’d be shocked if Lesnar’s return isn’t on this year’s best of Raw & SmackDown set, though. Again, this DVD is very enjoyable, but if you are a long time collector, you probably already have a good number of these matches on DVD (not to mention the original documentary).
Buy it :: Amazon US. Silver Vision UK. Shock Australia.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below, and I’ll be back next week with a review brought to you by the New World Order.
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Jacob Gutierrez says:
I am a HUGE fan of Brock Lesnar and really look forward to watching this Blu-Ray Set but what I’m bothered by is that I don’t see the Stretcher Match against Big Show for the WWE Championship from the Original 2003 DVD Release listed on this Blu-Ray Set and some of the chapters from the Documentary aren’t there either like Road to Wrestlemania, Wrestlemania, Training for Summerslam and one other one.
Deon says:
It’s definitely worth getting considering the previous DVD release had only 5 matches as extras! My only complaint about it was ironically the part I was looking forward to the most: Lesnar talking. I thought he was going to go into detail about his career or at least give his thoughts on his matches and feuds, but you get throwaway interviews instead. All you need to know about everything he said is that he is a tough guy and he will be WWE (or World) Champion again.
you lesnar fans are losers. just kill yourselves already. trust me no one will miss you when you’re gone.
Domenic says:
Anyone else notice they blurred out benoits name on the stretcher match video package on the documentary?
Brad Attitude says:
yeah i noticed it. wwe also cut out benoit being powerbombed by undertaker when he became the number 1 contender to lesnar’s title.
Can we finally have the attitude era listing now.
I’m waiting for my blu-ray copy to arrive in the mail. As a huge Lesnar fan follower from WWE to Japan to UFC and back to WWE, this is definetly my bluray of the year as far as wrestling goes. I just wish the review here was done for the bluray although the review itself was fun to read as it was short, simple and to the point … So many classic matches I’ll be revisiting here.
I’m neither a Lesnar nor nWo fan, but I really believe the Lesnar release to be SO MUCH better from the perspective of the match listing.
The nWo release resembles a match listing compiled to showcase why WCW went out of business. Terrible match listings that really spoiled this release that was arguably the one I was most looking forward to in the last half of the year. Not anymore.
On the other hand, the Lesnar Blu-Ray has great matches with the likes of Angle, Rock, Flair, Hogan, Mysterio, Cena and the Undertaker. It’s really a must have if you were a fan of the early 2000s era or if you skipped out on that era and want to see some of the best portions that you missed.
And, this is coming from a guy who VERY MUCH preferred the late 90s WCW wrestling product to everything that’s followed it.
Jesus Lopez says:
Great review. I already own the original release (which I found to be great-no filler!). What brings me back to this set in 2012 is extra matches it provides. This review is on the money and I agree with it completely. As a Lesnar fan, yes, you want it. Everyone else, don’t feel the need to sprint to this one-You are fine with the original release. Once again, great review and I look forward to your thoughts on the nWo release.
I own the original copy I liked it but when I heard this was coming outon blu ray with a more complete match listing it was a no doubt must have for me and all the match look great in dvd. as for as wwe forcusing you to buy blu ray its not so much them forcing you it is the demand of the format blu ray holds allot more content as we can see with the loaded blu ray extras of punks blu ray
Vincenzzzzzo says:
Thanks for the review. I just picked up the Collectors Edition Blu-ray this past Saturday, but haven’t watched it yet though. Will watch it sometime this week when I have the time to enjoy it more. I really enjoyed the sit down interview Lesnar gave when he returned earlier this year, and glad they broke it up in parts between the matches. Very entertaining interview.
My local Walmart actually has this on Blu, and the CM Punk set as well. First Blu sets I have seen at that store since The Rock set earlier this year. I pretty much get every new WWE release through Amazon so its no big deal to me personally, but the Blu’s won’t sell very well if you don’t put them where people can find them.
Fer says:
Nowadays the WWE is kinda forcing you to get blu-ray the sets just feel incomplete without the blu-ray extras
CRG says:
Yeah they are. Infact I just bought my first blu ray player because I felt WWE forced it on me. Knowing that they are cheaper then what I paid for my last dvd player is kind of annoying though.
To some degree, I feel it’s the other way around. Where I’m located, WWE Blu-rays don’t consistently arrive in nearby stores, but the DVDs do. I guess if you want to make the argument that the BRs have more, then yes, but at the same time, they’re not taking the same amount of chances on BR sets (mainly with distribution) that other home video entertainment (movies, TV shows) are. Just my opinion based on observation.
Anyways, that Smackdown match vs. Mysterio is a treat. Totally forgot it existed. Never thought there’d be such a thing as a hidden gem between a WWE-turned-UFC star and one of the highest drawing/most exciting Mexican stars they’ve had, but this would be it. Well, worth checking out either the DVD/BR sets for that match.
Not only WWE but the entire movie industry are pushing Blu-ray to consumers. These days the DVDs are barebones and the Blu-ray is loaded with special features.
The PS3 was pushed with Blu-ray and studios started jumping from HD-DVD. Warner Bro. going exclusive to Blu-ray was the nail in the coffin for HD-DVD…i’m actually glad i waited to collect Blu-rays once HD-DVD was discontinued.
Anyone want to give ratings for the blu ray matches.
Joe Israel says:
I haven’t seen it in a while, but I can tell you I remember really enjoying the Vengeance 2003 triple threat match, which is a bonus feature on the Blu Ray.
I’d rank vs. Flair, the 6 man tag, and the Rock/HHH/Brock match at around three stars. I’d say vs. Cena and the Show/Angle/Brock one are four stars.
I agree blu ray, was worth it!
nightmare says:
Great review thanks that sucks that they cut out where Taker throws Lesnar through the Unforgiven logo).I wonder why that was one of the best part of the match .
Get the Blu-Ray, not the DVD if you can. Worth it for the extra matches.
mommy says:
good review, not to long or short, and your ratings are generally accurate
your review is great for both casual and hardcore fans, a quick way to find out if the dvd is worth it without getting to nerdy about it
Just waiting for the blu ray in the mail, haven’t seen that iron man match since it aired. Probably a good thing a new doc wasn’t made, if he’s not a good interview forget it.
is the iron man match ithe full version with what happened during commercial breaks and everything?
Yes, its the complete match and no fade to black during commercials…you just don’t hear the commentary.
Great going to order this set now, glad now that I did not buy that other shitty set only for the full Iron Man Match
I know this is completely unrelated, but any word on when we’ll see any content listings for the Attitude Era dvd? Should it be any time soon?
Possibly sometime next week.
Actually looking forward to it, especially how the format will play out…i assume will be matches in chronological order with segments in-between.
Everything’s in chronological order except for the Big Show match for some reason.
oddnhow they did not put the cena lesnar match from this year because they have his return on here but not his return match just seems odd to me not that i care much cuz i have extreme rules on dvd i beleave its a blu ray exclusive sorry for bad spelling
That’s right, it’s a Blu-ray exclusive.
http://wwedvdnews.com/category/content-listings/superstar-sets/
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1- Felt - "The Day The Rain Came Down" 1985
2- The Smiths - "Still Ill" 1984
3- The Wake - "Talk About The Past" 1984
4- The Go-Betweens - "Bachelor Kisses" 1984
5- The Pale Fountains - "Something On My Mind" 1982
6- Echo & The Bunnymen - "The Back Of Love" 1982
7- It's Immaterial - "Ed's Funky Dinner" 1986
8- Dead Can Dance - "Advent" 1985
9- Death In June - "Come Before Christ And Murder Love" 1986
10- Joy Division - "24 Hours" 1980
11- The Chameleons - "Second Skin" 1983
12- REM - "Fall On Me" 1986
13- The Church - "Under The Milky Way" 1988
14- The Sea Urchins - "Everglades" 1987
15- Depeche Mode - "Strange Love" 1987
16- Pet Shop Boys - "Love Comes Quickly" 1986
17- New Order - "Thieves Like Us" 1984
18- Aztec Camera - "Walk Out To Winter" 1983
19- The Gist - "Love At First Sight" 1982
20- This Mortal Coil - "The Jeweller" 1986
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billie holiday "lady in satin" 1958
A harrowing classic, Billie Holiday's personal favorite among her '50s albums captures the singer 17 months before her death, her once honeyed voice, scarred and weakened from punishing life, its ravages highlighted by the 1958 session's crisp sonics and the contrasting "satin" of Ray Ellis' sleek string arrangements.
somdarte
tags: 50's, billie holiday, jazz
francis albert sinatra & antónio carlos jobim 1967
The legendary Ol' Blue Eyes sings the Bossa Nova icon's compositions and does more than justice to his songs. His interpretations are awesomely beautiful and incredibly enchanting. He covers these songs with utmost confidence considering that these songs are not his normal repertoire. In my opinion, this is one of Sinatra's finest albums ever recorded. With A.C. Jobim and one of my favorite conductors/arrangers, Claus Ogerman in the picture, what more can you ask for?
phoco musical
tags: 60's, bossa nova, frank sinatra, jazz, tom jobim
sarah vaughan "o som brasileiro de sarah vaughan" 1978
This disc is an example. It has Brazil inside and was recorded by one of the best singers ever known. Definitely, it could not be out of our collection. It has only Brazilian musicians, including a special participation of Maestro Antonio Carlos Jobim. Let's see.
pintando música
tags: 70's, bossa nova, jazz, sarah vaughan
ella fitzgerald "ella abraça jobim" 1981
Granted, Ella's voice was a mere shadow of her glory years, but her control of her lower register was impeccable. Of course, her scatting, especially on "The Boy from Impanema," was hard hitting.
mateo's world music
tags: 80's, bossa nova, ella fitzgerald, jazz
johnny hartman "i just drop by to say hello" 1963
johnny hartman sings for a room lit only by a few candles. his baritone hovers over the air, draping all in a warm blanket. his choice of songs convey the feelings and the thoughts that complete the scene. hank jones adds just a sparkle, brother elvin keeps the time relaxed. mr. hartman is subtly echoed by jim hall and kenny burrell gracefully playing their guitars. by the time's its all over, there are only eyes for one another. if that sounds like the evening you need, this is the place to set the mood. it's not noted in the insipid liner notes, but this album certainly complements hartman's other '63 release on impulse-- johnny hartman and john coltrane; for romanticism and balladry. a very fine album.
quepartenoentendiste
tags: 60's, jazz, johnny hartman
The Corner House-Band, Cornerhouse Jazz Season
25 July 2009: Chris Payne, Otto Smart, Roger Quigley, Jamie Finlay. From facebook a jazz session with Roger Quigley (At Swim Two Birds, The Montgolfier Brothers) and Otto Smart (The Otto Show, The Montgolfier Brothers
tags: at swim two birds, jazz, the montgolfier brothers
chet baker "sings" 1952
I don't think Chet Baker would be rated by most casual jazz fans as the best male vocalist of his era...probably, he wouldn't be number one even for the trumpet on most lists.
Som do roque
tags: 50's, chet baker, jazz
archie shepp & horace parlan "trouble in mind" 1980
Shepp, who is also a playwright, brings an immense sense of dramatic gesture to jazz. There is no finer statement of the blues rhetoric than "Backwater Blues" on this CD, and no saxophone notes were ever more dignified, carved out of rock than those on 'St James Infirmary.' The soprano playing (more or less every other track) is also powerful and individual. Horace Parlan (piano) is a marvel of elegant, dignified rhythmic balance, on this as on "Goin' Home," making these two wonderful additions to the jazz duet library. It is great to see these titles on www.Amazon.com, where their absence for several years really made one wonder. Download.
tags: 80's, archie shepp, horace parlan, jazz
bill evans "you must belive in spring" 1981
“You Must Believe in Spring” is an indispensable part of the huge recorded output of Bill Evans, for musical reasons, but its significance is otherwise noteworthy as well. It was his first date for Warner Brothers, after a long and fruitful association with Fantasy Records. Recorded in August 1977 at Capitol studios in Los Angeles, but not released until early 1981 -- it was also the first album released by any company after the pianist’s death in September 1980, thus adding to the bittersweet experience of listening to its beauty, for those of us who first picked it up on vinyl back then. It still holds up as one of the most "billevans-ish" albums there are, to coin a phrase: so many of the unique qualities ascribed to his playing over the years can be found right here in this recording.
Oufar Khan
tags: 80's, bill evans, jazz
john coltrane and johnny hartman "s/t" 1963
Though Coltrane and Hartman had known each other since their days playing with Dizzy Gillespie's band in the late 1940s (Hartman had been with the band on an on and off basis, and Coltrane played (third) alto with the band in 1949), Hartman is the only vocalist with whom the great saxophonist would record as a leader. Initially when producer Bob Thiele approached Hartman with Coltrane's request that the two record together Hartman was hesitant as he did not consider himself a jazz singer and did not think he and Coltrane would compliment one another musically. Download.
tags: 60's, jazz, john coltrane, johnny hartman
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Cheryl Durgans and Elias Kelley in downtown Yellow Springs. Their upcoming web series “Little Village” was filmed in many locations around the village. The show’s promotional materials will include an app developed by Kelley that will allow smartphone users to scan “Little Village” logos placed on downtown locations like the Emporium and Tom’s Market and watch scenes from the show. (Photo by Lauren ‘Chuck’ Shows)
Big story fuels ‘Little Village’
By Lauren Shows
Imagine a village that looks a lot like this one, but it’s entirely self-sustaining, with its own independent infrastructure, economy, governance — and a whole lot of secrets.
That’s the basic conceit of “Little Village,” a web series co-created by villagers Cheryl Durgans and Elias Kelley, slated to premiere some time this year. A trailer for the upcoming show was released on the show’s Facebook page at the end of 2018.
Durgans and Kelley said in an interview this week that they both have backgrounds in the arts. Durgans is a village native; after graduating from high school, she left town to attend the HBCU Spelman College in Atlanta where she studied art, specifically photography and printmaking. She worked for the Mural Arts Program in Philadelphia, and eventually earned her MFA in studio art. But she came back to town when her mother, the late Mary Durgans Willett, fell ill.
“I came back here for eight weeks — six years ago,” she said. Since then, she’s built a new life here, working as an artist, a massage therapist and an adjunct professor at Wilberforce University, among other things.
“I’m basically the quintessential face of the gig economy,” she said, laughing.
Kelley is a transplant from Atlanta, where he initially began work as a screenwriter. It was a hard task trying to get his work into the right hands, or often any hands, he said. Around 2005, he ended up working with Georgia’s Economic Development Department, specifically working on the state’s film tax credit incentive, which has helped launch Atlanta into one of the world’s top three filming locations.
Though he craved creative work, Kelley said he enjoyed his time working on the tax incentive. “Math kind of takes well with me,” he said.
After working with numbers for so long, Kelley said he started to work some numbers of his own: what would it take financially to develop his own studio, so that he could make the kinds of projects he wanted to make?
It’s what he was considering as he took a plane from Atlanta to New York in 2009, and was seated next to a stranger who also happened to be in the film business. The two got to talking, he said, and just as the captain announced that they were flying over Ohio, the man leaned over, pointed out the window and said, “The stuff we do? It’s not possible down there.”
Kelley wasn’t convinced — as far as he was concerned, Ohio could foster as much creativity as any other place in the U.S. So the man in the seat made him a sort of gentleman’s bet: move to Ohio, make film, see if you can hack it. Coincidentally — or, perhaps, by cosmic design — that year Kelley’s mom, villager Dr. Venita Kelley, said she’d bought a house in the village, and Kelley followed.
“I was a starving artist from Atlanta, and Yellow Springs became my solace,” Kelley said. “And I basically came here on a dare.”
Durgans and Kelley said they met at a party about six years ago over a game of Pictionary. They bonded over sharing conversations about their philosophies and their lives, and their shared love of sci-fi and mysteries. Kelley was also interested in Durgans’ experience as a village native, and what it was like to come of age here.
“I won’t say this is everybody’s experience, but it was very difficult for me here as a brown-skinned little girl growing up,” she said.
It was through these conversations over the years that the initial seed for “Little Village” was planted.
“It was kind of a secretive project that I hid away from her for a little bit,” said Kelley. “As we talked over the years, she had no idea that I was kind of jotting down notes about some of her life stories — a lot of these have found their way into the script.”
This was the project that Kelley had been looking for when he decided to leave Atlanta for the unknown vista of the rural Midwest.
“This little village was my Hail Mary, if you will,” he said. “So I approached Cheryl and said, ‘This is the best show that I’ve got, and we can do it here.’ And she was like, ‘OK, I can dig it. I can dig it.”
The story of “Little Village” isn’t little, said the two: there’s a complex lore running underneath each episode. Without giving too much away about the show’s plot, Kelley explained:
“This is a village in the middle of the Midwest that is self-sustaining. It needs nothing — it has its own Wi-Fi, its own inner economies, its own water. It’s almost like an island. But at the same time, it’s got the eye of everybody outside — basically, this little island in the Midwest is sitting on real, raw power. It holds all these mysteries, and there are people protecting it. But things are becoming strained as more people want in — and the village isn’t sure if the metaphorical levies on the outside are going to keep this wave of industry from crashing in, and what it will look like if they don’t.”
Durgans and Kelley said they have woven elements of science fiction, magic and spirituality into the narrative, which Durgans partially credits to her love of famed African-American sci-fi author Octavia Butler.
“Reading Butler literally saved my life,” said Durgans. “She was huge for me because I was like, ‘Wait, a black woman is writing sci-fi? And she’s creating her own languages and her own worlds? Ah, man, that’s dope!’”
Actor Sumayah Chappelle portrays Arica Penrose in “Little Village.” Though the show boasts sci-fi, fantasy and thriller elements, at its heart, “Little Village” is Arica’s coming-of-age story. (Still from ‘Little Village’)
At its heart, though, said Durgans and Kelley, “Little Village” is a coming-of-age story. The story is told from the perspective of teenager Arica Penrose, played by young actor Sumayah Chappelle. Arica is a composite of Durgans herself, built from the pieces of her life story that Kelley curated during their conversations, and the creative duo’s imaginations.
“You don’t see a lot of coming-of-age stories about young, black women,” said Durgans. “The show doesn’t make an explicit statement on race, but there is an implied understanding of the strength and power of a young, black woman that you don’t see very often.”
Kelley and Durgans said they’ve made sure that “Little Village” is almost entirely a local effort — the show’s trailer boasts familiar faces like Chappelle, Aaron Saari, Jovan Terrell and John Fleming, as well as Kelley, who also acts in the series. There’s also quite a bit of local work going on behind the camera: the crew recently began the process of recording automated dialogue replacement, or ADR — in common parlance, that’s “dubbing” — at SoundSpace.
Community productions so often rely on volunteer work, but Kelley and Durgans say they think that just because the talent is local and the work is coming from friends and neighbors doesn’t mean that it shouldn’t be compensated.
“We work very hard to pay people,” said Durgans. “I would say 80 to 90 percent of the people we work with are from Yellow Springs, and we can’t pay Hollywood-level rates, but we want to value and respect these artists, and in order for us to have a thriving creative community, we have to pay people.”
The crew of “Little Village” has found some creative ways to keep filming costs down — the show’s budget is $12,000, though the creative team is working to triple that through fundraising — with the most significant being that the show has, thus far, been entirely filmed on an iPhone. There’s precedent for this in Hollywood: renowned director Steven Soderbergh filmed 2017’s “Unstable” and 2019’s “High Flying Bird” on an iPhone 7. Kelley said there are also practical applications to using the handheld device.
“You’re able to put [the iPhone] in places where you wouldn’t be able to utilize a larger camera,” he said. “We have the ability to get really, really interesting shots that will progress the story without there being too much of a technical struggle — it’s only six inches long.”
“Little Village” has grown since its initial inception — originally, the eight episodes of the first season would each have been only 10 to 14 minutes long. However, project funders urged Durgans and Kelley to expand the length of each episode to a more traditional 27 minutes. This meant rewriting and expanding their already finished material, and bringing in a team of writers.
“Before, it was Cheryl and I sitting in a dark room saying, ‘OK, all right, let’s do this, this makes sense,’” Kelley said. “We’re lucky to have some writers that came on and understand where we’re going with this.”
Since the show is still expanding, Durgans and Kelley aren’t able to pinpoint a timeline for the show’s release, but hope to have it finished within the year. They intend to release it on YouTube and Vimeo; they’ve already storyboarded an additional five seasons of the show. Kelley has also coded an augmented reality app that will link the show to some of its filming locations around town. Once the show is released, folks will be able to spot a logo from the show at various locations downtown, point their smartphones at it and watch a clip from an episode.
Though “Little Village” has thus far gotten a good amount of support from locals, with lots of people coming on board if only to work as a (paid) extra for an hour, some folks have approached the project with reticence. The trailer for “Little Village” suggests a small town that looks identical to Yellow Springs — see, there’s Bentino’s Pizza, and Foundry Theater, and Mills Lawn — but teeming with dark intrigue and darker motivations. Kelley said this has worried a few people.
“People have come up and asked, ‘What’s the show about? Is it going to be yucky?” said Kelley.
The two were quick to point out that while the “Little Village” looks like Yellow Springs, and may often feel like it, it’s not Yellow Springs. The work is meant to be fiction — the “Little Village” even has its own map, which is based off of Yellow Springs’ topography, but with its lines redrawn.
However, Kelley mused that, even if it weren’t intended to be fiction, it would still be a worthwhile thought experiment.
“I’m not sure it’s fair to ask if it’s going to be ‘yucky,’” Kelley said. ‘Because when you look through the history of everything, I mean — what’s not yucky? To be honest, it’s gotta be kind of yucky, so you know where you need to start cleaning.”
