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Recruitment to the positions of Project linked persons
A walk-in-interview will be conducted on 07 October 2022 at 11:30 a.m. with maintaining all preventive measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 Global Pandemic as directed by the Government of India in the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Unit Seminar Room, 8th Floor, S.N. Bose Bhawan for the recruitment of two (02) Project linked persons (one for each project) purely on temporary basis to work in the following projects titled (1) “Image Based Estimation of Air Quality” and (2) “Sample Data Collection and Annotation” in the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Unit of the Institute, Kolkata.
Contact person: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Unit, (033)-2575-2850
Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata is inviting applications for the recruitment of two (02) Project linked persons (one position for each project) purely on temporary basis to work on the following projects titled (1) “Automatic Handwriting Answer-script Evaluation”; (2) “Air writing recognition” in the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Unit of the Institute, Kolkata.
Click here to apply: https://forms.gle/qRUckDDvedrGNRXZ6
Merit Lists of the shortlisted candidates for SKILL TEST for the posts of Assistant (Farm) - 'A', Assistant (Laboratory) - 'A', Assistant (Library) - 'A' and Assistant (Repro-Photo) - 'A'
Recruitment to the position of Project linked person
A walk-in-interview will be conducted on 30 September 2022 (Friday) at 10:30 a.m. with maintaining all preventive measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 Global Pandemic as directed by the Government of India in the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Unit Seminar Room, 8th Floor, S.N. Bose Bhawan for the recruitment of one Project linked person purely on temporary basis to work in the project titled “DAMP: Deep Analysis for Pain Management” in the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Unit of the Institute, Kolkata.
A walk-in-interview will be conducted on 30 September 2022 at 11:00 a.m. with maintaining all preventive measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 Global Pandemic as directed by the Government of India at the Machine Intelligence Unit (MIU), 3rd Floor of the Platinum Jubilee Academic Building of the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata for the recruitment of one (01) Project linked person purely on temporary basis to work for the project titled “Anomaly Detection in Streaming Environment for IoT and Sensor Data” in the Machine Intelligence Unit of the Institute, Kolkata.
The Institute invites applications from the Indian nationals for the position of Multitasking Staff (Electrician), Multitasking Staff (Electrical Attendant) and Multitasking Staff [Operator-cum-Mechanic (Lift)] on purely temporary basis in its Headquarters, Kolkata initially for 6 (six) months duration which may be extended or terminated earlier depending on availability of funds, performance of the candidate and the requirement of the Institute.
1. Event detection in Videos- A Multi-modal Zero-shot learning approach; 2. Remote Intelligent Baby Monitoring; 3. Air Writing Recognition; 4. Database development for Multi-lingual scene text and Ultrasound imaging
Interviews will be conducted on 25 August 2020 and 26 August 2020 for the recruitment of four (04) Project linked persons (one for each of) purely on temporary basis to work in the following projects at the Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Unit Seminar Room (8th Floor, S.N. Bose Bhawan), Indian Statistical Institute, 203 B.T. Road, Kolkata – 700108.
Contact Person: Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition Unit, 033-2575-2850.
Click here for apply: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeB0qjQ76W-9ONRJM9BD0Ib-a3F9YaOjvufRjwUtKD8DzJXRg/viewform
Project Linked Person for Research Projects in Machine Intelligence Unit
Applications are invited for recruitment of five (05) Project linked persons (one position for each project) purely on a temporary basis to work on the following research projects in the Machine Intelligence Unit (MIU) of the Institute, Kolkata.
Title of the Projects:
1. Habitat imaging for survival prediction in radiogenomics;
2. Multi-Omics Data Integration for Cancer Subtype Discovery;
3.Machine Learning based Global Terrestrial Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) Model Development using Satellite Driven Observation and Eddy Flux Covariance Data;
4. Judgement Analysis on Multi-dimensional Crowd Opinions;
5. Big data challenges in biology: Algorithms for single cell transcriptomic data analysis.
Contact Person: Machine Intelligence Unit, 033-2575-3100.
Scalable and Secure Computation in Distributed Networks
Applications are invited for recruitment of one (01) Project linked person purely on temporary basis in the Cryptology and Security Research Unit of the Institute Kolkata.
Contact Person: Cryptology and Security Research Unit, 033-2575-2012.
(1) “Robust and Minimum Divergence Statistical Inference” and (2) “Outlier-Robust Methods in Biostatistics and Bioinformatics using Density Power Divergence”
1. Recommender System for Citations and Illustrations, 2. DADDI: Deep Analysis of Degraded Document Image, 3. DAMP: Deep Analysis for Pain Management, 4. 4. Cyclicity Detection
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Friday November 23rd, 2018
So You Think You Can Dance?
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Tickets to So You Think You Can Dance? @Revention Music Center
The producers of this Fox show on their Facebook page describe this dance competition this way:
America's favorite summer series, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, has kept viewers amazed and inspired as talented dancers skilled in everything from Hip Hop, Krumping and Popping to Salsa, Quickstep and Jive compete to be named America's Favorite Dancer.
Hosted by Cat Deeley, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE traveled across the country, in search of dancers who represent the best in America. Those who shine during auditions are given a ticket to Los Angeles for callbacks, where they work with top choreographers to learn and then be judged on multiple styles of dance.
In the search for America’s favorite dancer, some contestants will collapse under the pressure, some will reveal two left feet but only one will dance his or her way into the hearts of the nation.
Fans can witness the hottest show-stopping routines from Season 15 as well as original pieces choreographed specifically for SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE LIVE! 2018.
Now after all the televised competition the road show makes it way to Houston, TX this holiday weekend to Live Nation's Revention Music Center (Friday, November 23, 2018). The road show kicked off in Atlantic City, NJ. The show performs in 40-plus markets over the course of two months before coming to a close in December at INB Performing Arts Building in Spokane, WA.
The show features the Top 10 contestants from Season 15 that includes, Jensen Arnold, Hannahlei Cabanilla, Genessy Castillo, Evan DeBenedetto, Jay Jay Dixonbey, Magdalena Fialek, Darius Hickman, Chelsea Hough, Cole Mills, and Slavik Pustovoytov. The show's producers say more cast memebers will join them as they move the tour along.
Fans can witness the hottest show-stopping routines from Season 15 as well as original pieces choreographed specifically for SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE LIVE! 2018, the road show performances. Industrial Media's 19 Entertainment and Dick Clark are producing the show across the country with what they say will be surprises from city to city. The producers hope to bring the small screen version of the show to the dance community and promises it to be an unforgettable night of dance by some of the world's most talented performers up-close-and-personal, boldly transporting the small screen experience, enjoyed by millions, to the stage.
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE LIVE! 2018 is directed by visionary director Raj Kapoor with dance routines overseen by Emmy award winning star choreographer Mandy Moore.
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE LIVE! 2018 is produced by Faculty Productions in association with Industrial Med.
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Ashanti & Ja Rule
Tickets to Ashanti & Ja Rule Houston Arena Theatre
Tonight Ashanti and Ja Rule will be at Houston's Arena Theatre. This R&B and rap performers are bringing their "A" game to the Bayou City.
In their other concert venues it's being said Ashanti has always brought her "A" game. Recently she posted some eye catching candy on her Instagram while Ja Rule, he continues his feud with rapper 50 cent.
“Jus a Long Island girl from around the way…” the Glen Cove, N.Y-born perfo rmer captioned one of the shots.
The pic Featured a bikini set complete with barely-there bikini bottoms from Keva J Swimwear, Ashanti made sure all eyes were on her as she shielded her eyes from the Miami sun on Saturday, Nov. 10. She also went back to rocking the platinum blond wig she debuted for her birthday last month.
Recently 50 cent bought 200 tickets to a Ja Rule concert empting the first 200 seats for the rapper's concert.
Atlanta's Black Star.com reported at the begging of November, "Ja Rule just issued a challenge to 50 Cent but it wasn’t an invitation to a rap battle. The Murder Inc. rapper recently called 50 out, after the G-Unit rapper bought a slew of tickets to Ja’s show so the front row would be empty.
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Now thru November 25, 2018
It's that time of year, The Texas Renaissance Festival is doing its annual Fall thing. The festival will be doing themed weekends throughout its run.
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The Texas Renaissance Festival (TRF) started in 1974 at an old strip-mining site. The festival owners say it's "the nation’s largest Renaissance theme park." The festival sits on 55 acres of land in Todd Mission, Texas and has over 200 acres of camping facilities. The festival is regularly attended by thousands annually.
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The festival reported last year the festival had over half a million attendees, General Manager Terre Albert is excited this year's crowds will be even larger.
“We really strive to bring new offerings to the festival,” Albert said. “We want to make sure our returning patrons have a reason to keep coming back and also show our new guests why they should keep coming to the festival.” told the Community Impact.com.
TRF features nearly 500 costumed actors who perform on 25 stages. Its 350 on-site shops include: international food purveyors; unique artisans; merchants and craft vendors; human-powered rides; an abundance of performers walking among the guests; and the Queen's Royal Finale (fireworks if weather permits) at dusk.
The Joust is performed by the Hanlon-Lees Action Theatre and is said to be an accurate reenactment of a medieval joust, featuring authentic weapons, costumed horses, and armored knights. Other performances at the festival include acts designed for mature audiences only; as well as for youngsters. Staple performances include The Birds of Prey show, a highly praised free-flying bird show including hawks, owls, vultures, and eagles, the Fire Whip Show, the Clan Tynker Family Circus, and the School of Sword.
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Forestry Family – January Edition
It’s finally a cold day when I arrive at The Hollow Log in Caledonia on the South Shore of Nova Scotia. I am greeted by Joanne, Chris, Chris, and Cindy in their restaurant covered in photos of logging history in the area.
I am given a great, hot cup of coffee when I learn that the Weare’s have been in Caledonia forever.
“Great Grandfather’s on both side are from the area” Joanne says. “Even great, great grandfather’s. My father was a school bus driver in the area but also ran a power saw and trucked for my Uncle Willis at Willis Forest. On the other side, their Grandfather logged with horses.”
I turn to Chris and ask him when he decided when he wanted to be in forestry.
“I was born into it” Chris responds. “I was in the woods with Dad since I was five years old. I spent every weekend working in the woods with him.”
“Tell him about your bike.” Joanne adds.
“I went to work in Shelburne when I was younger on my dirt bike and the landowner ended up calling dad thinking I was just some young punk trying to steal or break the machine.”
I ask if he ever wanted to do anything else.
“Not really.” He responds. “I liked mechanics as well but because we always have to do it on the machines I just challenged the test and got my Red Seal.”
I ask Joanne how long she has been in forestry for.
“Ever since I met Roger.”
I turn to Cindy with the same question.
“I was also born into it but I have been doing the paperwork since 2005.”
Shifting the conversation a little bit I ask why the Hollow Log.
“Roger’s mother had owned and operated a restaurant in Caledonia.” Joanne says. “It’s important that the community has somewhere to get a meal and to hangout. Especially in a logging community, he wanted the truck drivers to have some place where they could get a cup of coffee and a homecooked meal. That was always really important to Roger. So he called me one day and said he bought the building, which at that time was the old pharmacy, and I said “no you didn’t.” But then I felt bad and I told him to go for it and here we are.”
“We officially opened in 2012.” Cindy adds. “We have some locals that come everyday and we get a lot of customers when Keji is open.”
With the tough year everyone has had I have to ask how Covid had affected their business.
“I mean it was tough.” Joanne said. “We had just started getting musicians to come in and we were getting good turn outs and Covid definitely effected that.”
“The drive through was helpful though” Chris adds. “Dad always wanted the Hollow Log to have a drive through and Covid made that happen.”
As someone who lives in the community, selfishly I ask if the window will stay open.
“Oh she’s up and running. It won’t be going anywhere soon.” Cindy says laughing.
Although working in a restaurant doesn’t seem to align with forestry, this one sure does. While baking cheesecake seems more fun than stripping pulp, I ask Cindy and Joanne what their favorite part about working at the Hollow Log is.
“It’s knowing that we are here for the community if they want a place to eat and gather.” Cindy says with what I assume is pride. “We even have a trail that connects to our parking lot. It’s on private land but Chris and his crew built it. People will come and grab a coffee and breakfast sandwich and walk it everyday or people who are four wheeling will come in and stop for lunch. Those things are really important in a rural community.”
I know that I am lucky to have this establishment in my community as well as all other locals, tourists, and forestry workers.
For more information on R&C Weare Logging or the Hollow Log Cafe please follow these links:
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Marketing Team Structure: Strategy First, Structure Second
When it comes to marketing team structure, there are plenty of well-established and traditional frameworks to choose from. You’ll find lots of blog posts on the web that list hierarchy structures, role dependencies, and reporting lines that seem to make sense for organisations.
But when you’re building a marketing team – or indeed a growth team – in the modern world, are these traditional frameworks still relevant? Is such a rigid team-building structure primed to deliver success for fast-growth startups and scaleups in the digital environment?
According to John Darling – growth marketing expert and MD of Traction (with a ‘C’) – the answer to both of those questions is a resounding “no.”
As a former Facebook team manager and consultant to many businesses large and small, John has seen his fair share of marketing teams and org charts.
In this post, we’ll shed some light on why John believes modern marketing teams should be fluid, not fixed. And we’ll hear his advice on how you should structure your marketing team to drive results.
Startup & Scaleup Marketing Teams: There’s No “One-Size-Fits-All” Approach
If you’re looking for a marketing team structure template, you won’t find that here. Sorry. In fact, according to John, if you’re trying to shoehorn individuals into predefined marketing roles that make up your startup marketing org chart, you’re doing it wrong.
“It’s strategy first, structure second,” explains John. “It’s about being fluid. There’s no one-size-fits-all blueprint for success. When you look at FTSE 100 companies that have the traditional marketing team hierarchy, structure, and roles – those roles actually don’t seem to complement each other anymore.”
According to John, whether you look at a small in-house team relying on agencies and freelancers, or a large department learning and adapting on the fly, the whole idea of a ‘traditional’ marketing structure just no longer exists. So, what do startups need to do instead when building out their marketing team?
John says these businesses need an experienced strategist first and foremost – a person who can build and coordinate a team in response to the overarching strategy as it is unfolding.
“It’s a big mistake a lot of people make; they try to hire into junior and mid-level roles too early. Instead, it’s better to bring in experienced marketing leadership and let them fit what they need at the time to deliver success with their growth strategy – because you can't do everything at once.”
Find out more about how to scale your marketing team here.
Old vs New Marketing Teams: Out with the Bomber, In with the Sniper
The ‘sniper approach’ leverages the many capabilities of digital. Marketing used to be about amplifying a message far-and-wide in the hopes of capturing the right audience, but today it’s far more precise.
Or as John puts it: “Marketing used to be like flying a WWII bomber. They’d carpet-bomb large areas and hope that they’d hit their target. This was the traditional marketing method,” he says. “Then along came digital. This was like swapping to a fighter jet. Flashier tech, and they could zone in on a target area. But there was still an element of hope in the targeting – and it was hard to guarantee pin-point accuracy.”
And fast-forward to now, John says there’s very little need to cross your fingers and hope. “It’s like you’ve landed the jet, hopped out, and grabbed a sniper rifle.” In other words, targeting can be so precise, you know where your audience is, and you understand what they need at any given moment.
What does this mean about marketing team structures? According to John, “people adopting the traditional hierarchies and structures are still flying that creaky, outdated bomber. Their goal is to hit and hope. We’ve moved on – and prospects have, too – it’s so much more nuanced now,” he says.
This is why strategy before structure wins the day. The strategy must inform the hiring process, and therefore determine the structure.
According to John, if you do it the other way round, you’ll be running a marketing team that is ill-equipped to manage an effective modern campaign that delivers growth.
Hiring Too Early: The Flaws of ‘Figuring Out’ Marketing and Relying on Juniors
As John points out, how this strategy-first approach works depends on your starting point – and your niche, your budget, your goals, and your product-market fit status.
This is because different marketers are needed for different phases of growth due to the changing balance of tactics, and this is why starting to assemble a team before you’ve nailed a multi-phase growth plan is a backwards way to work.
“For example, if you have a discovery product, you probably don’t need an SEO-focused content marketer. People aren’t searching yet, so you’ll need to divert budget into other roles. Maybe you need a paid social expert to fill the top of the funnel – and a developer to build conversion-led landing pages.”
According to John, hiring a junior marketing assistant or a mid-level marketing executive to be a generalist is less likely to power strong growth in the earliest stages – particularly if they don’t have real guidance in specialist areas. Instead, he recommends being fluid and adapting to the strategic direction.
“Often, when I get brought in to help a business, they’ve made one or two common errors. They’ve either muddled along themselves for ages and built a structure that’s not optimal for continued growth, or they’re relying on junior marketers in roles that they don’t fully understand – or both!” John says.
According to him, this is part of the structure-first approach, and leads to some key problems:
Businesses plough ahead and keep plugging the gaps, and eventually become stuck without any ability to grow bigger and better because they’re bloated and chaotic
The junior team members push a tactical and functional marketing plan, where doing is more important than thinking, and strategic growth goes out the window
This also leads to a channel-focused approach, which can be detrimental to growth
The company invests energy and budget into ‘figuring out’ marketing when they should be focused on building a fantastic product and listening to their users
According to John, in this scenario, startups have a misconception that you can’t hire good, affordable marketing leadership talent at their earliest stages of growth. This results in haphazard marketing activities, a lack of team alignment, and eventually a bloated organisational structure slowing progress.
But on the contrary, these days, there are plenty of highly-experienced on-demand CMOs and marketing leaders who are available on a flexible basis. John is a prime example of one of these strategic marketers, and he regularly helps businesses build a team to execute successfully on a growth strategy.
By making use of specialists, John says “you can skip the learning and start fast, addressing product marketing and product fit, and developing a go-to-market plan which informs everything that follows.”
In other words: retire the bomber, and hire the sniper.
With Traktion, you can hire from a world-class freelance talent pool, consisting of vetted strategic marketers who can power your growth. The matching process is totally free, and you can manage the whole project on one platform. Traktion gives you direct access to the best marketers on the planet.
What Happens to Specialists When the Strategy Changes?
If you’re organising a marketing team structure around a continuously evolving strategy, what happens to specialists when you reach peak results or choose a different path as new channels come into play?
Naturally, if you’re only using freelance talent, there is flexibility to reduce their involvement in your marketing activity.
When you’re building a full-time team, you can’t chop-and-change so easily. But this doesn’t mean people’s roles become obsolete. On the contrary, John says this drives sustainable growth.
“Firstly, when you reach peak performance you need someone to maintain those high standards and adapt to new threats in the market in terms of competitors or changing buyer habits. Secondly, you need to keep breaking boundaries and finding new ways to reach new and existing audiences,” John says.
“For example, just because you reach the optimal cost-per-click (CPC) on a key Google Ads campaign doesn’t mean your PPC expert should down tools. The job isn’t done yet. In fact, it’s never done.”
According to John, a strong marketing leader will identify these changing patterns and help team members evolve from their original role to find new opportunities, try new tactics and channels, test new product and feature launches, and develop their strategic and management skills in the business.
Key Takeaways: Why a Fluid Marketing Team Structure Makes Sense
Let’s recap. As John says, your digital marketing team structure blueprint is not a set template with predefined roles. Instead, it’s something you need to build from scratch based on your own unique set of circumstances.
And at the beating heart of that process should be an experienced marketing strategist. You can find out more about hiring a marketing consultant here.
This expertise will help you determine which roles you need to fill first to achieve your most pressing targets, while also ensuring that your team is able to scale and manoeuvre as the strategy evolves.
Furthermore, setting up this type of fluid structure will help you work with specialist freelancers as you grow, who can support the in-house team with certain tactics and deliverables.
And not only is a fluid marketing team structure beneficial on a practical level, but it also creates a culture and a mindset of adaptability – so your marketing team is able to roll with the punches as new insights come into view.
A huge thanks to John Darling for taking the time to share his expertise and insight. If you’d like to learn more about him and his company, Traction (with a ‘C’), you can click here.
If you’d like to connect with a strategist and build your fluid marketing team, Traktion has the best and brightest marketers waiting to meet you. Get started for free here.
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Maybe I hadn’t been paying attention | NTU, Centre for Contemporary Art, Singapore
Inspired by Tarek Atoui’s current exhibition The Ground: From the Land to the Sea at NTU CCA Singapore, this screening series features artist videos, documentaries, and filmic essays that examine how the image and the sonic create immersive ways for multiple sensorial elements to come together and form a singular space. Maybe I hadn’t been paying attention is further guided by the Centre’s overarching research topic CLIMATES. HABITATS. ENVIRONMENTS. by focusing on artistic interpretations that reflect our present-day ecology, bringing attention to global issues we tend to overlook, and by observing how we navigate different environments, particularly through aural perception.
The screening series features works by Robert Ashley (United States), Lawrence Abu Hamdan (Jordan/Lebanon), Melanie Bonajo (Netherlands/United States), Camille Henrot (France/United States), Alison O’Daniel (United States), Uriel Orlow (Switzerland/United Kingdom), Simon Ripoll-Hurier (France), Ben Russell (United States), and Nico Vascellari (Italy).
24 Feb ’23 – 31 Mar ’23
PhotoKTM 5 | Kathmandu
The 5th edition of the festival will platform visual projects, and learning initiatives by a range of participants including artist, curator and teacher Munem Wasif from Bangladesh; Swiss artist and writer Uriel Orlow; Kathmandu-based digital archive Nepal Picture Library; KTK-Belt Project, which works towards catalyzing new models of biodiversity conservation and environmental learning in eastern Nepal; Indian filmmaker Sriram Murali; The Feather Library – an initiative co-founded by Isha Munshi to document, identify and study feathers of Indian birds; artist and writer Alana Hunt from Miriwoong country in the north-west of Australia; Mexican/British multidisciplinary visual artist Monica Alcazar Duarte; Indian filmmaker Amar Kanwar; and author, art curator, filmmaker, and theorist of photography and visual culture, Ariella Azoulay, among others.
25 Feb ’23 – 5 Nov ’23
Unexpected Encounters | Kunstmuseum St Gallen
The museum and the collection grow together, and the collection traditionally reflects the interests and focuses of the exhibition program. In the past, as with most museums in the West, this was oriented toward an art history defined by men. Female artists were and still are underrepresented. Now it’s time for a change of direction. The exhibition Unexpected Encounters: New Perspectives on the Collection contrasts familiar works from the collection with artists from outside the collection. It thus offers a broader perspective and breaks with conventional readings of key works at the museum.
Curated by Gianni Jetzer and Melanie Bühler
16 Feb ’23 – 6 Apr ’23
Critical Zones. In Search of a Common Ground | Indian Museum, Kolkata
Critical Zones. Observatories for Earthly Politics was conceived and exhibited at ZKM- Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe (2020–2022) based on a concept by Bruno Latour and Peter Weibel.
12 Dec ’22 – 10 Apr ’23
In Our Veins Flow Ink and Fire | Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Kerala, India
The 5th edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, In Our Veins Flow Ink and Fire, is curated by Singaporean artist Shubigi Rao and will bring together 80 artists and collectives with over 45 new commissions. Originally scheduled for December 2020 and postponed due to the pandemic, the event will be held across multiple venues in Fort Kochi and Ernakulam, in Kerala, India.
Multispecies Clouds | Macalline Art Center, Beijing
Group exhibition curated by Yang Beichen, including works by Cai Gut-Qiang, Carolina Caycedo & David de Rozas, Sergio Rojas Chaves, Chu Yun, Rometti Costales, Sheryl Cheung, Patricia Domínguez, Fei Yining, Jes Fan, Liu Chuang, Long Pan, Rice Brewing Sisters Club, Pamela Rosenkranz, Tong Yixin, Wu Chi-Yu, Trevor Yeung, Zhang Wenzhi, Zheng Mahler.
The first chapter of the series “Who Owns Nature?”, a research based curatorial project with three chapters at the Macalline Art Center. It seeks to re-examine our historical debt with “nature” and to explore a new non-linear cosmological model. This is an interdisciplinary and interdisciplinary project, in which we will work with different artists, scholars and cultural practitioners to create lively and serious sites on different issues.
5 Nov ’22 – 5 Mar ’23
Rooted Stories | Casa da Cerca, Almada
Solo show curated by Filipa Oliveira in Casa da Cerca – Contemporary Art Center, in Almada.
“Perhaps for the first time in our history, we are beginning to have a collective awareness both of the reality of climate change that has long been predicted, but also of its immediate and long-term consequences. The result of this is a growing understanding that the world is no longer human-centered, and that to deal with the demands of this crisis a collective inter-species effort is needed. If so far we have treated plants as a backdrops for human history, the works of Uriel Orlow speak to us of plants as indispensable companions in the struggle for planetary survival. Orlow shows us how plants are active agents and not just passive witnesses of history. They are a central link between nature and humans, between various types of knowledge and beliefs, capable of revealing fragilities and inequalities, and carrying ancient lessons.” Filipa Oliveira
28 Oct ’22 – 18 Dec ’22
Critical Zones. In Search of a Common Ground | Goethe Institute, Mumbai
Critical Zones. Observatories for Earthly Politics was conceived and exhibited at ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe (2020–2022), based on a concept by Bruno Latour and Peter Weibel. For the Goethe-Institut South Asia, a traveling adaption of Critical Zones titled Critical Zones. In Search of a Common Ground is co-produced by the ZKM Karlsruhe and the Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai. It shows a selection of artistic positions and is complemented by further works from Indian and Sri Lankan artists. The South Asia tour of the exhibition begins in Mumbai, it will be exhibited in Colombo and Pune in 2022, followed by Kolkata, New Delhi and Bangalore in 2023. The exhibition and its activation program have been adapted for the local audiences in close dialogue between the curators, art mediators and the Goethe-Institut Mumbai.
10 Nov ’22 – 30 Apr ’23
Becoming Flower | MAMAC, Nice
A group exhibition at MAMAC Nice, curated by Hélène Guenin and Rébecca François and part of the Nice Biennal of Arts 2022. With works by Laurence Aëgerter, Maria Thereza Alves, Isa Barbier, Yto Barrada, Hicham Berrada, Minia Biabiany, Melanie Bonajo, Bianca Bondi, Fatma Bucak, Chiara Camoni, Ali Cherri, Jean Comandon & Pierre de Fonbrune, Marinette Cueco, Odonchimeg Davaadorj, Andy Goldsworthy, Nona Inescu, Kapwani Kiwanga, Tetsumi Kudo, Marie-Claire Messouma Manlanbien, Ana Mendieta, Marie Menken, Otobong Nkanga, Dennis Oppenheim, Uriel Orlow, Gabriel Orozco, Giuseppe Penone, Pia Rönicke, Michelle Stuart, Anaïs Tondeur, NILS-UDO, Zheng Bo.
Becoming flower? At a time when ecosystems and climate breakthrough is leading us to rethink our relationship with nature and the living world, we can wonder what can we learn from flowers, from their resilience, from their constant adaptation to their environment, from their sobriety? Vulnerable and essential, they are an indispensable driving force of life: they produce the food that humans, animals and insects consume and the oxygen that we breathe. With scientific advances in plant intelligence and a new approach to life, our fascination for them is growing – far beyond mere aesthetic pleasure. Symbols of fragility and rebirth, they are becoming a particularly powerful indicator for lighting up current issues. Through the eyes of artists, “Becoming Flower” attempts to bring a new and a sensitive light on contemporary ecological, anthropological and geopolitical issues. The exhibition brings to light a botany of world history, as well as new forms of attention, sensitivity and thought.
Mascara Film Club | Mascara Bar, London
Screening of the film The Crown Against Mafavuke in Mascara Film Club, an intermittent artist-run film club which takes place in a bar in North-East London. It regularly screens artists’ moving image in more convivial contexts, “batting lashes to the rhythm of the unexpected, the seductive, the challenging, the political, the overlooked and the underseen”. Mascara Film Club is organised by Rufus Rock, Daisy Smith and Kasia Lukasik.
8 Oct ’22 – 23 Dec ’22
British Art Show 9 | The Levinsky Gallery, Plymouth
Held every five years to showcase the work of British artists who have made a significant contribution to international contemporary art, the ninth British Art Show (BAS9) is curated by Irene Aristizábal and Hammad Nasar and includes work by over 40 artists. In The Levinsky Gallery are exhibited works by Cooking Sections, Sean Edwards, GAIKA, Maeve Brennan, Grace Ndiritu, Katie Schwab and Abigail Reynolds.
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Keith Richards Admits Pulling a Knife in a Trump-Fueled Rage
Jeff Giles Published: May 15, 2018
Rick Diamond / Joe Raedle, Getty Images
It's a story that seems deliberately crafted to play up the most outlandish elements of the involved parties' public personas: On one side, there's Donald Trump, brought in to help promote a Rolling Stones show and elbowing his way into the spotlight despite being warned that his public involvement was to be limited; on the other, there's Keith Richards, angrily brandishing a knife after efforts to rein in Trump came to naught.
Now, after years of existing as a rumor, it appears to have been finally confirmed.
The story, as originally told by promoter Michael Cohl, unraveled in 1989, when he was busy plotting dates for the Stones' massive Steel Wheels tour — and hitting a wall in Atlantic City, where, as he put it, "they didn't like rock music yet." Trump became involved over the Stones' objections, but they were convinced to go along with the deal after being assured that he wouldn't attend the show. Naturally, he ended up at the venue anyway, and held a press conference that continued even after Cohl made him promise to stop.
Richards essentially confirmed Cohl's version of events during a recent conversation with the BBC, saying he was already incensed because the show was promoted as "Donald Trump Presents the Rolling Stones" with Trump's name bigger than the band's. "I got out my trusty blade, stuck it in the table and said, 'You have to get rid of this man,'" he recalled, quipping, "Now America has to get rid of him. Don't say I didn't warn you!"
Trump's Stones connection has continued through his use of their classic "You Can't Always Get What You Want" at political appearances and campaign stops — something that seems to amuse singer Mick Jagger as much as it annoys him. "It's a funny song for a play-out song — a drowsy ballad about drugs in Chelsea," Jagger pointed out. "It's kind of weird. He couldn't be persuaded to use something else."
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Greek Theatre in the Fourth Century BC
Author: Eric CsapoPublish On: 2014-06-18
Past scholarship described the fourth century BC as an age of theatrical decline. This book, the first to explore all aspects of fourth-century theatre, reveals it to be an epoch of unparalelled expansion and innovation.
Author: Eric Csapo
Age-old scholarly dogma holds that the death of serious theatre went hand-in-hand with the 'death' of the city-state and that the fourth century BC ushered in an era of theatrical mediocrity offering shallow entertainment to a depoliticised citizenry. The traditional view of fourth-century culture is encouraged and sustained by the absence of dramatic texts in anything more than fragments. Until recently, little attention was paid to an enormous array of non-literary evidence attesting, not only the sustained vibrancy of theatrical culture, but a huge expansion of theatre throughout (and even beyond) the Greek world. Epigraphic, historiographic, iconographic and archaeological evidence indicates that the fourth century BC was an age of exponential growth in theatre. It saw: the construction of permanent stone theatres across and beyond the Mediterranean world; the addition of theatrical events to existing festivals; the creation of entirely new contexts for drama; and vast investment, both public and private, in all areas of what was rapidly becoming a major 'industry'. This is the first book to explore all the evidence for fourth century ancient theatre: its architecture, drama, dissemination, staging, reception, politics, social impact, finance and memorialisation.
The Chorus of Drama in the Fourth Century BCE
Author: Lucy C. M. M. JacksonPublish On: 2019-11-26
(Curtius 9.6.25): The Macedonian Kings and Greek Theatre', in E. Csapo, et al. (eds), Greek Theatre in the Fourth Century BC (Berlin; Boston), 231–49. Moretti, J.-C. (2014), 'The Evolution of Theatre Architecture Outside Athens in the ...
Author: Lucy C. M. M. Jackson
The Chorus of Drama in the Fourth Century BCE seeks to upend conventional thinking about the development of drama from the fifth to the fourth centuries and to provide a new way of talking and thinking about the choruses of drama after the deaths of Euripides and Sophocles. Set in the context of a theatre industry extending far beyond the confines of the City Dionysia and the city of Athens, the identity of choral performers and the significance of their contribution to the shape and meaning of drama in the later Classical period (c.400-323) as a whole is an intriguing and under-explored area of enquiry. This volume draws together the fourth-century historical, material, dramatic, literary, and philosophical sources that attest to the activity and quality of dramatic choruses and, having considered the positive evidence for dramatic choral activity, provides a radical rethinking of two oft-cited yet ill-understood phenomena that have traditionally supported the idea that the chorus of drama 'declined' in the fourth century: the inscription of χοŕο*u~ με ́λο*s in papyri and manuscripts in place of fully written-out choral odes, and Aristotle's invocation of embolima (Poetics 1456a25-32). It also explores the important role of influential fourth-century authors such as Plato, Demosthenes, and Xenophon, as well as artistic representations of choruses on fourth-century monuments, in shaping later scholars' understanding of the dramatic chorus throughout the Classical period, reaching conclusions that have significant implications for the broader story we wish to tell about Attic drama and its most enigmatic and fundamental element, the chorus.
The Comic Body in Ancient Greek Theatre and Art 440 320 BCE
Author: Alexa PiqueuxPublish On: 2022-06-30
Genre Transformation in Greek Comedy', in M. DEPEW (eds.), Matrices of Genre: Authors, ... E. CSAPO 2010a, Actors and Icons of the Ancient Theater (Chichester, Malden). ... 2014, Greek Theatre in the Fourth Century BCE (Berlin, Boston).
Author: Alexa Piqueux
Category: Art, Greek
Using both textual and iconographic sources, this richly illustrated book examines the representations of the body in Greek Old and Middle Comedy, how it was staged, perceived, and imagined, particularly in Athens, Magna Graecia, and Sicily. The study also aims to refine knowledge of the various connections between Attic comedy and comic vases from South Italy and Sicily (the so-called 'phlyax vases').0After introducing comic texts and comedy-related vase-paintings in the regional contexts, The Comic Body in Ancient Greek Theatre and Art, 440-320 BCE considers the generic features of the comic body, characterized as it is by a specific ugliness and a constant motion. It also explores how costumes -masks, padding, phallus, clothing, accessories- and gestures contribute to the characters' visual identity in relation with speech : it analyzes the cultural, social, aesthetic, and theatrical conventions by which spectators decipher the body. This study thus leads to a re-examination of the modalities of comic mimesis, in particular when addressing sexual codes in cross-dressing scenes which reveal the artifice of the fictional body. It also sheds light on how comic poets make use of the scenic or imaginary representations of the bodies of those who are targets of political, social, or intellectual satire. There is a particular emphasis on body movements, where the book not only deals with body language and the dramatic function of comic gesture, but also with how words confer a kind of poetic and unreal motion to the body.
Categories: Art, Greek
Theatre in Ancient Greek Society
Author: J. R. GreenPublish On: 2013-04-15
This is the first study examining the function and impact of the theatre in ancient Greek society by employing an archaeological approach.
Author: J. R. Green
In Theatre in Ancient Greek Society the author examines the social setting and function of ancient Greek theatre through the thousand years of its performance history. Instead of using written sources, which were intended only for a small, educated section of the population, he draws most of his evidence from a wide range of archaeological material - from cheap, mass-produced vases and figurines to elegant silverware produced for the dining tables of the wealthy. This is the first study examining the function and impact of the theatre in ancient Greek society by employing an archaeological approach.
A Cultural History of Tragedy in Antiquity
Author: Emily WilsonPublish On: 2021-05-20
G.M. Sifakis, “ The Misunderstanding of Opsis in Aristotle's Poetics, ” in Performance in Greek and Roman Theatre , ed. ... Reperforming Greek Tragedy, Theater, Politics, and Cultural Mobility in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries BC ...
Author: Emily Wilson
In this volume, tragedy in antiquity is examined synoptically, from its misty origins in archaic Greece, through its central position in the civic life of ancient Athens and its performances across the Greek-speaking world, to its new and very different instantiations in Republican and Imperial Roman contexts. Lively, original essays by eminent scholars trace the shifting dramatic forms, performance environments, and social meanings of tragedy as it was repeatedly reinvented. Tragedy was consistently seen as the most serious of all dramatic genres; these essays trace a sequence of different visions of what the most serious kind of dramatic story might be, and the most appropriate ways of telling those stories on stage. Each chapter takes a different theme as its focus: forms and media; sites of performance and circulation; communities of production and consumption; philosophy and social theory; religion, ritual, and myth; politics of city and nation; society and family, and gender and sexuality.
The Architecture of the Ancient Greek Theatre
Author: Rune FrederiksenPublish On: 2015-12-01
We refer colleagues to important bibliographies to be found in for example: Csapo et al., The Greek Theatre in the Fourth Century B.C. (Berlin 2014), I. Nielsen, Cultic Theatres and Ritual Drama (Aarhus 2002) and F. Sear, ...
Author: Rune Frederiksen
Publisher: Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Category: Architecture
This book is a collection of papers following the conference The Architecture of the Ancient Greek Theatre, held in Athens in January 2012. Fundamental publications on the topic have not been issued for many years. Bringing together the leading experts on theatre architecture, this conference aimed at introducing new facts and important comprehensive studies on Greek theatres to the public. The published volume is, first of all, a presentation of new excavation results and new analyses of individual monuments. Many well-known theatres such as the one of Dionysos in Athens, and others at Dodone, Corinth, and Sikyon have been re-examined since their original publication, with stunning results. New research, presented in this volume, includes moreover less well known, or even newly found, ancient Greek theatres in Albania, Asia Minor, Cyprus, and Sicily. Further studies on the history of research, on regional theatrical developments, terminology, and function, as well as a perspective on Roman theatres built in Greek traditions make this volume a comprehensive volume of new research for expert scholars as well as for students and the interested public.
Categories: Architecture
A Handbook to the Reception of Greek Drama
Author: Betine van Zyl SmitPublish On: 2016-02-29
Pots and Plays: Interactions between Tragedy and Greek Vase‐Painting of the Fourth Century B.C. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum. Taplin, Oliver. 2012 “How Was Athenian Tragedy Played in the Greek West?” In Theatre Outside Athens: ...
Author: Betine van Zyl Smit
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
A Handbook to the Reception of Greek Drama offers a series of original essays that represent a comprehensive overview of the global reception of ancient Greek tragedies and comedies from antiquity to the present day. Represents the first volume to offer a complete overview of the reception of ancient drama from antiquity to the present Covers the translation, transmission, performance, production, and adaptation of Greek tragedy from the time the plays were first created in ancient Athens through the 21st century Features overviews of the history of the reception of Greek drama in most countries of the world Includes chapters covering the reception of Greek drama in modern opera and film
Ancient and Medieval Theatre
Author: Ronald W. VincePublish On: 1984
There are many other extant Greek theatres , of course , and archaeologists have excavated more than sixty - five of ... This the- atre , built in the fourth century B.c. and the best preserved of all ancient Greek theatres , features a ...
Author: Ronald W. Vince
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group
Review of medieval dramatic texts S.131-149.
Beyond the Fifth Century
Author: Ingo GildenhardPublish On: 2010-07-30
The volume breaks new ground in several ways. Its chronological scope encompasses periods that are not usually part of research on tragedy reception, especially the Hellenistic period, late antiquity and the Middle Ages.
Author: Ingo Gildenhard
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Beyond the Fifth Century brings together 13 scholars from various disciplines (Classics, Ancient History, Mediaeval Studies) to explore interactions with Greek tragedy from the 4th century BC up to the Middle Ages. The volume breaks new ground in several ways: in its chronological scope, the various modes of reception considered, the pervasive interest in interactions between tragedy and society-at-large, and the fact that some studies are of a comparative nature.
Author: Publish On: 1893
That this period is the fourth century B. C. is shown by three facts : ( 1 ) No ruins in Athens constructed as these are belong to a period prior to the fourth century . ( 2 ) At the point A in the supportiug - wall of the cavea are ...
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Atmosphere – Fireflies (feat. Grieves)
Label: Rhymesayers
Produced by: Atmosphere
Perhaps the first single out of these Fishing Blues-lead ups that stands wholly on its own, with good lyrics and beat and guesting, and no excessive caveats, ‘Fireflies’ does the job of sounding like an Atmos track while also being a great platform for a cameo – Grieves in this case, who slinks right in with a smooth verse thanks to the melodic flow of the song.
‘Fireflies’ serves as a good visual metaphor for Slug’s pursuit (or not) of fame; or of a need to just stay focused on what you’re doing; and the fight between the two. It’s a track where he can use his history in the biz as reflection, and although – as always – he starts to lose the thread a bit as he goes on, there are some clever lines in there that make up for it. Grieves verse doesn’t have this sense of legacy behind it, but he parallels it smartly from the perspective of youth – flitting away distractions where the elder Slug is musing over them.
While it feels like the song could’ve used a conclusion in another verse from Slug, it’s definitely something to get excited about on its own, with the live instrumentation (again from G. Koop) giving us a jazzy, raw flow that works really well for the instrumental.
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TagAutomobilesChildrenFathersFictionMothersParenting
: Nick Hornby
ContributorIra GlassNick Hornby
295: Not What I Signed Up For
Act Two: Small Fish, Smaller Pond
Nick Hornby's new story about a country so tiny, it's just a field, a few houses, a shop, and a café. There, a boy whose mom happens to be president of this minuscule nation is called upon to show his patriotism by playing on the national soccer team.
173: Three Kinds of Deception
Host Ira Glass reads an excerpt from Nick Hornby's novel About a Boy. The narrator, Will, recalls a time when he was a child that he convinced a friend that a portal to another world existed at the back of his closet.
Act Two: Emerald Green Peugeot
Nick Hornby, author of High Fidelity and About a Boy, explains the travails of driving his autistic son to the park.
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9 teens dead, several wounded and 1 missing in flash floods
ZAKA first responders collect the bodies of dead teens, Apr. 26, 2018. (ZAKA)
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At least nine high school students have died and several others were wounded when their field trip was disrupted by flash floods. One teen remains missing.
By: World Israel News Staff
At least nine high school students have died and several others went missing on Thursday when the field trip they were on in the south of the country was disrupted by flash floods.
The group of 25 high school students from the Bnei Zion pre-military academy in Tel Aviv was hiking at the Tsafit stream in the Arava valley, near the Dead Sea, when the area was hit by massive flooding.
Some students managed to escape to high grounds, while others were swept by the floods.
Rescue units, including the IDF’s 669 Search and Rescue Unit, were alerted to scene.
Sheba Hospital in Be’er Sheva has prepared special teams to treat the victims.
Police are investigating why the school did not cancel the trip, despite the dangerous weather conditions.
“The group of youths went on a trip to Nahal Tzafit despite our repeated warnings not to travel in the southern valleys. It’s a terrible tragedy and it’s easy to avoid such disasters. All you have to do is listen to instructions,” Israel Police spokeswoman Meirav Lapidot said.
On Wednesday, a 16-year-old Bedouin boy slipped and fell into a river in the south. He was later recovered and pronounced dead. Also that day, a teenage girl from a Palestinan village in the Bethlehem Governate was swept away by a flash flood while tending her sheep and died.
Read Israel sending immediate aid to Turkey following devastating earthquake
“I commend the security and rescue forces that are now working to save lives and locate the missing in the terrible disaster that took place today in Nahal Tzafit. We are all praying for better news,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement.
Israel has been experiencing unseasonal, intense weather in the past couple of days, including torrential rains and powerful winds. The stormy weather is expected to subside over the weekend.
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Loss and damage fund risks becoming ‘fund for the end of the world’ due to COP27 failures
WWF argues that climate ambition has not advanced since COP26. The world cannot afford to have another COP like this one, that fails to increase ambition, finance and credibility
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (20 November 2022) - WWF says that the COP27 climate summit has made a welcome step towards a loss and damage fund, but by failing to agree to more ambitious action on emissions reductions, the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C is slipping away with disastrous consequences for the world.
Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, WWF Global Climate and Energy Lead, and COP20 President, said: “The loss and damage deal agreed is a positive step, but it risks becoming a ‘fund for the end of the world’ if countries don’t move faster to slash emissions and limit warming to below 1.5°C. By failing to agree to phase-out fossil fuels at COP27, leaders have missed the chance to accelerate the elimination of fossil fuels, keeping us on course to climate catastrophe. Without rapid and deep emissions cuts we cannot limit the scale of loss and damage.
“We cannot afford to have another climate summit like this one. It is unacceptable that negotiators have failed to reach a more ambitious agreement than that agreed in Glasgow last year. Future COP presidencies can’t squander the opportunity. Now governments must redouble their efforts to reduce emissions and take the necessary transformative action to keep warming to below 1.5°C. The COP28 climate summit next year must be the COP of climate credibility. And countries must deliver.”
Alice Ruhweza, WWF Regional Director for Africa, said: “This was meant to be an ‘African COP’, but it has failed to deliver on the continent’s needs and priorities. Africa is on the front lines of the climate crisis and is highly vulnerable to its impacts. We are already seeing terrible impacts and loss and damage across the continent. We welcome progress in establishing a fund to help countries recover from climate-related disasters, but this is not enough without more action to prevent the climate crisis from spiralling out of control. We also need to push further to ensure that the fund is resourced and is aligned with equity and justice. Furthermore, we expected to see more finance and action to increase Africa’s resilience, but yet again finance commitments for adaptation were not met.”
Dr Stephen Cornelius, WWF Global Climate and Energy Deputy Lead, said: “Nature has absorbed 54% of humanity’s carbon dioxide emissions over the past 10 years, so it is good to see countries recognise the importance of nature-based solutions in the final COP27 cover decision. But action on nature alone will be futile without parallel action to rapidly cut emissions.
“Despite the outcome of this summit, we should all draw inspiration from the powerful messages and determination shown by campaigners, Indigenous Peoples, civil society and young people who have made their voices heard despite the challenging conditions. The climate crisis will affect different people and places unevenly, and so is likely to lead to further inequalities and injustice within and across nations. All climate action must go hand in hand with improved human rights and equity.”
Robin Harvey, Media Relations Manager, WWF International rharvey@wwfint.org
Also send to WWF International newsdesk: news@wwfint.org
WWF COP27 Expectations paper is available to read here
WWF Africa’s expectations paper available here
WWF is an independent conservation organisation, with over 30 million supporters and a global network active in over 100 countries. WWF's mission is to stop the degradation of the Earth's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by conserving the world's biological diversity, ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable, and promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption. Visit www.panda.org/news for the latest news and media resources and follow us on Twitter @WWF_media and @climateWWF
The entrance to COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
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Cops Get Anonymous Claim of Wendy Williams Husband Poisoning Her
photo credit: lev radin // Shutterstock
Wendy Williams has recently filed from divorce from her husband of 22 years, Kevin Hunter.
Back in January, cops allegedly paid a visit to check on Wendy after a random caller alleged that he soon-to-be ex was poisoning her. The call was by a person claiming to work for Wendy’s production company. The report says two officers went to the couple’s home in Jersey, where they were greeted by Kevin who was hesitant to let him in for the welfare check. He said Wendy was sick and recovering from a health issue. Wendy told cops she was recovering from a broken shoulder.
Cops say they explained to Hunter they were required to speak with Williams due to the anonymous call. When he allowed them to enter, they found Williams in bed “with the blanket covering from neck to toe.” According to the report, one of the officers asked Kevin to leave the bedroom so they could talk to Wendy alone, but he didn’t want to leave her side.
An officer eventually asked her if there was any truth to the anonymous tip she was being poisoned, and Wendy responded with something like, “Well, I’m very popular.” When the cop repeated the question, the report says she became tearful, but denied there was any truth to it.
The cops left after Wendy told them once more she was okay.
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Food pantries still seeing dramatic increase in need as we head into holiday season
Food banks gearing up for busy season with many still need
Having a full kitchen of healthy foods is becoming a luxury. Food pantries across the country are still seeing a dramatic increase in need.
“I hope that we eventually get this thing under control, so we can wean everyone off the need for food pantries and shelters like ours, because this is not sustainable,” said Kim Guadagno, CEO of Fulfill, a New Jersey food bank.
Guadagno says her organization has seen an increase in demand of almost 2.5 million meals compared to this time last year.
Feeding America says at the peak in April, there was a 70% increase in demand, and it’s sustained around 60% higher.
Many food banks say they're seeing many families for the first time.
“You can always tell someone who has never been to a food pantry before. They come literally right up to this building in tears, because they’ve never had to ask for help before and it’s crushing to all of us,” said Guadagno.
Feeding America expects that increased need will continue during the holidays, which is an important time for food banks.
“We see increased awareness around hunger and food insecurity around the holidays. It’s a great time for food banks to fundraise. A lot of that fundraising helps sustain them throughout the year,” said Zuani Villarreal, Director of Communications at Feeding America.
Food banks are having to purchase more product because of supply chain disruptions.
They say right now, cash donations are critical for that and to purchase new supplies like PPE.