Durgans laughed. “You know, the best trees are the ones that grow from sewer lines.”
The YS Library Association will feature Durgans and Kelley at its annual tea on Saturday, April 27, 2–4 p.m., in the library’s Virginia Hamilton Meeting Room. The duo will present “Writes of Passage: Reforming the Narrative of Storytelling” and speak about “Little Village.” Seats at the event are limited; register by calling 352-4003 or email ccollett@gcpl.lib.oh.us.
For more information on “Little Village,” and to view a trailer, visit http://www.facebook.com/lttlvllg.
Little Art Theatre celebrates one year of its rebirth
Little Art, big schedule: ‘Nanook’ leads documentaries
From ‘Vampire Diaries’ to ‘Blue Book’ — YSHS alum Malarkey’s new role
‘Careful man, there’s a beverage here…’ Little Art, Yellow Springs Brewery team up for ‘Big Lebowski’ event
Smoking grass, prairie style
Non-stop Antioch support
Mug shot
First Summer Fun
Seasonal song
More bucks, more books
C’mon and dance!
New year’s sphere
Cast of three
Bulldogs swimming Miami Township Fire-Rescue Bulldogs cross country Yellow Springs School Board Yellow Springs Schools Antioch College alumni Bulldogs girls cross country Village Council Bulldogs boys soccer Bulldogs boys cross country Bulldog girls soccer Friends Care Community Bulldogs football Mills Lawn School Antioch College Bulldogs girls basketball Yellow Springs Police Department Home Inc. Bulldogs basketball YS School Board Bulldogs softball Perry League t-ball Bulldogs volleyball CBE Little Art Theatre Village of Yellow Springs Glen Helen Bulldogs golf summer youth baseball Tecumseh Land Trust Yellow Springs Arts Council YS Arts Council WYSO First Presbyterian Church Yellow Springs High School
fundraiser Miami Valley All-Comers Track & Field Meet holiday in the village Make It Count for the Birds elections Easter Egg Hunt Election 2016 MLK march Fourth of July AACW Blues Fest SpringsFest Community Dance Concert Spring Street Fair Challenger Sports British Soccer Camp Yellow Springs Experience farmers' market Summer in the Springs Street Fair Community Thanksgiving Simply Women PBL Exhibition Night YSHS spring musical commencement Art On the Lawn YSHS graduation holiday protest gay pride march Earth Day 2017 elections Antioch College reunion open gym basketball New Year's Eve 2018 Election FMC benefit concert
Antioch College revival film racism economic development APRIL FOOLS! solar energy Village water retirement land use alternative energy fundraising beyond village borders social justice visioning process affordable housing theater environmental sustainability anniversary celebration energy efficiency food and drink diversity property tax levy project-based learning African-American culture and history Village Manager local food local business fundraiser events documentary nonprofit protest music community support local history green space
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Vodafone JUMP Unveiled Headline Acts for ALLOut4OurOwn Concert
LUSAKA – The final weekend of April will be graced by Vodafone JUMP’s musical events; which have been dubbed “All Out For Our Own”. The events are set to rock Lusaka with the best music of today in two back-to- back concerts within the hip-hop and gospel genres.
The crème-de- la-crème of Zambian music were officially unveiled during a media breakfast with the 4G operator promising lively festivals that will host a profusion of some of Zambia’s top mainstream and gospel performers in the iconic Vodafone Stadium – formerly known as Woodlands Stadium.
House Party hit-maker, Chefy 187 and hip-hop trailblazer, Slap Dee are geared to headline the “All Out For Hip Hop” show on April 27 th reinforced by a wealth of opening acts ranked in the upper echelons of Zambian hip-hop.
Meanwhile, Pompi, who will be launching his highly anticipated album “Become” at the All-Out concert and Ephraim, the Son of Africa, have been revealed as the headline acts for the “All Out For Gospel” event on April 28th.
Speaking during the media breakfast, JUMP Director for Southern Africa, Mutale Kapaso said, “The All Out for Our Own concert is a demonstration of our continued investment in the Zambian youth – through education, entertainment and the arts. As an organisation, we recognize that we have a vital role in enabling the youth segment and this goes to the heart of all our Corporate Social Investment activities. “These events were conceptualized to change the narrative; to deliberately celebrate the overwhelming musical talent our country possesses. We guarantee our audience an unparalleled music experience, one that will forever be etched in the history of Zambian music,” she said.
And TopStar Communications Company Ltd, who presented a cheque valued at K150,000 towards the events, noted that partnering with JUMP was an opportunity to contribute to the nation’s youth agenda as it pertains to art and culture.
CEO Leo Liao said: “Partnering with Vodafone JUMP gives TopStar an opportunity to contribute to making young people speak for themselves, do great things and discover their talents. One of our exclusive channels is Fresh TV. Fresh TV shows the best of Zambia’s music industry and has great programs about lifestyle targeting young people. Zambia is a great nation. It is also a young Nation. All Out For Our Own is a major music event but also a great way to promote Zambia to the world.”
DJ Hussein - "No DJ Badder" ft. JA Crew, Elisha, Fresh, Ziggy
YB & Kaskid ft. Enepal - "You Owe Me" (Prod. Manase)
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May’s Zeroflash Competition Entries
Posted on May 2, 2016 August 7, 2016 by Zero Flash
by Craig McGeady
Across the road from where we lived there was an abandoned lot. Overrun with wild raspberries and weeds taller than I stood. Somewhere beneath the ferocity of nature there had been a garden.
Someone had wanted to build a home. A stack of timbers lay sagging. Scattered cinderblocks tripped unwary explorers. In the midst of the turmoil, half obscured and succumbing to rust, was a shack of corrugated iron.
This was my frontier. Saturday could never come soon enough, it gave me time to reach deeper and bring me closer to the dream of becoming lost.
When a bright sun reached between the gaps in my curtain I couldn’t get out of bed fast enough.
I raced across the road and starting hacking at regions yet to be exposed. My target was the distant side of the shed. An area cast in perpetual shadow and filled with the thickest mystery.
I made it to the corner but immediately I felt deflated. There was little to see but more weeds, more flowers and more insects clouding the air.
There were however further piles of discarded building materials including unused sheets of corrugated iron. And that was when I heard it. A small pip of noise, a tiny squeak. Exactly like the meow of a kitten.
I pushed my way ahead, pausing and giving time for the plaintive cry to return. There was no doubt, when I reached the edge of the corrugated iron, where the sound was coming from. I reached down and pulled the metal free.
There, trapped from birth, were a cluster of kittens. Those that could fled quickly and were lost. One remained. It’s leg had been pinned, a collection of tiny bones. It’s body limp and lifeless. I fled too. A harrowing reality replacing my naive daydreams.
by Alex Z. Salinas
@Alex_Z_Salinas
Day and night Mr. Hurley wandered around the restaurants and the dollar store in his dirty faded blue jeans, yellowed undershirt and rainbow suspenders. He had done this for as long as I could remember.
Sure, Hurley wanted your money. He’d accept pity change, all right. But what he really wanted was to tell you your day was coming.
“You don’t know how hot it is ‘till your shade tree’s gone,” I heard him say to people over and over again, flashing his green-brown teeth.
He looked at me one time. He didn’t say anything, just smiled, but there was something pulsating beneath his murky blue eyes.
I was a good little boy just like you once.
Then one day, Mr. Hurley was found in the fetal position by the church, dead. Heart attack, they said.
Life went on. The cement quarry and the bank and restaurants and the dollar store still shut down for Friday night football. Even the church was locked up.
The men still went home drunk every night to their wives they married too young and to their children they occasionally beat.
On Sunday morning, everyone still went to church. The local lawyer was probably somewhere rubbing his fat greedy palms since his billboard was just across the church where everyone could see.
And when it rained down hard on the town – it often did – you could sometimes see a rainbow in the horizon past the quarry and the hills.
I often thought at the end of those rainbows, Mr. Hurley was there, flashing his green-brown teeth and letting us know our day was coming.
The Green Truth
by Stephen Shires
The world outside the snowtank’s window is monochrome. Only the grey sky twists and moves. Miller’s radar stays silent; he is alone but shouldn’t be. All the government had to do was follow his tracks.
Ping!
The radar? Nothing for a whole rotation. The GPS flashes, he’s arrived. The tank’s thermal suit is a size too big for him. He never checked before he nicked it. He did check the drill worked. Heavy, he slings it over his shoulder.
Outside is only cold. The ice looks no different. All Miller cares about it is what is underneath. The tank door shuts with a bang. A deep beep echoes inside.
The ice boots crunch for a few steps then the drill is slung into the ice. Two revs and the metal cones digs in, spraying hail. Miller counts the seconds until he’ll know.
Chop, chop, chop, chop, chop.
The whispers echo out of the grey clouds, from what direction he doesn’t know. He knows he should go. Come back later yet he is only moments from the truth, proof he and the rest of the Greeners were right about life under the ice. Thirty centimetres, twenty, ten. The world goes bright, spotlights and booming voices telling him not to move. Thwack of black ropes on ice. Whoosh of abseilers, all guns and covered faces, slamming Miller to the ground, drill off. He can’t see his answer. They pull everything up but the tank, that departs with a new driver. Only the drill hole left. Inside, through a thin layer of crushed ice, blades of green truth.
A song forgotten, inscribed
by Paul Gray
You can see the pillars rising from the dusty plain. In the heat they shimmer and move like ghosts and you turn to the bare sky and remember ribbons of white from another time.
There has been no rain since you descended into this place. Gone are the streams that danced and spilled over stones not yet smooth. The air here is burnt dry and keens with an energy that makes your fingers hum.
You’re hungry, but more importantly you’re dehydrated. The pack you carried across lands is almost empty. There have been few places to scavenge. Passing the remnants of a town yesterday, you briefly inspected some buildings before recognising you were being watched.
The wind springs up, swooping and spinning, casting faint vortices that seem to herald your arrival.
The gateway is marked, just as it was foretold. There is a chill in the metal unlike anything you’ve ever known.
With every step downwards you spill a story in dust, an echoed breath of beasts that once reigned. You don’t know how far this pathway descends, or what waits within.
You left your pack on the surface, along with your mask and your cloak. It is warm here, and you can taste moisture in the stillness. There are noises too. Perhaps stirred by the winds above. Sound races through the pipes and doorways, slicing through grates and vents.
It whispers to you in words that are yet to have meaning.
You listen and you repeat. You will trace the sounds across your lips until their symmetry is shaped. There is a dreaming in these words that you will use to shake the very world.
by Philip Berry
Other people’s children. The way they look up from their mobile thrones and throw quizzical rays. Are you friend or foe? Nice or nasty? But we reciprocate, analysing their soft features for signs of developing personality. Shrewd foreheads, malign eyebrows, sulky lines around selfish mouths, generous smiles beneath intelligent irises that track your approach and hold you in their gaze. I used to guess their futures through those misty windows.
On a narrow street near my home an elderly lady on a bench called me over.
“Bend down dear… I’ve got something to say.”
I did as I was told. She lifted her chin and whispered,
“There you go.”
“There what goes?”
“You’ll see.” Her hand rested on my wrist, just below the watchstrap, and as I walked away the skin hummed with unnatural warmth.
I began to see clearly the products of their rising imaginations and burgeoning potential. Stories in tableau peopled by fairies, warriors or wizards; a football team surging forward; a bridge partly built, the engineer sat in its shadow; a caring hand on a hospital bed. I wanted to stop the parents of the children whose projections I saw, and tell them what wonderful bundles they escorted. Instead I paused and smiled.
A week ago I looked down at a young boy with thick brown hair. He was looked at everything, taking it all in. His eyes met mine, and the familiar wave of insight followed. But his face dissolved and his torso faded. The happy mother continued to chat away at the empty space as she passed me. I watched her back with its slight stoop, pushing a son whose innocent body would not outwit nature’s cruel caprice.
I don’t look down anymore. Instead I seek the old lady, but have yet to find her.
by Shirley-Anne Kennedy
Inside her car the heater roared and the tape in the cassette player strained to be heard. She was never certain which song had been playing, possibly Terrence Trent Darby’s, Sign Your Name Across My Heart. It was hard to separate what she remembered from what she had imagined.
Pitch black trees, branches laden with snow, bore witness to their escape and smoky cottages, decorated with golden porch lights, flashed the crawling vehicle along. The ice-clad air seeped through the bodywork to mingle with his aftershave and her Chanel No5. It was warm enough to turn the fan heater down by the time they reached Shawclough Road. Her lip gloss, freshly applied before they left the party, dried. A windscreen wiper occasionally scraped, leaving a smear on the glass.
Though the conversation was lost to her, she was able to recall the precise moment she changed gear as the car struggled on the thickening river of snow. Her fingers brushed his outstretched leg and the musky chant of his voice overlaid the music and whoosh of wheels. She had known they would be lovers.
With his love she would be bold and sing Wild Thing at karaoke nights. He would introduce her to gin o’clock and chopsticks. One afternoon, in a pub foyer, he led her in a slow dance.
In the early hours of the morning she remembered their conversations. His legs wrapped in hers, her head resting on his chest. When she attempted sleep she saw his wristwatch and downy arms. She felt the thickness of his rugby shirt, the weight of his body and the suspension of time as his lips touched hers and snowflakes fell. All the heartbreak, loneliness and tears were a price worth paying for that one kiss alone.
The would-be leader
by Myrto Zafeiridi
“I don’t belong here”, said inmate 24587 as they were pushing him in his cell. His bright purple jumpsuit was a tell-tale sign he was new.
The guards locked him up and left. The moment the door closed behind them, he started sobbing.
“Don’t cry, pal”, I said, trying to comfort him.
“It’s just unfair” he replied between his sobs. “All I did was help my friend. I didn’t know he was a fugitive.”
“They want to make an example out of you. How else will they discourage people from helping the Resistance?”
“Is that why you’re in here too?”
“Sort of. I was actually in the Resistance.”
“How did they get you?”
“I traded myself up for my son. He was only 5. They caught him and his mother as they were trying to escape a round-up. I heard that she got killed trying to protect him.”
“I don’t understand how this has happened. The Resistance was winning the war. How did they lose all of a sudden? And were did J.D., their leader, go? ”
“I guess they were only as good as their leader. Once the leader disappeared, they were unable to organize. I should know, I witnessed their panic first-hand.”
“The second-in-command turned himself in, when he realized that he would never be able to lead them. He had no future as a leader.”
“The damned coward.”
“They offered him a peace treaty, but it was actually a lie. They just threw him in a prison cell. It was all in vain.”
Soon, inmate 24587 fell asleep.
I sat on my bed and took out the only picture I had of my dead wife. She was holding an ice-cream cone. I smiled. J.B was so beautiful on our first date.
Charlie Buckle
by Jack Koebnig
@koebnig
Charlie Buckle discovered he was allergic to bee stings while waiting patiently on his train.
It surprised him more than anyone.
‘How could I have not known?’ He mumbled, clutching his swollen neck and trying to force a tiny gulp of saliva down a throat which was quickly clamping shut.
As a child Charlie had never been particularly active. He preferred reading to playing outside with the other neighbourhood kids, and his mother; a manipulating, controlling woman, was happy to keep him indoors where she could see him.
She’s dead now; long dead and buried deep, thought Charlie.
He removed a spotless handkerchief from a pair of impeccably pressed trousers and swiped it rapidly across his face.
His breakfast took a heavy tumble then took off like a jet plane. He opened his mouth and sprayed bacon, eggs and coffee in every direction.
This isn’t going to end well, he thought.
In the far corner of his fading vision, he saw her: Sharon Hill. Dear, lovely Sharon Hill. She was walking towards the office kitchen at the end of the corridor, cup in one hand, tea bag in the other. She looked at Charlie, smiled then faded into the darkness. That was that, thought Charlie. It’s too late to offer to boil her kettle now.
In the distance he could hear his train approaching. ‘Late again,’ he whispered and smiled.
Charlie leaned forward and the stone bridge he’d been sitting on slipped away.
Was someone screaming? he asked himself, then prayed it was coming from one of the smartly dressed female commuters waiting on the platform.
What does it matter? he thought and closed his eyes.
He was dead before he hit the tracks.
by Daisy Warwick
@WarwickDaisy
Years ago, when the old State installed C.C.T.V, or corrupted vocabulary to denigrate freedom of speech, George Orwell was remembered. Even now, in 2050, his prophecies are remembered by those who resist The Control.
But, Orwell wasn’t quite correct in his vision. There is no need for cameras now because we have microchips embedded into our necks. The chips monitor location, health, heartbeat and if we have taken their pills because, decades ago, it was decided that freedom couldn’t be entrusted to individuals and that enforced chemical control could better bring about equality.
The pills are my biggest gripe. Taking them makes me a slave to The Control – nothing unique or special, just an ordinary and uncritical worker. But, not taking them results in an imbalance in the chemical composition of my body, and then they ‘visit’ to make me swallow.
‘Forgetting’ to take the pills many times has resulted in some being found criminally negligent of society. A crime they used to call Treason.
In a week’s worth of pills, I have twenty-one meal tablets and five exercise inducers. We also get seven sleeping pills for eight hours sleep a night (twelve if you’re a minor), and five obedience pills for work to prevent urges for toilet breaks and procrastination. However, The Control say they are generous because they supply two ‘orgasm’ pills.
Now, my life is lived for two orgasms a week. How will I ever forgive my parents for this?
I must go now. Two guards are crossing the office to remind me to take my obedience pill. Same as last week. But, it’s hard to want to be obedient after having ten seconds of semi-rebellious ‘liberation’.
“Miss Jones, we are authorised to remove the Adrenaline Inducers from your prescription. They appear to cloud your rationale.”
Boom and Bust
by Jill Hand
@jillhand1_gef
There’s an alligator on the floor in front of the receptionist’s desk in the sales office at The Enclave, where the lovely Miss Fun ‘N Sun 2006 used to greet prospective buyers. The alligator is eating something that’s either a possum or a large rat. It’s hard to tell, as it has swallowed everything but the long, pink tail.
Miss Fun ‘N Sun left when the housing market tanked, back in ‘08. She now resides in Miami, with a former third-baseman for the Marlins. She’s taken to drinking in the mornings and is no longer the bright-eyed beauty she once was. The Enclave, once the Gulf Coast’s premier gated community, has undergone a similar decline. The houses, once brand-spanking new, are deserted as the tombs of the pharos. The copper wiring and plumbing has been carted off and sold by the type of people who sneak into abandoned properties and rip out wiring, plumbing and even marble floor tiles and granite countertops. Everything is fair game for the looters, which is fine with me. I no longer care about The Enclave.
I saw it coming, just as some old Roman must have seen the fall of the empire coming after the decline set in. My family’s been in Florida real estate since the nineteen-twenties; we have invisible antennae that can sense the inevitable bust long before the general public does, or even most of the lenders.
So I skedaddled. Filed for Chapter Eleven and abandoned the U.S. to sink or swim. I live on an island now, with my tax-free dollars, and I wait, like the alligator in the sales office waited, for something tasty to come along. Because there’s always another real estate boom. On that you can rely.
by Cath Barton
@CathBarton1
It was all being recorded. Of course. For posterity, whatever that means. But they didn’t reckon on the fish. Their erosive power, rubbing on the supports, day after day, curling their bodies through the water. To be fair, I think the eels had the edge. The literal knife edge, with their rough scales. Even metal gets worn down under water, given long enough. And it was a long time coming. Though in the scale of things, no time at all.
That cutting-edge technology doesn’t sound so hot now. Cutting-edge, there’s an ironic term! Rub, rub. You know how it is with fish knives. They don’t look sharp at all. You’d give one to a child, I’d bet. Ha, big mistake! The children know so much more than we did. And now those great off-shore cameras are rusted and teetering.
They sent their people in to get the tapes. Of course. They weren’t going to let all that work, all that investment, go to waste. Never under-estimate the power of money. But. Oh yes, a big but. The writhing underwater mass rose up. It was ugly. I was one of the few to witness it. A privilege, you might think. Though I would rather not have seen what I did. It ruptures my dreams. Gone is the restoring power of sleep for me.
I would have preferred ignorance. To have continued to think of fish knives and forks with ivory handles as something innocent. Genteel even. Something given to every bride, and passed on to future generations. Passed on. Ha! That has a different meaning now too. Trust nothing. And keep alert. They are at your back. You may yet be forced to crawl along a knife edge. And they will have new means of recording. Don’t you ever doubt it.
THE BURDEN OF DEATH
by Edward Carney
Contrary to popular belief, the Angel of Death’s appointment book is written mostly in pencil. Few human beings have their times fixed at the moment of birth. Were it not so, the Grim Reaper’s work would be far simpler than it is.
But what reason would there be, then, for anyone to face that final confrontation before clasping the bony fingers of the dark-cloaked figure who is tasked with leading them to their final rest? If they had no choice, Death could come always like a thief in the night, snatching them away while staying deaf to their protests.
But instead, Death faces the eternal burden of balancing the scales of life on the Earth and in the Beyond. His thankless task is to judge the fate of every individual who has stepped to the edge of the void and now struggles to remain in a world of light.
Every moment is a choice from among possible futures. Arguments and counterarguments are presented through countless millions of dreams and regrets, and the Angel of Death pours over them all. He beholds the suffocating child’s desire to begin, for at least one moment, to comprehend the world around her before she must leave it. He weighs it against the elderly man’s hard won appreciation for life and his earnest need to embrace his wife just one more time.
He hears the pleas of those who planned their futures step by step and realized too late that they hadn’t lived while there was time. And he hears them mirrored in the self-recriminations of those who lived too much, too soon, and found themselves suddenly teetering at the edge of the grave.
And frequently unable to reconcile it all, Death closes his eyes, swings his scythe, and resolves to let fall what may.