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Virtual Comics
1 Just some trivia…
1.1 Vanguard
1.2 Aegis Unlimited
1.3 Twilight Generation
Just some trivia…
Back in 1991 when Gigermann and Rigil Kent met in the Army, they ended up working on some comic-books story/art concepts (that obviously never saw any sort of production), as an addition to some related comic stuff Rigil had been working on with other friends of many years prior to that. In those early days, it was referred to as Virtual Comics, though that name would end up being taken, later, and so this one had to change multiple times since. Quite a few characters and concepts from those series have appeared here in Knight City Chronicles in an updated format. Here are some notes:
A bit of a Justice League/Avengers sort of thing.
Based out of NYC, NY
Jason Walters, AKA "Power Surge" was a part of this team; got stuck in "giant" size; his sister was also on the team, as "Hawk", a flyer
Deathsound was a part of this team; died in combat at some point in the series
Aegis Unlimited
Starting ~1991
Started with the development Gigermann's Spectrum and Foxbat—he couldn't decide which powers/characterizations he liked best at the time, so he split them into two individuals—and Rigil's "Champion" (not appearing here)
Originally called "Guardians" but that name turned out to be taken
Nicholas Davenport was a time-traveler who came back to prevent some sort of supers-related disaster and founded a corporation that sponsored the team
Set in Miami, FL
The original team included characters created by other Army friends at the time: "Shade", "Talisman", and later "Pulsar"
Sting started out as a villain working for a drug-cartel's super-hit-team, and switched sides, later joining the Aegis team
"Pulsar" turned out to have been a cartel plant, and betrayed the team later in the series
Proteus was a gov't agent inserted into the team to "help" (and keep an eye on this non-gov't-controlled outfit)
Twilight Generation
Twilight Generation, unfinished "cover"
This was a Gigermann GURPS Supers campaign concept from ~2002 that never quite made it into production. It was an official parallel/alternative-reality in the Daniverse based on the same "Virtual Comics" material, inheriting World of Darkness influences from the rest of the Daniverse.
Took place around 20-30 years after the original series in Oklahoma City
Was to be a central Aegis team led by the 50+ year old Spectrum/D'Angelo (in a sort of old-Bruce Wayne from Batman Beyond role)
Vincent Cross was a villain for that campaign, a wizard of the Hermetic tradition
Retrieved from "http://wiki.olympusrpg.org/index.php?title=Virtual_Comics&oldid=4132"
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Pope inadvertently quotes Putin to chide West's Afghan war
Andrew Medichini/AP
Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
MADRID (AP) — Pope Francis criticized the West’s recent involvement in Afghanistan as an outsider’s attempt to impose democracy.
But he did it by citing Russian President Vladimir Putin while thinking he was quoting German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The pope was asked during a radio interview that aired Wednesday about the new political map taking shape in Afghanistan after the United States and its allies withdrew from the Taliban-controlled country after 20 years of war.
Francis said he would answer using a quote that he attributed to Merkel.
“It is necessary to put an end to the irresponsible policy of intervening from outside and building democracy in other countries, ignoring the traditions of the peoples,” the pope reportedly said.
The words were spoken last month by Putin in the presence of Merkel during her visit to Moscow.
Francis called for Christians across the world to engage in “prayer, penance and fasting" for Afghanistan.
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Panel temàtico 7 - Empleo decente para los jóvenes: eliminar el empleo peligroso de los jóvenes
Panel temàtico
This session will delve into key challenges and opportunities to support the transition of young people 15 to 24 years of age into decent work, especially when they have experienced hazardous employment or Occupational Safety and Health risks. The panel will share actions, progress made, good practices and challenges that target the dual goal of eliminating child labour while boosting the quality and protection of youth in the labour market, taking into account gender and no discrimination issues. To put the issue into perspective, the situation of the families will also be discussed. In particular, some speakers will explain the positive impact of combatting discrimination and improving livelihoods of vulnerable households on the reduction of child labour, the access to good education for children and ultimately on decent work for youth, including through some examples of vocational training to promote entrepreneurship.
35 million children in child labour are between the ages of 15 and 17 and while they may have reached the legal minimum age to work, their right to safe and decent work is not respected.
Ana Maria Villa Real Ferreira Ramos
Labour Prosecutor of Labour Prosecution Service in Brazil
Tshilidzi Marwala
Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Johannesburg
Andrea Rother
Health Division, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, at the University of Cape Town
Alicia Tauro
Project Lead, YUVA & Campaign convener, Campaign against Child Labour, India
Jacqueline Mugo
Executive Director & CEO, Federation of Kenya Employers, Secretary General BUSINESS Africa Employers Confederation and IOE Vice President for Africa
Paola Del Carmen Egusquiza Granda
Secretary of Defense of the Central Autónoma de Trabajadores del Perú, and Workers' Focal Point of the Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free of Child Labour
His Excellency, Senator (Dr.) Chris Nwabueze Ngige
Minister of Labour and Employment of Nigeria
Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Policy of the Republic of Bulgaria
Joni Musabayana
Director, ILO Decent Work Team for Eastern and Southern Africa, Country Office for Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho and South Africa (ILO)
This session was organized with the support of
Thematic Panel 4 - Youth employment
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Sponsored by Baylor Medicine, Ford Truck Month, and Miller Lite
RODEO HOUSTON ARTISTS 2023
Walker Hayes
Turnpike Troubadours
La Fiera do Ojinaga
Each night, once the Rodeo dust settles, a superstar takes the stage to entertain the crowds. The star entertainers begin performing after the last rodeo event is completed each evening and the stage is set. Actual start times for the concert can vary day to day due to the different number of rodeo competitors and other production elements.
THIS YEAR'S ARTISTS:
2/28 - Parker McCollum
3/1 - Brooks and Dunn
3/2 - Lauren Daigle
3/3 - Bun B’s Southern Takeover
3/4 - Walker Hayes
3/5 - Zac Brown Band
3/6 - Jason Aldean
3/7 - New Kids on the Block
3/8 - Jon Pardi
3/9 - Ashley McBryde
3/10 - The Chainsmokers
3/11 - Turnpike Troubadours
3/12 - La Fiera de Ojinaga
3/13 - Cody Jinks
3/14 - Machine Gun Kelly
3/15 - Kenny Chesney
3/16 - Chris Stapleton
3/17 - Cody Johnson
3/18 - Brad Paisley
3/19 - Luke Bryan
∗Weekday rodeos start at 6:45 p.m. The entertainer takes the stage at approximately 9 p.m. NRG Stadium gates open at 6 p.m.
∗Weekend rodeos start at 3:45 p.m. The entertainer takes the stage at approximately 6 p.m. NRG Stadium gates open at 3 p.m.
PARKING TRAMS DAILY SCHEDULE
Blue Line – services NRG Stadium, NRG Arena and the Blue Lot 9 a.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Orange Line – services NRG Center and NRG Arena 9 a.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Red Line – services NRG Center and the Red Lot 8 a.m. to 12:30 a.m.
610 Line – services NRG Park and 610 Lot 9 a.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Yellow Line – services the north side of NRG Stadium and the Yellow Lot 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
HOUSTON RODEO PHOTO GALLERIES
The King wrapped up RodeoHouston in a HUGE way on Sunday, March 20, 2022!
March 20, 2022 at 11:00 pm CDT
RodeoHouston Championship Finals 2022
March 19, 2022 at 12:00 am CDT
Brad Paisley RodeoHouston - March 19, 2022
Chris Stapleton RodeoHouston - March 17, 2022
Marshmello RodeoHouston
Sam Hunt RodeoHouston 2022
Gwen Stefani RodeoHouston 2022
Dierks Bentley RodeoHouston 2022
Parker McCollum RodeoHouston 2022
Bun B - RodeoHouston 2022
Journey at RodeoHouston 2022
Kane Brown RodeoHouston - March 9, 2022
Maren Morris RodeoHouston - March 8, 2022
Luke Bryan RodeoHouston - March 7, 2022
Jon Pardi RodeoHouston - March 5, 2022
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ACLU of South Carolina
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There is still time to vote by mail in South Carolina's primaries
By Frank Knaack, Executive Director
June 1, 2020 - 3:00pm
No one should have to choose between their health and their right to vote. Earlier this month, the South Carolina General Assembly passed legislation allowing all registered voters to vote by mail in the upcoming June 9 primary election. On Monday, a federal court ruled favorably in our lawsuit, blocking a requirement that forced people who vote absentee to obtain a witness signature.
Both of these actions are critical victories for our democracy and all voters in South Carolina, but how do they change the voting process for the upcoming primary election? Check out our FAQ below for details.
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Coronavirus threat: Point Pleasant Beach cops arrest woman who allegedly yelled 'Pigs! Oink, oink'
Alex N. Gecan
POINT PLEASANT BEACH - Police have arrested a 48-year-old borough woman who, they say, showed up at police headquarters claiming to have symptoms of COVID-19 and proceeded to blow air at medics and yell "Pigs! Oink, oink!"
Amy Bosco went to the department's New Jersey Avenue headquarters sometime Thursday "and began acting in a disorderly manner," according to a prepared statement from borough police.
"Several attempts were made to calm Ms. Bosco down without success and she was subsequently placed under arrest for disorderly conduct," the statement read. "While in custody, Ms. Bosco claimed she was experiencing a medical emergency and requested that she be transported to the hospital."
Pt. Beach:1 suspect stole 1,600 masks, another made threats, cops say
When medics from the Point Pleasant First Aid and Emergency Squad showed up to assess her, she "continued to be uncooperative and disorderly, yelling obscenities and threatening first aid members and police officers. Ms. Bosco continuously screamed that she had the 'virus' and repeatedly would remove her mask and forcibly blow air in the direction of emergency workers."
Bosco yelled "Pigs! Oink, oink!" and "claimed she had a fever, a cough and was sick," symptoms of the novel coronavirus, according to a statement from the Office of the Attorney General. She continued to yell, curse and blow on the medics in an ambulance as they took her to a hospital, according to the office.
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Once a hospital released her, Bosco was sent back to the police station where police issued her complaints for disorderly conduct and making terroristic threats, police said.
"Threatening comments and behavior associated with being infected with this deadly virus will not be tolerated by anyone," police Chief Joseph A. Michigan wrote in the borough police department's statement. Police and other first responders "are risking their lives daily for this community and I share in everyone's outrage and disgust when we hear stories such as these."
Alex N. Gecan: 732-547-1364; agecan@gannettnj.com; @GeeksterTweets
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21 Day Central Europe Roundup Tour
TOURCODE: CE2
Duration: 21 Days Countries Visited: 5 Activity Level: 2 Tour Style: Cultural
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Poland - Slovakia - Hungary - Czech Republic & Vienna
Torun, home of Copernicus; Warsaw: Old Town tour; Well-preserved Krakow; Wieliczka salt mines tour; City walking tours; High Tatras
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Combine picturesque vistas, unsettling historical discovery and exotic urban exploration in this 21 day jaunt, a gem of our Central Europe tours.
Begin in Warsaw with a walk in the UNESCO designated Old Town featuring cobblestone lanes and medieval buildings, much of which has been meticulously restored since World War II. A must see: Warsaw's Uprising Museum is an eye opening window into the Polish Underground's uprising of 1944. Weapons, love letters, audio snippets and replicas of tunnels used during the failed attempt to liberate themselves from German occupation provide a fuller picture of those dark times. Also included: Umschlag Platz, a drive along the Royal Route and time in the Jewish Ghetto area where as many as 400,000 persons, mainly Jews, languished under the stern control of German authorities.
In a region where history is impossible to ignore, we would be remiss not to include visits to the notorious concentration camps, Auschwitz and Birkenau, on our Central Europe tours. Camps now preserved as memorials to the many victims of The Holocaust with sobering reminders of the horrors endured visible in remaining prisoner blocks and the ruins of gas chambers.
After, it's on to Krakow, known internationally for its well preserved medieval core. A compact, easy to walk city with sights that include St. Mary's Church and its exquisitely sculptured Wit Stwosz altar, Rynek Glowny, the largest medieval town square of any European city and a number of Gothic churches.
Day 5 of the tour is set aside for the world famous Wieliczka Salt Mines a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1978. Thrill to the sight of an underground lake, during a journey 3 miles beneath the Earth's surface. A chapel, extensive and beautiful chambers and art carved by miners, alongside recent installations from more contemporary peers, is certain to make for an unforgettable experience.
Following that is a scenic day of travel to Eger, in Hungary, with lunch in Slovakia en route. A famous wine growing region, Eger is also noted for its thermal baths, baroque towers and highly walkable Old Town. Included as a must see is a visit to the Castle of Eger with accompanying museum and underground casements.
Continuing to Budapest, the tour stops in the beautiful town of Holloko, notable for its 50 homes listed as historical monuments, and a highlight on our Central Europe tours. In Budapest, the capital of Hungary, a bus tour reveals why the city is consistently ranked among the world's most beautiful metropolises.
The citadel offers stunning panoramas, with St. Matthias Church, a walkabout at the Royal Palace, visit to the National Gallery (dedicated to Hungarian art) and the seven towered castle at Fisherman's Bastion comprising but a fraction of the sights in this remarkable city. A second day walking the city's urban core reveals even more charms that include: the imposing and very large Parliament, Museum of Ethnography, the stunning Chain Bridge that spans the equally impressive Danube River and the pedestrian only market VorosMarty Ter, to name but a few.
From there it's onward to Slovakia and its capital, since the country's independence in 1993, Bratislava. Surrounded by the vineyard draped Little Corinthian Mountains, the city is a study in contrast between its emerging modernity and the ever present history as evidenced in the many Gothic spires and nods to the Renaissance. See attractions including the historic Old Town, Cathedral of St Martin and the 14th century Tower of St Michael in a combination of walking/bus tours.
Not to be outdone, Vienna is a cosmopolitan hub that retains much of its former glory as Imperial Capital and home of the Habsburg Court and has been shaped by luminaries of the past that include Beethoven, Mozart and Sigmund Freud. Revered classical music venue Staatsoper, and the pedestrian walkway of Kartner Strasse are among highlights but the iconic St. Stephens Cathedral, with its multi-coloured tile roofs, provides what is widely considered the geographical and cultural heart of the city. As impressive, however, is the gigantic Schonbrunn Palace, a short drive from the city centre that features a Gloriet overlook and zoological garden.
On day 16 it's onward to the Czech Republic and the exquisite town of Cesky Krumlov, another favourite on our Central Europe tours. Ample time is allowed for exploring the town's Renaissance castle complex that dominates the town and is one of the largest in central Europe, complete with a varied collection of tapestries, period furniture and weaponry of the period.
Ending on a high note, the tour spends its final days in Prague and region. Three sights among many that will leave an indelible impression are: The Old Jewish Cemetery, surreal site of 12,000 tombstones but many more actual burials, the 15th century designed astronomical clock in the Old Town Square and a two hour visit to Prague Castle. With so much to see and do time is allotted for personal exploration of this fascinating capital.
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Day 1 Arrive in Warsaw
Arrival in Warsaw.
After WWII, a reconstruction campaign by its citizens resulted in today's meticulous restoration of Warsaw's Old Town with its churches, palaces and market-place. It is an outstanding example of a near-total reconstruction of a span of history covering the 13th to the 20th century.
Overnight in Warsaw.
Included Meal(s): Dinner
Day 2 Warsaw: City Tour
Warsaw has shrugged off its dour Eastern Bloc image, and is finally showing its true colours. The vibrant heart of the largest country in "New Europe", Warsaw is now poised to make is presence felt as a business and cultural hub.
We begin our sightseeing today with a drive along the Royal Route and a brief orientation drive around the city before beginning our walking tour of the Old Town, a UNESCO protected site. We visit Castle Square, the Uprising Monument, and then drive over to the Praga area for a view of the river. From there go to the Jewish Ghetto area and to Umschlag Platz.
We also visit the Warsaw Uprising Museum, dedicated to the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. The museum sponsors research into the history of the Uprising, and the history and possessions of the Polish Underground State. It collects and maintains hundreds of artefacts, ranging from weapons used by the insurgents to love letters, in order to present a full picture of the people involved.
Included Meal(s): Breakfast and Dinner
Day 3 Warsaw - Czestochowa - Auschwitz - Brizinka - Krakow
We leave for Krakow via Czestochowa, the "spiritual home" of Poland where pilgrims from every corner of the country come to Jasna Gora (Luminous Mountain) Monastery to worship the image of the Black Madonna, Poland's most important icon. Legend says that the icon was painted by St Luke the Evangelist on a piece of cypress wood from the table used by Mary in Nazareth. The icon was brought from Jerusalem and installed in the monastery around 1384.
The rest of our sightseeing in this area is important for understanding the complex nature of the region's history. We visit the Oswiecim (Auschwitz) and Brizinka (Birkenau) Nazi concentration camps preserved as memorials to the 1.5 million people of 28 nationalities who perished here, the overwhelming majority of whom were Jewish. We continue to Krakow.
Overnight in Krakow.
Day 4 Krakow: Walking Tour
Krakow is very compact, and the whole central region with its cobblestone streets is full of well-preserved architecture, Gothic churches and splendid museums. On our sightseeing tour (largely on foot at a leisurely pace) we visit Wawall Hill with the Royal Castle, Market Square, and the 16th century Renaissance Cloth Hall. We continue onward to Jagiellonian University and St Mary's Church with the Wit Stwosz altar. This was designed in 1489 by Wit Stwosz of Nuremburg and is the finest sculptural work in Poland.
We then stroll down the hill from the castle complex and enter the Old Town, one of the most famous old districts in Poland and the center of Poland's political life from 1038 until King Sigismund III Vasa relocated his court to Warsaw in 1596. The entire medieval old town is among the first sites chosen for the UNESCO's World Heritage List. The district features the centrally located Rynek Glowny, or Main Square, the largest medieval town square of any European city. There is a number of historic landmarks in its vicinity, such as St. Mary's Basilica (Kosciol Mariacki), Church of St. Wojciech (St. Adalbert's), Church of St. Barbara, as well as other national treasures.
Your afternoon is free to further explore this beautiful city. There are many cafes and pubs, which are located in medieval basements and cellars with vaulted ceilings. Obwarzanki (English: bagels) are undoubtedly a symbol of Krakow. On the Square there is a bagel seller every few steps.
Day 5 Krakow: Wieliczka Salt Mines
Today we travel to the Wieliczka Salt Mines. On our 5km (3 mile) journey below the earth's surface we will see the saltformed caves and grottoes, a subterranean lake and a chapel with statues carved from salt. The mines' 11 levels of galleries stretch 300km (186 miles), and some 20,000,000 tonnes (22,000,000 tons) of rock salt were extracted over 700 years. According to local legend, the deposits were discovered in the 13th century by a Hungarian princess named Kinga, whose lost ring was found in a block of salt extracted here.
We also visit the museum associated with Oskar Schindler's factory made famous in Steven Spielberg's epic 'Schindler's List', before returning to Krakow with the balance of the day at leisure.
Day 6 Krakow - the High Tatras of Slovakia - Eger, Hungary
A full day of travel today takes us from Krakow to Eger in Hungary. We first pass though the very south of Poland. Nearby is Zakopane, nestled at the base of the Tatra Mountains. Steep peaks towering 1800 m (6,000 feet), roaring waterfalls, beautiful lakes, and a wide array of wildlife are features of this resort destination.
From here we will travel through the scenic Tatras Mountains, located in both Slovakia and Poland, en route to Hungary. We will have lunch in Slovakia, and then continue through the picturesque landscapes as green hills and tranquil river valleys gradually give way to the sweeping plains of Hungary. Our destination for the day is Eger, situated in the Eger Valley between the Bukk and Matra Hills. Eger is famous for the strong red Bull's Blood (Egri Bikaver) wine that gave them courage, for its medieval library, and for the northernmost minaret in Europe. There are still many accessible sites and much charm to the narrow streets, arcaded buildings, wrought-iron gates, and Baroque towers and domes of the Old Town. This is the perfect walking city with something interesting at every turn. Situated in the valley between the lavender peaks of Hungary's highest mountains, the Matras, and the wooded Buk Hills, the natural backdrop for this city's historic monuments is superb.
Overnight in Eger. Hotel Korona or similar.
Day 7 Eger: Town Tour
Eger has been inhabited since the Stone Age. During the early Middle Ages the area was inhabited by German, Avar and Slavonic tribes. Taken over by the Hungarians in the 10th century, Eger reached an age of prosperity during the 14th-16th centuries. Winegrowing, for which the town is still famous, began to be important at that time. During the Turkish occupation of Central Hungary, Eger became an important border fortress, successfully defended by Hungarian forces in the 1552 Siege of Eger, in the face of overwhelming odds.
Our walking tour today will include a visit to the famous castle of Eger with its museum and underground casements. We will also see the Archbishop's Palace, Franciscan Church, and Turkish Minaret.
Overnight in Eger.
Day 8 Eger - Budapest
This morning we travel by road to Budapest. Along our way we will visit Holloko, one of Hungary's most beautiful towns. The small town of 650 people, with its two streets and nesting in a valley, is enchanting. What sets it apart is the Old Village where 50 houses have been listed and declared historic monuments. Holloko has been added to UNESCO's World Cultural Heritage list, with its preserved unique ethnographic and folk art values. The village is certainly picturesque with its cobbled streets and little white houses noted for the round tiles like giant coins that protect the interiors.
From here we will continue to Budapest via Szentendre on the 'Danube Bend'. This riverside town of colourful buildings and cobblestone streets has been populated for over a thousand years. Today we find an array of wine cellars, unique museums, art galleries and shops... all providing a wonderful atmosphere. Time permitting, we may begin our sightseeing program with some on-foot touring.
Overnight in Budapest.
Day 9 Budapest: City Tour
This morning we depart for a bus tour of Budapest.
We start our day at Heroes Square and nearby Vajdahunyad Castle, where we briefly learn a bit about the history of Hungary. Our tour will continue toward Margaret Bridge over which we cross to the Buda side. Our next stop is the Citadel, a great place for panoramic views of the whole city. After a quick picture stop we continue to castle hill where we spend the rest of the day. A visit of St Matthias Church and the Fisherman's Bastions is by many seen as a highlight of the day.
After a lunch break we continue on foot to the Royal Palace, where we visit the National Gallery, dedicated exclusively to Hungarian art.
At this point you are free to continue independent exploration or return on our bus back to the hotel. Your Tour Leader can help you to plan the rest of your day.
Day 10 Budapest: Walking Tour
This morning we embark on a leisurely WALKING tour of city's urban heart. This is an area is full of stately old buildings, grand avenues, and innumerable tiny streets. We will take local transport to the huge neo-Gothic Parliament (Orszaghaz), the most visible building of Budapest's left bank. Built by 1,000 workers between 1885 and 1902, this building has now become the symbol of the capital with its slender towers, spacious arcades, high windows and vast central dome. Nearby one can see the magnificent building housing the Museum of Ethnography. Walking southeast we come to the stately and sprawling Liberty Square (Szabadsag ter). In the square's center remains a gold hammer and sickle atop a white stone obelisk, one of the few monuments to the Russian 'liberation' of Budapest in 1945. Passing by Roosevelt Square we soon come to the famous Chain Bridge, the oldest and most beautiful of the seven road bridges that span the Danube in Budapest. Before it was built, the river could be crossed only by ferry or by a pontoon bridge that had to be moved when ice blocks began floating downstream in the winter.
We continue along the pedestrian 'Promenade' with great views of Gellert Hill and Castle Hill on the opposite bank. We will stroll past the Concert Hall (Vigado), which is a curious mix of Byzantine, Moorish, Romanesque and Hungarian motifs. From here we walk to one of the liveliest places in Budapest, Vorosmarty Ter, a large square that the north end of Budapest's best known shopping street--Vaci Utca. This is a fantastic pedestrian-only area of the city that has undergone a full transformation over the last 10 years.
Eventually we will arrive at the famous 19th century Central Market Hall. This cavernous three-story market teems with people browsing stalls packed with everything from salamis and red-paprika chains to folk embroideries and souvenirs. The balance of the day at leisure.
Day 11 Budapest - Bratislava
This morning we travel by road from Budapest to Bratislava.
In the afternoon we will arrive in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. Bratislava is situated on both banks of the Danube and a promontory of the Little Carpathians. During the second half of the 20th century, Bratislava finally became a Slovakian city where an ambitious rebuilding and restoration program has transformed the city.
Overnight in Bratislava.
Day 12 Bratislava: City Tour
The Romans were the first to have a watch post in Bratislava here above the Danube. In the eleventh century, a fortified castle was constructed on the site to protect the Hungarian kingdom. In the twelfth century Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa took control of the castle. In the fifteenth century, it achieved its real fame when King Sigismund ordered construction of a fortified Gothic castle here. When the Turks invaded Buda in 1541, this castle became the seat of the Hungarian government. In sixteenth-century Hapsburg days, it was rebuilt in Renaissance styles. In Napoleonic days, it is said that the Little Emperor watched the counterattack of the Russian and Polish armies after the Battle of Austerlitz from this site. But in Napoleonic times, a fire largely destroyed it. For 150 years it remained in a state of disrepair, until 1953, when the renovation that still continues got under way.
Our half-day morning city BUS / WALKING tour takes us to the main sights of Bratislava, including the historic Old Town, the Gothic Cathedral of St. Martin and the 14th century Tower of St. Michael in the ancient city walls. The afternoon is free.
Day 13 Bratislava, Slovak Republic - Vienna, Austria
Today we travel to Vienna, the Austrian capital.
Vienna is a true cosmopolitan center, where different tribes and nationalities have, for centuries, fused their cultural identities to produce the intriguing and often cynical Viennese. Around 1900, Vienna was a city of vibrant, stimulating, intellectual life, a dynamic capital of elites that did pioneering work in many fields. Otto Wagner remarked in 1905 that "in spite of unfavourable conditions, Vienna is marching at the head of cultural nations". In a similar vein, international critics noted that Vienna was virtually unsurpassed in the sheer wealth of modern architecture that it had to offer at the time.
Overnight in Vienna.
Day 14 Vienna: City Tour
Walking about downtown Vienna is an absolute pleasure. Our morning WALK takes us through some of the most well-trodden tourist routes in Vienna. We will take local transport to the Staatsoper, the premiere opera and classical music venue in Vienna, and possibly the world. From here we walk, heading north on Kartner Strasse, a pedestrian-only walkway of shops, trees, cafes and buildings of historical and cultural interest. Instantly recognizable along this walk is the Gothic, glorious Stephansdom (St Stephen's Cathedral). This is the geographical and emotional heart of the city. Our stroll down Graben St. takes us past Neo-Classical architectural masterpieces; then we turn onto Kohlmarket and head to Michaelerplatz and its array of architectural sites. As part of our tour, we'll also visit to Treasury of Hofburg.
Today our provided meal is lunch, to give everyone the opportunity to enjoy their evening at leisure, perhaps to attend one of the many beautiful concert venues, or even take in an opera.
Afternoon at leisure.
Included Meal(s): Breakfast and Lunch
Day 15 Vienna: Schonbrunn Palace
The grandiose city was the showpiece of the all-conquering Habsburg dynasty, which controlled much of Europe for over 600 years. Despite the ravages of time, its cultural gems endure: monumental edifices line the city centre, world-class museums burst with historical and artistic treasures, and internationally established orchestras perform in lavish concert halls.
Today we head out of the city centre to Schonbrunn Palace, where we walk through the manicured gardens and enjoy the view from the Gloriet overlook. This enormous Baroque palace was built to accommodate Empress Maria Theresia and her large family. Today the park and its enclosed historic Zoological garden are enjoyed by joggers, walkers, and families with children.
The balance of the day is free for you to explore this elegant Imperial capital. You may choose to stroll along the shopping district around Kaertner Street and the Graben and stop at the historic Demel Pastry Shop for a sweet break.
Day 16 Vienna, Austria - Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic
Today we travel from Vienna to Cesky Krumlov.
Medieval arcades and etched Renaissance facades in apricot, beige, and pea-green shades; rust-red, pink, and golden Baroque buildings surround the town's cobblestone square with a Plague Monument (Morovy sloup) in its centre. Here you can explore the square, the side streets, and the winding River Vltava that separates the Old Town from the towering castle. This is undoubtedly one of the most exquisite towns in the Czech Republic.
Overnight in Cesky Krumlov.
Day 17 Cesky Krumlov: Castle Tour
Cesky Krumlov is undoubtedly one of the most exquisite towns in the Czech Republic, and always a favorite among travellers. Today we will visit the mighty Renaissance castle of Cesky Krumlov, once the seat of the powerful Lords of the Rozmberks and the Schwarzenbergs. The castle houses a rich collection of period furniture, tapestries and historical weapons. The present castle complex is one of the largest in Central Europe and was recorded on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1992
The great castle complex dominates the town of Cesky Krumlov. Under the Castle Complex lies the old town with its winding alleys and venerable Gothic and Renaissance houses. The historical centre of the town is on the UNESCO Heritage list, and after our castle tour the rest of your day will be free to stroll in this historical city centre. Explore the backstreets, visit the small shops and cafes, and wander the pathways along the river.
Day 18 Cesky Krumlov - Prague
Today we travel to Prague, the magnificent capital of the Czech Republic. Prague lies on the seven hills flanking the banks of the Vltava River with the most outstanding views being from Prague Castle. Sometimes it is called Prague the Golden, sometimes Prague the City of 100 Spires. It is compared with Florence and Rome in its beauty. Thomas Mann said it was one of the world's most magical cities; Goethe called it the prettiest gem in the stone crown of the world. Virtually untouched by war, its architecture is Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Neoclassical, Empire and Art Nouveau.
Overnight in Prague.
Day 19 Prague: Old Jewish Quarter & Wenceslas Square
Our WALKING tour today takes us to the Old Jewish Quarter and the old Town Square with its famous town bell and astronomical clock.
The Old Jewish Cemetery is an incredible sight. The second oldest in Europe, it was established in the 15th century. Burials took place from 1439 to 1787. Today there are 12,000 tombstones jammed together, leaning one on another, every one at a different angle and size, the whole creating a graphic and surreal image. We also visit the museum/memorial and the Klaus Synagogue with a permanent exhibition called "Jewish Customs and Traditions" highlighting the significance of the synagogue and Jewish festivals.
We continue to the Old Town Square. The 15th century designer of the astronomical clock located here was master clockmaker Hanus of Ruze. According to legend, he was blinded by Prague's town councilors for fear that he would make another like it for another town; so magnificent and applauded was his creation. One day toward the end of his life, he asked a friend to lead him to his great creation. As the figure of Death tolled the hour, Hanus thrust his hand into the clock's apparatus; the clock stopped, and it was centuries before a craftsman could be found who was skilled enough to make it work. In World War II, the clock is said to have stopped again after the Nazi murder of hundreds of citizens of Prague.
We finish our walking tour at Wenceslas Square in time for lunch (your own account). The balance of the day is at leisure. Prague is famous for its concert halls: The Municipal House, Rudolfinium, Mozart Theatre, National Theatre, The State Theatre -- all of them close to the center of the city with performances almost every night. Your Tour Leader can help organize optional evening activities.
Day 20 Prague: Prague Castle & Old Town
Our morning sightseeing tour of Prague travels through the city centre to Prague Castle. We begin our WALKING tour near Pohorelec Square before the Cernin Palace. As we head towards the castle we will pass the following: Strahov Monastery, the Loreta, the Cappucin Monastery, and the Archbishop's Palace. Before entering the castle, we will pause by the wall for a city panorama and orientation before our 2-hour visit of the castle.
We enter into first courtyard with its famous fountain and walk over to the Chapel of the Holy Cross. We continue to the St. Vitus Cathedral and visit the choir and crypt before heading to the third courtyard. Here we enter the Old Palace from St. George Square and then continue toward the Golden Lane (Kafka's House) where we pause for a break and refreshment, and then carry on the Old Castle Steps with photo stops along the way.
We will stop at Nikolas Church before crossing the ancient Charles Bridge (Karluv Most), an artistic masterpiece famous for its vendors and artists. For over four hundred years, this work of art, built by King Charles IV in 1357, was the only link between the two halves of Prague. We admire the many sculptures as we walk across. We finish the formal part of our tour in the Old Town, an excellent spot for lunch. The afternoon is free to further explore this amazing city.
Day 21 Departure
Departure from Prague.
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Included Meal(s): Breakfast
Breakfast and dinner (hotels & local restaurants) daily. All accommodation, transport, sightseeing and entrance fees for sites noted as 'visited' in the detailed itinerary. Gratuities for local guides, drivers, restaurant staff, porters. Airport transfers for land & air customers arriving / departing on tour dates.
International airfare to/from the tour. Tour Leader gratuities, lunches, drinks, personal items (phone, laundry, etc), international air taxes (if applicable), excursions referenced as 'optional'. Airport transfers for Land Only customers. Our post-reservation trip notes offer further guidance on optional meal costs and shopping.
Seasonality and Weather
This trip is offered in spring and early fall when temperatures are mild and crowds are thinner. Showers can occur at any time.
Transport and Travel Conditions
Land transport throughout by private air-conditioned motor coach, 24-36 seats depending on ultimate group size (see 'group size'). Though we will have a couple of full bus days there are plenty of stops of interest. Though we do not rate this tour "strenuous", it is a busy program with numerous city / town walking tours featuring uneven surfaces, inclines and / or stairs. You must be able to spend several hours on your feet per day, walking at a leisurely pace. There may not be porters available in all locations. We also make use of public transit in some cities in order to maximize sightseeing where vehicles are impractical (most people quite enjoy this insight into daily life).
Am I suitable for this tour? Please refer to our self-assessment form.
Well-located, air- conditioned, mid-range hotels (3-star) throughout. Many are smaller properties (3-4 story) that may not have elevators. All hotels have en suite toilet and bath, though most have shower only. Porter service is sometimes available; you MUST be independent with your luggage. Single rooms are limited and likely smaller than twins.
Staff and Support
Tour Leader, driver, local step-on guides in various locales.
10-18 (plus Tour Leader)
Map & Hotels
Regions visited: Central And Eastern Europe and Western Europe
Countries visited: Poland; Hungary; Slovakia; Austria and Czech Republic
*The red tour trail on the map does not represent the actual travel path.
The following is a list of sample hotels at some locations included on this tour. The hotels shown here are meant to provide a general sense of the standard of hotel we usually aim for; they are not necessarily confirmed for your chosen departure.
Radisson SAS Warsaw
Location: Warsaw
Conveniently located in the heart of the business district and tourist quarter of Warsaw, Radisson SAS Centrum Hotel welcomes both business and leisure travellers. The hotel is close to the ... of Science and Culture and the Warsaw Central Station, and just a 20-minute drive from the airport.
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Hotel Ascot Premium
Location: Krakow
The modern hotel is located in the heart of Krakow. Standard room equipment includes: Cable TV and radio, free wireless internet, telephone, safe, bathroom with shower, hairdryer, air- conditioning.
Hotel Ibis Centrum Budapest
The Ibis Budapest Centrum hotel is located in the centre of the financial, cultural and commercial district of Budapest. Ideal for business or tourist stays, it is within easy access ... public transport. The hotel has 126 air-conditioned rooms. You will appreciate its garden with a terrace and its bar open 24/24 to serve light meals and snacks. Restaurants are immediately close by. Wifi Internet access for guests.
Hotel Ibis Bratislava
Location: Bratislava
The Ibis Bratislava hotel is ideally located in the city centre and easily accessible by public transport. For lovers of art and history, the centre of the old city and ... castle can be reached on foot in a few minutes. Built recently, the hotel has 120 queen beds, and a bar with snacks open 24/24.
Parkhotel Schoenbrunn
Location: Vienna
Schloss Schönbrunn palace is just around the corner from Parkhotel Schönbrunn, and the Vienna zoo is practically the hotel’s front yard. This deluxe hotel is a unique combination of Viennese ... influences from imperial times and modern comfort.
Guests of Emperor Franz Joseph used to reside and dine at Parkhotel Schönbrunn when they had to wait for an audience with the Emperor. After two years of renovation work, the hotel today offers a top-quality experience, beautifully “packaged” in a castle-like hotel.
Its excellent location next to Schloss Schönbrunn and vicinity to the underground station as well as its distinctive imperial atmosphere make this hotel unique in Vienna.
Hotel Zlaty Andel
Location: Cesky Krumlov
All rooms (28 luxury rooms, 8 suites) on an international standard are equipped with bathroom (bath/shower), WC, satellite TV, minibar, telephone. Services: Restaurant Petr Vok (with view of the castle), ... terrace, coffeehouse, music, dance and cocktail bar, exchange-office, antique shop and gallery.
Orea Hotel Pyramida
Location: Prague
Rooms: Hotel Pyramida offers 344 rooms, all of which are comfortably furnished and equipped with bathroom and toilet, direct phone line, SAT TV and safe. The rooms were refurbished and ... in the second half of the year 1999.
01. What is the maximum number of participants on a trip?
Most of our tours carry a maximum of 18 participants; some tours (ie hiking tours) top out at 16. In the event that we do not achieve our minimum complement by our 60-day deadline, we may offer group members the option of paying a "small-group surcharge" as an alternative to cancellation. If all group members agree, we will confirm the trip at existing numbers; this surcharge is refundable in the event that we ultimately achieve our regular minimum. If the small group surcharge is not accepted, we will offer a refund of your deposit or a different trip of your choice.
02. Can I extend my tour either at the beginning or end? What about stopovers?
Yes, you can extend your tour either at the beginning or the end and we can book accommodation in our tour hotel. Stopovers are often permitted, depending on air routing. Stopovers usually carry a "stopover" fee levied by the airline.
03. How do I make a reservation? How and when do I pay?
The easiest way to make a reservation is to contact us by telephone. You can also book online through our website. A non-refundable deposit is payable at the time of booking; if a reservation is made within 60 days, full payment is required. Some trips require a larger deposit. If international airline bookings require a non-refundable payment in order to secure space or the lowest available fare, we will require an increase in deposit equal to the cost of the ticket(s). Early enrolment is always encouraged as group size is limited and some trips require greater preparation time. Once we have received your deposit, we will confirm your space and send you a confirmation package containing your trip itinerary, any visa/travel permit related documents, invoice, clothing and equipment recommendations, general information on your destination(s), and forms for you to complete, sign and return to us. Your air e-tickets (if applicable), final hotel list, final trip itinerary, and instructions on how to join your tour, will be sent approximately 2-3 weeks prior to departure.
04. What about cancellations, refunds, and transfers?
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05. I am a single who prefers my own room. What is a single supplement?
All of our tours have a single supplement for those who want to be guaranteed their own room at each location. This supplement is a reflection of the fact that most hotels around the world do not discount the regular twin-share rate for a room by 50% for only one person occupying a room. Most hotels will give a break on the price, but usually in the range of 25-30% of the twin-share rate. This difference, multiplied by each night, amounts to the single supplement. The conventional amount can also vary from country to country and some destinations are more expensive than others for single occupancy. In order to be "single friendly," the supplements we apply are not a profit centre for us and we do our best to keep them as reasonable as possible. On most tours we limit the number of singles available, not to be punitive, but rather because many hotels allow for only a limited number of singles; some smaller hotels at remote locations also have a limited number of single rooms available. Please note that most single rooms around the world are smaller than twin-share rooms and will likely have only one bed.
06. Do you have a shared accommodation program?
Yes! If you are single traveller and are willing to share, we will do our best to pair you with a same-gender roommate. On most of our tours, if we fail to pair you, we will absorb the single supplement fee and you will default to a single room at no extra charge. At some destinations, however, where single rooms are not significantly discounted, or not at all, we may apply a "mandatory" single in the event that we cannot find you a share partner. This is usually 50% of the usual supplement, but can be as much as 100%. If applicable, this proviso will be noted on each tour page on this website, on your invoice, and in our tour date/price book (available for download under "Resources").
June S.
Winnipeg - CA
Robert (tour leader) was especially well suited for this tour. He was thorough and had a lot of inside information. He was always available to answer questions, gave great explanations about each country, and was very responsive to the group. He communicated clearly and was most considerate every day.
Douglas B.
Manhattan Beach - US
Robert. Calm, low key, but very sure footed, and his knowledge is extensive and certainly added to the experience. Provided very good orientations on getting around and made people comfortable.Enjoyed the tour,glad we did it
Judy H.
Vancouver - CA
This was a wonderful trip and we will travel again with AB due to this experience. Thank you very much. Robert (tour leader) was attentive, considerate, extremely knowledgeable and well engaged with participants; personable and pleasant at all times.The Local guides were knowledgeable and articulate, I particularly enjoyed the humour of guides in Vienna and Chesky Krumlov.
Dorothy G.
Coldstream, BC - CA
He [Ondrej Strejcek] had extensive knowledge of all the five countries that we visited and had complete answers to all of our questions.
Isabel R.
Toronto, ON - CA
The evening meals were first rate--because of the diligence of our tour leader, Ondrej. Ondrej had such a breadth of knowledge--about the history of the region, its politics, its culture and environment
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Competition for the development of an urban planning and architectural concept for the task "3 - go Maja woonerf/reconstruction of 3 Maja Street as part of the Municipal Revitalization Program of the City of Wloclawek including the reconstruction of the street".
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On May 18, 2021, the Municipality of the City of Wloclawek announced the results of the competition for the development of an urban-architectural concept for the task "3 - go Maja woonerf/reconstruction of 3 Maja Street as part of the Municipal Revitalization Program of the City of Wloclawek, which includes the reconstruction of the street" .
The competition task was to develop an urban-architectural concept in accordance with the principles of universal design, with particular emphasis on accessibility allowing people with disabilities to use all elements on an equal basis with others.
The jury composed of: Chairman - arch. Jerzy Grochulski, SARP; Krzysztof Kukucki, Deputy Mayor of Włocławek; Jolanta Stańczak-Bromirska, Director of the Department of Urban Planning and Architecture; arch. Jacek Wiśniewski, SARP; arch. Piotr Koziej, SARP; Tomasz Celmer, Director of the Investment Department; Małgorzata Kupska, City Visual Artist; Jarosław Kwiatkowski, Director of the Public Procurement Office; Paweł Żyżlewicz, Director of the Roads, Public Transport and Energy Department awarded three prizes and two honorable mentions. The best design, according to jury members, was prepared by architects from the SAWAWA studio .
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Watch him grow!
Children typically join Arise Africa’s student sponsorship program when they are as young as 4 years old and starting kindergarten. Since they’re so young, they don’t usually understand what sponsorship means or how it works. All they know is they are getting to go to school and being fed a hot meal.
We educate and disciple each child, care for their health, teach them everyday skills, and raise them up to succeed in life. It can be easy to get lost in the process and forget the unique opportunity this is for both our children and our sponsors. We are walking with these children and their families, devoted to showing them they are not alone or forgotten.
Gideon in 2013
Gideon Tuyu is an encouraging reminder to us of our commitment to these children in Zambia. Our team and his sponsors, Kate and Brendon, have known Gideon since 2011 when he was in the first grade! He’s now 16 and in the 10th grade. It is so humbling to get to be a part of his journey and get to continue to pour into him as he completes school and plans for his future. Gideon reflects on the past 9 years of sponsorship with Arise, “I joined Arise Africa when I was a little boy. At that time, I didn’t even understand what sponsorship was. All I knew was I was not paying for anything at school. I later started to understand that being on the Arise Africa sponsorship program was more than just getting free education and a hot meal every day at school. It is about getting drawn to Jesus, being mentored into becoming a better person in the community and also being a brother to my friends. Over the years, I have seen myself grow spiritually and academically because I have people that lead me well. Arise Africa has given me a hope and I look forward to the many good things God has in store for me through Arise Africa.”
It has been so fun to watch Gideon learn and mature. Our Child Sponsorship Director, Susan Sikazwe, shares how she has seen him grow, “I have seen him grow physically, academically, and spiritually. Gideon is so careful about the decisions he makes in life. He is not easily influenced. Because of the mentorship he has received from Arise Africa, we have seen Gideon become a reflection of what he has learned over the years. He has now been helping mentor the younger children in our program.”
Gideon being served lunch in 2011
Outside school 2019
Gideon (back center) in class
2011 – Beginning sponsorship with Arise Africa
2016 Swag Bags
Gideon 2015
At his home 2019
Gideon lost his father at a very young age and his mother struggled to raise him and his brother. He thankfully never lost his determination or developed a desire to give up on life. It has pushed him to be who he is today. He now lives with his mom, Margaret, in Matero. He loves helping around the house and enjoys doing house chores and learning to cook, but he hates doing the dishes and laundry! His brother recently got married and moved out of the house with his wife. He says it has not been an easy adjustment because he now feels like man of the house. Gideon started a bracelet making business to raise extra money. When he started, his customers were mainly his friends from school and the community. As he got better, he started making more bracelets and sold some to Arise Africa staff. He hopes to make more bracelets when schools close so he can sell them at the craft market at shopping malls.
Kate, Gideon’s sponsor, has been a part of his journey since the beginning. She is thankful for the impact he has bad on her and her family’s life. She shares, “We have grown to love Gideon dearly, and have prayed for him for so many years. I get teary looking back to the first letter he sent us, when he was just eight years old- so many prayers answered. Now sixteen, we could not be more proud of who he has become. He is a servant to his family, a good friend, and an outstanding student. He works hard at everything he does. We continue to pray for his future, and know he will do amazing things!”
Not only do our children mean so much to their sponsors, but each sponsor also means so much to our students. Our children look forward to receiving letters and photos, and even for sponsors to visit! Gideon shares what Kate and Brenden have meant to him, “I have known my sponsors for 9 years now. I love hearing from them. They send me letters telling me about their family, the plans they have and also the fun things they do. Hearing from them makes me feel loved and it shows me that someone on the other side of the globe cares and prays for me every day. It makes the whole sponsorship program a reality to me. I love my sponsors and I pray for them every day because they have contributed greatly to me being where I am today. I wouldn’t have been able to go to school had they not fallen in love with me and started sponsoring me.” Our sponsors play a huge role in supporting and encouraging our students to work hard, stay focused, and dream big. They not only get to watch them grow, but bring our students hope.
Gideon is smart and outgoing, and has always been an exceptional child in his academics. He is creative and loves to learn new things. When he finishes school, he dreams of becoming a pilot! We are so thankful for each person that has poured into Gideon the past 9 years and have been a part of his journey – from his family, to our staff and his sponsors, it takes a village! Kate said it best, “As a sponsor, you can change a life of a child. They will, without a doubt, change yours for the better.”
“Pray for my mother’s good health. Please pray for me to do better in school so I can take good care of my mother once I get a good job. Pray for my bracelet making business to grow. Pray for me to always make good decisions in life.”
Gideon Tuyu
Gideon with his mom, Margaret, and niece
Gideon and his mom, Margaret
Gideon with his friends Esther and Simon
Staff thanking Gideon for their new bracelets!
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Lockheed’s SMSS demonstrates autonomous operation through satellite control
Lockheed Martin's Squad Mission Support System (SMSS) has successfully demonstrated its ability to conduct unmanned autonomous operations while being controlled by a distantly located satellite during trials at Camp Grayling in Michigan, US.
Lockheed Martin’s Squad Mission Support System (SMSS) has successfully demonstrated its ability to conduct unmanned autonomous operations while being controlled by a distantly located satellite during trials at Camp Grayling in Michigan, US.
Multiple battlefield surveillance operations were carried out by the vehicle during testing, while being controlled beyond line-of-sight through satellite from the US Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) in Warren, Michigan, US.
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control combat manoeuvre systems director Joe Zinecker said the demonstrations enabled the army to better understand capabilities currently available with SMSS vehicles.
"We are showing our customers innovative ways to employ SMSS vehicles in missions, while demonstrating that we are ready to move from technology development to fielding these valuable and mature new capabilities," Zinecker said.
"The concept of an affordable common mobility platform coupled with specialised mission equipment packages is the right answer for UGVs to reduce development, production and sustainment costs, while providing maximum flexibility for commanders."
As well as navigating autonomously with minimal operator intervention after receiving a pre-planned route from the operator, the vehicle also demonstrated additional autonomous functions, including follow-me, go-to-point and retro-traverse capabilities during the testing.
The vehicle was integrated with General Dynamics-built satcom-on-the-move system, an adjustable-height mast with a Gyrocam 9M tactical surveillance sensor to acquire on-the-move, high-resolution electro-optical and thermal video.
Lockheed has fitted the vehicle with different mission equipment packages to demonstrate its logistics, counter-improvised explosive device (C-IED), mobility, dismounted-soldier support, and reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition capabilities to the army during 2012.
Four SMSS vehicles were also validated by soldiers to reduce the soldier’s logistics burden during combat operations in Afghanistan in 2012.
The SMSS is an 11ft-long autonomous unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) primarily designed to provide logistics support for light and early-entry forces in the battlefield.
Image: The squad mission support system is the largest autonomous UGV to be ever deployed with the US forces. Photo: file image.
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Mind, body, spirit – and pocketbook
Columns Columns | Aug 16, 2006
Roger Marolt
“Hey gramps, this historical tour of Aspen is kind of boring. How many more old, junky buildings do we have to look at?””Ah, now, be patient. This is important stuff. If you have no idea where you’ve been, you may end up there again. Besides, here we are at the last site: the historic Resnick Auditorium! Or, what’s left of it. It’s named after some famous, old, part-time Aspenites.””Were they miners?””No.””Were they ranchers?””Keep guessing.””They were skiers?””Nope. They belonged to an incredible era in Aspen that saw the greatest transformation of all time! It was the most prosperity we have ever known! It was the fabulous period of the second-home owners!””What?””Sure. That’s where the “Ideal Aspen Idea” came from; the notion that you could tear down an old, some said charming, town, and by throwing tons of money into it, turn it into the ideal place to live … part time.”Early second-home owners back in the late 1900s, almost by accident, discovered that by spending copious amounts of money, they could garner all kinds of special affection from the locals.”The idea evolved into a philosophy that it was OK to do whatever you wanted as long as you spent lots of money doing it, thereby keeping the locals happy. (A little secret: the locals have always dictated what this town is.) Under this standard, they tore down West End Victorians and replaced them with monstrous edifices. As soon as they were finished building them, they began remodeling them. Then they furnished them, over and over again. And after that, they went out for dinner and shopping. They spent all kinds of cash! It was obscene!”And, the real estate brokers, builders, shop owners, restaurateurs, lawyers, accountants, bag boys, doctors, and even the lowly ski instructors were incredibly happy accepting all this money. I suppose everyone, deep down inside, knew that the place was being ruined, but the second-home owners didn’t care because it seemed nice for the few weeks they were here, and the townspeople didn’t mind because they were getting rich. The Ideal Aspen Idea was brilliant!””But I don’t get it, gramps. How did the Resnicks get this building named after them?””You’re not paying attention, sonny. Look at this plaque commemorating the event. It’s a quote from Walter Isaacson, the man in charge of the Aspen Institute during the Ideal Aspen Idea era:’… The Resnicks have been most generous, decent, and open-minded about how their money would be used … and very graceful in the way they allowed us to evolve our plans … ‘ “This is important, did you catch it? It subtly expresses the very essence of the Ideal Aspen Idea. You see, even though the Resnicks gave $4 million to the Aspen Institute, Isaacson was smart enough to still refer to it as “their money”. Further, he insinuated that the donors controlled the Institute as they ‘allowed’ the plans for redevelopment to occur. Beautiful, just beautiful!””I still don’t get it, gramps, what did the Resnicks do to earn this honor?””Oh my gosh, your smarts come from your mother’s side. It’s this simple, kiddo: all they had to do was make a sizable donation of cash! As soon as the check cleared, they had a historical landmark named after them!”This was a huge shift in paradigm for Aspen. You no longer had to do anything but spend money to be recognized as ‘contributing greatly’ to our high-altitude, self-important society. It fit perfectly with what was going on in town back then.””What finally happened to end that era, gramps?””Well, we all should have seen it coming at that time when money was of little consequence, but nobody did. Shortly after Resnick Auditorium was renamed, people came out of the woodwork donating money to get this, that, and everything else in town named after them. Then, richer people upped the ante and it was all re-named again. Names of everything changed so quickly that folks couldn’t identify anything from memory. Nobody knew what street they were standing on! Alzheimer’s disease was a problem with Aspen’s aging population and it all kind of freaked people out so they just stopped coming.””Hey, that’s pretty interesting after all, gramps. Whatever happened to the Aspen Institute?””Well, they lost a lot of credibility. People began to see them as irrelevant, commercialized. It became a coffee shop where people sat around dissecting current events with the dull cutting edge of popular philosophy. They renamed it Hill of Beans.””Huh?””Oh, never mind!”Roger Marolt believes that institutions standing on merit don’t have to stoop for funding by re-naming existing buildings. For $4 million you can rename him at roger@maroltllp.com
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1991 Census of Population and Housing: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Profile: State/Territory, TAS
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Profiles (ACPs) are tabulations giving key census characteristics of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons, families and dwellings, covering most topics on the 1991 Census of Population and Housing form. This profile is presented at the State/Territory level.
The ACP consists of 29 tables which crosstabulate characteristics including gender, age, place of birth, religion, marital status, education, income, occupation and employment status.
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics. 1991 Census of Population and Housing: Basic Community Profile: Collection District: ACT. [codebook] Canberra: Australian Data Archives, the Australian National University, 2005.
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All people in Australia on Census night, 6 August 1991
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Use of the material is solely at the user's risk. The depositor, The Australian National University and the Australian Data Archive shall not be held responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the material supplied.
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Home»Reviews»Eilen Jewell’s ‘Down Hearted Blues’ Is Understated Elegance
Eilen Jewell’s ‘Down Hearted Blues’ Is Understated Elegance
By Barry Kerzner October 18, 2017 Updated: April 9, 2020 No Comments3 Mins Read
There is a thin line between honoring a style or movement of music, and simply imitating or reproducing it. If you are going to be bold and put an entirely new spin on a classic, something that is an utter departure, it has to be authentic, convincing, and absolute. If you desire to stay as close to the original while performing in your own artistic voice, it has to be close enough to the original to be recognized and different enough to be appreciated as unique. Quite the conundrum indeed, akin to walking a tightrope.
Celebrated Americana and “folk” artist Eilen Jewell has chosen to walk that tightrope on her newest work, Down Hearted Blues, out on the Signature Sounds label. The album is filled to the brim with 12 enthusiastic performances, rewarding listeners with just about 38 minutes of retro rockabilly, country swing, and Texas dance hall versions of some fascinating musical selections.
Besides Jewell on vocals and guitar, her band consists of virtuoso Jerry Miller on lead guitars, husband Jason Beek’s on drums, and Shawn Supra’s on bass. Additionally, Steve Fulton joins in on piano and Pat Storey colors with the banjo. Together, these musicians are positively scintillating in their artfully understated playing, which is subtle, compelling, and offers a surprising amount of depth.
Jewell says of this album, “We really love to uncover the past. It’s almost like digging for buried treasure. For me, that’s where music is at. I like all kinds of music as long as there’s the word ‘early’ in front of it.” Some of the song choices here might surprise folks; then again, maybe not.
Taken as a whole, Down Hearted Blues is handy in that it is equally at home on a rainy afternoon, or at a friendly house party.
The shimmy and shake of Charles Sheffield’s “It’s Your Voodoo Working” grab us straight away, and we like it. We like it a lot! That’s followed by a stunning interpretation of Lonnie Johnson’s “Another Night To Cry” that’s just sexy as hell, and here Jewell’s vocal brought back memories of a young Sue Foley. Then there’s the jump blues dust-up of Willie Dixon’s “You’ll Be Mine.” The title track, written by Alberta Hunter and Lovie Auston, was recorded by Hunter in 1922 and Bessie Smith sold 2 million copies of her 1923 recording. Jewell’s performance evokes the beautiful vocals of Cass Elliot.
Other standout performances here include the quintessential drama of Albert Washington and His Kings’ “You Gonna Miss Me.” Here, it snatches you up and instantly, you are lost in its sway as Miller drives you on with his guitar, and Curtis Stigers serenades you with his sax. We are in love with the swinging dance hall boppin’ madness of Willie Dixon’s “Crazy Mixed Up World,” recorded by Little Walter back in the day. “You Know My Love,” also a Dixon composition recorded by none other than Otis Rush, is absurdly electrifying, and unrelentingly spine-tingling. The album closes with Moonshine Kate’s “The Poor Girl’s Story,” performed here in a delectable Grand Ole Opry vein that hits home.
Down Hearted Blues belongs on everyone’s shelf. It successfully blends elements of rockabilly, country, Americana, and folk serving up 12 superbly crafted, immensely enjoyable blues selections. Everyone will find themselves playing this album again and again.
Down Hearted Blues By Eilen Jewell
Label: Signature Sounds
Run Time: 38:00
Feel free to let us know what you thought in the comments section below.
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Russia: Ukrainians tortured to confess to Chechnya killings lose appeal against ‘grossly unfair’ jail sentences
Two Ukrainian men jailed in Russia after being tortured into confessing to a series of murders are the victims of a travesty of justice, Amnesty International said after they lost their appeals against lengthy prison sentences today.
Stanislaw Klykh and Mykola Karpyuk were convicted of killing Russian soldiers in Chechnya in the 1990s, despite both providing credible evidence that they were not in the unstable region at the time. Moscow’s Supreme Court today upheld sentences of 22 years in jail for Karpyuk and 20 for Klykh.
“Russia’s case against these men defies reason. The numerous fair trial violations and the unconvincing prosecution evidence all point to a fabricated case. They were denied access to their lawyers of choice and allege that their confessions were forced from them as a result of torture,” said John Dalhuisen, Amnesty International’s Europe and Central Asia Regional Office Director.
“Rather than taking the opportunity to correct this blatant travesty of justice, Moscow’s Supreme Court has again overlooked the evidence and upheld the prosecution case in this propaganda-driven show trial.”
Klykh and Karpyuk, who belong to a Ukrainian right-wing nationalist group, were unable to use their chosen lawyers for several months after their arrest in 2014, during which time they allege they were tortured into confessing.
Stanislav Klykh said he was forced to drink vodka until he lost consciousness, given mind-altering psychotropic drugs, hung from bars in his cell, subjected to electric shocks and kept in solitary confinement for more than a year. None of these torture allegations have been investigated.
“To ignore Stanislav Klykh’s medical condition, despite the evidence demonstrating his vulnerability, is cruel and inhuman.
John Dalhuisen, Amnesty International
Klykh’s state-appointed lawyer was not even present when he was interrogated and later revealed that she had been on maternity leave.
“The Russian authorities must investigate the serious allegations of torture at the hands of its law enforcement personnel, as well as the denial of access to a lawyer,” said John Dalhuisen after Amnesty International attended today’s appeal hearing in Moscow.
The torture has affected the mental health of Stanislav Klykh, who appeared severely disturbed throughout the trial, which began in October 2015.
He undressed himself in the court room, shouted abuse and hung himself upside down inside the defendant’s cage.
In November 2015, Klykh cut himself with a blade to protest against the authorities’ refusal to carry out a medical examination. In October 2016, he claimed not to remember his date of birth during a court hearing and asked to be defended by Stanislav Mikhailov – a Russian pop star.
All requests for Stanislav Klykh to be offered an independent psychiatric examination have been refused and he has instead been declared fit to stand trial.
Up to the time of his alleged torture he had no previous history of mental illness.
“To ignore Stanislav Klykh’s medical condition, despite the evidence demonstrating his vulnerability, is cruel and inhuman. He must be assessed by an independent medical professional as soon as possible,” said John Dalhuisen
Mykola Karpyuk and Stanislav Klykh were arrested, while visiting Russia, in March 2014 and August 2014 respectively.
They had both been members of the Ukrainian right-wing group, the Ukrainian National Assembly – Ukrainian Peoples’ Self Defence (UNA UNSO), which is banned in Russia.
They were convicted by Chechnya’s Supreme Court in May 2016 of being members of a group of fighters that killed 30 Russian soldiers during the conflict in Chechnya from 1994–96.
Both men have denied all the charges, stating that they were in Ukraine at the time of the alleged crimes.
Karpyuk was caring for his dying mother who lived in a village near Rivne, Ukraine, while Klykh was a student taking exams.
The conviction was based on the two men’s confessions, allegedly extracted under torture, and the testimony of one other witness, Aleksandr Malofeev, a member of UNA UNSO who is also in jail for the killings of Russian servicemen.
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This edition of audit insights outlines key messages from Auditor-General reports which have examined the rapid implementation of government initiatives. The focus is on key lessons learned from audits of past activities, which are likely to have wider applicability to the Australian Public Service as it supports the national COVID-19 pandemic response. Topics covered include risk management, governance, resource mobilisation, accountability and program oversight in the context of rapid implementation.
This edition of audit insights outlines key messages from Auditor-General reports which have examined the rapid implementation of Australian Government initiatives, including in response to the Global Financial Crisis (GFC).
Audit reports have reinforced the importance of effective implementation to achieving government policy goals, and identified key lessons learned which are likely to have wider applicability to the Australian Public Service as it supports the national COVID-19 pandemic response. Key learnings, which focus on the fundamentals of sound government administration, include:
identify challenges and risks to rapid implementation
engage with stakeholders
establish fit for purpose governance and planning arrangements
identify and mobilise necessary skills, resources and systems to support rapid implementation
document and apply approved assessment processes and requirements
maintain focus on objectives
maintain appropriate records
maintain active budget oversight and financial management
adopt an active management posture
1. Identify challenges and risks to rapid implementation
Successful implementation relies on the identification and management of risk. Rapid implementation may require a different risk appetite and treatments to those adopted in more normal times. Establish the risk appetite and treatments early, manage against these, and keep decision makers abreast of significant emerging risks and issues. A staged approach to planning and implementation may be necessary in a fast moving environment, and the analysis of risk should continue throughout the delivery process.
Strength in policy development needs to be matched by strength in program delivery to achieve desired outcomes. In situations where timing imperatives have curtailed the consideration of implementation issues, the risks to successful implementation can increase markedly. If an initiative is urgent, planning and implementation may need to occur quickly or in stages, prioritising critical foundations and building on them later. One of the most pressing priorities is to reduce risk by seeking expert implementation advice and experience as soon as possible in the delivery phase and adjusting policy and/or delivery settings as necessary.
Establish the risk appetite and identify risk treatments as early as possible. The risk appetite adopted in an uncertain environment may differ from that applying in more normal times. It is imperative that risk assessments are sufficiently hard nosed and candid, and do not present government and other entities with an over optimistic view of what may happen. This is particularly important where rapid policy development and implementation has been necessary. There should be a common understanding of the risk appetite for the initiative between the policy and implementing entities, and the government.
Ensure that fraud, risk and compliance arrangements are operational from the commencement of a program, and reflect program risks and requirements, including specific program risks associated with the operating environment and program participants. Risk treatments should reflect the agreed risk appetite and controls should be adjusted appropriately.
In an uncertain environment, the assessment of a program’s risk profile may change during implementation and the further development of a policy. Officials should keep senior management and ministers informed of significant changes in risk, and any revised mitigation strategies.
2. Engage with stakeholders
Effective stakeholder engagement can identify risks and opportunities for program development and delivery. Where rapid implementation is necessary, active listening can assist entities identify potential regulatory, compliance and safety risks.
A variety of communication and information strategies is available to inform stakeholders and the community of government policy settings and delivery arrangements. Give careful regard to the appropriate mix and cost effectiveness of selected strategies, such as government advertising campaigns, and the application of relevant guidelines.
Where time is limited, there may be scope to learn from other entities or jurisdictions, including internationally.
Where the responsible entity does not have an in‐depth knowledge of an industry or business environment that may be impacted by a proposed initiative, consulting with program stakeholders and industry specialists assists in gaining an understanding of the full range of risks and opportunities to be taken into account in design and implementation. Active listening and thoughtful consideration of expert views helps to develop realistic assumptions regarding implementation and determine necessary contingency measures.
In particular, consider the impact that program implementation may have on an existing industry, and industry participants’ and consumers’ behaviour. This information is important as it can affect the development of a program’s safety, regulatory, compliance and pricing frameworks. Where regulators have a role, the key implementation entity should consult with them to analyse the operation of the regulatory environment and its implications for policy implementation, including the incentive structure. Key risks, including those relating to safety and compliance, should be drawn to the attention of government as early as possible. ANAO audits and external reviews, including in relation to the Home Insulation Program, have highlighted the importance of consultation to help avoid or mitigate safety, quality and compliance issues.
In a rapidly changing environment, there is an obligation on administering entities to clearly explain the elements of new initiatives and programs to stakeholders, including potential applicants. Government advertising is considered an important and legitimate element of government communication and information strategies, providing a mechanism to connect directly with the community. If government advertising is proposed, the responsible accountable authority must consider whether the relevant guidelines have been considered and applied.
3. Establish fit for purpose governance and planning arrangements
In a rapidly evolving environment, establish governance and planning arrangements that are fit for purpose and which support the entity in fulfilling its responsibilities—including the proper use of public resources. The accountable authority has a critical role in determining what is fit for purpose in the specific circumstances facing the entity and ensuring that entity governance assesses impacts on business as usual activities.
Tailor governance and planning arrangements to the requirements of a program, with clearly defined roles and responsibilities, including decision making responsibilities. Effective governance arrangements will incorporate a clear reporting framework that provides for accurate, reliable and relevant information to key stakeholders to assist decision making on strategic priorities and the timely management of risks and issues. Entity governance should maintain focus on business as usual activities as well as new or expanded initiatives, and be alive to the proper use of resources.
A networked governance model can help avoid vertical, single agency approaches to service delivery which are a characteristic of traditional public sector programs. Developing networked governance arrangements allows coordination and collaboration to occur at the service delivery level while maintaining the advantages afforded by vertical departmental structures. Further, this approach reflects contemporary views relating to the benefits of citizen centred public service delivery by establishing closer links between the recipients of government services and the entity staff responsible for delivering those services.
Keep in view the balance between control and devolution where program success relies on delivery by entities in other jurisdictions. An approach focused on mutually agreed outputs and outcomes, rather than unduly prescriptive rules, can still meet the policy objectives of a program or initiative. In particular, flexibility can be important in meeting compressed timeframes.
Effective delivery requires the identification of a senior responsible officer who is accountable for the success of an implementation. The senior responsible officer ensures that all relevant capabilities are applied appropriately, considers interdependencies and the need for sequencing effort, and is the person to whom the relevant minister and the entity’s senior leaders turn for progress reports and information about delivery and emerging risks and issues.
For urgent initiatives, planning may need to occur quickly or in stages, prioritising critical foundations and building on them later. A taskforce approach can be an effective means to develop governance and delivery arrangements in compressed timeframes.
4. Identify and mobilise necessary skills, resources and systems to support rapid implementation
Rapid implementation will generally require entities to draw on the full range of human, physical and ICT resources available to them, and may involve entities looking externally for relevant resources. Misalignment between resources and needs at the roll out stage creates a significant risk to the delivery of expected outcomes in the required time period. Potential constraints, such as the capability of ICT systems and staff expertise, should be identified and dealt with at the earliest possible opportunity.
Identify the required mix of essential skills, experience and capability to assist with the efficient and effective design, implementation and administration of programs and initiatives, in accordance with broader government policy and any underlying legislative and regulatory frameworks.
In situations where timeframe imperatives have curtailed the consideration of implementation issues during policy development, the risk to successful implementation ‘down the track’ increases. One of the most pressing priorities for the senior responsible officer is to promptly reduce this risk by seeking expert implementation advice and experience as soon as possible in the delivery phase.
A strategic, entity (or government) level approach to managing resources may be required for the rapid implementation or expansion of significant programs. This can be a challenge, particularly for demand driven programs where entity resources may need to be adjusted or supplemented according to demand levels. Under resourcing the implementation phase of a policy may place at risk the anticipated policy outcomes.
ICT capability is a critical success factor in the implementation of programs. There is a need to quickly identify and address necessary ICT system enhancements and/or development required to support rapid program delivery.
The effective mobilisation of resources helps maintain momentum. For example, following the approval of initiatives, work expeditiously to develop and enter into relevant agreements and make any initial upfront payments in a timely fashion. These steps are necessary to allow initiatives to commence and thus generate the desired outcomes of government policy.
5. Document and apply approved assessment processes and requirements
Documenting and applying approved assessment processes and requirements, including where elements of discretion may be exercised, helps retain public confidence in program administration and the proper use of public resources.
Establish robust probity and sound decision making processes as soon as possible, ensuring they comply with relevant guidelines, procedural fairness and other administrative law requirements. ANAO audits have found instances where funding for initiatives has been approved where mandatory criteria have not been met and where program guidelines do not provide scope to waive mandatory criteria.
Where discretion in program administration or decision making is likely to be necessary, clearly document the circumstances in which discretion may be used, and record its exercise. In a rapidly evolving environment, it is also important to check that relevant legal authorities, such as delegations, are in place and remain up to date. Delegations may require review where there are changes to programs, activities or staff.
Document all elements of an assessment and decision making process and conduct application and assessment processes in a manner that accords with policy, legislative and regulatory requirements. Lack of documentation can raise questions about whether equitable access has been provided to a program. This is particularly the case when programs need to be implemented in a short time period to meet government policy objectives whilst still treating applicants equitably and retaining public confidence in program administration.
Changed program directions may require the development of amended or alternative eligibility and compliance checking processes, which should be documented and effectively communicated to stakeholders.
6. Maintain focus on objectives
Maintain a clear focus on government objectives, including program delivery and the proper use of public resources. Where rapid implementation is a priority, adopt fit for purpose monitoring, review and evaluation processes, to provide a basis for the active management of delivery. Focus on the timely adjustment of delivery arrangements to facilitate successful implementation. If major issues emerge, which cannot be addressed by adjusting delivery or administrative arrangements, there may be a need to revisit the baseline policy settings.
Establish early what success looks like. Tight timeframes place importance on review and monitoring activities to ensure that practical problems do not reduce the anticipated outcomes. Performance indicators provide an agreed basis on which to report program performance and the extent to which a program’s objectives have been achieved. They also assist in the identification and management of project delivery risks and issues.
Where possible, establish a strong data analytics capability and management reporting processes to identify emerging threats and promote understanding and visibility of the outcomes of an initiative. In demand driven programs, monitoring both uptake and cost can provide early warning of potential threats to the effective and efficient implementation of programs.
Procurement and contract management are core business for entities and deficiencies in capability, process and advice can result in higher than necessary expense for taxpayers and significant reputational risks for entities and the government. Achieving value for money remains the core rule of the Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs) and entities can demonstrate it has been achieved by applying and documenting sound decision making processes. For example, document why a procurement is conducted on a limited tender basis, such as in circumstances of extreme urgency brought about by unforeseen events, and also document how assurance of value for money was achieved.
Contracting frameworks should quickly establish clear expectations of the level and quality of goods or services to be delivered, as an entity’s ability to monitor contractor performance can be compromised by a lack of clarity in standards and performance measures. A risk based performance framework for contracts helps assess provider performance, while an appropriate framework of controls for payments under contracts, including the authorisation of actual payments by a delegate, provides assurance over payments under a contract.
7. Maintain appropriate records
One challenge for entities engaged in rapid implementation is to balance the major focus on results with appropriate accountability for those results. Where rapid implementation is required, consider what the appropriate minimum standard of record keeping is, consistent with maintaining accountability, transparency and a sound governance and control environment.
Effective records management and accountability arrangements are integral to robust and successful corporate governance and public administration. Where rapid implementation is required, create and maintain a minimum standard of documentation relating to administrative processes and decisions in order to support corporate governance, program controls, accountability and transparency.
Reflecting the time‐constrained nature of some past program initiatives, entities have relied upon face‐to‐face meetings, regular teleconferences, phone, email and other electronic means to respond to queries and disseminate decisions quickly. With minimal additional effort, entities can document decisions made through these channels.
Maintaining appropriate records of decisions and actions taken in the course of program administration and contract management ensures that the responsible entity is well placed to assess whether it is fully meeting government objectives and discharging accountability and transparency obligations, including external reporting.
8. Maintain active budget oversight and financial management
Effective financial management includes monitoring and reporting actual expenditure amounts against budgets to support the capacity to optimise implementation resources. It also involves adherence to relevant Australian Government policy and legislative requirements, including the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014.
Ensure there is an accurate costing of a program or initiative and monitoring of its budget. Establishing a forecast expenditure profile contributes to budget management. For demand driven programs, the expenditure profile may require adjustment in light of experience in the delivery phase.
Key financial governance arrangements for funding grant recipients include clear deadlines for the expenditure of funding, tracking expenditure by obtaining a forecast spending profile for each initiative, requiring regular progress reports on actual expenditure (together with an updated forecast), as well as a final acquittal report at the completion of a project.
Key financial governance arrangements for intergovernmental initiatives include establishing effective arrangements to make timely and accurate payments to, and correctly record payments from, each jurisdiction. Establish assurance arrangements that all requirements for payment specified in agreements have been met before payments are made, and that amounts reported to the responsible entity used to inform program monitoring are accurate and complete.
When funding third parties to deliver initiatives intended to achieve economic stimulus, require them to include a profile of planned expenditure, and revised expenditure profiles in progress reports, to facilitate informed monitoring of the timeliness of performance. The funding entity should regularly evaluate the need for, and the optimal timeframe of, additional funding having regard to any delays with the commencement and completion of initiatives already funded.
Appropriate compliance and audit processes, and advice from governance, audit and risk committees, can provide an entity’s accountable authority and executive board with assurance against the approved risk appetite.
9. Adopt an active management posture
An active and committed executive provides the foundations for the successful implementation of new or expanded initiatives and the ongoing delivery of business as usual activities. Senior leaders can also help establish a productive relationship with ministers which features open and regular communication, the provision of realistic and candid advice, and the ability to agree on adjustments to implementation arrangements if circumstances require. It is a management responsibility to promote a culture of providing timely advice on implementation pressures, as well as successes.
Rapid delivery requires active engagement by executive management. Key program management plans, including in relation to risk management, procurement, ICT and communications, should be considered and endorsed by executive management. Senior management has a particular responsibility to ensure that it has adequate program visibility, through quality reporting that does not provide a false sense of assurance that a program is being managed within an agreed planning framework. Executive management should also maintain focus on the delivery of business as usual activities, as well as new or expanded initiatives.
To support informed decision making, senior management has a responsibility to ensure that ministers receive complete, accurate and timely advice on program design features and implementation progress, challenges and risks. Appropriately structured advice is particularly helpful where a minister needs to consider a significant number of complex proposals, where there is insufficient budget to fund all eligible activities, or where early (advance) payments are proposed which are inconsistent with approved spending profiles or agreed milestones. Effective program eligibility, assessment and compliance checking processes will alert entities to the need to brief ministers on emerging risks and issues.
Draw to the attention of ministers, as early as possible, key risks and shortcomings in policy design and implementation and the likelihood that initiatives may not fully achieve their intended objectives or outcomes. For example, where there are tensions between program objectives and there is a risk that one or more may not be achieved within expected timeframes, ministers should be advised as soon as possible of any significant risks and issues and provided with options to advance the program’s objectives. ANAO audits and external reviews, including in relation to the Home Insulation Program, have highlighted the consequences of not adequately managing tensions between rapid implementation objectives, program incentives, industry capacity and public safety.
Auditor-General reports which have examined the rapid implementation of Australian Government initiatives
Auditor-General reports that have identified key learnings relating to rapid program design and implementation practices and/or responses to the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) have included:
Auditor-General Report No. 1 2009–10, Representations to the Department of the Treasury in Relation to Motor Dealer Financing Assistance
Auditor-General Report No. 33 2009–10, Building the Education Revolution—Primary Schools for the 21st Century
Auditor-General Report No. 3 2010–11, The Establishment, Implementation and Administration of the Strategic Projects Component of the Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program
Auditor-General Report No. 9 2010–11, Green Loans Program
Auditor-General Report No. 12 2010–11, Home Insulation Program
Auditor-General Report No. 18 2010–11, Government Business Managers in Aboriginal Communities under the Northern Territory Emergency Response
Auditor-General Report No. 42 2010–11, The Establishment, Implementation and Administration of the Council Allocation Component of the Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program
Auditor-General Report No. 7 2011–12, Establishment, Implementation and Administration of the Infrastructure Employment Projects Stream of the Jobs Fund
Auditor-General Report No. 27 2011–12, Establishment, Implementation and Administration of the Bike Paths Component of the Local Jobs Stream of the Jobs Fund
Auditor-General Report No. 45 2011–12, Administration of the Health and Hospitals Fund
Auditor-General Report No. 22 2012–13, Administration of the Tasmanian Forests Intergovernmental Agreement Contractors Voluntary Exit Grants Program
Auditor-General Report No. 43 2012–13, Establishment, Implementation and Administration of the General Component of the Local Jobs Stream of the Jobs Fund
Auditor-General Report No. 8 2015–16, Administration of the National Rental Affordability Scheme
Auditor-General Report No. 28 2015–16, Administration of Concessional Loans Programs
Auditor-General Report No. 16 2016–17, Offshore Processing Centres in Nauru and Papua New Guinea: Procurement of Garrison Support and Welfare Services
Auditor-General Report No. 31 2016–17, Administration of the VET FEE-HELP Scheme
Auditor-General Report No. 32 2016–17, Offshore Processing Centres in Nauru and Papua New Guinea—Contract Management of Garrison Support and Welfare Services
Auditor-General Report No. 10 2017–18, Design and Monitoring of the National Innovation and Science Agenda
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Invisible marker lets Continental track rubber through supply chain
By Hazel Southwell2022-12-28T10:36:00+00:00
Continental and digital tracking specialists Security Matters have used a chemical barcode to mark natural rubber, which can be read at every stage of the supply chain and even post-production process. The barcode helps identify the exact rubber used in a specific tyre.
Marker substances allow natural rubber to be invisibly marked with information indicating where it came from
As legislation such as the Inflation Reduction Act and coming EU legislation puts pressure on OEMs to improve supply chain visibilty, tracking the sources of potentially unsustainable elements, such as natural rubber, becomes more important.
The automotive customer base is increasingly aware of the environmental impact of rubber sourcing. With lifecycle assessments of new cars’ manufacturing footprints, the tyres that they are shipped with are a crucial and visible part of how quickly vehicles can be made emission-neutral.
The process provided by Security Matters is effective because it adds a chemical marker through the product, which can then be read all the way along the supply of the material and even beyond, in the tyres that it is used to manufacture. The substance is added during the harvesting process of latex and is able to withstand both the production of raw, natural rubber and subsequently combining that with plastics to be made into tyres.
Tested with a bicyle tyre, it was possible to use a purpose-built software and reader to identify the rubber in the final product, from its origins. Continental reported that the appearance and performance of the tyre were completely unchanged, despite the chemical addition. The barcode is manufactured into the rubber from its point of origin and cannot be altered even as bricks of rubber are broken down into usable end product.
For Continental, a crucial element of tracing the supply chain is that any technology used to track the path of rubber has to be usable by smallholders who grow the crops. Security Matter’s chemical barcode was tested at a joint project run by Continental and the German development charity Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, working in the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan. Local smallholders who supply rubber to the project, which is dedicated to sustainable supply chain tracking, were taught how to use the marker substances in the samples that then proved traceable into finished tyres.
Claus Petschick, the head of sustainability at Continental said: “We see huge potential in marker technology. In the future, it will help us to ensure that the natural rubber we use in our tyres is grown and sourced entirely responsibly. Over the long term, we believe that marker technology could help to make the sometimes highly complex processes in our supply chains more transparent and verifiable. With Security Matters, we have an innovative partner for the development and trialing of marker technology by our side.”
Continental is commited to using only sustainably-sourced rubber by 2030, with emphasis on smallholder products rather than mass plantation rubber, which has been heavily criticised for its impact on biodiversity and role in deforestation.
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Leading logistics experts from BMW, Audi and VW Truck and Bus, including the latter company’s Fabio Garcia (left), used this year’s ALSC Mexico conference to talk about proactive management based on closer communication
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Roland Powered Mobeon Streaming at E3 Conference
By AVNetwork Staff
Mobeon is a digital media company that provides production services and consulting to a wide range of clients in entertainment, corporate, new media and content delivery industries. Mobeon has been in business for over four years with extensive knowledge in streaming and mobile production services.
Roland's VR-50HD
Mark Alamares, principal owner of Mobeon, reports his company has grown significantly in this explosive industry of content delivery over IP. This increased demand for web streaming services led Mobeon to look for a cost effective, multi-purpose live production and web streaming solution and the VR-50HD fits perfectly into their model.
The versatile Roland VR-50HD handles a variety of inputs and video formats. The built-in scaling and support for various frame rates makes it ideal for Mobeon’s wide range of clientele. “The VR-50HD is able to handle most any live production and web stream needs,” says Alamares.
The Roland VR-50HD’s compact all-in-one design provides portability and everything Mobeon needs in a single solution. With clients and events all over the U.S. the VR-50HD eliminates the need to ship a lot of extra gear. It has everything they needed with built-in preview monitor, video mixer, audio mixer and USB output for web streaming. Unlike other solutions they have used in the past, the VR-50HD is truly a portable studio in a very small footprint under 50 lbs.
To prepare for E3, Mobeon tested various gear and brought several different solutions for their client, 2K, to web stream and produce their live video game play. They tried several solutions and had many compatibility problems resulting in blank screens because the other switchers didn’t support the video format output coming from the game consoles. Alamares reports that the great thing about the VR-50HD’s for E3 is that they could input SDI, HDMI, RGB and composite video sources and have it all work seamlessly. The VR-50HD’s ability to accept multiple formats is a huge advantage over other solutions they tried.
Mobeon’s test results of the VR-50HD convinced them it was the best solution. Alamares says, “Without having to go through a conversion process we were able to connect SDI and HDMI directly and have no issues whatsoever previously experienced by other solutions. This was a saving grace for us because we wanted to prove to the client that we could take all of their various video sources and stream it out.”
The setup for E3 consisted of two VR-50HD’s at the 2K booth who were showcasing a new game called “Evolve”. They needed switching between different video sources, cameras and games consoles, plus audio coming from the live commentary. The VR-50HD’s handled both the audio, video and streaming at 1080p live from the show and it handled all of the productions for the various gaming tournaments and demonstrations.
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ISE 2023 Final Attendance Numbers Released
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'Out of the Hat" performance planned
KG Entertainment and the Paul Bunyan Playhouse will present Bemidji's first "Out of the Hat" performance for one night only, at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Chief Theatre, 314 Beltrami Ave. N.W. Put together six playwrights, six local direct...
KG Entertainment and the Paul Bunyan Playhouse will present Bemidji's first "Out of the Hat" performance for one night only, at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Chief Theatre, 314 Beltrami Ave. N.W. Put together six playwrights, six local directors, 21 local actors, give them a variety of topics and see what they come up with for two hours of family fun. From left, Joel Ward, Mike Bredon, Ray Booth, Cheryl Winnett and Greg Gasman pass the ideas hat. Pioneer Photo/Monte Draper
By Pioneer staff reports
KG Entertainment and the Paul Bunyan Playhouse will present Bemidji's first "Out of the Hat" performance for one night only, at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Chief Theatre, 314 Beltrami Ave. N.W. Put together six playwrights, six local directors, 21 local actors, give them a variety of topics and see what they come up with for two hours of adult humor. From left, Joel Ward, Mike Bredon, Roy C. Booth, Cheryl Winnett and Greg Gasman pass the ideas hat. Pioneer Photo/Monte Draper
'Wild Whimsy of the Northwoods' exhibit to open Feb. 10
Watermark Art Center will host local artist Diamond Knispel and her exhibit "Wild Whimsy of the Northwoods" from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 10, at Watermark, 505 Bemidji Ave. N.
Exhibit celebrating women in art now on display at Watermark Art Center
An exhibit celebrating female art collections and their contributions to the art world will be on display through May 19 in the Harlow | Kleven Gallery at Watermark Art Center.
Headwaters to hold 'Love, Peace, Instructor Showcase' Feb. 11
Headwaters Music and Arts will celebrate the talents of its instructors during the annual instructor showcase set for 6 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 11, at Headwaters, 519 Minnesota Ave. NW.
Free concert series to feature Davina and the Vagabonds on Feb. 10
This is the second season of monthly free "Live from the Historic Chief Theater" concerts.
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FOOTBALL: Bemidji State’s Brandon Alt takes 8th in Harlon Hill Trophy voting
The Harlon Hill Award recognizes the best player in the country and is Division II’s equivalent of the Heisman Trophy. And Brandon Alt was named a finalist for the second year in a row in 2022.
Bemidji State junior Brandon Alt makes a pass in the third quarter against Minnesota State on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, at Chet Anderson Stadium.
Madelyn Haasken / Bemidji Pioneer
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Brandon Alt landed eighth in Harlon Hill Trophy voting on Friday night, landing near the bottom of the field but still among the most elite players in college football.
The Harlon Hill award recognizes the best player in the country and is Division II’s equivalent of the Heisman Trophy. And Alt, the quarterback of the Bemidji State football team, was named a finalist for the second year in a row in 2022.
Alt accumulated 17 points to beat out Newberry running back Mario Anderson (13 points) in the nine-player pool.
Colorado School of Mines quarterback John Matocha won the award with 178 points. Ferris State defensive end Caleb Murphy placed second with 117 points, while 2021 Harlon Hill winner Tyson Bagent was third.
Alt finished the 2022 season with 3,864 passing yards, which was third in the country, and his 38 touchdown passes ranked fourth. He was the NSIC Offensive Player of the Year after leading the conference in both categories. He completed 59.9% of his passes but also threw a Division II-high 20 interceptions.
The Beavers finished the year with a 10-3 record -- which included a program-record 10-game win streak -- and reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Last season, Alt became the first Harlon Hill finalist in program history. He finished fifth in the 2021 voting.
Here's a breakdown of the votes: pic.twitter.com/e5H5rn3tU3
— Micah Friez (@micahfriez) December 17, 2022
2022 Harlon Hill Trophy Results
1-John Matocha, Colorado Mines QB -- 178 points
2-Caleb Murphy, Ferris State DE -- 117 points
3-Tyson Bagent, Shepherd QB -- 108 points
4-Jada Byers, Virgiania Union RB -- 48 points
5-TJ Cole, Ouachita Baptist RB -- 37 points
6-Jarod Bowie, Concord WR -- 30 points
7-TJ Davis, Nebraska-Kearney QB -- 22 points
8-Brandon Alt, Bemidji State QB -- 17 points
9-Mario Anderson, Newberry RB -- 13 points
Related Topics: BEMIDJI STATE BEAVERSCOLLEGE FOOTBALL
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TRACK AND FIELD: Beavers win nine events, Goodwin sets another mile record
BSU's Mary Goodwin bettered her own program record in the mile when she won the event with a time of 5 minutes, 10.1 seconds.
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Dr. Gurung embarks on alternative path to anti-cancer treatment
Dr. Shah Bahadur Gurung has been fighting terminal rectal cancer, the battle that he thinks can be won, if he takes to some alternative medicines. The oncologists he consulted for treatment have no success in giving him hope for winning the battle. However, a trained medical person himself, Dr. Shah found alternative medicines to have healing effect. He is appealing to all known and unknown for helping him not only fight the battle but also prove a research that some traditional medicines can help similar cases. On July 28 he flew to border town of Mexico, Tijuana, in a clinic named Hoxsey Biomedical Center to get his first dose of medicines. He is currently visiting Euromed Foundation in Phoenix, AZ for unknown length of treatment that might cost thousands of dollars out of his pocket . Yet he is determined to prove something better out of alternative form of medicines that are in place. It is learnt from his family source that he is determined to win this battle and has spent all the savings if he had.
Dr. Gurung at 25 during his medical school days.
Photo: His family
The alternative treatment he has opted for is seen beyond his capacity. Thus, Robin Gurung, one of his nephews from California decided to join the road to help Dr. Shah by initiating ‘GOFUNDME’ donation drive. Friends, family members and well-wishers are contributing to help him fulfill his dream.
Dr. Shah is known for helping thousands of sick people in the refugee camps and rural villages in Nepal. He helped hundreds of seniors by diagnosing various types of diseases they were suffering from. He is remembered for referring most of the cases for the treatments in better centers outside the refugee camps.
Dr. Shah talked to BNS over the phone and asked if this media can play positive role in his anti-cancer treatment deviating from the modern technology driven regimen prescribed by oncologists.
Below is his story by himself:
My name is Shah Bahadur Gurung, a husband and a father of 2 (16 year old daughter and 9 year old son). In September 2012, I was diagnosed with rectal cancer of stage 4, i.e terminal stage. My oncologist told me I have just 1- 2 years to live, but I am defying odds every day. I refuse to be just another statistics. I have always been a fighter and will continue the fight- not just for myself but, for others like me. I have been seeking alternative treatment which has been helping and I want to continue with my research and treatment with your help!
I am originally from Bhutan and currently living in Oakland, California. Born to a poor family in a remote village of Chirangdara in Bhutan my life has never been easy. My poor parents had difficulty in meeting the needs of their seven children. Despite the poverty and hardship of rural life and thanks to the free education system of Bhutan at the time, I obtained a Medical degree from Bangladesh. But the fate had different thing in store for us- the Southern Bhutanese. My family lived as refugees in Sanischare camp in East Nepal, where I belonged to for almost 2 decades.
With his two little children.
During this period I specialized as a General Practitioner from Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University,Nepal and worked in various rural hospitals as Surgeon, an Internist, an Obstetrician and Gynecologist, a Pediatrician, an Orthopedic surgeon and all possible roles that came by. I feel extremely privileged and satisfied when I recall those days in the refugee camps and the rural districts of Nepal where I helped hundreds of patients suffering from various ailments. Saving the lives of the rural women coming to me with obstetric complications such as prolonged bleeding and obstructed labor with impending or ruptured uterus earmarked as most satisfying moment for me.
My profession is also my passion to alleviate pain of others.
The year 2010 turned out to be a turning point for me and my family. We were accepted by the government of USA under refugee resettlement program. We were so thrilled to start our lives in the “Land of Opportunities” and with new hopes and dreams we landed in Oakland in April 2010. After settling down, I started my preparations to get certified as a Physician here in USA. It was towards the completion of my certification process when another misfortune struck me.
In September 2012, I was diagnosed with rectal cancer stage 4, i.e. terminal stage! A death sentence for me? I consulted my doctor and treatment started immediately that comprised of surgery, radiation and several rounds of chemotherapy. The treatment prognosis continued till March 2016 with mixed responses initially but later refusing to show any improvement. Towards the end of March this year my oncologist declared there was nothing more that could be done for the treatment. In fact I was referred for Home Hospice Care- allowing me just about six months! I was totally devastated and crestfallen. Even more worst moment of my life was to see tears rolling down the face of my wife to get this news.
The outpouring of support and encouragement from my family members, relatives, friends and well-wishers rekindled hope and urged me to start thinking more positively. When I look at my family, I know that deep inside their innocent hearts they all are praying for me and pleading me to breathe around them for longer.
Dr. Shah performing surgery in Nepal.
I revoked the Hospice care after one month and started treating myself with alternative methods. Though trained as Allopathic doctor, I resort to alternative methods of treatment for my illness. Now, I understand the treatment is helping me and feel much better than I did three months back. My research has led me to find numerous options and treatment centers both inside and outside of USA. I strongly believe that these centers will help me to fight against this terminal cancer. I need to continue my fight with every weapon available at the disposal. My kids need my support and guidance till they can be more independent and fend for themselves.
Surviving with terminal cancer, I want to prove that every individual is different and show others like me that there are proven alternative medicines. I have already defied my oncologist’s date of death by living two more years. I am determined to prove that it is not stage 4 of my illness but rather be my 4 stages of my healing. Stage 4 cancer may be a “Life sentence” but definitely not a “death sentence”!
Life has taught me that If something does not work, you need to start looking for alternatives and never give up. This does not mean that I lost faith and going against allopathy or modern medicine.
For this venture that I will be embarking very soon, I would like to appeal to all my friends, relatives and well wishers far and wide to extend all possible support that I can emerge with another theory of surviving cancer with alternative medicines in place.
“I have miles to go before I sleep! ”
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Ramesh Gautam, Shiva Lal Dahal and Khem Gautam Interpretation of poetry is generally based on qualitative analysis of semantics, figurative language and expression, and knowledge about the author and literary elements. Recent advancements in computer-based text processing allow us to analyse a large amount of text quantitatively. In this study, we analyse 135 poems published in the […]
शिक्षा विभागको विस्तार February 5, 2023
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The Golfer’s Address Position: Enabling or Disabling?
Wednesday, 15 May 2013 06:11
By Dr. Matthew M. Rosman, GSEE
Director of Biomechanics and Sports Science, The Golfing Machine, LLC
A recent study published in The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences (January 28, 2013- First Published Online**), provides some very important findings that we can utilize quite proficiently in our work with golfers in designing the most effective, as well as personalized, biomechanical alignment relationships, for the TGM 8-3 Adjusted Address Position (referred to in the BIA™ System as GBP™/Golf Baseline Position).
The results of the study (Spinal Posture in the Sagittal Plane Is Associated With Future Dependence in Activities of Daily Living: A Community-Based Cohort Study of Older Adults in Japan**) was reported in a press release by The Gerontological Society of America* on April 8, 2013. In the announcement entitled: Posture Provides Clue for Future Disability, the results of the study were reported:
“A team of researchers based in Japan discovered that the trunk angle of inclination—the angle between the true vertical and a straight line from the first thoracic vertebra to the first sacral vertebra—is associated with becoming dependent on help for activities of daily living (ADL).”*
In essence, the angle of the spinal column in the Sagittal plane, when viewing it from a lateral point of view, was strongly correlated with the level of independence or dependence for assisted living support and disability as individuals age:
“Of the four spinal measurements taken by the device, only trunk angle of inclination was associated with future dependence in ADL—defined by the researchers as either admission to a nursing home or need of home assistance after a 4.5 year follow up period.”*
So, what is the connection to golfers?
Well, the orderly assembly of GBP™, attention to its stability, and careful focus on the preservation of the key biomechanical curvatures in the spinal column, also deters the adverse “slouching” presentation of the upper spine (rounded shoulders and forward head position) that contributes to a similar type of spinal angle of inclination reported by the researchers in the study that contributes to disability.
If GBP™ is assembled from the ground up, is designed to protect the biomechanical curvatures of the spine, firmly “docks” the feet with the base of support, and permits the liveliness needed for dynamic motion (all discussed in the BIA™: P.A.R.-Formance™ Manual), then the slouching posture and stress on the spine is reduced or deterred, enabling rather than disabling the biomechanical system for all G.O.L.F. based activities.
Thus, a slouched position of address as seen in so many golfers when set up for putting, or for that matter in all stroke execution based set-ups, places the biomechanical system of the golfer in a more disabling state of operation which is dysfunctional as well as performance impairing!
Conducting this manner of address set up over time will in essence lure the body of the golfer into greater and greater dysfunction with-in their personal biomechanical system. Overtime, structural deformities and compensations develop leading to imbalanced and altered degrees of freedom to soft tissue and hard tissue structures with-in the entire biomechanical system.
By forming GBP™ from the ground up, and engaging the lower extremities in a proper organized closed chain action of participation, rather than adopting a “waist first” or “bowing first” approach, the golfer has a greater capacity for more successful performance engagement of the biomechanical system for golf.
A drooping or slouching GBP™ over time deforms the biomechanical system with a greater forward angle of inclination to the spine similar to what was reported in the study referenced above. This deformity which may be most noticeable in the upper back region actually may also involve structures sourced all the way down to the lower back and pelvic region. The adverse compensations that are present in GBP™ may in fact remain when out of GBP™ and engaged in all other activities of daily living. Thus, the compensations create deformations that may alter (in some manner) sitting, quiet upright standing, and all other static and dynamic based activities that the individual golfer engages in outside of golf as well.
Therefore, this information may be of value to all golfers of all skill levels including those golfers at the most elite level such as Tour Players. Hence, change alignments for the better and enable rather than disable the GBP™ for maximal performance potential.
And, as Mr. Kelley states in The Golfing Machine on page 234: “Garbage in—Garbage out.” Or: “Precision in—Precision out.” This certainly applies to the subject of enabling or disabling GBP™.
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*The Gerontological Society of America. News. www.geron.org. For Immediate Release: April 8, 2013.Posture Provides Clue for Future Disability. http://www.geron.org/About%20Us/press-room/Archived%20Press%20Releases/82-2013-press-releases/1652-posture-provides-clue-for-future-disability
**http://biomedgerontology.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/01/24/gerona.gls253.abstract
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Rent control debate brewing
Wu’s proposal will need support of Council, Legislature to become law
Saraya Wintersmith and Katie Lannan
Mayor Michelle Wu attends the Massachusetts Municipal Association Annual Meeting. PHOTO: John Wilcox, Mayor’s Office
A day after preliminary details of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s long-awaited local rent control policy emerged, elected officials who may soon vote on the issue began contending with what it will ultimately look like. Boston councilors are debating if the mayor’s ideas go too far, or far enough — and if they ultimately approve it, it will reach a state Legislature that has historically opposed reviving rent stabilization.
The concept of rent control, outlawed by state referendum in Massachusetts in 1994, was controversial even before Wu’s scant specifics become public. A GBH News review of public comments submitted to the city on the topic found an almost even split among those who do support bringing back the banned policy and those who oppose it.
The new local proposal, first reported by the Boston Globe, would tether annual rent hikes to inflation and bar increases beyond 10%. It would exempt owner-occupied properties, where landlords live alongside tenants, as well as new buildings for the first 15 years from when they’re legally allowed to open.
Fifty-six percent of rental units in Boston — or approximately 185,000 units — would be impacted by the proposal, according to a city spokesman.
The policy, so far, would also include “just cause” eviction protections that limit landlords’ ability to evict tenants without leases, requiring property owners to have legal grounds to force a renter out of a unit.
Wu’s policy will go before the City Council in the form of a home-rule petition. If it passes there, it goes on to the state Legislature and Gov. Maura Healey.