The Helter Skelter
by Bibi Hamblin
@TuppyBee
They turn their victim’s chair to face the window, a deliberate tactic to enlist fear, expressions hidden beneath their masks. Her eyes wander across the rusty tower. She listens, but the birdsong has long vanished.
Tiny specks of dust had fallen like confetti from the sky. Curious children poked out their tongues. They all agreed that it tasted of lemon sherbet. Soon the coughing began, a dry tickly cough…
Funeral parlours did a roaring trade.
Terror turned to panic, panic to chaos, and for those with foresight – opportunity. The haves of course never had it so good, and the have nots, well not everybody can be a winner can they?
The self appointed leaders – mostly young men used to living their lives through a screen, took pleasure in this chance to perform what once they could have only imagined. In this new utopia women were retaught their place. They didn’t have time for hairy armpits and mouthy ideals, a good slap administered when necessary. For the more stubborn of Adam’s ribs, drowning seemed the ideal way to weed out the non conformists. So far, no one had survived the Helter Skelter.
The gag around her mouth is undone, but her hands remain tied. The lanky boy bends down and scoops up a handful of rocks. He drops them, one by one into her pockets, boyish giggles erupt from behind his mask. His eyes search hers but she refuses to give anything away.
He nods. Hands begin to shove her forward towards the slide. Her feet reach the point of no return.
Whoosh. She hurtles around the bends.
She inhales a deep breath before hitting the water, praying they will be there to meet her down at the bottom.
The Earth and Other Habitable Zones
by Abigail Van Kirk
@Vkabigail
The city is all green again. An Earth winter has passed by again, and flowers and leaves are budding and new.
-Don’t you want to go see the stars?
-But I can see them from here.
The city is not just green because of the season, but because of the number of inhabitants in it—one. One, as far as she knew, and that was not counting little Ari. Well, Ari isn’t so little now, she supposes. She is a German Shepherd, after all.
-There is nothing for you here.
It’ll be desolate, once the rest of us leave.
-Can’t you see? It’s almost beautiful here again!
Desolate, as in devoid at least of humans. They had all shot for the stars, the ones they had hypothesized as habitable. But she thinks “they” who were to take them away was always so vague, and so untrustworthy. Not many other people had believed her, or even thought her sane.
-I’m going now, Marie. I thought, if you really loved me—
He’d gone with them, too.
In the end, for as bad as the planet they had abandoned seemed like, Gaea flourished. But that was only after almost everyone had gone, the ones who would try and “make something better of themselves.”
At least he had let Ari stay.
Wood-smoke and Goat
by Lee Hamblin
@kali_thea
Mr Ishelwood left before sun-up. That was three suns ago. Dr Usui said to forget him, she was sure he’d be long gone by now.
‘But he took the rifle,’ I say.
Dr Usui embraces me. Her furs smell of wood-smoke and goat. She spits into a callused hand and smooths my hair over my scalp. I close my eyes. She sings in a tongue I don’t understand, but it makes me feel less frightened.
I can’t sleep when nights are so cold. I lie staring into black, and shiver, wondering why the train tracks ended here – in the middle of nowhere – and why we can’t go back.
Mr Ishelwood told us of dangers back there far worse than freezing to death. To escape his thoughts he would set off alone in search of wood and food. He was a big strong man, but always his eyes were full of fear.
I heard the rifle shot twice, when five of us became three. I didn’t need to ask Dr Usui, and she didn’t need to tell. I preferred not to speak to Mr Ishelwood from then on.
Now we are two.
The days have grown shorter; the firewood damper, and soon there will be just berries to eat and melted snow to drink. We share a bed, Dr Usui and I; it’s not so cold this way.
On a day we think near our last, we hear a rifle shot; the same sound as before. Dr Usui wipes a window free of mist, and through a circle we search the horizon. The light is strong, blinding and painful. We blink it better.
They are coming, four of them – on horses – galloping through the snow, kicking up a veil of white.
I smell wood-smoke and goat, and hear a familiar song.
by Mileva Anastasiadou
After despair killed all people around, he thought he was the only human alive, but he was wrong. A young girl stepped closer.
“Are we the last persons on earth?” asked the boy.
The girl shrugged. There was no way for them to know, but they were indeed the last humans on the planet, doomed to carry the weight of humankind on their shoulders.
“All I want, before I die, is to fall in love,” she told him.
They kissed and made love with the amount of passion that always accompanies the first, as well as the last time. Many people consider love, instead of life, as the opposite of death. It certainly seems as the opposite of despair anyway. For a while, for a very short while indeed, they felt like nothing else mattered. For a moment, as long as a powerful feeling lasts, even the universe itself wondered. Even the wheel of time stopped spinning. This wonderful, almost completely forgotten feeling did not last long, though. Not even love managed to overcome the overwhelming, unbeatable sense of futility.
They stood ecstatic for a while, watching a building collapse in flames from a distance. There were no firemen to run and extinguish the fire, or people running around in panic. Entropy in its great splendour, undisturbed, finally emerged as the big winner, as all transformed into chaos, without any resistance whatsoever. It was not certainly the ecstasy that follows the destruction of the old that makes room for the new, or the ecstasy of hope, or the remains of it.
It was the ecstasy of despair, the exaltation that precedes the final end.
Embraced, they jumped into the void.
And that was the end of the world as we know it.
by Leara Morris-Clark
@learavoice
For a moment, the still lake looks deceptively beautiful. I focus in on my reflection; it’s very rare I see myself. A two-headed fish breaks the surface suddenly distorting my observation. I sigh and wonder if I could eat that. My stomach grumbles. I see my frown and hollow eyes in the rippling water.
I hear the bird-like call of the hunting party leader signaling us to reassemble. I wish I had more to show for my day’s efforts.
We gather our kills into the wagon and return to camp. We are still low on food. There are so few things we can safely eat.
I wash myself in the collected rainwater reserve. The natural water sources are sick and may cause death, though I am not sure that what falls from the sky is any better. I boil some to drink and think of my departed family.
Before he went on to the great sky kingdom, my father told me stories passed on to him of fantastic structures, safe water, and food, and transportation machines to reach vast distances in short times. It is all fantasy to me.
Reality is here in front of me. The bleak sky reflects my mood, defeated.
I don’t think much of a future. I stopped wondering about the past. I mostly feel betrayed by my ancestors for destroying the world they left to me. I see the lost potential in what surrounds me but find it hard to imagine making much of it in the short span of life this wasteland now affords us. My present is the future, so few before me cared to consider. They abandoned me long before I was born.
I think this planet will heal itself in time but only after the human parasite has long been gone.
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The first entry for the ZeroFlash May competition is none other than yours truly. The concept is “Abandoned Futures.” My Story is called “Abandoned,” weighing in at 300 words. Enjoy!
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Harry Saltzman
Albert R. Broccoli
Johanna Harwood
Pedro Armendáriz
Lotte Lenya
Daniela Bianchi
From Russia with Love is the second spy film in the James Bond series, and the second to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Released in 1963, the film was produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, and directed by Terence Young. It is based on the 1957 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming. In the film, James Bond is sent to assist in the defection of Soviet consulate clerk Tatiana Romanova in Turkey, where SPECTRE plans to avenge Bond's killing of Dr. No.
Following the success of Dr. No, United Artists approved a sequel, doubling the budget available for the producers. In addition to filming on location in Turkey, the action scenes were shot both in Scotland and Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire. Production ran over budget and schedule, and had to rush to finish by its scheduled October 1963 release date. From Russia with Love was a critical and commercial success, taking over $78 million in worldwide box office receipts: more than its predecessor Dr. No.
Upon his arrival at Kingston Airport, a female photographer tries to take Bond's picture and he is shadowed from the airport by two men. He is picked up by a chauffeur, whom Bond determines to be an enemy agent. Bond instructs him to leave the main road and, after a brief fight, Bond starts to interrogate the driver, who then kills himself with a cyanide-embedded cigarette.
SPECTRE's expert planner Kronsteen devises a plot to steal a Lektor cryptographic device from the Soviets and sell it back to them while exacting revenge on Bond for killing their agent Dr. No. The Spectre Number 1 puts ex-SMERSH operative and Number 3 Rosa Klebb in charge of the mission. Klebb recruits Donald "Red" Grant as an assassin, and Tatiana Romanova, a cipher clerk at the Soviet consulate in Istanbul, as an unwitting pawn, as Romanova thinks Klebb is still working for SMERSH.
In London, M tells Bond - agent 007 and sometimes simply '007' - that Romanova has contacted their "Station 'T'" in Turkey, offering to defect with a Lektor, which MI6 and the CIA have been after for years - but Romanova said she will only defect to Bond, whose photo she has allegedly found in a Soviet intelligence file. Bond then flies to Istanbul, where he meets station head Ali Kerim Bey. 007 is followed from the airport by an unkempt man in glasses and by Red Grant. The next day, after Kerim Bey's office is bombed, Bond and Kerim Bey spy on the Soviet consulate, where Kerim Bey sees rival agent Krilencu. At night, Kerim Bey and Bond go to a rural gypsy settlement, which suffers an attack by Krilencu's men, who wound Kerim Bey and nearly kill Bond, who is saved by a hidden Red Grant. On the following night, Kerim Bey kills Krilencu with Bond's sniper rifle. When Bond returns to his hotel suite, he finds Romanova in bed waiting for him, unaware that they are being filmed by SPECTRE.
The next day, Romanova heads off for a pre-arranged rendezvous at Hagia Sophia. The bespectacled man who followed Bond to the airport tries to intercept Romanova's floor plan of the Soviet consulate, but is killed by Grant. Upon finding the body, Bond takes the floor plan, and brings it to Kerim Bey to devise their invasion. After stealing the Lektor, Bond, Romanova, and Kerim Bey escape with the device on the Orient Express. On the train, Kerim Bey and a Soviet security officer named Benz are killed by Grant, who makes it appear as if they killed each other. At Zagreb, Grant leaves the train and boards it again to meet Bond, pretending to be agent Nash from "Station 'Y'". He drugs Romanova at dinner, then overcomes Bond. Grant taunts him, boasting SPECTRE has been pitting the Soviets and the British against each other, and claims that Romanova thinks that "she's doing it all for mother Russia". Grant also mentions the film of Bond and Romanova at the hotel suite, saying that after both are killed, Grant will plant it in her handbag along with a forged blackmail letter so it looks like it was a murder-suicide. Bond tricks Grant into opening Bond's attaché case in the manner that detonates its tear gas booby trap in his face, allowing Bond to attack him. In the ensuing struggle, Bond eventually manages to stab Grant with the knife hidden in the attaché case, and strangles Grant to death with his own garrotte. At dawn, Bond and Romanova leave the train, hijack Grant's getaway truck, destroy an enemy helicopter, and drive to a dock, eventually boarding a powerboat.
Number 1 is very unhappy, and summons Kronsteen and Klebb. He reminds them that SPECTRE does not tolerate failure, and brings in agent Morzeny to then execute Kronsteen with a poisoned spike in the toe of his shoe. Number 1 tells a frightened Klebb that she now has total control of the mission and has one last chance. Klebb sends Morzeny after Bond with a squadron of SPECTRE's boats. Morzeny nearly catches Bond, but the agent sets his pursuers' boats on fire with a signal flare. Bond and Romanova reach Venice and check into a hotel. Rosa Klebb, disguised as a maid, attempts to steal the Lektor. She gets the drop on Bond, and attempts to kill Bond with both a gun and her poisoned toe-spike, but ends up being shot by Romanova. Riding in a gondola, Bond throws the film of him and Romanova into the water as they are rowed away.
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Alibaba Group’s First Overseas eWTP Hub Goes Live in Malaysia
Enhancing global competitiveness of Malaysian SMEs with a far reaching infrastructure that encompasses ecommerce, logistics, cloud computing, mobile payment and talent training
Alibaba Group Executive Chairman and Malaysian Prime Minister survey a model of the future regional e-commerce logistics hub.
Alibaba Group Executive Chairman and Malaysian Prime Minister hit the gong to signal the first eWTP hub outside of China.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 3, 2017 – Alibaba Group announced that the first eWTP hub outside of China has gone live in a ceremony held in Malaysia and hosted by Malaysia Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Najib Tun Razak and Alibaba Group Chairman Jack Ma. The milestone event follows Alibaba’s partnership announcement with the Malaysian Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) in March this year to work jointly to enable Malaysian small and medium-sized enterprises to benefit from global trade.
The Electronic World Trade Platform, or eWTP, forms part of the Digital Free Trade Zone (DFTZ) spearheaded by MDEC. The eWTP hub offers Malaysian SMEs the infrastructure for doing commerce with services encompassing ecommerce, logistics, cloud computing, mobile payment and talent training.
Prime Minister Dato’ Sri Najib Tun Razak said, “With the launch today and our early participation with eWTP, Malaysia is progressing its economic transformation vision and taking a step towards becoming the leading sourcing and fulfilment hub in Asia. Collaborating with Alibaba to develop the infrastructure freely available to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the DFTZ, we have fundamentally improved the competitiveness of Malaysian firms on the global stage which will boost exports and bring wide reaching economic benefits to society.”
“I’m truly amazed by the resolve and commitment of the Malaysian government to remove all the barriers in just under a year to make this day possible,” said Mr Ma at the event. “Today we are witnessing a historic moment in Asia where one country has begun to use technology to enable its SMEs and young people to become more competitive on the world stage. As the eWTP hub in DFTZ commences operation, they will have the opportunity to global buy, global sell, global pay, global delivery and global travel. This is an opportunity for not just the small businesses and young people in Malaysia but across Asia.”
The vision for eWTP is to lower trade barriers and provide more equitable access to markets for SMEs around the world, with private sector and governments working together. The eWTP initiative was accepted as a major policy recommendation of the Business 20 (B20) and officially included in the 2016 G20 Leaders’ Communique.
The various initiatives under eWTP include the launch of a Malaysia Pavilion on Alibaba.com to help promote quality Malaysian products to global buyers. A one-stop solution platform has been set up with an emphasis on providing export facilitation support to local SMEs, with services ranging from marketing and customs clearance, to streamlined permit application procedures and tax declaration and more.
Today’s ceremonies also included the ground breaking of a regional ecommerce logistics hub to be developed by Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad and Cainiao, Alibaba’s logistics affiliate, through a joint venture announced today. The facility will enable speedy storage, fulfilment, customs clearance and warehousing operations.
As part of the initiative to support Malaysian SMEs with cloud computing needs, Alibaba Cloud opened a local data centre in Malaysia last week. As the first local public cloud platform in Malaysia, the new center will provide Malaysian enterprises a local choice to build their businesses and run their applications on a powerful, reliable and secure cloud platform.
Under the eWTP, the training of local talent is a core focus to ensure a sustainable ecosystem. Over 1,000 students from various Malaysian universities have participated in a range of B2B ecommerce curriculum and almost 140 faculty members have completed the Train the Trainers program with the expectation that this continues and the talent pool grows significantly.
Malaysia represents the successful launch of the first international eHub as part of the eWTP initiative and many local merchants will benefit from the trade facilitation services. In future, more eHubs will create the global network necessary to facilitate trade for small and medium enterprises around the world.
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The Electronic World Trade Platform (eWTP) initiative’s goal is to build a more inclusive and innovative global trading platform for SMEs, young people and consumers. The eWTP was proposed by Jack Ma in 2016 and was accepted as a major policy recommendation of the Business 20 (B20) and officially included in the 2016 G20 Leaders’ Communique. The aim is to complement the work being carried out by the World trade Organization (WTO) and reduce barriers making it easier for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) to expand their trading capabilities worldwide. The benefits of increased trade and globalization have not reached smaller enterprises and developing countries as much as it has benefited their larger, more established counterparts. The eWTP is intended to help companies and developing countries that are not realizing their full trading potential.
An increasing amount of local, regional, national and international commerce is conducted on a variety of platforms on the Internet. This comparatively frictionless method of conducting business can enable more countries, enterprises and entrepreneurs to participate in global trade and reap the benefits of globalization.
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On Saturday 24th August 7Paranormal Investigation team were given the exciting opportunity to be the first ever team to investigate Blyth Library.
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Almost immediately after we arrived one of our more sensitive team members picked up on a number of things, A medical type smell, children playing, a lady named Mary telling people to shhh, A man named Gerry who opens doors, cigar smoke and the sense of lady in a chair wearing a hat and coat looking out of the window waiting for someone. An interesting start to the evening before its even began.
We started the evening our usual way with some protection and meditation, during which footsteps were heard by many people directly above us on the first floor, we were all together on the lower floor so we know it was none of us.
Blyth Library calling out session
We then all made our way to the staircase and spread out on the stairs and began a Calling out session, we were asking “If there is any spirits present can you please come forward and give us a sign that you are here” we got a reply straight away by several noises coming from the large picture on the stairs, the noises sounded like clicks. We carried on calling out asking the spirits to do something and the downstairs doors rattled as if somebody tried to open it, this was very loud and was witnessed by everyone, it was also noted that nobody was near these doors as everybody was together on the stairs. Noises were heard coming from the upstairs Office and 3 team members saw the curtains in this office move, please keep in mind that everybody was on the staircase.
We then split into teams, half taking part in an automatic writing session the other half in a ghost box/franksbox session then swapping over. Unfortunately the automatic writer during both sessions did not move, there was a lot of effort put into this but to no avail. Although there was some drafts felt around the table at this time. It was a different story altogether for the ghost box sessions going on upstairs in the main office. The first session we were talking to a spirit named Thomas, this was his office we were in and he died in an accident. He was asked if he was alone to which he replied “NO” when asked how many other spirits were with him his reply was “11-4-5 and the rest” Was he given the ages of the spirits around us or was he counting them ? We just don’t know! Thomas then said the words “Sunderland” and “mechanical failure” but with no other details. Thomas was then asked if he could make a noise for us his reply was “WHY” we explained why we were here and why we were asking to which he replied “TRIED” and “DIFFICULT” . We asked how old he was and who was running around earlier, his reply was “14” and “HIMSELF” We explained to Thomas that there was someone in the room that worked in the building and asked him to name her, he replied “TRACY” which was correct but unfortunately the only person that didn’t hear this was Tracy herself. Almost instantly the voice we could hear through the ghost box changed to a deeper and more angry voice and out came the words “YOUR SHIT” bearing in mind a ghost box is a normal AM/FM radio which continuously scans at a much higher frequency than a normal radio so these kind of words would not be allowed to be broadcast. We repeated the words back to the ghost box “WE ARE SHIT ARE WE” to which the reply was “YES” We asked if we were still talking to Thomas, the answer was either Edward or Edwin, because of the uncertainty we asked him to repeat his name to which he replied “STUART” Unfortunately time had crept up on us and that’s where we left it and moved on to our next activity. Meanwhile the other ghost box session was underway with some interesting finds, NEIL was the first name that came through, as this came through a shadow was seen quite close to the group and a really strong smell of smokey wood was present. At this time it was felt that the atmosphere in the room changed and made all present a little uneasy. The name Malcolm Fitzgerald was given by our medium to which the ghost box instantly replied “I AM LISTENING” our medium said you have done evil to which he replied “I KNOW” our medium felt that Malcolm Fitzgerald was is some way connected to the abuse of children, the name Beth is in some way related to this. The name of 3 woman were also given at this time Danni, Rose and Phylsis but how or even if they are connected to this man remain unknown.
Blyth Library Seance
Moving on from 2 very different but active ghost box sessions we regrouped and carried out a large séance in the upstairs library area, during the séance the temperature was recorded rising and falling by up to 5 degrees each way, 2 of our team members felt very sleepy and could smell sleeping gas , one also described the feeling of her face burning to the extent her skin was peeling off, she was then removed from the circle. It was felt that children were present in the circle but surrounding their presence was a male figure which was angry and very annoyed. Our medium picked up on a lady called Margaret which was connected to the building, we identified this as being personal to Tracy the staff member of the library and all details were given to her on the night itself.
To finish the night we opened 2 Ouija boards, one in the far corner of the upstairs Library and one downstairs near the main entrance, these were very disappointing as nothing at all come through on either Ouija board.
Blyth Library Ouija Board
A few other things that were picked up throughout the night but in no great detail were the deaths of 2 woman when the building was a mechanical institute, one lady died on the top floor of a heart attack whilst dancing, and the other possibly found hanged.
All in all a very interesting night was had by all and definitely a place we would like to re visit in the future.
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Iranian Scholar: Tom And Jerry Cartoons A Jewish Conspiracy
He attributes them to Walt Disney-- they weren't; they were MGM -- but forget it, he's rolling:
Tom and Jerry, the lovable cat and mouse locked in cartoon combat, is a Jewish conspiracy, according to an Iranian official.
Prof. Hasan Bolkhari, a cultural advisor to the Iranian Education Ministry, delivered the news last week on Iran's Channel 4 during a broadcast of film seminar where he was lecturing. An excerpt of the video was translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute.
"The Jewish Walt Disney Company gained international fame with this cartoon," said Bolkhari. "It is still shown throughout the world. This cartoon maintains its status because of the cute antics of the cat and mouse – especially the mouse.
"Some say that the main reason for making this very appealing cartoon was to erase a certain derogatory term that was prevalent in Europe."
According to the professor, "Tom and Jerry" was created to irradicate the association between mice and Jews created in the minds of Europeans by Hitler.
"If you study European history, you will see who was the main power in hoarding money and wealth in the 19th century," continued Bolkhari. "In most cases, it is the Jews. Perhaps that was one of the reasons which caused Hitler to begin the anti-Semitic trend, and then the extensive propaganda about the crematoria began. ... Some of this is true. We do not deny all of it.
"Watch 'Schindler's List.' Every Jew was forced to wear yellow star on his clothing. The Jews were degraded and termed 'dirty mice.' 'Tom and Jerry' was made in order to change the Europeans' perception of mice. One of terms used was 'dirty mice.'
"It should be noted that mice are very cunning ... and dirty."
And also: mice are notoriously tight with a dollar, you know.
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DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201708023 | Published March 29, 2018
During late mitosis and the early G1 phase, the origins of replication are licensed by binding to double hexamers of MCM2–7. In this study, we investigated how licensing and proliferative commitment are coupled in the epithelium of the small intestine. We developed a method for identifying cells in intact tissue containing DNA-bound MCM2–7. Interphase cells above the transit-amplifying compartment had no DNA-bound MCM2–7, but still expressed the MCM2–7 protein, suggesting that licensing is inhibited immediately upon differentiation. Strikingly, we found most proliferative Lgr5+ stem cells are in an unlicensed state. This suggests that the elongated cell–cycle of intestinal stem cells is caused by an increased G1 length, characterized by dormant periods with unlicensed origins. Significantly, the unlicensed state is lost in Apc-mutant epithelium, which lacks a functional restriction point, causing licensing immediately upon G1 entry. We propose that the unlicensed G1 phase of intestinal stem cells creates a temporal window when proliferative fate decisions can be made.
Cell division is necessary for homeostasis of adult tissue. It allows for the replacement of aged or damaged cells and provides specialized cells critical for tissue function. The decision to proliferate is crucial, especially for stem cells, which produce daughter cells that either maintain the fate of a stem cell or differentiate to produce specialized cells. The rapidly renewing intestinal epithelium replenishes its cellular content every 4–5 d. This high turnover rate is maintained primarily by Lgr5+ intestinal stem cells in the crypt base, which are thought to be continually proliferative (Basak et al., 2014) as confirmed by proteomic and transcriptomic analysis (Muñoz et al., 2012). There is also a quiescent stem cell population that can reengage with the cell cycle to repopulate the Lgr5+ cell population if it becomes depleted. These quiescent stem cells reside at the +4 position and constitute a subset of Lgr5+ cells and are immature, secretory-lineage precursors (Buczacki et al., 2013). Lgr5+ stem cells can divide to form transit-amplifying (TA) cells, which undergo several rounds of cell division before differentiating and losing proliferative competency (Potten and Loeffler, 1990).
How proliferative-fate decisions are governed in stem and TA cells is not understood. Lineage-tracing studies suggest that in homeostatic intestinal tissue only five to seven intestinal stem cells are “active” of the 12–16 Lgr5+ cells present in the crypt base (Kozar et al., 2013; Baker et al., 2014). Interestingly, Lgr5+ cells have a significantly longer cell cycle than do TA cells (Schepers et al., 2011). The functional significance of the prolonged cell-cycle time on Lgr5and waterproof purpose general quality amp;J male durable and mountaineering backpack A Outdoor multi female solid hiking backpack 30L camping backpack riding capacity ZC high + stem cells is currently unknown, but it suggests an active regulation of cell-cycle progression and proliferative fate commitment.
Proliferative-fate decisions are typically visualized by detecting markers that are present in all cell-cycle phases, which only distinguishes proliferative from quiescent cells. Visualizing the incorporation of labeled nucleosides, such as BrdU or 5-ethynyl-2′-deoxyuridine (EdU), marks cells in the S phase. The limitation of these methods is that they cannot discriminate early proliferative-fate decisions made during the preceding mitosis or during the early stages of G1. DNA replication in the S phase depends on origin licensing, which involves the regulated loading of minichromosome maintenance (MCM) 2–7 complexes onto origins of DNA replication (Blow and Hodgson, 2002; Champeris Tsaniras et al., 2014). During the S phase, DNA-bound MCM2–7 hexamers are activated to form the catalytic core of the DNA helicase as part of the CMG (Cdc45, MCM2–7, GINS) complex (Moyer et al., 2006; Ilves et al., 2010; Makarova et al., 2012). Replication licensing is thought to occur from late mitosis and throughout the G1 phase until passage through the restriction point (Dimitrova et al., 2002; Namdar and Kearsey, 2006; Symeonidou et al., 2013; Håland et al., 2015). Correspondingly, insufficient origin licensing directly limits the ability to progress past the restriction point causing cell-cycle arrest (Shreeram et al., 2002; Liu et al., 2009; Alver et al., 2014). When functional, this licensing-checkpoint can delay the S phase if an insufficient amount of origins have been licensed.
When cells enter the G0 phase, MCM2–7 proteins are down-regulated and degraded, primarily via E2F-mediated transcriptional control of MCM2–7, Cdc6, and Cdt1 (Leone et al., 1998; Williams et al., 1998; Ohtani et al., 1999). This prevents terminally differentiated cells from reentering the cell cycle. In mammalian cells, artificial induction of quiescence through contact inhibition leads to gradual down-regulation of Cdc6 and MCM2–7 over several days (Kingsbury et al., 2005). These features have led to the suggestion that quiescence can be defined by an unlicensed state (Blow and Hodgson, 2002). Equally, the licensing status can define a different restriction point that signals proliferative-fate commitment at the end of mitosis and in early G1, independent of the retinoblast protein (Rb)/E2F restriction point.
The dynamics of replication licensing in the intricate cellular hierarchy of a complex, rapidly renewing adult tissue is not understood. Therefore, we investigated the licensing system in the intestinal epithelium, aiming to understand dynamics of early cell-cycle commitment in stem and TA cells and during terminal differentiation.
Mcm2 expression declines along the crypt–villus axis
Because of their abundance and their strong conservation and association with the core DNA replication process, the presence of MCM2–7 proteins is commonly used to establish proliferative capacity in tissues, similar to Ki67 or PCNA (Williams et al., 1998; Stoeber et al., 2001; Gonzalez et al., 2005; Juríková et al., 2016). Usually, terminally differentiated cells in mammalian tissues do not contain MCM2–7 (Todorov et al., 1998; Stoeber et al., 2001; Eward et al., 2004). To establish the overall MCM2–7 protein abundance along intestinal crypts, we first examined the expression of MCM2–7 proteins in the epithelium of the small intestines of adult murine by high-resolution immunofluorescence microscopy. We focused on Mcm2 as a surrogate for all the members of the MCM2–7 complex, based on their similar function and localization. However, we repeated a subset of the experiments using an antibody to Mcm4, which is less effective in detecting endogenous proteins. Nonetheless, in all cases, the results were identical.
Consistent with previous studies, Mcm2 was highly expressed in both murine and human intestinal epithelium. Mcm2 was highly expressed in intestinal crypts (Fig. 1 A) and declined gradually along the crypt–villus axis (Fig. 1 B) but persisted in a few cells in the villus compartment (Fig. 1 D). Mcm2 was nuclear in interphase cells but cytoplasmic during mitosis (Fig. 1 C). Although most intestinal crypt cells expressed Mcm2, at the crypt base, Mcm2+ and Mcm2− cells were interspersed (Fig. 1, A and D), consistent with previous studies (Pruitt et al., 2010). This pattern is reminiscent of the alternating arrangement of Lgr5+ stem cells and Paneth cells at the crypt base (Barker et al., 2007). Lgr5+ stem cells express Ki67 and are continually proliferative whereas Paneth cells are fully differentiated and are Ki67− (Basak et al., 2014). As expected, Mcm2 was expressed in all Lgr5+ stem cells, and there was a strong correlation between Mcm2 and Lgr5 expression (Fig. 1 E). This is consistent with the idea that Lgr5Hi stem cells are the main proliferative stem cells in the intestinal crypt. Staining with Ulex europaeus agglutinin (UEA) I demonstrated that most Mcm2− cells in the crypt base are UEA+ Paneth cells (Fig. 1 F).
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Mcm2 is expressed ubiquitously along the crypt–villus axis and declines slowly as cells differentiate. (A) Sections of normal human (top) and mouse (bottom) small intestine were stained with phalloidin (green) and an antibody against Mcm2 (red). Bars, 200 µm. (B) Mean Mcm2 intensities for segmented nuclei were plotted along the crypt–villus axis for human (left) and mouse (right) tissues. Locations of the crypt and villus domains are indicated. (C) An intestinal crypt stained with Hoechst (blue), phalloidin (green), and an antibody against Mcm2 (red). Individual cells in interphase and mitosis (metaphase and cytokinesis) are outlined by dashed white lines. Bars: (left) 50 µm; (middle and right) 10 µm. (D) Maximum-intensity projections of whole-mount intestinal tissue revealing intestinal crypts and villi (left; Bars, 200 µm). Individual X–Y sections are also shown to reveal the epithelium (right; Bars: [top] 50 µm; [bottom] 100 µm). Tissue was stained with phalloidin (green), Hoechst (blue), and an antibody against Mcm2 (red). The alternating pattern of Mcm2+ (green stars) and Mcm2− (orange stars) in the crypt base is highlighted. (E) Images of Lgr5–GFP stem cells (green; top) costained with an Mcm2 antibody (red). Bars, 10 µm. The correlation (Pearson’s correlation R = 0.81, P < 0.0001) between mean Mcm2 and Lgr5–GFP intensities for Lgr5–GFP+ cells (n = 69), normalized to the maximum intensity for an individual crypt, is shown. (F) Images of UEA+ Paneth cells (top) costained with an Mcm2 antibody (red) and UEA (green). Bars, 10 µm. Mean Mcm2 intensity for segmented nuclei of UEA+ Paneth cells was compared with interphase cells (right). (G) Mcm2 (green) and UEA (red) expression in subsets of UEA+ cells in crypt and villus domains. Bars, 10 µm. UEA+ cells at the crypt base represent Paneth cells. (H) Quantification of mean Mcm2 intensity in individual UEA+ cell populations. UEA+ cells in the crypt base (Paneth cells, n = 224), in the upper crypt compartment (crypt, n = 132) and in the villus compartment (villus, n = 225) were identified manually, and the nuclear Mcm2 intensity was determined for individual cells (all cells, n = 33,736). There was a significant difference between UEA+ cells in the crypt and villus compartments (t test,****, P < 0.0001).
Normally, MCM2–7 expression is lost in terminally differentiated cells (Williams et al., 1998, 2004; Stoeber et al., 2001; Eward et al., 2004). The loss of expression has been suggested as a major contributor to the proliferation-differentiation switch in vivo. To test this idea, we measured the Mcm2 content of young and mature secretory cells in intestinal crypts and villi (Fig. 1, G and H). There was differential expression of Mcm2 in distinct secretory lineages. Many mature secretory cells, including Paneth, goblet, and enteroendocrine cells, were Mcm2−, consistent with their differentiation status and long life span in the epithelium (van der Flier and Clevers, 2009). We detected a few UEA+ Mcm2+ cells in the intestinal crypts (Fig. 1 G). If we assume that Mcm2 expression declines slowly after terminal differentiation, the presence of Mcm2 in UEA+ secretory cells could reflect their immaturity. Consistently, Mcm2 expression in UEA+ cells in the crypts was significantly greater than in the villi (Fig. 1 H), supporting the idea that MCM2–7 are gradually lost upon terminal differentiation. Because MCM2–7 are highly abundant and have a long (>24 h) half-life (Musahl et al., 1998), it likely that, after cells differentiate, their MCM2–7 content declines at a slow rate, explaining why Mcm2 persists in the villus compartment.
Visualization of DNA replication licensing in vivo
MCM2–7 exist in three states: as hexamers, free in the nucleoplasm; as double hexamers, bound to DNA during late mitosis and G1 and S phases; or as CMG complexes, at replication forks during the S phase (Evrin et al., 2009; Remus et al., 2009; Gambus et al., 2011). To distinguish between DNA-bound and soluble forms, we developed a protocol involving a brief extraction of isolated crypts with nonionic detergent to remove soluble MCM2–7. The remaining Mcm2 should mark cells whose origins are licensed for replication. Extraction did not visibly affect intestinal crypt integrity but made them more opaque compared with unextracted tissue (Fig. 2 A). Most cells in unextracted crypts were Mcm2+ (Fig. 2 B, Total) similar to tissue sections and mirroring the ubiquitous expression of Ki67 along the crypt axis. After extraction, most of the Mcm2 content in cells was lost (Fig. 2 B, Licensed), with only 10–30% of cells maintaining high levels of Mcm2 (Fig. 2 C). After extraction, Mcm2+ was not present in mitotic cells expressing phosphorylated histone H3, confirming the extraction procedure successfully removed non–DNA-bound MCM2–7 proteins (Fig. 2 D).
Visualizing Mcm2 licensing in intestinal crypts. (A) Representative bright-field images of extracted and unextracted, isolated intestinal crypts. Bars, 100 µm. (B) Representative images of isolated crypts stained with antibodies against Mcm2 (red) or Ki67 (purple). Bars, 10 µm. (C) The Mcm2 labeling index for unextracted and extracted crypts is significantly different (Means ± SEM, n = 10 crypts; t test, P < 0.0001). (D) Representative intestinal crypts stained with Hoechst (blue) and antibodies against Mcm2 (red) and phospho-histone H3 (pH-H3; green). Bars, 10 µm. (E) Representative flow cytometry profiles for extracted and unextracted, isolated, crypt epithelial cells showing Mcm2 versus DNA content. Data are representative of 3 independent experiments. (E’) Suggested model of the licensing profile shown in E. Deeply quiescent cells do not express Mcm2 and have a no detectable Mcm2 signal. Cells expressing soluble Mcm2 (unlicensed G1) show a similar Mcm2 signal to G2 cells. After a proliferative-fate decision has been made, origins become licensed and cells commit to S phase entry. Cells enter S phase after maximal origin licensing (active G1). During the S phase, Mcm proteins are then displaced from DNA during replication. (F) Representative images of extracted and unextracted intestinal organoids stained with an antibody against Mcm2 (red). Bars, 10 µm. (G) The Mcm2-labeling index for unextracted and extracted organoids. Data are displayed as means ± SEM; n = 3 organoids and shows a significant difference (t test, P < 0.0001).
We used flow cytometry to measure MCM2–7 content more directly and to further confirm the effectiveness of the extraction procedure. Whereas most isolated epithelial cells expressed Mcm2 that persisted throughout the cell cycle, extraction revealed a distinct profile of Mcm-containing cells in the crypts (Fig. 2 E). These profiles are consistent with those reported for cultured cell lines (Friedrich et al., 2005; Håland et al., 2015; Moreno et al., 2016; Matson et al., 2017). Mcm2 is present throughout the cell cycle (Fig. 2 E, Unextracted), but extraction shows that it binds to DNA throughout the G1 phase, reaching a maximum level before cells enter the S phase, and is subsequently displaced from the DNA during S phase. This behavior, which matches the known cell-cycle behavior of MCM2–7, confirms the efficiency of our extraction protocol. An antibody against Mcm4 produced similar results (data not shown). We observed that most cells with G1 DNA content appeared to be unlicensed, having a DNA-bound Mcm2 content similar to G2/M cells (Fig. 2, E and E′). This is substantially different from typical profiles observed in cultured cells lines in which most G1 cells are fully licensed (Friedrich et al., 2005; Håland et al., 2015; Moreno et al., 2016; Matson et al., 2017). Similar results were observed in cells isolated from intestinal organoids (Fig. 2, F and G).
Licensing status and cell-cycle progression along the crypt–villus axis
Cell-cycle dynamics of intestinal stem and progenitor cells are highly heterogeneous (Pruitt et al., 2010). Most of the Lgr5+ stem cells are considered to be continually proliferative but with a much longer cell cycle than TA progenitor cells, which are most commonly found in the S phase (Schepers et al., 2011). To investigate proliferative-fate decisions of the intestinal epithelial cells, we used our MCM2–7 extraction in crypts in which S phase cells were labeled in vivo with the nucleoside analogue EdU. We then used image analysis software to correlate Mcm2 content with cell-cycle stage along the crypt–villus axis (Fig. S1, A–F). This allowed quantification of licensing in relation to the cell cycle and 3D spatial information.
Fig. 3 A shows tissue labeled in vivo with a 1-h EdU pulse, followed by extraction of soluble MCM2–7. As expected, most cells in the TA compartment were labeled with EdU, suggesting that most cells were in the S phase, consistent with early studies with BrdU and [3H]thymidine labeling (Chwalinski and Potten, 1987). The patterns of replication foci were consistent with the reported S phase replication timing program (Rhind and Gilbert, 2013). Typically, all licensed cells had intense nuclear Mcm2 staining. Some cells completely lacked Mcm2 and EdU labeling, suggesting they were in either in G0, very early G1, or G2 phase. Some cells were labeled with both Mcm2 and EdU. These double-labeled cells typically showed patterns of EdU labeling consistent with early to mid S phase and Mcm2 labeling of DNA compartments expected to replicate later in S phase. This relationship has been observed in tissue-culture cells (Krude et al., 1996) and is consistent with the idea that DNA-bound MCM2–7 are displaced from chromosomal domains as replication is completed. Cells with late S phase patterns of EdU labeling had little or no detectable Mcm2, consistent with the displacement of most MCM2–7 by the end of the S phase. We also measured nuclear volume, which increases during S and G2 phases. This showed that nuclear volume increased up to twofold in cells classified as S and late S/G2 phases by Mcm2 and EdU staining (Fig. 3 B). This confirms our cell-cycle assignment and also suggests that most Mcm2− cells are in G0 or G1, rather than in G2, phase.
The licensing state defines distinct proliferative zones in intestinal crypts. (A) Representative image of an extracted intestinal crypt isolated after a 1-h EdU pulse in vivo (green) and stained with Hoechst (blue) and antibodies against Mcm2 (red) and pH H3 (white). Bars: (top) 10 µm; (bottom) 1 µm. Costaining shows distinct cell-cycle phases (bottom), licensed cells committed in G1 with Mcm2+ and EdU−; early Mcm2+ and EdU+ to late Mcm2− and EdU+ in the S phase, and mitotic cells, pH H3+. Negative cells represent deeply quiescent (G0), terminally differentiated cells or cells in G1 that have not made a proliferative-fate decision, remaining unlicensed. The crypt base is to the left of the displayed image. (B) Nuclear volume was estimated in cells at the distinct cell-cycle phases identified previously: negative (G0/G1/G2, n = 115); G1 licensed Mcmmountaineering solid amp;J and multi camping general hiking Outdoor ZC backpack female 30L high durable waterproof male and A quality capacity backpack riding purpose backpack + and EdU− (n = 38); S phase Mcm+ and EdU+ (n = 24); and late S/G2 Mcm− and EdU+ (n = 26). (Top) Representative examples of each cell-cycle phase and the associated 3D rendered nuclei. Bars, 10 µm. The means ± SEM are displayed. There was a significant difference in the size of licensed G1, S, and late S/G2 nuclei (t test, P < 0.0001). (C) Representative images of intestinal crypts isolated after a 1-h EdU pulse (green) in vivo. Displayed are 3D projections of extracted and unextracted crypts stained with Hoechst (blue) and an antibody against Mcm2 (red). The crypt base is to the left of the displayed image. (D) Comparison between cells expressing Mcm2 protein and DNA-bound Mcm2 along the crypt–villus axis between unextracted (n = 101 crypts) and extracted (n = 109 crypts; taken from 3 mice) cells. Data are displayed as the mean percentage of cells per set distance bin. (E) All cells were divided into four distinct groups based on Mcm2 and EdU intensities. These groups represent distinctive cell-cycle phases as defined by their total (unextracted, n = 101 crypts) or licensed (extracted, n = 109 crypts) Mcm2 content: extracted, (1) Unlicensed Mcm2− and EdU−, (2) G1 licensed Mcm2+ and EdU−, (3) early/mid S phase Mcm2+ and EdU+, and (4) late S/G2 Mcm2− and EdU+. The data are represented as the population means of the total cells per distance bin. Means ± SEM; ***, P < 0.001; **, P < 0.01. (F) The distance of the most distal Mcm2+ and EdU+ cells to the crypt base was compared in extracted and unextracted crypts. Data were scored manually for 10 representative crypts per condition. Licensed Mcm2+ cells were significantly closer to the crypt base than were EdU+ cells (t test, P = 0.0015. Cells expressing Mcm2 protein extended significantly above the last EdU+ cell (t test, P < 0.0003). (G) Representative images of crypts isolated 17 h after administration of EdU (green). 3D projections of extracted and unextracted crypts stained with Hoechst (blue) and an antibody against Mcm2 (red) are shown. (H) Cells were divided into four distinct groups as in E (n = 51 crypts).
The combination of concurrently labeling DNA-bound Mcm2 and EdU showed a clear correlation between cell position and cell-cycle stage. As noted previously, Mcm2 is expressed in cells throughout the crypt (Fig. 3, C and D). At the base of the crypt, unlicensed cells predominate (Fig. 3, C and E). At increasing distances from the crypt base, there is a successive rise in licensed G1, early/mid S, and then late S/G2 phase cells. Further up the crypt, at the end of the TA compartment, these cell-cycle stages decline in reverse order, until unlicensed cells again predominate. This suggests that there is a coordinated progression through the cell-division cycle as cells enter, then leave, the TA compartment. This was also observed as a field effect with many neighboring cells showing similar replication patterns (Fig. S2, A and B; and Video 1).
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Cell-cycle clones. A 3D rotation of a representative intestinal crypt showing nuclei (blue), DNA-bound Mcm2 (red), and EdU (green; 1-h pulse). The crypt base is at the bottom of the image. An isosurface rendering of nuclei within the crypt has also been performed and has been colored to match specific cell-cycle stages: unlicensed (blue), G1 licensed (red), early S phase (yellow), and late S/G2 (green).