Asked when the council and public could expect a written proposal to materialize, a spokesperson for the mayor replied: “Soon.”
Even though Wu won the 2021 mayoral election with rent control as central to her platform, multiple councilors expressed early skepticism over the policy in its nascent form.
“Overall, I’m not in favor of rent control,” said At-Large Councilor Erin Murphy, pointing to the city’s senior mom-and-pop landlords who depend on rent from tenants to supplement their income.
“Putting the housing crisis burden on three family homeowners by telling them they can only charge a certain amount of rent is not fair,” she added.
Murphy said she would look at the details of the proposal closely once it is presented to the council and may ultimately support it with concrete exemptions for small landlords.
Dorchester Councilor Frank Baker indicated a firm stance against the concept of rent control, saying the move would be bad for the city.
Others inside City Hall were surprised at the lack of other renter protections like regulations for charging broker’s fees, which can vault upfront move-in costs to the equivalent of four months’ rent in some cases.
Meanwhile, Roxbury Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson, signaled opposition over the outlined exemptions.
“For one thing, all buildings newer than 15 years old are exempt and we have built a lot over that time. This favors high-end developers who have constructed many luxury apartments over those 15 years,” she said on social media, adding that a 10% cap would still allow considerable yearly rent increases in one of the nation’s most expensive cities.
“Capping rent increases at 3-5% and not excluding newer buildings would make more of an impact. Unfortunately, this proposal has the name of rent control attached to it with little to none of its meaning,” said Fernandes Anderson.
Others still, like At-Large Councilor Ruthzee Louijeune, held back on reacting.
“The council still needs to see an actual proposal,” Louijeune said Thursday, adding that she is generally supportive of rent control.
The specifics of what ultimately lands before lawmakers will be key, and once a final plan emerges, it will be before a Legislature that in the past has resisted rent stabilization proposals.
Sen. Lydia Edwards, an East Boston Democrat, said she’s excited to see Wu starting the conversation “in a concrete way” after campaigning on bringing back rent control. Edwards said her colleagues will likely want to see what Boston’s exact proposal looks like.
“I would say a supermajority of people who live in my district are renters, and many are saying the same thing: the rent’s too high and it’s not sustainable,” she said. “Many of them are leaving and they want the city, they want the mayor, they want Beacon Hill to do something about it.”
Bills that would let cities and towns opt into adopting rent control policies died in committee last legislative session. Ahead of Friday’s bill-filing deadline for the new term, Sen. Pat Jehlen of Somerville told GBH News she and other lawmakers are working on a rent-stabilization bill, and Rep. Mike Connolly of Cambridge said he plans to refile a version of his bill that includes rent control as one of a number of tenant protection strategies that municipalities could choose to deploy.
Connolly called Wu’s proposal a major milestone.
“For my entire adult life, it was almost inconceivable that the mayor of Boston would be actively working to return to policies of rent stability and rent stabilization,” he said.
In 2020, Connolly tried to add his tenant protections bill onto larger economic development legislation the House was debating. His proposal was rejected, with 136 of the House’s 160 members voting against it. Boston’s House delegation was split, and Rep. Aaron Michlewitz, a North End Democrat who chairs the influential House Ways and Means Committee, was among those voting “no.”
Michlewitz said Thursday that lawmakers will “have to take a hard look” at what the city sends them.
“We have voted against it in the past, but when we took those votes, it wasn’t a concrete plan. They were much more just opening the door on blanket rent control,” he said. “I think it’s worthy of a conversation to see what is actually being proposed, but of course a lot will depend on what it actually will look like and what the impacts are.”
Rent control supporters see the potential for an ally — or at least not an obstacle — in the new governor. Healey’s predecessor, former Gov. Charlie Baker, was critical of the concept.
The housing platform Healey campaigned on said she and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll would “empower communities” to adopt local policies that address their distinct housing needs, including rent stabilization, zoning reforms and other levers. Jehlen said she hopes Healey’s stance can shift the debate’s dynamics.
“People in some communities, in some kinds of housing, are losing their homes because of rent increases that can be 100% or even 50%, she said. “And this is disrupting neighborhoods, displacing people from long-term relationships and jobs, and the need is really urgent — and it’s really different in different communities. So I hope that this is the year we can make progress and give some relief in those communities that need it.”
Balancing the interests of different communities and pose a challenge to passing legislation at the State House, where each of the 200 lawmakers votes with their constituents in mind. Connolly said, because there’s so many different aspects to the housing crisis, a good approach for the Legislature might be a broader bill that addresses the needs of tenants, small landlords, community developers, municipalities and other parties.
“I don’t think any one tactic or any one bill or any one strategy will be sufficient, including rent control,” Connolly said. “Rent control is just one tactic, and it’s really going to work when it’s part of a comprehensive vision and a comprehensive strategy.”
Saraya Wintersmith covers Boston City Hall for GBH News. Katie Lannan covers the State House for GBH News.
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DuckDuckGo Releases App Tracking Protection Beta for Android
The feature is comparable to Apple's 'App Tracking Transparency. However, unlike Apple, DuckDuckGo's method does not rely on app developers' compliance with user choice.
All known trackers are blocked.
According to DuckDuckGo, Android users have an average of 35 applications installed on their smartphones, resulting in between 1,000 and 2,000 monitoring attempts every day for over 70 tracking organizations.
As users go about their daily lives using their mobile devices for things like online browsing, playing games, and checking the weather, the App Tracking Protection will ostensibly block any tracking attempts in the background.
The blockage occurs without discernible impact on device speed, which has been enhanced in the newest version of the app (v5.143.1).
Tracking is blocked based on a growing and updated list of known trackers, regardless of the user's selection in the tracking request dialogs often given within applications.
To use the functionality, launch the DuckDuckGo app on Android, go to Settings More from DuckDuckGo, and then activate App Tracking Protection.
The functionality works by installing the DuckDuckGo for Android app on the device as a VPN, allowing it to filter traffic from other applications and disable trackers. However, unlike a typical VPN, it does not give privacy when surfing the web or connecting to external devices and can only be used locally.
According to DuckDuckGo, the App Tracking Protection employs a local VPN connection, which means it performs its magic without transferring app data to DuckDuckGo or other distant servers.
Those interested in determining how dangerous each program is to their privacy can utilize App Tracking Protection's real-time view to check which trackers are loaded and disabled.
App Tracking Protection is a robust tool, but users should remember that it is currently in experimental testing. As a result, it may cause sites or applications to malfunction, specific trackers to go unnoticed, or performance concerns. You may turn off the functionality if you encounter any of these problems.
The release of the App Tracking Protection beta for Android is a significant step forward in the battle against tracking. By blocking tracking attempts in the background, DuckDuckGo is helping to protect users' privacy and security. While this beta may still have some issues, it is a valuable tool that should be considered by anyone who wants to protect their online privacy.
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D.C. United's Pontius out with concussion
D.C. United's Chris Pontius, Ethan White and James Riley have been ruled out of Saturday's MLS match against Toronto FC at RFK Stadium.
June 14, 2013 - Washington Post
D&S Produce Market opens for season
D&S Produce Market will open June 22, according to a news release. The outdoor market offers more than 100 different fresh local seasonal produce. The stand is at The Stanly Lane Pumpkin Patch, 3100 Golden Gate Dr., open Wednesday through Sunday 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
June 14, 2013 - Napa Valley Register
D'Iberville man to serve two years in prison for insurance fraud
BILOXI -- A D'Iberville man has been sentenced to prison and ordered to repay $6,409.36 to Nationwide Insurance Co. for defrauding the company on medical bills involving claims on two auto accidents.
June 13, 2013 - The Biloxi Sun Herald
Chris Bosh in San Francisco Chronicle
I expect us to compete for a championship,Bosh said. "Both Dwyane and I wanted an opportunity where right away we'd be competing. I'm a winner, Dwyane's a winner. We're going to bring a winner to Miami."
Vicente del Bosque in The Associated Press
We can say Germany wasn't as good as we thought they'd be today,Spain coach Vicente del Bosque said. "But that is due to the excellent performance of our team."
James Cameron in Vancouver Sun
It quoted Cameron as saying, "Audiences repeatedly told me they wanted more of Pandora, and wished they could have stayed there longer. So we're making that possible. Avatar: Special Edition will be exclusively in 3-D, and will have eight minutes of...
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Anne Twomey
Anne Twomey is an award-winning American actress who has starred in many television shows, including LA Law, Third Watch, and Seinfeld. For her theater work, she has won a Theatre World Award and been nominated for Tony and Drama Desk Awards. Twomey has also narrated numerous audiobooks, including works by Dean Koontz and Joyce Carol Oates.
Author: Richard North Patterson | Narrator: Anne Twomey
In Dark Lady, Richard North Patterson displays the mastery of setting, psychology, and story that makes him unique among writers of suspense, and one of today's most original and enthralling novelists.In Steelton, a struggling Midwestern city on the ...
By Richard North Patterson
Narrated by Anne Twomey
One Door Away From Heaven
Author: Dean Koontz | Narrator: Anne Twomey
Michelina Bellsong is on a mission. She is following a missing family to the edge of America . . . to a place she never knew existed—a place of terror, wonder, and shattering revelation. What awaits her there will change her life and the life o...
By Dean Koontz
Author: Lois Lowry | Narrator: Anne Twomey
From the two-time Newbery Award winning author of Number the Stars and The Giver, comes a novel about how even the smallest of dreams can break through the darkest of nights. Littlest One is a tiny creature slowly learning her job of giving d...
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Fink, Larry
SOCIAL CONTEXT.
NY: Double Elephant Editions, 1991. Fink, Larry. First edition. Folio, [1] p. text, plus 15 original gelatin silver prints 13 x 18 inches, archivally window-matted to 19 x 23 inches. All are housed in a cloth clamshell box. The box is bumped at the tips and fore edge, and the..... More
Fleischhauer, Carl and Beverly W. Brannan, editors.
DOCUMENTING AMERICA, 1935-1943. Essays by Lawrence W. Levine and Alan Trachtenberg.
Berkeley: University of California, 1997 [1988]. Third printing. 4to., xi, 361 pp., numerous b&w photos. Pictorial stiff wrappers. A fine, as new copy. Portrays America in the last years of the Great Depression and the first years of World War II in nearly three hundred images by Lange, Delano, Evans..... More
Fox, Jimmy, editor, et al
ASPP NEWSLETTER:
NY: American Society of Picture Professionals, 1971-1975. First editions. 4tos., approximately 6 - 8 pp. Mimeograph pages - stapled. 22 issues as follows: Vol. 3, No. 1-6 (No. 5 misnumbered); Vol. 4, No. 1-3; Vol. 5, No. 2, 4-5; Vol. 6, No. 1,2, 4, 5; Vol. 7, No. 1 (mismumbered);..... More
Freeman, Roland L.
SOUTHERN ROADS/CITY PAVEMENTS. Introduction by Cornell Capa.
NY: International Center of Photography, 1981. Freeman, Roland L. First edition. Oblong small 4to., unpaged 13 b&w photos. Catalogue listing for 107 photographs included in the exhibition. The rare cloth issue, distributed by M&R, Inc., Washington, D. C., and issued without a dust jacket. SIGNED by the photographer on the..... More
Friedlander, Lee.
CRAY AT CHIPPEWA FALLS.
(Chippewa Falls): Cray Research, Inc., 1987. Friedlander, Lee. First ed. First ed. Oblong 4to., 96 pp., 79 b&w photos. Cloth with printed label. A fine, as new copy. With the preview publication, a card stock folder containing 2 plates. Cray Research, Inc. commissioned this work, to celebrate and commemorate the..... More
FACTORY VALLEYS: OHIO & PENNSYLVANIA:
NY: Callaway Editions IV, 1982. Friedlander, Lee. First edition. Square 4to., 62 full-page duotone photos. Fine in a toned, near fine dust jacket. Limited to 1000 cloth bound copies, SIGNED by Friedlander. In 1979, Friedlander was commissioned by the Akron Art Museum to document the industrial area of the Ohio..... More
[FSA]. Fleischhauer, Carl and Beverly W. Brannan, editors.
Berkeley: University of California, 1988. First edition. 4to., xi, 361 pp., numerous b&w photos. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Slight crease to the tip of the front wrapper; else a fine copy. Portrays America in the last years of the Great Depression and the first years of World War II in nearly..... More
[FSA]. Nixon, Herman Clarence.
FORTY ACRES AND STEEL MULES:
Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1938. Evans, Walker. First edition. 4to., 98 pp., illustrated from photographs. A very good copy. The photo-illustrated dust jacket has a few chips and pieces lacking and shows light soiling on the rear text panel. One of the earliest books to be illustrated by the photographers..... More
Genthe, Arnold.
OLD CHINATOWN: A BOOK OF PICTURES. Text by Will Irwin.
NY: Mitchell Kennerley, 1913. Genthe, Arnold. Enlarged second ed. 8vo., ix, 208 pp., 91 gravure plates. Gilt-embossed cloth. A few light spots of foxing on the endapers and adjacent leaves, else a very good copy. A prime example of the concealed miniature hand held camera used to document a society..... More
PICTURES OF OLD CHINATOWN. Text by Will Irwin.
NY: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1908. Genthe, Arnold. First edition. 8vo., (x), 57 pp., frontis, plus 46 full-page b&w photos. The binding is moderately rubbed and soiled, more so on the spine. The mounted photograph on the front cover is lacking a small chip at the edge, and there is..... More
Gowin, Emmet
PETRA, IN THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN:
New York: Pace/MacGill Gallery, (1986). Gowin, Emmet. First ed. Folio, (36) pp., chiefly illustrated with b&w photographs. Plain stiff wrappers, in printed dust jacket with b&w photo mounted on front. A one inch band at the top of the front panel of the dust jacket is lightly faded, else a...... More
[HARE] Gould, Lewis L. and Richard Greffe.
PHOTOJOURNALIST: THE CAREER OF JIMMY HARE.
Austin & London: University of Texas Press, 1977. Hare, Jimmy. First edition. 4to., (xi), 157 pp., b&w captioned photos, interspersed in text. Cloth. Remainder dot on bottom edge; else fine. More
[HINE]. Kaplan, Daile.
LEWIS HINE IN EUROPE: THE LOST PHOTOGRAPHS.
NY: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1988. Hine, Lewis. First edition. Oblong small 4to., 239 pp., numerous b&w photos. A fine copy in pictorial dust jacket. More
[History of Photography Monograph Series] Rollins, Rich
THE ROLE OF COLOR IN DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY.
[Tempe]: School of Art, Arizona State University, 1985. First edition. Small 8vo., [18] pp. Stiff wrappers. Fine. Eliot Porter, William Eggleston, Ansel Adams, Harry Callahan, Walker Evans, Joel Meyerowitz, et al., express opinions concerning the use of color versus b&w photography for documentation purposes. No. 16 of the History of..... More
SHOOTING UNDER FIRE: THE WORLD OF THE WAR PHOTOGRAPHER.
New York: Artisan, 2002. First edition. 4to., 223, [1] pp., largely illustrated from b&w and color photographs. A fine copy in the near fine photo-illustrated dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the first page. More
[INSTITUTO DE INFORMACIÓN DE CENTROAMÉRICA Y DEL CARIBE] Corp Author
THE DAWNING OF NICARAGUA:
Managua, Nicaragua: Instituto de Información de Centroamérica y del Caribe, 1983. First edition in English. Oblong 4to, 61, [2] pp., largely illustrated from b&w photographs. Stiff photo-illustrated wrappers. Very good. A photojournalistic propaganda piece supporting the Sandanistas. The photographs are by these women: Cordelia Dilg, Margaret Randall, Margarita Montealegre, Deborah..... More
Kelen, Leslie G.
SHOWING REALITY: AN INTERVIEW WITH ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN. An Interview with Arthur Rothstein by Leslie Kelen. Volume 1, The Oral History Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Salt Lake City: The Oral History Institute, 1994. Rothstein, Arthur. First ed. Oblong 8vo., 28 pp., 13 b&w illustrations. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Fine. Arthur Rothstein made several of the iconic images from the dust bowl era when he worked for the FSA; his illustrious career in photojournalism extended 50 years..... More
Klett, Mark, et al.
SECOND VIEW: THE REPHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY PROJECT.
Albuquerque: The University of New Mexico Press, 1984. Dingus, Rick. First edition. Oblong 4to., ix, 211 pp., profusely illustrated with b&w photos, maps. Fine in pictorial dust wrapper that is light struck at the spine and part of the rear wrapper, and shows moderate wear and rubbing at the spine..... More
Koudelka, Josef.
EXILES. Essay by Czeslaw Milosz.
NY: Aperture, 1988. Koudelka, Josef. First edition. Oblong 4to., (v) pp., 61 full-page b&w plates. Fine in the photo-illustratred dust jacket. As wrenching a look at the juxtaposition of the "outsider" to the common world as Fukase's "Ravens" is to despair. A major body of images by one of the..... More
Liebling, Jerome
THE PEOPLE, YES. Foreword by Carroll T. Hartwell. Introduction by Ken Burns.
NY: Aperture, 1995. Liebling, Jerome. First edition. 4to., 126 pp., approx. 100 b&w and color photographs. A fine, as new copy in dust jacket, sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Jerome Liebling, (b. 1924, New York City) is an acclaimed photographer, photo-educator and filmmaker. More
Light, Michael
100 SUNS: 1945 - 1962:
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. First American edition. Folio, unpaginated, 100 plates from b&w photographs. A slight bump to the upper board tip, not affecting the text; otherwise, a fine copy in dust jacket, sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Documents the era of atmospheric nuclear testing with 100 photographs..... More
Lyon, Danny
LIKE A THIEF'S DREAM:
NY: Powerhouse Books, 2007. First edition. 8vo., 191 pp., b&w plates from photographs. A fine, as new copy in the photo-illustrated paper over boards, with a matching dust jacket. Boldly SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. A non-fictional account of James Ray Renton - thief, counterfeiter, and bank..... More
Lyon, Danny.
THE BIKERIDERS.
NY: The Macmillan Co., 1968. Lyon, Danny. First edition. 8vo., 94 pp., 48 photographs, 17 essays. Black cloth, slightly mottled, else very good. Previous owner's neat signature on front pastedown. Lacking the dust jacket. Photos and text by Danny Lyon; this is his first solo book. More
MERCI GONAÏVES.
Clintondale, NY: Bleak Beauty Books, 1988. Lyon, Danny. First edition. 4to., 63 pp., frontis, numerous full-page b&w photos. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Fine, as new. SIGNED by the photographer on the half-title page. The photographer's account of Haiti and the February Revolution. More
Man, Felix H.
MAN WITH CAMERA: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM SEVEN DECADES.
NY: Schocken Books, 1984. Man, Felix H. First American edition. First American ed. 4to., numerous b&w photographs interspersed with text. A fine copy in pictorial dust jacket. Man's photojournalistic essays have appeared in all the major international magazines. He is often referred to as a "Leica" photographer. More
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Art & Culture Romania Just in
Enter the political primal scream room: 4 art videos explore the limits of public speech
Text: Paula Erizanu
Four new video artworks have just gone live on an online platform dedicated to exploring humanity’s second most widespread fear: public speaking.
Co-founded by Bucharest-based curators Dan Angelescu, Irina Radu and Cristina Vasilescu, the Quote Unquote Platform explores public speech and discourse — an ever-present feature of modern lives that is still yet to be explored in-depth in the arts.
Among the video artwork highlights is Romanian artist Ira Merzlichin, who engages in dialogues with people living in border areas in a mix of Romanian, Ukrainian, and Russian, showcasing the complexities of ethnic identity. Meanwhile, American artist Liz Magic Laser creates an uncanny, stylised, futuristic video of people in a “political primal scream room”, complaining about the politicians and politics upsetting them.
In addition to commissioning and showcasing videos, the team running the web platform also host podcasts and curate exhibitions in Bucharest. In the future, they also plan to organise artist residencies, and publish articles.
“The idea for the platform developed following my dissertation at Goldsmiths University in London: as part of my MA in Visual Anthropology, I made a short documentary film on people using public speech in their work (hypnosis therapists, religious pastors etc),” Irina Radu told The Calvert Journal. “I realised the subject is so vast, that, together with Dan and Cristina, we decided to create a platform to explore its mechanisms, effects, and forms in contemporary society,” she added.
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A portrait of Tbilisi coming to life, captured in one joyful music video
American band CocoRosie premieres video in support of Belarus protests
Troubled youth: Russian video artists address the problems of a generation
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Chinese Vernacular Dwellings
$21.99 (G)
Part of Introductions to Chinese Culture
Author: Deqi Shan
Date Published: September 2011
$ 21.99 (G)
China has one of the most ancient civilizations in the world, occupying a vast territorial expanse. This has led to great diversification in Chinese vernacular dwellings, rarely seen in the architecture of the world and reflecting a wide variety of different natural and cultural environments. In this illustrated introduction Shan Deqi explores a representative selection of traditional Chinese dwellings, considering their architecture, environmental setting and the lifestyles and customs of the people who inhabit these distinctive homes and have contributed to their development.
An accessible introduction to the history and diversity of traditional Chinese homes
Written by a Chinese expert whose work is not widely available outside of China
Full colour illustrations support the discussion throughout
Edition: 3rd Edition
contains: 150 colour illus.
1. Beijing quadrangle courtyards
2. Huizhou dwellings
3. Shaoxing riverside dwellings
4. Minxi clay buildings
5. Architectural novelty in the homeland of the overseas Chinese
6. Ganlan wooden houses and storm-tossed bridge
7. Ancient Lijiang streets
8. Tibetan watchtowers
Appendix: chronological table of the Chinese dynasties.
Table of Contents (89 KB)
Deqi Shan
Shan Deqi is a graduate of the Civil Engineering and Architecture Department of Tsinghua University. Formerly Director of the architectural design section of the Architecture Department of Tsinghua University, he is currently Professor in the School of Architecture. He has published a number of monographs on the subject of traditional Chinese vernacular dwellings.
Chinese Gardens
Decoding Homes and Houses
The Architectural Treatise in the Italian Renaissance
Architectural Invention, Ornament and Literary Culture
Before the Bauhaus
Architecture, Politics, and the German State, 1890–1920
Design and Construction in Romanesque Architecture
First Romanesque Architecture and the Pointed Arch in Burgundy and Northern Italy
Inigo Jones and the Classical Tradition
Vitruvius: 'Ten Books on Architecture'
The Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies is the leading interdisciplinary journal on Asia, Africa…
arq: Architectural Research Quarterly
arq publishes cutting-edge work covering all aspects of architectural endeavour. Contents include building design,…
The International Journal of Asian Studies
International Journal of Asian Studies (IJAS) is an interdisciplinary, English-language forum for research in the…
The Journal of Asian Studies
Published for the Association for Asian StudiesThe Journal of Asian Studies (JAS) has played a defining role in the…
New to Cambridge in 2016Architectural History is a double-blind, peer-reviewed international journal that publishes…
Journal of Chinese History / 中國歷史學刊
NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS The Journal of Chinese History / 中國歷史學刊 publishes research articles, review…
Art: general interest
British theatre
Classical theatre
Drama and theatre: general interest
Film and cinema
Media, mass communication
Non-western art
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NYGH chooses enterprise imaging solution from Sectra
TORONTO – Sectra, an international medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company, has signed a contract with North York General Hospital (NYGH). The hospital will utilize the radiology and breast imaging modules and vendor-neutral archive (VNA) of Sectra’s enterprise imaging solution to review and store images. Replacing the multiple systems used today with one unified imaging platform will enable NYGH to boost radiology reading efficiency and enhance current workflows to improve patient care by doing more without increasing the workload on staff.
“Finding a modern solution to enhance our system performance and radiologist reading efficiency was crucial to our decision. We were also keen to get a solution that supports our future growth and has good AI integration and remote reading capabilities as we expect that to be highly important going forward,” says Dr. Ryan Margau (pictured), chief radiologist and medical director for Medical Imaging at North York General Hospital.
Affiliated with the University of Toronto, NYGH provides high-quality acute, ambulatory, and long-term care to approximately half a million people across seven sites. NYGH was named one of Forbes Canada’s Top Employers 2022 and was ranked the leading community academic hospital in Canada for the fourth consecutive year by Newsweek this year.
With Sectra’s solution, the hospital will be able to view images from any modality, assign the right case to the right user, and access a native and extensive diagnostic toolset – all from a single platform. The solution will also integrate with NYGH’s EMR and patient portals.
“I’m excited to welcome North York General Hospital as the newest member of Sectra Canada’s enterprise imaging community. Sectra’s solution can support NYGH with future growth and make it possible for them to expand and benefit from integrated diagnostics and emerging technology, such as AI or digital pathology,” says Nader Soltani, president of Sectra Canada Inc.
The contract, signed in April 2022, provides enterprise imaging as a subscription (Sectra One). This allows for scalability of the system as NYGH’s volumes grow and facilitates expansion into other specialties.
Sectra’s enterprise imaging solution provides a unified strategy for all imaging needs while lowering operational costs. The scalable and modular solution, with a VNA at its core, allows healthcare providers to grow from ology to ology and from enterprise to enterprise. Sectra has supported healthcare organizations in Canada since 2004 and opened its Canadian office in 2017 to increase its local presence. Sectra’s radiology module for enterprise imaging, Sectra PACS, has won the prestigious customer satisfaction award “Best in KLAS” for three consecutive years. Visit Sectra’s website to find out more about Sectra in Canada.
About Sectra
Sectra contributes to a healthier and safer society by assisting health systems throughout the world to enhance the efficiency of care, and authorities and defense forces in Europe to protect society’s most sensitive information. The company, founded in 1978, is headquartered in Linköping, Sweden, with direct sales in 19 countries, and distribution partners worldwide. For more information, visit Sectra’s website.
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China announces major government reshuffle
By Hepeng Jia2008-03-18T09:40:00+00:00
Energy watchdog established, drug regulator reformed
In a major government reshuffle, China has created an energy watchdog and downgraded its drug regulator to improve governance in the two fields. The 11th National People’s Congress - China’s top legislature - approved the government reform plan during its first plenary session on 15 March.
The plan creates a National Energy Commission (NEC), along with a national energy bureau to carry out its day-to-day work. The bureau will remain under the governance of the powerful National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), and takes over the management of China’s nuclear power stations.
Source: © Jacob Ehnmark
Great Hall of the People, home of the National People’s Congress
The new energy ministry is less powerful than many commentators had expected. ’But it is too optimistic to expect an energy ministry to concentrate all these powers overnight,’ says Han Xiaoping, president of energy policy think-tank China Energy Network. ’Before the reform, more than 13 ministries or administrations were involved in energy governance and many State-owned energy conglomerates would not see their powers completely controlled by one powerful ministry.’
But with the establishment of a specialized energy watchdog that has nuclear power governance, a basic energy regulation framework has been formed, according to Han.
Drug regulator downgraded
Meanwhile, the corruption-afflicted State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) has been downgraded from being an independent government department, to being governed by the Ministry of Health. In a press conference on 16 March, SFDA head Shao Mingli confirmed that its role in approving drugs and supervising the medical market will be unchanged.
Industry experts have welcomed the move. Ken Ren, president of Accelovance (China), a clinical trials consultancy, says that the SFDA seems to retain its role of approving drugs and supervising the medical market.
’By combining the SFDA with the health ministry, clinical data and medical experts can be better coordinated, facilitating drug approvals and market surveillance,’ Ren told Chemistry World.
But he adds that in the wake of the arrest and execution of former SFDA head Zheng Xiaoyu on corruption charges, SFDA could become more cautious and conservative in approving new drugs.
Nathan Zhang, president of Beijing-based CRO (contracted research organisation) Sinocro, disagrees. The recent slowing process in drug approvals is because some SFDA officials and previous approvals are being investigated and reviewed. With the replacement of SFDA, its normal function will resume, he says.
Environment upgrade
Other reforms include the creation of a new Ministry of Transportation, based on the former Ministry of Communications and the Civil Aviation Administration; the State Environmental Protection Administration is upgraded to become the Ministry of Environmental Protection, as revealed in February by Chemistry World: China; and a new Ministry of Industry and Information (MII) has integrated the former Ministry of Information Industry with other small government bodies.
Hepeng Jia
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Sight Unseen
Recognizing that Aqua would stand within a cluster of tall buildings, Studio Gang calculated various “lines of desire” that would provide residents unexpected views of the cityscape from their bumped-out balconies.
Photograph: Courtesy of Studio Gang Architects
Gust Busters
The balconies’ staggered placements prevent the wind from picking up speed as it encounters the building, which means that Aqua’s residents can enjoy their balconies without being buffeted.
Photograph: Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune
Hood Winks
Gang seems especially delighted that Aqua has become, in her words, a “vertical community” where residents can “inhabit the façade” and even give a shout-out to their neighbors.
Photograph: Steve Hall/ © Hedrich Blessing
Neighborly spirit spills over to the 80,000-square-foot green roof (on the second floor), where condo owners and apartment dwellers democratically mingle. “They all share this amazing roof garden,” says Gang. “It’s helping make a community out of Aqua.”
Photograph: Eric Hausman
To pour the concrete floors, builders used “flying formworks”—basically a big platform hanging off the side of the building (rather than resting on the recently installed floors below) that allowed each floor to be poured in three days rather than the usual week.
Photograph: Courtesy of McHugh Construction
After Studio Gang digitally plotted each of Aqua’s distinctive contours, builders used that information and GPS-like coordinates to precisely pour the 82 differently shaped concrete floors.
Gang and her colleagues drew inspiration for Aqua’s furrowed façade from the striated limestone formations that rise up along the shores of the Great Lakes.
Because, as a center of architectural innovation, we can still strut our stuff
By Geoffrey Johnson
TOP 40 BUILDINGS IN CHICAGO »
Writing in The New Yorker earlier this year, Paul Goldberger offered his take on the newly opened Aqua, the undulating 82-story skyscraper at 225 North Columbus Drive. The Pulitzer Prize–winning critic loved the building—“ingenious”—and grouped its designer, Jeanne Gang of Chicago’s Studio Gang, among the city’s most illustrious architects, among them Louis Sullivan, John Root, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Recently, Gang discussed a few of the behind-the-scenes details that contributed to Aqua’s success.
Partial Eclipse
Studies of the sun’s position throughout the year determined the balconies’ placements. “In wintertime, when the sun is low, you get the sun coming in when you want it,” says Gang. In the summer, when the sun is higher, the balconies act as shades that keep Aqua cool.
Reflecting Pools
The weave of balconies delineated areas of unshaded glass—Gang calls them “pools”—that were both beautiful and problematic. “After we had created this landscape, we realized there were going to be areas that didn’t have sun screens,” Gang says. To solve that problem, builders used a more reflective glazed glass in those areas to help repel the sun’s heat.
View the gallery below for info on specific aspects of the building.
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Tag: Star Wars
9 Minutes of Footage for Star Wars: Jedi Survivor Revealed, Looks...
9 minutes of gameplay from Star Wars: Jedi Survivor have been released and it looks incredible. We've got our first extended look at the gameplay...
Star Wars Visions Returns on May the 4th 2023
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Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Pushed to April
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New Trailer for The Mandalorian Season 3 Has Arrived
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5 Types of Sequels That Have Proven Successful
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TVS-Owned Norton Motorcycles To Fulfil The Commando 961 Backlog From Previous...
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Norton To Build Electric Motorcycle, Announces Project ‘Zero Emission Norton’
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TVS Motor Company invests £100m into Norton Motorcycles brand
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Ex-Norton Motorcycles CEO Stuart Garner Facing 2-Years Jail Time
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Norton Motorcycles Confirm Plans To Make A Comeback To Racing
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VW: doomed or resilient?
by Dr Roshan Boojihawon
“As the virus-like implications of the VW scandal grow worldwide, the company should contemplate a new strategic future, one that aligns strategic and ethical resilience.”
Well, VW is in a real mess! With rapidly dwindling share prices, the CEO resigning and global lawsuits at its door, it sounds very much like the doomsday scenario of a Hollywood script. Indeed, VW seems to have undone years of good in one go; so, is the end nigh for VW? From a strategic perspective, the real question is: what will really determine the death or survival of VW from this point on?
Everybody loves VW
VW is a passionately loved brand; no wonder reactions to the scandal have been highly emotive. But why did people fall so much in love with VW? Once, a friend of mine, during a rather heated debate about which was better, BMW or VW, abruptly ended the argument by asserting “I'll ride a VW till I die. The thing hardly ever breaks down; it’s a sure ride to anywhere!” And I have a feeling that he might not be the only one who feels this way. VW has a legion of fans worldwide that will have endless ways of telling you how much they love their cars. VW has given us cars like the ‘bug’, which was an emblem of flower power and has been one of the pioneers of GTI driving. Until recently, it was a symbol of ‘courage’, and it has been a sustainability idol among car manufacturers, defining ethical norms and industry standards worldwide.
So anybody with any love for VW feels heartbroken; their trust is shattered. The immediate reaction is to reprimand such unethical behaviour, to punish VW and avoid it happening again. This was perhaps the observation last week, which argued that negative behavioural and emotional feelings could account for a large part of the drastic fall in share value. However, such actions could also prove futile if we do not understand the real reason(s) that might trigger such behaviour. No one yet knows what may have led to such practices as the alleged rigging of emissions tests, which could run deep into the bowels of a company and implicate numbers of people. That’s why, to me, looking at VW’s culture and leadership practices in a generic way does not quite explain such behaviour, because it was these very elements of the company that accounted for the success that it was. In fact, we need to dig a bit deeper, as we know very little about how the company strategy is aligned with the cognitive, affective and social processes embedded at different culture levels that influence (un) ethical behaviours in the workplace, and direct how they behave ethically over time.
Aligning strategic and ethical resilience
The problem is strategy and ethics rarely walk hand in hand, but may be they should. A possible way forward for VW could be to reassess and align both strategic and ethical resilience when considering its future strategic options. ‘Strategic resilience’ is a clearly defined concept in the field of strategic management. It attests to a company’s ability to continuously withstand adversity or to bounce back from setbacks. Strategic resilience requires an overview of alternatives as well as an awareness of actions and behaviours that will carry them through from the outset. If VW has a well-established and strong strategic approach, then this is a true test of its resilience, as this is the time to turn to and unravel compelling strategic alternatives, rather than think of dying strategies. ‘Ethical resilience’, in turn, is a much less defined concept, but it has gained much significance in the light of recent work in the fields of psychiatry and neuroscience, where researchhas identified the role of cognitive, affective and motivational factors in the performance of a range of adaptive and maladaptive individual actions and behaviours.
So, can VW survive? Obviously there is no straight answer to this, but such scandals signal pressing demands on companies and brands alike to continuously align strategic and ethical resilience when contemplating their future. Strategists argue that as much as such an event can feel damaging, it is also a unique opportunity for the company or brand to reinvent itself in ways it never could before. For VW, this may be a good chance to revisit or revamp its deeply-held morals and virtues in order to redefine its ethical resilience in a new form, for not everything it has done so far has been so wrong. In order to reinforce resilience in people with problematic ethical behaviours, psychotherapists prescribe attention to four generic dimensions for individual improvement: 1) the desire to facilitate positivity 2) enabling powerful opportunities for change, 3) reconnection to core personal values and 4) education. Taken together, these dimensions are seen to effectively reduce ethical vulnerabilities, enhance personal resilience and improve quality of work and personal well-being. This sounds very much like advice that VW could do with at the moment; and who knows, they might just pull through.
Dr Roshan Boojihawon, SL Strategy, University of Birmingham.
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MID-SOUTH MEMORIES
Mid-South Memories for Oct. 30
25 years ago: 1991
The Catholic Diocese of West Tennessee today launches a comprehensive education program to sustain Catholic schools into the next century. The plan will be announced today by Bishop Daniel M. Buechlein. It is expected to include proposals for new schools in East Shelby County and a controversial new emphasis on middle schools, which could eliminate 7th and 8th grades at some schools. The plan, “Century 21 Catholic Schools,” is the result of a year of study by a nine-member diocesan task force that included priests, educators and business leaders. It comes at a time when President Bush’s America 2000 proposal has focused increased attention on education reform, resulting in state and local initiatives to improve schools by the turn of the century.
Army fought the good football fight yesterday, but it was largely on retreat and Tennessee’s 38-7 victory was close to a rout. The Vols’ decisive intersectional success pleased most of the 48,646 who almost filled Memphis Memorial Stadium. Charlie Fulton of Whitehaven celebrated a homecoming by scoring the first two Tennessee touchdowns after a field goal by Gary Wright. That put the Vols ahead 17-0 at the half. It was Dewey Warren, however, who made the show an Orange spectacular. He hit 18 of 25 passes for 258 yards and every time he connected he set a Tennessee record. His production was his best of the year.
Three women seeking election as aldermen were included in the eight citizens who yesterday filed petitions in the Dec. 1 municipal election at Millington, Tenn. They are Mrs. Annie McClanahan Witherington, Mrs. Gertrude Anderson Jamison and Mrs. Jessie Kenton Sigler.
100 years ago: 1916
Rev. Ben Cox, pastor of Central Baptist Church, delivered two addresses on the subject of sex purity yesterday. This first lecture, for girls, was attended by 325 women and girls. The second lecture was for men.
Andrew Carnegie showed a lamentable lack of judgment in sending that case of Scotch whisky to the President. The Democrats have worked it with deadly campaign effect while the season is not sufficiently advanced for the enjoyment of “hot Scotch.”
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South Indian Thriller Movie Hindi Dubbed – Best of all times
South Indian Suspense Thriller Movies Dubbed In Hindi
South Indian thrillers rocked the world. World of Indian viewers. The Southern film industry is seen as making great films by portraying incredible storylines and technological improvements like no other.
Whenever there have been complaints about the lack of imagination hanging over Indian cinema, filmmakers in the South have come up with the most eccentric and otherworldly ideas which are then embodied in films that continue to emerge. win the hearts of people across the nation and even the whole world.
How To Download And Watch South Indian Suspense Thriller Movies Dubbed In Hindi
List of South Indian Thriller Movie Hindi Dubbed
1. Dhruvangal Pathinaaru
2. Nenokkadine
3. Goodachari (Intelligent Khiladi)
4. Thani Oruvam
5. Vikram Vedha
From creating psychological thrillers, with countless suspense and grim reality, to science fiction, with an extravagant sci-fi backdrop to skillfully understand them with a comedy or love story, southern cinema India has saved thrillers from oblivion. This manufacturing has also come a long way afterward giving good competition to the Bollywood industry.
The Tollywood industry makes some of the best-known and most beloved films in the world. These films are huge box office hits in India and abroad.
They even surpass Bollywood by making one of the best movies of all time.
One of the most recent films that caused a sensation at the Indian box office is Bahubali2. This film has become a benchmark, creating a story and breaking all known Bollywood records. The film also joined the famous 500 crore film club.
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Suspense thrillers are an all-time favorite as they continue to draw the highest number of viewers.
By creating such innovative storylines, thriller directors from South India have offered audiences wonders. And as such, they are always remembered.
A Tamil sleeper hit that remains critically acclaimed as a suspense thriller. Its floor revolves around a police officer who lost his leg while investigating the strange murder of a couple. Years later, he remains forced to relive his past through a new case that has some shocking twists and turns as his last case.
The depiction of every lead is done so that they could be seen as both protagonists and antagonists.
Although, Nenokkadine is a famous Telugu psychological thriller. This blockbuster film featured Mahesh Babu, a rock interstellar suffering from a mental disorder due to his parent’s death. But, He must overcome his psychological inhibitions to seek revenge for his parent’s death.
Similarly, This psychological thriller is a must-see for any movie buff. With its fantastic storyline and surprising twists, the film brings delight to every step.
Goodachari is a spy crime novel movie which though it got mixed reviews from film critics, but still was liked by the audience and thus, became a hit.
The film’s plot revolves around the lead character, who wants to join RAW but gets framed under false charges. But, The floor of the movie is quite engaging, with many twists and turns.
The conspiracy of this crime- thriller revolves around IPS Officer Mithran, played by Jayam Ravi, who wants to arrest Siddharth Abhimanyu, played by Arvind Swami, an affluent scientist who uses top-secret unlawful medical practices for profit.
Siddharth Abhimanyu, in the film, remains a rich and powerful scientist who consumes committed numerous medical malpractices for money. Henceforward, Mithran, a dutiful IPS officer, is out to expose him and bring him to justice.
Later this movie remained also remade in Telugu with Ramcharan Teja replacing Jayam Ravi. Its dubbed version is available in Hindi as Dhruva.
A Tamil mystery/thriller featuring R Madhavan as a cop and V Sethupathy as a smuggler. Vikram is on the hunt to arrest Vedha.
Though as the movie progresses, Vikram understands that Vedha is a complicated man and has his reasons for taking up the path of crime
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4 things to know ahead of the Patriots’ season finale against the Dolphins
A win against the Dolphins could help the Patriots' playoff outlook tremendously. But Miami hasn't been kind to the Patriots recently.
Mac Jones looks to pass against the Miami Dolphins in Week 1. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
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The Patriots don’t have to worry about fighting for their playoff lives on the road against Miami in Week 18 after clinching a playoff spot last week. The Dolphins, on the other hand, will certainly be watching the playoffs from their couches.
But Miami can still play spoiler in a way on Sunday if the Patriots allow them to. A road loss for New England, who currently owns the AFC’s first wild card spot, could make their playoff outlook bleak before they even take the field in two weeks.
A win, though, could make life a little easier and perhaps give people more confidence in rookie Mac Jones as he leads his first excursion into the NFL playoffs. Here’s what fans should know about this week’s “meaningless” yet critical Patriots season-finale.
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The Patriots have a lot to play for—and to lose.
New England has to be kicking itself over giving away control of both the AFC East and the conference’s top seed with critical losses to Indianapolis and Buffalo.
The dreams of achieving both aren’t dead yet, but they’re long shots.
A Patriots win coupled with a Buffalo loss to the New York Jets would clinch the AFC East for New England, guaranteeing it no worse than a top-four seed. Don’t hold your breath on that, though: the Bills trounced the Jets 45-17 earlier this season and get to play this game at home.
Where will the @Patriots end up in the playoff standings 🤔 #NFLSeasonFinale
📺: #NEvsMIA — Sunday 4:25pm ET on CBS
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Still, if those scenarios came to pass, the Patriots could somehow steal the AFC’s top seed back if the Titans lost to the Houston Texans and Kansas City fell to the Denver Broncos. Again, good luck getting all that help.
Winning could be the difference between playing a team like the Bills, Colts or Los Angeles Chargers versus facing off against the Chiefs on wild card weekend.
Suffice it to say the Patriots definitely want to win on Sunday.
New England must stop Jaylen Waddle.
The Patriots aren’t the only team with an outstanding rookie out of Alabama outperforming expectations.
Waddle easily leads all rookies with 99 catches in 2021, and his speed and shiftiness have converted those grabs into 988 yards. Even if his numbers end up inflated due to the extra game on the schedule, that’s a very productive first year.
Tua Tagovailoa’s limited arm strength has meant Waddle’s insane speed hasn’t been used as a weapon down the field much this year. Somehow, the mega-explosive receiver averages a measly 7.1 yards of depth on each target. If anything, that speaks to how monstrous a threat he is on each touch. Waddle has racked up 437 yards after the catch, which is good for 11th in football.
Jaylen Waddle is very fast. @D1__JW #FinsUp
📺: #CARvsMIA on FOX
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— NFL (@NFL) November 28, 2021
The Patriots need to shore up the issues they had last time against Miami, in which they allowed far too many catches and yards on slants and bubble screens. Waddle should be the first person they have an eye on, whether he’s out wide, in the slot, or in the backfield. They don’t want to see him hit the jets with grass in front of him.
Mac Jones might have to win the game.
The Patriots rookie had a solid season debut (281 yards, one TD) and did enough to help the team win. It’s not his fault Damien Harris fumbled when New England was about to take the lead.
But the offense’s inability to get those game-clinching points in Weeks 1 and 4 against Miami and Tampa Bay has directly led to questions about Jones’s ability to “win” the Patriots a game if needed. (That Houston game-winning drive is rarely talked about.)
Jones may need to definitively reverse that narrative if his team wants to play past wild card weekend.
The Colts and Bills provided two sides of the same blueprint opponents will hope to use against Jones and the Patriots offense: stop the run and make the rookie throw to beat them (Colts) and force Jones to throw the ball down the field and outside the numbers (Bills).
Mac Jones is picked off in the red zone 💥
Colts lead the Patriots 17-0.
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— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) December 19, 2021
The Dolphins did a decent job against the Patriots’ run game in Week 1 aside from two chunk plays from Harris, so expect them to force the action into Jones’s hand again this Sunday.
It’s time for the rookie to show teams they can’t do that without consequences.
The Patriots have bad luck to reverse in Miami.
Even when the Patriots were in the midst of their seven-game win streak, the unease among fans at the thought of that Week 18 game against the Dolphins was palpable.
That concern is warranted: the Patriots have lost six of their last eight games in Miami.
The infamous 2018 “Miami Miracle” game, in which Kenyan Drake eluded a stumbling Rob Gronkowski to sneak into the end zone, stands out as the most recent example. The Patriots also lost in Miami last year with Cam Newton at the helm after beating the Dolphins in Week 1.
The Patriots might be the better team, but divisional contests don’t always work out the way people expect them to. Miami would gladly take a season sweep of New England now that the playoffs are out of reach.
But while the Dolphins are just playing for pride, the Patriots have a lot more at stake. Aside from that, limping into the playoffs isn’t a great feeling.
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House of Lords, Journals
Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 6, 1643
House of Lords Journal Volume 6: 11 May 1644
Journal of the House of Lords: Volume 6, 1643. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1767-1830.
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DIE Sabbati, 11 die Maii.
Answer from the H. C.
Message from thence, to remove the Regiment from Bedford to Ailsbury.
Answer.
City of London Petition, for the Lords to continue a good Agreement with the H. C.
Committee to consider of an Answer to it.
Report concerning the Honour of both Houses, and the E. of Essex.
Committee to prepare Reasons for dissenting from the H. C. in the Ordinance for excluding Members.
Report of an Answer to the City Petition.
Persons who brought the Petition called in.
The Answer.
Lord General going to join the Army.
Message to the H. C. for Committees to go with him.
Wombell freed from his Assessment.
Sir John Cordell, Limbrey & al. and Langham.
Deputy Lieutenants for Middlesex.
PRAYERS, by Mr. Jackson.
Domini præsentes fuerunt:
Ds. Grey de Warke, Speaker.
L. General.
Comes Pembrooke.
Comes Northumb.
Comes Rutland.
Comes Sarum.
Comes Lyncolne.
L. Viscount Say & Seale.
Comes Stamford.
Comes Kent. Ds. Willoughby.
Ds. Bruce.
Ds. Howard.
Ds. Hunsdon.
Ds. Berkley.
The Messengers sent Yesterday to the House of Commons return with this Answer:
That they agree in the Ordinance concerning Gloucester; and concerning the Earl of Stamford's Petition, they will send an Answer by Messengers of their own.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Sir Oliver Luke Knight, and others:
To desire their Lordships Concurrence in an Order for removing the Regiment now at Bedford to Alsebury.
Agreed to.
The Answer returned was:
This House agrees with the House of Commons in the Order for removing the Regiment at Bedford to Alsebury.
This Day divers Aldermen and Common Council Men of the City of London presented to this House a Petition, from the Lord Mayor, Court of Aldermen and the Common Council of the City of London; which Petition this House received, and commanded to be read, as followeth:
"To the Right Honourable the Lords now assembled in the High Court of Parliament.
"The humble Petition of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled,
"Sheweth,
"That the Petitioners with all due Thankfulness acknowledge your great Care and Endeavours for the Safety and Preservation of Religion, Laws, and Liberties, in these sad Times of Danger and Distraction; and they do bless God for the former Union and Concurrence of this Honourable House with the House of Commons for the Public Good, it being that which hath ever rendered you and them most honourable to your Friends, and dreadful to your Enemies; and the most hopeful Means to bring the Kingdom's great Sufferings to a happy and honourable Conclusion, and to make your Names famous to all Posterity.
"The Petitioners, therefore, apprehending the sad Consequences of it, if that happy Concurrence should be obstructed, do make it their humble Suit unto this Honourable House, to continue the same with the Honourable House of Commons, in the carrying on the great Cause of God and the Kingdoms; and to be assured that this City will still adhere unto your Lordships, to the Expence of their Estates and Lives, according to their late Solemn Covenant.
"And they will pray, &c.
"Michell."
The House, taking this Petition into Consideration, appointed these Lords following to draw up what Answer is fit to be returned to this Petition, and report the same to this House:
Comes Sarum. Comes Lyncolne.
Ds. Willoughby.
Their Lordships, or any Three, to meet presently.
The Earl of Lyncolne reported from the Committee appointed to examine the Business which concerns the Honour of both Houses, and a Peer of this Kingdom; and the Committee of the House of Commons cannot proceed therein, until they have reported the Business to the House of Commons, because they conceive there is some Thing in the Oath given to the Witnesses which they must receive the further Directions of the House of Commons therein.