Terminal differentiation is associated with a binary licensing decision
At the terminal boundary of the TA compartment, most cells were unlicensed and had no DNA-bound Mcm2 (Fig. 3, C and E). Similarly, there were no licensed G1 cells beyond the TA compartment, as defined by incorporation of EdU (Fig. 3 F). However, total Mcm2 expression extended significantly beyond the last cells with DNA-bound Mcm2 or incorporated EdU (Fig. 3, C, D, and F). The distribution of total Mcm2 expression corresponded to the zone in which cells express Ki67 (Fig. S3). Although Mcm2 and Ki67 expression persists beyond the TA compartment, licensing does not occur in this area. This suggests that differentiation is not governed by a gradual reduction in total MCM2–7 levels but is a binary decision, and licensing is abolished immediately after the final mitosis preceding differentiation. To further examine this, we marked the terminally differentiated zone by a 1-h EdU pulse, followed by a 16-h chase (Fig. 3, G and H). After 16 h, most of the distal end of the TA compartment became labeled with EdU. All labeled nuclei in this area were significantly smaller than EdU+ cells at the proximal end of the TA compartment (unpublished data), suggestive of their differentiation status. Importantly, the EdU+-differentiated cells at the distal end of the TA compartment lacked DNA-bound Mcm2, supporting our suggestion that licensing is inhibited immediately at terminal differentiation.
Most intestinal stem cells spend most of their time in the G1 phase in an unlicensed state
Most cells in the crypt base expressed Mcm2, consistent with the finding that all Lgr5+ cells express Mcm2, but mature secretory cells, such as Paneth cells, do not (Fig. 1, D and E). Surprisingly, extraction revealed that only 7–15% of cells were licensed in the crypt base (Fig. 3, C and D), with most cells in an unlicensed state despite expressing Mcm2. The abundance of licensed cells peaked 40–60 µm away from the crypt base, corresponding to just above the +4/+5 cell position (Fig. 3, D and E). This suggests that most stem cells remained unlicensed. In contrast, most TA cells appear to progress rapidly through the cell cycle, and many more actively incorporate EdU (Fig. 4 A).
Intestinal stem cells reside in a paused, unlicensed G1 phase. (A) Quantification of cell-cycle stages for cells in the stem cell (SC) compartment (<40 µm from the crypt base) and in the early TA compartment (40–80 µm from the crypt base), as described in Fig. 3 E (n = 49 crypts). (B) Representative image of an extracted crypt base isolated 1 h after a pulse of EdU (green) and stained with Hoechst (blue), UEA (red), and antibodies against Mcm2 (white). Bar, 10 µm. Nuclear morphology and UEA signals were used to distinguish between UEA+ Paneth cells (outlined by dashed lines and nuclei marked with blue stars) and UEA− stem cells (situated between outlined Paneth cells, with nuclei marked by red stars). (C) The mean percentage of UEA− stem cells that fall into the previously defined cell-cycle bins: unlicensed; G1 licensed; S phase; and S/G2 phase (n = 68 crypts). Displayed are the means ± SEM. (D) Representative flow cytometry profiles of isolated Lgr5Hi intestinal stem, showing DNA-bound Mcm2 and DNA content (n = 3 mice; panel i). The 2N (G1) cells of the same population are also shown (ii). The respective gated populations for unlicensed G1 (black), licensed (red), S phase (yellow), and G2/M (green) are shown. The Ki67 content of the licensed and unlicensed G1 cells are also shown (iii). (E) The frequency distribution of mean DNA-bound Mcm2 intensities for Mcm2+ cells in G1 cells. Shown are pooled data from three mice. (F) Simulated ergodic-rate analysis of origin licensing during G1, with the licensing rate varied and a significant paused period incorporated (unlicensed G1). The displayed histograms show the frequency distribution of DNA-bound Mcm2 of G1 cells (n = 10,000). Please refer to Materials and methods for further information. However, an analogy to explain the model is as follows, as described in Bag Diva Cream Haute Diamante For For Navy Haute Diva Clutch Ladies 8wFq4ZFC: Origin licensing through G1 can be thought of as cars traveling along a long stretch of motorway; if cars enter the motorway at a fixed rate (i.e., unsynchronized cell cycles, cells entering G1), the density of the cars at any one point is inversely proportional to the speed at which they are traveling (“speed” in this case means the rate of licensing). We have added the concept of delays at the start and end, like tollbooths. In our model, there is a minimum drive time (minimum length of G1 required for cells to grow to a critical size before they enter the S phase; arbitrarily set at 100%). If the speed of the cars means they don’t reach the end of the motorway before that time is up, cars maintain a constant speed along the entire road and exit the motorway as soon as they reach the end. If cars drive faster, and they reach the end before that time is up (>100%), they have to wait at the end of the motorway until the critical time has expired, resulting in a peak accumulation at the fully licensed point. Unlicensed G1 is an enforced time that cars have to wait once they enter the motorway before they are allowed to drive along it. This creates a peak on the left (unlicensed cells). If the cars then drive slowly, when they get to the end of the motorway, they exit immediately because the critical time has expired (center), but if they drive fast enough, they reach the end of the motorway before the critical time has expired. This results in a peak accumulation at both minimally and maximally licensed points. (G) Comparison of DNA-bound Mcm2 content of Lgr5+ and Lgr5− G1 cells and of cells in the very early S phase. Shown are pooled data from three mice.
We next confirmed that the unlicensed cells at the crypt base were Lgr5+ stem cells. Because it is not possible to identify Lgr5 in these experiments, because it is extracted along with unbound Mcm2, we instead identified Paneth cells by UEA staining and considered all UEA− cells in the crypt base as stem cells (Fig. 4 B). More than 50% of the UEA− stem cells were in an unlicensed state and were not incorporating EdU (Fig. 4 C). Approximately 30–40% of all UEA− cells in the stem cell compartment were in an active phase of the cell cycle (licensed G1, S, or G2; Fig. 4 C), corresponding to five to six stem cells of the total of 14 present (Snippert et al., 2010). This number is similar to the small number of proposed “working” stem cells in the crypt base (Kozar et al., 2013; Baker et al., 2014). Unlicensed cells not incorporating EdU (i.e., unlabeled cells in this experiment) could theoretically be in either G1 or G2 phase. To distinguish between these possibilities, we first isolated crypt cells from Lgr5–GFP mice and measured both GFP and DNA content. Both Lgr5+ and Lgr5− cell populations had a similar cell-cycle profile with most cells having two complete sets of chromosomes (2N) DNA content (Fig. S2 C). We also examined the nuclear volume of cells at different positions along the crypt axis after staining for EdU incorporation and DNA-bound Mcm2. Most unlicensed cells had a nuclear volume similar to that of fully licensed cells in G1 and not cells in late S/G2 phase (Fig. S2 D). Together, these results suggest that, although they express abundant Mcm2, most intestinal stem cells reside in an unlicensed G1 state.
To confirm this conclusion, we flow-sorted unextracted Lgr5–GFP+ cells, extracted unbound MCM2–7, and stained the cells for Mcm2 and Ki67. Consistent with our previous results, most Lgr5+ cells with a 2N DNA content had low levels of DNA-bound Mcm2 and were in an unlicensed state (Fig. 4 D [i and ii]). Importantly, both the licensed and unlicensed cells were Ki67+ indicating that they had not withdrawn from the cell-cycle long-term (Fig. 4 D [ii]).
This unlicensed G1 state—2N DNA content, high Mcm2 expression, but low levels of DNA-bound Mcm2—could be explained by two slightly different scenarios: (1) MCM2–7 are loaded onto DNA slowly in Lgr5+ cells, thereby extending G1 (Schepers et al., 2011; Dalton, 2015); or (2) Most Lgr5+ cells enter G1 and remain in an unlicensed state but do not load MCM2–7 until an active decision is made to commit to cell-cycle progression and activate the licensing system, at which time, MCM2–7 proteins are rapidly loaded. In option (1), in which licensing is slow, the presence of unlicensed cells simply reflects the increased time required to fully license origins, and different levels of Mcm2 loading should be equally distributed among G1 cells. In option (2), however, in which G1 licensing does not occur during an early stage, there should be a discrete peak of unlicensed cells with G1 DNA content, representing cells that have withdrawn from the cell cycle, and there would be fewer G1 cells and they would be loaded with different amounts of MCM2–7. To distinguish between these two possibilities, we used ergodic rate analysis (Kafri et al., 2013; Matson et al., 2017). When examining the frequency distribution of DNA-bound Mcm2 in Lgr5+ cells with 2N DNA content, we found a discrete peak of unlicensed cells (Fig. 4 E), consistent with the second model. To confirm these observations, we performed computer modeling (see the online supplemental material for source code) in which the licensing rate was varied in the presence or absence of an initial G1 period when licensing did not occur (Fig. 4 F). With no unlicensed G1 period and low licensing rates (Fig. 4 F, left), G1 cells were equally distributed across the different degrees of licensing. With faster licensing rates and no unlicensed G1 period, a distinct peak of fully licensed G1 cells appeared, similar to what has been observed in cell lines. Only when an unlicensed G1 period was introduced did a distinct peak of unlicensed G1 cells appear (Fig. 4 F, left). Most of these unlicensed Lgr5+ cells express abundant Mcm2 (Dress Red Evening Dinner Banquet Bag Clutch GROSSARTIG Women's Pearl 17Cwq7Y8), which suggests that their G1 is characterized by a long unlicensed period. This may explain why the cell-cycle length of intestinal stem cells is significantly longer than it is for TA cells (Schepers et al., 2011).
To further confirm that many intestinal stem cells exist in an unlicensed G1 state, we examined the expression of fluorescence ubiquitination cell-cycle indicator (FUCCI) reporters as an independent indicator of cell-cycle progression. We harvested intestinal tissue from Fucci2aR mice (Mort et al., 2014) and examined the expression of the G1-specific hCdt1(30/120) and S/G2/M-specific hGeminin(1/110) reporters (Fig. S4 A). As expected, many TA cells were hGeminin(1/110)+. We also noticed that terminally differentiated cells, such as Paneth cells in the stem cell compartment, and cells at the tips of villi expressed high levels of hCdt1(30/120) (Fig. S4 B) reflecting accumulation of the reporter in differentiated cells (Mort et al., 2014). However, we found that most Mcm2+ stem cells in the crypt base expressed very low levels of the hCdt1(30/120) reporter, and only a few cells expressed high levels (Fig. S4, C and D). In contrast, most TA cells were either hGeminin(1/110)high or hCdt1(30/120)low, consistent with a short G1 phase. Together, this suggests that stem cells remain in a paused, unlicensed G1 state, where they do not rapidly accumulate hCdt1(30/120), unlike rapidly proliferating cells.
Embryonic stem cells have been reported to license more replication origins than neural stem/progenitor cells differentiated from them (Ge et al., 2015). To determine whether adult stem and non–stem cells in intestinal crypts exhibit such differences, we compared the amount of DNA-bound Mcm2 in G1/G0 and early S phase Lgr5+ cells with that of Lgr5− cells (Moreno et al., 2016). Although most Lgr5+ cells were unlicensed, when they entered the S phase, they had approximately twice as much DNA-bound Mcm2 as Lgr5− cells had (Fig. 4 G). This is consistent with the idea that adult intestinal stem cells license more origins than TA cells do and may represent a mechanism to protect genomic integrity.
Intestinal label-retaining cells are in a deep G0 state
Although the intestinal crypt base primarily consists of Lgr5+ stem cells, there is also a reserved pool of quiescent stem cells, often referred to as “+4 label-retaining cells” (LRCs), reflecting their position in the crypt base and their ability to retain nascent DNA labels (Potten et al., 2002). These cells are a rare subset of Lgr5+ cells and are also secretory precursors (Buczacki et al., 2013). To further define the licensing status of these label-retaining, intestinal stem cells, we identified UEA− LRCs by expressing H2B–GFP (which is incorporated into the chromatin of dividing cells) for 7 d and then chased them for a further 7 d (Roth et al., 2012; Buczacki et al., 2013). Labeled cells that did not divide during the 7-d chase period contained high levels of H2B–GFP (and were, therefore, LRCs), but cells that divided multiple times had only low levels of H2B–GFP. LRCs were then distinguished from Paneth cells based on UEA staining (Fig. 5 A). After induction, most cells in the epithelium expressed H2B–GFP (Fig. 5 B [i]). After the 7-d chase, H2B–GFP expression was restricted to cells near the villus tips, and cells at the crypt base (Fig. 5 B [ii]). We could successfully distinguish between Paneth cells and LRCs based on UEA staining (Fig. 5 B [ii]). Unlike most Lgr5+ cells, LRCs with high levels of GFP–H2B did not express Mcm2 (Fig. 5 C). As expected, only non-LRC daughter cells with low levels of H2B–GFP had DNA-bound Mcm2 (Fig. 5 D). This shows that LRC stem cells are in deep G0, unable to license because they do not express MCM2–7. In contrast, “active” intestinal stem cells mostly reside in an unlicensed G1 state.
LRCs are in a deep G0 state. (A) Labeling strategy. H2B–GFP expression was induced in all intestinal epithelial cells in H2B–GFP mice by administration of doxycycline for 7 d. After complete labeling, doxycycline was removed, and mice rested for 7 d. During that chase period, most H2B–GFP+ cells are lost by label dilution because of cell division and upward migration. Both Paneth cells and +4 LRCs are H2B–GFP+ after the chase period. The +4 LRCs were distinguished from Paneth cells by the lack of UEA staining (Buczacki et al., 2013). (B) Representative images of whole-mount sections of H2B–GFP expressing small-intestine tissue after a 7-d labeling period (i). Bars, 100 µm. A vibratome section (ii) of intestinal tissue after a subsequent 7-d chase period, stained with Hoechst (nuclei), UEA (gray), and an antibody against Mcm2 (red). Bars, 50 µm. An enlarged image of the marked crypt is shown. Bar, 10 µm. A UEA− LRC is marked with a white arrow. Quantification of the mean GFP intensity for all cells along the crypt–villus axis is shown after the 7-d chase period (n = 3,525 cells (iii). (C) A representative image (i) of an LRC in an intestinal crypt stained with Hoechst (blue), UEA (white), and an antibody against Mcm2 (red). Bar, 10 µm. The LRCs (white arrows) do not express Mcm2. The quantification of Mcm2 expression in LRCs (n = 12), Paneth cells (n = 116), and all cells (n = 543) is shown (iii). (D) Representative images of extracted H2B–GFP crypts after the 7-d chase period. Bar, 10 µm. H2B–GFPHi cells (bright green) represent Paneth cells and +4 LRCs (i), and H2B–GFPlow cells (faint green) represent daughter cells (white arrows) that have diluted H2B–GFP content because of cell division (ii). The quantification of DNA-bound Mcm2 in GFPHi LRCs (n = 110) and GFPlow daughter cells (n = 186) compared with the total cell population (all cells; n = 3,236) is shown (iii).
Licensing dynamics in intestinal organoids
Intestinal stem cells reside in a highly specialized niche at the base of crypts. It is, therefore, possible that this niche specifically allows stem cells to pause in an unlicensed G1 state in which origin licensing is prevented until a further proliferative-fate signal is received. To understand the contribution of the stem cell niche to the dynamics of entry and exit from the unlicensed G1 state, we used intestinal organoids, which allowed us to manipulate the stem cell niche/environment with small molecules. Although the distribution of licensed cells was similar between the branches of intestinal organoids and crypts in tissue, there were considerably more cells with DNA-bound Mcm2 in the former (Fig. 6, A and C [iii]). Importantly, cells in organoids showed a discrete peak of fully licensed G1 cells in addition to the cells in the unlicensed G1 state (Fig. 6 B [ii]). This suggests that the epithelium in organoids represents an accelerated state of self-renewal and may not fully recapitulate cell-cycle dynamics of intestinal epithelial cells in vivo.
Licensing dynamics in intestinal organoids. (A) Representative image of unextracted and extracted intestinal organoids stained with Hoechst (blue) and an antibody against Mcm2 (red) after a 1-h EdU pulse (green). Bars, 15 µm. (B) Representative flow cytometry profiles from isolated organoid cells showing Ki67 (i) or DNA-bound Mcm2 (ii) content versus DNA content. Data are representative of three independent experiments. (C) Representative flow cytometry profile from cells isolated from cultured organoids (i) or intestinal crypts (ii) showing DNA-bound Mcm2 versus Ki67 (Fig. S5 A). Ki67 loss and subsequent loss of Mcm2 during differentiation is apparent, starting from unlicensed G1 (dashed arrow). Quantification of discrete populations (gates shown in i) was performed: (1) G0, (2) transition (G0 ↔ unlicensed G1), (3) unlicensed G1, and (4) licensed G1, (5) S phase, and (6) late S/G2/M (n = 3) with means ± SEM displayed. (D) Representative flow cytometry profiles of isolated organoid epithelial cells grown in ENR (control) and treated with the EGFR inhibitor gefitinib for the indicated times (i–iii). After 4 d in gefitinib, organoids were reactivated by removal of the gefitinib and readdition of fresh growth factors (ENR) for 2 d (iv). Displayed are profiles comparing DNA-bound Mcm2 versus Ki67 (top) or total Mcm2 content (bottom). Data are representative of three independent experiments. (E) The G1 cell populations, as shown in D, were quantified. DNA-bound Mcm2 profiles (i) show (1) unlicensed G1, (2) licensed G1, (3) transition (G0 ↔ unlicensed G1), and (4) G0 populations. Total-Mcm2 profiles (ii) show Mcm2-expressing, i.e., Mcm2+, and nonexpressing, i.e., Mcm2−, cells (n = 3). Data are displayed as percentage means ± SEM.
We designed an assay to robustly assess licensing dynamics during entry and exit from the unlicensed G1 state and the transition toward G0. Specifically, we used flow cytometry–based quantification of DNA-bound Mcm2, Ki67, and DNA content to measure licensing dynamics during entry and exit from the unlicensed G1 state and the transition toward G0 (Fig. S5 A). Most cells in organoids express Ki67, and it increased during cell-cycle progression (Fig. 6 B [i]). The DNA-bound Mcm2 profile was similar to that in isolated crypts (Fig. 6 B [ii]). Correlating Ki67 and DNA-bound Mcm2 produced a distinctive profile that is similar for isolated cells from organoids (Fig. 6 C [i]) and intestinal crypts (Fig. 6 C [ii]). This profile revealed a population of cells that appeared to lose Ki67 (Fig. 6 C [ii], dashed arrow) and may represent cells decreasing in proliferative capacity and transitioning toward differentiation (Fig. S5 A). Such a loss of proliferative capacity appeared to initiate in cells that expressed Ki67 but were unlicensed, i.e., cells in unlicensed G1 phase. These data suggest that different stages of quiescence can exist, which are reflected by a spectrum of Ki67 and Mcm levels.
Stem-cell niche maintenance in organoids mainly depends on a combination of EGF, Wnt, and Notch signaling (Sato et al., 2011). To identify the pathway that can modulate the unlicensed G1 state, we systematically treated organoids with a small molecule inhibitor of EGF receptor (EGFR; gefitinib), a Wnt agonist (Chir99021), and a Notch activator (valproic acid). Short-term treatment with gefitinib, which reduces mitogen-activated protein kinase activity and blocks DNA replication and cell division (Lynch et al., 2004), immediately caused cells to accumulate in the unlicensed G1 state with a 2N DNA content, but they continued to express Mcm2 and Ki67 (Fig. 6, D and E). Only prolonged EGFR inhibition (4 d) caused a transition to an intermediate G0 state, with significantly reduced Ki67 expression but with total Mcm2 levels maintained (Fig. 6, D and E). Both states were reversed by removal of EGFR inhibitors and addition of fresh EGFs (Fig. 6, D and E). Previously it was shown that EGFR increases Lgr5 expression (Basak et al., 2017), suggesting that these transitional states (unlicensed G1 and G0) are associated with “stemness.” Additionally, EGFR inhibitors appeared to potently kill TA cells (Fig. S5, B and C), leaving branches containing only stem cells (Basak et al., 2017). This suggests that both the fully quiescent G0 and the unlicensed G1 states can provide protection to stem cells.
Treatment with the Wnt agonist Chir99021 did not appear to significantly affect licensing dynamics (Fig. S5 C). Strikingly, treatment with valproic acid (a Notch activator) alone or in combination with Chir99021 significantly altered licensing profiles (Fig. S5, D and F). The combination of Chir99021 and valproic acid induced Lgr5 expression throughout the organoid epithelium (Fig. S5 E; Yin et al., 2014). Our data showed that this was associated with the appearance of a population of cells with low levels of Ki67 and intermediate levels of DNA-bound Mcm2 (Fig. S5 D), similar to the intermediate, unlicensed G1 state induced by EGFR inhibitors. Surprisingly, we observed an arc of cells connecting this to the fully licensed state, suggesting that relicensing of these cells occurs before they express high levels of Ki67 and that cells can reactivate licensing from a deeper state of G0 directly (Fig. S5, D and F).
Inhibiting Notch signaling with DAPT (N-[N-(3,5-difluorophenacetyl)-l-alanyl]-S-phenylglycine t-butyl ester), which induces terminal secretory cell differentiation (van Es et al., 2005), also significantly altered licensing dynamics and induced deep G0 with reduced Ki67 and loss of Mcm2 proteins (Fig. S5 G). Together, these data suggest that both EGFR and Notch signaling can significantly influence the licensing dynamics during the transition between quiescence and unlicensed G1.
The unlicensed-G1 state is lost in Apc mutant organoids
Many established cell lines appear to lack an unlicensed G1 state; instead, licensing of all origins occurs immediately upon mitotic exit (Friedrich et al., 2005; Håland et al., 2015; Moreno et al., 2016; Matson et al., 2017). In addition, many of these cell lines lack a functional licensing checkpoint (Shreeram et al., 2002; Feng et al., 2003; Liu et al., 2009; Nevis et al., 2009), which has been suggested to arrest cells in G1 by inactivation of the RB-E2F restriction point (Shreeram et al., 2002; Machida et al., 2005; Teer et al., 2006; Liu et al., 2009; Nevis et al., 2009). To understand the biological relevance of the unlicensed G1 state, we determined whether origin licensing dynamics during G1 were altered during the initial stages of tumorigenesis.
The first initiating mutations in colorectal cancer are usually in adenomatous polyposis coli (Apc). Therefore, we investigated whether licensing dynamics were altered in Apc-mutant intestinal epithelium. In ApcMin/+ epithelium in vivo, Mcm2 expression appeared normal in areas of normal histology but was greatly increased in polyps (Fig. 7 A). In isolated ApcMin/+ crypts, there was a slight increase in the size of the proliferative compartment similar to that found in a previous study (Trani et al., 2014), and a slight increase in the number of EdU+ cells in the stem cell compartment (Fig. 7 B [i and iii]). However, in most crypts, there were no significant differences in the number or distribution of licensed cells in the stem-cell compartment (Fig. 7 B [i and iii]). However, we found a small number of crypts that were considerably larger. Strikingly, within these crypts, we noticed small “ribbons” of EdU+ cells that extended significantly into the TA compartment (Fig. 7 B [ii]). We suspected that these ribbons represent clones of cells that had undergone loss of heterozygosity (LOH) and that continually reengage with the cell cycle. This, in turn, suggests that the LOH event that converts ApcMin/+ to ApcMin/Min cells significantly alters cell-cycle dynamics.
Unlicensed G1 is lost in Apc mutant epithelium. (A) A representative vibratome section of ApcMin/+ intestinal epithelium stained with Hoechst (nuclei), phalloidin, and an antibody against Mcm2. Bar, 200 µm. Regions of normal histology and a region containing a polyp are highlighted. (B) Representative image of an extracted ApcMin/+ isolated crypt (i) stained with Hoechst (nuclei) and an antibody against Mcm2 (red) after a 1-h EdU pulse (green). A representative image of an abnormally elongated crypt is displayed (ii) showing a clonal ribbon of cells in the distal TA compartment, which are EdU+. Quantification of cell-cycle stages across the crypt axis (Fig. 3) is shown (iii; n = 40 crypts). Bars, 10 µm. (C) Representative bright-field images of organoids cultured from WT and ApcMin/+ mice that have undergone LOH (ApcMin/Min). Bars, 50 µm. (D) Representative images of unextracted and extracted ApcMin/Min organoids stained with Hoechst (nuclei) and an antibody against Mcm2 (red) after a 1-h EdU pulse. Bars, 50 µm. (E) Representative flow cytometry profiles from cells of extracted WT and ApcMin/Min organoids showing DNA-bound Mcm2 versus DNA content (i). The 2N G1 cells of the profile shown are displayed (ii), showing unlicensed G1, early G1, and peak (fully licensed) G1 populations. Data are representative of three independent experiments. (F) Quantification of the populations described in E(ii). Data are displayed as means ± SEM (n = 3 organoids. (G) Western blot of Rb and pRb (low and high exposure) levels between WT and ApcMin/Min organoids. Two bands, corresponding to hypo- and hyperphosphorylated Rb, are shown. (H) Quantification of the fold increase of pRb:Rb for ApcMin/Min organoids (n = 3) and polyps isolated from ApcMin/+ mice (n = 6), compared with WT organoids and tissue.
To determine whether LOH alters origin licensing dynamics by modifying G1, we compared WT and ApcMin/Min organoids (Fig. 7 C). ApcMin/Min organoids contained many more licensed cells that were distributed randomly throughout the organoid (Fig. 7 D), reminiscent of the altered distribution of Ki67+ cells in these organoids (Fatehullah et al., 2013). Strikingly, we found that licensing dynamics in the G1 phase of ApcMin/Min cells were different, and there was a significant loss of the unlicensed G1 population (Fig. 7 E). Instead, most cells appear to license immediately upon G1 entry and progressed into S phase immediately after minimal licensing (Fig. 7, E and F). Nonetheless, we still detected a population of cells that licensed as many origins as cells in WT organoids. These may be residual ApcMin/+ cells that had not undergone LOH yet and thus maintained near-normal cell-cycle dynamics.
A functional licensing checkpoint depends on an intact Rb restriction point, and we tested whether the relative amounts of hypo- and hyperphosphorylated Rb varied between WT and ApcMin/Min epithelia. In WT organoids, we noticed that most of the Rb appeared hypophosphorylated (Fig. 7 G). In contrast, in ApcMin/Min organoids, at least half of the Rb appeared hyperphosphorylated, with at least threefold more phosphorylated Rb. Together, these data are consistent with the idea that cells exist in an unlicensed G1 state before passage through the restriction point and activation of E2F-driven transcription. In contrast, Apc mutant cells appear to have lost normal restriction-point control so that they have constitutively hyperphosphorylated Rb, allowing them to completely bypass the unlicensed G1 state.
The cell cycle of intestinal stem and TA cells is poorly understood. By comparing the total and DNA-bound Mcm2 in intact intestinal crypts, we provide new insights into how licensing and cell-cycle commitment are coupled in this tissue. We provide evidence that, after their final mitosis, TA cells do not license their replication origins and immediately exit the cell cycle. We show that many Lgr5+ stem cells spend most of the G1 phase in an unlicensed state, continually expressing Mcm2 and Ki67. In the unlicensed G1 phase, stem cells could be poised to respond to cues and progress past that restriction point to resume the cell division cycle.
Lgr5+ stem cells have a cell-cycle length greater than TA cells (Schepers et al., 2011). The biological relevance of this is currently unknown. The data presented here suggest a delay in origin licensing is a key feature of the prolonged cell cycle of Lgr5+ cells. Although ∼80% of Lgr5+ cells are thought to be continually proliferative and express high levels of both Ki67 (Basak et al., 2014) and Mcm2, we found that most Lgr5+ cells reside in an unlicensed state, with 2N DNA content and Mcm2 not bound to DNA. Because the licensed state defines proliferative-fate commitment (Blow and Hodgson, 2002), we suggest that these cells are temporarily paused in the G1 phase, continuing to express proliferative makers, such as Ki67 and Mcm2, but without fully committing to the cell cycle (Fig. 8). We show that the number of Lgr5+ cells with DNA-bound Mcm2 was similar to the number of proposed active stem cells determined in lineage-tracing experiments (Kozar et al., 2013; Baker et al., 2014).
Model of origin licensing dynamics in intestinal epithelial cells. In a normal cell cycle, the Mcm cells are expressed ubiquitously in all stages. The licensing of DNA with MCM2–7 occurs in late M and throughout G1, when a cell receives a stimulus to commit to the cell cycle. As DNA is replicated during the S phase, MCM2–7 are displaced from DNA and are prevented from relicensing in G2. During terminal differentiation, MCM2–7 are not actively transcribed, and the proteins are gradually lost in postmitotic cells. However, after the final mitotic division, cells make a binary decision never to license their DNA, even though the protein is still present. Mcm proteins then degrade slowly, where cells enter a terminally differentiated state (deep G0). Alternatively, cells can exit mitosis, not relicense their DNA but maintain proliferative markers, and disengage from the cell cycle for some time (unlicensed G1). Two major classes of intestinal stem cells exist: “active” stem cells, engaged with the cell cycle, and reserve, quiescent LRCs. LRCs are in a state of “deep” quiescence and do not contain MCM2–7 because they have disengaged from the cell cycle for some time. In this study, we show that most active Lgr5+ stem cells reside in an unlicensed state but contain MCM2–7 proteins. These cells reside in an unlicensed G1 phase until they make a proliferative-fate decision, enter the cell cycle, and license. This provides an explanation for the elongated cell cycle of intestinal stem cells; they reside in a partial resting state in which they may be able to respond to niche cues to divide. This, therefore, may constitute a unique mechanism to control stem cell numbers.
Prolonged arrest may eventually result in degradation of MCM2–7 proteins and lead to induction of a state of deep quiescence (G0). Consistent with this idea, we observed that LRCs, thought to provide a reserve of quiescent stem cells, did not express Mcm2. The lack of Mcm2 expression may reflect that significant time has passed since those cells divided. The delay in activating the licensing system may create a prolonged time window for Lgr5+ cells to receive and interpret environmental cues before deciding to commit to duplication, offering a means to control their number. It is likely that most Lgr5+ cells regularly resume their cell cycle, given their continual expression of proliferation markers (Basak et al., 2014). The identity and decisions of Lgr5+ cells are governed by stochastic choices, and the ability to pause briefly in G1 offers them unique flexibility in making those choices.
As expected, the transition from unlicensed G1 to licensed G1 seems dependent on EGFR signaling. However, other pathways responsible for stem-cell maintenance can also significantly cause the appearance of a unique population of unlicensed cells with distinct cell-cycle dynamics. Growing evidence suggests that intestinal stem-cell fate is not governed by asymmetric segregation of fate determinants (Lopez-Garcia et al., 2010; Snippert et al., 2010; Steinhauser et al., 2012). Instead, factors operating in the stem-cell niche, such as Wnt and Notch signaling, affect stem-cell fate decisions and also reduce the cycle rate of intestinal stem cells (Sparkly Evening Diamante Wedding Crystal Party TOYIS with Handbags 4 Bag Rhinestone Clutch Tassel Handbags Bags Evening Prom Pearl Women's IqBaayRw). This is consistent with the idea that cell-fate choices are affected by decreasing proliferation rates and increasing G0/G1 length. Indeed, extending G1 in mouse and human embryonic stem cells can drive differentiation (Calder et al., 2013; Coronado et al., 2013). Similarly, long G1 phases are associated with the generation of fate-restricted progenitors during neurogenesis (Arai et al., 2011). An extended time window in the cell cycle has been suggested to allow niche factors and/or fate determinants to accumulate to direct progenitor fate (Calegari and Huttner, 2003). In the case of adult intestinal stem cells, holding cells in G1 may allow an extended time for stem-cell fate factors to act and maintain stem-cell fate. In contrast, many embryonic stem cells license rapidly, and the cell cycle slows throughout differentiation (Matson et al., 2017).
However, similar to embryonic stem cells (Ge et al., 2015), intestinal stem cells appear to have licensed more origins than non–stem cells have when they enter the S phase. This may help ensure accurate and complete genome duplication in long-lived stem cells (Moreno et al., 2016). With a greater demand for licensed origins, intestinal stem cells may, therefore, more readily engage the licensing checkpoint that ensures that all origins are licensed before cells enter the S phase (Shreeram et al., 2002; Liu et al., 2009; Alver et al., 2014). This additional demand for licensed origins in stem cells may also explain why crypts that are hypomorphic for Mcm2 have stem-cell deficiencies (Pruitt et al., 2007).
It is unclear how intestinal stem cells enter a significant, unlicensed G1 state. The simplest explanation is that licensing factors, such as Cdt1 or Cdc6, are not readily available in new-born stem cells, and their synthesis has to be stimulated by an upstream signal for fate commitment via activation of E2F-driven transcription. This is the situation after prolonged quiescence, which is accompanied by passive down-regulation of licensing factors (Coller, 2007). In contrast, in continually dividing cells, their levels are maintained. Consistent with this idea, licensing factors such as Cdc6, along with many cyclin-dependent kinase complexes, are down-regulated beyond the end of the TA zone (Frey et al., 2000; Smartt et al., 2007). Cells without a functional restriction point, such as Apc mutant cells or most cancer cell lines, could immediately license their origins upon entering G1 and can progress into S phase without sufficient origins being licensed. Interestingly, both TA cells and highly proliferative Apc mutant cells are very sensitive to replication inhibitors, such as gefitinib (Fig. S5 H). WT stem cells survive this treatment, potentially by engaging the licensing checkpoint to reversibly stall in the unlicensed G1 phase. This suggests that the unlicensed G1 phase can protect stem cells from replication inhibitors and offers researchers a potentially selective means to kill highly proliferative cells, such as Apc mutant cells (Shreeram et al., 2002; Blow and Gillespie, 2008).
In summary, we demonstrate that the dynamics of the DNA replication licensing system provides a new way for measuring the proliferative fate of intestinal stem cells. We suggest a model for “working” intestinal stem cells that spend a significant proportion of the G1 phase in an unlicensed state until a proliferative-fate decision is made. Correspondingly, exit from the cell cycle in +4 LRCs leads to loss of proliferative capacity and loss of Mcm2 expression causing cells to enter a deeply G0 quiescent state (Fig. 6). The unlicensed G1 state is lost in Apc mutant epithelia, which lack a functional Rb-restriction point. We suggest that the unlicensed G1 state serves stem cells in controlling their numbers by regulating the cell cycle.
All experiments were performed under UK Home Office guidelines. CL57BL/6 (WT), R26-rtTA Col1A1-H2B-GFP (H2B–GFP), Lgr5-EGFP-IRES-creERT2 (Lgr5GFP/+), and ApcMin/+ mice were sacrificed by cervical dislocation or CO2 asphyxiation. Fucci2aR mice (Mort et al., 2014) were a gift from R. Mort (University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK).
Tissue preparation: whole small intestine
Dissected pieces of adult-mouse small intestine were washed briefly in PBS and then fixed in 4% PFA for 3 h at 4°C. Intestines were cut into 2 × 2-cm2 pieces and fixed overnight in 4% PFA at 4°C. Tissue was embedded in 3% low–melting-temperature agarose and cut into 200-µm sections with a Vibratome (Leica Biosystems). Sections were washed in PBS, permeabilized with 2% Triton X-100 for 2 h, and incubated with blocking buffer (1% BSA, 3% normal goat serum, and 0.2% Triton X-100 in PBS) for 2 h at 4°C. Tissue was incubated in working buffer (0.1% BSA, 0.3% normal goat serum, and 0.2% Triton X-100 in PBS) containing primary antibody Mcm2 (1:500; Cell Signaling Technology) for 48 h at 4°C. Sections were washed five times with working buffer before 48-h incubation with secondary antibodies diluted in working buffer: Alexa Fluor–conjugated goat anti–rabbit (1:500; Molecular Probes) plus 5 µg/ml Hoechst 33342 and Alexa Fluor–conjugated phalloidin (1:150; Molecular Probes). Sections were mounted on coverslips in ProLong Gold (Thermo Fisher Scientific) between 2 × 120-µm spacers.
Tissue preparation
Isolating and staining crypts
Small intestines were dissected, washed in PBS and opened longitudinally. Villi were removed by repeated (≤10 times) scraping of the luminal surface with a coverslip. Tissue was washed in PBS and incubated in 30 mM EDTA (25 min at 4°C), and crypts were isolated by vigorous shaking in PBS. Crypt suspensions were centrifuged (fixed rotor, 88 relative centrifugal force, 4°C), and the pellet was washed twice in cold PBS. Crypts were fixed in 4% PFA (30 min at room temperature), permeabilized in 1% Triton X-100 (1 h at room temperature), and blocked in blocking buffer (2 h at 4°C). Crypts were incubated with primary antibodies diluted in working buffer: Mcm2 (1:500; Cell Signaling Technology), phospo-Histone H3 (1:500; Abcam), Ki67 (1:250, ab15580; Abcam), and αGFP (1:500; Abcam); washed five times with working buffer, before overnight incubation with secondary antibodies diluted in working buffer: Alexa Fluor–conjugated goat anti–mouse or anti–rabbit (1:500; Molecular Probes); or stains: rhodamine-labeled UEA I (1:500), 5 µg/ml Hoechst 33342, or Alexa Fluor–conjugated phalloidin (1:150) at 4°C. Crypts were mounted directly on slides in ProLong Gold overnight.
Cytoskeleton buffer extraction of isolated crypts
Soluble proteins were extracted from crypts isolated as described above by incubation with cytoskeleton extraction buffer (10 mM Hepes, 100 mM NaCl, 3 mM MgCl2, 1 mM EGTA, 300 mM sucrose, 0.2% Triton X-100, 1 mM DTT, and 2% BSA) supplemented with protease inhibitors (PMSF, pepstatin, leupeptin, cystatin, Na3VO4, NaF, and aprotinin) for 20 min on ice before fixation. Crypts were then fixed with 4% PFA and processed for imaging as described above.
H2B–GFP label retention
H2B–GFP expression in transgenic R26-rtTA Col1A1-H2B-GFP mice was induced by replacing normal drinking water with 5% sucrose water supplemented with 2 mg/ml doxycycline. After 7 d, doxycycline water was replaced with normal drinking water. Subsequently, mice were sacrificed after 7 d.
EdU incorporation and detection
Mice were injected i.p. with 100 µg EdU (Thermo Fisher Scientific) prepared in 200-µl sterile PBS. Mice were sacrificed 1 h or 17 h after induction. For organoids, 10 µM EdU was included in crypt medium for 1 h before harvesting. EdU was detected by Click-it chemistry (Thermo Fisher Scientific) by incubation in EdU working buffer (1.875 µM Alexa Fluor 488 azide; Thermo Fisher Scientific), 2 mM CuSO4, and 10 mM ascorbic acid overnight at 4°C before processing for immunofluorescence staining.
Organoid culture
Isolated crypts were dissociated to single cells with TripLE express (Thermo Fisher Scientific) at 37°C for 5 min. Dissociated cells were filtered through a 40-µm cell strainer (Greiner Bio-One) and suspended in growth factor–reduced Matrigel (BD Biosciences). Organoids were grown in crypt medium (advanced DMEM/F12 [ADF] supplemented with 10 mM Hepes, 2 mM Glutamax, 1 mM N-acetylcysteine, N2 [Gemini Bio Products], B27 [Thermo Fisher Scientific], and penicillin/streptomycin [MilliporeSigma]) supplemented with EGF/Noggin/R-spondin 1 (ENR) medium (50 ng/ml EGF [Thermo Fisher Scientific], 100 ng/ml Noggin [Thermo Fisher Scientific], and R-spondin–conditioned media) produced from stably transfected L cells (1:4). Chiron99021 (3 µM), valproic acid (1 mM; Thermo Fisher Scientific), and Y27632 (10 µM; Thermo Fisher Scientific) were added to the culture for the first 48 h. Organoids were passaged every 3–5 d by mechanically disrupting Matrigel and by washing and pipetting in ADF. Dissociated crypts were resuspended in fresh Matrigel and grown in crypt medium supplemented with EGFs.
For small-molecule treatments, primary intestinal epithelial cells were cultured in ENR plus Chiron99021, valproic acid, and Y27632 for 3 d, and then, organoids were subcultured in ENR for an additional 2 d before the start of the experiment. Organoids were then treated with the stated small molecules for the indicated times. For induction of unlicensed G1, organoids were treated with gefitinib (5 µM), coupled with removal of EGF from the crypt medium. For the reactivation/chase period, the medium was removed and fresh EGFs were added. All EGFs and inhibitors were replenished every 2 d throughout the experiment.
Flow cytometry and cell sorting
Intestinal crypts were isolated and dissociated to single cells as described above. Isolated cells were filtered through 40-µm cell strainers (Greiner Bio-One). After one PBS wash, organoids were dissociated to single cells by incubation in TrypLE Express (Thermo Fisher Scientific) for 15 min at room temperature, followed by manual disruption by pipetting. Cells were then extracted with cytoskeleton buffer for 20 min on ice, followed by fixation in 0.5% PFA (pH 7.40 for 15 min at room temperature). Cells were then washed once in 1% BSA and permeabilized with ice-cold 70% EtOH for 10 min. Cells were then washed in 1% BSA and resuspended with primary antibodies (Mcm2, 1:500; GFP, 1:500; and Ki67, 1:200) diluted in working buffer overnight at 4°C). After two washes in working buffer, cells were resuspended in secondary antibodies goat anti–mouse or anti–rabbit (Alexa Fluor 647 [1:500; Molecular Probes] or Alexa Fluor 488–Ki67 [1:400, clone SolA15; BD Biosciences]), diluted in working buffer (1 h at room temperature). After two washes in 1% BSA, cells were suspended in working buffer containing 15 µg/ml DAPI. Samples were analyzed on an FACS Canto (BD Biosciences).
For cell sorting, cells were isolated from Lgr5–GFP mice as described above by treatment with TrypLE Express for 15 min at 37°C, followed by filtration through 40-µm filters (Greiner Bio-One). Cells were sorted in ADF supplemented with 1% FBS and DAPI (15 µg/ml). Sorting was performed with an Influx cell sorter (BD Biosciences). Cells were checked after being sorted to ensure sample purity by reexamining Lgr5 expression in the sorted gates.
Microscopy and image analysis
Samples were imaged with an LSM 710 microscope (Carl Zeiss) with 25×/0.8 NA and 40×/1.3 NA LD Plan-Neofluar objective lenses and immersion oil with a refractive index of 1.516. Z stacks were acquired at optimal-section intervals between 0.3 and 0.8 µm at room temperature with Zen 2011 acquisition software (Carl Zeiss). All fixed samples were mounted in ProLong Gold. For quantification, images were acquired at 16 bit-depth.