Ordered, That the Committee appointed to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the House of Commons, why their Lordships do not agree with them in the Ordinance, with the Alterations, concerning the excluding such Members of both Houses as have deserted the Parliament, shall meet on Monday next, in the Afternoon, at Three a Clock.
The Earl of Northumb. reported, "That the Committee have drawn up an Answer to the Petition from the City."
Which was read, and approved of by the House; and the Speaker was appointed to read this Answer to them.
Then the House commanded the Persons that brought the Petition should be called in; and the Speaker read the aforesaid Answer unto them as followeth:
"The Lords and Peers in Parliament assembled have commanded me to give you Thanks, for that continual Care and great Affection which the City hath expressed upon all Occasions to the Parliament, and to this House in particular; and that we are not conscious to ourselves that we have done any Thing that might tend to any Disagreement, or to obstruct a happy Understanding between the Two Houses. We have adventured our Lives, lost our Estates, and are resolved, by the Blessing of God, not to esteem any Thing more dear and near unto us, than the Continuance of the Unity betwixt both Houses, and of our Respect and Affection to the Renowned City of London."
The Lord General signified to this House, "That he intended to go into the Army on Monday next, and knew not how soon he might march; therefore desired that the House of Commons might be put in Mind of their Lordships Proposition to them concerning Committees of both Houses to go along with him in the Army."
A Message was sent to the House of Commons, by Mr. Serjeant Whitfeild and Serjeant Fynch:
To let them know, that the Lord General is going to the Army; and to desire them that they would appoint a Committee of their House, to join with a Committee of Two Lords, to go along with the Lord General in the Army.
Upon reading the Petition of Wm. Wombell, an Attendant on this House; shewing, "That he hath received a Ticket from the Committee at Goulsmithes Hall, to pay in Thirty Pounds, to be lent (fn. 1) for our Brethren of Scotland; but, in regard of his long Attendance on this House, having no Salary, he is not able to pay the said Thirty Pounds: Therefore desires their Lordships Consideration."
Hereupon this House, in regard he hath been a constant Attendant on this House, Ordered, That it be recommended to the said Committee, from this House, that he may be freed from paying the Thirty Pounds.
Whereas the Counsel of Mr. Lymbrey and others should have been heard this Day, why the Cause between them and Alderman Langham and others should not be dismissed this House; but, in regard of the great Affairs this Day, they could not be heard; this House Orders they shall be heard peremptorily on Tuesday Morning next.
Ordered, That this House agrees that Sir John Danvers and Sir James Harrington shall be added, to be Deputy Lieutenants for the County of Midd.
House adjourned till 9a, Monday next.
1. Origin. from.
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Poots resigns from DUP less than three weeks after being ratified as leader
His decision to resign has come only 20 days since he was ratified as party leader, following the results of a by-election which saw him beat Sir Jeffrey Donaldson by 19 votes to 17.
Dylan ONeillDigital Reporter
21:36, 17 JUN 2021
Edwin Poots leaves the DUP headquarters in Belfast after he said he will stand down as the party leader following an internal party revolt against him.
The Democratic Unionist Party leader Edwin Poots has confirmed this evening that he will step down as leader of the Northern Ireland political party.
Speaking this evening DUP Leader Edwin Poots MLA said “I have asked the Party Chairman to commence an electoral process within the Party to allow for a new leader of the Democratic Unionist Party to be elected.
"The Party has asked me to remain in post until my successor is elected.
"This has been a difficult period for the Party and the country and I have conveyed to the Chairman my determination to do everything I can to ensure both Unionism and Northern Ireland is able to move forward to a stronger place.”
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Mr Poots was facing questions about his leadership future after a significant majority of the party's elected representatives opposed his decision to reconstitute the power-sharing Executive with Sinn Féin.
The resignations comes after a power-sharing crisis in Northern Ireland was averted after a late-night deal over Irish language laws paved the way for Stormont leaders to be appointed.
Earlier this evening, Mr Poots nominated Lagan Valley MLA Paul Givan as First Minister of Stormont, despite the majority of DUP Assembly members and MPs opposing the nomination.
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Schalke remove Gazprom logo from shirts after Russia's attack on Ukraine
The German club made the decision amid backlash against Russia's state-owned energy giant
Darragh MurphyEditor
GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 18: Marius Buelter of FC Schalke 04 looks on during the Second Bundesliga match between FC Schalke 04 and SC Paderborn 07 at Veltins Arena on February 18, 2022 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. (Photo by Ralf Treese/DeFodi Images via Getty Images)
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Schalke have distanced themselves from Russia's state-owned energy company Gazprom amid backlash following Vladimir Putin's declaration of war on Ukraine.
Schalke confirmed on Thursday afternoon that they had decided to remove the Gazprom logo from their jerseys due to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
The move comes after German publication Bild committed to covering over any advertisement of Gazprom, Schalke's principal shirt sponsor, due to the company's links to the Russian government amid the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
Bild had begun pasting a pro-Ukraine message over Schalke's shirt sponsor in any online or newspaper image of the German club's jersey.
"Following recent developments, FC Schalke 04 have decided to remove the logo of main sponsor Gazprom from the club's shirts," Schalke confirmed in a social media post.
"It will be replaced by lettering reading 'Schalke 04' instead."
What is Gazprom?
Gazprom is one of the largest natural gas companies in the world and recently finished construction of the divisive Nord Stream 2 pipeline connecting Russia and Germany.
Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis, Germany pulled the plug on the $10 billion pipeline as sanctions are introduced against Moscow.
The Russian government controls over 50 per cent of Gazprom's shares.
Gazprom in sport
Football fans will be very familiar with Gazprom as the energy company has been a prominent Uefa sponsor since 2012.
The gas giant has also been an advertising partner of German club Schalke since 2007 although it remains to be seen how long that partnership will last amid recent developments.
The 2022 Champions League final had been scheduled to take place at the Gazprom Arena in St Petersburg, just a short distance from Gazprom's HQ, although Russia's invasion of Ukraine is expected to result in the relocation of European football's annual showpiece. Uefa announced an emergency meeting regarding the final for Friday morning.
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Edgeworth understood that star formation requires very cold gas, it most likely occurs in massive aggregates, and it should be patterned as beads on a string for the galactic scale.
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Vice President of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has condemned the supposed claim of paying an appearance fee to him before investors can “see him”.
Tiger Eye PI in its latest investigation has exposed the Minister of State at the Finance Ministry Charles Adu-Boahen.
In an article that is a prelude to a yet-to-be-released documentary dubbed “Galamsey Economy” Charles Adu-Boahen who met with Tiger Eye PI Investigators who went undercover as Businessmen runs his mouth about being able to get them to see the Vice President and even the President.
He, however, mentions to the investors that the Vice President will be given an “Appearance Fee” of $200,000 before he will agree to see them.
But reacting to the development, the Vice President has expressed shock at the claim of accepting an “Appearance Fee” in his office.
He indicates that as a human, his most priced asset is his integrity, and will never allow any individual to use his name for corrupt practices.
“I am not aware of any such meeting held by Minister Adu Boahen or a supposed “appearance fee”. My most cherished asset in life is my integrity and I will not allow anyone to use my name to engage in corrupt activities,” he said in a statement shared via social media.
He used the opportunity to call for the dismissal of the Minister of State at the Finance Ministry and called for an investigation into the matter.
“My attention has been drawn to a video by Anas Aremeyaw Anas (as posted on his social media handle) showing the Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Charles Adu Boahen, apparently using my name, inter alia, to peddle influence and collect money from supposed investors. I would like to state that if what the minister is alleged to have said is accurately captured in the video, then his position as a minister of state is untenable. He should be dismissed summarily and investigated.”
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Dr. Who and The Look of Shame
Missy (the Time Lady formerly known as The Master) asks Clara, “What is that look on the Doctor’s face?” Clara responds, “It is a look of shame.”
This exchange comes in this season’s opening episode of the BBC television series, Doctor Who. The Doctor’s look of shame is derived from something he did, or failed to do, years ago.
That look of shame is the appropriate metaphor for a formidable sea of faces. If you are a tax payer and a voter, a Doctor Who look of shame deserves to be on your drivers’ license, because our tax dollars fund Israel’s arms currently in use to kill protesting Palestinian stone throwers and knife wielders.
The look of shame also deserves to be on the faces of Israeli voters who continually choose political leaders who send their young men and women to kill, not just to deter, angry protesters whose stones and knives are no match for Israeli rifles.
The campaign on U.S. campuses to block efforts to tell the Palestinian story, is a display of shameful, craven and cowardly responses by academic leaders yielding to Zionist pressure.
The full list of faces that should be shamed is too long to detail here. It must be added however, that those faces that cry out for shame are soothed and encouraged by U.S. religious leaders who prefer ignorance in the face of reality, and even refuse to endorse BDS, a peaceful Palestinian protest movement.
Also enabling faces that should be shamed, are the U.S. media power brokers whose journalists “report” on the massacre of Palestinians with distorted reporting from Israeli hometown newspapers like the New York Times, which distorts events from Palestine and Israel to soothe readers and advertisers.
One of many recent examples may be found in a Times story this week which began,
“Despite an Israeli security crackdown that includes giving the police greater leeway to open fire and mobilizing 1,400 border police reserve officers, Israel is struggling to contain a spasm of violence. Palestinians carried out four attacks against Israelis in Jerusalem on Monday alone.. . .”
Buried deep in the story, the Times strains to pretend its pretentious media “balance” with this:
“Al Haq, a Palestinian human rights group, noted that under global standards the use of firearms ‘is permissible as an absolute last resort’ against imminent threat of death or serious injury, and ‘only when other extreme measures are proven insufficient’.
“Sarit Michaeli of the Israeli human rights group B’tselem said, ‘On an immediate level, of course the police have an obligation to protect citizens. But they are expected to do so by using the minimum amount of force.’ If necessary, the police could aim to shoot suspects in the leg, she said’.”
National Public Radio (NPR), the “liberal” public news outlet, reported the deaths in Palestine, with what Philip Weiss describes as gaping holes of fact:
“Today National Public Radio did a piece on the latest violence in Israel and Palestine and referred again and again to events in occupied territory, but never provided that simple fact to readers. Host David Greene began by saying that the latest stabbing took place ‘just outside Jerusalem’s Old City.’
“Yes: it took place in occupied East Jerusalem, at the Damascus Gate. Palestinians who live there can’t even vote for the government that controls their lives.
“NPR’s correspondent Emily Harris reported that the stabbing ‘didn’t come out of nowhere. There are always tensions simmering at some level here, though it does go up and down.’ The ancient enmity idea.
Then she referred to the murderous arson attack in a ‘Palestinian village last summer.’ That July 31 attack was inside the occupied territories, and said to be perpetrated by Israeli colonists. She didn’t say so.
“Harris went on to talk about the dispute over access to the Holy Sanctuary, or Temple Mount, in occupied Jerusalem. Again, not a word about occupation, and religious zealots were made out to be ‘interested’ in equal rights, Jewish groups that are interested in ‘expanding Jewish rights on the Holy site.’
“Harris spoke of Israeli security forces’ efforts to ‘figure out how to respond to’ Palestinian attacks; again, not a word about their being occupiers.”
Meanwhile, describing his own Israeli society in a realistic way never found in any American mainline publication, Ha’aretz columnist Gideon Levy wrote, under the headline, Israel’s Lawless Death Penalty Without Trial Buoyed by Cheers of the Masses:
“A spree of extrajudicial killings is sweeping over the land. It’s sickening, barbaric and lawless – and it is buoyed by the cheers of the masses, media incitement and the authorities’ encouragement.
“Now add to the wave of terror attacks the worst kind of damage – Israeli society is losing its image. This society has had savage periods before, but not like this one, in which every stabber or anyone who threatens with a knife, screwdriver or vegetable peeler is executed, even after he has thrown down his weapon, while the killer becomes a hero of the nation.
“Those who wanted the death penalty for terrorists are now receiving a more ignominious version – a death penalty without trial. Fourteen Palestinians have been killed this way in the past week, most of them would not be liable for a death sentence in a state of law. The blood lust, the likes of which is not remembered in these parts, wants more and more blood.”
On one occasion in recent U.S. history, attorney Joseph Welch abruptly ended a senate hearing involving Senator Joseph McCarthy, with a series of phrases from the shame family:
“The army hired Boston lawyer Joseph Welch to make its case. At a session on June 9, 1954, McCarthy charged that one of Welch’s attorneys had ties to a Communist organization. As an amazed television audience looked on, Welch responded with the immortal lines that ultimately ended McCarthy’s career:
“Until this moment, Senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness.” When McCarthy tried to continue his attack, Welch angrily interrupted, ‘Let us not assassinate this lad further, senator. You have done enough. Have you no sense of decency?'”
Israel’s 972 magazine site sums up Israel’s role in the current situation:
“Israelis tend to blame the violence on Palestinian ‘incitement.’ But Israeli society marched directly into the current crisis with eyes wide open, Noam Sheizaf writes, by electing politicians who have done everything in their power to maintain the occupation. Likewise, the ability to improve the situation and prevent the next round of violence is in Israel’s hands alone.
“Cellphone video has been playing an outsized role in the current violence. Shocking clips circulating on social media have shown Israeli police killing suspects in cold blood, and even undercover troops shooting a restrained Palestinian stone thrower at point blank range.”
In the face of this evidence from courageous Israeli journalists, where is our sense of decency? Where is our shame? Must we continue to be “Good Germans” who pretend we not know what is happening?
Or do we stumble into the future, torn between competing narratives, one invented from biblical traditions, the other lived in current reality?
The picture of Dr. Who is courtesy of BBC. The picture of the dead Palestinian boy lying on the street in the Pisgat Zeev section of East Jerusalem, is from Menahem Kahana/Agence France-Presse. It is a Getty Image. The boy’s body is surrounded by police officers who shot him.
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6 Responses to Dr. Who and The Look of Shame
Powerful words, Jim.
roberthstiver says:
Jim, as always you fearlessly report the news, and the evilness. Thank you.
This 2-minute clip made its way around my local e-mail channels yesterday. I cried in frustration and rage. I’d like you and your readers to watch and reflect while (I hope) feeling as revulsed as I was.
This is simply and purely Zionist psychotic inhumanity, on our dime.
Sami Joseph says:
Kudos to you Jim for telling it as it is. Essentially, it is people of conscience who are not prepared to remain silent to the unprecedented criminality of the Zionists in Palestine. Even the Israelis of Palestinian origin have recently been at the receiving end of hate crimes too. Chants of ‘death to the Arabs’ is very common throughout Israel as well as the illegally occupied territories where rabid squatters, misnamed ‘settlers’, go on killing sprees and damaging anything belonging to the Palestinians, under the watchful eyes of heavily armed Israeli military. In the last ten days alone at least 27 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and another 1,990 have been injured. All this inhuman criminality does not receive a single word of condemnation from western leaders, let alone the mainstream media.
Silence is complicity.
Thanks, Jim, for drawing attention to shameless media bias in reporting, or rather under-reporting, about Israeli atrocities in the Holy Land. And as you rightly said, it has gradually turned our mainstream into “Good Germans”.
Our biased media describes the fundamental Israeli-Palestinian “conflict” as simply about “disputed” territory. They do not treat it as the “Occupied” resisting the “Occupier”.
The Resistance Movement in Palestine needs to “re-invent” and “re-define” itself:
Plan Goals, Strategies, and Tactics, and a great deal of Training. No stones. No knives. No guns, despite Israel’s weapons of mass slaughter. The most effective Palestinian Resistance is to deliver highly creative, frequent, non-violent resistance, that will shame and expose, reveal and define what Israel is all about.
Thanks James. Once again you exposed the reality on the ground. I hope Mr. Kerry sees this because I just wrote a comment about his demand to stop the violence which I would like to share with you.
Please Mr. Kerry spare us one of your historic statements that the violence must stop. Unfortunately you do not seem to have grasped the root cause of the violence despite the long years of mediation and shuttling back and forth during the so called peace process. The occupation in itself is the violent action, and resisting an occupation by all means is a legitimate right according to international law.
Out of all people you should not be surprised Mr. Kerry when the US as the broker of the Peace Process failed to be an honest broker and allowed Israel to build and expand the settlements in the Palestinian territory, despite the fact that the USA administration considers the settlements illegal and has often requested Israel to halt their expansion. Yet your administration allowed Israel to create new realities on the ground and vetoed every UN resolution that sanctioned Israel for its illegal acts in the Palestinian occupied territory. Even when the Israeli army invaded Gaza, your administration saw it fit to support the invading forces, and to increase its aid in money and armament.
You should not be surprised that this young generation, which had enough of both the occupation and the futile peace process, would take matters into their hands after the latest provocations of the Israeli settlers who seek to gradually maintain a foot-hold in the Mosque in Jerusalem. It was the straw that broke the camel’s back, and especially when the Arab and Muslim countries did not raise a finger in action against that. Yes we heard a lot of rhetoric. However, words without action do not hold water any more for this young desperate generation.
For a number of years the Palestinians have resorted to non-violent resistance through their weekly marches and prayers in the areas that are being threatened to be annexed behind the WALL. Those demonstrations have continuously been attacked by Israeli soldiers with tear gas and life ammunition, and the Palestinians have not been able to retrieve their land, the latest being the issue of the Cremisan property in Beit Jala. Enough is enough Mr. Kerry. If you are really keen on stopping the violence, you know very well that you will have to put an end to the occupation and stop treating Israel above the law, especially as it escalates its brutal measures against a defenseless population and literally killing minors extra-judicially.
I can’t begin to express my disgust toward Israel and those who support such atrocities toward the Palestinians. Excellent letter to Kerry, Samia, but Americans need to change the ” leadership” for things to change for the Palestinians.
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Mattewara - a disaster in making:
In Covid times, that began last year in March and April, followed consistent lockdown and slowdown in all activities. However, the Punjab Government took a hasty decision in the Cabinet without any discussion to go ahead with development of 950 Acre Industrial Park, in the vicinity of Mattewara Forest reserve and the Sutlej river banks, near the flood prone Dhusi Embankment. The Government acquired the land from the Panchayats of the villages of Sekhowal, Machhia’n and few adjoining villages through a memorandum passed unilaterally by Local Government. About 450 Acre land was in permanent possession of poor farmers and they were tilling it since Independence, after migrating from erstwhile greater Punjab, now part of Pakistan.
The local villagers fought a long drawn litigation battle in Supreme Court to finally get a verdict in their favour. Despite this achievement, the present panchayat was allured to part away this prized land and transfer it to Glada for Industrialization. Moreover, 350 acres of Government land was added from the defunct State Seed farm, a pig farm and potato research centre.
As soon as the news spread like wildfire, Environmentalists and nature lovers took to social media and started a campaign to stop unnatural development of the natural habitat of Mattewara.
Moreover, the land falls close to Sutlej river plane and is immensely prone to Flood like disaster in the past.
Mattewara and its adjoining forest is spread over more than 4000 acres of natural reserves, housing several varieties of flora and fauna. It is the oxygen factory for whole of ludhiana and habitat for scores of animals and birds, including neel gai, peacocks, monkeys, wild boars, deers and serpent varieties. The nearby butterfly and Botanical Garden is known for exotic varieties of butterflies and insects. Once an Industrial zone comes up close this inhabitants, the whole ecological balance will get ruined in due coarse of time.
NGT, the premier National Green Tribunal has already stalled the construction of a 4 lane road in middle of Mattewara forest, the bridge that links with Rahon on the other side of Ludhiana.
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Notice of Special Public Meeting July 12, 2017
Agenda July 12, 2017
Minutes July 12, 2017
Notice of Special Public Meeting August 11, 2017
Agenda August 11, 2017
Minutes August 11, 2017
Notice of Special Public Meeting, September 13, 2017
Notice of Special Public Meeting September 16, 2017
Notice of Special Meeting October 18, 2017
Video November 15, 2017(opens in new window/tab)
Notice of Special Meeting November 17, 2017
Video December 6, 2017(opens in new window/tab)
Notice of Special Meeting December 8, 2017
Notice of Special Meeting December 13, 2017
Video January 10, 2018(opens in new window/tab)
Notice of Special Meeting January 19, 2018
Backup Document January 24, 2018: DRAFT Policy 1005: Public Participation at Board Meetings (3rd Reading)
Notice of Special Meeting February 1, 2018
Agenda February 1, 2018
Backup Document February 1, 2018: DRAFT Policy 5054: Disability Discrimination Policy for Students (1st Reading)
Video February 13, 2018(opens in new window/tab)
Notice of Special Meeting February 27, 2018
Notice of Special Meeting March 1, 2018
Presentation March 14, 2018: Capital Reserve Fund Proposition
Video March 14, 2018(opens in new window/tab)
Video April 11, 2018(opens in new window/tab)
Video May 2, 2018(opens in new window/tab)
Minutes May 2, 2018
Notice of Special Meeting May 21, 2018
Video May 23, 2018(opens in new window/tab)
Video June 13, 2018(opens in new window/tab)
Notice of Special Meeting June 22, 2018
Notice of Speical Public Meeting June 27 2018
(postponed to 3/28 due to weather)
Horace Greeley High School - Academic Commons
Presiding Officer: Victoria Tipp
Pledge of Allegiance: Jeffrey Mester
Convene public meeting at 7:30 pm
Draft Resolution: NYS Executive Budget Shifts Costs to Local Taxpayer
Whereas the 2018-19 Executive budget proposes a reduction in state reimbursement for mandated summer special education programs from the current 80% reimbursement to a wealth adjusted reimbursement rate; and
Whereas under this proposal two-thirds of the districts in Westchester and Putnam Counties would only be eligible to receive the minimum proposed state reimbursement of 25% for summer special education, yet the Chappaqua Central School District's proposed state reimbursement is currently 25%; and
Whereas the Executive Budget further proposes a 2% expenditure reimbursement cap on annual increases in transportation, BOCES, and building aid effective 2019-20; and
Whereas the Governor asserts that state funds from the 2% expenditure reimbursement cap on annual increases in transportation, BOCES, and building aid would go to foundation aid for high need districts, the Executive Budget does not contain any language in that regard; and
Whereas the proposed 2% cap on transportation reimbursement aid disregards normal variability due to: school bus purchases; fuel and labor cost increases; changes in the number of students requiring NYS mandated special education transportation in a 50 mile radius; fluctuations in the number of private and parochial students transported within a 15 mile radius; changes in the number of homeless or foster children requiring transportation under federal law; successful interscholastic teams whose expanded season increases bus costs; and
Whereas the proposed 2% cap on annual increases in BOCES reimbursement aid would be a disincentive to use BOCES for shared services, professional development, and student programs such as career-technical education, special education or alternative high school, etc.; and
Whereas, the proposed statewide 2% building aid cap is based on the overall state increase in building aid and not determined on an individual district basis, and any cut would proportionally affect all school districts receiving building aid, creating uncertainly regarding a district's ability to plan for proposed projects and fund those already in progress. Any cut in building aid could result in higher property taxes or a reduction in other programs or staffing; and
Whereas 80% of the districts in Westchester and Putnam Counties would only receive the 2018-19 proposed 0.25% minimum increase in Foundation Aid, [including the Chappaqua Central School District,] irrespective of increases to NYS employer pension costs, rising healthcare premiums in NYS, and contractual salary increases that affect every school district in the state; and
Whereas the Executive Budget proposes to maintain veto power over school district budgets for Big Five City school districts and certain other large districts based on their school-level funding plan, which disregards local control of school districts across NY State; and
Whereas, NY State property taxes and taxes in our region in particular are the highest nationally, and any further revenue shift from the state to the local taxpayer could result in increased property taxes; and
Whereas these reductions in state aid could lead to program or staff cuts in order to stay under the maximum allowable tax levy limit; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that:
The Board of Education of the Chappaqua Central School District calls upon the New York State Assembly and New York State Senate to rebuke Executive Budget proposals that shift costs to the local taxpayer; and
RESOLVED that the Board of Education of the Chappaqua Central School District opposes any caps on state reimbursement for expense based aids; and
RESOLVED that the Board of Education of the Chappaqua Central School District deems that these line item limitations compromise a local school district's decision-making and flexibility; and
FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education of the Chappaqua Central School District calls upon the Governor, NYS Assembly and NYS Senate to appropriately fund public school districts, and stop diverting much needed state funds, so that we can address the ever increasing needs of the children we serve.
The Board of Education directs the District Clerk to send a copy of this resolution to the following people:
(Email information posted on WPSBA website under tab for Legislative Issues / Government Officials)
David Buchwald, New York State Assembly Member
Terrence Murphy, New York State Senator
Andrew Cuomo, the Governor of the State of New York
Carl Heastie, the Speaker of the New York State Assembly
John Flanagan, the Majority Leader of the New York State Senate
Catherine Nolan, State Assemblywoman, Chair, Committee on Education
Carl L Marcellino, State Senate, Chair, Committee on Education
Judith Johnson, NYS Board of Regents
Betty Rosa, Chancellor, NYS Board of Regents
MaryEllen Elia, NYS Commissioner of Education
Lisa Davis, Executive Director, Westchester Putnam School Boards Association
DRAFT RESOLUTION:
Whereas, the safety of all children in our schools is of paramount importance; and
Whereas the proposed 5% reduction to the current Federal education budget would include $425 million in cuts to mental health and school safety programs, such as the School Emergency Response to Violence Program and Project Prevention Grants; and
Whereas seventeen students and staff members were killed and many others were injured as a result of a school shooting in Parkland, Florida on February 14, 2018; and
Whereas in the past five years, 439 students and staff members have been shot in more than 239 school shootings across our Country; and
Whereas a need for greater access to mental health services for students and families in our schools and communities was ranked as a top funding priority by the majority of Superintendents in New York State; and
Whereas we believe that every child has the right to a safe school environment that has an appropriate level of security as determined by our community; and
Whereas a reasoned and rational approach to gun control and increased access to mental health services for students and families in our schools and communities are essential elements of a safe school environment; and
Whereas the Chappaqua Central School District fosters civic discourse and promotes student understanding of government and current issues; and
Whereas a coordinated effort at the Federal and State levels, boosted by law enforcement and community engagement, is needed to change the paradigm and protect our communities and our schools;
The Board of Education of the Chappaqua Central School District calls upon the New York State Assembly, the New York State Senate and the Governor to implement a reasoned and rational approach to address gun control and background checks, and prioritize funding and resources for increased access to mental health services for students and families in our schools and communities; and
RESOLVED that the Board of Education of the Chappaqua Central School District implores Federal and State leaders to take immediate action to:
Provide additional funding to schools and communities for adequate mental health, s social, and guidance services and resources for the purpose of prevention, support, and response;
Provide funds for districts to upgrade their facilities if internal safety audits find there is a need for improvements;
Provide funding for essential security personnel and related professional development for all staff, as determined by the local school district
RESOLVED that the Board of Education of the Chappaqua Central School District affirms students who are exercising their First Amendment rights in speaking out for school safety, support for mental health services, and legislation to address gun violence, need to be heard.
RESOLVED that the Board of Education of the Chappaqua Central School District opposes any reductions in federal or state funding for education that would cut mental health or school safety programs; and
FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education of the Chappaqua Central School District calls upon the Governor, NYS Assembly and NYS Senate to address gun violence and provide support for local school districts to promote school safety.
Nita Lowey, US Congresswoman
Senator Charles Schumer, US Senate
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, US Senate
Carl L. Marcellino, State Senate, Chair, Committee on Education
Superintendent's Report
BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves the revised 2017-18 District Calendar.
Capital Project Proposal: Main Entrance Reconstruction at all six schools.
Technology / Athletics / Operations & Maintenance Budget Presentations
Policy #9065: Sexual Misconduct and Fraternization - 1st Reading
Policy #5080: Sexual Harassment of Students (revision) - 1st Reading
We welcome public inquiries, and in respect for each other's time, we ask that you limit your inquiry to three minutes. Board members may be contacted via email or phone.
Approvals & Ratifications
Request for Discretionary Leave of Absence:
Ms. Ann Lim, Teaching Assistant, Horace Greeley High School, effective March 19, 2018 through March 29, 2018.
Request for Extension of a Parental Leave of Absence:
Ms. Alexandra Brown, Guidance Counselor, Robert E. Bell Middle Schools, effective August 30, 2018 through June 30, 2019.
Ms. Christina Grasso, Teacher of English / Social Studies, Robert E. Bell Middle School, effective August 30, 2018 through June 30, 2019.
Ms. Claudine Howson, Data Entry Operator at the Education Center, effective March 30, 2018.
CSE Summaries (2017-18 School Year) reported to the Board on March 21, 2018.
BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves an Agreement for Health and Welfare Services with Harrison Central School District for 2 students at a rate of $1,081.91 per student, effective September 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018, and authorizes the Board President and Superintendent to execute this Agreement.
BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves a Chappaqua School Foundation traditional grant of $14,435.00 for the purchase of three multi-touch display monitors for each elementary school art classroom to facilitate the further development of STEAM curriculum in grades 1-4. Requested by Joshua Culwell-Block and, Bracken Feldman, Sarah Curry and Elizabeth Rose (the elementary school art teachers).
BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves a Chappaqua School Foundation traditional grant of $13,996.00 for the purchase of two Google Jamboards which will support project based learning and small group instruction in the L-building across the English and Social Studies departments at Horace Greeley High School. Requested by Joshua Culwell-Block, Director of Technology and Innovation and Daniel Valentin - Horace Greeley High School.
BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves a Chappaqua School Foundation traditional grant of $35,110.68 for the purchase of a full class set of Cintiq tablets which will allow Drawing, Visual Dynamics, Photography, Fashion Design and Industrial Design students to learn how to use digital tools, enhance their digital drawing skills and create drawings and visual prototypes which they can revise and refine. Requested by Louise Brady and Sarah Kugelmas - Horace Greeley High School.
BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves a Chappaqua School Foundation traditional grant of $50,000.00 to provide equipment to support the physical education curriculum at the high school. This grant is part of a larger project, in partnership with the District, to refurbish and renovate the current weight room. Requested by Jason Semo, Athletic Director and Steve McLees, Athletic Trainer - Horace Greeley High School.
BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves a Chappaqua School Foundation traditional grant of $19,861.30 to purchase tables, chairs and other equipment to establish an outdoor classroom in the courtyard. Requested by Bell Student Leadership Council and advisors Justin Olive and Meredith Green - Robert E. Bell Middle School.
BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves a Chappaqua School Foundation traditional grant of $22,757.55 to purchase multimedia recording equipment that will help students design, create, narrate their work process and present final projects in project based learning units. Requested by Amanda McDonough, Sharon Wiggins, Elizabeth Sovern and Gina Serafin - Robert E. Bell Middle School.
BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves a Chappaqua School Foundation traditional grant of $8,866.00 to upgrade and improve the 8th grade science cumulative, end-of-year ecological/environmental study of Tertia Brook. Requested by Patrick Liu and Annie Madden - Robert E. Bell Middle School.
BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves a Chappaqua School Foundation traditional grant of $7,904.46 to purchase EverBlocks - modular, oversized plastic blocks that facilitate the construction of all types of objects and storage carts to allow these blocks to be stored and used by a variety of Bell teachers/students for collaborative building and engineering projects work. Requested by Jessica Sansevera, Sarah Geronimo, Megan Barnes and Amanda McDonough - Robert E. Bell Middle School.
BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves a Chappaqua School Foundation traditional grant of $7,296.00 to purchase science equipment and portable tables to create an outdoor study area/classroom and foster a more active, collaborative and hands on learning experience as part of the seventh grade science program. Requested by Nancy Soliz and Kathleen Kuczma - Seven Bridges Middle School.
BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves a Chappaqua School Foundation traditional grant of $7,025.68 to convert an existing space into a multimedia studio with recording equipment for students to create a variety of presentations and projects, including voice-overs, recording of musical performances, electronic music, sound effects, podcasts and audio books aligning with STEAM/Makerspaces and recognizing that presentation, peer feedback and reflection are important aspects of the learning and design process. Requested by Elizabeth Rose, Steve Listengart and Ellen Paradiso - Douglas Grafflin Elementary School.
BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves a Chappaqua School Foundation traditional grant of $1,875.00 for the purchase of a digital program from the National Geographic Learning Company to benefit English Language Learners in grades 1-4. Requested by Ellie Foundoukis - Westorchard Elementary School.
BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Education approves a Chappaqua School Foundation traditional grant of $1,000.00 for a Recess Activity Cart items to encourage building and problem solving activities during indoor recess. Requested by Warren Whitney - Douglas Grafflin Elementary School.
BE IT RESOLVED that the Board, having reviewed the requisites set forth in a draft letter dated March 1, 2018 to enable the Horace Greely Sports Boosters to receive a Twin Oaks Grant to fund a Horace Greely High School Fitness and Athletics Center project, hereby authorizes the Board President to sign the enabling letter as presented to the Board at this meeting.
BE IT RESOLVED that the following proposition be placed on the ballot at the District Meeting of the voters of the Chappaqua Central School District, to be conducted on May 15, 2018:
CAPITAL RESERVE FUND PROPOSITION
Shall the Chappaqua Central School District be authorized to establish a capital reserve fund pursuant to Section 3651 of the Education Law, to be designated as the "Buildings and Facilities Improvement Reserve Fund," which shall be for the purpose of paying all or a portion of the costs of renovation, construction, reconstruction and improvements to the District's buildings, facilities, and athletic facilities and fields, including original furnishings, equipment, machinery, apparatus, appurtenances, planning costs, site improvements, and incidental improvements and expenses in connection therewith; the maximum amount of such fund shall be $10,000,000 (plus accrued interest and investment earnings thereon), with a maximum term of 10 years; the source of the funding to be unexpended unassigned fund balances in the general fund at the end of each fiscal year and/or other legally available funds that may be placed into said reserve fund.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the District Clerk is authorized and directed to cause this proposition to be published in the legal notices for the May 15, 2018 Meeting in the designated newspaper(s) in accordance with Section 2004 of the Education law.
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Chappaqua Central School District, Westchester County, New York, hereby authorizes and directs the District Clerk to give notice to the qualified voters of the School District of the Annual Public Hearing on the Budget and Annual Meeting, School District Election, Library Election and Vote, as follows:
NOTICE OF ANNUAL PUBLIC HEARING ON BUDGET, ANNUAL MEETING, SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTION, LIBRARY ELECTION AND VOTE
Revenue Status Report - February 2018
Appropriation Status Report - February 2018
Claims Auditor Report - February 2018
Wednesday, March 28, 2018, 7:30 pm
Non-Instructional / Tax Rates / Contingency Budget Presentations
Adopt Budget
Horace Greeley High School Innovative & Programmatic Highlights
Any person who seeks accommodation based upon disability should contact the District Clerk, Liisa Elsner at 238-7200, x-1002, at least five days prior to the meeting.
Chappaqua Board of Education
Web: www.ccsd.ws
Email: board@ccsd.ws
PLEASE TURN OFF ALL CELL PHONES DURING MEETING
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An adolescent female with abdominal pain and tachycardia
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Contemporary PEDS Journal, September 2021, Volume 38, Issue 9
A female aged 13 years with morbid obesity and recent hospitalization for pyelonephritis presents with abdominal pain, tachycardia, and shortness of breath. What's the diagnosis?
A female aged 13 years with morbid obesity (body mass index, 56.7 kg/m2) and recent hospitalization for pyelonephritis presented to the pediatric emergency department with abdominal pain, tachycardia, and shortness of breath. She completed a course of oral antibiotics for the pyelonephritis about 4 days prior and initially felt well. Two days later, she started to experience diffuse abdominal pain accompanied by nonbloody, nonbilious emesis and watery diarrhea. The patient also complained of increased thirst and new bowel and bladder incontinence. That morning she developed difficulty breathing with tachypnea and a generalized feeling of weakness, which prompted her presentation to the pediatric emergency department. She denied fever, dysuria, or malodorous urine since completing the above antibiotics. She also denied being sexually active. She had operative pinning for a slipped capital femoral epiphysis about 3 months earlier, for which she has no residual pain or swelling, but she still uses crutches and has been sedentary since the procedure.
Triage vital signs show a temperature of 36.6 °C with a heart rate of 177 beats per minute; blood pressure, 104/84 mmHg; respiratory rate, 30 breaths per minute; pulse oximetry, 98% on room air; and capillary refill time of 3 seconds. She is generally ill appearing and moaning in pain. Her exam is also notable for dry mucous membranes and otherwise significant for tachycardia without murmurs, tachypnea with clear breath sounds, and a soft and nondistended but diffusely tender abdomen. She has no rashes, joint swelling, or swelling of lower extremities.
Immediate interventions to treat the tachycardia and early signs of shock include intravenous (IV) fluid resuscitation with improvement in heart rate, cap refill time, and blood pressure. A blood culture was drawn followed by administration of empiric IV ceftriaxone and metronidazole. Antibiotics were selected for broad-spectrum coverage in this patient who fits systemic inflammatory response syndrome criteria and for additional polymicrobial coverage for possible intra-abdominal infection (Table 1). An electrocardiogram (ECG) was obtained to evaluate for right heart strain, and ischemia was notable for sinus tachycardia. Computed tomography angiogram (CTA) of chest and CT abdomen/pelvis with IV contrast imaging were ordered.
Given the patient’s ill appearance, abnormal vital signs, and multiple sources for possible infection, the following broad laboratory work-up was pursued. An initial glucometer reading was 119 mg/dL. Additional results returned as follows: complete blood count with leukocytosis of 30 K/mm3 with 8% bands; hemoglobin, 10.7 g/dL, hematocrit, 33.6 g/dL, platelets, 649 K/ mm3; C-reactive protein, 56 mg/dL (<0.5 mg/dL); lactate, 2 mmol/L (normal <2.3 mmol/L). D-dimer was elevated at 19 mg/L FEU (normal <0.5 mg/ dl FEU). A comprehensive metabolic panel, venous blood gas, troponin, lipase, urinalysis, and urinary pregnancy test were all within reference range.
The greatest initial concern and most immediately life-threatening diagnosis was a pulmonary embolus (Table 2). Although less common in the pediatric than adult population, the patient had several risk factors, including obesity, minimal ambulation for the past several months, surgical procedure, and recent hospitalization. A high index of suspicion is also needed for patients on oral contraceptive therapy, recent travel, malignancy, or a family history of hypercoagulability. The physical exam of acute distress, tachypnea with clear breath sounds, and significant tachycardia supported this possibility. No unilateral leg pain or swelling was seen, although this can be difficult to assess in patients with an obese body habitus. Patients typically present with chest pain, but abdominal discomfort can also be referred. ECG findings may be normal or demonstrate sinus tachycardia, right bundle branch block, ST-segment elevation in V1 and aVR, and low amplitude QRS complexes. The Simplified Wells Score and Pulmonary Embolism Rule-Out Criteria (PERC) are often used to risk- stratify patients with possible pulmonary embolism. The Wells Score rates patients on symptoms, likelihood of diagnosis, and history of hypercoagulability; patients with more than 1 risk factor should have immediate imaging. Those with a score of 1 or less can then be further assessed via PERC. PERC applies some of the same factors as Wells and also accounts for medication use and physical exam. If there are no PERC criteria met in addition to a Wells score of less than 2, no further evaluation is indicated. If any PERC signs are present, further stratification with D-dimer testing is suggested. Although this can be helpful to supplement clinician decision-making, both have not been validated for patients less than 18 years old. Thus, these should be used only as a guide and not to replace physical exam and clinical suspicion.
Intra-abdominal infection
Although the patient had no reported fevers, sepsis must always be considered in a patient with persistent tachycardia. She had many possible intra-abdominal sources for sepsis, most notably a recurrent pyelonephritis complicated by a renal abscess. Her body habitus limited physical exam localization of pain to a specific abdominal quadrant; additional possible etiologies include cholecystitis, pancreatitis, appendicitis, and tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA). Other infectious sources are a lower lobe pneumonia with diaphragmatic irritation resulting in abdominal pain or an osteomyelitis from her recent hip surgery requiring hardware placement. Her vital sign improvement with IV fluid resuscitation, the significant leukocytosis with increased bands, and her elevated inflammatory markers further supported an active infection as the diagnosis. The elevated D-dimer indicated a possible blood clot, but this is also a nonspecific finding and usually elevated in sepsis, as well. The treatment of suspected sepsis includes IV fluid hydration and early broad-spectrum antibiotics following collection of all relevant cultures. If patients have hemodynamic instability despite aggressive fluid resuscitation, the vasoactive agent of choice according to recently updated pediatric sepsis guidelines is norepinephrine or epinephrine.1
Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state
A history of new onset polydipsia and urinary incontinence raised the suspicion of an endocrine etiology. Although the patient was an adolescent, her body habitus suggested an increased risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus with resulting hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state (HHS). HHS is a consequence of hyperglycemia, significantly elevated serum osmolarity, and severe dehydration. It is typically a complication of uncontrolled type 2 diabetes or may be triggered by an underlying infection leading to dehydration. It can lead to fatal cerebral edema and cardiovascular collapse. HHS is diagnosed by clinical findings of dehydration, lethargy, and altered mental status. Laboratory evaluation includes elevated glucose greater than 600 mg/ dL, elevated plasma osmolarity of 320 mOsm/L or higher, and no ketoacidosis.2 Management requires aggressive IV hydration at twice the maintenance rate and administration of only subcutaneous insulin rather than a continuous infusion.
Unexplained tachycardia in the pediatric population may also indicate myocarditis. Myocarditis is an inflammation of the cardiac muscle usually caused by a recent viral infection. Additional signs and symptoms include tachypnea, fatigue, vomiting, hepatomegaly, and an S3 gallop on exam. ECG may show sinus tachycardia and elevated ST segments. Lab work-up usually is associated with an elevated troponin. A chest x-ray may show an enlarged cardiac silhouette and pulmonary edema. Patients typically do not tolerate IV fluids well and should be emergently transferred to a facility with pediatric cardiology services.
Actual diagnosis
Radiographic testing revealed the diagnosis of the patient. A CTA chest was negative for pulmonary embolus, and the CT abdomen/ pelvis with and without IV contrast demonstrated a large fluid collection in the right lower quadrant (Figure) that was most consistent with a TOA. There was also extensive reactive bowel inflammation that likely caused her associated diarrhea and incontinence.
Patient course
Upon diagnosis of TOA, general pediatric surgery service was consulted. The patient was admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit following the surgical procedure. Pediatric infectious disease and gynecology services were consulted to guide IV antibiotic therapy. Antibiotics were then further broadened to vancomycin and piperacillin-tazobactam. Blood cultures remained negative. Her intra-abdominal culture grew multiple organisms. Gonorrhea and chlamydia polymerase chain reaction were negative. The patient had a prolonged hospital course of several weeks. She required 2 additional operative interventions for repeat drain placement and ultimately a right salpingectomy. She was discharged with multidisciplinary follow-up, including physical therapy and weight loss clinic. The patient continuously denied any sexual activity or sexual abuse. Her infection was attributed to a combination of recent urinary system infection and poor genitourinary hygiene.
TOA is an intra-abdominal infection that usually results as a late complication of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). It typically presents with abdominal pain, vaginal discharge, adnexal mass, and leukocytosis in sexually active females of reproductive age. Up to 50% of infected patients may be afebrile with an ill appearance. As the infection is caused by ascension of bacteria from the lower genital tract, etiology of micro-organism is usually polymicrobial.3 The predominant cause is anaerobic bacteria rather than Neisseria gonorrhoeae or Chlamydia trachomatis. Organisms include Escherichia coli, Bacteroides fragilis, other Bacteroides species, Peptostreptococcus, Peptococcus, and aerobic streptococci.3 Risk factors for TOA are reproductive age, intrauterine device use, multiple sexual partners, and past PID infections.
Physical exam usually notes pelvic tenderness, often with evidence of peritonitis. Bimanual exam may re- veal cervical motion tenderness and adnexal tenderness and/or mass. Radiographic testing will confirm the diagnosis, and multiple modalities are acceptable including ultrasonography, CT scan, and MRI.
Although TOA is almost always caused by further ascension of bacteria from PID, it can result spontaneously without history of sexual activity and as a complication of hysterectomy. In the pediatric population, it has been rarely seen as a sequela of inflammatory bowel dis- ease. There are also case reports of TOA in adolescents resulting from a combination of obesity, constipation, recurrent urinary tract infection, and poor hygiene.4,5
After initial recovery, later complications include chronic pelvic pain, infertility, ectopic pregnancy, ovarian vein thrombosis, and recurrent PID.
TOA can be managed both medically and surgically. All patients should be admitted to the hospital with a gynecology consult. If the TOA has not yet ruptured, antibiotics can be trialed.6 The initial recommended regimen includes IV cefotetan or IV cefoxitin and IV doxycycline, IV ampicillin with IV gentamicin loading dose followed by IV clindamycin, or IV ampicillin-sulbactam and IV doxycycline. IV medications can be transitioned to oral once patients have defervesced, resolution of leukocytosis, clinical improvement in pain, and improvement in size of abscess on imaging.
Surgery may be pursued as source control for unstable patients, large abscess size, or failure of antibiotics. If patients have worsening symptoms or no improvement after 2 weeks of oral therapy, surgery is recommended. Surgical options include intervention- al radiologic percutaneous drainage or laparoscopy/laparotomy for drainage and possible salpingectomy.6
Given the significant associated complications, TOA prevention is important when it comes to adolescent health. Health care team members should counsel patients on safe sex practices, PID, and TOA risk factors before a patient develops these conditions.
1. Weiss SL, Peters MJ, Alhazzani W, et al. Surviving sepsis campaign international guidelines for the management of septic shock and sepsis-associated organ dysfunction in children. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2020;21(2):e52-e106. doi:10.1097/PCC.0000000000002198
2. Adeyinka A, Kondamudi NP. Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic nonketotic coma. National Center for Biotechnology Information. StatPearls. Accessed August 4, 2021. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK482142/
3. Curry A, Williams T, Penny ML. Pelvic inflammatory disease: diagnosis, management, and prevention. Am Fam Physician. 2019;100(6):357-364.
4. Chernick LS. Tubo-ovarian abscesses in nonsexually active adolescents: A rare but consequential miss. J Adolesc Health. 2019;65(2):175-176. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.04.006
5. Hartmann KA, Lerand SJ, Jay MS. Tubo-ovarian abscess in virginal adolescents: exposure of the underlying etiology. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2009;22(3):e13-e16. doi:10.1016/j.jpag.2008.03.006
6. Jiang X, Shi M, Sui M, Wang T, Yang H, Zhou H, Zhao K. Clinical value of early laparoscopic therapy in the management of tubo-ovarian or pelvic abscess. Exp Ther Med. 2019; 18(2):1115-1122. doi:10.3892/etm.2019.7699
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DJ Chicken thanks fans as he moves into new house (Video)
Nigerian Disc Jockey and Influencer, DJ Chicken has announced that he moved from where he was living to his own apartment.
The controversial entertainer launched an Instagram live session to thank fans and God for blessing him.
DJ Chicken said it is the firtst step in a series of more achievements to come his way and he enjoined fans to celebrate with him.
During the live session, the young man who spoke in Yoruba language said he has shamed his enemies and he will soon be able to furnish the place to his taste and also buy a bigger house.
Meanwhile, CorrectNG reported that Nigerian actress, Nancy Isime has built a beautiful home for her father and mother, which is a dream come true for her.
The screen diva took to her Instagram page on Monday to announce that she ushered her parents into a fully funished 6-bedroom bungalow in celebration of her birthday.
She turned 31 on 17th of December 2022.
According to the beautiful actress, there was also a housewarming with neighbours, relatives and friends in attendance.
Nancy said the house gift was also to appreciate her dad for allowing her to leave home and chase her dreams of becoming independent at the young age of 17.
Sharing photos and video, she wrote; ”Yesterday, One of my Biggest Dreams came to Fruition. I ushered my Daddy and Family into their fully completed, finished, furnished 6 bedroom home and it gladdened my heart so much. I’ve been on this for years and I’m glad I could finally complete and hand the keys over.
We also had a house warming party with neighbors, friends and relatives in attendance which also doubled as the part 2 of my 31st birthday celebration.
Watching everyone congratulate my daddy with hugs and cheers made me grin from ear to ear. When I asked how he felt, he said “This has added many more years to my life” 🥹 amongst many other heartwarming words.
This is also a way to thank my Dad for letting his 17 year old daughter leave home daily to chase her dreams of becoming a fully independent woman. At 19, I told him I was ready to live on my own and even if he had fears, he let me do me with trust that I won’t bring shame to the family. 13 years later, I’m happy I get to also fulfill one of his Life Long Dreams.
I’ve prayed, envisioned and manifested this day into reality and I couldn’t be more grateful to God. I’ve deliberated posting this for a bit but I happen to be followed by many young girls/persons who can relate to my story so much and are probably in a stage in their lives where they’re wondering if all the hustle will pay off. Listen to me, It will. Not overnight, but it will.
Focus on your dreams, put in the work, take care of yourself whilst trying to take care of others, take your time,you don’t have to arrive…just take one step after the other, don’t try to do Big things…do what you can, be a genuinely good person who wants to see good happen for others as much as they want to happen for themselves, stay far away from Negativity and most importantly let God do God! These are a few of the Life tips I hold dear, it might help you. I don’t know. You can try them. Wishing you the very best on your journey”
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JCPS assistant superintendent and Kentucky education commissioner finalist has resigned
Billy Kobin
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Felicia Cumings Smith, who oversaw instruction in Jefferson County Public Schools and had been a finalist for the Kentucky education commissioner position, has resigned, according to the district.
JCPS spokesman Mark Hebert confirmed that Smith's last day is Friday.
In a July 10 resignation letter, a copy of which was obtained through an open records request, Smith listed her reason for departing as a "(p)ersonal decision."
"I appreciate the opportunities you and Dr. Pollio have given me during my tenure," Smith wrote to JCPS Chief Academic Officer Carmen Coleman in her resignation letter. "I believe the contributions I have made have supported the district in its turnaround efforts for children and teachers. I wish the district much success moving forward.
"I will be preparing a transition plan for you and feel confident the leadership team I have developed during this time will keep the work moving forward."
Smith had started her career as an elementary and reading resource teacher in JCPS and returned to the district in October 2017 to become its assistant superintendent of academic services.
Most recently, she was the assistant superintendent of teaching and learning for JCPS.
Smith was also among the three finalists recently vying to become Kentucky's next education commissioner.
A Kentucky native, Smith would have broken ground as not only the first female education chief, but as the first Black woman.
More:Here's what parents need to know about the JCPS back-to-school plan
Previously:Colorado superintendent to be next Kentucky education commissioner
On July 10, the same day Smith submitted her resignation letter, the state Board of Education tapped Jason Glass, a Bluegrass State native and the leader of Jeffco Public Schools in Colorado, to become Kentucky's new education commissioner.
Smith's resignation comes just a few weeks before JCPS starts the 2020-21 school year with a continuation of nontraditional instruction, or remote learning, amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Smith had served as an associate commissioner of education and chief academic officer for the Kentucky Department of Education from 2009 to 2014.
Her career has also included a stint as executive director of the Collaborative Center for Literacy Development at the University of Kentucky and as a senior program officer of K-12 Education at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
She also previously directed Kentucky field work for the National Institute for School Leadership and the National Center for Education and the Economy.
In a tweet Thursday night, Smith praised her colleagues who worked alongside her on instruction-related initiatives for JCPS.
"What an amazing team!" Smith tweeted. "Thank you! ...Until we see each other again!"
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Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, led a news conference with Finance Committee Republicans to highlight the tax hike proposals in the mislabeled “Inflation Reduction Act.” Analyses from nonpartisan experts have shown the legislation would increase the tax burden on low- and middle-income Americans; slam the manufacturing industry; and do nothing to lower inflation.
“The bottom line—this tax is dangerous for America.”
To watch Crapo’s full remarks, click HERE or the image above.
On who bears the burden of a tax hike:
“The Administration has been very careful to say ‘we aren’t raising the tax rates of anyone under $400,000.’ But everyone in America knows that when taxes are charged, people end up carrying the burden of those taxes.
“That burden comes because the incidence of the corporate tax is passed on to workers; to capital, or those who own the stock, people trying to invest in their retirement in a pension plan or 401K; and in price increases in the economy.
“The [Joint Committee on Taxation] found that in 2023, the tax burden would increase by $16.7 billion on Americans earning less than $200,000 per year. Another $14.1 billion would be borne by taxpayers earning between $200,000 and $500,000 per year. During the ten-year period, the average tax burden increases for nearly every single income category. When you get to the point at the end of the ten-year period, half to two-thirds of the burden would fall on those earning less than $400,000. That is the reality, regardless of the games that are being played in terms of describing who the taxes fall on.”
On which industries will be hit hardest by tax hikes:
“49.7 percent of those taxes will fall on manufacturers, and as you can see from the chart that it goes across various other aspects of our economy…This bill will slam manufacturers.
“The National Association of Manufacturers has indicated that because half of the impact of this will be on that industry, that this would be a reduction of our gross domestic product by $68.45 billion, a reduction of employment by 218 thousand workers and a reduction of employment income of $17 billion. These numbers show, very graphically, where the burden of this tax falls; contrary to the argument that is this just a tax on tax-cheats.”
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“We worked as hard as we could back in 2017 to get our tax code amended so we could incentivize capital formation in America, so that we could encourage the hundreds of billions, trillions of dollars being held offshore to be brought back to the United States and invested here. And it happened--companies came back to the United States and invested the capital. We got the strongest economy we had probably seen in all of our lifetimes. Employment was up, wages were up and the inflation rate was less than 2 percent--down around 1.5 percent. That is what was coming out of the effort to get capital formation back into the United States; this bill is going to slam it.”
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Oklahoma Sooners Baseball
Despite 14-0 start, OU baseball still at #2 in this week's rankings
By Jordan Esco Mar 7, 2011, 1:37pm CST
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Despite their 14-0 start, the Sooners were not able to capture the #1 spot in this week's rankings.
Much like college football, there are multiple polls within the college baseball game and in almost all OU remained at #2 for the week of March 7th. OU is playing as well, if not better, than any team in the country but their schedule thus far has not provided the strongest of competition. That will change next week with a trip out to AZ to take on Arizona State and a three game series in Norman against A&M, but for now OU will just have to be content at #2.
Here's one poll with this week's rankings, two more after the jump.
USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll
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Rk. Team W-L Last Week Prev.
1. Florida 10-1 3-1 1
2. Vanderbilt 11-1 4-0 2
3. Oklahoma 14-0 5-0 3
4. South Carolina 8-1
5. Texas 7-4
6. Cal State Fullerton
7. TCU 7-4
8. Florida State
9. Arizona State 9-2
10. Clemson
11. Virginia 12-1 6-0 13
12. Stanford 6-5
13. UCLA 7-4
14. Arizona 9-2
16. Louisiana State
17. Baylor 6-5
18. Rice 8-5
19. Connecticut 4-4
20. California
6-4 1-3 14
21. College of Charleston
22. Texas A&M
23. Fresno State
24. Tulane 9-3
4-1 NR
25. Georgia Tech
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NCAA Div. I Poll (As of March 7, 2011)
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Rank School (Record) Points Previous
1. Florida (10-1) 496 1
2. Oklahoma (14-0) 495 2
3. Vanderbilt (11-1) 493 3
4. Clemson (7-2) 488 4
5. Florida St. (10-1) 486 5
6. South Carolina (8-1) 483 6
7. Louisiana St. (11-1) 481 7
8. Cal. St. Fullerton (8-3) 479 13
9. Texas Christian (7-4) 477 10
10. Virginia (12-1) 475 15
11. Texas (7-4) 474 12
12. UCLA (7-4) 472 8
13. Arizona St. (9-2) 470 11
14. Texas A&M (9-3) 467 9
15. Arizona (9-2) 465 16
16. North Carolina (11-1) 464 17
17. Stanford (6-5) 463 14
18. Arkansas (10-1) 460 20
19. Wichita St. (9-2) 455 19
20. Fresno St. (8-1) 453 21
21. U.C. Irvine (8-1) 451 22
22. Louisville (8-2) 449 25
23. Rice (8-5) 447 23
24. Georgia Tech. (8-4) 443 26
25. Auburn (9-3) 439 27
26. Stetson (9-1) 436 —
27. James Madison (11-1) 434 —
28. Tulane (9-3) 430 —
29. Nebraska (8-4) 427 —
30. Cal. St. Bakersfield (11-2) 425 —
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Over 100 churches and charities were involved in Enough Food for Everyone IF, a campaign to end world hunger launched in the run-up to the UK hosting the G8 Summit in June 2013.
The campaign highlighted the facts that one billion people go to bed hungry every night and two million children die from malnutrition every year.
What the campaign has achieved
"The IF campaign has helped put tackling hunger and the issues that drive it - like malnutrition, tax dodging and land grabs - at the centre of the G8 agenda. We've made real progress thanks to the millions of people who have supported the campaign, but there remains lots of unfinished business. The UK presidency deserves credit for putting the right issues on the agenda and making progress in many areas. We urge them to follow up on this unfinished business to help end the scandal of 1 in 8 people going hungry." - Sol Oyuela, spokesperson for the Enough Food for Everyone IF campaign.
For full details on what has been achieved on the campaign issues of aid, land, tax and transparency see:
IF response: G8 tax agreement and G8 presidency
IF response to Finance Bill amendment
The Government has rejected an IF amendment to the Finance Bill to make it harder for UK companies and individuals to dodge tax in developing countries
Campaign organisers thank supporters
Revisit highlights of the campaign in this video, including comments from Mervyn McCullagh, Executive Officer of the Irish Council of Churches and Irish Inter-Church Meeting: 'real sign that poverty transcends denominational difference'.
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Today's G8 tax deal is a step in the right direction, but it also leaves major unfinished business, says campaign spokesperson.
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G8 IF Campaign Service in St Macartin's Cathedral, Enniskillen
St Macartin's Cathedral in Enniskillen hosted an ecumenical service on 16 June, organised by the Enough Food for Everyone IF campaign, at which the Archbishop of York was the guest speaker.
Report on the service from the Church in Ireland
Church leaders deliver petition demanding PM ends hunger
A petition of 50,000 signatures was delivered to Downing Street on Friday 14 June by church leaders, as part of the IF campaign to demand the Prime Minister takes action to end hunger.
Follow the Big IF event in Belfast
Keep up with today's sold out event in Belfast via the live blog, which will also provide updates on any news from the pre-Summit ‘Open for Growth' event discussing trade, tax and transparency with business, civil society and governments.
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Archbishop of York among church leaders at Enniskillen church service
On Sunday 16 June there will be a Church service in the centre of Enniskillen which will involve a mixture of senior church leaders from Ireland and the UK, including the Archbishop of York, as well as Christian Aid representatives from the Global South.
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Download the Big IF Belfast toolkit and join in via social media
Find out more about the campaign and the Big IF Belfast event on 15 June 2013 with this toolkit, plus how to join in via Facebook and Twitter.
3,500 attend IF ecumenical church service
At the ecumenical service in London on 8 June, the Archbishop of Westminster and Archbishop of Canterbury joined together in calling for action at the upcoming G8 summit to tackle the root causes of global hunger.
Follow the Big IF event in London
Campaign organisers are live blogging the event in Hyde Park, London today. The blog includes a link to yesterday's web chat with BIll Gates and others.
Bishops fast for the Big IF
Bishops of Birmingham, Oxford, Salisbury, Sheffield, Buckingham, Pontefract, Ramsbury, St Germans and Sherborne will be among thousands of people across the country giving up food on Thursday, 6 June, to draw attention to the fact that 1 in 8 people around the world go hungry every day.
Report - Who pays the price? Hunger: the hidden cost of tax injustice
The scandal of world hunger could soon be ended if the revenues that developing countries lose through tax dodging were available to them to invest in agricultural development, says Christian Aid.
IF campaign events in Wales
Take part in one of the Welsh events supporting the IF campaign, including a pilgrimage in North Wales (ending 1 June), Cardiff walk of witness (1 June), and IF Wales send off at Holyhead (14 June).
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Register for the Big IF rally in Belfast on 15 June
Everyone's invited to bring their friends and family to the Belfast event, 1-5pm on 15 June, before the G8 summit in Northern Ireland on 17/18 June 2013.
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In addition to the resources available from the Enough Food for Everyone IF websites, these agencies have produced resources specifically for churches:
Our Daily Bread A series of weekly reflections on the line from the Lord's Prayer "Give us this day our daily bread", produced with Christian Aid and Tearfund.
Resources to support the campaign including how to meet your MP, worship resources, briefings, posters, videos and school resources.
Church resources including prayers, sermon notes, resources for children, church pack and banner.
The campaign is asking world leaders to act on four big issues that mean so many people do not get enough food:
Aid: give enough aid to stop children dying from hunger and help the poorest families feed themselves.
Tax: stop big companies dodging tax in poor countries.
Land: stop poor farmers being forced off their land and grow crops to feed people, not fuel cars.
Transparency: ensure governments and big companies are honest and open about their actions that stop people getting enough food.
Those taking part in the campaign included A Rocha, CAFOD, Care International UK, Christian Aid, Church of England, Church of Scotland, Congregational Federation, Eco-Congregation Scotland, Methodist Church, Methodist Relief and Development Fund, National Board of Catholic Women, National Justice and Peace Network, Progressio, Salvation Army, SCIAF, Scottish Episcopal Church, Send a Cow, Student Christian Movement, Tearfund, Traidcraft, Trocaire, World Vision and the United Reformed Church.
Find out more on the Enough Food for Everyone IF websites: England , Northern Ireland , Scotland and Wales
Inherit the Earth?
As 2015 looms it is clear there is a long way to go to complete the original aims of the Millenium Development Goals. In our latest publication Barbara Butler, Executive Secretary of Christians Aware, looks at what has been achieved and what is still to be done.
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Janet Morgan - bass/vocals
J. Robbins - guitar/vocals
Darren Zentek - drums
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Waiting for the Next End of the World
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"Backpfeifengesicht" b/w "Airstrip One"
Box Set Bonus Tracks 2000-2008
Bassist/vocalist Janet Morgan, guitarist/vocalist J. Robbins, and drummer Darren Zentek initially formed the band Channels in 2003. They wrote songs, played shows, recorded and released an EP and a full-length album. Morgan and Robbins’ son Callum was born in 2006, and was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy later that same year. This diagnosis forced a sharp reordering of priorities and the band was put on indefinite hiatus. Though Zentek and Robbins went on to make music together in other projects, Channels was never officially disbanded. The three members felt strongly that Channels had a special chemistry, and that they had more to say together if they could ever make the opportunity to do it. In 2016, it finally became possible. Despite the difficult challenge of making the band work around the demands of grown-up family lives with unique responsibilities, and members living in different cities (Robbins and Morgan in Baltimore and Zentek in DC), they were still able to start jamming, it clicked like they had never even taken a break, ideas flowed like crazy, and above all it was FUN. The two songs on this single are the first two songs written and fully arranged by the newly re-energized Channels, and they both were born in jams; the result of going in to the basement with just the beginnings of a bass line, everyone listening and pitching in, and coming out with something more than any individual one of them could have created alone.
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Home Todays story Govt fighting decisive battle in Kashmir: Dr Jitendra
Govt fighting decisive battle in Kashmir: Dr Jitendra
Avtar Bhat
JAMMU, June 1: Maintaining that Government is fighting a decisive battle in Kashmir to weed out Pak sponsored terrorism, Union Minister of State in PMO with independent charge of North Eastern Region, Dr Jitendra Singh today said that Government’s resolve will ensure that it will be the last chapter of Pak terrorism in the Valley.
While talking to media persons at a press Conference organized by Press Information Bureau, Government of India here, today to present the four years achievements of Narendra Modi Government, he said Pakistan is also feeling the heat of the same as over 600 terrorists were eliminated by the security forces in the State in recent times the number of which is higher than UPA first and UPA IInd.
Responding to a question, Dr Jitendra Singh said that all the issues with Pakistan will be settled both at political cum diplomatic and military levels. While allaying the fears of the people regarding talks with separatists, he said that any decision taken by the Centre with regard to Kashmir will be in the larger interests of the nation.
The Union Minister said that perception of world has changed about Pakistan and even those countries in world who earlier had sided with it have now come round the Indian stand which is a great achievement of Narendra Modi Government.
Maintaining that people of country are very sensitive about Kashmir, he said Indian Government will do everything which will be in the larger national interests.
Responding to another question that the Congress which has forged united opposition against BJP was saying that in next general elections there will be one united opposition candidate against each BJP candidate, Dr Jitendra Singh said that the local bypolls get affected by local factors but this will never be a factor for general elections. He said that opposition had tried earlier the one seat candidate experiment but you will see this will not last long.
He said the youth of this country want a stable Government as well as a dedicated Prime Minister and BJP has a candidate like that in the shape of PM Narendra Modi.
Responding to another query that delimitation and equitable development was the poll plank of BJP in last elections, the Union Minister said that delimitation was also part of Agenda of Alliance (AOA) “and I don’t know why the State Government is not going for it’’. He assured that he will talk with concerned in the party over this issue.
Responding to another query regarding a BJP leader and MLA fighting for Dogra Swabhiman (self esteem), Dr Jitendra Singh said that it was BJP only which has fought for Dogra Swabhiman right from beginning and party leaders, Dr Shyama Prasad Mookerjee and Prem Nath Dogra launched a crusade for the same. “Dr Mookerjee laid down his life for this great cause, so it is good if any one is also talking of Dogra pride’’, he added.
On the Ramzan ceasefire violations by militants, he said “we had already declared that it will be conditional ceasefire and in case militants violate it the security forces reserves right to retaliate. Terming the Ramzan ceasefire a good initiative by the Government, he said “we had made it clear that if you violate the rules of Islam and holy Quran we will retaliate and that happened’’.
He said that no one will be invited to meet Union Home Minister who is visiting the State next week for talks but maintained that no body will either be debarred from meeting him.
Dr Jitendra Singh, while responding to another question that alliance was not on the same page on Article 370 and Article 35 A said there are natural contradictions in coalition. “The J&K is in focus because of its sensitivity. In the State the coalition has also a Common Minimum Programme (CMP), which is called AOA so we have to agree on common issues’’, he added.
He said the focus of AOA was development and the alliance has agreement on development and not ideological issues. “The party has demanded 44 plus seats and give us the same we will fulfil the promises based on our ideology’’, he added.
Highlighting the four years achievements of Modi Government, he said that it was committed to ensure transformation of India through economic upliftment and social reforms.
While listing out the achievements of the Government in last four years, Dr. Singh said that Government was committed to ensure all round and inclusive development of the country. A renewed trust has developed between the people and the Government under the leadership of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, he added.
He further said that this credibility was the foundation of certain tough measures like demonetization taken by the Government.
Dr. Singh emphasized that the overall development of the country was possible only through equitable development of all regions. He also said that the Central Government was making efforts for equitable development of Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh regions. Various schemes and initiatives started by the Government were not only aimed at economic reforms but also at social and behavioural reforms, he added.
While giving the details of the implementation status of various schemes in Jammu and Kashmir, Dr Singh said that 20 lakh accounts had been opened in J&K. He also informed that 7 out of 22 districts in J&K had been declared Open Defecation free. While appreciating the positive response of people for various initiatives of the Government, he said that nearly 4 lakh women have benefitted from Ujwalla scheme in the State.
Dr Jitendra Singh said that the Government was keen to protect the interests of all sections of society by providing insurance to farmers, senior citizens, etc., at a low cost.
The Union Minister also emphasized that there was a need to create favorable environment for entrepreneurship as well as investment in the country. Various initiatives were being taken to improve the ease of doing business and simplification of procedures. Initiatives like rationalization of tax through GST and Startup India would be yielding benefits in the coming years, he added.
Dr. Singh reiterated the commitment of the Government in fighting corruption and providing clean governance to people.
A power point presentation was given by Miss Neha Jalali, Deputy Director, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India highlighting the details and implementation status of various schemes.
Earlier, Dr. Singh also held an informal interaction with Radio Jockeys of various Private FM channels and Radio Kashmir Jammu.
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SHORT, STICKY NIGHTS RUIN VIEWING
By KELLY HERBST Columnist
Summertime ... and the viewing ain't easy. I know, George Gershwin I'm not. But it's true -- summer is not an easy time for amateur astronomers. Days are long and the nights are sticky. The air is full of water, especially here in Virginia, making for terrible visibility. Everything twinkles, even the planets, and nothing looks very good in the eyepiece of even your smallest telescope. I'm already missing the cold, clear, long nights of winter.
But all is not misery and woe. Summer does bring some wonderful friends back into our skies, even if we don't have the best viewing conditions for gazing at them. And technically, it's early June, it's really still spring. We won't be celebrating the arrival of summer officially until 2:06 p.m. on June 21. So there!
Just before the official start of summer, the best wonders of the spring sky are going to put on one final show. Go outside around 9:30 p.m. on the evening of June 18 and look to the west. You'll see five splendid objects -- Regulus in Leo, Saturn, the Moon, Venus and the Beehive Cluster in Cancer in an almost perfect diagonal line from upper left to lower right. It's a gathering well worth making the effort to get outside for. Leo and Cancer are headed out of our sky soon -- summer's a bit too warm for both lions and crabs -- so you won't have a chance to see a grouping like this again until next spring.
Want to see some other planets besides Saturn and Venus? No problem. Look for Mercury low in the west just after sunset. But look early in the month, Mercury is dimming, and soon will be a tough target for the average sky watcher.
Mars is poorly placed for viewing, but may be visible to those with a flat eastern horizon, rising a short while before the sun.
Jupiter is at opposition early in June, meaning that it will be in our sky all night long, rising as the sun sets, and setting as the sun rises. Enjoy the view of this brilliant white king of the planets as it crosses our sky throughout the nighttime hours.
And hang in there. Summer won't be so bad. Grab a lawn chair and an ice cream cone and sit out under the stars. Even with a bad case of heat shimmer, the sky is still the best show in town! Enjoy!
Herbst is the astronomy curator at the Virginia Living Museum in Newport News. You can access the museum's Web site at www.thevlm.org. *
THE JUNE SKY
2 Jupiter at opposition -- visible all night
7 Last quarter moon
8 Venus farthest from sun -- well visible at sunset
13 See Venus near the Beehive Cluster at 9:30 p.m.
14 New moon
17 See the moon, the Beehive Cluster, Venus, Saturn and Regulus at 9:30 p.m.
19 Summer solstice -- summer begins at 2:06 p.m.
20 First quarter moon
23 See Spica near the moon at 10 p.m.
28 See the moon near Antares and Jupiter at 10 p.m.
30 Full moon
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Microsoft's Azure 'Confidential Computing' Encrypts Data in Use
Early Access program under way for new Azure cloud security feature.
Kelly Sheridan
Microsoft is ramping up Azure data security with encryption of data while in use, a protection so far absent from the public cloud, the company announced today.
The new collection of features and services, called Azure "confidential computing," is the product of joint collaboration among the Azure team, Microsoft Research, Windows, its Developer Tools group, and Intel, all of which have been building the technology for over four years. Microsoft is making the new features available to users via an Early Access program.
Confidential computing lets users process data in the cloud, knowing it's under their control. The new Azure update arrives at a time when data breaches regularly make headlines and attackers find new ways to steal personally identifiable information (PII), financial data, and intellectual property.
Many businesses hesitate to move sensitive data to the cloud for fear it will be compromised while in use.
"While many breaches are the result of poorly configured access control, most can be traced to data that is accessed while in use, either through administrative accounts, or by leveraging compromised keys to access encrypted data," says Azure CTO Mark Russinovich in a blog post.
Data has to be "in the clear" for efficient processing. In confidential computing, it's stored inside a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE). This ensures data and operations cannot be viewed from the outside, even if the attacker is using a debugger.
Microsoft uses enclaves to protect data in SQL Server, its own infrastructure, and blockchain financial operations, a technology known as the Coco Framework. The same tech will be applied to bring encryption-in-use to Azure SQL Database and SQL Server. This builds on the Always Encrypted capability, which encrypts sensitive data in an SQL database at all times by assigning computations on sensitive data to an enclave, where it is decrypted and processed.
Only authorized code is allowed to access the data inside an enclave. And if an attacker tries to manipulate the code, Azure denies the operations and disables the environment. TEE maintains this level of protection for as long as the code inside it is executed.
Microsoft says the ability to protect data in use can safeguard information from specific threats such as malicious insiders with administrative privilege or access to the hardware on which it's processed. Confidential computing also protects against third parties accessing data without the owner's consent, and malware designed to exploit bugs in the application, OS, or hypervisor, Microsoft says.
The platform Microsoft is building as part of confidential computing will let developers use multiple TEEs without requiring them to change code. At first Azure will support two: software-based Virtual Secure Mode (VSM) and hardware-based Intel SGX.
VSM is an enclave implemented by Hyper-V in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016. Hyper-V prevents administrator code from running on a computer or server. Local and cloud-service administrators cannot see the contents in, or change the execution of, the VSM enclave.
The Intel SGX TEE has the first SGX-capable servers in the public cloud. Users will be able to leverage SGX enclaves if they don't want their trust model to include Azure or Microsoft. Microsoft is working with both Intel and other partners to create and support more TEEs.
Microsoft foresees application of confidential computing in industries including finance, healthcare, and artificial intelligence. "In finance, for example, personal portfolio data and wealth management strategies would no longer be visible outside of a TEE," says Russinovich.
Healthcare organizations, for example, could securely share private patient data, like genomic sequences, to gain deeper insights from machine learning across multiple data sets.
Microsoft customers interested in confidential computing can refer to Microsoft's Early Access program, which includes access to Azure VSM, SGX-enabled virtual machines, tools, SDKs, and Windows and Linux support.
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September 2, 2014 in CD / LP, Reviews
Reversed Nature ‘Into The Limbo’ Album Review
Words El Jefe
Ethereal and meandering, with the drums guiding the way through a sonic soundscape; the chiming bells, and cymbals punctuate the effects laden bass and guitar as they drift over the peaks and troughs, and land heavily on the ears of the listener. Dimitra’s vocals are just another instrument amid the sounds, although she does at times remind me of somewhere between Nico and Siouxsie Sioux, and give us something to hang on to as the music slides in and out of focus. In and out of focus isn’t a criticism either, just an indicator of the vibe of this record, which could also work well as a film score.
Into The Limbo is made up of four ‘songs’, but long trippy jams is a more accurate description. To be honest, it’s not the easiest to describe, but cool and moody nonetheless. Structurally, akin to listening to Bitches Brew, in the way it starts in one place but finishes somewhere completely different. Reversed Nature are definitely in no hurry to make their point either, preferring instead to lead us on a journey and let us make up our own minds at the end.
The first two are ten minutes each, with Mother Mary And The Chicken Snakes stretching to almost 16 minutes. The album winds up with the brief 4.31 minutes Understudio Jamming Session.
Track 2, Out Of The Limbo was my personal fave, with its build to the soaring, repetitious guitar riff, insistent cymbals and throbbing, tribal tom-tom rhythm. Sound-wise, they don’t really deviate in their approach to any of the songs on this, but this isn’t necessarily a bad thing; The Ramones and AC/DC, amongst others, forged careers out of the very same attitude.
Overall, I dug this. They’re a unique and enigmatic experience, and if you like droning, zoned-out space rock, this would be a pretty cool addition to your collection.
Into the limbo by Reversed Nature
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"Aryan doesn't want to be an actor, he wants to make films"
It has been rumoured that Aryan Khan has had a change of heart and now wants to move into acting.
Shahrukh Khan had stated that his son had no plans of acting, and is instead interested in filmmaking. However, it looks like Aryan has now developed an interest in acting.
The son of Shahrukh Khan has been speculated to make his debut in the film industry for several months. It now looks like he could get into Hollywood.
Aryan is studying filmmaking in California. It has been reported that Shahrukh has been showing his pictures to several leading Hollywood producers.
Aryan is reportedly interested in doing a superhero film, however, people in the industry have advised SRK against it.
While Shahrukh’s daughter Suhana has made it clear that she wants to go into acting, for Aryan, it has been more complicated.
He was rumoured to make his Bollywood debut in a film alongside Khushi Kapoor.
Reports circulated that he would make his Bollywood debut but not in an acting capacity. Instead, it would be behind the camera.
Shahrukh had said that Aryan has no interest in becoming an actor. He said:
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“Aryan doesn’t want to be an actor, he wants to make films, become a director and is training for it in the US.”
It was strongly rumoured that Aryan would assist Karan Johar in the direction department with his historical drama Takht.
Johar has said on a number of occasions that he will launch the careers of Shahrukh’s children should they want to start a film career.
The filmmaker feels that Takht would be the perfect opportunity for Aryan to develop and help him to become Bollywood ready.
Takht is the film with Karan will direct in two years. He last directed Ae Dil Hai Mushkil in 2016, which starred Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma.
The period drama will feature an all-star cast including the likes of Ranveer Singh, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Alia Bhatt and Janhvi Kapoor.
Takht is set to release in 2020.
While Aryan Khan may still be studying, speculation about his future has made him one of Bollywood’s most talked about child stars.
Whether it be acting in Hollywood or filmmaking in Bollywood, it is his choice.
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NOTE: WITHDRAWN EFFECTIVE 02/23/2010
TO: All authorized life insurers, retirement systems, and fraternal benefit societies.
RE: Disaster Planning, Preparedness and Response
STATUTORY REFERENCE: Sections 301, 305, and 308; and Articles 42, 45, and 46 of the New York Insurance Law
This circular letter replaces and repeals Circular Letter No. 7 (2007). Authorized life insurers, retirement systems and fraternal benefit societies hereafter referred to as "life companies" in this circular letter and its attachments. Disaster planning, preparedness, and response for health insurers and property/casualty insurance industries are covered by separate circular letters.
A Organization of this Circular Letter 1
B The New York State Insurance Disaster Coalition and Insurance Emergency Operations Center (IEOC) 2
C Before a Disaster Strikes 2
C1 Disaster Response Plan and Questionnaire 2
C2 Business Continuity Plan Questionnaire 4
D Operations During a Disaster 4
D1 Insurance Company Disaster Liaisons 4
D2 Liaison Duties and Responsibilities 5
E After a Disaster 6
Post Disaster Coverage Data and Loss Statistics 6
F Miscellaneous Items 6
F1 Confidentiality 6
F2 Communications Network 6
Questions concerning any aspect of this circular letter should be directed to Senior Insurance Examiner Ashbert Carrington of the Disaster Preparedness and Response Bureau, by phone at (212) 480-5340, by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to State of New York Insurance Department, Disaster Preparedness and Response Bureau, 25 Beaver Street, New York, NY 10004.
When an emergency or disaster situation occurs, the Insurance Department provides the Governor and the State Emergency Management Office (SEMO) with critical information regarding the amount and extent of property losses, as well as other damage assessments. Based on this information, the Governor determines whether and when to request a federal disaster declaration, and how to prioritize the deployment of state assets.
The insurance community, including the property, life and health sectors, has been identified as a key resource in providing early assessments of damages arising from natural or man-made disasters. Insurers play an important role in quantifying the magnitude of losses - insured and uninsured - and in determining both the degree and duration of insurer response to losses. Accordingly, all entities to which this circular letter is directed are expected to assist the Insurance Department in obtaining necessary information before, during, and after disasters strike.
An integral part of the Insurance Disaster Coalition response to any disaster is the Insurance Emergency Operations Center (IEOC), which will be staffed by selected insurance industry disaster liaisons and representatives of the Insurance Department in order to coordinate disaster response.
The Insurance Emergency Operations Center will be activated upon direction of the Superintendent of Insurance, in accordance with the nature and extent of the event. Where possible, this determination will be made in conjunction with the Insurance Department’s disaster coalition partners.
1) Disaster Response Plan and Questionnaire
Each addressee of this letter should incorporate the New York State Insurance Disaster Coalition procedures into its own disaster response plan. Since the New York State Insurance Disaster Coalition procedures and the Insurance Emergency Operations Center continue to be integral parts of the industry’s response to any disaster in New York State, the submission of each insurer’s disaster response plan is necessary to maintain the effectiveness and accuracy of information used by the Disaster Coalition in the event of a future disaster.
a) Disaster Response Plan
The disaster response plan should describe how each addressee intends to provide its policyholders with the resources needed to recover from a disaster. To this end, a disaster response plan should at a minimum detail what preparations the entity has made, where applicable, with respect to the following:
Board of Directors support for a disaster response plan;
Appropriate emergency response training of company personnel;
Plans for suitable expansion of claims handling capacity in a variety of disaster scenarios, including provisions to cover:
adequate personnel;
catastrophe response team availability;
access to disaster areas and personnel identification; and
applications for temporary adjuster permits;
Testing of the Disaster Response Plan; and
Incorporation of the role of insurance company disaster liaisons, and their interaction with the New York State Department of Insurance.
Please note that more detailed guidance on creating a Disaster Response Plan is provided in the attached appendices.
By June 1, 2009, each company must submit a Disaster Response Plan to the Insurance Department. Entities must provide their completed disaster response plans to the Insurance Department via the Insurance Department Portal Application or in hard copy. No other format will be accepted. If the company chooses to submit the disaster response plan in hard copy, please mail the plan to the Insurance Department at the address provided in Section A.
If the current Disaster Response Plan is the same as the most recent Disaster Response Plan filed with the Department, please submit a statement indicating that the previously filed plan is still in effect. The statement should also indicate the names and NAIC numbers of the companies covered by the plan, as well as, the date it was submitted. The statement should be submitted as an attachment via the Insurance Department Portal or in hard copy.
For orderly processing of files attached in the Insurance Department Portal, files which are either new Disaster Response Plans or statements indicating that the previously filed plan is still in effect, should be named “Disaster Response Plan.”
b) Disaster Response Plan Questionnaire
The Disaster Response Plan Questionnaire is not to be used in lieu of an addressee’s own disaster response plan. Rather, the requested information is to be included as part of each entity’s own plan.
By June 1, 2008, the Disaster Response Questionnaire must be submitted to the Insurance Department via the Insurance Department Portal Application or in hard copy. No other format will be accepted.
By completing the Disaster Response Plan Questionnaire, each entity will be providing the Insurance Department’s Disaster Preparedness and Response Bureau with the name of the designated disaster liaison(s), along with that person’s telephone and cell phone number(s) (for both business and after business hours), email address, and/or pager number, if applicable. Any change in contact information should be reported immediately to the Insurance Department by submitting an updated Disaster Response Plan Questionnaire.
The Insurance Department strongly encourages companies to provide the information via the Insurance Department Portal Application. The Disaster Response Plan Questionnaire electronic template, and instructions for its completion and submission, can be found on the Insurance Department website at:
http://www.ins.state.ny.us/circltr/2009/cl2009_dpr.htm
Please note that if the company chooses to provide the current Disaster Response Plan Questionnaire in electronic form, it must be submitted as an attachment via the Insurance Department Portal.
If the company instead chooses to submit the questionnaire in hard copy, it can contact the Department to request a hard copy of the questionnaire at the address provided in Section A.
2) Business Continuity Plan Questionnaire
To assure the Insurance Department that each addressee has taken steps to put in place a Business Continuity Plan that would reasonably ensure that the recovery of critical business processes could take place in the event of a disaster, each addressee is required to complete the Business Continuity Plan Questionnaire and attest to the accuracy of the answers provided.
By June 1, 2009, the Business Continuity Plan Questionnaire must be submitted to the Insurance Department via the Insurance Department Portal Application or in hard copy. No other format will be accepted.
The Business Continuity Plan Questionnaire electronic template, and instructions for its completion and submission, can be found on the Insurance Department website at:
Please note that if the company chooses to provide the current Business Continuity Plan Questionnaire in electronic form, it must be submitted as an attachment via the Insurance Department Portal.
1) Insurance Company Disaster Liaisons
Upon the Insurance Department’s activation of its Insurance Emergency Operations Center (IEOC), the Superintendent may activate designated insurance company disaster liaisons representing several of the largest underwriters in the emergency or disaster areas. Participating companies will be determined based on the previously described Pre-Disaster Reports. Disaster liaisons will be contacted based upon information submitted in the Disaster Response Plan Questionnaire.
Subsequently, disaster liaisons should be prepared to participate in the State’s Disaster Response Plan as follows:
A teleconference of the selected disaster liaisons will be held, where possible, following the occurrence of a disaster – and prior to the activation of the Insurance Department’s IEOC – to discuss the magnitude of the disaster and the scope of activation plans.
Upon activation of the IEOC, disaster liaisons or their designees will be expected to staff the IEOC at either of its two locations: One Commerce Plaza, Albany, NY; or 25 Beaver Street, New York, NY.
The Insurance Department will provide a fully-equipped IEOC for use by disaster liaisons at either of the aforementioned locations. Included are analog data and voice telephone lines, along with videoconferencing links to the SEMO emergency operations center.
The Insurance Department will continue to coordinate communications among company and association contacts through ongoing teleconference calls to: plan staffing of the IEOC for the actual or threatening (as in the case of hurricanes) emergency; individually discuss with each insurer’s liaison the company’s catastrophe operations; individually review each insurer’s response plans; and discuss catastrophe operations and emerging issues.
Disaster liaisons may be expected to remain on duty at the IEOC as determined by the Superintendent of Insurance acting in consultation with coalition partners.
2) Liaison Duties and Responsibilities
Insurance company disaster liaisons should:
Have a qualified back up. Both persons preferably should be members of the entity’s catastrophe team, or manager-level employees, who are familiar with company protocols and have access to critical information.
Provide coverage data and loss statistics as requested by the Insurance Department.
Transmit information about the disaster from the insurance industry to emergency response officials and other industry representatives.
Be authorized and knowledgeable about company internal information systems and sources, and authorized to access such systems so that applicable, timely information can be provided to SEMO/New York City Office of Emergency Management, and other emergency responders via the Insurance Department.
Be prepared to remain on duty during the hours when the IEOC is operating, normally from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., or for such time periods as necessary to assist with the effective management of the disaster. Depending on the level of the disaster, this may be a seven-day-week commitment.
Post Disaster Coverage Data and Loss Statistics
Depending on the type of emergency encountered, in the ensuing days after a disaster, the Insurance Department will contact disaster liaisons, as needed, who will be required to provide to the Insurance Department specific statistics about insured losses. These statistics will be periodically updated on an as-needed basis, but not less than monthly.
Reports will be consolidated by Insurance Department staff for submission to SEMO and the Governor’s office only.
1) Confidentiality
All of the above reports and statistics are to be compiled and summarized by Insurance Department personnel for internal Insurance Department use. Reports submitted to SEMO and the Governor will be on an aggregate basis, with no individual company information identified in those reports.
At the time of submission, an insurer should request an exception from disclosure under Section 89(5) of the Public Officers Law (commonly known as the Freedom of Information Law, or FOIL) for any information or reports that it submits to the Insurance Department that it believes are trade secrets or commercial information that, if disclosed, would cause substantial injury to its competitive position.
In the event that a request is received by the Insurance Department for the release of information pursuant to FOIL and the insurer requested an exception from disclosure upon submission, the insurer will be notified and given the opportunity to respond to the Insurance Department in accordance with FOIL and Regulation 71 (11 NYCRR 241.6).
2) Communications Network
Insurance industry representatives of the New York State Insurance Disaster Coalition are requested to provide the Insurance Department with Internet links to not-for-profit websites that are beneficial to the public before, during, and after a disaster.
Organization of this Circular Letter
The New York State Insurance Disaster Coalition and Insurance Emergency Operations Center (IEOC)
Before a Disaster Strikes
Operations During a Disaster
After a Disaster
Your cooperation in furnishing timely and accurate responses is essential to the success of the New York State Insurance Disaster Coalition, and is appreciated by the Insurance Department and the people of New York State.
Eric R. Dinallo
Additional Guidance on Formulating/Maintaining a Disaster Response Plan
“LIFE COMPANIES”
(As noted earlier, the term “life companies” as used in this document refers to all authorized life insurers, retirement systems and fraternal benefit societies.)
If your Disaster Response Plan provides affirmative answers to the questions contained in this Appendix, it generally will meet the Disaster Preparedness and Response Bureau’s best practices standards for a “Life Company’s” Disaster Response Plan (Plan).
Your Plan should describe how you intend to provide your policyholders, certificate holders, claimants and beneficiaries (herein, “customers”) with the assistance they will need to maintain coverage, seek assistance from the company, file claims, and obtain loans and other policyholder services in a disaster situation that affects customers.
The Department recognizes that the size, lines of business, corporate structure and location of life companies’ operations in New York varies greatly, as does their particular need for and capacity to implement Plans. Therefore, this Appendix describes “best practices”, some of which may be appropriate only to certain companies, but which all companies should evaluate as they construct and assess their Plans. The Department will evaluate the Plan of each “life company” on its own merits.
The Department fully expects each “life company” to perform a risk-based analysis of its capacity to serve its customers in the event that a disaster affects large numbers of its customers. The Department expects each company to establish, maintain and update a Plan that responds to the risk-based analysis performed as required above. If a company already has a Plan or Plans, it should be prepared to explain the elements of its Plan in terms of the risks perceived by the company and how the Plan responds to those risks.
The Department is aware that certain of its “life companies” are wholly-owned subsidiaries of other “life companies” or are members of groups composed of other than “life companies”. This tier of companies may be included in the Plan of the parent company. In such cases, the subsidiary should be prepared to demonstrate to the Department that
the parent’s Plan specifically provides for the needs of the subsidiary and its customers,
the parent’s Plan has specific application to the subsidiary in the case where only the subsidiary is affected by a disaster, and
the parent’s Plan provides for the continued operation and service to customers of the subsidiary in the event that the operations of the parent, and not the subsidiary, are affected by a disaster.
If the parent’s Plan does not cover the subsidiary, or if in the Department’s judgment the parent’s Plan, as applied to the subsidiary, is inadequate, the subsidiary is required to develop and implement its own Plan.
In addition, smaller companies located in one geographic area of the State may find it cost-effective to pool their resources in establishing shared Plan facilities, such as communications equipment, and alternate worksites. The Department encourages this kind of innovative and cooperative approach, provided that:
the separate management and operational conduct of each company is maintained,
no confidential customer, policyholder or claimant financial or health information is disclosed to another party without appropriate consent, and
the security of all company information is separately protected, in compliance with Regulations 152, 169 and 173.
Sharing of administrative or processing systems is not contemplated by this paragraph.
Companies that sell both life and medical/health care insurance should respond to the questions in the relevant portions of the Appendix B regarding medical insurance in addition to this Appendix, which pertains to life insurance and related products. Companies selling both life and medical/health care insurance are encouraged to contact the Department if they have questions on how to prepare or report on their combined or separate Plans.
Companies should direct their questions to Senior Insurance Examiner Ashbert Carrington of the Disaster Preparedness and Response Bureau, by phone at (212) 480-5340, by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to State of New York Insurance Department, Disaster Preparedness and Response Bureau, 25 Beaver Street, New York, NY 10004.
ELEMENTS OF DISASTER RESPONSE PLANS
The Department expects each company to establish and maintain a Plan that considers and is responsive to all of these elements, subject to the qualifications described in this Appendix with regard to “best practices” and the distinctions that can be made for certain subsidiaries and smaller companies.
Company/Group Characteristics:
What is the company/group’s license status (domestic, foreign, alien)?
Does the company/group share or participate with an affiliate, parent company or another company’s disaster response Plan?
Where is the company's main administrative office location?
Where are the company's administrative offices that handle the following claims, requests and payments for New York residents located? (Please specify county and state of office and specify individual or group, where applicable.)
Death claims.
Cash value surrenders/withdrawals.
Policy loans.
Changes to annuity payouts or separate account transfers.
Other policy or contract changes.
Premium payments.
What types of products are sold or administered by the company/group?
Management Oversight:
Does the Company have a Plan?
Is it a written Plan?
Has the Plan been reviewed and approved by:
a) Senior Management?
b) Board of Directors or a committee thereof?
Has a resolution been adopted by the Board of Directors, or a committee thereof, attesting to the approval of the Plan?
Has Management identified additional, or alternative, dedicated resources that may be needed during a disaster?
Is there a person/titled position or positions designated and charged with responsibility for formulating, activating and coordinating the conduct of the Plan?
Is there a person/titled position named as being responsible for monitoring and testing the Plan?
Is there a person/titled position named as being responsible for terminating the activation of the Plan following a disaster?
Does the company/group have a methodology for identifying a disaster, and the levels thereof, that require activation of all or parts of the Plan?
Are there guidelines that help to determine the need for activation of one or more parts of the Plan?
Has the company/group formed a disaster response team?
Are the responsibilities of the disaster response team members defined in order to establish areas of responsibility and reporting authority?
Does the Plan provide for training of staff in order to prepare them in their responsibilities in the case of varying levels of disasters that activate various parts of the Plan?
Policyholder and Claimant (Customer) Services:
Does the Plan explain what steps the company has taken to ensure timely responses to customers for such requests as:
death claims;lost policy or contract;
cash value surrenders/withdrawals;
policy loans;
changes to annuity payouts or separate account transfers;
extended grace periods for payment of premiums;
temporary or permanent changes of contact information;
access to an agent or policyholder representative?
Has Management provided for additional or alternative claims and policyholder service handling capacity and procedures (system or personnel) that might be needed during the activation of the Plan?
If the company/group uses a Third Party Administrator (TPA) or Managing General Administrator (MGA) for claims processing, has that TPA or MGA made plans to provide for additional or alternative claims and policyholder service handling capacity and procedures (system or personnel) that might be needed during the activation of the Plan?
External Communication:
Does the Plan explain what steps will be taken to notify, in a timely manner, its customers of any procedural changes?
Does the Plan describe how your company communicates with, and responds to, employees of a group located in state, when the employer is out of state during a disaster?
Does the Plan describe how your company communicates with, and responds to, employees of a group located out of state, when the employer is in state during a disaster?
Producer Relations:
Does the Plan explain what steps will be taken to notify, in a timely manner, the company’s producers of any procedural changes made in response to a disaster?
Does the Plan provide for alternative communication links with producers affected by the disaster?
Does the Plan provide for alternative facilities/equipment for producers (who are normally supplied with facilities and equipment by the company) who are affected by the disaster?
Does the Plan provide for backup record keeping systems for producers (whose records are normally maintained by the company) who are affected by the disaster?
Fraud Detection:
Does the Plan include any additional procedures for detecting fraud in the event that normal antifraud programs are unavailable or impaired by the disaster?
Does the Plan include specific additional procedures to detect and prevent fraud that may be attempted as a result of the disaster?
Does the Plan include procedures for reporting fraudulent activity to the appropriate regulatory authorities?
Testing of Plan:
Has the Plan been tested?
Does the Plan indicate how often the Plan will be tested?
Did the testing include the use of an alternate site for information technology (IT) systems?
Additional Guidance on Creating a Disaster Response Plan
“LIFE COMPANIES” PROVIDING MEDICAL/HEALTH INSURANCE
As noted above, your disaster response Plan should describe how you intend to provide your members and subscribers, as well as, providers with the resources they will need to recover from a disaster.
If your Disaster Response Plan provides affirmative answers to the following questions, it generally will meet the Disaster Response Bureau’s best practices standards for a disaster response Plan.
Does the Company have a Disaster Response Plan (the Plan)?
b) Board of Directors?
Has a resolution:
a) been adopted by the Board of Directors attesting to the approval of the Plan?
b) if “a” is “yes”, has such a resolution been submitted to the Department as evidence of the board’s approval?
Has Management identified additional resources that will be needed during a disaster? (For example, telephones, server capacity and staff.)
Has Management analyzed its ability to provide the financial resources necessary to meet the cost of the additional resources that will be needed?
Is a person/titled position named as being responsible for activating the Plan after a disaster is declared?
Is a person/titled position named as being responsible for monitoring the Plan?
Is a person/titled position named as being responsible for terminating the Plan following a disaster?
Does the Plan define what constitutes a disaster?
Are there clear guidelines to indicate when the Disaster Response Plan should be invoked?
Has the Company established a disaster response team?
Are the responsibilities of the disaster response team members segregated to establish clear reporting authority?
Does the Plan indicate that there is a role for designated "disaster liaison" and/or back-up liaison?
Does the Plan indicate that the designated “disaster liaison” and/or back-up liaison have been advised of their duties?
Does the Plan provide for training of staff in order to prepare them on their responsibilities in the case of a catastrophe?
Has the Company established varying levels of response based on the severity of the disaster?
Claimant Services: (Doctors & Hospitals as claimants)
Does the Plan explain what steps the company has taken to ensure timely responses to claimants?
Has Management provided for the additional claims handling capacity (system or personnel) that might be needed during a disaster?
External Communication
Does the Plan explain what steps will be taken to notify its member/subscribers of any procedural changes made in a timely manner?
Does the Plan explain what steps will be taken to notify its providers of any procedural changes made in a timely manner?
Does the Plan explain what steps will be taken to notify its brokers/agents of any procedural changes made in a timely manner?
Does the Plan describe how your company communicates with and responds to employees of a group located in-state, when the employer is out of state during an emergency?
Does the Plan describe how your company communicates with and responds to employees of a group located out of state, when the employer is in-state during an emergency?
If normal controls are not in place due to a disaster, does the Plan include any additional procedures for detecting fraud?
Does the Plan indicate when the last test was conducted?
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What to expect from the Seattle Sounders tonight
What the Dynamo can expect from the Sounders on Sunday night.
By Harrison Hamm Jun 4, 2017, 2:30pm CDT
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The Houston Dynamo, with a win, have an opportunity to move back to the top of the Western Conference standings over Sporting Kansas City. They’ll be in Seattle tonight, looking for three points from Century Link Field.
They have just one point from six away games so far. That, obviously, needs to change. It’s possible that they could get star winger Romell Quioto back from injury, as he is currently listed as questionable. That would likely force Wilmer Cabrera to make a decision between Mauro Manotas and Cubo Torres for the position of starting striker. It is not immediately clear as to who has the upper hand in that ongoing battle.