Image processing and analysis were performed with Imaris software (Bitplane). Images of individual crypts were manually cropped, ensuring that an individual crypt was the only region of interest. All nuclei were detected in individual crypts with automated thresholding in Imaris, with the measurement-point function set to detect nuclei at an estimated size of 3.5 µm. Missed or incorrectly assigned nuclei were manually identified. This function produced measurement points that segmented the specific region at the corresponding coordinate of the measurement point. Mean intensities for different channels were calculated per spot. This equates to the intensity at the center region of each nucleus. A reference nucleus at the crypt base was used to define the crypt-base position. The Euclidean distance to that point was measured and defined as the distance to the crypt base. Multiple images were analyzed with the same workflow, and the analyzed files were collated. For vibratome sections, a plane was manually defined running through to the muscle layer beneath the epithelium. The smallest distance to that surface was defined for segmented nuclei. For nuclear-volume estimation, the nuclei were manually segmented in 3D with the manual segmentation tools within Imaris (Fig. S1).
Flow cytometry analysis
Flow cytometry data were analyzed with FlowJo software (Tree Star) and a standardized gating strategy (Fig. S1). In brief, cells were identified by forward and side light scatter. After doublet discrimination, gates were set with appropriate controls lacking conjugated secondary antibodies and without primary antibodies. Mcm2-negative gates were set by secondary-only controls in conjunction with the Mcm2 intensity of G2 cells. G1 cells were discriminated based on the maximal DNA-bound Mcm2 intensity before the S phase and by DAPI intensity.
Computational modeling
A deterministic computer model for licensing in G1 was written in the Swift programming language (Apple) in the Xcode 9 development environment. The model assumes that there is a minimum G1 period that is required for cells to grow to a critical size before they can enter the S phase. Licensing can take place during that period at a constant rate. A licensing rate of 1 means that cells will be fully licensed in exactly the minimum G1 period. It was also assumed that cells had a robust “licensing checkpoint” (Shreeram et al., 2002; Blow and Gillespie, 2008), so that they could not enter the S phase until the origins have been fully licensed. An optional “unlicensed G1 period” occurred at the start of G1; during which time, no licensing takes place. In the simulation, cells enter G1, wait for any optional “unlicensed G1 period,” then start to license origins at a fixed rate; cells exit G1 and modeling ceases only when they have become maximally licensed and the minimum G1 period had elapsed. The model divided the minimum G1 period into 10,000 equal steps and recorded the degree of licensing at the end of each step in the licensing array. The contents of the licensing array were distributed into 101 different frequency bins, ranging from 0 (no licensing) to 100% (maximal licensing). To model the background signal recorded by flow cytometry, all the licensing values were increased by 5%. To model the flow cytometry measurement error, the frequency array was smoothed by starting at the smallest bin and pushing 80% of the cell counts into the next largest bin and, then, starting at the largest bin, pushing 80% of the cell counts into the next-smallest bin.
Fig. S1 illustrates the image-analysis workflow used to measure licensing dynamics along the crypt axis and describes the flow cytometry gating strategy. Fig. S2 shows the clonal cell-cycle field effects reflected by neighboring cells along the crypt axis with similar licensing and replication profiles, and the flow cytometry and nuclear volume measurements are used to show that intestinal stem cells have a normal cell-cycle distribution and are not all in the G2 phase of the cell cycle. Fig. S3 shows the ubiquitous expression of Ki67 along the crypt axis. Fig. S4 examines the expression of the fluorescence ubiquitination cell-cycle indicator and reporters in the intestinal epithelium, showing that most stem cells express little of the G1 hCdt1(30/120) marker, consistent with an unlicensed G1 phase. Fig. S5 shows the licensing dynamics in the intestinal organoids with altered stem cell–niche signaling. This revealed that (a) the combination of Ki67 and DNA-bound Mcm2 is a robust means of exploring cell-cycle dynamics during transitions to quiescence, (b) Chir99021 and valproic acid treatments induce unique cell-cycle dynamics, and (c) ApcMin/Min organoids are sensitive to gefitinib, whereas WT organoids are not. Video 1 shows cell-cycle clones. We also include the source code used for the simulations of licensing through G1.
We thank members of the Näthke and Blow laboratories for general assistance and helpful discussions. We thank Dr. Paul Appleton, Dr. Graeme Ball, and the Dundee Imaging and Tissue Imaging Facility for support with microscopy and image analysis. We thank Dr. Rosemary Clarke and the Dundee Flow Cytometry Facility for support with flow cytometry, cell sorting, and analysis. We thank Dr. Richard Mort for the Fucci2aR mouse tissue.
The imaging facility is funded by the Wellcome Trust technology platform award (097945/B/11/Z) and Wellcome Trust award (101468/Z/13/Z). This work was supported by program grants from Cancer Research UK to I. Näthke (C430/A11243) and to J.J. Blow (C303/A14301), a grant from the Wellcome Trust (WT096598MA), and a Medical Research Council studentship award to T.D. Carroll.
The authors declare no competing financial interests.
Author contributions: T.D. Carroll, J.J. Blow, and I. Näthke conceived and designed the study; T.D. Carroll and I.P. Newton collected the data; Y.C. Chen assisted with organoid experiments; and T.D. Carroll performed the data analysis. J.J. Blow performed the modeling simulations. T.D. Carroll, I. Näthke, and J.J. Blow wrote the manuscript.
Submitted: 3 August 2017
Revision received 23 January 2018
Accepted: 27 February 2018
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The licensing state defines distinct proliferative zones in intestinal crypts. (A) Representative image of an extracted intestinal crypt isolated after a 1-h EdU pulse in vivo (green) and stained with Hoechst (blue) and antibodies against Mcm2 (red) and pH H3 (white). Bars: (top) 10 µm; (bottom) 1 µm. Costaining shows distinct cell-cycle phases (bottom), licensed cells committed in G1 with Mcm2+ and EdU−; early Mcm2+ and EdU+ to late Mcm2− and EdU+ in the S phase, and mitotic cells, pH H3+. Negative cells represent deeply quiescent (G0), terminally differentiated cells or cells in G1 that have not made a proliferative-fate decision, remaining unlicensed. The crypt base is to the left of the displayed image. (B) Nuclear volume was estimated in cells at the distinct cell-cycle phases identified previously: negative (G0/G1/G2, n = 115); G1 licensed Mcm+ and EdU− (n = 38); S phase Mcm+ and EdU+ (n = 24); and late S/G2 Mcm− and EdU+ (n = 26). (Top) Representative examples of each cell-cycle phase and the associated 3D rendered nuclei. Bars, 10 µm. The means ± SEM are displayed. There was a significant difference in the size of licensed G1, S, and late S/G2 nuclei (t test, P < 0.0001). (C) Representative images of intestinal crypts isolated after a 1-h EdU pulse (green) in vivo. Displayed are 3D projections of extracted and unextracted crypts stained with Hoechst (blue) and an antibody against Mcm2 (red). The crypt base is to the left of the displayed image. (D) Comparison between cells expressing Mcm2 protein and DNA-bound Mcm2 along the crypt–villus axis between unextracted (n = 101 crypts) and extracted (n = 109 crypts; taken from 3 mice) cells. Data are displayed as the mean percentage of cells per set distance bin. (E) All cells were divided into four distinct groups based on Mcm2 and EdU intensities. These groups represent distinctive cell-cycle phases as defined by their total (unextracted, n = 101 crypts) or licensed (extracted, n = 109 crypts) Mcm2 content: extracted, (1) Unlicensed Mcm2− and EdU−, (2) G1 licensed Mcm2+ and EdU−, (3) early/mid S phase Mcm2+ and EdU+, and (4) late S/G2 Mcm2− and EdU+. The data are represented as the population means of the total cells per distance bin. Means ± SEM; ***, P < 0.001; **, P < 0.01. (F) The distance of the most distal Mcm2+ and EdU+ cells to the crypt base was compared in extracted and unextracted crypts. Data were scored manually for 10 representative crypts per condition. Licensed Mcm2+ cells were significantly closer to the crypt base than were EdU+ cells (t test, P = 0.0015. Cells expressing Mcm2 protein extended significantly above the last EdU+ cell (t test, P < 0.0003). (G) Representative images of crypts isolated 17 h after administration of EdU (green). 3D projections of extracted and unextracted crypts stained with Hoechst (blue) and an antibody against Mcm2 (red) are shown. (H) Cells were divided into four distinct groups as in E (n = 51 crypts).
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ASSOCIATION OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS-CWA, AFL-CIO
FORTY FOURTH BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
Negotiations Policy – Preamble & First Contracts (Section VI.)
SUBJECT: Negotiations Policy – Preamble & First Contracts (Section VI.)
STATEMENT OF QUESTION:
Should the AFA-CWA Policy Manual include language in the Contract Negotiations section that supports a focus on timely conclusion of first contract negotiations?
SOURCE AN DATE SUBMITTED: International President – April 15, 2016
There is a need to insert a level of “urgency” to all contract negotiations, but especially to that of negotiating first contracts. Consideration should be given to creating urgency around deadlines, defined priorities, and membership engagement.
Negotiation of first contracts in a timely manner is a matter of critical importance to AFA-CWA. Without the protections of a first contract, Flight Attendants will continue to be fired at will with few legal protections. These same Flight Attendants organized in order to gain job security and improve their working conditions, but employers use delay tactics to withhold the protections and full benefits of unionization.
PROPOSED RESOLUTION:
WHEREAS, our primary purpose as a Union is to provide every measure of job security possible; and,
WHEREAS, the benefits of organizing are only truly realized for the membership upon ratification of the first contract;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the following Preamble to Section VI. of the AFA-CWA Policy Manual shall be inserted prior to Section VI.A:
The negotiation of industry-leading collective bargaining agreements covering Flight Attendant rates of pay, benefits, work rules and working conditions, and retirement forms the “bedrock” reason for the existence of all labor unions, and is a key aspect of the Mission Statement of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA. To achieve that end, the Union is committed to establishing policies and practices that ensure that its members obtain the greatest benefit possible from the collective bargaining process. Most significantly, AFA negotiates contracts that reflect the priorities of the membership and raise the standard of living for all Flight Attendants.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the following language be inserted as a new Section VI.B.11. of the AFA-CWA Policy Manual:
First Contracts: The following special considerations shall govern the negotiations of first collective bargaining agreements. Negotiations of a first contract shall be the number one priority of the Transitional Master Executive Council. In order to achieve an effective and expeditious bargaining process, the Transitional MEC President/Negotiating Committee, in consultation with the International President and the Director of Collective Bargaining, will develop a strategic bargaining plan that recognizes both the priorities as identified by our members and the need to achieve the protections of a first contract in the most expeditious manner possible. The timely negotiation and conclusion of a first contract is necessary to continue the momentum from the representation election, capitalize on the new AFA members’ desire for Union representation, and satisfy the reasons these members chose to become AFA Members. Benchmarks will be established to identify management stall tactics and ensure negotiations are being conducted in the most expeditious fashion possible.
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Time: 12:26 p.m.
2016 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION FORM
Committee 3
Subject: Negotiations Policy – Preamble & First Contracts
(Section VI.)
The Committee recommends the resolution be amended as proposed.
Signature: Chris Black
Action Taken by the Board: Voice X Division of the House Roll Call____
____X_ Adopted Date: 5/24/16 Time: 3:36 pm
_______Adopted as Amended
_______Not Adopted
_______Tabled
_______Recommitted to Agenda Committee
_______Withdrawn
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Phenomenology Glossary
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1 Phenomenology Glossary Phenomenology: Phenomenology is the science of phenomena: of the way things show up, appear, or are given to a subject in their conscious experience. Phenomenology tries to describe consciousness and its essential structures without using concepts and categories that come from common sense, the sciences, or ones cultural/historical surrounding. Phenomenology is guided by what is actually given rather than by what we expect to find given our theoretical commitments or common sense presuppositions. We should not let theories determine our descriptions of our lived experience; we should let experience determine our theories. This is the phenomenological principle of principles : to let originary giving intuitions be the source of all knowledge and insight. Adumbration: When I walk around a table perceiving it through different conscious experiences I am conscious of a single, identical table, of a thing that remains unchanged. While I perceive a self-identical thing as self-identical, my perceptions do not cease to vary. The manifestations through which the same appears Husserl calls adumbrations (or profiles or appearances). When a table is given through adumbrations it is the table itself that is given, not an image or sign of it. Adumbrations are not perspectives that cut us off from the table; they give the table itself. Nevertheless, the table is always and essentially given from a certain point of view, in an adumbration. Cogito: Literally this translates to I think. Husserl uses this term to refer to any type of mental act or conscious experience that a subject undertakes, either actively or passively. Each cogito has two components: 1) It has a content or meaning which specifies the certain manner in which the act intends an object. So when I judge or assert Napoleon was the victor of the battle of Austerlitz, I judge Napoleon in a certain way, a way specified by my understanding of the content of the judgment. Each cogito, each conscious process... means something or other (33). 2) Each Cogito, besides meaning an object, also means it in a certain mode: it can be a judgment, perception, memory, desire, valuation, etc. The house perception means a house more precisely, as this individual house and means it in the fashion peculiar to perception; a house memory means a house in a fashion peculiar to memory, a house phantasy, in the fashion peculiar to phantasy (33). Cogitatum: The cogitatum is the intentional object of a cogito. The cogitatum is the object as it is meant by a cogito, not the object which is meant (i.e., the object as an existing entity). It refers to the object as given, it as a correlate of one s subjective conscious acts, not its status as actual or not actual, or its properties as an actual material thing, etc. All intentional experiences have intentional objects, so when I perceive a hammer a hammer is the intentional object of my experience, when I imagine a unicorn, a unicorn is the intentional object, when I wish for all the money in the world and more all the money in the world and more is the intentional object of my experience. In the first case the object is a material object that exists in space and time, in the second case the object does not exist, and in the third case the object is a possible object. But if we enact the epoche we see that all three
2 experiences have an object, that there is always a cogito cogitatum correlation internal to the experience, even when the cogitatum does not exist in physical actuality. What then is the metaphysical status of the intentional object? One the one hand, the object does not enter into consciousness from the outside, for example by being caused. The intentional object is an ideal or descriptive feature of our conscious states, it is not a real part of our consciousness in the sense that our consciousness literally has properties analogous to that of the object. So when a horse is the bracketed intentional object of my flowing multitude of cogito, there is nothing horse-like in my lived experience, my experience is not literally brown, or hoved, etc. The intentional object is rather an appearing object, an object meant, and it is only descriptively immanent to the flowing consciousness of it. But this being-in-consciousness is a being-in of a completely unique kind: not a being-in-consciousness as really intrinsic component part, but rather a being-in-it ideally as something intentional, something appearing... a being-in-it as its immanent objective sense (42). Constitution: Husserl often says that the transcendental subject constitutes objects. This means at a minimum that if there were no transcendental subjects there would be no objects. But Husserl understands this as a phenomenological thesis, not an ontic thesis about the existence of physical object. On his view, the synthesis of identification enacts a unity of consciousness before which a unitary object can appear. To constitute an object is not to make it exist (in physical actuality), it is to make it appear as a pole of identity in ones flowing conscious life. If consciousness did not have this synthetic form, it would not be able to experience objects because the flowing multitude of one s conscious states would not be about a self-identical thing. Eidetic: Phenomenology is an eidetic science, meaning that it is concerned with isolating essences of consciousness or essential structure which make it possible for the world to be manifest to a subject in their conscious experience. Phenomenology is not concerned with your or my factical life and experience, but the essential structures that experiences must share to be intelligible or have sense. Epoche: This is the main methodological device of phenomenology, which allows it to access what is given. To enact the epoche is to suspend or put out of play the natural attitude, our naive assurance that the world and its objects exists. It is accordingly a modification in our attitude toward the world: instead of positing that the world exists, or that it does not exist, one is to abstain from taking a position on such questions. Instead of taking the world as something that is (or is not), we regard it as only something that claims being. The point of this modification is to focus exclusively on the phenomenological given, i.e., on things just as they appear in conscious experience. In enacting the epoche we don t parenthesize the transcendent spatial temporal world and only focus on inner representations, rather in the epoche we continue to explore the spatio-temporal world, but now in a new and different manner, i.e., explore it as a world that is meant and given in our subjective acts. So when we apprehend ourselves in phenomenological reflection, we
3 apprehend ourselves apprehending the world as it is meant by our mental acts. So the epoche therefore entails a change of attitude to reality, not the exclusion of reality. In this way the world is still something for me, but only as the pure correlate of my subjective acts, as something that is given. Bracketing: Suspending, setting aside our biases, everyday understandings, theories, beliefs, habitual modes of thought, and judgments. To bracket the world is to enact the epoche. The Reduction: The epoche is part of a larger movement called the phenomenological or transcendental reduction. Here one reduces one s descriptions to what is immanent to the transcendental ego and its acts leaving aside all descriptions and explanations that come from everyday life, the positive sciences, and our historical/cultural surrounding. Evidence: Evidence is an experiencing of something that is, and is thus: it is precisely a mental seeing of something (12). To understand what Husserl means by evidence, think about the difference between 1) thinking about you car, 2) reading about your car, 3) imagining your car, 4) remembering you car, and 5) seeing your car. In 1 and 2, the car is given to you emptily, you are merely thinking or reading about it. There is no intuitive fulfillment in which something is present to you. In 3 and 4, your absent thinking about your car is intuitively fulfilled, the car is in some sense present in imagination and memory. But it is only in 5 that the car comes to full presence. When we think of the car that is absent and then see it the car becomes present to one bodily, it is right there. Our empty meaning intention is here fulfilled by a perceptual act that gives the object meant bodily and in the flesh. Perception is the paradigm of a self-giving intuition, one in which we can see into the matter themselves with self-evident insight. In the demonstrative fulfillments of perception, the emptily intended and the originally intuited coincide. This bringing into coincidence, the intended being experienced in the intuited as itself and self-same, it an act of identification. Here, self-sameness is experienced and we obtain insight into the matter itself. The act of obtaining insight through this identifying fulfillment is evidence and this is the origin of truth. However, where there is the possibility of identification there is also the possibility of frustration, of ones meaning intention not being fulfilled. Adequate Evidence: Husserl introduces the notion of adequate evidence to refer to any mental act in which there are no unfulfilled parts (see Meaning Intention and Meaning Fulfillment). Here an object is not merely self-given, but completely given. No physical thing can be given in such a manner, for the perception or imagination or thought of a physical thing is always perspectival, we perceive it from a certain angle or think of it in a certain manner, and these ways imply other perspectives and other ways of thinking of the object (other meaning intentions of the object) that are unfulfilled. But even if no physical object can be given adequately, it provides us with an ideal for our scientific strivings, even when we are dealing with non-physical objects, mathematical objects for example.
4 Apodictic Evidence: Something apodictic is not only evident, but is something that cannot be conceived, in reflection after the fact, to not be. An apodictic evidence... is not merely certainly of the affairs or affairs-complexes (states of affairs) evident in it; rather it id discloses itself, to a critical reflection, as having the signal peculiarity of being at the same time the absolute unimaginableness (inconceivability) of their non-being, and thus excluding in advance every doubt as objectless, empty (16). Husserl thinks that we should set aside any knowledge, for example, our knowledge of existence of the world, that is not apodictic. However, as the Cartesian Meditations go on, we find out that much transcendental sphere that is described by phenomenology is not apodictic. So it is unclear how this standard, after getting us to bracket the world the enact the epoche, does any work. Horizon: Because each adumbration never give the whole object, but only a profile of it, each adumbration is inscribed in an infinite series of other possible adumbrations. It is inscribed in an infinite series of potential profiles or appearances because the intentional object transcends the flow of conscious experiences of it so there is always more to the object than is present to you, strictly speaking. You see the surface of the table, you don t see its underside or the edge of the table top that that faces away from you, yet these absent sides of the table are still somehow experienced. You don t typically imagine these absent sides, nor do you infer them theoretically. So how are they experienced? Husserl s idea is that the meanings internal to one s various cogito mean beyond themselves, implicate or co-intend background or absent aspects of the scene. While in a perception of a material object these meanings (or meaning-intentions) are partially fulfilled by the presence of sense-perceptual features, they are also partly unfulfilled. So the meaning-intentions involved in our cogito not only intent what is present they also intent what is absent, which they anticipate. The anticipated features that are co-intended along with the present features of the object are its horizon. Objects have two types of horizons: 1) An object s inner horizon is its absent sides, those that are emptily meant in ones experience. 2) An objects outer horizon comprises elements that are not part of the object intended, but which are essentially implicated in the perception of it. Every material object is located in space, and when we perceive it we perceive it against a background of other spatially located objects and relations. This horizonal background is not our focus, but it is still present in the perception. The outer horizon extends beyond what is co-perceived along with the object of our focus to include the receding spatial world that is in no way present. It extends all the way out to encompass a world horizon, the spatial horizon of all of our possible doings. Hume s Problem: For Husserl, the identity of a perceived object (bracketed or not) cannot depend upon the identity of the acts (the cogito s) about that object. If the identity of the object depended on the identity of the acts about it, it would be impossible to experience the same object more then once, for every time one had in the flowing multitude of acts that make the stream of experience a new cogito there would be a new perception and so a new object. So the question is: how can one perceive a self-identical object through the flowing multitude of one s conscious experiences of it?