The Sounders, defending their MLS Cup championship, of course, have experienced a rough start to the season so far. They’re currently eighth in the Western Conference, three points off the red line, and have not seen much production from their multitude of star attackers.
Here’s what you can expect from Seattle tonight:
Seattle will put out a weakened XI. Clint Dempsey and Jordan Morris are with the USMNT, and starting center back Roman Torres is listed as questionable. In addition, Will Bruin, the obvious replacement for Morris, is out injured. Here’s the lineup MLSsoccer.com predicts, because I’m honestly not completely sure:
That’s Seyi Adekoya up top, a player I can’t say I know all that much about. He’s 21, from Seattle, and has played for Sounders 2. #analysis.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they played Joevin Jones at left back, where he’s been arguably the best outside back in MLS this year, and started Harry Shipp on the right wing. The problem with that is that they’ve often been too narrow in attack, and Shipp likes to be inverted. That takes space away from Nicolas Lodeiro.
I hope Cristian Roldan doesn’t start at right back. He’s a center mid, a classic No. 8, and is really good there. Given their weakness at the position, though, Brian Schmetzer has tried him there. If he does, remember this when Alberth Elis shreds him.
Seattle like to keep the ball high up the field. The Sounders usually hang around the top of the MLS possession standings not because they build from the back a la NYCFC, but because they like to set up shop in the attacking third and rotate the ball between Lodeiro and Ozzie Alonso before either switching to a wide open Jones and playing through to Morris, who either scores or takes a long touch and the keeper picks it up.
They may not do this as much tonight without Dempsey taking up space and drawing defenders centrally. They’ll still probably try, especially at home.
Alonso will hound Torres/Manotas. You could make the argument that Alonso remains the best No. 6 in MLS, even though he’s struggled at times this season. He is smart, aggressive, merciless, and will not let strikers have time and space.
If you haven’t seen him play much, I would say he plays like a mid-2016 Alex, but deeper, smarter, and better. He’s a ball-winner, and spends a lot of time on the ball.
The Sounders will be threatening from set pieces. With Lodeiro hitting sharp in-swingers and players like Chad Marshall in the box, Seattle are one of the better MLS teams at scoring from corners and free-kicks.
Marshall is a very good header of the ball, and Alonso can be a threat in the box as well. Even without Dempsey and Morris, they will have opportunities.
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The RCMP says many tips from Canada’s financial intelligence agency about possible crimes “may not get investigated” due to a lack of policing resources and conflicting priorities. The Mounties make the candid admission in a briefing note prepared for Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino on the working relationship between the national police force and the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada, known as Fintrac. Money seized by police during a bust is displayed at RCMP headquarters In Surrey, B.C., on December 7, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Tips on shady finances ‘may not get investigated’ amid police constraints: RCMP note
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada reports can be a lengthy process
The RCMP says many tips from Canada’s financial intelligence agency about possible crimes “may not get investigated” due to a lack of policing resources and conflicting priorities.
The Mounties make the candid admission in a briefing note prepared for Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino on the working relationship between the national police force and the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada, known as Fintrac.
The Canadian Press used the Access to Information Act to obtain the briefing memo, which was approved by RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki last Sept. 1.
The RCMP receives financial intelligence from Fintrac, which could shed light on money laundering or terrorist financing, in two ways.
The first is through a response to a voluntary information record, which advises Fintrac of potential criminal activity and might prompt the centre to release information related to suspects.
The second is through proactive disclosures from Fintrac when they point to possible criminal activity gleaned from analysis of information the centre receives from banks, casinos and reporting organizations.
The RCMP briefing note says Fintrac’s analysis is of “significant tactical importance” to the force, as it may uncover previously unknown conspirators, assets, transfers and relationships.
“In some files, assets may only be identified through Fintrac intelligence — which is key for the RCMP to obtain restraints and forfeitures,” it goes on.
However, receipt of intelligence through voluntary information records, or VIRs, “can be a lengthy process,” the note says.
Fintrac’s turnaround time to produce a non-urgent financial disclosure can take several months, “which affects the ability to investigate in a timely manner” and can hinder probes.
“Many of the proactive disclosures provided may not get investigated based on the capacity of law enforcement to analyze the information in a timely manner, as well as conflicting operational priorities,” the briefing note adds.
“Fintrac should prioritize the disclosure of intelligence based on VIRs provided by law enforcement before any proactive work.”
Asked about the note, Fintrac said its proactive disclosures to law enforcement and national security agencies are key to helping protect vulnerable Canadians, fulfilling the centre’s “detection” mandate and meeting international obligations.
It pointed to Project Protect, a public-private partnership combatting human trafficking for sexual exploitation, in which 90 per cent of the centre’s disclosures to law enforcement were done proactively, “identifying criminals and criminal networks that were previously unknown and helping to rescue and save the lives of numerous victims across the country.”
Overall, Fintrac’s financial intelligence contributed to 335 major, resource-intensive investigations in 2021-22 as well as hundreds of other individual investigations at the municipal, provincial and federal levels, the centre said.
“Many of the recipients of Fintrac’s disclosures have told the centre that they will not start a major project-level investigation without seeking out its financial intelligence.”
The addition of almost $90 million in the last federal budget is helping Fintrac upgrade tools to ensure its financial intelligence “is even more timely and responsive,” the centre added.
Mendicino’s office declined to comment on the briefing note.
RCMP spokeswoman Robin Percival had little to add, saying the force’s partnership with Fintrac is key in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing.
“The RCMP continues to work collaboratively with Fintrac in both an investigative context and on proactive crime prevention efforts.”
The RCMP note suggests the government consider broadening the scope of federal proceeds of crime and terrorist financing legislation to include other criminal offences, as the “current narrow focus” limits Fintrac’s analysis.
Percival said changes to information-sharing practices between the RCMP and its partners require legislative change, which takes time.
“The RCMP continues to work closely with the Department of Finance and Public Safety, providing recommendations on potential improvements to the anti-money laundering regime.”
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In Mischief Makers, you play the role of a robotic maid named Marina who is trying to rescue her kidnapped creator from an evil emperor. To do so, Marina must shake, smash, slide, throw, jump, dash, and ride her way through 60 side-scrolling stages in five different worlds. As you guide Marina through the game, you will need to collect gems to gain life and continues, utilize weapons, talk to various people, and destroy all enemies who get in your way. Unlike most 2-D platformers, Mischief Makers challenges players to use their heads to avoid obstacles and solve puzzles.
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by fatmanoniceFeb 20, 2013
A quirky cult classic and among Treasure's best games
There's really no getting away from the fact that, like most of the other games Treasure has developed like Gunstar Heroes, Alien Soldier, and Sin and Punishment, this game is a cult classic. Like other cult classics on the N64 like Snowboard Kids 2, Jetforce Gemini, and Space Station Silicon Valley, you either love this game or hate it. Perhaps I have my nostalgia goggles on too tight but this is one of my favorite games for the N64. The game is about android named Marina Liteyears who is visiting the planet Clancer, inhabited by a race of aliens called, oddly enough, Clancers when her creator, the lecherous Professor Theo, gets kidnapped. She then races off to save him only to find herself entangled in a war that's going on across the entire planet. One of the first things you'll notice about the game is that it is a 2D scroller, which were a rarity on the N64, and Marina is controlled using the D pad and C buttons. The controls definitely take some time to get used to and hand cramps are practically guaranteed if you want to try to get 100% completion. Once you do get a handle on things, the game is a lot of fun. Marina's main ability is grabbing things and then throwing them and this can be done to just about anything and anyone, including allies, leading to some pretty hilarious situations. As far as the gameplay goes, the highlight of the game is definitely the boss fights, especially the later ones. Some of them are wonderfully over-the-top (like one where you ride a house cat while fighting a giant robotic jackal) and you will probably find yourself replaying some of them over and over again. One of the most noteworthy things about this game that a lot of people don't talk about is Marina herself. Not since Samus Aran has there been a strong, female lead character in gaming that hasn't been highly sexualized or completely outdone by a male co-star. It's refreshing and it's a shame that this game was the end of Marina's adventures. In the end, this is a good game to own especially if you enjoy seeking out one hit wonders. The game can be beat in several sittings if you simply breeze through the story mode but every stage and boss fight has a hidden gold jewel that literally unlocks a fraction of the game's real ending when you find them. The music isn't memorable and the story really isn't either but some of the characters are still among my favorites in all of gaming even after all these years. Like most people, this will probably be a hit or miss for you but if you get its appeal it will be a game that you'll be glad is in your collection.Read full review
by squirmywurmyAug 19, 2006
Developed by Treasure, Mischief Makers stars a robotic cleaning maid named Marina on a mission to rescue her kidnapped creator from the clutches of an evil emperor. As with most evil folk, the emperor isn't about to just hand over the aging scientist, and has amassed an army to stop Marina at all costs. To reach the emperor and rescue her creator, Marina must make her way through five different worlds with 12 stages each. While some levels focus on straightforward action, others present the player with puzzle elements that must be overcome in order to make it to the goal. Released in Japan under the name Yuke Yuke! Trouble Makers by Enix. Pretty fun to play.
by two2toddJan 03, 2009
This game is great. I remember renting old games from blockbuster years ago, and this was and still is one of my favorites on the N64. As far as 2d platformers go, it's very original. The controls are a bit complex at first, but you get the hang of them after a bit. The story is a bit dry but it is amusing, and you can look forward to some hilarious moments (such as playing dodge ball against a cat, and later riding said cat in a boss fight). The story centers around Marina, a cybernetic robot who must save her creator from a mysterious dark empire who has taken over the planet Clancer. Along the way she makes friends with the inhabitants of the planet, fights an evil dopelganger, and even participates in the Planet Clancer Athletic Festival. The art is a very anime style, with the main characters looking like they were ripped from the pages of an old Shonen-Jump. All of the inhabitants of the planet Clancer however, (including people, animals, and even the very bricks buildings are made of) have the same face imprinted on them. The easiest way to describe the citizens of Clancer is as large ping-pong balls with arms and legs, and a face like the mask on "scream" drawn on them. The actual gameplay is where Mischief Makers shines. For starters the game completely does away with the joystick, relying instead on the d-pad for movement. holding down left or right moves that way, while down causes Marina to crouch. The A button jumps, and the B button grabs. The four C-buttons are used for brief boosts from Marina's propulsion systems. A quick dash left or right, flight when in the air, and hovering are all possible using them. The real fun comes from the grab feature. Sure you can attack enemies with a dash attack, but grabbing and throwing is your main weapon. Almost everything in the game can be grabbed, including enemy projectiles, lasers, and enemies themselves. Grabbing and shaking certain items (using down-c while holding) can cause them to drop useful items, and cause some weapons to do extra damage. All in all the game can't compare games these days, but if you're looking for a bit of nostalgia and happen to have a Nintendo 64 lying around it's definitely worth a look.Read full review
by drjohnradicalJan 17, 2010
Mischief Makers = Good stuff
Mischief makers is a hilariously fun action platformer game. Though some of the challenges can be pretty ridiculous and very hard, those are mostly for those who want to 100% the game and aren't really necessary to get great enjoyment from it. The bosses are the most fun to fight, because they provide an enjoyable challenge, and the sprites for them are cool looking. A good game to pick up, highly recommended.
by pypexMay 23, 2010
Brilliant, if little known title.
Theres a reason I'm buying this game after 13 years, and thats because it's the best (well probably 3rd best) game on that system. Trippy surreal puzzle-platformer, a bit like super paper mario only with less RPG. You get to ride a kitten while shooting a rocket launcher, nuff said.
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CBS Goes YouTubing With Full-Length TV Shows
By Chris Maxcer
October 13, 2008 1:29 PM PT
YouTube and CBS have teamed up to deliver new full-length TV programming delivered via YouTube’s new Theater View style, which provides a larger video image. YouTube is testing the new format, so it may see some tweaks in the near future; however, the move represents a significant departure from the short-clip, user-generated content that turned the YouTube brand into an international video sharing powerhouse.
In addition to streaming proprietary, full-length TV episodes, YouTube and CBS are running in-stream advertisements, including pre-, mid-, and post-rolls. YouTube says these embedded advertisements will only show up in long-form content, not the short, user-supplied videos that still dominate the site. To distinguish which content is full-length and ad-supported, YouTube has created new “Film Strip” icon label.
Not More of the Same
Aside from the clips snagged from television broadcasts and illicitly posted on YouTube by end users, CBS has had an “official” presence on YouTube for years, where the company has also posted its own short-form promotion clips.
“If you go there, it’s not the best user experience — you have clips garbled up, you have to click on the various channels. You still have to stay within the YouTube boundaries,” Chad Cooper, director of editorial content and marketing of OVGuide.com, told TechNewsWorld.
“Traveling around the channels is not the best user experience,” he added.
There’s not a lot of current full-length shows yet — viewers can get a taste with episodes of “Beverly Hills 90210,” “MacGyver,” and “Star Trek: The Original Series.”
CBS already streams full-length shows from its own CBS.com Web site, so why draw viewers away from it?
“If you look at YouTube’s numbers, and they are pretty impressive, so CBS will want to take advantage of those views, especially since a lot of CBS content is out on YouTube, regardless of whether it’s under the CBS cloud or not,” Cooper said.
YouTube has 200 million unique users each month, and they watch hundreds of millions of video clips each day. This year, YouTube has reportedly been getting well over one-third of all Internet video watching traffic.
If CBS’s intention is to get views, this is obviously a good play. As of yet, however, YouTube isn’t the be-all, end-all to online content distribution. In fact, in one way, the partnership removes the viewer from the CBS brand, Cooper noted.
“When you play with YouTube, you associate with YouTube, and YouTube is typically known for short-form, really viral, horse-kicking-a-beaver-in-the-face comedy type videos, while CBS is episodic. It’s a different experience — you’re connecting with the shows, it’s professional,” Cooper said, noting that CBS may be missing a chance to establish a better relationship with its viewers on its own site.
On the other hand, “What’s great about this deal is, CBS gets to take advantage of YouTube’s serving platform, and YouTube probably serves at the lowest CPM (cost per thousand), based on their server build-out and access to Google’s worldwide network of servers. CBS instantly inherits one of the world’s powerful infrastructures,” Cooper explained.
“But at the end of the day, if their end game was to put together the best user experience, one would think that would be within their CBS world,” he added. “CBS.com is now just a piece of the puzzle.”
Hulu No, YouTube Yes
NBC and Fox currently direct much of their streaming video through Hulu.com,, which CBS reportedly rejected because it found the ad revenue sharing conditions unfavorable. YouTube and CBS did not disclose their back-end deal.
Either way, Hulu was built from the ground up to host professionally created, copyrighted content. YouTube has been the king of user-generated content. Can the forms mix well together?
“Whether they acknowledge it or not, [copyrighted content] was on YouTube before,” Cooper said.
“CBS is taking this ‘we’re going to play now’ rather than just sit in the corner and build up lawsuit documents. They have a unique opportunity to jump in and reap the benefits of the fabulous YouTube user base and play with them. I’m impressed they are doing it,” he added.
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joshchandler says:
Let’s face it, now CBS’s content will be more transferable around the Web. They were always the company I was most disapointed didn’t allow anyone to embed their video’s elsewhere. Plus this ad testing should be interesting, how many ad share deals does Youtube have in place now???
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Just How Green Is the Bloom Box?
By Katherine Noyes
February 26, 2010 9:18 AM PT
With all the hype surrounding Bloom Energy’s newly launched Bloom Box, it may be tempting to view the new device as a cure-all for the world’s energy concerns.
After all, the promise of an on-site power source that can provide homes with reliable clean energy at an affordable price seems like nothing short of a panacea.
Just how affordable the devices will really be has already been questioned. In addition, given the Bloom Box’s use of natural gas and biofuels, it’s not entirely clear how clean or green it will be in the long term.
‘Significantly Less Carbon’
“With respect to fuel choice, obviously natural gas and biofuels offer significantly less carbon content than does coal,” R. Neal Elliott, associate director for research with the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, told TechNewsWorld.
Nevertheless, “we are now entering a period of constrained energy resource markets and concern about greenhouse-gas emissions, so it is important to insure that the output from any technology be used as efficiently as possible — even the Bloom Box,” Elliott added.
Accordingly, neither this technology nor that of any other generation should be viewed “as a panacea that will allow profligate use of electricity into the future,” he warned.
‘Membrane Life Issues’
Because biofuels are inherently constrained locationally, they are likely to meet only a portion of a community’s energy needs, Elliott pointed out. “Centralized production of biofuels for electric power generation is unlikely to prove economically or environmentally acceptable.”
Where technologies such as solid oxide fuel cells — like that in the Bloom Box — come in is in their ability to use untreated biogas from digesters that are supplied with agricultural, manufacturing or municipal wastes, “thus addressing a water quality issue while producing a useful output,” he explained.
While the numerous demonstrations of such technologies at wastewater treatment facilities have been promising so far, however, “they have all encountered operating reliability and membrane life issues that have resulted in their discontinuation,” Elliott added. “I certainly hope that Bloom has been able to address these past challenges with their new design.”
A ‘Big If’
Whether Bloom Energy will be able to get enough biogas from sustainable sources is a “big if,” Ralph Cavanagh, codirector of the energy program with the Natural Resources Defense Council, told TechNewsWorld.
Success, then, will depend on finding enough sustainable sources, and also on whether “the specs driving the initial units can be realized in the field over years of operation,” Cavanagh noted.
The question of the Bloom Box’s efficiency is another one that hasn’t yet been adequately specified, Elliott asserted.
“While solid oxide fuel cells can have a very high efficiency compared to conventional electric power generation technologies, their total efficiency can be significantly lower than conventional, natural-based combined heat and power systems,” he pointed out.
Still, the Bloom Box “appears to be a well thought-out solid oxide fuel cell in a modular package,” he concluded.
Integrating Renewables
Indeed, one feature of the Bloom Box that is particularly appealing is its ability to shift swiftly from power-generation mode to power-storage mode, Cavanagh noted.
“If the grid needs it to make fuel instead of electricity, it can do that,” he explained. “If you have a grid that’s trying to integrate more wind and solar, the Bloom Box could convert into storage mode.”
In that way, the device promises to help integrate renewable energies as well as offering a low- or zero-emissions source in its own right, Cavanagh said.
For that reason, it should be viewed as an enhancement to — not a replacement for — the power grid, he added. “If properly deployed, it could make the grid more resilient and reduce the likelihood of power interruptions,” he pointed out.
Ultimately, “anyone who cares about the environmental consequences of power generation has a rooting interest in technologies like this,” Cavanagh concluded. “If it performs as advertised, it’s a very good thing.”
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The Education Art Prize 2023
Dryad Education, the new home of Specialist Crafts & Heart Educational
In his own words, Ian Cook is “the guy behind the paint splattered glasses and the one who paints artworks with radio controlled cars, actual car tyres and toy car wheels”.
Apparently Ian’s inspiration for the new way of getting paint to paper came about for a number of reasons: he is a big car enthusiast, who trained as an artist, and was bought a radio controlled car for a Christmas present and was told “not to take it down my studio, and not to get paint on it”…(lightbulb moment). So like any bloke would – he listened to a bit of that conversation.
Four years later, having created artwork the size of a three storey building, painted with real cars and travelled to different parts of the globe with a suitcase full of paint covered cars, he’s still going strong!
Ian Cook and Specialist Crafts
Ian has worked with Specialist Crafts over the last 3 years in the Specialist Workshops, where a group of teachers become students for the day and get hands on with renowned artists. His workshops are great fun and truly inspirational, and have provided many teachers and technicians with brand new ways of getting paint to paper. He opens the mind to what is possible with everyday items.
Having seen such a positive reaction to Ian and his work, he was our obvious choice for the Education Art Prize 2013 competition.
He is an enthusiastic teacher and will bring energy and excitement into any school he visits. He is a great ambassador for art education at a level students can relate to, and his use of all social media channels means that he really does communicate brilliantly.
For all the latest news from Ian…
www.popbangcolour.com
2018 winners - Holmer Green Senior School with Jennifer Collier
2017 winners - Maiden Erlegh School with Cleo Mussi
2016 winners - Lydia Wilson, Mowden Hall School with Jenny Muncaster
2015 winners - Robert Gordon’s College with Celia Smith
2014 winners - South Holderness Technology College with Tony Minnion
2013 winners - Shebbear College with Ian Cook
2012 Competition - King Edward VI High School for Girls with Michael Brennand-Wood
Dryad Education
Dryad Education, the new home of Specialist Crafts and Heart Educational, is one of the leading suppliers of Art, Textiles, Design and Technology resources to educational establishments, students and artists worldwide.
Visit our website here
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Educators Financial Group is committed to ensuring our website is informative, usable, and accessible for all our visitors. That includes those who visit our website using desktop, mobile, and tablet devices, as well as those who navigate the website using the keyboard only and/or with assistive devices. We are actively working to improve the website and to remove barriers to accessibility while enhancing the website experience for all our visitors, including those with visual, hearing, cognitive, and motor impairments.
Our website is built to be responsive. That makes adjusting the display for visitors with different devices or viewing preferences easy. If you are viewing this website on a mobile phone or tablet, the website will automatically adjust the screen display to fit your mobile phone or tablet.
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We are engaged in updating and improving the accessibility and usability of our website and content to ensure equal access for all our users. As we add new content and features to the website, we follow accessibility best practices and WCAG guidelines to ensure continuous improvements to our website’s accessibility. We’ve made changes to our content creation workflow that will help ensure that new content added to the website is more accessible.
Recent Accessibility Updates Include:
We’ve added a new link ‘Skip to Content‘ that allows keyboard users to easily skip to the main content of the page and not have to tab through the whole header and navigation menu on every page.
The Performance of our Signature Funds has moved to a new URL and as part of the move, we made a number of changes to improve accessibility for keyboard and screen reader users.
We’ve made changes to the heading structure on key pages to make navigating easier and more intuitive and for screen reader users who use heading structure to help navigate the site more quickly.
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We continue to work to enhance the Accessibility of our site and welcome your feedback
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Blogs of the Week
Education Best of the Blogs
| NEWS | DISTRICT DOSSIER
School Choice: Location, Location
People who live in certain urban areas know this flow well: Once families have children old enough to enter kindergarten, they pack up and move to an area with a public school district that has a better reputation than the one where they currently live.
Trulia, a real estate website, attempted to track this trend. Using 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data, the company compared the number of children from birth to age 4 with the number of those ages 5 to 9 living in every school district.
The website suggests that if a school district is as attractive to parents of young children as it is to parents of school-age children, the numbers in these two groups should be fairly equal, resulting in a ratio of 1. A ratio below 1 suggests that families are moving out of a given district, and a ratio above 1 suggests that these families are moving into an area.
The 1-plus districts also tend to be less dense, and more affordable.
Based on Trulia’s methodology, the country’s most desirable school district is Saratoga Union, a K-8 district of about 2,100 students in the San Francisco Bay Area. The district has 2.38 elementary school students for every preschool student.
In contrast, the 2,000-student Hoboken district in New Jersey has 39 elementary students for every 100 preschool students.
—Christina A. Samuels
| NEWS | ON SPECIAL EDUCATION
Many Fixes as District Responds to ADA Suit
Thirteen years after a family sued the San Francisco school district over its lack of adherence to the Americans with Disabilities Act, the district has installed its last elevators, ramps, and accessible toilets in its schools.
The district spent $250 million to fix 50,000 violations, the San Francisco Chronicle reported last week.
The work entailed adding elevators, wheelchair ramps, new light switches, wider doorways, wheelchair lifts, Braille signs, and water fountains accessible from wheelchairs, the Chronicle reported. In the process, the district spent another $550 million to replace roofs, heating systems, and windows, repainting, repaving playgrounds, and so on.
Complying with the ADA took so long in part because San Francisco has the oldest school building inventory in California, and the city’s hilly landscape made work more challenging, the school district’s facilities director told the newspaper.
—Nirvi Shah
| NEWS | MARKETPLACE K-12
Edmodo Now Closer To Social Network
Edmodo, the popular learning-management website that is now approaching 10 million worldwide users, is a lot of things: a course manager, a marketplace for education apps, an online gradebook.
But ultimately, it is a social network, a way for teachers to interact with their students, colleagues, and peers. With new features announced last week, Edmodo will look more like the kind of social network teachers and students use at home, but through the lens of school.
In the same way that Facebook users can share photos, links, and video with their friends, teachers using Edmodo will now be able to share lessons. Teachers can connect with other teachers who are teaching the same subjects, and find lessons posted to the site based on grade level and subject.
Lessons that are popular or produce certain outcomes can be targeted to teachers seeking that kind of content. Edmodo features allow teachers to tag students’ work with insights like “spelling mistakes,” “needs improvement,” or “outstanding.” Students can tag the assessment items and lessons they complete with reactions like “confused,” “awesome,” or “wasn’t in notes.” Teachers can then sort, categorize, and analyze the trends from those reactions to decide what lessons are working.
There is also a new “activity stream” that will look similar to Facebook’s news feed on most users’ home pages.
Other sites like Lore and Grockit’s new Learnist project apply user experiences from social networks to education.
—Jason Tomassini
| NEWS | COLLEGE BOUND
College-Prep Checklist Breaks Down Process
There is something so satisfying about checking something off your to-do list.
And when it comes to the overwhelming task of preparing for college, it can be especially encouraging to break down the process into steps that parents and students can check off.
The U.S. Department of Education is providing academic and financial checklists for elementary, middle, and high school students and parents on its website, StudentAid.gov. Those pushing for increased college enrollment and completion stress the importance of early planning. This tool is designed to help families save and get students to map out coursework so they are best prepared for college.
The elementary school checklist emphasizes the importance of reading and starting college-savings accounts. By middle school, students are encouraged to think about career interests and develop strong study habits, while parents are guided to use the FAFSA4caster to find out how much federal student aid their child might receive.
By high school, the lists are more focused, beginning in 9th grade with counselor discussions of AP courses and résumé building. The to-do list for juniors is especially demanding, as many think of this year as crucial to the college-admissions process. There are SAT and ACT exams to take and the fun of coming up with a college wish list begins. By 12th grade, the checklists include scholarship applications and financial-aid forms.
—Caralee Adams
A version of this article appeared in the September 12, 2012 edition of Education Week as Blogs of the Week
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Kladys Castellón prays during a vigil for the victims of a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.
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endTB
About endTB
endTB clinical trials
endTB organization
endTB team
Nurses prepare patients’ treatments in the pharmacy of the ambulatory ward at the National Centre for Tuberculosis and Lung Disease in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi. (Daro Sulakauri/MSF)
Testing novel, short, all-oral regimens for MDR-TB
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Partners In Health (PIH), Interactive Research and Development (IRD), and their partners have launched two major clinical trials which seek to revolutionize treatment for the toughest strains of tuberculosis (TB), the world’s leading infectious disease killer.
The two clinical trials are sponsored by MSF. The Principal Investigators are Carole Mitnick (Harvard Medical School) and Lorenzo Guglielmetti (MSF).
Epicentre, Harvard Medical School, the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp and UCSF are partners of the trials.
Why these clinical trials?
Conventional treatments for MDR-TB are long (up to 24 months), ineffective (only 59% treatment success in 2018) and often cause terrible side effects, including acute psychosis and permanent deafness. All the while, patients ingest up to 14,000 pills and some of them have to endure months of painful, daily injections. Moreover, the costliness, difficulty and length of current treatments make them hard to implement in many high-burden countries.
To address the problem, the two clinical trials use the first TB drugs developed in almost 50 years — bedaquiline and delamanid — to find radically shorter (6 or 9 months), more tolerable, injection-free treatments for MDR-TB.
1. endTB trial (fluoroquinolone-susceptible MDR-TB)
The endTB clinical trial was expected to enroll 750 patients across eight countries: Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Lesotho, Pakistan, Peru and South Africa. These are all countries with significant TB burdens, where MSF, PIH or IRD support local MDR-TB treatment activities.
In October 2021, enrolment was completed with the overall inclusion of 754 patients.
endTB is a randomized, controlled, Phase III clinical trial testing five new, all oral, 9-month regimens compared to the current standard of care. Randomization was outcome-adapted, rather than fixed. This means that the probability of being randomized to regimens changed as the outcomes were reported: more patients were assigned to regimens that were producing better outcomes. A summary of the study protocol has been published and is publicly available here.
Study treatment regimens
Each experimental regimen contains at least one new drug, in combination with up to four companion drugs. The control regimen is the local standard of care consistent with latest WHO recommendations, including bedaquiline and/or delamanid if indicated.
2. endTB-Q trial (fluoroquinolone-resistant MDR-TB)
The endTB-Q clinical trial is expected to enroll 324 patients across six countries (India, Kazakhstan, Lesotho, Pakistan, Peru, and Vietnam) to find simpler, less toxic, shorter regimen for fluoroquinolone-resistant MDR-TB.
As of January 2023, 294 participants were enrolled in the trial. Enrollment is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2023.
This is a randomized, controlled, Phase III clinical trial testing a new, all oral regimen compared to the current standard of care.
Study treatment regimen
The experimental regimen contains bedaquiline, delamanid, clofazimine, and linezolid, and is delivered for 24 or 39 weeks. endTB-Q adopts a personalized medicine approach, by individualizing the treatment duration based on baseline characteristics and treatment response of each participant.
The control arm regimen designed and delivered according to local standard of care and consistent with latest WHO guidelines and may include bedaquiline and/or delamanid in addition to other drugs.
Study oversight
Several independent groups provide formal external oversight of the study protocols, implementation, operation and analysis:
Institutional Review Boards or Ethics Committees at MSF, Harvard Medical School, IRD, Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine, and in each country participating in the clinical trial
Independent Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC)
Global Community Advisory Board, convened by the Treatment Action Group
Data Safety and Monitoring Board (DSMB)
These groups will continue to assure the relevance of the trials for clinical care and policy, their safety for participants, and that global standards for clinical research are met or exceeded.
For endTB reference documents, such as the summary of the study protocol, please see our Resources section.
View the endTB page on ClinicalTrials.gov
View the endTB-Q page on ClinicalTrials.gov.
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This Famous Book Is Now Available in a Crazy New Format Designed to Help You Read Faster
E-reader company Oyster has released a classic business best seller in a new pulsating format created by startup Spritz.
As if self-help books weren't effective enough on their own, two nascent companies are experimenting with game-changing technology that could allow people to read at record speeds.
Oyster, an e-reader company that employs a similar business model to Netflix, and Spritz, which has developed a new reading paradigm that replaces pages with a small box that pulses one word at a time, have announced a unique alliance.
On its website, Oyster now offers Stephen R. Covey's famous book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People for free consumption in Spritz's speed-reading format. This marks the first time that a full-length, in-copyright book has utilized the technology, Oyster says.
Talk about "effective': at 1,000 words per minute -- the top speed that Spritz offers -- the seminal self-help book could reportedly be completed in just under two hours.
Though Oyster, which closed a $14 million round of funding in January, is the first to offer a Spritz-able book, other major players have shown interest in the company. The Boston-based startup also caught the eye of Samsung last month, when it announced it would ship certain new devices with the technology.
Related: New E-Reader App Hatches a Clever Plan to Get You to Actually Read
1 Productivity Netflix Books Finance Oyster Spritz
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Reconnecting New Zealanders to the world
Where does international education fit in?
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a plan to reconnect New Zealanders to the world in 2022.
This framework is based on being able to maintain the elimination strategy, alongside a high coverage of vaccination, strong confidence in our system and a phased approach to opening the border.
Read the Prime Minister’s announcement in full | Reconnecting New Zealand to the world on Unite Against COVID-19 site
The key points of this plan are:
To continue to speed up New Zealand’s vaccination rollout, and move to six weeks between doses so that more New Zealanders have immunity sooner.
Phased approach to reopening border in the second half of 2021, and set up of new testing and vaccine checking systems at the border.
Move to new, risk-based border settings that will establish low, medium and high-risk pathways into the country.
New Zealand’s ability to reconnect with the world depends on these factors being successful.
At this early stage, we can’t provide detail or any degree of certainty for students looking to apply for study in or book travel to New Zealand.
Many New Zealand institutions are now offering new ways to study. If you’re wondering which study option might be right for you, visit Study With New Zealand New Ways of Learning.
We suggest that agents, students and their families wait until policy announcements are made before booking any travel to study in New Zealand. We could expect to see more clarity on this later in the year.
When will New Zealand open up to the world?
Work continues on developing the requirements for a phased approach to Reconnecting New Zealanders to the rest of the world in 2022. We could expect to see more clarity on this later in 2021.
Read more about the next steps to reconnecting New Zealanders to the world.
What do we know about timeframes for international students returning to New Zealand?
While we are pleased to note that a number of international students have been able to return to New Zealand under the current class exceptions, we aren’t able to provide exact timeframes for a large-scale return for international students and providers.
Managing our border doesn’t mean conditions will stay exactly as they are now, but it does mean that there are likely to be restrictions and requirements in place until at least December 2022.
Can students apply for semester 1 2022 study?
We would currently advise students not to plan for study in New Zealand for semester 1, 2022.
Please note offshore temporary visa application lodgements are currently suspended till February 2022 and this may be extended.
International student class exceptions are a key priority for the Government, but we can’t predict timing on when a further cohort might be announced, or what MIQ capacity may look like at the time.
Will the phased border approach outlined in the Reconnecting New Zealanders to the World announcements affect the temporary suspension of offshore visa application lodgements?
The Government continues work on developing the requirements for a phased approach to Reconnecting New Zealanders to the rest of the world in 2022. As such, no decisions have been made yet on how the border plan might affect offshore visa application lodgements.
What is the Government’s position generally regarding international education?
Despite the severity and complexity of the COVID-19 pandemic, and our ongoing commitment to its elimination strategy, the New Zealand Government remains committed to a thriving international education sector.
In a recent meeting with the international education sector, the Minister of Education highlighted the New Zealand Government’s support for the continued safe return of international students to New Zealand, when the time is right.
How does the border approach affect the students coming into New Zealand under the border exception classes?
It doesn’t. Existing processes for students to enter the country under existing border exception classes (the 250 PhD and postgraduate cohort and the 1000 bachelor's degree and above cohort) will remain in place.
Read about the two international student border exceptions classes on the Immigration New Zealand website.
How will New Zealand determine which countries are low, medium or high-risk?
The government is currently working through how it will determine this.
How will the phased border approach affect Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ)?
Vaccinated travellers from low-risk countries will not be required to go through managed isolation facilities.
Vaccinated travellers from medium-risk countries will have modified isolation requirements, the details of which are still to be worked through.
Unvaccinated travellers and all travellers from high-risk countries will need to undergo 14 days in MIQ.
Read more on the next steps of reconnecting New Zealanders to the world
Would lockdowns in New Zealand affect the timing of the phased border approach?
The New Zealand Government is committed to the elimination strategy and the successful rollout of vaccines. New Zealand’s border approach depends on our ability to stamp out clusters of COVID-19 as they arise, so there is some possibility that further lockdowns may delay the border approach.
Will international students in New Zealand continue to receive free COVID-19 healthcare?
Yes. Vaccines are available to everyone in New Zealand (12 years and over) free of charge. This includes international students.
Read more about the COVID-19 vaccine rollout on the Ministry of Health website.
All publicly funded COVID-19 related care – including testing, treatment and vaccinations – is provided to anyone who needs it, free of charge.
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Where Are Asia's Top 10 Rooms With A View?
By Chinmay Vasavada
When considering a holiday in Asia, one can always look for that special, extraordinary element, which is truly immersive and life-affirming. Iconic views are often at the very top of the bucket list, as we seek moments of pure serenity and quietude, or something that inspires awe and wonder. I'm delighted to share the below list with you:
Hoshinoya Fuji, Yamanashi, Japan
Topaz Ecolodge, Vietnam
Amanjiwo, Borobudur, Indonesia
Oberoi Amarvilas, Agra, India
COMO Uma Punakha, Bhutan
Kahanda Kanda, Galle, Sri Lanka
Dwarika's Resort, Dhulikhel, Nepal
Gaya Island Resort, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo
Six Senses Yao Noi, Koh Yao Noi, Thailand
Songtsam Tacheng, Yunnan, China
Asia is renowned for its remarkable natural and manmade wonders, and although there is no dearth of touristy ‘viewpoints’, there is no greater joy and privilege than having the option of admiring these legendary monuments and landscapes from the unparalleled comfort and privacy of your own hotel room.
I have included below some of my current favourite hotel rooms with a view. This is by no means exhaustive, as you can imagine, given the size of the continent, but it allows a glimpse of Asia’s remarkable diversity:
One of my favourite ‘glamping’ resorts in Asia, HOSHINOYA Fuji offers fabulous views of Lake Kawaguchi and majestic Mount Fuji. Undoubtedly one of the most iconic views that has become a symbol of Japan, it really is a privilege to be able to admire it at your own leisure, from your own room. Each of the resort’s 40 cabins features a large picture window and a balcony offering panoramic views of the lake, Mount Fuji and the surrounding forests.
Cabin interiors are minimalist and subdued in colour to accentuate the majestic views, and their innovative design seamlessly combines contemporary luxuries and the joys of a traditional outdoor camping experience. Located two hours from Tokyo by bullet train, this region offers amazing adventures for active travellers including hiking, canoeing across the lake, cycling, traditional camping activities, culinary experiences, as well as horse riding.
For something a bit off-the-beaten-track and thrilling, I would highly recommend hiking through the Aokigahara Forest, also known as the Sea of Trees.
Topaz Ecolodge, Sapa, Vietnam
Located on top of a beautiful hill, deep in the lush mountains of Hoang Lien National Park, about 45 minutes outside Sapa in northern Vietnam, Topaz Ecolodge offers a touch of Scandinavian bliss in remote Vietnamese countryside. In terms of views, this is one of my absolute favourite places to stay in the country.
There are 41 rustic bungalows, each highly sustainably built using locally sourced materials, offering astounding views of the surrounding mountains and across the scenic valleys below filled with Sapa’s iconic rice terraces and quaint ethnic minority villages – somewhat reminiscent of the Dragon’s Backbone Rice Terraces in China. It’s such an idyllic place for a holiday in Asia, whether you just want to relax, or completely immerse yourself in the surrounding nature and culture with ample opportunities for hiking, biking as well as discovering unique hilltribe villages and traditional markets.
Few places in the world are as mystical and awe-inspiring as Borobudur in Central Java. Sitting majestically amidst a stunning landscape of lush paddy fields, woodland and volcanic mountains, Borobudur is the largest and most impressive Buddhist temple in the world, akin to wonders like Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Machu Picchu in Peru and Hampi in India in terms of its scale and historical significance.
Reflecting the temple’s grandeur, and celebrating the region’s magical nature and culture, Amanjiwo offers fabulously luxurious accommodations with impeccable service and food. Set in two graceful crescents, the luxury resort’s thirty-six spacious and generously appointed suites give way to sublime views.
My favourite suites are the Borobudur Pool Suites as well as the opulent two-bedroom Dalem Jiwo Suite that offer the most remarkable views of the temple. Catch a glimpse of sunrise at Borobudur; trek into the Menoreh Hills; cycle across the pristine countryside; discover local culture and crafts in quaint villages; conquer volcanic peaks; or simply relax and indulge in fabulous spa treatments, yoga, meditation, and superb cuisine; Amanjiwo and Borobudur are truly captivating.
An epitome of eternal love, the Taj Mahal in India is one of the most beautiful monuments in the world, and it is not at all surprising that it is found in most travellers’ bucket list. Seeing it in person is such an emotional and humbling experience; I was simply transfixed when I visited it for the first time.
Located just 600 metres from the majestic mausoleum, the Oberoi group’s luxuriant hotel Amarvilas pays homage to this cherished Mughal legacy with all of its rooms and suites offering unrestricted views of Taj Mahal. The hotel showcases the opulence and grandeur of legendary Mughal palaces with lavishly appointed rooms and suites, fountains, terraced lawns, reflection pools and pavilions, all complemented by impeccable service and food.
My favourite room from my own stay here is the Kohinoor Suite, which has a large private terrace offering unparalleled views of the Taj Mahal; it is without a doubt the best view in Agra!
World’s first carbon negative country, renowned for its unique philosophy of Gross National Happiness, Bhutan is perhaps the most fascinating and pristine Himalayan Kingdom. Situated in the lap of the majestic Himalayas, with over 70% of the land covered by trees, Bhutan boasts unparalleled mountain vistas, virgin evergreen forests, gorgeous Buddhist monasteries and temples, glacial rivers, and lush rural valleys. It’s nothing short of a mystical storybook setting for your vacation!
With a dramatic location amidst terraced rice paddies, COMO Uma Punakha is one of my favourite luxury hotels in Bhutan. The hotel’s architecture and interiors are simple yet elegant, accentuating its fabulous natural surroundings. There are just eight rooms and two individual villas, each offering sublime views of the valley and the meandering Mo Chu River.
My favourites are the two standalone villas that offer ultimate privacy, space and views. Punakha offers a fascinating mix of history, culture, and outdoor adventure with opportunities for hiking, white water rafting, cycling, experiencing ancient Buddhist traditions and crafts, as well as discovering the imposing Punakha Dzong and the temple of Chimi Lhakhang. COMO hotels are renowned for their focus on spa and wellness, and a traditional Bhutanese hot-stone bath is one of the not-to-be-missed experiences.
Spread across 12 acres of lush palm-fringed jungle and tea plantations on a remote hillside near Galle, Kahanda Kanda offers a unique blend of culture, wellness and luxury. Owned and run by a well-known British interior designer, this intimate 12-villa boutique hotel is a hidden gem, just a short drive from the famous Sri Lankan south coast beaches and the historic town of Galle. Each of the villas is beautifully designed, featuring spacious interiors adorned with wonderful artworks and antiques.
My favourite is the plantation pool villa Kadju, which affords incredible views over the tea estate and jungle and has a gorgeous infinity pool. If you are looking for a jaw-dropping Instagram picture, this is it! Besides Galle and the amazing south coast beaches, I enjoyed spending time cycling in the countryside, surfing, going on a whale watching trip and learning to make traditional face masks. You can also immerse yourself in yoga, meditation, and Ayurveda sessions at the retreat.
Dwarika’s Resort, Dhulikhel, Nepal
Heavenly! Located in the lush hills of Dhulikhel just an hour’s drive from Kathmandu, Dwarika’s Resort is one of Nepal’s finest luxury wellness retreats. Overlooking Kathmandu Valley and the extended Langtang range of the Himalayas, the resort offers spellbinding views. My favourite suites are the Executive Suite with Terrace and the top category Royal Suite, as they offer spacious indoor and outdoor living and sleeping spaces with panoramic views.
The latter is set at one of the highest points of the resort offering unparalleled views. The resort’s spa and wellness programmes are focused on the ancient Himalayan Ayurvedic traditions, and its tranquil environs offer a perfect base to practice Yoga and meditation. If you are looking to immerse yourself in the surrounding nature and culture, there are ample opportunities for hiking and nature walks, visiting quaint villages and organic farms, discovering local arts and craft such as pottery, painting and block printing, and cookery sessions.
Set in the hillside of an ancient rainforest and surrounded by protected mangroves, Gaya Island Resort is a pristine natural sanctuary offering magnificent views and wonderfully immersive experiences in the heart of Borneo’s Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park. Accessible only by boat, the resort features 120 hillside villas and a two-bedroom suite showcasing sustainably sourced local materials and traditional Sabahan architecture that blend harmoniously with the natural surroundings.
Interiors boast contemporary elegance giving way to wonderful views including mangroves, tropical rainforest, and the South China Sea. Without a doubt, my favourite villa category is the Kinabalu Villa, which offers the best views in the resort, overlooking the South China Sea.
The resort is entirely focused on eco-conservation and has a dedicated marine centre that runs initiatives focused on turtle conservation, coral reef restoration and conservation through education, making it an excellent choice for family holidays. You can also indulge in various other immersive experiences including PADI diving and snorkelling, deep sea fishing and guided nature walks around the island.
The ethereal landscape of Phang Nga Bay needs no introduction, especially for the fans of James Bond. With jaw-dropping views over the majestic limestone pinnacles rising from the bay’s green and azure waters, this is undoubtedly one of the most idyllic locations in Asia if not the whole world! Accessible by boat from Phuket, Six Senses Yao Noi is set on a lush 24-acre site on the small island of Koh Yao Noi.
The resort features fifty-six villas built sustainably using locally sourced materials with a gorgeous open-plan layout that accentuates the stunning natural beauty that surrounds the island. Although each villa is unique and offers fabulous views, my personal favourite is The View, which offers sweeping 360-degree, panoramic views of the bay along with complete privacy. Spread across 2,422 square feet, this vast one-bedroom villa has double-height vaulted ceilings and expansive windows revealing fabulous panoramas from every corner. It also features a large infinity-edge pool and a terrace, a sunken entertaining area, and a private cinema.
Six Senses Yao Noi is such a fantastic destination for couples as well as families, with a huge range of super fun and engaging experiences available including diving and snorkelling, island hopping by a traditional longtail boat or a luxury yacht, bicycle trails, nature walks, windsurfing, water-skiing, wakeboarding and kayaking, castaway picnics, as well as bespoke culinary experiences and lavish wellness therapies and treatments. For kids, a range of sustainability focused experiences can be organised including volunteering at a local school and learning about nature conservation.
Hidden in a remote corner of Yunnan in China’s forgotten Himalayas, Songtsam Tacheng Lodge offers blissfully untouched experiences far removed from the sprawling cities and hectic crowds. Yunnan boasts a remarkable diversity of astounding landscapes and pristine settlements that seem almost lost in time. Besides the world-renowned Tiger Leaping Gorge, I find the area of the Three Parallel Rivers utterly mesmerising for its incredible natural beauty and a rich tapestry of local ethnic minority communities.
Inhabited by colourful Naxi and Lisu communities, Tacheng lies in one of the most fertile valleys lauded for its high-quality rice, fruits and nuts, and wild honey. The area is great for birdwatching and is home to the iconic snub-nosed monkeys. Reminiscent of a typical Alpine chalet from the outside, the lodge features twenty elegantly designed rooms and suites. Rooms and suites in the main building are adorned with beautiful Chinese interiors with large windows and private balconies offering superb views of lush, terraced rice fields and majestic mountains.
It’s such an immersive area for active explorations; you can go rock climbing, learn how to make tofu, indulge in birdwatching, visit the Yunnan Golden Monkey National Park, discover Naxi and Lisu communities, or go on hikes and nature walks. Songtsam Lodges have other equally charming lodges dotted across Yunnan, so Tacheng can also be combined with other villages including fabled Shangri-La.
Please do feel free to contact us if you would like any more information about any of these phenomenal hotels and lodges. Or, if you would just like to dream for now, you can do so in our Video Library.
Images by kind courtesy of: Hoshino Resorts, Aman Hotels, COMO, Gaya Island Resort, Songtsam Hotels, Oberoi, Dwarikas Resorts, Six Senses, Kahanda Kanda, Topas Ecolodge
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Group Management strengthened through addition of Technology and Environment Director
Fabege will now gather its technological, energy and environmental matters under a single new division. The company has appointed Anders Borggren to manage the new division and serve as a member of Group Management. Anders Borggren worked most recently at ISS, where he was responsible for business development in Sweden. He will assume his new role at Fabege no later than 1 February 2014.
“Our technological operations are developing continuously and becoming subject to increasingly rigorous demands. By gathering technological, energy and environmental matters under Anders Borggren’s leadership, we will be able to strengthen both our customer offering and our continued efforts to reduce our climate impact,” says Christian Hermelin, CEO of Fabege.
14 Oct 2013 8:00 AM
Christian Hermelin, CEO, phone 46 (0)8 555 148 25, 46 (0)73 387 18 25
Åsa Bergström, Deputy CEO and CFO, phone 46 (0)8 555 148 29, 46 (0)70 666 13 80
This constitutes information that Fabege AB (publ) may be legally obliged to publish under the Securities Market Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was released for publication at 08:00 am CET on 14 October 2013.
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衡量 ACE 供應鏈中的 ESG
Measuring the ESG in ACE’s Supply Chain
長期以來，建築業一直是影響地球氣候和環境的主要參與者之一。它產生了全球 30% 以上的溫室氣體 (GHG)，並使用了高達 32% 的自然資源。僅在英國，大約 40% 的碳排放來自建築業。根據英國私人承包和住宅開發公司 Willmott Dixon 的說法，他們的供應鏈系統占公司總排放量的 99%，考慮到這只是整個公司活動的一個方面，這個數字非常高。因此，對於試圖減少碳足跡和實現 ESG 目標的建築公司來說，專注於其供應鏈發展是非常重要的。
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環境是建築供應鏈問題的最大因素之一。由於建築業是原材料的主要用戶之一，公司需要了解貨物的來源、是否以負責任的方式開採或造成了哪些環境影響，同時還要注意運輸造成的高排放的貨物。移動和材料轉移的水平增加了高碳足跡，再加上一次性使用的塑料包裝仍然是這些材料和商品的主要使用選擇。
已經有一些目標和努力來解決這個高碳排放問題。聯合國氣候變化大會 (UNCCC) 提出了 COP26 作為應對氣候變化的目標。該目標定於 2030 年，重點是將總排放量減少一半，並確保所有新建築均以淨零碳運行。同時，隱含碳必須減少至少 40%。該目標還提到了將現場溫室和用水量減少 50% 和將範圍 1 和 2 排放和廢物產生減少 50% 的目標。其他一些策略包括避免使用柴油汽車，轉向更可持續的替代品，例如使用生物柴油或電動汽車，以及在建築中進一步實施循環經濟。技術的迅速發展也已成為避免不必要的碳足蹟的一種選擇。到目前為止，模塊化、3D 打印、建築信息模型 (BIM) 和人工智能 (AI) 已被證明可以提高效率、縮短交貨時間，並且是在實際項目開始之前測試想法和設計的絕佳工具。一些公司還開始採用諸如射頻識別 (RFID) 等跟踪技術。
然而，有了所有這些目標和想法，ESG 的社會方面並沒有像環境方面那樣受到關注。 AEC一直被稱為勞動密集型行業。即使實施了高科技，人力仍然是該行業的主要方面，尤其是在施工期間。對建築工人的健康、安全和社會價值仍然缺乏認識。為了克服這個問題，英國一家名為 VolkerWessels 的承包商公司提出了一個名為 Wave 的集成應用程序，該應用程序允許其員工立即報告事件，以便項目經理可以製定後續行動。該應用程序將記錄項目中的所有事件，特別是嚴重事故，因此可以用作防止重複的指導。關於工人的社會價值，在世界許多地方，建築工人仍然被看不起，被認為沒有受過教育。與此同時，供應鏈中的現代奴隸制問題也更難追踪，尤其是當它位於更遠的地方並位於海外時。
解決所有這些問題並將 ESG 指標應用於整個供應鏈仍然是主要挑戰。轉向更環保的系統成本高昂，而且很難說服客戶和承包商這樣做。說服供應商更是如此，因為他們很難看到立竿見影的效果。我們可以採取的推動變革的第一步可能是允許這些客戶和承包商向他們的供應商施壓，並為那些設法減少排放並提供年度 ESG 報告的人提供激勵。供應鏈合作夥伴之間的關係也成為管理的一個非常重要的方面，因為它可以促進各方之間更加透明和清晰的溝通流程。最重要的是，與內部利益相關者進行教育和溝通也很重要。領導者是製定目標和計劃的人，但需要為他們努力的員工和員工，這使得他們對該主題的了解極為重要。
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The construction industry has long been one of the major players that impacted the earth's climate and environment. It generates more than 30% of the world’s greenhouse gasses (GHG) and uses up to 32% of natural resources. In the UK alone, around 40% of the carbon emissions came from the construction industry. According to Willmott Dixon-a private contracting and residential development company based in the UK, their supply chain system accounted for 99% of the company's total emissions, which is an extremely high number considering it was only one aspect of the whole company’s activities. Therefore, it’s very important for construction companies who are trying to reduce their carbon footprints and achieve ESG goals to focus on their supply chain development.
The environment is one of the biggest factors of the construction supply chain’s issues. Since the construction industry is one of the primary users of raw materials, companies need to understand where the goods are sourced from, whether it was extracted responsibly or what are the environmental impacts it caused, while also paying attention to the high emissions caused by transportation of the goods. Levels of movement and material transfers add up to a high carbon footprint, joined by the fact that single-use, often plastic packaging are still the majorly used options for those materials and goods.
There have been some goals and efforts to tackle this high carbon emission issue. The United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNCCC) has come up with COP26 as a goal to fight climate change. The goal is set for 2030 and it focuses on cutting the total emission by half and making sure that all of the new buildings operate with net-zero carbon. Meanwhile, the embodied carbon has to be reduced by at least 40%. The goal also mentioned its target of reducing the on-site greenhouses and water consumption by 50% and 50% reduction in scope 1 and 2 emission and waste generation. Some other strategies include avoiding the use of diesel vehicles and moving towards more sustainable alternatives such as using biodiesel or electric vehicles and further implementing circular economy in constructions. The swift progression in technology has also become an option for avoiding unnecessary carbon footprints. By now, modularization, 3D printings, Building Information Modeling (BIM), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) have been proven to encourage efficiencies, reduce lead times, and were great tools to test ideas and design before the real projects begin. Some companies have also started to incorporate tracking technologies such as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID).
With all these goals and ideas, however, the social aspects of ESG didn’t manage to receive as much spotlight as its environmental counterparts. AEC has always been known as a labor-heavy sector. Even with the implementation of high technology, human labor is still the main aspect of the industry, especially during construction. There is still a lack of awareness regarding the health, safety, and social value of construction workers. To overcome this issue, a contractor company in the UK called VolkerWessels has come up with an integrated application called Wave that would allow their workers to immediately report incidents so the project manager can set follow-up actions. The application would keep a record of all the incidents within the projects, especially serious accidents so it could be used as guidance to prevent repetition. Regarding workers' social value, in many places in the world, construction workers are still looked down upon and deemed as uneducated. At the same time, there are issues regarding modern slavery within the supply chain that are harder to track, especially when it was further down the line and located overseas.
Tackling all these issues and applying ESG metrics on the whole supply chain are still the main challenges. Shifting into a more eco-friendly system is costly and convincing clients and contractors to do so is difficult. Even more so to convince suppliers as it’s hard for them to see the immediate results. The first step we can take to drive the change is perhaps by allowing these clients and contractors to pressurize their suppliers and provide incentives for those who manage to reduce their emissions and provide annual ESG reports. Relationships between supply chain partners also become a very important aspect to manage as it could promote a more transparent and clear communication flow between parties. On top of that, educating and communicating with internal stakeholders is important as well. The leaders are the ones who set the goals and plan, but it was the staff and employees who were required to work towards them, making their knowledge regarding the topic extremely crucial.
As the last note, there is still a lack of clarity and consistency between the measurement of the ESG metrics as different companies may provide a different set of standards, goals, and guidance, making it difficult for companies to have a standardized report. Companies might also need to take a more integrated approach and turn the ESG metrics as their main pillar for taking business decisions and future planning.
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Luxury Brentwood care home will have on-site salon and cinema
The home will be built on the former fire station site in Hutton
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The care home plans to include a salon and cinema (Image: Hallmark Care Homes)
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A new care home in Brentwood plans to include an on-site salon and cinema, as part of a luxury state-of-the-art development.
Billericay-based care provider Hallmark Care Homes submitted a planning application to redevelop the former Essex County Fire and Rescue Service site in Rayleigh Close, Hutton.
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Hallmark acquired the site last May and intends to redevelop the area into a luxury 77-bed care home with 55 exclusive assisted-living apartments, a concierge service, basement parking and landscaped gardens.
Sue Earrey, head of land and development, said: “It’s been a really exciting journey for us working with the local authority planning and design officers and other interested parties to propose a development which the Hutton community can be proud of.
“It’s Hallmark Care Homes’ first assisted living development and we are very excited about the prospect of creating an engaging new care community in Hutton.”
As well as a hair and nail salon, there will also be a therapy room for residents to enjoy various treatments, a cafe and a cinema room where residents can enjoy films, sport and documentaries.
A celebrations room is also available which can be hired out by relatives for special occasions.
Outside there will be landscaped gardens designed by award-winning landscape architect David Fountain.
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He is looking to enhance the environment with new planting as well as a water feature, which will encourage wildlife to the area.
If planning permission is granted, Hallmark Care Homes will commence development with the care home and assisted living properties becoming available for viewing in summer 2020.
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Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2
The kinder cut.
Review by Christian Donlan Features Editor
Perhaps it's the signature moments that separate great games from good. The classics are brave enough to linger over that single, defining action, while merely decent games let their competent mechanics blur together in a friendly muddle. That's why the killer bounce-and-rebound in Mario is a thousand times more satisfying than bottom-stomping baddies in a dozen other platformers, and why slicing enemies into chunks in Ninja Gaiden, screaming down out of the sky, dragon sword glinting in the neon and cherry blossom, is just more effective and exhilarating than chopping up chumps in other fighting games. Signature moments separate the great from the good, and Team Ninja's signature moments separate limbs from torsos and heads from necks at the same time. It's kind of beautiful, really.
This is dismembering to remember, then, and no one understands that better than the people who actually make the games. Brand expression goes deep, too: at a recent press event for Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 - PS3's inevitable rebalancing of last year's Ninja Gaiden II - every executive's name flashed up on the PowerPoint accompanied by a concise shriek of tempered blade over the sound system, suggesting, perhaps, that the role-call of mild-mannered corner-office types announcing the merger of Tecmo and Koei might possess secret double-dangerous ninja skills alongside MBAs from the world's finest business schools. It certainly added an air of unpredictable danger to the ensuing Q&A session.
Mostly, however, the Q&A was about what people can expect from the latest Sigma - what NGII has picked up or sacrificed in the transition between platforms and the space of a year's extra consideration. Those of a technical disposition will already be aware of the key differences, the trade-off between memory and vertex shaders which the shift to PS3 has brought about, while, on a more hyperbolic bent, Team Ninja itself is suggesting that this will be the culmination not just of the Ninja Gaiden series to this point, but all action games in general. That sounds lovely! But alongside the hype and the specs, there's a handful of more obvious differences too.
Levels are still beautiful but empty: anything that moves, other than a particle effect, is probably going to do you harm, and some of the particle effects are a bit tricky too, actually.
Chief amongst them is the expanded cast, as Ryu Hayabusa is joined by a trio of new playable characters. Typically for Team Ninja, these characters are all ladies, and even more typically, they're the kind of ladies you rarely see when you're pottering about in Superdrug looking for eardrops. Ayane, the butterfly-bowed lilac death-doll from Dead or Alive, makes an appearance - a faster character for a game that was hardly slow in the first place, built for close-up knifings and blasts of knock-down spells. Backing her up is Momiji, first spotted in the DS's Dragon Sword, and a bit trickier to get to grips with initially, for us at least: a technically-skilled fighter with a much longer reach due to her mastery of the naginata.
Finally, just announced is Rachel, from the original Ninja Gaiden. She wasn't available in the demo, but apparently she wields an axe and a machinegun. Alongside offering a different approach to the combat, the new characters also have their own storylines - divergent rambles that fold in and out of Ryu's tale as a kind of sub-plot system, suggesting each narrative will probably have a handful of new areas sprinkled into the main campaign, and a few different cut-scenes.
Blood no longer fills the air, but it still ends up on the streets. And on the tracks, according to Bob Dylan.
Sigma 2 also has new online features. The focus is on co-op, rather than versus modes, in keeping with the strengths of the series, but it's not full-on campaign multiplayer - at least not yet. Instead, two players will be able to join together to take on a series of challenge rooms, with online leaderboard support and four different difficulty levels, the hardest of which, if Team Ninja's staying true to sadistic form, will probably cut the controller out completely, fusing your television, lighting your house on fire, and framing you for a real-world murder.
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Christian Donlan is a features editor for Eurogamer. He is the author of The Unmapped Mind, published as The Inward Empire in the US.
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Erling Haaland leads Salzburg against Liverpool
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Salzburg vs Liverpool – Tuesday, December 10, 18:55GMT/19:55CET – Red Bull Arena, Salzburg, Austria
Salzburg vs Liverpool will take place at the Salzburg Stadion. (Photo by Martin Rose/Bongarts/Getty Images)
It might be the most anticipated game of matchday 6. Austrian champions FC Salzburg host Liverpool. A win and the Austrians will advance.
“I like our chances,” Salzburg head coach Jesse Marsch said on Monday. “I think we played well in the tournament. We were flexible, disciplined and played very well for a young team in their first Champions League season. We can play with freedom of confidence tomorrow.”
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Marsch has in many ways written history at this tournament. The 45-year-old is the first coach from the United States to coach in the Champions League. “I feel the support from back home,” Marsch said on Monday. “But this isn’t about me. It is all about the club, the city and the people.”
For the 45-year-old, it will be all about a clear match plan against Liverpool. “Our match plan is always the same,” Marsch said. For the American key is to play a high press, be disciplined and defend well. Those are the key elements of Salzburg’s game anyhow.
Overall, the American seemed relaxed about the game. “Liverpool needed a result the last two years too,” Marsch said. “We see it as an opportunity for us to go into the game with a relaxed attitude.”
Liverpool are indeed in the pole position to advance. A win on Tuesday and the Reds will advance. The situation, however, is more complicated should Liverpool lose the game. That would put them and Salzburg on ten points.
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Napoli are currently on nine points but hold the tiebreaking head-to-head. Should Liverpool lose their game they would only advance if Napoli also lose. Liverpool without a doubt have put a greater emphasis on the English Premier League this season. The Reds have not won the league title since 1990 and are eight points clear at the top of the table.
With that in mind, Liverpool might not have a total focus on the Champions League at the moment. At the same time, the Reds are always favourties and are expected to get the result they need on Tuesday in Salzburg.
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Erling Haaland #30 – Salzburg
There have been plenty of speculations regarding Erling Haaland in recent weeks. The Norwegian striker is second in Champions League scoring behind Robert Lewandowski. “I just focus on my job, playing football,” Haaland said on Monday. “To enjoy what I do every day and go into it with a clear mindset. My job is to focus on Salzburg to be here as a player,” Haaland pointed out. “It isn’t a new theme for us,” Marsch said about the transfer speculations. Salzburg are very much aware that it will be difficult to hang on to Haaland beyond January. “We just focus on the now,” Marsch said looking at Haaland, who nodded and smiled about the commend.
Erling Haaland of FC Salzburg (front) celebrates with his teammate Patson Daka of FC Salzburg (back) after scoring on the goal for 1:1 during the champions league group E match between FC Salzburg and SSC Napoli at Salzburg Stadion on October 23, 2019 in Salzburg, Austria. (Photo by Andreas Schaad/Bongarts/Getty Images)
Sadio Mané #10 – Liverpool
Salzburg’s aggressive counter-press will be demanding for Liverpool’s entire lineup. But the high press and focus on a positive game plan will also create plenty of opportunities for the Reds. Liverpool’s Sadio Mané, in particular, seems predestined for a game like the one on Tuesday. Always dangerous and willing to win the ball anywhere on the pitch the Senegalese striker made his first steps at Salzburg before moving to England. As a result, Mané knows what to expect and how to counter Salzburg’s aggressive style of football.
Sadio Mane of Liverpool celebrates after scoring his sides first goal during the UEFA Champions League group E match between Liverpool FC and RB Salzburg at Anfield on October 02, 2019 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
Salzburg vs Liverpool – Match Stats
Salzburg have registered 16 goals in their first five group games – only Group B qualifiers Bayern München (21) and Tottenham Hotspur (17) have scored more.
Salzburg were unbeaten in 19 European home games, winning 15, until the defeat by Napoli on Matchday 4.
The Austrian club have never beaten Premier League opposition, home and away, in five previous attempts (D1 L4), losing the last four matches.
Liverpool have won eight of their last 11 European fixtures (D2 L1) but have lost seven of their last 12 UEFA competition matches outside England.
Futbolgrad Network Prediction: Salzburg vs Liverpool – 2-2
Salzburg vs Liverpool – Lineups
FC Salzburg:
Stanković – Ulmer, Pongracic, Wöber, Kristensen – Minamino, Camara, Okugawa – Hwang – Daka, Haaland
Head Coach: Jesse Marsch
Liverpool:
Alisson – Robertson, Lovren, van Dijk, Gomez – Milner, Keïta, Henderson – Mané, Firmino, Salah
Head Coach: Jürgen Klopp
Manuel Veth is the owner and Editor in Chief of the Futbolgrad Network. He also works as a freelance journalist and among others, contributes to Forbes.com and Pro Soccer USA. He holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in History from King’s College London, and his thesis is titled: “Selling the People’s Game: Football’s transition from Communism to Capitalism in the Soviet Union and its Successor States,” which is available HERE. Manuel has lived in Amsterdam, Kyiv, Moscow, Tbilisi, London, and currently splits his time between Victoria, BC, and Munich, Germany. Follow Manuel on Twitter @ManuelVeth.
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Walk past a construction site, witness our food being harvested or visit most factories and you will ... [+] encounter a scene dominated by people. But this is about to change, driven by the combined forces of COVID-19 and nationalism.
Automation technologies have been widely used in high-value industries such as auto manufacturing for many years. Combining software, AI, computer vision and robotics, production lines now see robots outnumber humans, particularly where tasks are repeatable and require precision.
In other sectors, adoption of automation has been slower. Walk past a construction site, witness our food being harvested or visit most factories and you will encounter a scene dominated by people. But this is about to change, driven by the combined forces of Covid-19 and nationalism.
Covid-19 and nationalism have a multiplying effect in reducing the available workforce. Covid-19 achieves this through stay-at-home orders and physical distancing restrictions which make it impossible for businesses to operate at capacity. Nationalism does it through policy and an unwelcoming narrative that reduces the flow of migrant workers across borders to meet seasonal demand. Labor shortages in the agricultural sector are already well documented in the U.S. and the U.K.
Business owners are rightly concerned. Without employees, their operations will cease to exist. Hoping for a change to the political landscape seems like folly. Whilst political trends ebb and flow, there is little indication that we will quickly move back to a more liberal, globalized outlook. In fact, Covid-19 has increased the likelihood that we will move more towards a nationalist, protectionist agenda, with a current focus on the repatriation of critical industries and securing supply chains.
This somewhat bleak picture poses an existential challenge for many companies that rely on large numbers of people. If they cannot secure staff, they will either file for bankruptcy or be forced to find an alternative.
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This significant pain point for companies is an opportunity for entrepreneurs. Not only is their pain point abundantly clear (a lack of workers), but it is supported by short, medium- and long-term trends that ensure it will persist. In addition, the pain killer (the technology to automate many of the tasks that humans do) is now at a sufficient level of maturity to conduct even the most demanding tasks.
The commercial balance has also tipped in favor of machines, with technology costs falling and labor costs rising. Return on investment calculations now look far more attractive. Where companies cannot secure workers at all, they look irresistible.
It is the beauty of our vibrant, dynamic economy that we continue to adapt and respond to the challenges we are presented with. The current situation is no different. Technology companies and more traditional ones will increasingly work together to build our homes and offices, to secure our food supply, to produce the goods we need, and much more. This is something we should rightly celebrate. It makes rapid recovery from the pandemic far more likely that at any time in history.
However, a word of caution. Policymakers must carefully monitor the impact of this technology on the labor market. Today, it is clearly welcome. Tomorrow, we may be creating an economy without sufficient jobs for those who need them or be reversing important gains in areas such as diversity and inclusion. That is a much wider debate, but one we must not lose sight of even in these most challenging of times.
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10 things to be excited for as F1 gears up for 24 races and 6 Sprints in 2023
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It's a new year and the 2023 Formula 1 season is almost upon us. Just in case you weren't raring to go, here are 10 – well, quite a few more than 10 – reasons to be excited for the upcoming campaign...
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1. Ferrari and Mercedes on the hunt
Two giant teams are chasing Red Bull this season, and they’re hungrier than ever for success.
Ferrari, who started last season strongly before falling behind the rampant Red Bulls, have rung in the changes: ex-Alfa Romeo boss Frederic Vasseur has been made Team Principal in place of the outgoing Mattia Binotto. After leading the qualifying charts last season, the Scuderia will now be looking to prove that they can execute Sundays just as well as Saturdays.
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Mercedes hope to put memories of last year’s campaign – and their W13 – firmly in the rear-view mirror after the Silver Arrows fell to third in the standings and notched just one win over the season, with George Russell coming out top in Brazil. Lewis Hamilton, on the other hand, had his first winless season in F1, and will be looking to make up for that.
The ‘new’ era – well, current era – of cars has promoted overtaking and improved the action, so we can’t wait to see if some more three-way fights erupt over the next year…
Ferrari and Mercedes will be eager to make gains on 2022's campaign
2. Verstappen defending his crown
Red Bull have the unenviable task of defending their championships over a long season. But they have all the ingredients, and if Max Verstappen can continue driving at his current level, we’re in for a show.
The Dutchman pulled off some stunning performances last season, including comebacks in Hungary and Belgium, but he missed out on what could’ve been a second straight Monaco victory, and still hasn’t taken a British Grand Prix victory. He’ll be looking to add those to his burgeoning trophy case.
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There are a few technical changes for teams to consider, with floors needing a redesign for this season to combat porpoising, but don’t expect that to overly shake up the competitive order.
Then we have Sergio Perez, who at times seemed to be troubling the champion elect last season before falling to third in the championship. The Mexican veteran will be looking to become more than a thorn in his team mate’s side this season; with Daniel Ricciardo waiting in the wings, perhaps we’ll see a fraught intra-team battle at Red Bull. Imagine that…
Can anyone stop Verstappen?
3. Rookies on the grid and proven drivers changing seats
We finally get to see the results of a dramatic silly season that has six out of 10 teams sporting different driver line-ups for 2023.
There are three full-time rookies this season: Nyck de Vries (AlphaTauri), Logan Sargeant (Williams) and Oscar Piastri (McLaren).
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Their progress will be an interesting watch, but note that Dutchman De Vries has already made his F1 debut – for Williams at Monza. Williams driver Sargeant will be flying the flag for the United States and he’ll have three opportunities to delight his home fans this year. And finally, Piastri will have all eyes on him after last year’s dramatic contract tug-of-war between Alpine and McLaren.
Speaking of that tug-of-war, ex-Alpine driver Fernando Alonso will be bringing the experience of his two titles to Aston Martin, in the absence of the now-retired Sebastian Vettel.
Pierre Gasly leaves the Red Bull family to join Alpine in an all-French line-up alongside Esteban Ocon, and, at Haas, Nico Hulkenberg returns to Formula 1 to join his former nemesis Kevin Magnussen at the North Carolina team.
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4. A close quarters midfield battle
We’ve covered the myriad driver changes carried out by the midfielders, but what we haven’t touched upon is how those midfielders could add to the fireworks this season.
Aston Martin picked up 37 of their 55 points after the half-way point last season, and that is proof of their development path yielding rewards. They will surely be looking to head their rivals in the race for P6 in the standings – but can they go a step better and challenge Alpine and McLaren?
As for McLaren, the only team bar Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes to pick up a podium last season, they will be ruing lost points that saw them fall to fifth in the 2022 standings and this season – with rookie Piastri alongside an exceptionally strong Lando Norris – they’ll surely be challenging Alpine once again.
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We’re also yet to see the effects of Andreas Seidl’s move to Sauber/Alfa Romeo. But Alpine, who still have two proven points-scoring drivers despite Alonso’s departure, were clinical last season. A podium or two isn’t out of the question for them.
The field will converge, naturally, as teams explore these relatively new technical regulations, and this coming season will reflect that. Williams – without Jost Capito and FX Demaison – AlphaTauri and Haas have plenty of work to do if they are to stay on the tail of the midfield.
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We're due another scintillating face-off in the midfield
5. Viva Las Vegas
The 2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix is a brand-new round on the calendar as F1 gears up for a return to Las Vegas. The cars will blaze down the world-famous Strip and its incredible landmarks on November 16-18 – and excitement is already ramping up for the event.
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Red Bull driver Perez was among a few F1 drivers to have delighted fans with show runs at the Las Vegas Grand Prix launch party in 2022, and he said: “It was a great weekend. It's great to see how the fans are looking so much forward to it. Things didn't go that well in the casinos, so not very nice memories, but other than that everything was really cool… I think it's going to be the biggest event in the world next year.”
Mercedes’ Hamilton added: “It’s crazy to think we have a Grand Prix coming here… to see that there’s an actual buzz around F1, and people will come out here just for this, is a small insight into what we’re going to experience when we come out here in 2023.”
We can’t wait to see how the Grand Prix weekend turns out…
Vegas beckons...
6. A record-breaking calendar
Las Vegas is one of 24 Grands Prix on the 2023 calendar – a record breaking campaign.
There’s a terrific mix of old-school circuits – Monaco, Imola, Monza, Spa-Francorchamps and Zandvoort – and modern arenas such as Lusail, Miami and Singapore.
We’ll have a better idea as to which car is suited to which circuit (Mercedes might be expected to shine in Brazil after last year’s triumph) but the pecking order isn’t set in stone. The only thing that’s guaranteed is high drama from March to November.
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There's intense action in store from Bahrain to Abu Dhabi
7. Six Sprints
Not only do we have 24 Grands Prix to look forward to in 2023, but six Sprint events too.
Sprints are 100km dashes to the line that take place on Saturday, ensuring action across the weekend, and setting the grid for Sunday’s Grand Prix. We’ll see Sprints take place in Azerbaijan (Baku City Circuit), Austria (Red Bull Ring), Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps), Qatar (Lusail Circuit), the United States (Circuit of The Americas) and Sao Paulo (Interlagos).
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There are more Sprints than ever this season
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The road to F1 plays its biggest role yet in 2023 with a record-breaking 10 Formula 3 rounds along with 14 Formula 2 rounds across the year.
Both campaigns begin in Bahrain in support of the Formula 1 weekend at Sakhir on March 3-5 and, for the first time, both championships will support the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park on March 31-April 2.
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We’ll keep a keen eye on the two prestigious single-seater categories as the potential future stars of F1 go wheel-to-wheel on the world’s greatest circuits.
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F2 and F3 will be joined by the all-female F1 Academy series, which makes its debut in 2023.
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“The F1 Academy is an important part of our plan to increase diversity and representation in motorsport and we are looking forward to the first season in 2023. Stay tuned for more news in this area.”
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This year, there are more ways than ever to engage with Formula 1.
Netflix are set to release the fifth season of Drive To Survive, their ever-dramatic and absorbing recap of the past Formula 1 campaign.
Depending on your territory, a subscription to F1 TV will unlock thousands of hours of exclusive shows, highlights and race replays alongside live F1, F2 and F3 coverage.
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Madrid hosts the F1 Exhibition – an interactive journey through the sport’s history – and those in London can check out the brand-new F1 Arcade experience.
Here on F1.com we’ll have all the content you need to bring the season to life, including podcasts, videos and articles. This will be the biggest and most enjoyable season yet – wherever you are!
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That's cool your work is being performed at the university, Tin!
by Orwell Sat Oct 19, 2013 11:07 pm
Tolkien's tales are no more Catholic than they are Pagan or Norse or Anglo-Saxon. They're an admixture of facts, life, myth and imagination - not Theology --- Tall Tales in fact. Please pay attention next time you read Tolkien's view on allegory, guys. He meant what he said.
by halfwise Sat Oct 19, 2013 11:26 pm
He also wrote in letter number 42 of his collected Letters: " "The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision. That is why I have not put in, or have cut out, practically all references to anything like 'religion', to cults or practices, in the imaginary world. For the religious element is absorbed into the story and the symbolism."
I must ask that you do YOUR homework.
Also read what I wrote earlier about the reasons he kept religion out of his work: it most definitely wasn't to keep Catholicism out, only to keep it "subliminal", as it were.
by Pettytyrant101 Sat Oct 19, 2013 11:39 pm
I believe that is the very Letter I was thinking about when I said he had called it a catholic work. Thanks for digging it out Halfy.
He realized that being explicit with it would ruin things. It's done right, I have no problems with it whatsoever.
by halfwise Sun Oct 20, 2013 2:13 am
I should add that Kepler's seminal orbital theory was inspired by his conviction that the planets had to fit into Platonic solids, Maxwell's Equations of electricity and magnetism was originally based on a theory of gears and levers that made up space....the results were universally applicable even if everyone tries to ignore the origins. The power of abstraction crosses the fences and sandpits wherein ideas are born.
The same can be said of LoTR. Even if you are uncomfortable with the origins, the results can be pure gold.
by Orwell Sun Oct 20, 2013 9:49 am
I hate it when you use actual research to back up your arguments. But I'm still not convinved. I discern nothing specifically Catholic in his works. Perhaps he refers to the substrata of his Faith, which he calls 'Catholic', but a Muslim might call 'Islam', or an Aboriginal, 'Dreaming'.
I should put the following on the Narcissus Thread - where conversations about Aboriginal Australians obviously belong - but down at the First Peoples Exhibiton I went to, there was a story of Creation having been 'sung' into existence! I immediately thought of Eru/Illuvatar and his singing. I never knew 'Dreaming' was a synonym for Catholicism! Actually, Jehovah didn't sing the Creation into existence (not according to Genesis at least). So was Eru/Illuvatar Jehovah or not? Tolkien was a bit mysterious in his Catholic thinking, hmm?
I prefer the idea of the Universe being sung into existence now that I think about it.
by halfwise Sun Oct 20, 2013 2:37 pm
Orwell wrote: I hate it when you use actual research to back up your arguments. But I'm still not convinved. I discern nothing specifically Catholic in his works. Perhaps he refers to the substrata of his Faith, which he calls 'Catholic', but a Muslim might call 'Islam', or an Aboriginal, 'Dreaming'.
Perzactly: any faith properly done at its roots will agree with other faiths. It's the dratted details that people fight over. Tolkien created a universe where higher powers were implied but never spelt out (at least in LoTR); where good was ultimately rewarded even in failure, where people had a sense of the transcendent.
I'm a meat and potatoes type of philosophical materialist myself (NOT to be mistaken for a Madonna type materialist), but Tolkien's world view speaks to me. And it only does so because he hides the details, by explicit intention.
by Pettytyrant101 Sun Oct 20, 2013 2:44 pm
I agree, he understood why some stories last and become myth, and its because they speak to us on a level thats right across the board about something we intrinsically feel but cant put it in to words- because if you do put it in to words it becomes religion, then as Halfy said everyone fights over the details.
Tolkien leaves it without the details, you add those yourselves from your own experiences and ideas applicably, but the story allows for the underlying religous template to be told- basically a sense that there is more going on that we know of.
And that rationale I have no problem with from either a scientific or spiritual perspective.
by Orwell Mon Oct 21, 2013 1:54 am
So he might say it was "Catholic" but that doesn't preclude it being impelled by any other Religious impulse too.
I imagine saying to someone who hasn't read Tolkien: "His works are inspired by Catholicism." And then the person (if they're not already daunted!) reading it and saying: "Catholic? What? If it is, it's by no means obvious. I've even read Tolkien's letter on the subject, and I still have trouble seeing it. Even if I take a meat and potatoes approach, I only think that potatoes did not exist in Catholic - or Pagan - Anglo-Saxon Brittain, just in a Pagan Middle Earth where not even Catholic South America exists..."
by halfwise Mon Oct 21, 2013 4:01 am
Tolkien likely referred to the work as Catholic because that was his familiar framework. I doubt if he meant to deliberately exclude other religions, just had not reason to think about it.
by Tinuviel Mon Oct 21, 2013 6:31 am
Do we know where the seven stars came from? I know in the story its because of the seven palantirs (right?), but I'm wondering if there is a possible Buddhist connection? I just read an article about Buddhism, and there was a mention of seven stars on a banner, giving hope to the peaceful angels when battling the power hungry gods.
by halfwise Mon Oct 21, 2013 2:32 pm
"Seven stars and seven stones and one white tree."
Not sure the stars refer directly to the palantiri, could be a coincidence. The number seven has mystical significance all over the place so I don't think there has to be a one to one link.
Punt to Elthir.
Found this online, no independent confirmation but sounds right:
"They're Varda's sign of doom for Melkor, also known as the Valacirca, or the Sickle of the Valar. She hung them in the sky just before the elves awoke at Cuivienen. It was one of the first sights the elves beheld upon awakening."
So it's the Big Dipper!
by Tinuviel Tue Dec 10, 2013 10:33 pm
So I need to write a 7-10 page paper about Lord of the Rings for my Lit. Theory class, and I'm trying to figure out exactly how I'm going to write that much!
My Idea write now is to talk about the role personal identity has to play in characters' success in the books. All the characters that are able to look past the identities/roles that society has placed upon them are able to succeed, and those that stay with ONE identity don't. (I'm thinking mainly about Boromir, Denethor, and Gollum). I might even talk about how the One Ring represents how chooing one role (gender and otherwise) is used to control us.
The one character I feel like defies this arguement is Sam, who virtually doesn't change throughout the story and has one role; to be loyal to Frodo, no matter what. I'm not sure what to say about him. Does he not have an identity at all?
As far as characters with affinities go, I'm thinking of talking about Eowyn, Frodo (maybe Bilbo too), Aragorn, and the Legolas Gimli relationship.
Thoughts? Critiques? Suggestions? HELP
by Radaghast Tue Dec 10, 2013 10:37 pm
To me, Sam is the true hero of the story. I think his unswerving loyalty is his identity and is what drives the pair through a seemingly hopeless quest.
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by Pettytyrant101 Tue Dec 10, 2013 10:39 pm
Sam starts a servant and a gardener, and more so starts with the belief thats his station in life, as exemplified by the Gaffers views -'elves and dragons! Cabbages and taters are more suited to the likes of you and I" and "Mr Bilbo has learnt our Sam his letters, though I hope no harm comes of it."- or words to that effect, and Sam's continual use of his Gaffers names for him that are really just a long series of put downs and insults that reinforce the limits set on Sam- yet he is not rebellious about it at all.
Yet by the end his own self confidence, understanding of his own limits and his own strengths and weaknesses make him capable of breaking all concerns of social rank when he becomes Mayor, and of social standing when he takes over Bag End, a manor hole.
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by azriel Tue Dec 10, 2013 10:46 pm
I think Sam does have identity. He thinks of others first, yet hides his own insecurities. He doesnt value himself enough yet he is more clear headed than most. And yes, he is loyal, doggedly so. Has a stronger defiance than he thought he had,even tho the Ring tried to get the better of him when he took care of the Ring after Shelob's attack on Frodo. He has leadership skills, can communicate well with people or he would not have been mayor for long. Not a "plain Jane" at all.
by Tinuviel Wed Dec 11, 2013 12:00 am
What I'm thinking of arguing then, for his case in particular, is that he doesn't let himself be defined by anything other than himself. He has his own identity that nothing can change, not even the one ring. I'm painting a picture of how defining a single identity is negative, so I don't want to show Sam as being shaped by his surroundings, but rather him forsaking his own identity and ego to help Frodo, so nothing can sway him.
by Radaghast Wed Dec 11, 2013 12:53 am
Btw, I'm way late for the OP but very interesting theory re: Legolas and Gimli
by Mrs Figg Wed Dec 11, 2013 5:55 pm
Tinuviel wrote: HELP.
I would have thought that Aragorn was Always shackled to his personal identity and the role he was born to play. He couldnt escape it even if he wanted to yet he succeeded. His role as King of Gondor was his destiny. Boromir's problem wasnt so much his role in society as his own personality, that of pride. Faramir was of the same blood but wasnt proud therefore he succeeded. Pride was also Denethors downfall and I suppose that meant he couldnt look past his identity of Steward. Gollum has two identities so I dont know how it fits in. Eowyn could look past her identity to a certain extent, but she was always, in her head, a Shieldmaiden, a title given to her from her society and she didnt so much succeed as follow her preordained role first as warrior, then as wife.
by Pettytyrant101 Wed Dec 11, 2013 6:02 pm
He couldnt escape it even if he wanted to- Mrs Figg
It is an important factor though that Aragorn never wanted to escape it in any way, he was gung ho all for it. His doubts in the book were over the decisions he has to make along the way and whether or not he can actually succeed (and in the end he decides they can, but at the sacrifice of himself all he had lived for to that moment and all the best of Gondor, and even then he only thinks it gives Frodo a better chance, its an act of faith in Frodo, not one I think he expects to live see come to fruition)- but he never questions his own right to try in the first place.
so how does that relate to Tin's question?
Well if you are discussing Aragorn in relation to personal identity a very large part of his personal identity is absolute certainty in his own right- he demonstrates this often, probably most notably when Gimli questions him over using the palantir when even Gandalf feared to, and Aragorn replies, "You forget to whom you speak," before going on to list his credentials and ends on the "the right cannot be denied, the strength was enough" or similar (dont have book to hand).
I dont think you can address the question of identity as a factor in success and not talk about this aspect of is character, its central to book Aragorn.
Tin's argument was the people who saw further than their personal identity they became a success. But you are saying he didnt look beyond it?
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Published October 31, 2018 8:47am EDT
Cameroon defense minister warns foreigners against travel
YAOUNDE, Cameroon – Cameroon's defense minister called on all foreign nationals in the country's restive regions to be cautious after an American missionary died after being shot in the head amid fighting between armed separatists and soldiers the northwest.
"If you must be there, immediately inform the military so we can assure your safety," Joseph Beti Assomo said Wednesday, adding that Cameroon's English-speaking northwest and southwest regions, where separatists are fighting for an independent state, are dangerous for foreigners.
Charles Trumann Wesco, a missionary from the U.S. state of Indiana had been in the region with his wife Stephanie and eight children for nearly two weeks before Tuesday's shooting.
Dave Halyman, assistant pastor at Believers Baptist Church in Warsaw, Indiana, where Stephanie Wesco's father, Don Williams, is the senior pastor, said that Williams had spoken by phone with his daughter after the shooting.
Reporting Williams' account, Halyman said the shooting happened as Charles and Stephanie Wesco were in a car being driven by another missionary to the town of Bamnui from the Bamenda suburb of Bambili, where the family has been living. He said Charles Wesco was in the front seat, and two shots hit the windshield and struck him in the head. No one else was hurt, Halyman said.
The family had raised financial support to work in Cameroon for two years and had visited the country two years ago on a survey trip.
The United States embassy has not reacted to the shooting, but it has for some time warned U.S. citizens against travel to the country's restive regions.
Most foreign and local enterprises have left Cameroon's north and south west regions, where violence has escalated and hundreds have been killed in fighting between separatists and the military in the past year.
Regional Gov. Deben Tchoffo said armed groups staged attacks to stop the reopening of the University of Bamenda, and the military fought back Tuesday. He said Wesco might have been caught in crossfire.
The military has killed at least four suspects in Wesco's death and arrested many others, military spokesman Col. Didier Badjeck told The Associated Press. He did not specify if the people detained were military personnel or separatists.
The increased violence began after the government clamped down on demonstrations by English-speaking teachers and lawyers protesting what they called their marginalization by Cameroon's French-speaking majority. Armed factions emerged after the government crackdown and have been using violence to push for an independent state they call "Ambazonia."
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Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements 2021
On December 29, 2021, government released the “Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievement (ARIIA) 2021” award list was released.
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Institutes which are among top 10 institutions include- IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Roorkee, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and IIT Hyderabad.
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Source: Civil Maps
Watch How A Driverless Car 'Sees' The Road
May 18 2019, Updated 5:57 a.m. ET
Self-driving cars remain one of the most exciting features coming down the pipeline, but many are still skeptical of the technology. That’s because they either don’t understand how the process works or they’re worried about potential failures that could happen with it. Ford and Civil Maps are hoping to build that trust by explaining how it all happens.
Videos are available online from Civil Maps that go into further detail. One shows how self-driving technology has “six degrees of freedom” that gives it the power to learn their surroundings and quickly process that to make decisions: roll, pitch, yaw, x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis. Those are all the ways the vehicle can tilt and directly move.
The video goes through what happens when a car is making a left turn at a busy intersection. It can learn the boundaries of the road just like we can, understanding how many lanes are available and when it can’t go left or right any further. They can also dissect the objects relevant to driving, such as other vehicles, street signs, and pedestrians. All of these can be seen clearer than the rest of the environment and it will trigger actions to the car.
People crossing the road are located through heat sensors in the vehicle, and the car prepares for it by understanding signs that warn for pedestrians and crossroads. Not only will signs trigger expected actions, but also the changing in street lights. It can process information through importance, which actually gives it an advantage over the human mind. In a busy intersection, human drivers often make a wrong or hasty decision due to impatience. Automation would know what to do in any situation.
Similar to how a GPS system works, this is all a little easier for the self-driving car because it knows its destination through 3D maps that have LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) and radar technology. It fills in the gaps that cars can’t already see in their sights, such as faded road markings, missing street signs, and obstructed objects. That’s where Civil Maps shows its value and is hoping it can sell their services to car manufacturers that are installing automation in their vehicles.
The Ford Motor Company already invested in the startup last July. A spokesperson said at the time that “working with Civil Maps gives us an additional way to develop 3D high-resolution maps, which will bring fully autonomous Ford vehicles a step closer to reality for consumers.” Just in February, Ford announced it would invest in Argo AI over the next five years. While Civil Maps creates the layout for the cars to understand, this other company creates the software behind the vehicle’s decision making.
All these investments have made Ford the leader in the push for autonomous driving. The company expects to have these available in 2021, but don’t expect fully automatic editions just yet. They would at “level four,” meaning that the vehicles would be able to run by themselves in areas on maps, but would require manual driving should they start going off the grid or there is weather impacting the journey.
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5 Must-Grow Perennial Vegetables - Harvest Year After Year!
20 November 2021 , written by Benedict Vanheems
What if you could plant just once, and then enjoy harvests for many years to come with minimal effort? Amazingly, you can – if you grow perennial vegetables!
Perennial vegetables have superb culinary qualities, and often good looks too. But what I especially love about perennial vegetables is that many fill the ‘hungry gap’ – that time of year in spring when winter’s vegetables are over but the newly sown crops of the season aren’t quite there yet.
But – confession time – since I moved to my current home, I haven’t grown nearly enough of them in my garden, so it’s time to put that right. Read on or watch our video to discover five of the best perennial vegetables...
Grow Gargantuan Globe Artichokes
First up is the globe artichoke – a big, bold plant that makes an incredibly architectural statement. I love it because it looks so darn good – it’s just such a striking plant in its own right!
They can be grown from seed but you can get a head start by planting young plants. I’m planting mine into an area of ground that gets plenty of sunshine and is well drained. If you’re planting more than one, leave at least 3ft (90cm) between plants. I’ll need to keep the area free of weeds during the growing season, water well in dry weather, and mulch the soil around plants with organic matter each spring to feed all that eager growth. If winters are very cold where you are, consider adding a mulch of straw or compost over the plants in winter to protect them from the worst of the freezing weather.
Globe artichoke flowers are adored by bees
The globe’s artichoke’s tight flower buds are harvested once they reach about golf ball size, and before they open. The buds can be steamed or boiled until tender then, to eat, the individual scales are picked off and dipped into a butter sauce, hollandaise sauce or some other dipping sauce before sucking the delicious flesh from each scale. You’re then left with the tender heart – the real centerpiece to the whole affair!
You’ll often get a second cut of buds a few weeks after harvesting the first, but do allow some of these to open out and flower, because they are one of the most effective bee-attracting flowers I’ve ever seen.
Another perennial vegetable similar to the globe artichoke is cardoon. It’s just as dramatic and eye-catching and grown in much the same way – plenty of warm sunshine and a well-drained soil – but in this case it’s not the flower buds you harvest, but the stems. Harvested cardoon looks a lot like a bunch of celery and can be used in similar ways: baked, gratinated or turned into soups, for example.
If you’re looking for another bold statement-of-a-vegetable for cooler, damper parts of the garden, you can’t beat rhubarb.
Save Effort By Planting Babington’s Leek
Babington’s leek is a type of perennial leek which I’m told has a mild, garlicky leek flavor. I’m planting the tiny bulblets into pots of all-purpose potting mix to grow on under cover before planting out in spring. The bulblets are going in about an inch (3cm) deep. You could plant them directly outside into well-prepared soil, but I’m keen to get them started where I can keep a watchful eye over them, avoid any risk of them rotting away, and to keep them clear of my dog who seems to love eating leeks! Once they’re up and underway, they’ll go outside, spaced about 6in (15cm) apart to establish a decent-sized clump.
Plants need to be left alone in the first year after planting to bulk out and establish. Then from the second spring you can begin harvesting the stems, cutting them off at ground level but leaving the bulbs below ground intact to continue growing.
Babington's leek propagates itself by producing bulbils
Plants send out a flower stalk in early summer. The flower stalks produce lots of tiny bulbils, which will either fall to the ground or weigh the whole stalk down onto the ground so that the bulbils make contact with the soil that way. Once in the ground, these bulbils will also root and eventually form new plants, spreading the clump still further.
Other perennial alliums to try include the Welsh onion, a type of perennial bunching onion, and the tree onion (also known as the Egyptian walking onion), which gradually ‘walk’ their way across your garden using their top-setting bulbils that flop down onto the ground, root, and grow.
Pick Perennial Kale All Year Round
Another perennial vegetable I’m making room is perennial kale, and here’s why. Perennial kales can reach pretty epic proportions – up to person height – but are easily kept in check through regular harvesting. They’re very hardy and very resilient, easily shaking off any caterpillar damage. And the best bit: they can be harvested almost year-round, anytime you need fresh, tasty greens, straight from the garden.
Perennial kale is best grown from cuttings
The best way to introduce perennial kale is with cuttings taken from side shoots. Big chunky cuttings, which are about 6in (15cm) long. Mine came in the mail, trimmed and ready to plant straight away. The cut has been made just below a bud and the lowest leaves stripped off to reduce the stress on the cutting. I’m planting them into pots of potting mix. I’ll keep the potting mix moist to encourage root growth, while keeping them in a bright, sheltered position. They’ll then go outside in spring to their final home in the garden.
There are several varieties of perennial kale available including Taunton Deane, Daubenton’s kale, Ethiopian kale (a great choice for warmer climates), and the very hardy Sutherland kale, with its origins in the crofting communities of the North of Scotland.
Awesome Oca
What if I told you there was a root crop that’s as easy to grow as potatoes but that suffers few of the pests and diseases associated with the common spud? Well, that’s oca, also known as the New Zealand yam.
Oca can be cooked just like potatoes – boiled, fried or baked – but also eaten raw – sliced into salads for a lovely lemony tang. And that lemon zing is also found in the leaves, which may be harvested fresh as a welcome extra salad staple.
Oca tubers have a lemony flavor
Oca isn’t frost-hardy, so to get it off to a strong start you’ll need to plant the tubers into pots of potting mix then grow them on under cover until you can safely plant them out after your last frost, setting plants about 3ft (90cm) apart.
The tubers form very late in the season, in autumn, and are harvested only after all the foliage has died off, usually with the first hard frost. Tubers can then be lifted, brought inside to dry off and stored, like potatoes, in a cool, frost-free place. Some of these tubers can then be planted the following spring to keep the harvests coming.
Fresh Asparagus For Years To Come
Have I saved the best till last? I reckon so! My final must-grow perennial vegetable is the royalty of veggies: asparagus. Asparagus loves a very free-draining soil and does best basking in full sun. You’ll need a little patience, but boy is it worth it.
The easiest way to begin an asparagus bed is using dormant roots, or crowns, which are available from early spring. Plant them as soon as they become available into a patch of ground you can dedicate solely to this hard-working perennial. Prepare the ground by removing any weeds, work in some garden compost, then dig a trench for your asparagus crowns about a foot (30cm) wide and 8in (20cm) deep. Make a ridge along the bottom of the trench then splay your crowns out along the top. Set them about 18in (45cm) apart along the trench, leaving the same distance between further trenches. Backfill with soil then water to settle.
Plant asparagus once and enjoy an annual harvest for years to come!
At this stage you can add a mulch of compost or well-rotted manure to help keep weeds in check, and to help slowly feed the roots below. You’ll then need to resist the temptation to cut spears for at least two years, to give plants time to establish. Then from the third spring onwards, harvest as they appear for up to six to eight weeks until about midsummer, when the stems should be left to develop their ferny foliage, which will recharge the crown’s resources for next year.
You’ll need to watch out for asparagus beetle, which can chew notches in the spears, making them crooked, and munch on the foliage. Control them by picking or knocking them off into soapy water, and be sure to tidy away old, dead foliage at the end of the season. Other than that, they’re largely pest free.
There are lots of other perennial vegetables worth seeking out, many of which are flower border favorites: for example, the tender young leaves of hostas can be eaten, or how about daylily flower buds – all delicious for sure! Don’t be afraid to explore but do your research so you know what’s safe to eat.
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"Never heard of OCA -- will research -- thanks for the information."
Shirley on Saturday 14 May 2022
"Useful video thank you. I do find OCA a bit of a pain as it's not really a perennial in the sense that you can plant it and then leave it to cope on its own. it doesn't develop the tubers until very late in the season and if you don't get it in early they won't do well. Then you have to catch it just right or the frost will kill your hard work. ....... And I hate to be picky but PLEASE don't use the word bought when you really mean bRought. it really grates. So many people say I bought this to show you or I bought this with me when what they really should say is "I BROUGHT this with me" !!! Bought is to buy something .... BRought is to bring something. "
opheli Blake on Thursday 16 June 2022
"Hi Ophelia. Thanks for the words of caution on oca. In the video I really did mean 'bought' (as in buy) rather than 'brought'. I'm with you on finding that particularly grating!"
Ben Vanheems on Friday 17 June 2022
"When do you plant perennial Kale and where did you get your cuttings? Thanks Jayne"
Jayne Reddyhoff on Friday 9 September 2022
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