5 Synthesis of Identification: Husserl does face Hume s problem because the primal form belonging to consciousness is a synthesis of the one and the many: the unity of the object is given irreducibly in a diversity of experiences of it, and the diversity of ones experiences, if they are to be part of a coherent unfolding of experience, refer to a unity, an object pole. In the synthesis of identification different cogito or conscious states are related to one another such that, despite their differences, one is conscious in them of a self-identical object. So every intended objects (cogitatum or noema) is given thorough a synthesis of a flowing manifold of conscious states. Introspection: This is the method that empirical psychology uses to access the nature and character of one inner states. In introspection one makes descriptive reports about the empirical ego, one s psycho-physical state at a given moment, and not the transcendental ego. Phenomenology s descriptions of the transcendental ego and its acts does not proceed by introspection, but by the epoche and the reduction. Intentionality: Intentionality is the property of mental acts such that they are of or about something, an object or state of affairs. When you judge you judge something, when you think you think about something, when perceive you perceive something, when you imagine you imagine something, when your desire you desire something, when you wish you wish for something, when you value you value something, when you love you love something, etc. All of these types of mental acts are intentional, they have a content that makes then about something, the intentional object. Judgment: In making a judgment like the car is red one characterizes an object (the car) as containing a property (red) by predicating a singular term ( car ) with a predicate or general term ( red ). Judgments are active mental acts of the Ego: subjects put together concepts or terms to assert or say something about something that they are focused on and attentive to. Judgment is active in another way: in judging or asserting that the car is red, one takes a stand on the fact that the car is red, one endorses it. Sometimes Husserl calls judgments, thoughts, or linguistic assertions predicative experiences because in these acts we predicate something of something. There are also pre-predicative experiences, for example, perceptions, where we do not actively predicate or take a stand on something. Rather before the predicating activity of the Ego, we have already experienced the state of affairs that is present to us. So, for example, when we walk by a grey wall, but are thinking of how to pay our rent, we see the grey wall but we don t make a judgment about it. It is not the focus of our attention, nor is it the subject matter of an active act of the ego. Life-world (lebenswelt): The take for granted world that we live in and experience. The lifeworld is bracketed as part of the Epoche.
6 Meaning Intention and Meaning Fulfillment: These are terms that come from Husserl s first book The Logical Investigations (LI). He mostly drops this terminology but it sometimes pop s up in the Cartesian Meditations. In LI he posited that all intentional mental acts have two sides, an act-matter and an act-quality. The act-quality specifies the type of act it is, a judgment, perception, imagining, etc. The act-matter of involves the meaning intentions or the content of the act. The meaning intention of an act is about an object in a certain manner, and the manner is specified by the meaning intention or content. So when I have the thought Napoleon was the victor of the battle of Austerlitz I don t have a bare thought of Napoleon, I think of him in a certain way, a way specified by the meaning intention involved in my thought. Meaning intentions intend an object emptily, meaning that in having them an object is not intuitively presented. But meaning intentions can be fulfilled by intuitions, for example, when one imagines Napoleon, or sees a picture of him. Here the meaning intention is partially fulfilled, partly not. All meaning intentions involved in the perception of physical objects are always partly fulfilled partly unfulfilled. Mental Act: Mental act is the most generic terms that Husserl uses to describe mental happenings. Mental acts can be active, like judging, thinking, and willing (acts that a subject or Ego does), or they can be passive like perceiving (which is something that happens to a subject). Noesis and Noema: These are technical terms that correspond to Cogito and Cogitatum. Mental acts or conscious experiences are noesis, while intentional objects are noema. If we describe the intentional object in its mode of being meant we engage in noematic analysis. If we focus on the subjective side of our conscious life, on the cogito and its modes, we undertake a noetic analysis. Science: Science has two meaning: 1) According to the first meaning a science is an interconnected set of propositions the truth of which is grounded on a basic proposition or propositions that cannot be false. Here the paradigm of science is Euclidian geometry and mathematics generally. Starting from self-evident axioms, from immediate judgments based in immediate intuitions, science derives, by careful steps of reasoning, conclusions. This is the paradigm of science that comes from the ancients and which Descartes and Husserl accept as the basic meaning of science. Here science is philosophy or metaphysics, which provides an integrated, total, and grounded picture of how things hang things. 2) According to the second meaning, science is empirical science. On this meaning, science is a careful and controlled method in which we formulate hypothesis, confirm them by gathering evidence through empirical observation and experiment, and make inductive inferences from that to conclusions about how things are overall (which we formulate as natural laws). Each science has its own object domain, matter, life, etc., and it s not concerned with providing truths outside of its area. Idea of Science: Phenomenology is a science, indeed the paramount science, because it is motivated by the ideal of a fully justified knowledge, an ideal that the positive sciences fail to live up to since they fail to reflect on their metaphysical and epistemological
7 presuppositions. They are dogmatic vis-a-vis their essential assumptions, not interested in tracing back, with full self-evidence, concepts to their ground. But we can discover what the idea of science is by looking at the practices of the actual sciences. The scientist or philosopher does not just judge but grounds his judgments, tries to make them evident in such a way that he can return to the judgment at any time and repeat the act of grounding. But if the goal is to ground ones judgments, one needs ones grounds to themselves be grounded. This leads to the need for a chain of propositions grounded on other propositions that are themselves grounded. But for this chain to truly be grounded we need a propositions that is grounded without itself having to be grounded. Our mediate judgments, those grounded on other judgments, need themselves to be grounded in an immediate judgment, one that is absolutely grounded or self-grounded. The idea of a science grounded on an absolute foundation, and absolutely justified, is non other than the idea that constantly furnishes guidance in all sciences in their striving toward universality (11). Both mediate and immediate judgments are grounded when they are evident. (See evidence). States of Affairs (affair states): States of affairs are what judgments or other types of mental acts are about, it is the object of mental acts. So the judgment the car is red is about a state of affairs in which there is a red car. Temporal Synthesis: The synthesis of identification is a temporal synthesis. Since the appearing of a self-identical meant object occurs through a flux of flowing adumbrations, a flux that is temporally extended, the phenomenology of perception is a phenomenology of time. Intentional objects are given temporally, i.e., we can regard it as before or after etc. But this object can exist in time only because consciousness itself is synthesized temporally. Take a melody (bracketed). This is a temporal object because it takes time to unfold, one note following another. To be aware of this object requires that my experience be extended temporally to match the objects duration. But this is not enough for awareness of this object. For if the prior note to the one I am now hearing drops off completely, then I would not experience the present note as following on from the previous one, and there would be no awareness of the object as extended time. A succession of experiences does not lead to a consciousness of succession. For Husserl each perceptual phase has an intentional reference to an extended section of the temporal object. We must hold in grasp the prior moment. In the now the past must be co-represented as past. Based upon this we can experience the slippage of time. Husserl gives the name retention to this holding in grasp of the past in the now. Retention is not memory, for memory is a regaining of the past as something over and done with. Retention is rather an appreciation of the present as slipping into the past continuously thereby giving us the basis for our sense of the past in the first place. Every present moment also contain a protension whereby we have a sense of an immanent future phase of experience in which the now will be maintained the now to come. This is not an expectation but a
8 living forward to the new now. All our experience have a temporal horizon, and that leads back into the past and one that leads forward into the future. Transcendence: The intentional object, in having different characteristic than the conscious experiences of them, transcends our conscious experiences. Here, we uncover a sense of transcendence within the sphere of pure consciousness: something transcendent is immanent to consciousness. Phenomenology is interested in this type of immanent transcendence, not in ontic transcendence, i.e., the transcendence that apples to independent physical things that stand over against our subjectivity. Transcendental philosophy: This is a term that originally comes from Kant. A transcendental philosophy is a philosophy that is concerned with the conditions of possibility for experience, i.e., for things to show up to or appear to a subject, rather than the nature of the transcendent things that show up. Phenomenology is a type of transcendental philosophy because it is also interested in the conditions of possibility for things to appear to a subject, but these conditions are best identified through enacting the epoche. In doing so one opens up a sphere of transcendental self-experience in which a new realm of being comes to light. This realm is not accessed through introspection and our making empirical reports about our own current mental states, for example, I am now thinking of a blue whale. Here we make a report about ourselves as a psycho-physical object, an objective subjectivity that is part of the world. This is how empirical psychology thinks of our subjectivity. Phenomenology, in contrast, is a science of absolute subjectivity, whose thematic object exists whether or not the world exists (30). In other words, it is not interested in what is now going on with you as an empirical subject, but in the necessary modes of manifestation or appearance that structure the sphere of subjectivity. Universal Form of Thought: For Husserl the universal form of thought is: ego cogito cognitatum. I (ego) have a thought of a certain type with a certain meaning (cogito) of a certain intentional object (cogitatum). If we enact the epoche we get: ego cogito (cognitatum). Here, we put the intentional object in parentheses and just consider it as how it is meant in our experience of it. In other words, we just consider it as a correlate of our subjective mental acts of it, and we do not consider it using physical or metaphysical vocabularies, vocabularies that are infected by the natural attitude.
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Lloyd Spencer, President and CEO CoroWare, Inc.
Lloyd Spencer has more than 20 years of experience in the computer and networking industries in engineering, product marketing, business development, and sales management. His expertise spans a spectrum of service provider industries and technologies, including distributed network computing and embedded systems hardware development.
Using Robotics in Building Management
Sinclair: How can robotics improve the way commercial buildings and properties are managed?
Spencer: First, mobile service robots can offer building maintenance departments an excellent means of monitoring temperature and humidity more consistently. One of the problems encountered in large food warehouses is the variability of airflow and temperature in a vegetable and fruit or frozen food warehouse, resulting in inventory damage. Even when a cooling subsystem begins to fail, it is not usually detected because sensors are not evenly distributed throughout the warehouse. An environmental robot could avoid this problem by autonomously traveling in the warehouse night and day, collecting temperature, humidity and position data, and store the information on a remote system for later analysis.
We can extrapolate these benefits to other large buildings, such as department stores or office buildings. Mobile service robots can monitor the efficiency of heating and cooling systems in real-time by roaming throughout a building, then reporting the results to maintenance personnel. It's often the case that one area of a building is too hot, even as people are wearing sweaters in another. Robots can help correct this by getting climate information back to the people who can correct the problem.
Sinclair: How would robotics improve the safety and efficiency of building security?
Spencer: A mobile service robot can easily perform passive security monitoring, sending video surveillance information back to an internal security office. By using a mobile service robot for security monitoring, you can minimize or eliminate the “dead zones” that wall mounted cameras frequently miss. Adding more advanced vision recognition software components to this very same device lets that mobile security robot take a more active security and management role by detecting and reporting inventory that was damaged or had fallen into an aisle.
There's also the safety of security personnel to consider. Mobile surveillance robots can detect anomalies and send a page or text message to a central security console. Video capabilities can actually enable security staff to see the anomaly and assess its risk before sending guards into an unknown and potentially dangerous situation.
Sinclair: What infrastructure components need to be in place?
Spencer: The most important component needed for a mobile service robot is wireless communications. Today, the most cost-effective wireless networking technology is 802.11G, better known as WiFi. Wireless communications is not only necessary for gathering data and video information from the mobile robots, but also for remotely controlling the robot in real time. In the past, mobile robots have been controlled by radio control, similar to that used by model car and plane hobbyists. By taking advantage of WiFi networking and communications protocols based on TCP/IP, mobile service robots can be controlled and monitored more reliably and securely.
The next most important group of components comprises localization, mapping and navigation. These robotics components are important because they let the robot know where it is, its relative position in a building or outside, and the most efficient path to get to its destination. Global Position Satellite (GPS) and digital terrain maps can be very effective for outdoor use, but affordable indoor equivalents are still being evaluated by robotics and systems integration specialists.
Sinclair: How should a building management team proceed with using robotics today?
Spencer: First and foremost, it is critical that the building or warehouse management team prioritizes its needs. Are temperature and humidity fluctuations causing inventory spoilage? Are theft and property damage of highest concern? After assessing the needs, invite a systems and robotics integration specialist such as CoroWare to listen to your concerns, provide some feedback on your assessments, and offer some potential solutions.
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It is critical that energy expenditure be at a minimum as the same energy from the mainspring to power the gears is also needed to move the tourbillon. Any instability or disturbance in this energy flow will decrease the accuracy of the watch. Even to adjust the tourbillon movement requires specialists who have to disassemble and reassemble the tourbillon to regulate the balance.
The movement’s mesmerizing rotations is the reason Breguet named his device a tourbillon - meaning "whirlwind" in French.
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Theology and philosophy have both shaped contemporary culture and how people actually think about moral issues. This introductory textbook engages both traditions to present Christian philosophical and theological approaches to ethics.
Combining their expertise in philosophy and theology, Craig Boyd and Don Thorsen explain the beliefs, values, and practices of various Christian ethical viewpoints, addressing biblical teachings as well as traditional ethical theories that contribute to informed moral decision-making. Each chapter begins with Words to Watch and includes a relevant case study on a vexing ethical issue, such as caring for the environment, human sexuality, abortion, capital punishment, war, and euthanasia. Designed for use in the classroom, the book includes end-of-chapter reflection questions, illustrations, and additional information tables.
1. Varieties of Ethics and Moral Thought
Case Study: Violence against Women and Children
2. Ethics in the Hebrew Scriptures
Case Study: Care for the Environment
3. Ethics in the Christian Scriptures
Case Study: The Nearest and the Neediest
4. Divine Command Theory
Case Study: Intervention, Exemptions, and Conscience
5. Natural Law Ethics
Case Study: Human Sexuality
6. Individualistic Ethics
Case Study: Abortion
7. Kantian Ethics
Case Study: Capital Punishment
8. Utilitarianism
Case Study: War
9. Continental Ethics
Case Study: Euthanasia
10. Virtue Ethics
Case Study: Lying
Epilogue: Love and Christian Ethics
"Christian Ethics and Moral Philosophy helps readers understand and engage a range of approaches to ethics in an inviting and accessible fashion. More than a descriptive enterprise, this book will help all who read it to grow in their capacity for moral discernment."
Vince Bacote, associate professor of theology and director of the Center for Applied Christian Ethics, Wheaton College
"Too often ethics gets placed into theology or philosophy to the exclusion of the other, when what we actually need is dialogue between the two fields. Boyd and Thorsen expertly bring theology and philosophy into conversation with each other in a volume that lucidly explains the varying theories while also offering case studies in applied ethics. Students and a broader audience will greatly benefit from this work."
Mary Veeneman, associate professor of biblical and theological studies, North Park University
"This is an excellent introduction to Christian ethics and moral philosophy. It is clear, comprehensive, and accessible with many illuminating examples and clearly explained central concepts. The book would be excellent for college students taking a related course or for anyone wanting to learn more about how morality and ethics are central to the Christian life. I highly recommend it."
Michael S. Burdett, assistant professor of Christian theology, University of Nottingham
"The relationship between theological ethics and philosophical ethics is complicated. Christians claim a unique source of moral knowledge in revelation, yet even the apostle Paul formulated his ethical thought in conversation with the best philosophical wisdom. Furthermore, what counts as 'pure' philosophical ethics today is deeply indebted to the moral impulses unleashed by Christianity. Mapping out the connections between these two approaches to moral knowledge is therefore a challenge. Craig Boyd and Don Thorsen have given us an accessible introduction to this difficult intellectual terrain, one that orients students to the key typologies and terms necessary to think as a Christian about the moral life today. Their use of case studies to show the difference Christianity might make to the moral life is especially helpful and commendable."
Kent Dunnington, associate professor of philosophy, Biola University
"At last, an introduction to ethics that is simultaneously scholarly, comprehensive, and accessible. The authors have crafted together a well-written and engaging book that is aimed at students with little philosophical or theological background. Each chapter describes difficult concepts and issues in a clear and concise manner that avoids becoming simplistic. Boyd and Thorsen are to be thanked for writing a text that should make teaching ethics much more enjoyable and effective for both students and teachers."
Brent Waters, Stead Professor of Christian Social Ethics and director of the Stead Center for Ethics and Values, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
"Boyd and Thorsen have given us an excellent treatment of moral philosophy and moral theology from an explicitly Christian perspective. The authors have a masterful grasp on moral theory and how those theories relate to the Christian faith. While rigorous, the text is approachable and applicable and illuminates many of the ethical issues that we face today. Christian Ethics and Moral Philosophy is an excellent resource for students as well as for all interested clergy and laity in the church."
Kevin Timpe, William H. Jellema Chair in Christian Philosophy, Calvin College
"Boyd and Thorsen have created the perfect text in Christian moral theory. Employing a holistic approach that combines both philosophical and theological perspectives in the Christian tradition, this book is a remarkably comprehensive study of all major ethical positions. Guided by clear commitment to the teachings of Jesus on love, the book analyzes utilitarian ethics, natural law ethics, virtue ethics, and more at both theoretical and practical levels. In addition to lucid treatments of the topics, the book contains all the accoutrements that make a great text, including engaging case studies and listings of key terms for each chapter."
Michael L. Peterson, professor of philosophy of religion, Asbury Theological Seminary
"With attention squarely directed to the introductory reader, Boyd and Thorsen carefully lay out the terrain of moral philosophy and moral theology. Reason and faith are closely coordinated in a fair and broad yet precise manner. They skillfully deploy examples to show how Christian and philosophical thought handle difficult issues, such as euthanasia, abortion, lying, and the quality of moral concern in addressing the despoliation of nature. This is a textbook as well as a primer for the field of Christian ethics. It will serve as the standard in its class for many years to come."
Paul Allen, professor of theological studies, Concordia University
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For years, some people who wanted to store files on remote servers in the cloud have been emailing the files to their Gmail accounts, or uploading them to Google’s lightly used Google Docs online productivity suite, even if they had no intention of editing them there.
Now, Google is formally jumping into the cloud-based file storage and syncing business, offering a service called Google Drive, which will compete with products like Dropbox and others by offering lower prices and different features. It works on multiple operating systems, browsers and mobile devices, including those of Google’s competitors Apple and Microsoft. There are apps for Windows, Mac and mobile devices that automatically sync files with Google Drive.
I’ve been testing Google Drive, which launches today, and I like it. It subsumes the editing and file-creation features of Google Docs, and replaces Google Docs (though any documents you have stored there carry over). In my tests — on a Mac, a Lenovo PC, a new iPad and the latest Samsung Android tablet — Google Drive worked quickly and well, and most of its features operated as promised. At launch, it’s available for Windows PCs, Macs and Android devices. The version for the iPhone and iPad is planned for release soon.
Google Drive, which can be found at drive.google.com, offers users 5 gigabytes of free storage, compared with 2 gigabytes free for the popular Dropbox, and equal to the free offering from another cloud storage and syncing service I like, SugarSync. That’s enough for thousands of typical documents, photos and songs.
Prices for additional storage drastically undercut Dropbox and SugarSync. For instance, 100 GB on Google Drive costs $4.99 a month. By contrast, 100 GB costs $14.99 monthly on SugarSync and $19.99 on Dropbox. Google Drive will offer huge capacities, in tiers, all the way up to 16 terabytes. (A terabyte is roughly 1,000 gigabytes.) And if you buy extra storage for Google Drive, your Gmail quota rises to 25 GB.
But one of Google’s biggest rivals isn’t standing still. Microsoft is expanding both the features and capacity of its little-known SkyDrive cloud storage service as well. That product started out as a free, fixed-capacity (25 gigabytes) online locker mostly for users of the stripped-down, cloud-based version of Microsoft Office, though it also has been available as an app for Windows Phone smartphones and for iPhones. It’s giving away even more free storage than Google — 7 GB, though that is a cut from what it used to offer free. It also is charging less than Google. For instance, you can add 100 gigabytes for $50 a year. And users of the old version get to keep their 25-gigabyte free allotment. I wasn’t able to test this new version of SkyDrive for this column. It also is offering syncing apps for Windows and Mac.
Google Drive is meant as an evolution of Google Docs. While you could previously upload a file to Google Docs using your Web browser, for Google Drive, the company is providing free apps for Mac and Windows that, like Dropbox, do this for you. They create special folders that sync with your cloud-based repository and with the Web version of the product. So, you can drag a file into these local folders on your computer and that file will be uploaded to your cloud account and will rapidly appear in the Web version of Google Drive, in the Google Drive folders on your other computers, and in the Google Drive apps on Android, iPhone and iPad devices. These local apps also sync any changes to the files you make.
One big difference between Dropbox and Google Drive is you can edit or create files in the latter, rather than merely storing or viewing them. This is because Google Drive includes the rudimentary word processor, spreadsheet, presentation and other apps that make up Google Docs.
But there is a catch. If your stored document is in a Microsoft Office format, you can only view it. To edit it, you have to click a command to convert the file to Google’s own formats, or choose a setting that converts Microsoft Office files when uploaded. But this latter feature only works when uploading from the website.
Google Drive also is missing some features of SugarSync I like. The latter doesn’t require you to place files in a special folder; it syncs the folders you already use on your PC and Mac. Also, unlike SugarSync, Google Drive doesn’t let you email files directly into your cloud locker.
Google Drive allows you to share files and folders, and collaborate with others. You can also email files as attachments. People with whom you share files can be allowed different rights: To view, comment, or edit them. You can also keep the files private.
Because Google has run into hot water over keeping users’ information private, some people may be reluctant to trust their files to Google Drive. But the company insists that, while it does process and store your files, no human can see them and, at least today, the files aren’t used to target advertising at users. The company notes no file can be placed in Google Drive unless the user wants it there.
The service does a very good job of searching files, even finding words inside PDF or scanned documents. The company claims it can find images when you type in words describing them, like “bridge” or “mountain”—even if those words don’t appear in the image’s file name. But I found this mostly worked with photos of famous places or people Google has collected via its Google Goggles product. Google Drive failed to find images with generic file names on almost all of my own pictures, even when they included things like mountains or other common objects.
Google Drive did a good job in my tests with videos. It converts nearly every common video format into a format it can play, right inside its website. This process can take some time. While Google Drive can store music, it can’t play it directly via its website.
Google’s new service also works with third-party document creation and editing apps that are built to work with it. I used one, called Balsamiq Mockups, to create a quick wire-frame diagram.
I can recommend Google Drive to consumers looking for cloud-based storage, with the added bonus of integrated editing, at lower prices. But the new Microsoft SkyDrive also seems worth a try.
Email Walt at mossberg@wsj.com.
Tagged with cloud computing, Dropbox, Google, Google Docs, Google Drive, storage
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